2011 in paleontology

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List of years in paleontology (
table
)
In paleobotany
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
In arthropod paleontology
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
In paleoentomology
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
In paleomalacology
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
In reptile paleontology
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
In archosaur paleontology
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
In mammal paleontology
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
In paleoichthyology
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

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 2011.

Protozoa

New taxa

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Vetufebrus[2]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Poinar

Burdigalian

Dominican amber

Dominican Republic

A

Enischnomyia stegosoma

Vetufebrus ovatus

Plants

Ferns and fern allies

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Drynaria callispora[3]

Sp nov

Su et al

Pliocene

Sanying Formation

China

A

Drynaria
species fern

Equisetum thermale[4]

sp. nov

Valid

Channing, Zamuner, Edwards, & Guido

Callovian - Tithonian

La Matilde Formation

Argentina

oldest crown group Equisetum species

Gymnosperms

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Agathoxylon byeongpungense[5]

comb nov

(Kim et al.) Oh et al.

Cretaceous
(Aptian - Albian)

Donghwachi Formation

South Korea

An Araucariaceous wood

Agathoxylon kiiense[5]

comb nov

(Ogura) Oh et al.

Cretaceous
(Aptian - Albian)

Togeum Formation

South Korea

An Araucariaceous wood

Agathoxylon togeumense[5]

Sp nov

Oh et al.

Cretaceous
(Aptian - Albian)

Togeum Formation

South Korea

An Araucariaceous wood

Cariria[6]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Kunzmann et al.

Aptian

Crato Formation

Brazil

A possible gnetophyte

Cupressus guangxiensis[7]

Sp nov

Shi et al.

Oligocene

Ningming Formation

China

A cuprecaceous foliage/cone species

Hughmillerites[8]

Gen et comb nov

Rothwell et al.

Jurassic
Kimmeridgian

Kimmeridge Clay Formation

UK
Scotland

A cuprecaceous cone morphotaxon
The type species is H. juddii

Pinus arnoldii[9]

Syn nov

Valid

Miller

Eocene
Ypresian

Princeton chert

Canada
British Columbia

A permineralized pine
An amplified "whole plant reconstruction" including P. similkameenensis foliage/wood

Protaxodioxylon turolense[11]

Sp nov

Vozenin-Serra

Cretaceous
late Albian

Utrillas Formation

Spain

A cupressaceous wood

Qataniaria[12]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

Krassilov & Schrank

Albian

Hatira Formation

Israel

A gymnosperm pollen morphotype

Schizolepis daohugouensis[13]

Sp nov

Zhang et al.

Jurassic

Daohugou flora

China

A pinaceous relative

Gymnosperm research

  • An amplified whole plant reconstruction of the
    Princeton chert pine Pinus arnoldii, expanding the diagnosis to include P. similkameenensis (Miller, 1973) foliage and wood plus unnamed pollens cones found in attachment to the P. arnoldii ovulate cones is published by Klymiuk, Stockey, & Rothwell.[9]

Angiosperms

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Ficus palaeoracemosa[14]

Sp nov

Srivastava, Srivastava, & Mehrotra

Early Miocene

Kasauli Formation

India

A fig leaf morphospecies

Leefructus[15]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

Sun, Dilcher, Wang, & Chen

Early Cretaceous

Yixian Formation

China

A basal eudicot

Oemleria janhartfordae[16]

Species

Valid

Benedict, DeVore, & Pigg

Eocene
Ypresian

Okanagan Highlands
Klondike Mountain Formation

USA
Washington

An Osoberry flower

Palmoxylon lametaei[17]

Species

Valid

Dutta, Ambwani, & Estrada-Ruiz

Maastrichtian

Lameta Formation

India

A palm wood morphospecies

Prunus cathybrownae[16]

Species

Valid

Benedict, DeVore, & Pigg

Eocene
Ypresian

Okanagan Highlands
Klondike Mountain Formation

USA
Washington

A cherry flower species

Prunus cathybrownae

Nematoda

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Formicodiplogaster[18]

Gen et sp nov

valid

Poinar

Burdigalian

Dominican amber

Dominican Republic

A

diplogasterid nematode
The type species is F. myrmenema
parasite of Azteca
species ants

Formicodiplogaster myrmenema

Lobopods

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Diania cactiformis[19]

Valid

Liu et al.

Lower Cambrian

Maotianshan shale

China

A lobopodian.

Mureropodia apae

Valid

Gamez Vintaned, Linan, & Zhuravlev

Early Cambrian

Murero

Spain

A lobopodian.

Siberion lenaicus

Valid

Dzik

Early Cambrian

Sinsk Formation

Russia

A lobopodian.

Vetulicolians

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Ooedigera peeli[20]

gen. nov

valid

Zinther, et al.

Early Cambrian

Sirius Passet

Greenland

earliest known vetulicolian described

Artist's reconstruction

Molluscs

Arthropods

Fishes

Amphibians

Newly named lepospondyls

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Kirktonecta[21]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Clack

Viséan

East Kirkton Quarry

A

microsaur
.

Tambaroter[22]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

Early Permian

Tambach Formation

An

ostodolepid
.

Newly named temnospondyls

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Acheloma dunni[23]

Species

Valid

  • Polley
  • Reisz

Early Permian

A trematopid.

Calmasuchus[24]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Fortuny
  • Galobart
  • De Santisteban

early-middle Anisian

Catalan basin

A capitosaurian.

Rotaryus[25]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

Early Permian

Tambach Formation

A trematopid.

Rubeostratilia[26]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Bourget
  • Anderson

Early Permian

An amphibamid.

Rubeostratilia texensis.

Newly named lissamphibians

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Urupia[27]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Skutschas
  • Krasnolutskii

Bathonian

Itat Formation

A basal stem salamander.

Basal reptiles

Newly named captorhinids

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Gansurhinus[28]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

Middle Permian

A

captorhinid
.

Newly named basal diapsids

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Orovenator[29]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

Sakmarian

The oldest and most basal

neodiapsid
.

Newly named ichthyosaurs

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Sveltonectes[30]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

Barremian

An

ophthalmosaurid
.

Lepidosauromorphs

Newly named saurosphargids

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Sinosaurosphargis[31]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

Middle Anisian

Guanling Formation

An incertae sedis.

Newly named sauropterygians

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Abyssosaurus[32]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Berezin

Late Hauterivian

An

aristonectid
.

Diandongosaurus[33]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Shang
  • Wu
  • Li

Middle Anisian

Guanling Formation

A relative of nothosauroids.[34]

Dianopachysaurus[35]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

Middle Anisian

Guanling Formation

A keichousaurid

pachypleurosaur
.

Hauffiosaurus tomistomimus[36]

Species

Valid

Early Toarcian

Whitby Limestone Formation

A second species of Hauffiosaurus.

Marmornectes[37]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Ketchum
  • Benson

Callovian

Oxford Clay Formation

A

pliosaurid
.

Westphaliasaurus[38]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Schwermann
  • Sander

Pliensbachian

Höxter district

A plesiosaurid plesiosaur.

Zarafasaura[39]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

Maastrichtian

An elasmosaurid plesiosaur.

Newly named lizards

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Brasiliguana[40]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Nava
  • Martinelli

Turonian/Santonian

Adamantina Formation

An

iguanian
lizard.

Cryptolacerta[41]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

Lutetian

Messel pit

An amphisbaenian lizard.

Latoplatecarpus[42]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Konishi
  • Caldwell

Campanian

Pierre Shale Formation

Demopolis Chalk Formation

A plioplatecarpine mosasaur. Its type species is Latoplatecarpus willistoni; "Plioplatecarpus" nichollsae (Cuthbertson et al.., 2007) is a second species of Latoplatecarpus.

Oreithyia[43][44]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

  • Smith

Eocene (Chadronian)

A member of Corytophanidae. The type species is Oreithyia oaklandi.

Plesioplatecarpus[42]

Gen. et comb.

Valid

  • Konishi
  • Caldwell

Middle Coniacian to middle Santonian.

Niobrara Chalk

Eutaw Formation

A plioplatecarpine mosasaur, a new genus for "Clidastes" planifrons (Cope, 1874).

Queironius[43]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

  • Smith

Eocene (Chadronian)

A relative of the desert iguana. The type species is Queironius praelapsus.

Sauropithecoides[43]

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

  • Smith

Eocene (Chadronian)

A member of Polychrotidae; a new genus for "Polychrus" charisticus Smith (2006).

Newly named snakes

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Madtsoia pisdurensis[45]

Species

Valid

  • Mohabey
  • Head
  • Wilson

Late Cretaceous

A madtsoiid snake.

Turtles

Newly named turtles

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Albertwoodemys[46]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

Early Oligocene

Jebel Qatrani Formation

A podocnemidid.

Brontochelys[46]

Gen. et comb.

Valid

  • Gaffney
  • Meylan
  • et al.

Early Miocene

A podocnemidid, a new genus for "Shweboemys" gaffneyi.

Cordichelys[46]

Gen. et comb.

Valid

  • Gaffney
  • Meylan
  • et al.

Late Eocene

Qasr el-Sagha beds

A podocnemidid, a new genus for "Podocnemis" antiqua.

Gilmoremys[47]

Gen. et comb.

Valid

  • Joyce
  • Lyson

Maastrichtian

Lance Formation
Hell Creek Formation

A softshell turtle, new genus for "Aspideretes" lancensis (Gilmore, 1928).

Graptemys kerneri[48]

Sp. nov

Valid

  • Ehret & Bourque

Late Pleistocene

An emydid, a species of Graptemys.

Hispaniachelys[49]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

Oxfordian

Lorente Formation

A paracryptodire or a basal testudine.

Hoplochelys clark[50]

Species

Valid

Maastrichtian

Hell Creek Formation

A kinosternoid, a species of Hoplochelys.

Lapparentemys[46]

Gen. et comb.

Valid

  • Gaffney
  • Meylan
  • et al.

Paleocene

Santa Lucía Formation

A podocnemidid, a new genus for "Roxochelys" vilavilensis.

Latentemys[46]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Gaffney
  • Meylan
  • et al.

Uncertain, possibly Miocene.

Uncertain, possibly Moghara Formation.

A podocnemidid.

Lemurchelys[46]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Gaffney
  • Meylan
  • et al.

Early Miocene

Moghara Formation

A podocnemidid.

Mogharemys[46]

Gen. et comb.

Valid

  • Gaffney
  • Meylan
  • et al.

Miocene

A podocnemidid, a new genus for "

Sternothaerus
" blanckenhorni.

Oliveremys[51]

Gen. et comb. nov.

Valid

  • Vitek

Eocene

Washakie Formation

A trionychid, a new genus for "Trionyx" uintaensis.

Patagoniaemys[52]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Sterli
  • De la Fuente

Campanian - Maastrichtian

La Colonia Formation

A stem turtle.

Peiropemys[46]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Gaffney
  • Meylan
  • et al.

Late Cretaceous

Marília Formation

A podocnemidid.

Pricemys[46]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Gaffney
  • Meylan
  • et al.

Late Cretaceous

Marília Formation

A podocnemidid.

Prochelidella cerrobarcinae[53]

Species

Valid

Aptian/Albian

Cerro Barcino Formation

The oldest known chelid, a species of Prochelidella.

Selenemys[54]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Pérez-García
  • Ortega

Upper Kimmeridgian

Lusitanian Basin

A pleurosternid.

Sokatra[55]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Gaffney
  • Krause

Maastrichtian

Maevarano Formation

A

pleurodiran
.

Trionyx ikoviensis[56]

Species

Valid

Middle Eocene

A species of Trionyx sensu lato.

Wilburemys[57]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Martin & Mallory

Late Miocene-Pliocene
(Hemphillian-Blancan)

Ellensburg Formation

USA
Washington

An emydine Emydidae pond turtle.
The type species is W. yakimensis.

Archosauromorphs

Newly named basal archosauromorphs

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Archeopelta[58]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Desojo
  • Ezcurra
  • Schultz

Late Ladinian/Early Carnian

Santa Maria Formation

A member of Archosauriformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally classified as a doswelliid, but subsequently argued to be an erpetosuchid archosaur.[59]

Archeopelta arborensis

Augustaburiania[60]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Sennikov

Early Triassic

Don River Basin

The earliest

tanystropheid
.

Kyrgyzsaurus[61]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Alifanov
  • Kurochkin

Late Ladinian/Early Carnian

Madygen Formation

The earliest

drepanosaurid
.

Protanystropheus[60]

Gen. et comb.

Valid

  • Sennikov

Middle - Late Triassic

A tanystropheid, a new genus for "Tanystropheus" antiquus (von Huene, 1905).

Archosaurs

Synapsids

Newly named non-mammalian synapsids

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Annatherapsidus postum[62]

Sp.

Valid

  • Ivakhnenko

Late Permian

A therocephalian.

Basilodon[63]

Gen. et comb.

Valid

  • Kammerer
  • Angielczyk
  • Fröbisch

Late Permian

A

dicynodont
. A new genus for "Dicynodon" woodwardi.

Bridetherium[64]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Clemens

Early Jurassic

A morganucodontan.

Candelariodon[65]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

Middle Triassic

Santa Maria Formation

A carnivorous

cynodont
.

Cryptovenator[66]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

Late Gzhelian

Remigiusberg Formation

A sphenacodontid pelycosaur. The type species is Cryptovenator hirschbergeri.

Euptychognathus[63]

Gen. et comb.

Valid

  • Kammerer
  • Angielczyk
  • Fröbisch

Late Permian

A

dicynodont
. A new genus for "Dicynodon" bathyrhynchus.

Euromycter[67]

Gen. et comb.

Valid

Upper Sakmarian - Lower Lopingian

Grès Rouge Group

A large caseid. A new genus for "Casea" rutena.

Gorochovetzia[62]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Ivakhnenko

Late Permian

A therocephalian.

Keyseria[63]

Gen. et comb.

Valid

  • Kammerer
  • Angielczyk
  • Fröbisch

Late Permian

A

dicynodont
. A new genus for "Dicynodon" benjamini.

Muchia[62]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Ivakhnenko

Late Permian

A therocephalian.

Paceyodon[64]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Clemens

Early Jurassic

A morganucodontan.

Peramodon[63]

Gen. et comb.

Valid

  • Kammerer
  • Angielczyk
  • Fröbisch

Late Permian

A

dicynodont
. A new genus for "Dicynodon" amalitzkii

Perplexisaurus lepusculus[62]

Species

Valid

  • Ivakhnenko

Middle Permian

A therocephalian.

Purlovia[62]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

  • Ivakhnenko

Late Permian

A therocephalian with a short skull.

Purlovia

Ruthenosaurus[67]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

Upper Sakmarian - Lower Lopingian

Grès Rouge Group

A large caseid. The type species is Ruthenosaurus russellorum

Syops[63]

Gen. et comb.

Valid

  • Kammerer
  • Angielczyk
  • Fröbisch

Late Permian

A

dicynodont
. A new genus for "Dicynodon" vanhoepeni.

Tiarajudens[68]

Gen. et sp.

Valid

Capitanian

Rio do Rasto Formation

A basal, saber-toothed herbivorous

anomodont
. The type species is Tiarajudens eccentricus.

Mammals

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.

  1. ^ Henrici, Martens, Berman, Sumida.
  2. ^ Berman, Henrici, Martens, Sumida, Anderson
  3. ^ Reisz, Liu, Li, Müller.
  4. ^ Fischer, Masure, Arkhangelsky, Godefroit.
  5. ^ Li, Rieppel, Wu, Zhao, Wang.
  6. ^ Liu, Rieppel, Jiang, Aitchison, Motani, Zhang, Zhou, Sun.
  7. ^ Benson, Ketchum, Noè, Gómez-Pérez.
  8. ^ Vincent, Bardet, Suberbiola, Bouya, Amaghzaz, Meslouh.
  9. ^ Müller, Hipsley, Head, Kardjilov, Hilger, Wuttke, Reisz.
  10. ^ Gaffney, Meylan, Wood, Simons and Campos
  11. ^ Slater, Reolid, Wood, Schouten and Benton
  12. ^ Knauss, Joyce, Lyson and Pearson
  13. ^ de la Fuente, Umazano, Sterli and Carballido
  14. ^ Danilov, Zvonok, Syromyatnikova and Udovichenko
  15. ^ De Oliveira, Schultz, Soares, Rodrigues.
  16. ^ Fröbisch, Schoch, Müller, Schindler, Schweiss.
  17. ^ a b Reisz, Maddin, Fröbisch, Falconnet.
  18. ^ Cisneros, Abdala, Rubidge, Dentzien-Dias, Bueno.

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