Plants Ferns and fern allies NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesDickwhiteaGen et sp novValidKarafit et al.EoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationPrinceton ChertAn athyriaceous fern The type species is D. allenbyensis TrawetsiaGen et sp novValidSmith et al.EoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationPrinceton ChertAn athyriaceous fern The type species is T. princetonensis Wessiea oroszii Sp novValidSerbet & RothwellCampanianHorseshoe Canyon FormationA fern of uncertain affinity

Angiosperms NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesBeardiaGen et sp novvalidElliot, Mindell, & StockeyEoceneAppian Way FloraA juglandaceous fruit.

Arthropods Crustaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesStenochirus vahldiekiSp novValidSchweigert & GarassinoEarly JurassicCallovianLa Voulte-sur-Rhöne A stenochirid.

Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type unit Location Notes ImagesAvitomyrmexGen et 3 sp. novvalidArchibald, Cover, & MoreauEoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsTranquille FormationA myrmeciine bulldog ant The type species is A. elongatus Other species are A. mastax and A. systenusEmilianaTrib, Gen, et sp. novvalidShcherbakovEoceneYpresianGreen River FormationParachute MemberA tropiduchid planthopperEocenomyrmaGen et 3 sp novValidDlussky & RadchenkoEocenePriabonianBaltic amberA Myrmicin antThe type species is E. orthospina Other species are E. electrina & E. elegantulaFerosetaGen et sp novvalid PoinarMioceneBurdigalianDominican amberA mantidfly The type species is F. prisca MacabeemyrmaGen et sp. novvalidArchibald, Cover, & MoreauEoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsTranquille FormationA myrmeciine bulldog antThe type species is M. ovataPalaeopsychops douglasaeSp novvalidArchibald & MakarkinEoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsColdwater BedsAn ithionid giant lacewingPalaeopsychops marringeraeSp novvalidArchibald & MakarkinEoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationAn ithionid giant lacewingPalaeopsychops quadratusSp novvalidArchibald & MakarkinEoceneYpresianFur FormationAn ithionid giant lacewingPalaeopsychops setosusSp novvalidArchibald & MakarkinEoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsHorsefly ShalesAn ithionid giant lacewingPalaeopsychops timmiSp novvalidArchibald & MakarkinEoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationAn ithionid giant lacewingPalaeovespa menatensisSp novvalidNel & AuvrayPaleoceneThanetianMenat FormationA vespid waspPolystoechotitesGen et 3 sp novvalidArchibald & MakarkinEoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationAn ithionid giant lacewing parataxonSpecies include P. barksdalae, P. falcatus, P. lewisiAlso includes Polystoechotes piperatus (1908)YpresiomyrmaGen, sp., et comb novvalidArchibald, Cover, & MoreauEoceneYpresianFur FormationA myrmeciine bulldog ant The type species is Y. orbiculata Other species are Y. bartletti & Pachycondyla rebekkae (1999)

Molluscs Cephalopods Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesTirolonautilus feltgeniSp novValidChirat, Vaslet & Le NindreLate PermianKhuff Formation A nautiloid.

Tetrapodomorphs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesTiktaalikGen et sp novValidDaeschler, Shubin, & JenkinsLate DevonianFram Formation ()Type species T. roseae. The Earliest Tetrapod.

Amphibians

Newly named temnospondylians Name Status Authors Age Unit Location NotesImagesIberospondylusValid Laurin Soler-GijonLate Carboniferous The type species is Iberospondylus schultzei.TirraturhinusValid Nield Damiani WarrenEarly TriassicArcadia Formation The type species is Tirraturhinus smisseni.TrematolestesValid SchochMiddle TriassicErfurt Formation The type species is Trematolestes hagdorni.

Newly named amphibians Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPangerpetonValid Wang EvansLate Jurassic/Early CretaceousDaohugou BedsThe type species is Pangerpeton sinensis.

Ichthyosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMaiaspondylusValid Maxwell CaldwellEarly CretaceousLoon River FormationThe type species is Maiaspondylus lindoei.

Lepidosauromorphs

Newly named basal lepidosauromorphs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesRautianiaValid Bulanov SennikovLate PermianVyasovka FormationTwo species was descript: Rautiania alexandri (type) and R. minchi.

Newly named plesiosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBobosaurusValid Dalla VecchiaLate TriassicRio del Lago Formation The type species is Bobosaurus forojuliensis.FutabasaurusValid Sato Hasegawa ManabeLate CretaceousTamayama Formation The type species is Futabasaurus suzukii.OpallionectesValid KearEarly Cretaceous The type species is Opallionectes andamookaensis.UmoonasaurusValid Kear Schroeder LeeEarly CretaceousBulldog Shale The type species is Umoonasaurus demoscyllus.

Newly named squamates Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesNajashGen et sp novValidApesteguia & ZaherLate CretaceousCandeleros FormationType sp N rionegrina.

Turtles Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesGigantatypusValid KaddumiLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Muwaqqar Chalk Marl FormationA sea turtle. The type species is G. salahi.

Archosauromorphs

Newly named crurotarsans Name Status Authors Age Unit Location NotesImagesAdamantinasuchusValid Nobre CarvalhoLate CretaceousAdamantina Formation A notosuchian. The type species is Adamantinasuchus navae.AldabrachampsusValid BrochuPleistocene A crocodylid. The type species is Aldabrachampsus dilophus.EffigiaValid Nesbitt NorellLate TriassicChinle Formation ()A rauisuchian. The type species is Effigia okeeffeae.IsisfordiaValid Salisbury Molnar Frey WillisEarly-Late CretaceousWinton Formation A eusuchian. The type species is Isisfordia duncani.

Newly named dinosaurs Vickaryous, M K., 2006, New information on the cranial anatomy of Edmontonia rugosidens Gilmore, a Late Cretaceous nodosaurid dinosaur from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta: JVP, v. 26, n. 4: 1011–1013.

Data are courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.

Name Status AuthorsLocation NotesImages Adamantisaurus Valid taxon Rodrigo Santucci Reinaldo Jose Bertini Agujaceratops Valid taxon Spencer G. Lucas SullivanHunt () Alaskacephale Valid taxonSullivan ()Apachycephalosaurid from Alaska. Aniksosaurus Valid taxonMartínezNovas Antarctopelta. Valid taxonSalgadoGasparini An Ankylosaur from Antarctica Balochisaurus Valid taxonMalkani "Bayosaurus" Nomen nudum Rodolfo Coria Phillip J. Currie Paulina Carabajal Cedrorestes Valid taxon David Gilpin Tony DiCroce Kenneth Carpenter () DracorexBakker, R. T., Sullivan, R. M., Porter, V., Larson, P. and Saulsbury, S.J. (2006). "Dracorex hogwartsia, n. gen., n. sp., a spiked, flat-headed pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota." in Lucas, S. G. and Sullivan, R. M., eds., Late Cretaceous vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35, pp. 331–345. Jr. SynonymRobert Bakker Sullivan PorterLarson SaulsburyJr. Synonym of Pachycephalosaurus. Dracovenator Valid taxonYates An African Neotheropod related to Dilophosaurus. Erketu Valid taxonKsepkaMark Norell Europasaurus Valid taxonMateus Laven Knötschke vide: Sander MateusLaven Knötschke A basal macronarian sauropod exhibiting insular dwarfism. Fusuisaurus Valid taxonMo Wang W. Huang Z.Huang X. Xu X. Guanlong Valid taxon Xu Xing Clark Forster Mark NorellErickson Eberth Jia C. Zhao Q. A basal, crested Tyrannosauroid. Huanghetitan. Valid taxonYou Li D.Zhou L. Ji Q. Jiutaisaurus Valid taxonWu W. H. Dong Zhiming SunLi C. Li T. Juravenator Valid taxonGöhlichLuis M. Chiappe A feathered Compsognathid. Khetranisaurus Valid taxonMalkani Koutalisaurus Jr. SynonymPrieto-Marquez Gaete RivasGalobart BoadaJr. Synonym of Pararhabdodon. Ligabuesaurus Valid taxonJose Bonaparte González-Riga (as González Riga)Apesteguía An Argentine Titanosaur. Mantellisaurus Valid taxonPaul

MapusaurusCoria R. A. & Currie P. J. (2006). A new carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina. Geodiversitas 28(1):71-118. PDF. Retrieved 2009-06-20. Archived 2009-06-22. Valid taxon Rodolfo Coria Phillip J. Currie An Argentine Carcharodontosaur. Marisaurus Valid taxonMalkani Maxakalisaurus Valid taxonKellner Campos Azevedo TrottaHenriques Craik Silva Othnielosaurus Valid taxonPeter Galton (, and ) Pakisaurus Valid taxonMalkani Razanandrongobe Valid taxonMaganuco Dal SassoPasiniDescribed by the authors as a possible crocodylomorph or theropod. Sacisaurus Valid taxonFerigoloLanger Possibly a Dinosaur. Sonidosaurus Valid taxonXu X. Zhang X. H. Tan Q.Zhao X. Tan L. Sulaimanisaurus Valid taxonMalkani TheiophytaliaBrill, K., and K. Carpenter. 2006. A Description of a New Ornithopod from the Lytle Member of the Purgatoire Formation (Lower Cretaceous) and a Reassessment of the Skull of Camptosaurus; pp. 49–67 in K. Carpenter (ed.), Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington. Valid taxonBrillCarpenter () Tsaagan Valid taxonMark Norell Clark TurnerMakovicky Rinchen Barsbold Rowe Turiasaurus Valid taxonRoyo-Torres CobosAlcalá Vitakridrinda. Valid taxonMalkani An Abelisaur from Pakistan. Xuanhuaceratops Valid taxonZhao X. Cheng Z.Xu X. Makovicky Yamaceratops Valid taxonMakovickyMark Norell Yinlong Valid taxonXu X. ForsterClark Mo Yuanmousaurus Valid taxonLü Li S. Ji Q.Wang G. F. Zhang J. H. Dong Zhiming Zapalasaurus Valid taxonSalgado CarvalhoGarrido An Argentine Rebbachisaur.

Newly named birds Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAbdounornis marinus Nomen NudumThesis nameBourdonEarly Ypresian A species of Charadriiformes, Abdounornithidae.Aequornis traversei Nomen NudumThesis nameBourdonMiddle Eocene A species of Pelagornithidae.Anas cheuen ValidSp. nov.AgnolínEarly or Middle PleistoceneMiramar Formation A species of Anas.Archaeorhynchus spathula ValidGen et Sp. nov.Zhonghe & FuchengEarly CretaceousYixian Formation An Ornithurae, type sp A. spathula.Branta thessaliensis ValidSp. nov.Boev & KoufosMiddle Turolian An Anatidae.Cerebavis cenomanica ValidGen. et Sp. nov.Kurochkin, Saveliev, Postnov, Pervushov, & PopovCenomanian An Enantiornithes, described from a brain endocast.Corvitalusoides ValidGen. et Sp. nov.BolesLate Oligocene or Early MioceneRiversleigh :