1981 in paleontology

Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.

Plesiosaurs

 * Carroll, R. C., 1981, Plesiosaur ancestors from the Upper Permian of Madagascar: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London B, v. 293, p. 315- 383.

{| border="0" style="background:transparent;" style="width: 100%;" !width="90%"| !width="5%"| !width="5%"|
 * style="border:0px" valign="top"|
 * style="border:0px" valign="top"|