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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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Gen. et sp. nov | Krings | Devonian | Windyfield chert | A probable unicellular alga. Genus includes new species C. amoenum. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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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 | 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. | ||||
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 [9] | 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 | Valid | El-Desouky | Carboniferous (Kasimovian) | Aheimer Formation | A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Antiphyllidae. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Baranov & Nikolaev | Devonian | A member of Spiriferida belonging to the subfamily Howellellinae. The type species is A. mercuriformis (Kulkov, 1963). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baranov & Nikolaev | Devonian | 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 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. | |||
Nom. nov | Valid | Gaudin | Carboniferous | A member of the family Rugosochonetidae; a replacement name for Robertsella Chen & Shi (2003). | ||||
Sp. nov | Benedetto, Lavié & Salas | Silurian (Ludfordian-Pridolian) | Los Espejos Formation | A craniopsid brachiopod. | ||||
Craniops speculum [16] | 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 | 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. | ||||
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 | Gallagher & Harper | Silurian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gallagher & Harper | Silurian | |||||
Ssp. nov | Baranov, Kebria-Ee Zadeh & Blodgett | Devonian (Famennian) | Khoshyeilagh Formation | A member of Rhynchonellida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gallagher & Harper | Silurian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mergl | Silurian (Sheinwoodian) | Motol Formation | A siphonotretid brachiopod. | |||
Sp. nov | Baranov, Kebria-Ee Zadeh & Blodgett | Devonian (Famennian) | Khoshyeilagh Formation | A member of Rhynchonellida. | ||||
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. | ||||
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 | Valid | Baranov & Nikolaev | Devonian | A member of Spiriferida belonging to the subfamily Howellellinae. The type species is T. latus. | ||||
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. | ||||
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. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Liu et al. | Ordovician | Madaoyu Formation | A rhombiferan belonging to the group Dichoporita and the family Cheirocrinidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | 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. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ausich, Wilson & Toom | Silurian (Rhuddanian) | Varbola Formation | A cladid crinoid belonging to the group Cyathoformes. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Roux et al. | Eocene (Lutetian) | A crinoid belonging to the group Isocrinida and the family Balanocrinidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schlüter | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Thuy et al. | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | A species of Ophiactis . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rozhnov & Anekeeva | Ordovician | A cornutan. | ||||
Phyllocystis cellularis [33] | Sp. nov | Valid | Rozhnov & Anekeeva | Ordovician | A cornutan. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Brower, Brett & Feldman | Ordovician (Katian) | A glyptocrinid camerate crinoid. | ||||
Sp. nov | Wang et al. | Mantou Formation | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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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. [41] | |||||
Sp. nov | Lerosey-Aubril et al. | Cambrian (Drumian) | A pterobranch. | |||||
Sp. nov | Lerosey-Aubril et al. | Cambrian (Drumian) | Marjum Formation | A pterobranch. | ||||
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. | ||||
Ssp. nov | Valid | Orchard & Golding | Middle Triassic | |||||
Neogondolella excentrica sigmoidalis [44] | Ssp. nov | Valid | Orchard & Golding | Middle Triassic | ||||
Neogondolella quasiconstricta [44] | Sp. nov | Valid | Orchard & Golding | Middle Triassic | ||||
Neogondolella quasicornuta [44] | 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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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 | Uliakhin & Golubev | Permian | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | So, Pardo & Mann | Early Permian | An amphibamiform temnospondyl. The type species is K. gratus. | ||||
Kwatisuchus [52] | 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 | 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 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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Sp. nov | Zhang & Wang in Zhang et al. | |||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | 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 | Vinn et al. | Ordovician (Hirnantian) | 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 | 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 | 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. | ||||
Sp. nov | Vinn et al. | Middle Jurassic (Callovian) | A spirorbine polychaete. | |||||
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. | |||
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 [101] | Sp. nov | Valid | Pervushov | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | Kazakhstan | A hexactinellid sponge belonging to the family Ventriculitidae. | ||
Sororistirps postradiatum [101] | 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 | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | De Backer et al. | Devonian | Sweetland Creek Shale | A chitinozoan. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Camina et al. | Copo Formation | A chitinozoan. | ||||
Colum tekini [117] | 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. | |||
A Fossil-Lagerstätte is a sedimentary deposit that exhibits extraordinary fossils with exceptional preservation—sometimes including preserved soft tissues. These formations may have resulted from carcass burial in an anoxic environment with minimal bacteria, thus delaying the decomposition of both gross and fine biological features until long after a durable impression was created in the surrounding matrix. Fossil-Lagerstätten span geological time from the Neoproterozoic era to the present.
The end-Ediacaran extinction is a mass extinction believed to have occurred near the end of the Ediacaran period, the final period of the Proterozoic eon. Evidence suggesting that such a mass extinction occurred includes a massive reduction in diversity of acritarchs, the sudden disappearance of the Ediacara biota and calcifying organisms, and the time gap before Cambrian organisms "replaced" them. Some lines of evidence suggests that there may have been two distinct pulses of the extinction event, one occurring 550 million years ago and the other 539 million years ago.
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