Plants
Ferns and fern allies Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAsplenium occidentaleSp novJr synonymBerryMioceneLanghianLatah FormationA spleenwort species.A jr homonym of Asplenium occidentale Knowlton (1917)Moved to Osmunda occidentale (1940)Woodsia bonseriSp novBerryMioceneLanghianLatah FormationA woodsia fern species.Woodwardia praeradicansSp novBerryMioceneLanghianLatah FormationA chain fern species.
Conifers Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPinus latahensisSp novValidBerryEoceneYpresianKlondike Mountain Formation A 5-needle pine speciesPinus macrophyllaSp novHomonymBerryEoceneYpresianKlondike Mountain Formation A 3-needle pine species. Jr homonym of Pinus macrophylla Lindley, 1839Pinus monticolensisSp novValidBerryEoceneYpresianKlondike Mountain Formation A pine seed morphospeciesPinus tetrafoliaSp novnomen dubiumBerryEoceneYpresianKlondike Mountain Formation A punitive 4-needle pine speciesNoted by Berry as "highly improbable that this should represent a distinct botanic species"Tsuga latahensisSp novValid?BerryMioceneLatah Formation First described as a hemlock conescale.Suggested to be a bud scale in 1937.Treated as an incertae sedis plant by Chaney & Axelrod (1959).
Angiosperms Monocots Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit LocationSynonymized taxa Notes ImagesPotamogeton heterophylloidesSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation A pondweed speciesMoved to Keteleeria heterophylloides (1935)
Magnoliids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesLiriodendron hesperiaSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation A Liriodendron speciesSassafras hesperiaSp novBerryEoceneYpresianKlondike Mountain Formation A Sassafras speciesUmbellularia dayanaComb nov(Knowlton) BerryMioceneMascall Formation An Umbellularia speciesMoved from Salix dayana (1902)Synonymized into Umbellularia saliciformis (1952)Umbellularia lanceolataSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation An Umbellularia specieslater moved to Persea lanceolata (1946)
Superasterids - basal Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesArctostaphylos knowltoniSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation First named as a bearberry speciesSpecies synonymized into Vaccinium sophoroides (1937)Arctostaphylos spatulataSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation A bearberry speciesCornus acuminataSp novHomonymBerryEoceneYpresianKlondike Mountain Formation A Schoepfia speciesjr homonym of Cornus acuminata (Weber)Renamed Cornus republicensis in 1944Moved to Schoepfia republicensis in 1987Gordonia pteraformisComb novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation Suggested as a possible Gordonia speciesMoved from Carpolithes pteraformis 1929Moved to Cedrela pteraformis (1935)Nyssa knowltoniSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation A Nyssa speciesSpecies synonymized into Ptelea miocenica (1931)Nyssa magnificaComb novvalid(Knowlton) BerryMioceneLatah Formation A Nyssa species Moved from Carpites magnifica (1926)Ternstroemites idahoensisComb nov(Knowlton) BerryMiocenePayette Formation A theaceous speciesMoved from Myrica? idahoensis (1919)Moved to Gordonia idahoensis 1929Vaccinium americanumComb et Syn novvalid?(Lesquereux) BerryMioceneMascall Formation Salix pseudoargentea (1902) Vaccinium salicoides (1926)A Vaccinium species Moved from Santalum americanum (1883) Two species synonymizedVaccinium salicoides resurrected as incertae sedis (1959)Vaccinium bonseriSp et "var" novvalidBerryMioceneLatah Formation A Vaccinium species One variety named V. bonseri serrulatumVaccinium spokanenseSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation A Vaccinium species
Superasterids - euasterids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesApocynophyllum latahenseSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation A apocynaceous species Moved to Magnolia latahensisPorana microcalyxComb novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation Redescribed as a Porana species Moved from Diospyros? microcalyx (1926)Moved to Remberella microcalyx (2024)UmbelliferospermumGen et Sp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation An apiaceous fruit genusThe type species is U. latahenseViburnum fernquistiSp novvalidBerryMioceneLatah Formation A Viburnum seed morphospeciesViburnum lantanafoliumSp novvalidBerryMioceneLatah Formation A Viburnum leaf morphospecies
Superrosids - Basal Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesMenziesia knowltoniSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation A Menziesia speciesRibes fernquistiSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation First named as a gooseberry speciesRenamed and moved to Viburnum ribesiforme (1944)
Superrosids - Fabids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesAlnus ellipticaSp novjr synonymBerryEoceneYpresianKlondike Mountain Formation An alder species Synonymized into Alnus parvifolia (1987)Alnus prerhombifoliaSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation An alder speciesSynonymized into Alnus carpinoides (1937)Synonymized into Alnus hollandiana (1959)Amygdalus alexanderiSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation First named as an Amygdalus species Synonymized into Fagus washoensis (1937)Cassia sophoroidesComb novjr synonym(Knowlton) BerryMioceneLatah Formation Recombined as a Cassia species Moved from Phyllites sophoroides (1926)Moved to Vaccinium sophoroides (1937)Cassia spokanensisSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation First named as a Cassia species Synonymized into Cedrela pteraformis (1935)Celastrus spokanensisSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation First named as a staff vine speciesSynonymized into Gordonia idahoensis (1959)Cercocarpus praeledifoliusSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation A mountain mahogany speciesComptonia hesperiaSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation A sweet fern speciesCucurbita glandulosaSp novjr synonymBrownEoceneYpresianGreen River Formation()First identified as a gourd seed morphotype Moved to Punctaphyllum glandulosum in 2023Euonymus knowltoniSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation A Euonymus speciesHibiscus? occidentalisSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation First named as a possible Hibiscus seed speciesMoved to Mentzelia occidentalis (1935)Leguminosites alexanderiSp novBerryMioceneLatah Formation A fabaceous fruit species of uncertain affinityLeguminosites bonseriSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation First named as a fabaceous species of uncertain affinity Synonymized into Umbellularia dayana (1937)Synonymized into Umbellularia saliciformis (1952)Meibomites knowltoniSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation First named as a fabaceous species Synonymized into Exbucklandia oregonensis (1946)Menispermites latahensisSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation First named as a menispermaceous species Synonymized into Vitis washingtonensis (1937)Quercus treleasiiSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation First named as an oak speciesSynonymized into Sophora spokanensis (1937)Rhamnus spokanensisSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation First named as a buckthorn speciesMoved to Salix spokanensis (1937)
Superrosids - Malvids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesAesculus hesperiaSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation First named as a horse chestnut speciesSynonymized into Viburnum lantanafolium (1937)Sapindus armstrongiSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation First named as a soap berry speciesSynonymized into Cedrela pteraformis (1937)Sapindus spokanensisSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation First named as a soap berry species Synonymized into Cedrela pteraformis (1935)Tilia hesperiaSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation A Tilia speciesSynonymized into Tilia aspera (1935)
incertae sedis Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesCarpolithus pteraformisSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLatah Formation First named as a seed of uncertain affinityMoved to Gordonia pteraformis later in 1929Moved to Cedrela pteraformis (1935)
Arthropods Crustaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Cycloprosopon Lorenthey & Beurlen
Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPermotipulaValid TillyardPermianChanghsingian - WuchiapingianNewcastle Coal MeasuresA protodipteran scorpionfly
Dinosaurs Barosaurus gastroliths documented.Janensch, W. (1929). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Anodontosaurus inceptusSternberg, C.H. 1929. A toothless armored dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta. Bull. Natl. Mus. Can. 54: pp. 28-33. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Sternberg Maastrichtian Horseshoe Canyon Formation An ankylosaurid Antarctosaurus wichmannianus Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Huene Campanian Anacleto Formation A titanosaur Antarctosaurus giganteus Sp. nov. Valid Huene Campanian Anacleto Formation A species of Antarctosaurus Campylodon ameghinoi Gen. et sp. nov. Preoccupied Huene Cenomanian Bajo Barreal Formation A titanosaur preoccupied by Campylodon Dumeril, 1852 and moved to Campylodoniscus in 1961 Helopus zdanskyiWiman, C. 1929. Die Kreide-dinosaurier aus Shantung. Pal. Sin. C 1: pp. 1-67. Gen. et sp. nov. Preoccupied Wiman Barremian-Aptian Mengyin Formation A sauropod preoccupied by Helopus Wagler and moved to Euhelopus in 1956 Laplatasaurus araukanicus Gen. et sp. nov. Valid von Huene Campanian Allen Formation A titanosaur Loricosaurus scutatus Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium von Huene Campanian Allen Formation A titanosaur Paranthodon oweniiNopcsa, F. 1929. Dinosaurierreste aus Siebenburgen. V. Geol. Hungarica Set. Paleontol. 4: pp. 1-76. Gen. et sp. nov. Jr. synonym Nopcsa Berriasian Kirkwood Formation A stegosaur now named Paranthodon africanus Rhodanosaurus ludgunensis Gen et sp nov Nomen dubium Nopcsa Campanian Gres a Reptiles A nodosaurid. Tanius sinensis Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Wiman Campanian Jingangkou Formation A hadrosauroid
Synapsids Non-mammalian
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEoarctopsGen et sp novjr synonymHaughtonPermianCapitanianA gorgonopsid therapsid.The type species is E. vanderbyliA jr synonym of Eriphostoma microdonHipposaurusGen et sp novValidHaughtonPermianCapitanianBeaufort GroupTapinocephalus Assemblage ZoneA biarmosuchian therapsid.The type species is H. boonstraiScullyaSp novnomen dubiumBroomA titanosuchid dinocephalianStyracocephalusGen et sp novValidHaughtonPermianCapitanianA tapinocephalian therapsid
Other animals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Rangea Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Gürich Ediacaran A rangeomorph. The type species is R. schneiderhoehni
References
Janensch, W. (1929). Magensteine bei Sauropoden der Tendaguru-Schichten. Palaeontographica (Suppl. 7) 2:135-144. Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180.