1999 in paleontology
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 1999.
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Plants
Newly named angiosperms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Borgardt & Pigg |
Middle Miocene |
"Yakima Canyon Flora" |
A white oak, permineralized acorns |
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Arthropods
Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Comb nov |
Valid |
(Vierbergen & Scheven) |
Burdigalian |
Dominican amber |
A myrmicinae ant, |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani |
Burdigalian |
Dominican amber |
A myrmicinae ant. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani |
Burdigalian |
Dominican amber |
A myrmicinae ant. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani |
Burdigalian |
Dominican amber |
A myrmicinae ant. |
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Comb nov |
valid |
(Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995) |
Burdigalian |
Dominican amber |
A myrmicinae ant, |
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Camponotus crozei[5] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
Riou |
Turolian |
Montagne d'Andance |
A formicine ant. |
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Electrostephanus neovenatus[6] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Aguiar & Janzen |
Baltic Amber |
A stephanid wasp |
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Electrostephanus sulcatus[6] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Aguiar & Janzen |
Baltic Amber |
A stephanid wasp, |
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sp. nov |
valid |
Sinitchenkova |
Oldest neoephemerid mayfly species described |
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sp. nov |
valid |
Rust & Andersen |
A Myrmeciinae ant, jr synonym of Ypresiomyrma rebekkae |
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Mollusca
Newly named bivalves
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Concavodonta ovalis[10] |
sp nov |
Valid |
Sánchez |
Caradoc |
Don Braulio Formation |
third species in the genus |
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subfam nov |
Valid |
Sánchez |
one of two Subfamilies in Praenuculidae |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Sánchez |
Caradoc |
Don Braulio Formation |
Monotypic with the species C. symmetricus |
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Gen et sp nov |
Sánchez |
Caradoc |
Don Braulio Formation |
genus name preoccupied by Emiliania Hay & Mohler, 1967, renamed to Emiliodonta |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Sánchez |
Caradoc |
Don Braulio Formation |
third genus in the subfamily Concavodontinae |
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subfam nov |
Valid |
Sánchez |
one of two Subfamilies in Praenuculidae |
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Similodonta ceryx[11] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
Cope |
Middle Ordovician |
Gilfach Farm No. 1 Borehole |
oldest species in the genus Similodonta |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Sánchez |
Caradoc |
Don Braulio Formation |
Monotypic with the species T. acuta |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Sánchez |
Caradoc |
Don Braulio Formation |
Monotypic with the species V. canteraensis |
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Fish
Newly named actinopterygii ("ray-finned fish")
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
C. Sorbini & L. Sorbini |
Campanian |
Nardo |
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Archosauromorphs
- Ornithomimid gastroliths documented.[13]
Newly named dinosauriforms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Sullivan & Lucas |
Chinle Formation, New Mexico |
Sister genus to the Dinosaurs; first identified as a relative of coelophysid. |
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[15]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A large dromaeosaurid. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Bonaparte |
An armored sauropod |
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"Airakoraptor"[16] |
gen nov |
A possible dromaeosaurid that has yet to be fully described. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Carpenter, Kirkland, Burge, & Bird |
Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah |
Nodosaur whose name means "living citadel." |
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Hoax |
Stephen Czerkas vide:C. P. Sloan vide:Olson |
Chimera of Yanornis and Microraptor. |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Monbaron, Russell, & Taquet |
Tiougguit Formation |
A primitive sauropod |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Xu, Tang, & Wang |
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Burge, Bird, McClelland, & Cicconetti |
Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah |
informal name for Cedarpelta. |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Tidwell, Carpenter, & Brooks |
Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah |
A sauropod. |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Zhao, Cheng, & Xu |
An extremely primitive ceratopsian |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
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A diplodocid. |
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"Eugongbusaurus"[26] |
gen nov |
Knoll |
A ?hypsilophodont that hasn't yet been formally named. |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Kellner & Azevedo |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Bonaparte, Ferigolo, & Ribeiro |
A sauropodomorph. |
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Jobaria[29] |
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Sereno, et al |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Bonaparte |
A primitive sauropodomorph |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Sanz et al |
Vitoria Formation |
A titanosaur. |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Taquet & Russell |
A hadrosaur |
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"Newtonsaurus"[33] |
gen et sp nov |
Welles vide: Welles & Pickering |
Rhaetic beds |
Informal name |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
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An ankylosaurid |
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gen nov |
synonym |
Knoll |
informal name for Hexinlusaurus |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Rich & Vickers-Rich |
A possible hypsilophodontid |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Kellner |
Santana Formation |
A theropod |
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Saturnalia[37] |
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Langer, Abdala, Richter, & Benton |
A basal sauropodomorph |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Xu, Wang, & Wu |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Allain et at |
Grès Supérior Formation |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Rich et al |
Cañadon Asfalto Formation |
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Newly named birds
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Amplibuteo concordatus [41] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Steven D. Emslie Nicholas J. Czaplewski |
Late Pliocene |
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An Accipitridae. |
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Anatalavis oxfordi [42] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Eocene |
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An Anseranatidae, Anatalavinae Olson, 1999. In 2002 Jíří Mlíkovský made this species the type species of his not widely accepted new genus Nettapterornis.[43] |
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Aquila bivia [41] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Steven D. Emslie Nicholas J. Czaplewski |
Late Pliocene |
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An Accipitridae. |
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Argornis caucasicus [44] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Aleksandr A. Karkhu |
Late Eocene |
Northern Caucasus |
An Apodiformes, Jungornithidae Karkhu, 1988. |
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Canadaga arctica [45] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Hou Lianhai |
Middle Maastrichtian |
A Hesperornithidae Marsh, 1872. |
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Changchengornis hengdaoziensis [46] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Ji Qiang Ji Shu’an |
Chaomidianzi Formation |
A Confuciusornithidae Hou, Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995. |
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Chaunoides antiquus [47] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga |
Tremembé Formation |
An Anhimidae. |
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Chauvireria bulgarica [48] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Boev |
A Phasianidae. |
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Confuciusornis dui [49] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Hou Lianhai Larry D. Martin Zhang Fucheng |
A Confuciusornithidae Hou, Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995. |
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Dryolimnas augusti [50] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Roger Bour Sonia Ribes François Moutou |
A Rallidae. |
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Emberiza alcoveri [51] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
J. C. Rando M. Lopez B. Seguí |
Late Pleistocene-Holocene |
An Emberizidae. |
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Eocuculus cherpinae [52] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Robert M. Chandler |
Late Eocene |
Early Chadronian |
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A ?Cuculidae. |
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Eoenantiornis buhleri [53] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Hou Lianhai Larry D. Martin Zhou Zongzhe |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Eoenantiornithiformes Hou, Martin, Zhou et Feduccia, 1999, Eoenantiornithidae Hou, Martin, Zhou et Feduccia, 1999, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Falco bakalovi [54] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Zlatozar N. Boev |
Late Pliocene |
MN 17 |
A Falconidae. |
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Gallinula balcanica [55] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Zlatozar N. Boev |
Late Pliocene |
MN 17 |
A Rallidae. |
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Graculavus augustus [56] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Sylvia Hope |
Late Maastrichtian, |
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A Graculavidae Fürbringer, 1888. |
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Gurilynia nessovi [57] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Evgeny N. Kurochkin |
Gurilyn Tsav |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes Brodkorb, 1976, Enantiornithidae Nessov & Borkin, 1983. |
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Hebeiornis fengningensis [58] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Yan |
Ornithothoraces Chiappe et Calvo, 1994, this is the type species of the new genus. Vescornis hebeiensis Zhang, Ericson et Zhou, 2004. is a junior synonym.[59] |
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Liaoxiornis delicatus [60] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Hou Lianhai Chen Peiji |
A Liaoxiornithidae L. H. Hou et Chen, 1999, this is the type species of the new genus. Lingyuanornis parvus Ji & Ji, 1999. is a junior synonym.[61] |
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Longmornis robustirostrata [62] |
Gen, nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Walter E. Boles |
?Early Miocene |
Riversleigh |
An Oriolidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Loxia patevi [63] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Zlatozar N. Boev |
Late Pliocene |
MN 17 |
A Fringillidae. |
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Masillapodargus longipes[64] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
MP 11 |
A stem Podargidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Ngawupodius minya [65] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Walter E. Boles Tessa J. Ivison |
Late Oligocene |
Namba Formation |
A stem Megapodiidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Nupharanassa bohemica [66] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid ? |
Jirí Mlíkovský |
Early Miocene |
MN 4b |
A Jacanidae. Mourer-Chauviré, 1999 transferred this species to the genus Geranopterus Milne-Edwards, 1892 and later it was placed in the Geranopteridae Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré, 2000.[67] |
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Paraprefica kelleri[64] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
MP 11 |
A stem Nyctibiidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Paraprefica major[64] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
MP 11 |
A stem Nyctibiidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Strorrs L. Olson |
Early Pliocene |
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A Pelecanidae. |
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Primotrogon wintersteini[69] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Oligocene |
MP 23 |
A stem Trogonidae, the type species of the new genus. |
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Pumiliornis tessellatus[70] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
MP 11 |
Order and family Incerta Sedis, the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Zlatozar N. Boev |
Late Pliocene |
MN 17 |
A Regulidae. |
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Scolopax carmesinae [72] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Bartomeu Seguí |
Late Pliocene |
MN 17-18 |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Selmes absurdipes [73] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dieter S. Peters |
Middle Eocene |
MP 11; MP 13 |
A Coliiformes, Selmeidae Zelenkov et Dyke, 2008, the type species of the new genus. |
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Tyto neddi [74] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
David W. Steadman William B. Hilgartner |
Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene |
A Tytonidae. |
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Yandangornis longicaudus [75] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cai Zhengquan Zhao Lijun |
Early Late Cretaceous |
An Enentiornithes, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Newly named pterosaurs
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen nov |
Valid |
Ji S.-A., Ji Q., & Padian |
A new genus for "Dendrorhynchus" curvidentatus (Ji & Ji, 1998) |
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gen et sp nov |
junior synonym? |
Mader & Kellner |
Kem Kem Formation |
possibly a jr synonym of Coloborhynchus? |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Unwin & Heinrich |
Monotypic with the species T. recki |
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Lepidosauromorphs
Newly named plesiosaurs
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen nov |
Valid |
New genus for the species "Alzadasaurus" colombiensis Wells, 1962 |
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Newly named scincomorphans
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen nov |
Valid |
Gao and Cheng |
Early Cretaceous |
Eastern China |
Has a distinctly small amount of dentary teeth. |
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