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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 2014.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Valid | Jain | A stony coral. | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Jain | A stony coral. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid [4] | Wallace & Bosellini | Early Miocene (Burdigalian) | A stony coral, a species of Acropora . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid [4] | Wallace & Bosellini | Early Miocene (Burdigalian) | A stony coral, a species of Acropora . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid [4] | Wallace & Bosellini | Oligocene (Chattian) | A stony coral, a species of Acropora . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid [4] | Wallace & Bosellini | Oligocene (Rupelian) | Gornji Grad beds | A stony coral, a species of Acropora . | |||
Sp nov | Valid | Jain | A stony coral. | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Jain | A stony coral. | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Jain | A stony coral. | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Fedorowski & Stevens | Carboniferous (Bashkirian) | A colonial coral belonging to the subclass Rugosa and the family Lithostrotionidae. The type species is Arctistrotion variabilis; genus also contains "Lithostrotionella" wahooensis Armstrong (1972) and Arctistrotion simplex. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rodríguez & Somerville | Carboniferous (Viséan) | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Axophyllidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rodríguez & Somerville | Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Axophyllidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rodríguez & Somerville | Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Axophyllidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rodríguez & Somerville | Carboniferous (Viséan) | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Axophyllidae. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Jain | Neogene | A stony coral, a species of Balanophyllia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Peel in Geyer et al. | Cambrian (Amgan) | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Jain | Neogene | A stony coral, a species of Caryophyllia . | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Jain | Neogene | A stony coral. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Jain | Neogene | A stony coral. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Jain | Neogene | A stony coral, a species of Dendrophyllia . | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Jain | Neogene | A stony coral, a species of Diploastrea. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Jain | Neogene | A stony coral, a species of Diploastrea. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Jain | Neogene | A stony coral, a species of Favia . | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Jain | Neogene | A stony coral, a species of Galaxea . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Late Ediacaran | A probable cnidarian, possibly related to Medusozoa. The type species is Haootia quadriformis . | ![]() | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Niko & Adachi | Silurian (Ludlow) | A tabulate coral belonging to the order Halysitida and the family Halysitidae. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Jain | Neogene | A stony coral. | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Jain | Neogene | A stony coral. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Rodríguez & Somerville | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Axophyllidae. The type species is M. antolinense; genus also includes new species M. boyerense, as well as "Carcinophyllum lonsdaleiforme" pauciseptata Bykova (1966) (raised to the rank of a distinct species). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Niko, Haikawa & Fujikawa | ||||||
Paraheritschioides compositus [5] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fedorowski & Stevens | Carboniferous (Bashkirian) | A colonial coral belonging to the subclass Rugosa and the family Kleopatrinidae, a species of Paraheritschioides . | |||
Paraheritschioides katvalae [5] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fedorowski & Stevens | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | A colonial coral belonging to the subclass Rugosa and the family Kleopatrinidae, a species of Paraheritschioides . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rodríguez & Somerville | Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Axophyllidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Baliński, Sun & Dzik | Ordovician (early Floian) | A hydrozoan, a member of Hydroidolina. The type species is Sinobryon elongatum. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Niko, Ibaraki & Tazawa | A tabulate coral belonging to the group Favositida and the family Pachyporidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Weyer | Devonian (late Famennian) | A member of Rugosa. The type species is Thurispina jogi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fedorowski & Machłajewska | A member of Rugosa belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Stereophrentidae. The type species is T. coepta. | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Jain | Neogene | A stony coral. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Herrera-Cubilla & Jackson | Pliocene | A species of Cupuladria . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Suárez-Andrés & Wyse Jackson | A bryozoan belonging to the group Fenestrata. Genus includes new species E. mackinneyi. | |||||
Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Zágoršek et al. | An ascophoran belonging to the family Jaculinidae. The type species is P. atalaiaensis; genus also includes P. baitoae and P. chipolae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Martha, Taylor, Matsuyama & Scholz | Early Cenomanian | A cyclostome bryozoan. Genus includes new species P. radioporides. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Cocks | Late Ordovician | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Percival et al. | Cambrian (Furongian) | A brachiopod belonging to the group Acrotretida and the family Ephippelasmatidae. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | Late Ordovician | Akdombak Formation | A member of Orthida belonging to the family Wangyuiidae. The type species is "Mimella" tolenensis Borissiak (1972). | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | Late Ordovician | Taldyboi Formation | A member of Orthida belonging to the family Plectorthidae. The type species is "Mimella" recta Klenina (1984). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schemm-Gregory | Devonian (late Givetian) | An athyridid brachiopod, a species of Athyris. | ||||
Gen. et 3 sp. et comb. nov | Valid | García-Alcalde | A strophodontid brachiopod. The type species is Beethovenia beethoveni; genus also includes new species B. bachi and B. brahmsi, as well as B. acutiplicata (Oehlert & Davoust, 1879) and possibly "Stropheodonta" steiningeri Drevermann (1907). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | Late Ordovician | Akdombak Formation | A member of the family Plaesiomyidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cocks | Late Ordovician | A brachiopod. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | Late Ordovician | Taldyboi Formation | A member of Strophomenoidea belonging to the family Glyptomenidae. The type species is "Oepikina" abayi Klenina (1984). | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | He & Shi in He et al. | A brachiopod belonging the group Chonetidina and to the family Rugosochonetidae. The type species is C. triangusinuata. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | Late Ordovician | Akdombak Formation | A member of Plectambonitoidea belonging to the family Xenambonitidae. | |||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Cocks | Late Ordovician | |||||
Cirpa alkayae [25] | Sp. nov | Valid | Vörös | Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) | A wellerellid rhynchonellid brachiopod, a species of Cirpa . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | Late Ordovician | Akdombak Formation | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cocks | Late Ordovician | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | Late Ordovician | Akdombak Formation | A member of Orthida belonging to the family Dalmanellidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cocks | Late Ordovician | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | Late Ordovician | Akdombak Formation | A member of Plectambonitoidea belonging to the family Hesperomenidae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | Late Ordovician | Akdombak Formation | A member of Orthida belonging to the family Wangyuiidae. The type species is E. molesta. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cocks | Late Ordovician | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cocks | Late Ordovician | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhan et al. | Ordovician (late Katian) | |||||
Gen et comb. nov | Valid | Jansen | A member of family Douvillinidae. The type species is "Strophomena" taeniolata G. & F. Sandberger (1856); genus also includes "Orthis" interstrialis Phillips (1841). Announced in 2013; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2014. | |||||
Gen et comb. nov | Valid | Jansen | Devonian | A member of family Strophodontidae. The type species is "Leptaena (Strophomena)" gigas McCoy (1852); genus also includes "Boucotstrophia" minor Jahnke (1981), "Boucotstrophia" velica García-Alcalde (1992) and "Boucotstrophia" jahnkei Aït-Malek, Racheboeuf & Lazreq (2000). Announced in 2013; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2014. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cocks | Late Ordovician | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cocks | Late Ordovician | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cocks | Late Ordovician | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | Taldyboi Formation | A member of the family Obolidae. The type species is "Pseudolingula" spatula Williams (1974). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | Late Ordovician | Akdombak Formation | A member of Plectambonitoidea belonging to the family Hesperomenidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhan et al. | Ordovician (late Katian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | Late Ordovician | Akdombak Formation | A member of Plectambonitoidea belonging to the family Sowerbyellidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cocks | Late Ordovician | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Muszer | Sokolec Beds | A member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Lambdarinidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | Late Ordovician | Akdombak Formation | A member of Plectambonitoidea belonging to the family Leptestiidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hints | Ordovician | A brachiopod belonging to the group Orthida and the family Orthidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cocks | Late Ordovician | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Percival et al. | Cambrian (Furongian) | A brachiopod, possibly a member of Acrotretida. The type species is M. castellum. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | He & Shi in He et al. | A brachiopod belonging the group Orthotetida and to the family Meekellidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Percival et al. | Cambrian (Furongian) | A brachiopod belonging to the group Linguloidea and the family Lingulellotretidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | He & Shi in He et al. | A brachiopod belonging the group Chonetidina and to the family Rugosochonetidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | He & Shi in He et al. | A brachiopod belonging the group Chonetidina and to the family Rugosochonetidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cocks | Late Ordovician | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cocks | Late Ordovician | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mao, Wang & Zhao | Cambrian | A brachiopod, a species of Nisusia. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | A brachiopod belonging to the family Discinidae. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | He & Shi in He et al. | A brachiopod belonging the group Chonetidina and to the family Anopliidae. The type species is "Fusiproductus" baoqingensis Liao in Zhao et al. (1981); genus also includes new species P. parvulus He & Shi in He et al.. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | He & Shi in He et al. | A brachiopod belonging the group Productidina and to the family Productellidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | He & Shi in He et al. | Permian (Changhsingian)–earliest Triassic | A brachiopod belonging the group Productidina and to the family Productellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | Late Ordovician | Akdombak Formation | A member of Orthida belonging to the family Phragmorthidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | García-Alcalde | Devonian (Emsian) | A strophodontid brachiopod, a species of Plicostropheodonta . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | García-Alcalde | Devonian (Emsian) | A strophodontid brachiopod, a species of Plicostropheodonta . | ||||
Gen et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Jansen | Devonian | A member of family Strophodontidae. The type species is R. rhenana; genus also includes "Strophomena" piligera G. & F. Sandberger (1856). Announced in 2013; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2014. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Hints | Ordovician (Darriwilian) | A brachiopod belonging to the group Orthida and the family Orthidae. The type species is "Cyrtonotella" pakriensis Rubel (1961). | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | Late Ordovician | Dulankara Formation | A member of Atrypoidea belonging to the family Atrypinidae. The type species is "Nalivkinia (Pronalivkinia)" zvontsovi Nikitin, Popov & Bassett (2003); genus also includes "Rhynchotrema" instabilis Klenina (1984), "Rhynchotrema" rudis Rukavishnikova (1956) and "Nalivkinia (Anabaria)" xichuanensis Xu (1997). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cocks | Late Ordovician | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cocks | Late Ordovician | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhan et al. | Ordovician (late Katian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tazawa | Permian (Wordian) | A spiriferellinid spiriferinid brachiopod. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | Late Ordovician | Taldyboi Formation | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | He & Shi in He et al. | A brachiopod belonging the group Chonetidina and to the family Rugosochonetidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | He & Shi in He et al. | A brachiopod belonging the group Chonetidina and to the family Rugosochonetidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Holmer, Popov & Bassett | A brachiopod belonging to the class Chileata and the order Chileida. The type species is T. multicostatus. | |||||
Gen. et comb et sp. nov | Valid | Holmer, Popov & Bassett | A brachiopod belonging to the class Chileata and the order Chileida. The type species is "Obolus" davidsoni var. transversus Salter in Davidson (1866) (raised to the rank of the separate species Trifissura transversa); genus also includes new species T. rigida. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cocks | Late Ordovician | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Popov & Cocks | Late Ordovician | Taldyboi Formation | A member of the family Craniopsidae. The type species is "Paracraniops" nikitini Goriansky (1972). | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Tolmacheva | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Belodina longxianensis minor [36] | Subsp. nov | Valid | Cai, Yuan & Wu | Late Ordovician | A subspecies of Belodina longxianensis. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tolmacheva | Ordovician (Tremadocian) | The type species is C. parilis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tolmacheva | Early Ordovician | The type species is C. tretiakovi. | ||||
Furnishina holmi [37] | Sp. nov | Valid | Bagnoli & Stouge | Cambrian (late Furongian) | A species of Furnishina . | |||
Gobduntaulepis [38] | Nom. nov | Valid | Doweld | Early Ordovician | A replacement name for Acantholepis Pianovskij in Pianovskij, Pianovskaja & Aleksandrova, 1989 (preoccupied). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wu et al. | Permian–Triassic boundary | A species of Hindeodus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tolmacheva | Ordovician (Darriwilian) | |||||
Icriodella rhodesi [40] | Sp. nov | Valid [41] | Bergström & Ferretti | Late Ordovician | A species of Icriodella. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wu et al. | Earliest Triassic | A species of Neogondolella. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yang et al. | Early Triassic (Induan) | A member of Ellisoniidae. The type species is Parafurnishius xuanhanensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett | Devonian (early Emsian) | A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. | ||||
Polygnathus aragonensis [44] | Sp. nov | Valid | Martínez-Pérez & Valenzuela-Ríos | Early Devonian | Basibé Formation | A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett | Devonian (early Emsian) | A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett | Devonian (early Emsian) | A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. | ||||
Polygnathus carlsi [44] | Sp. nov | Valid | Martínez-Pérez & Valenzuela-Ríos | Early Devonian | Basibé Formation | A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. | ||
Polygnathus communis longanensis [45] | Subsp. nov | Valid | Qie et al. | Carboniferous (latest Tournaisian) | A polygnathid, a subspecies of Polygnathus communis. | |||
Polygnathus dujieensis [45] | Sp. nov | Valid | Qie et al. | Carboniferous (latest Tournaisian) | A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett | Devonian (early Emsian) | A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett | Devonian (early Emsian) | A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett | Devonian (early Emsian) | A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett | Devonian (early Emsian) | A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. | ||||
Polygnathus ramoni [44] | Sp. nov | Valid | Martínez-Pérez & Valenzuela-Ríos | Early Devonian | Basibé Formation | A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett | Devonian (early Emsian) | A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett | Devonian (early Emsian) | A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | Late Triassic | A member of Gondolellidae. | ||||
Siphonodella nandongensis [46] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Early Carboniferous | A species of Siphonodella . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bagnoli & Stouge | Cambrian (late Furongian) | Alum Shale Formation | A species of Westergaardodina. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Clément & Lebedev | Late Devonian (late Frasnian) | Probably Smota-Lovat' Formation | A member of Elginerpetontidae. The type species is Weberepeton sondalensis. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sidor, Steyer & Hammer | Middle Triassic | A capitosauroid. The type species is Antarctosuchus polyodon. | ![]() | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schoch | A branchiosaurid, a species of Leptorophus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid [53] | Schoch, Milner & Witzmann | Middle Triassic (late Ladinian) | A plagiosaurid. The type species is Megalophthalma ockerti. | ![]() | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schoch & Milner | Early Permian | An amphibamid. The type species is Nanobamus macrorhinus. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Shishkin, Novikov & Fortuny | Early Triassic | A bystrowianid chroniosuchian, a species of Dromotectum. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Late Permian | A bystrowianid chroniosuchian, a species of Dromotectum. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Late Permian | A bystrowianid chroniosuchian. The type species is Jiyuanitectum flatum. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Shishkin, Novikov & Fortuny | Early Triassic | A bystrowianid chroniosuchian. The type species is Vyushkoviana operta. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Roček et al. | Early middle Eocene | A relative of the European spadefoot toads, a species of Eopelobates. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Angielczyk et al. | Permian | A dicynodont of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Abajudon kaayai. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Romano & Nicosia | Permian | A caseid. The type species is Alierasaurus ronchii. | ![]() | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Soares, Martinelli & De Oliveira | Late Triassic (possibly early Norian) | Riograndia Assemblage Zone of the Candelária Sequence (Caturrita Formation) | A prozostrodontian cynodont. The type species is Botucaraitherium belarminoi. | ![]() | ||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Reisz & Fröbisch | Carboniferous (late Pennsylvanian) | Calhoun Shale | A member of Caseidae . The type species is Eocasea martini. | ![]() | ||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Maisch & Matzke | Early Triassic | Jiucaiyuan Formation | A kannemeyeriiform dicynodont . The type species is Sungeodon kimkraemerae. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Moore, Li & Porter | Early Cambrian | A member of Chancelloriida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Da Silva et al. | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | Sítio Cortado site | An ascaridid nematode found in a cynodont coprolite, a species of Ascarites. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Muir et al. | Ordovician (earliest Floian) | A palaeoscolecid worm. The type species is Ashetscolex nuppus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Szaniawski & Drygant | Early Devonian (middle Lochkovian to Pragian) | An atraktoprionid polychaete, a species of Atraktoprion. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Malinky | A member of Hyolitha. The type species is "Hyolithes" attenuatus Walcott (1890). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Senowbari-Daryan & Link | A demosponge belonging to the order Agelasida and the family Preperonidellidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rhebergen | Late Ordovician | A demosponge belonging to the family Anthaspidellidae. The type species is B. dispersa. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yang et al. | A sclerite of an animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is B. simplex. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Moore, Porter & Li | Early Cambrian | An animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement with a cap-shaped shell. The type species is Cambroskiadeion xiaowanense. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yang et al. | A sclerite of an animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is C. qianyii. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vinn, Jarochowska & Munnecke | Silurian (Wenlock) | A member of Cornulitida (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Conchicolites. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Keupp, Gründel & Wiese | Early Jurassic (late Pliensbachian) | A terebellid polychaete. Genus contains two species: Eklexibella buttenheimensis and Eklexibella johanni. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Siveter et al. | Silurian | Herefordshire Lagerstätte | An animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement; it might be a megacheiran arthropod [81] [82] or an annelid. [83] The type species is Enalikter aphson. | ![]() | ||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Xiao in Liu et al. | Cambrian (Fortunian) | A priapulid-like scalidophoran. The type species is Eopriapulites sphinx. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ma et al. | Cambrian | Chengjiang Lagerstätte | A member of Priapulida. The type species is Eximipriapulus globocaudatus. | ![]() | ||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taylor & Wilson in Frey et al. | Early Devonian (Pragian) | A reptariid hederellid. The type species is Filihernodia buccina. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rhebergen & Botting | Silurian (Telychian) | A haplistiid spirosclerophorid demosponge, a species of Haplistion . | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Malinky | Cambrian (Miaolingian and Furongian) | A member of Hyolitha belonging to the family Angusticornidae. The type species is "Hyolithes" gallatinensis Resser (1938); genus also includes "Hyolithes" prolixus Resser (1939). | ||||
Hyalonema vetteri [88] | Sp. nov | Valid | Janussen | Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) | Arnager Formation | A hexactinellid sponge, a species of Hyalonema . | ||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rhebergen & Botting | Silurian (Telychian) | An astylospongiid streptosclerophorid demosponge. The type species is Lindstroemispongia cylindrata. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cong et al. | Early Cambrian | A member of Anomalocarididae (a group of animals with uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly stem-arthropods). The type species is Lyrarapax unguispinus. | ![]() | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rhebergen & Botting | Silurian (Telychian) | An anthaspidellid orchocladine demosponge, a species of Multistella . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | García-Bellido et al. | Cambrian | A member of Vetulicolida. The type species is Nesonektris aldridgei. | ![]() | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hou et al. | Early Cambrian | An animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a member of Chancelloriida or a chancelloriid-like animal. The type species is Nidelric pugio. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Early Ordovician | A graptolite belonging to the family Dichograptidae. A new genus for "Didymograptus" liber Monsen (1937); genus also includes "Didymograptus" enshiensis Ni in Mu et al. (1979). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jacquet, Brock & Paterson | Early Cambrian | A member of Halkieriidae (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Oikozetetes. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rhebergen & Botting | Silurian (Telychian) | A demosponge, possibly a member of the group Hadromerida; a species of Opetionella . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hugot et al. | Triassic | Sítio Cortado site | A heteroxynematid oxyurid nematode known from an egg found in a cynodont coprolite. The type species is Paleoxyuris cockburni. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Xinglian et al. | Cambrian | A hexactinellid sponge, a species of Phragmodictya. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Szaniawski & Drygant | Early Devonian (early Lochkovian) | A polychaetaspid polychaete, a species of Polychaetaspis. | ||||
Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Rhebergen & Botting | A streptosolenid orchocladine demosponge. A new genus for "Perissocoelia" spinosa Rigby & Chatterton (1989); genus also contains new species Postperissocoelia gnisvardensis. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Haug & Haug | Cambrian | A cycloneuralian worm. The type species is Pseudoperipatus hintelmannae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Muir et al. | Ordovician (earliest Floian) | A palaeoscolecid worm. The type species is Sanduscolex regularis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rhebergen & Botting | Silurian (Telychian) | A glass sponge, possibly a member of Lyssacinosida. The type species is Urphaenomenospongia euplectelloides. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Ordovician (Tremadocian) | A palaeoscolecid worm. The type species is Waflascolex changdensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yang et al. | Cambrian | An animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Wiwaxia. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhang, Li & Holmer in Zhang et al. | Cambrian | A member of Lophophorata of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Yuganotheca elegans. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | A fungus, a species of Cyathus . | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rowland & Rodriguez | A multicellular alga of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species E. deepspringensis. | ![]() | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Anderson & Beauchamp | A red alga, a relative of Palaeoaplysina . Genus includes new species E. daviesi. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Krings & Taylor | Early Devonian | A fungus described on the basis of a reproductive unit. Genus includes new species H. devonica. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Poinar | A fungus, a species of Nidula . | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Droser et al. | Precambrian | Ediacara Fossil Site at Nilpena, Flinders Ranges | "An organism of unknown affinities with a growth pattern convergent on that of extant fungi, lichens and encrusting algae". [104] The type species is Nilpenia rossi. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar, Alfredo & Baseia | Early Cretaceous (late Albian) | A fungus belonging to the group Sclerodermatineae. The type species is Palaeogaster micromorpha. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Joel, Droser & Gehling | Precambrian | A tubular, serially divided organism with a bilateral morphology of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Plexus ricei. | ![]() | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chen et al. | Precambrian | An annulated tubular organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Wutubus annularis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Poinar | Eocene or Miocene | A fungus belonging to the family Xylariaceae found in Dominican amber, a species of Xylaria . | ||||
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.
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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 2013.
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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.
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