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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 2024.
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Mahato & Khan | Miocene to Pliocene | A species of Asterina . | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Mao, Guo & Huang in Guo et al. | Cretaceous | A member of Agaricales of uncertain affinities, a possible member of Marasmiineae. The type species is M. cretaceum. | |||||
Sp. nov | Kundu & Khan | Miocene | A member of the family Meliolaceae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kundu & Khan | Miocene | A member of the family Meliolaceae. Announced in 2023; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2024. | ||||
Sp. nov | Wang et al. | Pliocene | Mangbang Formation | A member of the family Meliolaceae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Guo et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of Agaricales of uncertain affinities, a possible member of Marasmiineae. The type species is M. burmitis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Kundu & Khan | Miocene | A member of the family Meliolaceae. The type species is P. indica. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kundu & Khan | Miocene | A member of Xylariales belonging to the family Zygosporiaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Mahato et al. | Miocene | Chunabati Formation | A member of Xylariales belonging to the family Zygosporiaceae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Kundu & Khan | Miocene | A member of Xylariales belonging to the family Zygosporiaceae. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Luo et al. | Carboniferous | Shiqiantan Formation | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Bothrophyllidae. | |||
Bothrophyllum junggarense [12] | Sp. nov | Valid | Luo et al. | Carboniferous | Shiqiantan Formation | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Bothrophyllidae. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Luo et al. | Carboniferous | Shiqiantan Formation | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Cyathopsidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Liu et al. | Cambrian (Fortunian) | A medusozoan belonging to the possible conulatan family Hexangulaconulariidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Ohar & Dernov | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | Almazna Formation | A member of Conulariida. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Rozhnov | Ordovician | A colonial coral. The type species is L. solovjevi. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | McIlroy et al. | Ediacaran | A staurozoan. The type species is M. manunis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | El-Desouky | Carboniferous (Kasimovian) | Aheimer Formation | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Antiphyllidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kazantseva in Kazantseva, Koromyslova & Krutykh | Silurian | Kuressaare Formation | A rugose coral. | |||
Sp. nov | Ohar & Dernov | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | Almazna Formation | A member of Conulariida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Fedorowski & Chwieduk | Carboniferous | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Neokoninckophyllidae. | |||||
Yuanophylloides parcus [19] | Sp. nov | Fedorowski & Chwieduk | Carboniferous | Gaptank Formation | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Neokoninckophyllidae. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of Cheilostomata belonging to the family Antroporidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Aspidostomatidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Aspidostomatidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Aspidostomatidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Aspidostomatidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Aspidostomatidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | Possibly a member of the family Bryocryptellidae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of Cheilostomata belonging to the group Flustrina and the superfamily Microporoidea; the type genus of the new family Cardabiellidae. The type species is C. ovicellata. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Onychocellidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Microporidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Microporidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Taboada, Pagani & Cúneo | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A species of Conopeum . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Lepraliellidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Lepraliellidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Calloporidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ernst & Buttler | Devonian (Frasnian) | Ferques Formation | A trepostome belonging to the family Stenoporidae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Macroporidae. The type species is E. molesta. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of Cyclostomata belonging to the family Frondiporidae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of Cheilostomata belonging to the superfamily Microporoidea and the family Pyrisinellidae. The type species is F. tenuiaviculata. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of Cheilostomata of uncertain affinities, with similarities to members of the families Brydonellidae, Peedeesellidae and Romancheinidae. The type species is H. distincta. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Hippothoidae. The type species is H. repens. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A species of Idmonea . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A species of Idmonea. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Cardabiellidae. The type species is I. clavata. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Lichenoporidae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Arachnopusiidae. The type species is K. kenozooidea. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Aspidostomatidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Oncousoeciidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Cribrilinidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Cribrilinidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Cribrilinidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Onychocellidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Koromyslova & Dronov | Ordovician (Katian) | Dzheromo Formation | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Onychocellidae. The type species is P. simulata. | |||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Calloporidae. The type species is P. berningi; genus also includes P. lacunosa. | |||
Sp. nov | López-Gappa, Ezcurra & Rust | Miocene (Aquitanian-Burdigalian) | Waitiiti Formation | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Calloporidae. The type species is P. cardabiense; genus also includes P. secundum. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Peedeesellidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Tubuliporidae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Foveolariidae. The type species is P. fortunata. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of Cyclostomata belonging to the family Frondiporidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Onychocellidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Monoporellidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A species of Stomatopora . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A species of Stomatopora. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Cribrilinidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Cribrilinidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Stomatoporidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Stomatoporidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Stomatoporidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Calloporidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Håkansson, Gordon & Taylor | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Korojon Formation | A member of the family Calloporidae. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Baranov & Nikolaev | Devonian (Lochkovian and Pragian) | Solovyikha Limestone | A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Delthyrididae and the subfamily Howellellinae. The type species is "Howellella" mercuriformis Kulkov (1963); genus also includes A. propria (Modzalevskaya, 1974). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baranov & Nikolaev | Devonian (Pragian) | A member of Spiriferida belonging to the subfamily Howellellinae. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Hints | Ordovician (Sandbian) | A member of Orthida belonging to the group Enteletoidea and the family Draboviidae. The type species is "Dalmanella" kegelensis Alichova (1953). | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Waterhouse | Permian | Tiverton Formation | A member of Productida belonging to the family Aulostegidae. The type species is "Taeniothaerus" anotos Briggs (1983). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Waterhouse | Permian | Brunel Formation | A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Neospiriferidae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Colmenar, Chacaltana & Gutiérrez-Marco | Ordovician | San José Formation | A member of Orthida belonging to the group Enteletoidea and the family Draboviidae. The type species is A. santiagoi. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jin et al. | Silurian (Rhuddanian) | Odins Fjord Formation | A member of Pentamerida belonging to the superfamily Pentameroidea and the family Virgianidae. The type species is B. balderi. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Waterhouse | Permian | Beckers Formation | A member of the family Trigonotretidae. | |||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Ishizaki & Shiino | Permian to Middle Jurassic | Osawa Formation | Austria | A member of the family Discinidae. The type species is B. recta; genus also includes "Orbiculoidea" taskrestensis Dagys in Dagys & Kurushin (1985), "Discinisca" sibirica (Moisseiev, 1947), "Discinisca" bosniaca (Kittl, 1904), "Discinisca" discoides (Schlotheim, 1820), "Discinisca" townshendi (Davidson, 1851), "Discinisca rhaetica (Andreae, 1893), "Discinisca" zapfei Radwański & Summesberger (2001) and "Discinisca" spitsbergensis Biernat (1995). | ||
Nom. nov | Valid | Gaudin | Carboniferous | A member of the family Rugosochonetidae; a replacement name for Robertsella Chen & Shi (2003). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Waterhouse | Permian | Barfield Formation | A member of Athyridida belonging to the family Athyrididae. | |||
Sp. nov | Benedetto, Lavié & Salas | Silurian (Ludfordian-Pridolian) | Los Espejos Formation | A craniopsid brachiopod. | ||||
Craniops speculum [37] | Sp. nov | Benedetto, Lavié & Salas | Silurian (Gorstian) | Los Espejos Formation | A craniopsid brachiopod. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jin et al. | Ordovician (Katian) | Merqujoq Formation | A member of Pentamerida belonging to the family Virgianidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gallagher & Harper | Silurian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vörös | Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) | Tölgyhát Limestone Formation | A member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the superfamily Norelloidea and the family Norellidae. | |||
Fenyveskutella ? paronai [39] | Nom. nov | Valid | Vörös | Middle Jurassic | A member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the superfamily Norelloidea and the family Norellidae; a replacement name for Rhynchonella latifrons Parona (1896). | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Vörös | Middle Jurassic | A member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the superfamily Hemithyrididoidea and the family Cyclothyrididae. The type species is "Rhynchonella" galatensis Di Stefano (1884); genus also includes G. baldaccii (Di Stefano, 1884) | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hints & Jiayu | Ordovician (Katian) | Adila Formation | A member of the family Trimerellidae. | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Waterhouse | Permian | Gilgurry Mudstone | A member of Spiriferida belonging to the superfamily Ambocoelioidea and the family Ambocoeliidae. The type species is "Attenuatella" multispinosa Waterhouse (1967). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jin & Harper | Ordovician (Hirnantian) | A member of Orthida belonging to the family Glyptorthidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Baranov, Kebria-Ee Zadeh & Blodgett | Devonian (Famennian) | Khoshyeilagh Formation | A member of Rhynchonellida. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Vörös | Middle Jurassic | A member of Terebratulida belonging to the superfamily Loboidothyridoidea and the family Muirwoodellidae. The type species is "Terebratula" fylgia Oppel (1863); genus also includes "Pygope" seguenzae Di Stefano (1887) and possibly "Pygope" mykonionensis Di Stefano (1884) and ?H. alamanni (Di Stefano, 1884). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gallagher & Harper | Silurian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jin & Harper | Ordovician (Hirnantian) | A member of Strophomenida belonging to the family Strophomenidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jin et al. | Silurian (Aeronian) | Odins Fjord Formation | A member of Pentamerida belonging to the superfamily Stricklandioidea and the family Kulumbellidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Halamski & Baliński in Halamski, Baliński & Kondas | Devonian (Givetian) | Nieczulice beds | ||||
Sp. nov | Candela, Harper & Mergl | Ordovician | Fezouata Formation | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gallagher & Harper | Silurian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Waterhouse | Permian | Tiverton Formation | A member of Productida belonging to the family Aulostegidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gallagher & Harper | Silurian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Waterhouse | Permian | Nemo Formation | A member of Productida belonging to the group Strophalosiidina and the family Echinalosiidae. | |||
Ssp. nov | Baranov, Kebria-Ee Zadeh & Blodgett | Devonian (Famennian) | Khoshyeilagh Formation | A member of Rhynchonellida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Colmenar, Chacaltana & Gutiérrez-Marco | Ordovician | San José Formation | A member of Orthida belonging to the group Enteletoidea and the family Draboviidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gallagher & Harper | Silurian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mergl | Silurian (Sheinwoodian) | Motol Formation | A siphonotretid brachiopod. | |||
Sp. nov | Candela, Harper & Mergl | Ordovician | Fezouata Formation | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Vörös | Middle Jurassic | A member of Terebratulida belonging to the superfamily Dielasmatoidea and the family Zugmayeriidae. The type species is "Aulacothyris" pygopoides Di Stefano (1884); genus might also include ?P. redii (Di Stefano, 1884), ?P. gemmellaroi (Di Stefano, 1884) and ?P. chydas (Di Stefano, 1884). | ||||
Sp. nov | Baranov, Kebria-Ee Zadeh & Blodgett | Devonian (Famennian) | Khoshyeilagh Formation | A member of Rhynchonellida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Colmenar, Chacaltana & Gutiérrez-Marco | Ordovician | San José Formation | A member of Orthida belonging to the group Plectorthoidea and the family Phragmorthidae. | |||
Ssp. nov | Baranov & Blodgett | Devonian (Pragian) | Soda Creek Limestone | Published online in 2024, but the issue date is listed as December 2023. | ||||
Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Mergl | Silurian (Sheinwoodian to Ludfordian) | Motol Formation | A discinid brachiopod. The type species is "Discina" vexata Barrande (1879); genus also includes new species P. postvexata. | |||
Sp. nov | Baranov & Blodgett | Devonian (Pragian) | Soda Creek Limestone | Published online in 2024, but the issue date is listed as December 2023. | ||||
Sp. nov | Serobyan, Vinn & Mottequin | Devonian (Famennian) | ||||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Vörös | Middle Jurassic | A member of Terebratulida belonging to the superfamily Dielasmatoidea and the family Zugmayeriidae. The type species is "Terebratula" laticoxa Oppel (1863); genus might also include "Terebratula" recuperoi Di Stefano (1884). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Waterhouse | Permian | A member of Spiriferida belonging to the superfamily Martinioidea and the family Brachythyridae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Candela, Harper & Mergl | Ordovician | Fezouata Formation | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Baranov & Blodgett | Devonian (Pragian) | Soda Creek Limestone | Genus includes new species R. lata. Published online in 2024, but the issue date is listed as December 2023. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mergl | Silurian (Sheinwoodian) | Motol Formation | A discinid brachiopod. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Radulović, Sandy & Schaaf | Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) | Budoš Limestone | A member of Rhynchonellida. The type species is S. semicostata. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Waterhouse | Permian | Snapper Point Formation | A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Georginakingiidae. | |||
Ssp. nov | Valid | Waterhouse | Permian | Roses Pride Formation | A member of Productida belonging to the family Aulostegidae. | |||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Baranov & Nikolaev | Devonian | A member of Spiriferida belonging to the subfamily Howellellinae. The type species is T. latus; genus also includes T. pseudoconcinnus (Nikiforova, 1960) and T. gurjevskensis (Rzhonsnitskaya, 1952). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Waterhouse | Permian | Hilton Limestone | A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Ingelarellidae. | |||
Tigillumia planeria [52] | Sp. nov | Valid | Waterhouse | Permian | South Curra Limestone | A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Ingelarellidae. | ||
Gen. 2 sp. nov | Baranov, Kebria-Ee Zadeh & Blodgett | Devonian (Famennian) | Khoshyeilagh Formation | A member of Rhynchonellida. Genus includes new species T. azadshahrensis and T. qeshlaqensis. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Candela, Harper & Mergl | Ordovician | Fezouata Formation | The type species is T. fasciata (Havlíček, 1971). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Waterhouse | Permian | A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Ingelarellidae. | ||||
Tumulosulcus mckellari [52] | Sp. nov | Valid | Waterhouse | Permian | Mangarewa Formation | A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Ingelarellidae. | ||
Sp. nov | Liu et al. | Devonian | Qujing Formation | A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Reticulariidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jin et al. | Silurian (Rhuddanian) | Turesø Formation | A member of Pentamerida belonging to the family Virgianidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Candela, Harper & Mergl | Ordovician | Fezouata Formation | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Bohatý, Macurda & Waters | Devonian (Emsian) | Santa Lucía Formation | A blastoid belonging to the group Pentremitida and the family Hyperoblastidae. The type species is "Hyperoblastus" batheri Breimer & Dop (1975). | |||
Gen. et comb. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Bohatý, Macurda & Waters | Devonian (Emsian to Eifelian) | Junkerberg Formation | A blastoid belonging to the group Pentremitida and the family Hyperoblastidae. The type species is "Pentatrematites" eifeliensis Roemer (1855); genus also includes Pentremitidea roemeri Etheridge & Carpenter (1886) and Pentremitidea clavata var. schultzei Etheridge & Carpenter (1886; raised to the rank of the species Altusoblastus schultzei), as well as new species A. eremitus and A. palliolatus. | |||
Sp. nov | Gholamalian, Kamali & Wood | Cretaceous | A sea urchin belonging to the family Diadematidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Liu et al. | Ordovician | Madaoyu Formation | A rhombiferan belonging to the group Dichoporita and the family Cheirocrinidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Płachno et al. | Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) | Kérdacha Formation | A crinoid belonging to the group Comatulida and the family Thiolliericrinidae. The type species is C. zamori. | |||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Gale | Late Triassic (Carnian) | A starfish belonging to the group Neoasteroidea and the family Trichasteropsidae. The type species is C. papillifera; genus also includes C. zardinii. | |||||
Sp. nov | Gale & Jagt | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | A crinoid belonging to the group Cyrtocrinida. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bohatý, Macurda & Waters | Devonian (Eifelian) | Hohenhof Formation | A blastoid of uncertain affinities. The type species is D. inequalis. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ausich, Wilson & Toom | Silurian (Rhuddanian) | Varbola Formation | A cladid crinoid belonging to the group Cyathoformes. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bohatý, Ausich & Becker | Devonian (Frasnian) | Prüm Syncline | A crinoid. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bohatý, Macurda & Waters | Devonian (Eifelian) | Ahbach Formation | A blastoid of uncertain affinities. The type species is F. hemisphaericus. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schlüter | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | A sea urchin belonging to the family Phymosomatidae. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Gale | Middle Triassic | A starfish belonging to the group Neoasteroidea and the family Trichasteropsidae. The type species is "Trichasteropsis" bieletorum Blake & Hagdorn (2003). | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bohatý, Macurda & Waters | Devonian (Emsian) | Aguión Formation | A blastoid belonging to the group Pentremitida and the family Conuloblastidae. The type species is H. differentialis. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pauly & Haude | Devonian (Famennian) | Velbert Formation | A sea urchin belonging to the family Hyattechinidae. | |||
Hyattechinus velbertensis [71] | Sp. nov | Valid | Pauly & Haude | Devonian (Famennian) | Velbert Formation | A sea urchin belonging to the family Hyattechinidae. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bohatý, Macurda & Waters | Devonian | Gerolstein Syncline | A blastoid belonging to the group Pentremitida and the family Hyperoblastidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Roux et al. | Eocene (Lutetian) | A crinoid belonging to the group Isocrinida and the family Balanocrinidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ausich et al. | Permian (Artinskian) | Trogkofel Group | A cladid crinoid belonging to the group Cyathoformes and the family Stachyocrinidae. The type species is K. bedici. | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Gale & Ward | Miocene | A starfish belonging to the family Solasteridae. The type species is L. lauerorum. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pauly & Haude | Devonian (Famennian) | Velbert Formation | A sea urchin belonging to the family Lepidocentridae. | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Bohatý, Macurda & Waters | Devonian (Emsian) | Kaub Formation | A blastoid of uncertain affinities. The type species is "Pentremitidea" medusa Jaekel (1895). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bohatý, Ausich & Becker | Devonian (Frasnian) | Prüm Syncline | A eucamerate crinoid. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schlüter | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ausich et al. | Permian (Artinskian) | Trogkofel Group | A cladid crinoid belonging to the group Cyathoformes and the family Cromyocrinidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy et al. | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | A species of Ophiactis . | ||||
Gen. et 5 sp. nov | Valid | Thuy et al. | Silurian | Högklint Formation | A brittle star. The type species is O. obituary; genus also includes O. joelmciveri, O. immolation, O. archspire and O. hendersonorum. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy et al. | Silurian (Telychian) | Lower Visby Formation | A brittle star. | |||
Ophiopetagno doro [77] | Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy et al. | Silurian | Eke Formation | A brittle star. | ||
Ophiopetagno kansas [77] | Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy et al. | Silurian | Slite Group | A brittle star. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Štorc & Žítt | Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian–Barremian) | ?Hradiště Formation | A brittle star belonging to the group Ophiacanthida. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ausich et al. | Permian (Artinskian) | Trogkofel Group | A cladid crinoid belonging to the group Cyathoformes and the family Stachyocrinidae. | |||
Parastachyocrinus wanneri [73] | Sp. nov | Valid | Ausich et al. | Permian | Timor | A cladid crinoid belonging to the group Cyathoformes and the family Stachyocrinidae. | ||
Sp. nov | Donovan et al. | Silurian (Llandovery) | Mulloch Hill Sandstone Formation | A crinoid columnal. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bohatý, Macurda & Waters | Devonian (Eifelian) | Junkerberg Formation | A blastoid belonging to the group Pentremitida and the family Hyperoblastidae. The type species is P. giesdorfensis. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Blake & Lefebvre | Ordovician (Katian) | Lower Ktaoua-Upper Tiouririne formations | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rozhnov & Anekeeva | Ordovician | A cornutan. | ||||
Phyllocystis cellularis [81] | Sp. nov | Valid | Rozhnov & Anekeeva | Ordovician | A cornutan. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Brower, Brett & Feldman | Ordovician (Katian) | A glyptocrinid camerate crinoid. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Salamon et al. | A feather star. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ausich et al. | Permian (Artinskian) | Trogkofel Group | A cladid crinoid belonging to the group Cyathoformes and the family Erisocrinidae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Gale | Late Triassic (Carnian) | San Cassiano Formation | A starfish belonging to the group Trichasteropsida. The type species is S. thuyi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pauly & Haude | Devonian (Famennian) | Velbert Formation | A sea urchin belonging to the family Proterocidaridae. The type species is T. multiserialis. | |||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Pauly & Haude | Devonian (Famennian) | Velbert Formation | A sea urchin belonging to the family Archaeocidaridae. The type species is V. mirabilis; genus might also include V? helios. | |||
Sp. nov | Wang et al. | Mantou Formation | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Gutiérrez-Marco & Maletz | Ordovician (Tremadocian) | A graptolite belonging to the family Dendrograptidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Yang et al. | The type species is C. pelagobenthos. Originally described as an acorn worm; Maletz (2024) contested this identification, arguing that the fossil material of C. pelagobenthos might represent algal remains, a faecal string or a coprolite. [94] | |||||
Sp. nov | Lerosey-Aubril et al. | Cambrian (Drumian) | A pterobranch. | |||||
Sp. nov | Lerosey-Aubril et al. | Cambrian (Drumian) | Marjum Formation | A pterobranch. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lopez et al. | Silurian (Gorstian) | Los Espejos Formation | A graptolite belonging to the family Monograptidae. | |||
Uncinatograptus lisandroi [96] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lopez et al. | Silurian (Gorstian) | Los Espejos Formation | A graptolite belonging to the family Monograptidae. | ||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | In press | Karádi | Late Triassic (Norian) | A member of the family Gondolellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nazarova & Soboleva | Devonian (Frasnian) | Ust'-Yarega Formation | ||||
Icriodus quartadecimensis [99] | Sp. nov | Valid | Nazarova & Soboleva | Devonian (Frasnian) | Ust'-Yarega Formation | |||
Ssp. nov | Valid | Orchard & Golding | Middle Triassic | |||||
Neogondolella excentrica sigmoidalis [100] | Ssp. nov | Valid | Orchard & Golding | Middle Triassic | ||||
Neogondolella quasiconstricta [100] | Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard & Golding | Middle Triassic | ||||
Neogondolella quasicornuta [100] | Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard & Golding | Middle Triassic | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tagarieva | Devonian (Famennian) | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Osterling Arias et al. | Early Permian | A temnospondyl belonging to the family Trematopidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | MacDougall et al. | Early Permian | A recumbirostran belonging to the family Brachystelechidae. The type species is B. subcolossus. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ponstein, MacDougall & Fröbisch | Early Permian | A member of the family Diadectidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Uliakhin & Golubev | Permian | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Marsicano et al. | Early Permian | A stem tetrapod related to colosteids. The type species is G. jennyae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | So, Pardo & Mann | Early Permian | An amphibamiform temnospondyl. The type species is K. gratus. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Ponstein, MacDougall & Fröbisch | Permian | A member of the family Diadectidae. The type species is "Diadectes" sanmiguelensis Lewis & Vaughn (1965). | ||||
Kwatisuchus [116] | Gen. et sp. nov | Pinheiro et al. | Early Triassic | Sanga do Cabral Formation | Brazil | A benthosuchid temnospondyl. The type species is K. rosai. | ||
Gen. et sp. nov | Oreska et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | A frog. The type species is O. nodos. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schoch & Moreno | Early Triassic (Olenekian) | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Werneburg et al. | An eryopid temnospondyl. The type species is S. boldi. | |||||
Sp. nov | Gómez et al. | Miocene | Mauri Formation | A species of Telmatobius . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Santos et al. | Oligocene | A typhlonectid caecilian. The type species is Y. acrux. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mao et al. | Early Jurassic | A morganucodontan-like mammaliaform. The type species is D. youngi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martin et al. | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Averianov et al. | Early Cretaceous | A tegotheriid docodont. The type species is E. ichchi. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mao et al. | Middle Jurassic (Bathonian–Callovian) | A shuotheriid mammaliaform. The type species is F. chowi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Matlhaga, Benoit & Rubidge | Permian | Abrahamskraal Formation | A biarmosuchian belonging to the group Burnetiamorpha. The type species is I. boonstrai. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Abdala | Early Triassic | Jiucaiyuan Formation | A therocephalian belonging to the group Baurioidea. The type species is J. confusus. | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Duhamel et al. | A basal dicynodont. New genus for " Eodicynodon " oelofseni, the type species. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kerber et al. | Triassic | A traversodontid cynodont. The type species is P. franciscaensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Martinelli et al. | Triassic | A chiniquodontid cynodont. The type species is R. nenoi. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Mapalo, Wolfe & Ortega-Hernández | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | A tardigrade belonging to the superfamily Hypsibioidea. The type species is A. dactylus. | |||||
Sp. nov | Scheffler et al. | Devonian | Pimenteira Formation | An annelid. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang & Wang in Zhang et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jeon & Toom | Ordovician (Katian) | Adila Formation | A member of Stromatoporoidea belonging to the group Labechiida and the family Aulaceratidae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Burrow & Smith | Devonian (Lochkovian) | Connemarra Formation | A member of Hyolitha belonging to the family Hyolithidae. The type species is A. troffsensis. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Han, Guo, Wang and Qiang in Wang et al. | A member of Saccorhytida. The type species is B. spinosa. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Malinky & Geyer | Cambrian | A hyolith. Genus includes new species B. greavesi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jeon & Kershaw in Jeon et al. | Ordovician (Hirnantian) | Shiqian Formation | A member of Stromatoporoidea. | |||
Sp. nov | Vinn et al. | Ordovician (Hirnantian) | A member of Cornulitida. | |||||
Sp. nov | Vinn et al. | Ordovician | Portixeddu Formation | A member of Cornulitida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Vinn et al. | Ordovician (Hirnantian) | A member of Cornulitida. | |||||
Sp. nov | Fang, Poinar & Luo in Fang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A nematode belonging to the family Mermithidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jeon in Jeon et al. | Ordovician (Hirnantian) | Shiqian Formation | A member of Stromatoporoidea. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jeon in Jeon et al. | Ordovician (Hirnantian) | Shiqian Formation | A member of Stromatoporoidea. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Aria & Caron | Cambrian (Wuliuan) | A luolishaniid lobopodian. The type species is E. synnaustrus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | El Bakhouch & Kerner in El Bakhouch et al. | Cambrian | Issafen Formation | A member of Archaeocyatha belonging to the group Ajacicyathida and the family Carinacyathidae. The type species is F. tafraoutiensis. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Luzhnaya | Cambrian | A problematic microfossil, possibly a sponge. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Davydov et al. | Carboniferous (Gzhelian) | Kosherovo Formation | A calcareous sponge. The type species is G. cornigera. Published online in 2024, but the issue date is listed as December 2023. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Ediacaran | A sponge related to the Hexactinellida. The type species is H. cantori. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Kolesnikov et al. | Cambrian | Sinsk Lagerstätte | A sponge. Genus includes new species K. loricatus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Malinky & Geyer | Cambrian | Brigus Formation | A hyolith. Genus includes new species L. florencei. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Zhao et al. | Ediacaran | Dengying Formation | A possible member of Trilobozoa. The type species is L. tribrachialis. | ||||
Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Luo et al. | Cambrian Stage 3 | Guojiaba Formation | A tubicolous animal with possible affinities with cloudinomorph fossils, possibly a cnidarian. The type species is M. cyathiformis; genus also includes M. obconicus and M. varius. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Kolesnikov et al. | Cambrian | Sinsk Lagerstätte | An early heteroscleromorph demosponge. Genus includes N. plexa and N. diazoma. | ||||
Sp. nov | Vinn et al. | Middle Jurassic (Callovian) | A spirorbine polychaete. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lerosey-Aubril & Ortega-Hernández | Cambrian (Drumian) | A soft-bodied stem-vertebrate. The type species is N. rhynchocephalus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Malysheva | Permian | A sponge. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Del Mouro et al. | Cambrian (Drumian) | A sponge, a member of the total group of Hexactinellida. The type species is P. turrelli. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vinn, Wilson & Toom | Ordovician (Hirnantian) | Ärina Formation | A member of Cornulitida. The type species is P. fragilis. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Malinky & Geyer | Cambrian | Brigus Formation | A hyolith. Genus includes new species P. crispenae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Evans et al. | Ediacaran | A motile animal preserving evidence of left-right asymmetry of its body. The type species is Q. simpsonorum. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nanglu & Ortega-Hernández | Ordovician (Tremadocian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kočí et al. | Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) | A polychaete belonging to the family Serpulidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pervushov | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A hexactinellid sponge belonging to the family Ventriculitidae. | ||||
Sororistirps antetubiforme [222] | Sp. nov | Valid | Pervushov | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | Kazakhstan | A hexactinellid sponge belonging to the family Ventriculitidae. | ||
Sororistirps postradiatum [222] | Sp. nov | Valid | Pervushov | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | A hexactinellid sponge belonging to the family Ventriculitidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Vinn et al. | Middle Jurassic (Callovian) | Possibly a species of Spirorbis . | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tonarová, Suttner, & Hints in Tonarová et al. | Ordovician (Katian) | A polychaete belonging to the family Ramphoprionidae. The type species is S. khannai. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Park et al. | Cambrian | Sirius Passet Lagerstätte | A member of the stem group of Chaetognatha. The type species is T. koprii. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Malinky & Geyer | Cambrian | Brigus Formation | A hyolith. Genus includes new species T. chaddockae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Botha & García-Bellido | Ediacaran | Rawnsley Quartzite | ||||
Sp. nov | Poinar | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A nematode. | |||
Sp. nov | Sun et al. | Douposi Formation | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yang et al. | Hongjingshao Formation | An annelid. The type species is X. biodiversa. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Liu et al. | Ediacaran | A sail-shaped organism of uncertain affinities, with similarities to vetulicolians. The type species is A. velamenus. | |||||
Sp. nov | De Backer et al. | Devonian | Sweetland Creek Shale | A chitinozoan. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Camina et al. | Copo Formation | A chitinozoan. | ||||
Colum tekini [257] | sp. nov | Valid | Sashida & Ito in Sashida et al. | Upper Triassic (lower Norian) | Thailand | A pseudodictyomitrid radiolarian. Published online in 2023, but the issue date is listed as January 2024. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Denezine et al. | Ediacaran | Sete Lagoas Formation | An organic-walled microfossil. | |||
Sp. nov | Camina et al. | Devonian (Givetian) | Los Monos Formation | A chitinozoan. | ||||
Nom. et sp. nov | Shang & Liu | Ediacaran | Doushantuo Formation | An acritarch; a replacement name for Membranosphaera Liu & Moczydłowska (2019). Genus includes the type species M. formosa Liu & Moczydłowska (2019), as well as a new species M. copia. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Granier | Early Cretaceous (Berriasian to Valanginian) | An acritarch. The type species is O. tethysianus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Dai et al. | Ediacaran | A tubular organism of uncertain affinities. The type species is P. spiniferum. | |||||
Sp. nov | Camina et al. | Devonian (Givetian) | A chitinozoan. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Dai & Hua in Dai et al. | Ediacaran | Dengying Formation | A tubular organism of uncertain affinities. The type species is S. inornatus. | ||||
Nom. nov | Shang & Liu | Ediacaran | Doushantuo Formation | An acritarch; a replacement name for Verrucosphaera Liu & Moczydłowska (2019). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Dernov in Dernov & Poletaev | Carboniferous (Bashkirian) | Dyakove Group | An organism of uncertain affinities, with similarities to Escumasia , Caledonicratis and the hydrozoan Drevotella proteana . The type species is T. mavka. | |||
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