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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 2001.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov | Valid | Pigg & Rothwell | Langhian (Middle Miocene) | "Ho ho" site, Grande Ronde Basalt. | A fern, type sp W. yakimaensis | |||
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sp nov | Valid | Munce's Hill and Gao mine sites, Paskapoo Formation | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov | Valid | Pigg, Wehr, & Ickert-Bond | A Trochodendron species | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | |||||||
Gen et sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | A possible callianassid ghost shrimp | ||||||
Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | A callianassid ghost shrimp of uncertain generic affinity. | ||||||
Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | A possible ctenochelid ghost shrimp | ||||||
Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | |||||||
Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | A glypheid glypheoid lobster species. | ||||||
Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | Cretaceous | A nephropid lobster sp. | |||||
Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | A Diogenid hermit crab species. | ||||||
Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | Oligocene | Makah Formation | A Diogenid hermit crab species. | ||||
Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | A erymid glypheoid lobster species. | ||||||
Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | A Polychelid benthic crustacean sp. of uncertain generic affinity. | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | Valid | A Coccoidea scale insect | ||||||
Gen et 4 sp nov | valid | Andersen | An ithionid giant lacewing | |||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | Szwedo & Stroiński | ||||||
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Early Devonian | The type species is Achoania jarvikii. | ||||
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| Early Devonian | A new genus for "Speonesydrion" lehmanni. |
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| Late Jurassic | The type species is Mesophryne beipiaoensis. | ||||
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| Upper Cretaceous | The type species is Nezpercius dodsoni. | ||||
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| Late Jurassic | The type species is Sinerpeton fengshanensis. |
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| Late Triassic | A new genus for "Shastasaurus" neoscapularis. A junior synonymy of Callawayia Maisch & Matzke, 2000. | ||||
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Upper Jurassic | The type species is Caribemys oxfordiensis. | ||||
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| Early Cretaceous | The type species is Cearachelys placidoi. | ||||
Valid |
| Late Cretaceous | The type species is Kurmademys kallamedensis. |
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| Late Triassic | The type species is Hypuronector limnaios. | ||||
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| Lower Jurassic | The type species is Hauffiosaurus zanoni. | ||||
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| Early Jurassic | The type species is Godavarisaurus latefi. | ||||
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| Early Jurassic | The type species is Rebbanasaurus jani. |
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| Upper Triassic | The type species is Yonghesuchus sangbiensis. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. | Valid | Willis | Early Miocene | Ringtail Site of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area | A mekosuchinae crocodilian. It is the youngest known species of Mekosuchus from the Australian mainland. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wilson, Malkani & Gingerich | Upper Cretaceous | The type species is Pabwehshi pakistanensis. | ||||
Gen. et. sp. nov | Valid | Wu, Wu & Russell | Lower Cretaceous | The type species is Rugosuchus nonganensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Campos et al. | Upper Cretaceous | The type species is Stratiotosuchus maxhechti. | ||||
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. [25]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid taxon | Ford | USA ( California) | A 20-foot-long (6.1 m) ankylosaurid. Apparently, before being fossilized, the animal's bloated carcass had floated out to sea and formed a miniature reef environment after it sank to the bottom. | ||||
Bienosaurus [27] | Valid taxon | A primitive scelidosaurid known from scant remains. | |||||
Cedarpelta [28] | Valid taxon | The most basal known ankylosaurid. | |||||
Citipati [29] | Valid taxon | A relatively large oviraptorid known to brood its nests. | |||||
Draconyx [30] | Valid taxon | Octávio Mateus | A relative of Camptosaurus . | ||||
Eotyrannus [31] | Valid taxon | Hutt | A twenty-foot tyrannosauroid. | ||||
Eshanosaurus [32] | Valid taxon | A therizinosaur, possibly the earliest known coelurosaur. | |||||
Gobisaurus [33] | Valid taxon | An ankylosaurid that resembled Shamosaurus . | |||||
"Hanwulosaurus" [34] | Nomen nudum | A thirty-foot ankylosaur. | |||||
"Heilongjiangosaurus" [35] | Nomen nudum | Li W. | A hadrosaur, possibly synonymous with Charonosaurus . | ||||
Hesperosaurus [36] | Valid taxon | Kenneth Carpenter | A stegosaurid slightly older and more primitive than Stegosaurus , although the genera may be synonymous. | ||||
Jiangshanosaurus [37] | Valid taxon | Tang F. | A titanosaur known only from a partial skeleton found near Lixian Village, China. | ||||
Jinzhousaurus [38] | Valid taxon | Wang X. | A hadrosauroid known from a nearly complete skeleton. | ||||
Khaan [29] | Valid taxon | A fairly typical oviraptorid once misidentified as Ingenia . | |||||
"Kittysaurus" | Junior synonym of Eotyrannus | Hargreaves | |||||
Liaoningosaurus [39] | Valid taxon | Xu Xing | A bizarre ankylosaur of uncertain classification. Known from the complete specimen of a juvenile 34 cm long, it's the smallest known ankylosaur to date. | ||||
Losillasaurus [40] | Valid taxon | Maria Lourdes Casanovas-Cladellas | A large turiasaur known from a partial subadult skeleton. | ||||
Masiakasaurus [41] | Valid taxon | Sampson | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A 2-meter (about 6–7 feet) noasaurid with unusual forward-pointing teeth. | |||
Megapnosaurus [42] | Valid taxon | Ivie | Replacement name for Syntarsus Raath, 1969 non Fairmaire, 1869; a coelophysid theropod. | ||||
Neimongosaurus [43] | Valid taxon | A therizinosaur about 2.3 meters in length. | |||||
Nothronychus [44] | Valid taxon | James Kirkland Wolfe | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | A therizinosaur. | |||
Paralititan [45] | Valid taxon | J. B. Smith | A titanosaur and of the most massive dinosaurs ever discovered, with an estimated weight of 59 tonnes (65 short tons) and length of around 26 meters (85 ft). | ||||
Planicoxa [46] | Valid taxon | DiCroce | An advanced iguanodontian. | ||||
Pukyongosaurus [47] | Valid taxon | Dong Zhiming | A titanosauriform related to Euhelopus . | ||||
Quilmesaurus [48] | Valid taxon | A 5–6 meter (16–20 feet) theropod known from a partial leg. | |||||
Rapetosaurus [49] | Valid taxon | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A 15 metres (49 ft) titanosaur. | ||||
Ruehleia [50] | Valid taxon | A prosauropod named for Hugo Ruehle von Lilienstern. | |||||
Valid non-dinosaurian taxon. | Very similar to Archaeopteryx , which may be its senior synonym. | ||||||
Venenosaurus [52] | Valid taxon | Tidwell | Early Cretaceous (early Aptian) | Cedar Mountain Formation (Poison Strip Member) | A relatively small (probably around 10 m (33 ft) long) titanosauriform sauropod, known from an incomplete skeleton of an adult and a juvenile. Its tail vertebrae articulated in a unique fashion that may be of evolutionary significance. | ||
"Yibinosaurus" [53] | Nomen nudum | Ouyang vide: Anonymous | An undescribed sauropod. | ||||
Yunxianosaurus [54] | Valid taxon | Li | Late Cretaceous | A titanosaur sauropod. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. | Valid ? | Late Pleistocene | Cave depositions | According to Sanchez Marco (2007) it is a Nomen Dubium. | ||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | The type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Oligocene | A Rallidae. | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Oligocene | A Rallidae, the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Oligocene | A Glareolidae, the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Oligocene | A Glareolidae. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Pliocene | USA: | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Miocene | An Apodidae. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | A Columbidae. | ||||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Oligocene | A Dromaiidae. | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Eocene | UK: | A stem Coliiformes. | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | A Rallidae. | ||||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Cave deposits | A Falconidae. | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Eocene | USA: | A Podargiformes, Fluvioviridavidae G. Mayr, 2005, the type species of the new genus. | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Pliocene | USA: | A Gaviidae. | ||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Eocene | UK: | A stem Apodiformes, the genus was originally named Laputa but that name was preoccupied, the type species of the new genus. | ||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | An Avialae Gauthier, 1985. The type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | A flightless Columbidae. | ||||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Pliocene | USA: | A Diomedeidae. | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Plio-Pleistocene | A Corvidae. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Pliocene | USA: | A Podicipedidae, possibly a synonym of Podiceps auritus. | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Pleistocene | A Furnariidae. | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Pliocene | Yorktown Formation, North America | USA: | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Pleistocene | A flightless Rallidae. | |||||
Gen. nov et Sp. nov. | Valid ? | A new name for Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer, 1861, specimen No 6, the "Solnhofer specimen". | ||||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | An Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, Yanornithiformes Zhou et Zhang, 2001, Yanornithidae Zhou et Zhang, 2001. The type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | An Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, Yixianornithiformes Zhou et Zhang, 2006, Yixianornithidae Zhou et Zhang, 2006. The type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Early Cretaceou | The type species is Haopterus gracilis. | ||||
Valid |
| Early Cretaceous | A new genus for Ornithodesmus latidens. |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Late Permian | A dicynodont. Two species are described Delectosaurus arefjevi and D. berezhanensis. | ||||
Valid |
| Late Permian | A dicynodont. The type species is Interpresosaurus blomi. | ||||
Valid |
| Middle Triassic | A cynodont. The type species is Lumkuia fuzzi. | ||||
Valid |
| Late Triassic | Vyazniki Assemblage | A therocephalian. The type species is Malasaurus germanus. | |||
Valid |
| Late Triassic | A cynodont. The type species is Mitredon cromptoni. | ||||
Valid |
| Late Triassic | New genus for "Thrinaxodon" brasiliensis Barberena, Bonaparte & Sá Teixeira, 1987 | ||||
Valid |
| Late Triassic | A cynodont. The type species is Riograndia guaibensis. | ||||
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| early Eocene | A Mioclaneid condylarth assigned to Bulbulodentata. The type species is Abdounodus hamdii. | ||||
Valid |
| early Eocene | A condylarth assigned to Phenacodonta, later assigned to stem-Paenungulata. [84] The type species is Ocepeia daouiensis. | ||||
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.
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 1994.
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 2000.
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.
The Javelina Formation is a geological formation in Texas. Dating has shown that the strata date to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous, approximately 70 to 66.5 million years old. The middle part of the formation has been dated to about 69 million years ago plus or minus 1 million years and the top situated near the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary, dated to 66 Ma ago. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Ptychoceratodus is an extinct genus of lungfish living from Early Triassic to Middle Jurassic. It was established by Otto Jaekel for one species, transferred from Ceratodus genus. Type species is P. serratus from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland and Germany. Ptychoceratodus had two pairs of massive dental plates, bearing 4-6 acute ridges. Its skull roof was composed from massive, plate-like bones. In the central part of skull roof was localized an unossified fenestra. Most of the Ptychoceratodus findings are isolated dental plates, some associated with jaws. Other parts of skull or postcranial skeleton are relatively rarely found as fossils. The anatomy of skull is the best recognized in P. serratus, whereas less complete cranial material is available also for P. concinuus, P. phillipsi, and P. rectangulus. Although Ptychoceratodus is known exclusively from the Triassic and Jurassic, there were also Cretaceous specimens referred to this genus. However, they are more often regarded as representants of Metaceratodus. Ptychoceratodus is the only member of the family Ptychoceratodontidae. The first named species is P. phillipsi by Louis Agassiz in 1837 as a species of Ceratodus and later moved to Ptychoceratodus genus. Occurrences of Ptychoceratodus come mainly from Europe. However, occurrences from other continents suggest it was dispersed globally during the Triassic. After 2010, the new fossil material behind the Europe was reported from South America, India, and Greenland
The Balabansai Formation is a geological formation in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan whose strata date back to the Bathonian and Callovian stages of the Middle Jurassic. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. The lithology primarily consists of variegated sandstones, siltstones, claystones, and rare gravels and marls. Many taxa have been found in the formation, including amphibians and mammals
Christian Alfred Sidor is an American vertebrate paleontologist. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Biology, University of Washington in Seattle, as well as Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology and Associate Director for Research and Collections at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. His research focuses on Permian and Triassic tetrapod evolution, especially on therapsids.
Luis María Chiappe is an Argentine paleontologist born in Buenos Aires who is best known for his discovery of the first sauropod nesting sites in the badlands of Patagonia in 1997 and for his work on the origin and early evolution of Mesozoic birds. He is currently the Vice President of Research and Collections at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and director of the museum's Dinosaur Institute. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the American Museum of Natural History, New York after immigrating from Argentina. Chiappe is currently the curator of the award winning Dinosaur Hall at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California, BBC advisor and author of scientific and popular books.