2025 in arthropod paleontology

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2025 in arthropod paleontology is a list of new arthropod fossil taxa, including arachnids, crustaceans, trilobites, and other arthropods (except insects, which have their own list) that were announced or described, as well as other significant arthropod paleontological discoveries and events which occurred in 2025.

Contents

List of years in arthropod paleontology
In paleontology
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
In reptile paleontology
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
In paleobotany
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
In paleoentomology
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
In paleomalacology
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
In archosaur paleontology
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
In paleomammalogy
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
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In paleoichthyology
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028

Chelicerates

Arachnids

Amblypygi

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImage

Phrynus luisdearmasi [1]

Sp. nov

Valid

Dunlop & Bartel

Miocene (probably Burdigalian)

Dominican amber

Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic

A species of Phrynus .

Phrynus poinari [1]

Nom. nov

Valid

Dunlop & Bartel

Miocene

Mexican amber

Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico

A species of Phrynus; a replacement name for Phrynus mexicana Poinar & Brown (2004).

Sarcoptiformes

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImage

Paralycus ekaterinae [2]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kolesnikov et al.

Eocene (Priabonian)

Rovno amber

Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine

A member of Oribatida belonging to the family Pediculochelidae.

Paralycus primus [2]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kolesnikov et al.

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar

A member of Oribatida belonging to the family Pediculochelidae.

Scorpiones

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImage

Archaeoananteroides carusoi [3]

Sp. nov

Valid

Lourenço in Lourenço & Velten

Cretaceous

Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar

A scorpion belonging to the superfamily Buthoidea and the family Ananteridae.

Cretaceoushormiops petersi [4]

Sp. nov

Valid

Lourenço in Lourenço & Velten

Cretaceous

Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar

A scorpion belonging to the family Protoischnuridae.

Jeholia [5]

Gen. et sp. nov

Xuan et al.

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

The type species is J. longchengi.

Scorpion research

Crustaceans

Malacostracans

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Mioapseudes [7]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Wallaard

Miocene

Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus

A tanaidacean. The type species is M. mediterraneus.

Ostracods

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Aurila costabausaensis [8]

Sp. nov

Sciuto, Baldanza & Reitano

Pliocene

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Aurila daphnidis [8]

Sp. nov

Sciuto, Baldanza & Reitano

Pliocene

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Aurila mazzarinoensis [8]

Sp. nov

Sciuto, Baldanza & Reitano

Pliocene

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Aurila sanctiandreae [8]

Sp. nov

Sciuto, Baldanza & Reitano

Pliocene

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Cytheretta buccheriensis [8]

Sp. nov

Sciuto, Baldanza & Reitano

Pliocene

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Lophocythere? jhuranensis [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kumari & Mahalakshmi in Mahalakshmi, Kumari & Muduli

Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)

Jhuran Formation

Flag of India.svg  India

Published online in 2025, but the issue date is listed as December 2024.

Macrodentina jaduraensis [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kumari & Mahalakshmi in Mahalakshmi, Kumari & Muduli

Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)

Jhuran Formation

Flag of India.svg  India

Published online in 2025, but the issue date is listed as December 2024.

Patellacythere lineata [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Kumari & Mahalakshmi in Mahalakshmi, Kumari & Muduli

Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)

Jhuran Formation

Flag of India.svg  India

Published online in 2025, but the issue date is listed as December 2024.

Perissocytheridea (Kroemmelbeinella) hiblaea [8]

Sp. nov

Sciuto, Baldanza & Reitano

Pliocene

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Tenedocythere forticostata [8]

Sp. nov

Sciuto, Baldanza & Reitano

Pliocene

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Verrucocythereis verrucomurata [8]

Sp. nov

Sciuto, Baldanza & Reitano

Pliocene

Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

Ostracod research

Thecostracans

Thecostracan research

Insects

Trilobites

Trilobite research

Other arthropods

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Tardisia [13]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

McCoy et al.

Upper Carboniferous (Moscovian)

Mazon Creek fossil beds

Flag of the United States.svg  United States

(Flag of Illinois.svg  Illinois)

A probable late surviving member of the Vicissicaudata within Artiopoda. The type species is T. broedeae

Fossil Specimens of Tardisia broedeae.png

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References

  1. 1 2 Dunlop, J. A.; Bartel, C. (2025). "A new species of fossil Phrynus Lamarck, 1801, from Dominican Republic amber (Amblypygi: Phrynidae)". Zootaxa. 5563 (1): 64–72. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.7.
  2. 1 2 Kolesnikov, V. B.; Vorontsov, D. D.; Norton, R. A.; Klimov, P. B. (2025). "First fossil evidence of pediculochelid mites: two new species from Middle Cretaceous and Late Eocene amber revealing morphological stasis over at least 99 million years". Acarologia. 65 (1): 67–90. doi:10.24349/uxz4-s4sq.
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