Flora
Plants Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAraucarioxylon hoodiiSp novjr synonym(Tidwell & Medlyn) Gee et alLate JurassicMorrison FormationAn araucariaceous petrified wood.Moved to Agathoxylon hoodii (2019)
Arthropods
Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesLixus (Eulixus) balazuciGen et sp novValid Voisin & NelTurolianA Curculionid weevilMesoepiophlebia veronicaeGen et sp novValidNel & HenrotayToarcianBascharageA sphenophlebiid dragonfly. Type species M. veronicaeMiofiblaGen et sp novjr synonymNelLate MioceneAn inocellid snakefly, moved to Fibla (Reisserella) cerdanica in 2002Ohmella coffiniSp novValidNelTurolianMontagne d'AndanceA snakeflyParaplagiophlebiaGen et sp novValid Nel & HenrotayToarcianBascharageA Myopophlebiid dragonfly, type species P. marcusiParaoligolestesGen et sp novValid Nel & EscuilléTurolianA Sieblosiid damselfly, type species P. miocenicusParaplagiophlebiaGen et sp novValid Nel & HenrotayToarcianBascharageA Myopophlebiid dragonfly, type species P. loneuxi
Archosauromorphs
Pseudosuchians
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesShuvosaurusValid taxon ChatterjeeLate Triassic (mid Norian)Cooper Canyon Formation ()A shuvosaurid.
Non-avian dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
Name Status AuthorsLocation NotesImages AnasazisaurusHunt, A.P. and S.G. Lucas. 1993. Cretaceous vertebrates of New Mexico. In: Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico (A.P. Hunt and S.G. Lucas, eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 2: pp. 77-91. Valid taxon HuntS. G. Lucas () Argentinosaurus Valid taxon Jose Bonaparte Rodolfo Coria A sauropod of 75 to 100 tons and 35 meters in length. "Elvisaurus" nomen nudum later named Cryolophosaurus Holmes Eoraptor Valid taxon Paul Sereno Catherine ForsterRogers Monetta A primitive saurischian. IuticosaurusLe Loeuff, J. 1993. European titanosaurids. Revue de Paléobiologie, Mém. Sp. 7: pp. 105 - 117. Valid taxon Le Loeuff KlamelisaurusZhao, X. 1993. A new Middle Jurassic sauropod subfamily (Klamelisaurinae subfam.nov.) from Xinjiang Autonomous Region. China Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica Vertebrata PalAsiatica 31 (2 – April 2, 1993): pp. 132-138. Valid taxon Zhao X. Malawisaurus Valid taxon Jacobs WinklerW. R. Downs Gomani, A Sauropod dinosaur from Malawi. "Mononychus" Preoccupied name, later respelled Mononykus Perle Mark NorellLuis M. Chiappe Clark, /Schueppel Mononykus Valid taxon Perle Mark NorellLuis M. Chiappe Clark A small Mongolian alvaresaur. Naashoibitosaurus Valid taxon HuntS. G. Lucas, () PararhabdodonCasanovas-Cladellas, M.L., J.V. Santafe-Llopis, and A. Isidro-Llorens. 1993. Pararhabdodon isonense n. gen. n. sp. (Dinosauria) Estudio morfologico, radio-tomografico y consideraciones biomecanicas. Paleontologia i Evolució, tomo 26- 27: pp. 121-131. Valid taxon Casanovas-Cladellas Santafé-LlopisIsidro-Llorens A Spanish Tsintaosaurin Hadrosaur. TianchisaurusDong, Z. 1993. An ankylosaur (Ornithischian dinosaur) from the Middle Jurassic of the Juanggar Basin, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica [no volume number available]: pp. 257-266. Valid taxon Dong Zhiming TsagantegiaTumanova, T.A. 1993. On a new armoured dinosaur from Southeastern Gobi. Paleontologischeskii Zhurnal (1993) 2: pp. 92-98 (Paleontological Journal 27 (2): pp. 119-125). Valid taxon Tumanova Utahraptor Valid taxon James Kirkland BurgeGaston ()A bear-size Dromaeosaur.
Birds Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArchaeopteryx bavaricaValid ?Sp. nov.Peter WellnhoferLate JuraPortlandian,
Solnhofer Plattenkalk An Archaopterygidae, the 7th Archaeopteryx specimen (Solnhofer Aktien-Verein specimen). Often seen as synonymous with Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer, 1861.Chaoyangia beishanensisValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Hou Lianhai
Zhang JiangyongEarly CretaceousValanginian,
Jiufotang Formation An Ornithurae, Chaoyangiiformes Hou, 1997, Chaoyangiidae Hou, 1997.Corvus fangshannusValidSp. nov.Hou LianhaiPleistoceneCave deposits A Corvidae.Coturnix gomeraeValidSp. nov.Damià Jaume
Miguel McMinn
Josep A. AlcoverLate PleistoceneCave deposits A Phasianidae.Coua berthaeValidSp. nov.Steven M. Goodman
Florent RavoavyHoloceneCave deposits A Cuculidae.Enantiornis martiniValidSp. nov.Lev A. Nessov
Andrei V. PanteleyevLate CretaceousConiacian,
Bissekty Formation An Enantiornithidae, transferred to the New genus Incolornis Panteleyev, 1998 by Panteleyev, 1998Enantiornis walkeriValidSp. nov.Lev A. Nessov
Andrei V. PanteleyevLate CretaceousConiacian,
Bissekty Formation An Enantiornithidae, transferred to the New genus Explorornis Panteleyev, 1998 by PanteleyevGallus moldovicus1993, In press.Sp. nov.Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich
I. M. Ganea
K. I. ShushpanovLate PlioceneTchichmiknoia Mentioned in the SAPE Information Letter, 1993 and in Mlíkovský, 2002. .Hesperornis rossicusValidSp. nov.Lev A. Nessov
A. A. YarkovLate CretaceousLate Campanian A Hesperornithiformes Fürbringer, 1888, Hesperornithidae Marsh, 1872.Lectavis bretincolaValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Luis M. ChiappeLate CretaceousMaastrichtian,
Lecho Formation An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus.Murunkus subitusValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Andrei V. Panteleyev
Lev A. NessovMiddle EoceneCentral Kizylkum Desert A DiomedeidaeOrthonyx kaldowinyeriValidSp. nov.Walter E. BolesMiddle-Late MioceneRiversleigh An Orthonychidae.Orthonyx wakefieldiValidSp. nov.Robert F. BairdLate PleistoceneCave deposits An Orthonychidae.Pengana robertbolesiValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Walter E. BolesLate Oligocene-Early MioceneSticky Beak Local Fauna An Accipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus.Proornis coreaeNomen NudumGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Lin ?Early Cretaceous?Barremian A possible Confuciusornithidae, the famous "Archaopteryx of Korea", there is not a valid description of this specimen, so the name is a Nomen Nudum.Pycnoptilus fordiValidSp. nov.Robert F. BairdLate PleistoceneCave deposits An Acanthizidae.Soroavisaurus australisValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Luis M. ChiappeLate CretaceousMaastrichtian,
Lecho Formation An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Avisauridae Brett-Surman et Paul, 1985, this is the type species of the new genus.Tyto jinniushanensisValidSp. nov.Hou LianHaiPleistoceneCave deposits A Tytonidae. Yungavolucris brevipedalisValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Luis M. ChiappeLate CretaceousMaastrichtian,
Lecho Formation An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus.
Plesiosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images AttenborosaurusBakker, R. T., 1993, Plesiosaur Extinction Cycles – events that mark the beginning, middle and end of the Cretaceous: In: Evolution of the Western Interior Basin: Geological Association of Canada, edited by Caldwell, W. G. E., and Kauffman, E. G., Special Paper 39, p. 641-664. Valid BakkerEarly Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)Blue LiasA plesiosaurid.
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