Английская Википедия:2001 in paleontology

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Plants

Pteridophyta

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Wessiea	gen et sp nov	Valid	Pigg & Rothwell	Langhian (Middle Miocene)	"Ho ho" site, Grande Ronde Basalt.		A fern, type sp W. yakimaensis

Conifers

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Metasequoia foxii	sp nov	Valid	Stockey, Rothwell, & Falder	late Tiffanian	Munce's Hill and Gao mine sites, Paskapoo Formation

Angiosperms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Trochodendron nastae	sp nov	Valid	Pigg, Wehr, & Ickert-Bond	Ypresian	Tom Thumb Tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation		A Trochodendron species	Файл:Trochodendron nastae SR 08-44-01 A.jpg Trochodendron nastae

Arthropods

Crustaceans

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Country	Notes	Images
Archaeopus lunicarina	Sp nov		Schweitzer & Feldmann	Cretaceous Late Campanian - Maastrichtian	Matanuska Formation	Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag	A retroplumid crab
Brecanclawu	Gen et sp nov		Schweitzer & Feldmann	Eocene	Twin River Group Hoko River Formation	Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag	A possible callianassid ghost shrimp The type species is B. rathbunae
Callianopsis? inornatus	Sp nov		Schweitzer & Feldmann	Eocene	Twin River Group Hoko River Formation	Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag	A callianassid ghost shrimp of uncertain generic affinity.
Ctenocheles hokoensis	Sp nov		Schweitzer & Feldmann	Eocene	Twin River Group Hoko River Formation	Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag	A possible ctenochelid ghost shrimp
Eucorystes platys	Sp nov		Schweitzer & Feldmann	Cretaceous Albian	Hudspeth Formation	Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag	A palaeocorystine frog crab.
Glyphea micheleae	Sp nov		Schweitzer & Feldmann	Eocene Lutetian	Aldwell Formation?	Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag	A glypheid glypheoid lobster species.
Hoploparia tshudy	Sp nov		Schweitzer & Feldmann	Cretaceous late Albian - late Cenomanian	Moonshine Creek Formation	Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag	A nephropid lobster sp.
Paguristes hokoensis	Sp nov		Schweitzer & Feldmann	Eocene	Twin River Group Hoko River Formation	Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag	A Diogenid hermit crab species.
Pagurus malloryi	Sp nov		Schweitzer & Feldmann	Oligocene	Makah Formation Jansen Creek Member	Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag	A Diogenid hermit crab species.
Palaeastacus trisulcatus	Sp nov		Schweitzer & Feldmann	Cretaceous Cenomanian	Antelope Shale	Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag	A erymid glypheoid lobster species.
Palaeopentacheles? starri	Sp nov		Schweitzer & Feldmann	Oligocene	Makah Formation	Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag	A Polychelid benthic crustacean sp. of uncertain generic affinity.

Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Country	Notes	Images
Electromyrmococcus	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Williams	Burdigalian (Miocene)	Dominican amber		A Coccoidea scale insect	Файл:Acropyga glaesaria SMFBE457B2 01.jpg Electromyrmococcus abductus in the jaws of Acropyga glaesaria
Palaeopsychops	Gen et 4 sp nov	valid	Andersen	Ypresian	Fur Formation		An ithionid giant lacewing Type species P. latifasciatus, also includes P. abruptus, P. angustifasciatus, and P. maculatus
Tainosia	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Szwedo & Stroiński	Burdigalian (Miocene)	Dominican amber		A nogodinid frog hopper

Fishes

Newly named bony fishes

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Achoania	Valid	Zhu Yu Ahlberg	Early Devonian	Xitun Formation		The type species is Achoania jarvikii.
Westollrhynchus	Valid	Schultze	Early Devonian	Bear Rock Formation		A new genus for "Speonesydrion" lehmanni.

Amphibians

Newly named amphibians

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Mesophryne	Valid	Gao Shubin	Late Jurassic	Yixian Formation		The type species is Mesophryne beipiaoensis.
Nezpercius	Valid	Blob Carrano Rogers Forster Espinoza	Upper Cretaceous	Judith River Formation		The type species is Nezpercius dodsoni.
Sinerpeton	Valid	Gao Shubin	Late Jurassic	Zhangjiakou Formation		The type species is Sinerpeton fengshanensis.

Ichthyosaurs

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Metashastasaurus	Synonymy	Nichollis Manabe	Late Triassic	Pardonet Formation		A new genus for "Shastasaurus" neoscapularis. A junior synonymy of Callawayia Maisch & Matzke, 2000.

Turtles

Newly named turtles

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Caribemys	Valid	de la Fuente Iturralde-Vinent	Upper Jurassic	Jagua Formation		The type species is Caribemys oxfordiensis.
Cearachelys	Valid	Gaffney Campos Hirayama	Early Cretaceous	Santana Formation		The type species is Cearachelys placidoi.
Kurmademys	Valid	Gaffney Chatterjee Rudra	Late Cretaceous	Kallamedu Formation		The type species is Kurmademys kallamedensis.

Lepidosauromorphs

Newly named basal lepidosauromorphs

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Hypuronector	Valid	Colbert Olsen	Late Triassic	Lockatong Formation		The type species is Hypuronector limnaios.

Newly named plesiosaurs

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Hauffiosaurus	Valid	O'Keefe	Lower Jurassic	Posidonia Shale Formation		The type species is Hauffiosaurus zanoni.	Файл:Hauffiosaurus 1.JPG Hauffiosaurus

Newly named sphenodonts

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Godavarisaurus	Valid	Evans Prasad Manhas	Early Jurassic	Kota Formation		The type species is Godavarisaurus latefi.
Rebbanasaurus	Valid	Evans Prasad Manhas	Early Jurassic	Kota Formation		The type species is Rebbanasaurus jani.

Archosauromorphs

Newly named basal archosauromorphs

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Yonghesuchus	Valid	Wu Liu Li	Upper Triassic	Tongchuan Formation		The type species is Yonghesuchus sangbiensis.

Newly named pseudosuchians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Mekosuchus sanderi	Sp. nov.	Valid	Willis	Early Miocene	Ringtail Site of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area		A mekosuchinae crocodilian. It is the youngest known species of Mekosuchus from the Australian mainland.
Pabwehshi	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wilson, Malkani & Gingerich	Upper Cretaceous	Pab Formation		The type species is Pabwehshi pakistanensis.
Rugosuchus	Gen. et. sp. nov	Valid	Wu, Wu & Russell	Lower Cretaceous	?Nenjiang Formation		The type species is Rugosuchus nonganensis.
Stratiotosuchus	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Campos et al.	Upper Cretaceous	Adamantina Formation		The type species is Stratiotosuchus maxhechti.

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aletopelta	Valid taxon	Ford James Kirkland		Point Loma Formation	Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag)	A Шаблон:Convert ankylosaurid. Apparently, before being fossilized, the animal's bloated carcass had floated out to sea and formed a miniature reef environment after it sank to the bottom.	Файл:Aletopelta coombsi.jpg Aletopelta Файл:Citipati profiles1.jpg Citipati Файл:Gobisaurus.jpg Gobisaurus Файл:Hesperosaurus mjosi skeleton.JPG Hesperosaurus Файл:Khaan mckennai profile1.jpg Khaan Файл:Masiakosaurus skull FMNH.jpg Masiakasaurus had a unique jaw configuration with projecting teeth. Файл:Nothronychus mckinleyi Restoration.png Nothronychus Файл:SyntarsusDB.jpg Megapnosaurus Файл:Paralititan stromeri.jpg Paralititan Файл:Rapetosaurus BW.jpg Rapetosaurus
Bienosaurus	Valid taxon	Dong Zhiming		Lower Lufeng Formation		A primitive scelidosaurid known from scant remains.
Cedarpelta	Valid taxon	Kenneth Carpenter James Kirkland et al.		Cedar Mountain Formation		The most basal known ankylosaurid.
Citipati	Valid taxon	James M. Clark Mark Norell Rinchen Barsbold		Djadokhta Formation		A relatively large oviraptorid known to brood its nests.
Draconyx	Valid taxon	Octávio Mateus Antunes		Lourinhã Formation		A relative of Camptosaurus.
Eotyrannus	Valid taxon	Hutt Naish et al.		Wessex Formation		A twenty-foot tyrannosauroid.
Eshanosaurus	Valid taxon	Xu Xing Zhao Xijin James M. Clark		Lower Lufeng Formation		A therizinosaur, possibly the earliest known coelurosaur.
Gobisaurus	Valid taxon	Matthew K. Vickaryous Anthony P. Russell et al.		Ulansuhai Formation		An ankylosaurid that resembled Shamosaurus.
"Hanwulosaurus"	Nomen nudum	Anonymous				A thirty-foot ankylosaur.
"Heilongjiangosaurus"	Nomen nudum	Li W. Jin J.				A hadrosaur, possibly synonymous with Charonosaurus.
Hesperosaurus	Valid taxon	Kenneth Carpenter Miles Cloward		Morrison Formation		A stegosaurid slightly older and more primitive than Stegosaurus, although the genera may be synonymous.
Jiangshanosaurus	Valid taxon	Tang F. Kang et al.				A titanosaur known only from a partial skeleton found near Lixian Village, China.
Jinzhousaurus	Valid taxon	Wang X. Xu Xing		Yixian Formation		A hadrosauroid known from a nearly complete skeleton.
Khaan	Valid taxon	James M. Clark Mark Norell Rinchen Barsbold		Djadochta Formation		A fairly typical oviraptorid once misidentified as Ingenia.
"Kittysaurus"	Junior synonym of Eotyrannus	Hargreaves		Wessex Formation
Liaoningosaurus	Valid taxon	Xu Xing Wang X. You		Yixian Formation		A bizarre ankylosaur of uncertain classification. Known from the complete specimen of a juvenile 34 cm long, it's the smallest known ankylosaur to date.
Losillasaurus	Valid taxon	Maria Lourdes Casanovas-Cladellas Santafe Sanz		Villar del Arzobispo Formation		A large turiasaur known from a partial subadult skeleton.
Masiakasaurus	Valid taxon	Sampson Carrano Forster	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Maevarano Formation		A 2-meter (about 6–7 feet) noasaurid with unusual forward-pointing teeth.
Megapnosaurus	Valid taxon	Ivie Slipinski Wegrzynowicz			Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag	Replacement name for Syntarsus Raath, 1969 non Fairmaire, 1869; a coelophysid theropod.
Neimongosaurus	Valid taxon	Zhang X. H. Xu Xing et al.		Iren Dabasu Formation		A therizinosaur about 2.3 meters in length.
Nothronychus	Valid taxon	James Kirkland Wolfe	Late Cretaceous (Turonian)	Moreno Hill Formation		A therizinosaur.
Paralititan	Valid taxon	J. B. Smith Lamanna et al.		Bahariya Formation		A titanosaur and of the most massive dinosaurs ever discovered, with an estimated weight of 59 tonnes (65 short tons) and length of around 26 meters (85 ft).
Planicoxa	Valid taxon	DiCroce Kenneth Carpenter		Cedar Mountain Formation		An advanced iguanodontian.
Pukyongosaurus	Valid taxon	Dong Zhiming Paik Kim H. J.		Hasandong Formation		A titanosauriform related to Euhelopus.
Quilmesaurus	Valid taxon	Rodolfo Coria		Allen Formation		A 5–6 meter (16–20 feet) theropod known from a partial leg.
Rapetosaurus	Valid taxon	Kristina Curry-Rogers Catherine A. Forster	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Maevarano Formation		A 15 metres (49 ft) titanosaur.
Ruehleia	Valid taxon	Peter Galton.		Knollenmergel		A prosauropod named for Hugo Ruehle von Lilienstern.
Wellnhoferia	Valid non-dinosaurian taxon.	Andrzej Elżanowski		Solnhofen Limestone		Very similar to Archaeopteryx, which may be its senior synonym.
Venenosaurus	Valid taxon	Tidwell Kenneth Carpenter S. Meyer	Early Cretaceous (early Aptian)	Cedar Mountain Formation (Poison Strip Member)		A relatively small (probably around 10 m (33 ft) long) titanosauriform sauropod, known from an incomplete skeleton of an adult and a juvenile. Its tail vertebrae articulated in a unique fashion that may be of evolutionary significance.
"Yibinosaurus"	Nomen nudum	Ouyang vide: Anonymous				An undescribed sauropod.
Yunxianosaurus	Valid taxon	Li	Late Cretaceous			A titanosaur sauropod.

Newly named birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aegypius prepyrenaicus	Sp. nov.	Valid ?	Hernández Carrasquilla	Late Pleistocene	Cave depositions	Шаблон:Flag:	According to Sanchez Marco (2007) it is a Nomen Dubium.
Apsaravis ukhaana	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Mark A. Norell Julia A. Clarke	Late Cretaceous	Djadokhta Formation		The type species of the new genus.
Belgirallus minutus	Sp. nov.	Valid	Gerald Mayr Richard Smith	Early Oligocene	MP 21	Шаблон:Flag:	A Rallidae.
Belgirallus oligocaenus	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Gerald Mayr Richard Smith	Early Oligocene	MP 21	Шаблон:Flag:	A Rallidae, the type species of the new genus.
Boutersemia belgica	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Gerald Mayr Richard Smith	Early Oligocene	MP 21	Шаблон:Flag:	A Glareolidae, the type species of the new genus.
Boutersemia parvula	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Gerald Mayr Richard Smith	Early Oligocene	MP 21	Шаблон:Flag:	A Glareolidae.
Calonectris krantzi	Sp. nov.	Valid	Storrs L. Olson Pamela C. Rasmussen	Early Pliocene	Yorktown Formation	Шаблон:Flag:	A Procellariidae.
Collocalia buday	Sp. nov.	Valid	Walter E. Boles	Early Miocene	Riversleigh	Шаблон:Flag:	An Apodidae.
Ducula lakeba	Sp. nov.	Valid	Trevor H. Worthy	Quaternary	Lakeba Island		A Columbidae.
Emuarius guljaruba	Sp. nov.	Valid	Walter E. Boles	Late Oligocene	Etadunna Formation	Шаблон:Flag:	A Dromaiidae.
Eocolius walkeri	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Gareth J. Dyke David M. Waterhouse	Early Eocene	MP 8	Шаблон:Flag:	A stem Coliiformes.
Eocrex tagusevae	Sp. nov.	Valid	Andrei V. Panteleyev	Paleogene (Late Eocene-?Early Oligocene)			A Rallidae.
Falco kurochkini	Sp. nov.	Valid	William Suárez Duque Storrs L. Olson	Quaternary	Cave deposits		A Falconidae.
Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Gerald Mayr Michael Daniels	Early Eocene	Green River Formation	Шаблон:Flag:	A Podargiformes, Fluvioviridavidae G. Mayr, 2005, the type species of the new genus.
Gavia fortis	Sp. nov.	Valid	Storrs L. Olson Pamela C. Rasmussen	Early Pliocene	Yorktown Formation	Шаблон:Flag:	A Gaviidae.
Laputavis robusta	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Gareth J. Dyke	Early Eocene	Ypresian, London Clay Formation, MP 8	Шаблон:Flag:	A stem Apodiformes, the genus was originally named Laputa but that name was preoccupied, the type species of the new genus.
Limenavis patagonica	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Julia A. Clarke Luis M. Chiappe	Late Cretaceous	Allen Formation		An Avialae Gauthier, 1985. The type species of the new genus.
Natunaornis gigoura	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Trevor H. Worthy	Holocene	Viti Levu		A flightless Columbidae.
Phoebastria rexsularum	Sp. nov.	Valid	Storrs L. Olson Pamela C. Rasmussen	Early Pliocene	Yorktown Formation	Шаблон:Flag:	A Diomedeidae.
Pica mourerae	Sp. nov.	Valid	Bartomeu Seguí	Plio-Pleistocene	Majorca, Balearic Islands	Шаблон:Flag:	A Corvidae.
Podiceps howardae	Sp. nov.	Valid	Robert W. Storer	Early Pliocene	Yorktown Formation	Шаблон:Flag:	A Podicipedidae, possibly a synonym of Podiceps auritus.
Pseudoseisura cursor	Sp. nov.	Valid	Eduardo P. Tonni Jorge Noriega	Early Pleistocene	Ensenadan		A Furnariidae.
Pterodromoides minoricensis	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Bartomeu Seguí Josep Quintana Joan J. Fornos Josep A. Alcover	Late Miocene-Pliocene Early Pliocene	Menorca; Yorktown Formation, North America	Шаблон:Flag: Шаблон:Flag; Шаблон:Flag:	A Procellariidae.
Rallus recessus	Sp. nov.	Valid	Storrs L. Olson David B. Wingate	Late Pleistocene	Bermuda		A flightless Rallidae.
Wellnhoferia grandis	Gen. nov et Sp. nov.	Valid ?	Andrei Elzanowski	Late Jura	Portlandian Solnhofer Plattenkalk	Шаблон:Flag:	A new name for Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer, 1861, specimen No 6, the "Solnhofer specimen".
Yanornis martini	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Zhou Zhonghe Fucheng Zhang	Early Createcous	Jiufotang Formation		An Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, Yanornithiformes Zhou et Zhang, 2001, Yanornithidae Zhou et Zhang, 2001. The type species of the new genus.
Yixianornis grabaui	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Zhou Zhonghe Zhang Fucheng	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation		An Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, Yixianornithiformes Zhou et Zhang, 2006, Yixianornithidae Zhou et Zhang, 2006. The type species of the new genus.

Newly named pterosaurs

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Haopterus	Valid	Wang Lü	Early Cretaceou	Yixian Formation		The type species is Haopterus gracilis.
Istiodactylus	Valid	Howse Milner Martill	Early Cretaceous	Vectis Formation		A new genus for Ornithodesmus latidens.

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Delectosaurus	Valid	Kurkin	Late Permian	Vyazniki Assemblage		A dicynodont. Two species are described Delectosaurus arefjevi and D. berezhanensis.	Файл:Lumkuia.jpg Lumkuia
Interpresosaurus	Valid	Kurkin	Late Permian	Vyazniki Assemblage		A dicynodont. The type species is Interpresosaurus blomi.
Lumkuia	Valid	Hopson Kitching	Middle Triassic	Burgersdorp Formation		A cynodont. The type species is Lumkuia fuzzi.
Malasaurus	Valid	Tatarinov	Late Triassic	Vyazniki Assemblage		A therocephalian. The type species is Malasaurus germanus.
Mitredon	Valid	Shapiro Jenkins	Late Triassic	Fleming Fjord Formation		A cynodont. The type species is Mitredon cromptoni.
Prozostrodon	Valid	Bonaparte Barberena	Late Triassic	Santa Maria Formation		New genus for "Thrinaxodon" brasiliensis Barberena, Bonaparte & Sá Teixeira, 1987
Riograndia	Valid	Bonaparte Ferigolo Ribeiro	Late Triassic	Caturrita Formation		A cynodont. The type species is Riograndia guaibensis.

Mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Abdounodus	Valid	Gheerbrant Sudre	early Eocene	Ouled Abdoun Basin		A Mioclaneid condylarth assigned to Bulbulodentata. The type species is Abdounodus hamdii.	Файл:Ocepeia daouiensis skull reconstruction (lateral).png Ocepeia
Ocepeia	Valid	Gheerbrant Sudre	early Eocene	Ouled Abdoun Basin		A condylarth assigned to Phenacodonta, later assigned to stem-Paenungulata. The type species is Ocepeia daouiensis.

Footnotes

Complete author list

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.