1989 in paleontology

Plants

=Angiosperms=

==Nymphaeales==

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Name ! Novelty ! Status ! Authors ! Age ! Unit ! Location ! Synonymized taxa ! Notes ! Images
Allenbya{{cite journal \|last1=Cevallos-Ferriz \|first1=S. R. \|last2=Stockey \|first2=R. A. \|year=1989 \|title=Permineralized fruits and seeds from the Princeton chert (Middle Eocene) of British Columbia: Nymphaeaceae \|journal=Botanical Gazette \|volume=150 \|issue=2 \|pages=207–217\|doi=10.1086/337765 \|s2cid=86651676 }} \| Gen et sp nov \| valid \| Cevallos-Ferriz & Stockey \| Eocene Ypresian \| Eocene Okanagan Highlands Princeton Chert \| {{Flag\|Canada}} {{Flag\|British Columbia}} \| \| A permineralized waterlily genus The type species is A. collinsonae Not to be confused with the odonate Allenbya from the Allenby Formation.{{Cite journal\|last1=Archibald \|first1=S. B. \|last2=Cannings \|first2=R. A. \|year=2022 \|title=The first Odonata from the early Eocene Allenby Formation of the Okanagan Highlands, British Columbia, Canada (Anisoptera, Aeshnidae and cf. Cephalozygoptera, Dysagrionidae) \|journal=The Canadian Entomologist \|volume=154 \|issue=1 \|pages=e29 \|doi=10.4039/tce.2022.16 \|s2cid=250035713 \|doi-access=free }} \|

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! Images

Allenbya{{cite journal |last1=Cevallos-Ferriz |first1=S. R. |last2=Stockey |first2=R. A. |year=1989 |title=Permineralized fruits and seeds from the Princeton chert (Middle Eocene) of British Columbia: Nymphaeaceae |journal=Botanical Gazette |volume=150 |issue=2 |pages=207–217|doi=10.1086/337765 |s2cid=86651676 }}

Gen et sp nov

valid

Cevallos-Ferriz & Stockey

Eocene
Ypresian

Eocene Okanagan Highlands
Princeton Chert

A permineralized waterlily genus
The type species is A. collinsonae
Not to be confused with the odonate Allenbya from the Allenby Formation.{{Cite journal|last1=Archibald |first1=S. B. |last2=Cannings |first2=R. A. |year=2022 |title=The first Odonata from the early Eocene Allenby Formation of the Okanagan Highlands, British Columbia, Canada (Anisoptera, Aeshnidae and cf. Cephalozygoptera, Dysagrionidae) |journal=The Canadian Entomologist |volume=154 |issue=1 |pages=e29 |doi=10.4039/tce.2022.16 |s2cid=250035713 |doi-access=free }}

Arthropods

= Insects =

==Dipterans==

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Empis orapaensis{{cite journal |last1=Waters |first1=S.B. |year=1989 |title=A cretaceous dance fly (Diptera: Empididae) from Botswana |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=233–241 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-3113.1989.tb00280.x|bibcode=1989SysEn..14..233W |s2cid=83996156 }}

Sp nov

Waters

Cretaceous
Turonian

Orapa Formation

A dance fly fly.

Pseudoacarterus{{cite journal |last1=Waters |first1=S.B. |year=1989 |title=A new hybotine dipteran from the Cretaceous of Botswana |journal=Palaeontology |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=657–667}}

Gen et sp nov

Waters

Cretaceous
Turonian

Orapa Formation

A hybotine fly.
The type species is P. orapaensis

==Hemiptera==

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Penaphis woollardi{{cite journal |last1=Jarzembowski |first1=E.A. |year=1989 |title=A fossil aphid (Insecta: Hemiptera) from the early Cretaceous of southern England |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=239–248|doi=10.1016/0195-6671(89)90020-7 |bibcode=1989CrRes..10..239J }}

Sp nov

Jarzembowski

Cretaceous
Hauterivian

Weald Clay

A gymnosperm feeding aphid

==Hymenoptera==

Name ! Novelty ! Status ! Authors ! Age ! Unit ! Location ! Notes ! Images
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Alloiomma{{cite book \|last1=Zhang \|first1=J. \|year=1989 \|title=Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. \|language=Chinese \|location=Jinan, China \|publisher=Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House \|pages=1–459}} \| Gen et sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A dolichoderine ant The type species is A. changweiensis \|
Aphaenogaster lapidescens \| Sp. nov \| jr synonym \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A myrmicine ant Moved to Paraphaenogaster lapidescens (2014){{cite journal\|last1=Dlussky \|first1=G.M. \|last2=Putyatina \|first2=T.S. \|year=2014 \|title=Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia \|journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen \|volume=272 \|issue=3 \|pages=237–285 \|doi=10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0409 \|url=http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/5/55/Dlussky%2C_G.M._%26_Putyatina%2C_T.S._2014._Early_Miocene_ants_from_Radoboj%2C_Croatia.pdf\|citeseerx=10.1.1.692.9292 }} \|
Aphaenogaster paludosa \| Sp. nov \| jr synonym \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A myrmicine ant genus Moved to Paraphaenogaster paludosa (2014) \|
Camponotus ambon \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A camponotine formicine ant. \|
Camponotus ampullosus \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A camponotine formicine ant. \|
Camponotus curviansatus \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A camponotine formicine ant. \|
Camponotus gracilis \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A camponotine formicine ant. \|
Camponotus longus \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A camponotine formicine ant. \|
Camponotus microthoracus \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A camponotine formicine ant. \|
Camponotus plenus \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A camponotine formicine ant. \|
Dolichoderus evolans \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A dolichoderine ant. \|
Dolichoderus lacinius \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A dolichoderine ant. \|
Elaphrodites \| Gen et sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A dolichoderine ant The type species is E. scutulatus Also includes E. mutatus \|
Euponera minutansata \| Sp. nov \| jr synonym \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A ponerine ant. Moved to Pachycondyla minutansata (2014){{cite journal \|last1=Schmidt \|first1=C.A. \|last2=Shattuck \|first2=S.O. \|date=2014 \|title=The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior \|journal=Zootaxa \|volume=3817 \|pages=1–242 \|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1\|pmid=24943802 }} \|
Euponera nubeculata \| Sp. nov \| jr synonym \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A ponerine ant. Moved to Pachycondyla nubeculata (2014) \|
Formica ceps \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A formicine ant. \|
Formica linquensis \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A formicine ant. \|
Formica ovala \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A formicine ant. \|
Heteromyrmex \| Gen et sp. nov \| jr homonym \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A myrmicine ant The type species is H. atopogaster Jr homonym of Heteromyrmex Wheeler (1920) Renamed Zhangidris (2003){{cite journal \|last1=Bolton \|first1=B. \|year=2003 \|title= Synopsis and classification of Formicidae \|journal=Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute \|volume=71 \|pages=1–370 \|url=http://antcat.org/documents/3806/20263.pdf}} \|
Iridomyrmex shandongicus \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A leptomyrmecine ant. Heterick and Shattuck (2011) considered unidentifiable.{{Cite journal \|last1=Shattuck \|first1=S. \|last2=Heterick \|first2=B.E. \|title=Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) \|year=2011 \|journal=Zootaxa \|volume=2845 \|pages=1–74 \|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2743.1.1 \|isbn=978-1-86977-676-3 \|url=http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/a/ab/Heterick_%26_Shattuck.pdf\|issn=1175-5334}} \|
Lasius mordicus \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A lasiine ant. \|
Lasius validus \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A lasiine ant. \|
Lasius validus \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A lasiine ant. \|
Leptogenys lacerata \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A ponerine ant. \|
Liometopum eremicum \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A tapinomine ant. \|
Liometopum potamophilum \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A tapinomine ant. \|
Miosolenopsis \| Gen et sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A myrmicine ant genus The type species is M. fossilis \|
Myopopone sinensis \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A amblyoponine ant. \|
Shanwangella \| Gen et sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A formicine ant genus The type species is S. palaeoptera Considered a jr synonym of Camponotus (2000){{cite journal \|last1=Hong \|first1=Y. \|last2=Wu \|first2=J. \|year=2000 \|title=The emendation of Shanwangella palaeoptera Zhang and its concerned problems \|language=Chinese \|journal=Geoscience (Beijing) \|volume=14 \|pages=15–20}} Resurrected as valid (2022){{cite journal \|last1=Perfilieva \|first1=K.S. \|year=2022 \|title=Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from localities of the Russian Far East (Amgu, Velikaya Kema) \|journal=Paleontological Journal \|volume=56 \|issue=4 \|pages=412–425 \|doi=10.1134/S0031030122040086\|bibcode=2022PalJ...56..412P \|s2cid=251519052 }} \|
Tapinoma baculum \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A tapinomine ant. \|
Technomyrmex septentrionalis \| Sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A tapinomine ant. \|
Tylolasius \| Gen et sp. nov \| valid \| Zhang \| Miocene \| Shanwang Formation \| {{flag\|China}} \| A formicine ant genus The type species is T. inflatus Deemed a jr synonym of Lasius (2001){{cite journal \|last1=Hong \|first1=Y. \|last2=Wu \|first2=J. \|last3=Ren \|first3=D. \|year=2001 \|title=Emendation of Heteromyrmex Zhang, 1989 and Tylolasius Zhang, 1989 (Hymenoptera, Formicoidae [Formicidae]) from the Miocene Shanwang Basin, Shandong Province, China \|language=Chinese \|journal=Geological Review (Beijing) \|volume=47 \|pages=345–349}} \|

==Mecoptera==

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Holcorpidae{{cite journal |last=Archibald |first=SB |year=2010 |title=Revision of the scorpionfly family Holcorpidae (Mecoptera), with description of a new species from Early Eocene McAbee, British Columbia, Canada |journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France |volume=46 |issue=1–2 |pages=173–182 |doi=10.1080/00379271.2010.10697654 |doi-access=free }}

Fam nov

valid

Willmann

Eocene
Priabonian

Florissant Formation

A scorpionfly family,
The type genus is Holcorpa
The type species is H. maculosa

File:Holcorpa maculosa allotype AMNH-FI-18887 NPS img1.jpg]]

Conodonts

German paleontologist and stratigrapher Heinz Walter Kozur (1942-2013) described the conodont genus Mesogondolella.

Sauropterygians

= Plesiosaurs =

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Turneria

Preoccupied

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Chatterjee

Small

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preoccupied by the ant genus Turneria Forel, 1895;
renamed Morturneria(1994)

==Plesiosaur research==

Plesiosaur gastroliths documented.Chatterjee and Small (1989). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.

Archosauriformes

= Archosauromorphs =

==Pseudosuchians ==

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RevueltosaurusHunt, A.P. 1989. A new ornithischian dinosaur

from the Bull Canyon Formation (Upper Triassic)

of East Central New Mexico. In: The dawn of the

age of dinosaurs in the American Southwest (S.G.

Lucas and A.P. Hunt, eds.). New Mexico Museum

of Natural History, Albuquerque: pp. 355-358.

| Valid non-dinosaurian taxon

|style="border-right:0px" valign="top"|

Hunt

|style="border-left:0px" valign="top"|

Late Triassic (early-middle Norian)

Bull Canyon Formation

Petrified Forest Member

A suchian.

==Non avian dinosaurs ==

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.{{cite web | last = Olshevsky | first = George | title = Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List | url = http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html | access-date = 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 }}

Name ! Status ! colspan="2" \| Authors ! Age ! Unit ! Location ! class="unsortable" \| Notes !Images
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AbrosaurusOuyang, H. 1989. A new sauropod from Dashanopu, Zigong, Co., Sichuan Province (Abrosaurus dongpoensis gen. et sp. nov.). Zigong Dinosaur Museum Newsletter 2: pp. 10-14. \| Valid taxon \|style="border-right:0px" valign="top"\| Ouyang \|style="border-left:0px" valign="top"\| \| Middle Jurassic (Bathonian-Callovian) \| Xiashaximiao Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A macronarian. \|File:Abrosaurus2.jpg]]
AsiaceratopsNesov, L.A. 1989. Ceratopsian dinosaurs and crocodiles of the middle Mesozoic of Asia. In: Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Modern Paleontology (T.N. Bogdanova and L.I. Kozhatsky, eds.) \| Valid taxon \|style="border-right:0px" valign="top"\| Lev A. Nesov and Kaznyshkina vide: Lev A. Nesov Kaznyshkina \|style="border-left:0px" valign="top"\| Cherepanov \| Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) \| Khodzhakul Formation \| {{Flag\|Uzbekistan}} \| A leptoceratopsid. \|
AtlascopcosaurusRich, T.H.V. and P. Rich. 1989. Polar dinosaurs and biotas of the Early Cretaceous of southeastern Australia. Natl. Geogr. Res. 5: pp. 15-53. \| Valid taxon \|style="border-right:0px" valign="top"\| Thomas H. Rich \|style="border-left:0px" valign="top"\| Patricia Vickers-Rich \| Early Cretaceous (early Albian) \| Eumeralla Formation \| {{Flag\|Australia}} \| An ornithopod. \|
BihariosaurusMarinescu, F. 1989. Lentila de bauxcifti 204 de la Brusturi Cornet (Jud. Bior.), zefimint fosilifer cu dinozauri. Ocrot. Nat. Mediul. Inconjur. 33: 125- 133. \| Valid taxon \|style="border-right:0px" valign="top"\| Marinescu \|style="border-left:0px" valign="top"\| \| Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) \| Bauxite deposits \| {{Flag\|Romania}} \| An iguanodont \|
"Daptosaurus"Brown vide Chure, D.J. and J.S. McIntosh. 1989. A Bibliography of the Dinosauria (Exclusive of the Aves) 1677-1986. Paleontology Series No. 1. Museum of Western Colorado. \| Junior synonym of Deinonychus \|style="border-right:0px" valign="top"\| Brown vide: Chure \|style="border-left:0px" valign="top"\| McIntosh \|
"Eucentrosaurus"Chure, D.J. and J.S. McIntosh. 1989. A Bibliography of the Dinosauria (Exclusive of the Aves) 1677-1986. Paleontology Series No. 1 Museum of Western Colorado. \| Junior synonym of Centrosaurus \|style="border-right:0px" valign="top"\| Chure \|style="border-left:0px" valign="top"\| McIntosh \|
Leaellynasaura \| Valid taxon \|style="border-right:0px" valign="top"\| Thomas H. Rich \|style="border-left:0px" valign="top"\| Patricia Vickers-Rich \| Early Cretaceous (early Albian) \| Eumeralla Formation \| {{Flag\|Australia}} \| An ornithopod. \|File:Leaellynasaura.jpg]]
"Tenantosaurus" \| Misspelling of Tenontosaurus \|style="border-right:0px" valign="top"\| Brown vide: Chure \|style="border-left:0px" valign="top"\| McIntosh \|
Turanoceratops \| Valid taxon \|style="border-right:0px" valign="top"\| Lev A. Nesov and Kaznyshkina vide: Lev A. Nesov Kaznyshkina \|style="border-left:0px" valign="top"\| Cherepanov \| Late Cretaceous (Turonian) \| Bissekty Formation \| {{Flag\|Uzbekistan}} \| A ceratopsid. \|

== Birds ==

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Accipiter efficax {{Cite journal|author=Jean C. Balouet & Storrs L. Olson |year=1989 |title=Fossil Birds from Late Quaternary Deposits in New Caledonia |url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5164/SCtZ-0469-Hi_res.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |journal=Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology |volume=469 |issue=1 |pages=1–38 }}

Valid

Sp. nov.

Balouet & Olson

Holocene

Cave deposits

An Accipitridae.

Accipiter quartus

Valid

Sp. nov.

Balouet & Olson

Holocene

Cave deposits

An Accipitridae.

Apatosagittarius {{Cite journal|author=Alan Feduccia & Michael R. Voorhies |year=1989 |title=A Miocene Hawk Converges on Secretarybird |journal=Ibis |volume=131 |issue=3 |pages=349–354 |doi=10.1111/j.1474-919x.1989.tb02784.x}}

Valid

Gen et Sp nov.

Feduccia & Voorhies

Miocene
Late Clarendonian

Ash Hollow Formation

An Accipitridae
The type species is A. terrenus

Aplonis diluvialis {{Cite journal |author=David W. Steadman |year=1989 |title=A New Species of Starling (Sturnidae, Aplonis) from an Archaeological Site on Huahine, Society Islands |url=http://extinct-website.com/pdf/Notornis_36_3_161_169.pdf |journal=Notornis |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=161–169 |access-date=2014-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120615/http://extinct-website.com/pdf/Notornis_36_3_161_169.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-26 |url-status=dead }}

Valid

Sp. nov.

Steadman

Holocene

Huahine, Society Islands

A Sturnidae.

Caloenas canacorum

Valid

Sp. nov.

Balouet & Olson

Holocene

Cave deposits

A Columbidae.

Eociconia {{Cite journal|author=Hou LianHai |year=1989 |title=A Middle Eocene Bird from Sangequan, Xinjiang |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200902/W020090813372959703985.pdf |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=65–70 }}

Valid

Gen et sp. nov.

Hou

Middle Eocene

Yixibaila Formation

A Ciconiidae
The type species is E. sangequanensis

Euronyctibius {{Cite journal|author=Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |year=1989 |title=Les Caprimulgiformes et les Coraciiformes de l'Éocène et de l'Oligocène des Phosphorites du Quercy et Descriptions de Deux Genres Nouveaux de Podargidae et Nyctibiidae |journal=Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Ornithological Congress |volume=19 |pages=2047–2055 }}

Valid

Gen et sp. nov.

Mourer-Chauviré

Eocene
Late Eocene

Quercy Phosphorites Formation

First described as a Nyctibiidae
transferred to Steatornithidae in 2013,{{Cite journal|author=Cécile Mourer-Chauviré|year=2013 |title=New Data Concerning the Familial Position of the Genus Euronyctibius (Aves, Caprimulgiformes) from the Paleogene of the Phosphorites du Quercy, France |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=47 |issue= 11 |pages=1315–1322 |doi=10.1134/s0031030113110117|bibcode=2013PalJ...47.1315M |s2cid=84167622 }}
The type species is E. kurochkini

Gallicolumba longitarsus

Valid

Sp. nov.

Balouet & Olson

Holocene

Cave deposits

A Columbidae.

Megapodius alimentum {{Cite journal|author=David W. Steadman |year=1989 |title=New Species and Records of Birds (Aves: Megapodiidae, Columbidae) from an Archeological Site on Lifuka, Tonga |url=https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofb1021989bio |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=102 |issue=3 |pages=537–552 }}

Valid

Sp. nov.

Megapodius molistructor

Valid

Sp. nov.

Balouet & Olson

Holocene
1750 ± 70 YBP (Years Before Present)

Cave deposits

A Megapodiidae.

Noguerornis {{Cite journal |author=A. Lacasa Ruiz |year=1989 |title=Nuevo Género de Ave Fósil del Yacimiento Neocomiense del Montsec (Provincia de Lerida, España) |journal=Estudios Geológicos |volume=45 |issue=5–6 |pages=417–425 |doi=10.3989/egeol.89455-6513 |doi-access=free }}

Valid

Gen et sp nov.

Ruiz

Early Cretaceous
Late Berriasian-Early Valanginian

A Concornithidae enantiornithine
The type species is N. gonzalezi.

Porphyrio kukwiedei

Valid

Sp. nov.

Balouet & Olson

Holocene

Cave deposits

A Rallidae.

Puffinus nestori {{Cite journal|author=Josep A. Alcover |year=1989 |title=Les Aus Fòssils de la Cova de Ca Na Reia |url=http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Endins/article/viewFile/104331/153448 |journal=Endins |volume=14-15 |pages=95–100 }}

Valid

Sp. nov.

Alcover

Late Pliocene

Cave deposits

A Procellariidae.

Quercypodargus

Valid

Sp. nov.

Mourer-Chauviré

Eocene
Late Eocene

Quercy Phosphorites Formation

A Podargidae
The type species is Q. olsoni.

Rhynochetos orarius

Disputed

Sp. nov.

Balouet & Olson

Holocene

Cave deposits

A rhynochetid kagu.
Theuerkauf & Gula (2018) considered this a jr synonym of the extant R. jubatus.{{cite journal |year=2018 |title= Indirect evidence for body size reduction in a flightless island bird after human colonisation|journal=Journal of Ornithology |volume= 159|issue= 3|pages= 823–826|doi=10.1007/s10336-018-1545-0 |doi-access=free |last1= Theuerkauf|first1= Jörn|last2= Gula|first2= Roman}}

Rostratula minator {{Cite journal |year=1989 |title=A New Species of Painted Snipe (Charadriiformes: Rostratulidae) from the Early Pliocene at Langebaanweg, Southwestern Cape Province, South Africa |url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/6523/VZ_215_Pliocene_Rostratula.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |journal=Ostrich |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=118–121 |doi=10.1080/00306525.1989.9633737|last1=Olson |first1=Storrs L. |last2=Eller |first2=Kimberley G. |bibcode=1989Ostri..60..118O }}

Valid

Sp. nov.

Olson & Eller

Pliocene

Varswater Formation

A Rostratulidae.

Sazavis {{Cite journal|author=Lev A. Nessov & A.A. Yarkov |year=1989 |title=[New Cretaceous-Paleogene Birds of the USSR and Some Remarks on the Origin and Evolution of the Class Aves] |journal=Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR |volume=197 |issue=1 |pages=78–97 }}

Valid

Gen et sp nov.

Nessov & Yarkov

Late Cretaceous
Coniacian

Bissekty Formation

An Alexornithidae Enantiornithes
The type species is S. prisca

Tyto letocarti

Valid

Sp. nov.

Balouet & Olson

Holocene

Cave deposits

A Tytonidae.

Volgavis

Valid

Gen et sp. nov.

Nessov & Yarkov

Late Cretaceous
Latest Maastrichtian

A limnofregatine fregatid
The type species is V. marina

Youngornis qiluensis {{Cite journal |author=Xiangkui Yeh & Bo Sun |year=1989 |title=Fossil Rail and Crow from Linqu, Shandong |url=http://www.zoores.ac.cn/EN/article/downloadArticleFile.do?attachType=PDF&id=305 |journal=Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |volume=62 |issue=1 |pages=335–345 |access-date=2014-08-23 |archive-date=2014-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115302/http://www.zoores.ac.cn/EN/article/downloadArticleFile.do?attachType=PDF&id=305 |url-status=dead }}

Valid

Sp. nov.

Yeh & Sun

Middle Miocene

Shanwang Formation

A Rallidae.

= Pterosaurs =

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Bogolubovia

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Nesov

A. A. Yarkov

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Mesadactylus

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Jensen

Padian

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Tapejara

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Kellner

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References

Chatterjee, Sankar and Small, Bryan J.; 1989; New plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica; 47 pp. 197–215 in Origins and Evolution of the Antarctic Biota, Geological Society Special Pub., edited by Crame, J.A.
Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180.

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