The year 2012 in archosaur paleontology was eventful. Archosaurs include the only living dinosaur group — birds — and the reptile crocodilians, plus all extinct dinosaurs, extinct crocodilian relative
Barreirosuchus franciscoi
Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni
Bicentenaria
Coronosaurus NT small
Enantiornithes
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The Enantiornithes, also known as enantiornithines or enantiornitheans in literature, are a group of extinct avialans. They were the most abundant and diverse avialan group known from the Mesozoic era
2012 in archosaur paleontology
…Sp. nov. Valid Li Li Wang Jinqi Zhang Xi Hou Shilin Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation China A Longipterygidae Zhang, Zhou, Hou L. H. et Gu, 2000, Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. The type species of the new genus. Songzia acutunguis Sp. nov. Valid Wang Min Gerald Mayr Zhang Jiangyong Zhou Zhonghe Early Eocene Yangxi…
A life restoration of Iberomesornis, a species of early Enantiornithes
Fossil skeleton of Rapaxavis pani (a longipterygid) with a preserved pygostyle
Life reconstruction of enantiornithine birds feeding (left Longipteryx, centre Bohaiornis and right Pengornis)
Fossilized eggs of Gobipteryx minuta, Dinosaurium (Prague)