Angiosperms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Dillhoffia Dillhoffia Dillhoffia is an extinct monotypic genus of flowering plant with a single species, Dillhoffia cachensis known from Ypresian age Eocene fossils found in British Columbia, Canada, and Washington, USA...	Genu et sp nov	Valid	Manchester & Pigg	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....	Unnamed Formation, Kamloops Group	Canada

Monocots

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Montrichardia aquatica Montrichardia aquatica Montrichardia aquatica is an extinct species of monocot plant in the Araceae family . M. aquatica is related to the living species M. arborescens and M. linifera...	sp nov	Valid	Herrera et al	Middle to late Paleocene Paleocene The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "early recent", is a geologic epoch that lasted from about . It is the first epoch of the Palaeogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era...	Cerrejón Formation Cerrejón Formation The Cerrejón Formation is a geologic formation in Colombia dating back to the Middle-Late Paleocene. It is found in the El Cerrejón subbasin of the Racheria basin of La Guajira. The formation consists of bituminous coal fields that are an important economic resource. Coal from the Cerrejón...	Colombia	only fossil record of the genus Montrichardia Montrichardia Montrichardia is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. It contains two species, Montrichardia arborescens and Montrichardia linifera, and one extinct species Montrichardia aquatica...
Petrocardium Petrocardium Petrocardium is an extinct genus of monocot plant in the family Araceae. At present it contains only two species Petrocardium cerrejonense and Petrocardium wayuuorum, the type species...	gen et sp nov	Valid	Herrera et al	Middle to late Paleocene Paleocene The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "early recent", is a geologic epoch that lasted from about . It is the first epoch of the Palaeogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era...	Cerrejón Formation Cerrejón Formation The Cerrejón Formation is a geologic formation in Colombia dating back to the Middle-Late Paleocene. It is found in the El Cerrejón subbasin of the Racheria basin of La Guajira. The formation consists of bituminous coal fields that are an important economic resource. Coal from the Cerrejón...	Colombia	Two named species Petrocardium cerrejonense and Petrocardium wayuuorum

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Paleoleishmania neotropicum	sp nov	Valid	Poinar George Poinar, Jr. George O. Poinar, Jr. is an entomologist and writer. He is known for popularizing the idea of extracting DNA from insects fossilized in amber, an idea which received widespread attention when adapted by Michael Crichton for the book and movie Jurassic Park.Poinar earned a B.S. and M.S. at Cornell...	Burdigalian Burdigalian The Burdigalian is, in the geologic timescale, an age or stage in the early Miocene. It spans the time between 20.43 ± 0.05 Ma and 15.97 ± 0.05 Ma...	Dominican amber Dominican amber Dominican amber is amber from the Dominican Republic. Resin from the extinct species Hymenaea protera is the source of Dominican amber and probably of most amber found in the tropics....	Dominican Republic	second record, and youngest, of the extinct genus Paleoleishmania Paleoleishmania Paleoleishmania is an extinct genus of kinetoplastid , a monophyletic group of unicellular parasitic flagellate protozoa and at present it's placed in kinetoplastid family Trypanosomatidae...

Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Formosibittacus Formosibittacus Formosibittacus is an extinct genus of hangingfly in the family Bittacidae and containing a single species Formosibittacus macularis...	gen et sp nov	Vaild	Li, Ren & Shih	Middle Jurassic Middle Jurassic The Middle Jurassic is the second epoch of the Jurassic Period. It lasted from 176-161 million years ago. In European lithostratigraphy, rocks of this Middle Jurassic age are called the Dogger....	Jiulongshan Formation	Mainland China	A bittacid
Jurahylobittacus Jurahylobittacus Jurahylobittacus is an extinct genus of hangingfly in the family Bittacidae and containing a single species Jurahylobittacus astictus...	gen et sp nov	Valid	Li, Ren & Shih	Middle Jurassic Middle Jurassic The Middle Jurassic is the second epoch of the Jurassic Period. It lasted from 176-161 million years ago. In European lithostratigraphy, rocks of this Middle Jurassic age are called the Dogger....	Jiulongshan Formation	Mainland China	A bittacid
Lutzomyia adiketis Lutzomyia adiketis Lutzomyia adiketis is an extinct species of sandflies in the moth fly subfamily Phlebotominae. L. adiketis is a vector of the extinct Paleoleishmania neotropicum and both species are solely known from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola.-History and...	sp nov	Valid	Poinar	Burdigalian Burdigalian The Burdigalian is, in the geologic timescale, an age or stage in the early Miocene. It spans the time between 20.43 ± 0.05 Ma and 15.97 ± 0.05 Ma...	Dominican amber Dominican amber Dominican amber is amber from the Dominican Republic. Resin from the extinct species Hymenaea protera is the source of Dominican amber and probably of most amber found in the tropics.... , Hispaniola	Dominican Republic	Vector for the extinct Trypanosomatidae species Paleoleishmania neotropicum
Proraphidia gomezi	sp nov	Valid	Jarzembowski	Lower Cretaceous	Lower Weald Clay Weald Clay Weald Clay is a Lower Cretaceous sedimentary rock underlying areas of South East England. It is part of the Wealden Group of rocks. The clay is named after the Weald, an area of Sussex. It varies from orange and grey in colour and is used in brickmaking....	Kingdom of England
Proraphidia hopkinsi	sp nov	Valid	Jarzembowski	Barremian Barremian The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale between 130.0 ± 1.5 Ma and 125.0 ± 1.0 Ma). It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous epoch...		Spain
Sinomeganeura Sinomeganeura Sinomeganeura is an extinct genus of griffenfly in the family Meganeuridae and containing a single species Sinomeganeura huangheensis...	gen et sp nov	Valid	Ren, Nel, & Prokop	Namurian Namurian The Namurian is a stage in the regional stratigraphy of northwest Europe with an age between roughly 326 and 313 Ma . It is a subdivision of the Carboniferous system or period and the regional Silesian series. The Namurian is named for the Belgian city and province of Namur where strata of this age...	Tupo Formation	Mainland China	Third Namurian age Meganeuridae griffenfly described.

Xiphosurans

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Lunataspis Lunataspis Lunataspis aurora is the oldest known xiphosuran and an ancestor of the modern horseshoe crab. It was first formally described by David Rudkin, Graham Young and Godfrey Nolan, from fossils found in northern Manitoba, Canada in 2005; the deposit dates from the Late Ordovician, ....	gen et sp nov	Valid taxon	Nowlan, Rudkin, & Young	Late Ordovician	Churchill River Group?	Canada

Placoderms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Materpiscis Materpiscis Materpiscis is a genus of ptyctodontid placoderm from the Late Devonian located at the Gogo Formation of Western Australia...	gen et sp nov	Valid	J. A. Long, K. Trinajstic, G. C. Young, & T. Senden	Late Devonian	Gogo Formation Gogo Formation The Gogo Formation in the Kimberley region of Western Australia is a Lagerstätte that exhibits exceptional preservation of a Devonian reef community.- Sedimentology :...	Australia	discovered with fossilized embryo.

Amphibians

Jenkins, F. A., jr, Shubin, N. H., Gatesy, S. M., and Warren, A., 2008, Gerrothorax pulcherrimus from the Upper Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of East Greenland and a reassessment of head lifting in temnospondyl feeding: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 4, p. 935-950.

Newly named amphibians

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Beelzebufo Beelzebufo Beelzebufo ampinga was a particularly large species of prehistoric frog first identified in 2007. Common names assigned by the popular media include "Devil Frog", "Devil Toad", and "The Frog From Hell"...	Valid taxon	Evans Susan E. Evans Susan E. Evans is British paleontologist and herpetologist. She is the author or co-author of over 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters.... Jones Krause David W. Krause David W. Krause is a Canadian-born vertebrate paleontologist currently working as a Distinguished Service Professor at the Stony Brook University Department of Anatomical Sciences. His work primarily focuses on fossils from the Cretaceous period of Madagascar, and he often travels to the island to...	Late Cretaceous Late Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous series...  (70 mya)	Maevarano Formation Maevarano Formation The Maevarano Formation is an Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rock formation found in the Mahajanga Province of northwestern Madagascar. It is most likely Maastrichtian in age, and records a seasonal, semiarid environment with rivers that had greatly varying discharges...	Madagascar Madagascar The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
Gerobatrachus Gerobatrachus Gerobatrachus, also referred to as a frogamander, is an extinct genus of amphibamid temnospondyl that lived in the Permian period, approximately 290 million years ago, in the area that is now Baylor County, Texas...	Valid taxon	Anderson Reisz Scott Fröbisch Sumida	Early Permian (290 mya)		Baylor County, Texas Baylor County, Texas As of the census of 2000, there were 4,093 people, 1,791 households, and 1,156 families residing in the county. The population density was 5 people per square mile . There were 2,820 housing units at an average density of 3 per square mile...

Newly named birds

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Didactylornis	Valid	Yuan	Lower Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation Jiufotang Formation The Jiufotang Formation is an Early Cretaceous geological formation in Chaoyang, Liaoning which has yielded fossils of feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, pterosaurs, and other organisms. . It is a member of the Jehol group. The exact age of the Jiufotang has been debated for years, with...	Mainland China	Basal pygostylia Pygostylia Pygostylia is a group of birds which includes Confuciusornis and all of the more derived birds; the Ornithothoraces. Chiappe defined the Pygostylia as "the common ancestor of the Confuciusornithidae and Neornithes plus all its descendants". This is a node-based definition.Chiappe united the... n.
Enantiophoenix Enantiophoenix Enantiophoenix is a genus of enantiornithine bird. Fossil remains were recovered from Lebanon....	Valid	Cau Arduini	Upper Cretaceous		Lebanon	An enantiornithine.
Eoconfuciusornis Eoconfuciusornis Eoconfuciusornis a genus of extinct bird that lived 131 Ma ago, in the Early Cretaceous of China.The type species of Eoconfuciusornis, Eoconfuciusornis zhengi, was named and described by Zhang Fucheng, Zhou Zhonghe and Michael Benton in 2008. The generic name combines a Greek ἠώς, eos, "dawn",...	Valid	Zhang Zhou Benton Michael J. Benton Michael J. Benton is a British paleontologist, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and professor of vertebrate palaeontology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol....	Lower Cretaceous	Dabeigou Formation Dabeigou Formation The Dabeigou Formation is a palaeontological formation located in China. It dates to the Cretaceous period....	Mainland China	Primitive confuciusornithid.
Pengornis Pengornis Pengornis is the largest known enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of northeast China.the name Pengornis derives from "Peng", which refers to a mythological bird from Chinese folklore, and "-ornis", which means bird in Greek....	Valid	Zhou Clarke Zhang	Lower Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation Jiufotang Formation The Jiufotang Formation is an Early Cretaceous geological formation in Chaoyang, Liaoning which has yielded fossils of feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, pterosaurs, and other organisms. . It is a member of the Jehol group. The exact age of the Jiufotang has been debated for years, with...	Mainland China	An enantiornithine.
Zhongornis Zhongornis Zhongornis is a genus of primitive birds that lived during the Early Cretaceous. It was found in rocks of the Yixian Formation in Lingyuan City , and described by Gao et al. in 2008....	Valid	Gao Chiappe Meng O'Connor Wang Cheng Liu	Lower Cretaceous	Yixian Formation Yixian Formation The Yixian Formation is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans 11 million years during the early Cretaceous period...	Mainland China	Basal bird Bird Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from... .

Newly named pterosaurs

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Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Elanodactylus Elanodactylus Elanodactylus is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China....	Valid	Andres Ji, Q.
Hongshanopterus Hongshanopterus Hongshanopterus is a genus of istiodactylid ornithocheiroid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning, China. It is based on IVPP V14582, a skull and neck vertebrae of a single individual. The teeth had triangular crowns and were flattened from mouth side...	Valid	Xiaolin Wang de Almeida et al.
Mythunga Mythunga Mythunga is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the late Early Cretaceous of Australia. It is known from a partial skull found in marine rocks of the Albian-age Toolebuc Formation near Hughenden, Queensland. Only the snout and part of the jaws are known...	Valid	Molnar Thulborn, R.A.
Nemicolopterus Nemicolopterus Nemicolopterus is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur, described in 2008. The type and only known species is N. crypticus. It lived in the Jehol Biota 120 million years ago. Its wingspan of slightly under 25 centimeters makes it smaller than any but a few specimens of hatchling...	Valid	Wang Kellner et al.
Raeticodactylus	Junior synonym	Stecher		Jr. synonym of Caviramus Caviramus Caviramus is a genus of "rhamphorhynchoid" pterosaur from the Late Triassic lower Kössen Formation of the Northern Calcareous Alps of Switzerland....
Shenzhoupterus Shenzhoupterus Shenzhoupterus is a genus of chaoyangopterid azhdarchoid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning, China....	Valid	Lü J. Unwin et al.
Volgadraco Volgadraco Volgadraco is a genus of azhdarchid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of European Russia. It is known from lower beak and postcranial fragments from the early Campanian-age Rybushka Formation of Saratov, Russia...	Valid	Averianov Arkhangelsky Pervushov

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Dinosaurs

• Oviraptorosaurian eggs with embryonic skeletons are discovered for the first time in China.
• Mongolian Late Jurassic theropod fossils are found for the first time.
• A new study on morphological variation in shed theropod teeth from the Mil River Formation is published.

Newly named dinosaurs

28 new dinosaur genera were erected in 2008. Data courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Austroraptor Austroraptor Austroraptor was a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived about 70 million years ago during the Cretaceous period in what is now modern Argentina. The type species for the genus, Austroraptor cabazai, was described in late 2008 by Fernando Novas of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales...	Valid	Novas Pol et al.	Campanian–Maastrichtian	Allen Formation Allen Formation The Allen Formation is a geological formation in Argentina whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous The Allen Formation is a geological formation in Argentina whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous The Allen Formation is a geological formation in Argentina whose strata date back to the...		The largest dromaeosaurid yet discovered in the Southern Hemisphere.
Dakotadon Dakotadon Dakotadon is a genus of iguanodont dinosaur from the Barremian-age Lower Cretaceous Lakota Formation of South Dakota, USA, known from a partial skull. It was first described in 1989 as Iguanodon lakotaensis, by David B. Weishampel and Philip R. Bjork. Its assignment has been controversial. Some...	Valid	Paul Gregory S. Paul Gregory Scott Paul is a freelance researcher, author and illustrator who works in paleontology, and more recently has examined sociology and theology. He is best known for his work and research on theropod dinosaurs and his detailed illustrations, both live and skeletal...	Barremian	Lakota Formation Lakota Formation The Lakota Formation is a sequence of rocks from the Barremian epoch from Western North America. Located in South Dakota, the name is derived from the Lakota Native American tribe....		A new genus for "Iguanodon" lakotaensis (Weishampel and Bjork, 1989).
Daxiatitan Daxiatitan Daxiatitan is a genus of titanosauriform dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Lanzhou Basin, Gansu Province, northwestern China. It is known from fossils including several neck vertebrae, a shoulder blade, and a thigh bone....	Valid	You Li et al.	Lower Cretaceous	Lanzhou Basin		A basal titanosaur Titanosaur Titanosaurs were a diverse group of sauropod dinosaurs, which included Saltasaurus and Isisaurus. It includes some of the heaviest creatures ever to walk the earth, such as Argentinosaurus and Paralititan — which some believe have weighed up to 100 tonnes... .
Diceratus	Junior synonym	Mateus Octávio Mateus Octávio Mateus is a Portuguese dinosaur paleontologist and biologist . He received his PhD at Universidade Nova de Lisboa in 2005...	Late Cretaceous	Lance Formation Lance Formation The Lance Formation is a division of Late Cretaceous rocks in the western United States. Named after Lance Creek, Wyoming, the microvertebrate fossils and dinosaurs represent important components of the latest Mesozoic vertebrate faunas...		Objective junior synonym of Nedoceratops; possible junior synonym of Triceratops Triceratops Triceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur which lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 65 million years ago in what is now North America. It was one of the last dinosaur genera to appear before the great Cretaceous–Paleogene... .
Dollodon Dollodon Dollodon is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived in the Barremian and possibly the early Aptian ages of the Early Cretaceous Period of Europe. Its remains are known from Belgium , England and possibly Germany...	Valid	Paul	Barremian	Bernissart Bernissart Bernissart is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006 Bernissart had a total population of 11,458. The total area is 43.42 km², which gives a population density of 264 inhabitants per km²....		An iguanodontian.
Dongyangosaurus Dongyangosaurus Dongyangosaurus is a genus of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur from the early Late Cretaceous of Zhejiang, China. The type species, described by Lu et al. in 2008, is D. sinensis. Like other sauropods, Dongyangosaurus would have been a large quadrupedal herbivore....	Valid	Lü Azuma et al.	early Late Cretaceous	Fangyang Formation		A titanosauriform.
Duriavenator Duriavenator Duriavenator is a genus of theropod dinosaur described in 2008 by Roger Benson. The type species is D. hesperis, formerly known as Megalosaurus hesperis. Duriavenator lived during the Bajocian stage, around 170 million years ago, making it one of the oldest-known tetanurans. The genus name combines...	Valid	Benson	Bajocian	Dorset Dorset Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...		A megalosaurid.
Eocarcharia Eocarcharia Eocarcharia is a genus of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation that lived in the Sahara 112 million years ago, in what today is the country of Niger. It was discovered in 2000 on an expedition led by University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno. The...	Valid	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... Brusatte Stephen L. Brusatte Stephen Louis Brusatte , is an American paleontologist.-Biography:He is the author of the 2002 book Stately Fossils: A Comprehensive Look at the State Fossils and Other Official Fossils and the 2008 book Dinosaurs...	Aptian/Albian	Elrhaz Formation Elrhaz Formation The Elrhaz Formation is a geological formation in Niger whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous...		A carcharodontosaurid Carcharodontosauridae Carcharodontosaurids were a group of carnivorous theropod dinosaurs. In 1931 Ernst Stromer named Carcharodontosauridae as a family, in modern paleontology this name indicates a clade within Carnosauria... .
Eomamenchisaurus Eomamenchisaurus Eomamenchisaurus is a genus of mamenchisaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Yuanmou, Yunnan, China. The type species is E. yuanmouensis, described by Lu et al. in 2008....	Valid	Lü Li et al.	Middle Jurassic	Zhanghe Formation		A mamenchisaurid Mamenchisauridae Mamenchisauridae is an extinct family of sauropod dinosaurs. The family was first named by Chinese paleontologists C.C. Young and H.C. Chao in 1972, in a paper describing Mamenchisaurus. Other mamenchisaurids may include Bellusaurus, Chuanjiesaurus, Eomamenchisaurus, Hudiesaurus, Klamelisaurus,... .
Epidexipteryx Epidexipteryx Epidexipteryx is a genus of small avialan dinosaur, known from one fossil specimen in the collection of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing. Epidexipteryx represents the earliest known example of ornamental feathers in the fossil record. The type specimen is...	Valid	Zhang Zhou et al.	Late Jurassic	Daohugou Beds Daohugou Beds The Daohugou Beds are a series of fossil-bearing rock deposits located in northeastern China, with the type locality around Daohugou village of Ningcheng County south of Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, but extending into southwest Liaoning. The rocks are grey, finely bedded, lacustrine, sandy mudstones...		An avialian Avialae Avialae is a clade of dinosaurs containing their only living representatives, birds , and the most immediate extinct relatives of birds.-Competing definitions:... .
Gobiceratops Gobiceratops Gobiceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. It is based on a skull that is 3.5 centimeters long, from the Khermin Tsav locality in the Barun Goyot Formation of southern Mongolia; the type individual was young. Gobiceratops is thought to have been...	Valid	Alifanov	Late Cretaceous	Baruungoyot Formation		Possible junior synonym of Bagaceratops Bagaceratops Bagaceratops, meaning "small-horned face" , is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in what is now Mongolia around 80 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous... .
Kryptops Kryptops Kryptops is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Niger. It is known from a partial skeleton found at the Gadoufaoua locality in the western Ténéré Desert, in rocks of the Aptian-Albian age Elrhaz Formation...	Valid	Sereno Brusatte	Aptian/Albian	Elrhaz Formation Elrhaz Formation The Elrhaz Formation is a geological formation in Niger whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous...		An abelisaurid Abelisauridae Abelisauridae is a family of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaurs. Abelisaurids thrived during the Cretaceous Period, on the ancient southern supercontinent of Gondwana, and today their fossil remains are found on the modern continents of Africa and South America, as well as on the Indian... .
Loricatosaurus Loricatosaurus Loricatosaurus is a genus of stegosaurid dinosaur from Callovian-age rocks of England and France...	Valid	Maidment Norman David B. Norman David Bruce Norman is a British paleontologist, currently Director of the Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge University. He is a fellow at Christ's College, Cambridge where he teaches geology in the Natural Sciences tripos. He is a member of the Palaeontological Association. He has studied Iguanodon... et al.	Callovian			A stegosaurid Stegosauridae Stegosauridae is a family of stegosauria, large thyreophorans. They lived longer than other Stegosaurs; while all Huayangosauridae and most of basal stegosaurs died out in Tithonian - Kimmeridgian, stegosauridae survived till Middle Cretaceous. They are usually characterized by triangular plates on... .
Microceratus	Nomen dubium Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application...	Mateus	Campanian
Orkoraptor Orkoraptor Orkoraptor is a genus of large theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period of Argentina. It is known from incomplete fossil remains including parts of the skull, teeth, tail vertebrae, and a partial tibia. The specialized teeth resemble those of some maniraptoriform theropods, namely the...	Valid	Novas Ezcurra Lecuona	Maastrichtian	Pari Aike Formation Pari Aike Formation The Pari Aike Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation....		A neovenatorid Neovenatoridae Neovenatoridae is a family of large carnivorous dinosaurs. The group is a branch of the allosauroids, a large group of carnosaurs that also includes the sinraptorids, carcharodontosaurids, and allosaurids... .
Peloroplites Peloroplites Peloroplites is a genus of nodosaurid armored dinosaur from Lower Cretaceous rocks of Utah...	Valid	Carpenter Bartlett et al.	Lower Cretaceous	Cedar Mountain Formation Cedar Mountain Formation The Cedar Mountain Formation is the name given to distinctive sedimentary rocks in eastern Utah that occur between the underlying Morrison Formation and overlying Naturita Formation . It is composed of non-marine sediments, that is, sediments deposited in rivers, lakes and on flood plains...		A nodosaurid Nodosauridae Nodosauridae is a family of ankylosaurian dinosaurs, from the Late Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous Period of what are now North America, Asia, Antarctica and Europe.-Characteristics:...  ankylosaur.
Pitekunsaurus Pitekunsaurus Pitekunsaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Neuquén, Argentina. It was described by L. Filippi and A. Garrido in 2008. The type species is P. macayai...	Valid	Filippi Garrido	Campanian	Anacleto Formation Anacleto Formation The Anacleto Formation is a geologic formation with outcroppings in the Argentine Patagonian provinces of Mendoza, Río Negro, and Neuquén. It is the youngest formation within the Neuquén Group and belongs to the Río Colorado Subgroup...		A titanosaur.
Qingxiusaurus Qingxiusaurus Qingxiusaurus is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Guanxi, China. The type species, described by Mo et al. in 2008, is Q. youjiangensis. Like other sauropods, Qingxiusaurus would have been a large quadrupedal herbivore....	Valid	Mo Huang et al.	Late Cretaceous			A titanosaur.
Sahaliyania Sahaliyania Sahaliyania is a genus of lambeosaurine hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Heilongjiang, China...	Valid	Godefroit Hai et al.	Maastrichtian	Yuliangze Formation Yuliangze Formation The Yuliangze Formation is a geological formation in Heilongjiang, China whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.-Vertebrate paleofauna:...		A lambeosaurine Lambeosaurinae Lambeosaurinae is a group of crested hadrosaurid dinosaurs.-Classification:Lambeosaurines have been split into Parasaurolophini and Corythosaurini . Corythosaurini and Parasaurolophini as terms entered the formal literature in Evans and Reisz's 2007 redescription of Lambeosaurus magnicristatus...  hadrosaurid.
Similicaudipteryx Similicaudipteryx Similicaudipteryx, meaning "similar to Caudipteryx" , is a genus of theropod dinosaur of the family Caudipteridae. Its fossil remains were recovered from the Jiufotang and Yixian Formations of northeastern China, dating to the early Cretaceous Period between 124 and 120 million years ago...	Valid	He Wang Zhou	Aptian	Jiufotang Formation Jiufotang Formation The Jiufotang Formation is an Early Cretaceous geological formation in Chaoyang, Liaoning which has yielded fossils of feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, pterosaurs, and other organisms. . It is a member of the Jehol group. The exact age of the Jiufotang has been debated for years, with...		A caudipterid Caudipteridae Caudipteridae is a family of oviraptorosaurian dinosaurs known from the Early Cretaceous of China. Found in the Yixian and Jiufotang Formations, the group existed between 125-120 million years ago. Distinguishing characteristics of this group have been indicated as including a unique dagger-shaped...  oviraptorosaur.
Tastavinsaurus Tastavinsaurus Tastavinsaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur belonging to the Titanosauriformes. It is based on a partial skeleton from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. The type species is Tastavinsaurus sanzi, named in honor of the Rio Tastavins in Spain and Spanish paleontologist Jose Luis Sanz....	Valid	Canudo Royo-Torres Cuenca-Bescós	Aptian	Xert Formation		A titanosauriform.
Uberabatitan Uberabatitan Uberabatitan is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. It is known from bones including neck, back, and tail vertebrae, pelvic bones, and limb bones...	Valid	Salgado Carvalho	Upper Cretaceous	Marília Formation Marilia Formation The Marília Formation is a geological formation in Brazil whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.-Crurotarsans:-Ornithodirans:...		A titanosaur.
Wulagasaurus Wulagasaurus Wulagasaurus is a genus of hadrosaurine hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Heilongjiang, China. Its remains were found in a bonebed in the latest Maastrichtian-age Yuliangze Formation, dated to 65.5 million years ago...	Valid	Godefroit Hai et al.	Maastrichtian	Yuliangze Formation Yuliangze Formation The Yuliangze Formation is a geological formation in Heilongjiang, China whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.-Vertebrate paleofauna:...		A saurolophine hadrosaurid.

Other publications

• Hutchinson, J.R., Miller, C., Fritsch, G., and Hildebrandt, T. 2008. The anatomical foundation for multidisciplinary studies of animal limb function: examples from dinosaur and elephant limb imaging studies; pp. 23–38 in Endo, H. and Frey, R. (eds.), Anatomical Imaging: Towards a New Morphology. Springer Verlag, Tokyo.

• Witmer, L.M., Ridgely, R.C., Dufeau, D.L., and Semones, M.C. 2008. Using CR to peer into the past: 3D visualization of the brain and ear regions of birds, crocodiles, and nonavian dinosaurs; pp. 67–88 in Endo, H. and Frey, R. (eds.), Anatomical Imaging: Towards a New Morphology. Springer Verlag, Tokyo.

Newly named anapsids

Currently valid anapsid genera named in 2008
Name	Status	Authors	Images
Odontochelys Odontochelys Odontochelys semitestacea is an extinct turtle species, the oldest known one. It is the only known species in the genus Odontochelys and the family Odontochelyidae. O. semitestacea was first described from three 220 million year-old specimens excavated in Triassic deposits in Guizhou,...	Valid taxon	Li et al.
Condorchelys Condorchelys Condorchelys was a genus of stem turtle from Middle to Upper Jurassic Cañadon Asfalto Formation of Argentina. Only one species is described, Condorchelys antiqua....	Valid taxon	Sterli

new taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Ovoo Ovoo (genus) Ovoo is an extinct genus of monitor lizard from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. It is one of the smallest and earliest monitor lizards. The type and only species, Ovoo gurvel, was named in 2008...	gen et sp nov	Valid	Norell, Gao, & Conrad	Late Cretaceous Late Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous series...	near Ukhaa Tolgod	Mongolia	one of the oldest monitor lizards
Taniwhasaurus mikasaensis	sp nov	Valid	Caldwell, Konishi, Obata, & Muramoto	upper Santonian Santonian The Santonian is an age in the geologic timescale or a chronostratigraphic stage. It is a subdivision of the Late Cretaceous epoch or Upper Cretaceous series. It spans the time between 85.8 ± 0.7 mya and 83.5 ± 0.7 mya... -lower Campanian Campanian The Campanian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous epoch . The Campanian spans the time from 83.5 ± 0.7 Ma to 70.6 ± 0.6 Ma ...		Japan	Third identified species for the genus Taniwhasaurus

New papers

• Everhart, M.J. 2008. A bitten skull of Tylosaurus kansasensis (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and a review of mosasaur-on-mosasaur pathology in the fossil record. Kansas Academy of Science, Transactions 111(3/4):251-262

• Everhart, M.J. 2008. The mosasaurs of George F. Sternberg, paleontologist and fossil photographer. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 37–46.

• Polcyn, M.J. and Everhart, M.J. 2008. Description and phylogenetic analysis of a new species of Selmasaurus (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 13–28.

• Polcyn, M.J., Bell, G.L., Jr., Shimada, K. and Everhart, M.J. 2008. The oldest North American mosasaurs (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Kansas and Texas with comments on the radiation of major mosasaur clades. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 137–155.

• Everhart, M.J. 2008. Rare occurrence of a Globidens sp. (Reptilia; Mosasauridae) dentary in the Sharon Springs Member of the Pierre Shale (Middle Campanian) of Western Kansas. p. 23-29 in Farley G. H. and Choate, J.R. (eds.), Unlocking the Unknown; Papers Honoring Dr. Richard Zakrzewski,, Fort Hays Studies, Special Issue No. 2, 153 p., Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS.

New taxa

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Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Nichollsia Nichollsia Nichollsia may refer to the following genera of animals:*Nichollsia, a genus of crustacean*Nichollssaura, formerly Nichollsia, an extinct genus of plesiosaur...	renamed	Druckenmiller Russell		Nichollsia Nichollsia Nichollsia may refer to the following genera of animals:*Nichollsia, a genus of crustacean*Nichollssaura, formerly Nichollsia, an extinct genus of plesiosaur... preoccupied by a genus of isopod, renamed in 2009 to Nichollssaura
Occitanosaurus Occitanosaurus Occitanosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Early Jurassic of what is now France. The type species is Occitanosaurus tournemirensis , first named by Sciau et al. in 1990...	valid	Bardet Fernandez Garcia-Ramos Superbiola Pinuela Ruiz-Omenaca Vincent

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Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Alrausuchus Alrausuchus Alrausuchus is an extinct genus of synapsid which existed in Russia. It was named by M.F. Ivakhnenko in 2008, as a reclassification of the species Biarmosuchus tagax, which Ivachnenko had named in 1990...	Valid	Ivakhnenko	Middle Permian		Russia	A new genus for "Biarmosuchus" tagax
Megawhaitsia Megawhaitsia Megawhaitsia is an extinct genus of large therapsid, potentially a therocephalian. It lived in the Late Permian in East Russia, and is known only by a maxilla, with a skull estimated to be 40-50cm....	Valid	Ivakhnenko	Upper Permian		Russia

Mammal

Newly named mammals
Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Siamoadapis	Valid	Chaimanee Yamee Tian Chavasseau Jaeger	Middle Miocene		Thailand
Merycopotamus thachangensis Merycopotamus Merycopotamus is an extinct genus of Asian anthracothere that appeared during the Middle Miocene, and died out in the Late Pliocene. At the height of the genus' influence, species ranged throughout southern Asia. With the extinction of the last species, M. dissimilis, the lineage of...	Valid	Hanta Ratanasthien Kunimatsu Saegusa Nakaya Nagaoka Jintasakul	Late Miocene		Thailand

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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