Arthropods
Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAphaenogaster avitaSp novValid Fujiyamaearly - middle MioceneChojabaru FormationA myrmicin ant Moved to Paraphaenogaster avita (2016)"Holcorpidae"Fam novnomen nudumZherikhinPriabonianFlorissant FormationA scorpionfly family, type sp. H. maculosa No formal description provided
Archosauromorphs
Newly named diapsids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Location Notes ImagesLongisquamaSharov, A.G. 1970. A peculiar reptile from the Lower Triassic of Fergana. Paleontologiceskij Zurnal 1: pp. 127-130.fam et gen et sp novvalidSharovMiddle to Late Triassic possible gliding reptile covered with Feather-like Scales.
Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDaspletosaurusRussell, D.A. 1970. Tyrannosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Western Canada. National Museum of Nat. Sci., Publ. Paleontology No. 1.gen et sp nov ValidRussellLate CretaceousOldman Formation () (A tyrannosaurine tyrannosaurid.DeinocheirusOsmolska, H. and E. Roniewicz. 1970. Deinocheiridae, a new family of theropod dinosaurs. Palaeontol. Polonica 21: pp. 5-19.fam, gen et sp novValid Osmólska & Roniewiczlate CretaceousNemegt Formation DilophosaurusWelles, S.P. 1970. Dilophosaurus (Reptilia: Saurischia), a new name for a dinosaur. J. Paleontol. 44: p. 989.gen novValid Welles Early Jurassic Kayenta formation ()A Two-crested Dilophosaur."Likhoelesaurus"Ellenberger, P. 1970. Les niveaux Paléontologiques de première apparition des Mammifères primordiaux d'Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie, établissement de zones stratigaphiques detaillées dans le stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias supérieur à Jurassique). Proceedings Papers of the 2nd Gondwana Symposium in South Africa, 1970: pp. 343-370.gen et sp novNomen nudum.EllenbergerLate TriassicLower Elliot Formation Misidentified non-dinosaurian archosaur."Megadontosaurus"Brown vide Ostrom, J.H. 1970. Terrestrial vertebrates as indicators of Mesozoic climates. Proc. North. Am. Paleontol. Convention D, 347-376.gen et sp novNomen nudum Brown vide: OstromEarly CretaceousCloverly FormationChimera of Deinonychus and Microvenator.MicrovenatorOstrom, J.H. 1970. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Bighorn Basin area, Wyoming and Montana. Peabody Museum Nat. History Bull. 35: pp. 1-234.gen et sp novValid OstromEarly CretaceousCloverly Formation ( Sauropeltagen et sp novValid OstromEarly CretaceousCloverly Formation (, and )a nodosauridStaurikosaurusColbert, E.H. 1970. A saurischian dinosaur from the Triassic of Brasil. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2405: pp. 1-39.gen et sp novValidColbertLate TriassicSanta Maria Formation a herrerasauridTenontosaurusgen et sp novValid OstromEarly CretaceousCloverly Formation (, , , , , , and )an ornithopod. with a Long Tail.
Newly named birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnabernicula robusta Sp. nov.jr synonym ShortEarly PleistoceneYarmouth Intergalcial An Anatidae, jr synonym of Brantadorna robustaAquila borrasi Sp. nov.jr synonym ArredondoPleistoceneCave deposits An Accipitridae, jr synonym of Buteogallus borrasi.Chubutodyptes biloculata Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.valid George G. SimpsonEarly MiocenePatagonian A Spheniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus, Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche, 2007 transferred the species to the genus Palaeospheniscus Moreno et Mercerat, 1891.Heterochen pratensis Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.valid Lester L. ShortEarly PlioceneValentine Formation ()An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Mancalla milleri Sp. nov.valid Hildegarde HowardMiddle PlioceneBlancan,
San Diego Formation ()An Alcidae, Mancallinae.Primobucco mcgrewi Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.valid Pierce BrodkorbEarly EoceneGreen River Formation ()Described as a Bucconidae, Feduccia et Martin, 1976 erected the family Primobucconidae for it, this is the type species of the new genus.Proagriocharis kimballensis Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.valid Larry D. Martin
James Tate, Jr.Late PlioceneKimball Formation ()A Meleagridae, this is the type species of the new genus.Pseudaptenodytes macraei Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.valid George G. SimpsonLate MioceneCheltenhamian A Spheniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Pseudaptenodytes minor Sp. nov.valid George G. SimpsonLate MioceneCheltenhamian A Spheniscidae.Tringa antiqua Sp. nov.valid J. Alan FeducciaLate PlioceneHemphillian ()A Scolopacidae.Zonotrichia robusta Sp. nov.valid Eduardo P. TonniMiddle PleistoceneMiramar A Passerellidae.
Newly named Pterosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Pterodaustrogen et sp nov ValidBonaparteearly CretaceousLagarcito Formationa Ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid. with a Flamingo-like feeding style.
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