2011 in archosaur paleontology
The year 2011 in Archosaur paleontology was eventful. Archosaurs include the only living dinosaur group — birds — and the reptile crocodilians, plus all extinct dinosaurs, extinct crocodilian relatives, and pterosaurs. Archosaur palaeontology is the scientific study of those animals, especially as they existed before the Holocene Epoch began about 11,700 years ago. The year 2011 in paleontology included various significant developments regarding archosaurs.
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This article records new taxa of fossil archosaurs of every kind that have been described during the year 2011, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of archosaurs that occurred in the year 2011.
Newly named crurotarsans
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Middle/Late Paleocene |
A dyrosaurid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Early Cretaceous |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Maastrichtian |
A stem crocodyloid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Turonian/Santonian |
A sphagesaurid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Turonian/Santonian |
A baurusuchid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Campanian/Maastrichtian |
A sphagesaurid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Ladinian |
Skeletons indicate possible group behavior. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Jurassic |
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Goniopholis kiplingi[9] |
Species |
Valid |
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Berriasian |
A goniopholidid. |
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Species |
Valid |
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Early Cretaceous |
A goniopholidid. Originally described as a species of Goniopholis; it was subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Hulkepholis.[10] |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Maastrichtian |
A notosuchian. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Disputed |
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Early Cretaceous |
A neosuchian. Jouve (2017) considered it to be a junior synonym of Anteophthalmosuchus.[12] |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Paleocene |
A sebecid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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late Bajocian/early Bathonian |
Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation |
The oldest known metriorhynchid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Campanian/Maastrichtian |
A peirosaurid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Early Albian |
Pietraroia Plattenkalk |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Campanian/Maastrichtian |
Vale do Rio do Peixe Formation |
A baurusuchid. The type species is Pissarrachampsa sera. |
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Theriosuchus grandinaris[18] |
Species |
Valid |
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Berriasian/Barremian |
Khua Formation |
A fifth species of Theriosuchus. |
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Newly named non-avian dinosaurs
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | width="33%" Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Campanian |
A brachylophosaurin hadrosaurine. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Campanian |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous |
An alvarezsaurid theropod. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Turonian-Santonian |
Baynshire Formation |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Turonian |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Lower Jurassic |
Basal Sauropodomorph |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous |
Tolar Formation |
A titanosaur. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Aptian/Albian |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Triassic |
A primitive theropod. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Early Barremian |
An iguanodontoid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Barremian-early Aptian |
Castrillo la Reina Formation |
A rebbachisaurid sauropod. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Cenomanian/Turonian |
A possible lognkosaurian titanosaur. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Middle Carnian |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Campanian |
A caenagnathid. |
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Haya[33] |
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous |
Basal ornithopod with many gastroliths. |
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Gen. et. sp. |
Valid |
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Late Norian-earliest Rhaetian |
A plateosaurid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Albian |
"Tando beds" |
A basal ceratopsian. |
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Koreanosaurus[36] |
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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?Santonian/Campanian |
A hypsilophodontid ornithopod. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Pliensbachian/Toarcian |
Las Leoneras Formation |
An anchisaurian sauropodomorph. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Lower Jurassic |
A massospondylid sauropodomorph. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Campanian |
Wulansuhai Formation |
An alvarezsaurid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Campanian |
A short-armed troodontid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Vald |
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Aalenian/Early Bathonian |
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Gen. et. sp. |
Valid |
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Late Norian-earliest Rhaetian |
A basal sauropodomorph. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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lower-middle Campanian |
A lithostrotian titanosaur. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Lower Maastrichtian |
A caenagnathid. |
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Omeisaurus jiaoi[43] |
Species |
Valid |
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Middle Jurassic |
Xiashaximiao Formation |
A species of Omeisaurus. |
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Gen. et comb. |
Valid |
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Valanginian |
A new genus for "Camptosaurus" depressus (Gilmore, 1909). |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Cenomanian |
Huge spinosaur 12–14 m long. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Carnian |
A very basal sauropodomorph. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Turonian/Coniacian |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Santonian |
A titanosaur. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Early Aptian |
A nodosaurid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous |
An ornithomimid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Aptian |
A non-hadrosaurid iguanodontian. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
Sinemurian/Pliensbachian |
A basal sauropodomorph |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Aptian |
An advanced iguanodontian. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Campanian |
A centrosaurine ceratopsian. |
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Stegoceras novomexicanum[55] |
Species |
Valid |
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Late Campanian |
Second known species of Stegoceras. |
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Talos[56] |
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Campanian |
A troodontid theropod. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Aptian |
A titanosaur. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Campanian |
A tyrannosaurine tyrannosaurid. |
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Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis[59] |
Species |
Valid |
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Late Maastrichtian |
Third known species of Thescelosaurus. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Campanian |
A giant chasmosaurine ceratopsian from New Mexico. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Santonian |
A possible lognkosaurian titanosaur. |
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Gen. et comb. |
Valid |
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Late Jurassic |
A new genus for "Camptosaurus" aphanoecetes (Carpenter & Wilson, 2008). |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Kimmeridgian/earliest Tithonian |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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early Late Jurassic |
An Archaeopteryx-like paravian. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Early Cretaceous |
Xinminpu Group |
A hadrosauriform. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Cretaceous |
A tyrannosaurine tyrannosaurid. |
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Newly named birds
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Alca carolinensis [66] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
N. Adam Smith Julia A. Clarke |
Early Pliocene |
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Alca minor [66] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
N. Adam Smith Julia A. Clarke |
Early Pliocene |
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Alca olsoni [66] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
N. Adam Smith Julia A. Clarke |
Early Pliocene |
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Alectroenas payandeei [67] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Julian Pender Hume |
Holocene-Recent |
A pigeon, Columbidae from Rodrigues Island. |
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?Aptornis proasciarostratus [68] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Alan J. D. Tennyson R. Paul Scofield |
Early Miocene, |
St Bathans Fauna |
The earliest known Aptornithidae Bonaparte, 1856. |
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Ardea sytchevskayae [69] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Nikita V. Zelenkov |
Middle Miocene |
An Ardeidae, earliest member of Ardea |
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Aurorornis taurica[70] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Andrey V. Panteleyev |
Eocene (Lutetian) |
Crimean Peninsula |
An owl belonging to the family Protostrigidae. The type species of the new genus. |
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Australlus gagensis [71] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Walter E. Boles |
A Rallidae. The type species is Gallinula disneyi Boles, 2005. |
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Bohaiornis guoi [72] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Hu Dongyu Li Li Hou Liannaim |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Bohaiornithidae Wang, Zhou, O’Connor et Zelenkov, 2014. |
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Buteo praebuteo [73] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Denis Sobolev in Sobolev & Marisova |
An Accipitridae, a species of Buteo. |
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Buteo sarmathicus [73] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Denis Sobolev in Sobolev & Marisova |
An Accipitridae, a species of Buteo. |
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Columba thiriouxi [67] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Julian Pender Hume |
Holocene-Recent |
A pigeon, Columbidae from Mauritius. |
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Colymbiculus udovinchenkoi [74] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Evgenij Zvonok |
Middle Eocene |
Early Lutetian |
A Gaviidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Cyrilavis colburnorum [75] |
Species |
Valid |
Daniel T. Ksepka Julia A. Clarke |
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A Halcyornithidae Harrison et Walker, 1972, a stem Psittaciformes. |
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Eostrix tsaganica [76] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Evgeney N. Kurochkin |
Early Eocene |
A Protostrigidae Wetmore, 1933. |
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Falco bulgaricus [77] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Zlatozar N. Boev |
Late Miocene |
A Falconidae. |
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Feducciavis loftini [78] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Miocene |
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A Sternidae close to Anous and Procelsterna. |
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Gallirallus steadmani [79] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Subrecent |
A Rallidae as big as Gallirallus philippensis from Tubuai, Austral Islands. |
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Gracilornis jiufotangensis [80] |
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
Li Li Hou Shi-Lin |
An Enatiornithes Walker, 1981. |
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Heterostrix tatsinensis [76] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Evgeney N. Kurochkin |
Early Oligocene |
A Heterostrigidae Fam. nov. Kurochkin & Dyke, 2011, this is the type species of the new genus and the type genus of the new family. |
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Hoazinavis lacustris |
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga |
Tremembé Formation |
An early Opisthocomidae. |
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Itaboravis elaphrocnemoides [82] |
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga Julia A. Clarke |
Early late Paleocene |
A possible member of Cariamae. This is the type species of the new genus. |
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Jamna szybiaki [83] |
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
Zbigniew M. Bochenski Teresa Tomek Malgorzata Bujoczek Krzysztof Wertz |
Carpathian flysch |
An early Passeriformes. |
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Kaiika maxwelli [84] |
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
R. Ewan Fordyce Daniel Thomas |
Early Eocene |
Kauru Formation |
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Laricola intermedia [85] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Vanessa L. De Pietri Lodc Costeur Marcel Güntert |
Early Miocene |
MN 2a |
A Charadriiformes, Laricolidae De Pietri, Costeur, Güntert et G. Mayr, 2011. |
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Laricola robusta [85] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Vanessa L. De Pietri Lodc Costeur Marcel Güntert |
Early Miocene |
MN 2a |
A Charadriiformes, Laricolidae De Pietri, Costeur, Güntert et G. Mayr, 2011. |
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Lavocatavis africana [86] |
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
Rodolphe Tabuce M’hammed Mahboubi Mohammed Adaci Mustapha Bensalah |
Glib Zegdou Formation |
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Luscinia jurcsaki [87] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Eugen Kessler Márton Venczel |
Middle Miocene |
MN 6-8 |
A member of the Muscicapidae |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
N. Adam Smith |
Pliocene or Early Pleistocene |
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A Charadriiformes, Alcidae, Mancallinae L. H. Miller, 1946. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
N. Adam Smith |
Pliocene or Early Pleistocene |
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A Charadriiformes, Alcidae, Mancallinae L. H. Miller, 1946. |
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Miomancalla howardae [88] |
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov |
Valid |
N. Adam Smith |
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A Charadriiformes, Alcidae, Mancallinae L. H. Miller, 1946, this is the type species of the new genus, that also contains "Praemancalla" wetmorei Howard (1966). |
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Mystiornis cyrili [89] |
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
Evgeny N. Kurochkin Nikita V. Zelenkov Alexandr O. Averianov Sergei V. Leshchinskiy |
Shestakovo-1 locality |
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Namaortyx sperrgebietensis [90] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Brigitte Senut |
Middle Eocene |
Probably Early Lutetian |
A Galliformes Incertae Sedis. This is the type species of the new genus. |
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Nambashag billerooensis [91] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Etadunna Formation |
A Phalacrocoracidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Nambashag microglaucus [91] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Namba Formation |
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Nelepsittacus minimus [92] |
Gen. nov. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Alan J. D. Tennyson R. Paul Scofield |
Early Miocene |
St. Bathans Fauna, Manuherikia Section |
A Psittaciformes, Nestoridae, smallest species of the genus and the type species of the new genus. |
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Nelepsittacus donmertoni [92] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Alan J. D. Tennyson R. Paul Scofield |
Early Miocene |
St. Bathans Fauna, Manuherikia Section |
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Nelepsittacus daphneleeae [92] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Alan J. D. Tennyson R. Paul Scofield |
Early Miocene |
St. Bathans Fauna, Manuherikia Section |
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Nesoenas cicur [67] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Holocene-Recent |
A pigeon, Columbidae from Mauritius. |
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Nogusunna conflictoides [93] |
Gen. nov et sp. nov |
Valid |
Nikita V. Zelenkov |
Middle Miocene |
Oshin Formation |
A diving duck, Anatidae. |
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Parahongshanornis chaoyangensis [94] |
Gen. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Li Li Wang Jing-Qi Hou Shi-Lin |
A Hongshanornithidae O’Connor, Gao et Chiappe, 2010. |
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Pellornis mikkelseni [95] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Sara Bertelli |
Earliest Eocene |
A Messelornithidae Hesse, 1988, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Piculoides saulcetensis [96] |
Gem. nov. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Vanessa L. De Pietri Albrecht Manegold Lodc Costeur |
Early Miocene |
MN 2 |
A Picidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Protomelanitta gracilis [93] |
Gen. nov et sp. nov |
Valid |
Nikita V. Zelenkov |
Middle Miocene |
Oshin Formation |
A diving duck, Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus, a second species of the genus is Protomelanitta shihuibas (Hou, 1985), formally known as Aythya shihuibas Hou, 1985. |
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Qiliania graffini [97] |
Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
Ji Shu-An Jessie Atterholt Jingmai K. O’Connor Matthew C. Lamanna Jerald D. Harris Li Da-Qing You Hai-Lu |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. |
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Sharganetta mongolica [93] |
Gen. nov et sp. nov |
Valid |
Nikita V. Zelenkov |
Middle Miocene |
Oshin Formation |
A diving duck, Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sternalara milneedwardsi [85] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Vanessa L. De Pietri Lodc Costeur Marcel Güntert |
Early Miocene |
MN 2a |
A Charadriiformes, family Incertae Sedis. |
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Sternalara minuta [85] |
Gen. nov. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Vanessa L. De Pietri Lodc Costeur Marcel Güntert |
Early Miocene |
MN 2a |
A Charadriiformes, family Incertae Sedis this is the typespecies of the genus. |
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Tonsala buchanani [98] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Xia Wang Michael B. Habib |
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A Plotopteridae Howard, 1969, a species of Tonsala. |
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Newly named pterosaurs
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Tithonian |
Solnhofen limestone |
An azhdarchoid[99] or a ctenochasmatid.[100] The type species, Aurorazhdarcho primordius, was subsequently found to be synonymous with "Pterodactylus" micronyx von Meyer (1856); however, Aurorazhdarcho was retained as a distinct genus, creating a new combination Aurorazhdarcho micronyx.[100] |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Albian |
An ornithocheiroid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Cenomanian |
Santana Formation |
An ornithocheirid. |
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Species |
Valid |
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Middle Jurassic |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Middle Jurassic |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Late Campanian |
A possible azhdarchid. |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Early Cretaceous |
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Gen. et sp. |
Valid |
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Cenomanian |
Santana Formation |
A basal ctenochasmatoid. |
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Notes
- Carvalho, Teixeira, Ferraz, Ribeiro, Martinelli, Neto, Sertich, Cunha, Cunha, Ferraz.
- de Andrade, Edmonds, Benton, Schouten.
- Kellner, Figueiredo, Azevedo, Campos.
- Campos, Oliveira, Figueiredo, Riff, Azevedo, Carvalho, Kellner
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