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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 | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | McCartney et al. | A snake belonging to the family Nigerophiidae. The type species is A. sanogoi. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Albino | Early Eocene | A macrostomatan snake. Genus includes new species A. scagliai. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Klembara & Rummel | Early Miocene | A slow worm. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Daza et al. | Probable member of Anguimorpha of uncertain phylogentic placement. The type species is B. winhtini. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vullo & Rage | A polyglyphanodontid lizard | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bochaton & Bailon | Late Pleistocene |
| A species of Boa . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Quadros, Chafrat & Zaher | Early Miocene | A teiid lizard, a species of Callopistes . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Čerňanský, Daza & Bauer | A relative of the European leaf-toed gecko. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Paparella et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian–early Maastrichtian) | A member of the family Dolichosauridae. The type species is P. manduriensis. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Sullivan & Dong | Middle Eocene (Sharamurunian) | An anguid lizard belonging to the subfamily Glyptosaurinae. The type species is "Helodermoides" mongoliensis Sullivan (1979). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Alifanov | Late Paleocene | A platynotan lizard belonging to the family Parasaniwidae. The type species is T. nemegetensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jiménez-Huidobro et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | A mosasaur | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Xing et al. | A snake described on the basis of a fossilized embryo or neonate. The type species is X. myanmarensis. | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sachs & Kear | An early relative of pliosaurids. The type species is A. schuberti. | ![]() | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | De Miguel Chaves, Ortega & Pérez-García | A relative of Simosaurus . Genus includes new species P. multidentatus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | De Miguel Chaves, Ortega & Pérez-García | A placodont related to Henodus . Genus includes new species P. atancensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | O'Gorman, Gasparini & Spalletti | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Páramo-Fonseca, Benavides-Cabra & Gutiérrez | A pliosaurid belonging to the subfamily Brachaucheninae. The type species is S. vitae. | ![]() | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Godinot et al. | A member of the family Carettochelyidae. | |||||
Barnesia [123] | Gen. et comb. nov | Junior homonym | Karl | Eocene (Lutetian) | A tortoise; a new genus for "Testudo" eocaenica Hummel (1935). The generic name is preoccupied by Barnesia Bertoni (1901) and Barnesia Thalmann (1994). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mallon & Brinkman | Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian) | A member of Cryptodira belonging to the family Nanhsiungchelyidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Karl | Eocene | A member of the family Geoemydidae. | ||||
Borkenia philippeni [123] | Sp. nov | Valid | Karl | Eocene (Lutetian) | Eckfelder Maar | A member of the family Geoemydidae. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Albury et al. | Probably Late Quaternary | A species of Chelonoidis . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lapparent de Broin et al. | Eocene (Priabonian) | A member of the family Cheloniidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Karl | Eocene (Lutetian) | Eckfelder Maar | A tortoise. The type species is E. eiflaensis. | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Karl | Eocene (Lutetian) | A tortoise; a new genus for "Cheirogaster" steinbacheri Karl (1996). | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Pérez-García | A member of Bothremydidae; a new genus for "Tretosternum" ambiguum Gaudry (1890). | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | De Lapparent de Broin in Godinot et al. | A member of the family Carettochelyidae. Genus includes new species E. labarrerei. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Joyce, Lyson & Sertich | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Shao et al. | A member of the family Sinemydidae. The type species is J. lingyuanensis. | ![]() | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vlachos et al. | A species of Mauremys . | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Pérez-García | A member of Bothremydidae; a new genus for "Podocnemis" olssoni Schmidt (1931). | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Szczygielski, Tyborowski & Błażejowski | A member of Pancryptodira. The type species is O. borsukbialynickae. | ![]() | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gentry et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | Lower Ripley Formation | A member of Pancheloniidae. | ![]() | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ji & Chen | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jasinski | Late Hemphillian | A species of Trachemys . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ferreira et al. | A member of Pleurodira related to Peiropemys . Genus includes new species Y. montealtensis. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Keeble, Whiteside & Benton | A small rhynchocephalian known from Rhaetian fissure fill deposits. | ![]() | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pritchard et al. | A reptile of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a rhynchosaur [162] or a rhynchocephalian. [163] The type species is C. noviportensis. | ![]() | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Bever | Late Permian | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | ![]() | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Herrera-Flores et al. | A rhynchocephalian belonging to the group Opisthodontia; a new genus for "Clevosaurus" latidens Fraser (1993). | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schoch & Sues | A member of Lepidosauromorpha, probably a relative of Marmoretta oxoniensis. Genus includes new species F. rozynekae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Modesto, Scott & Reisz | Early Permian | Richards Spur locality | A member of the family Captorhinidae. Genus includes new species L. richardi. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tsuji | A member of the family Procolophonidae. The type species is M. nadra. | |||||
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