Plants Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymy Notes ImagesHemiptelea mikiisp novMinaki, Noshiro, & SuzukiPleistoceneAn ulmaceous species KeratospermaGen et sp novvalidCevallos-Ferriz & StockeyEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsPrinceton ChertA lasioid arum family seed genus.The type species is K. allenbyensisPistillipollianthusGen et sp novvalidStockey & ManchesterEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsHorsefly ShalesA flower of uncertain affinitiesThe type species is P. wilsoni. Producer of the Pistillipollenites macgregorii palynomorph.SalmonenseaGen et Comb novValidWolfe & Wehrlate Middle EoceneSalmon FloraA rosaceous genus The type species is S. prefoliolosa Moved from Chamaebatia prefoliolosa (1935)Sorbaria wahrhaftigiiSp novValidWolfe & WehrEocenelatest EoceneRex Creek FloraA rosaceous species StockeyaGen, sp et Comb novValidWolfe & Wehrlate OligoceneCreede FormationChamaebatiaria creedensis (1937)A rosaceous genus The type species is S. creedensisAlso includes S. montanaStonebergiaGen et sp novValidWolfe & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationA rosaceous genus The type species is S. columbiana
Arthropods Crustaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPseudotealliocaris palincsariSp novjr synonymSchramFamennianHuntley Mountain FormationMoved to the genus Tealliocaris in 2013. Though initially reported to be from the Pocono Formation, the deposits it was found in are now considered part of the Huntley Mountain Formation.
Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymy Notes ImagesAneuretellusGen et sp novvalid DlusskyMiddle EoceneSakhalin amberAn aneuretine ant Protopone primigenaGen et sp novvalid DlusskyMiddle EoceneSakhalin amberA ponerine ant ZherichiniusGen et 2 sp novvalid DlusskyMiddle EoceneSakhalin amberA dolichoderine antThe type species is Z. horiibilis Also includes Z. rapax
Archosauromorphs
Newly named non-avian dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. The dubious family, Ornitholestidae is named by Gregory Scott Paul.
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymy Notes ImagesAnserimimusBarsbold, R. 1988. A new late Cretaceous ornithomimid of Mongolia [in Russian]. Paleontol. J. 1: pp. 122-125.Gen et sp novValid BarsboldLate CretaceousNemegt FormationAn ornithomimid theropodBrachylophosaurus goodwiniSp novJunior synonymHornerCampanianMcClellend Ferry Member, Judith River Formation A saurolophine hadrosaurid. Junior synonym of Brachylophosaurus canadensis or an indeterminate brachylophosaurin.CathetosaurusJensen, J.A. 1988. A fourth new sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of the Colorado Plateau and sauropod bipedalism. Great Basin Nat. 48 (2), pp. 121-145.Mateus, O., & Tschopp E. (2013). Cathetosaurus as a valid sauropod genus and comparisons with Camarasaurus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2013. 173.Gen et sp novvalidJensenLate Jurassic The type species is C. lewisi"Chassternbergia"Bakker, R. T. 1988. Review of the late Cretaceous Nodosaurid Dinosauria, Denversaurus schlessmani, a new armor-plated dinosaur from the Latest Cretaceous of South Dakota, the Last Survivor of the Nodosaurians, with comments on Stegosaur-Nodosaur Relationships. Hunteria 1 (3), pp. 3-23.Subgen NovJunior synonymBakkerCampanianDinosaur Park Formation Jr synonym of EdmontoniaDenversaurusGen et sp novValidBakkerCretaceous late MaastrichtianLance FormationA nodosauridGiraffatitanGen et comb novValid PaulLate JurassicTendaguru formationBrachiosaurus brancai 1914 Brachiosaurus fraasi 1914A sauropod "Hironosaurus"Gen novNomen nudum HisaLate CretaceousA possible hadrosaurid, undescribed"Kagasaurus"Gen novNomen nudum HisaEarly CretaceousA possible dromeosaurid, undescribedKotasaurusYadagiri, P. 1988. A new sauropod Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis from Lower Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Records of the Geological Survey of India 116 (3-8): pp. 102-127.Gen et sp novValidYadagiriEarly JurassicKota FormationA basal sauropodNanotyrannusBakker, R.T., M. Williams, and P. Currie. 1988. Nanotyrannus, a new genus of pygmy tyrannosaur, from the latest Cretaceous of Montana. Hunteria 1: pp. 1-30.Gen et comb nov Valid? Bakker, Williams, & CurrieLate CretaceousLance Formation Possible junior synonym of Tyrannosaurus.OrodromeusHorner, J.R. and D.B. Weishampel. 1988. A comparative embryological study of two ornithischian dinosaurs. Nature 332: pp. 256- 257.Gen et sp novValid Horner & WeishampelCretaceous CampanianTwo Medicine FormationAn ornithopod "Protognathus"Olshevsky, G. 1991. A Revision of the Parainfraclass Archosauria Cope, 1869, Excluding the Advanced Crocodylia. Mesozoic Meanderings 2 (1st printing): iv + 196 pages.Gen et sp novSenior synonym ZhangMiddle JurassicShaximiao Formation"Stenotholus"Giffin, E. B., D.L. Gabriel, and R.E. Johnson. 1987. A new pachycephalosaurid skull (Ornithischia) from the Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana. J. Vert. Palaeontol. 7 (4); pp. 398-407.Gen et sp novJunior synonymGiffin, Gabriel, & JohnsonLate CretaceousHell Creek Formation Junior synonym of Stygimoloch
Newly named birds Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Synonymy Notes ImagesCiconia kahli ValidSp. nov.HaarhoffEarly PlioceneVarswater FormationA Ciconiidae.Diomedea rumana ValidSp. nov.Grigorescu & KesslerMiddle MioceneA Diomedeidae.Gymnogyps kofordi ValidSp. nov.EmsliePleistoceneIrvingtonianA Cathartidae.Hadrogyps ValidGen. et sp. nov.EmslieMiddle MioceneBarstovianRound Mountain SiltA cathartidThe type species is H. aigialeus.Jungornis ValidFam, gen et sp nov.KarkhuEarly OligoceneMaykop FormationA Jungornithidae Apodiformes the type species is J. tesselatus.Lithornis ValidSubord, Fam, Gen et sp. nov.HoudeLate PaleoceneEarly TiffanianFort Union FormationA lithornithid palaeognathaen The genus includes L. celetius, L. plebius, & L. promiscuusMesselornis ValidFam, gen et sp nov.HesseEoceneYpresianMessel FormationA Messelornithidae Ralliformes The type species is M. cristata.Morus olsoni ValidSp. nov.Grigorescu & KesslerMiddle MioceneA Sulidae.PachyplichasValidGen et sp. nov.MillenerLate QuaternaryOtiran Glacial Stage?An Acanthisittidae The type species is P. yaldwyni. Also includes P. jagmiPhocavis maritimus ValidGen et Sp nov.GoedertLate EoceneKeasey FormationA Plotopteridae Pelecaniformes The type species is P. maritimusPorphyrio paepae ValidSp. nov.SteadmanHoloceneTahuata & Hiva OaA Rallidae.Primocolius ValidGen et sp. nov.Mourer-ChauviréLate EocenePhosphorites du QuercyA Coliidae. The type species is P. sigeiAlso includes P. minorPseudocrypturus ValidGen et sp. nov.HoudeEoceneYpresianGreen River FormationA Lithornithidae Palaeognathae.The type species is P. cercanaxius.Psilopterus colzecus ValidSp. nov.Tonni & TambussiLate MioceneChasicoanArroyo Chasicó FormationA Psilopterinae Phorusrhacidae.Sula tasmani ValidSp. nov.Tets, Meredith, Fullagar, & DavidsonHoloceneLord Howe & Norfolk IslandsA Sulidae, Sylphornis ValidFam, gen et sp. nov.Mourer-ChauviréLate EoceneA Sylphornithidae basal PiciformesThe type species is S. bretouensisTaubacrex ValidGen et sp. nov.AlvarengaLate Oligocene-Early MioceneTremembé FormationA Quercymegapodiidae the type species is T. granivora Tshulia ValidGen et sp. nov.NessovLate PaleoceneA possible Rallidae The type species is T. litoreaVentivorus ValidGen et sp. nov.Mourer-ChauviréLate EoceneA CaprimulgidaeThe type species is V. ragei.Zheroia ValidGen et sp. nov.NessovEoceneBartonianA Graculavidae genus The type species is Z. kurochkini.Zhylgaia ValidGen et sp nov.NessovLate PaleoceneA Prophaethontidae PelecaniformesThe type species is Z. aestiflua
Pterosaurs
New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymy Notes Images TupuxuaraKellner, A.W.A., and Campos, D.A. (1988). "Sobre un novo pterossauro com crista sagital da Bacia do Araripe, Cretaceo Inferior do Nordeste do Brasil. (Pterosauria, Tupuxuara, Cretaceo, Brasil)." Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 60: 459–469. [in Portuguese]Gen et sp nov Valid Kellner & CamposCretaceousSantana FormationA Thalassodromidae pterosaur
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