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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. | |||||
Arthropterygius is a widespread genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur which existed in Canada, Norway, Russia, and Argentina from the late Jurassic period and possibly to the earliest Cretaceous.
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.
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