Plants
Sponges Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images Endostoma stellata Sp. nov Valid Senowbari-Daryan, Fürsich & Rashidi Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian) Qale-Dokhtar Limestone Formation A calcareous sponge belonging the family Endostomatidae.EoghanospongiaGen. et sp. novValidBotting et al.Silurian (Telychian)A hexactinellid sponge. Genus includes new species E. carlinslowpensis. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. Eudea maxima Sp. nov Valid Senowbari-Daryan, Fürsich & Rashidi Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian) Qale-Dokhtar Limestone Formation A calcareous sponge belonging the family Endostomatidae. Iniquispongia Gen. et sp. nov Valid Senowbari-Daryan, Fürsich & Rashidi Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian) Qale-Dokhtar Limestone Formation A calcareous sponge belonging the family Endostomatidae. The type species is I. iranica. Polyendostoma? irregularis Sp. nov Valid Senowbari-Daryan, Fürsich & Rashidi Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian) Qale-Dokhtar Limestone Formation A calcareous sponge belonging the family Endostomatidae. Polyendostoma? regularis Sp. nov Valid Senowbari-Daryan, Fürsich & Rashidi Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian) Qale-Dokhtar Limestone Formation A calcareous sponge belonging the family Endostomatidae. Preperonidella tabasensis Sp. nov Valid Senowbari-Daryan, Fürsich & Rashidi Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian) Qale-Dokhtar Limestone Formation A calcareous sponge belonging the family Endostomatidae. Seriespongia Gen. et sp. nov Valid Senowbari-Daryan, Fürsich & Rashidi Middle Jurassic (Callovian) Esfandiar Limestone Formation A calcareous sponge belonging the family Endostomatidae. The type species is S. iranica.ShouzhispongiaGen. et 2 sp. novIn pressBotting et al.Ordovician (Hirnantian)A rossellid sponge. Genus includes S. coronata and S. prodigia.Spongia mantelliNom. novValidVan Soest, Hooper & ButlerCretaceousA replacement name for Spongia ramosa Mantell (1822).
Cnidarians
New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images Actinoseris riyadhensis Sp. nov Valid Gameil, El-Sorogy & Al-Kahtany Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Aruma A solitary coral. Announced in 2018; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. Alichurastrea Gen. et sp. nov Valid Melnikova & Roniewicz Early Jurassic (probably Pliensbachian) A coral. Genus includes new species A. major. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021. Alveopora kumadai Sp. nov Valid Niko & Suzuki Miocene (Langhian) Katsuta Group A species of Alveopora. Amplexus gennarenensis Sp. nov Valid Liao, Liang & Luo Carboniferous (Tournaisian) A rugose coral. Anthracomedusa? hoferhauseri Sp. nov Valid Szente Early Triassic Werfen Formation A box jellyfish. Asteroseris arabica Sp. nov Valid Gameil, El-Sorogy & Al-Kahtany Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Aruma A solitary coral. Announced in 2018; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. Bowanophyllum ramosum Sp. nov Valid Wang, Percival & Zhen Ordovician (Katian) Malachis Hill A rugose coral. Carinthiaphyllum ramovsi Sp. nov Valid Kossovaya, Novak & Weyer Permian (Asselian) A rugose coral belonging to the family Geyerophyllidae. Colligophyllum Gen. et comb. nov Valid Fedorowski Carboniferous (Bashkirian) A rugose coral. The type species is "Lytvophyllum" dobroljubovae Vassilyuk (1960). Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021. Cunnolites (Plesiocunnolites) riyadhensis Sp. nov Valid Gameil, El-Sorogy & Al-Kahtany Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Aruma A solitary coral. Announced in 2018; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. Eohydnophora baingoinensis Sp. nov Valid Wang et al. Early Cretaceous A stony coral. Eomicrophyllia Gen. et sp. nov Valid Melnikova & Roniewicz Early Jurassic (probably Pliensbachian) A coral. Genus includes new species E. nalivkini. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021. Galliconularia Gen. et comb. nov Valid Van Iten & Lefebvre Ordovician (Tremadocian) Saint-Chinian A member of Conulariida. The type species is "Conularia" azaisi Thoral (1935). Guembelastreomorpha Gen. et sp. nov Valid Melnikova & Roniewicz Early Jurassic (probably Pliensbachian) A coral. Genus includes new species G. vinogradovi. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021. Gurumdynia Gen. et sp. nov Valid Melnikova & Roniewicz Early Jurassic (probably Pliensbachian) A coral. Genus includes new species G. gracilis. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021. Hanagyroia Gen. et sp. nov Valid Wang et al. Early Cambrian Kuanchuanpu A medusozoan of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly representing an intermediate morphological type between scyphozoans and cubozoans. Genus includes new species H. orientalis. Hemiagetiolites longiseptatus Sp. nov Valid Wang, Percival & Zhen Ordovician (Katian) Malachis Hill A tabulate coral. Heteroamphiastrea Gen. et sp. nov Valid Kołodziej Early Cretaceous (Aptian) A stony coral belonging to the superfamily Heterocoenioidea and the family Carolastraeidae. Genus includes new species H. loeseri. Heterostrotion huaqiaoense Sp. nov Valid Denayer et al. Early Carboniferous A rugose coral Krynkaphyllum Gen. et 2 sp. nov Valid Fedorowski Carboniferous (Bashkirian) A rugose coral. The type species is K. multiplexum; genus also includes K. validum. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021. Martsaphyton Gen. et sp. nov Valid Tinn, Vinn & Ainsaar Ordovician (Darriwilian) A member of Medusozoa of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is M. moxi. Michelinia flugeli Sp. nov Valid Niko & Badpa Carboniferous (Bashkirian) Sardar Formation A tabulate coral belonging to the order Favositida and the family Micheliniidae. Nancygyra Gen. et sp. nov In press Bosellini & Stolarski in Bosellini et al. Eocene (Ypresian) A member of the family Euphylliidae. The type species is N. dissepimentata. Neosyringaxon michelini Sp. nov Valid Weyer & Rohart Devonian (Frasnian) A rugose coral belonging to the family Petraiidae Paramixogonaria wangyouensis Sp. nov Valid Liao & Liang Devonian (Givetian) Wenglai A rugose coral. Pinacomorpha Gen. et sp. nov Valid Melnikova & Roniewicz Early Jurassic (probably Pliensbachian) A coral. Genus includes new species P. apimelos. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021. Placophyllia baingoinensis Sp. nov Valid Wang et al. Early Cretaceous A stony coral. Originally described as a species of Placophyllia, but subsequently transferred to the genus Sonoraphyllia. Placophyllia amnica Sp. nov Valid Melnikova & Roniewicz Early Jurassic (probably Pliensbachian) A placophylliid coral. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021. Protokionophyllum feninoense Sp. nov Valid Fedorowski Carboniferous (Bashkirian) A rugose coral. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021. Protostephanastrea Gen. et sp. nov Valid Melnikova & Roniewicz Early Jurassic (probably Pliensbachian) An actinastraeid coral. Genus includes new species P. leveni. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021. Psenophyllia Gen. et comb. nov Valid Melnikova & Roniewicz Early Jurassic (probably Pliensbachian) A coral. The type species is "Cylindrosmilia" longa Melnikova (1989). Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021. Rotiphyllum xinjiangense Sp. nov Valid Liao, Liang & Luo Carboniferous (Tournaisian) A rugose coral. Sanidophyllum dubium Sp. nov Valid Yu et al. Devonian (Emsian) Mia Le A rugose coral belonging to the family Breviphyllidae. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming was published in 2021. Sedekastrea Gen. et sp. nov Valid Melnikova & Roniewicz Early Jurassic (probably Pliensbachian) A coral. Genus includes new species S. djalilovi. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021. Siphonophyllia khenifrense Sp. nov Rodríguez, Said & Somerville in Rodríguez et al. Carboniferous (Viséan) Azrou-Khenifra A rugose coral belonging to the family Cyathopsidae Stylimorpha Gen. et sp. nov Valid Melnikova & Roniewicz Early Jurassic (probably Pliensbachian) A placophylliid coral. Genus includes new species S. kardjilgensis. Announced in 2020; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021. Stylina namcoensis Sp. nov Valid Wang et al. Early Cretaceous A stony coral. Stylostrotion houi Sp. nov Valid Denayer et al. Carboniferous (Viséan) A rugose coral Syringopora iranica Sp. nov Valid Niko & Badpa Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) Sardar Formation A tabulate coral belonging to the order Auloporida and the family Syringoporidae.
Research Revision of tabulate-like fossils from before the latest Middle Ordovician is published by Elias, Lee & Pratt (2020), who reject the interpretation of these fossils as true tabulate corals. Drake, Whitelegge & Jacobs (2020) report the first recovery, sequencing, and identification of fossil biomineral proteins from a Pleistocene fossil invertebrate (the stony coral Orbicella annularis).
Arthropods
Bryozoans