1988 in paleontology
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Plants
Angiosperms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymy | Notes | Images |
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sp nov |
Minaki, Noshiro, & Suzuki |
An ulmaceous species |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Cevallos-Ferriz & Stockey |
A lasioid arum family seed genus. |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Stockey & Manchester |
A flower of uncertain affinities |
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Gen et Comb nov |
Valid |
Wehr
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late Middle Eocene
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A rosaceous genus |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Wehr
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latest Eocene
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A rosaceous species |
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Gen, sp et Comb nov |
Valid |
Wehr
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late Oligocene
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A rosaceous genus |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Wehr
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A rosaceous genus |
Arthropods
Crustaceans
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Moved to the genus Tealliocaris in 2013.[7] Though initially reported to be from the Pocono Formation, the deposits it was found in are now considered part of the Huntley Mountain Formation.[8] |
Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymy | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Dlussky |
Middle Eocene
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An aneuretine ant |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Dlussky |
Middle Eocene
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A ponerine ant |
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Gen et 2 sp nov |
valid |
Dlussky |
Middle Eocene |
Sakhalin amber |
A dolichoderine ant |
Archosauromorphs
Newly named non-avian dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[11]
- The dubious family, Gregory Scott Paul.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymy | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
An ornithomimid theropod |
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Brachylophosaurus goodwini[13] | Sp nov | Junior synonym
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Horner | Campanian | McClellend Ferry Member, Judith River Formation | USA Montana | A saurolophine hadrosaurid. Junior synonym of Brachylophosaurus canadensis or an indeterminate brachylophosaurin.[14] | ||
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
A |
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" |
Subgen Nov |
Junior synonym
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Bakker
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Jr synonym of Edmontonia |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Bakker |
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Gen et comb nov |
Valid |
A sauropod The type species is G. brancai |
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" |
Gen nov |
Late Cretaceous |
A possible hadrosaurid, undescribed |
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" |
Gen nov |
Hisa |
Early Cretaceous |
A possible dromeosaurid, undescribed |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Yadagiri |
A basal sauropod |
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Gen et comb nov |
Valid? |
Bakker, Williams, & Currie |
Possible junior synonym of Tyrannosaurus .
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Weishampel
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An ornithopod The type species is O. makelai |
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"Protognathus"[21] |
Gen et sp nov |
Senior synonym
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Zhang |
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" |
Gen et sp nov |
Junior synonym
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Giffin, Gabriel, & Johnson |
Late Cretaceous |
Stygimoloch
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Newly named birds
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymy | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Early Pliocene
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A Ciconiidae .
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Diomedeidae .
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Cathartidae .
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Valid |
Gen. et sp. nov. |
A cathartid The type species is H. aigialeus. |
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Valid |
Fam, gen et sp nov. |
Early Oligocene
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A Jungornithidae Apodiformes |
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Valid |
Subord, Fam, Gen et sp. nov. |
Late Paleocene
Early Tiffanian |
A lithornithid palaeognathaen |
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Valid |
Fam, gen et sp nov. |
A Messelornithidae Ralliformes |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Sulidae. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
Late Quaternary ?
Otiran Glacial Stage |
An Acanthisittidae The type species is P. yaldwyni. Also includes P. jagmi |
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Valid |
Gen et Sp nov. |
Late Eocene
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A Plotopteridae Pelecaniformes |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Steadman
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A Rallidae .
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Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
Late Eocene
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Phosphorites du Quercy
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A Coliidae .The type species is P. sigei Also includes P. minor |
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Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
A Lithornithidae Palaeognathae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Psilopterinae Phorusrhacidae .
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Sulidae, |
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Valid |
Fam, gen et sp. nov. |
Late Eocene
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A Sylphornithidae basal Piciformes |
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Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
Late Oligocene-Early Miocene
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A Quercymegapodiidae[37] |
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Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
Late Paleocene
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A possibe Rallidae The type species is T. litorea |
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Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
Late Eocene
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A Caprimulgidae The type species is V. ragei. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
A Graculavidae genus |
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Valid |
Gen et sp nov. |
Late Paleocene
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A Prophaethontidae Pelecaniformes |
Pterosaurs
New taxa
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymy | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Kellner & Campos |
Santana Formation
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A Thalassodromidae pterosaur
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