Flora Ferns and fern allies NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesAllantodiopsis pugetensisSp novvalidWolfeMiddle EocenePuget Group"Lower Fultonian"A dryopteridaceous fern
Angiosperms NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesAlnus kluckingiSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Kummer sandstone bed" Loc 9837A alder species. Anacardites franklinensisSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Lower Fultonian"Roslyn FormationA cashew foliage form genus. Artocarpoides kummerensisSp novjr synonymWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731A dicot of uncertain affinity. Moved to Dicotylophyllum kummerensis (1977) Moved to Republica kummerensis (1987) Artocarpoides litseafoliaComb novjr synonym(MacGinitie) WolfeEoceneYpresianIone Formation"Chalk Bluff Flora" Loc P3324A dicot of uncertain affinity. Moved from Lauropliyllum litseafolia (1941) Moved to Dicotylophyllum litseafolia (1969). Moved to Republica litseafolia (1987) CalkinsiaGen et sp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731A moon seed relative. The type species is C. franklinensisCamellia multiformaComb novvalid(Potbury) WolfeLatest Eocene-Earliest OligoceneLa Porte TuffA Camellia species. Moved from Euphorbiophyllum multiformum (1935)Carya cashmanensisSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731A hickory relative. Carya pugetensisSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Kummer sandstone bed" Loc 9680A hickory relative. Castanopsis franklinensisSp. novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Lower Fultonian"Puget Group"Above Franklin bed 12" Loc 9678A chinquapin species. Cladrastis pugetensisSp. novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731A Cladrastis species legume. Dryophyllum pugetensisSp. novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Lower Ravenian"Puget Group"Between Ravensdale beds 3 & 4" Loc 9694A Dryophyllum species. Fothergilla durhamensisSp. novjr synonymWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Fultonian"Puget Group"Below Durham bed 1" Loc 9832A platanaceous species.Moved to Platimeliphyllum durhamensis in (2022)GoweriaGen et 2 Sp. novvalidWolfeEoceneA icacinaceous genus. The type species is "Benzoin" dilleri (1900). The genus also includes G. linearis. Hyperbaena dilleriComb novJr synonym(Knowlton) WolfeEoceneA moon seed relative. Moved from "Benzoin" dilleri (1900). Moved to Calkinsia dilleri (1977)Hypserpa cashmanensisGen et sp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731A Hypserpa species moon seed.Hypserpa cashmanensisSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731A Hypserpa species moon seed.Hypserpa franklinensisSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Lower Fultonian"Puget Group"Above Franklin bed 12" Loc 9678A Hypserpa species moon seed.Macaranga pugetensisSp. novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731A Macaranga species euphorbe. Macclintockia pugetensisSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Kummerian"Puget Group Renton Formation Loc 9688A Macclintockia species. Pterocarya pugetensisSp. novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Kummer sandstone bed" Loc 9837A wingnut species. "Pugetia"Gen et sp novhomonymWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Fultonian"Puget Group"Green River canyon, above vein 12" Loc 1963A possible hickory relative.The type species is "P". longifolia Junior homonym of Pugetia Kylin, 1925 Rhamnites cashmanensisSp novjr synonymWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731identified as a Rhamnites buckthorn foliage. Moved to Parashorea cashmanensis (1977)Rhamnites franklinensisSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Lower Fultonian"Puget Group"Above Franklin bed 12" Loc 9678A Rhamnites buckthorn foliage. Ternstroemites ravenensisSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Lower Ravenian"Puget Group"Between Ravensdale beds 3 & 4" Loc 9694A Ternstroemites theaceous foliage. Viburnum pugetensisSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Lower Fultonian"Puget Group"Above Franklin bed 12" Loc 9678A Viburnum species. VineaGen et sp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Fultonian"Puget Group"Below Durham bed 1" Loc 9832A walnut relative. Also noted from the Roslyn Formation. WillisiaGen et sp novJr homonymWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Fultonian"Puget Group"Below Durham bed 1" Loc 9832A linden relative. Jr homonym of Willisia Warming 1901.Renamed Plafkeria in (1977) The type species is "W." rentonensis
Arthropods Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEriocampa tulameenensissp novValid Rice Early Eocene Allenby FormationA Tenthredinidae sawflyPseudosiobla campbellisp novValid Rice Early Eocene Horsefly ShalesA Tenthredinidae sawfly
Conodonts
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Location Notes ImagesNeognathodusgen novValid taxon David L. DunnPennsylvanian
Archosauriformes Dinosaurs Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Aralosaurus tuberiferus Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Rozhdestvensky Santonian Bostobe Svita A hadrosaur Procheneosaurus convincens Sp. nov. Valid Rozhdestvensky Santonian Dabrazinskaya Svita A species of Procheneosaurus, later given the genus name Kazaklambia
Birds NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImagesAethia rossmoori Sp. nov.Valid HowardLate Miocene()An Alcidae.Alauda jordanica Sp. nov.Valid TchernovMiddle PleistoceneUbeidiya FormationAn Alaudidae.Alcodes Gen et sp nov.Valid HowardLate Miocene?An Alcidae, type species A. ulnulusBathornis fricki Sp. nov.Valid CracraftEarly Miocene()A BathornithidButeo circoides Sp. nov.Valid KurochkinMiddle OligoceneTatal-GolAn Accipitridae.Coturnicops avita Sp. nov.Valid FeducciaLate PlioceneGlenns Ferry Formation()A Rallidae.Cygnavus formosus Sp. nov.Valid KurochkinLate EoceneZaysan BassinAn Anatidae."Cygnopterus" lambrechti Sp. nov.valid KurochkinMiddle OligoceneKustovskayaPhoenicopteriformes Incertae SedisFulica stekelesi Sp. nov.Valid TchernovMiddle PleistoceneUbeidiya FormationA Rallidae.Fulmarus hammeri Sp. nov.Valid HowardLate Miocene()A Procellariidae.Gobihierax Gen et Sp. nov.Valid KurochkinMiddle OligoceneTatal-GolAn Accipitridae, Type sp G. edaxGuguschia nailiae Sp. nov.Invalid Aslanova & Burchak-AbramovichMiddle OligoceneMaykopian ClayA Swan, Anatidae.Laterallus insignis Sp. nov.Valid FeducciaLate PlioceneRexroad Formation ()A Rallidae.Limicorallus Gen. et Sp. nov.Valid KurochkinMiddle Oligocene-MioceneMyn-Say GorgeA Phalacrocoracidae, type species L. saiensis.Megaegotheles Gen. et sp. nov.Jr synonym ScarlettPleistocene-modernAn Aegothelidae, type sp M. novaezealandiae, jr syn of Aegotheles.Megagallinula Gen. et Sp. nov.Valid KurochkinMiddle OligoceneKur-Say GorgeA Rallidae. type sp. M. harundineaMelanocorypha gracilis Sp. nov.Valid TchernovMiddle PleistoceneUbeidiya FormationAn Alaudidae.Palaeorallus alienus Sp. nov.nomen dubium KurochkinMiddle OligoceneTatal-GolA possible Rallidae, Paracrax gigantea Sp. nov.Valid CracraftLate OligoceneBrule Formation()A BathornithidaeParacrax wetmorei Sp. nov.Valid CracraftLate OligoceneBrule Formation()A BathornithidaePetronia brevirostris Sp. nov.Valid TchernovMiddle PleistoceneUbeidiya FormationA Passeridae.Puffinus calhouni Sp. nov.Valid HowardLate Miocene()A Procellariidae.Tutor dementievi Gen. et sp. nov.Valid KurochkinMiddle OligoceneTatal-GolAn Accipitridae, jr syn of Venerator dementievi
Sauropterygians
Plesiosaurs NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages CeraunosaurusGen et sp nov jr synonym ThurmondLate Cretaceousjunior synonym of Trinacromerum
Synapsids Mammaliformes NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesMegazostrodonGen et sp novValidCrompton & JenkinsEarly JurassicElliot FormationA megazostrodontid morganucodont
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