Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Albertarum[4] | Gen et sp nov | Bogner, Hoffman, & Aulenback | Cretaceous Late Campanian | Horseshoe Canyon Formation | Canada | An orontioid Infructescence. The type species is A. pueri. | ||
Archaeamphora[5] | Gen et sp nov | dubious | Li | Early Cretaceous | Jianshangou Formation | China | The type species is Archaeamphora longicervia | |
Corylopsis reedae | sp nov | Valid | Radtke, Pigg, & Wehr | Early Eocene Ypresian | Eocene Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation | United States | A Corylopsis species | |
Fothergilla malloryi[6] | sp nov | Valid | Radtke, Pigg, & Wehr | Early Eocene Ypresian | Eocene Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation | United States | A Fothergilla species | |
Shirleya[7] | Gen et Sp nov | Valid | Pigg & DeVore | Middle Miocene | "Yakima Canyon Flora" | A crape myrtle relative, type species S. grahamae | thumb|center|upright|Shirleya grahamae | |
Ulmus okanaganensis[8] | sp nov | valid | Denk & Dillhoff | Early Eocene Ypresian | Eocene Okanagan Highlands Tranquille Formation McAbee Fossil Beds | An elm species. Also found in other Eocene Okanagan Highlands locations. | ||
Teixeiraea[9] | Gen et sp nov | von Balthazar, Pedersen and Friis | Cretaceous | Vale de Agua 320 | Portugal | A plant ascribed to Ranunculales. The type species is T. lusitanica. | ||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Pteropus[10] | Gen et sp nov | Van der Ham & Dortangs | Maastricht Formation | A ascomycetous fungus in Brachyphyllum patens foliage The type species is P. brachyphylli | ||||
Stigmatomyces succini[11] | Sp nov | valid | Rossi, Kotrba, & Triebel | Eocene Priabonian | Baltic amber | A laboulbeniaceous parasite of Prosphyracephala succini | ||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Acropyga glaesaria[13] | Sp nov | Valid | Lapolla | Miocene Burdigalian | Dominican amber | Oldest record of trophophoresy in ants | ||
Araripenymphes[14] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Menon, Martins-Neto, & Martill | Cretaceous Aptian | Crato Formation | A nymphid lacewing | ||
Cananeuretus[15] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Engel & Grimaldi | Cretaceous Campanian | Canadian amber | A possible Aneuretinae ant. Type sp. C. occidentalis | ||
Culex malariager | Sp nov | valid | Poinar | Miocene Burdigalian | Dominican amber | A mosquito, a vector of Plasmodium dominicana | ||
Dinokanaga[16] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Archibald | Eocene Ypresian | Eocene Okanagan Highlands Tranquille Formation McAbee Fossil Beds | Six species named D. andersoni, D. dowsonae, D. hillsi, D. sternbergi, D. webbi, D. wilsoni | ||
Eorhachiberotha[17] | Gen et sp nov | homonym | Nel Et al. | Eocene Ypresian | Oise amber | A rhachiberothide lacewing, Genus name preoccupied by Eorhachiberotha Engel, 2004 Moved to Oisea Nel et al 2005[18] | ||
Jeanlegrandia[19] | Gen et sp nov | valid | Nel, Petrulevicius, & Jarzembowski | Chattian | Les Figons | A Libellulid dragonfly, the type species is J. oligocenica | ||
Myanmyrma | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Engel & Grimaldi | Cretaceous Earliest Cenomanian | Burmese amber | A sphecomyrmine ant. The type species is M. gracilis | ||
Oisea | Gen et comb nov | valid | Nel Et al. | Eocene Ypresian | Oise amber | A rhachiberothide lacewing, A new genus name for Eorhachiberotha Nel et al 2005 | ||
Sphecomyrma | Gen et sp nov | jr synonym | Engel & Grimaldi | Cretaceous earliest Cenomanian | Burmese amber | A stem group ant, jr syn of Gerontoformica orientalis | ||
Triatoma dominicana | Sp nov | Valid | Poinar | Miocene Burdigalian | Dominican amber | Oldest record of the vector association between Triatoma and Trypanosoma | ||
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[20]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Appalachiosaurus[21] | Valid taxon |
| Late Cretaceous | A Tyrannosaurid from Appalachia | ||
Archaeodontosaurus | Valid taxon | Middle Jurassic | An early Sauropod | |||
Auroraceratops | Valid taxon |
| Early Cretaceous | |||
"Bakesaurus" | Nomen nudum |
| ||||
Baurutitan | Valid taxon |
| Late Cretaceous | |||
Brachytrachelopan[23] | Valid taxon |
| Middle Jurassic | A short necked Sauropod | ||
Buitreraptor[25] | Valid taxon |
| Late Cretaceous | A small fish eating raptor | ||
Cathartesaura | Valid taxon |
| Late Cretaceous | |||
Changchunsaurus[26] | Valid taxon |
| Early Cretaceous | a primitive Ornithopod | ||
Chebsaurus[28] | Valid taxon |
| from Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic | |||
Condorraptor[30] | Valid taxon |
| Middle Jurassic | |||
Daanosaurus[31] | Valid taxon |
| Late Jurassic | |||
Dashanpusaurus | Valid taxon |
| from middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic | |||
Dubreuillosaurus | Valid taxon |
| ||||
Falcarius[33] | Valid taxon |
| Early Cretaceous | An early Therizinosaur | ||
Ferganocephale[35] | Valid taxon |
| Middle Jurassic | An early Pachycephalosaur | ||
"Galveosaurus"[36] | Junior synonym |
| Junior synonym of Galvesaurus. | |||
Galvesaurus | Valid taxon |
| Early Cretaceous | |||
Hagryphus | Valid taxon |
| Late Cretaceous | |||
Hexinlusaurus | Valid taxon |
| Middle Jurassic | |||
Hungarosaurus[38] | Valid taxon |
| Late Cretaceous | |||
Jinfengopteryx[39] | Valid taxon |
| Early Cretaceous | |||
Karongasaurus[41] | Valid taxon |
| Early Cretaceous | |||
Lanzhousaurus | Valid taxon |
| Early Cretaceous | |||
Nemegtomaia | Valid taxon |
| Late Cretaceous | |||
Neuquenraptor[43] | Valid taxon |
| Late Cretaceous | May be a subjective junior synonym of Unenlagia. | ||
Pedopenna[44] | Valid taxon |
| Middle Jurassic | |||
Penelopognathus | Valid taxon |
| Early Cretaceous | |||
Puertasaurus | Valid taxon |
| Late Cretaceous | |||
Shixinggia[46] | Valid taxon |
| Late Cretaceous | |||
Stormbergia | Valid taxon |
| Early Jurassic | A primitive Ornithischian | ||
Tanycolagreus[47] | Valid taxon |
| Late Jurassic | A primitive Tyrannosaur | ||
Trigonosaurus | Disputed |
| Late Cretaceous | Subsequently argued by Silva Junior et al. (2022) to be a junior synonym of Baurutitan.[49] | ||
Tyrannotitan[50] | Valid taxon |
| Late Cretaceous | |||
Xinjiangovenator[52] | Valid taxon |
| Early Cretaceous | |||
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Afrocygnus chauvireae[53] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Antoine Louchart Patrick Vignaud Andossa Likius Hassane Taisso Mackaye | Late Miocene | Anthracotheriid Unit | An Anatidae, the oldest from Africa. | |||
Aquila nipaloides[54] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Antoine Louchart Claudia Bedetti Marco Pavia | Pleistocene | Corsica and Sardinia | An Island Accipitridae. | |||
Chascacocolius cacicirostris[55] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Gerald Mayr | Early Middle Eocene | Messel pit, | A Coliiformes, Chascacocoliidae Zelenkov et Dyke, 2008. | |||
Ciconia louisebolesae[56] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Walter E. Boles | Late Oligocene-Early Miocene | Riversleigh | A Ciconiidae. | |||
Crossvallia unienwillia[57] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Claudia P. Tambussi Marcelo A. Reguero Sergio A. Marenssi Sergio N. Santillana | Late Paleocene | Cross Valley Formation | A Spheniscidae. | |||
Dalianraptor cuhe[58] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Gao Chunling Liu Jinyuan | Early Cretaceous, Early Albian | Jiufotang Formation | China | An Ornithurae Haeckel, 1866. This is the type species of the genus. | < | ----> |
Eurofluvioviridavis robustipes[59] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Gerald Mayr | Early Eocene | MP 8 | A Podargiformes, Fluvioviridavidae Mayr, 2005. | |||
Gallinula disneyi[60] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Walter E. Boles | Oligocene-Miocene | Riversleigh | A Rallidae, in 2011 this species becomes the type species of the new genus Australlus Worthy et Boles, 2011. | |||
Gallirallus vekamatolu[61] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Jeremy J. Kirchman | Holocene | ‘Eua | A Rallidae. | |||
Hongshanornis longicresta[62] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Zhou Zhonghe Zhang Fucheng | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | China | An Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, Hongshanornithidae O’Connor, Gao et Chiappe, 2010. This is the type species of the genus. | ||
Limnofregata hasegawai[63] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Storrs L. Olson Hiroshige Matsuoka | Late Early Eocene | Green River Formation | A Fregatidae, Limnofregatinae Olson, 1977. | |||
Lithoptila abdounensis[64] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Estelle Bourdon Baâdi Bouya Mohamed Iarochène | Late Paleocene-Early Eocene | Thanetian | A Prophaethontidae Harrison et Walker, 1976. | |||
Oxyura vantetsi[65] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Trevor H. Worthy | Holocene | Lake Poukawa | An Anatidae, extinct since the 16th century. | |||
Parvigrus pohli[66] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Gerald Mayr | Early Oligocene | Pichovet, Vachères, Southern France | A Parvigruidae Mayr, 2005. | |||
Perugyps diazi[67] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Marcelo Stucchi Steven D. Emslie | Late Miocene-Early Pliocene | Pisco Formation | A Cathartidae. | |||
Protocypselomorphus manfredkelleri[68] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Gerald Mayr | Early Middle Eocene | Messel pit, | A Cypselomorphae (Sensu Mayr, 2002). | |||
?Primotrogon pumilio[69] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Gerald Mayr | Early Middle Eocene | Messel pit, | A Trogonidae, In 2009 Mayr creates the new genus Masillatrogon for this species and makes ?Primotrogon pumilio its type species. | |||
Pseudoseisuropsis cuelloi[70] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Santiago Claramunt Andrès Rinderknecht | Late Pleistocene | Coastal cliffs near Rio de la Plata estuary | A Furnariidae. | |||
Rallus eivissensis[71] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Miquel McMinn M. Palmer Josep A. Alcover | Pleistocene, Holocene | Ibiza | A Rallidae. | |||
Rhodacanthis forfex[72] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Helen F. James | Holocene | Kauai | A Fringillidae, Carduelinae, Drepanidini. | |||
Rhodacanthis litotes | Valid | Sp. nov. | Helen F. James | Holocene | Oahu | A Fringillidae, Carduelinae, Drepanidini. | |||
Rupelramphastoides knopfi[73] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Gerald Mayr | Early Oligocene | Rupelian | A Pici (sensu Simpson and Cracraft, 1981), family incertae sedis (confer Ramphastidae Vigors, 1825) | |||
Struthio kakesiensis[74] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Terry Harrison Charles P. Msuya | Pliocene | Lower Laetoli Beds | Known from eggshells | |||
Struthio linxiaensis[75] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Hou Lianhai
Zhang Fu-Cheng Wang Zhao | Late Miocene | Liushu Formation | Transferred to, and made the type species of a new genus Orientornis Wang, 2008.[76] | |||
Vegavis iaai[77] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Julia A. Clarke Claudia P. Tambussi Jorge L. Noriega Richard A. Ketcham | Late Cretaceous | Middle to Late Maastrichtian | An ?Anseriformes. This is the type species of the genus. |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Bakonydraco[78] | Valid |
| Upper Cretaceous | Csehbánya Formation | Hungary | The type species is Bakonydraco galaczi. | < | -- --> |
Boreopterus[79] | Valid |
| Lower Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | China | The type species is Boreopterus cuiae. | ||
Caulkicephalus[80] | Valid |
| Early Cretaceous | Wessex Formation | The type species is Caulkicephalus trimicrodon. | |||
Eoazhdarcho[81] | Valid |
| Early Cretaceous | Jiufotang Formation | China | The type species is Eoazhdarcho liaoxiensis. | ||
Eopteranodon[82] | Valid |
| Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | China | The type species is Eopteranodon lii. | ||
Feilongus[83] | Valid |
| Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | China | The type species is Feilongus youngi. | ||
Huaxiapterus[84] | Synonym |
| Early Cretaceous | Jiufotang Formation | China | The type species is Huaxiapterus jii. Huaxiapterus is a junior synonym of Sinopterus[85] | ||
Liaoxipterus[86] | Valid |
| Early Cretaceous | Jiufotang Formation | China | The type species is Liaoxipterus brachyognathus. | ||
Nurhachius | Valid |
| Early Cretaceous | Jiufotang Formation | China | The type species is Nurhachius ignaciobritoi. | ||
Paranurognathus | Synonym |
| The type species is Paranurognathus tischlingeri. Paranurognathus is a junior synonym of Anurognathus. |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Irajatherium[87] | Valid |
| Upper Triassic | Caturrita Formation | Brazil | The type species is Irajatherium hernadezi. | < | -- --> |
Madysaurus[88] | Valid |
| Triassic | Magygen Formation | Kyrgyzstan | The type species is Madysaurus sharovi. | ||
Putillosaurus[89] | Valid |
| Lower Triassic | The type species is Putillosaurus sennikovi. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images | |
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Amphicticeps dorog[90] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Early Oligocene | Hsanda Gol Formation | An amphicynodontid. | |||
Amphicticeps makhchinus | Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Early Oligocene | Hsanda Gol Formation | An amphicynodontid. | |||
Indodelphis[91] | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid |
| Eocene | Cambay Shale Formation | India | A marsupial. |
As science becomes more collaborative, papers with large numbers of authors are becoming more common. To prevent the deformation of the tables, these footnotes list the contributors to papers that erect new genera and have many authors.