Plants Angiosperms Superrosids - Fabids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesCercis idahoensisSp nov Junior synonymBerryMioceneLanghianLatah FormationWhitebird floruleFirst described as a Cercis speciesLeaves later reidentified as Vitis washingtonensis (1937) Fruits reidentified as Caesalpinia spokanensis (1991)
Incertae sedis Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesAntholithes amentiferusSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a flower of uncertain affinity.Antholithes grablensisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a flower or fruit of uncertain affinity.Antholithes mimosaformisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a flower of uncertain affinity.Antholithes iliciformisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a flower of uncertain affinity.Antholithes pruniformisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a flower of uncertain affinity.Antholithes ternstroemioidesSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a flower of uncertain affinity.Antholithes wilcoxensisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a flower of uncertain affinity.Calycites milanensisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a flower or fruit of uncertain affinity.Calycites puryearensisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a flower or fruit of uncertain affinity.Calycites rhizophoroidesSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a flower or fruit of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus aggregatusSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a racemose infructescence of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus ailanthioidesSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a winged seed of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus alatusSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a winged fruit of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus banisteroidesSpecies Junior synonymBerryEoceneClaiborne FormationHolly Springs sand memberFirst named as a fruit of uncertain affinity.Synonymized into Eucommia eocenica (1997)Carpolithus bicapsulisSpecies novBerryEoceneClaiborne FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a nutlets of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus bolivarensisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as seeds of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus burseraformisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as seeds of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus callowayensisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as seeds of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus chesterensisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a fruit of uncertain affinity. Suggested as a possibly Cinnmmomwm ovoides fruit.Carpolithus collinsiSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as seeds of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus delicatulusSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a flower of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus fagaraformisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as seeds of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus gronoviiSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a fruit of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus hiraeaformisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a fruit of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus inequilateralisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as seeds of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus juncaformisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a fruit of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus kentuckyensisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as seeds of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus leitneriaformisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a nutlets of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus longepedunculatusSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a nutlets of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus malpighiaformisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a winged seed of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus plumosusSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a fruit of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus poaformisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as seeds of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus sapindoidesSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as seeds of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus rotundalatusSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as an orbicular fruit of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus sapindoidesSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as seeds of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus shandyensisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a fruit of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus silertonensisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a nutlet of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus somervillensisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as seeds of uncertain affinity.Carpolithus taylorensisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a seed of uncertain affinity.Leguminosites copaiferanusSpecies nov Junior synonym?BerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs memberFirst named as a fruit of uncertain affinity.Synonymized into Eucommia eocenica (1997)Phyllites grenadensisSpecies novBerryEoceneTallahatta FormationHolly Springs sand memberNamed as a leaf of uncertain affinity.Simaroubites eocenicaSpecies nov Junior synonymBerryMiddle EoceneClaiborne FormationFirst named as a fruit of uncertain affinity.Synonymized into Eucommia eocenica (1997)
Arthropods
Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAphaenogaster donisthorpeiSp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA myrmicin antAphaenogaster mayriSp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA myrmicin antArchiponeraGen et sp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA ponerine ant, one species A. wheeleriCamponotus fuscipennisSp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA formicine ant.Camponotus microcephalusSp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA formicine ant.Camponotus petrifactusSp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA formicine ant.CephalomyrmexGen et sp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA myrmicine ant.The type species is C. rotundatusDolichoderus antiquusSp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA dolichoderine ant.Dolichoderus rohweriSp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA dolichoderine ant.ElaeomyrmexGen et 2 sp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA dolichoderine ant the type species is E. gracilis also included is E. coloradensisEoformica pingueComb nov ValidScudder, 1877EoceneGreen River Formation An incertae sedis ant species, Sr synonym to Eoformica eocenica Cockerell, 1921corrected to Eoformica pinguis in 1995Formica cockerelliSp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA formicine ant.Formica grandisSp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA formicine ant.Iridomyrmex florissantiusSp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA dolichoderine ant.Iridomyrmex obscuransSp nov Nomen dubiumCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA dolichoderine ant.Considered not identified in 2011Liometopum miocenicumSp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA dolichoderine ant.Liometopum scudderiSp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA dolichoderine ant.LithomyrmexGen et 2 sp nov Junior synonymCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationAn agroecomyrmecine ant The type species is L. rugosus, also includes L. striatusmoved to Eulithomyrmex in 1935Messor sculpturatusSp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA myrmicine ant.MianeuretusGen et Sp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationAn aneuretine ant. The type species is M. mirabilisMiomyrmexTrib, Gen et Sp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA miomyrmecine dolichoderine ant. The type species is M. striatusPetraeomyrmexGen et Sp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA dolichoderine ant. The type species is P. minimusPheidole tertiariaSp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA myrmicine ant.Pogonomyrmex fossilisSp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA myrmicine ant.ProtaztecaGen, Comb, et 3 Sp nov ValidCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA dolichoderine ant. The type species is P. elongata Also includes P. capitata, P. quadrata, and "Ponera" hendersoni (1906)PseudocamponotusGen, Comb, et 3 Sp nov ValidCarpenterMioceneA camponotine formicine ant. The type species is P. elkoanusPseudomyrma extinctaSp nov Junior synonymCarpenterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA pseudomyrmecine ant.Moved to Pseudomyrmex extinctus in 1990
Dinosaurs Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Mandschurosaurus Gen. nov. Nomen dubium Riabinin Maastrichtian Yuliangze Formation A new genus name for Trachodon amurense Saurolophus kryschtofovici Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Riabinin Maastrichtian Yuliangze Formation A species of Saurolophus
Lepidosauromorphs
Newly named plesiosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images MacroplataGen et sp nov Valid SwintonEarly Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)Lower Lias A rhomaleosaurid.
Other animals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Orthogonium Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Gürich Ediacaran Enigmatic organism consisting of 8 parallel rows of tubes. The type species is O. parallelum
Paleontologists Death of William Diller Matthew.
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