There is no official, canonical list of Mesozoic bird-line archosaur genera, but thorough attempts have been made for its various subgroups, such as George Olshevsky's
Dinosaur Genera List, the book
The Dinosauria, Mikko Haaramo's
Phylogeny Archive, Mike Hanson's
The Pterosauria, the Pterosaur Species List,
Donald F. Glut's
Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia series,
Holtz's list of Mesozoic dinosaurs, Molina-Perez & Larramendi's list of theropods, and Mickey Mortimer's
Theropod Database. These lists have been supplemented with more recent publications to create this one. •
Genus: The
generic name of the taxon, sourced to its description publication. •
Authors: Full names of the authors of the descriptions. This column can be sorted by last names. •
Year: The year when the descriptions were physically published. These are not necessarily the years the names became valid according to the rules of the
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). •
Formation: The
geological formations each taxon was found in, along with their epoch and age. In the case of multiple formations, holotype localities are marked by an asterisk. •
Location: Every country and first-level subdivision the taxon was found in. In the case of multiple locations, holotype localities are marked by an asterisk. == The list ==