Protozoa
New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPaleoleishmaniaGen et sp novValid Poinar & PoinarAlbianBurmese amberOldest record of the protozoan family Trypanosomatidae, Type species P. proterus
Fungi
newly named
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAppianoporitesGen et sp novValidSmith, Currah, & StockeyEoceneAppian Way Flora.Extinct bracket fungusQuatsinoporitesGen et sp novValidSmith, Currah, & StockeyBarremian (Cretaceous)Longarm Formation.Extinct bracket fungus.
Plants
Newly named plants
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesFagus langeviniiSp novValidManchester & DillhoffYpresianTranquille FormationA beech tree speciesLiquidambar changiiSp nov.ValidPigg, Ickert-Bond, & WenMiddle Miocene"Yakima Canyon Flora"A species of sweetgumNeviusia dunthorneiSp novValidDeVore, Moore, Pigg, & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsAllenby Formationoldest and only extinct species of NeviusiaPalaeocarpinus dakotensisSp novValidManchester & ChenPaleoceneTiffanianFort Union GroupSentinel Butte FormationA betulaceous fruit
Arthropoda
newly named arachnids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images?Anyphops cortexsp novjr synonym WunderlichUnknown Madagascar copaljr Synonym of Garcorops jadis Garcorops jadissp novValid BosselaersUnknown Madagascar copalPossibly extant, but copal age is not determined
Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAfromyrmaGen et sp novvalidDlussky, Brothers & RasnitsynTuronianA Myrmicin ant, type species A. petrosaAfroponeGen et sp novvalidDlussky, Brothers & RasnitsynTuronianA ponerin ant, two speciesAlbicoccusFam, gen et sp novvalidKotejaAlbian - CenomanianBurmese amberA scale insect, monotypic with Albicoccidae & A. dimaiBurmacoccusFam, gen et sp novvalidKotejaAlbian - CenomanianBurmese amberA scale insect, monotypic with Burmacoccidae & B. danyiCarebara antiquaComb novvalid (Mayr, 1868)Middle EoceneBaltic amberFossil myrmicine ant Electrostephanus janzeniSp novjr synonymEngelLutetianBaltic AmberA stephanid waspGerontoformicaGen et sp novvalidNel & PerraultAlbian - CenomanianCharentese amberA stem group ant, type species G. cretacica Marmyangen et sp novvalidKotejaCenomanianBurmese amberA scale insect, monotypic M. barbaraeMicroberothaGen et sp novValid ArchibaldYpresianHat Creek AmberA Berothid lacewingPalaeomyiaGen et sp novValidPoinarCenomanianBurmese amberA Phlebotomidae sand fly, type species P. burmitis
Molluscs Cephalopods Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesConlinitesGen et sp novValidKennedyEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation ()An ammonite, type species is C. wrighti.EnigmaticerasGen et sp novValidKennedyEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation ()An ammonite, type species is E. riceae.Ficheuria americanaSp novValidKennedyEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation ()An ammonite.Mariella (Mariella) asperSp novValidKennedyEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation ()An ammonite.Neophlycticeras (Paradolphia) occidentalisSp novValidKennedyEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation ()An ammonite.
Newly named fishes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesGomphonchus? minutusSp. novValidValiukevičiusLate SilurianMinija FormationAn acanthodian belonging to the group Ischnacanthiformes and the family Ischnacanthidae.Lophosteus canadensisSp. novValidSchultze & MärssLate SilurianBarlow Inlet FormationA bony fish belonging to the group Lophosteiformes.Lophosteus ohesaarensisSp. novValidSchultze & MärssLate SilurianA bony fish belonging to the group Lophosteiformes.Lophosteus uralensisSp. novValidSchultze & MärssEarly DevonianA bony fish belonging to the group Lophosteiformes.Nostolepis aliferaSp. novValidValiukevičiusLate SilurianTargale FormationAn acanthodian belonging to the group Climatiiformes and the family Climatiidae.Nostolepis latvicaSp. novValidValiukevičiusLate SilurianMinija Formation Targale FormationAn acanthodian belonging to the group Climatiiformes and the family Climatiidae.PerscheiaGen. et sp. novValidElliott, Mark-Kurik & DaeschlerDevonian (Frasnian)Nordstrand Point FormationA member of Pteraspidiformes belonging to the group Psammosteida and the family Obrucheviidae. The type species is P. pullaPoracanthodes marssaeSp. novValidValiukevičiusLate SilurianTargale FormationAn acanthodian belonging to the group Ischnacanthiformes and the family Poracanthidae.Poracanthodes sulcatusSp. novValidValiukevičiusLate SilurianTargale FormationAn acanthodian belonging to the group Ischnacanthiformes and the family Poracanthidae.TalimaalepisGen. et sp. novValidŽigaitėSilurianDashtygoi Formation Kyzyl-Tchiraa Formation Tchergak FormationA thelodont, possibly a member of the group Phlebolepidiformes. The type species is T. rimaeTrimpleylepisGen. et 2 sp. novValidMiller, Märss & BlomLate SilurianA member of Anaspida belonging to the group Birkeniida, possibly a member of the family Septentrioniidae. The type species is T. juncta; genus also includes T. concatenata.
Newly named amphibians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesJakubsoniaGen. et sp. novValidLebedevDevonian (Famennian)A basal member of Tetrapoda. The type species is J. livnensis
Reptile Archosauromorphs
Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAtrociraptorCurrie, P.J. and D.J. Varricchio. 2004. A new dromaeosaurid from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada. In: Feathered Dragons: Studies on the Transition from Dinosaurs to Birds (P.J. Currie, E.B. Koppelhus, M.A. Shugar, and J.L. Wright, eds.). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IA: pp. 112-132.Valid Currie & VarricchioEdmontonianHorseshoe Canyon FormationBashunosaurusKuang, X.W. (2004). "A new Sauropoda from Kaijiang dinosaur fauna in middle Jurassic beds of North-Eastern Sichuan". In Sun, J.W. (ed.). Collection of the 90th anniversary of Tianjin museum of natural history. Tianjin: Tianjin Science and Technology Press. pp. 40–46.Gen et sp novValid KuangMiddle JurassicXiashaximiao FormationBissektipeltaGen et sp novValid Parish & BarrettCenomanian-TuronianBissekty FormationBonatitanGen et sp novValid Martinelli & ForasiepiLate CretaceousBajo de Santa RosaBonitasauraGen et sp novValid Apesteguíalate CretaceousBajo de la Carpa Formation BorealosaurusGen et sp novValid You, Ji, Lamanna, Li, & Lilate CretaceousSunjiawan FormationDilongGen et sp novValid Xu, Norell, Kuang, Wang, Zhao, & JiaEarly CretaceousYixian FormationEkrixinatosaurusGen et sp novValid Calvo, Rubilar-Rogers, & MorenoLate CretaceousCandeleros FormationGraciliraptor Valid Xing & WangBarremianYixian FormationHuaxiagnathusValid Hwang, Norell, Ji, & GaoBarremianYixian FormationKerberosaurusValid Bolotsky & GodefroitLate CretaceousLimaysaurusValid Salgado, Garrido, Cocca, & CoccaMeiValid Xu & NorellBarremianYixian FormationMirischiaValid Naish, Martill, & FreyAlbianSantana Formation NemegtiaLu, J., Y. Tomida, Y. Azuma, Z.-M. Dong, and Y.- N. Lee. 2004. New oviraptorid dinosaur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Nemegt Formation of southwestern Mongolia. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo (Series C) 30: pp. 95-130.Preoccupied name Lü, Tomida, Azuma, Dong, Lee, & SzczechuraRenamed NemegtomaiaOtogosaurusNomen nudum Zhao & Tan PrenoceratopsValid Chinnery RugopsSereno, P.C., J.A. Wilson, and J.L. Conrad. 2004. New dinosaurs link southern landmasses in the Mid-Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (Series B) published online: pages 1-6.ValidSereno, Wilson, & Conrad SinusonasusValidXu, & Wang BarremianYixian FormationSpinostropheusValid Sereno, Wilson & ConradMiddle JurassicIrhazer GroupA ceratosaur; new genus for "Elaphrosaurus" gautieri Lapparent 1960.SuuwasseaValidHarris & DodsonKimmeridgianMorrison FormationTalenkauenValid Novas, Cambiaso, & AmbrosioPari Aike FormationTazoudasaurusValid Allain et alUnaysaurusValid Leal, Azevedo, Kellner, & Da RosaCaturrita Formation
Pterosaurs
New taxa Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Avgodectes Valid Peters Early CretaceousYixian FormationA pterosaur hatchling. Cacibupteryx Valid Gasparini Fernández de la Fuente Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)Jagua FormationA rhamphorhynchid. "Daitingopterus" Nomen Nudum Maisch Matzke Ge Sun Late Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneA germanodactylid. Lonchognathosaurus Valid Maisch, M.W., Matzke, A.T., and Ge Sun Early Cretaceous (Aptian)Lianmuqin FormationA dsungaripterid.
Other archosauromorphs
Name Status Authors Location Notes Images CrosbysaurusHeckert, A.B. 2004. Late Triassic microvertebrates from the lower Chinle Group (Otischalkian-Adamanian: Carnian), southwestern U.S.A. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 27: 170 pages. Valid non-dinosaurian taxon. Heckert ProtecovasaurusHeckert, A.B. 2004. Late Triassic microvertebrates from the lower Chinle Group (Otischalkian-Adamanian: Carnian), southwestern U.S.A. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 27: 170 pages. Valid non-dinosaurian taxon. Heckert
Newly named birds Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAberratiodontus ValidGen et sp. nov.Gong, Hou & WangEarly CretaceousJiufotang FormationAn Enantiornithes, Type species A. wuiAnserpica kiliani ValidGen et sp. nov.Cécile Mourer-Chauviré
Didier Berthet
Marguerite HugueneyLate Oligocene, Early MioceneMP 29An Anseranatidae, the type species of Anserpica Mourer-Chauviré, Berthet & Hugueney, 2004.Bavaripsitta ballmanni ValidGen et sp. nov.Gerald Mayr
Ursula B. GöhlichMiddle MioceneMn 6:A Psittacidae, the type species of Bavaripsitta Mayr & Göhlich, 2004.Borvocarbo guilloti ValidGen et sp. nov.Cécile Mourer-Chauviré
Didier Berthet
Marguerite HugueneyLate Oligocene, Early MioceneMP 30, MN 1;A Phalacrocoracidae, the type species of Borvocarbo Mourer-Chauviré, Berthet & Hugueney, 2004.?Colymboides metzleri ValidSp. nov.Gerald MayrEarly OligoceneRupelian:
:A Gaviidae, not certain a species of Colymboides Milne-Edwards, 1868.Eurotrochilus inexpectatus ValidGen et sp. nov.Gerald MayrEarly OligoceneRupelian:A Trochilidae, the type species of Eurotrochilus Mayr, 2004.Iaceornis marshi ValidGen et sp. nov.Julia A. ClarkeLate CretaceousNiobrara Formation:An Ornithurae, the type species of Iaceornis Clarke, 2004.Longirostravis hani ValidGen et sp. nov.Hou Lianhai
Luis M. Chiappe
Zhang Fucheng
Chuong Cheng-MingEarly CretaceousYixian FormationAn Enantiornithes, Euenantiornithes, the type species of Longirostravis Hou, Chiappe, Zhang et Chuong, 2004.Meridiocichla salotti ValidGen et sp. nov.Antoine LouchartLate QuaternaryCorsica, Crete:
;A Turdidae, the type species of Meridiocichla Louchart, 2004.Miopica paradoxa ValidGen et sp. nov.Evgeny N. Kurochkin
Denis V. SobolevMioceneMiddle Meothis
MN 10A Corvidae, the type species of Miopica Kurochkin & Sobolev, 2004.Mirolia brevirostrata ValidGen et sp. nov.Peter BallmannMiddle MioceneMN 6:A Scolopacidae, the type species of Mirolia Ballmann, 2004.Mirolia dubia ValidSp. nov.Peter BallmannMiddle MioceneMN 6:A Scolopacidae.?Mirolia mascalidris ValidSp. nov.Peter BallmannMiddle MioceneMN 6:A Scolopacidae, not certain to belong in Mirolia Ballmann, 2004.Mirolia parvula ValidSp. nov.Peter BallmannMiddle MioceneMN 6:A Scolopacidae.Primobucco frugilegus ValidSp. nov.Gerald Mayr
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré
Ilka WeidigMiddle EoceneMessel pit,
MP 11:A Primobucconidae Feduccia et Martin, 1976.Primobucco perneri ValidSp. nov.Gerald Mayr
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré
Ilka WeidigMiddle EoceneMessel pit
MP 11:A Primobucconidae Feduccia et Martin, 1976.Ramphastosula ramirezi ValidGen et sp. nov.Marcelo Stucchi