Plants

Pteridophytes

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Osmunda wehrii[1]Sp novValidMiller jrMiddle MioceneRoza-Priest Rapids Basalts contact,
Columbia River Basalt Group.		United States
Washington		A fern

Angiosperms

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Alangium oregonensis[2]Sp novvalidScott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUnited States
Oregon		An Alangium wood species
Betula clarnoensis[2]Sp novvalidScott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUnited States
Oregon		A Betula wood species
Cercidiphyllum alalongum[2]Sp novvalidScott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUnited States
Oregon		A Cercidiphyllum wood species
Fagaceoxylon[2]Gen et sp novvalidScott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUnited States
Oregon		A Fagaceae wood genus.
Type species F. ostryopsoides
Liriodendroxylon multiporosum[2]Sp novvalidScott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUnited States
Oregon		A Magnoliaceae wood species
Magnolia angulata[2]Sp novvalidScott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUnited States
Oregon		A Magnolia wood species
Magnolia longiradiata[2]Sp novvalidScott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUnited States
Oregon		A Magnolia wood species
Quercinium crystallifera[2]Sp novvalidScott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUnited States
Oregon		A Fagaceae wood species
Ulminium scalariforme[2]Sp novvalidScott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUnited States
Oregon		A Lauraceae wood species
Trochodendron beckii[2]Comb novvalid(Hergert & Phinney) Scott & WheelerMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUnited States
Oregon		A Trochodendron wood species.
New comb of Trochodendroxylon beckii Hergert & Phinney 1954

Fish

Ray-finned fish

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages
"Amia" hesperia[3]Sp novValidWilsonEarly EoceneAllenby FormationCanada
British Columbia		A bowfin

Archosauromorphs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Arstanosaurus[5]gen et sp novNomen dubium.
  • Suslov
  • Shilin
Upper CretaceousBostobinskaya FormationKazakhstan
Dandakosaurus[6]gen et sp novNomen dubium.
  • Yadagiri
Early JurassicKota FormationIndia
Goyocephale[7]gen et sp novValidLate CretaceousUnnamed unitMongolia
Huayangosaurus[8]gen et sp novValid taxonDong, Tang, & ZhouMiddle JurassicLower Shaximiao FormationChina
Hulsanpes[9]gen et sp novValid taxonOsmólskaLate CretaceousBarun Goyot FormationMongolia
Pectinodon[10]gen et sp novValidCarpenterLate CretaceousLance FormationUnited StatesA troodontid.
Tawasaurus[11]gen et sp novValid taxon
  • Yang
Early JurassicChina
"Vectensia"[12]gen et sp novNomen nudumDelairEarly CretaceousReferred to Polacanthus.

Birds

Some remarks on newly named birds

  • Hulsanpes perlei Osmolska, 1982 was described as a Troodontidae, it is sometimes seen as an Avialae because of having a ginglymoid metatarsal II.

Newly named birds

NameStatusNoveltyAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Alectoris peii [13]ValidSp. nov.Hou LianhaiEarly PleistoceneZhoukoudianChinaA Phasianidae.
Ambiortus dementjevi [14]ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Evgeny N. KurochkinEarly Cretaceous

Neocomian,

Unduruhinskaya Formatie

MongoliaAn Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Ambiortiformes Kurochkin, 1982. Ambiortidae Kurochkin, 1982, this is the type species of the new genus.
Anhinga hadarensis [15]ValidSp. nov.

Pierce Brodkorb

Cécile Mourer-Chauviré

Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene

Hadar Formation,

± 3 My BP

EthiopiaAn Anhingidae.
Athene cretensis [16]ValidSp. nov.Peter D. M. WeesieLate Pleistocene

Crete,

MQ 2C

GreeceA Strigidae.
Bantamyx georgicus [17][18]ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Evgeny N. KurochkinLate MioceneKhirgis Nur Formation, Khirgis Nur 2MongoliaA Phasianidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Caspiodontornis kobystanicus [19][20]ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Sevil M. Aslanova

Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich

Middle OligoceneMaykopian Formation

USSR:

Azerbaijan

An Odontopterygiformes Howard, 1957, family Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus.
Cepphus olsoni [21]ValidSp. nov.Hildegarde HowardLate Miocene

San Mateo Formation,

San Luis Rey River Local Fauna

United States

California

An Alcidae.
Ciconia lucida [17]ValidSp. nov.Evgeny N. KurochkinMiddle PlioceneLarge Lakes BasinMongoliaA Ciconiidae.
Columba congi [13]ValidSp. nov.Hou LianhaiPleistoceneZhoukoudianChinaA Columbidae.
Crossoptilon jiai [13]ValidSp. nov.Hou LianhaiPleistoceneZhoukoudianChinaA Phasianidae.
Ephippiorhynchus pakistanensis [22]ValidSp. nov.

Colin J. O. Harrison

Cyril A. Walker

Late MioceneUpper Dokh Pathan Formation, Siwalik SeriesPakistanA Ciconiidae.
Falco chowi [13]ValidSp. nov.Hou LianhaiPleistoceneZhoukoudianChinaA Falconidae.
Gavia egeriana [23]ValidSp. nov.Petr ŠvecEarly MioceneMN 4bCzechoslovakiaA Gaviidae.
Lophura wayrei [22]ValidSp. nov.

Colin J. O. Harrison

Cyril A. Walker

Late MioceneUpper Nagri Formation, Chinji Formation, Siwalik SeriesPakistanA Phasianidae.
Minggangia changgouensis [24]ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Hou LianhaiLate EoceneLinzhuangqunChinaA Threskiornithidae, placed in Aves Incerta Sedis by Olson, 1982, this is the type species of the new genus.
Miobaptus walteri [23]ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Petr ŠvecEarly MioceneMN 4bCzechoslovakiaA Podicipedidae, this is the type species of the new genus, Mlíkovský, 2000 transferred the species to the genus Podiceps.[25]
Ornimegalonyx acevedoi [26]ValidSp. nov.Oscar ArredondoLate PleistoceneCave depositsCubaA Strigidae, probably a synonym of Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958.
Ornimegalonyx gigas [26]ValidSp. nov.Oscar ArredondoLate PleistoceneCave depositsCubaA Strigidae, probably a synonym of Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958.
Ornimegalonyx minor [26]ValidSp. nov.Oscar ArredondoLate PleistoceneCave depositsCubaA Strigidae, probably a synonym of Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958.
Palaeopsittacus georgei [27]ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly Eocene

London Clay

MP 8

UK:

England

Described as a Psittacidae, transferred by Mourer-Chauviré in 1992 to the Quercypsittidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Mayr et Daniels 1998, Mayr 2009 thought it might be a Fluvioviridavidae G. Mayr, 2005, this is the type species of the new genus.
Paludiavis richae [22]ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Colin J. O. Harrison

Cyril A. Walker

Late MioceneSiwalik SeriesPakistanA possible Balaenicipitidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Parvulivenator watteli [28]ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly Eocene

London Clay

MP 8

UK:

England

Described as a Falconidae, but Mlíkovský 2002 [29] placed it in Aves Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus.
Physornis brasiliensis [30]ValidSp. nov.Herculano M. F. de AlvarengaLate Oligocene or Early MioceneUpper Deseadean, Tremembé FormationBrazilA Gruiformes, Phorusrhacidae Ameghino, 1889, Brontornitinae Moreno et Mercerat, 1891, in 1993 Alvarenga mede it the type species of his new genus Paraphysornis.[31]
Pleotis liui [13]ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Hou LianhaiPleistoceneZhoukoudianChinaAn Otididae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Porphyrio parvus [22]ValidSp. nov.

Colin J. O. Harrison

Cyril A. Walker

Late MioceneUpper Nagri Formatie, Siwalik SeriesPakistanA Rallidae.
Tachornis uranoceles [32]ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. OlsonPleistoceneCave depositsPuerto RicoAn Apodidae.
Uria paleohesperis [21]ValidSp. nov.Hildegarde HowardLate Miocene

San Mateo Formation

San Luis Rey River Local Fauna

United States

California

An Alcidae.
Urmiornis cracrafti [22]ValidSp. nov.

Colin J. O. Harrison

Cyril A. Walker

Late MioceneNear KadirpurPakistanA Gruiformes, Ergilornithidae Kozlova, 1960. According to Karhu, 1997 not an Ergilornithidae. Olson, 1985 and Kurochkin, 1985 place the species in the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891.

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Bathyspondylusgen et sp novValidDelairKimmeridgianEngland

Pterosaurs

New taxa

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Huanhepterusgen et sp novValidDongLate JurassicHuachihuanhe FormationChina

Pseudosuchia

General pseudosuchian research

New taxa

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Dianchungosaurus[34]gen et sp novvalid
  • Yang Z. J.
SinemurianLufeng FormationChinaFirst described as a dinosaur
Trialestes[35]gen et sp novValidBonaparteLate TriassicIschigualasto FormationArgentinaSphenosuchian

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