2018 in reptile paleontology
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes
Amananulam Gen. et sp . nov Valid McCartney et al Paleocene Mali A snake belonging to the family Nigerophiidae . The type species is A. sanogoi
Amaru Gen. et sp . nov Valid Albino Early Eocene Lumbrera Formation Argentina A macrostomatan snake . Genus includes new species A. scagliai
Anguis rarus Sp . nov Valid Klembara & Rummel Early Miocene Germany A slow worm
Barlochersaurus Gen. et sp . nov Valid Daza et al Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian ) Burmese amber Myanmar Probable member of Anguimorpha of uncertain phylogentic placement . The type species is B. winhtini
Bicuspidon hogreli Sp . nov Valid Vullo & Rage Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian ) Kem Kem Beds Morocco A polyglyphanodontid lizard
Boa blanchardensis Sp . nov Valid Bochaton & Bailon Late Pleistocene France ( Marie-Galante Island ) A species of Boa
Callopistes rionegrensis Sp . nov Valid Quadros , Chafrat & Zaher Early Miocene Chichinales Formation Argentina A teiid lizard , a species of Callopistes
Euleptes klembarai Sp . nov Valid Čerňanský , Daza & Bauer Miocene ( Astaracian ) Slovakia A relative of the European leaf-toed gecko
Primitivus Gen. et sp . nov Valid Paparella et al Late Cretaceous ( late Campanian -early Maastrichtian ) Italy A member of the family Dolichosauridae . The type species is P. manduriensis
Stenoplacosaurus Gen. et comb . nov Valid Sullivan & Dong Middle Eocene ( Sharamurunian ) Heti Formation Shara Murun Formation China An anguid lizard belonging to the subfamily Glyptosaurinae . The type species is Helodermoides mongoliensis Sullivan ( 1979 )
Tsagansaurus Gen. et sp . nov Valid Alifanov Late Paleocene Mongolia A platynotan lizard belonging to the family Parasaniwidae . The type species is T. nemegetensis
Tylosaurus saskatchewanensis Sp . nov Valid Jiménez-Huidobro et al Late Cretaceous ( late Campanian ) Bearpaw Formation Canada ( Saskatchewan ) A mosasaur
Xiaophis Gen. et sp . nov Xing et al Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian ) Burmese amber Myanmar A snake described on the basis of a fossilized embryo or neonate . The type species is X. myanmarensis
Lizards and snakes -- New taxa