Paleozoology
Arthropods Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCretoponeDlussky G.M. 1975. Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802. Family Formicidae Latreille, 1802. In: Rasnitsyn A.P. (ed.), Hymenoptera Apocrita of Mesozoic. Trudy Paleontologiceskogo Instituta Akademija Nauk SSSR: 114-122 [in Russian].Gen et sp novValidDlusskyTuronianBeleutinskaya FormationAn ant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Type species C. magnaElectrodryinus areolatusgen et sp nov jr synonymPonomarenkoEoceneBaltic amberA dryinid wasp, genus synonymized with Deinodryinus"Palaeomyrmex"Gen et sp nov.Jr synonymDlusskySantonianTaimyr amberA Sphecomyrminae ant. homonym of Palaeomyrmex Heer. Moved to Dlusskyidris zherichini
Molluscs Bivalves Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesFordillidaefam novValidPojetaLower Devonian worldwideNew family for Fordilla and Pojetaia
Conodonts German paleontologist and stratigrapher Heinz Walter Kozur (1942-2013) and G.K. Merrill described the conodont genus Diplognathodus.Kozur, H. & Merrill, G.K. 1975. Genus Diplognathodus. In : Kozur, H. Beiträge zur Conodontenfauna des Perm. Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen, Innsbruck, pages 9-10
Vertebrates Dinosaurs Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAbrictosaurusHopson, J.A. 1975. On the generic separation of the ornithischian dinosaurs Lycorhinus and Heterodontosaurus from the Stormberg Group (Upper Triassic) of South Africa. South African Journal of Science 71: pp. 302–305.gen novValidHopsonEarly JurassicUpper Elliot Formation AlocodonGen et sp novValid194 Millions years ago. BagaceratopsMaryanska, T. and H. Osmólska, H. 1975. Protoceratopsidae (Dinosauria) of Asia. Palaeontol. Polonica 33: pp. 133-182.Gen et sp novValidMaryańska & OsmólskaLate Cretaceous "Sinopliosaurus" fusuiensisSp. Nov.junior synonym?Lian-Hai, Hsiang-K'uei, & Xi-JinEarly CretaceousXinlong Formation Originally classified as a second species of the pliosauroid Sinopliosaurus, and later as a spinosaurid dinosaur. Now a possible junior synonym of the spinosaurid genus Siamosaurus.BarapasaurusJain, S.L., T.S. Kutty, T. Roychowdhury, S. Chatterjee. 1975. The sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Proc. R. Soc. London 2 A 188: pp. 221-228.Gen et sp novValid Jain, Kutty, Roy-Chowdhury, & ChatterjeeLower JurassicKota Formation BradycnemeFam, gen, et sp nov Nomen dubiumHarrison & C. A. WalkerMaastrichtianSânpetru Formation Possibly synonymous with Elopteryx. Heptasteornisgen et sp novValid Harrison & C. A. WalkerMaastrichtianSânpetru Formation alvarezsaurid, originally described as an owl LanasaurusGow, C.E. 1975. A new heterodontosaurid from the Red Beds of South Africa showing evidence of tooth replacement. Zool. Linnaean Soc. London 57: pp. 335-339.Gen novValidGowHettangian to SinemurianElliot Formation "Yubasaurus" Nomen nudum. Heinformal name for Yandusaurus.
Newly named birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnhinga grandis Sp. nov.ValidLarry D. Martin
Robert M. MengelPlioceneKimball Formation ()An Anhingidae.Botaurus hibbardi Sp. nov.ValidCarolyn Moseley
Alan FeducciaLate PlioceneRexroad Formation ()An Ardeidae.Bulweria bifax Sp. nov.ValidStorrs L. OlsonHolocene A Procellariidae, Extinct after 1502 arrival of manDakotornis cooperi Gen. et Sp. nov.ValidBruce R. EricksonPaleoceneTongue River Formation ()Described in the Dakornithidae, now placed in the Graculavidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos Gen. et Sp. nov.ValidStorrs L. OlsonMiddle Pleistocene-Holocene A Columbidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Falco antiquus Sp. nov.ValidCécile Mourer-ChauviréMiddle PleistoceneMQ 2B A Falconidae.Nannococcyx spix Gen. et Sp. nov.ValidStorrs L. OlsonHolocene A Cuculidae, this is the type species of the new genus. Extinct at the start of the 16th century BCPrimapus lacki Gen. et Sp. nov.ValidCollin J. O. Harrison
Cyril A. WalkerEarly EoceneLondon Clay,
MP 8-9 An Apodiformes, Aegialornithidae Lydekker, 1891.Pterodroma rupinarum Sp. nov.ValidStorrs L. OlsonLate Pleistocene-Holocene A Procellariidae, sometimes placed in the genus Pseudobulweria. Extinct after 1502 due to deforestationPuffinus pacificoides Sp. nov.ValidStorrs L. OlsonPleistocene A Procellariidae.Spizaetus schultzi Sp. nov.ValidLarry D. MartinPliocene,
KimballianKimball Formation ()An Accipitridae.Upupa antaios Sp. nov.ValidStorrs L. OlsonHolocene An Upupidae. Extinct before or around 1502
Pterosaurs New taxa
Name Status AuthorsLocation Notes Puntanipterus Valid Bonaparte Sanchez, T.M Quetzalcoatlus Valid Lawson, Douglas A. () ()
Incertae sedis New taxa
Name Status Authors Notes Gluteus minimus Valid Richard Arnold Davis & Holmes A. Semken, Jr.
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