Plants Ferns Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesAnemia gunniSp novValidWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth Formation An anemiaceous fernLygodium larsoniSp novjr synonymWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA Lygodium species fern. Synonymized with Lygodium kaulfussi.Cyathea inequilateralisComb novvalid(Hollick) WolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationCyathea pinnata (1952) Hemitelia pinnata (1941)A Cyathea species tree fern.Moved from Pteris inequilateralis (1936) Dryopteris alaskanaComb novvalid(Hollick) WolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA Dryopteris species fern.Moved in part from Asplenium alaskanum (1936)Possibly actually belonging to Thelypteridaceae.
Conifers Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesPinus peregrinusSp novValidHickeyClarkforkianGolden Valley FormationBear Den Member
Angiosperms NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationSynonymized taxaNotesImagesAlangium bergensisSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA dogwood relative.Alangium oregonensisSp novWolfeEoceneBridge Creek FloraA dogwood relative.Allophylus duktothensisSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA soap berry relative.Alnus martiniSp novValidWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationAn alder species. Anamirta milleriSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA moon seed relative. Calkinsia dilleriComb nov(Knowlton) WolfeEoceneA moon seed relative. Moved from Calkinsia dilleri (1968)Calkinsia plafkeriSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA moon seed relative. Camelia oregonaComb nov(Chaney & Sanborn) WolfeEoceneMiddle EoceneFisher Formation"Goshen flora"A theaceous relative. Moved from Ilex oregona (1933)Cinnamomophyllum bendireiComb nov(Knowlton) WolfeEoceneBridge Creek FloraA lauraceous relative. Moved from Sassafras bendirei (1940)Cinnamomophyllum eocernuaComb nov(Chaney & Sanborn) WolfeEoceneMiddle EoceneFisher Formation"Goshen flora"A lauraceous relative. Moved from Octoea eocernua (1933)Cinnamomophyllum kushtakensisSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA lauraceous relative. Cinnamomophyllum latumComb nov(MacGinitie) WolfeLate EoceneIone FormationA lauraceous relative.Moved from Litsea lata (1952) First named Neolitsea lata (1941) Dicotylophyllum carbonensisSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA "dicot" of unknown affinity.Dicotylophyllum kummerensisComb novjr synonym(Wolfe) WolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731A dicot of uncertain affinity. Moved from Artocarpoides kummerensis 1968. Moved to Republica kummerensis (1987) Doona? chaneyiComb novvalid(Potbury) WolfeLatest Eocene-Earliest OligoceneLa Porte TuffA Shorea (syn "Doona") species. Moved from Rhamnidium chaneyi (1935)Dracontomelon sanbornaeSp novvalidWolfeMiddle EoceneFisher Formation"Comstock flora"An anacardiaceous species.Euodia alaskanaSp novValidWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA Euodia species. Euptelea orientalisComb novvalid(Sanborn) WolfeMiddle EoceneFisher Formation"Comstock flora"A eupteleaceous species.Moved from Diospyros orientalis (1935)Fagopsis groenlandicaComb novJr synonym(Heer) WolfeEoceneA fagaceous relative. Moved from Quercophyllum groenlandicus (1963) Fagus oregonaComb novJr synonym(Chaney & Sanborn) WolfeEoceneA fagaceous relative. Moved from Tetracera oregona (1933) Fortunearia weediComb novvalid(Sanborn) WolfeMiddle EoceneYellowstone FormationA hamamelidaceous species.Moved from Quercus weedii (1899)Goweria alaskanaSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationAn icacinaceous species. Heteromeles cuprovallisComb nov(Axelrod) WolfeLate EoceneCopper Basin FloraAn toyon species.Moved from Salix cuprovallis (1966)Ilex carbonensisSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA holly species. Kandelia wangiSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA mangrove species.Limacia stenophyllaSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA moon seed relative. LitseaphyllumGen et Sp et comb novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA lauraceous morphogenus. The genus includes L. carbonensis, L. katallaensis L. schorni New combinations moved from Cryptocarya presamarensis (1935), Laurus similis (1900), Magnolia californica (1935), Nectandra presanguinea (1933), Persea praelingue (1935)Luvunga spatioeaComb novvalid(Hollick) WolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA citrus relative. Moved from Persea spatiosa (1936)Mastixia irregularisComb nov(Hollick) WolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA tuplo relative. Moved from Cornus irregularis (1936) Melanorrhoea alaskanaComb novJr synonym (Hollick) WolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationAn anacardioid relative. Moved from Semecarpus alaskana (1936) Recombined as Gluta alaskana.Meliosma duktothensisSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA sabiaceous species.Miquelia californicaSp novWolfeLate EoceneIone FormationAn icacinaceous species.Nelumbo aureavallisSp novValidHickeyYpresianGolden Valley Formation Camels Butte MemberA water lillyPalaeophytocrene elytraeformisComb nov(Hollick) WolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationAn icacinaceous species. Moved from Carpolithes elytraeformis (1936) Parashorea cashmanensisComb nov(Wolfe) WolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731A Parashorea dipterocarpaceous species. Moved from Rhamnites cashmanensis (1968). ParatinomisciumGen et comb novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA moon seed relative. The type species is Hampea conditionalis (1936) Peltandra primaevaSp novValidHickeyYpresianGolden Valley Formation Camels Butte Member loc. 14048An arrow arum species.Phytocrene acutissimaSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationAn icacinaceous species.PlafkeriaNom et comb novWolfeLate EoceneRenton FormationA tiliaceous genus. A replacement genus name for "Willisia" Wolfe (1968) The type species is "W." rentonensis. Also includes P. obliquifolia (1925)Platanus comstockiComb novvalid(Sanborn) WolfeMiddle EoceneFisher Formation"Comstock flora"A plane tree species.Moved from Mallotus comstocki (1935)Platanus macginitieiSp novWolfeMiddle EoceneFisher Formation"Goshen flora"A plane tree species. New species for "Platanus aceroides" (Chaney & Sanborn 1933)Platycarya pseudobrauniComb novvalid(Hollick) WolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationFraxinus lateralis (1936) Planera aquaticiformis (1936)A Platycarya species.Moved from Ulmus pseudobraunii (1936) PorosiaGen et comb nov HickeyYpresianGolden Valley Formation Bear Den Member loc. 14056aA bur-reed.A new genus for Carpites verrucosa (1878)Prunus axelrodiComb et nom nov(Axelrod) WolfeLate EoceneCopper Basin FloraA cherry/plum species.Moved from Euonymus nevadensis (1966) new specific name given as Prunus nevadensis preoccupied.Rubus eolaciniataComb nov(MacGinitie) Tanai & WolfeEarly - early Middle MioceneWeaverville FormationA blackberry leaf morphospecies.First named as Ulmus eolaciniate (1937)Pterocarya orientalisComb nov(MacGinitie) WolfeLate OligoceneA wing nut species.Moved from Juglans orientalis (1937)Sageretia laurineaComb nov(Lesquereux) WolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationAn icacinaceous species. Moved from Phyllites laurinea (1941) Salix carbonensisSp novValidWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA willow species. Salix coatsiComb nov(Axelrod) WolfeLate EoceneCopper Basin FloraA willow species.Moved from Lithocarpus coatsi (1966)Sorbus carbonensisSp novValidWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA mountain ash species. Sparganium parvumSp nov HickeyYpresianGolden Valley Formation Bear Den Member loc. 14056aA bur-reedStemonurus alaskanusSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA stemonuraceous species.Tetracentron piperoidesComb novValid?(Lesquereux) WolfeLate EoceneIone FormationA Tetracentron species.Moved from Cercidiphyllum piperoides (1952)Tilia carbonensisSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA tiliaceous species.Ulmus chaneyiSp novvalidTanai & WolfeEoceneRupelianJohn Day FormationBridge Creek FloraAn Elm leaf morphospecies.Ulmus knowltoniSp novvalidTanai & WolfeMiocene"Collawash Flora"An Elm leaf morphospecies.Zelkova browniSp novvalidTanai & WolfeMiocene"Collawash Flora"An Elm leaf morphospecies.Zizyphus alaskanusSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationA buckthorn relative.
Invertebrates
Mollusks NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesFordilla sibiricasp novjr synonymKrasilovaEarly CambrianTyuser Formation An early bivalve species.Synonym of Fordilla troyensis.
Conodonts NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesVjalovognathusNom et comb novvalidKozur
Fish NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesAmyzon aggregatumSp novValidWilsonEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsHorsefly ShalesAn Amyzon species catostomidEosalmoGen et sp novValidWilsonEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsDriftwood ShalesA basal salmonid relative. The type species is E. driftwoodensisLibotoniusGen et sp novValidWilsonEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationA libotoniid sand roller relative. The type species is L. blakeburnensisPriscacara aquiloniaSp novValidWilsonEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsHorsefly ShalesA Priscacara species temperate bass.
Archosauriformes
Non-avian dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesFulengiaGen et sp novNomen dubiumCarroll & GaltonEarly JurassicLufeng FormationPossible synonym of Lufengosaurus.OpisthocoelicaudiaGen et sp NovValidBorsuk-BialynickaLate CretaceousMaastrichtianNemegt FormationA saltasaurid Titanosaur.OthnieliaGen et comb novjr synonymGaltonLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian - Tithonian)Morrison Formation ()JR synonym of Nanosaurus agilis.PiveteausaurusGen et comb novValidTaquet & WellesMiddle Jurassic (Callovian)Marnes de Dives FormationA Megalosaur. Moved from Eustreptospondylus divesensis (1964)SaichaniaGen et sp novValidMaryańskaLate Cretaceous(Maastrichtian) Barun Goyot Formation An ankylosaurine ankylosaurid"Shanshanosaurus"Gen et sp novJr synonymZhimingLate Cretaceous(Campanian - MaastrichtianSubashi FormationA theropod.The type species is S. huoyanshanensis.Junior synonym of Tarbosaurus bataar.TarchiaGen et sp novValidMaryańskaLate Cretaceous(Maastrichtian) Barun Goyot Formation An ankylosaurine ankylosauridTuojiangosaurusGen et sp novValidDong et alLate jurassicOxfordian - KimmeridgianShangshaximiao FormationA Chinese Stegosaur.Valdosaurus.Gen et comb novValid GaltonEarly Cretaceous(Berriasian - Barremian)Wessex Formation A Dryosaur.moved from Dryosaurus canaliculatus (1975)WannanosaurusValid taxon Hou A Primitive Pachycephalosaur"Yezosaurus" not formally describedNomen nudum. Obata & MuramotoA Non-dinosaurian marine reptile.Type species "Y." mikasaensis
Birds