A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Appendix

NON-DINOSAUR APPENDIX

Actiosaurus
Based on material which is difficult to classify, but generally
considered to be non-dinosaurian.

Aggiosaurus
A marine crocodilian from the Upper Jurassic of France.

Albisaurus
Based on indeterminate fossil fragments which are probably not
dinosaurian.

Ankistrodon
An archosaur and dinosaur relative, thought to be the same as Epicampodon.

Anthodon
A pareiasaurian reptile. (Armored?)

Archaeopteryx
A "dino-bird" which is considered by some researchers to be a dinosaur,
by others a bird, and by many to be both.

Archaeornis
A "dino-bird," now considered to be the same as Archaeopteryx.

Arctosaurus
Once thought to be a theropod dinosaur, now considered either chelonian
or trilophosaurid.

Avalonia
See Avalonianus.

Avalonianus
Based on non-dinosaurian teeth found in association with the prosauropod
Camelotia.

Avisaurus
An enantiornithine bird.

Basutodon
Based on the tooth of a type of archosaur called a pseudosuchian.

Bathygnathus
A type of synapsid, or "mammal-like reptile," called a sphenacodontid.

Belodon
An archosaurian reptile called a parasuchid, perhaps a primitive
crocodilian.

Brachytaenius
Based on material which is difficult to classify, but generally
considered to be non-dinosaurian.

Brasileosaurus
A pseudosuchian archosaur.

Centemodon
May or may not be a phytosaur (parasuchian).

Chienkosaurus
A pseudosuchian archosaur from China.

Cladeiodon
May be the same as Teratosaurus.

Clarencea
An archosaurian reptile.

Clepsysaurus
A Triassic parasuchid, or phytosaurid. (May be Rutiodon.)

Coelurosauravus
A small diapsid reptile related to archosaurs, and the earliest-known
flying vertebrate.

Colonosaurus
A toothed bird, now considered to be Ichthyornis.

Cystosaurus
Based on material which is difficult to classify, but generally
considered to be non-dinosaurian.

Dakosaurus
A pseudosuchian reptile.Dasygnathoides

Dasygnathoides
Considered to be Ornithosuchus.

Dasygnathus
An ornithosuchid reptile (?= Dasygnathoides).

Doratodon
A pseudosuchid archosaur.

Dravidosaurus
A type of marine reptile called a plesiosaur, originally mistaken for a
stegosaur.

Ephoenosaurus
Classification uncertain, but not considered a dinosaur.

Epicampodon
Some type of archosauromorph, the group of reptiles which gave rise to
the archosaurs.

Eupodosaurus
A nothosaurid marine reptile

Galesaurus
Originally thought to be crocodylian, then dinosaurian, galesaurids are
now classified as synapsids and mammal relatives.

Gobipteryx
A bird from Mongolia.

Gracilisuchus
A member of the pseudosuchians, an archosaur group that includes
crocodylians.

Griphornis
Now considered to be Archaeopteryx.

Griphosaurus
Now considered to be Archaeopteryx.

Gwyneddosaurus
A small lepidosaur, or "scaly lizard."

Hallopus
A pseudosuchian archosaur.

Herbstosaurus
A pterosaur, or flying archosaurian reptile.

Hypselorhachis
A pseudosuchian archosaur.

Jurapteryx
A "dino-bird," thought by some to be the same as Archaeopteryx.

Kuszholia
A "dino-bird" from the Late Cretaceous, possibly flightless.

Lagosuchus
The "rabbit crocodile," a tiny, bipedal archosaurian reptile, perhaps
similar to the ancestors of dinosaurs.

Laornis
An ancient North American bird.

Libycosaurus
An artiodactyl mammal, originally thought to be an iguanodont dinosaur.

Lisboasaurus
A mesosuchian crocodylian or crocodile relative, once thought to be a
maniraptorian dinosaur.

Macelognathus
A pseudosuchian crocodile relative.

Macroscelosaurus
Based on material which is difficult to classify, but generally
considered to be non-dinosaurian. (Tanystropheus relative?)

Nuthetes
(One source says this is a dromaeosaurid mixed with armor from a
thyreophoran; another calls it a Megalosaurus relative. None calls it
non-dinosaurian.)

Nyasasaurus
Uncertain classification, but not considered a dinosaur.

Ornithosuchus
A highly-developed thecodont and possible dinosaur ancestor. (One source
calls this an ornithosuchid, one a pseudosuchian.)

Palaeoctonus
aka Clepsysaurus, a parasuchian archosaur.

Palaeosauriscus
A rauisuchian archosaur.

Palaeosaurus
See Palaeosauriscus.

Pareiasaurus
A pareiasaurid, or large herbivorous reptile related to turtles.

Picrodon
See Avalonianus.

Pneumatoarthrus
A turtle.

Poposaurus
A poposaurid, related to the crocodylians.

Protarchaeopteryx
A turkey-sized, probably flightless "dino-bird." Considered by some to
be a pre-avian maniraptor.

Protorosaurus
An archosauromorph, related to but not a member of the archosaurian
reptiles.

Rachitrema
An ichthyopterygian, the group which included the dolphin-like marine
reptiles called ichthyosaurs.

Rhopalodon
A type of "mammal-like reptile" called a dinocephalian.

Riojasuchus
An ornithosuchid crocodile relative.

Scaphonyx
A type of archosauromorph called a rhynchosaur.

Scleromochlus
A tiny, long-legged archosaurian reptile, thought by some to be related
to the ancestors of pterosaurs.

Shuvosaurus
Thought to be a small, bipedal rauisuchid archosaur.

Smilodon
A large prehistoric saber-toothed cat, popularly (although incorrectly)
called a "Sabertoothed Tiger."

Spinosuchus
Generally thought to be a pseudosuchian archosaur, but considered by
some to be a dinosaur. Problematic in that the original material appears
to contain elements from different reptiles.

Squalodon
A cetacean, one of the group of mammals that includes whales.

Stereosaurus
A member of the aquatic reptile group called plesiosaurs.

Succinodon
Originally taken for a fragment of sauropod jaw; eventually identified
as a piece of fossilized wood with bivalve traces.

Suchoprion
See Clepsysaurus.

Tanystropheus
An extremely long-necked archosauromorph.

Tapinocephalus
A mammal relative called a therapsid. (Another source says a
dinocephalian.)

Teleocrater
Described, but never published. Not considered to be a dinosaur.

Teratosaurus
A pseudosuchian archosaur and crocodile relative.

Termatosaurus
Probably a phytosaur.

Trialestes
A pseudosuchian.

Triassolestes
See Trialestes.

Tribelesodon
A pterosaur(?).

Unicerosaurus
A member of the gnathostomata, or jawed fish and their descendants.

Venaticosuchus
An ornithosuchid.

Wyleyia
A small, poorly-known probable "dino-bird."

Zanclodon
Based on material which is difficult to classify (one source calls it
Plateosaurus, another a theropod), but generally considered to be
non-dinosaurian.

Zatomus
A member of Rauisuchia, originally thought to be a dinosaur based on
isolated fossil teeth.