Plants Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesPalaeocarpinus aspinosaSp novValidManchester & ChenPaleoceneMiddle PaleoceneFort Union FormationA betulaceous fruitPalaeocarpinus orientalisSp novValidManchester & Guo PaleoceneWulungu DepressionA betulaceous fruit
Arthropods Newly named crustaceans
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCancer (Metacarcinus) starri ValidBerglund & GoedertEarly MioceneClallam & Pysht Formations ()A crab
Newly named insects
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAllopetalia europaeaSp novJr synonymNel, Arillo, & Martínez-DelclòsMessinianAn Aeshnid dragonfly. Moved to Boyeria europaea in 1997Burmomyrma rossiGen et sp. novValidDlusskyLate Aptian to Early CenomanianBurmese amberA possible Aneuretin antCerdanyagrionGen et sp novvalidNel, Arillo, & Martínez-DelclòsVallesian/Turolian A Megapodagrionid damselflyHaidomyrmex cerberusGen et sp. novValidDlusskyLate Aptian to Early CenomanianBurmese amberA Sphecomyrmin antSomatochlora brisaciSp novValidNel, Arillo, & Martínez-DelclòsTurolianMontagne d'AndanceA Corduliid dragonflySympetrum cantalensisSp novValidNel, Arillo, & Martínez-DelclòsMessinianA Libellulid dragonflyVulcagrionGen et comb et 2 sp novvalidNel, Arillo, & Martínez-DelclòsMessinianA Megapodagrionid damselfly, three species
Fish
Cartilaginous fish Research Duffin et al (1996) describes chondrichthyan remains from the Itaituba Formation of the Amazon Basin of Brazil and deems Anachronistes to be a junior synonym of Cooleyella.
New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBransonella lingulataSp nov ValidIvanov & GinterEarly Carboniferous (Serpukhovian)Kalinovskie Vyselki QuarryA xenacanthCooleyella amazonensisSp nov ValidDuffin et al.Late CarboniferousItaituba FormationA anachronistid
Amphibians
Temnospondyls
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images TatrasuchusGen et sp nov ValidMaryańska & ShishkinMiddle TriassicA cyclotosaurid
Plesiosaurs
New taxa
Name Status AuthorsLocation NotesImages Pachycostasaurus Valid Cruickshank Martill Plesiopleurodon Valid Carpenter ()The Last of the Pliosaurs. Thalassiodracon Valid Storrs Taylor
Dinosaurs In the summer excavation resumed on the Talkeetna Mountains Hadrosaur, discovered in a quarry near the Glenn Highway, approximately 150 miles northeast of Anchorage.
Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
Name Status AuthorsLocation Notes Images "Angaturama'"Kellner, A.W.A., D. de A. Campos. 1996. First Early Cretaceous theropod dinosaur from Brazil with comments on Spinosauridae. Neues Jahrbuch Geol. Palaontol. Abhandlungen Stuttgart 199 (2): pp. 151-166. Junior synonym of Irritator Kellner Campos BagaraatanOsmolska, H. 1996. An unusual theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 41 (1): pp. 1-38. Valid taxon Halszka Osmólska Deltadromeus Valid taxon Paul Sereno Duthiel Iarochene Larsson Lyon Magwene Sidor Varricchio Jeffrey A. Wilson. GasparinisauraCoria, R.A. and L. Salgado. 1996. A Basal Iguanodontian (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the Late Cretaceous of South America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16 (3): pp. 445-457. Valid taxon Rodolfo Coria Salgado Irritator Valid taxon Martill Cruickshank Frey Small M. Clarke Ligabueino Valid taxon Jose Bonaparte "Jensenosaurus"Olshevsky vide Curtice, B.D., K.L. Stadtman, and L.J. Curtice. 1996. A reassessment of Ultrasauros Macintoshi (Jensen, 1985). The continental Jurassic (M. Morales, ed.). Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 60: pp. 87-95. Junior synonym of Supersaurus George Olshevsky vide: B. D. Curtice Stadtman L. J. Curtice, "Luanpingosaurus" Junior synonym of Psittacosaurus Cheng Zhengwu vide: Chen P. Cheng Zhengwu et al. "Magulodon" Nomen nudum Kranz Cheng Zhengwu et al. NeovenatorHutt, S., D.M. Martill, and M.J. Barker. 1996. The first European allosaurid dinosaur (Lower Cretaceous, Wealden Group, England). N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Mh. 10: pp. 635-644. Valid taxon Hutt Martill Barker Parvicursor Valid taxon Karhu Rautian Patagonykus Valid taxon Novas Pawpawsaurus Valid taxon Lee() Pellegrinisaurus Valid taxon Salgado QinlingosaurusXue, X., Y. Zhang, Y. Bi, L. Yue, and D. Chen. 1996. The development and environmental changes of the Intermontane Basins in the eastern part of Qinling Mountains. Geological Publishing House, Beijing: pp. 1-181. Valid taxon Xue Zhang Y. X. Bi Yue Chen D. Rayososaurus Valid taxon Jose Bonaparte Shanyangosaurus Valid taxon Xue Zhang Y. X. Bi Yue Chen D. Siamotyrannus Valid taxon Buffetaut Suteethorn Tong SigilmassasaurusRussell, D.A. 1996. Isolated dinosaur bones from the Middle Cretaceous of the Tafilalt, Morocco. Museum Natl. d'Histoire Nat. (Paris) Bull. (ser. 4) 18 (Section C, Nos. 2-3) : pp. 349-402. Valid taxon Dale A. Russell Sinosauropteryx Valid taxon Ji Q. Ji S.
Birds
Newly named birds Name Novelt Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnas ganii Sp. nov. ValidNikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich
K. L. Sushpanov
A. L. DavidLate Early PleistoceneAn Anatidae.Anas marecula Sp. nov. ValidStorrs L. Olson
Pierre JouventinHoloceneAmsterdam IslandAn Anatidae.Anhinga fraileyi Sp. nov. ValidKenneth E. Campbell, jr.Late MioceneHuayquerianAn Anhingidae."Branta" minor ValidEugen Kessler
Erika GalLate MioceneMN 9An Aves Incertae Sedis, it is not an Anatidae.Copepteryx hexeris Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidStorrs L. Olson
Yoshikazu HasegawaLate OligoceneAinoshima FormationA Pelecaniformes, Plotopteridae Howard, 1969, this is the type species of the new genus.Copepteryx titan Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidStorrs L. Olson
Yoshikazu HasegawaLate OligoceneAinoshima FormationA Pelecaniformes, Plotopteridae Howard, 1969.Eoalulavis hoyasi Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidJosé L. Sanz
Luis M. Chiappe
Bernardo P. Pérez-Moreno
Angela D. Buscaliono
José J. Moratalla
Francisco Ortega
Francisco J. Poyato-ArizaEarly CretaceousNeocomian:An Ornithothoraces Chiappe & Calvo, 1994, Enantiornithes. Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus.Nanantius valifanovi Sp. nov. ValidEvgeny N. KurochkinLate CretaceousLate CampanianAn Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, Gobipteryginae Elzanowski, 1974.Nandayus vorohuensis Sp. nov. ValidEduardo P. Tonni
Jorge NoriegaLate PlioceneOrohué FormationA Psittacidae.Otis bessarabicus Sp. nov. ValidEugen Kessler
Erika GalLate MioceneMN 9An Otididae.Struthio coppensi Sp. nov. ValidCécile Mourer-Chauviré
Brigitte Senut
Martin Pickford
Pierre MeinEarly MioceneKaringarabA Struthionidae.?Tringa grigorescui Sp. nov. ValidEugen Kessler
Erika GalMiddle MioceneMN 8A Scolopacidae, not sure it is a Tringa.Vorona berivotrensis Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidCatharine A. Forster
Luis M. Chiappe
David W. Krause
Scott D. SampsonLate CretaceousCampanian,
Maevarano FormationAn Ornithothoraces Chiappe et Calvo, 1994 .
Pterosaurs
New taxa
Name Status AuthorsLocation Notes Kepodactylus Valid Harris, J.D. Carpenter ()
Fossil eggs
New ootaxa
Name Status AuthorsLocation NotesDispersituberoolithusValidZelenitsky et al. ()Probably laid by a primitive neognath. Gobioolithus Valid MikhailovFormerly called "Gobipteryx eggs", though they are not presently considered to be eggs of Gobipteryx.
Synapsids
Mammals New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesLeptacodon nascimentoiSp novValidEstravísEarly EoceneSilveirinha FormationA nyctitheriidStenoplesictis indigenusSp. nov Jr synonymDashzevegLate EoceneErgilin Dzo FormationMoved to the genus Alagtsavbaatar in 2016Stenoplesictis simplexSp. nov Jr synonymDashzevegLate EoceneErgilin Dzo FormationDeemed a junior synonym of Asiavorator gracilis in 2016
Footnotes
References Pasch, A. D., K. C. May. 2001. Taphonomy and paleoenvironment of hadrosaur (Dinosauria) from the Matanuska Formation (Turonian) in South-Central Alaska. In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life. Ed.s Tanke, D. H., Carpenter, K., Skrepnick, M. W. Indiana University Press. Pages 219–236.