New species

Although my primary work is on the behaviour and ecology of extinct animals, I have also been a lead or co-author on a number of scientific publications naming a number of dinosaurs and other taxa.

Reconstruction of Zhuchengtyrannus magnus by Bob Nicholls (used with permission).

Reconstruction of Zhuchengtyrannus magnus by Bob Nicholls (used with permission).

Dinosaurs:

Anchiornis huxleyi  –  An especially bird-like feathered dinosaur close to the origin of birds.

Ceratosuchops infernodias –  A second new spinosaur from the UK.

Linhenykus monodactylus  – A small bird-like dinosaur with just one finger on each hand.

Linheraptor exquisitus   –  A carnivorous dinosaur and very close relative of Velociraptor.  

Limusaurus inextricabilis  – The first herbivorous form known from a carnivorous group.

Reconstruction of Fodonyx spenceri by Andrea Cobbett (used with permission).

Reconstruction of Linhenykus monodactylus by Julius Csotonyi (used with permission).

Riparovenator milnerae  –  A predatory spinosaur from the UK.

Shaochilong  maortuensis  –  The first carcharodontosaur identified from Asia.    

Wulatelong gobiensis  –  An oviraptorosaur from the Gobi desert.

Xixianykus zhangi  – One of the earliest alvarezsaurid dinosaurs.

Zhanghenglong yangchengensis – A late surviving hadrosauroid from central China.

Zhuchengtyrannus magnus  – A giant Tyrannosaurus-sized carnivore from China.

Reconstruction of Fodonyx spenceri by Andrea Cobbett (used with permission).

Reconstruction of Bellubrunnus rothgaengeri by Matt van Rooijen (used with permission).

Pterosaurs:

Bellubrunnus rothgaengeri  – A tiny pterosaur from Germany with unusual, forward-directed wingtips.

Cascocauda rong – A tiny and juvenile anurognathid from the Jurassic of China.

Cryodrakon boreas – A giant azhdarchid from Canada known from a well-preserved partial skeleton.

Luchibang  xingzhe  – An unusual istiodactylid form China.

Luopterus  mutoudengensis  – A small anuroganthid pterosaur from China.

Petrodactyle  wellnhoferi  – A large ctenochasmatic pterosaur from southern Germany.

Skiphosoura bavarica – A large darwinopteran from Germany that reveals an important transition in pterosaur evolution.

 

Reconstruction of Fodonyx spenceri by Andrea Cobbett (used with permission).

Reconstruction of Fodonyx spenceri by Andrea Cobbett (used with permission).

Others:

Bentonyx sidensis  – A rhynchosaur named after my PhD supervisor.

Fodonyx spenceri  –  A rhynchosaurian reptile from the south coast of England.