Plants Conifers Conifer research Phipps, Osborne, & Stockey detail permineralized Pinus pollen cones from the Allenby Formations Princeton Chert site. The description is the first to include in-situ pollen ultrastructure and the cones are the oldest Pinus pollen cones that had been described to date. Affiliation with the Princeton chert organ taxa Pinus similkameenensis (leaves) and Pinus arnoldii (seed cones) was suggested.
Arthropods
Newly named arachnids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesUintascorpiogen et sp nov validPerryMiddle EoceneGreen River Formationonly scorpion from the Green River Formation
Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesAphaenogaster amphioceanicaSp novValid De AndradeBurdigalianDominican amberA myrmicine antAphaenogaster praerelictaSp novValid De AndradeBurdigalianMexican amberA myrmicine antBaltimartyriagen et comb nov validSkalskiEarly EoceneBaltic amberA micropterigid moth moved from Micropterix proavitella (1936)Dryinus grimaldiisp nov validOlmiBurdigalianDominican amberA Dryinus lamellatus group waspElectrinocelliasubfam, gen et sp novValid EngelEoceneBaltic ambersister taxon to the rest of InocelliidaeExocryptocerus janseisp novJr synonymVierbergen & SchevenBurdigalianDominican amberA myrmicinae ant, moved to Cephalotes jansei (1999)Exocryptocerus elevatussp novJr synonymVierbergen & SchevenBurdigalianDominican amberA myrmicinae ant, jr synonym of Cephalotes serratus (1999)Exocryptocerus serratussp novJr synonymVierbergen & SchevenBurdigalianDominican amberA myrmicinae ant, moved to Cephalotes serratus (1999)Exocryptocerus truncatussp novJr synonymVierbergen & SchevenBurdigalianDominican amberA myrmicinae ant, jr synonym of Cephalotes serratus (1999)Zacryptocerus alveolatussp novJr synonymVierbergen & SchevenBurdigalianDominican amberA myrmicinae ant, moved to Cephalotes alveolatus (1999)
Brachiopods Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesBoucotia argentinaSp novValidHerreraLochkovianTalacasto Formation A species of Boucotia
Molluscs
Bivalves Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesCamyagen et sp novvalidHinz-SchallreuterEarly CambrianBornholm The type species is C. asyPojetaia ostseensissp novnomen dubiumHinz-SchallreuterEarly CambrianBornholm Probable synonym of P. runnegari
Fish
Newly named bony fish Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesAsiamericanaGen. et sp. novdubiousNesov TuronianBissekty Formation A possible ichthyodectid. Originally described as possible spinosaurid teeth.
Archosauromorphs
Newly named dinosaurs Fossil hunters working on behalf of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum discover a large coprolite from a theropod dinosaur in Maastrichtian strata. In 1997 it is sent to coprolite specialist Karen Chin, who determines that this specimen of fossilized feces was attributable to Tyrannosaurus rex. One year later, in 1998, Karen Chin and others publish a joint paper in Nature announcing the finding. Paul Sereno lead an expedition to the Kem Kem region of southeastern Morocco. Among the fossils discovered is a partial skull of Carcharodontosaurus saharicus. Significantly, it preserves a "complete and undistorted braincase" which would later be described in detail along with the structure of the inner ear of C. saharicus by Hans C. E. Larsson in 2001."Introduction," Chure (2001). Pg. 20.
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesAchelousaurusGen et sp novValidSampsonCampanian Two Medicine Formation ()A centrosaurin ceratopsian AmpelosaurusGen et sp nov ValidLe Loeuff MaastrichtianMarnes Rouges Inferieures Formation A French titanosaur "Brontoraptor"nomen nudum RedmanBugenasauraGen et sp novJunior synonym of ThescelosaurusGaltonLancian Hell Creek ChindesaurusLong, R.A. and P.A. Murry. 1995. Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) tetrapods from the Southwestern United States. New Mexico Museum Nat. History Sci. Bull. 4: pp. 1-254.Gen et sp novValid Long & Murry (, and )A herrerasaurid "Dinotyrannus"Olshevsky vide Olshevsky, G. 1995. The Origin and Evolution of the Tyrannosaurids. Kyoryugaku Saizensen [Dino-Frontline] 9: 92-119 (part 1); 10:75-99 (part 2)Gen et sp novJunior synonym of TyrannosaurusOlshevsky, Ford & YamamotoLancian Einiosaurus Gen et sp novValid SampsonCampanian Two Medicine Formation ()A centrosaurin ceratopsianGenusaurusAccarie, H., B. Beaudoin, J. Dejax, G. Fries, J.-C. Michard, and P. Taquet. 1995. Decouverte d’un Dinosaure Theropode nouveau (Genusaurus sisteronis n. g., n. sp.) dans l’Albien marin de Sisteron (Alpes de Haute-Provence, France) et extension au Cretace inferieur de la lignee ceratosaurienne. Compte rendu hebdomadaire des séances de l’Académie des Sciences Paris, tomo 320, 2nd series : pp. 327-334.Gen et sp novValid Accarie et al. GiganotosaurusGen et sp novValid Coria & Salgado A carcharodontosaurid JainosaurusHunt, A.P., M.G. Lockley, S.G. Lucas, and C.A. Meyer. 1995 [George Olshevsky notes 1995, not 1994]. The global sauropod fossil record. In:Aspects of sauropod paleobiology (M.G. Lockley, V.F. dos Santos, C.A. Meyer, and A. Hunt, eds,). Revista de Geociencias, Gaia 10: pp. 261-279.Valid Hunt, Lockley, Lucas, & Meyer"Jenghizkhan"Olshevsky vide Olshevsky, G [with illustrations by T.L. Ford and S. Yamamoto]. 1995. The Origin and Evolution of the Ornithopods. Kyoryugaku Saizensen [Dino-Frontline] 11: 98-119 (part 1); 12: 96-117 (part 2); 13: 97-109 (part 3, 1996);Junior SynonymOlshevsky, Ford & YamamotoJunior synonym of TarbosaurusJingshanosaurusZhang, Y., and Z. Yang. 1994 [George Olshevsky notes 1995, not 1994]. A new complete ostology of Prosauropoda in Lufeng Basin Yunnan China, Jingshanosaurus. Yunnan Publishing House of Science and Technology, Kunming, China: pp. 1-100.Valid Zhang & Yang KulceratopsValidNesov "Liassaurus"Welles, H. P. Powell & Pickering vide Pickering, S. 1995. A fractal scaling in dinosaurology project (2nd revised printing). Capitola, California: 478 pages; nomen nudum Welles, Powell, & Pickering"Merosaurus" nomen nudum Welles, Powell, & Pickering NiobrarasaurusValid Carpenter, Dilkes, & WeishampelConiacian-SantonianNiobrara Formation ()A nodosauridSaurophaganaxChure, D.J. 1995. A reassessment of the gigantic theropod Saurophagus maximus from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Oklahoma, USA. Sixth Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota: pp. 103-106.Valid ChureKimmeridgian-TithonianMorrison Formation ()An allosauridStygivenatorGen nov junior synonym or ValidOlshevsky, Ford & Yamamoto Lancian Hell Creek FormationJunior synonym of TyrannosaurusTexasetesCoombs, W.P. 1995. A nodosaurid ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Texas. J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 15 (2):pp. 298-312.Gen et sp novValid Coombslate Albian-early CenomanianPaw Paw Formation ()A nodosaurid"Walkersaurus"nomen nudum Welles, Powell & Pickering vide: PickeringBajocianMaterial later named Duriavenator
Newly named birds Name Status Novelty Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesAjaia chione Sp. nov. ValidSteven D. EmsliePleistoceneEarly Irvingtonian,
Bermont Formation:A threskiornithid.Ameripodius silvasantosi Gen. et sp. nov. ValidHerculano M. F. de AlvarengaLate Oligocene-Early MioceneTremembé FormationA quercymegapodiid craciformAnhinga malagurala Sp. nov. ValidBrian MacknessEarly PlioceneAllingham Formation:An anhingidAvisaurus gloriae Sp. nov. ValidDavid J. Varricchio
Luis M. ChiappeLate CretaceousMaastrichtian,
Hell Creek Formation:An avisaurid enantiornitheanBoluochia zhengi Gen. et sp. nov. ValidZhou ZhongheEarly CretaceousValanginian,
Jiufotang FormationA longipterygid enantiornitheanConfuciusornis sanctus Gen. et sp. nov. ValidHou Lianhai
Zhou Zhonghe
Gu Yucai
Zhang HeEarly CretaceousYixian FormationA confuciusornithidCorvus moravicus Sp. nov. ValidJiri MlikovskyEarly PleistoceneStránská SkálaA corvidEudocimus leiseyi Sp. nov. ValidSteven D. EmsliePleistoceneEarly Irvingtonian,
Bermont Formation:A threskiornithidGrus pagei Sp. nov. ValidKenneth E. Campbell, jr.Late PleistoceneRancho la Brea:A gruidHinasuri nehuensis Gen. et sp. nov. ValidClaudia P. TambussiMiddle-Late PlioceneMonte Hermoso FormationA rheidIdiornis tuberculata Sp. nov. ValidDieter S. PetersMiddle EoceneMessel pit:
MP 11:An idiornithid gruiform; the genus was synonymized with the genus Dynamopterus Milne-Edwards, 1892 by Mourer-Chauviré, 2013 Itardiornis hessae Gen. et sp. nov. ValidCécile Mourer-ChauviréLate Eocene and Middle EoceneMP 21 and MP 23A messelornithid gruiformLagopus balcanicus Sp. nov. ValidppZlatozar N. BoevLate PlioceneMN 17,
Middle VillafranchianA phasianidLarus lacus Sp. nov. ValidSteven D. EmslieLate PlioceneLate Blancan:A laridLarus perpetuus Sp. nov. ValidSteven D. EmslieLate PlioceneLate Blancan:A laridMeganhinga chilensis Gen. et sp. nov. ValidHerculano M. F. de AlvarengaMioceneCura-Mallín FormationAn anhingidMenura tyawanoides Sp. nov. ValidWalter E. Boles?Early MioceneRiversleigh:A menuridMesselornis russelli Sp. nov. ValidCécile Mourer-ChauviréLate PaleoceneMP 6A messelornithid gruiformPhalacrocorax filyawi Sp. nov. ValidSteven D. EmslieLate PlioceneLate Blancan:A phalacrocoracidQinornis paleocenica Gen. et sp. nov. ValidXue XiangxuEarly-Middle PaleoceneShimen BasinAn indeterminate neognath
Pterosaurs
New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images PlataleorhynchusGen. et sp. nov ValidHowse and MilnerEarly CretaceousPurbeck Limestone
Synapsids
Mammals New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images AsiavoratorGen. et sp. nov ValidSpassov and Lange-BadréLate Eocene to early OligoceneHsanda Gol Formation Type species is A. altidens, though this later became a junior synonym of A. gracilis.
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