Plants Angiosperms
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcer beckianumSp novValidPrakash & BarghoornLanghianGinkgo Petrified Forest A maple, described from petrified woodAcer palaeorufinervesp novValidTanai & OnoeMiocene - PlioceneNingyo-toge FormationA maple, A member of the Macrantha section.DavisicarpumGen et sp novvalidChandlerYpresianLondon ClayA moon seed relative. Type species D. gibbosum
Archosauromorphs Phytosaurs
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesRileyasuchusGen et comb nov Nomen dubium.KuhnRhaetianA dubious phytosaur, possibly a chimera; replacement name for Rileya von Huene 1902 (non Ashmead, 1888).
Pseudosuchians
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAvalonianusGen et comb novNomen dubiumKuhnLate Triassic (Rhaetian)Dubious non-dinosaurian archosaur; replacement name for Avalonia Seeley, 1898 (non Walcott, 1889).DasygnathoidesGen et comb novNomen dubium?KuhnLate Triassic (Carnian)Lossiemouth SandstoneA pseudosuchian of uncertain affinity.Replacement name for Dasygnathus Huxley, 1877 (non MacLeay, 1819).
Dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAstrodoniusKuhn, O. 1961. Die Familien der rezenten und fossilen Amphibien und Reptilien. Meisenbach, Bamberg: 79 pages.Gen et comb novJunior synonymKuhnEarly CretaceousArundel FormationJunior synonym of Astrodon.CampylodoniscusGen et comb novNomen dubium.KuhnLate CretaceousBajo Barreal FormationA possible titanosaur Replacement name for "Campylodon" von Huen 1929PachysauropsHuene, F. von. 1961. Palaontologie und Phylogenie der Niederen Tetrapoden. Nachtrage und Erganzungen. Fischer, Jena: 58 pages.Gen et sp novJunior synonymvon HueneLate TriassicJunior synonym of Pachysauriscus.
Birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnas pullulans Sp nov.valid Brodkorb Early PlioceneJuntura Formation ()An Anatidae.Eremochen Gen et Sp nov.valid BrodkorbEarly PlioceneJuntura Formation ()An Anatidae, type species E. russelli.Fulica infelix Sp. nov.valid BrodkorbEarly PlioceneJuntura Formation ()A Rallidae.Ocyplonessa shotwelli Sp. nov.jr synonym BrodkorbLate Miocene - Early PlioceneJuntura Formation ()An Anatidae, moved to Histrionicuslli shotwelli by Olson & Rasmussen, 2001Megapaloelodus opsigonus Sp. nov.valid Brodkorb Early PlioceneJuntura Formation ()A Palaelodidae.Neortyx Gen et Sp. nov.valid Holman Early PlioceneJuntura Formation ()An Odontophoridae Type species N. peninsularisPhalacrocorax leptopus Sp. nov.valid Brodkorb Early PlioceneJuntura Formation ()A Phalacrocoracidae.Puffinus mitchelli Sp. nov.valid Miller Middle MioceneTemblor Formation ()A Procellariidae.Puffinus priscus Sp. nov.valid MillerMiddle MioceneTemblor Formation ()A Procellariidae.
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