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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 2013.
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | A stony coral, a species of Alveopora . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | A stony coral, a species of Alveopora . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chwieduk | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Cyathopsidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | A stony coral, a species of Astreopora . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Löser, Castro & Nieto | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | A stony coral, a species of Aulastraea . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chwieduk | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Aulophyllidae. The type species is B. crinisphyllia. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Niko & Adachi | Gionyama Formation | A tabulate coral belonging to the family Halysitidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | A stony coral, a species of Caulastraea . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | A stony coral, a species of Caulastraea . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | A stony coral belonging to the family Faviidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | A stony coral belonging to the family Faviidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | A stony coral belonging to the family Faviidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | A stony coral, a species of Euphyllia . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chwieduk | A rugose coral belonging to the order Stauriida and the family Polycoeliidae. The type species is F. spitsbergensis; genus also includes "Sochkineophyllum" zavodovskyi Sokolov (1959). [6] | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chwieduk | A rugose coral belonging to the order Stauriida and the family Kleopatrinidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | A stony coral, a species of Galaxea . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Pliocene | A stony coral, a species of Galaxea . | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Chwieduk | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Aulophyllidae. The type species is G. minor; genus also includes G. parvum. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Niko & Adachi | Gionyama Formation | A tabulate coral belonging to the family Halysitidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Niko & Adachi | Gionyama Formation | A tabulate coral belonging to the family Halysitidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Niko & Adachi | Gionyama Formation | A tabulate coral belonging to the family Halysitidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chwieduk | A rugose coral belonging to the order Stauriida and the family Kleopatrinidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chwieduk | A rugose coral belonging to the order Stauriida and the family Kleopatrinidae. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Löser, Castro & Nieto | Early Cretaceous | A stony coral belonging to the group Heterocoeniina and the family Elasmocoeniidae. A new genus for "Pseudopistophyllum" quinqueseptatum Turnšek & Buser (1976). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chwieduk | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Antiphyllidae. The type species is K. pachyseptata. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | A stony coral, a species of Leptoria . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | A stony coral, a species of Leptoria . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | Lau Group | A stony coral belonging to the family Agariciidae. | |||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Chwieduk | A rugose coral belonging to the order Stauriida and the suborder Aulophyllina. The type species is L. spitsbergensis; genus also includes L. longiseptatum. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | A stony coral belonging to the family Pocilloporidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | A stony coral belonging to the family Pocilloporidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Löser, Castro & Nieto | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | A stony coral, a species of Metaulastraea . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Löser, Castro & Nieto | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | A stony coral, a species of Mitrodendron . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | A stony coral, a species of Montipora . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | A stony coral, a species of Montipora . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Early Pleistocene | A stony coral, a species of Montipora . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Niko, Ibaraki & Tazawa | Early Carboniferous | Omi Limestone | A tabulate coral belonging to the order Auloporida and the family Multithecoporidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Löser, Castro & Nieto | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | A stony coral, a species of Paraacanthogyra . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Löser | Cretaceous (Albian and Cenomanian [9] ) | A stony coral belonging to the superfamily Eugyroidea and the family Eugyridae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | A stony coral, a species of Platygyra . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Löser, Castro & Nieto | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | A stony coral belonging to the group Heterocoeniina and the family Elasmocoeniidae. The type species is Pleurodendron prebeticum. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Niko | Early Carboniferous | Akiyoshi Limestone Group | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chwieduk | Carboniferous (Gzhelian) to Permian (Sakmarian) | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Bothrophyllidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chwieduk | Carboniferous (Gzhelian) to Permian (Sakmarian) | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Bothrophyllidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chwieduk | Carboniferous (Gzhelian) to Permian (Sakmarian) | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Bothrophyllidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Löser, Castro & Nieto | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | A stony coral, a species of Silingastraea . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Niko, Haikawa & Fujikawa | Akiyoshi Limestone Group | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Early Pleistocene | A stony coral belonging to the family Mussidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chwieduk | A rugose coral belonging to the order Stauriida and the family Lithostrotionidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chwieduk | A rugose coral belonging to the order Stauriida and the family Lithostrotionidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bromfield | Miocene | A stony coral, a species of Turbinaria . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chwieduk | Carboniferous (Gzhelian) and Permian (Sakmarian) | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Aulophyllidae. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gautier, Jackson & McKinney | Permian | An acanthocladiid bryozoan. The type species is Adlatipora fossulata. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zágoršek & Gordon | Late Tortonian | Mut Basin | An ascophoran bryozoan. Its type species is Basyaylella elsae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Dick et al. | Cretaceous (late Albian or early Cenomanian) | A cheilostome bryozoan. Originally described as a species of Charixa ; Dick, Sakamoto & Komatsu (2018) transferred this species to the genus Kenocharixa. [15] | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Taylor & Calzada | A member of Malacostegina belonging to the family Electridae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian or Maastrichtian) | United Arab Emirates–Oman border region | A species of Conopeum. | |||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Dick et al. | Cretaceous (late Albian or early Cenomanian) | A malacostegan. Genus contains two species: H. hayamiae and H. clusum. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tolokonnikova | Early Carboniferous | A species of Heloclema . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian or Maastrichtian) | United Arab Emirates–Oman border region | A species of Monoceratopora. | |||
Ostrovskia [13] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zágoršek & Gordon | Late Tortonian | Mut Basin | An ascophoran bryozoan. Its type species is Ostrovskia triforamina. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sonar & Gaikwad | Eocene (Lutetian) to Miocene (Burdigalian) | A member of Flustrina belonging to the family Poricellariidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sonar & Gaikwad | Eocene (Lutetian) to Miocene (Burdigalian) | A member of Flustrina belonging to the family Poricellariidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tolokonnikova | Early Carboniferous | A species of Primorella . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sonar & Gaikwad | Oligocene (Chattian) | Maniyara Fort Formation | A member of Flustrina belonging to the family Steginoporellidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sonar & Gaikwad | Miocene (Aquitanian) | A member of Flustrina belonging to the family Steginoporellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sonar & Gaikwad | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Chhasara Formation | A member of Flustrina belonging to the family Steginoporellidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian or Maastrichtian) | United Arab Emirates–Oman border region | A species of Tyloporella. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sonar & Gaikwad | Eocene (Lutetian) to Miocene (Burdigalian) | A member of Flustrina belonging to the family Vinculariidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian or Maastrichtian) | United Arab Emirates–Oman border region | A species of Wilbertopora. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Subgen. et comb. nov | Valid | Rong et al. | Ordovician (Hirnantian and Katian) to Silurian (Aeronian) | Kosov Formation | A member of Plectambonitoidea belonging to the family Xenambonitidae. The type species is "Schuchertella" planissima Reed (1915); the subgenus also includes Aegiromena durbenensis Nikitin et al. (1980), "Chonetoidea" obliqua Jin & Chatterton (1997), Aegiromena ultima Havlíček (1967) and Aegiromena urbana Havlíček (1967). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rzhonsnitskaya in Modzalevskaya, Alvarez & Rzhonsnitskaya | A member of Athyridida belonging to the family Athyrididae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rzhonsnitskaya in Modzalevskaya, Alvarez & Rzhonsnitskaya | A member of Athyridida belonging to the family Athyrididae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rong et al. | A member of Strophomenoidea belonging to the family Sowerbyellidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Benedetto, Halpern & Inchausti | Late Ordovician (Hirnantian) | A species of Arenorthis. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Topper et al. | Lower Cambrian | A member of Paterinata, a species of Askepasma. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Xu | Ordovician (late Darriwilian) | A member of Dalmanelloidea belonging to the family Portranellidae. The type species is B. baoshanensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Madison | Ordovician | A member of Strophomenida. The type species is Biseptata briani. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rong et al. | Anji Formation | A member of Enteletoidea belonging to the family Schizophoriidae. The type species is C. chunanensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rong et al. | A member of the family Craniidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rong et al. | A member of Orthoidea belonging to the family Hesperorthidae. | |||||
Subgen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rong et al. | Silurian (Rhuddanian), possibly also Ordovician (Katian) | Anji Formation | A member of Strophomenoidea belonging to the family Eopholidostrophiidae. The type species is Eopholidostrophia (Megapholidostrophia) magnifica; the subgenus might also include Eopholidostrophia mediocostalis (Reed, 1905). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rong et al. | A member of Strophomenoidea belonging to the family Sowerbyellidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rong et al. | A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Eospiriferidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Eospiriferidae. | |||||
Subgen. nov | Valid | Rong et al. | Ordovician (Katian and Hirnantian) | Changwu Formation | A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Eospiriferidae. The type species is Eospirifer praecursor Rong, Zhan & Han (1994). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rong et al. | A member of Dalmanelloidea belonging to the family Dicoelosiidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rong et al. | A member of Orthotetida belonging to the family Chilidiopsidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Calzada, Maza & Moreno | A member of the family Dallinidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rong et al. | A member of Orthoidea belonging to the family Hesperorthidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | Qarabil Limestone | A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Hedeinopsidae. The type species is I. qarabilensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vörös | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rong et al. | A member of Strophomenoidea belonging to the family Strophomenidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Popov in Ghobadi Pour et al. | A member of Strophomenida belonging to the group Strophomenoidea and the family Rafinesquinidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Feldman | Middle Triassic (early Ladinian) | A zeilleriid terebratulid. The type species is Menathyris wilsoni. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rong et al. | A member of Dalmanelloidea belonging to the family Rhipidomellidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Late Permian (Changhsingian) | A member of Rugosochonetidae, a species of Neochonetes. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Late Permian (Changhsingian) | A member of Rugosochonetidae, a species of Neochonetes. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Late Permian (Changhsingian) | A member of Rugosochonetidae, a species of Neochonetes. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Late Permian (Changhsingian) | A member of Rugosochonetidae, a species of Neochonetes. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wright & Garratt | Late Silurian | Florence Quartzite | A member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Hebetoechiidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wright & Garratt | Late Silurian | Mount Ida Formation | A member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Hebetoechiidae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhan et al. | A member of Strophomenoidea belonging to the family Strophomenidae. The type species is O. plana. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhan et al. | Ordovician (Darriwilian) | Chiatsun Group | A member of the family Orthidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Benedetto, Halpern & Inchausti | Late Ordovician (Hirnantian) | Possibly a species of Plectothyrella. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhan et al. | A member of Strophomenoidea belonging to the family Glyptomenidae. The type species is P. globula. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Colmenar, Villas & Vizcaïno | Late Ordovician | A platyorthid. The type species is Proclinorthis vailhanensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bassett et al. | Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) | A member of Craniida, a species of Pseudocrania. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Xu | Ordovician (late Darriwilian) | A member of Orthoidea belonging to the new family Pupiaoiidae. The type species is P. pupiaoensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Blodgett et al. | A gypidulinid brachiopod. Genus includes new species S. santuccii. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhan et al. | A member of Strophomenoidea belonging to the family Rafinesquinidae. The type species is S. elongata. | |||||
Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Vörös | Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (Tithonian to Berriasian) | A pygopid terebratulid. A new genus for "Terebratula" misilmerensis Gemmellaro (1871); genus also contains the new species Sphenope bifida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rong et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Late Permian (Changhsingian) | A member of Rugosochonetidae, a species of Tethyochonetes. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Late Permian (Changhsingian) | A member of Rugosochonetidae, a species of Tethyochonetes. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rong et al. | Ordovician (Hirnantian) and Silurian (Rhuddanian) | Anji Formation | A member of Dalmanelloidea belonging to the family Dalmanellidae. The type species is Y. yui. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Kroh et al. | Miocene | An abertellid sand dollar, a species of Abertella . | ||||
Gen. et 4 sp. nov | Valid | Thuy & Meyer | Jurassic (Toarcian to Kimmeridgian) [42] | An ophiacanthid brittle star. The type species is Alternacantha occulta; genus also includes A. schwermannorum, A. arges and A. dilionessa. [42] | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zamora | Middle Cambrian | An edrioasteroid. The type species is Aragocystites belli. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Smith | Santonian | A spatangoid. The type species is Bathyovulaster disjunctus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Müller, Hahn and Bohatý | Middle Devonian | An agelacrinitid edrioasteroid. The type species is Bellastrella eifeliana. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thompson, Ausich & Smith | Early Devonian (Emsian) | A crinoid, a species of Ctenocrinus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Saucede et al. | Middle Jurassic (late Callovian) | An echinoid, a species of Cyclolampas. | ||||
Gen. et 3 sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is D. leonorae; genus also includes new species D. pattyana and D. carli, as well as "Ophiocten" seeweni Kutscher & Hary (1991). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | Triassic (Anisian and Carnian) and Early Jurassic (late Sinemurian to early Pliensbachian) | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is E. hagdorni; genus also includes E. imminens. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thuy, Marty & Comment | Late Jurassic (late Oxfordian) | An ophiolepidid brittle star. The type species is Eozonella bergeri. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | Felsöörs Formation | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is E. paciphila. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | Middle Jurassic (Bajocian-Bathonian boundary) to Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is G. teckliformis; genus also includes G. touertensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zamora, Rahman & Smith | Middle Cambrian | A basal cinctan echinoderm. The type species is Graciacystis ambigua. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thompson, Ausich & Smith | Early Devonian (Emsian) | A crinoid, a species of Griphocrinus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thuy & Meyer | Early [42] and Middle Jurassic | Austria [42] | An ophiacanthid brittle star. The type species is Hanshessia trochitophila. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | |||||
Gen. et comb. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is "Ophiopholis" trispinosa Hess (1965); genus also includes new species I. hirokoae and I. fuersichi. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thuy, Marty & Comment | Late Jurassic (late Oxfordian) | An ophiacanthid brittle star. The type species is Juracantha hottingeri. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rozhnov | Middle Ordovician | A member of Parablastoidea. The type species is Kosachenkoastrus volkhovensis. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | Jurassic (late Sinemurian to Kimmeridgian) | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is K. mira; genus also includes K. ampla. | ||||
Gen. et 9 sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Thuy | Jurassic and Early Cretaceous (late Sinemurian to Albian) | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is L. hystricarboris; genus also includes L. caeloscopus, L. coreytaylori, L. etteri, L. lukenederi, L. mastodon, L. mathcore, L. wolfii and L. varuna, as well as "Sinosura" fasciata Kutscher & Villier (2003). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thompson, Ausich & Smith | Early Devonian (Emsian) | A crinoid. The type species is Lutocrinus boliviaensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Krivicich, Ausich & Keyes | A crinoid. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is "Ophiomyxa" curvata Kutscher & Jagt (2000). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bohatý & Hein | Devonian | A camerate crinoid belonging to the group Monobathrida and the family Hexacrinitidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chen & Han | A member of Stylophora. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | |||||
Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | Jurassic and Cretaceous (late Sinemurian to Maastrichtian) | Austria | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is "Ophiacantha" constricta Hess (1966); genus also includes "Ophiacantha" danica Rasmussen (1952) and "Ophiacantha" dorecki Hess (1962), as well as new species O. stans. | |||
Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Thuy | Late Jurassic and Cretaceous (Oxfordian to Maastrichtian) | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is O. acklesi; genus also includes new species O. irimurai, as well as "Hemieuryale" argoviensis Hess (1966) and "Ophiosmilax" alternatus Kutscher & Jagt (2000). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | Early Jurassic (late Sinemurian to late Pliensbachian) | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is O. watsoni. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | Early Cretaceous (latest Aptian to earliest Albian) | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | Early Jurassic (late Sinemurian to early Pliensbachian) | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | Early Cretaceous (latest Aptian to earliest Albian) | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | Early Cretaceous (latest Aptian to earliest Albian) | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | Middle Jurassic (Callovian) to Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is O. beneficarum; genus also includes O. stevenwilsoni. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Thuy & Schulz | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is "Ophiurites" crinitus Quenstedt (1876). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy & Meyer | Middle Jurassic | An ophiomycetid brittle star, a species of Ophiotholia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | Early Cretaceous (latest Aptian to earliest Albian) | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Osborn, Mooi & Ciampaglio | A sand dollar belonging to the group Scutellina and the family Protoscutellidae. | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Nardin & Bohatý | Devonian (Eifelian) | A blastozoan belonging to the family Pleurocystitidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | Early Jurassic (late Sinemurian to early Pliensbachian) | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is R. dissidens. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Sumrall, Heredia, Rodríguez & Mestre | Silurian (lower Ludlow) | A rhenopyrgid edrioasteroid, a species of Rhenopyrgus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is S. archetypa. | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov. | Valid | Prokop | Devonian (Pragian, Emsian and Eifelian) | A crinoid belonging to the group Disparida, possibly a member of the family Myelodactylidae. The type species is Simakocrinus facilis sp. nov (col.); genus also contains Simakocrinus diligens sp. nov (col.). | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Valid | Zeballo & Albanesi | Late Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian) | A species of Acanthodus. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Zeballo & Albanesi | Late Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian) | A species of Acanthodus. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Zeballo & Albanesi | Late Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian) | A species of Acodus. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic (late Carnian to early Norian) | A gondolellid ozarkodinid. The type species is Acuminatella acuminata; genus also contains Acuminatella angusta. | ||||
Subsp nov | Valid | Kononova & Weyer | Devonian (late Famennian) | A subspecies of Bispathodus ultimus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic (late Carnian) | A gondolellid ozarkodinid, a species of Carnepigondolella. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic (late Carnian) | A gondolellid ozarkodinid, a species of Carnepigondolella. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lee | Cambrian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Ordovician | Lower Klimoli Formation | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ishida, Suzuki & Inada | Carboniferous (middle–late Bashkirian to early Moscovian) | Ko-yama Limestone Group | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rosscoe & Barrick | Carboniferous | Exline Limestone | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rosscoe & Barrick | Carboniferous | Hushpuckney Shale | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rosscoe & Barrick | Carboniferous | Hushpuckney Shale | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Zeballo & Albanesi | Late Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian) | A species of Kallidontus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic (late Carnian) | A gondolellid ozarkodinid. The type species is Kraussodontus peteri. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Wang in Zhou et al. | Permian (probably Wordian) | A species of Mesogondolella. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Wang in Zhou et al. | Permian (probably Wordian) | A species of Mesogondolella. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Karádi, Kozur & Görögt | Late Triassic (late Carnian and early Norian) | Csővár Limestone Formation | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Bardashev & Bardasheva | Middle Devonian (Givetian) | A replacement name for Muellerina Bardashev & Bardasheva (2012) (preoccupied). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tolmacheva | Middle Ordovician | The type species is Naimanodus degtyarevi. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Kononova & Weyer | Devonian (late Famennian) | A species of Neopolygnathus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Aldridge et al. | Late Ordovician | Soom Shale Member, Cedarberg Formation | A member of Prioniodontida belonging to the family Balognathidae. The type species is Notiodella keblon. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Karádi, Kozur & Görögt | Late Triassic (early Norian) | Csővár Limestone Formation | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Savage | Late Devonian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Savage | Late Devonian | |||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Savage | Late Devonian | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic (late Carnian to early Norian) | A gondolellid ozarkodinid. The type species is Parapetella prominens. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Savage | Late Devonian | |||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Savage | Late Devonian | |||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Savage | Late Devonian | |||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Savage | Late Devonian | |||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Savage | Late Devonian | |||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Savage | Late Devonian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gholamalian et al. | Devonian | A species of Polygnathus. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Klapper & Vodrážková | Devonian | A species of Polygnathus. | ||||
Gen. et comb. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic (late Carnian to early Norian) | A gondolellid ozarkodinid. A new genus for "Epigondolella" primitia Mosher (1970); genus also contains new species Primatella asymmetrica and Primatella conservativa. | ||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Savage | Late Devonian | |||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Savage | Late Devonian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Savage | Late Devonian | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic (late Carnian) | A gondolellid ozarkodinid. The type species is Quadralella lobata. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Savage | Late Devonian | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Zeballo & Albanesi | Early Ordovician | A new genus for "Utahconus" humahuacensis Albanesi and Aceñolaza (2005). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Voldman, Albanesi & Zeballo in Voldman et al. | Early Ordovician | Originally described as a possible species of Trapezognathus ; subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Zentagnathus. [76] | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Zeballo & Albanesi | Late Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian) | A species of Utahconus. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Zeballo & Albanesi | Late Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian) | A species of Utahconus. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Zeballo & Albanesi | Late Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian) | A species of Utahconus. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Zeballo & Albanesi | Late Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian) | A species of Variabiloconus. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Holmes, Berman & Anderson | A dissorophid, a species of Broiliellus. | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Sulej & Niedźwiedzki | Late Olenekian | A species of Parotosuchus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Maddin et al. | Early Permian | A dissorophid. The type species is Reiszerpeton renascentis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schoch & Sues | Early Permian | A dissorophid. The type species is Scapanops neglecta. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Anderson & Bolt | Early Permian | A species of Tersomius. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Milner & Schoch | Early Permian | A species of Trimerorhachis. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Glienke | Early Permian (Rotliegend) | A species of Batropetes. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Huttenlocker et al. | Early Permian | A recumbirostran. The type species is Huskerpeton englehorni. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Huttenlocker et al. | Early Permian | A recumbirostran, a new genus for "Euryodus" bonneri. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Henrici, Báez & Grande | Early Eocene (Wasatchian) | A relative of parsley frogs. The type species is Aerugoamnis paulus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Folie et al. | Early Eocene | A bombinatorid. Its type species is Eobarbourula delfinoi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Báez | Early Cretaceous (late Barremian) | A relative of the family Pipidae. The type species is Gracilibatrachus avallei. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Báez | Early Cretaceous (late Barremian) | A close relative of the genus Discoglossus . The type species is Iberobatrachus angelae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schoch & Rasser | Miocene | A newt related to the Alpine newt. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Folie et al. | Early Eocene | A possible rhacophorid. Its type species is Indorana prasadi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Worthy et al. | Early Miocene | A member of Leiopelmatidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Worthy et al. | Early Miocene | A member of Leiopelmatidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Dong et al. | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | An anuran of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Liaobatrachus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Demar | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A mudpuppy. The type species is Paranecturus garbanii. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vasilyan et al. | Miocene | A relative of cryptobranchids. The type species is Ukrainurus hypsognathus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sweetman & Gardner | Barremian | An albanerpetontid. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Danilov et al. | Late Eocene | An adocid, a species of Adocus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hutchison | Early Paleocene (Puercan) | A trionychid. The type species is Atoposemys entopteros. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Weems & Knight | Late Oligocene | A podocnemidid pleurodiran, a species of Bairdemys . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sullivan, Jasinski & Lucas | Late Campanian | A nanhsiungchelyid turtle, a species of Basilemys . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tong & Meylan | Early Paleocene | A cryptodiran closely related to Sandownia . The type species is Brachyopsemys tingitana. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-García & Murelaga | Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian or Barremian) | Cameros Basin | A member of Pan-Cryptodira (the clade containing living cryptodirans and all turtles sharing a more recent common ancestor with them than with pleurodirans), possibly a xinjiangchelyid. The type species is Camerochelys vilanovai. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hutchison | Early Eocene (Wasatchian) | A turtle of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally described as a platysternid, but subsequently argued to be a member of Kinosternoidea. [102] The type species is Cardichelyon rogerwoodi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gmira et al. | Pliocene | A tortoise, possibly a species of Centrochelys . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Brinkman et al. | Early Cretaceous | A member of (likely paraphyletic) group "Macrobaenidae". The type species is Changmachelys bohlini. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yates | Late Miocene | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zacarías et al. | Late Pleistocene (58–22 ka) | A tortoise, a species of Chelonoidis . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Weems & George | Miocene | A relative of the painted turtle. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Naksri et al. | Late Middle or early Late Miocene | An Asian box turtle. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Weems & George | Miocene | A tortoise, a species of Floridemys. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hirayama, Isaji & Hibino | Early Cretaceous | A turtle of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally considered to be a relative of trionychids; Skutschas et al. (2017) considered it to be either a pan-trionychian (sister taxon to Trionychia) or a pan-carettochelyid. [110] The type species is Kappachelys okurai. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Sereno & ElShafie | Aptian or Albian | An araripemydid pleurodiran. The type species is Laganemys tenerensis. Pérez-García (2019) considered this species to be a junior synonym of Taquetochelys decorata. [112] | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-García & de Lapparent de Broin | Eocene (Ypresian) | A podocnemidid, a species of Neochelys. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Larson et al. | Santonian | A neurankyline baenid, a species of Neurankylus . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Georgalis et al. | Early Miocene | A pleurodiran, a member of Podocnemidoidea. The type species is Nostimochelone lampra. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Takahashi et al. | Early middle Miocene | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bardet et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | Oulad Abdoun Basin | A relative of dermochelyids and protostegids. The type species is Ocepechelon bouyai. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Danilov & Sukhanov | Late Paleocene | A basal member of Testudinoidea. The type species is Paramongolemys khosatzkyi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hutchison | Early Eocene (Wasatchian) | A relative of trionychids, a species of Planetochelys. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hutchison | Early Eocene (Wasatchian) | The earliest North American emydid. The type species is Psilosemys wyomingensis. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Sullivan, Jasinski & Lucas | Late Campanian | A baenid cryptodiran, a new genus for "Baena" ornata Gilmore (1935). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Late Cretaceous | A lindholmemydid testudinoid. The type species is Shandongemys dongwuica. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tong & Brinkman | Early Cretaceous | A sinemydid cryptodiran, a species of Sinemys. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Smith & Kear | Early or middle Albian | A meiolaniid-like turtle. The type species is Spoochelys ormondea. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gmira et al. | Pliocene | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sterli, de la Fuente & Cerda | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian to early Maastrichtian) | A relative of meiolaniid. The type species is Trapalcochelys sulcata. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hutchison | Maastrichtian to early Paleocene (Puercan) | A chelydrid. The type species is Tullochelys montanus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bourque | Late Oligocene (early Arikareean) | A kinosternid, a species of Xenochelys. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Brinkman et al. | Late Middle or early Late Jurassic | A species of Xinjiangchelys . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rabi et al. | Middle Jurassic | A species of Xinjiangchelys . | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhao et al. | Triassic | A thalattosaurid thalattosaur. The type species is Concavispina biseridens | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Chen et al. | Early Triassic | A species of Chaohusaurus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cuthbertson, Russell & Anderson | Early Triassic | A grippidian. The type species is Gulosaurus helmi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fischer et al. | Early Cretaceous (late Hauterivian to Barremian) | A basal member of Thunnosauria. The type species is Malawania anachronus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ji, Jiang & Motani in Yang et al. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fröbisch et al. | Middle Triassic | A merriamosaur ichthyosaur. The type species is Thalattoarchon saurophagis | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vincent, Bardet & Mattioli | Pliensbachian | A pliosaurid. The type species is Cryonectes neustriacus | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Hampe | Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) | A member of Plesiosauroidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement, [134] possibly a leptocleidid [133] or an elasmosaurid. [135] The type species is Gronausaurus wegneri. Sachs, Hornung & Kear (2016) considered it to be a junior synonym of Brancasaurus brancai. [134] | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schumacher, Carpenter & Everhart | Late Cretaceous (middle Turonian) | A pliosaurid. The type species is Megacephalosaurus eulerti. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Neenan, Klein & Scheyer | Early Middle Triassic | A relative of placodonts. The type species is Palatodonta bleekeri. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Benson et al. | Late Jurassic | Kimmeridge Clay Formation | A pliosaurid, a species of Pliosaurus | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Benson et al. | Late Jurassic | Kimmeridge Clay Formation | A pliosaurid, a species of Pliosaurus | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Benson et al. | Late Jurassic | Kimmeridge Clay Formation | A pliosaurid, a species of Pliosaurus | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Diedrich | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | A pachypleurosaur, a species of Serpianosaurus. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Martínez et al. | Late Triassic | An opisthodontian rhynchocephalian. The type species is Sphenotitan leyesi. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nydam, Rowe & Cifelli | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian, Judithian) | A member of Scincomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Apsgnathus triptodon. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Houssaye et al. | Early Cretaceous (Barremian or Aptian) | Cameros Basin | An anguimorph lizard, possibly a varanoid. The type species is Arcanosaurus ibericus. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Smith & Gauthier | Early Eocene | A member of Glyptosaurinae, a species of Arpadosaurus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Head et al. | Late middle Eocene (37.2 ± 1.3 Ma) | An iguanian lizard related to the genus Uromastyx . The type species is Barbaturex morrisoni. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nydam | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A member of Polyglyphanodontinae, a species of Bicuspidon. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Folie, Smith & Smith | Early Eocene | An amphisbaenian. The type species is Blanosaurus primeocaenus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Folie, Smith & Smith | Late Paleocene | Originally described as an amphisbaenian; Čerňanský & Vasilyan (2024) tentatively assigned it to the family Lacertidae. [146] The type species is Camptognathosaurus parisiensis. Čerňanský & Vasilyan (2024) considered C. parisiensis to be a junior synonym of "Glyptosaurus" walbeckensis Kuhn (1940), but maintained Camptognathosaurus as a distinct genus, resulting in a new combination Camptognathosaurus walbeckensis. [146] | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nydam, Rowe & Cifelli | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian, Judithian) | A night lizard. The type species is Catactegenys solaster. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Longrich, Bhullar & Gauthier | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | A platynotan lizard of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Cemeterius monstrosus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nydam | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A member of Anguimorpha related to xenosaurids. The type species is Cnodontosaurus suchockii. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Junior homonym | Nydam | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A member of Scincomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement, assigned by Nydam (2013) to an informal paramacellodid-cordylid grade. [144] The type species is Dakotasaurus gillettorum. The generic name turned out to be preoccupied by Dakotasaurus Branson & Mehl (1932); the lizard genus was subsequently renamed Dakotaseps. [149] | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Alifanov | Late Cretaceous | A phrynosomatid lizard. The type species is Desertiguana gobiensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Makádi | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | A member of Polyglyphanodontinae. The type species is Distortodon rhomboideus. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Smith & Gauthier | Early Eocene | A relative of species belonging to the genus Xenosaurus . Genus contains two species: Entomophontes incrustatus and Entomophontes hutchisoni. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Páramo | Campanian | A mosasaur, a new species of Eonatator. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Smith & Gauthier | Early Eocene | A member of Glyptosaurinae, a species of Glyptosaurus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rana et al. | Early Eocene (early to middle Ypresian) | A member of Priscagamidae. The type species is Heterodontagama borsukae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rana et al. | Early Eocene (early to middle Ypresian) | A member of Agamidae. The type species is Indiagama gujarata. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Longrich, Bhullar & Gauthier | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | A squamate of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Lamiasaura ferox. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Longrich, Bhullar & Gauthier | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | A scincomorph lizard of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Lonchisaurus trichurus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nydam | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | A member of Scincomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement, assigned by Nydam (2013) to an informal paramacellodid-cordylid grade. [144] The type species is Monocnemodon syphakos. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Longrich, Bhullar & Gauthier | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | A polyglyphanodontian lizard of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Obamadon gracilis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nydam | Late Cretaceous | A member of Anguidae, a species of Odaxosaurus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Smith & Gauthier | Early Eocene | A night lizard, a species of Palaeoxantusia. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Smith & Gauthier | Early Eocene | A night lizard. Genus contains two species: Palepidophyma paradisa and Palepidophyma lilliputiana. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nydam | Late Cretaceous | A member of Platynota of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Parasaniwa. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Longrich, Bhullar & Gauthier | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | An iguanid lizard of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Pariguana lancensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Makádi | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | A chamopsiid. The type species is Pelsochamops infrequens. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Čerňanský & Augé | Late Oligocene | A lacertid lizard, a species of Plesiolacerta. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Folie, Smith & Smith | Early Paleocene | An amphisbaenian. The type species is Polyodontobaena belgica. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Smith & Gauthier | Early Eocene | A relative of the Chinese crocodile lizard, a species of Provaranosaurus. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Palci, Caldwell & Papazzoni | Late Cretaceous (early Turonian to early Santonian) | A mosasaur related to Russellosaurus and Yaguarasaurus . Genus contains two species: Romeosaurus fumanensis and Romeosaurus sorbinii. | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Nydam, Chure & Evans | Late Jurassic | A replacement name for Schilleria Evans & Chure (1999). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Smith & Gauthier | Early Eocene | A member of Lacertiformes, a species of Scincoideus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Longrich, Bhullar & Gauthier | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | A chamopsiid polyglyphanodontian lizard, a species of Socognathus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rana et al. | Early Eocene (early to middle Ypresian) | A member of Agamidae. The type species is Suratagama neeraae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Smith & Gauthier | Early Eocene | A member of Pleurodonta, a species of Suzanniwana. | ||||
Sp. nov | Disputed | Čerňanský & Hutchinson | Pliocene | A blue-tongued skink. Possibly a junior synonym of Tiliqua frangens . [159] | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nydam | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A contogeniid scincomorph, a species of Utahgenys. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nydam | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A scincomorph related to skinks. The type species is Webbsaurus lofgreni. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Smith & Gauthier | Early Eocene | A member of Glyptosaurinae, a species of Xestops. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Longrich, Bhullar & Gauthier | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | An alethinophidian snake of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Cerberophis robustus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Junior homonym | Scanferla et al. | Early Paleocene (Danian) | A macrostomatan snake related to caenophidians. The type species is Kataria anisodonta. The generic name is preoccupied by Kataria Faubel (1983); Deshmukh et al. (2022) coined a replacement name Katariana. [161] | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vasile, Csiki-Sava & Venczel | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Haţeg Basin | A madtsoiid. The type species is Nidophis insularis. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lucas, Spielmann & Hunt | Late Triassic | A doswelliid. The type species is Ankylosuchus chinlegroupensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nesbitt, Butler & Gower | Middle Triassic (probably late Anisian) | A non-archosaurian archosauriform of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Asperoris mnyama. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fraser, Rieppel & Chun | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | A protorosaur. The type species is Fuyuansaurus acutirostris. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schoch & Sues | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | A doswelliid. The type species is Jaxtasuchus salomoni. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hungerbühler et al. | Late Triassic | A phytosaur, a species of Machaeroprosopus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fraser & Furrer | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | A protorosaur, a species of Macrocnemus. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Stocker | Late Triassic | A phytosaur; a new genus for "Paleorhinus" scurriensis Langston (1949). | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Butler | Late Triassic (late Carnian) | A diapsid of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a new genus for "Francosuchus" trauthi Huene (1939). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tsuji, Sobral & Müller | Middle Triassic | A procolophonoid parareptile, possibly an owenettid. The type species is Ruhuhuaria reiszi. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Martínez, Fernandez & Alcober | Late Triassic | A member of Eucynodontia closely related to Ecteninion and Trucidocynodon . The type species is Diegocanis elegans. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Hopson | Middle Triassic | A traversodontid cynodont, a new genus for "Scalenodon" hirschsoni Crompton (1972). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Castanhinha et al. | Late Permian | A kingoriid emydopoid dicynodont. The type species is Niassodon mfumukasi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Berman et al. | Early Permian | A varanodontine varanopid. The type species is Tambacarnifex unguifalcatus. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Devaere, Clausen & Steiner in Devaere et al. | Heraultia Limestone | An animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a low cap-shaped bilaterally symmetrical conch. The type species is A. rugosa. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang, Huang & Hu | Cambrian | A radiodont. Originally described as a species of Anomalocaris , but subsequently transferred to the amplectobeluid genus Guanshancaris. [179] | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yang et al. | Early Cambrian | An animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member of Cornulitida. The type species is Cambrocornulitus rarus. | ||||
Cephalodiscus? nusplingensis [181] | Sp. nov | Valid | Schweigert & Dietl | Possibly a pterobranch belonging to the genus Cephalodiscus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yang et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Robson & Young | Late Ordovician (middle Katian) | A conulariid, a species of Conularia. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yang et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Valent & Fatka | Cambrian | A member of Hyolitha (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Gracilitheca. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Valent, Fatka & Marek | Cambrian | A member of Hyolitha (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Gracilitheca. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Valent, Fatka & Marek | Cambrian | A member of Hyolitha, a species of Gracilitheca. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Duan & Dong | A palaeoscolecid. The type species is H. campus. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zatoń & Peck | Carboniferous (late Mississippian) | A member of Microconchida (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zatoń, Taylor & Vinn | Early Triassic | A member of Microconchida (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Microconchus. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Bizzarini | A demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida and to the family Sestrostomellidae. The type species is "Cnemidium" variabile Münster (1841). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Valent, Fatka & Marek | Cambrian | A member of Hyolitha, a species of Nephrotheca. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Valent & Fatka | Cambrian | A member of Hyolitha, a species of Nephrotheca. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Manbo Formation | A graptolite. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Duan & Dong | A palaeoscolecid. The type species is O. hunanensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Barth et al. | Late Triassic | A conulariid, a species of Paraconularia. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang, Huang & Hu | Cambrian | A member of Anomalocarididae (a group of animals with uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly stem-arthropods). The type species is Paranomalocaris multisegmentalis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pisera, Siver & Wolfe | A sponge belonging to the family Potamolepidae. | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Copper, Stock & Jin | Late Ordovician (Hirnantian) | A stromatoporoid. Genus contains two species: Quasiaulacera stellata and Q. occidua. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Novozhilova | Early Cambrian (Atdabanian) | A member of Hyolitha (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs). The type species is Spinitheca sysoievi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | García-Bellido, Paterson & Edgecombe | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bizzarini | A demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida and to the family Sestrostomellidae. The type species is V. bertii. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bizzarini | A demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida and to the family Sestrostomellidae. The type species is W. stollae. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. | Valid | Wicander & Playford | An acritarch. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Matsunaga, Stockey & Tomescu | Early Cretaceous (Valanginian-Hauterivian boundary) | A heteromerous lichen. The type species is Honeggeriella complexa. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Muscente & Allmon | Devonian (Frasnian) | An organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, argued by different authors to be a hydrozoan [198] or a Caulerpa -like alga. [199] | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Muscente & Allmon | Silurian (Wenlock) | An organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, argued by different authors to be a hydrozoan [198] or a Caulerpa -like alga. [199] | ||||
Conodonts are an extinct group of jawless vertebrates, classified in the class Conodonta. They are primarily known from their hard, mineralised tooth-like structures called "conodont elements" that in life were present in the oral cavity and used to process food. Rare soft tissue remains suggest that they had elongate eel-like bodies with large eyes. Conodonts were a long-lasting group with over 300 million years of existence from the Cambrian to the beginning of the Jurassic. Conodont elements are highly distinctive to particular species and are widely used in biostratigraphy as indicative of particular periods of geological time.
The Tugulu Group is a geological Group in Xinjiang, China whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur skeletal remains and footprints are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
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 2010.
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 2011.
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 2012.
Paleontology in Oklahoma refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Oklahoma has a rich fossil record spanning all three eras of the Phanerozoic Eon. Oklahoma is the best source of Pennsylvanian fossils in the United States due to having an exceptionally complete geologic record of the epoch. From the Cambrian to the Devonian, all of Oklahoma was covered by a sea that would come to be home to creatures like brachiopods, bryozoans, graptolites and trilobites. During the Carboniferous, an expanse of coastal deltaic swamps formed in areas of the state where early tetrapods would leave behind footprints that would later fossilize. The sea withdrew altogether during the Permian period. Oklahoma was home a variety of insects as well as early amphibians and reptiles. Oklahoma stayed dry for most of the Mesozoic. During the Late Triassic, carnivorous dinosaurs left behind footprints that would later fossilize. During the Cretaceous, however, the state was mostly covered by the Western Interior Seaway, which was home to huge ammonites and other marine invertebrates. During the Cenozoic, Oklahoma became home to creatures like bison, camels, creodonts, and horses. During the Ice Age, the state was home to mammoths and mastodons. Local Native Americans are known to have used fossils for medicinal purposes. The Jurassic dinosaur Saurophaganax maximus is the Oklahoma state fossil.
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 2014.
Kallokibotion is an extinct genus of stem-turtle from the Upper Cretaceous, known from fossils found in Romania. One species is known, Kallokibotion bajazidi, which was named by Franz Nopcsa after his lover Bajazid Doda. It literally means 'beautiful box of Bajazid'; Nopcsa chose the name because, in the words of British palaeontologist Gareth Dyke, "the shape of the shell reminded him of Bajazid's arse". A second undescribed species is known from the Santonian of Hungary. Turtles similar to Kallokibotion were reported from the Paleocene of France and the Lower Maastrichtian of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, but these similarities were dismissed later.
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 2015.
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 2016.
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 2017.
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 2019.
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 2019.
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 2020.
Siyuichthyidae is an extinct family of stem-teleost fish known from the Early Cretaceous Tugulu Group of Xinjiang, China. It contains five genera with a total of nine species, all of which are based on poor remains.
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 2022.
This list of fossil reptiles described in 2014 is a list of new taxa of fossil reptiles that were described during the year 2014, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to reptile paleontology that occurred in 2014.
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 2023.
This list of fossil reptiles described in 2015 is a list of new taxa of fossil reptiles that were described during the year 2015, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to reptile paleontology that occurred in 2015.
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