2002 in paleontology

Plants

Gymnosperms

Angiosperms

Arthropods

Insects

Conodonts

New taxa

Archosauromorphs

Dinosaurs

New taxa

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Birds

New taxa

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Pterosaurs

In October, a partial Mesadacylus wing was discovered in the Kingsview Quarry of Colorado. This find marks the first time that a Morrison pterosaur has been found at more than one site in the formation.

New taxa

Lepidosauromorphs

Squamates

New taxa

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

References

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