Plants Angiosperms Superrosids - Fabids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesPalaeocarpinusSp novValidCraneYpresianReading FormationA betulaceous fruit. Type species P. laciniataPseudofagusGen et sp novValidSmiley & HugginsMioceneLanghianLatah FormationClarkia FloruleA fagaceous genus The type species is P. idahoensis
Arthropoda Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesProtamblyopone inversaGen et sp. novjr synonymDlusskyMiddle Miocene Chon-Tyz mine An Amblyoponin ant. jr synonym of Casaleia inversa
Reptilia Early reptiles Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Claudiosaurus germaini Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Carroll Late Permian Lower Sakamena Formation An early neodiapsid Thadeosaurus colcanapi Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Carroll Late Permian Lower Sakamena Formation An early neodiapsid
Archosauromorpha Dinosaurs Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Avimimus portentosusKurzanov, S.M. 1981. On the unusual theropods from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Sovm. Sov.-Mong. Paleontol. Eksped. Trudy 15: pp. 39-50. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid taxon Kurzanov Campanian Djadochta Formation A very bird-like oviraptorosaur Barsboldia sicinskiiMaryanska, T. and H. Osmólska. 1981. First lambeosaurine dinosaur from the Nemegt Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 26 (3-4): pp. 243-255. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Maryańska & Osmólska Maastrichtian Nemegt Formation A hadrosaurid of uncertain relations Elmisaurus rarusOsmolska, H. 1981. Coosified tarsometatarsal in theropod dinosaurs and their bearing on the problem of bird origins. Paleontol. Polonica 42: pp. 79-95. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Osmólska Maastrichtian Nemegt Formation An oviraptorosaur Garudimimus brevipesBarsbold, R. 1981. The toothless carnivorous dinosaurs of Mongolia. Sovm. Sov.-Mong. Paleontol. Eksped. Trudy 15: pp. 28-39. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Barsbold Santonian Bayanshiree Formation An early ornithomimosaur "Honghesaurus" Nomen nudum Anonymous Later namedYandusaurus Ingenia yanshini Gen. et sp. nov. Preoccupied Barsbold Maastrichtian Baruungoyot Formation Generic name preoccupied by a nematode Gerlach 1957 and renamed Ajancingenia, but considered a species of Heyuannia Lambeosaurus laticaudus Sp. nov. Valid Morris Campanian El Gallo Formation Later given the genus Magnapaulia Muttaburrasaurus langdoniBartholomai, A., and R.E. Molnar. 1981. Muttaburrasaurus, a new iguanodontid (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland. Mem. Queensland Museum 20: pp. 319-149. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Bartholomai & Molnar Albian Mackunda Formation An iguanodont with a horn-like knob of its Snout. Palaeopteryx thomsoniJensen, J.A. 1981. Another look at Archaeopteryx as the world's oldest bird. Encyclia 58: pp. 109-128. Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Jensen Kimmeridgian Morrison Formation A coelurosaur Scutellosaurus lawleriColbert, E.H. 1981. A primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. Museum Northern Arizona Bull. 53: pp. 1-61. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Colbert Sinemurian Kayenta Formation An early thyreophoran
Birds
Palaeopteryx thomsoni Jensen, 1981 is most likely not a bird but rather a small non-avian dinosaur. Plegadis pharangites Olson, 1981 is a new name for Plegadis gracilis Miller et Bowman, 1956, preoccupied by Plegadis gracilis (Lydekker, 1891), described as Milnea gracilis Lydekker, 1891 and transferred to the genus Plegadis Kaup, 1829 by Cheneval, 1984.
Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBurhinus lucorum ValidSp. nov.K. Jeffrey BickartEarly MioceneMiddle Sheep Creek Formation:A Burhinidae.Enantiornis leali ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Cyril A. WalkerLate CretaceousMaastrichtian
Lecho FormationAn Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes Brodkorb, 1976, Enantiornithidae Nessov et Borkin, 1983, this is the type species of the new genus.Eogrus crudus ValidSp. nov.Evgeny N. KurochkinMiddle-Late EoceneTsagan KutelA Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, this is the type species of the new genus.Falco medius ValidSp. nov.A. S. UmanskayaLate MioceneMN 11-13:A Falconidae.Gavia paradoxa ValidSp. nov.A. S. UmanskayaLate MioceneMN 11-13:A Gaviidae.Ioriotis gabunii ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich
Abesalom K. VekuaLate PlioceneKvabebi:An Otididae, this is the type species of the new genus.Mancalla emlongi ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. OlsonLate PlioceneBlancan,
San Diego Formation:An Alcidae, Mancallinae L. H. Miller, 1946.Microdytes tonnii ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.George G. SimpsonLate Oligocene-Early MiocenePatagonianA Sphniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus. Microdytes Simpson, 1981 is preoccupied by Microdytes Balfour-Browne, 1949 (Coleoptera), so Storrs L. Olson created the new genus Eretiscus Olson, 1986 to accommodate Microdytes tonnii Simpson, 1981.Pedinorhis stirpsarcana ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Storrs L. Olson
Mary C. McKitrickPleistoceneCave depositsA Fringillidae, Emberizinae, this is the type species of the new genus.Pelecanus cadimurka ValidSp. nov.Patricia Vickers Rich
Gerard F. Van TetsPleistoceneKuttipirra (Katipiri) Waterhole:A Pelecanidae.Picus peregrinabundus ValidSp. nov.A. S. UmanskajaLate MioceneMN 11-12:A Picidae.Sonogrus gregalis ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Evgeny N. KurochkinLate Eocene-Early OligoceneErgilin Dzo FormationA Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, this is the type species of the new genus.Uria brodkorbi ValidSp. nov.Hildegarde HowardLate MioceneSisquoc Formation,
Clarendonian:An Alcidae.Urmiornis orientalis ValidSp. nov.Evgeny N. KurochkinMiddle Pliocene:A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, transferred to the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891 by both Kurochkin, 1985 and Olson, 1985.Urmiornis ukrainus ValidSp. nov.Evgeny N. KurochkinLate MioceneMn 9-10-11:
;A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, transferred to the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891 by both Kurochkin, 1985 and Olson, 1985.Youngornis gracilis ValidGen. nov et Sp. nov.Yeh Hsiangk'ueiMiddle MioceneShanwang FormationA Rallidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Zeltornis ginsburgi ValidGen. nov et Sp. nov.Jean Chr. BalouetEarly MioceneLate Burdigalian,
Djebel ZeltenAn Ardeidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Plesiosaurs Carroll, R. C., 1981, Plesiosaur ancestors from the Upper Permian of Madagascar: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B, v. 293, p. 315- 383.
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location NotesImages Kimmerosaurus Valid Brown Late Jurassic (KimmeridgianKimmeridge ClayA cryptoclidid.
Pterosaurs
New taxa
Name Status Authors LocationImages Comodactylus Valid Galton Sultanuvaisia Valid Nesov
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