Plants Angiosperms Nymphaeales Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesAllenbya Gen et sp novvalidCevallos-Ferriz & StockeyEoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsPrinceton ChertA permineralized waterlily genusThe type species is A. collinsonae Not to be confused with the odonate Allenbya from the Allenby Formation.
Arthropods Insects Dipterans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEmpis orapaensisSp novWatersCretaceousTuronianOrapa FormationA dance fly fly.PseudoacarterusGen et sp novWatersCretaceousTuronianOrapa FormationA hybotine fly. The type species is P. orapaensis
Hemiptera Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPenaphis woollardiSp novJarzembowskiCretaceous HauterivianWeald ClayA gymnosperm feeding aphid
Hymenoptera Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlloiommaGen et sp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA dolichoderine antThe type species is A. changweiensisAphaenogaster lapidescensSp. novjr synonymZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA myrmicine antMoved to Paraphaenogaster lapidescens (2014)Aphaenogaster paludosaSp. novjr synonymZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA myrmicine ant genusMoved to Paraphaenogaster paludosa (2014)Camponotus ambonSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA camponotine formicine ant.Camponotus ampullosusSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA camponotine formicine ant.Camponotus curviansatusSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA camponotine formicine ant.Camponotus gracilisSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA camponotine formicine ant.Camponotus longusSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA camponotine formicine ant.Camponotus microthoracusSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA camponotine formicine ant.Camponotus plenusSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA camponotine formicine ant.Dolichoderus evolansSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA dolichoderine ant.Dolichoderus laciniusSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA dolichoderine ant.ElaphroditesGen et sp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA dolichoderine antThe type species is E. scutulatus Also includes E. mutatusEuponera minutansataSp. novjr synonymZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA ponerine ant.Moved to Pachycondyla minutansata (2014)Euponera nubeculataSp. novjr synonymZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA ponerine ant.Moved to Pachycondyla nubeculata (2014)Formica cepsSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA formicine ant.Formica linquensisSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA formicine ant.Formica ovalaSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA formicine ant.HeteromyrmexGen et sp. novjr homonymZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA myrmicine antThe type species is H. atopogaster Jr homonym of Heteromyrmex Wheeler (1920) Renamed Zhangidris (2003)Iridomyrmex shandongicusSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA leptomyrmecine ant. Heterick and Shattuck (2011) considered unidentifiable.Lasius mordicusSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA lasiine ant.Lasius validusSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA lasiine ant.Lasius validusSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA lasiine ant.Leptogenys lacerataSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA ponerine ant.Liometopum eremicumSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA tapinomine ant.Liometopum potamophilumSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA tapinomine ant.MiosolenopsisGen et sp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA myrmicine ant genusThe type species is M. fossilisMyopopone sinensisSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA amblyoponine ant.ShanwangellaGen et sp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA formicine ant genusThe type species is S. palaeoptera Considered a jr synonym of Camponotus (2000) Resurrected as valid (2022)Tapinoma baculumSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA tapinomine ant.Technomyrmex septentrionalisSp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA tapinomine ant.TylolasiusGen et sp. novvalidZhangMioceneShanwang FormationA formicine ant genusThe type species is T. inflatus Deemed a jr synonym of Lasius (2001)
Mecoptera Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesHolcorpidaeFam novvalidWillmannEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA scorpionfly family, The type genus is HolcorpaThe type species is H. maculosa
Conodonts German paleontologist and stratigrapher Heinz Walter Kozur (1942-2013) described the conodont genus Mesogondolella. Sauropterygians Plesiosaurs Name Status Authors Notes Turneria Preoccupied Chatterjee Small preoccupied by the ant genus Turneria Forel, 1895; renamed Morturneria(1994) Plesiosaur research Plesiosaur gastroliths documented.Chatterjee and Small (1989). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
Archosauriformes
Archosauromorphs
Pseudosuchians
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images RevueltosaurusHunt, A.P. 1989. A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Bull Canyon Formation (Upper Triassic) of East Central New Mexico. In: The dawn of the age of dinosaurs in the American Southwest (S.G. Lucas and A.P. Hunt, eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque: pp. 355-358. Valid non-dinosaurian taxon HuntLate Triassic (early-middle Norian)Bull Canyon Formation Petrified Forest MemberA suchian.
Non avian dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location NotesImages AbrosaurusOuyang, H. 1989. A new sauropod from Dashanopu, Zigong, Co., Sichuan Province (Abrosaurus dongpoensis gen. et sp. nov.). Zigong Dinosaur Museum Newsletter 2: pp. 10-14. Valid taxon OuyangMiddle Jurassic (Bathonian-Callovian)Xiashaximiao FormationA macronarian. AsiaceratopsNesov, L.A. 1989. Ceratopsian dinosaurs and crocodiles of the middle Mesozoic of Asia. In: Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Modern Paleontology (T.N. Bogdanova and L.I. Kozhatsky, eds.) Valid taxon Lev A. Nesov and Kaznyshkina vide: Lev A. Nesov Kaznyshkina CherepanovLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Khodzhakul FormationA leptoceratopsid. AtlascopcosaurusRich, T.H.V. and P. Rich. 1989. Polar dinosaurs and biotas of the Early Cretaceous of southeastern Australia. Natl. Geogr. Res. 5: pp. 15-53. Valid taxon Thomas H. Rich Patricia Vickers-RichEarly Cretaceous (early Albian)Eumeralla FormationAn ornithopod. BihariosaurusMarinescu, F. 1989. Lentila de bauxcifti 204 de la Brusturi Cornet (Jud. Bior.), zefimint fosilifer cu dinozauri. Ocrot. Nat. Mediul. Inconjur. 33: 125- 133. Valid taxon MarinescuEarly Cretaceous (Berriasian)Bauxite depositsAn iguanodont "Daptosaurus"Brown vide Chure, D.J. and J.S. McIntosh. 1989. A Bibliography of the Dinosauria (Exclusive of the Aves) 1677-1986. Paleontology Series No. 1. Museum of Western Colorado. Junior synonym of Deinonychus Brown vide: Chure McIntosh "Eucentrosaurus"Chure, D.J. and J.S. McIntosh. 1989. A Bibliography of the Dinosauria (Exclusive of the Aves) 1677-1986. Paleontology Series No. 1 Museum of Western Colorado. Junior synonym of Centrosaurus Chure McIntosh Leaellynasaura Valid taxon Thomas H. Rich Patricia Vickers-RichEarly Cretaceous (early Albian)Eumeralla FormationAn ornithopod. "Tenantosaurus" Misspelling of TenontosaurusBrown vide: Chure McIntosh Turanoceratops Valid taxon Lev A. Nesov and Kaznyshkina vide: Lev A. Nesov Kaznyshkina CherepanovLate Cretaceous (Turonian)Bissekty FormationA ceratopsid.
Birds Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAccipiter efficax ValidSp. nov.Balouet & OlsonHoloceneCave depositsAn Accipitridae.Accipiter quartus ValidSp. nov.Balouet & OlsonHoloceneCave depositsAn Accipitridae.Apatosagittarius ValidGen et Sp nov.Feduccia & VoorhiesMioceneLate ClarendonianAsh Hollow FormationAn Accipitridae The type species is A. terrenusAplonis diluvialis ValidSp. nov.SteadmanHoloceneHuahine, Society IslandsA Sturnidae.Caloenas canacorum ValidSp. nov.Balouet & OlsonHoloceneCave depositsA Columbidae.Eociconia ValidGen et sp. nov.HouMiddle EoceneYixibaila FormationA CiconiidaeThe type species is E. sangequanensisEuronyctibius ValidGen et sp. nov.Mourer-ChauviréEoceneLate EoceneQuercy Phosphorites FormationFirst described as a Nyctibiidae transferred to Steatornithidae in 2013, The type species is E. kurochkiniGallicolumba longitarsus ValidSp. nov.Balouet & OlsonHoloceneCave depositsA Columbidae.Megapodius alimentum ValidSp. nov.SteadmanHoloceneLifukaA Megapodiidae.Megapodius molistructor ValidSp. nov.Balouet & OlsonHolocene1750 ± 70 YBP (Years Before Present)Cave depositsA Megapodiidae.Noguerornis ValidGen et sp nov.RuizEarly CretaceousLate Berriasian-Early ValanginianA Concornithidae enantiornithineThe type species is N. gonzalezi.Porphyrio kukwiedei ValidSp. nov.Balouet & OlsonHoloceneCave depositsA Rallidae.Puffinus nestori ValidSp. nov.AlcoverLate PlioceneCave depositsA Procellariidae.Quercypodargus ValidSp. nov.Mourer-ChauviréEoceneLate EoceneQuercy Phosphorites FormationA PodargidaeThe type species is Q. olsoni.Rhynochetos orarius DisputedSp. nov.Balouet & OlsonHoloceneCave depositsA rhynochetid kagu. Theuerkauf & Gula (2018) considered this a jr synonym of the extant R. jubatus.Rostratula minator ValidSp. nov.Olson & EllerPlioceneVarswater FormationA Rostratulidae.Sazavis ValidGen et sp nov.Nessov & YarkovLate CretaceousConiacianBissekty FormationAn Alexornithidae Enantiornithes The type species is S. priscaTyto letocarti ValidSp. nov.Balouet & OlsonHoloceneCave depositsA Tytonidae.Volgavis ValidGen et sp. nov.Nessov & YarkovLate CretaceousLatest MaastrichtianA limnofregatine fregatid The type species is V. marinaYoungornis qiluensis ValidSp. nov.Yeh & SunMiddle MioceneShanwang FormationA Rallidae.
Pterosaurs
Name Status Authors Notes Bogolubovia Valid Nesov A. A. Yarkov Mesadactylus Valid Jensen Padian Tapejara Valid Kellner
Synapsids Newly named mammals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDiacodexis antunesiSp novValidEstravís & RussellEarly EoceneSilveirinha FormationA diacodexeid
References
Chatterjee, Sankar and Small, Bryan J.; 1989; New plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica; 47 pp. 197–215 in Origins and Evolution of the Antarctic Biota, Geological Society Special Pub., edited by Crame, J.A. Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180.