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Paleontology |
Extraterrestrial environment |
Terrestrial environment |
Other/related |
Protozoa
New taxa
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A Enischnomyia stegosoma
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Vetufebrus ovatus |
Plants
Ferns and fern allies
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Su et al |
A |
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sp. nov |
Valid |
Channing, Zamuner, Edwards, & Guido |
oldest crown group Equisetum species |
Gymnosperms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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comb nov |
(Kim et al.) Oh et al. |
An Araucariaceous wood |
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comb nov |
(Ogura) Oh et al. |
Cretaceous |
An Araucariaceous wood |
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Sp nov |
Oh et al. |
Cretaceous |
An Araucariaceous wood |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Kunzmann et al. |
Aptian |
A possible gnetophyte |
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Sp nov |
Shi et al. |
A cuprecaceous foliage/cone species |
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Gen et comb nov |
Rothwell et al. |
Kimmeridge Clay Formation
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A cuprecaceous cone morphotaxon |
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Syn nov |
Valid |
Miller |
Princeton chert
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A permineralized pine |
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Sp nov |
Vozenin-Serra |
A cupressaceous wood |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
Krassilov & Schrank |
Albian |
A gymnosperm pollen morphotype |
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Sp nov |
Zhang et al. |
Daohugou flora
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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 |
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Sp nov |
Srivastava, Srivastava, & Mehrotra |
A fig leaf morphospecies |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
Sun, Dilcher, Wang, & Chen |
Early Cretaceous |
A basal eudicot |
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Species |
Valid |
Benedict, DeVore, & Pigg |
An Osoberry flower |
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Species |
Valid |
Dutta, Ambwani, & Estrada-Ruiz |
Maastrichtian |
A palm wood morphospecies |
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Species |
Valid |
Benedict, DeVore, & Pigg |
A cherry flower species |
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Nematoda
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Poinar |
A species ants |
Formicodiplogaster myrmenema |
Lobopods
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Liu et al. |
Lower Cambrian |
Maotianshan shale
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A lobopodian. |
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Valid |
Gamez Vintaned, Linan, & Zhuravlev |
Early Cambrian |
A lobopodian. |
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Valid |
Dzik |
Early Cambrian |
A lobopodian. |
Vetulicolians
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen. nov |
valid |
Zinther, et al. |
Early Cambrian
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earliest known vetulicolian described |
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Molluscs
Arthropods
Fishes
Amphibians
Newly named lepospondyls
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Viséan |
A microsaur .
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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An ostodolepid .
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Newly named temnospondyls
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Species |
Valid |
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Early Permian |
A trematopid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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early-middle Anisian |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Early Permian |
A trematopid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Early Permian |
An amphibamid. |
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Newly named lissamphibians
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Bathonian |
A basal stem salamander. |
Basal reptiles
Newly named captorhinids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
A captorhinid .
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Newly named basal diapsids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Sakmarian |
The oldest and most basal neodiapsid .
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Newly named ichthyosaurs
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Barremian |
An ophthalmosaurid .
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Lepidosauromorphs
Newly named saurosphargids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Middle Anisian |
An incertae sedis. |
Newly named sauropterygians
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Hauterivian |
An aristonectid .
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Middle Anisian |
A relative of nothosauroids.[34] | ||||
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Middle Anisian |
A keichousaurid pachypleurosaur .
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Species |
Valid |
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Early Toarcian |
A second species of Hauffiosaurus. | |||
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Callovian |
Oxford Clay Formation
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A pliosaurid .
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Pliensbachian |
A plesiosaurid plesiosaur. | ||||
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Maastrichtian |
An elasmosaurid plesiosaur. |
Newly named lizards
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Turonian/Santonian |
An iguanian lizard.
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Lutetian |
Messel pit
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An amphisbaenian lizard. | |||
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Campanian |
Pierre Shale Formation Demopolis Chalk Formation
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A plioplatecarpine mosasaur. Its type species is Latoplatecarpus willistoni; "Plioplatecarpus" nichollsae (Cuthbertson et al.., 2007) is a second species of Latoplatecarpus. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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Eocene (Chadronian) |
A member of Corytophanidae. The type species is Oreithyia oaklandi. | ||||
Gen. et comb. |
Valid |
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Middle Coniacian to middle Santonian. |
Niobrara Chalk Eutaw Formation |
A plioplatecarpine mosasaur, a new genus for "Clidastes" planifrons (Cope, 1874). | |||
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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Eocene (Chadronian) |
A relative of the desert iguana. The type species is Queironius praelapsus. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
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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 |
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Species |
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous |
A madtsoiid snake. |
Turtles
Newly named turtles
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Early Oligocene |
A podocnemidid. |
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Gen. et comb. |
Valid |
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Early Miocene |
A podocnemidid, a new genus for "Shweboemys" gaffneyi. |
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Gen. et comb. |
Valid |
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Late Eocene |
Qasr el-Sagha beds |
A podocnemidid, a new genus for "Podocnemis" antiqua. |
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Gen. et comb. |
Valid |
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Maastrichtian |
A softshell turtle, new genus for "Aspideretes" lancensis (Gilmore, 1928). |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
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Late Pleistocene |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Oxfordian |
A paracryptodire or a basal testudine. |
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Species |
Valid |
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Maastrichtian |
A kinosternoid, a species of Hoplochelys. |
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Gen. et comb. |
Valid |
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Paleocene |
A podocnemidid, a new genus for "Roxochelys" vilavilensis. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Uncertain, possibly Miocene. |
Uncertain, possibly Moghara Formation. |
A podocnemidid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Early Miocene |
A podocnemidid. |
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Gen. et comb. |
Valid |
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Miocene |
A podocnemidid, a new genus for " |
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Gen. et comb. nov. |
Valid |
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Eocene |
A trionychid, a new genus for "Trionyx" uintaensis. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Campanian - Maastrichtian |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous |
A podocnemidid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous |
A podocnemidid. |
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Species |
Valid |
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Aptian/Albian |
The oldest known chelid, a species of Prochelidella. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Upper Kimmeridgian |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Maastrichtian |
A pleurodiran .
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Species |
Valid |
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Middle Eocene |
A species of Trionyx sensu lato. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Martin & Mallory |
Late Miocene-Pliocene |
An emydine Emydidae pond turtle. |
Archosauromorphs
Newly named basal archosauromorphs
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Ladinian/Early Carnian |
A member of Archosauriformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally classified as a doswelliid, but subsequently argued to be an erpetosuchid archosaur.[59] |
Archeopelta arborensis | |||
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Early Triassic |
Don River Basin
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The earliest tanystropheid .
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Ladinian/Early Carnian |
The earliest drepanosaurid .
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Gen. et comb. |
Valid |
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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 |
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Sp. |
Valid |
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Late Permian |
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Gen. et comb. |
Valid |
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Late Permian |
A dicynodont . A new genus for "Dicynodon" woodwardi.
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Early Jurassic |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Middle Triassic |
A carnivorous cynodont .
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Gzhelian |
A sphenacodontid pelycosaur. The type species is Cryptovenator hirschbergeri. |
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Gen. et comb. |
Valid |
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Late Permian |
A dicynodont . A new genus for "Dicynodon" bathyrhynchus.
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Gen. et comb. |
Valid |
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Grès Rouge Group |
A large caseid. A new genus for "Casea" rutena. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Permian |
A therocephalian. |
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Gen. et comb. |
Valid |
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Late Permian |
A dicynodont . A new genus for "Dicynodon" benjamini.
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Permian |
A therocephalian. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Early Jurassic |
A morganucodontan. |
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Gen. et comb. |
Valid |
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Late Permian |
A dicynodont . A new genus for "Dicynodon" amalitzkii
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Species |
Valid |
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Middle Permian |
A therocephalian. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Permian |
A therocephalian with a short skull. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Upper Sakmarian - Lower Lopingian |
Grès Rouge Group |
A large caseid. The type species is Ruthenosaurus russellorum |
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Gen. et comb. |
Valid |
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Late Permian |
A dicynodont . A new genus for "Dicynodon" vanhoepeni.
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Capitanian |
A basal, saber-toothed herbivorous anomodont . The type species is Tiarajudens eccentricus.
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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.
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