Flora Lycophytes Lycophyte research Wehr (1998) reports, without description, Selaginella species spikemoss fossils occurring in the Eocene Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation.
Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesPalaeocarpinus pacificaSp novValidManchester & ChenPaleoceneDanianMalo-Mikhailovka FormationA betulaceous fruit
Fungi Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesCryptodidymosphaeritesGen et sp novvalidCurrah, Stockey, & LePageEoceneYpresianAllenby FormationPrinceton ChertA hyperparasitic pleosporalean fungus of uncertain family affinity. The type species is C. princetonensis Its hosted by the phyllachoralean fungus Palaeoserenomyces allenbyensisPalaeoserenomycesGen et sp novvalidCurrah, Stockey, & LePageEoceneYpresianAllenby FormationPrinceton ChertA parasitic phyllachoralean fungus of uncertain family affinity. The type species is P. allenbyensis Its hosted by the fan palm Uhlia allenbyensis. Its hyperparasitized by Cryptodidymosphaerites princetonensis
Fungal research Currah, Stockey, & LePage (1998) describe the a phyllachoralean "tar spot" parasitizing Uhlia palm leaves, and host for a hyperparasitic pleosporalean fungus. They note them to be one of the first occurrences of hyperparasitic relationships in the fossil record.
Arthropods
Newly named crustaceans
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesUrsquillaGen novValidHofLate Cretaceous (Campanian)Mishash Formation Amman Silicified Limestone FormationA mantis shrimp, type species is U. yehoachi (originally named as Eryon yehoachi in 1955).Tyrannophontes acanthocercusSp novJr synonymJenner, Hof & SchramSerpukhovianBear Gulch LimestoneA mantis shrimp, moved to the genus Daidal (2007)
Newly named insects
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcanthostichus hispaniolicusSp. novValidDe AndradeBurdigalianDominican amberA Dorylinae antAquarius lunpolaensisComb nov.valid(Lin) AndersenMioceneLunpola BasinA water strider Moved from Gerris lunpolaensisCarabus neliSp nov.validDeuveTurolianMontagne d'AndanceA ground beetleCylindromyrmex antillanusSp. novValidDe AndradeBurdigalianDominican amberA Dorylinae antDaniaveliaGen et sp nov.validAndersenEoceneYpresianMØclayFur FormationA macroveliid water strider The type species is D. morsensisElectroveliaGen et sp nov.validAndersenEoceneLutetianBaltic AmberA riffle bugThe type species is P. balticaEocenometra longicomisSp nov.validAndersenEoceneYpresianMØclay0lst/Fur FormationsA marsh treaderLedouxnebriaGen et sp nov.validDeuveTurolianMontagne d'AndanceA ground beetleLimnoporus wilsoniSp nov.validAndersenEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsDriftwood shalesA water striderPalaeogerrisGen et 3 sp nov.validAndersenEoceneYpresianMØ clay0lst/Fur FormationsA water striderThe type species is P. furensis Also includes P. grandis & P. mikkelseniPalaeometraGen et sp nov.validAndersenEoceneYpresianFur FormationA limnobatodine water striderThe type species is P. madseniTelmatrechus defunctusComb nov.valid(Handlirsch) AndersenEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsQuilchena siteA water strider Moved from Gerris defuncta (1910)
Brachiopods Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesIridistrophia aliciaeSp novvalidHerrera, Salas & GiolittiEarly DevonianTalacasto Formation A species of IridistrophiaIridistrophia dominansSp novvalidHerrera, Salas & GiolittiEarly DevonianTalacasto Formation A species of IridistrophiaIridistrophia magnaSp novvalidHerrera, Salas & GiolittiEarly DevonianTalacasto Formation A species of IridistrophiaIridistrophia primaSp novvalidHerrera, Salas & GiolittiEarly DevonianTalacasto Formation A species of IridistrophiaEoschuchertella delicataSp novvalidHerrera, Salas & GiolittiEarly DevonianTalacasto Formation A species of Eoschuchertella
Molluscs
Bivalves
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPojetaia sarhroensissp novValidGeyer & StrengEarly CambrianAnti-Atlas mountains Early Cambrian Fordillidae bivalve
Echinoderms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlkaidiaGen et sp novValidBlake & ReidEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Del Rio Formation Paw Paw Formation Main Street Formation Grayson Formation ()A starfish, type species is A. sumralli.AltairiaGen et comb novValidBlake & ReidEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation ()A starfish, type species is A. wintoni, originally named as Comptonia wintoni in 1920.BetelgeusiaGen et sp novValidBlake & ReidEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Del Rio Formation Paw Paw Formation Grayson Formation ()A starfish, type species is B. reidi.CapelliaGen et sp novValidBlake & ReidEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation ()A starfish, type species is C. mauricei.Crateraster texensisComb novValidBlake & ReidEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation Weno Formation ()A starfish, originally named as Pentagonaster texensis in 1920.DenebiaGen et comb novValidBlake & ReidEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation Weno Formation ()A starfish, type species is D. americana, originally named as Pentaceros americanus in 1920.FomalhautiaGen et comb novValidBlake & ReidEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation ()A starfish, type species is F. hortensae, originally named as Metopaster hortensae in 1920.
Amphibians
newly named anurans
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesRhadinosteusGen et sp novValidHenriciKimmeridgianMorrison FormationA possible Rhinophrynidae frog
Archosauromorpha
Dinosaurs A paper in the journal Nature is published by Karen Chin and others announcing the earlier discovery of a "king-sized coprolite" attributed to Tyrannosaurus rex. Lourinhasaurus gastroliths documented.Dantas et al. (1998). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167. Cedarosaurus gastroliths documented.Sanders and Carpenter (1998). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167. Caudipteryx gastroliths documented.Qiang et al. (1998). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167. Volunteers from the Denver Museum of Natural History discovered Tony's Bone Bed in the Cedar Mountain Formation's Poison Strip Member."Introduction," DiCroce and Carpenter (2001). Page 185.
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
Name Status AuthorsLocation Notes Images AltirhinusNorman, D.B. 1998. On Asian ornithopods (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). 3. A new species of Iguanodontid dinosaur. Zool. Journal Linn. Soc. 122: pp. 291-348. Valid taxon David Norman ''Augustia''Preoccupied Bonaparte Zariquiey CamposaurusHunt, A.P., Lucas, S.G., Heckert, A.B., R.M. Sullivan, and M.G. Lockley. 1998. Late Triassic Dinosaurs from the Western United States. Geobios 31 (4): pp. 511-531. Valid taxon Hunt, Lucas, Heckert, Sullivan, and Lockley Caseosaurus Valid taxon Hunt, Lucas, Heckert,Sullivan, and Lockley ( and ) CaudipteryxJi, Q.., P.J. Currie, M.A. Norell, and S.-A. Ji. 1998. Two feathered dinosaurs from northeastern China. Nature 393: pp. 753-761. Valid taxon Ji Q., Phillip Currie,Mark Norell and Ji S. CristatusaurusTaquet, P. and D.A. Russell. 1998. New data on spinosaurid dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of the Sahara. Comptes rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes 327: pp. 347-353. Valid taxon Philippe Taquet Dale A. Russell EobrontosaurusBakker, RT. 1998. Dinosaur Mid-Life Crisis: The Jurassic-Cretaceous Transition in Wyoming and Colorado: In: Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems (S.G.Lucas, J.I. Kirkland and J.W. Estep, eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14: pp. 67- 77. Valid taxon. Now Synonym of Brontosaurus Robert Bakker EolambiaKirkland, J.I. 1998. A new hadrosaurid from the Upper Cedar Mountain Formation (Albian- Cenomanian: Cretaceous) of Eastern Utah - the oldest known hadrosaurid (Lambeosaurine?). Pp. 283-295 in: Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems (S.G. Lucas, J.I. Kirkland, and J.W. Estep, eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14. Valid taxon James Kirkland () GargoyleosaurusCarpenter, K., C. Miles, and K. Cloward. 1998. Skull of a Jurassic ankylosaur (Dinosauria). Nature. 393: pp. 782-783. Valid taxon Kenneth Carpenter MilesCloward () GastoniaKirkland, J.I. 1998. A Polacanthinae Ankylosaur (Ornithischia: Dinosauria) from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of Eastern Utah. In: Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems (S.G. Lucas, J.I. Kirkland, and J.W. Estep, eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14: pp. 271-281. Valid taxon James Kirkland () GongxianosaurusHe X., C. Wang, S. Liu, F. Zhou, T. Liu, K. Cai, and B. Dai. 1998. A new sauropod dinosaur during Early Jurassic in Gongxian County, Sichuan China. Sichuan Dizhi Xuebao Acta Geologica Sichuan 18 (1), pp. 1-6. Valid taxon He, Wang C., Liu S., Zhou F.,Liu T., Cai and Dai HistriasaurusDalla Vecchia, F.M. 1998. Remains of Sauropoda (Reptilia, Saurischia) in the Lower Cretaceous (Upper Hauterivian/Lower Barremian) Limestones of SW Istria (Croatia). Geol. Croat 51 (2): pp. 105-134. Valid taxon Dalla Vecchia LourinhanosaurusMateus, O. 1998. Lourinhanosaurus antunesi, a New Upper Jurassic Allosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Lourinhã (Portugal). Memórias da Academia de Ciências de Lisboa. 37: pp. 111- 124. Valid taxon Mateus LourinhasaurusDantas, P.M., J.L. Sanz, C.M. Silva, F. Ortega, V.F. Santos, and M. Cachão. 1998. Lourinhasaurus n. gen. Novo dinossáurio saurópode do Jurássico superior (Kimmeridgiano superior-Titoniano inferior) de Portugal. Actas do V Congresso de Geologia. 84 (1): A-91-A-94. Valid taxon Dantas, Sanz, Da Silva,Ortega, Dos Santos and Cachao MegaraptorNovas, F.E. 1998. Megaraptor namunhuaiquii, gen. et sp. nov., a large-clawed, Late Cretaceous theropod from Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18 (1): pp. 4-9. Valid taxon Novas NedcolbertiaKirkland, J.I., B.B. Britt, C.H. Whittle, S.K. Madsen, and D.L. Burge. 1998. A small coelurosaurian theropod from the Yellow Cat Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Barremian) of eastern Utah. In: Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial ecosystems (S.G. Lucas, J.I. Kirkland, and J.W. Estep, eds.). Bull. New Mexico Mus. Nat. Hist. Sci.14: pp. 239-248. Valid taxon James Kirkland, Britt, Whittle,S. K. Madsen and Burge () NotohypsilophodonTapia, A. 1919. Una mandibula de dinosaurio procedente de Patagonia. Rev. Soc. Arg. Cienc. Nat. Vil. 4: pp. 369-370. Valid taxon Martínez OzraptorLong, J.A. and R.E. Molnar. 1998. A new Jurassic theropod dinosaur from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 19: pp. 121-129. Valid taxon J. A. Long andRalph Molnar ProtohadrosHead, J.J. 1998. A new species of basal hadrosaurid (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Cenomanian of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18 (4):pp. 718-738. Valid taxon Head () ''Rahona''Forster, C.A., S.D. Sampson, L.M. Chiappe, and D.W. Krause. 1998. The theropod ancestry of birds: new evidence from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Science. 279: pp. 1915-1919. Preoccupied Forster SampsonLuis M. Chiappe and Krause RahonavisForster, C.A., S.D. Sampson, L.M. Chiappe, and D.W. Krause. 1998. The theropod ancestry of birds: new evidence from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Science. 279: pp. 1915-1919. Valid taxon Forster, Sampson,Luis M. Chiappe and Krause ScipionyxDal Sasso C. and M. Signore. 1998. Scipionyx samniticus (Saurischia, Theropoda): the first Italian dinosaur. Third European Workshop on Vertebrate Paleontology (abstract): p. 23. Valid taxon Dal Sasso andSignore ShanxiaBarrett, P. M., Y. Hailu, R. Upchurch, and A.C. Burton. 1998. A new ankylosaurian Dinosaur (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shanxi Province, People’s Republic of China. J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 18 (2): pp. 376-384. Valid taxon Barrett, You,Upchurch and Burton ShuvuuiaChiappe, L.P., M.A. Norell, and J.M. Clark. 1998.