Plants
Pteridophyta Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesWessieagen et sp novValidPigg & RothwellLanghian (Middle Miocene)"Ho ho" site, Grande Ronde Basalt.A fern, type sp W. yakimaensis
Conifers
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMetasequoia foxiisp novValidStockey, Rothwell, & Falderlate TiffanianMunce's Hill and Gao mine sites, Paskapoo Formation
Angiosperms
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesTrochodendron nastaesp novValidPigg, Wehr, & Ickert-BondYpresianTom Thumb Tuff, Klondike Mountain FormationA Trochodendron species
Arthropods Crustaceans Research Guinot and Tavares (2001) reviews the concept of Podotremata and establishes the family Etyidae.
New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesArchaeopus lunicarina Sp novSchweitzer & FeldmannCretaceousLate Campanian - MaastrichtianMatanuska FormationA retroplumid crabBrecanclawuGen et sp novSchweitzer & FeldmannEoceneTwin River GroupHoko River FormationA possible callianassid ghost shrimpThe type species is B. rathbunaeCallianopsis? inornatusSp novSchweitzer & FeldmannEoceneTwin River GroupHoko River FormationA callianassid ghost shrimp of uncertain generic affinity.Ctenocheles hokoensisSp novSchweitzer & FeldmannEoceneTwin River GroupHoko River FormationA possible ctenochelid ghost shrimpEucorystes platysSp novSchweitzer & FeldmannCretaceousAlbianHudspeth FormationA palaeocorystine frog crab.FeldmanniaGen et comb novValidGuinot & TavaresEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation ()An etyid crab, type species is F. wintoni, originally named as Xanthosia wintoni in 1935.Glyphea micheleaeSp novSchweitzer & FeldmannEoceneLutetianAldwell Formation?A glypheid glypheoid lobster species.Hoploparia tshudySp novSchweitzer & FeldmannCretaceouslate Albian - late CenomanianMoonshine Creek FormationA nephropid lobster sp.Paguristes hokoensisSp novSchweitzer & FeldmannEoceneTwin River GroupHoko River FormationA Diogenid hermit crab species.Pagurus malloryiSp novSchweitzer & FeldmannOligoceneMakah FormationJansen Creek MemberA Diogenid hermit crab species.Palaeastacus trisulcatusSp novSchweitzer & FeldmannCretaceousCenomanianAntelope ShaleA erymid glypheoid lobster species.Palaeopentacheles? starriSp novSchweitzer & FeldmannOligoceneMakah FormationA Polychelid benthic crustacean sp. of uncertain generic affinity.SecretanellaGen et comb novValidGuinot & TavaresLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian) A crab belonging to Heterotremata, type species is S. arcuata, originally named as Xanthosia arcuata in 1964.
Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesElectromyrmococcusGen et sp nov ValidWilliamsBurdigalian (Miocene)Dominican amberA Coccoidea scale insect PalaeopsychopsGen et 4 sp novvalidAndersenYpresianFur FormationAn ithionid giant lacewing Type species P. latifasciatus, also includes P. abruptus, P. angustifasciatus, and P. maculatusTainosiaGen et sp nov ValidSzwedo & StroińskiBurdigalian (Miocene)Dominican amberA nogodinid frog hopper
Fishes
Newly named bony fishes
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAchoaniaValid Zhu Yu AhlbergEarly DevonianXitun FormationThe type species is Achoania jarvikii. WestollrhynchusValid SchultzeEarly DevonianBear Rock FormationA new genus for "Speonesydrion" lehmanni.
Amphibians
Newly named amphibians
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMesophryneValid Gao ShubinLate JurassicYixian FormationThe type species is Mesophryne beipiaoensis. NezperciusValid Blob Carrano Rogers Forster EspinozaUpper CretaceousJudith River FormationThe type species is Nezpercius dodsoni.SinerpetonValid Gao ShubinLate JurassicZhangjiakou FormationThe type species is Sinerpeton fengshanensis.
Ichthyosaurs
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMetashastasaurusSynonymy Nichollis ManabeLate TriassicPardonet Formation A new genus for "Shastasaurus" neoscapularis. A junior synonymy of Callawayia Maisch & Matzke, 2000.
Turtles
Newly named turtles
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCaribemysValid de la Fuente Iturralde-VinentUpper JurassicJagua Formation The type species is Caribemys oxfordiensis.CearachelysValid Gaffney Campos HirayamaEarly CretaceousSantana FormationThe type species is Cearachelys placidoi.KurmademysValid Gaffney Chatterjee RudraLate CretaceousKallamedu FormationThe type species is Kurmademys kallamedensis.
Lepidosauromorphs
Newly named basal lepidosauromorphs
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesHypuronectorValid Colbert OlsenLate TriassicLockatong Formation The type species is Hypuronector limnaios.
Newly named plesiosaurs
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesHauffiosaurusValid O'KeefeLower JurassicPosidonia Shale FormationThe type species is Hauffiosaurus zanoni.
Newly named sphenodonts
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesGodavarisaurusValid Evans Prasad ManhasEarly JurassicKota FormationThe type species is Godavarisaurus latefi. RebbanasaurusValid Evans Prasad ManhasEarly JurassicKota FormationThe type species is Rebbanasaurus jani.
Archosauromorphs
Newly named basal archosauromorphs
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesYonghesuchusValid Wu Liu LiUpper TriassicTongchuan Formation The type species is Yonghesuchus sangbiensis.
Newly named pseudosuchians
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMekosuchus sanderiSp. nov.ValidWillisEarly MioceneRingtail Site of the Riversleigh World Heritage AreaA mekosuchinae crocodilian. It is the youngest known species of Mekosuchus from the Australian mainland.PabwehshiGen. et sp. novValidWilson, Malkani & GingerichUpper CretaceousPab FormationThe type species is Pabwehshi pakistanensis.RugosuchusGen. et. sp. novValidWu, Wu & RussellLower Cretaceous?Nenjiang FormationThe type species is Rugosuchus nonganensis.StratiotosuchusGen. et sp. nov.ValidCampos et al.Upper CretaceousAdamantina FormationThe type species is Stratiotosuchus maxhechti.
Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images AletopeltaFord, T.L. and J.I. Kirkland. 2001. Carlsbad ankylosaur (Ornithischia, Ankylosauria): an ankylosaurid and not a nodosaurid. Chapter 12 (pp. 239-260) in: The Armored Dinosaurs (K. Carpenter, ed.). Indiana University Press, Bloomington & Indianapolis, IA (483 pages): 239-260. Valid Ford James Kirkland Point Loma Formation()A ankylosaurid. Apparently, before being fossilized, the animal's bloated carcass had floated out to sea and formed a miniature reef environment after it sank to the bottom. BienosaurusDong Z. 2001. Primitive Armored Dinosaur from the Lufeng Basin, China. pp. 237-242 In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: New Research inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie (D.H. Tanke and K. Carpenter, eds.). Indiana University Press, Bloomington & Indianapolis, IA: xviii + 542 pages. Valid Dong Zhiming Lower Lufeng FormationA primitive scelidosaurid known from scant remains. CedarpeltaCarpenter, K., J.I. Kirkland, D. Burge, and J. Bird. 2001. Disarticulated Skull of a New Primitive Ankylosaurid from the Lower Cretaceous of Eastern Utah. Chapter 11 of The Armored Dinosaurs (K. Carpenter, ed.). Indiana University Press, Bloomington & Indianapolis, IA: pp. 211-238. Valid Kenneth Carpenter James Kirkland et al.Kenneth Carpenter, James Kirkland, Burge, Bird.Cedar Mountain FormationThe most basal known ankylosaurid. Citipati Valid James M. Clark Mark Norell Rinchen Barsbold Djadokhta FormationA relatively large oviraptorid known to brood its nests. DraconyxMateus, O. and M.T. Antunes. 2001. Draconyx loureiroi, a new Camptosauridae (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the Late Jurassic of Lourinha, Portugal. Annales Paleontol. 87 (1): pp. 61-73. Valid Octávio Mateus Antunes Lourinhã FormationA relative of Camptosaurus. Eotyrannus Valid Hutt Naish et al.Hutt, Naish, Martill, Barker, Newberry.Wessex FormationA twenty-foot tyrannosauroid. Eshanosaurus Valid Xu Xing Zhao Xijin James M. ClarkLower Lufeng FormationA therizinosaur, possibly the earliest known coelurosaur. Gobisaurus ValidMatthew K. Vickaryous Anthony P. Russell et al.Matthew K. Vickaryous, Anthony P. Russell, Phillip Currie, Zhao Xijin.Ulansuhai FormationAn ankylosaurid that resembled Shamosaurus. "Hanwulosaurus"Xinhua News Service news articles Nomen nudum AnonymousA thirty-foot ankylosaur. "Heilongjiangosaurus"Li, W. and J. Jin. 2001. On the Upper Cretaceous Jiayin Group of Heilongjiang Province, China (Deng and Wang, eds): 65-74. Nomen nudum Li W. Jin J.A hadrosaur, possibly synonymous with Charonosaurus. HesperosaurusCarpenter, K., C.A. Miles, and K. Cloward. 2001. New primitive stegosaur from the Morrison Formation, Wyoming. In: The Armored Dinosaurs (Carpenter, K., ed.). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IA: pp. 55-75. Valid Kenneth Carpenter Miles Cloward Morrison FormationA stegosaurid slightly older and more primitive than Stegosaurus, although the genera may be synonymous. JiangshanosaurusTang F., X.-M. Kang, X.-S. Jin., F. Wei, and W.- T. Wu. 2001. A new sauropod dinosaur of Cretaceous from Jiangshan, Zhejiang Province. Vertebrate Palasiatica 39 (4): pp. 272-281. Valid Tang F. Kang et al.Tang F., Kang, Jin X., Wei, Wu W. T.A titanosaur known only from a partial skeleton found near Lixian Village, China. Jinzhousaurus Valid Wang X. Xu Xing Yixian FormationA hadrosauroid known from a nearly complete skeleton. Khaan Valid James M. Clark Mark Norell Rinchen BarsboldDjadochta FormationA fairly typical oviraptorid once misidentified as Ingenia. "Kittysaurus" Junior synonym of Eotyrannus HargreavesWessex Formation LiaoningosaurusXu, X., X.-L. Wang, and H.-L. You. 2001. A juvenile ankylosaur from China [Liaoningosaurus paradoxus]. Die Naturwissenshaften 88 (7): pp 297-300. Valid Xu Xing Wang X. You Yixian FormationA bizarre ankylosaur of uncertain classification. Known from the complete specimen of a juvenile 34 cm long, it's the smallest known ankylosaur to date. LosillasaurusCasanovas, M.L., J.V. Santafe, and J.L. Sanz. 2001. Losillasaurus giganteus, un nuevo sauropodo del transito Jurasico-Cretacico de la cuenca de "Los Serranos" (Valencia, España). Paleontologia i Evolució, 32-33: pp. 99-122. Valid Maria Lourdes Casanovas-Cladellas Santafe Sanz Villar del Arzobispo FormationA large turiasaur known from a partial subadult skeleton. Masiakasaurus Valid Sampson Carrano Forster Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Maevarano FormationA 2-meter (about 6–7 feet) noasaurid with unusual forward-pointing teeth. MegapnosaurusIvie, M.A., S.A. Slipinski, and P. Wegrzynowicz. 2001. Generic homonyms in the Colydiinae (Coleoptera: Zopheridae). Insecta Mundi 15: pp.63-64. Valid Ivie Slipinski WegrzynowiczReplacement name for Syntarsus Raath, 1969 non Fairmaire, 1869; a coelophysid theropod. NeimongosaurusZhang, X-H., X. Xu, P. Sereno, X.-W. Kuang, and L. Tan. 2001. A long-necked therizionosauroid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Iran Dabasu Formation of Nei Mongol, People's Republic of China. Vertebrate Palasiatica 39 (4): pp. 282-290. Valid Zhang X. H. Xu Xing et al.Zhang X. H., Xu Xing, Zhao X., Paul Sereno, Kuang, Tan L.Iren Dabasu FormationA therizinosaur about 2.3 meters in length. Nothronychus Valid James Kirkland Wolfe Late Cretaceous (Turonian)Moreno Hill FormationA therizinosaur. Paralititan Valid J. B. Smith Lamanna