Arthropods Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesParastylotermes calicoSp. novvalidPierceMiocene A Stylotermitid termite.
Archosauromorphs Dinosaurs NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages Chingkankousaurus fragilis Gen et sp nov Nomen dubium Yang Campanian Jingangkou Formation A tyrannosauroid Tanius chingkankouensis Sp. nov. Valid? Yang Campanian Jingangkou Formation A species of Tanius Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Yang Campanian Jingangkou Formation A hadrosaurid
Birds
Newly named birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnas apscheronica Sp. nov.valid Burchak-AbramovischLate PlioceneApscherionAn Anatidae.Bartramia umatilla Sp. nov.valid BrodkorbMiddle PlioceneA Scolopacidae.Callipepla shotwelli Sp. nov.valid BrodkorbMiddle PlioceneAn Odontophoridae.Cygnus hibbardi Sp. nov.valid BrodkorbEarly PleistoceneIrvingtonian, Hagerman Lake BedsAn Anatidae.Morus humeralis Sp. nov.valid Miller
BowmanLate PlioceneA Sulidae.Ornimegalonyx Gen. et Sp. nov.valid ArredondoLate PleistoceneA Strigidae, the types species of the new genus is Ornimegalonyx oteroi.Pardirallus lacustris Sp. nov.valid (Brodkorb)Late Pliocene-Early PleistoceneHagerman and Rexroad Local FaunaA Rallidae, described as Porzana lacustris but transferred by Storrs L. Olson in 1977 to Pardirallus Bonaparte, 1856.Phalacrocorax macer Sp. nov.valid BrodkorbLate PlioceneIrvingtonian, Glenns Ferry Formation, Hagerman Lake BedsA Phalacrocoracidae.Podiceps subparvus Sp. nov.valid (Miller
Bowman)Middle PlioceneBlancan, San Diego FormationA Podicipedidae, described as Colymbus subparvus.Promilio epileus Sp. nov.valid WetmoreEarly MioceneThomas Farm BedsAn Accipitridae, the type species of the genus is Proictinia effera Wetmore, 1923.Promilio brodkorbi Sp. nov.valid WetmoreEarly MioceneThomas Farm BedsAn Accipitridae, the type species of the genus is Proictinia effera Wetmore, 1923.Ptychoramphus tenuis Sp. nov.valid Miller
BowmanMiddle PlioceneBlancan, San Diego FormationAn Alcidae.Querandiornis Gen. et Sp. nov.valid RusconiLate PlioceneEnsenada FormationA Furnariidae, Dendrocolaptinae, The type species is Querandiornis romani, described in the Tinamiidae, transferred by Tonni & Tambussi, 1986 to Aves Incertae Sedis, transferred by Agnolin, 2016 to DendrocolaptinaeSula pohli Sp. nov.valid HowardLate MioceneA Sulidae.Troglodytes gracilis Sp. nov.valid? BrunnerLate PleistoceneA Troglodytidae, better seen as a Passeriformes Incertae Sedis.
Synapsids Non-mammalian
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Basicranodon Junior synonym Vaughn Early Permian A junior synonym of the varanopid Mycterosaurus. Diarthrognathus Valid Crompton Early Jurassic Elliot Formation A member of Trithelodontidae.
Other Animals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Charnia Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Ford Ediacaran Maplewell Group The type species is C. masoni. Charniodiscus Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Ford Ediacaran Maplewell Group The type species is C. concentricus. Parvancorina Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Glaessner Ediacaran The type species is P. minchami. Spriggina Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Glaessner Ediacaran The type species is S. floundersi.
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