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Plants
Conifers
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Kotyk, Basinger, & McIlver |
the oldest confirmed species of Chamaecyparis[2] |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
LePage |
A hemlock species |
Angiosperms
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp |
Valid |
Mohr & Eklund |
lower Cretaceous
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Pigg, Manchester, & Wehr |
A hornbeam
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Pigg, Manchester, & Wehr |
A hazelnut
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Pigg, Manchester, & Wehr |
A betulaceous fruit |
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Comb nov |
Valid |
"Stump lake", Coldwater Beds |
A betulaceous fruit; |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Pigg, Manchester, & Wehr |
A betulaceous fruit |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Boucher, Manchester, & Judd |
Gnetophytes
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Rydin, Mohr, & Friis |
lower Cretaceous
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A relative to Welwetschia |
Fungi
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Get et sp nov |
Valid |
Hibbett et al |
An agaricalean fungus |
Arthropods
Arachnids
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Poinar & Brown |
An Ixodid hard tick |
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Insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Comb nov. |
vaild |
(Viana & Haedo Rossi) |
Middle Eocene
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A myrmeciine ant. |
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Comb nov. |
valid |
(Rossi de Garcia) |
Middle Eocene
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A Polanskiella smekali (1983 )
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Brownimeciinae[11]
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Subfam. Gen. et Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bolton |
A stem group ant, type species B. clavata |
Brownimecia clavata | |||
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Sp. nov |
valid |
first apoid bee fossil described from Canada |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Nel & Petrulevicius |
Dauphin |
A sweat bee |
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Gen et sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Nel & Petrulevicius |
Aquitanian |
An apine bee, |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Makarkin & Archibald |
An ithionid giant lacewing |
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Gen et sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Nel & Petrulevicius |
Aquitanian |
Described as an Electrobombini bee |
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sp nov |
synonym |
A snakefly. |
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Sp. nov |
valid |
Coldwater beds, Princeton Group |
A Hemerobiinae lacewing |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Nel & Petrulevicius |
A carpenter bee
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Conodont paleozoology
German
Vertebrate paleozoology
Parareptiles
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
This was one of the largest herbivores of their time |
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Non-avian dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[18]
| Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images |
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| " Abdallahsaurus"[19]
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| " Blancocerosaurus"[20]
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| Amazonsaurus[21] | Valid taxon |
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 Brazil
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| Antetonitrus[22] | Valid taxon |
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 South Africa
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| Aviatyrannis[23] | Valid taxon |
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 Portugal
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| Bainoceratops[24] | Valid taxon |
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 China
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| Brohisaurus | Valid taxon |
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 Pakistan
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| Colepiocephale[25] | Valid taxon |
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 Canada
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| " Domeykosaurus "
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Nomen nudum |
Rubilar-Rogers and Vargas vide:
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 Chile
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| Dromaeosauroides[26] | Valid taxon |
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 Denmark
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| Equijubus[27] | Valid taxon |
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China
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| Ferganasaurus[28] | Valid taxon |
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 Kyrgyzstan
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| Fukuisaurus[29] | Valid taxon |
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 Japan
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| Gobititan[30] | Valid taxon |
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China
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| Hanssuesia[25] | Valid taxon |
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Canada ( Alberta)
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| Heyuannia[31] | Valid taxon |
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China
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Hongshanosaurus[32]
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Valid taxon |
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China
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Hongshanosaurus | |
| Isisaurus[33] | Valid taxon |
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 India
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| " Issasaurus"[19]
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Lamaceratops[34]
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Valid taxon |
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China
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| " Ligomasaurus"[19]
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| Lusotitan[35] | Valid taxon |
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Portugal
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Magnirostris[36]
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Valid taxon |
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China
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Magnirostris | |
| Mendozasaurus[37] | Valid taxon |
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 Argentina
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| " Mohammadisaurus"[19]
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| " Mtapaiasaurus"[19]
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| " Mtotosaurus"[19]
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| " Nteregosaurus"[19]
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| " Nyororosaurus"[19]
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| Olorotitan[38] | Valid taxon |
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 Russia
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Platyceratops[34]
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Valid taxon |
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 Mongolia
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| Rajasaurus[39] | Valid taxon |
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India
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| Rinconsaurus[40] | Valid taxon |
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Argentina
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| " Salimosaurus"[19]
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| " Selimanosaurus"[19]
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| Serendipaceratops[41] | Valid taxon |
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 Australia
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| Shenzhousaurus[42] | Valid taxon |
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China
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| Shuangmiaosaurus[43] | Valid taxon |
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China
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| Silesaurus[44] | Valid taxon |
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 Poland
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| Sinornithomimus[45] | Valid taxon |
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China
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| Sphaerotholus[46] | Possible junior synonym of Prenocephale
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| " Wangonisaurus"[19]
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| Yixianosaurus[47] | Valid taxon |
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China
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| Zalmoxes[48] | Valid taxon |
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 Romania
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| Zupaysaurus[49] | Valid taxon |
Arcucci & Coria |
Argentina
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Newly named birds
| Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
valid |
Middle Miocene |
MN 4
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A Sagittariidae, relative of the secretarybird. The type species of Amanuensis Mourer-Chauviré, 2003. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Middle Eocene |
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The type species of Amitabha Gulas-Wroblewski & Wroblewski, 2003. Placed in crown Galliformes, but only compared with Phasianidae, not with other Eocene birds from North America. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Anhingidae .
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Trevor H. Worthy
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A Scolopacidae .
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Early Miocene |
A Diomedeidae .
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Nomen Nudum |
Thesis name. |
Early Eocene |
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A Eurypygidae .
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
MN 16
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A Falconidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Trevor H. Worthy
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Late Pleistocene-Holocene |
A Columbidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Subresent |
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A Drepanidini .
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Anhingidae .
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Early Holocene
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A Falconidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Sulidae. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
valid |
Middle Miocene |
MN 4
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Initially thought to be an Idiornithidae, Cariamiformes but in 2011 reinterpreted as an Opisthocomidae, a relative of the hoatzin.[61] The type species of Namibiavis Mourer-Chauviré, 2003. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Subrecent |
An Ardeidae .
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Early Middle MN 5 )
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A Gruidae .
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Valid |
Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
Early Middle Eocene |
MP 11
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An Apodiformes, Cypselavidae Mourer-Chauviré, 2006. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
A Phasianidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Spheniscidae .
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Miocene |
A Spheniscidae .
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Sulidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Sulidae. |
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Nomen Nudum |
Thesis name. |
Early Eocene |
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An Apodiformes. |
Plesiosaurs
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Pterosaurs
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Upper Carboniferous |
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Valid |
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Valid |
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Valid |
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Upper/Middle Permian |
Abrahamskraal formation
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an anomodont
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Valid |
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Middle/Upper Permian |
an anomodont; replacement name for Lanthanocephalus Modesto, Rubidge & Welman, 2002, preoccupied by the cnidarian genus Lanthanocephalus Williams & Starmer, 2000[73]
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Valid |
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Valid |
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Middle Triassic |
an anomodont ; new genus for "Parakannemeyeria" brevirostris
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Mammals
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Disputed |
Morales et al. |
Pliocene |
A Caracal. Boscaini et al. (2016) considered this species to be a junior synonym of Lynx issiodorensis.[77] |
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| Guangxicyon[78] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Zhai et al. | Eocene | Nadu Formation | China
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An amphicyonid. | |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Morlo & Gunnell |
A limnocyonid hyaenodont .The type species is I. datzae.
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Pickford et al. |
Miocene |
A catarrhine of uncertain affinity. The type species is K. morotoensis. |
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| Yuesthonyx[81] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Tong, Wang & Fu | Paleocene | Dazhang Formation | China
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A tillodont . The type species is Y. tingae.
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