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Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Neoephemera antiqua Neoephemera antiqua Neoephemera antiqua is an extinct species of mayfly in the family Neoephemeridae that is known from early Eocene, Ypresian stage, lake deposits near the small community of Republic in Ferry County, Washington, USA.-History and classification:...	sp. nov	valid	Sinitchenkova	Ypresian Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age or lowest stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between and , is preceded by the Thanetian age and is followed by the Eocene Lutetian age....	Klondike Mountain Formation Klondike Mountain Formation The Klondike Mountain Formation is an early Eocene geologic formation that records the sedimentation in the southern most of a string of highland subtropical/Temperate lakes in Washington state and British Columbia. The formation is best known for exceptionally well preserved plant and insect fossils...	United States	Oldest neoephemerid mayfly species described
Pachycondyla rebekkae Ypresiomyrma Ypresiomyrma is an extinct genus of bulldog ants in the subfamily Myrmeciinae which contains three described species. One species is known from the Isle of Fur in Denmark and two are from British Columbia, Canada.-History and classification:...	sp. nov	valid	Rust & Andersen	Ypresian Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age or lowest stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between and , is preceded by the Thanetian age and is followed by the Eocene Lutetian age....	Fur Formation Fur Formation Essentially the Fur Formation is defined as a clayey diatomite with a lage number of volcanic ash layers.The Fur Formation is a marine geological formation of Ypresian age which crops out in the Limfjord region of Denmark from Silstrup via Mors and Fur to Ertebølle, and can be seen in many cliffs...	Denmark	moved by Archibald, Cover, & Moreau to Ypresiomyrma Ypresiomyrma Ypresiomyrma is an extinct genus of bulldog ants in the subfamily Myrmeciinae which contains three described species. One species is known from the Isle of Fur in Denmark and two are from British Columbia, Canada.-History and classification:...

Newly named taxa

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Nardovelifer Nardovelifer Nardovelifer altipinnis is the oldest known lamprid fish. It dates from the Campanian epoch of Nardò, Italy....	Valid	C. Sorbini L. Sorbini	Campanian	Nardo	Italy

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky

George Olshevsky

George Olshevsky is a freelance editor, writer, publisher, amateur paleontologist, and mathematician living in San Diego, California.Olshevsky maintains the comprehensive online Dinosaur Genera List...

's dinosaur genera list and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Achillobator Achillobator Achillobator is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period of what is now Mongolia, about 90 million years ago. It was probably an active bipedal predator, hunting with the large sickle-shaped claw on the second toe of each hind foot...	Valid taxon	Altangerel Perle Altangerel Perle Altangerel Perle is a Mongolian palaeontologist.He is employed at the National University of Mongolia. He has described species such as Goyocephale lattimorei, Achillobator giganticus and Erlikosaurus andrewsi. He has been honored by Polish palaeontologist Halszka Osmólska, who named the species... Mark Norell	Clark	A large dromaeosaurid.
Agustinia Agustinia Agustinia is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of South America. Like all known sauropods, it was quadrupedal and herbivorous. Although some sauropods are known to have body armor, Agustinias armor was unique even among sauropods...	Valid taxon	Jose Bonaparte José Bonaparte José Fernando Bonaparte, Ph.D. , is an Argentine paleontologist who discovered a plethora of South American dinosaurs and mentored a new generation of Argentine paleontologists like Rodolfo Coria...		A 50 foot (15 meters) long sauropod with bony spikes running down its back.
"Airakoraptor Airakoraptor "Airakoraptor" was a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period. It lived in what is now Mongolia and was first described by Perle, Norell & Clark, in 1999. It is considered a nomen nudum because it has not been fully described... "	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...	Altangerel Perle Altangerel Perle Altangerel Perle is a Mongolian palaeontologist.He is employed at the National University of Mongolia. He has described species such as Goyocephale lattimorei, Achillobator giganticus and Erlikosaurus andrewsi. He has been honored by Polish palaeontologist Halszka Osmólska, who named the species... Mark Norell	Clark	A possible dromaeosaurid that has yet to be fully described.
Animantarx Animantarx Animantarx is a genus of nodosaurid ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of western North America. Like other nodosaurs, it would have been a slow-moving quadrupedal herbivore covered in heavy armor scutes, but without a tail club...	Valid taxon	Kenneth Carpenter Kenneth Carpenter Kenneth Carpenter is a paleontologist. He is the museum director of the USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum and author or co-author of a number of books on dinosaurs and Mesozoic life... James Kirkland	Burge Bird	A 10 foot (3 meters) long nodosaur whose name means "living citadel."
"Archaeoraptor Archaeoraptor "Archaeoraptor" is the generic name informally assigned in 1999 to a fossil from China in an article published in National Geographic magazine. The magazine claimed that the fossil was a "missing link" between birds and terrestrial theropod dinosaurs. Even prior to this publication there had been... "	Hoax	Stephen Czerkas vide: C. P. Sloan vide: Olson		Fraudulent chimera of Yanornis Yanornis Yanornis is an extinct genus of omnivorous Early Cretaceous birds, thought to be closely related to the common ancestor of all modern birds. One species, Yanornis martini,... and Microraptor Microraptor Microraptor is a genus of small, four-winged dromaeosaurid dinosaurs. Numerous well-preserved fossil specimens have been recovered from Liaoning, China... .
Atlasaurus Atlasaurus Atlasaurus was a moderately large genus of sauropod dinosaur from Middle Jurassic beds in North Africa.-Discovery and species:Atlasaurus was discovered by Monbaron, Russell & Taquet in 1999...	Valid taxon	Monbaron Dale A. Russell	Philippe Taquet Philippe Taquet Philippe Taquet is a French paleontologist who specializes in dinosaur systematics of finds primarily in northern Africa.He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences since November 30, 2004...	A somewhat primitive sauropod about 15 m (50 ft) long.
Beipiaosaurus Beipiaosaurus Beipiaosaurus is a genus of therizinosauroid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China.The exact classification of therizinosaurs had in the past been hotly debated, since their prosauropod-like teeth and body structure indicate that they were generally herbivorous, unlike typical...	Valid taxon	Xu Xing Tang Z.	Wang X	A therizinosaur 2.2 meters (7.3 ft) in length. It is one of the largest known feathered dinosaurs.
"Bilbeyhallorum"	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...	Burge Bird	McClelland Cicconetti	Formally named Cedarpelta Cedarpelta Cedarpelta is an extinct genus of basal ankylosaurid ankylosaur, based on material recovered from the Lower Cretaceous of North America. The skull lacks extensive cranial ornamentation, a trait which has been interpreted as plesiomorphic for ankylosaurs.... in 2001 2001 in paleontology -Newly named insects:-Newly named bony fishes:-Newly named amphibians:-Newly named turtles:-Ichthyosaurs:-Newly named basal lepidosauromorphs:-Newly named plesiosaurs:-Newly named sphenodonts:-Newly named basal archosauromorphs:... .
Cedarosaurus Cedarosaurus Cedarosaurus was a nasal-crested macronarian dinosaur genus from the Early Cretaceous Period . It was a sauropod which lived in what is now Utah...	Valid taxon	Tidwell Kenneth Carpenter Kenneth Carpenter Kenneth Carpenter is a paleontologist. He is the museum director of the USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum and author or co-author of a number of books on dinosaurs and Mesozoic life...	Brooks	A brachiosaurid.
Chaoyangsaurus Chaoyangsaurus Chaoyangsaurus was a marginocephalian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China...	Valid taxon	Zhao X. Cheng Z.	Xu Xing	An extremely primitive ceratopsian with many synonyomous nomena nuda in the scientific literature.
Dinheirosaurus Dinheirosaurus Dinheirosaurus is a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur. It has been found in the upper section of the Late Jurassic strata of the Camadas de Alcobaça Formation located in central-western Portugal at Porto Dinheiro, Lourinhã...	Valid taxon	Jose Bonaparte José Bonaparte José Fernando Bonaparte, Ph.D. , is an Argentine paleontologist who discovered a plethora of South American dinosaurs and mentored a new generation of Argentine paleontologists like Rodolfo Coria...	Mateus	A diplodocid.
"Eucoelophysis Eucoelophysis Eucoelophysis is a genus of dinosauriform from the Late Triassic period Chinle Formation of New Mexico... "	Misidentification.	Sullivan	S. G. Lucas,	A misidentified non-dinosaurian dinosauriform.
"Eugongbusaurus Eugongbusaurus "Eugongbusaurus" is the informal name given to a genus of dinosaur that lived about 160 to 155 million years ago, in the Late Jurassic. It was either a hypsilophodont, or a less-derived ornithischian... "	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...	Knoll		A hypsilophodont that hasn't yet been formally named.
Gondwanatitan Gondwanatitan Gondwanatitan was a titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur. Gondwanatitan was found in Brazil, at the time part of the southern supercontinent Gondwana , in the late Cretaceous Period . Like some other sauropods, Gondwanatitan was tall and ate tough shoots and leaves off of the tops of trees. G...	Valid taxon	Kellner	Azevedo	A titanosaur.
Guaibasaurus Guaibasaurus Guaibasaurus is an extinct genus of basal dinosaur known from the Triassic of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.-Discovery:Guaibasaurus was originally named on the basis of the holotype, MCN PV2355, a well-preserved partial postcranial skeleton and the paratype, MCN PV2356, an...	Valid taxon	Jose Bonaparte José Bonaparte José Fernando Bonaparte, Ph.D. , is an Argentine paleontologist who discovered a plethora of South American dinosaurs and mentored a new generation of Argentine paleontologists like Rodolfo Coria... Ferigolo	Ribeiro	A basal saurischian.
Jobaria Jobaria Jobaria was a sauropod dinosaur discovered in the Sahara Desert in 1997. It was named after "Jobar", a creature of local legends, and is thought to have been about 18 metres long. It was found in the Tiourarén Formation, originally thought to represent the Hauterivian to Barremian stages of the...	Valid taxon	Paul Sereno Paul Sereno Paul Callistus Sereno is an American paleontologist from the University of Chicago who discovered several new dinosaur species on several continents. He has conducted excavations at sites as varied as Inner Mongolia, Argentina, Morocco, and Niger... Beck Dutheil Larsson Lyon Moussa	Sadleir Sidor Christian Sidor Christian A. Sidor is an American biologist and paleontologist, Associate Professor of the Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, curator of vertebrate paleontology in the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, member of the editorial board of the Journal of Vertebrate... Varricchio G. P. Wilson Jeffrey A. Wilson Jeffrey A. Wilson Jeffrey A. Wilson also known as "JAW "is a professor of geological sciences and assistant curator at the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan.... .	A sauropod named after the mythological "Jobar" and thought to have been about 18 metres long.
Lessemsaurus Lessemsaurus Lessemsaurus is an extinct genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur named for the writer of popular science books Don Lessem. The type species, L. sauropoides, was formally described by José Fernando Bonaparte in 1999...	Valid taxon	Jose Bonaparte José Bonaparte José Fernando Bonaparte, Ph.D. , is an Argentine paleontologist who discovered a plethora of South American dinosaurs and mentored a new generation of Argentine paleontologists like Rodolfo Coria...		A primitive sauropodomorph in the family Melanorosauridae.
Lirainosaurus Lirainosaurus Lirainosaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a titanosaurid sauropod which lived in what is now Spain. The type species, Lirainosaurus astibiae, was described by Sanz, Powell, Le Loeuff, Martinez, and Pereda-Suberbiola in 1999.-References:J. L. Sanz, J. E....	Valid taxon	Sanz Jaime Eduardo Powell Le Loeuff	Martínez Pereda-Suberbiola	A titanosaurid.
Lurdusaurus Lurdusaurus Lurdusaurus is a genus of large ornithopod dinosaur which lived in the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous, sometime between 121 to 112 million years ago.-Discovery and naming:...	Valid taxon	Philippe Taquet Philippe Taquet Philippe Taquet is a French paleontologist who specializes in dinosaur systematics of finds primarily in northern Africa.He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences since November 30, 2004...	Dale A. Russell
"Newtonsaurus Newtonsaurus "Newtonsaurus" is the informal name given to an as yet undescribed genus of dinosaur from the Late Triassic. It was probably a ceratosaur, which lived in what is now the United Kingdom. The type species is "N... "	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...	Welles vide: Welles	Pickering
Nigersaurus Nigersaurus Nigersaurus is a genus of diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur from the middle Cretaceous period, about 119 to 99 million years ago during the Aptian or Albian age. This dinosaur was described by Paul Sereno and colleagues in 1999...	Valid taxon	Paul Sereno Paul Sereno Paul Callistus Sereno is an American paleontologist from the University of Chicago who discovered several new dinosaur species on several continents. He has conducted excavations at sites as varied as Inner Mongolia, Argentina, Morocco, and Niger... Beck Dutheil Larsson Lyon Moussa	Sadleir Sidor Varricchio G. P. Wilson Jeffrey A. Wilson Jeffrey A. Wilson Jeffrey A. Wilson also known as "JAW "is a professor of geological sciences and assistant curator at the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan.... .
Nodocephalosaurus Nodocephalosaurus Nodocephalosaurus is a genus of herbivorous ankylosaurine ankylosaurid dinosaur from Upper Cretaceous deposits of San Juan Basin, New Mexico. The holotype was recovered from the Late Campanian De-na-zin Member of the Kirtland Formation and consists of an incomplete skull...	Valid taxon	Sullivan
Proyandusaurus	Valid taxon	Knoll
Qantassaurus Qantassaurus Qantassaurus is a genus of two-legged, plant-eating ornithischian dinosaur that lived in Australia about 115 million years ago, when the continent was still partly south of the Antarctic Circle...	Valid taxon	Thomas H. Rich	Patricia Vickers-Rich.
Santanaraptor Santanaraptor Santanaraptor is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Albian or Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous, about 108 million years ago. Known from a partial juvenile specimen recovered with mineralized soft tissue, which was unearthed in 1996 from the Santana Formation of...	Valid taxon	Kellner
Saturnalia Saturnalia (dinosaur) Saturnalia is an extinct genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Triassic of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.-Discovery:Saturnalia was originally named on the basis of three partial skeletons...	Valid taxon	Langer Abdala	Richter Benton
Sinornithosaurus Sinornithosaurus Sinornithosaurus is a genus of feathered dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period of the Yixian Formation in what is now China. It was the fifth non–avian feathered dinosaur genus discovered by 1999...	Valid taxon	Xu Xing Wang X.	Wu X.
Tangvayosaurus Tangvayosaurus Tangvayosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Aptian-Albian age Lower Cretaceous Grès Supérior Formation of Savannakhet, Laos...	Valid taxon	Allain Philippe Taquet Philippe Taquet Philippe Taquet is a French paleontologist who specializes in dinosaur systematics of finds primarily in northern Africa.He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences since November 30, 2004... Battail, Dejax Richir Véran Limon-Duparcmeur Vacant	Mateus Sayarath Khenthavong Phouyavong
Tehuelchesaurus Tehuelchesaurus Tehuelchesaurus is a genus of dinosaur. It is named in honor of the Tehuelche people native to the Argentinian province of Chubut, where it was first found....	Valid taxon	Thomas H. Rich Patricia Vickers-Rich Gimenez	Cúneo Puerta Vacca Teyuwasu Kischlat

New taxa

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Callawayasaurus Callawayasaurus Callawayasaurus is a genus of plesiosaur from the family Elasmosauridae. When the first Callawayasaurus fossil was first discovered by Samuel Paul Welles in 1962, he described it as Alzadasaurus colombiensis before it was moved into its current genus by Kenneth Carpenter in...	Valid	Carpenter
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Dendrorhynchoides Dendrorhynchoides Dendrorhynchoides was a genus of anurognathid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, near Beipiao, Chaoyang, Liaoning, China...	Valid	Ji S.-A. Ji Q. Padian
Siroccopteryx	Valid	Mader Kellner
Tendaguripterus Tendaguripterus Tendaguripterus was a genus of dsungaripteroid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian-age Upper Jurassic Middle Saurian Beds of Tendaguru, Mtwara Region, Tanzania....	Valid	Unwin Heinrich

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Non-mammalian

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