Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesHooleya lataSp novValidWingEoceneClarno FormationA Platycaryeae fruit morphospecies.Platycarya bognorensisComb novvalid(Chandler) Wing & HickeyEoceneLondon ClayMoved from Pterocaryopsis bognorensis (1961) Pterocaryopsis elliptica (1978) synonymized in.Platycarya castaneopsisComb novvalid(Lesquereux) Wing & HickeyYpresianGreen River FormationMoved from Quercus castaneopsis (1883)Platycarya manchesteriiSp novvalidWing & HickeyEoceneClarno FormationA Platycarya fruit morphospecies.
Arthropods Arachnids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesSelenops beynaiSp novValid SchawallerBurdigalianDominican amberA selenopid wall spider
Newly named crustaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesGorgonophontesGen et sp novValid SchramKasimovianSwope Formation Dennis Formation Oread Formation()A mantis shrimp, type species is G. peleronPeachocaris acanthouraeaSp novValid SchramUpper PennsylvanianSwope Formation()A lophogastridPseudarmadillo cristatusSp novValid SchmalfussBurdigalianDominican amberA delatorreid isopodPseudarmadillo tuberculatusSp novValid SchmalfussBurdigalianDominican amberA delatorreid isopod
Newly named eurypterids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMycterops whiteiSp novValid SchramKasimovianSwope Formation()A mycteroptid
Conodont paleozoology Willi Ziegler and Charles A. Sandberg described the conodont genus Alternognathus.
Archosauromorphs
Newly named archosauromorphs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesTechnosaurusGen et sp novValidChatterjeeNorianBull Canyon Formation ()Originally described as a fabrosaurid; now Archosauriformes incertae sedis
Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images ChuandongocoelurusHe, X. 1984. The Vertebrate Fossils of Sichuan. Sichuan Scientific and Technical Publishing House, Chengdu, Sichuan: 168 pages.Valid He Middle JurassicLower Shaximiao Formation A tetanuran theropodDatousaurusDong, Z. and Z. Tang. 1984. Note on the mid Jurassic sauropod (Datousaurus bashanensis gen. et sp. nov.) from Suchuan Basin, China. Vertebr. Palasiatica 22: pp. 69-75.Gen et sp novValid Dong & TangMiddle JurassicLower Shaximiao Formation A Mamenchisaurid sauropod HarpymimusBarsbold, R. and A. Perle. 1984. [On] The first finding of primitive ornithomimosaur from the Cretaceous of the [Mongolian People's Republic]. Paleontologischeskii Zhural 2: pp. 121- 123Fam., gen et sp novValid Barsbold & PerleHauterivian to BarremianShinekhudug Formation An ornithomimosaurian KaijiangosaurusGen et sp novValid HeMiddle JurassicXiashaximiao Formation A tetanuran theropod LiliensternusWelles, S.P. 1984. Dilophosaurus wetherilli (Dinosauria, Theropoda): osteology and comparisons. Palaeontographica 185, A: pp. 85-180.Gen nov Valid WellesNorianTrossingen Formation A coelophysoid LongosaurusGen nov Jr. synonym of Coelophysis.WellesXuanhanosaurusDong, Z. 1984. A new theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Sichuan Basin. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22: pp. 213-218.Gen et sp novValid DongMiddle JurassicLower Shaximiao Formation A megalosauroid. Before it was believed that this animal was a quadruped, but now it is known that this was a biped.
Newly named birds Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnser thraceiensis ValidSp. nov.Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich
Ivan M. NikolovLate Miocene or Early PlioceneMN 11-15 An Anatidae.Archaeopteryx recurva DisputedSp. nov.Michael E. HowgateLate JuraPortlandian :An Archaeopterygidae, the 5th specimen, this species becomes the type species of the new genus Jurapteryx Howgate, 1985.Bubo leakeyae ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Pierce Brodkorb
Cécile Mourer-ChauviréHoloceneOlduvai Gorge A Strigidae.Cursoricoccyx geraldinae ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Larry D. Martin
Robert M. MengelEarly MiocenePawnee Creek Formation: A Cuculiformes, Neomorphidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Cygnopterus alphonsi ValidSp. nov.Jacques ChenevalEarly MioceneMN 2a An Anatidae.Dromaius baudinianus ValidSp. nov.Shane A. ParkerHoloceneKangaroo Island :A Dromaiidae.Eocypselus vincenti ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneMP 8 :An Apodiformes, Eocypselidae Harrison, 1984, this is the type species of the new genus.Fulmarus miocaenus ValidSp. nov.Hildegarde HowardMiddle MioceneRound Mountain Silt,
Barstovian :A Procellariidae.Gansus yumenensis ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Hou Lianhai
Liu ZhichengEarly CretaceousXiagou FormationAn Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, Gansuiformes Hou et Liu, 1984, Gansuidae Hou et Liu, 1984, this is the type species of the new genus.Gavia moldavica ValidSp. nov.Jenö KesslerLate Miocene;
Early PlioceneMN 9?
:A Gaviidae.Kizylkumavis cretacea ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Lev A. NessovLate CretaceousLate Turonian-Coniacian:An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes, Brodkorb, 1976, Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, Alexornithinae Brodkorb, 1976, this is the type species of the new genus.Larus udabnensis ValidSp. nov.Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich
E. G. GabashviliLate Miocene:A Laridae.Mioaegypius gui ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Hou LianHaiMiddle MioceneXiacaowan Formation An Accipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus.Otus guildayi ValidSp. nov.Pierce Brodkorb
Cécile Mourer-ChauviréPleistoceneCave deposits :A Strigidae.Parahesperornis alexi ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Larry D. MartinLate CretaceousNiobrara Chalk Formation :A Hesperornithiformes Fürbringer, 1888, Hesperornithidae Marsh, 1872, this is the type species of the new genus.Parvirallus bassetti ValidSp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneMP 8-9 :A Rallidae.Parvirallus gassoni ValidSp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneMP 8-9 :A Rallidae.Parvirallus medius ValidSp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneMP 8-9 :A Rallidae.Pediorallus hookeri ValidSp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneYpresian,
London Clay B
MP 8-9 :Described as a Rallidae, transferred to the genus Lithornis Owen, 1840 by Houde, 1988, a Palaeognathae, Lithornithiformes Houde, 1988, Lithornithidae Houde, 1988.Pediorallus nasi ValidSp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneYpresian,
London Clay A
MP 8 :Described as a Rallidae, transferred to the genus Lithornis Owen, 1840 by Houde, 1988, a Palaeognathae, Lithornithiformes Houde, 1988, Lithornithidae Houde, 1988.Phalacrocorax owrei ValidSp. nov.Pierce Brodkorb
Cécile Mourer-ChauviréPleistoceneDouglas Leakey Korongo A Phalacrocoracidae.Phalacrocorax serdicensis Valid ?Sp. nov.Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich
Ivan M. NikolovLate MioceneMN 11-13 A Phalacrocoracidae, possibly a synonym of Phalacrocorax aristotelis.Phasianus yanshansis ValidSp. nov.Huang Wanpo
Hou LianhaiHoloceneCave deposits A Phasianidae.Podiceps miocenicus ValidSp. nov.Jenö KesslerLate MioceneMN 9 A Podicipedidae.Scaniacypselus wardi ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneMP 8 An Apodidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Scopus xenopus ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. OlsonEarly PlioceneVarswater Formation A ScopidaeStintonornis mitchelli ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneMP 8-9 :Described as a Falconidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Mlíkovský, 2002.Zhyraornis kashkarovi ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Lev A. NessovLate CretaceousConiacian,
Bissekty Formation :An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes, Brodkorb, 1976, Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, Zhyraornithinae Nessov, 1984, this is the type species of the new genus.
Pterosaurs
Name Status AuthorsLocation Notes Azhdarcho Valid Nesov
the Type Genus of Azhdarchidae. Brasileodactylus Valid Kellner Rhamphinion Valid Padian ()
Synapsids Newly named mammals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArciusGen et sp novValid GodinotEarly EoceneA paromomyid, type species is A. rougieri
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