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Overview of the events of 2025 in reptile paleontology
List of years in reptile paleontology
In paleontology
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In paleobotany
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In arthropod paleontology
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In paleoentomology
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In paleomalacology
2022
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In archosaur paleontology
2022
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In paleomammalogy
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In paleoichthyology
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This catalog of fossil reptile research published in 2025 includes a list of new taxa that were described during the year 2025, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to reptile paleontology that occurred in 2025.

Squamates

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

Squamate research

  • López-Rueda et al. (2025) describe new mosasaur material from the Upper Cretaceous Labor-Tierna and Plaeners formations (Colombia), including the first record of a member of the genus Globidens from northern South America reported to date.
  • Meyerkort et al. (2025) describe a phalanx bone of a brachypterygiid ichthyosaur from the middle–upper Cenomanian strata of the Gearle Siltstone (Australia), representing the geologically youngest ichthyosaur record from the Southern Hemisphere reported to date.


Ichthyosauromorphs

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

Ichthyosauromorph research

Sauropterygians

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Sauropterygian research

Turtles

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Turtle research

  • A study on the neuroanatomy of Azzabaremys moragjonesi, providing evidence of convergences of its neuroanatomical structures with those of other turtles adapted to marine environments, is published by Martín-Jiménez & Pérez-García (2025).

Archosauriformes

Archosaurs

Main article: 2025 in archosaur paleontology

Other archosauriforms

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Archosauriform research

Other reptiles

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Other reptile research

Reptiles in general

References

  1. López-Rueda, J. S.; Polcyn, M. J.; Lindgren, J.; Cruz-Guevara, L. E.; Rodríguez-Sañudo, A. S. (2025). "Mosasaur (Reptilia, Mosasauridae) remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Colombia, including the first occurrence of the genus Globidens". Cretaceous Research. 166. 105997. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105997.
  2. Meyerkort, R. D.; Kear, B. P.; Everhart, M. J.; Siversson, M. (2025). "Youngest fossil occurrence of ichthyosaurs from the Southern Hemisphere". Cretaceous Research. 168. 106071. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106071.
  3. Martín-Jiménez, M.; Pérez-García, A. (2025). "The first neuroanatomical study of a marine pleurodire (the large Paleocene bothremydid Azzabaremys moragjonesi) reveals convergences with other clades of pelagic turtles". Fossil Record. 28 (1): 1–15. doi:10.3897/fr.28.e130418.
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