2012 - A Year of Palaeontology

[Balaur]

I've been wanting to do this for the end of every year, so lets get started with the great discoveries in palaeontology in 2012.
Yutyrannus
Sciurumimus
Feathered dinosaur of North America (Ornithomimus)
Pegomastax
Xenoceratops
Obamadon
Pygmy Right Whale - A living fossil

List a list of your favourite discoveries in palaeontology this year, and which one you think is the coolest.

I choose Sciurumimus as my favourite discovery of this year.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

For me it would have to be Pegomastax Africanus, I think it was an awesome find. Amazed he had that piece so long before he finally published on it !!! Just an amazing little dinosaur

[Balaur]

For me it would have to be Pegomastax Africanus, I think it was an awesome find. Amazed he had that piece so long before he finally published on it !!! Just an amazing little dinosaur

I agree with you too, Pegomastax is cool too. Because of that, here's my list.

1. Sciurumimus - first feathered carnosaur
2. Yutyrannus - first large feathered tyrannosaur
3. First fossil of a feathered Ornithomimus in North America.
4. Pegomastax - little dinosaur found 30 years ago and just published in the literature this year
5. Xenoceratops - oldest Canadian horned ceratopsian
6. Pygmy right whale - living fossil
7. Obamadon - Obama's lizard relative.

[ZoPteryx]

My favorites this year have been Sciurumimus, Yutyrannus, Ichthyovenator, and learning the colors of Microraptor!

[Takama]

Yutyrannus i think is this years most majour discovery.   It proves that Large dinosaurs are featherd for sure, and it was not all speculation based on smaller reletives.

[Balaur]

My favorites this year have been Sciurumimus, Yutyrannus, Ichthyovenator, and learning the colors of Microraptor!

Microraptor, I forgot about that! I have to place it in 4 then. And I forgot about Ichthyovenator, the most appropriately named spinosaur ever.

[Patrx]

It's been a good year for feathers, that's for sure. In my opinion, the most important discoveries this year are the ornithomimid wing impressions (proof that feathers can be preserved outside of Lagerstätten, if one knows what to look for; hopefully paving the way for the discovery of further direct evidence of feathers in North American Mesozoic dinosaurs. A close second would be the discovery of Sciurumimus 

Also, not quite a discovery, but the publication of "All Yesterdays" kind of seems like a turning point for palaeoart.

[Splonkadumpocus]

Don't forget the stolen Tarbosaurus that almost got auctioned off.

[Balaur]

Don't forget the stolen Tarbosaurus that almost got auctioned off.

I usually don't remember such dark moments. 

That was sad. That was really sad.

[Splonkadumpocus]

Found this on DeviantArt.

[ajax]

Great picture ^^, Papo or Wild Safari should make a Xenoceratops just like that next year.

[ZoPteryx]

I've always liked those charts.  I do see one problem though, Darwinsaurus hasn't been described or officially announced yet.