Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Chamaecyparis eureka[1] | Sp nov | Valid | Kotyk, Basinger, & McIlver | Lutetian | Buchanan Lake Formation, Axel Heiberg Island | Canada | the oldest confirmed species of Chamaecyparis | |
Tsuga swedaea[2] | Sp nov | Valid | LePage | Lutetian | Buchanan Lake Formation, Axel Heiberg Island | Canada | A hemlock species | |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Araripia florifera[3] | Gen et sp | Valid | Mohr & Eklund | lower Cretaceous | Crato Formation | Brazil | ||
Carpinus perryae[4] | Sp nov | Valid | Pigg, Manchester, & Wehr | Ypresian | Klondike Mountain Formation | United States | thumb|center|upright|Carpinus parryae | |
Corylus johnsonii | Sp nov | Valid | Pigg, Manchester, & Wehr | Ypresian | Klondike Mountain Formation | United States | ||
Palaeocarpinus barksdaleae | Sp nov | Valid | Pigg, Manchester, & Wehr | Ypresian | Klondike Mountain Formation | United States | A betulaceous fruit | |
Palaeocarpinus dentatus | Comb nov | Valid | (Penhallow) | Ypresian | "Stump lake", Coldwater Beds | Canada | A betulaceous fruit; moved from Carpolithes dentatus (Penhallow, 1890) | |
Palaeocarpinus stonebergae | Sp nov | Valid | Pigg, Manchester, & Wehr | Ypresian | Allenby Formation | Canada | A betulaceous fruit | |
Pseudosalix[5] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Boucher, Manchester, & Judd | latest Ypresian | Green River Formation | A willow relative | ||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Archimyrmex piatnitzkyi[9] | Comb nov. | vaild | (Viana & Haedo Rossi) | Middle Eocene | Ventana Formation | A myrmeciine ant. moved from Ameghinoia piatnitzkyi (1957) | ||
Archimyrmex smekali | Comb nov. | valid | (Rossi de Garcia) | Middle Eocene | Ventana Formation | A myrmeciine ant. moved from Polanskiella smekali (1983) | ||
Brownimeciinae | Subfam. Gen. et Sp. nov | Valid | Bolton | Turonian | New Jersey amber | A stem group ant, type species B. clavata | ||
Halictus? savenyei[10] | Sp. nov | valid | Engel & Archibald | Ypresian | Coldwater Beds | Canada | first apoid bee fossil described from Canada | |
Lasioglossum celinae | Sp. nov | Valid | Nel & Petrulevicius | Rupelian | Dauphin | A sweat bee | ||
Oligoapis[11] | Gen et sp nov | Jr synonym | Nel & Petrulevicius | Aquitanian | Bes-Konak | An apine bee, type species O. beskonakensis Moved to Bombus beskonakensis in 2019[12] | ||
Palaeopsychops dodgeorum[13] | Sp nov | valid | Makarkin & Archibald | Ypresian | Coldwater Beds | An ithionid giant lacewing | ||
Paraelectrobombus | Gen et sp nov | Jr synonym | Nel & Petrulevicius | Aquitanian | Bes-Konak | Described as an Electrobombini bee type species P. patriciae Moved to Bombus (Paraelectrobombus) patriciae in (2019) | ||
Raphidia funerata[14] | sp nov | synonym | Engel | Priabonian | Florissant Formation | A snakefly. moved to Florissantoraphidia funerata in 2014 | ||
Wesmaelius mathewesi[15] | Sp. nov | valid | Engel & Archibald | Ypresian | Coldwater beds, Princeton Group | A Hemerobiinae lacewing | ||
Xylocopa celineae | Sp nov | valid | Nel & Petrulevicius | Chattian | Camoins-les-Bains | A carpenter bee | ||
German paleontologist and stratigrapher Heinz Walter Kozur (1942-2013) described the conodont genus Carnepigondolella.
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[16]
Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images |
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"Abdallahsaurus"[17] | Nomen nudum. |
| Nomen nudum
| ||
"Blancocerosaurus"[18] | Nomen nudum. |
| Nomen nudum
| ||
Amazonsaurus[19] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Antetonitrus[20] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Aviatyrannis[21] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Bainoceratops[22] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Brohisaurus | Valid taxon |
| |||
Colepiocephale[23] | Valid taxon |
| |||
"Domeykosaurus" | Nomen nudum | Rubilar-Rogers and Vargas vide:
| |||
Dromaeosauroides[24] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Equijubus[25] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Ferganasaurus[26] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Fukuisaurus[27] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Gobititan[28] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Hanssuesia | Valid taxon |
| |||
Heyuannia[29] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Hongshanosaurus[30] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Isisaurus[31] | Valid taxon |
| |||
"Issasaurus" |
| Nomen nudum
| |||
Lamaceratops[32] | Valid taxon |
| |||
"Ligomasaurus" |
| Nomen nudum
| |||
Lusotitan[33] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Magnirostris[34] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Mendozasaurus[35] | Valid taxon |
| |||
"Mohammadisaurus" | Nomen nudum. |
| Nomen nudum
| ||
"Mtapaiasaurus" | Nomen nudum. |
| Nomen nudum
| ||
"Mtotosaurus" | Nomen nudum. |
| Nomen nudum
| ||
"Nteregosaurus" | Nomen nudum. |
| Nomen nudum
| ||
"Nyororosaurus" |
| Nomen nudum
| |||
Olorotitan[36] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Platyceratops | Valid taxon |
| |||
Rajasaurus[37] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Rinconsaurus[38] | Valid taxon |
| |||
"Salimosaurus" | Nomen nudum. |
| Nomen nudum
| ||
"Selimanosaurus" | Nomen nudum. |
| Nomen nudum
| ||
Serendipaceratops[39] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Shenzhousaurus[40] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Shuangmiaosaurus[41] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Silesaurus[42] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Sinornithomimus[43] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Sphaerotholus[44] | Possible junior synonym of Prenocephale |
| |||
"Wangonisaurus" | Nomen nudum. |
| Nomen nudum
| ||
Yixianosaurus[45] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Zalmoxes[46] | Valid taxon |
| |||
Zupaysaurus[47] | Valid taxon | Arcucci & Coria | |||
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amanuensis pickfordi [48] | Gen. et sp. nov | valid | Cécile Mourer-Chauviré | Middle Miocene | MN 4 | A Sagittariidae, relative of the secretarybird. The type species of Amanuensis Mourer-Chauviré, 2003. | ||
Amitabha urbsinterdictensis [49] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Bonnie E. Gulas-Wroblewski Anton F.-J. Wroblewski | Middle Eocene | Bridger Formation | United States | The type species of Amitabha Gulas-Wroblewski & Wroblewski, 2003. Placed in crown Galliformes, but only compared with Phasianidae, not with other Eocene birds from North America. | |
Anhinga minuta [50] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga Edson Guilherme | Late Miocene-Early Pliocene | Huayquerian-Montehermosian, Solimõas Formation | Brazil | An Anhingidae. | |
Coenocorypha miratropica [51] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Trevor H. Worthy | Holocene | Vitilevu | Fiji | A Scolopacidae. | |
Diomedea tanakai [52] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Paul G. Davis | Late Early Miocene | Oi Formation | Japan | A Diomedeidae. | |
Eoeurypyga olsoni [53] | Nomen Nudum | Thesis name. | Ilka Weidig | Early Eocene | Green River Formation | United States | A Eurypygidae. | |
Falco umanskajae [54] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Denis V. Sobolev | Pliocene | MN 16 | Ukraine | A Falconidae. | |
Gallicolumba leonpascoi [55] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Trevor H. Worthy Graham M. Wragg | Late Pleistocene-Holocene | Henderson Island | Pitcairn | A Columbidae. | |
Hemignathus vorpalis [56] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Helen F. James | Subresent | Hawaii | United States | A Fringillidae, Carduelinae, Drepanidini. | |
Macranhinga ranzii | Valid | Sp. nov. | Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga Edson Guilherme | Late Miocene-Early Pliocene | Huayquerian-Montehermosian | Brazil | An Anhingidae. | |
Milvago carbo [57] | Valid | Sp. nov. | William Suárez Duque | Quaternary, possibly Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene | Las Breas de San Felipe | Cuba | A Falconidae. | |
Morus peruvianus [58] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Marcelo Stucchi | Pliocene | Pisco Formation | Peru | A Sulidae. | |
Namibiavis senutae | Gen. et sp. nov | valid | Cécile Mourer-Chauviré | Middle Miocene | MN 4 | Initially thought to be an Idiornithidae, Cariamiformes but in 2011 reinterpreted as an Opisthocomidae, a relative of the hoatzin.[59] The type species of Namibiavis Mourer-Chauviré, 2003. | ||
Nycticorax olsoni [60] | Valid | Sp. nov. | W. R. P. Bourne N. P. Ashmole K. E. L. Simmons | Subrecent | Ascension Island | An Ardeidae. | ||
Palaeogrus mainburgensis [61] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Ursula B. Göhlich | Early Middle Miocene (MN 5) | Upper Freshwater Molasse | Germany | A Gruidae. | |
Parargornis messelensis [62] | Valid | Gen. nov et Sp. nov. | Gerald Mayr | Early Middle Eocene | Messel pit, | Germany | An Apodiformes, Cypselavidae Mourer-Chauviré, 2006. | |
Shandongornis yinansis [63] | Valid | Gen. nov et Sp. nov. | Hou Lianhai | Pliocene | China | A Phasianidae. | ||
Spheniscus chilensis [64] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Steven D. Emslie Carlos Guerra Correa | Pliocene | Mejillones Formation | Chile | A Spheniscidae. | |
Spheniscus megaramphus [65] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Marcello Stucchi Mario Urbina Alfredo Giraldo | Late Miocene | Pisco Formation | Peru | A Spheniscidae. | |
Sula magna | Valid | Sp. nov. | Marcello Stucchi | Late Miocene-Early Pliocene | Pisco Formation | Peru | A Sulidae. | |
Sula sulita | Valid | Sp. nov. | Marcello Stucchi | Late Miocene-Early Pliocene | Pisco Formation | Peru | A Sulidae. | |
Wyomingcypselus pohli | Nomen Nudum | Thesis name. | Ilka Weidig | Early Eocene | Green River Formation | United States | An Apodiformes. | |
Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Archaeovenator[66] | Valid |
| Upper Carboniferous (Upper Pennsylvanian) | Hamilton Quarry | United States | a pelycosaur | |||
Brasilitherium[67] | Valid |
| Brazil | < | -- --> | ||||
Brasilodon | Valid |
| Brazil | ||||||
Bullacephalus[68] | Valid |
| South Africa | ||||||
Colobodectes[69] | Valid |
| Upper/Middle Permian (Capitanian) | Abrahamskraal formation | South Africa | an anomodont | |||
Lanthanostegus[70] | Valid |
| Middle/Upper Permian (Capitanian) | South Africa | an anomodont; replacement name for Lanthanocephalus Modesto, Rubidge & Welman, 2002, preoccupied by the cnidarian genus Lanthanocephalus Williams & Starmer, 2000[71] | ||||
Santacruzodon[72] | Valid |
| Brazil | ||||||
Xiyukannemeyeria[73] | Valid |
| Middle Triassic (Anisian) | China | an anomodont; new genus for "Parakannemeyeria" brevirostris | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Caracal depereti[74] | Sp nov | Disputed | Morales et al. | Pliocene | Spain | A Caracal. Boscaini et al. (2016) considered this species to be a junior synonym of Lynx issiodorensis.[75] | ||
Guangxicyon[76] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Zhai et al. | Eocene | Nadu Formation | China | An amphicyonid. | |
Iridodon[77] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Morlo & Gunnell | Bridgerian | Wasatch Formation | United States | A limnocyonid hyaenodont.The type species is I. datzae. | |
Kogolepithecus[78] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Pickford et al. | Miocene | Uganda | A catarrhine of uncertain affinity. The type species is K. morotoensis. | ||
Yuesthonyx[79] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Tong, Wang & Fu | Paleocene | Dazhang Formation | China | A tillodont. The type species is Y. tingae. | |