2003 in paleontology

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Halictus? savenyei Halictus? savenyei Halictus? savenyei is an extinct species of sweat bee possibly in the halictid genus Halictus. The species is solely known from the Early Eocene, Ypresian stage, Coldwater Beds, part of the Princeton Group, in the Quilchena area, Nicola Country, British Columbia, Canada.-History and...	Sp. nov	valid	Engel Michael S. Engel Michael S. Engel is an American paleontologist and entomologist. He has undertaken field work in Central Asia, Asia Minor, and the Western Hemisphere, and published more than 300 papers in scientific journals. He was trained at the University of Kansas where in 1993 he received a B.S. in Cellular...  & Archibald	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....	Coldwater beds, Princeton Group	Canada	first apoid bee described from Canada
Raphidia funerata Raphidia funerata Raphidia funerata is an extinct species of snakefly in the Raphidiidae genus Raphidia. The name R. funerata is derived from the Latin funeratus meaning to "bury" or "intern". The species is known from a single female specimen, the holotype, deposited in the Department of Palaeontology at the...	sp nov	Valid	Engel Michael S. Engel Michael S. Engel is an American paleontologist and entomologist. He has undertaken field work in Central Asia, Asia Minor, and the Western Hemisphere, and published more than 300 papers in scientific journals. He was trained at the University of Kansas where in 1993 he received a B.S. in Cellular...	Priabonian Priabonian The Priabonian is, in the ICS's geologic timescale, the latest age or the upper stage of the Eocene epoch or series. It spans the time between and...	Florissant Formation	United States

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky

George Olshevsky

George Olshevsky is a freelance editor, writer, publisher, amateur paleontologist, and mathematician living in San Diego, California.Olshevsky maintains the comprehensive online Dinosaur Genera List...

's dinosaur genera list and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.

Name	Status	Authors		Notes	Images
“Abdallahsaurus”	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... .	Gerhard Maier		Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... ; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan Giraffatitan Giraffatitan, meaning "giraffe titan", is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the late Jurassic Period . It was originally named as an African species of Brachiosaurus... or Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America. It was first described by Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 from fossils found in the Grand River Canyon of western Colorado, in the United States. Riggs named the dinosaur Brachiosaurus altithorax,...
“Blancocerosaurus”	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... .	Gerhard Maier		Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... ; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan Giraffatitan Giraffatitan, meaning "giraffe titan", is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the late Jurassic Period . It was originally named as an African species of Brachiosaurus... or Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America. It was first described by Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 from fossils found in the Grand River Canyon of western Colorado, in the United States. Riggs named the dinosaur Brachiosaurus altithorax,...
Amazonsaurus Amazonsaurus Amazonsaurus is a genus of diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. It would have been a large-bodied quadrupedal herbivore with a long neck and whiplash tail...	Valid taxon	Carvalho Avilla	Salgado
Antetonitrus Antetonitrus Antetonitrus is the oldest known genus of sauropod dinosaur, living during the Late Triassic Period of southern Africa. It was a quadrupedal herbivore, like many of its later relatives, although it was far smaller than some of them...	Valid taxon	Yates	Kitching
Aviatyrannis Aviatyrannis Aviatyrannis is a genus of tyrannosauroid dinosaur from the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic found in Portugal. It was described by Oliver Rauhut in 2003. The name means "Jurassic grandmother tyrant"...	Valid taxon	Rauhut
Bainoceratops Bainoceratops Bainoceratops was a genus of dinosaur from the late Campanian in the Late Cretaceous. It was a ceratopsian first described by Tereschenko and Alifanov in 2003...	Valid taxon	Tereschenko	Alifanov
Brohisaurus Brohisaurus Brohisaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic, based on limb fossils. The fossils were discovered in the Kirthar foldbelt in Pakistan. The type species is B. kirthari, described by M.S. Malkani in 2003.-External links:...	Valid taxon	Malkani
Colepiocephale Colepiocephale Colepiocephale is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from Late Cretaceous deposits of Alberta, Canada. It was collected from the Foremost Formation . The type species, C. lambei, was originally described by Sternberg , and later renamed by Sullivan in 2003. C...	Valid taxon	Sullivan
"Domeykosaurus Domeykosaurus "Domeykosaurus" is the informal name given to an undescribed genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a sauropod, more specifically a titanosaur. Its fossils were found in Chile by paleontologists David Rubilar and Alexander Vargas in 2003... "	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...	Rubilar-Rogers and Vargas vide:	Anonymous Anonymity Anonymity is derived from the Greek word ἀνωνυμία, anonymia, meaning "without a name" or "namelessness". In colloquial use, anonymity typically refers to the state of an individual's personal identity, or personally identifiable information, being publicly unknown.There are many reasons why a...  in May 29, 2003 Reuters news reports.
Dromaeosauroides Dromaeosauroides Dromaeosauroides is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Denmark.In the southwest of the island of Bornholm, layers of the Early Cretaceous Jydegaard Formation surface, dating to the late Berriasian age, about 140 million years ago and consisting of marine...	Valid taxon	Christiansen	Bonde
Equijubus Equijubus Equijubus, meaning "horse mane" after the area in which it was found, is a genus of herbivorous hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China.-Discovery and naming:...	Valid taxon	You Luo Shubin	Witmer Tang Z. Tang F.
Ferganasaurus	Valid taxon	Alifanov	Averianov
Fukuisaurus Fukuisaurus Fukuisaurus is a genus of herbivorous dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It was an ornithopod which lived in what is now Japan....	Valid taxon	Kobayashi	Azuma
Gobititan Gobititan Gobititan is a genus of dinosaur from the mid-Cretaceous. The genus is based on one partial skeleton, composed of spinal vertebrae and a partial limb. Based on the partial skeleton, it is believed to have been a basal titanosaur, a type of sauropod. The type species, Gobititan shenzhouensis, was...	Valid taxon	You Tang F.	Luo
"Godzillasaurus"	Misspelling of Gojirasaurus Gojirasaurus Gojirasaurus is a dubious genus of dinosaur named after the giant monster movie character Gojira . It was discovered in the Bull Canyon Formation...	Ikejiri
Hanssuesia Hanssuesia Hanssuesia is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period. It lived in what is now Alberta and Montana.Hanssuesia based on material originally named Troodon sternbergi by Barnum Brown and Erich Maren Schlaikjer in 1943. Later, it was transferred to Stegoceras as S....	Valid taxon	Sullivan
Heyuannia Heyuannia Heyuannia is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period in China. It was the first oviraptorid found in that country; most others were found in neighbouring Mongolia....	Valid taxon	Lü
Hongshanosaurus Hongshanosaurus Hongshanosaurus is a genus of psittacosaurid ceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of eastern Asia. Although two skulls are the only fossil material described, comparisons with close relatives suggest it was a small, bipedal herbivore with a bony beak on the end of both upper and...	Valid taxon	You Xu X.	Wang X.
Isisaurus Isisaurus Isisaurus is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period. Isisaurus was a sauropod , which lived in what is now India....	Valid taxon	Jeffrey A. Wilson Jeffrey A. Wilson Jeffrey A. Wilson also known as "JAW "is a professor of geological sciences and assistant curator at the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan.... .	Upchurch
“Issasaurus”		Gerhard Maier		Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... ; possibly a junior synonym of Dicraeosaurus Dicraeosaurus Dicraeosaurus is a genus of small diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur. It was named for the spines on the back of the neck. The first fossil was described by paleontologist Werner Janensch in 1914.Unlike most diplodocoids, Dicraeosaurus had a large head with a relatively short and wide neck...
Lamaceratops Lamaceratops Lamaceratops,"Lama Horned Face", is a dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period. It is classified as a ceratopsian, a herbivorous "frilled" or armored dinosaur similar to, but smaller than, Bagaceratops. It had a horn on the front of its face, much like most of the later Ceratopsids.The fossils of...	Valid taxon	Alifanov
“Ligomasaurus”		Gerhard Maier		Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... ; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan Giraffatitan Giraffatitan, meaning "giraffe titan", is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the late Jurassic Period . It was originally named as an African species of Brachiosaurus... or Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America. It was first described by Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 from fossils found in the Grand River Canyon of western Colorado, in the United States. Riggs named the dinosaur Brachiosaurus altithorax,...
Lusotitan Lusotitan Lusotitan is a genus of herbivorous brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period of Portugal.In 1947 by Manuel de Matos, collector of the Geological Survey of Portugal, fossils of a large sauropod were found in the Portuguese Lourinhã Formation dating to the Tithonian stage of the...	Valid taxon	Antunes	Mateus
Magnirostris Magnirostris Magnirostris, from the Latin "magnus" 'large' and "rostrum" 'beak', is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Late Campanian epoch in the Late Cretaceous. It was a ceratopsian which lived in Inner Mongolia in China...	Valid taxon	You	Dong Zhiming Dong Zhiming Dong Zhiming , from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, is one of China's leading paleontologists. He began working at the IVPP in 1962, learning from Yang Zhongjian who was director at the time...
"Medusaceratops Medusaceratops Medusaceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur. It is a chasmosaurine ceratopsian which lived during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Montana. It is known from two partial parietals, the holotype WDC DJR 001 and the paratype WDC DJR 002... "	Nomen ex dissertatione; later named Albertaceratops Albertaceratops Albertaceratops was a genus of centrosaurine horned dinosaur from the middle Campanian-age Upper Cretaceous Oldman Formation of Alberta, Canada....	Ryan
Mendozasaurus Mendozasaurus Mendozasaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur. It was a member of Titanosauria, which were massive sauropods that were common on the southern landmasses during the Cretaceous period....	Valid taxon	González-Riga (as González Riga)
“Mohammadisaurus”	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... .	Gerhard Maier		Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... ; possibly a junior synonym of Tornieria Tornieria Tornieria is a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur from Late Jurassic of Tanzania. It has a convoluted taxonomic history.-Discovery and naming:...
“Mtapaiasaurus”	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... .	Gerhard Maier		Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... ; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan Giraffatitan Giraffatitan, meaning "giraffe titan", is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the late Jurassic Period . It was originally named as an African species of Brachiosaurus... or Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America. It was first described by Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 from fossils found in the Grand River Canyon of western Colorado, in the United States. Riggs named the dinosaur Brachiosaurus altithorax,...
“Mtotosaurus”	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... .	Gerhard Maier		Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... ; possibly a junior synonym of Dicraeosaurus Dicraeosaurus Dicraeosaurus is a genus of small diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur. It was named for the spines on the back of the neck. The first fossil was described by paleontologist Werner Janensch in 1914.Unlike most diplodocoids, Dicraeosaurus had a large head with a relatively short and wide neck...
“Nteregosaurus”	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... .	Gerhard Maier		Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... ; possibly a junior synonym of Janenschia Janenschia Janenschia was a large sauropod from Late Jurassic Africa , and therefore the earliest known titanosaur. Originally thought to be a species of the diplodocid Tornieria/Barosaurus , it was later found to be a distantly related titanosaur. So far, it is only known from Tanzania...
“Nyororosaurus”		Gerhard Maier		Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... ; possibly a junior synonym of Dicraeosaurus Dicraeosaurus Dicraeosaurus is a genus of small diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur. It was named for the spines on the back of the neck. The first fossil was described by paleontologist Werner Janensch in 1914.Unlike most diplodocoids, Dicraeosaurus had a large head with a relatively short and wide neck...
Olorotitan Olorotitan Olorotitan was a genus of lambeosaurine duckbilled dinosaur from the middle or latest Maastrichtian-age Late Cretaceous Tsagayan Formation beds located in Kundur, Amur Region, Far Eastern Russia. The remains, consisting of a nearly complete skeleton, were described by Pascal Godefroit et al. in...	Valid taxon	Godefroit Bolotsky	Alifanov
Platyceratops Platyceratops Platyceratops is a dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous, during the Campanian Age, about 75-72 million years ago. Its fossils have been found in Mongolia. Its skull is larger than Bagaceratops; it has been referred to Bagaceratopidae or the Neoceratopsia...	Valid taxon	Alifanov
Rajasaurus Rajasaurus Rajasaurus is a genus of carnivorous abelisaurian theropod dinosaur with an unusual head crest. Between 1982 and 1984, its fossilized bones were discovered by Suresh Srivastava of the Geological Survey of India...	Valid taxon	Jeffrey A. Wilson Jeffrey A. Wilson Jeffrey A. Wilson also known as "JAW "is a professor of geological sciences and assistant curator at the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan.... . Sereno Srivastava Bhatt	Khosla Sahni
Rinconsaurus Rinconsaurus Rinconsaurus is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a titanosaurid sauropod which lived in what is now Argentina. The type species, Rinconsaurus caudamirus, was described by Calvo and Riga in 2003, and is based on three partial skeletons.-Description:Like all sauropods,...	Valid taxon	Calvo	González-Riga (as González Riga)
“Salimosaurus”	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... .	Gerhard Maier		Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... ; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan Giraffatitan Giraffatitan, meaning "giraffe titan", is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the late Jurassic Period . It was originally named as an African species of Brachiosaurus... or Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America. It was first described by Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 from fossils found in the Grand River Canyon of western Colorado, in the United States. Riggs named the dinosaur Brachiosaurus altithorax,...
“Selimanosaurus”	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... .	Gerhard Maier		Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... ; possibly a junior synonym of Dicraeosaurus Dicraeosaurus Dicraeosaurus is a genus of small diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur. It was named for the spines on the back of the neck. The first fossil was described by paleontologist Werner Janensch in 1914.Unlike most diplodocoids, Dicraeosaurus had a large head with a relatively short and wide neck...
Serendipaceratops Serendipaceratops Serendipaceratops is a dubious genus of ornithischian dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period of Australia.The type species, S. arthurcclarkei, was named after Arthur C...	Valid taxon	T. Rich	Vickers-Rich
Shenzhousaurus Shenzhousaurus Shenzhousaurus is a genus of basal ornithomimosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China.The holotype was collected from near the bottom of the Yixian Formation at the Sihetun fossil site, Beipiao, western Liaoning Province...	Valid taxon	Ji Q. Mark Norell Makovicky	Gao K. Ji S. Yuan
Shuangmiaosaurus Shuangmiaosaurus Shuangmiaosaurus is a genus of herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur which lived during the late Albian age of the Early Cretaceous Period, about 100 million years ago. It was an iguanodont euornithopod which lived in China....	Valid taxon	You Ji Q.	Li J. Li Y. X.
Silesaurus Silesaurus Silesaurus is a genus of dinosauriform from the Late Triassic, approximately 230 million years ago in the Carnian faunal stage of what is now Poland....	Valid taxon	Dzik
Sinornithomimus Sinornithomimus Sinornithomimus is a genus of ornithomimid theropod dinosaur found in 1997, in the early Late Cretaceous strata of the Ulansuhai Formation located at Alshanzuo Banner, Nei Mongol Autonomous Region, Northern China.-Discovery and naming:...	Valid taxon	Kobayashi	Lü
Sphaerotholus Sphaerotholus Sphaerotholus is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of the western United States. To date, two species have been described: the type species, S. goodwini, from the Den-na-zin Member of the Kirtland Formation of San Juan County, New Mexico, and a second species, S...	Possible junior synonym of Prenocephale Prenocephale Prenocephale was a small pachycephalosaurid dinosaur genus from the Late Cretaceous and was similar in many ways to its close relative, Homalocephale, which may simply represent Prenocephale juveniles. Adult Prenocephale probably weighed around and measured around long...	Williamson	Carr
“Wangonisaurus”	Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... .	Gerhard Maier		Nomen nudum Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy... ; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan Giraffatitan Giraffatitan, meaning "giraffe titan", is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the late Jurassic Period . It was originally named as an African species of Brachiosaurus... or Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America. It was first described by Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 from fossils found in the Grand River Canyon of western Colorado, in the United States. Riggs named the dinosaur Brachiosaurus altithorax,...
Yixianosaurus Yixianosaurus Yixianosaurus is a maniraptoran theropod dinosaur genus from the Early Cretaceous of China.The type species, Yixianosaurus longimanus, was formally named and described by Xu Xing and Wang Xiaolin in 2003. Its partial skeleton was discovered in 2001, in Liaoning at Wangjiagou in northeastern China....	Valid taxon	Xu X.	Wang X.
Zalmoxes Zalmoxes Zalmoxes is a genus of herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of what is now Romania. It is classified as a rhabdodontid iguanodont....	Valid taxon	Weishampel Jianu	Csiki Norman
Zupaysaurus Zupaysaurus Zupaysaurus is a genus of early theropod dinosaur living during the Rhaetian stage of the Late Triassic to Hettangian stage of the Early Jurassic of what is now Argentina. Although a full skeleton has not yet been discovered, Zupaysaurus can be considered a bipedal predator, up to 4 meters ...	Valid taxon	Arcucci	Coria

New taxa

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Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Terminonatator Terminonatator Terminonatator is a genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is known from a skull and partial skeleton from a young adult, found in the Campanian-age Bearpaw Formation near Notukeu Creek in Ponteix...	Valid	Sato
Thililua Thililua Thililua is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur, containing one species, T. longicollis. The name Thililua is derived from that of an ancient aquatic god from local Berber mythology; longicollis refers to the animal's long neck. Thililua has been found in Late Cretaceous rocks in the High Atlas...	Valid	Bardet Suberbiola Jalil

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Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Beipiaopterus Beipiaopterus Beipiaopterus is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation in the People's Republic of China....	Valid	Lü J.-C.
Chaoyangopterus Chaoyangopterus Chaoyangopterus is a genus of azhdarchoid pterodactyloid pterosaur known from a partial skeleton found in Liaoning, China. It was found in rocks of the Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Dapingfang, Chaoyang....	Valid	Wang Zhou
Harpactognathus Harpactognathus Harpactognathus was a genus of pterosaur found in the Late Jurassic-age Morrison Formation of Albany County, Wyoming, USA. It is based on NAMAL 101, a partial skull consisting of the snout, recovered from near Bone Cabin Quarry in 1996...	Valid	Carpenter Unwin et al.
Jidapterus Jidapterus Jidapterus is a genus of azhdarchoid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China....	Valid	Dong, Sun, & Wu,
Liaoningopterus Liaoningopterus Liaoningopterus, sometimes misspelled "Liaoningopteryx", was a genus of ornithocheirid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China....	Valid	Wang X.-L. and Zhou Z.-H
Liaoningopteryx	Valid	Wang X. Zhao
Ludodactylus Ludodactylus Ludodactylus was a genus of ornithocheirid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Ceará, Brazil....	Valid	Frey, E., Martill Buchy, M
Nurhachius Nurhachius Nurhachius was a genus of istiodactylid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China....	Valid	Wang Kellner et al.
Phosphatodraco Phosphatodraco Phosphatodraco is a genus of azhdarchid pterodactyloid pterosaur from a late Maastrichtian-age Upper Cretaceous portion of the Oulad Abdoun Phosphatic Basin, Grand Doui, near Khouribga, central Morocco.Phosphatodraco is based on holotype OCP DEK/GE 111, found in...	Valid	Pereda-Suberbiola N. Bardet et al.
Sinopterus Sinopterus Sinopterus was a genus of tapejarid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. Three species have been classified in this genus, though only two are generally considered to be valid...	Valid	Wang, X. Zhou, Z

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Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Discovery year	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Archaeovenator Archaeovenator Archaeovenator is an extinct genus of Late Carboniferous varanopid synapsid known from Greenwood County, Kansas of the United States. It was first named by Robert R. Reisz and David W. Dilkes in 2003 and the type species is Archaeovenator hamiltonensis...	Valid	Reisz Dilkes		Upper Carboniferous (Upper Pennsylvanian)	Hamilton Quarry Hamilton Quarry Hamilton Quarry is a Late Carboniferous lagerstätte near Hamilton, Kansas, United States. It has a diverse assemblage of unusually well-preserved marine, euryhaline, freshwater, flying, and terrestrial fossils . This extraordinary mix of fossils has led to the interpretation of an estuarine...	United States	a pelycosaur Pelycosaur The pelycosaurs are an informal grouping composed of basal or primitive Late Paleozoic synapsid amniotes. Some species were quite large and could grow up to 3 meters or more, although most species were much smaller...
Brasilitherium Brasilitherium Brasilitherium was a genus of cynodont that lived during the Late Triassic. Its length was approximately 12 cm and it weighed 20 grams. It fed on insects, making it an insectivore. Brasilitherium was found in Paleorrota , a geopark located in Brazil.-External links:* *...	Valid	Bonaparte Martinelli Schultz Rupert				Brazil
Brasilodon Brasilodon Brasilodon was a genus of cynodont that lived during the Late Triassic. Its length was approximately 12 cm and it weighed 20 grams. It fed on insects, making it an insectivore...	Valid	Bonaparte Martinelli Schultz Rupert				Brazil
Bullacephalus Bullacephalus Bullacephalus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid. It is known from a relatively complete skull and lower jaw, discovered in the Late Permian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of the Beaufort Group of South Africa. Bullacephalus is also morphologically the least derived of the...	Valid	Rubidge Kitching				South Africa
Colobodectes Colobodectes Colobodectes is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*...	Valid	Modesto Rubidge Visser Welman		Upper/Middle Permian (Capitanian)	Abrahamskraal Formation Abrahamskraal formation The Abrahamskraal is the lowermost formation of the Beaufort group. Early Guadalupian in age it corresponds to the Eodicynodon faunal assemblage zone.-Therapsida:-References:...	South Africa	a anomodont Anomodont The Anomodontia were a major group of therapsids, an extinct group of animals commonly known as "mammal-like reptiles." They were mostly toothless herbivores. During the Middle Permian they were very diverse, including groups like the Venyukovioidea, the Dromasauria, the Dicynodontia, and early...
Lanthanostegus	Valid	Modesto Rubidge Welman		Middle/Upper Permian (Capitanian)		South Africa	a anomodont Anomodont The Anomodontia were a major group of therapsids, an extinct group of animals commonly known as "mammal-like reptiles." They were mostly toothless herbivores. During the Middle Permian they were very diverse, including groups like the Venyukovioidea, the Dromasauria, the Dicynodontia, and early... ; replacement name for Lanthanocephalus Modesto, Rubidge & Welman, 2002, preoccupied by the cnidarian genus Lanthanocephalus Williams & Starmer, 2000
Santacruzodon Santacruzodon Santacruzodon is an extinct genus of synapsid which existed in Brazil during the Triassic period. The type species is Santacruzodon hopsoni.-Species:...	Valid	Abdala Ribeiro				Brazil
Xiyukannemeyeria Xiyukannemeyeria Xiyukannemeyeria is a genus of dicynodont from Middle Triassic of China. Originally was named as Parakannemeyeria brevirostris by Sun in 1978. But if included in Parakannemeyeria, this genus will not be amonophyletic group....	Valid	Liu Li		Middle Triassic (Anisian)		Mainland China	a anomodont Anomodont The Anomodontia were a major group of therapsids, an extinct group of animals commonly known as "mammal-like reptiles." They were mostly toothless herbivores. During the Middle Permian they were very diverse, including groups like the Venyukovioidea, the Dromasauria, the Dicynodontia, and early... ; new genus for "Parakannemeyeria" brevirostris

newly named

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Aureofungus Aureofungus Aureofungus is an extinct monotypic genus of gilled fungus in the order Agaricales. At present it contains the single species Aureofungus yaniguaensis....	Valid	Hibbett et al	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...  (Miocene)	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 one of four mushroom genera described from the fossil record

Conifers

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Chamaecyparis eureka Chamaecyparis eureka Chamaecyparis eureka is an extinct species of conifer in the family Cupressaceae. It is known from fossil foliage found in the Buchanan Lake Formation deposits, dated to the middle Eocene Lutetian stage , from western Axel Heiberg Island, located in the Arctic Ocean in the Qikiqtaaluk Region,...	Valid	Kotyk Basinger McIlver	Lutetian Lutetian The Lutetian is, in the geologic timescale, a stage or age in the Eocene. It spans the time between and . The Lutetian is preceded by the Ypresian and is followed by the Bartonian. Together with the Bartonian it is sometimes referred to as the Middle Eocene subepoch...	Buchanan Lake Formation, Axel Heiberg Island Axel Heiberg Island Axel Heiberg Island is an island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in the Arctic Ocean, it is the 31st largest island in the world and Canada's seventh largest island. According to Statistics Canada, it has an area of ....	Canada	C. eureka is the oldest confirmed member of the genus Chamaecyparis Chamaecyparis Chamaecyparis is a genus of conifers in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to eastern Asia and western and eastern North America. In the nursery trade it is often incorrectly known as "false cypress" for lack of other common name, so as to distinguish it from other similar genera bearing...

Angiosperms

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Corylus johnsonii Corylus johnsonii Corylus johnsonii is an extinct species of hazel known from fossil fruits found in the Klondike Mountain Formation deposits of Northern Washington State, dated to the early Eocene Ypresian stage . Based on described features, C. johnsonii is the oldest definite species in the genus Corylus.The...	Valid	Pigg Manchester Wehr	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....	Tom Thumb Tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation Klondike Mountain Formation The Klondike Mountain Formation is an early Eocene geologic formation that records the sedimentation in the southern most of a string of highland subtropical/Temperate lakes in Washington state and British Columbia. The formation is best known for exceptionally well preserved plant and insect fossils...	United States