Plants
Conifers
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesChamaecyparis eureka Sp novValidKotyk, Basinger, & McIlverLutetianBuchanan Lake Formation, Axel Heiberg Islandthe oldest confirmed species of ChamaecyparisTsuga swedaeaSp novValidLePageLutetianBuchanan Lake Formation, Axel Heiberg IslandA hemlock species
Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAraripia floriferaGen et spValidMohr & Eklundlower CretaceousCrato FormationCarpinus perryaeSp novValidPigg, Manchester, & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationA hornbeam Corylus johnsoniiSp novValidPigg, Manchester, & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationA hazelnut Palaeocarpinus barksdaleaeSp novValidPigg, Manchester, & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationA betulaceous fruitPalaeocarpinus dentatusComb novValid(Penhallow) Pigg, Manchester, & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan Highlands"Stump lake", Coldwater BedsA betulaceous fruit; moved from Carpolithes dentatus (1890)Palaeocarpinus stonebergaeSp novValidPigg, Manchester, & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationA betulaceous fruitPseudosalixGen et sp novValidBoucher, Manchester, & Juddlatest YpresianGreen River FormationA willow relative
Gnetophytes
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCratonia cotyledon Gen et sp novValidRydin, Mohr, & Friislower CretaceousCrato FormationA relative to Welwetschia
Fungi
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAureofungusGet et sp novValidHibbett et alBurdigalianDominican amber.An agaricalean fungus Type species A. yaniguaensis
Arthropods
Arachnids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCornupalpatumGen et sp nov validPoinar & BrownAlbian-CenomanianBurmese amberAn Ixodid hard tick
Crustaceans
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCypris silveirinhaensisSp novValidColin & AntunesYpresianSilveirinha FormationAn ostracodIlyocypris lusitanicusSp novValidColin & AntunesYpresianSilveirinha FormationAn ostracod
Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArchimyrmex piatnitzkyiComb nov.vaild(Viana & Haedo Rossi)Middle EoceneVentana FormationA myrmeciine ant.moved from Ameghinoia piatnitzkyi (1957) Archimyrmex smekaliComb nov.valid(Rossi de Garcia)Middle EoceneVentana FormationA myrmeciine ant.moved from Polanskiella smekali (1983) BrownimeciinaeSubfam. Gen. et Sp. novValidBoltonTuronianNew Jersey amberA stem group ant, type species B. clavataHalictus? savenyeiSp. novvalidEngel & ArchibaldYpresian Coldwater Bedsfirst apoid bee fossil described from CanadaLasioglossum celinaeSp. novValidNel & PetruleviciusRupelianDauphinA sweat bee OligoapisGen et sp novJr synonymNel & PetruleviciusAquitanianBes-KonakAn apine bee, type species O. beskonakensis Moved to Bombus beskonakensis in 2019Palaeopsychops dodgeorumSp novvalidMakarkin & ArchibaldYpresianColdwater BedsAn ithionid giant lacewingParaelectrobombusGen et sp novJr synonymNel & PetruleviciusAquitanianBes-KonakDescribed as an Electrobombini bee type species P. patriciae Moved to Bombus (Paraelectrobombus) patriciae in (2019)Raphidia funeratasp novsynonym EngelPriabonianFlorissant FormationA snakefly. moved to Florissantoraphidia funerata in 2014Wesmaelius mathewesiSp. novvalidEngel & ArchibaldYpresian Coldwater beds, Princeton Group()A Hemerobiinae lacewingXylocopa celineaeSp novvalidNel & PetruleviciusChattianCamoins-les-BainsA carpenter bee
Molluscs
Gastropods Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBithynia soaresiSp nov ValidCallapezEarly EoceneSilveirinha Formation A bithyniidGyraulus antunesi Sp novValidCallapezEarly EoceneSilveirinha FormationA planorbid
Conodont paleozoology German paleontologist and stratigrapher Heinz Walter Kozur (1942-2013) described the conodont genus Carnepigondolella.
Vertebrate paleozoology
Parareptiles Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBunostegosValidSidorThis was one of the largest herbivores of their time
Non-avian dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Name Status AuthorsLocation Notes Images"Abdallahsaurus" Nomen nudum. Gerhard MaierNomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus "Blancocerosaurus" Nomen nudum. Gerhard MaierNomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus AmazonsaurusValid taxon Carvalho Avilla Salgado Antetonitrus Valid taxon Yates Kitching Aviatyrannis Valid taxon Rauhut Bainoceratops Valid taxon Tereschenko Alifanov Brohisaurus Valid taxon Malkani Colepiocephale Valid taxonSullivan "Domeykosaurus" Nomen nudum Rubilar-Rogers and Vargas vide: Anonymous on May 29, 2003 Reuters news reports. Dromaeosauroides Valid taxon Christiansen Bonde Equijubus Valid taxon You Luo Shubin Witmer Tang Z. Tang F. Ferganasaurus Valid taxon Alifanov Averianov Fukuisaurus Valid taxonKobayashi Azuma Gobititan Valid taxon You Tang F. Luo Hanssuesia Valid taxon Sullivan () Heyuannia Valid taxon Lü Hongshanosaurus Valid taxon You Xu X. Wang X. Isisaurus Valid taxon Jeffrey A. Wilson. Upchurch "Issasaurus" Gerhard Maier Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Dicraeosaurus Lamaceratops Valid taxon Alifanov "Ligomasaurus" Gerhard MaierNomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus Lusotitan Valid taxon Antunes Mateus Magnirostris Valid taxonYou Dong Zhiming Mendozasaurus Valid taxonGonzález-Riga (as González Riga) "Mohammadisaurus" Nomen nudum. Gerhard Maier Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Tornieria"Mtapaiasaurus" Nomen nudum. Gerhard MaierNomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus"Mtotosaurus" Nomen nudum. Gerhard Maier Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Dicraeosaurus "Nteregosaurus" Nomen nudum. Gerhard Maier Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Janenschia"Nyororosaurus" Gerhard MaierNomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Dicraeosaurus Olorotitan Valid taxon Godefroit Bolotsky Alifanov Platyceratops Valid taxon Alifanov Rajasaurus Valid taxon Jeffrey A. Wilson. Sereno Srivastava Bhatt Khosla Sahni Rinconsaurus Valid taxonCalvo González-Riga (as González Riga)"Salimosaurus" Nomen nudum. Gerhard MaierNomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus "Selimanosaurus" Nomen nudum. Gerhard MaierNomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Dicraeosaurus Serendipaceratops Valid taxon T. Rich Vickers-Rich Shenzhousaurus Valid taxonJi Q. Mark Norell Makovicky Gao K. Ji S. Yuan Shuangmiaosaurus Valid taxonYou Ji Q. Li J. Li Y. X. Silesaurus Valid taxonDzik Sinornithomimus Valid taxonKobayashi Lü Sphaerotholus Possible junior synonym of PrenocephaleWilliamson Carr "Wangonisaurus" Nomen nudum. Gerhard MaierNomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus Yixianosaurus Valid taxonXu X. Wang X. Zalmoxes Valid taxon Weishampel Jianu Csiki Norman Zupaysaurus Valid taxonArcucci & Coria
Newly named birds Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAmanuensis pickfordi Gen. et sp. novvalidCécile Mourer-ChauviréMiddle MioceneMN 4A Sagittariidae, relative of the secretarybird. The type species of Amanuensis Mourer-Chauviré, 2003.Amitabha urbsinterdictensis ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Bonnie E. Gulas-Wroblewski
Anton F.-J. WroblewskiMiddle EoceneBridger Formation:The type species of Amitabha Gulas-Wroblewski & Wroblewski, 2003. Placed in crown Galliformes, but only compared with Phasianidae, not with other Eocene birds from North America.Anhinga minuta ValidSp. nov.Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga
Edson GuilhermeLate Miocene-Early PlioceneHuayquerian-Montehermosian,
Solimõas FormationAn Anhingidae.Coenocorypha miratropica ValidSp. nov.Trevor H. WorthyHoloceneVitilevuA Scolopacidae.Diomedea tanakai ValidSp. nov.Paul G. DavisLate Early MioceneOi FormationA Diomedeidae.Eoeurypyga olsoni Nomen NudumThesis name.Ilka WeidigEarly EoceneGreen River Formation:A Eurypygidae.Falco umanskajae ValidSp. nov.Denis V. SobolevPlioceneMN 16A Falconidae.Gallicolumba leonpascoi ValidSp. nov.Trevor H. Worthy
Graham M. WraggLate Pleistocene-HoloceneHenderson IslandA Columbidae.Hemignathus vorpalis ValidSp. nov.Helen F. James
Storrs L. OlsonSubresentHawaii:A Fringillidae, Carduelinae, Drepanidini.Macranhinga ranzii ValidSp. nov.Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga
Edson GuilhermeLate Miocene-Early PlioceneHuayquerian-MontehermosianAn Anhingidae.Milvago carbo ValidSp. nov.William Suárez Duque
Storrs L. OlsonQuaternary, possibly Late Pleistocene or Early HoloceneLas Breas de San FelipeA Falconidae.Morus peruvianus ValidSp. nov.Marcelo StucchiPliocenePisco FormationA Sulidae.Namibiavis senutaeGen. et sp. novvalidCécile Mourer-ChauviréMiddle MioceneMN 4Initially thought to be an Idiornithidae, Cariamiformes but in 2011 reinterpreted as an Opisthocomidae, a relative of the hoatzin. The type species of Namibiavis Mourer-Chauviré, 2003.Nycticorax olsoni ValidSp. nov.W. R. P. Bourne
N. P. Ashmole
K. E. L. SimmonsSubrecentAscension IslandAn Ardeidae.Palaeogrus mainburgensis ValidSp. nov.Ursula B. GöhlichEarly Middle Miocene (MN 5)Upper Freshwater MolasseA Gruidae.Parargornis messelensis ValidGen. nov et Sp. nov.Gerald MayrEarly Middle EoceneMessel pit,
MP 11An Apodiformes, Cypselavidae Mourer-Chauviré, 2006.Shandongornis yinansis ValidGen. nov et Sp. nov.Hou LianhaiPlioceneA Phasianidae.Spheniscus chilensis ValidSp. nov.Steven D. Emslie
Carlos Guerra CorreaPlioceneMejillones FormationA Spheniscidae.Spheniscus megaramphus ValidSp. nov.Marcello Stucchi
Mario Urbina
Alfredo GiraldoLate MiocenePisco FormationA Spheniscidae.Sula magna ValidSp. nov.Marcello StucchiLate Miocene-Early PliocenePisco FormationA Sulidae.Sula sulita ValidSp. nov.Marcello StucchiLate Miocene-Early PliocenePisco FormationA Sulidae.Wyomingcypselus pohli Nomen NudumThesis name.Ilka WeidigEarly EoceneGreen River Formation:An Apodiformes.
Plesiosaurs
Name Status Authors Notes Terminonatator Valid Sato Thililua Valid Bardet Suberbiola Jalil
Pterosaurs
Name Status Authors Notes Beipiaopterus Valid Lü J.-C. Chaoyangopterus Valid Wang Zhou Harpactognathus Valid Carpenter Unwin et al. Jidapterus Valid Dong, Sun, & Wu, Liaoningopterus Valid Wang X.-L. and Zhou Z.-H Liaoningopteryx Valid Wang X. Zhao Ludodactylus Valid Frey, E., Martill Buchy, M Nurhachius Valid Wang Kellner et al. Phosphatodraco Valid Pereda-Suberbiola N. Bardet et al. Sinopterus Valid Wang, X. Zhou, Z
Synapsids Non-mammalian
Name Status Authors Discovery year Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArchaeovenatorValid Reisz DilkesUpper Carboniferous (Upper Pennsylvanian)Hamilton Quarrya pelycosaurBrasilitheriumValid Bonaparte Martinelli Schultz RupertBrasilodonValid Bonaparte Martinelli Schultz RupertBullacephalusValid Rubidge KitchingColobodectesValid Modesto Rubidge Visser WelmanUpper/Middle Permian (Capitanian)Abrahamskraal formationan anomodontLanthanostegusValid Modesto Rubidge WelmanMiddle/Upper Permian (Capitanian)an anomodont; replacement name for Lanthanocephalus Modesto, Rubidge & Welman, 2002, preoccupied by the cnidarian genus Lanthanocephalus Williams & Starmer, 2000SantacruzodonValid Abdala RibeiroXiyukannemeyeriaValid Liu LiMiddle Triassic (Anisian)an anomodont; new genus for "Parakannemeyeria" brevirostris
Mammals