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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils . [1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks ( ichnites ), burrows , cast-off parts, fossilised feces ( coprolites ), palynomorphs and chemical residues . Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science . This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2000.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et 2 comb nov | Valid | Wang & Manchester | A genus of uncertain affiliation | ![]() | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Akhmetiev & Manchester | A betulaceous fruit | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | Valid | The type and only species is Baltocteniza kulickae | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | The type and only species is Electrocteniza sadilenkoi | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Valid | Yokoi & Karasawa | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Fam nov | jr synonym | Martins-Neto | A lacewing family, syn of Kalligrammatidae | |||||
Sp nov | valid | Fernández-Rubio & Nel | A moth, possibly a species of Neurosymploca | ![]() |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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fam nov | valid | Hinz-Schallreuter | type and only genus Camya |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | Valid | Johnson, Elliott, & Wittke | Lower Devonian | Sevy Dolomite Formation, Nevada | The type species is Aleosteus eganensis. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | Valid | Grogan & Lund | Carboniferous (late Chesterian) | An early cartilaginous fish with an anatomy intermediate to the chimaeroid and selachian plans. The type species is D. ellefseni. | ||||
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Middle Cretaceous | The type species is Avitabatrachus uliana. | ||||
Valid |
| A replacement genus for Banksia Warren & Mariscano, 1998 preoccupied for arachnid Banksia Voigt & Oudermans, 1905. | |||||
Valid |
| Early Cretaceous | The type species is Jeholotriton paradoxus. | ||||
Valid |
| Upper Triassic | The type species is Rileymillerus cosgriffi. | ||||
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Upper Jurassic | The type species is Aegirosaurus leptospondylus. | ||||
Valid |
| Upper Triassic | A new genus for "Shastasaurus" neoscapularis. | ||||
Valid |
| Upper Triassic | The type species is Guizhouichthyosaurus tangae. | ||||
Valid |
| Middle Triassic | A new genus for "Shastasaurus" neubigi. |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Late Jurassic | A basal crocodylomorph. The type species is Adzhosuchus fuscus. | ||||
Valid |
| Early Cretaceous | A basal crocodilomorph. The type species is Kyasuchus saevi. | ||||
Valid |
| Late Cretaceous | A notosuchian. The type species is Simosuchus clarki. | ||||
Valid |
| Early Cretaceous | A neosuchian. The type species is Stolokrosuchus lapparenti. |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. [21]
Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| A very bird-like two foot long dromaeosaurid. May be a juvenile Saurornitholestes . | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Valid |
| A five foot long troodontid. Mysteriously, skulls of extremely small juveniles have been recovered from an oviraptorosaur nest. This may be evidence of brood parasitism or predator-prey relationships between the two species. | ||||||
Valid | A caudipterygid oviraptorosaur | |||||||
Valid |
| A 13 m (42.5 ft) long Parasaurolophus -like lambeosaur. | ||||||
Valid |
| A mamenchisaurid. | ||||||
Valid |
| A neovenatorid known only from juvenile specimens. | ||||||
| Formally named Kinnareemimus in 2009 in paleontology. | |||||||
Valid |
| Named after the armored mammal Glyptodon . | ||||||
Valid | Primitive ceratopsian. Only a partial skeleton has been found. | |||||||
Valid |
| Opisthocoelicaudia -like titanosaurid. | ||||||
Nomen nudum ; synonym of Iguanodon | Conybeare vide:
| Junior synonym of Iguanodon . | ||||||
Valid |
| A primitive abelisaur who name is derived from "flesh lizard" in Mapuche. | ||||||
Valid |
| A small, 6.5 metres (21 ft) long sauropod. | ||||||
Valid |
| A 71.1 centimetres (28.0 in) long hypsilophodont. | ||||||
Valid |
| A tiny "four-winged" dromaeosaurid. | ||||||
Valid | A hadrosauroid. | |||||||
Valid | The first non-avian dinosaur known to have a pygostyle at the end of its tail. In life this structure probably supported a fan of feathers. | |||||||
Valid |
| The earliest known coelurosaur from Gondwana, the type specimen was a three foot long juvenile with preserved gastroliths in its stomach. | ||||||
Nomen dubium ; possibly non-dinosaurian |
| A dubious taxon whose name means "useless bone" to reflect the low quality of the material, which had fueled taxonomic confusion. | ||||||
Valid |
| A dromaeosaurid known from a single specimen. | ||||||
Rocasaurus [40] | Valid |
| A small, 8 meter long titanosaur. | |||||
| An Allosaurus -like theropod estimated to be 8 meters (26 ft) long. Only ten percent of its skeleton is known. | |||||||
Valid |
| A gigantic brachiosaur with an estimated length of up to 34 m (112 ft) and a mass of 50–60 t (55–66 short tons). It is known from four neck vertebrae. | ||||||
Valid |
| A 20 meters (66 ft) long sauropod. | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | Sp. nov. | Early Pliocene | An Alcidae. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Early Miocene | A Quercymegapodiidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1992. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | |||||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Middle Oligocene | Possibly a stem Turnicidae, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Early Pliocene | An Anatidae. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Middle Eocene | The type species of the new genus, placed in the new family Eocoraciidae G. Mayr et Mourer-Chauviré, 2000. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Late Pleistocene |
| An Alcidae. | ||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Ali Hamedani | Early Oligocene | A Diomedeoididae Fischer, 1985, transferred to Diomedeoides Fischer, 1985 by Mayr, Peters & Rietschel, 2002 and to Rupelornis van Beneden, 1871 by Mayr & Smith, 2012. | ||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Richard Walter | A Rallidae. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | MP 16-28 | A Geranopteridae Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré, 2000. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | An Enantiornithes, described in 1997 but the name was a labelname, so a Nomen Nudum, in 2000 Hou gave a short description in the Picture Book of Chinese Fossil Birds, making the name valid. | ||||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. The type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Megapodiidae. | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Cave deposits, | A Megapodiidae, the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Early Middle Eocene | An Upupiformes, Laurillardiidae Harrison, 1979. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Richard Walter | An Ardeidae. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Middle Oligocene | A stem Coliidae. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Middle Eocene | A Gallinuloididae Lucas, 1900. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Early Miocene | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Middle Pleistocene | A Rallidae. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | An Enanthornithes. This is the type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov et Sp. nov. | Early Eocene |
| A Psittaciformes, Halcyornithidae Harrison et Walker, 1972, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||
Valid | Gen. nov et Sp. nov. | An Accipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Middle Pleistocene | A Rallidae. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Middle Eocene | A Gruiformes, Salmilidae Mayr, 2002, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Middle Eocene | A Psittaciformes, Halcyornithidae Harrison et Walker, 1972, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Early-Middle Oligocene | Possibly a stem Turnicidae, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Early Eocene |
| A Messelasturidae Mayr, 2005, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
| Early Cretaceous | A pterodactyloid. The type species is Domeykodactylus ceciliae. | ||||
Valid |
| Early Cretaceous | A pterodactyloid. Reclassified in 2006 to the genus Coloborhynchus . [69] |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
| Upper Permian | Sokolki Faunal Assemblage | A dicynodont. Two species are described Australobarbarus kotelnitshi (type) and A. platycephalus. | |||
Valid |
| Upper Triassic | A cynodont. The type species is Charruodon tetracuspidatus. | ||||
Valid |
| Upper Permian | Sokolki Faunal Assemblage | A therocephalian. The type species is Chlynovia serridentatus. | |||
Valid |
| Middle-Upper Triassic | A eucynodont. The type species is Dadadon isaloi. | ||||
Valid |
| Middle-Upper Triassic | Makay Formation | A eucynodont. The type species is Menodon besairiei. | |||
Valid |
| Upper Permian | Mezen Faunal Assemblage | A nikkasaurid. The type species is Nikkasaurus tatarinovi. | |||
Valid |
| Upper Permian | Mezen Faunal Assemblage | A nikkasaurid. Two species are described Reiszia gubini (type) and R. tippula. | |||
Valid |
| Upper Permian | Sokolki Faunal Assemblage | A theriocephalian. The type species is Scalopodontes kotelnichi | |||
Valid |
| Upper Permian | Sokolki Faunal Assemblage | A gorgonopsid. The type species is Suchogorgon golubevi. | |||
Valid |
| Upper Permian | Sokolki Faunal Assemblage | A dicynodont. The type species is Vivaxosaurus permicus. |
As science becomes more collaborative, papers with large numbers of authors are becoming more common. To prevent the deformation of the tables, these footnotes list the contributors to papers that erect new genera and have many authors.
Majungasaurus is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in Madagascar from 70 to 66 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, making it one of the last-known non-avian dinosaurs that went extinct during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. The genus contains a single species, Majungasaurus crenatissimus. This dinosaur is also called Majungatholus, a name which is considered a junior synonym of Majungasaurus.
The Lameta Formation, also known as the Infratrappean Beds, is a sedimentary geological formation found in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh, India, associated with the Deccan Traps. It is of the Maastrichtian age, and is notable for its dinosaur fossils.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1998.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1999.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2001.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2002.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2003.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2004.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2005.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2006.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2007.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2008.
Masillaraptor is an extinct genus of masillaraptorid, a group of primitive falconiforms, from the Middle Eocene Messel Pit, Germany. It is a long-legged relative of the living falcons.
The Ojo Alamo Formation is a geologic formation in New Mexico spanning the Mesozoic/Cenozoic boundary. Non-avian dinosaur fossils have controversially been identified in beds of this formation dating from after the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, but these have been explained as either misidentification of the beds in question or as reworked fossils, fossils eroded from older beds and redeposited in the younger beds.
The Oulad Abdoun Basin is a phosphate sedimentary basin located in Morocco, near the city of Khouribga. It is the largest in Morocco, comprising 44% of Morocco's phosphate reserves, and at least 26.8 billion tons of phosphate. It is also known as an important site for vertebrate fossils, with deposits ranging from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) to the Eocene epoch (Ypresian), a period of about 25 million years.
Messelasturidae is an extinct family of birds known from the Eocene of North America and Europe. Their morphology is a mosaic that in some aspects are very similar to modern hawks and falcons, but in others are more similar to parrots. Initially interpreted as stem-owls, more recent studies have suggested a closer relationship to parrots and passerines. Their ecology is enigmatic.
Eocoracias is an extinct genus of bird related to modern rollers and other Coraciiformes such as kingfishers, bee-eaters, motmots, and todies. It contains one species, Eocoracias brachyptera, and it lived approximately 47 million years ago based on dating of the fossil site. It is known for a specimen having preserved non-iridescent structural coloration on its feathers, previously unknown in fossil birds. Fossils have been found at the Messel Pit in Germany.
This is an overview of the paleofauna of the Eocene Messel Formation as explored by the Messel Pit excavations in Germany. A former quarry and now UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Messel Formation preserves what once were a series of anoxic lakes surrounded by a sub-tropical rainforest during the Middle Eocene, approximately 47 Ma.
Masillaraptoridae is an extinct family of stem-group falconiform birds from the Eocene of Europe. They are noted for their relatively long legs. Two genera have been named: Danielsraptor, from the London Clay of England, and Masillaraptor, from Messel Pit in Germany.