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Plants

Basal eudicots

Proteales

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Langeria	gen et sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Wehr	Eocene Ypresian	Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation			First described as a witch-hazel genus The type species is L. magnifica
Macginitiea	Gen et comb nov	Valid	Wolfe & Wehr	Paleocene	Fort Union Formation	United States	A platanaceous genus The type species is Liquidambar gracile (1872)

Superasterids

Santalales

Superrosids

Fagales

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Alnus parvifolia	Comb nov	Valid	Wolfe & Wehr	Eocene Ypresian	Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation			An alder species Moved from Betula parvifolia (1926)
Betula leopoldae	sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Wehr	Eocene Ypresian	Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation			A birch species
Carya washingtonensis[1]	sp nov	Valid	Manchester	Miocene Langhian	Badger Pocket-Squaw Creek, Wanapum Basalts	United States		described from one of the oldest rodent nut caches known
Fagopsis undulata	Comb nov	Valid	(Knowlton) Wolfe & Wehr	Paleocene	Langford Formation			A fagaceous species Moved from Fagus undulata (1899)

Sapindales

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Acer alaskense[2]	Sect and sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Latest Paleocene	Chickaloon Formation	United States		Oldest Acer sp in Alaska; Only species of the section Alaskana
Acer ashwilli	sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	early Oligocene		United States		extinct member of section Ginnala
Acer browni	sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	early - Middle Miocene	Collawash flora and several other floras			extinct member of section Parviflora
Acer castorrivularis	sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Late Eocene	Beaver Creek Flora	United States		extinct member of section Macrantha
Acer clarnoense	sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Late Eocene	John Day Formation	United States		extinct member of section Macrantha
Acer dettermani	sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Late Eocene - early Oligocene	Meshik Volcanics	United States		extinct member of section Macrantha
Acer douglasense	sect and sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	early Eocene	West Foreland Formation	United States		Only species of the section Douglasa
Acer eonegundo	Sp. nov.	valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Middle-Late Eocene	"Bull Run" Flora			extinct species of Acer sect. Negundo
Acer ferrignoi	sp nov	valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Late Miocene	Lolo pass flora			Member of Acer Section Rubra
Acer hillsi	sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Eocene Ypresian	Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation			one of two species in the extinct section Stewarta
Acer ivanofense	sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Latest Eocene - Early Oligocene	Meshik Volcanics	United States		extinct member of section Glabra
Acer kenaicum	sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Oligocene	Tsadaka Formation & Tyonek Formation	United States		extinct member of section Rubra
Acer latahense	sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	early - Late Miocene	Latah Formation	United States		extinct member of Acer section Macrantha
Acer lincolnense	Sp. nov.	valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Late Eocene	Beaver Creek Flora	United States		A possible member of Acer sect. Cissifolia
Acer republicense	Sect and sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Eocene Ypresian	Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation	United States		type and only species in the extinct section Republica
Acer rousei	sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Eocene Ypresian	Okanagan Highlands Allenby Formation			only species in the extinct section Rousea
Acer smileyi	sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Late Oligocene - Middle Miocene	Clarkia and other formations	United States		extinct member of section Parviflora
Acer stewarti	sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Eocene Ypresian	Okanagan Highlands Allenby Formation			one of two species in the extinct section Stewarta
Acer stonebergae	sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Eocene Ypresian	Okanagan Highlands Allenby Formation			one of three species in the extinct section Torada
Acer taggarti	sp nov	valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Middle Miocene	Mascall Formation			Member of Acer Section Rubra
Acer taurocursum	sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Late Eocene	Bull Run Flora	United States		extinct member of section Rubra
Acer toradense	sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Eocene Ypresian	Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation			one of three species in the extinct section Torada
Acer traini	sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Early to middle Miocene	Trout Creek flora	United States Canada		extinct member of section Glabra
Acer washingtonense	Sect and sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Tanai	Eocene Ypresian	Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation			type species in the extinct section Torada
Acer whitebirdense	Comb nov	Valid	(Ashlee) Wolfe & Tanai	Middle Miocene	White Bird Flora	United States		member of Acer section Rubra
Barghoornia[3]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Wehr	Eocene Ypresian	Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation			A burseraceous genus The type species is B. oblongifolia
Bohlenia	gen et comb nov	Valid	Wolfe & Wehr	Eocene Ypresian	Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation		Comptonia insignis auct. non Lesquereux. Berry, 1929	A sapindaceous genus The type species is Dipteronia americana (1935) (in part) Also includes Dipteronia insignis (1937)
Rhus malloryi	sp nov	Valid	Wolfe & Wehr	Eocene Ypresian	Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation			A sumac relative Split into four species in 2019

incertae sedis

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Princetonia[4]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Stockey	Eocene Ypresian	Okanagan Highlands Princeton Chert			An angiosperm flower genus of uncertain affiliation. The type species is P. allenbyensis
Republica	gen, sp, et comb nov	Valid	Wolfe & Wehr	Eocene Ypresian	Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation			An incertae sedis angiosperm possibly of Hamamelididae affiliations Type species R. hickeyi. Genus also includes Dicotylophyllum kummerensis (1977)[5] and Dicotylophyllum litseafolia (1969)

Molluscs

Newly described bivalves

Arthropods

Newly described insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Baikuris[9]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Dlussky	Santonian	Taimyr amber		A sphecomyrmine ant. Two species B. mandibularis and B. mirabilis
Sapho armissani	Sp nov.	Valid	Nel	Stampian	Narbonne Basin		A Calopterygid damselfly.

Vertebrates

• Stokes suggests that sauropods recycled their gastroliths and chose them based on brightness of color.^[10]
• First Argentinosaurus bone found.

Newly described dinosaurs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aeolosaurus[11]	gen et sp nov	Valid taxon	Powell	Late Cretaceous	Angostura Colorada Formation		A titanosaurian
Aragosaurus[12]	Gen et sp nov	Valid taxon	Sanz, Buscalioni, Casanovas-Cladellas, & Santafé	Hauterivian-Barremian
Borogovia[13]	gen et sp nov	Valid taxon	Osmólska	Late Cretaceous
"Clevelanotyrannus"[14]	gen et sp nov	Nomen nudum	Bakker, Williams & Currie vide: Currie	Late Cretaceous	Lance Formation		determined to be a junior synonym of Nanotyrannus
"Jiangjunmiaosaurus"	nomen nudum	Anonymous		Shishugou Formation			Junior synonym of Monolophosaurus
Maleevus[15]	gen et sp nov	Valid taxon	Tumanova	Late Cretaceous
Pseudolagosuchus[16]	Gen et sp nov	Valid taxon	Arcucci	Ladinian (Middle Triassic)	Chañares Formation		possibly a jr synonym of Lewisuchus
Ugrosaurus[17]	gen et sp nov	Junior synonym	Cobabe & David Fastovsky	Late Cretaceous	Hell Creek Formation		Junior synonym of Triceratops
"Unicerosaurus"		Nomen nudum	Baugh vide: Armstrong		Glen Rose, Texas?		Possibly a Fish neural spine, never formally described
Walkeria[18]	gen et sp nov	name preoccupied	Chatterjee	Late Triassic	Maleri Formation		Name preoccupied by a bryozoan. Renamed Alwalkeria in 1994.

Newly named birds

Name	Status	Novelty	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aenigmavis sapea [19]	jr synonym	Gen et sp. nov.	Peters	Middle Eocene	Messel pit	Germany	An Ameghinornithidae, jr synonym of Strigogyps sapea.[20] it is the type species of the genus Aenigmavis Peters, 1987.
Aythya chauvirae [21]	Valid	Sp nov.	Cheneval	Middle Miocene		France	An Anatidae.
Calcardea junnei [22]	Valid	Gen et sp nov.	Gingerich	Early Eocene	Wilwood Formation	United States	Monotypic with C. junnei. Originally classified as a member of Ardeidae; this interpretation was rejected by Mayr, Gingerich & Smith (2019), who considered this bird to be a member of Telluraves, and claimed that it resembled parrot-like taxon Vastanavis.[23]
Carduelis triasi [24]	Valid	Sp nov.	Alcover & Florit	Late Pleistocene-Holocene	La Palma		A Fringillidae, Carduelinae.
Dromaius gidju [25]	jr synonym	Sp nov.	Patterson & Vickers Rich	Middle Miocene	Wipajiri Formation	Australia	A Dromaiidae, jr synonym of Emuarius gidju.[26]
Ducula david [27]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Balouet & Olson	Holocene	Uvea	Wallis and Futuna	A Columbidae.
Eoglaucidium pallas [28]	Valid	Gen et sp nov.	Fischer	Middle Eocene	Messel pit & Geiseltal	Germany	A Sandcoleid, monotypic with E. pallas.
Janipes nymphaeobates [29]	Valid	Gen et sp nov.	Rasmussen, Olson, & Simons	Early Oligocene	Jebel Qatrani Formation	Egypt	A Jacanidae, monotypic with J. nymphaeobates
Juncitarsus merkeli [30]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Dieter S. Peters	Middle Eocene	Messel pit	Germany	A Juncitarsid
Necrobyas medius [31]	jr synonym	Sp. nov.	Mourer-Chauviré	Eocene or Oligocene	Phosphorites du Quercy	France	A Tytonid, transferred to Prosybris medius in 1998.[32]
Nupharanassa	Valid	Gen et sp. nov.	Rasmussen, Olson, & Simons	Early Oligocene	Jebel Qatrani Formation	Egypt	A Jacanidae, two species N. bulotorum and N. tolutaria.
Otis khosatzkii [33]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Bocheński & Kurochkin	Late Pliocene			An Otidid
Otis paratetrax	Valid	Sp nov.	Bocheński & Kurochkin	Late Pliocene		Ukraine	An Otididae.
Palaeoalectoris [34]	Valid	Gen et sp nov.	Hou	Argonian	Xiacaowan Formation	China	A Threskiornithid, monotypic with P. songlinensis.
Palaeobyas	Valid	Gen et sp nov.	Mourer-Chauviré	Eocene or Oligocene	Phosphorites du Quercy	France	A Sophiornithid, monotypic with P. cracrafti.
Palaeoglaux	Valid	Gen et sp nov.	Mourer-Chauviré	Late Eocene		France	A Palaeoglaucid, monotypic with P. perrierensis.
Palaeotyto cadurcensis	Valid	Gen et sp nov.	Mourer-Chauviré	Eocene or Oligocene	Phosphorites du Quercy,	France	A Sophiornithid,[35] monotypic with P. cadurcensis.
Petralca austriaca [36]	Valid	Gen et sp nov.	Mlíkovský	Late Oligocene & Early Miocene		Austria	Monotypic with P. austriaca. Originally thought to be an auk; Göhlich & Mayr (2018) reinterpreted it as a member of Gaviiformes.[37]
Platalea tiangangensis	Valid	Sp. nov.	Hou	Argonian	Xiacaowan Formation	China	A Phasianid.
Prefica [38]	Valid	Gen et sp nov.	Olson	Early Eocene	Green River Formation	United States	A Steatornithidae, Preficinae, monotypic with P. nivea
Sophiornis	Valid	Gen et sp nov.	Mourer-Chauviré	Eocene or Oligocene	Phosphorites du Quercy	France	A Sophiornithid, monotypic with S. quercynus
Vini sinotoi [39]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Steadman & Zarriello	Holocene	Ua Huka Hiva Oa; Tahuata	French Polynesia	A Psittacidae, Loriinae.
Vini vidivici	Valid	Sp. nov.	Steadman & Zarriello	Holocene	Tahuata	French Polynesia	A Psittacidae, Loriinae.
Tytthostonyx glauconiticus [40]	Valid	Gen et sp nov.	Olson & Parris,	Maastrichtian	Hornerstown Formation	United States	A Tytthostonychid, monotypic with T. glauconiticus
Xenerodiopus	Valid	Gen et sp nov.	Rasmussen, Olson, & Simons	Early Oligocene	Jebel Qatrani Formation	Egypt	A Xenerodiopid, monotypic with X. mycter

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Notes and References

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