Bryophytes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesHypnites jovetastiComb novValid(Kuc) MillerYpresianAllenby FormationAn amblystegiaceous moss moved from Palaeohypnum jovet-asti 1974Hypnites steereiComb novValid(Kuc) MillerYpresianAllenby FormationAn amblystegiaceous moss moved from Palaeohypnum steerei 1974Plagiopodopsis eocenicus Comb novValid(Kuc) MillerYpresianAllenby FormationA bartramiaceous moss moved from Muscites eocenicus 1972
Arthropods Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnochetus corayiSp novValidBaroni UrbaniBurdigalianDominican amber A ponerin antTrachymyrmex primaevusSp novValidBaroni UrbaniBurdigalianDominican amber A Myrmicin ant
Molluscs
Newly named bivalves Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPojetaiaGen et sp novValidJellEarly CambrianParara Limestone early Cambrian bivalve, type species P. runnegari
Archosauromorphs
Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
Note: the name LancangosaurusZhao, 1980. [Mesozoic vertebrate-bearing beds and stratigraphy of northern Xinjinag: Report of Paleontological Expedition to Xinjiang IV.] Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, Academia Sinica A. 15, 1-119. is mistakenly treated as a nomen nudum synonymous with Datousaurus (because Dong et al. 1983 believed it to be conspecific with Datousaurus). However, it is actually an early spelling variant of another nomen nudum, Lancangjiangosaurus.
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCallovosaurusGen et sp novvalid GaltonCallovianOxford Clay FormationA dryosaurid, That its name means Reptile of Callovian. DracopeltaGen et sp novValid GaltonKimmeridgianA Primitive ankylosaurian ErlikosaurusGen et sp novValid PerleCenomanian-SantonianBayan Shireh FormationA therizinosauridKakuruGen et sp novValidMolnar & PledgeAptianMarree FormationA Theropoda of uncertain phylogenetic classification. MinmiGen et sp novValid MolnarAptianBungil FormationAn Australian ankylosauridNoasaurusGen et sp novValidBonaparte & PowellCampanian-MaastrichtianLecho FormationA NoasauridSaltasaurusGen et sp novValid Bonaparte & PowellCampanian-MaastrichtianLecho FormationA Saltasaurid, a Sauropod with Ankylosaur-like armorZephyrosaurusSues, H.-D. 1980. Anatomy and relationships of a new hypsilophodontid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of North America. Palaeontographica. Abt. (A) 169: pp. 51-72.Gen et sp novValidSuesAptian-AlbianCloverly Formation ( A thescelosaurid
Newly named birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlectoris baryosefiSp. nov.ValidEitan TchernovPleistoceneMQ 1bA Phasianidae.Anser thompsoniSp. nov.ValidLarry D. Martin
Robert M. MengelLate PlioceneBlancan
Broadwater Formation:An Anatidae.Apopempsis africanusSp. nov.ValidColin J. O. HarrisonEarly MioceneSonghorA Musophagidae, transferred to the genus Veflintornis Kashin, 1976, Apopempsis Brodkorb, 1971 preoccupied by Apopempsis Schenkling, 1903.Archaeotrogon hoffstetteriSp. nov.ValidCécile Mourer-ChauviréEocene or OligocenePhosphorites du Quercy
MP 16-28An Apodiformes, Archaeotrogonidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1980.Ardea howardaeSp. nov.ValidPierce BrodkorbLate PlioceneShungura Formation,
1.94 My BPAn Ardeidae.Argentavis magnificensGen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, jr.
Eduado P. TonniLate MioceneSalinas Grandes de HidalgoA Teratornithidae Miller, 1909, this is the type species of the new genus.Burhinus aquilonarisSp. nov.ValidAlan FeducciaPleistoceneSanborn Formation:A Burhinidae.Ciconia minorSp. nov.ValidColin J. O. HarrisonEarly MioceneRusinga IslandA Ciconiidae.Crex zazhiginiSp. nov.ValidEvgeny N. KurochkinEarly PlioceneMN 14-15A Rallidae, transferred to the genus Pastushkinia Zelenkov, 2013 as its type species.Eostrix vincentiSp. nov.ValidColin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneYpresian,
MP 7-10:A Strigiformes, Strigida, Protostrigidae Wetmore, 1933.Gallinula giganteaSp. nov.ValidEitan TchernovPleistoceneA Rallidae.Juncitarsus gracillimusGen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidStorrs L. Olson
Alan FeducciaEarly Middle EoceneBridger Formation:A Phoenicopteriformes Fürbringer, 1888, Juncitarsidae Peters, 1987, this is the type species of the new genus.Larus dolnicensisSp. nov.ValidPetr ŠvecEarly MioceneMN 4bDescribed as a Laridae, transferred to the Glareolidae, genus Mioglareola Ballmann, 1979 by Mlíkovský, 2000.Linquornis gigantisGen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidYeh Hsiang-k'ueiMiddle MioceneShanwang SeriesA Phasianidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Milvus pygmeusSp. nov.ValidEitan TchernovPleistoceneAn Accipitridae.Neophrontops ricardoensisSp. nov.ValidPatricia Vickers RichMiddle MioceneLate Claredonian;An Accipitridae.Palaeoaramides tugarinoviSp. nov.ValidEvgeny N. KurochkinMiocene-Middle PlioceneChirgis Nuur seriesA Rallidae.Rallus risillusSp. nov.ValidEvgeny N. KurochkinMiocene-Middle PlioceneChirgis Nuur seriesA Rallidae, transferred to the genus Porzana by Kurochkin, 1985.Sinanas diatomasGen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidYeh Hsiang-k'ueiMiddle MioceneShanwang bed sw2An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Sylviornis neocaledoniaeGen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidFrançois PoplinHoloceneCave depositsDescribed as a Ratitae, transferred to the Craciformes, Megapodiidae and placed in its own family Sylviornithidae by Mourer-Chauviré & Balouet, 2005, this is the type species of the new genus.Tonsala hildegardaeGen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidStorrs L. OlsonLate OligocenePysht Formation:A Pelecaniformes, Plotopteridae Howard, 1969, this is the type species of the new genus. Tyto balearicaSp. nov.ValidCécile Mourer-Chauviré
Josep A. Alcover
Salvador Moya
Juan PonsLate Miocene-PleistoceneMN 12-MN 18, MQ 2A-C;
;A Tytonidae. Zhongyuanus xichuanensisGen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidHou LainhaiEarly EoceneYuhuangding GroupA Gastornithidae Fürbringer, 1888, transferred to the genus Gastornis Hébert, 1855 by Buffetaut, 2013., this is the type species of the new genus.
Pterosauria
Newly named pterosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesSantanadactylusGen et sp nov Valid de BuisonjéAptianSantana Formation A Pterodactyloid
Lepidosauromorphs
Plesiosaurs Plesiosaur gastroliths documented.Darby and Ojakangas (1980). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
Name Status AuthorsAgeLocation Notes Bishanopliosaurus Valid Dong 172 million years
References
Darby, D. G. and Ojakangas, R. W.; 1980; Gastroliths from a Late Cretaceous Plesiosaur; Journal of Paleontology; 54(3) pp. 548–556 Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180.