New pseudosuchian taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Country	Notes	Images
Alligator munensis[1]	Sp. nov	Valid	Darlim et al.	Middle Pleistocene to Holocene		Thailand	An altirostral species of alligator closely related to the Chinese alligator.
Antecrocodylus[2]	Gen. et sp. nov		Martin et al.	Miocene		Thailand	An early diverging crocodile. The type species is A. chiangmuanensis.
Aphaurosuchus kaiju[3]	Sp. nov		Martins et al.	Late Cretaceous	Adamantina Formation	Brazil	A baurusuchid.
Baru iylwenpeny[4]	Sp. nov		Yates, Ristevski, & Salisbury	Late Miocene	Alcoota Fossil Beds	Australia	A member of the clade Mekosuchinae.
Comahuesuchus bonapartei[5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kellner, Figueiredo & Calvo	Late Cretaceous (Turonian to Coniacian)	Portezuelo Formation	Argentina
Dentaneosuchus[6]	Gen. et comb. nov		Martin et al.	Eocene (Bartonian)	Sables du Castrais Formation	France	A member of the family Sebecidae; a new genus for "Atacisaurus" crassiproratus Astre (1931).
Huenesuchus[7]	Gen. nov.	Disputed	Kischlat	Middle Triassic (Ladinian)	Santa Maria Formation	Brazil	A replacement name for Prestosuchus Huene 1938, considered to be a nomen nudum.
Kryphioparma[8]	Gen. et sp. nov		Reyes, Parker, & Heckert	Late Triassic (Norian)	Chinle Formation	United States ( Arizona)	An aetosaur. The type species is K. caerula.
Scolotosuchus[9]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Sennikov	Early Triassic	Lipovskaya Formation	Russia ( Volgograd Oblast)	A member of the family Rauisuchidae. The type species is S. basileus. Published online in 2023, but the issue date is listed as December 2022.[9]
Torvoneustes jurensis[10]	Sp. nov	Valid	Girard et al.	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)	Reuchenette Formation	Switzerland
Turnersuchus[11]	Gen. et sp. nov		Wilberg et al.	Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian)	Charmouth Mudstone Formation	United Kingdom	An early diverging thalattosuchian. The type species is T. hingleyae.
Venkatasuchus[12]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Haldar, Ray & Bandyopadhyay	Late Triassic (Norian to Rhaetian)	Dharmaram Formation	India	A typothoracine aetosaur. The type species is V. armatum.

General pseudosuchian research

• Evidence of the impact of the interplay of abiotic and biotic processes on the evolution of pseudosuchians is presented by Payne et al. (2023).^[13]
• A study on the biomechanical properties of the skull of Riojasuchus tenuisceps is published by Taborda, Von Baczko & Desojo (2023), who propose that R. tenuisceps could have had a wading habit, feeding on small-sizey prey caught from the shoreline.^[14]
• A study on the bone histology of Decuriasuchus quartacolonia is published by Farias et al. (2023), who interpret their findings as indicative of early ontogenetic stage of known specimens, which might have stayed in group to obtain food and avoid predation before reaching maturity, as well as opening the possibility that D. quartacolonia may represent an earlier growth stage of the larger Prestosuchus chiniquensis.^[15]
• A study on the bone histology of Fasolasuchus tenax and Prestosuchus chiniquensis, providing evidence of slower growth rate in the latter taxon, is published by Ponce et al. (2023).^[16]
• A study on the biomechanics of the skull of Saurosuchus galilei is published by Fawcett et al. (2023), who interpret Saurosuchus as having a weak bite for an animal of its size, possessing several mechanically weak features in the skull, and likely avoiding tooth–bone interactions while feeding.^[17]
• Redescription of the braincase of Saurosuchus galilei and a study of its sensorial capacities is published by von Baczko et al. (2023), who report evidence interpreted as indicative of an enhanced olfactory acuity.^[18]
• An osteoderm and tooth of a 'rauisuchian', likely a rauisuchid, are described from the lower Elliot Formation of South Africa, and identify two potential morphotypes of rauisuchid in the lower Elliot.^[19]
• Redescription of the anatomy of the skull of Shuvosaurus inexpectatus is published by Lehane (2023).^[20]

Aetosaur research

• A study on the humeral histology in specimens of Aetosaurus ferratus from the Kaltental site (Lower Stubensandstein, Germany) is published by Teschner et al. (2023), who interpret the studied specimens as juveniles, and interpret the accumulation of small-sized specimens at Kaltental as possible evidence of gregarious behavior in juveniles of A. ferratus.^[21]
• Parker, Reyes & Marsh (2023) describe a new specimen of Typothorax coccinarum from Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona, United States) that is the largest aetosaur specimen reported to date, and report that the studied individual likely had not yet reached skeletal maturity, indicating that body size may not be a reliable indicator of maturity in aetosaurs.^[22]

Crocodylomorph research

• A study on the bone histology of early crocodylomorphs is published by Botha et al. (2023), who interpret their findings as indicating that the transition from high growth rates of earlier-diverging pseudosuchians to slower rates of bone deposition during mid-late ontogeny happened around the origin of Crocodylomorpha during the Late Triassic.^[23]
• Revision of the fossil material of Saltoposuchus connectens is published by Spiekman (2023), who considers S. connectens to be a taxon distinct from Terrestrisuchus gracilis, and interprets the histology of the femur of the second-largest studied specimen as indicative of sustained high growth rates.^[24]
• Redescription of Terrestrisuchus gracilis is published by Spiekman et al. (2023), who report evidence indicative of extensive pneumatization of the posterior skull region, as well as probable anatomical adaptations to non-nocturnal, possibly cathemeral activity patterns.^[25]
• Evidence from the osteological correlates of the trigeminal nerve in extant and fossil taxa, interpreted as indicative of an increase in sensory abilities in Early Jurassic crocodylomorphs, preceding their transitions to a semiaquatic habitat, is presented by Lessner et al. (2023).^[26]
• A study on the relationship between osteoderm relative area of pits and terrestrial or aquatic lifestyle in extant and extinct crocodyliforms, indicating that taxa with lower the degree of ornamentation were more likely to be terrestrial, is published by de Araújo Sena & Cubo (2023).^[27]
• A study on palatal grooves of thalattosuchians is published by Young et al. (2023), who report that the studied grooves were continuous with ossified canals that connected the oral cavity to the nasal cavity, and interpret the studied grooves and canals as likely evidence of the existence of a heat exchange pathway linking the palatal vascular plexus to the vessels that supplied blood to the brain and eyes.^[28]
• A study on the growth patterns of Macrospondylus bollensis is published by Johnson, Amson & Maxwell (2023).^[29]
• Young et al. (2023) describe thalattosuchian fossil material from deposits in European Russia ranging from Bajocian to Berriasian or Valanginian in age, including fossil material of cf. Thalattosuchus, Torvoneustes and Tyrannoneustes which expands known geographical range of these taxa, as well as including the oldest record of Geosaurini reported to date.^[30]
• Revision of the fossil record of thalattosuchians from the Jurassic Rosso Ammonitico Veronese (Italy), as well as description of three new metriorhynchoid specimens (including a specimen from the upper Bajocian-upper Bathonian of Cima del Porco representing one of the oldest known metriorhynchids, and a Bajocian specimen which might have beaan a metriorhynchid or a closely related metriorhynchoid), is published by Serafini et al. (2023).^[31]
• Evidence indicative of limited evolutionary convergence in the morphology of the postcranial skeletons of members of Thalattosuchia and Dyrosauridea, even when found within similar environments, is presented by Scavezzoni & Fischer (2023).^[32]
• New specimen of Hsisosuchus of uncertain specific assignment, providing new information on the shape and arrangement of the osteoderms in the ventral trunk shield of members of this genus, is described from the Upper Jurassic of Yunnan (China) by Wu et al. (2023).^[33]
• A study on the notosuchian physiology is published by de Araújo Sena et al. (2023), who find maximal rates of oxygen consumption of notosuchians to be lower than those of extant mammals and monitor lizards but higher than those of extant crocodilians during periods of intensive activity, and interpret notosuchians as likely having a more active lifestyle than extant crocodilians.^[34]
• A study on possible effects of climate, body size and diet on the survival of terrestrial notosuchians during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event is published by Aubier et al. (2023), who find evidence of increase in body size during the Late Cretaceous which may be related to the shift from omnivorous to carnivorous diet, but find the studied data insufficient to list definitive reasons for the survival of sebecids into the Cenozoic.^[35]
• A study on the bone histology of a femur of Araripesuchus wegeneri is published by Faure-Brac & Cubo (2023), who find no evidence for the presence of sustained fibrolamellar complex in the studied taxon, and interpret this finding as consistent with the ectothermic regime inferred for notosuchians, but not with their high maximum metabolic rates and with upright stance of A. wegeneri, which therefore had a phenotype with no equivalent in the extant fauna.^[36]
• A study on the long bone microstructure in Notosuchus terrestris, providing evidence of high growth rates interrupted by periods of decreased or arrested growth, is published by Navarro, Cerda & Pol (2023).^[37]
• A study on the bone histology of Stratiotosuchus maxhechti, interpreted as indicative of growth dynamics similar to those of medium-to-large theropods, is published by Andrade et al. (2023), who argue that niche partitioning between baurusuchids and theropods was more likely than competitive exclusion.^[38]
• Description of new fossil material of itasuchid crocodyliforms from the Upper Cretaceous Bauru Group (Brazil) is published by Pinheiro et al. (2023), who also confirm the monophyly of Itasuchidae with some variation in its content, and find the South American itasuchid species to occupy a crocodyliform morphospace, possibly indicating distinct niche occupations.^[39]
• A new mandibular ramus referred to Hamadasuchus cf. reboulli is described by Pochat-Cottilloux et al., who propose an emended diagnosis of the taxon and argue that only three specimens are actually referrable to this species. They further discuss multiple anatomical characters of the mandible that they suggest represent intraspecific or ontogenetic differences and are not diagnostically valuable. As a consequence, it is suggested that Antaeusuchus may be a species of Hamadasuchus.^[40]
• Pochat-Cottilloux et al. (2023) describe the endocranial structures of Hamadasuchus, providing evidence of adaptations to terrestrial lifestyle.^[41]
• A study on the ecology of sebecids from the Paleocene locality of Tiupampa (Bolivia), using a multi-isotopic proxy approach, is published by Pochat-Cottilloux et al. (2023), who interpret their findings as indicative of ectothermic thermoregulation and terrestrial lifestyle in the studied crocodylomorphs.^[42]
• A study on the biogeography of neosuchians throughout their evolutionary history, providing evidence of the impact of saltwater tolerance of neosuchians from different subclades on their historical biogeography, is published by Groh et al. (2023).^[43]
• Description of a new specimen of Acynodon adriaticus from the Campanian Villaggio del Pescatore site (Italy) and a study on the affinities of this species is published by Muscioni et al. (2023).^[44]
• Revision of the fossil material of Cenomanian crocodyliforms from the Arlington Archosaur Site (Woodbine Group; Texas, United States), providing evidence of the presence of at least five taxa with different snout shapes and body size which might be related to niche partitioning, is published by Adams, Drumheller & Noto (2023).^[45]
• A study on the taxonomic diversity, phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of Australasian crocodyliforms is published by Ristevski et al. (2023).^[46]
• Venczel (2023) describes new fossil material of Diplocynodon kochi from the Eocene Transylvanian Basin (Romania), extending known fossil record of this species to four new localities.^[47]
• A tooth of a member of the genus Purussaurus is described from the Toma Vieja locality near Paraná City (traditionally considered as the base of Ituzaingó Formation) by Bona et al. (2023), representing the first record of this genus from the Late Miocene of Argentina and the southernmost occurrence of a member of this genus reported to date.^[48]
• Taxonomic revision of the genus Mourasuchus is published by Cidade & Hsiou (2023).^[49]
• A study on the neuroanatomy and phylogenetic affinities of Portugalosuchus azenhae is published by Puértolas-Pascual et al. (2023), who recover Portugalosuchus as a member of Gavialoidea most closely related to Thoracosaurus neocesariensis.^[50]
• A collection of isolated gavialoid teeth is reported from the shallow marine deposits of Eocene Turnu Roșu (Romania) by Venczel et al. (2023), who recognize a minimum of five morphotypes.^[51]
• Burke & Mannion (2023) present a reconstruction of the neuroanatomy and neurosensory apparatus of "Tomistoma" dowsoni, providing evidence that this gavialoid displayed an intermediate morphology between those of extant gharials and false gharials.^[52]
• Redescription of "Tomistoma" taiwanicus is published by Cho & Tsai (2023), who transfer this species to the genus Toyotamaphimeia.^[53]
• A study on the inner braincase anatomy of Voay robustus is published by Perrichon et al. (2023).^[54]
• A collection of eighteen isolated neosuchian teeth as well as a single isolated crocodyliform osteoderm are reported from the Berriasian–Valanginian Feliz Deserto Formation (Brazil) by Lacerda et al. (2023), who recognize a minimum of three morphotypes among the teeth.^[55]
• A collection of 55 coprolites from the Eocene Na Duong Basin (Vietnam) are described by Halaçlar et al. (2023), who interpret them as belonging to a new ichnotaxon, Crococopros naduongensis ^[56]

New dinosaur taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Country	Notes	Images
Ampelognathus[57]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Tykoski, Contreras & Noto	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Lewisville Formation	United States ( Texas)	A small-bodied ornithopod. The type species is A. coheni.
Bustingorrytitan[58]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Simón & Salgado	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Huincul Formation	Argentina	A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is B. shiva.
Calvarius[59]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Prieto-Márquez & Sellés	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Talarn Formation	Spain	A small-bodied ornithopod belonging to the group Styracosterna. The type species is C. rapidus.
Chucarosaurus[60]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Agnolin et al.	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian)	Huincul Formation	Argentina	A colossosaurian titanosaur. The type species is C. diripienda.
Furcatoceratops[61]	Gen. et sp. nov		Ishikawa, Tsuihiji & Manabe	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Judith River Formation	United States ( Montana)	A centrosaurine ceratopsid. The type species is F. elucidans.
Garumbatitan[62]	Gen. et sp. nov		Mocho et al.	Early Cretaceous (Barremian)	Arcillas de Morella Formation	Spain	A sauropod belonging to the group Somphospondyli. The type species is G. morellensis.
Gonkoken[63]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Alarcón-Muñoz et al.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Dorotea Formation	Chile	A non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroid. The type species is G. nanoi.
Gremlin[64]	Gen. et sp. nov		Ryan et al.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Oldman Formation	Canada ( Alberta)	A leptoceratopsid ceratopsian. The type species is G. slobodorum.
Iani[65]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zanno et al.	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Cedar Mountain Formation	United States ( Utah)	An iguanodontian ornithopod belonging to the group Rhabdodontomorpha. The type species is I. smithi.
Igai[66]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gorscak et al.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Quseir Formation	Egypt	A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is I. semkhu.
Inawentu[67]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Filippi et al.	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)	Bajo de la Carpa Formation	Argentina	A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is I. oslatus. Announced in 2023; the final article version will be published in 2024.
Jaculinykus[68]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Kubo et al.	Late Cretaceous	Barun Goyot Formation	Mongolia	A parvicursorine alvarezsaurid theropod. The type species is J. yaruui.
Jiangxititan[69]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Mo et al.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Nanxiong Formation	China	A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is J. ganzhouensis.
Malefica[70]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Prieto-Márquez & Wagner	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Aguja Formation	United States ( Texas)	A basally-branching hadrosaurid. Genus includes new species M. deckerti. Announced in 2022; the final article version was published in 2023.
Migmanychion[71]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Wang et al.	Early Cretaceous	Longjiang Formation	China	A coelurosaurian theropod. The type species is M. laiyang.
Minimocursor[72]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Manitkoon et al.	Late Jurassic	Phu Kradung Formation	Thailand	A basal member of Neornithischia. The type species is M. phunoiensis.
Oblitosaurus[73]	Gen. et sp. nov		Sánchez-Fenollosa, Verdú, & Cobos	Late Jurassic	Villar del Arzobispo Formation	Spain	An iguanodontian ornithopod belonging to the group Ankylopollexia. The type species is O. bunnueli.
Platytholus[74]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Horner, Goodwin & Evans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation	United States ( Montana)	A pachycephalosaurid. The type species is P. clemensi.
Protathlitis[75]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Santos-Cubedo et al.	Early Cretaceous (Barremian)	Arcillas de Morella Formation	Spain	A baryonychine spinosaurid theropod. The type species is P. cinctorrensis.
Qianlong[76]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Han et al.	Early Jurassic (probably Sinemurian)	Ziliujing Formation	China	A basal member of Sauropodomorpha. The type species is Q. shouhu.
Sphaerotholus lyonsi[77]	Sp. nov	Valid	Woodruff, Schott & Evans	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada ( Alberta)	A pachycephalosaurine; a species of Sphaerotholus.
Sphaerotholus triregnum[77]	Sp. nov	Valid	Woodruff, Schott & Evans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation	United States ( Montana)	A pachycephalosaurine; a species of Sphaerotholus.
Tharosaurus[78]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bajpai et al.	Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)	Jaisalmer Formation	India	A dicraeosaurid sauropod. The type species is T. indicus.
Tyrannomimus[79]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Hattori et al.	Early Cretaceous (Aptian)	Kitadani Formation	Japan	An ornithomimosaur theropod. The type species is T. fukuiensis.
Vectidromeus[80]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Longrich et al.	Early Cretaceous (Barremian)	Wessex Formation	United Kingdom	A hypsilophodontid. The type species is V. insularis. Announced in 2023; the final article version will be published in 2024.
Vectipelta[81]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Pond et al.	Early Cretaceous (Barremian)	Wessex Formation	United Kingdom	A nodosaurid. The type species is V. barretti.

General non-avian dinosaur research

• Schwarz et al. (2023) observe the contents of unopened containers from Tendaguru Formation (Tanzania) expeditions via CT scans, and indicate the presence of fossils belonging to dinosaurs including Dysalotosaurus, Kentrosaurus, and Giraffatitan.^[82]
• A study on causes of recovery of different interrelationships of the three major dinosaur clades (Theropoda, Sauropodomorpha, and Ornithischia) in phylogenetic studies is published by Černý & Simonoff (2023), who find the three possible ways of resolving the relationships among these lineages (Saurischia-Ornithischia, Ornithischiformes-Theropoda and Ornithoscelida-Sauropodomorpha dichotomies) to be statistically indistinguishable and supported by nearly equal numbers of characters in the datasets from the studies of Baron, Norman & Barrett (2017)^[83] and Langer et al. (2017).^[84][85]
• A review of the history of morphometric studies in non-avian dinosaurs is published by Hedrick (2023).^[86]
• Cullen et al. (2023) reevaluate evidence for anomalously positive stable carbon isotope compositions of dinosaur bioapatite, report that the studied anomaly is present in the carbon isotope compositions of bioapatite in tooth enamel of not only dinosaurs but also mammals and crocodilians and in scale ganoine of gars from the "Rainy Day Site" in the Campanian Oldman Formation (Alberta, Canada) but is absent in extant vertebrates from the near-analogue modern ecosystem in the Atchafalaya Basin (Louisiana, United States), and interpret their findings as indicating that the studied anomaly is not the result of a unique dietary physiology of dinosaurs.^[87]
• A study on the element ratios in the enamel of dinosaurs from the Oldman Formation is published by Cullen & Cousens (2023), who interpret their findings as indicative of differences in habitat use, dietary plant sources and feeding height between hadrosaurs and other ornithischians, as well as indicating that troodontid theropods were mixed-feeding to plant-dominant omnivores.^[88]
• Dinosaur eggshell fragments with preserved eggshell membranes are reported from the Late Jurassic Brushy Basin Member of the Morrison Formation (Utah, United States) by Lazer et al. (2023).^[89]
• Oussou et al. (2023) describe new tracksites with ornithopod, sauropod and theropod (including possible bird-like non-avian theropod) tracks from the Jurassic Isli Formation (Morocco).^[90]
• Navarro-Lorbés et al. (2023) describe tracks produced by an undetermined bipedal non-avian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Cameros Basin (Spain), interpreted as likely produced during swimming, and provide information on the swimming behaviour of the trackmaker.^[91]
• Méndez Torrez et al. (2023) report the discovery of the first assemblage of dinosaur tracks (dominated by sauropod tracks, including tracks of possible non-neosauropod eusauropods, and possibly preserving evidence of herd behaviour) from the Jurassic to earliest Cretaceous Castellón Formation (Bolivia).^[92]
• Naimi et al. (2023) describe tracks of small theropods and ornithopods from the Albian-Cenomanian strata from the Ouled Nail Mounts, representing some of the stratigraphically youngest records of non-avian dinosaurs in Algeria reported to date.^[93]
• Esperante et al. (2023) report the discovery of a short-lived new site with hundreds of tracks of dinosaurs (subsequently removed because of the construction of a new road) from the El Molino Formation (Bolivia), including swim traces of theropod dinosaurs.^[94]
• Description of four dinosaur teeth assignable to three different groups (Tyrannosauroidea, Titanosauriformes, and Hadrosauroidea) from the Cretaceous Sunjiawan Formation (China) is published by Yin et al. (2023), representing the first record of a theropod from the formation, as well as representing potentially two new taxa, as the hadrosauroid teeth are distinct from Shuangmiaosaurus.^[95]
• A review of the Early Cretaceous dinosaur fauna from Thailand is published by Samathi et al. (2023).^[96]
• Li et al. (2023) report the discovery of sauropod and ornithopod tracks from the Zonggei Formation, providing evidence for the presence of abundant dinosaurs in the Late Cretaceous of the Tibet region (China).^[97]
• Flannery-Sutherland et al. (2023) describe the first dinosaur tracks from the Upper Cretaceous Nichkesaisk Formation (Kyrgyzstan), probably produced by both large-bodied and smaller-bodied theropods or ornithopods.^[98]
• A study on the duration of Late Cretaceous megaherbivore dinosaur assemblage zones in the 100 m thick stratigraphic section exposed at Dinosaur Provincial Park (Alberta, Canada) is published by Eberth et al. (2023), who interpret their findings as indicating that the dinosaur assemblage zones in the studied section had duration time of ~600–700.000 years, and were significantly shorter than those in the overlying Horseshoe Canyon Formation.^[99]
• Review of the Cretaceous non-avian dinosaur egg record from the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, including descriptions of eggs representing six ootaxa (Coralloidoolithus oosp., Dendroolithus oosp., Macroelongatoolithus oosp., Paraspheroolithus irenensis, cf. Protoceratopsidovum minimum, and cf. Spheroolithus maiasauroides) from the Upper Cretaceous localities Altan Uul I, Altan Uul IV, Bayanshiree, Shine Us Khudag and Shiluut Uul, is published by Tanaka et al. (2023).^[100]
• A study on the stable oxygen and carbon isotope compositions of dinosaur eggshell calcites and tooth apatites from the Upper Cretaceous Kakanaut Formation (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia) is published by Amiot et al. (2023), who interpret their findings as indicating that near-polar Kakanaut dinosaurs likely laid eggs in early spring, giving time for the hatchlings to grow before winter.^[101]
• A review of Cretaceous dinosaurs from India published by Khosla and Lucas (2023).^[102]

Saurischian research

• An isolated ilium of a probable non-herrerasaurid herrerasaurian, potentially representing the first record of such a saurischian in unambiguous Carnian beds, is described from the Pivetta site (Candelária Sequence; Brazil) by Garcia et al. (2023).^[103]
• Silva et al. (2023) described new herrerasaurid material from the Predebon site (Candelária Sequence of the Santa Maria Supersequence, Brazil), and interpret its anatomy as possibly indicative of the presence of a herrerasaurid morphotype distinct from Gnathovorax cabreirai and Staurikosaurus pricei.^[104]
• A track site of dinosaur footprints is described from the Middle Jurassic Xietan Formation (Hubei, China) by Xing et al. (2023), who interpret the tracks as belonging to small sauropods (similar to Brontopodus) and probable theropods.^[105]
• Lei et al. (2023) report theropod bite traces on 68 sauropod bones from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation (United States), as well as evidence of tooth wear in large-bodied theropods from the Morrison Formation interpreted as indicating that the studied theropods were biting into bone, and consider it most likely that the wear seen on large theropod teeth was mostly caused by contact with the destroyed bones of the more frequently consumed juvenile sauropods, while the studied bite traces were most likely caused by scavenging on carcasses of large-bodied sauropods.^[106]

Ornithischian research

• A study on the biomechanical properties of the skulls of Heterodontosaurus tucki, Lesothosaurus diagnosticus, Scelidosaurus harrisonii, Hypsilophodon foxii and Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis is published by Button et al. (2023), who interpret their findings as indicative of limited functional convergence among studied taxa, which achieved comparable performance of the feeding apparatus through different adaptations.^[219]
• A study on the evolution of forelimb muscle mechanics and function in ornithischian dinosaurs is published by Dempsey et al. (2023), who interpret their findings as indicating that thyreophorans, ornithopods and ceratopsians evolved quadrupedality through different patterns of rearrangement of forelimb musculature.^[220]
• Review of the fossil record of ornithischian dinosaurs from Southeast Asia and southern China is published by Manitkoon et al. (2023)^[221]
• Surmik et al. (2023) study ossified tendons of specimens of Pinacosaurus grangeri, Edmontosaurus regalis/"Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis" and Homalocephale calathocercos, reporting the presence of collagenous fibre bundles and likely fibril bundles, blood vessels and associated cells in some of the studied samples, and argue that ossified tendons can be a source of molecular preservation in dinosaurs.^[222]
• A study on the histology and enamel microstructure of the maxillary cheek teeth of Heterodontosaurus tucki, providing the earliest known evidence of the presence of wear-resistant modified dentine in an ornithischian, is published by Calvert et al. (2023).^[223]
• Description of the skull osteology of Manidens condorensis is published by Becerra et al. (2023).^[224]
• Button & Zanno (2023) present a three-dimensional endocranial reconstruction of a specimen of Thescelosaurus neglectus, and report the presence of brain traits interpreted as suggestive of cognitive and behavioral capabilities within the range of extant reptiles, as well as a narrow hearing range, acute olfaction and vestibular sensitivity which might represent adaptations for burrowing behaviors.^[225]

New bird taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Country	Notes	Images
Anachronornis[258]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Houde, Dickson & Camarena	Thanetian	Willwood Formation	United States ( Wyoming)	A basal anseriform of the new family Anachronornithidae. The type species is A. anhimops.
Avolatavis europaeus[259]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	A member of the family Vastanavidae.
Caerulonettion[260]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Zelenkov	Miocene		France	A duck; a new genus for "Anas" natator Milne-Edwards (1867).
Castignovolucris[261]	Gen. et sp. nov		Buffetaut, Angst & Tong	Late Cretaceous (probably late Campanian)	Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation	France	A member of Enantiornithes. The type species is C. sebei.
Charadriisimilis[262]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	A member of Charadriiformes most closely resembling members of the group Charadrii. The type species is C. essexensis.
Clymenoptilon[263]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Mayr et al.	Paleocene	Waipara Greensand	New Zealand	A member of the stem group of Phaethontiformes. The type species is C. novaezealandicum.
Cratonavis[264]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Li et al.	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation	China	A non-ornithothoracine pygostylian. The type species is C. zhui.
Danielsavis[258]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Houde, Dickson & Camarena	Ypresian	London Clay Formation	United Kingdom	A member of Galloanseres of uncertain affinities; originally described as a basal anseriform, but subsequently argued to share possible derived characteristics with the Galliformes by Mayr, Carrió & Kitchener (2023).[265] The type species is D. nazensis.
Dynatoaetus[266]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov.	Valid	Mather et al.	Chibanian	Mairs Cave	Australia	An Accipitrid, the type species is D. gaffae. It also includes the species D. pachyosteus.[267]
Eotrogon[268]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Mayr, De Pietri & Kitchener	Eocene (Ypresian)	London Clay	United Kingdom	A trogon. The type species is E. stenorhynchus.
Eudyptula wilsonae[269]	Sp. nov	Valid	Thomas et al.	Pliocene (Piacenzian)	Tangahoe Formation	New Zealand	A penguin, a species of Eudyptula.
Falco powelli[270]	Sp. nov	Valid	Emslie & Mead	Late Quaternary		United States ( Nevada)	A kestrel.
Fujianvenator[271]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Xu et al.	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Nanyuan Formation	China	An anchiornithid. The type species is F. prodigiosus.
Kumimanu fordycei[272]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ksepka et al.	Paleocene (Teurian)	Moeraki Formation	New Zealand	An early penguin.
Lavanttalornis[273]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bocheński et al.	Miocene		Austria	A duck. The type species is L. hassleri.
Macronectes tinae[274]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tennyson & Salvador	Pliocene (Waipipian)	Tangahoe Formation	New Zealand	A member of the genus Macronectes.
Mionetta defossa[260]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zelenkov	Miocene		France	A duck.
Mioquerquedula palaeotagaica[275]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zelenkov	Miocene		Russia ( Irkutsk Oblast)	A duck.
Murgonornis[276]	Gen. et sp. nov		Worthy et al.	Eocene		Australia	A presbyornithid. The type species is M. archeri
Papasula abbotti nelsoni[277]	Ssp. nov	Valid	Hume	Holocene		Mauritius	A subspecies of Abbott's booby.
Papulavis[278]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Mourer-Chauviré et al.	Eocene (Ypresian)		France	A bird classified as cf. Aramidae. The type species is P. annae.
Pelecanus paranensis[279]	Sp. nov		Noriega et al.	Miocene	Paraná Formation	Argentina	A pelican.
Perplexicervix paucituberculata[265]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mayr, Carrió & Kitchener	Eocene (Ypresian)	London Clay	United Kingdom	Possibly a relative of bustards, assigned to the family Perplexicervicidae.
Petradyptes[272]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ksepka et al.	Paleocene (Teurian)	Moeraki Formation	New Zealand	An early penguin. The type species is P. stonehousei.
Plotornis archaeonautes[280]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ksepka et al.	Miocene (Aquitanian)	Mount Harris Formation	New Zealand	A member of Pan-Diomedeidae.
Praecarbo[281]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Kessler & Horváth	Oligocene	Mányi Formation	Hungary	A cormorant. The type species is P. strigoniensis.
Pterocles bosporanus[282]	Sp. nov		Zelenkov	Pleistocene		Crimea	A sandgrouse; a species of Pterocles.
?Pulchrapollia eximia[283]	Sp. nov		Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	A member of the family Halcyornithidae.
?Pulchrapollia tenuipes[283]	Sp. nov		Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	A member of the family Halcyornithidae.
Rhynchaeites litoralis[284]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene (Ypresian)	London Clay	United Kingdom	A member of the family Threskiornithidae.
Selenonetta[275]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zelenkov	Miocene		Russia ( Irkutsk Oblast)	A duck. Genus includes new species S. lacustrina.
Sericuloides[285]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Nguyen	Oligocene	Riversleigh World Heritage Area	Australia	A bowerbird. The type species is S. marynguyenae.
Sororavis[286]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene (Ypresian)	London Clay	United Kingdom	A member of the family Morsoravidae. The type species S. solitarius.
Tagayanetta[275]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zelenkov	Miocene		Russia ( Irkutsk Oblast)	A duck. Genus includes new species T. palaeobaikalensis.
Tegulavis[278]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Mourer-Chauviré et al.	Eocene (Ypresian)		France	A bird classified as cf. Galliformes. The type species is T. corbalani.
Thegornis sosae[287]	Sp. nov	Valid	Agnolín	Late Miocene (Tortonian)	Andalhualá Formation	Argentina	A member of the family Falconidae.
Tynskya brevitarsus[259]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	A member of the family Messelasturidae.
Tynskya crassitarsus[259]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom	A member of the family Messelasturidae.
Vultur messii[288]	Sp. nov		Degrange et al.	Pliocene		Argentina	A New World vulture.
Yarquen[289]	Gen. et sp. nov		Tambussi et al.	Miocene	Collón Curá Formation	Argentina	An owl in the family Strigidae. The type species is Y. dolgopolae.
Ypresiglaux[290]	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Mayr & Kitchener	Early Eocene	London Clay	United Kingdom  United States ( Virginia)	An owl. The type species is Y. michaeldanielsi; genus also includes "Eostrix" gulottai Mayr (2016). Announced in 2022; the final article version was published in 2023.

Avian research

• A study on the evolution of limbs along avialan stem lineages is published by Wang & Zhou (2023), who provide evidence of a shift to low disparity and decelerated evolutionary rates near the origin of avialans, and interpret this shift as related to the evolutionary constrains on the morphology of the forelimb necessary for powered flight.^[291]
• Macaulay et al. (2023) report that, in spite of the differences of body shape, there is overall no difference in the position of whole-body centre-of-mass between birds and non-avian theropods, but rather that there is such difference between hindlimb-dominated predominantly terrestrial taxa and forelimb-dominated predominantly volant taxa regardless of their phylogenetic placement, and argue that the fully crouched bipedalism seen in modern birds evolved after powered flight.^[292]
• A study comparing dentin and enamel microstructure in Microraptor, Anchiornis, Sapeornis and Longipteryx, providing evidence of microscopic modifications in tooth enamel, dentin and cementum between early birds and other theropods, as well as previously unrecognized plasticity in the developmental mechanisms controlling tooth microstructure in Mesozoic toothed birds, is published by Wang et al. (2023).^[293]
• Kiat & O'Connor (2023) reevaluate evidence of molt in the fossil record of birds and non-avian dinosaur, report rarity of molt occurrence both in the fossil record and in collections of extant bird species with simultaneous molts, and argue that the flight feather annual molt evolved with the development of powered flight, possibly only among crown birds.^[294]
• Wu et al. (2023) study the phytoliths preserved in the stomach contents of a specimen of Jeholornis prima, interpreting them as indicating that Jeholornis likely ate leaves of plants from the magnoliid angiosperm clade.^[295]
• Five specimens of Sapeornis chaoyangensis with different-preserved feathers are reported from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota (China) by Zhao et al. (2023), who examine their implications for the taphonomy of soft tissues from the Jehol Biota.^[296]
• Evidence from the study of well-preserved specimen of Confuciusornis sanctus, interpreted as indicating that this bird was capable of prolonged flights as long as it alternated periods of high-efficiency gliding with active flapping, is presented by Chiappe et al. (2023).^[297]
• An enantiornithine specimen from the La Huérguina Formation closely resembling Concornis is described by Nebreda et al. (2023).^[298]
• O'Connor et al. (2023) describe feathers of a young enantiornithine individual from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, and interpret this finding as indicating that immature enantiornithines rapidly molted body feathers.^[299]
• Redescription and a study on the affinities of Dapingfangornis sentisorhinus is published by Wang et al. (2023).^[300]
• A study aiming to determine the diets of members of the family Pengornithidae is published by Miller et al. (2023), who report that Pengornis, Parapengornis and Yuanchuavis show adaptations for vertebrate carnivory.^[301]
• A study aiming to determine the diets of members of the family Bohaiornithidae is published by Miller et al. (2023), who interpret their findings as indicating that the family included taxa adapted to diverse diets, and predict the ancestral member of Enantiornithes to have been a generalist which ate a wide variety of foods.^[302]
• Wang (2023) describes a new specimen of Parabohaiornis martini with a well-preserved skull from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation (China), and reports the presence of the plesiomorphic temporal and palatal configurations (similar to those of non-avian dinosaurs) in the skull of Parabohaiornis.^[303]
• Clark et al. (2023) attempt to determine the dietary habits of longipterygids, reporting dental features indicative of carnivory, with additional support for insectivory.^[304]
• A study on the gastral mass preserved with specimens of Archaeorhynchus and Iteravis, interpreted as indicative of the digestive system comparable to that of extant birds, is Liu et al. (2023).^[305]
• Zelenkov & Arkhangelsky (2023) describe new fossil material of Campanian hesperornithids from the Karyakino locality (Saratov Oblast, Russia), including the first femur of Hesperornis rossicus.^[306]
• Lowi-Merri et al. (2023) provide evidence of soaring and foot-propelled swimming capabilities of Ichthyornis.^[307]
• A study on the anatomy of the articular region of the lower jaw of Vegavis iaai is published by Álvarez-Herrera et al. (2023), who report the presence of anatomical features shared with neornithine birds, and particularly with members of the neoavian clade Aequorlitornithes.^[308]
• Hong et al. (2023) describe a footprint assigned to the ichnospecies Wupus agilis from the Cretaceous Daegu Formation, representing the largest bird footprint from South Korea described to date, report that ichnotaxa intermediate between non-avian theropod and unwebbed Mesozoic bird ichnotaxa generally show high morphological similarity with bird ichnospecies, and argue that these intermediate ichnotaxa might represent the ichnological record of large Mesozoic birds.^[309]
• Blood flow rates in the femora of a variety of extinct and extant avialans are estimated by Hu et al. (2023).^[310]
• A review and update of the Cenozoic fossil record of birds in Argentina is published by Tambussi, Degrange & de Mendoza (2023).^[311]
• Acosta Hospitaleche, O'Gorman & Panzeri (2023) describe a partial ulna of a bird (comparable in size with ulnae of the coscoroba swan or the southern screamer) from the Maastrichtian La Colonia Formation (Argentina), showing similarities to ulnae of members of Anseriformes and possibly representing the first record of a neornithine from the La Colonia Formation.^[312]
• Mourer-Chauviré, Pickford & Senut (2023) describe new fossil material of Struthio coppensi from the Miocene sites in the Sperrgebiet (Namibia).^[313]
• Buffetaut (2023) reports the discovery of a plaster cast of the lost femur of Struthio anderssoni from the late Pleistocene deposits of the Upper Cave at Zhoukoudian (China), and transfers the species S. anderssoni to the genus Pachystruthio.^[314]
• The body mass and running speed of Opisthodactylus kirchneri are estimated by Jones, Vezzosi & Blanco (2023).^[315]
• A study on the evolutionary history of the elephant birds, based on data from fossil eggshells, is published by Grealy et al. (2023), who interpret their findings as supporting the placement of Mullerornis into a separate family, as well as indicative of the existence of a genetically distinct lineage of Aepyornis in Madagascar's far north, report evidence of divergence within Aepyornis corresponding with the onset of the Quaternary, and tentatively advocate synonymising Vorombe titan with Aepyornis maximus.^[316]
• Changes in body size of birds from the Yucatán peninsula since the Late Pleistocene are documented by Silva‐Martínez et al. (2023).^[317]
• Mayr et al. (2023) describe bird cervical vertebrae from the Quercy fissure fillings (France), densely covered with tubercles similar to those reported in members of the genus Perplexicervix and in "Dynamopterus" tuberculatus from the Messel pit in Germany as well as in extant maned rat, and interpret these tubercles as a feature of distinctive clade of Eocene birds (Perplexicervicidae), possibly representing an anti-predator adaptation against the killing bite of mammalian carnivores.^[318]
• The impact of including fossil taxa on inferring the ancestral morphology of the quadrate in Galloanserae is studied by Kuo, Benson & Field (2023).^[319]
• A study on the formation of the rhamphotheca in the middle-latest Eocene Antarctic pelagornithids is published by Piro & Acosta Hospitaleche (2023).^[320]
• A study on the histology of long bones of Lutetodontopteryx tethyensis and cf. Dasornis sp. from the Eocene (Lutetian) locality Ikove (Luhansk Oblast) is published by Dobrovolsky (2023).^[321]
• Revision of small-bodied ducks from the Miocene localities in France and Mongolia is published by Zelenkov (2023), who transfers the species Anas velox to the genus Protomelanitta and transfers the species Anas soporata to the genus Mioquerquedula.^[322]
• Fossils of hazel grouse from the Quaternary of Bulgaria are documented by Boev (2023).^[323]
• An egg belonging to a flamingo from the Pleistocene of Mexico is described by Cruz et al. (2023).^[324]
• Fossils of small rails from the late Pleistocene and early Holocene of the Southern High Plains are described by Moretti & Johnson (2023).^[325]
• A study of Pleistocene fossils from the Naracoorte Caves (Australia) by Lenser & Worthy (2023) confirmed the presence of plains-wanderer in the fossil assemblages at this site, and suggests that this species formerly inhabited forest and woodland environments.^[326]
• Fossils of the red-throated loon and an undetermined species of Gavia are described from the Pleistocene Liuchungchi Formation (Taiwan) by Wu et al. (2023), representing the first Pleistocene records of Gaviidae in the subtropical Northwest Pacific reported to date.^[327]
• Ecomorphology of the penguin wing is studied by Haidr (2023), finding that Madrynornis resembled extant piscivorous penguins in its wing morphology.^[328]
• A skull of a small penguin, possibly representing a new species belonging to the genus Spheniscus, Eudyptula or to a new genus ancestral to both listed genera, is described from the Miocene Bahía Inglesa Formation (Chile) by Acosta Hospitaleche & Soto-Acuña (2023).^[329]
• Figueiredo et al. (2023) report a partial coracoid of the genus Morus from the middle Miocene (Langhian) of the Setúbal Peninsula (Portugal), an instance that represents the first Miocene sulid described from the Iberian Peninsula.^[330]
• Ksepka & Tennyson (2023) report the discovery of the humerus of a probable stem gannet from the Hurupi Formation, representing the oldest record of a sulid from New Zealand reported to date.^[331]
• Guilherme et al. (2023) describe fossil material of Macranhinga sp. and Anhinga minuta from the Acre conglomerate member in the southwestern Amazon region, suggesting the presence of potentially three distinct darter taxa within the same locality during the late Miocene.^[332]
• Osteological comparisons and historical accounts of recently extinct island night herons are presented by Hume (2023).^[333]
• Coprolites of bearded vultures from the Pleistocene of Portugal are described by Sanz et al. (2023).^[334]
• A tarsometatarsus of a cinereous vulture from the Late Pleistocene Gansuiji Formation (Japan) is described by Matsuoka & Hasegawa (2023), representing the first fossil record of this species from Japan.^[335]
• Pellets and a fragmentary beak of a barn owl from the Holocene of Socotra Island (Yemen) are reported by Ramello et al. (2023).^[336]
• The first known phorusrhacid footprints are described from the Río Negro Formation (Argentina) by Melchor et al. (2023), who name a new ichnotaxon Rionegrina pozosaladensis, and interpret the studied footprints as indicative of a primary role of digit III, secondary role of digit IV and a reduced role of digit II in body weight support.^[337]
• Stidham, O'Connor & Li (2023) reexamine the holotype of Corvus fangshannus and reinterpret it as a member of the sedentary Northern Raven (Corvus corax) lineage.^[338]
• Baumann et al. (2023) report isotopic data from raven remains from early Gravettian sites in Southern Moravia (Czech Republic), interpreted as indicating that the studied ravens consumed the same range of foods as contemporaneous Gravettian foragers, regularly feeding on larger herbivores and especially mammoths.^[339]
• The oldest bird tracks from Gondwana reported to date are described from the Lower Cretaceous "Wonthaggi Formation" (Australia) by Martin et al. (2023).^[340]
• Mourer-Chauviré et al. (2023) describe fossil material of a songbird of uncertain affinities, a lovebird of uncertain specific assignment and cf. Palaeortyx from the Miocene deposits at Grillental (Namibia), representing some of the earliest records of their respective groups in Africa reported to date.^[341]
• Neto de Carvalho et al. (2023) describe an assemblage of bird trace fossils from a Pleistocene coastal aeolianite unit from the south-west Portugal, including two new forms of traces: Corvidichnus odemirensis, likely produced by the western jackdaw, and Buboichnus vicentinus, attributed to the locomotion and feeding behaviour of a large eagle-owl.^[342]

New pterosaur taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Country	Notes	Images
Balaenognathus[343]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Martill et al.	Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)	Torleite Formation	Germany	A member of the family Ctenochasmatidae. The type species is B. maeuseri.
Cratonopterus[344]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Jiang et al.	Early Cretaceous	Huajiying Formation	China	A member of the family Ctenochasmatidae. The type species is C. huabei.
Eopteranodon yixianensis[345]	Sp. nov		Zhang et al.	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	A member of the family Tapejaridae.
Huaxiadraco[346]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Pêgas et al.	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation	China	A member of the family Tapejaridae. The type species is "Huaxiapterus" corollatus Lü et al. (2006).
Lusognathus[347]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Fernandes et al.	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian)	Lourinhã Formation	Portugal	A member of the family Ctenochasmatidae belonging to the subfamily Gnathosaurinae. The type species is L. almadrava.
Meilifeilong[348]	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Wang et al.	Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian)	Jiufotang Formation	China	A member of the family Chaoyangopteridae. The type species is M. youhao; genus also includes "Shenzhoupterus" sanyainus Ji, Zhang & Lu (2023).
Petrodactyle[349]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Hone et al.	Late Jurassic	Mörnsheim Formation	Germany	A member of the family Gallodactylidae. The type species is P. wellnhoferi.
Shenzhoupterus sanyainus[350]	Sp. nov	In press	Ji et al.	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation	China	A member of the family Chaoyangopteridae. Originally described as a species of Shenzhoupterus; Wang et al. (2023) transferred it to the genus Meilifeilong.[348]

Pterosaur research

• A study on the diversification of pterosaurs during their evolutionary history, aiming to determine the factors that affected pterosaur evolution, is published by Yu, Zhang & Xu (2023).^[351]
• A study comparing the sternal anatomy of 60 different pterosaur species is published by Hone (2023).^[352]
• Yang et al. (2023) compare wing ontogeny and performance in Rhamphorhynchus, Pterodactylus, Sinopterus and Pteranodon, and interpret the differences in the growth patterns of the studied pterosaurs as suggestive of more altricial development in Pteranodon than in smaller-bodied pterosaurs.^[353]
• Review of the fossil record of Jurassic and Cretaceous pterosaurs from Gondwana is published by Pentland & Poropat (2023).^[354]
• Revision of the pterosaur assemblage from the Kem Kem Group (Morocco) is published by Smith et al. (2023), who provide revised diagnoses for Afrotapejara zouhrii and Alanqa saharica, and report at least three distinct jaw morphotypes which cannot be referred to any previously named species.^[355]
• Jagielska et al. (2023) describe a non-pterodactyloid pterosaur specimen from the Bathonian Lealt Shale (Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom), preserving metatarsal and caudal vertebrae which are considerably larger than corresponding bones in the holotype of Dearc sgiathanach.^[356]
• A study on the surface of the holotype specimen of Scaphognathus crassirostris, providing evidence of the presence of six different types of pycnofibers, is published by Henkemeier, Jäger & Sander (2023).^[357]
• The oldest pterosaur remains found in Australia to date, including the first fossil material of a juvenile pterosaur from Australia, is described from the Lower Cretaceous Eumeralla Formation by Pentland et al. (2023).^[358]
• A study on the microstructure of the tooth and periodontium attachment tissues of Pterodaustro guinazui is published by Cerda & Codorniú (2023), who report that teeth of this pterosaur were set in a groove with no interdental separation, and find no evidence for gomphosis or the presence of replacement teeth.^[359]
• Pterosaur teeth which might represent the earliest record of Istiodactylidae reported to date are described from the Valanginian Wadhurst Clay Formation (United Kingdom) by Sweetman (2023).^[360]
• The geologically oldest specimen of Nurhachius reported to date is described from the Lower Cretaceous Jingangshan Member of the Yixian Formation (China) by Ozeki et al. (2023).^[361]
• Description of the pectoral girdle morphology and histology in Hamipterus, providing evidence of both the similarities and differences between the flight apparatus of pterosaurs and birds, is published by Wu et al. (2023).^[362]
• A study on the microstructure of teeth of Hamipterus, providing evidence of thin enamel that covered approximately half of the tooth crown, is published by Chen et al. (2023).^[363]
• Richards, Stumkat & Salisbury (2023) describe a new specimen of the Thapunngaka from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Toolebuc Formation (Australia), consisting of parts of the premaxillary and maxillary rostrum, and two new clades of tropeognathines, Mythungini and Tropeognathini.^[364]
• Smith, Martill & Zouhri (2023) reinterpret a purported shark spine from the Cenomanian Cambridge Greensand Member of the West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation (Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom) as a jaw fragment of an azhdarchoid distinct from Ornithostoma sedgwicki, but sharing a distinctive morphology with jaw fragments reported from the Kem Kem Beds of Morocco.^[365]
• Song, Jiang & Wang (2023) redescribe purported dsungaripterid remains from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Doushan Formation (China), assign the most complete element (a femur) to Azhdarchoidea, and study osteological correlates for thigh muscles on the femur, interpreting their general pattern as conservative when compared with other basal ornithodirans.^[366]
• New Jehol tapejarid skeleton, probably belonging to a specimen of Sinopterus dongi and providing new information on the skull anatomy in this species, is described by Zhou, Miao & Andres (2023).^[367]
• A study on the affinities of "Tupuxuara" deliradamus is published by Cerqueira, Müller & Pinheiro (2023), who interpret this pterosaur as a tapejarine.^[368]
• A study on the ontogeny of Caiuajara dobruskii, as inferred from its bone histology, is published by de Araújo et al. (2023).^[369]
• Fragmentary wing phalanges from the Aptian-Albian Antlers Formation (Texas, United States), originally noted by Bennett (2001) to be similar in their oval cross-sections to those of Dsungaripterus,^[370] are interpreted by Bennett (2023) as possible thalassodromine fossil material.^[371]
• Agnolín et al. (2023) report the discovery of a pterosaur cervical vertebra from the Cenomanian Candeleros Formation (Argentina), interpreted as the oldest record of an azhdarchid from South America reported to date.^[372]
• Four teeth representing the first pterosaur material from Ukraine reported to date are described from the Lower Cretaceous Burim Formation by Sokolskyi (2023).^[373]

Other archosaur research

• Redescription of the skeletal anatomy of Scleromochlus taylori is published by Foffa et al. (2023), who interpret S. taylori as a lagerpetid.^[377]
• Description of the anatomy of the braincase of Dromomeron gregorii is published by Bronzati et al. (2023), who also present reconstructions of soft tissues associated with the braincase, and report that sensory structures of D. gregorii were more similar to those of pterosaurs than to those of other early avemetatarsalians.^[378]
• Mestriner et al. (2023) describe an assemblage of silesaurid remains from the Waldsanga locality from the Santa Maria Formation (Brazil), providing evidence of the presence of a combination of dinosauromorph symplesiomorphies and silesaurid diagnostic traits in the postcranial skeletons of the studied specimens.^[379]