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==Flora==
===Ferns and fern allies===
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''[[Makotopteris]]''<ref name="Makotopteris1999">{{cite journal |last1=Stockey |first1=R. A. |last2=Nishida |first2=H. |last3=Rothwell  |first3=G. W. |year=1999 |title=Permineralized ferns from the middle Eocene Princeton chert. I. ''Makotopteris princetonensis'' gen. et sp. nov.(Athyriaceae) |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=160 |issue=5 |pages=1047–1055|doi=10.1086/314191 |pmid=10506480 |s2cid=33465214 }}</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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valid
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Stockey, Nishida, & Rothwell
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[[Eocene]]<br/>[[Ypresian]]
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[[Eocene Okanagan Highlands]]<br/>[[Allenby Formation]]<br/>[[Princeton Chert]]
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{{Flag|Canada}}<br/>{{Flag|British Columbia}}
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An [[Athyriaceae|athyriaceous fern]]<br/> The type species is ''M. princetonensis''
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===Cycads===
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''[[Eostangeria pseudopteris]]''<ref name="E.pseudopteris1999">{{Cite journal |last1=Kvaček |first1=Z. |last2=Manchester |first2=S.R. |date=1999-05-01 |title=''Eostangeria'' Barthel (Extinct Cycadales) from the Paleogene of Western North America and Europe |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=160 |issue=3 |pages=621–629 |jstor=10.1086/314152 |doi=10.1086/314152 |s2cid=83978433 |issn=1058-5893}}</ref>
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Sp nov
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valid
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Kvaček & Manchester
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[[Late Paleocene]]
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[[Fort Union Formation|upper Fort Union Formation]]<br/> or [[Wasatch Formation|lower Wasatch Formation]]
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{{Flag|USA}}<br/>{{flag|Wyoming}}
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An [[Eostangerioideae|eostangerioid]] [[Zamiaceae|zamiaceous]] cycad.<br/>Also found in the [[Eocene]] [[John Day Formation]] of [[Oregon]].
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===Angiosperms===
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''[[Florissantia sikhote-alinensis]]''<ref name="Manchester1999">{{cite journal |last1=Manchester |first1=S. R. |year=1999 |title=Biogeographical relationships of North American tertiary floras |journal=Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden |volume=86 |issue=2 |pages=472–522 |doi=10.2307/2666183 |jstor=2666183 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/28623 }}</ref>
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comb nov
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valid
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(Kryshtofovich) Manchester
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[[Miocene]]
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[[Amgu flora]]
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{{flag|Russia}}<br/>{{Flag|Primorsky Krai}}
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A [[malvaceae|mallow]] relative, <br/> moved from ''[[Porana sikhote-alinensis]]'' ([[1921 in paleontology|1921]])  
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''[[Quercus hiholensis]]''<ref name="Borgardt1999">{{cite journal |last1=Borgardt |first1=S. J. |last2=Pigg |first2=K. B. |year=1999 |title=Anatomical and developmental study of petrified ''Quercus'' (Fagaceae) fruits from the Middle Miocene, Yakima Canyon, Washington, USA |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=86 |issue=3 |pages=307–325 |doi=10.2307/2656753 |jstor=2656753 |pmid=10077494 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp nov
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Valid
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Borgardt & Pigg
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Middle Miocene
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"Yakima Canyon Flora"
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{{Flag|USA}}
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A white oak, permineralized acorns
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[[file:Quercus hiholensis acorn UWBM 56470-3 Pigg & Wehr 2002 Plt2 fig16.png|thumb|center|upright|†''[[Quercus hiholensis]]'']]
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''[[Sargentodoxa globosa]]''<ref name="Manchester1999"/>
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Comb nov
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valid
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(Manchester) Manchester
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[[Middle Eocene]]
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[[Clarno Formation]]
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{{flag|USA}}<br/>{{Flag|Oregon}}
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A [[Lardizabalaceae|lardizabalaceous]] species;<br/> New comb for ''[[Bumelia? globosa]]'' ([[1994 in paleontology|1994]])<ref name="Manchester1999"/>
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==Arthropods==

===Insects===
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''[[Cephalotes alveolatus]]''<ref name="deAndrade1999">{{cite journal |last1=de Andrade |first1=M. L. |last2=Baroni Urbani |first2=C. |year=1999 |title=Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus ''Cephalotes'', past and present |journal=Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) |volume=271 |pages=537–538}}</ref>
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Comb nov
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Valid
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(Vierbergen & Scheven)
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Burdigalian
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Dominican amber
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{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A [[myrmicinae]] ant,<br/> Moved from ''[[Zacryptocerus alveolatus]]'' ([[1995 in paleontology|1995]])
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[[File:Cephalotes alveolatus SMNSDO5691 profile.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Cephalotes alveolatus]]'']]
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''[[Cephalotes caribicus]]''<ref name="deAndrade1999"/>
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Sp nov
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Valid
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De Andrade & Baroni Urbani
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Burdigalian
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Dominican amber
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{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A [[myrmicinae]] ant.
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[[File:Cephalotes caribicus SMNSDO5383 dorsal view.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Cephalotes caribicus]]'']]
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''[[Cephalotes dieteri]]''<ref name="deAndrade1999"/>
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Sp nov
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Valid
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De Andrade & Baroni Urbani
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Burdigalian
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Dominican amber
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{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A [[myrmicinae]] ant.
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[[File:Cephalotes dieteri SMNSDO4162 profile.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Cephalotes dieteri]]'']]
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''[[Cephalotes hispaniolicus]]''<ref name="deAndrade1999"/>
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Sp nov
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Valid
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De Andrade & Baroni Urbani
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Burdigalian
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Dominican amber
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{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A [[myrmicinae]] ant.
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[[File:Cephalotes hispaniolicus SMNSDO4163 dorsal.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Cephalotes hispaniolicus]]'']]
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''[[Cephalotes serratus]]''<ref name="deAndrade1999" />
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Comb nov
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valid
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(Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995)
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Burdigalian
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Dominican amber
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{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A [[myrmicinae]] ant,<br/> moved from ''[[Exocryptocerus serratus]]'' ([[1995 in paleontology|1995]])<ref name="Vierbergen1995">{{cite journal |title=Nine new species and a new genus of Dominican amber ants of the tribe (Cephalotini Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |journal=Creation Research Society Quarterly |vauthors=Vierbergen GS, Scheven J |volume=31 |issue=December 1995 |date=27 March 1995 |via=AntWiki |pages=158&ndash;170 |url=https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/1/15/Vierbergen_&_Scheven_1995.pdf }}</ref>
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[[File:Cephalotes serratus SMNSDO5693 dorsal.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Cephalotes serratus]]'']]
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''[[Camponotus crozei]]''<ref name="Riou1999">{{cite journal |last1=Riou |first1=B. |year=1999 |title=Descriptions de quelques insectes fossiles du Miocène supérieur de la Montagne d'Andance (Ardèche, France) |journal=Travaux de l'École Pratique des Hautes Études, Biologie et Évolution des Insectes |volume=11/12 |pages=123–133}}</ref>
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Sp nov
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Valid
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Riou
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Turolian
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[[Montagne d'Andance]]
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{{flag|France}}
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A [[Formicinae|formicine]] ant.
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[[File:Camponotus crozei FANTWEB00003 holotype queen.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Camponotus crozei]]'']]
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''[[Electrostephanus neovenatus]]''<ref name="Engel2008">{{Cite journal |last1=Engel |first1=M.S. |last2=Ortega-Blanco |first2=J. |year=2008 |title=The fossil crown wasp ''Electrostephanus petiolatus'' Brues in Baltic Amber (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae): designation of a neotype, revised classification, and a key to amber Stephanidae |journal= ZooKeys |issue=4 |pages = 55–64 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.4.49|doi-access=free |hdl=2445/36428 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp nov
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valid
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Aguiar & Janzen
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[[Lutetian]]
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[[Baltic Amber]]
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{{flag|Europe}}
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A [[Stephanidae|stephanid]] wasp
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''[[Electrostephanus sulcatus]]''<ref name="Engel2008"/>
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Sp nov
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jr synonym
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Aguiar & Janzen
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[[Lutetian]]
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[[Baltic Amber]]
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{{flag|Europe}}
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A [[Stephanidae|stephanid]] wasp,<br/> Moved to ''[[Denaeostephanus sulcatus]]''
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''[[Neoephemera antiqua]]''<ref name="Sinitchenkova1999">{{Cite journal|last1=Sinitchenkova |first1=N. D. |title=A new mayfly species of the extant genus Neoephemera from the Eocene of North America (Insecta: Ephemerida=Ephemeroptera) |journal=Paleontological Journal |year=1999 |volume=33 |issue=4 |pages=403–405}}</ref>
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sp. nov
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valid
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[[Nina D. Sinitchenkova|Sinitchenkova]]
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[[Ypresian]]
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[[Klondike Mountain Formation]]
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{{Flag|USA}}
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A neoephemerid mayfly
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[[file:Neoephemera antiqua (Lewis, 1992) plate1, fig B.png|thumb|center|upright|''[[Neoephemera antiqua]]'']]
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''[[Pachycondyla rebekkae]]''<ref name="Rust1999">{{Cite journal|last1=Rust |first1=J. |last2=Andersen |first2=N. M. |title=Giant ants from the Paleogene of Denmark with a discussion of the fossil history and early evolution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |year=1999 |volume=125 |issue=3 |pages=331–348|doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb00596.x |s2cid=85900450 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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sp. nov
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valid
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Rust & Andersen
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[[Ypresian]]
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[[Fur Formation]]
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{{Flag|Denmark}}
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A [[Myrmeciinae]] ant<br/> moved to ''[[Ypresiomyrma rebekkae]]'' ([[2006 in paleontology|2006]])<ref name="Archibald2006">{{Cite journal |last1=Archibald |first1=S.B. |last2=Cover |first2=S. P. |last3=Moreau |first3=C. S. |title=Bulldog Ants of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands and History of the Subfamily (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae) |journal=Annals of the Entomological Society of America |year=2006 |volume=99 |issue=3 |pages=487–523 |url=http://antbase.org/ants/publications/21067/21067.pdf | doi = 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[487:BAOTEO]2.0.CO;2|s2cid=4845957 }}</ref>
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[[File:Ypresiomyrma rebekkae holotype.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Ypresiomyrma|Pachycondyla rebekkae]]'']]
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''[[Penthetria intermedia]]''<ref name="Fitzgerald1999">{{cite journal |last1=Fitzgerald |first1=S. J. |year=1999 |title=A new species of ''Plecia'' from the Green River Formation and new combinations of fossil Bibionidae (Diptera). |journal=Great Basin Naturalist |volume=59 |pages=182–187|doi=10.5962/bhl.part.15821 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Comb nov
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valid
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([[Samuel Hubbard Scudder|Scudder]])
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[[Priabonian]]
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[[Florissant Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}<br />{{flag|Colorado}}
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A [[bibionidae|bibionid fly]]<br/> Originally ''[[Mycetophaetus intermedius]]'' ([[1892 in paleontology|1892]])<ref name="Scuddar1892">{{cite journal |last1=Scudder |first1=S. H. |year=1892 |title=Some Insects of special interest from Florissant, Colorado and other points in the Tertiaries of Colorado and Utah |journal=Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey |volume=93 |pages=1–25}}</ref><br/> Moved from ''[[Plecia intermedia]]'' ([[1959 in paleontology|1959]])<ref name=Rice1959>{{cite journal |last=Rice |first=H. M. A |year=1959 |title=Fossil Bibionidae (Diptera) from British Columbia |journal=[[Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin]] |volume=55 |pages=1–36}}</ref>
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==Mollusca==

===Newly named bivalves===
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''[[Concavodonta ovalis]]''<ref name="Sánchez1999">{{cite journal |last1=Sánchez |first1=T.M. |year=1999 |title=New Late Ordovician (Early Caradoc) Bivalves from the Sierra de Villicum (Argentine Precordillera) |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=73 |issue=1 |pages=66–76 |jstor=1306745|doi=10.1017/S0022336000027554 |s2cid=133414164 }}</ref>
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sp nov
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Valid
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Sánchez
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[[Caradoc (age)|Caradoc]]
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[[Don Braulio Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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third species in the genus
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[[Concavodontinae]]<ref name="Sánchez1999"/>
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subfam nov
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Valid
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Sánchez
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[[Ordovician]]
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one of two Subfamilies in [[Praenuculidae]] 
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''[[Cuyopsis]]''<ref name="Sánchez1999"/>
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Gen et sp nov
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Valid
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Sánchez
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[[Caradoc (age)|Caradoc]]
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[[Don Braulio Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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Monotypic with the species ''C. symmetricus''
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''[[Emiliodonta|Emiliania]]''<ref name="Sánchez1999"/>
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Gen et sp nov
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[[Homonym (biology)|homonym]]
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Sánchez
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[[Caradoc (age)|Caradoc]]
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[[Don Braulio Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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genus name preoccupied by ''[[Emiliania (coccolithophore)|Emiliania]]''  Hay & Mohler, 1967, renamed to ''[[Emiliodonta]]''
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''[[Hemiconcavodonta]]''<ref name="Sánchez1999"/>
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Gen et sp nov
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Valid
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Sánchez
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[[Caradoc (age)|Caradoc]]
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[[Don Braulio Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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third genus in the subfamily Concavodontinae
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[[Praenuculinae]]<ref name="Sánchez1999"/>
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subfam nov
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Valid
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Sánchez
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[[Ordovician]]
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one of two Subfamilies in [[Praenuculidae]] 
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''[[Similodonta ceryx]]''<ref name="Cope1999">{{cite journal |last1=Cope |first1=J.C.W. |year=1999 |title=Middle Ordovician bivalves from Mid-Wales and the Welsh Borderland |journal=Palaeontology |volume=42 |issue=3 |pages=467–499 |doi=10.1111/1475-4983.00081|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp nov
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Valid
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Cope
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[[Middle Ordovician]]
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Gilfach Farm No. 1 Borehole
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{{Flag|Wales}}
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oldest species in the genus ''Similodonta''
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''[[Trigonoconcha]]''<ref name="Sánchez1999"/>
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Gen et sp nov
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Valid
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Sánchez
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[[Caradoc (age)|Caradoc]]
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[[Don Braulio Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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Monotypic with the species ''T. acuta''
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''[[Villicumia]]''<ref name="Sánchez1999"/>
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Gen et sp nov
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Valid
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Sánchez
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[[Caradoc (age)|Caradoc]]
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[[Don Braulio Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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Monotypic with the species ''V. canteraensis''
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==Fish==

===Newly named actinopterygii ("ray-finned fish")===
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''[[Nardovelifer]]''<ref name="Sorbini">{{cite journal |author1=Sorbini, C. |author2=Sorbini, L. |title=The Cretaceous fishes of Nardo. 10: ''Nardovelifer altipinnis'', gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Veliferidae) |journal=St Ric Giac Terz Bolca |year=1999 |volume=8 |pages=11–27}}</ref>
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gen et sp nov
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Valid
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C. Sorbini & L. Sorbini
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Campanian
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Nardo
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{{Flag|Italy}}
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[[Image:Nardovelifer altipinnis.jpg|thumb|150px|center|''[[Nardovelifer|Nardovelifer altipinnis]]'']]
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==Reptiles==
===Archosauromorphs===
* Ornithomimid gastroliths documented.<ref name="kobayashi-sanders">Kobayashi et al. (1999). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.</ref>

====Newly named dinosauriforms====
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''[[Eucoelophysis]]''<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Sullivan | first1 = R.M. | last2 = Lucas | first2 = S.G. | year = 1999 | title = Eucoelophysis baldwini, a new theropod dinosaur from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico, and the status of the original types of Coelophysis | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 19 | issue = 1| pages = 81–90 | doi=10.1080/02724634.1999.10011124}}</ref>
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gen et sp nov
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Valid
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Sullivan & Lucas
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[[Norian]]
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[[Chinle Formation]], New Mexico
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{{Flag|USA}}
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Sister genus to the Dinosaurs; first identified as a relative of [[coelophysid]].
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====Newly named dinosaurs====
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.<ref name="ddinogeorge">{{cite web | last = Olshevsky | first = George | title = Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List | url = http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html | accessdate = 2008-08-07 | archive-date = 2011-07-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>

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''[[Achillobator]]''<ref name="perle99achillobator">Perle, A., M. Norell and J. Clark. (1999). A new maniraptoran theropod ''Achillobator giganticus'' (Dromaeosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Burkhant, Mongolia. Contributions of the Department of Geology, National University Mongolia (35 pages).</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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Valid
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[[Altangerel Perle|Perle]], [[Mark Norell|Norell]], & Clark
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[[Late Cretaceous]]
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[[Bayan Shireh Formation]]
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{{Flag|Mongolia}}
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A large dromaeosaurid.
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[[File:Achillobator reconstruction.png|thumb|center|150px|''[[Achillobator]]'']]
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''[[Agustinia]]''<ref>Bonaparte, J.F. (1999). [http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004312486/en An armored sauropod from the Aptian of Northern Patagonia, Argentina]. Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium (15 October). National Science Museum Monographs 15 (Y. Tomida, T.H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich, eds.), Tokyo.</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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Valid
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[[Jose Bonaparte|Bonaparte]]
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[[Albian]]
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[[Lohan Cura Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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An armored sauropod
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[[File:Agustinia BW.jpg|thumb|center|150px|''[[Agustinia]]'']]
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"[[Airakoraptor]]"<ref name="perle99achillobator" />
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gen nov
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''[[Nomen nudum]]''
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[[Altangerel Perle|Perle]], [[Mark Norell|Norell]], & Clark
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{{Flag|Mongolia}}
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A dromaeosaurid, now ''[[Kuru kulla]]'', which was later described in [[2021 in archosaur paleontology|2021]].
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''[[Animantarx]]''<ref>Carpenter, K., K. Kirkland, D. Burge, and J. Bird. (1999). "Ankylosaurs (Dinosauria; Ornithischia) of the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, and the stratigraphic distributions". In: ''Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah'' (D. Gillete, ed.). Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1.</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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Valid
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[[Kenneth Carpenter|Carpenter]], [[James Kirkland (paleontologist)|Kirkland]], Burge, & Bird
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[[Late Cretaceous]]
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[[Cedar Mountain Formation]], Utah
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{{Flag|USA}}
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[[Nodosaur]] whose name means "living citadel."
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[[File:Animantarx.jpg|thumb|center|150px|''[[Animantarx ramaljonesi]]'']]
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"[[Archaeoraptor]]"<ref>Czerkas vide Sloan, C.P. (1999). "Feathers for T. rex?" ''National Geographic'' 196 (5 - November): pp. 98-107. vide Olson, 2000.</ref>
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Hoax
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[[Stephen Czerkas]] vide:C. P. Sloan vide:Olson
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Chimera of ''[[Yanornis]]'' and ''[[Microraptor]]''.
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''[[Atlasaurus]]''<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Monbaron | first1 = M. | last2 = Russell | first2 = D.A. | last3 = Taquet | first3 = P. | year = 1999 | title = Atlasaurus imelakeii n.g., n.sp., a brachiosaurid-like sauropod from the Middle Jurassic of Morocco | journal = Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série IIA| volume = 329 | issue = 7| pages = 519–526 | doi=10.1016/s1251-8050(00)80026-9|bibcode = 1999CRASE.329..519M }}</ref>
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gen et sp nov
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Valid 
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Monbaron, [[Dale A. Russell|Russell]], & [[Philippe Taquet|Taquet]]
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[[Middle Jurassic]]
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[[Tiougguit Formation]]
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{{Flag|Morocco}}
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A primitive sauropod
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''[[Beipiaosaurus]]''<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Xu | first1 = X. Z.-L. Tang | last2 = Wang | first2 = X.-L | year = 1999 | title = A therizinosauroid dinosaur with integumentary structures from China | journal = Nature | volume = 399 | issue = 6734| pages = 350–354 | doi = 10.1038/20670 | bibcode=1999Natur.399..350X| s2cid = 204993327 }}</ref>
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gen et sp nov
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Valid
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[[Xu Xing (paleontologist)|Xu]], Tang, & Wang
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[[Early Cretaceous]]
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[[Yixian Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[therizinosaur]]
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[[Image:Beipiaosaurus Restoration.png|thumb|center|150px|''[[Beipiaosaurus]]'']]
|-
|
"[[Bilbeyhallorum]]"<ref>Burge, D.L., J.H. Bird, B.K. McClelland, and M.A. Cicconetti. (1999). "Comparison of four armored dinosaurs from the Cedar Mountain Formation of Eastern Utah". ''Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology'', Abstracts of Papers, 59th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Denver, CO, Volume 19, Supplement to n. 3, p. 34A.</ref>
|
|
''[[Nomen nudum]]''
| 
Burge, Bird, McClelland, & Cicconetti
|
[[Aptian]]
|
[[Cedar Mountain Formation]], Utah
|
{{Flag|USA}}
|
informal name for ''[[Cedarpelta]]''.
|
|- 
| 
''[[Cedarosaurus]]''<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Tidwell | first1 = V. | last2 = Carpenter | first2 = K. | last3 = Brooks | first3 = W. | year = 1999 | title = New sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Utah, USA | journal = Oryctos | volume = 2 | pages = 21–37 }}</ref>
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gen et sp nov
|
Valid
| 
Tidwell, [[Kenneth Carpenter|Carpenter]], & Brooks
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[[Barremian]]
|
[[Cedar Mountain Formation]], Utah
|
{{Flag|USA}}
|
A sauropod.
|
|-
|
''[[Chaoyangsaurus]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Zhao, Xijin |author2=Cheng, Zhengwu |author3=Xu, Xing | year = 1999 | title = The earliest ceratopsian from the Tuchengzi Formation of Liaoning, China | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 19 | issue = 4| pages = 681–691 | doi = 10.1080/02724634.1999.10011181 }}</ref>  
|
gen et sp nov
|
Valid
| 
Zhao, Cheng, & [[Xu Xing (paleontologist)|Xu]]
|
[[Late Jurassic]]
|
[[Tuchengzi Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
An extremely primitive [[ceratopsian]]
|
[[Image:Chaoyangsaurus BW.jpg|thumb|center|150px|''[[Chaoyangsaurus]]'']]
|-
|
''[[Dinheirosaurus]]''<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Bonaparte | first1 = J.F. | last2 = Mateus | first2 = O. | year = 1999 | title = A new diplodocid, Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Jurassic beds of Portugal | journal = Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales | volume = 5 | issue = 2| pages = 13–29 }}</ref>
|
gen et sp nov 
|
Valid
| 
*[[Jose Bonaparte|Bonaparte]] & Mateus
|
[[Kimmeridgian]]
|
[[Alcobaça Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Portugal}}
|
A diplodocid.
|
|-  
|
"[[Eugongbusaurus]]"<ref name="knoll99fab">Knoll, F. (1999). "The family Fabrosauridae". In: ''IV European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology'': p. 65;</ref>
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gen nov 
| 
''[[Nomen nudum]]''
| 
Knoll
|
[[Late Jurassic]]
|
[[Shishugou Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A ?hypsilophodont that hasn't yet been formally named.
|
|- 
|
''[[Gondwanatitan]]''<ref>Kellner, A.W.A. and S.A.K. de Azevedo. (1999). [http://www.agiati.it/pangea_dino_detail.jsp?area=111&ID_LINK=112270&id_context=291100&external=02 A new sauropod dinosaur (Titanosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil]. In: ''Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium'' (Y. Tomida, T.H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich, eds.): pp. 111-142.</ref>
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gen et sp nov
|
Valid
| 
Kellner & Azevedo
|
[[Late Cretaceous]]
|
[[Adamantina Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Brazil}}
|
A [[titanosaur]]
|
|-
|
''[[Guaibasaurus]]''<ref>Bonaparte, J.F., J. Ferigolo, and A.M. Ribeiro. (1999). [http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004312491/en A new early Late Triassic saurischian dinosaur from Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil]. In: Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium (Y. Tomida, T.H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich, eds.): pp. 89-109.</ref>
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gen et sp nov
|
Valid
|
[[Jose Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], Ferigolo, & Ribeiro
|
[[Late Triassic]]
|
[[Caturrita Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Brazil}}
|
A sauropodomorph.
|
[[Image:MUSEU4X.JPG|thumb|center|150px|''[[Guaibasaurus]]'']]
|-
| ''[[Jobaria]]''<ref name="serenoetal99sahara">{{cite journal | last1 = Sereno | first1 = P.C | last2 = Allison | first2 = L. | last3 = Beck | first3 = D.B. | last4 = Dutheil | first4 = H.C.E. | last5 = Larsson | first5 = G.H. | last6 = Lyon | first6 = B.M. | last7 = Rudyard | first7 = W. | last8 = Sadleir | first8 = C. | last9 = Sidor | first9 = C. A. | last10 = Varricchio | first10 = D.J. | last11 = Wilson | first11 = G.P. | last12 = Wilson | first12 = J.A. | year = 1999 | title = Cretaceous sauropods from the Sahara and the uneven rate of skeletal evolution among dinosaurs | journal = Science | volume = 286 | issue = 5443| pages = 1342–1347 | doi=10.1126/science.286.5443.1342 | pmid=10558986}}</ref>
|
gen et sp nov
|
Valid
|
[[Paul Sereno|Sereno]], ''et al''
|
[[Middle Jurassic]]
|
[[Tiourarén Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Niger}}
|
A [[eusauropod]]
|
[[Image:Jobaria tiguidensis steveoc.jpg|thumb|center|150px|''[[Jobaria]]'']]
|-
|
''[[Lessemsaurus]]''<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/2480|title=Evolución de las vértebras presacras en Sauropodomorpha|author=Bonaparte, J. F.|author-link=José Bonaparte|year= 1999|journal=[[Ameghiniana]]|volume=36|pages= 115–187}}</ref>
|
gen et sp nov
|
Valid
| 
[[Jose Bonaparte|Bonaparte]]
|
[[Late Triassic]]
|
[[Los Colorados Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A primitive sauropodomorph
|
[[File:Lessemsaurus Senckenberg.jpg|thumb|center|150px|''[[Lessemsaurus sauropoides]]'']]
|-
|
''[[Lirainosaurus]]''<ref>Sanz, J.L., J.E. Powell, J. Le Loueff, R. Martinez, and X. Pereda-Suberbiola. (1999). Sauropod remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Laño (Northcentral Spain). Titanosaur phylogenetic relationships. Est. Mus. Cienc. Nat. de Alava 14 (Num. Espec. 1): pp. 235-255 [http://www.agiati.it/pangea_dino_detail.jsp?area=111&ID_LINK=112248&id_context=295171&external=02] [https://www.academia.edu/398439/Sauropod_remains_from_the_Upper_Cretaceous_of_La%C3%B1o_Northcentral_Spain_._Titanosaur_phylogenetic_relationships].</ref>
|
gen et sp nov
|
Valid
|
Sanz ''et al''
|
[[Late Cretaceous]] 
|
[[Vitoria Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Spain}}
|
A titanosaur.
|
|-
|
''[[Lurdusaurus]]''<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Taquet | first1 = P. D.A. Russell | year = 1999 | title = A massively constructed iguandont from Gadoufaouna, Lower Cretaceous of Niger | journal = Annales de Paléontologie | volume = 85 | issue = 1| pages = 85–96 | doi=10.1016/s0753-3969(99)80009-3}}</ref>
|
gen et sp nov
|
Valid
| 
[[Philippe Taquet|Taquet]] & [[Dale A. Russell|Russell]]
|
[[Aptian]]
|
[[Elrhaz Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Niger}}
|
A hadrosaur
|
[[Image:Lurdusaurus1.jpg|thumb|center|150px|''[[Lurdusaurus]]'']]  
|-
| "[[Newtonsaurus]]"<ref>Pickering, S. (1995). ''A fractal scaling in dinosaurology project'' (2nd revised printing). Capitola, California: 478 pages; [nomen nudum].</ref>
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gen et sp nov
|
''[[Nomen nudum]]''
|
Welles vide: Welles & Pickering
|
[[Late Triassic]]
|
[[Rhaetic beds]]
|
{{Flag|Wales}}
|
Informal name
|
[[File:Zanclodon cambrensis.jpg|thumb|center|150px|"[[Newtonsaurus]]"]]
|-
| 
''[[Nigersaurus]]''<ref name="serenoetal99sahara" />
|
gen et sp nov
|
Valid
| 
*[[Paul Sereno|Sereno]] ''et al''
|
[[Early Cretaceous]]
|
[[Elrhaz Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Niger}}
|
A [[rebbachisaurid]]
|
[[File:Nigersaurus taqueti skeletal.png|thumb|center|150px|''[[Nigersaurus]]'']]  
|-
|
''[[Nodocephalosaurus]]''<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Sullivan | first1 = R.M. | year = 1999 | title = Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis, gen. et sp. nov., a new ankylosaurid dinosaur (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation (upper Campanian), San Juan Basin, New Mexico | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 19 | issue = 1| pages = 126–139 | doi=10.1080/02724634.1999.10011128}}</ref>
|
gen et sp nov   
|
Valid taxon
|
*Sullivan
|
[[Campanian]]
|
[[Kirtland Formation]]
|
{{Flag|USA}}
|
An ankylosaurid
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|-
|
''[[Proyandusaurus]]''<ref name="knoll99fab" />
|
gen nov
|
''[[junior synonym|synonym]]''
| 
Knoll
|
[[Bajocian]]
|
[[Shaximiao Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
informal name for ''[[Hexinlusaurus]]''
|
|-
| 
''[[Qantassaurus]]''<ref>Rich, T. H. and P. Vickers-Rich. (1999). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274780316_The_Hypsilophodontidae_from_southeastern_Australia The Hypsilophodontidae from southeastern Australia]. In: Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium (Y. Tomida, T.H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich, eds.): pp. 167-180.</ref>
|
gen et sp nov
|
Valid
|
[[Thomas H. Rich|Rich]] & [[Patricia Vickers-Rich|Vickers-Rich]]
|
[[Early Cretaceous]]
|
[[Wonthaggi Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Australia}}
|
A possible [[Hypsilophodontidae|hypsilophodontid]]
|
[[File:Quantassaurus skel aus.jpg|thumb|center|150px|''[[Qantassaurus intrepidus]]'']]
|-
|
''[[Santanaraptor]]''<ref>Kellner, A.W.A. (1999). "Short note on a new dinosaur (Theropoda, Coelurosauria) from the Santana Formation (Romualdo Member, Albian), Northeastern Brazil". ''Boletim do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)'', N.S. 9: 8 pages.</ref>
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gen et sp nov
|
Valid
| 
Kellner
|
[[Cenomanian]]
|
[[Santana Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Brazil}}
|
A [[theropod]]
|
[[File:Santanaraptor.jpg|thumb|center|180px|''[[Santanaraptor placidus]]'']]
|-
|
''[[Saturnalia (dinosaur)|Saturnalia]]''<ref>Langer, M.C., F. Abdala, M. Richter, and M.J. Benton. (1999). [http://sites.ffclrp.usp.br/paleo/pdf/Langer_et_al_1999.pdf A sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Upper Triassic (Carnian) of southern Brazil]. Compte rendu hebdomadaire des séances de l'Académie des Sciences Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 329 : pp. 511-517.</ref>
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gen et sp nov
|
Valid
| 
Langer, Abdala, Richter, & Benton
|
[[Carnian]]
|
[[Santa Maria Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Brazil}}
{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|
A basal [[sauropodomorph]]
|
[[File:Saturnalia SIZE.png|thumb|center|180px|''[[Saturnalia]]'']]
|-
| 
''[[Sinornithosaurus]]''<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Xu | first1 = X. | last2 = Wang | first2 = X.-L. | last3 = Wu | first3 = X.-C. | year = 1999 | title = A dromaeosaurid dinosaur with a filamentous integument from the Yixian Formation of China | journal = Nature | volume = 401 | issue = 6750| pages = 262–266 |doi=10.1038/45769|bibcode = 1999Natur.401..262X | s2cid = 4430574 }}</ref>
|
gen et sp nov
|
Valid
| 
[[Xu Xing (paleontologist)|Xu]], Wang, & Wu
|
[[Aptian]]
|
[[Yixian Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A [[Dromaeosaurid]]
|
[[File:Sinornithosaurus.jpg|thumb|center|200px|''[[Sinornithosaurus]]'']]
|-
|
''[[Tangvayosaurus]]''<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Allain | first1 = R. | last2 = Taquet | first2 = P. | last3 = Battail | first3 = B. | last4 = Dejax | first4 = J. | last5 = Richir | first5 = P. | last6 = Veran | first6 = M. | last7 = Vacant | first7 = R. | last8 = Mateus | first8 = O. | last9 = Sayarath | first9 = P. | last10 = Khenthavong | first10 = B. | last11 = Phouyavong | first11 = S. | year = 1999 | title = Un nouveau genre de dinosaure sauropode de la formation des Gres superieurs (Aptien-Albien) du Laos | journal = Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série IIA | volume = 329 | issue = 8| pages = 609–616 | doi=10.1016/s1251-8050(00)87218-3|bibcode = 1999CRASE.329..609A }}</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
|
Valid
|
Allain ''et at''
|
[[Early Cretaceous]]
|
[[Grès Supérior Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Laos}}
|
A [[titanosaur]]
|
|-
| 
''[[Tehuelchesaurus]]''<ref>Rich, T.H., P. Vickers-Rich, O. Gimenez, R. Cúneo, P. Puerta, and P. Vacca. (1999). "A new sauropod dinosaur from Chubut Province, Argentina". In: Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium (Y. Tomida, T.H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich, eds.): pp. 61-84.</ref>
|
Gen et sp nov
| 
Valid
|
[[Thomas H. Rich|Rich]] ''et al''
|
[[Middle Jurassic]]
|
[[Cañadon Asfalto Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A [[Eusauropoda|eusauropod]]
|
|-
|}

====Newly named birds====
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|- 
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Amplibuteo concordatus]]'' <ref name=Amplibuteo>{{Cite journal|author1=Emslie, Steven D. |author2=Czaplewski, Nicholas J. |year=1999 |title=Two New Fossil Eagles from the Late Pliocene (Late Blancan) of Florida and Arizona and Their Biogeographic Implications | url=http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/paleobiology/pdf_lo/sctp-0089.pdf |journal=In: Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C., 4–7 June 1996, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology |volume=89 |pages=185–198 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Steven D. Emslie]]

[[Nicholas J. Czaplewski]]
|
Late [[Pliocene]]
|
[[Florida]] and [[Arizona]]
|
{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|Florida}};

{{Flag|Arizona}}
|
An [[Accipitridae]].
|
|-
|
''[[Anatalavis oxfordi]]'' <ref name=Anatalavis>{{Cite journal|author=Olson, Storrs L. |year=1999 |title=The Anseriform Relationship of Anatalavis Olson and Parris (Anseranatidae), with a New Species from the Lower Eocene London Clay | url=http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/paleobiology/pdf_lo/sctp-0089.pdf |journal=In: Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C., 4–7 June 1996, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology |volume=89 |issue= 89|pages=231–243 |doi=10.5479/si.00810266.89.1}}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Storrs L. Olson]]
|
Early [[Eocene]]
|
[[Ypresian]],

[[London Clay]],

[[Ypresian|MP 8]]
|
{{Flag|UK}}:

{{Flag|England}}
|
An [[Anseranatidae]], [[Anatalavinae]] Olson, 1999. In 2002 Jíří Mlíkovský made this species the type species of his not widely accepted new genus ''Nettapterornis''.<ref name=Nettapterornis>{{Cite journal |author=Mlíkovský, Jíří |year=2002 |title=Cenozoic Birds of the World Part 1: Europe |url=http://www.nm.cz/download/JML-18-2002-CBE.pdf |journal=Praha Ninox Press |volume=2002 |pages=1–407 |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520101755/http://www.nm.cz/download/JML-18-2002-CBE.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|
|-
|
''[[Aquila bivia]]'' <ref name="Amplibuteo"/>
|
Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Steven D. Emslie]]

[[Nicholas J. Czaplewski]]
|
Late [[Pliocene]]
|
[[Florida]]
|
{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|Florida}};

{{Flag|Arizona}}
|
An [[Accipitridae]].
|
|-
|
''[[Argornis caucasicus]]'' <ref name=Argornis>{{Cite journal|author=Karkhu, Aleksandr A. |year=1999 |title=A New Genus and Species of the Family Jungornithidae (Apodiformes) from the Late Eocene of the Northern Caucas, with Comments on the Ancestry of Hummingbirds | url=http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/paleobiology/pdf_lo/sctp-0089.pdf |journal=In: Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C., 4–7 June 1996, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology |volume=89 |pages=207–216 }}</ref>
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Aleksandr A. Karkhu]]
|
Late [[Eocene]]
|
Northern [[Caucasus]]
|
{{Flag|Russia}}
|
An [[Apodiformes]], [[Jungornithidae]] Karkhu, 1988.
|
|-
|
''[[Canadaga arctica]]'' <ref name=Canadaga>{{Cite journal|author=Hou Lianhai |year=1999 |title=New Hesperornithid (Aves) from the Canadian Arctic | url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200812/W020090813369411425606.pdf |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=37 |issue= 3|pages=228–233 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.1999.03.009 }}</ref>
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Hou Lianhai]]
|
[[Late Cretaceous]]
|
Middle [[Maastrichtian]]
|
{{Flag|Canada}}:

{{Flag|Nunavut}}
|
A [[Hesperornithidae]] Marsh, 1872.
|
|-
|
''[[Changchengornis hengdaoziensis]]'' <ref name=Changchengornis>{{Cite journal|author1=Qiang, Ji |author2=Chiappe, Luis M. |author3=Shu’an, Ji |year=1999 |title=A New Late Mesozoic Confuciusornithid Bird from China |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=19 |issue= 1|pages=1–7 |doi=10.1080/02724634.1999.10011117}}</ref>
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Ji Qiang]]

[[Luis M. Chiappe]]

[[Ji Shu’an]]
|
[[Early Cretaceous]]
|
[[Chaomidianzi Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A [[Confuciusornithidae]] Hou, Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995.
|
|-
|
''[[Chaunoides antiquus]]'' <ref name=Chaunoides>{{Cite journal|author=de Alvarenga, Herculano M. F. |year=1999 |title=A Fossil Screamer (Anseriformes: Anhimidae) from the Middle Tertiary of Southeastern Brazil | url=http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/paleobiology/pdf_lo/sctp-0089.pdf |journal=In: Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C., 4–7 June 1996, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology |volume=89 |pages=223–230 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga]]
|
Late [[Oligocene]] or Early [[Miocene]]
|
[[Tremembé Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Brazil}}
|
An [[Anhimidae]].
|
|-
|
''[[Chauvireria bulgarica]]'' <ref name=Chauvireria>{{Cite journal|author=Boev, Zlatozar N. |year=1999 |title=Neogene-Quaternary Birds of Bulgaria | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301226810 |journal=София |pages=508 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Zlatozar N. Boev|Boev]]
|
[[Pleistocene]]
|
|
{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|
A [[Phasianidae]].
|
|-
|
''[[Confuciusornis dui]]'' <ref name=Confuciusornis>{{Cite journal|author1=Hou, Lianhai|author2=Martin, Larry D. |author3=Zhou, Zhonghe |author4=Feduccia, Alan |author5=Zhang, Fucheng |year=1999 |title=A Diapsid Skull in a New Species of the Primitive Bird ''Confuciusornis'' |journal=Nature |volume=399 |issue= 6737|pages=679–682 |doi=10.1038/21411|bibcode = 1999Natur.399..679H |s2cid=4402195 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Hou Lianhai]]

[[Larry D. Martin]]

[[Zhou Zhonghe]]

[[Alan Feduccia]]

[[Zhang Fucheng]]
|
[[Early Cretaceous]]
|
[[Yixian Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A [[Confuciusornithidae]] Hou, Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995.
|
|-
|
''[[Dryolimnas augusti]]'' <ref name=Dryolimnas>{{Cite journal|author1=Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile |author2=Bour, Roger |author3=Ribes, Sonia |author4=Moutou, François |year=1999 |title=The Avifauna of Réunion Island (Mascarene Islands) at the Time of the Arrival of the First Europeans | url=http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/paleobiology/pdf_lo/sctp-0089.pdf |journal=In: Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C., 4–7 June 1996, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology |volume=89 |pages=1–38 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Cécile Mourer-Chauviré]]

[[Roger Bour]]

[[Sonia Ribes]]

[[François Moutou]]
|
[[Holocene]]
|
[[Réunion]]
|
{{Flag|Réunion}}
|
A [[Rallidae]].
|
|-
|
''[[Emberiza alcoveri]]'' <ref name=Emberiza>{{Cite journal |author1=Rando, J. C. |author2=Lopez, M. |author3=Seguí, B. |year=1999 |title=A New Species of Extinct Flightless Passerine (Emberizidae: ''Emberiza'') from the Canary Islands | url= http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v101n01/p0001-p0013.pdf|journal=The Condor |volume=101 |issue= 1 |pages=1–13 |doi=10.2307/1370440|jstor=1370440 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[J. C. Rando]]

[[M. Lopez]]

[[B. Seguí]]
|
Late [[Pleistocene]]-[[Holocene]]
|
[[Canary Islands]], [[Tenerife]]
|
{{Flag|Spain}}:

{{Flag|Canary Islands}}
|
An [[Emberizidae]].
|
|-
|
''[[Eocuculus cherpinae]]'' <ref name=Eocuculus>{{Cite journal |author= Chandler, Robert M. |year=1999 |title=Fossil Birds of Florissant, Colorado: With a Description of a New Genus and Species of Cuckoo |journal=The National Park Service Paleontological Research |volume=4 |pages=49–53 }}</ref>
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Robert M. Chandler]]
|
Late [[Eocene]]
|
Early [[Chadronian]]
|
{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|Colorado}}
|
A ?[[Cuculidae]].
|
|-
|
''[[Eoenantiornis buhleri]]'' <ref name=Eoenantiornis>{{Cite journal |author1=Hou, Lianhai |author2=Martin, Larry D. |author3=Zhou, Zongzhe |author4=Feduccia, Alan |year=1999 |title=''Archaeopteryx'' to Opposite Birds Missing Link from the Mesozoic of China | url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200812/W020090813369438394257.pdf |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=37 |issue= 2 |pages=88–95 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.1999.02.002 }}</ref>
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Hou Lianhai]]

[[Larry D. Martin]]

[[Zhou Zongzhe]]

[[Alan Feduccia]]
|
[[Early Cretaceous]]
|
[[Yixian Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
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.
|
|-
|
''[[Falco bakalovi]]'' <ref name=Falco>{{Cite journal|author=Boev, Zlatozar N.|year=1999 |title=''Falco bakalovi'' sp. n. - a Late Pliocene Falcon (Falconidae, Aves) from Varhets (W Bulgaria) |journal=Geologica Balcanica |volume=29 |issue=1–2 |pages=131–135 |doi=10.52321/GeolBalc.29.1-2.131 |s2cid=255926847 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Zlatozar N. Boev]]
|
Late [[Pliocene]]
|
[[Villafranchian]],

[[MN 17]]
|
{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|
A [[Falconidae]].
|
|-
|
''[[Gallinula balcanica]]'' <ref name=Gallinula>{{Cite journal|author=Boev, Zlatozar N.|year=1999 |title=''Gallinula balcanica'' sp. n. - a Villafranchian Moorhen from Bulgaria |journal=Acta Zoologica Bulgarica |volume=51 |pages=43–47 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Zlatozar N. Boev]]
|
Late [[Pliocene]]
|
[[Villafranchian]],

[[MN 17]]
|
{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|
A [[Rallidae]].
|
|-
|
''[[Graculavus augustus]]'' <ref name=Graculavus>{{Cite journal|author=Hope, Sylvia |year=1999 |title=A New Species of Graculavus from the Cretaceous of Wyoming (Aves: Neornithes) | url=http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/paleobiology/pdf_lo/sctp-0089.pdf |journal=In: Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C., 4–7 June 1996, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology |volume=89 |pages=261–266 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Sylvia Hope]]
|
[[Late Cretaceous]]
|
Late [[Maastrichtian]],

[[Lance Formation]]
|
{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|Wyoming}}
|
A [[Graculavidae]] Fürbringer, 1888.
|
|-
|
''[[Gurilynia nessovi]]'' <ref name=Gurilynia>{{Cite journal|author=Kurochkin, Evgeny N. |year=1999 |title=A New Large Enantiornithid from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia (Aves, Enantiornithes) |journal=Russian Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the Zoological Institute |volume=277 |pages=130–141 }}</ref>
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Evgeny N. Kurochkin]]
|
[[Late Cretaceous]]
|
[[Gurilyn Tsav]]
|
{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|
An [[Enantiornithes]] Walker, 1981, [[Alexornithiformes]] Brodkorb, 1976, [[Enantiornithidae]] Nessov & Borkin, 1983.
|
|-
|
''[[Hebeiornis fengningensis]]'' <ref name=Hebeiornis>{{Cite journal |author=Yan ''in'' Xu Gui-lin, Yang You-shi & Deng Shao-yeng |year=1999 |title=First Discovery of Mesozoic Bird Fossils in Hebei Province and Its Significance |journal=Regional Geology of China |volume=18 |pages=444–448 }}</ref>
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Yan (paleontologist)|Yan]]
|
[[Early Cretaceous]]
|
[[Yixian Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
[[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.<ref name=Vescornis>{{Cite journal |author1=Zhang, Fucheng |author2=Ericson, Per G.P. |author3=Zhou, Zhonghe |year=2004 |title=Description of a New Enantiornithine Bird from the Early Cretaceous of Hebei, Northern China |url=http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120604365639534651.pdf |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=41 |issue=9 |pages=1097–1107 |doi=10.1139/e04-055 |bibcode=2004CaJES..41.1097Z |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023131246/http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120604365639534651.pdf |archive-date=2014-10-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|
|-
|
''[[Liaoxiornis delicatus]]'' <ref name=Liaoxiornis>{{Cite journal |author1=Hou Lianhai  |author2=Chen Peiji |year=1999 |title=''Liaoxiornis delicatus'' gen. et sp. nov., the Smallest Mesozoic Bird | url=http://csb.scichina.com/kxtbe/EN/abstract/abstract313063.shtml# |journal=Chinese Science Bulletin |volume=44 |issue=  9|pages=834–838 |doi=10.1007/bf02885031 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808050232/http://csb.scichina.com:8080/kxtbe/EN/abstract/abstract313063.shtml |archive-date=2014-08-08|bibcode=1999ChSBu..44..834H |s2cid=84048214 }}</ref>
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Hou Lianhai]]

[[Chen Peiji]]
|
[[Early Cretaceous]]
|
[[Yixian Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
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.<ref name=Lingyuanornis>{{Cite journal |author1=Ji Qiang  |author2=Ji Shuan |year=1999 |title=A New Genus of Mesozoic Birds from Lingyuan, Liaoning, China | url=http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-DIZI199903021.htm |journal=Chinese Geology, 1999 |volume=262 |issue= 3 |pages=45–48 }}</ref>
|
|-
|
''[[Longmornis robustirostrata]]'' <ref name=Longmornis>{{Cite journal|author=Boles, Walter E. |year=1999 |title=A Songbird (Aves: Passeriformes: Oriolidae) from the Miocene of Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland, Australia | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232943138 |journal=Alcheringa |volume=23 |pages=51–56 |doi=10.1080/03115519908619338}}</ref>
|
Gen, nov. et Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Walter E. Boles]]
|
?Early [[Miocene]]
|
[[Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh)|Riversleigh]]
|
{{Flag|Australia}}:

{{Flag|Queensland}}
|
An [[Oriolidae]], this is the type species of the new genus.
|
|-
|
''[[Loxia patevi]]'' <ref name=Loxia>{{Cite journal|author=Boev, Zlatozar N.|year=1999 |title=Earliest Finds of Crossbills (Genus ''Loxia'') (Aves: Fringillidae) from Varhshets (NW Bulgaria) |journal=Geologica Balcanica |volume=29 |issue= 3–4 |pages=51–57 |doi=10.52321/GeolBalc.29.3-4.51 |s2cid=255877416 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Zlatozar N. Boev]]
|
Late [[Pliocene]]
|
[[MN 17]]
|
{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|
A [[Fringillidae]].
|
|-
|
''[[Masillapodargus longipes]]''<ref name=Masillapodargus>{{Cite journal|author=Mayr, Gerald |year=1999 |title=Caprimulgiform Birds from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany)  |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=79 |issue= 3 |pages=521–532 |doi=10.1080/02724634.1999.10011162}}</ref>
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
| 
Valid
|
[[Gerald Mayr]]
|
Middle [[Eocene]]
|
[[Messel pit]],

[[MP 11]]
|
{{Flag|Germany}}:

{{Flag|Hessen}}
|
A stem [[Podargidae]], this is the type species of the new genus.
|
|-
|
''[[Ngawupodius minya]]'' <ref name=Ngawupodius>{{Cite journal|author1=Boles, Walter E. |author2=Ivison, Tessa J. |year=1999 |title=A New Genus of Dwarf Megapode (Galliformes: Megapodiidae) from the Late Oligocene of Central Australia | url=http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/paleobiology/pdf_lo/sctp-0089.pdf |journal=In: Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C., 4–7 June 1996, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology |volume=89 |pages=199–206 }}</ref>
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
[[Walter E. Boles]]

[[Tessa J. Ivison]]
|
Late [[Oligocene]]
|
[[Namba Formation]]
|
{{flag|Australia}}:

{{flag|South Australia}}
|
A stem [[Megapodiidae]], this is the type species of the new genus.
|
|-
|
''[[Nupharanassa bohemica]]'' <ref name=Nupharanassa>{{Cite journal |author=Mlíkovský, Jirí |year=1999 |title=A New Jacana (Aves: Jacanidae) from the Early Miocene of the Czech Republic |url=http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/130-1999-MioceneJacanidae.pdf |journal=Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série II |volume=328 |issue=2 |pages=121–123 |doi=10.1016/s1251-8050(99)80007-x |bibcode=1999CRASE.328..121M |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808053630/http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/130-1999-MioceneJacanidae.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid ?
|
[[Jirí Mlíkovský]]
|
Early [[Miocene]]
|
[[MN 4b]]
|
{{flag|Czech Republic}}
|
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.<ref name=Geranopterus>{{Cite journal|author=Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile |year=1999 |title=Position Systématique de Nupharanassa bohemica Mlikovsky, 1999 | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/251663116 |volume=329 |issue= 2 |pages=149–152 |doi=10.1016/s1251-8050(99)80217-1 |journal=Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série IIA|bibcode=1999CRASE.329..149M }}</ref>

|
|-
|
''[[Paraprefica kelleri]]''<ref name=Masillapodargus/>
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
[[Gerald Mayr]]
|
Middle [[Eocene]]
|
[[Messel pit]],

[[MP 11]]
|
{{Flag|Germany}}:

{{Flag|Hessen}}
|
A stem [[Nyctibiidae]], this is the type species of the new genus.
|
|-
|
''[[Paraprefica major]]''<ref name=Masillapodargus/>
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
[[Gerald Mayr]]
|
Middle [[Eocene]]
|
[[Messel pit]],

[[MP 11]]
|
{{Flag|Germany}}:

{{Flag|Hessen}}
|
A stem [[Nyctibiidae]].
|
|-
|
''[[Pelecanus schreiberi]]'' <ref name=Pelecanus>{{Cite journal |author=Olson, Strorrs L. |year=1999 |title=A New Species of Pelican (Aves: Pelecanidae) from the Lower Pliocene of North Carolina and Florida |url=http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/90/84/e6/9084e6c696b8c655ce8fe5584c2acb61.pdf |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=112 |issue=3 |pages=503–509 |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808060637/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/90/84/e6/9084e6c696b8c655ce8fe5584c2acb61.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
[[Strorrs L. Olson]]
|
Early [[Pliocene]]
|
[[Yorktown Formation]]
|
{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|North Carolina}}
|
A [[Pelecanidae]].
|
|-
|
''[[Primotrogon wintersteini]]''<ref name=Primotrogon>{{Cite journal|author=Mayr, Gerald |year=1999 |title=A New Trogon from the Middle Oligocene of Céreste, France | url=http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/primotrogon.pdf |journal=The Auk |volume=116 |issue= 2 |pages=427–434 |doi=10.2307/4089376|jstor=4089376 }}</ref>
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
[[Gerald Mayr]]
|
Middle [[Oligocene]]
|
[[MP 23]]
|
{{flag|France}}
|
A stem [[Trogonidae]], the type species of the new genus.
|
|-
|
''[[Pumiliornis tessellatus]]''<ref name=Pumiliornis>{{Cite journal|author=Mayr, Gerald |year=1999 |title=''Pumiliornis tessellatus'' n. gen. n. sp., A New Enigmatic Bird from the Middle Eocene of Grube Messel (Hessen, Germany) | url=http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/pumiliornis.pdf |journal=Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg |volume=216 |pages=75–83 }}</ref>
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
[[Gerald Mayr]]
|
Middle [[Eocene]]
|
[[Messel pit]],

[[MP 11]]
|
{{Flag|Germany}}:

{{Flag|Hessen}}
|
Order and family ''Incerta Sedis'', the type species of the new genus.
|
|-
|
''[[Regulus bulgaricus]]'' <ref name=Regulus>{{Cite journal|author=Boev, Zlatozar N. |year=1999 |title=''Regulus bulgaricus'' sp. n. - The First Fossil Kinglet (Aves: Sylviidae) from the Late Pliocene of Varshets, Western Bulgaria |url=http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/2f/ad/a3/2fada3063ba8f07da48871a8365d5868.pdf |journal=Historia Naturalis Bulgarica |volume=10 |pages=109–115 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720112439/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/2f/ad/a3/2fada3063ba8f07da48871a8365d5868.pdf |archive-date=2014-07-20 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
[[Zlatozar N. Boev]]
|
Late [[Pliocene]]
|
[[MN 17]]
|
{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|
A [[Regulidae]].
|
|-
|
''[[Scolopax carmesinae]]'' <ref name=Scolopax>{{Cite journal|author=Seguí, Bartomeu |year=1999 |title=A Late Tertiary Woodcock from Menorca, Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean | url=https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v101n04/p0909-p0915.pdf |journal=The Condor |volume=101 |issue= 4 |pages=909–915 |doi=10.2307/1370088|jstor=1370088 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
[[Bartomeu Seguí]]
|
Late [[Pliocene]]
|
[[Menorca]],

[[MN 17-18]]
|
{{flag|Spain}}:

{{flag|Menorca}}
|
A [[Scolopacidae]].
|
|-
|
''[[Selmes absurdipes]]'' <ref name=Selmes>{{Cite journal|author=Peters, Dieter S. |year=1999 |title=''Selmes absurdipes'', New Genus, New Species, a Sancoleiform Bird from the Oil Shale of Messel (Germany, Middle Eocene) | url=http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/paleobiology/pdf_lo/sctp-0089.pdf |journal=In: Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C., 4–7 June 1996, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology |volume=89 |pages=217–222 }}</ref>
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
[[Dieter S. Peters]]
|
Middle [[Eocene]]
|
[[Messel pit]],

[[MP 11]];

[[MP 13]]
|
{{flag|Germany}}:

{{flag|Hessen}};

{{flag|Saxony-Anhalt}}
|
A [[Coliiformes]], [[Selmeidae]] Zelenkov et Dyke, 2008, the type species of the new genus.
|
|-
|
''[[Tyto neddi]]'' <ref name=Tyto>{{Cite journal|author1=Steadman, David W. |author2=Hilgartner, William B. |year=1999 |title=A New Species of Extinct Barn Owl (Aves: Tyto) from Barbuda, Lesser Antilles | url=http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/paleobiology/pdf_lo/sctp-0089.pdf |journal=In: Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C., 4–7 June 1996, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology |volume=89 |pages=75–83 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
[[David W. Steadman]]

[[William B. Hilgartner]]
|
Late [[Pleistocene]]-Early [[Holocene]]
|
[[Barbuda]]
|
{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|
A [[Tytonidae]].
|
|-
|
''[[Yandangornis longicaudus]]'' <ref name=Yandangornis>{{Cite journal |author1=Cai Zhengquan |author2=Zhao Lijun |year=1999 |title=A Long Tailed Bird from the Late Cretaceous of Zhejiang |journal=Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences |volume=42 |issue=4 |pages=434–441 |url=http://earth.scichina.com:8080/sciDe/EN/abstract/abstract306212.shtml# |access-date=2014-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610010623/http://earth.scichina.com:8080/sciDe/EN/abstract/abstract306212.shtml |archive-date=2016-06-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
[[Cai Zhengquan]]

[[Zhao Lijun]]
|
Early Late [[Cretaceous]]
|
[[Santonian]]
|
{{flag|China}}
|
An [[Enentiornithes]], this is the type species of the new genus.
|
|-
|}

====Newly named pterosaurs====
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|- 
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
| 
''[[Dendrorhynchoides]]''<ref name=JJP99>{{cite journal | last1 = Ji | first1 = S.-A. | last2 = Ji | first2 = Q. | last3 = Padian | first3 = K. | year = 1999 | title = Biostratigraphy of new pterosaurs from China | journal = Nature | volume = 398 | issue = 6728| pages = 573–574 | doi = 10.1038/19221 |bibcode = 1999Natur.398..573J | s2cid = 4316586 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
|
gen nov
| 
Valid
| 
Ji S.-A., Ji Q., & Padian
|
[[Aptian]]
|
[[Yixian Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A new genus for "''Dendrorhynchus''" ''curvidentatus'' (Ji & Ji, 1998)
|
|-
| 
''[[Siroccopteryx]]''
|
gen et sp nov
| 
''[[junior synonym]]''?
| 
Mader & Kellner
|
[[Cenomanian]]
|
[[Kem Kem Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Morocco}}
|
possibly a jr synonym of ''[[Coloborhynchus]]''?
|
|-
| 
''[[Tendaguripterus]]''<ref name=Unwin1999>{{cite journal |author1=Unwin, David M.  |author2=Heinrich, Wolf-Dieter |year=1999 |title=On a pterosaur jaw from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania) |journal=Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe |volume=2 |pages=121–134 }}</ref>
|
gen et sp nov
| 
Valid
| 
Unwin & Heinrich
|
[[Kimmeridgian]]
| 
[[Tendaguru Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|
Monotypic with the species ''T. recki''
|
|-
|}

===Lepidosauromorphs===

====Newly named plesiosaurs====
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|- 
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
| 
''[[Callawayasaurus]]''<ref name=KC99>{{cite journal | last1 = Carpenter | first1 = K | year = 1999 | title = Revision of North American elasmosaurs from the Cretaceous of the Western Interior | journal = Paludicola | volume = 2 | issue = 2| pages = 148–173 }}</ref>
|
gen nov
| 
Valid
|
[[Kenneth Carpenter|Carpenter]]
|
[[Aptian]]
|
[[Paja Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Colombia}}
| 
New genus for the species "''Alzadasaurus''" ''colombiensis'' Wells, 1962
|
|-
|}

====Newly named scincomorphans====
{|class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Pachygenys]]''<ref name=gao&cheng1999>{{cite journal | last1 = Gao | first1 = K. | last2 = Cheng | first2 = Z. | year = 1999 | title = A new lizard from the Lower Cretaceous of Shandong, China | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology| volume = 19 | issue = 3 | pages = 456–465 |jstor=4524009 |doi=10.1080/02724634.1999.10011158}}</ref>
|
gen nov
| 
Valid
|
Gao and Cheng
|
Early Cretaceous
|
Eastern China
|
{{Flag|China}}
| 
Has a distinctly small amount of dentary teeth.
|
|-
|}

==Other Animals==
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|- 
! Name
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! width="33%" class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable"| Images
|-
| ''[[Charniodiscus]] yorgensis''
| Disputed
| Borchvardt ''et'' Nessov
| [[Ediacaran]]
| [[Zimnie Gory Formation]] and [[Ust-Pinega Formation]]
| {{flag|Russia}}
|
|
|-
|}
==References==
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