1982 in paleontology

Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Some remarks on newly named birds

 * Hulsanpes perlei Osmolska, 1982 was described as a Troodontidae, it is sometimes seen as an Avialae because of having a ginglymoid metatarsal II.

General pseudosuchian research

 * Ralph Molnar publishes a revision of the genus Pallimnarchus, comparing it to various Australasian crocodilians and diagnosing it based on proportional differences.