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Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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 mankind has 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 2002.
Contents
Plants
Gymnosperms
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Mustoe |
McAbee site, Kamloops Group |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
McKown, Stockey, & Schweger |
Ch'ijee's Bluff, Bluefish Basin |
Angiosperms
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Poinar & Brown |
A species of Hymenaea, producer of Mexican amber |
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Trifurcatua flabellata[5] |
Gen. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Mohr & Rydin |
putative monocot |
Arthropods
Insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sp nov. |
valid |
Makarkin, Archibald, Oswald |
A hemerobiid lacewing, a second species of Cretomerobius |
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sp. nov |
valid |
Makarkin, Archibald, Oswald |
first description of fossil Wesmaelius |
Archosauromorphs
Dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[7]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Fraser, Padian, Walkden, & Davis |
late Triassic |
A possible chimera |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Coria & Calvo |
Late Cretaceous |
An Iguanodont |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
An Abelisaurid |
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gen nov |
Officially named Byronosaurus |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
An ankylosaurid |
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gen et sp nov |
Czerkas, Zhang, Li, & Li |
Jr synonym of Microraptor |
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gen et sp nov |
Zhang, Zhou, Xu, & Wang |
jr synonym of Scansoriopteryx |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Xu et al |
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gen et sp nov |
Hutt |
Jr synonym of Eotyrannus |
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Rey |
Officially named Huaxiagnathus in 2004 |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Xu, Wang, & Chang |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Kellner & Campos |
Bauru-type red conglomerate sandstone |
An Abelisaurid |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Czerkas & Yuan |
Possible junior synonym of Epidendrosaurus |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Xu et all |
Newly named birds
| Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Early Oligocene |
A Phoenicopteriformes, Palaelodidae Stejneger, 1885. This is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Middle Eocene |
An Apodiformes, Aegialornithidae Lydekker, 1891. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Phosphorites du Quercy, MP 16-28 |
An Apodiformes, Archaeotrogonidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1980. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Strigidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Pleistocene |
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A Charadriidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Vroeg-Midden Plioceen |
MN 15-16 |
A Gruidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Cathayornithidae Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 1992. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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A Cimolopterygidae Brodkorb, 1963, transferred to the new genus Lamarqueavis Agnolin, 2010 by Federico Agnolin in 2010.[29] |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Apodidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Early Oligocene |
A Gaviidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Spheniscidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Spheniscidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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An Hesperornithiformes Fürbringer, 1888, Enaliornithidae Fürbringer, 1888. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Anhingidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
An Accipitridae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Early-Middle Campanian, |
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An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Euenantiornithes Chiappe, 2002. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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A Hesperornithidae Marsh, 1872. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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A Hesperornithidae Marsh, 1872. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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A Hesperornithidae Marsh, 1872. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Hesperornithidae Marsh, 1872. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Middle Eocene |
An Idiornithidae Brodkorb, 1965. The genus Idiornis Oberholser, 1899 is placed in synonymy with Dynamopterus Milne-Edwards, 1892 by Mourer-Chauviré, 2013 [39] |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Jeholornithidae Zhou et Zhang, 2006. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Middle Eocene |
A Charadriidae. |
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Valid ? |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Confuciusornithidae L. H. Hou, Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995. This is the type species of the new genus. Possibly a synonym of Confuciusornis sanctus Hou, Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995. |
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Valid ? |
Sp. nov. |
A Confuciusornithidae L. H. Hou, Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995. Possibly a synonym of Confuciusornis sanctus Hou, Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Avialae Gauthier, 1986. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Subrecent |
A Laridae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Spheniscidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Early Middle Eocene |
A Sulidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Spheniscidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Early Miocene |
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Valid |
Gen nov. et Sp. nov. |
Late Cretaceous |
Latest Maastrichtian or Earliest Danian, |
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A ?Torotigidae Brodkorb, 1963. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Early Oligocene |
A Piciformes, Sylphornithidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1988. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Omvivoropterygidae Czerkas and Qiang Ji, 2002. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Early Miocene |
An Anatidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Early Eocene |
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A Gallinuloididae Lucas, 1900. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Cathartidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Middle Eocene |
A Leptosomidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Middle Eocene |
A ?Leptosomidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Gaviidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Sapeornithidae Zhou, 2006. This is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Trogonidae. This is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Avialae. This is the type species of the new genus. When you enter "Discovery of an Avialae Bird from China, Shenzhouraptor sinensis gen. et sp. nov." in google you get the pdf. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Spheniscidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Teratornithidae Miller, 1909, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
A Teratornithidae Miller, 1909. Transferred to the new genus Oscaravis Suárez et Olson, 2009. by William Suárez Duque & Storrs Lovejoy Olson, they made it the type species of the new genus.[59] |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Pleistocene |
± -12.760-12.050 BP |
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A Teratornithidae Miller, 1909. If you search "A New Teratorn (Aves: Teratornithidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Oregon" on google, you find the pdf |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Presbyornithidae Wetmore, 1926. This is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Pleistocene |
A Tytonidae. |
Plesiosaurs
New taxa
| Name | Status | Authors | Notes |
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Pterosaurs
In October, a partial Mesadacylus wing was discovered in the Kingsview Quarry of Colorado.[63] This find marks the first time that a Morrison pterosaur has been found at more than one site in the formation.[63]
New taxa
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Dalla Vecchia, Wild, & Reitner |
Seefelder Beds |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Buffetaut, Grigorescu, & Csiki |
possibly a jr synonym of Quetzalcoatlus |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Wang & Zhou |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Varricchio |
At first thought to be a bird, but subsequently reinterpreted as a pterosaur, likely a member of Ornithocheiroidea.[65] |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Czerkas & Ji |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Kellner & Campos |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Czerkas & Mickelson |
Morrison Formation, Utah |
Lepidosauromorphs
Newly named Squamates
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Novas et al |
Genus synonymized in 2007 with Taniwhasaurus |
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen nov |
Valid |
Kammerer & Sidor |
Upper Permian |
A dinocephalian. Replacement name for Criocephalus Broom, 1928, preoccupied by Criocephalus Mulsant 1839. |
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Gen nov |
Valid |
Maisch |
A dicynodont. New genus for "Platycyclops" crassus Broom, 1948. |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Maisch |
Beaufort Group |
A dicynodont. The type species is Kwazulusaurus shakai. |
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Lanthanocephalus[70] |
gen et sp nov |
Preoccupied |
Modesto, Rubidge, & Welman |
Genus preoccupied by Lanthanocephalus Williams & Starmer, 2000, moved to the replacement Lanthanostegus in 2003 |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Tatarinov |
Middle Triassic |
A cynodont. The type species is Neotrirachodon expectatus. |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Maisch |
A gorgonopsian. The type species is Ruhuhucerberus terror. |
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gen nov |
Valid |
Maisch |
A gorgonopsian. New genus for "Gorgonognathus" maximus von Huene, 1950. |
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