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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 2018.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Rikkinen & Schmidt in Rikkinen et al. | A fungus, a species of Chaenotheca . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Frolov in Frolov & Mashchuk | Early and Middle Jurassic | Prisayanskaya Formation | A member of the family Microthyriaceae. | ||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | A fungus described on the basis of pycnidia. Genus includes new species P. epallelus. Announced in 2018; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Vega | An ambrosia fungus associated with the beetle Palaeotylus femoralis . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Krings, Harper & Taylor | A small, chytrid-like organism. Genus includes new species P. tayloriana. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kaasalainen, Rikkinen & Schmidt in Kaasalainen et al. | A lichenized fungus, a species of Phyllopsora . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Strullu-Derrien in Strullu-Derrien et al. | Early Devonian | A fungus belonging to the group Blastocladiomycota, of uncertain phylogenetic placement within the latter group. Genus includes new species R. lyonii. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Khan, Bera & Bera | Late Pliocene to early Pleistocene | A fossil fungus found on the surface of fossilized leaf fragments. Genus includes new species V. siwalika. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Krings & Harper | Early Devonian | A fungal reproductive unit. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Berezovsky & Satanovska | A stony coral, a species of Acropora . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gameil, El-Sorogy & Al-Kahtany | A solitary coral. Announced in 2018; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang, Gorgij & Yao | Late Carboniferous | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang, Gorgij & Yao | Late Carboniferous | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gameil, El-Sorogy & Al-Kahtany | A solitary coral. Announced in 2018; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Löser & Heinrich | A stony coral belonging to the superfamily Haplaraeoidea and the family Astraraeidae. The type species is A. bachi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ricci, Lathuilière & Rusciadelli | A member of the family Rhipidogyridae. The type species is A. giadae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Król, Zapalski & Berkowski | A tabulate coral belonging to the family Aulocystidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Król, Zapalski & Berkowski | A tabulate coral belonging to the family Pyrgiidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | McLean | A rugose coral. | ||||
Battersbyia sentosa [20] | Sp. nov | Valid | McLean | Devonian | A rugose coral. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chang et al. | Early Cambrian | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Niko | Bihoku Group | A species of Caryophyllia . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liang, Elias & Lee | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liang, Elias & Lee | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liang, Elias & Lee | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ricci, Lathuilière & Rusciadelli | A member of the family Montlivaltiidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Löser & Heinrich | A stony coral belonging to the superfamily Heterocoenioidea and the family Carolastraeidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Löser & Heinrich | A stony coral belonging to the superfamily Heterocoenioidea and the family Carolastraeidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gameil, El-Sorogy & Al-Kahtany | A solitary coral. Announced in 2018; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Niko | Bihoku Group | A stony coral. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liang et al. | A syringoporoid tabulate coral. | ||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Löser & Heinrich | A stony coral belonging to the superfamily Cyclolitoidea and the family Synastraeidae. The type species is G. alexi; genus also includes G. audiensis (Reig Oriol, 1992), G. haueri (Reuss, 1854) and G. parvistella (Oppenheim, 1930). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Löser & Heinrich | A stony coral. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Löser, Steuber & Löser | A stony coral belonging to the superfamily Felixaraeoidea and the family Lamellofungiidae. The type species is K. pachysepta. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Berezovsky & Satanovska | A stony coral, a species of Lithophyllon . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rodríguez, Schönlaub & Kabon | A rugose coral belonging to the family Axophyllidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | McLean | Devonian | A rugose coral. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Löser & Heinrich | A stony coral belonging to the superfamily Phyllosmilioidea and the family Phyllosmiliidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Löser & Heinrich | A stony coral belonging to the superfamily Phyllosmilioidea and the family Phyllosmiliidae. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Wang in Wang et al. | A rugose coral belonging to the new family Amplexoididae. The type species is "Ningqiangophyllum" crassothecatum Cao (1975); genus also includes "Ningqiangophyllum" tenuiseptatum irregulare Cao (1975) (raised to the rank of a separate species Neopilophyllia irregularis), "Ningqiangophyllum" ephippium Cao (1975) and "Pilophyllia" alternata Chen in Wang et al. (1986). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Berezovsky & Satanovska | A stony coral, a species of Oculina . | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Morycowa | Karchowice Beds | A stony coral belonging to the family Eckastraeidae. The type species is "Coelocoenia" exporrecta Weissermel (1925). | |||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Löser & Heinrich | A stony coral belonging to the superfamily Heterocoenioidea and the family Heterocoeniidae. The type species is P. leipnerae; genus also includes P. grandis (Reuss, 1854) and P. fuchsi (Felix, 1903). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Löser & Heinrich | A stony coral belonging to the superfamily Phyllosmilioidea and the family Phyllosmiliidae. The type species is P. magnum. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Löser & Heinrich | A stony coral belonging to the superfamily Cyclolitoidea and the family Negoporitidae. The type species is P. uliae; genus might also include P. ? elegans (Reuss, 1854). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Löser, Steuber & Löser | A stony coral belonging to the superfamily Misistelloidea. The type species is P. winnii. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Löser & Heinrich | A stony coral belonging to the superfamily Cladocoroidea and the family Columastraeidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | McLean | Devonian | A rugose coral. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Król, Zapalski & Berkowski | A tabulate coral belonging to the family Pachyporidae. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Löser, Steuber & Löser | A stony coral belonging to the superfamily Heterocoenioidea and the family Heterocoeniidae. The type species is S. hellenensis; genus also includes S. brunni. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Niko, Suzuki & Taguchi | Katsuta Group | A species of Stylophora . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Niko et al. | A tabulate coral belonging to the order Favositida and the family Favositidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Löser & Heinrich | A stony coral belonging to the superfamily Cyclolitoidea and the family Synastraeidae. The type species is S. wagreichi; genus also includes and S. multilamellosa (Reuss, 1854). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Berkowski | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yu | Early Devonian | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | McLean | Devonian | A rugose coral. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino & Taylor | A bryozoan belonging to the group Cheilostomata and the family Membraniporidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino & Taylor | A bryozoan belonging to the group Cheilostomata and the family Bitectiporidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino & Taylor | A bryozoan belonging to the group Cheilostomata and the family Cleidochasmatidae. | ||||
Gen. nov | Valid | Ernst, Krainer and Lucas | Mississippian | Lake Valley Formation | A cystoporate bryozoan of the family Fistuliporidae. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino & Taylor | Early Pleistocene | A bryozoan belonging to the group Cheilostomata and the family Smittinidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino & Taylor | A bryozoan belonging to the group Cheilostomata and the family Celleporidae. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Lavié | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gaetani in Gaetani et al. | A member of Terebratulida belonging to the family Dielasmatidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Benedetto | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Benedetto | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baeza-Carratalá, Dulai & Sandoval | A member of Rhynchonellida. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Baranov & Blodgett | A member of Terebratulida belonging to the family Stringocephalidae. The type species is A. coronadosensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sproat & Zhan | Ordovician (late Katian) | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang & Ma | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Gretchishnikova in Alekseeva et al. | A member of the family Cyrtosririferidae. The type species is "Spirifer" latus Abrahamian (1974). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseeva & Gretchishnikova in Alekseeva et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | García-Alcalde | A member of Orthida belonging to the family Mystrophoridae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Benedetto, Lavie & Muñoz | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Baranov & Blodgett | A member of Terebratulida belonging to the family Stringocephalidae. The type species is C. craigensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mergl | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Baranov & Blodgett | A member of Terebratulida belonging to the family Stringocephalidae. The type species is C. mica. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | García-Alcalde | A member of Orthida belonging to the family Dalmanellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zong & Ma | A brachiopod belonging to the group Spiriferida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Afanasjeva in Alekseeva et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mergl | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Baranov | Early Devonian | A member of Atrypida. The type species is D. datnensis (Baranov, 1995). | |||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Baliński in Skompski et al. | Szydłówek Beds | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Oleneva in Alekseeva et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gretchishnikova in Alekseeva et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Strusz & Percival | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Halamski & Baliński | Middle Devonian | A member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Uncinulidae. The type species is "Rhynchonella" coronata Kayser (1871). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseeva & Gretchishnikova in Alekseeva et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Strusz & Percival | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Simon & Mottequin | A relative of Leptothyrellopsis , assigned to the new family Jagtithyrididae. Genus includes "Terebratella (Morrisia?)" suessi Bosquet (1859). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wu et al. | A member of Athyridida. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Torres-Martínez, Sour-Tovar & Barragán | Paso Hondo Formation | A brachiopod belonging to the group Productida and the family Productidae. The type species is K. spinosus. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tazawa | A member of the family Rugosochonetidae belonging to the subfamily Svalbardiinae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Strusz & Percival | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Afanasjeva, Jun-Ichi & Yukio | Nabeyama Formation | A member of Chonetida belonging to the family Rugosochonetidae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Torres-Martínez & Sour-Tovar | A member of Productida belonging to the family Linoproductidae. The type species is M. luisae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Baeza-Carratalá, Pérez-Valera & Pérez-Valera | Siles Formation | A brachiopod belonging to the group Terebratellidina and to the superfamily Zeillerioidea. The type species is M. goyi. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Strusz & Percival | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Baranov | Early Devonian | A member of Atrypida. The type species is M. dogdensis. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tazawa & Araki | A member of the family Rugosochonetidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baranov & Blodgett | A member of Terebratulida belonging to the family Stringocephalidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Strusz & Percival | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mergl, Frýda & Kubajko | A member of Acrotretoidea belonging to the family Biernatidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mergl, Frýda & Kubajko | A member of Acrotretoidea belonging to the family Biernatidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mergl | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baranov et al. | A member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Trigonirhynchiidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Afanasjeva in Alekseeva et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tazawa | A member of Spiriferinida belonging to the family Punctospiriferidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseeva & Gretchishnikova in Alekseeva et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Oleneva in Alekseeva et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseeva & Gretchishnikova in Alekseeva et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Afanasjeva in Alekseeva et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Freeman, Miller & Dattilo | Cambrian–Ordovician boundary | A linguliform brachiopod. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseeva & Gretchishnikova in Alekseeva et al. | |||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Alekseeva & Gretchishnikova in Alekseeva et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baliński & Halamski | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseeva & Gretchishnikova in Alekseeva et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gretchishnikova in Alekseeva et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baranov | Early Devonian | A member of Atrypida. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Afanasjeva in Alekseeva et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Halamski & Baliński | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Oleneva in Alekseeva et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mergl | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Oleneva in Alekseeva et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Afanasjeva in Alekseeva et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pakhnevich | A brachiopod belonging to the group Rhynchonellida and the family Trigonirhynchiidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pakhnevich | A brachiopod belonging to the group Rhynchonellida and the family Uncinulidae. The type species is Z. multicostata. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | A member of the family Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | A member of the family Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | A member of the family Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | A member of the family Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | A member of the family Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Carlorosi, Sarmiento & Heredia | Ordovician (Dapingian) | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hu, Qi & Nemyrovska | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hu, Qi & Nemyrovska | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kılıç, Plasencia & Önder | A member of the family Gondolellidae. The type species is G. quadrata. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sanz-López & Blanco-Ferrera | Alba Formation | Belgium | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hogancamp & Barrick | Atrasado Formation | Originally described as a species of Idiognathodus, but subsequently transferred to the genus Heckelina. [90] | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hogancamp & Barrick | Atrasado Formation | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hogancamp & Barrick | Atrasado Formation | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Frederick & Barrick | Carboniferous (early Pennsylvanian) | Ladrones Limestone | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kılıç, Plasencia & Önder | A member of the family Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kılıç, Plasencia & Önder | A member of the family Gondolellidae. | ||||
Gen. et 5 sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Golding & Orchard | Favret Formation | A member of the family Gondolellidae. The type species is M. salomae; | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yuan, Zhang & Shen | Selong Group | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard | A member of the family Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hartenfels & Becker | Devonian (Famennian) | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Maekawa in Maekawa, Komatsu & Koike | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Maekawa in Maekawa, Komatsu & Koike | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Maekawa in Maekawa, Komatsu & Koike | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lu et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lu et al. | |||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Narkiewicz & Königshof | |||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Narkiewicz & Königshof | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lu et al. | |||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Narkiewicz & Königshof | |||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Narkiewicz & Königshof | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sanz-López, Blanco-Ferrera & Miller | Prestatyn Limestone | A member of the family Gnathodontidae. | |||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Hartenfels & Becker | Devonian (Famennian) | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Golding & Orchard in Golding | Permian (Guadalupian to Lopingian) | Copley Limestone | A member of the family Sweetognathidae. The type species is P. monticola; genus also includes P. vigilans. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lee | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Read & Nestell | Riepe Spring Limestone | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Read & Nestell | Riepe Spring Limestone | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Aboussalam & Becker in Brett et al. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Corradini & Corriga | Austria | A member of the family Spathognathodontidae; a new genus for Spathognathodus inclinatus posthamatus Walliser (1964), raised to the rank of the species Walliserognathus posthamatus. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Spindler et al. | Permian (Sakmarian-Artinskian transition) | A member of the family Varanopidae. Genus includes new species A. nestleri. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lucas, Rinehart & Celeskey | Early Permian (early Wolfcampian) | A member of the family Edaphosauridae. The type species is G. kraineri. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kammerer & Masyutin | Kotelnich red beds | A therocephalian. The type species is G. masyutinae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Day et al. | Permian (early Wuchiapingian) | Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone of the Main Karoo Basin | A biarmosuchian belonging to the family Burnetiidae. The type species is L. wewersi. | ||
Gen. et sp. nov | Sulej & Niedźwiedzki | Late Triassic (late Norian-earliest Rhaetian) | A gigantic dicynodont reaching an estimated body mass of 9 tons. The type species is L. bojani. Announced in 2018; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2019. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Spindler et al. | A member of the family Varanopidae. Genus includes new species M. parentis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kammerer & Masyutin | Kotelnich red beds | A gorgonopsian. The type species is N. geminidens. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kammerer | A dicynodont belonging to the family Stahleckeriidae. The type species is P. goggai. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sulej et al. | A non-mammaliaform eucynodont. Genus includes new species P. woznikiensis. Announced in 2018; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pavanatto et al. | Late Triassic (Carnian or Norian [146] ) | Santa Maria Supersequence | A traversodontid cynodont. Genus includes new species S. niemeyerorum. | ||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino & Taylor | A bryozoan belonging to the group Cheilostomata and the family Membraniporidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Koromyslova, Martha & Pakhnevich | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | A bryozoan belonging to the group Flustrina and the family Coscinopleuridae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Koromyslova, Martha & Pakhnevich | A bryozoan belonging to the group Flustrina and the family Coscinopleuridae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Koromyslova, Martha & Pakhnevich | A bryozoan belonging to the group Flustrina and the family Coscinopleuridae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Koromyslova, Martha & Pakhnevich | A bryozoan belonging to the group Flustrina and the family Coscinopleuridae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Koromyslova, Baraboshkin & Martha | A bryozoan. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Taylor, Martha & Gordon | Cretaceous (Cenomanian) to Paleocene (Danian). | A bryozoan belonging to the group Flustrina and the family Onychocellidae. The type species is "Aechmella" falcifera Voigt (1949); genus also includes "Homalostega" anglica Brydone (1909), "Aechmella" bassleri Voigt (1924), "Homalostega" biconvexa Brydone (1909), "Cellepora" hippocrepis Goldfuss (1826), "Aechmella" indefessa Taylor & McKinney (2006), "Aechmella" latistoma Berthelsen (1962), "Aechmella" linearis Voigt (1924), "Aechmella" parvilabris Voigt (1924), "Aechmella" pindborgi Berthelsen (1962), "Semieschara" proteus Brydone (1912), "Monoporella" seriata Levinsen (1925), "Aechmella" stenostoma Voigt (1930), "Reptescharinella" transversa d'Orbigny (1852) and "Aechmella" ventricosa Voigt (1924). | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yang et al. | A stem-arthropod related to Chengjiangocaris . The type species is A. mirabilis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cong et al. | Chengjiang Lagerstätte | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhao, Li & Selden | Early Cambrian | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Suárez Andrés & Wyse Jackson | Moniello Formation | A bryozoan belonging to the group Fenestrata. Genus includes new species A. sotoi. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pérez, López-Gappa & Griffin | Early Miocene | A cheilostome bryozoan belonging to the family Aspidostomatidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pérez, López-Gappa & Griffin | Late Miocene | A cheilostome bryozoan belonging to the family Aspidostomatidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pérez, López-Gappa & Griffin | Early to middle Miocene | A cheilostome bryozoan belonging to the family Aspidostomatidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Taylor & Brezina | A bryozoan belonging to the group Tubuliporina and the family Oncousoeciidae. The type species is A. giselae; genus also includes A. mediorubiensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Wachtler & Ghidoni | A polychaete. The type species is B. kraxentrougeri. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | VandenBerg | Ordovician (late Floian) | A graptolite belonging to the group Sinograptina and the family Sigmagraptidae. The type species is C. communalis. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino & Taylor | A bryozoan belonging to the group Cheilostomata and the family Cleidochasmatidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Koromyslova, Baraboshkin & Martha | A bryozoan. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gámez Vintaned et al. | A tubicolous animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is C. grioensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Malysheva | Late Permian | A sponge. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gutiérrez-Marco & Vinn | A member of Cornulitida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sun et al. | Manto Formation | A member of Hyolitha. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ernst, Krainer & Lucas | A bryozoan belonging to the group Cystoporata. Genus includes new species C. sierraensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Peel & Willman | A member of Hyolitha. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Štorch & Melchin | A graptolite belonging to the family Monograptidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Perejón et al. | Early Cambrian | A member of Archaeocyatha. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vandenberg | A graptolite belonging to the group Dichograptina and the family Pterograptidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Perejón et al. | Early Cambrian | A member of Archaeocyatha. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino, Martha & Taylor | A bryozoan. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Di Martino, Martha & Taylor | A bryozoan; a new genus for "Cribilina" labiatula Canu (1922). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Vaziri, Majidifard & Laflamme | Kushk Series | A vase-shaped organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a poriferan-grade animal. The type species is G. kushkii. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Comniskey & Ghilardi | A member of Tentaculitoidea belonging to the order Homoctenida and the family Homoctenidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Peel & Willman | A member of Hyolitha. Genus includes new species K. myliuserichseni. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Taylor, Martha & Gordon | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) to Campanian). | A bryozoan belonging to the group Flustrina and the family Onychocellidae. The type species is "Eschara" latilabris Reuss (1872); genus also includes "Eschara" acis d'Orbigny (1851), "Onychocella" barbata Martha, Niebuhr & Scholz (2017), "Eschara" cenomana d'Orbigny (1851) and "Eschara" labiata Počta (1892). | |||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Dick, Sakamoto & Komatsu | Cretaceous to Eocene | A cheilostome bryozoan. Genus includes new species K. kashimaensis, as well as "Charixa goshouraensis Dick, Komatsu, Takashima & Ostrovsky (2013) and "Conopeum" stamenocelloides Gordon & Taylor (2015). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wendt | An ascidian belonging to the new order Khmeriamorpha. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wendt | Late Permian, possibly also Carboniferous | An ascidian belonging to the new order Khmeriamorpha. | |||
Sp. nov | Vaziri, Majidifard & Laflamme | Kushk Series | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nanglu & Caron | A polychaete. Genus includes new species K. barbarensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Guo et al. | A member of Radiodonta. Genus includes new species L. chimera. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ou & Mayer | A lobopodian. The type species is L. humboldti. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hara et al. | A bryozoan belonging to the group Cheilostomata and the family Lunulitidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Dick, Sakamoto & Komatsu | Himenoura Group | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Botting, Zhang & Muir | A sponge, possibly a stem-rossellid. The type species is M. hemiglobosa. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pérez, López-Gappa & Griffin | Early Miocene | A cheilostome bryozoan belonging to the family Aspidostomatidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sagular, Yümün & Meriç | Quaternary | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hara et al. | A bryozoan belonging to the group Cheilostomata and the family Microporidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Carrera et al. | A hexactinellid sponge belonging to the family Dictyospongiidae. The type species is M. parvis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sagular, Yümün & Meriç | Quaternary | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Peel & Willman | A member of Hyolitha. Genus includes new species N. hyptiotheciformis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tolokonnikova & Ponomarenko | A bryozoan. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Peel & Willman | A member of Hyolitha. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhao, Li & Selden | Early Cambrian | An animal with single-element spines. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schlögl et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Muir et al. | Agglutinated tubes produced by unknown animal. Announced in 2018; the final version of the article naming it is not published yet. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hara et al. | A bryozoan belonging to the group Cheilostomata and the family Otionellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hara et al. | A bryozoan belonging to the group Cheilostomata and the family Otionellidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sun, Zhao & Zhu in Sun et al. | Yu'anshan Formation | A member of Hyolitha belonging to the group Orthothecida. Genus includes new species P. diania. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino, Martha & Taylor | A bryozoan. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | López-Gappa, Pérez & Griffin | Early Miocene | A bryozoan. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino & Taylor | Early Pleistocene | A bryozoan belonging to the group Cheilostomata and the family Smittinidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Slater, Harvey & Butterfield | Lontova Formation | A member of the total group of Chaetognatha. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | A cycloneuralian tentatively assigned to total-group Scalidophora. Genus includes new species Q. spinosus. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Cong et al. | A member of Radiodonta related to Amplectobelua . Genus includes new species R. platyacantha and R. consimilis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Viskova & Pakhnevich | A bryozoan. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Koromyslova et al. | A bryozoan belonging to the group Flustrina and the family Onychocellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Koromyslova et al. | Late Cretaceous (Turonian and Coniacian) | A bryozoan belonging to the group Flustrina and the family Onychocellidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Koromyslova et al. | A bryozoan belonging to the group Flustrina and the family Onychocellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhen | Late Silurian | A sponge belonging to the class Stromatoporoidea, order Clathrodictyida and the family Anostylostromatidae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Peel | A sponge. The type species is S. bottingi. | ||||
"Serpula" calannai [251] | Sp. nov | Valid | Sanfilippo et al. | ||||
"Serpula" prisca [251] | Sp. nov | Valid | Sanfilippo et al. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yang et al. | A palaeoscolecid. The type species is S. xixiangensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | A cycloneuralian tentatively assigned to total-group Scalidophora. Genus includes new species S. decorus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Peel | A sponge. The type species is S. erecta. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taylor & Di Martino | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian or early Maastrichtian) | Kallankurichchi Formation | A cheilostome bryozoan belonging to the family Onychocellidae. Genus includes new species S. tamilensis. | ||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pates, Daley & Ortega-Hernández | A member of Radiodonta belonging to the group Hurdiidae. The type species is S. hirpex. The original description of the taxon appeared in an online supplement to the article published by Caron et al. (2010), [254] making in invalid until it was validated by Pates, Daley & Ortega-Hernández (2018). [181] [182] | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Comniskey & Ghilardi | A member of Tentaculitoidea belonging to the order Dacryoconarida and the family Styliolinidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Peel & Willman | A selkirkiid stem-priapulid. Genus includes new species S. broenlundi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Peel | A sponge. The type species is T. petalliformis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Peel | An animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement described on the basis of fossil sclerites, possibly representing a stage in paraconodont evolution prior to the development of a basal cavity. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Comniskey & Ghilardi | A member of Tentaculitoidea belonging to the order Tentaculitida and the family Tentaculitidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Comniskey & Ghilardi | A member of Tentaculitoidea belonging to the order Tentaculitida and the family Tentaculitidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Siveter et al. | A relative of Hallucigenia . The type species is T. distos. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Peel & Willman | A member of Hyolitha. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino & Taylor | A bryozoan belonging to the group Cheilostomata and the family Celleporidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Comniskey & Ghilardi | A member of Tentaculitoidea belonging to the order Tentaculitida and the family Uniconidae. | ||||
Gen. et 5 sp. nov | Valid | Wendt | An ascidian belonging to the new order Khmeriamorpha. The type species is Z. cassianum; genus also includes Z. japonicum, Z. pauciplacophorum, Z. pyriforme and Z. polyplacophorum. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pan, Feng & Chang | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Fox et al. | A member of Rotaliida belonging to the family Alabaminidae. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Soldan, Petrizzo & Silva | Dunghan Formation | Cuba | A member of the family Globigerinidae. The type species is "Globigerina" lozanoi Colom (1954); genus also includes "Globigerina" prolata Bolli (1957). | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hjalmarsdottir, Nakrem & Nagy | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hjalmarsdottir, Nakrem & Nagy | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kaminski, Malik & Setoyama | A member of Lituolida belonging to the family Spiroplectamminidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rögl & Briguglio | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rögl & Briguglio | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Premec Fucek, Hernitz Kucenjak & Huber | Cuba | A member of Guembelitrioidea belonging to the family Chiloguembelinidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Premec Fucek, Hernitz Kucenjak & Huber | A member of Guembelitrioidea belonging to the family Chiloguembelinidae. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Olsson & Hemleben in Olsson et al. | Australia | A member of Globigerinoidea belonging to the family Globigerinidae. The type species is "Globigerina" ciperoensis Bolli (1954); genus also includes "Globigerina" anguliofficinalis Blow (1969), "Globigerina ciperoensis" angulisuturalis Bolli (1957) (raised to the rank of the species Ciperoella angulisuturalis) and "Globigerina" fariasi Bermúdez (1961). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mancin & Kaminski | A member of Textulariida. | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Hanagata | A species of Cyclammina ; a replacement name for Cyclammina pseudopusilla Hanagata (2003). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pearson, Wade & Olsson in Wade et al. | Indonesia | A member of Globigerinoidea belonging to the family Globigerinidae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Read & Nestell | Carboniferous (late Pennsylvanian) | Riepe Spring Limestone | A member of Fusulinida belonging to the family Schubertellidae. Genus includes new species D. sprucensis. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Consorti & Rashidi | A member of the group Rotaliida belonging to the family Rotaliidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hemleben & Olsson in Spezzaferri et al. | A species of Globigerina. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Spezzaferri & Coxall in Spezzaferri et al. | A member of Globigerinoidea belonging to the family Globigerinidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Spezzaferri in Spezzaferri, Olsson & Hemleben | Caribbean Sea | A species of Globigerinoides . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Spezzaferri in Spezzaferri, Olsson & Hemleben | North-western Pacific Ocean | A species of Globigerinoides . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Crundwell | Early Pliocene | Southwest Pacific Ocean | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Spezzaferri & Coxall | A member of Globigerinoidea belonging to the family Globigerinidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Spezzaferri & Coxall in Spezzaferri et al. | Belgium | A member of Globigerinoidea belonging to the family Globigerinidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Olsson & Hemleben in Spezzaferri et al. | A member of Globigerinoidea belonging to the family Globigerinidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Olsson & Hemleben in Spezzaferri et al. | Australia | A member of Globigerinoidea belonging to the family Globigerinidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hjalmarsdottir, Nakrem & Nagy | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | McNeil & Neville | Early Eocene | A member of the order Astrorhizida and the suborder Hemisphaeramminineae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rigaud, Schlagintweit & Bucur | Early Cretaceous (Barremian–early Aptian) | Austria | A member of the group Spirillinida belonging to the family Spirillinidae. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hjalmarsdottir, Nakrem & Nagy | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fox et al. | A member of the group Nodosariacea belonging to the family Vaginulinidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bucur & Schlagintweit | A member of Loftusiida belonging to the family Pfenderinidae. The type species is "Meyendorffina (Paracoskinolina)" jourdanensis Foury & Moullade (1966). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schlagintweit & Rashidi | Genus includes new species N. maastrichtiana. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Giusberti, Kaminski & Mancin | A member of Lituolida belonging to the family Ammobaculinidae. The type species is N. sudalpina. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rigaud, Schlagintweit & Bucur | Early Cretaceous (Barremian–early Aptian) | A member of the group Spirillinida belonging to the family Spirillinidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fox et al. | Central North Sea basin | A member of the group Rotaliida belonging to the family Nonionidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Al Menoufy & Boukhary | A nummulite. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Al Menoufy & Boukhary | A nummulite. | ||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Al Nuaimy | |||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Al Nuaimy | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Consorti, Schlagintweit & Rashidi | A member of the family Elphidiellidae; a new genus for "Elphidiella" multiscissurata Smout (1955). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rögl & Briguglio | Genus includes new species P. pilleri. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rögl & Briguglio | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Consorti in Consorti et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian) | A member of the superfamily Soritoidea and the family Praerhapydioninidae. Genus includes new species P. oyonensis. | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Coxall & Spezzaferri in Spezzaferri et al. | Austria | A member of Globigerinoidea belonging to the family Globigerinidae. The type species is "Clavigerinella" nazcaensis Quilty (1976); genus also includes "Hastigerinella" clavacella Rögl (1969). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sirel & Deveciler | Early Eocene | A member of the group Rotaliida belonging to the family Nummulitidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hjalmarsdottir, Nakrem & Nagy | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Villa in Villa, Merino-Tomé & Martín Llaneza | La Nueva Limestone | A member of Fusulinida. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Smart & Thomas | A member of Bolivinoidea belonging to the family Bolivinidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Olsson, Pearson & Wade in Wade et al. | Tanzania | A member of Globigerinoidea belonging to the family Globigerinidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hjalmarsdottir, Nakrem & Nagy | A species of Textularia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Spezzaferri in Spezzaferri, Olsson & Hemleben | South Pacific Ocean | A member of Globigerinoidea belonging to the family Globigerinidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Glinskikh & Nikitenko | Middle Jurassic (late Bajocian-early Bathonian) | A member of the family Trochamminidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fox et al. | Middle Miocene | Netherlands | A member of the group Rotaliida belonging to the family Uvigerinidae. | ||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Bragina & Bragin | A radiolarian belonging to the family Pseudoaulophacidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Noetinger, di Pasquo & Starck | A chitinozoan. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Pang et al. | A member of Cyanobacteria; a new genus for "Omalophyma" magna Steiner (1994). | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Droser et al. | Rawnsley Quartzite | An organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, described on the basis of a well-defined irregular oval to circular fossil. Genus includes new species A. janeae. Announced in 2018; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Paillès et al. | A diatom. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Paillès et al. | A diatom. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lian et al. | A possible planktonic alga of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species D. rara. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lian et al. | A macroalga of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Falahatgar, Vachard & Sarfi | An alga of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Peel | Ekspedition Bræ Formation | A member of Cyanobacteria belonging to the family Cyanophyceae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Peel | Ekspedition Bræ Formation | A member of Cyanobacteria belonging to the family Cyanophyceae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Noetinger, di Pasquo & Starck | An acritarch. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kenchington, Dunn & Wilby | A rangeomorph. The type species is H. fordi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Loron & Moczydłowska | A unicellular microorganism of algal affinities. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Slater, Harvey & Butterfield | Lontova Formation | A large ornamented acritarch of unresolved biological affinity, probably an ontogenetically and metabolically active eukaryotic organism rather than a dormant protistan cyst. Genus includes new species L. grandis. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Siver | Middle Eocene | Giraffe Pipe locality | A synurid, a species of Mallomonas . | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Siver | Middle Eocene | Giraffe Pipe locality | A synurid, a species of Mallomonas . | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Siver | Middle Eocene | Giraffe Pipe locality | A synurid, a species of Mallomonas . | ||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | McLean et al. | Carboniferous (Mississippian) to Late Permian or Early Triassic | An organic-walled microfossil of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species M. desiccata. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Dzaugis et al. | Rawnsley Quartzite | A torus-shaped organism, similar in gross morphology to some poriferans and benthic cnidarians. Genus includes new species O. coronatus. Announced in 2018; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Peel | Ekspedition Bræ Formation | A member of the family Epiphytaceae (a group of organisms of uncertain phylogenetic placement). Genus includes new species O. freucheni. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Riedman, Porter & Calver | Black River Dolomite | A vase-shaped microfossil. Genus includes new species P. kabin. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Prasad et al. | A dinoflagellate belonging to the family Peridiniaceae. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Bragina & Bragin | A radiolarian belonging to the family Pseudoaulophacidae. Genus includes new species P. parekklisiense and P. inflatum. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bragina & Bragin | A radiolarian belonging to the family Pseudoaulophacidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Slater, Harvey & Butterfield | Lontova Formation | A sheet-like or funnel-shaped organism of unresolved biological affinity. Genus includes new species R. balticus. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lian et al. | A macroalga of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species R. longa. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kolosov & Sofroneeva | A tubiform organic-walled segmented microfossil, resembling Saarina juliae but smaller by one–two orders of magnitude. Genus includes new species S. infundibularis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lian et al. | A macroalga of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species S. ramosa. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Vorob'eva & Sergeev | A large acanthomorph acritarch. Genus includes new species S. ampla. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yin et al. | An acritarch. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Edwards et al. | Downton Castle Sandstone Formation | A nematophyte belonging to the family Nematothallaceae. Genus includes new species T. ludfordensis. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yang & Qin in Yang et al. | An alga. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yang & Qin in Yang et al. | An alga. | ||||
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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.
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.
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 2024.
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