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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 2001.
Plants
Pteridophyta
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Wessiea[2] | gen et sp nov | Valid | Pigg & Rothwell | Langhian (Middle Miocene) | "Ho ho" site, Grande Ronde Basalt. | A fern, type sp W. yakimaensis |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov | Valid | Stockey, Rothwell, & Falder | Munce's Hill and Gao mine sites, Paskapoo Formation |
Angiosperms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov | Valid | Pigg, Wehr, & Ickert-Bond | A Trochodendron species | ![]() |
Arthropods
Crustaceans
Research
- Guinot and Tavares (2001) reviews the concept of Podotremata and establishes the family Etyidae.[5]
New taxa
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Archaeopus lunicarina [6] | Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | ||||||
Brecanclawu[6] | Gen et sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | Twin River Group |
| A possible callianassid ghost shrimp | |||
Callianopsis? inornatus[6] | Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | Twin River Group |
| A callianassid ghost shrimp of uncertain generic affinity. | |||
Ctenocheles hokoensis[6] | Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | Twin River Group |
| A possible ctenochelid ghost shrimp | |||
Eucorystes platys[6] | Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | A palaeocorystine frog crab. | |||||
Feldmannia[5] | Gen et comb nov | Valid | Guinot & Tavares | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | An etyid crab, type species is F. wintoni, originally named as Xanthosia wintoni in 1935. | |||
Glyphea micheleae[6] | Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | Aldwell Formation? |
| A glypheid glypheoid lobster species. | |||
Hoploparia tshudy[6] | Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | Cretaceous | Moonshine Creek Formation | A nephropid lobster sp. | |||
Paguristes hokoensis[6] | Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | Twin River Group |
| A Diogenid hermit crab species. | |||
Pagurus malloryi[6] | Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | Oligocene | Makah Formation |
| A Diogenid hermit crab species. | ||
Palaeastacus trisulcatus[6] | Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann | A erymid glypheoid lobster species. | |||||
Palaeopentacheles? starri[6] | Sp nov | Schweitzer & Feldmann |
| A Polychelid benthic crustacean sp. of uncertain generic affinity. | ||||
Secretanella[5] | Gen et comb nov | Valid | Guinot & Tavares | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A crab belonging to Heterotremata, type species is S. arcuata, originally named as Xanthosia arcuata in 1964. |
Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | Valid | Williams | A Coccoidea scale insect | ![]() | ||||
Gen et 4 sp nov | valid | Andersen | An ithionid giant lacewing | |||||
Tainosia[9] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Szwedo & Stroiński |
Fishes
Newly named bony fishes
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Achoania[10] | Valid |
| Early Devonian | The type species is Achoania jarvikii. | |||
Westollrhynchus[11] | Valid |
| Early Devonian | A new genus for "Speonesydrion" lehmanni. |
Amphibians
Newly named amphibians
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Mesophryne[12] | Valid |
| Late Jurassic | The type species is Mesophryne beipiaoensis. | |||
Nezpercius[13] | Valid |
| Upper Cretaceous | The type species is Nezpercius dodsoni. | |||
Sinerpeton[12] | Valid |
| Late Jurassic | Zhangjiakou Formation | The type species is Sinerpeton fengshanensis. |
Ichthyosaurs
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Metashastasaurus[14] | Synonymy |
| Late Triassic | A new genus for "Shastasaurus" neoscapularis. A junior synonymy of Callawayia Maisch & Matzke, 2000. |
Turtles
Newly named turtles
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Caribemys[15] | Valid |
| Upper Jurassic | The type species is Caribemys oxfordiensis. | |||
Cearachelys[16] | Valid |
| Early Cretaceous | The type species is Cearachelys placidoi. | |||
Kurmademys[17] | Valid |
| Late Cretaceous | The type species is Kurmademys kallamedensis. |
Lepidosauromorphs
Newly named basal lepidosauromorphs
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Hypuronector[18] | Valid |
| Late Triassic | The type species is Hypuronector limnaios. |
Newly named plesiosaurs
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Hauffiosaurus[19] | Valid |
| Lower Jurassic | The type species is Hauffiosaurus zanoni. | |
Newly named sphenodonts
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Godavarisaurus[20] | Valid |
| Early Jurassic | The type species is Godavarisaurus latefi. | |||
Rebbanasaurus[20] | Valid |
| Early Jurassic | The type species is Rebbanasaurus jani. |
Archosauromorphs
Newly named basal archosauromorphs
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Yonghesuchus[21] | Valid |
| Upper Triassic | Tongchuan Formation | The type species is Yonghesuchus sangbiensis. |
Newly named pseudosuchians
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. | Valid | Willis | Early Miocene | Ringtail Site of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area | A mekosuchinae crocodilian. It is the youngest known species of Mekosuchus from the Australian mainland. | |||
Pabwehshi[23] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wilson, Malkani & Gingerich | Upper Cretaceous | The type species is Pabwehshi pakistanensis. | |||
Rugosuchus[24] | Gen. et. sp. nov | Valid | Wu, Wu & Russell | Lower Cretaceous | ?Nenjiang Formation | The type species is Rugosuchus nonganensis. | ||
Stratiotosuchus[25] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Campos et al. | Upper Cretaceous | The type species is Stratiotosuchus maxhechti. |
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[26]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Aletopelta[27] | Valid taxon | Ford |
| A 20-foot-long (6.1 m) ankylosaurid. Apparently, before being fossilized, the animal's bloated carcass had floated out to sea and formed a miniature reef environment after it sank to the bottom. | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
Bienosaurus[28] | Valid taxon | A primitive scelidosaurid known from scant remains. | |||||
Cedarpelta[29] | Valid taxon | Kenneth Carpenter | The most basal known ankylosaurid. | ||||
Citipati[30] | Valid taxon | James M. Clark | A relatively large oviraptorid known to brood its nests. | ||||
Draconyx[31] | Valid taxon | Octávio Mateus | A relative of Camptosaurus. | ||||
Eotyrannus[32] | Valid taxon | Hutt | A twenty-foot tyrannosauroid. | ||||
Eshanosaurus[33] | Valid taxon | Xu Xing | A therizinosaur, possibly the earliest known coelurosaur. | ||||
Gobisaurus[34] | Valid taxon | Matthew K. Vickaryous | An ankylosaurid that resembled Shamosaurus. | ||||
"Hanwulosaurus"[35] | Nomen nudum | A thirty-foot ankylosaur. | |||||
"Heilongjiangosaurus"[36] | Nomen nudum | Li W. | A hadrosaur, possibly synonymous with Charonosaurus. | ||||
Hesperosaurus[37] | Valid taxon | Kenneth Carpenter | A stegosaurid slightly older and more primitive than Stegosaurus, although the genera may be synonymous. | ||||
Jiangshanosaurus[38] | Valid taxon | Tang F. | A titanosaur known only from a partial skeleton found near Lixian Village, China. | ||||
Jinzhousaurus[39] | Valid taxon | Wang X. | A hadrosauroid known from a nearly complete skeleton. | ||||
Khaan[30] | Valid taxon | James M. Clark | A fairly typical oviraptorid once misidentified as Ingenia. | ||||
"Kittysaurus" | Junior synonym of Eotyrannus | Hargreaves | |||||
Liaoningosaurus[40] | Valid taxon | Xu Xing | A bizarre ankylosaur of uncertain classification. Known from the complete specimen of a juvenile 34 cm long, it's the smallest known ankylosaur to date. | ||||
Losillasaurus[41] | Valid taxon | Maria Lourdes Casanovas-Cladellas | A large turiasaur known from a partial subadult skeleton. | ||||
Masiakasaurus[42] | Valid taxon | Sampson | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A 2-meter (about 6–7 feet) noasaurid with unusual forward-pointing teeth. | |||
Megapnosaurus[43] | Valid taxon | Ivie | Replacement name for Syntarsus Raath, 1969 non Fairmaire, 1869; a coelophysid theropod. | ||||
Neimongosaurus[44] | Valid taxon | Zhang X. H. | A therizinosaur about 2.3 meters in length. | ||||
Nothronychus[45] | Valid taxon | James Kirkland Wolfe | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | A therizinosaur. | |||
Paralititan[46] | Valid taxon | J. B. Smith | A titanosaur and of the most massive dinosaurs ever discovered, with an estimated weight of 59 tonnes (65 short tons) and length of around 26 meters (85 ft). | ||||
Planicoxa[47] | Valid taxon | DiCroce | An advanced iguanodontian. | ||||
Pukyongosaurus[48] | Valid taxon | Dong Zhiming | A titanosauriform related to Euhelopus. | ||||
Quilmesaurus[49] | Valid taxon | A 5–6 meter (16–20 feet) theropod known from a partial leg. | |||||
Rapetosaurus[50] | Valid taxon | Kristina Curry-Rogers | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A 15 metres (49 ft) titanosaur. | |||
Ruehleia[51] | Valid taxon | A prosauropod named for Hugo Ruehle von Lilienstern. | |||||
Wellnhoferia[52] | Valid non-dinosaurian taxon. | Very similar to Archaeopteryx, which may be its senior synonym. | |||||
Venenosaurus[53] | Valid taxon | Tidwell | Early Cretaceous (early Aptian) | Cedar Mountain Formation (Poison Strip Member) | A relatively small (probably around 10 m (33 ft) long) titanosauriform sauropod, known from an incomplete skeleton of an adult and a juvenile. Its tail vertebrae articulated in a unique fashion that may be of evolutionary significance. | ||
"Yibinosaurus"[54] | Nomen nudum | Ouyang vide: Anonymous | An undescribed sauropod. | ||||
Yunxianosaurus[55] | Valid taxon | Li | Late Cretaceous | A titanosaur sauropod. |
Newly named birds
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. | Valid ? | Hernández Carrasquilla | Late Pleistocene | Cave depositions | According to Sanchez Marco (2007) it is a Nomen Dubium. | |||
Apsaravis ukhaana [57] | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | The type species of the new genus. | |||||
Belgirallus minutus [58] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Richard Smith | Early Oligocene | A Rallidae. | |||
Belgirallus oligocaenus [58] | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Richard Smith | Early Oligocene | A Rallidae, the type species of the new genus. | |||
Boutersemia belgica [58] | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Richard Smith | Early Oligocene | A Glareolidae, the type species of the new genus. | |||
Boutersemia parvula [58] | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Richard Smith | Early Oligocene | A Glareolidae. | |||
Calonectris krantzi [59] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Pliocene |
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Collocalia buday [60] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Walter E. Boles | Early Miocene | Riversleigh | An Apodidae. | ||
Ducula lakeba [61] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Lakeba Island | A Columbidae. | ||||
Emuarius guljaruba [62] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Walter E. Boles | Late Oligocene | Etadunna Formation | A Dromaiidae. | ||
Eocolius walkeri [63] | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | David M. Waterhouse | Early Eocene |
| A stem Coliiformes. | ||
Eocrex tagusevae [64] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Andrei V. Panteleyev | A Rallidae. | ||||
Falco kurochkini [65] | Sp. nov. | Valid | William Suárez Duque | Cave deposits | A Falconidae. | |||
Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus [66] | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Michael Daniels | Early Eocene |
| A Podargiformes, Fluvioviridavidae G. Mayr, 2005, the type species of the new genus. | ||
Gavia fortis [59] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Pliocene |
| A Gaviidae. | |||
Laputavis robusta [67] | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Eocene |
| A stem Apodiformes, the genus was originally named Laputa but that name was preoccupied, the type species of the new genus. | |||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | An Avialae Gauthier, 1985. The type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Natunaornis gigoura [61] | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | A flightless Columbidae. | |||||
Phoebastria rexsularum [59] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Pliocene |
| A Diomedeidae. | |||
Pica mourerae [69] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Bartomeu Seguí | Plio-Pleistocene | A Corvidae. | |||
Podiceps howardae [70] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Pliocene |
| A Podicipedidae, possibly a synonym of Podiceps auritus. | |||
Pseudoseisura cursor [71] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Eduardo P. Tonni Jorge Noriega | Early Pleistocene | A Furnariidae. | |||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Bartomeu Seguí Josep Quintana Joan J. Fornos Josep A. Alcover | Early Pliocene | Yorktown Formation, North America |
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Rallus recessus [73] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Pleistocene | A flightless Rallidae. | ||||
Wellnhoferia grandis [74] | Gen. nov et Sp. nov. | Valid ? | Andrei Elzanowski | Late Jura | Solnhofer Plattenkalk | A new name for Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer, 1861, specimen No 6, the "Solnhofer specimen". | ||
Yanornis martini [75] | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Createcous | An Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, Yanornithiformes Zhou et Zhang, 2001, Yanornithidae Zhou et Zhang, 2001. The type species of the new genus. | ||||
Yixianornis grabaui [75] | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Zhang Fucheng | An Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, Yixianornithiformes Zhou et Zhang, 2006, Yixianornithidae Zhou et Zhang, 2006. The type species of the new genus. |
Newly named pterosaurs
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Haopterus[76] | Valid |
| Early Cretaceou | The type species is Haopterus gracilis. | |||
Istiodactylus[77] | Valid |
| Early Cretaceous | A new genus for Ornithodesmus latidens. |
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Delectosaurus[78] | Valid |
| Late Permian | Vyazniki Assemblage | A dicynodont. Two species are described Delectosaurus arefjevi and D. berezhanensis. | ![]() | |
Interpresosaurus[78] | Valid |
| Late Permian | Vyazniki Assemblage | A dicynodont. The type species is Interpresosaurus blomi. | ||
Lumkuia[79] | Valid |
| Middle Triassic | A cynodont. The type species is Lumkuia fuzzi. | |||
Malasaurus[80] | Valid |
| Late Triassic | Vyazniki Assemblage | A therocephalian. The type species is Malasaurus germanus. | ||
Mitredon[81] | Valid |
| Late Triassic | A cynodont. The type species is Mitredon cromptoni. | |||
Prozostrodon[82] | Valid |
| Late Triassic | New genus for "Thrinaxodon" brasiliensis Barberena, Bonaparte & Sá Teixeira, 1987 | |||
Riograndia[83] | Valid |
| Late Triassic | A cynodont. The type species is Riograndia guaibensis. |
Mammalian
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Abdounodus [84] | Valid |
| early Eocene | A Mioclaneid condylarth assigned to Bulbulodentata. The type species is Abdounodus hamdii. | ![]() | ||
Ocepeia[84] | Valid |
| early Eocene | A condylarth assigned to Phenacodonta, later assigned to stem-Paenungulata. [85] The type species is Ocepeia daouiensis. |
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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