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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 2019.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Pound et al. | A fungus, a species of Chaetosphaeria . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Khan, Bera & Bera | Late Pliocene to early Pleistocene | A fungus belonging to the family Meliolaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bera, Khan & Bera | Pliocene | A fungus belonging to the family Meliolaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Vega | Burdigalian | A fungus, a species of Ophiocordyceps . Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Loron et al. | Mesoproterozoic – Neoproterozoic transition | A process-bearing multicellular eukaryotic microorganism. Argued to be an early fungus by Loron et al. (2019). [7] Genus includes new species O. giraldae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ordovician (Darriwilian) | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vishnu, Khan & Bera in Vishnu et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vishnu, Khan & Bera in Vishnu et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Vega | Priabonian | A fungus belonging to the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Vega | A kickxellomycotine trichomycete in the new order Priscadvenales. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Retallack | Ordovician (Darriwilian) | Lenoir Formation | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pound et al. | A fungus belonging to the group Ascomycota. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pound et al. | A fungus belonging to the group Ascomycota. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Sánchez-Beristain, García-Barrera & Moreno-Bedmar | Early Cretaceous (late Hauterivian to early Barremian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Carrera & Sumrall | A member of the family Streptosolenidae. | |||||
Gen. et comb. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Botting et al. | A member of Protomonaxonida belonging to the family Piraniidae. The type species is "Pirania" auraeum Botting (2007); genus also includes new species A. pinwyddeni, A. pykitia and A. sciurucauda. | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Botting et al. | A member of Protomonaxonida belonging to the family Piraniidae. The type species is C. canna; genus also includes new species C. vermiformis', as well as "Pirania" llanfawrensis Botting (2004). | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nadhira et al. | A sponge, possibly a calcareous sponge. The type species is C. pedicula. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Świerczewska-Gładysz, Jurkowska & Niedźwiedzki | Late Cretaceous (late Turonian) | Opole Basin | A hexactinellid sponge belonging to the family Callodictyonidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Świerczewska-Gładysz, Jurkowska & Niedźwiedzki | Late Cretaceous (late Turonian and early Coniacian) | Opole Basin | A hexactinellid sponge belonging to the family Rossellidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jeon et al. | Ordovician (Floian to Darriwilian) | A member of Stromatoporoidea. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Botting et al. | A hexactinellid sponge. Genus includes new species E. carlinslowpensis. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | A sponge. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | A leptomitid sponge. Genus includes new species J. obconica. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | McSweeney, Buckeridge & Kelly | Early Miocene | Batesford Limestone | A calcareous sponge belonging to the family Minchinellidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Świerczewska-Gładysz, Jurkowska & Niedźwiedzki | Late Cretaceous (late Turonian) | Opole Basin | A demosponge belonging to the family Pachastrellidae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Latest Ordovician | A rossellid hexactinellid sponge. Genus includes new species P. sinensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Botting et al. | A member of Protomonaxonida belonging to the family Piraniidae. The type species is P. gloria. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Botting et al. | A member of Protomonaxonida belonging to the family Piraniidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Botting et al. | A member of Protomonaxonida belonging to the family Piraniidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Botting et al. | A sponge belonging to the group Protomonaxonida and to the family Leptomitidae. Genus includes new species P. advenus. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Carrera & Sumrall | A member of the family Anthaspidellidae. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Bizzarini | A sponge; a new genus for "Stellispongia" subsphaerica Dieci, Antonacci & Zardini (1970). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mouro et al. | Mecca Quarry Shale | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tang & Xiao in Tang et al. | A sponge of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is V. sinensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Luo, Zhao & Zeng | A vauxiid sponge. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Kora, Herbig & El Desouky | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Budd & Klaus in Budd et al. | Bowden Formation | A coral belonging to the subfamily Mussinae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Niko, Ibaraki & Tazawa | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kora, Herbig & El Desouky | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kora, Herbig & El Desouky | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liao & Liang | A rugose coral. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cairns | A member of the family Stylasteridae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cairns | A member of the family Stylasteridae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cairns | A member of the family Stylasteridae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cairns | A member of the family Stylasteridae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liao & Liang | Devonian (Givetian) | Wenglai Formation | A rugose coral. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Coen-Aubert | Mont d'Haurs Formation | A rugose coral belonging to the family Cystiphyllidae. Originally described as a species of Cystiphylloides , but subsequently made the type species of the separate genus Marennophyllum. [51] | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Pedder | Canada | A coral. The type species is D. latisubex; genus also includes new species D. pedderi, [53] "Combophyllum" multiradiatum Meek (1868), "Glossophyllum" discoideum Soshkina (1936) and possibly also "Hadrophyllum" wellingtonense Packham (1954) and "Glossophyllum" clebroseptatum Kravtsov (1975). | ||||
Gen. et 6 sp. nov | Valid | Fedorowski & Ohar | A rugose coral belonging to the family Kumpanophyllidae. The type species is D. multiplexa; genus also includes D. similis, D. recessia, D. composita, D. extrema and D. nana. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cairns | A member of the family Stylasteridae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | A rugose coral. Genus includes new species G. crassiseptatum. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fedorowski, Bamber & Richards | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Aulophyllidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Boivin, Vasseur & Lathuilière in Boivin et al. | An anthozoan, possibly a member of Hexanthiniaria. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Budd & Klaus in Budd et al. | Late Miocene–early Pleistocene | Cercado Formation | A species of Isophyllia . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Budd & Klaus in Budd et al. | Late Miocene–early Pleistocene | Cercado Formation | A species of Isophyllia . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fedorowski | A rugose coral belonging to the family Kumpanophyllidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fedorowski | A rugose coral belonging to the family Kumpanophyllidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fedorowski | A rugose coral belonging to the family Kumpanophyllidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fedorowski | A rugose coral belonging to the family Kumpanophyllidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cairns | A member of the family Stylasteridae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fedorowski, Bamber & Richards | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Lithostrotionidae. | |||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Vasseur et al. | A stony coral belonging to the group Caryophylliina and the superfamily Volzeioidea; a replacement name for Mesophyllum Beauvais (1986). | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Guo et al. | An olivooid medusozoan. Genus includes new species O. elongatus. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Quiroz-Barroso, Sour-Tovar & Quiroz-Barragán | Las Delicias Formation | A member of Conulariida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Quiroz-Barroso, Sour-Tovar & Quiroz-Barragán | Las Delicias Formation | A member of Conulariida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cairns | A member of the family Stylasteridae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cairns | A member of the family Stylasteridae. | |||||
Sp. nov | In press | Plusquellec | A tabulate coral belonging to the group Favositida and the family Micheliniidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Budd & Klaus in Budd et al. | Late Pliocene | A species of Scolymia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Budd & Klaus in Budd et al. | Late Pliocene | A species of Scolymia . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Guo et al. | A hexangulaconulariid. Genus includes new species S. yanjiaheensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Niko & Fujikawa | Zomeki Limestone | A tabulate coral. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Löser | A stony coral belonging to the group Astrocoeniina. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cairns | A species of Stylaster . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cairns | A species of Stylaster. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cairns | A species of Stylaster. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Coen-Aubert | Mont d'Haurs Formation | A rugose coral belonging to the family Phillipsastreidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Niko | Middle Devonian | A tabulate coral belonging to the order Favositida and the family Pachyporidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Budd & Klaus in Budd et al. | Cercado Formation | A relative of the open brain coral. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Sonar & Badve | Quilon Beds | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | López-Gappa & Pérez | Chenque Formation | A cheilostome bryozoan belonging to the family Chaperiidae. Genus includes new species A. spinettai. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rosso & Sciuto | Early Pleistocene (Gelasian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martha et al. | A putative cerioporine cyclostome. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino & Taylor in Di Martino et al. | A species of Characodoma . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martha, Taylor & Rader | A member of Cheilostomata. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martha, Taylor & Rader | A member of Cheilostomata. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martha, Taylor & Rader | A member of Cheilostomata. | |||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Hernández | Devonian | A rhabdomesid bryozoan; a replacement name for Salairella Mesentseva (2015). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yancey et al. | North America | A member of Cystoporata. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pedramara et al. | Qom Formation | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ernst, Brett & Wilson | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martha, Taylor & Rader | A member of Cyclostomatida. | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Martha, Taylor & Rader | A member of Cheilostomata. Genus includes new species I. ikaanakiteeh and I. chiass. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino & Taylor in Di Martino et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ernst, Brett & Wilson | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tolokonnikova & Pakhnevich | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martha, Taylor & Rader | A member of Cyclostomatida. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino, Taylor & Portell | A species of Micropora . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino, Taylor & Portell | A member of Ascophora belonging to the family Microporellidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino, Taylor & Portell | A member of Ascophora belonging to the family Microporellidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ernst, Brett & Wilson | A rhabdomesine cryptostome bryozoan. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martha, Taylor & Rader | A member of Cyclostomatida. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Carrera et al. | Cerro El Árbol Formation | A member of Cryptostomata belonging to the group Rhabdomesina and to the family Nikiforovellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino, Taylor & Portell | A member of Ascophora belonging to the family Celleporidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino & Taylor | Early Miocene | Forest Hill Limestone | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino & Taylor | Early Miocene | Forest Hill Limestone | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Koromyslova, Martha & Pakhnevich | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | A cheilostome bryozoan belonging to the superfamily Lepralielloidea. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Swami et al. | A member of Cryptostomata. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martha, Taylor & Rader | A member of Cyclostomatida. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martha, Taylor & Rader | A member of Cheilostomata. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martha, Taylor & Rader | A member of Ctenostomatida. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sonar & Badve | Quilon Beds | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino, Taylor & Portell | A member of Ascophora belonging to the family Cribrilinidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino & Taylor in Di Martino et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sonar & Badve | Quilon Beds | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Koromyslova, Pakhnevich & Fedorov | A cheilostome bryozoan. Genus includes new species T. levinae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Di Martino, Taylor & Portell | A member of Ascophora belonging to the family Trypostegidae. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Koromyslova, Martha & Pakhnevich | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | A cheilostome bryozoan belonging to the superfamily Lepralielloidea. The type species is "Porina" anplievae Favorskaya (1992). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sonar & Badve | Quilon Beds | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Ausich & Zamora | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Saccocomidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thompson & Mirantsev in Thompson et al. | A sea urchin. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thuy, Gale & Numberger-Thuy | A brittle star belonging to the family Amphilimnidae. The type species is A. rammsteinensis. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Guensburg et al. | A crinoid belonging to the group Disparida. The type species is A. broweri. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ausich & Cournoyer | Ordovician-Silurian boundary | A crinoid. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | McDermott & Paul | Late Ordovician | An aristocystitid diploporite. Genus includes new species B. dichotomus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ausich & Cournoyer | Ordovician-Silurian boundary | A crinoid. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Roux, Eléaume & Améziane | Late Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) and Paleocene (Danian) | A crinoid. The type species is "Apiocrinus" constrictus von Hagenow in Quenstedt (1876); genus also includes "Bourgueticrinus" baculatus Klikushin (1982) and "Bourgueticrinus" danicus Brünnich Nielsen (1913). | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Roveacrinidae. The type species is C. asymmetricus; genus also includes C. serratus. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Blake & Nestell | A brittle star. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Roux, Eléaume & Améziane | A crinoid. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Saccocomidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Saccocomidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Saccocomidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Saccocomidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Saccocomidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ausich & Zamora | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wright, Cole & Ausich | Brechin Lagerstätte | |||||
Gen. et 4 sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Roveacrinidae. The type species is D. dentatus; genus also includes D. minutus, D. compactus and D. hoyezi. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Roveacrinidae. Originally described as a species of Drepanocrinus , but subsequently transferred to the genus Striacrinus. [114] | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Roveacrinidae. Originally described as a species of Drepanocrinus, but subsequently transferred to the genus Striacrinus. [114] | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Buitrón-Sánchez et al. | Coatzintla formation | A sea urchin belonging to the family Echinolampadidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Zamora et al. | Late Ordovician | A rhombiferan blastozoan. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it is not published yet. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thompson et al. | Permian-Triassic boundary (latest Changhsingian–early Induan) | A sea urchin belonging to the group Cidaroida and to the family Miocidaridae. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Gale | Cretaceous (Albian and Cenomanian) | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Roveacrinidae. The type species is "Roveacrinus" euglypheus Peck (1943); genus also includes "R." pyramidalis Peck (1943). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ausich, Wilson & Toom | A eucladid crinoid. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Blake, Gahn & Guensburg | A member of Asterozoa of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species F. anquiroisitus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Reid et al. | Early Devonian | A brittle star belonging to the family Protasteridae. The type species is G. tempestatis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Donovan & Doyle | Clare Shale Formation | A crinoid. Genus includes new species Heloambocolumnus (col.) harperi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Roveacrinidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Roveacrinidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | Late Cretaceous (Turonian and Coniacan) | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Roveacrinidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | In press | Zamora et al. | Late Ordovician | A rhombiferan blastozoan. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it is not published yet. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thompson & Ewin | A sea urchin. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ausich & Cournoyer | Ordovician-Silurian boundary | A crinoid. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ausich, Wilson & Tinn | ||||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Wright, Cole & Ausich | Brechin Lagerstätte | A crinoid belonging to the group Cladida. Genus includes new species K. brechinensis and K. josephi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ausich & Cournoyer | Ordovician-Silurian boundary | A crinoid. Genus includes new species L. saintlaurenti. | ||||
Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Žítt et al. | Bohemian-Saxonian Cretaceous Basin | Czech Republic | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida. Genus includes new species L. canaliculatus, L. incisurus and L. ultimus. [105] | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Roveacrinidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mirantsev | A crinoid belonging to the family Poteriocrinidae. Genus includes new species M. domodedovoensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sadler, Holmes & Gallagher | A sand dollar. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sadler, Holmes & Gallagher | A sand dollar. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Müller & Hahn | Early Devonian | A member of Echinozoa belonging to the group Cyclocystoidea. The type species is M. eichelei. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ausich, Wilson & Toom | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Roveacrinidae. | |||||
Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Roux, Eléaume & Améziane | A crinoid. The type species is "Eugeniacrinus" pyriformis Münster in Goldfuss (1826); genus also includes "Conocrinus" cazioti Valette (1924), "Conocrinus" handiaensis Roux (1978) and "Conocrinus" romanensis Roux & Plaziat (1978), as well as a new species P. pellati. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ewin et al. | A member of Echinozoa belonging to the group Cyclocystoidea. The type species is P. nathalieae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ausich & Zamora | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ausich & Cournoyer | Ordovician-Silurian boundary | A crinoid. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ausich & Cournoyer | Ordovician-Silurian boundary | A crinoid. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forner | Margas del Forcall Formation | A sea urchin belonging to the family Toxasteridae. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Roux, Eléaume & Améziane | A crinoid. The type species is "Conocrinus" doncieuxi Roux (1978); genus also includes "Democrinus" maximus Brünnich Nielsen (1915) and "Conocrinus" tauricus Klikushin (1982). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ewin et al. | A member of Edrioasteroidea. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Roveacrinidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Roveacrinidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Roveacrinidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Roveacrinidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ausich, Wilson & Toom | A eucladid crinoid. Genus includes new species R. isakarae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Saccocomidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Saccocomidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Thuy et al. | A brittle star. Genus includes new species S. brayardi. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wright, Cole & Ausich | Brechin Lagerstätte | A crinoid belonging to the group Cladida. Genus includes new species S. mahalaki. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rahman et al. | Coalbrookdale Formation | A member of Ophiocistioidea belonging to the family Sollasinidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Roveacrinidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Roveacrinidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gale | A crinoid belonging to the group Roveacrinida and the family Roveacrinidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ausich, Wilson & Tinn | A disparid crinoid. Genus includes new species T. kalanaensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ausich & Cournoyer | Ordovician-Silurian boundary | A crinoid. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wen et al. | A member of Edrioasteroidea belonging to the family Totiglobidae. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Lane et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Voldman & Toyos | Casaio Formation | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Savage | Late Devonian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Savage | Late Devonian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jiang et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Plotitsyn & Gatovsky | ||||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Ovnatanova et al. | Sortomael' Formation | A replacement name Polygnathus mawsonae Ovnatanova et al. (2017). | ||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Savage | Late Devonian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Plotitsyn & Gatovsky | ||||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Zhen | Ordovician (Darriwilian and Sandbian) | Canning Basin | A new genus for "Phragmodus" polystrophos Watson, "Phragmodus" spicatus Watson and "Phragmodus" cognitus Stauffer. | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Kiliç & Hirsch | Early Triassic | A member of the family Gondolellidae. The type species is "Neogondolella" composita Dagys (1984); genus also includes "Neogondolella" griesbachensis Orchard (2007), "Neogondolella" mongeri Orchard (2007); Siberigondolella altera (Klets), S. siberica (Dagys) and S. jakutensis (Dagys). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Corradini et al. | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | A member of the family Caseidae. The type species is A. simplex. | ||||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Spindler, Voigt & Fischer | Slaný Formation | A member of the family Edaphosauridae; a new genus for "Naosaurus" mirabilis Fritsch (1895). Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Spindler, Werneburg & Schneider | A member of Varanopidae belonging to the subfamily Mesenosaurinae. The type species is C. trostheidei. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Olivier et al. | Most likely Early Triassic | Luang Prabang Basin | A Dicynodon -grade dicynodont. Genus includes new species C. superoculis. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Maddin, Mann & Hebert | A member of Varanopidae. Genus includes new species D. unamakiensis. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it is scheduled to be published in 2020. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kammerer | Late Permian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Suchkova & Golubev | Middle Permian | A therocephalian belonging to the family Lycosuchidae. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Spindler | An early member of Sphenacodontia; a new genus for "Haptodus" grandis. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Abdala | Late Permian | A therocephalian belonging to the family Akidnognathidae. The Type species is J. jiai. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Suchkova & Golubev | Middle Permian | A therocephalian belonging to the family Scylacosauridae. Genus includes new species J. crudelis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Angielczyk, Benoit & Rubidge | Late Permian | Madumabisa Mudstone Formation | A dicynodont belonging to the family Cistecephalidae. Genus includes new species K. kitchingi. | |||
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. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Maho, Gee & Reisz | Early Permian | A member of Varanopidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wallace, Martínez & Rowe | A probainognathian cynodont closely related to tritylodontids. The type species is P. argentinus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Spindler, Voigt & Fischer | Carboniferous–Permian transition | A member of the family Edaphosauridae. Genus includes new species R. robustus. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Olivier et al. | Most likely Early Triassic | Luang Prabang Basin | A kannemeyeriiform dicynodont. Genus includes new species R. robustus. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kammerer | A late-surviving small dicynodont of the family Kingoriidae. Genus includes the new species T. imperforatus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kammerer et al. | Probably Middle Triassic | A stahleckeriid dicynodont. Genus includes new species U. mukanelai. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Abdala et al. | A cynodont closely related to the group Eucynodontia. Genus includes the new species V. elikhulu. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Han, Conway Morris & Shu in Han et al. | A polychaete. The type species is A. sinensis. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Valent, Fatka & Marek | A member of Hyolitha. The type species is A. romeo. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Chen et al. | Late Ordovician | A graptolite. Genus includes A. ensiformis (Mu & Zhang in Mu et al., 1963). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pates et al. | A member of Radiodonta. Originally described as a species of Anomalocaris , but transferred to the genus Houcaris in 2021. [226] | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Moore in Moore et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Moore in Moore et al. | A chancelloriid sclerite. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Moore in Moore et al. | A chancelloriid sclerite. | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Cardia et al. | An ascaridoid nematode described on the basis of fossil eggs preserved in crocodyliform coprolites. Genus includes new species B. cretacicus and B. adamantinensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wei, Zong & Gong | Early Devonian | A member of Tentaculitida. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Geyer, Valent & Meier | A member of Hyolitha. Genus includes new species C. diploprosopus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Moysiuk & Caron | A radiodont belonging to the family Hurdiidae. Genus includes new species C. falcatus. | |||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Ivantsov et al. | A member of Proarticulata; a replacement name for Onega Fedonkin (1976). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yun et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Moore in Moore et al. | A chancelloriid sclerite. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Moore in Moore et al. | A chancelloriid sclerite. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vinn, Musabelliu & Zatoń | Late Devonian | Central Devonian Field | A member of Cornulitida. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Selly et al. | A cloudinid. Genus includes new species C. bibendi. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Earp | Early Devonian | A member of Hyolitha. Genus includes new species C. schleigeri. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sun et al. | Early Cambrian | Yu'anshan Formation | A member of Hyolitha. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Shao et al. | An animal which might be a stem-lineage derivative of Scalidophora. Genus includes new species D. kuanchuanpuensis. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhao et al. | A member of the total group of Ctenophora. The type species is D. sanqiong. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Betts in Betts et al. | Early Cambrian | A tommotiid belonging to the family Kennardiidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Muir et al. | Agglutinated tubes most likely produced by a polychaete. Genus includes new species E. anileis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kozłowska et al. | A graptolite. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kozłowska et al. | A graptolite. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kozłowska et al. | A graptolite. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kozłowska et al. | A graptolite. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Geyer, Valent & Meier | A member of Hyolitha. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | VandenBerg | A graptolite belonging to the group Dichograptina and the family Pterograptidae. The type species is "Didymograptus" eocaduceus Harris (1933). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Malinky & Geyer | A member of Hyolitha. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Currie | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A nematode belonging to the family Mermithidae. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming was published in 2020. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Han, Conway Morris & Shu in Han et al. | A polychaete. The type species is I. avitus. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wei, Zong & Gong | Early Devonian | A member of Tentaculitida. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Smith | Whetstone Gulf Formation | A relative of Nectocaris ; an animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a stem-cephalopod. The type species is N. rusmithi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Štorch, Roqué Bernal & Gutiérrez-Marco | A graptolite. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Štorch, Roqué Bernal & Gutiérrez-Marco | A graptolite. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wei, Zong & Gong | Early Devonian | A member of Tentaculitida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wei, Zong & Gong | Early Devonian | A member of Tentaculitida. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pan et al. | Early Cambrian | A member of Hyolitha. Genus includes new species P. shangwanensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pan et al. | Early Cambrian | A member of Hyolitha. Genus includes new species P. triplicensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Selly et al. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | A member of Vetulicolia. The type species is S. yunnanense. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Nelson | A small invertebrate of uncertain phylogenetic placement, sharing characters with both tardigrades and mites, but belonging to neither group. The type species is S. dominicana. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wei, Zong & Gong | Early Devonian | A member of Tentaculitida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pan et al. | Early Cambrian | A member of Hyolitha. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Pates, Daley & Butterfield | A radiodont belonging to the family Hurdiidae. The type species is U. grallae. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wei, Zong & Gong | Early Devonian | A member of Tentaculitida. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chen et al. | Late Ediacaran | An early bilaterian, possibly related to panarthropods or annelids. Genus includes new species Y. spiciformis. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Kobayashi in Kobayashi & Furutani | Permian (late Cisuralian) | A member of Fusulinida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gennari and Rettori in Powell et al. | Early and Middle Triassic | Ma'in Formation | A species of Ammodiscus . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schlagintweit, Bucur & Sudar | Genus includes new species B. serbiacus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Robles-Salcedo et al. | A member of the family Siderolitidae. Genus includes new species C. iapygia. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Middle Permian | A member of the family Schwagerinidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kobayashi in Kobayashi & Furutani | Permian (late Cisuralian) | A member of Fusulinida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Villalonga et al. | Terradets Limestone | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gennari & Rettori | Permian (Wordian to Capitanian) | A member of the family Globivalvulinidae. Genus includes new species G. angulata. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Septfontaine, Schlagintweit & Rashidi | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) and Paleocene (Danian) | The type species is P. elongata; genus also includes P. acuta. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schlagintweit, Septfontaine & Rashidi | A member of the family Pfenderinidae. Genus includes new species P. subglobosa. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schlagintweit & Rashidi | Genus includes new species S. chahtorshiana. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wilson & Kaminski in Wilson et al. | Cenozoic | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schlagintweit & Rashidi | ||||||
Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Boukhary & El Naby | A member of the family Nummulitidae. The type species is "Operculina (Nummulitoides)" azilensis Tambareau (1966); genus also includes new species T. russeiesensis. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Teichert, Woelkerling & Munnecke | A coralline alga. Genus includes new species A. fluegelii. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lee et al. | Late Ordovician | A coral-like organism. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Krings & Kerp | Early Devonian | A unicellular organism with possible affinities to the Glaucophyta or Chlorophyta. Genus includes new species A. oblongum. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ye et al. | A macroalga. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Tang & Xiao in Tang et al. | Early Cambrian | An organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally classified as an animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a sponge or a bivalved arthropod; Slater & Budd (2019) contested its animal affinity, and considered its fossil material to be more likely collapsed hollow organic spheroidal acritarchs belonging to the genus Leiosphaeridia . [307] [308] Genus includes new species C. ovata. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Retallack | Ordovician (Darriwilian) | Lenoir Formation | An organism of uncertain affinities, originally described as a hornwort. Genus includes new species C. crispum. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Al Rawahi & Dunkley Jones | Late Cretaceous (late Coniacian to late Campanian) | A heterococcolith. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wisshak & Hüne | A microfossil of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species C. enigmaticum. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Agić et al. | Early Ediacaran | A eukaryote of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is C. digermulense. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Loron et al. | Mesoproterozoic – Neoproterozoic transition | A spheroidal acritarch with inner wall sculpture. Genus includes new species D. digitisigna. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Retallack | Ordovician (Darriwilian) | Lenoir Formation | An organism of uncertain affinities, originally described as a moss belonging to the group Sphagnales. Genus includes new species D. boucotii. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ye et al. | A macroalga. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Retallack | Ordovician (Darriwilian) | Lenoir Formation | An organism of uncertain affinities, originally described as a moss belonging to the group Pottiales. Genus includes new species E. ovatum. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ye et al. | A macroalga. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. Genus includes new species E. greyae and E. recta. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Miao et al. | Late Paleoproterozoic | An organic-walled microfossil interpreted as a unicellular eukaryote. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nõlvak & Liang in Liang et al. | Viola Springs Formation | A chitinozoan. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Loron et al. | Mesoproterozoic – Neoproterozoic transition | A spiny acritarch with regularly distributed processes. Genus includes new species H. arbovela and H. triangula. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Retallack | Ordovician (Darriwilian) | Lenoir Formation | An organism of uncertain affinities, originally described as a liverwort belonging to the group Sphaerocarpales. Genus includes new species J. sibylla. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ye et al. | A macroalga. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. Genus includes new species L. capillata. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nõlvak, Liang & Hints | A chitinozoan. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ye et al. | A macroalga. Genus includes new species M. stipitatum. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Junior homonym | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. Genus includes new species M. formosa. The generic name is preoccupied by Membranosphaera Samoilovitch in Samoilovitch and Mtchedlishvili (1961); Shang & Liu (2024) coined a replacement name Membranospinosphaera. [315] | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Shang, Liu & Moczydłowska | An acritarch. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wainman et al. | Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian–early Tithonian) | Surat Basin | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Harper & Krings | Early Devonian | A microfossil resembling the sheathed zoosporangia of extant chytrids. Genus includes new species N. rothwellii. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Loron et al. | Mesoproterozoic – Neoproterozoic transition | A spheroidal acritarch with inner wall sculpture. Genus includes new species N. cryptotorus. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Morais et al. | Callison Lake Formation | A vase-shaped microfossil representing tests of protists. The type species is "Cycliocyrillium" rootsi Cohen, Irvine & Strauss (2017); Morais et al. (2019) corrected the suffix for the specific epithet to rootsii. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Strullu-Derrien et al. | Early Devonian | A member of Amoebozoa belonging to the group Arcellinida. Genus includes new species P. hassii. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Krings | Early Devonian | A cyanobacterium with affinities to Oscillatoriaceae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Poinar & Vega | A possible dictyostelid. Genus includes new species P. burmanica. Announced in 2019; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2021. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Krings & Harper | Early Devonian | Windyfield chert | A small, chytrid-like organism. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Krings & Sergeev | Early Devonian | A minute coccoid cyanobacterium. Genus includes new species R. devonicus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Krings & Kerp | Early Devonian | Possibly a chytrid or a member of Aphelida. Genus includes new species R. penetrans. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ye et al. | An organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly an alga or an exceptionally large prokaryote. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wainman et al. | Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian–early Tithonian) | Surat Basin | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Landon et al. | A eukaryote reminiscent of acritarchs. Genus includes new species S. guizhouensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Al Rawahi & Dunkley Jones | Late Cretaceous (late Santonian to late Campanian) | A heterococcolith. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Miao et al. | Late Paleoproterozoic | An organic-walled microfossil, a colonial organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a cyanobacteria. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Junior homonym | Liu & Moczydłowska | A microfossil. Genus includes new species V. minima. The generic name is preoccupied by Verrucosphaera Górka (1970); Shang & Liu (2024) coined a replacement name Spinomargosphaera. [315] | |||||
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