Plants Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesOrontium mackiisp novValidBogner, Johnson, Kvacek, & UpchurchCretaceousMaastrichtian?McRae FormationAn Orontium speciesOrontium wolfeisp novValidBogner, Johnson, Kvacek, & UpchurchEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationAn Orontium species Also reported from the Allenby FormationSaururus tuckeraesp novValidSmith & StockeyEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsPrincetonA Saururus speciesTetracentron hopkinsiisp novValidPigg, Dillhoff, DeVore, & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationA Tetracentron speciesTrochodendron drachukiisp novValidPigg, Dillhoff, DeVore, & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan Highlandsunnamed formation, Kamloops GroupA Trochodendron species
General paleobotanical research An approximately Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) age rainforest is reported from the Herrin #6 coal mine in Illinois by DiMichele et al.
Fungi
newly named
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMargaretbarromycesGen et sp novValidMindell, Stockey, Beard & CurrahEoceneAppian Way FloraExtinct ascomycete fungusPalaeoagaracitesGen et sp nov.ValidPoinar & BuckleyLate Albian (Cretaceous)Burmese amberoldest mushroom genus described from the fossil record.
Arthropoda Crustaceans Research Schram (2007) publishes a revision of Paleozoic stomatopods, erecting the families Gorgonophontidae and Daidalidae.
New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDaidalGen. et. comb. nov./ Gen. et. sp. novValidSchramCarboniferous Bear Gulch Limestone Lower Limestone FormationA mantis shrimp, type species is D. acanthocercus (originally described in 1998 as Tyrannophontes acanthocercus), genus also includes the species D. pattoni and D. schoellmanniTyrannophontes gigantionSp. novValidSchramSerpukhovian Mazon Creek fossil bedsA mantis shrimp
Insects New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesApterostigma electropilosumSp novValidSchultzBurdigalianDominican amberA myrmicin fungus farming antApterostigma eowilsoniSp novValidSchultzBurdigalianDominican amberA myrmicin fungus farming antCretadiamesaGen. et sp novValidVeltz, Azar & NelEarly CretaceousA member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Prodiamesinae. The type species is C. arieli.CretapelopiaGen. et sp novValidVeltz, Azar & NelEarly CretaceousA member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Tanypodinae and the tribe Pentaneurini. The type species is C. salomea.Dicromantispa electromexicanaSp novValidEngel & GrimaldiLate Oligocene - Early MioceneMexican AmberA mantidfly.Dicromantispa moroneiSp novValidEngel & GrimaldiBurdigalianDominican AmberA mantidfly.EophylliumGen et sp novValidWedmann, Bradler, RustEoceneMessel Pit fossil siteFirst leaf insect from the fossil record.GlisachaemusGen et sp novValidSzwedoEarly EoceneBaltic amberNew planthopper genus.LebanorthocladiusGen. et sp novValidVeltz, Azar & NelEarly CretaceousA member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Orthocladiinae. The type species is L. furcatus.LibanodiamesaGen. et sp novValidVeltz, Azar & NelEarly CretaceousA member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Prodiamesinae. The type species is L. deploegi.LibanopelopiaGen. et sp novValidVeltz, Azar & NelEarly CretaceousA member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Tanypodinae and the tribe Pentaneurini or Macropelopiini. The type species is L. cretacica.MongolbittacusGen et sp novValidPetrulevicius, Huang & RenMiddle JurassicJiulongshan FormationA bittacidPrincipialaGen et sp novValidMakarkin & MenonCrato Formationlate AptianAn Ithonidae lacewing, type species P. incertaSialis (Protosialis) cascaSp novJr synonym of Protosialis cascaEngel & GrimaldiBurdigalianDominican AmberThe only alderfly from the West Indies fossil record.Schwenckfeldina archoicaSp novValidMohrig & Solórzano KraemerLate Oligocene - early MioceneMexican amberA Sciarid flyWadeliusGen. et sp novValidVeltz, Azar & NelEarly CretaceousA member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Tanypodinae and the tribe Anatopyniini. The type species is W. libanicus.
Fish
Bony fish
Cartilaginous fish
Archosauromorphs
Pseudosuchians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAdamanasuchusGen. et sp. novValid Lucas Hunt SpielmannLate TriassicPetrified Forest Formation An aetosaur.ArganasuchusGen. et sp. novValid Jalil KarinLate TriassicTimezgadiouine Formation A rauisuchian.BarinasuchusGen. et sp. novValid Paolillo LinaresLate Eocene/Middle MioceneParángula Formation, Ipururo Formation & Divisadero Largo Formation
A sebecid.DollosuchoidesGen. et sp. novValid BrochuMiddle Eocene A member of Tomistominae.LangstoniaGen. novValid Paolillo LinaresMiddle MioceneVillavieja Formation A sebecid; a new name for Sebecus huilensis.MontealtosuchusGen. et sp. novValid Carvalho Vasconcellos TavaresLate CretaceousAdamantina Formation A member of Peirosauridae.NeuquensuchusGen. et sp. novValid Fiorelli CalvoLate Cretaceous (Santonian)Bajo de la Carpa Formation A member of Crocodyliformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement.OceanosuchusGen. et sp. novValid Hua et al.Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) A member of Pholidosauridae.VoayGen. et comb. novValid BrochuPleistocene — Holocene A new genus for "Crocodylus" robustus Grandidier & Vaillant (1872).ZulmasuchusGen. novValid Paolillo LinaresEarly PaleoceneSanta Lucia Formation A sebecid; a new genus name for Sebecus querejazus.
Pterosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAralazhdarchoGen et sp novValidAverianovSantonian-early CampanianBostobe SvitaAn azhdarchidGegepterusGen et sp novValidWang et alBarremian–AptianYixian FormationA ctenochasmatidTupandactylusGen et sp novValidKellner & CamposEarly CretaceousCrato FormationA tapejarid
Newly named non-dinosaurian dinosauromorphs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDromomeronGen et sp novValidIrmis et alNorianChinle Formation (, and )A Lagerpetonidae dinosauromorph reptile
Newly named non-avian dinosauromorphs Data courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list. Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Achillesaurus Gen et sp novValidMartinelli & VeraSantonianBajo de la Carpa Formation An alvarezsauridAlbertaceratopsGen et sp novValidRyanCampanianOldman Formation A Centrosaurine. the Ceratopsian from Alberta.AmargatitanisGen et sp novValidApesteguíaBarremianLa Amarga Formation A titanosaurAsylosaurusGen et sp novValidGaltonRhaetian A basal sauropodomorphAustralodocusGen et sp novValidRemesLate JurassicTendaguru Beds A diplodocidBerberosaurusGen et sp novValidAllain et alPliensbachian-ToarcianToundoute Continental Series A ceratosaurCedrorestes Gilpin, D.; DiCroce, T. and Carpenter, K. 2007. A possible new basal hadrosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation of eastern Utah. K. Carpenter (ed.), Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 79-89.Gen et sp novValidGilpin, DiCroce, & CarpenterBarremianCedar Mountain Formation ()A hadrosaur CerasinopsGen et sp novValidChinnery & HornerCampanianTwo Medicine Formation ()A ceratopsianDongbeititan Gen et sp novValidWang et alEarly CretaceousYixian Formation A sauropodEocursorGen et sp novValidButler, Smith, & NormanNorianLower Elliot Formation An Early ornithischianEotriceratopsGen et sp novValidWu, Brinkman, Eberth, & BramanMaastrichtianHorseshoe Canyon Formation ()A CeratopsianFutalognkosaurusGen et sp novValidCalvo, Porfiri, González-Riga, & KellnerConiacianPortezuelo Formation A titanosaurianGigantoraptorGen et sp novValidXu, et alCampanian-MaastrichtianIren Dabasu Formation A GiantoviraptorosaurianJiangjunosaurusGen et sp novValidJia, Forster, Xing, and ClarkOxfordianShishugou Formation A stegosaurianLamplughsauraGen et sp novValidKutty, Chatterjee, Galton, & UpchurchSinemurianDharmaram Formation An Early Sauropodomorph.LophostropheusGen et sp novValidEzcurra & CunyRhaetian-HettangianMoon-Airel Formation A coelophysoidLuanchuanraptorGen et sp novValidLü et alLate CretaceousQiupa Formation MahakalaGen et sp novValidTurner et alCampanianDjadokhta Formation A Deinonychosaur.MuyelensaurusGen et sp novValidCalvo, González-Riga, & PorfiriLate Cretaceous A titanosaurianNanningosaurusGen et sp novValidMo, Zhao, Wang, & XuLate CretaceousNalong Basin A hadrosauridNopcsaspondylusGen et sp novValidApesteguíaConiacianCandeleros Formation A rebbachisauridOryctodromeusGen et sp novValidDavid J. Varricchio, Anthony J. Martin, & Yoshihiro KatsuraCenomanianBlackleaf Formation ()An ornithopodPaluxysaurusGen et sp novjr synonymRoseAlbianTwin Mountains FormationJr synonym of SauroposeidonPantydracoGen et sp novValidGalton, Yates, & KermackLate Triassic A basal sauropodomorphPradhaniaGen et sp novValidKutty, Chatterjee, Galton, & UpchurchSinemurianUpper Dharmaram Formation A massospondylidShanagGen et sp novValidTurner, Hwang, & NorellBerriasian-BarremianÖösh Formation A dromaeosauridSinocalliopteryxGen et sp novValidJi et alBarremian–AptianYixian Formation A compsognathidSuzhousaurusGen et sp novValidLi et alAlbianXinminpu Group A therizinosauroid UrbacodonGen et sp novValidAverianov & SuesCenomanianDzharakuduk Formation A troodontid‘’Velafrons’’Gen et sp novValidCerro del Pueblo Formation a hadrosaurZhejiangosaurusGen et sp novValidLü et alCenomanianChaochuan Formation A nodosaurid ZhongyuansaurusGen et sp novValidXu et alCretaceous An ankylosaurid ZhuchengosaurusGen et sp novJr synonymZhao et alLate CretaceousWangshi FormationJunior synonym of Shantungosaurus
Newly named birds
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlethoalaornis agitornis Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidLi Li
Hu Dong-yu
Duan Ye
Gong En-pu
Hou LianhaiEarly CretaceousJiufotang Formation An Alethoalaornithidae Li, Hu, Duan, Gong et Hou, 2007, Enantiornithes Walker, 1981.Baptornis varneri Sp. nov. ValidJames E. Martin
Amanda Cordes-PersonLate CretaceousEarly-Middle Campanian ()Described in Baptornithidae, Hesperornithiformes, transferred to Brodavis Martin, Kurochkin et Tokaryk, 2012, Brodavidae, Hesperornithiformes. Belonopterus lilloi Sp. nov.ValidMarcos M. Cenizo
Federico L. AgnolinLate Pliocene-Early PleistoceneMiramar Formation A Charadriidae, lapwing, a relative of the southern lapwing.Berruornis halbedeli Sp. nov. ValidGerald MayrPaleocene A Sophiornithidae, Strigiformes.?Borvocarbo stoeffelensis Sp. nov. ValidGerald MayrLate OligoceneMP 28: First described as ?Oligocorax sp. Mayr, 2001, than as ?Borvocarbo stoeffelensis Mayr, 2007. In 2014 Mayr transferred the species back as ?Oligocorax stoeffelensis (Mayr, 2007).Dunstanetta johnstoneorum Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidTrevor H. Worthy
Alan J. D. Tennyson
C. Jones
J. A. McNamara
J. DouglasEarly-Middle MioceneBannockburn Formation An Anatidae.Elsornis keni Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidLuis M. Chiappe
Shigeru Suzuki
Gareth J. Dyke
Mahito Watabe
K. Tsogtbaatar
Rinchen BarsboldLate CretaceousCampanian,
Djadokhta Formation An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981.Euroceros bulgaricus Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidZlatozar N. Boev
Dimitar KovachevLate MioceneTurolian-Meotian,
MN 11-12 A Bucorvidae.Fissuravis weigelti Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidGerald Mayr?Upper Middle Paleocene?MP 5 Described in cf. Lithornithidae, Lithornithiformes, Palaeognathae.Gallirallus epulare Sp. nov. ValidJeremy J. Kirchman
David W. SteadmanSubrecentNuku Hiva A Rallidae.Gallirallus gracilitibia Sp. nov. ValidJeremy J. Kirchman
David W. SteadmanSubrecentUa Huka A Rallidae.Gallirallus roletti Sp. nov. ValidJeremy J. Kirchman
David W. SteadmanSubrecentTahuata A Rallidae.Gradiornis walbeckensis Gen. nov et Sp. nov. ValidGerald MayrUpper Middle Paleocene?MP 5 Described in cf. Cariamae sensu Olson, 1985.Icadyptes salasi Gen. nov et Sp. nov. ValidJulia A. Clarke
Daniel T. Ksepka
Marcello Stucchi
Mario Urbina
Norberto Giannini