Flora Cycads NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesEostangeriaGen et Sp novvalidBarthelMiddle-Late EoceneGeisel valleyAn eostangerioid zamiaceous cycad.
Arthropods Newly named crustaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesChilenophoberusGen. et. sp. nov.ValidChong & FörsterLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)Cordillera de DomeykoA stenochirid, type species is C. atacamensis
Dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
Newly named dinosaurs Name Status Author Age Unit Location NotesImage AlioramusKurzanov, S.M. 1976. A new Late Cretaceous carnosaur from Nogon-Tsav, Mongolia [in Russian]. Sovm. Sov.-Mong. Paleontol. Eksped. Trudy 3: pp. 93-104. Valid taxon Sergei Kurzanov Maastrichtian Nemegt Formation A Tyrannosaur with five knobs on the snout. ItemirusKurzanov, S.M. 1976. Braincase structure in the carnosaur Itemirus n. gen. and some aspects of the cranial anatomy of dinosaurs. Paleontol. Zhurnal 1976: pp. 127-137. Valid taxon Sergei Kurzanov Turonian Bissekty Formation A close relative of Velociraptor. Marshosaurus Valid taxon J. H. Madsen Kimmeridgian Morrison Formation ( and ) A North American Megalosaur Close Relative of the Piatnitzkysaurus. OuranosaurusTaquet, P. 1977. Dinosaurs of Niger. Nigerina Field 42 (1): pp. 1-8. Valid taxon Philippe Taquet Aptian-Albian Elrhaz Formation Koum Formation A sail-backed Iguanodont Zigongosaurus Disputed. Hou, Zhao, & Chao Middle to Late Jurassic Shaximiao Formation Possible junior synonym of Mamenchisaurus.
Newly named birds Name Novelty Status Author Age Unit Location Notes ImageAegialornis broweri Sp. nov.ValidCharles T. CollinsEocene or OligocenePhosphorites du Quercy,
MP 16-28;
Geiseltal An Apodiformes, Aegialornithidae Lydekker, 1891, transferred to the new genus Mesogiornis Mlíkovský, 2002. by Mlíkovský, 2002.Aegialornis wetmorei Sp. nov.ValidCharles T. CollinsEocene or OligocenePhosphorites du Quercy,
MP 16-28 An Apodiformes, Aegialornithidae Lydekker, 1891, transferred to the new genus Mesogiornis Mlíkovský, 2002. by Mlíkovský, 2002., it is the type species of the new genus.Alexornis antecedens Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidPierce BrodkorbLate CretaceousCampanian An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes Brodkorb, 1976, Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976.Anas soporata Sp. nov.ValidEvgeny N. KurochkinMiocene-PlioceneChirgiz-Nur Formation An Anatidae, transferred to the genus Dendrocygna by Jíří Mlíkovský & Petr Švec, 1986.Anser liskunae Sp. nov.ValidEvgeny N. KurochkinMiddle PlioceneZavhan An Anatidae.Apteribis glenos Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidStorrs L. Olson
Alexander WetmoreHolocene25,000 Ybp ()A Threskiornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Aythya spatiosa Sp. nov.ValidEvgeny N. KurochkinEarly PlioceneHyargas Nuur Formation An Anatidae.Apus wetmorei Sp. nov.ValidPeter BallmannEarly PlioceneGargano,
MN 14-15 An Apodidae.Butorides validipes Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.Early PleistoceneLate Blancan ()An Ardeidae.Columba omnisanctorum Sp. nov.ValidPeter BallmannEarly PlioceneGargano,
ppMN 14-15 A Columbidae.Eobucco brodkorbi Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidAlan Feduccia
Larry D. MartinMiddle EoceneBridger Formation ()Described as a Piciformes, Primobucconidae Feduccia et Martin, 1976, now placed in the Coliiformes, Sandcileidae Houde et Olson, 1992, it is the type species of the new genus.Gigantibis incognita Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerLate EoceneMP 17 Described as a Threskiornithidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Olson, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus.Heterochen vicinus Sp. nov.ValidEvgeny N. KurochkinLate MioceneHyargas Nuur Formation An Anatidae, transferred to the genus Anser by Jíří Mlíkovský & Petr Švec, 1986, and made the type species of his new genus Heteroanser by Nikita V. Zelenkov, 2012.Howardia eous Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerLate EoceneMP 17 An Anatidae, this is the type species of this new genus but it is preoccupied by Howardia Berlese et Leonardi, 1896. (Insecta: Hemiptera)so transferred to and becoming the type species of the new genus Palaeopapia Harrison et Walker, 1979 by Colin J. O. Harrison & Cyril A. Walker in 1979.Jacana farrandi Sp. nov.ValidStorrs L. OlsonMiddle PlioceneAlachua Formatie,
Early Hemphillian ()A Jacanidae.Macrodontopteryx oweni Gen. nov et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerEarly EoceneYpresian,
MP 8-9 A Pelagornithidae Fürbringer, 1888, this is the type species of the new genus.Milvago alexandri Sp. nov.ValidStorrs L. OlsonLate PleistoceneCave deposits A Falconidae.Nyctanassa kobdoena Sp. nov.ValidEvgeny N. KurochkinLate Miocene An Ardeidae.Ogygoptynx wetmorei Gen. nov et Sp. nov.ValidPatricia Vickers Rich
David J. BohaskaMiddle PaleoceneTiffanian ()A Strigiformes, Ogygoptyngidae Rich et Bohaska, 1981., this is the type species and type genus of the new genus and the new family.Oreopholus orcesi Sp. nov.ValidKenneth E. Campbell, Jr.PleistoceneLa Carolina A Charadriidae.Palaeotodus emryi Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidStorrs L. OlsonOligoceneBrule Formation ()A Todidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Pandion homalopteron Sp. nov.ValidStuart L. WarterMiddle MioceneBarstovian ()A Pandionidae.Pelecanus aethiopicus Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerEarly Middle PleistoceneOlduvai Series A Pelecanidae.Petropluvialis simplex Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerLate EoceneMP 17 Described in the Burhinidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Mlíkovský 2002, according to Mayr et Smith, 2001 closely related to Palaeopapia eous (Harrison et Walker, 1976) and possibly synonymous with this species so they place it in the Anseriformes, this is the type species of the new genus.Phalacrocorax reliquus Sp. nov.ValidEvgeny N. KurochkinPliocene A Phalacrocoracidae.Phoenicopterus aethiopicus Sp. nov.ValidCollin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerEarly MioceneRusinga Island
Maboko Island A Phoenicopteridae, transferred to the genus Leakeyornis Vickers-Rich & Walker, 1983 by Patricia Vickers Rich & Cyril A. Walker, it is the type species of the new genus.Piscator tenuirostris Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerLate EoceneMP 17 Described in the Phalacrocoracidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Mlíkovský 2002, this is the type species of the new genus.Podilymbus wetmorei Sp. nov.ValidRobert W. StorerLate PleistoceneRancholabrean ()A Podicipedidae.Praemancalla wetmorei Sp. nov.ValidHildegarde HowardLate MioceneMonterey Formatie ()An Alcidae, transferred to the genus Miomancalla N. A. Smith, 2011 by N. Adam Smith, 2011.Primobucco olsoni Sp. nov.ValidAlan Feduccia
Larry D. MartinEarly Eocene;
Middle EoceneGreen River Formation ()Described as a Piciformes, Primobucconidae Feduccia et Martin, 1976, made the type species of the new genus Cyrilavis Martin, 2010 and placed in the stem Psittaciformes, Halcyornithidae Harrison et Walker, 1972.Pseudodontornis longidentata Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerEarly EoceneYpresian,
MP 8-9 A Pelagornithidae Fürbringer, 1888.Strix? perpasta Sp. nov.ValidPeter BallmannEarly PlioceneGargano,
MN 14-15 A Strigidae, transferred to the genus Bubo by Mlíkovský 1998.Tenuicrus magnum Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerLate EoceneMP 17 A Phoenicopteriformes, Juncitarcidae, this is the type of this new genus but it is preoccupied by Tenuicrus Womersley, 1940. (Arachnida: Acarina)so transferred to and becoming the type species of the new genus Kashinia Harrison et Walker, 1979 by Colin J. O. Harrison & Cyril A. Walker in 1979.Tetrao macropus Sp. nov.ValidDénes JánossyLate PlioceneMN 18 A Phasianidae.Thambetochen chauliodous Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidStorrs L. Olson
Alexander WetmoreHoloceneMolokai, Oahu, Maui ()The first described moa-nalo, an Anatidae.Uintornis marionae Sp. nov.ValidAlan Feduccia
Larry D. MartinMiddle EoceneBridger Formation ()Described in the Piciformes, Primobucconidae Feduccia & Martin, 1976, transferred to the Coliiformes, Sandcoleidae Houde et Olson, 1992 by Peter W. Houde & Storrs L. Olson, 1992.Villetus grandis Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerLate EoceneMP 14-16 Described in the Scolopacidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Mlíkovský 2002, this is the type species of the new genus.Villetus waltoni Sp. nov.ValidColin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerLate EoceneMP 14-16 Described in the Scolopacidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Mlíkovský 2002.
Plesiosaurs
New taxa Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Georgia Valid Otschev Late Cretaceous preoccupied by a genus of mollusk, renamed to Georgiasaurus in 1977
Mammals
New taxa Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Fiandraia Valid Roselli Oligocene-Early Miocene
Other Animals Name Status Author Age Unit Location NotesImageVendomia menneri species moved to Dickinsonia by Ivantsov in 2007 Keller Ediacaran
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