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Paleontology or palaeontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2008.
Plants
Angiosperms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Manchester & Pigg |
Unnamed Formation, Kamloops Group |
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Pluricarpellatia[3] |
Gen. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Mohr, Bernardes-de-Oliveira & Taylor |
Crato Formation |
Monocots
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Herrera et al |
only fossil record of the genus Montrichardia |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Herrera et al |
Two named species Petrocardium cerrejonense and Petrocardium wayuuorum |
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Protozoa
New taxa
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov |
Valid |
second record, and youngest, of the extinct genus Paleoleishmania |
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Arthropoda
Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Azar & Nel |
A Megapodagrionidae damselfly |
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gen et sp nov |
Vaild |
Li, Ren & Shih |
A bittacid |
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gen et sp nov |
Vaild |
Perrichot et al |
Charentese amber |
A Sphecomyrminae ant, type species H. mammuthus |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Li, Ren & Shih |
A bittacid |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Poinar |
Vector for the extinct Trypanosomatidae |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Jarzembowski |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Jarzembowski |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Ren, Nel, & Prokop |
Tupo Formation |
Third Namurian age Meganeuridae griffenfly described. |
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Sp nov |
jr syn |
Perrichot et al |
Middle Cretaceous |
Charentese amber |
A stem group ant |
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Sp nov |
Vaild |
Woodruff |
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Sp nov |
Vaild |
Xiphosurans
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
Nowlan, Rudkin, & Young |
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Fishes
Cartilaginous fish
- Cicimurri D. J.; Parris D. C.; Everhart M. J. (2008). "Partial dentition of a chimaeroid fish (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of Kansas, USA". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (1): 34–40. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[34:PDOACF]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634.
Bony fish
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Genyonemus whistleri[13] |
Valid |
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Late Miocene |
A relative of the white croaker. |
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Placoderms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Materpiscis[14] |
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
J. A. Long, K. Trinajstic, G. C. Young, & T. Senden |
discovered with fossilized embryo. |
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Amphibians
Jenkins, F. A., jr, Shubin, N. H., Gatesy, S. M., and Warren, A., 2008, Gerrothorax pulcherrimus from the Upper Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of East Greenland and a reassessment of head lifting in temnospondyl feeding: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 4, p. 935-950.
Newly named amphibians
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Beelzebufo[15] | Valid taxon | Late Cretaceous (70 mya) | Maevarano Formation | Madagascar |
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Gerobatrachus[16] | Valid taxon |
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Early Permian (290 mya) | USABaylor County, Texas | |||
Oumtkoutia[17] | Valid taxon |
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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Kem Kem Beds | Morocco | A pipid anuran. | |
Ornithodirans
Newly named pterosaurs
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Dinosaurs
- Oviraptorosaurian eggs with embryonic skeletons are discovered for the first time in China.[18]
- Mongolian Late Jurassic theropod fossils are found for the first time.[19]
- A new study on morphological variation in shed theropod teeth from the Mil River Formation is published.[20]
Newly named dinosaurs
28 new dinosaur genera were erected in 2008. Data courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.[21]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
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Campanian–Maastrichtian |
The largest dromaeosaurid yet discovered in the Southern Hemisphere. |
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Valid |
Barremian |
A new genus for "Iguanodon" lakotaensis (Weishampel and Bjork, 1989). | |||||
Valid |
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Lower Cretaceous |
Lanzhou Basin |
A basal titanosaur. | |||
Junior synonym |
Late Cretaceous |
Objective junior synonym of Nedoceratops; possible junior synonym of Triceratops. | |||||
Valid |
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Barremian |
An iguanodontian. | ||||
Valid |
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early Late Cretaceous |
Fangyang Formation |
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Valid |
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Bajocian |
A megalosaurid. | ||||
Valid |
Aptian/Albian |
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Valid |
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Middle Jurassic |
Zhanghe Formation |
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Valid |
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Late Jurassic |
An avialian. | ||||
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous |
Possible junior synonym of Bagaceratops. | ||||
Valid |
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Aptian/Albian |
An abelisaurid. | ||||
Valid |
Callovian |
A stegosaurid. | |||||
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Campanian |
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Valid |
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Maastrichtian |
A neovenatorid. | ||||
Valid |
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Lower Cretaceous |
A nodosaurid ankylosaur. | ||||
Valid |
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Campanian |
A titanosaur. | ||||
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous |
A titanosaur. | ||||
Valid |
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Maastrichtian |
A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid. | ||||
Valid |
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Aptian |
A caudipterid oviraptorosaur. | ||||
Valid |
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Aptian |
A titanosauriform. | ||||
Valid |
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Upper Cretaceous |
A titanosaur. | ||||
Valid |
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Maastrichtian |
A saurolophine hadrosaurid. | ||||
Newly named birds
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Aegolius martae [41] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Marco Pavia |
Early/Middle Pleistocene |
A Strigidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Pleistocene |
An Accipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Graham M. Wragg |
Subrecent |
A Columbidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Calonectris wingatei [44] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Pleistocene |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Falconidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Li Jianjun Li Zhiheng Zhang Yuguang Bai Zhiqiang Zhang Lifu Ba Tuya |
Early Cretaceous |
Jinchuan Formation |
A Cathayornithidae Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 2006, Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. |
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Certhiops rummeli [47] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Albrecht Manegold |
Early Miocene |
A Certhioidea, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Didactylornis jii [48] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Yuan Chongxi |
Lower Cretaceous |
Basal pygostylia, Sapeornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Andrea Cau Paolo Arduini |
Upper Cretaceous |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Avisauridae Brett-Surman et Paul, 1985, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Fucheng Zhang Zhonghe Zhou |
A Primitive Confuciusornithidae Hou, Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Ephippiorhynchus tchoufour [51] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Antoine Louchart Patrick Vignaud Androssa Likius |
Late Miocene |
ca 7 Ma |
A Ciconiidae. |
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Eurotrochilus noniewiczi [52] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Zygmunt Bochenski Zbigniew Bochenski |
Early Oligocene |
Late Rupelian |
A new European species of the Trochilidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Anthony S. Cheke |
Subrecent |
Not seen since 1672 |
The original Foudia from Réunion. |
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Hokkaidornis abashiriensis [54] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kazuhiko Sakurai Masaichi Kimura Takayuki Katoh |
Late Oligocene |
Tokoro Formation |
A Plotopteridae Howard, 1969, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Jabiru codorensis [55] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Stig A. Walsh |
Early Pliocene |
Codore Formation, Middle El Jebe Member |
A Ciconiidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Jorge I. Noriega Gerardo Cladera |
Late Miocene |
Puerto Madryn Formation |
A Ciconiidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Alan J. D. Tennyson Suzanne J. Hand R. Paul Scofield |
Early-Middle Miocene |
Bannockburn Formation |
An Anatidae, Anserinae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Sanne Boessenkool Jeremy J. Austin R. Paul Scofield Philip J. Seddon Jonathan M. Waters |
Late Holocene |
Subrecent |
A Spheniscidae, when it became extinct it made room for Megadyptes antipodes. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
David W. Waterhouse Bent E. K, Lindow Nikita V. Zelenkov |
Early Eocene, |
Described in the Psittaciformes, Gerald Mayr, 2009 sees no reasons to place the species in Psittaciformes. |
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Palaeortyx volans [60] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Ursula B. Göhlich Marco Pavia |
A Phasianidae. |
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Pelagornis mauretanicus [61] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cécille Mourer-Chauviré Denis Geraads |
Late Pliocene |
A Pelagornithidae Fürbringer, 1888. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Julia A. Clarke Zhang Fucheng |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus and the type genus of the new family Pengornithidae Wang, O’Connor, Zheng, Wang, Hu et Zhou, 2014. |
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Phaethusavis pelagicus [63] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Estelle Bourdon Mbarek Amaghzaz Baâdi Bouya |
Early Eocene |
Early Ypresian |
A Phaethontidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Pleistovultur nevesi [64] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga Guilherme R. R. Brito Rafael Migotto Alex Hubbe Elizabeth Höfling |
Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene |
A Cathartidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Thomasococcyx philohippus [65] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Miocene |
Hemingfordian LMA |
USA: |
A Cuculidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Tirarinetta kanunka [66] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Tirari Formation |
An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Gao Chunling Meng Qinjing Jingmai O'Connor Wang Xuri Cheng Xiaodong Liu Jinyuan |
Basal Aves, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Zygodactylus luberonensis [68] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Oligocene |
MP 23-24 |
A Zygodactylidae Brodkorb, 1971, ?Piciformes. |
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Other publications
- Hutchinson, J.R., Miller, C., Fritsch, G., and Hildebrandt, T. 2008. The anatomical foundation for multidisciplinary studies of animal limb function: examples from dinosaur and elephant limb imaging studies; pp. 23–38 in Endo, H. and Frey, R. (eds.), Anatomical Imaging: Towards a New Morphology. Springer Verlag, Tokyo.
- Witmer, L.M., Ridgely, R.C., Dufeau, D.L., and Semones, M.C. 2008. Using CR to peer into the past: 3D visualization of the brain and ear regions of birds, crocodiles, and nonavian dinosaurs; pp. 67–88 in Endo, H. and Frey, R. (eds.), Anatomical Imaging: Towards a New Morphology. Springer Verlag, Tokyo.
Turtles
Newly named turtles
Currently valid anapsid genera named in 2008 | ||||
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Name | Status | Location | Authors | Images |
Odontochelys[69] | Valid taxon | China |
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Condorchelys[70] | Valid taxon | Argentina |
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Squamates
new taxa
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Itaboraiophis[71] |
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Rage |
Middle Paleocene |
A "booid"-grade snake of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Itaboraiophis depressus. |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Evans & Manabe |
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian to Hauterivian) |
A polyglyphanodontian lizard. The type species is Kuwajimalla kagaensis. |
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Merkurosaurus[73] |
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Klembara |
Early Miocene |
A member of Anguimorpha, might be related to the Chinese crocodile lizard. The type species is Merkurosaurus ornatus. |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Norell, Gao, & Conrad |
near Ukhaa Tolgod |
one of the oldest monitor lizards |
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Paraungaliophis[71] |
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Rage |
Middle Paleocene |
A snake related to members of the genus Ungaliophis. The type species is Paraungaliophis pricei. |
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Paulacoutophis[71] |
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Rage |
Middle Paleocene |
A booid-grade snake of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Paulacoutophis perplexus. |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Caldwell, Konishi, Obata, & Muramoto |
Third identified species for the genus Taniwhasaurus |
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Tianyusaurus[76] |
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Lü et al. |
A polyglyphanodontian lizard. The type species is Tianyusaurus zhengi. |
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Tinosaurus indicus[77] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
Prasad & Bajpai |
Early Eocene |
Cambay Shale |
An agamid lizard, a species of Tinosaurus. |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Smith & Buchy |
Late Cretaceous (early Turonian) |
A member of Mosasauroidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Vallecillosaurus donrobertoi. |
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Vastanagama[77] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Prasad & Bajpai |
Early Eocene |
Cambay Shale |
An agamid lizard. The type species is Vastanagama susani. |
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New papers
- Everhart, M.J. (2008). "A bitten skull of Tylosaurus kansasensis (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and a review of mosasaur-on-mosasaur pathology in the fossil record". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 111 (3/4): 251–262. doi:10.1660/0022-8443-111.3.251.
- Everhart, M.J. 2008. The mosasaurs of George F. Sternberg, paleontologist and fossil photographer. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 37–46.
- Polcyn, M.J. and Everhart, M.J. 2008. Description and phylogenetic analysis of a new species of Selmasaurus (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 13–28.
- Polcyn, M.J., Bell, G.L., Jr., Shimada, K. and Everhart, M.J. 2008. The oldest North American mosasaurs (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Kansas and Texas with comments on the radiation of major mosasaur clades. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 137–155.
- Everhart, M.J. 2008. Rare occurrence of a Globidens sp. (Reptilia; Mosasauridae) dentary in the Sharon Springs Member of the Pierre Shale (Middle Campanian) of Western Kansas. p. 23-29 in Farley G. H. and Choate, J.R. (eds.), Unlocking the Unknown; Papers Honoring Dr. Richard Zakrzewski, Fort Hays Studies, Special Issue No. 2, 153 p., Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS.
Plesiosaurs
New taxa
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
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Middle Permian |
A new genus for "Biarmosuchus" tagax |
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Valid |
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Upper Permian |
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Mammal
Newly named mammals | |||||||
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Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Albireo savagei[81] |
Valid |
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Late Pliocene |
A member of Delphinoidea belonging to the family Albireonidae, a species of Albireo. | |||
Valid |
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Eocene |
A member of Protocetidae. The type species is Crenatocetus rayi. | ||||
Cynarctoides whistleri[83] |
Valid |
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A member of Canidae belonging to the subfamily Borophaginae, a species of Cynarctoides. | ||||
Valid |
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Cabbage Patch beds |
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Floridameryx[85] |
Valid |
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Late Miocene to earliest Pliocene |
A member of Gelocidae belonging to the subfamily Pseudoceratinae. The type species is F. floridanus; genus also includes "Pseudoceras" klausi Frick (1937). | |||
Fossendorhinus[86] |
Valid |
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A member of Brontotheriidae; a new genus for "Telmatherium" diploconus Osborn (1895) | ||||
Fredszalaya[87] |
Valid |
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Late Oligocene |
A member of Borhyaenidae. The type species is Fredszalaya hunteri. | |||
Glibia namibiesis[88] |
Valid |
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Eocene (Lutetian) |
A rodent belonging to the family Zegdoumyidae, a species of Glibia. | |||
Goleroconus[89] |
Valid |
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A member of Periptychidae. The type species is Goleroconus alfi. | ||||
Korthomys[90] |
Valid |
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A rodent belonging to the family Heteromyidae. A new genus for "Mookomys" formicarum Wood (1935). | ||||
Valid |
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Late Miocene |
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Valid |
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Late Clarendonian to early Hemphillian |
Ash Hollow Formation |
A fox. The type species is Metalopex merriami. | |||
Mioheteromys crowderensis[90] |
Valid |
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Late Hemingfordian to Barstovian |
A rodent belonging to the family Heteromyidae, a species of Mioheteromys. | |||
Moissenetia ziegleri[93] |
Valid |
Berger |
Oligocene |
A dormouse. | |||
Namahyrax[88] |
Valid |
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Eocene (Lutetian) |
A hyrax. The type species is Namahyrax corvus. | |||
Namaia[88] |
Valid |
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Eocene (Lutetian) |
An early simian. The type species is Namaia bogenfelsi. The generic name turned out to be preoccupied; Pickford and Uhen (2014) created a replacement name Notnamaia.[94] | |||
Namalestes[88] |
Valid |
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Eocene (Lutetian) |
A member of Cimolesta belonging to the family Todralestidae. The type species is Namalestes gheerbranti. | |||
Namatherium[88] |
Valid |
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Eocene (Lutetian) |
An embrithopod. The type species is Namatherium blackcrowense. | |||
Nasamplus[86] |
Valid |
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Late Eocene (Ulangochuian) |
A member of Brontotheriidae; a new genus for "Metatitan" progressus Granger and Gregory (1943). | |||
Paratrogomys[90] |
Valid |
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Lower Crowder Formation |
A rodent belonging to the family Heteromyidae. The type species is Paratrogomys whistleri. | |||
Pollyosbornia[86] |
Valid |
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A member of Brontotheriidae; a new genus for "Telmatherium" altidens Osborn (1908). | ||||
Prepomonomys[88] |
Valid |
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Eocene (Lutetian) |
A rodent belonging to the family Diamantomyidae. The type species is Prepomonomys bogenfelsi. | |||
Proadinotherium saltoni[87] |
Valid |
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Late Oligocene |
A member of Toxodontidae, a species of Proadinotherium. | |||
Valid |
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Middle Miocene |
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Silicamys[88] |
Valid |
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Eocene (Lutetian) |
A rodent belonging to the family Myophiomyidae. The type species is Silicamys cingulatus. | |||
Wickia[86] |
Valid |
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Sand Wash Basin |
A member of Brontotheriidae. The type species is Wickia brevirhinus. | |||
Related happenings in geology
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.
References
- ↑ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
- ↑ Manchester, S.; Pigg, K. (2008). "The Eocene mystery flower of McAbee, British Columbia". Botany. 86 (9): 1034–1038. doi:10.1139/B08-044.
- ↑ Mohr, B.A.R.; Bernardes-de-Oliveira, M.E.C.; Taylor, D.W. (2008). "Pluricarpellatia, a nymphaealean angiosperm from the Lower Cretaceous of northern Gondwana (Crato Formation, Brazil)". Taxon. 57 (4): 1147–1158.
- 1 2 Herrera, F.A.; Jaramillo, C.A.; Dilcher, D.L.; Wing, S.L.; Gómez-N, C. (2007). "Fossil Araceae from a Paleocene neotropical rainforest in Colombia". American Journal of Botany. 95 (12): 1569–1583. doi:10.3732/ajb.0800172. PMID 21628164.
- 1 2 Poinar, G. (2008). "Lutzomyia adiketis sp. n. (Diptera: Phlebotomidae), a vector of Paleoleishmania neotropicum sp. n. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Dominican amber". Parasites & Vectors. 1 (1): 22. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-1-22. PMC 2491605. PMID 18627624.
- ↑ Azar, D.; Nel, A. (2008). "First Baltic amber megapodagrionid damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. New Series. 44 (4): 451–457. doi:10.1080/00379271.2008.10697580. – via Taylor & Francis (subscription required)
- 1 2 Li, Y-L.; Ren, D.; Shih, C-K (2008). "Two Middle Jurassic hanging-flies (Insecta: Mecoptera: Bittacidae) from Northeast China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1929: 38–46. ISSN 1175-5334.
- 1 2 Perrichot, V.; Nel, A.; Néraudeau, D.; Lacau, S.; Guyot, T. (2008). "New fossil ants in French Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Naturwissenschaften. 95 (2): 91–97. Bibcode:2008NW.....95...91P. doi:10.1007/s00114-007-0302-7. PMID 17828384.
- 1 2 Jepson, J.E.; Jarzembowski, E.A. (2008). "Two new species of snakefly (Insecta:Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Spain with a review of other fossil raphidiopterans from the Jurassic/Cretaceous transition" (PDF). Alavesia. 2: 193–201. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.
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