Arthropods
Newly named Insects
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Oligomyrmex antiqua Comb nov jr synonym (Mayr, 1868) Middle Eocene Baltic amber Fossil myrmicine ant, moved to Carebara antiqua in 2004 Sphecomyrminae Subfam. Gen. et sp. nov Valid Wilson & Carpenter Turonian New Jersey Amber Basal most ant subfamily. One genus Sphecomyrma
Conodonts
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images DeclinognathodusNew Pennsylvanian Platform Conodonts from Southwestern United States. D. L. Dunn, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 40, No. 6 (Nov., 1966), pages 1294-1303 (Stable URL) Gen. nov Valid David L. Dunn Pennsylvanian
Anapsids
Newly named mesosaurs
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Brazilosaurus Gen. et sp. Valid Shikama & Ozaki Artinskian Irati Formation A mesosaur.
Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Probactrosaurus Gen et sp nov Valid Rozhdestvensky Early Cretaceous (Albian) Dashuigou Formation
Newly named birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArikarornis macdonaldi Gen et sp nov. valid Howard Early Miocene Middle Sharps Formation An Accipitrid, type species A. macdonaldi Miortyx aldeni Sp. nov. valid Howard Early Miocene Middle Sharps Formation An Odontophoridae. Diomedea milleri Sp. nov. valid Howard Middle Miocene Temblor Formation A Diomedeid. Dissourodes milleri Gen et sp. nov. jr synonym of Mycteria milleri Short Early Pliocene Valentine Formation Pelecanus tirarensis Sp. nov. valid Miller Miocene Etadunna Formation A Pelecanidae. Praemancalla Gen et sp. nov. valid Howard Late Miocene Laguna Hills Formation An Alcidae, Mancallinae, type species P. lagunensisSpeotyto megalopeza Sp. nov.Jr synonym of Athene megalopeza Ford Late Pliocene Rexroad Formation Wasonaka Gen et sp. nov. valid Howard Middle Pliocene Arroyo de las Barrancas Blancas An Anatidae, Type species W. yepormerae
Other animals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Arborea Gen. et comb. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran The type species is "Rangea" arborea Glaessner (1959). Conomedusites Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran The type species is C. lobatus.Dickinsonia elongata Sp. nov Synonym of Dickinsonia costata Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Dickinsonia tenuis Sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Kimberia Gen. et sp. nov Junior homonym Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran The type species is K. quadrata. Wade (1972) coined a replacement name Kimberella. Lorenzinites Gen. et sp. nov Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran The type species is L. rarus. Mawsonites Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran The type species is M. spriggi. Medusinites Gen. et comb. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran The type species is "Medusina" asteroides Sprigg (1949). Ovatoscutum Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran The type species is O. concentricum. Praecambridium Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran The type species is P. sigillum. Rangea grandis Sp. nov Synonym of Charnia masoni Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Rangea longa Sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Originally described as a species of Rangea; Grimes et al. (2023) transferred it to the genus Akrophyllas. Rugoconites Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran The type species is R. enigmaticus. Spriggina? elongata Sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Originally described as a species of Spriggina; Glaessner (1976) transferred it to the genus Marywadea.
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