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Dinosaurs of Russia: A Review of the Localities

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There are about 1000 valid species taxa of dinosaurs in the world, 85% of which were described after 1990. Twelve taxa originate from Russia, and ten of them were also established after 1990. Over the past 30 years, the number of publications dedicated to the dinosaurs of Russia has increased by 6.6 times. The first finds on the territory of our country date back to the 1890s; to date, 34 localities of bone remains of dinosaurs have already been discovered in various regions of the Russian Federation, and their number has more than doubled over the past 20 years. This article provides a brief overview of the localities in order from the oldest to the latest. This is the first part of the review; further, the taxa of dinosaurs known from remains found in Russia will be considered in detail.

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  1. A valid name is a unique name in zoological nomenclature that, in accordance with the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), should be used to name a taxon. Other name variants are considered invalid. In particular, nomen nudum means an “empty” name proposed without any nomenclatural characteristic of the taxon.

  2. In the zoological nomenclature, nomen dubium means a name that cannot be unequivocally assigned to any taxon and is of uncertain or questionable use.

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Averianov, A.O., Lopatin, A.V. Dinosaurs of Russia: A Review of the Localities. Her. Russ. Acad. Sci. 93, 155–167 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331623020090

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