Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), 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 2007.
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Bogner, Johnson, Kvacek, & Upchurch |
An Orontium species |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Bogner, Johnson, Kvacek, & Upchurch |
An Orontium species |
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Saururus tuckerae[3] |
sp nov |
Valid |
Smith & Stockey |
A Saururus species |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Pigg, Dillhoff, DeVore, & Wehr |
A Tetracentron species |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Pigg, Dillhoff, DeVore, & Wehr |
A Trochodendron species |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Mindell, Stockey, Beard & Currah |
Appian Way Flora |
Extinct ascomycete fungus |
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Gen et sp nov. |
Valid |
Poinar & Buckley |
Late Albian (Cretaceous) |
oldest mushroom genus described from the fossil record. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et. comb. nov./ Gen. et. sp. nov |
Valid |
Schram |
A mantis shrimp, type species is D. acanthocercus (originally described in 1998 as Tyrannophontes acanthocercus), genus also includes the species D. pattoni and D. schoellmanni |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Schram |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Schultz |
A myrmicin fungus farming ant |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Schultz |
A myrmicin fungus farming ant |
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Cretadiamesa[10] |
Gen. et sp nov |
Valid |
Veltz, Azar & Nel |
A member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Prodiamesinae. The type species is C. arieli. |
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Cretapelopia[10] |
Gen. et sp nov |
Valid |
Veltz, Azar & Nel |
A member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Tanypodinae and the tribe Pentaneurini. The type species is C. salomea. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Engel & Grimaldi |
A mantidfly. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Engel & Grimaldi |
A mantidfly. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Wedmann, Bradler, Rust |
First leaf insect from the fossil record. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Szwedo |
New planthopper genus. |
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Lebanorthocladius[10] |
Gen. et sp nov |
Valid |
Veltz, Azar & Nel |
A member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Orthocladiinae. The type species is L. furcatus. |
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Libanodiamesa[10] |
Gen. et sp nov |
Valid |
Veltz, Azar & Nel |
A member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Prodiamesinae. The type species is L. deploegi. |
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Libanopelopia[10] |
Gen. et sp nov |
Valid |
Veltz, Azar & Nel |
A member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Tanypodinae and the tribe Pentaneurini or Macropelopiini. The type species is L. cretacica. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Petrulevicius, Huang & Ren |
A bittacid |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Makarkin & Menon |
An Ithonidae lacewing, type species P. incerta |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym of Protosialis casca |
Engel & Grimaldi |
The only alderfly from the West Indies fossil record. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Mohrig & Solórzano Kraemer |
A Sciarid fly |
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Wadelius[10] |
Gen. et sp nov |
Valid |
Veltz, Azar & Nel |
A member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Tanypodinae and the tribe Anatopyniini. The type species is W. libanicus. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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An aetosaur. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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A rauisuchian. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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Late Eocene/Middle Miocene |
Parángula Formation, Ipururo Formation & Divisadero Largo Formation |
A sebecid. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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Middle Eocene |
A member of Tomistominae. |
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Gen. nov |
Valid |
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Middle Miocene |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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A member of Peirosauridae. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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A member of Crocodyliformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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A member of Pholidosauridae. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
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A new genus for "Crocodylus" robustus Grandidier & Vaillant (1872). |
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Gen. nov |
Valid |
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Early Paleocene |
A sebecid; a new genus name for Sebecus querejazus. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Averianov |
An azhdarchid |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Wang et al |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Kellner & Campos |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Irmis et al |
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A Lagerpetonidae dinosauromorph reptile |
Data courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.[26]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Martinelli & Vera |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Ryan |
A Centrosaurine. the Ceratopsian from Alberta. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Apesteguía |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A basal sauropodomorph |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Remes |
Tendaguru Beds |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Allain et al |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Gilpin, DiCroce, & Carpenter |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Chinnery & Horner |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Wang et al |
A sauropod |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
An Early ornithischian |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Wu, Brinkman, Eberth, & Braman |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Calvo, Porfiri, González-Riga, & Kellner |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Xu, et al |
A Giantoviraptorosaurian |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Kutty, Chatterjee, Galton, & Upchurch |
An Early Sauropodomorph. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Ezcurra & Cuny |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Lü et al |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Turner et al |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Calvo, González-Riga, & Porfiri |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Mo, Zhao, Wang, & Xu |
Nalong Basin |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Apesteguía |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
David J. Varricchio, Anthony J. Martin, & Yoshihiro Katsura |
An ornithopod |
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Gen et sp nov |
Rose |
Jr synonym of Sauroposeidon |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Galton, Yates, & Kermack |
A basal sauropodomorph |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Kutty, Chatterjee, Galton, & Upchurch |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Turner, Hwang, & Norell |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Ji et al |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Li et al |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Averianov & Sues |
Dzharakuduk Formation |
A troodontid | ||||
‘’Velafrons’’ |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
a hadrosaur | |||||
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Lü et al |
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Zhongyuansaurus[54] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Xu et al |
An ankylosaurid |
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Zhuchengosaurus[55] |
Gen et sp nov |
Jr synonym |
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Wangshi Formation |
Junior synonym of Shantungosaurus |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Alethoalaornis agitornis [56] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Li Li Hu Dong-yu Gong En-pu Hou Lianhai |
An Alethoalaornithidae Li, Hu, Duan, Gong et Hou, 2007, Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Amanda Cordes-Person |
Early-Middle Campanian |
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Described in Baptornithidae, Hesperornithiformes, transferred to Brodavis Martin, Kurochkin et Tokaryk, 2012, Brodavidae, Hesperornithiformes. |
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Belonopterus lilloi [58] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Marcos M. Cenizo Federico L. Agnolin |
Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene |
Miramar Formation |
A Charadriidae, lapwing, a relative of the southern lapwing. |
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Berruornis halbedeli [59] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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?Borvocarbo stoeffelensis [60] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Oligocene |
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First described as ?Oligocorax sp. Mayr, 2001, than as ?Borvocarbo stoeffelensis Mayr, 2007. In 2014 Mayr transferred the species back as ?Oligocorax stoeffelensis (Mayr, 2007). |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Alan J. D. Tennyson C. Jones J. A. McNamara J. Douglas |
Early-Middle Miocene |
An Anatidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Shigeru Suzuki K. Tsogtbaatar |
Late Cretaceous |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. |
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Euroceros bulgaricus [63] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Zlatozar N. Boev Dimitar Kovachev |
Late Miocene |
Turolian-Meotian, MN 11-12 |
A Bucorvidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
?Upper Middle Paleocene |
?MP 5 |
Described in cf. Lithornithidae, Lithornithiformes, Eoaves. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Jeremy J. Kirchman |
Subrecent |
A Rallidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Jeremy J. Kirchman |
Subrecent |
A Rallidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Jeremy J. Kirchman |
Subrecent |
A Rallidae. |
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Gradiornis walbeckensis [59] |
Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Upper Middle Paleocene |
?MP 5 |
Described in cf. Cariamae sensu Olson, 1985. |
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Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Marcello Stucchi Mario Urbina Norberto Giannini Sara Bertelli Yanina Narvaez Clint A. Boyd |
Late Eocene |
Otuma Formation |
A Spheniscidae from Peru. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Sara Bertelli Claudia Tambussi |
Middle Miocene |
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Madryornis mirandus [67] |
Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche Claudia Tambussi Mariano Donato Mario Cozzuol |
Early Late Miocene |
Puerto Madryn Formation |
A Spheniscidae from Chubut Province. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Alan J. D. Tennyson C. Jones J. A. McNamara J. Douglas |
Early-Middle Miocene |
An Anatidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Alan J. D. Tennyson C. Jones J. A. McNamara J. Douglas |
Early-Middle Miocene |
An Anatidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Cretaceous, Late Maastrichtian |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Alan J. D. Tennyson C. Jones J. A. McNamara J. Douglas |
Early-Middle Miocene |
A possible Anatidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Alan J. D. Tennyson C. Jones J. A. McNamara J. Douglas |
Early-Middle Miocene |
A possible Anatidae. |
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Pampaemberiza olrogii [69] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Federico L. Agnolin |
Middle Pleistocene |
An Emberizidae Passeriformes. This is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Zheng Xiaoting Zhang Zihui Hou Lianhan |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Alan J. D. Tennyson C. Jones J. A. McNamara J. Douglas |
Early-Middle Miocene |
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Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Marcello Stucchi Mario Urbina Norberto Giannini Sara Bertelli Yanina Narváez Clint A. Boyd |
Middle Eocene |
Paracas Formation |
Another Spheniscidae from Peru. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Ursula B. Göhlich |
Late Middle-Early Late Miocene |
Another Spheniscidae from Peru. |
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Turnipax oechslerorum [72] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Charles W. Knopf |
Early Oligocene |
A stem Turnicidae. |
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Gen. Nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Rajendra S. Rana Ashok Sahni Thierry Smith |
Early Eocene, |
Cambay Formation |
A stem Psittaciformes, Vastanavidae G. Mayr, Rana, Rose, Sahni, Kumar, Sing et T. Smith, 2010. |
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Walbeckornis creber [59] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Infraorder Cariamides. |
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Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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257 million years ago | ||||
Valid |
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231 million years ago | ||||
Valid |
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256 million years ago |
New genus for "Cryptocynodon" parringtoni |
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Valid |
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256 million years ago |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Africanacetus | Valid |
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Miocene |
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Valid |
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Early Oligocene |
Keziletuogayi Formation |
A peradectine marsupial |
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Valid |
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Tortonian |
Nakali Formation |
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Valid |
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Late Miocene |
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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