Plants Ferns and fern allies Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesEquisetum alexanderi Sp novBrownMioceneLanghianLatah FormationA horsetail species.
Flowering plants Magnoliids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesMachilus americana Sp novBrownMioceneLanghianLatah FormationA Machilus species.Machilus asiminoides Sp novBrownMioceneLanghianLatah FormationA Machilus species.Magnolia latahensis Comb nov(Berry) BrownMioceneLanghianLatah FormationA Magnolia species. Moved from Apocynophyllum latahense (1929)
Monocots Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesSmilax magna Syn novChaneyMioceneEagle Creek FormationAristolochia whitebirdensis (1932) Smilax lamarensisnon Knowlton nec Berry 1929A greenbriar species.
Basal Eudicots and unplaced core Eudicots Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesTetracera spokanensisSp novjr synonymBrownMioceneLanghianLatah FormationFirst described as a Tetracera species.Moved to Castanopsis spokanensis (1959)Vitis washingtonensisComb nov(Knowlton) BrownMioceneLanghianLatah FormationA grape speciesMoved from Populus washingtonensis (1926)
Superasterids - basal Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPhiladelphus pardeei Comb nov(Knowlton) BrownMioceneLanghianLatah FormationPhyllites peculiaris Knowlton (1926)A Philadelphus species. Moved from Phyllites pardeei (1926)Vaccinium sophoroides Comb nov(Knowlton) BrownMioceneLanghianLatah FormationA Vaccinium species. Moved from Phyllites sophoroides (1926)
Superasterids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesAralia republicensisNom nov.jr synonymBrownEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationAralia whitneyi non Lesquereux nec Berry, (1929) Platanus appendiculata non Lesquereux nec Berry, (1929)First named as an Aralia species. A new name for Republic flora fossilsA jr synonym of Macginitiea gracilis (1987)Arbutus idahoensis Comb nov(Knowlton) BrownMiocenePayette FormationAn Arbutus species. Moved from Myrica? idahoensis (1898)Hydrangea fraxinifolia Comb nov(Berry) BrownEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA Hydrangea species. Moved from Celastrus fraxinifolius (1883)Mahonia reticulata Comb nov(MacGinitie) BrownMioceneStrawberry Volcanics"Blue Mountains flora"An Oregon grape species.Moved from Clematis reticulata (1933)Viburnum fernquisti Comb nov(Berry) BrownMioceneLanghianLatah FormationA viburnum species.Moved from Ribes fernquisti (1929)Viburnum lantanafolium Syn novBerryMioceneLanghianLatah FormationAesculus hesperia Berry (1929)A viburnum species. One species synonymized in.
Superrosids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesAcer bendirei Syn novLesquereuxMioceneMascall FormationA maple species.A number of occurrences synonymized in.Acer osmonti Syn novKnowltonEoceneJohn Day Formation"Bridge Creek Flora"A maple species.A number of occurrences synonymized in.Alnus carpinoides Syn novLesquereuxEoceneJohn Day Formation"Bridge Creek flora"Alnus prerhombifolia Berry (1929) Betula thor Knowlton 1926)An alder species. Two species synonymized in.Alnus relatus Comb nov(Knowlton) BrownMioceneLanghianLatah FormationAn alder species.Moved from Phyllites relatus (1926)Betula fairii Comb novBrownMioceneLanghianLatah FormationA birch species.Three species synonymized inBetula vera Sp novBrownMioceneLanghianLatah FormationA birch species.Carya simulata Comb nov(Knowlton) BrownMioceneMascall FormationA hickory species.Moved from Aesculus simulata (1902)Cotinus fraterna Syn nov(Lesquereux) CockerellEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationAndromeda delicatulaLesquereux (1888) A cotton-easter species. One species synonymized in.Dilodendron boreale Sp novBrownMioceneLanghianLatah FormationA sapindaceous species.Dipteronia insignis Comb novJr synonym(Lesquereux) BrownEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationA sapindaceous species.Moved from Comptonia insignis (1906)First named Myrica insignis (1874)Moved to Bohlenia insignis (1987)Fagus washoensis Syn novLaMotteMioceneCedarville FormationAmygdalus alexanderi Berry (1929)A beech species. One species synonymized in. Paliurus florissanti Syn novLesquereuxEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationAcalypha myricinaCockerell (1909) A rhamnaceous species.Acalypha myricina (1909) synonymized inPterocarya mixta Comb nov(Knowlton) BrownMioceneMascall FormationA wingnut species.Moved from Salix mixta (1902)Salix spokanensis Comb et syn nov(Berry) BrownMioceneLanghianLatah FormationVaccinium spokanense (1929)A willow species.Moved from Rhamnus spokanensis (1929)Zelkova oregoniana Comb nov(Knowlton) BrownMioceneLanghianLatah FormationA Zelkova species.Moved from Myrica oregoniana (1902)
Angiosperms - other Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesCarpites boraginoidesComb novvalid?KnowltonMioceneLanghianLatah FormationCoeur d'Alene FloruleCarpolithus hibiscoides Brown (1935)A fruit or seed of uncertain affinityOne species synonymized in Suggested to possibly be boraginaceous or malvaceous
Arthropods Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesProtrogositaGen et sp novvalidPiton & ThéobaldThanetianMenat FormationA Trogossitid bark gnawing beetle
Vertebrates Dinosaurs NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages "Bactrosaurus prynadai" Nomen nudum Riabinin Santonian Dabrazinskaya Svita A species of Bactrosaurus, formally described in 1939 "Jaxartosaurus" Nomen nudum Riabinin Santonian Dabrazinskaya Svita A hadrosaurid, formally described in 1939 ParksosaurusSternberg, C.H. 1937. Classification of Thescelosaurus: A description of a new species. Proc. Geol. Soc. Amer. 1936: p. 375. Gen. nov. Valid Sternberg Maastrichtian Horseshoe Canyon Formation A new genus name for Thescelosaurus warreni
Synapsids Name Status Authors Age Location NotesImagesCyonosaurusValidOlson255 Millions of years ago A Gorgonopsian.MicrictodonJunior SynonymJunior Synonym of Thrinaxodon.MoschoidesValidMyctosuchusValidNewtonellaValidNitosaurusValidProcynosuchusValidBroom255 Millions of years ago
One of the Earliest-Known Cynodonts.SinokannemeyeriaValidYoung245 Millions of years ago A Chinese Kannemeyerid Dicynodont.
Popular culture
Amusement parks and attractions August 28th: The Calgary Zoo's Prehistoric Park opened. Paleontologist Darren Tanke has described Prehistoric Park as "an extensive treed park and pathways containing numerous life-sized concrete dinosaurs and other prehistoric life". It also had "two long, walkthrough display buildings containing a Corythosaurus skeleton and individual dinosaur bones", as well as exhibits of paleozoic invertebrates and prehistoric plants. It became a popular attraction among visitors to the zoo.
Literature In 1937, Morant imagined a feathered dinosaur-like animal that lived during the Triassic and glided about on four wings. This portrayal reflected contemporary scientific speculations attempting to reconstruct the hypothetical ancestor of birds. Fossils from China later revealed the existence of just this sort of animal.
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