Bryophytes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesAulacomnium heterostichoidesSp novValidJanssensYpresianHorsefly ShalesAn aulacomniaceous moss.
Fish Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesLibotonius pearsoniSp novValidWilsonYpresianKlondike Mountain FormationA libotoniid sandroller relative.
Archosauromorphs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
Non Avian Dinosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes Images"Gadolosaurus"Saito, T. 1979. Wonder of the World's Dinosaurs. Kodansha Publishers, Tokyo (Plate 71).Nomen nudum. SaitoCenomanianBayan Shireh Formationinformal name created by phonetic translation of the crylic for hadrosaur ("gadrosavr") into Japanese. Skeleton considered possibly a juvenile Arstanosaurus.GilmoreosaurusBrett-Surman, M.K. 1979. Phylogeny and paleobiogeography of hadrosaurian dinosaurs. Nature 277: pp. 560-562.Gen et comb novValid Brett-SurmanCretaceouslate Campanian - early MaastrichtianIren Dabasu FormationA hadrosauroid.GravitholusWall, W P. and P.M. Galton. 1979. Notes on pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs (Reptilla: Ornithischia) from North America, with comments on their status as ornithopods. Can. J. Earth Sci. 16: pp. 1176-1186.Junior synonym? Wall & GaltonJudithianDinosaur Park Formation ()A pachycephalosaur, possible Junior synonym of Stegoceras.MaiasauraValid Horner & MakelaJudithianUpper Two Medicine Formation()Publication of Maiasaura renewed interest in the Two Medicine Formation.MajungatholusGen et sp novJunior synonym Hans-Dieter Sues & Philippe TaquetMaastrichtianMaevarano FormationDescribed as a pachycephalosaur, now considered an abelisaurid. The type species is M. atopus.Junior synonym of Majungasaurus.MicrohadrosaurusDong, Z. 1979. Cretaceous Dinosaurs of Hunan, in Mesozoic-Cenozoic Redbeds of Hunan. Palaeontologica Sinica: pp.346-347.Gen et sp novNomen dubium. ZhimingCampanianYuanpu Formation A hadrosaurid. MussaurusBonaparte J.F. and M. Vince. 1979. El hallazgo del primer nido de dinosaurios triasicos, (Saurischia, Prosauropoda), Triásico superior de Patagonia, Argentina. Ameghiniana Revista de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 16 (1-2): pp. 173-182.Valid Bonaparte & VinceNorianLaguna Colorada Formation An anchisaurian. NanshiungosaurusDong, Z. 1979. The Cretaceous dinosaur fossils in southern China. In: Mesozoic and Cenozoic Red Beds in Southern China. Inst. Vert. Paleontol. Paleoanthropol. Nanjing Geol. Paleontol. Inst. Sci. Press, Beijing: pp.342-350.Valid ZhimingCampanianYuanpu FormationA therizinosaur.PatagosaurusValid BonaparteCallovianCanadon Asfalto Formation A sauropod.PiatnitzkysaurusValidBonaparteCallovianCanadon Asfalto FormationA piatnitzkysaurid.SecernosaurusBrett-Surman, M. K. 1979. Phylogeny and paleobiogeography of hadrosaurian dinosaurs. Nature 277: pp. 560-562.Valid Brett-SurmaCretaceouslate Campanian - early MaastrichtianBajo Barreal Formation Los Alamitos FormationA saurolophine hadrosaurid.SegnosaurusPerle A. 1979. Segnosauridae - A new family of theropods from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Sovm. Soviet-Mongolean Paleontol. Eksped. Trudy 8: pp. 45-55.Valid PerleCenomanian-TuronianBayan Shireh Formation A therizinosaur.TorvosaurusGalton, P.M. and J.A. Jensen. 1979. A new large theropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado. Brigham Young University Geology Studies. 26 (2): pp. 1-12.Gen et sp novValid Galton & JensonJurassiclate Kimmeridgian-TithonianMorrison FormationA megalosaurid.UnquillosaurusPowell, J.E. 1979. Sobre una asociacion de dinosaurios y otras evidencias de vertebrados del Cretacico superior de la region de La Candelaria, Prov. de Salta, Argentina. Ameghiniana 16: pp. 191-204.Gen et sp novValid PowellCampanianLos Blanquitos Formation A possible Carcharodontosaurian.VolkheimeriaValid Jose BonaparteCallovianCanadon Asfalto FormationA sauropod.YandusaurusHe X. 1979. A newly discovered ornithopod dinosaur Yandusaurus from Zigong. Sichuan. In: Contribution to International Exchange of Geology. Part 2. Stratigraphy and paleontology. Geol. publishing House, Beijing: pp. 116-123.Gen et sp novValid HeOxfordianShangshaximiao FormationA basal neornithischian ornithopod.
Birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAmplibuteo hibbardi Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps An Accipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus.Anas albae Sp. nov.ValidDénes JánossyLate PlioceneMN 15-16-17 An Anatidae.Anas amotape Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps An Anatidae.Anas sanctaehelenae Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Early Pleistocene;
Late PleistoceneLa Carolina An Anatidae.Anas talarae Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Early Pleistocene;
Late PleistoceneArgentina: Centinale del Mar;
Talara Tar Seeps An Anatidae, transferred to the genus Callonetta Delacour, 1936 by Agnolin, 2006.Ardea bennuides Sp. nov.ValidElla HochSubrecent5000 YBP (Years Before Present) A giant Ardeidae, not formally described but a photo is published which keeps it from being a Nomen Nudum.Argillipes magnus Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerEarly Middle OligoceneMP 21-23 Described in the Catharthidae, transferred to Aves Incertae Sedis.Barawertornis tedfordi Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidPatricia Vickers-RichLate Oligocene/Early MioceneCarl Creek Limestone A Dromornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Belonopterus edmundi Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps A Charadriidae.Bubo longaevus Sp. nov.ValidA. S. UmanskayaLate MioceneMN 11-13 (Actually )A Strigidae, transferred to the genus Asio Brisson, 1760 by Mlíkovský, 1998.Bullockornis planei Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidPatricia Vickers-RichMiddle-Late MioceneCamfield Beds A Dromornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Caprimulgus piurensis Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps A Caprimulgidae-nightjar.Cayaoa bruneti Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidEduardo P. TonniLate Oligocene-Miocene An Anatidae.Corvus simionescui Sp. nov.ValidJenö KesslerEarly PlioceneMN 15 A Corvidae, possibly a synonym of Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758.Cuculus csarnotanus Sp. nov.ValidDénes JánossyEarly PlioceneMN 15 A Cuculidae.Dege hendeyi Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidGeorge G. SimpsonLate Miocene-Early PlioceneVarswater Formation A Spheniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Dromornis stirtoni Sp. nov.ValidPatricia Vickers-RichLate Miocene-Early PlioceneAlcoota Homestead A Dromornithidae.Eudocimus peruvianus Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps A Threskiornithidae.Gallinago veterior Sp. nov.ValidDénes JánossyEarly PlioceneMN 15 A Scolopacidae.Geronogyps reliquus Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps A Cathartidae.Glareola neogena Sp. nov.ValidPeter BallmannMiddle MioceneMN 6 A Glareolidae.Gymnogyps howardae Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps A Cathartidae.Ilbandornis? lawsoni Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidPatricia Vickers-RichLate Miocene-Early PlioceneAlcoota Homestead A Dromornithidae, not certainly an Ilbandornis Rich, 1979.Ilbandornis woodburnei Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidPatricia Vickers-RichLate Miocene-Early PlioceneAlcoota Homestead A Dromornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Latipons gardneri Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerMiddle EoceneMP 11-13 A Rallidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Latipons robinsoni Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerMiddle EoceneMP 11-13 A Rallidae.Litoripes medius Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerMiddle EoceneMP 11-13 Described in the Phasianidae, but transferred by Mlíkovský, 2002. to Aves Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus.Micropalama chapmani Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps A Scolopacidae.Milvago brodkorbi Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps A Falconidae.Milvoides kempi Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerMiddle EoceneMP 11-13 Described as an Accipitridae, known only from a damaged distal end of a right tarsometatarsus, making it not possible to identify it, better treated as Aves Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus.Mioglareola gregaria Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidPeter BallmannEarly Miocene Czech Republic;
Middle Miocene GermanyMN 4b;
MN 6 A Glareolidae, it is the type species of the new genus.Miootis compactus Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidA. S. UmanskayaLate MioceneMN 13 (Actually )An Otididae, it is the type species of the new genus.Miraquila terrestris Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps An Accipitridae, transferred to the genus Buteogallus Lesson, 1830 by Suárez et Olson, 2009, this is the type species of the new genus.Nannonetta invisitata Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Nucleornis insolitus Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidGeorge G. SimpsonMioceneDuinefontein A Spheniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Nuntius solitarius Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Late PleistoceneTalara Tar Seeps A Scolopacidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Oligocathartes olsoni Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerEarly Middle OligoceneMP 21-23 Described in the Catharthidae, but the holotype is too fragmentary for identification so best treated as Aves Incertae Sedis.Palaeopapia hamsteadiensis Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerEarly Middle OligoceneMP 21-23 :An Anseriformes Incertae Sedis.Paracathartes howardae Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneGreybullian, Middle Wasatchian, Willwood Formation ()Described as a Cathartidae, Houde 1988 placed it in the Lithornithiformes, Houde, 1988, Lithornithidae Houde, 1988, it is the type species of the new genus.Paracygnopterus scotti Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.Valid ?Colin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerEarly Middle OligoceneMP 21–23 An Anatidae, it is the type species of the new genus.Parvirallus gracilis Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerMiddle EoceneMP 11-13 A Rallidae.Percolinus proudlocki Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerMiddle EoceneMP 11-13 Described as a Phasianidae, transferred to the genus Talantatos Reichenbach, 1852 and placed in the Cariamidae door Mlíkovský, 2002.Phalacrocorax tanzaniae Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerEarly-Middle PleistoceneKamasian A Phalacrocoracidae.Porzana estramosi Sp. nov.ValidDénes JánossyMiddle MioceneMN 6-8 A Rallidae.Proanser major Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidA. S. UmanskayaLate MioceneMN 11 An Anatidae, it is the type species of the new genus.Proardeola walkeri Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. HarrisonEarly MioceneMN 2a An Ardeidae, it is the type species of the new genus.Proceriavis martini Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.Valid ?Colin J. O. Harrison