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Plants

=Angiosperms=

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Chaneya{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Y. |last2=Manchester |first2=S. R. |year=2000 |title=Chaneya, a new genus of winged fruit from the Tertiary of North America and eastern Asia |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=161 |issue=1 |pages=167–178|doi=10.1086/314227 |pmid=10648207 |s2cid=45052368 }}

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Gen et 2 comb nov

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Valid

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Wang & Manchester

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Late Eocene

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Florissant Formation

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{{flag|USA}}

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A genus of uncertain affiliation
The type species is Porana tenuis (1908)
Also includes P. kokangensis (1939)

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File:The American Museum journal (c1900-(1918)) (17975178659) Chaneya tenuis.jpg]]

Palaeocarpinus sikhotealinensis{{cite journal |last1=Akhmetiev |first1=M.A. |last2=Manchester |first2=S.R. |year=2000 |title=A new species of Palaeocarpinus (Betulaceae) from the Paleogene of Eastern Sikhote-Alin |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=34 |pages=467–474}}

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Akhmetiev & Manchester

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Latest Eocene or Earliest Oligocene

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Kizi Group
Buoy Bay Member

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{{flag|Russia}}

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A betulaceous fruit

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Arthropods

=Arachnids=

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Baltocteniza{{cite Eskov Zonstein 2000}}

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Eskov & Zonstein

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Early Eocene (Miocene)

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Baltic amber

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{{Flag|Europe}}

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The type and only species is Baltocteniza kulickae

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Electrocteniza

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Eskov & Zonstein

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Early Eocene (Miocene)

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Baltic amber

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{{Flag|Europe}}

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The type and only species is Electrocteniza sadilenkoi

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=Crustaceans=

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Tillocheles kaoriae{{Cite journal |last=Yokoi |first=Takayuki |last2=Karasawa |first2=Hiroaki |date=January 2000 |title=Additions to Cretaceous decapod crustaceans from Hokkaido, Japan – Part 2. Chilenophoberidae |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261711353 |journal=Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum |volume=27 |pages=191–194}}

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Yokoi & Karasawa

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Cenomanian-Turonian

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Yezo Group

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{{Flag|Japan}}

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A stenochirid

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=Insects=

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Makarkiniidae{{Cite journal|last1=Bechly |first1=G. |last2=Makarkin |first2=V. N. |year=2016 |title=A new gigantic lacewing species (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil confirms the occurrence of Kalligrammatidae in the Americas |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume= 58|pages= 135–140|doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.014 }}

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Fam nov

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jr synonym

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Martins-Neto

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Aptian

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Crato Formation

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{{Flag|Brazil}}

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A lacewing family, syn of Kalligrammatidae

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Neurosymploca? oligocenica

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Sp nov

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valid

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Fernández-Rubio & Nel

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Rupelian

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Paleolake Céreste

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{{Flag|France}}

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A moth, possibly a species of Neurosymploca

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File:Neurosymploca oligocenica holotype MNHN.F.R55185 part-direct lighting.jpg]]

Molluscs

=Bivalves=

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Camyidae{{cite journal |last1=Elicki |first1=O. |last2=Gürsu |first2=S. |year=2009 |title=First record of Pojetaia runnegari Jell, 1980 and Fordilla Barrande, 1881 from the Middle East (Taurus Mountains, Turkey) and critical review of Cambrian bivalves |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=83 |issue=2 |pages=267–291 |doi=10.1007/s12542-009-0021-9 |s2cid=49380913 |url=http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/~elicki/ELICKI_GUERSU_2009_PalZ_CambrianBivalves.pdf |access-date=2012-01-07 |archive-date=2013-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202640/http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/~elicki/ELICKI_GUERSU_2009_PalZ_CambrianBivalves.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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fam nov

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valid

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Hinz-Schallreuter

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Early Cambrian

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Bornholm

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{{Flag|Denmark}}

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type and only genus Camya

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Fishes

=Newly named placoderms=

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Aleosteus{{Cite journal|author=Johnson, H.G.|author2=Elliott, D.K.|author3=Wittke, J.H.|name-list-style=amp|year=2000|title=A new actinolepid arthrodire (Class Placodermi) from the Lower Devonian Sevy Dolomite, East-Central Nevada|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=129|issue=2|pages=129–141|doi=10.1006/zjls.1999.0206|doi-access=free}}

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Johnson, Elliott, & Wittke

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Lower Devonian

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Sevy Dolomite Formation, Nevada

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{{flag|USA}}

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The type species is Aleosteus eganensis.

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=Newly named cartilaginous fish=

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Debeerius{{Cite journal|author1=Eileen D. Grogan |author2=Richard Lund |year=2000 |title=Debeerius ellefseni (Fam. Nov., Gen. Nov., Spec. Nov.), an autodiastylic chondrichthyan from the Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana (USA), the relationships of the chondrichthyes, and comments on gnathostome evolution |journal=Journal of Morphology |volume=243 |issue=3 |pages=219–245 |doi=10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(200003)243:3<219::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-1 |pmid=10681469 |s2cid=21466183 }}

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Grogan & Lund

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Carboniferous (late Chesterian)

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Heath Formation

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{{flag|USA}}
({{flag|Montana}})

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An early cartilaginous fish with an anatomy intermediate to the chimaeroid and selachian plans. The type species is D. ellefseni.

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Amphibians

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Avitabatrachus{{Cite journal|doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0490:TEKPFF]2.0.CO;2|author=Baez, A.M.|author2=Trueb, L.|author3=Calvo, J.O.|name-list-style=amp|year=2000|title=The earliest known pioid frog from South America: a new genus from the middle Cretaceous of Argentina|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=20|issue=3|pages=490–500|s2cid=86183634 }}

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Valid

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  • Baez
  • Trueb
  • Calvo

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Middle Cretaceous

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Candeleros Formation

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{{flag|Argentina}}

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The type species is Avitabatrachus uliana.

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Banksiops{{Cite journal|doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0186:BARNFB]2.0.CO;2|author1=Warren, A.A. |author2=Marsicano, C. |year=2000|title=Banksiops, a replacement name for Banksia townrowi (Amphibia, Temnospondyli)|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=20|issue=1|pages=186|s2cid=86109764 }}

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Valid

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  • Warren
  • Mariscano

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A replacement genus for Banksia Warren & Mariscano, 1998 preoccupied for arachnid Banksia Voigt & Oudermans, 1905.

Jeholotriton{{Cite journal|author=Wang, Y.|year=2000|title=A new salamander (Amphibia: Caudata) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota|journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica|volume=38|issue=2|pages=100–103 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2000.02.003 }}

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Valid

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  • Wang

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Early Cretaceous

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Daohugou Bed Formation

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{{flag|China}}

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The type species is Jeholotriton paradoxus.

Rileymillerus{{Cite journal|doi=10.1666/0022-3360(2000)074<0670:ANTAFT>2.0.CO;2|author1=Bolt, J.R. |author2=Chatterjee, S.|year=2000|title=A new temnospondyl amphibian from the Late Triassic of Texas|journal=Journal of Paleontology|volume=74|issue=4|pages=670–683|s2cid=88676059 }}

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Valid

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  • Bolt
  • Chatterjee

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Upper Triassic

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Cooper Canyon Formation

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{{flag|USA}}

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The type species is Rileymillerus cosgriffi.

Ichthyosaurs

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Aegirosaurus{{Cite journal|doi=10.1666/0022-3360(2000)074<0503:ANIFTU>2.0.CO;2|author1=Bardet, N. |author2=Fernández, M.|year=2000|title=A new ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of Bavaria|journal=Journal of Paleontology|volume=74|issue=3|pages=503–511|s2cid=131190803 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/14941/files/PAL_E2088.pdf }}

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Valid

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  • Bardet
  • Fernández

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Upper Jurassic

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{{flag|Germany}}

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The type species is Aegirosaurus leptospondylus.

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Callawayia{{Cite journal|author1=Maisch, M.W. |author2=Matzke, A.T.|year=2000|title=The Ichthyosauria|journal=Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie)|issue=298|pages=1–160}}

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Valid

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  • Maisch
  • Matzke

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Upper Triassic

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Pardonet Formation

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{{flag|Canada}}

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A new genus for "Shastasaurus" neoscapularis.

Guizhouichthyosaurus{{cite journal |author1=Yin G. |author2=Zhou X. |author3=Cao Z. |author4=Yu Y |author5=Luo Y. | year = 2000 | title = A preliminary study on the Early Late Triassic marine reptiles from Guanling Guizhou, China | journal = Geology, Geochemistry | volume = 28 | issue = 3| pages = 1–22 }}

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Valid

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  • Cao
  • Luo

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Upper Triassic

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Falang Formation

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{{flag|China}}

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The type species is Guizhouichthyosaurus tangae.

Phantomosaurus

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Valid

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  • Maisch
  • Matzke

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Middle Triassic

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Upper Muschelkalk Formation

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{{flag|Germany}}

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A new genus for "Shastasaurus" neubigi.

Archosauromorphs

=Newly named crurotarsans=

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Adzhosuchus{{cite journal|author=Efimov, M.B.|author2=Gubin, Y.M.|author3=Kurzanov, S.M.|name-list-style=amp|year=2000|title=New primitive crocodile (Crocodylomorpha: Shartegosuchidae) from the Jurassic of Mongolia|journal=Paleontological Journal|volume=34|pages=238–241}}

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Valid

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  • Efimov
  • Gubin
  • Kurzanov

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Late Jurassic

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Shar Teg Beds

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{{flag|Mongolia}}

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A basal crocodylomorph. The type species is Adzhosuchus fuscus.

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KyasuchusEfimov, M.B. & Leshchinskiy, S.V. (2000). First finding of the fossil crocodile skull in Siberia [in Russian]. In: Komarov, A.V., ed., Materialy regional’noj konferencii geologov Sibiri, Dal’nego Vostoka i Severo−Vostoka Rossii. Tom II, 361–363. GalaPress, Tomsk.

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Valid

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  • Efimov
  • Leshchinskiy

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Early Cretaceous

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Ilek Formation

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{{flag|Russia}}

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A basal crocodilomorph. The type species is Kyasuchus saevi.

Simosuchus{{Cite journal|doi=10.1038/35016061|author=Buckley, G.A.|author2=Brochu, C.A.|author3=Krause, D.W.|author4=Pol, D.|name-list-style=amp|year=2000|title=A pug-nosed crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar|journal=Nature|volume=405|issue=6789|pages=941–944|pmid=10879533|bibcode=2000Natur.405..941B|s2cid=4426288 }}

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Valid

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  • Buckley
  • Brochu
  • Krause
  • Pol

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Late Cretaceous

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Maevarano Formation

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{{flag|Madagascar}}

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A notosuchian. The type species is Simosuchus clarki.

Stolokrosuchus{{Cite journal|author1=Larrson, H.C.E. |author2=Gado, B.|year=2000|title=A new early Cretaceous crocodyliform from Niger|journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen|volume=217|issue=1|pages=131–141|doi=10.1127/njgpa/217/2000/131}}

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Valid

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  • Larrson
  • Gabo

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Early Cretaceous

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El Rhaz Formation

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{{flag|Niger}}

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A neosuchian. The type species is Stolokrosuchus lapparenti.

=Newly named 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 | 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 }}

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BambiraptorBurnham, D.A., K.L. Derstler, P.J. Currie, R.T. Bakker, Z. Zhou, and J.H. Ostrom. 2000. Remarkable new birdlike dinosaur (Theropoda: Maniraptora) from the Upper Cretaceous of Montana. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 13: pp. 1-14.

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Valid

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Two Medicine Formation

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{{Flag|USA}}

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A very bird-like two foot long dromaeosaurid. May be a juvenile Saurornitholestes.

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Image:Fukuiraptor BW.jpg]]

Image:Graciliceratops BW.jpg]]

Image:Microraptor gui (dinos).jpg]]

Image:Nanyangosaurus dinosaur.png]]

Image:Nomingia gobiensis.png]]

Image:Olympian_fire_thief.png]]File:Sauroposeidon proteles.jpg]]

ByronosaurusNorell, M.A., P.J. Makovicky, and J.M. Clark. 2000. A new troodontid theropod from Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia. Jpornal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20: pp. 1-11.

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Valid

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Djadochta Formation

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{{Flag|Mongolia}}

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A five foot long troodontid. Mysteriously, skulls of extremely small juveniles have been recovered from an oviraptorosaur nest. This may be evidence of brood parasitism or predator-prey relationships between the two species.

Caudipteryx dongi {{Cite journal |author1=Zhou Zhonghe |author2=Wang Xiaolin |year=2000 |title=A New Species of Caudipteryx from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, Northeast China |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=38 |issue=4 |pages=111–127 |url=http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120604544997033912.pdf |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2000.02.005 |access-date=2014-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208203109/http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120604544997033912.pdf |archive-date=2015-02-08 |url-status=dead }}

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Valid

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Early Cretaceous

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Lower Yixian Formation

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{{flag|China}}

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A caudipterygid oviraptorosaur

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CharonosaurusGodefroit P., S. Zan, and L. Jin. 2000. Charonosaurus jiayinensis n.g., n.sp., a lambeosaurine dinosaur from the Late Maastrichtian of northeastern China. Comptes Rendus Académie des Sciences du Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 330: pp. 875–882 (Paléontologie des Vertébrés).

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Valid

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  • Godefroit
  • Zan
  • Jin L.

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Yuliangze Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A 13 m (42.5 ft) long Parasaurolophus-like lambeosaur.

ChuanjiesaurusFang, Pang, Lü, Zhang, Pan, Wang, Li, and Cheng. 2000. Lower, Middle and Upper Jurassic divisions of the Lufeng region of Yunnan Province. Pp. 208-214 in: Proceedings of the Third National Stratigraphical Conference of China. Geological Publishing House, Beijing.

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Valid

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  • Fang
  • Pang
  • et al.Fang, Pang, Lu, Zhang Z., Pan, Wang Y., Li X. K., Cheng Z.

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Chuanjie Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A mamenchisaurid.

FukuiraptorAzuma, Y. and P.J. Currie. 2000. A new carnosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan. Can. J. Earth Sci. 37: pp. 1735-1753.

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Valid

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Kitadani Formation

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{{Flag|Japan}}

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A neovenatorid known only from juvenile specimens.

"Ginnareemimus"

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Nomen nudum

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  • Kaneko

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Sao Khua Formation

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{{Flag|Thailand}}

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Formally named Kinnareemimus in 2009 in paleontology.

GlyptodontopeltaFord, T.L. 2000. A review of ankylosaur osteoderms from New Mexico and a preliminary review of ankylosaur armor. In: Dinosaurs of New Mexico (S.G. Lucas and A.B. Heckert, eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 17: pp. 157-176.

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Valid

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  • Ford

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Ojo Alamo Sandstone

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{{Flag|USA}}

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Named after the armored mammal Glyptodon.

GraciliceratopsSereno, P.C. 2000. The fossil record, systematics and evolution of pachycephalosaurs and ceratopsians from Asia. In The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia (M.J. Benton, M.A. Shishkin, D.M. Unwin, and E.N. Kurochkin, eds.). Cambridge University Press, New York: pp. 480-516.

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Valid

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Sheeregeen Gashoon Formation

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{{Flag|Mongolia}}

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Primitive ceratopsian. Only a partial skeleton has been found.

HuabeisaurusPang and Cheng. 2000. A new family of sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Tianzhen, Shanxi Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 74 (2): pp. 117-125.

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Valid

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  • Pang
  • Cheng Z.

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Huiquanpu Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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Opisthocoelicaudia-like titanosaurid.

"Iguanoides"

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Nomen nudum; synonym of Iguanodon

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Conybeare vide:

  • Cadbury

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Junior synonym of Iguanodon.

IlokelesiaCoria, R.A. and L. Salgado. 2000. A basal Abelisauria Novas 1992 (Theropoda- Ceratosauria) from the Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Gaia 15: pp. 89-102

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Valid

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Rio Limay Formation

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{{Flag|Argentina}}

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A primitive abelisaur who name is derived from "flesh lizard" in Mapuche.

Isanosaurus{{cite journal | doi = 10.1038/35024060 |author1=Buffetaut E. |author2=Suteethorn V. |author3=Cuny G. |author4=Tong H. |author5=Loeuff J. Le |author6=Khansubha S. |author7=Jongautchariyakui S. | year = 2000 | title = The earliest known sauropod dinosaur | journal = Nature | volume = 407 | issue = 6800| pages = 72–74 | pmid = 10993074 |bibcode=2000Natur.407...72B |s2cid=4387776 }}

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Valid

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  • Buffetaut
  • Suteethorn
  • et al.Buffetaut, Suteethorn, Cuny, Tong, Le Loeuff, Khansubha, Jongautchariyakul.

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Nam Phong Formation

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{{Flag|Thailand}}

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A small, 6.5 metres (21 ft) long sauropod.

JeholosaurusXu, X., X. Wang, and H. You. 2000. A primitive ornithopod from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38 (4): pp. 318-325.

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Valid

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Yixian Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A 71.1 centimetres (28.0 in) long hypsilophodont.

Microraptor{{cite journal | doi = 10.1038/35047056 |author1=Xu X. |author2=Zhou Z. |author3=Wang X. | year = 2000 | title = The smallest known non-avian theropod dinosaur | journal = Nature | volume = 408 | issue = 6813| pages = 705–708 | pmid = 11130069 |bibcode=2000Natur.408..705X |s2cid=4411157 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/14908/files/PAL_E2050.pdf }}

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Valid

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Jiufotang Formation

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  • {{Flag|China}}

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A tiny "four-winged" dromaeosaurid.

NanyangosaurusXu, Z., X.J. Zhao, J.-C. Lu, W.-B. Huang, Z.-Y. Li Z., and Z.-M. Dong. 2000. A new Iguanodontian from Sangping Formation of Neixiang, Henan and its stratigraphical implications. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38 (3): pp. 176-191.

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Valid

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Sangping Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A hadrosauroid.

Nomingia{{cite journal |last1=Barsbold|first1=R.|last2=Osmólska|first2=H.|last3=Watabe|first3=M.|last4=Currie|first4=P.J.|last5=Tsogtbaatar|first5=K.| year = 2000 | title = A new oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from Mongolia: the first dinosaur with a pygostyle | journal = Acta Palaeontologica Polonica | volume = 45 | issue = 2| pages = 97–106 }}

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Valid

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Beds of Bugeen Tsav

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{{Flag|Mongolia}}

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The first non-avian dinosaur known to have a pygostyle at the end of its tail. In life this structure probably supported a fan of feathers.

Nqwebasaurus{{cite journal |author1=de Klerk W.J. |author2=Forster C.A. |author3=Sampson S.D. |author4=Chinsamy A. |author5=Ross C.F. | year = 2000 | title = A new coelurosaurian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of South Africa | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 20 | issue = 2| pages = 324–332 | doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0324:ancdft]2.0.co;2|s2cid=128622530 }}

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Valid

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  • de Klerk
  • Forster
  • et al.de Klerk, Forster, Sampson, Chinsamy, Ross.

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|

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Kirkwood Formation

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{{Flag|South Africa}}

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The earliest known coelurosaur from Gondwana, the type specimen was a three foot long juvenile with preserved gastroliths in its stomach.

"Ponerosteus"Olshevsky, G. 2000. An annotated checklist of dinosaur species by continent. Mesozoic Meanderings 3: pp. 1-157.

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Nomen dubium; possibly non-dinosaurian

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

  • George Olshevsky,

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|

|

|

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A dubious taxon whose name means "useless bone" to reflect the low quality of the material, which had fueled taxonomic confusion.

Pyroraptor{{cite journal |author1=Allain R. |author2=Taquet P. | year = 2000 | title = A new genus of Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of France | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 20 | issue = 2| pages = 404–407 | doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0404:angodd]2.0.co;2|s2cid=85651716 }}

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Valid

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|

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Grès à Reptiles

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{{Flag|France}}

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A dromaeosaurid known from a single specimen.

Rocasaurus{{cite journal | author = Salgado L., Azpilicueta C. | year = 2000 | title = Un nuevo saltasaurino (Sauropoda, Titanosauridae) de la provincia de Rio Negro (Formacion Allen, Cretacico Superior), Patagonia, Argentina | journal = Ameghiniana | volume = 37 | issue = 3| pages = 259–264 }}

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Valid

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  • Salgado
  • Azpilicueta

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|

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Allen Formation

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{{Flag|Argentina}}

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A small, 8 meter long titanosaur.

"Saltriosaurus"

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Nomen nudum

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

  • Dal Sasso

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|

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An Allosaurus-like theropod estimated to be 8 meters (26 ft) long. Only ten percent of its skeleton is known.

SauroposeidonWedel M.J., R.L. Cifelli, and R.K. Sanders. 2000. Osteology, paleobiology, and relationships of the sauropod dinosaur Sauroposeidon. Acta Palaeontologica Polinica 45 (4): pp. 343–388

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Valid

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  • Wedel
  • Cifelli
  • Sanders

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|

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Antlers Formation

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{{Flag|USA}}

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A gigantic brachiosaur with an estimated length of up to 34 m (112 ft) and a mass of 50–60 t (55–66 short tons). It is known from four neck vertebrae.

TendaguriaBonaparte, J.F., W.D. Heinrich, and R. Wild. 2000. Review of Janenschia Wild, with the description of a new sauropod from the Tendaguru beds of Tanzania and a discussion on the systematic value of procoelous caudal vertebrae in the Sauropoda. Palaeontographica A

256: pp. 25–76.

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Valid

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Tendaguru Formation

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{{Flag|Tanzania}}

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A 20 meters (66 ft) long sauropod.

=Newly named birds=

class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Alca stewarti {{Cite journal |author1=James W. R. Martin |author2=Cyril A. Walker |author3=Richard H. C. Bonser |author4=Gareth J. Dyke |year=2000 |title=A New Species of Large Auk from the Pliocene of Belgium |journal=Oryctos |volume=3 |pages=53–60 |url=http://www.dinosauria.org/oryctos-article.php?article=35&dinosauria=l9kodrvbp46tf6k3o7u1i6fmj2 |access-date=2014-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808053353/http://www.dinosauria.org/oryctos-article.php?article=35&dinosauria=l9kodrvbp46tf6k3o7u1i6fmj2 |archive-date=2014-08-08 |url-status=dead }}

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Valid

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Sp. nov.

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James W. R. Martin

Cyril A. Walker

Richard H. C. Bonser

Gareth J. Dyke

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Early Pliocene

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Kattendijk Sands Formation

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{{flag|Belgium}}:

{{flag|East Flanders}}

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An Alcidae.

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Ameripodius alexis {{Cite journal|author=Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |year=2000 |title=A New Species of Ameripodius (Aves: Galliformes: Quercymegapodiidae) from the Lower Miocene of France |journal=Palaeontology |volume=43 |issue= 3 |pages=481–493 |doi=10.1111/j.0031-0239.2000.00136.x|s2cid=129585810 |doi-access=free }}

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Valid

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Sp. nov.

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Cécile Mourer-Chauviré

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Early Miocene

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MN 2a

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{{flag|France}}

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A Quercymegapodiidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1992.

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Brachypteracias langrandi {{Cite journal|author=Steven M. Goodman |year=2000 |title=A Description of a New Species of Brachypteracias (Family Brachypteraciidae) from the Holocene of Madagascar |journal=Ostrich |volume=71 |issue= 1–2 |pages=318–322 |doi=10.1080/00306525.2000.9639941|s2cid=83685435 }}

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Valid

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Sp. nov.

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Steven M. Goodman

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Holocene

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Ampoza

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{{flag|Madagascar}}

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A Brachypteraciidae.

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Cerestenia pulchrapenna {{Cite journal|author=Gerald Mayr |year=2000 |title=Charadriiform Birds from the Early Oligocene of Céreste (France) and the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany) |journal=Géobios |volume=33 |issue= 5 |pages=625–636 |doi=10.1016/s0016-6995(00)80034-0}}

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Valid

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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

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Gerald Mayr

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Middle Oligocene

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MP 23

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{{flag|France}}

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Possibly a stem Turnicidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

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Cygnus verae {{Cite journal |author=Zlatozar N. Boev |year=2000 |title=Cygnus verae sp. n. (Anseriformes: Anatidae) from the Early Pliocene of Sofia (Bulgaria) |journal=Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia |volume=43 |issue=1–2 |pages=185–192 |url=http://www.isez.pan.krakow.pl/journals/azc_v/azcv43_1-2.htm |access-date=2014-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811214643/http://www.isez.pan.krakow.pl/journals/azc_v/azcv43_1-2.htm |archive-date=2014-08-11 |url-status=dead }}

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Valid

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Sp. nov.

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Zlatozar N. Boev

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Early Pliocene

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MN 14, Ruscinian

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{{flag|Bulgaria}}

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An Anatidae.

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Eocoracias brachyptera {{Cite journal |author1=Gerald Mayr |author2=Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |year=2000 |title=Rollers (Aves: Coraciiformes s.s.) from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Germany) and the Upper Eocene of the Quercy (France) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=533–546 |url=http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/rollers.pdf |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0533:racssf]2.0.co;2 |s2cid=56065258 |access-date=2014-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610114612/http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/rollers.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-10 |url-status=dead }}

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Valid

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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Gerald Mayr

Cécile Mourer-Chauviré

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Middle Eocene

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Messel pit,

MP 11

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{{flag|Germany}}:

{{flag|Hessen}}

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The type species of the new genus, placed in the new family Eocoraciidae G. Mayr et Mourer-Chauviré, 2000.

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Fratercula dowi {{Cite journal |author1=Daniel A. Guthrie |author2=Howell W. Thomas |author3=George L. Kennedy |year=2000 |title=A New Species of Extinct Late Pleistocene Puffin (Aves: Alcidae) rom the Southern California Channel Islands |editor=Brown, D.R. |editor2=K.L. Mitchell |editor3=H.W. Chaney |journal=Proceedings of the Fifth California Islands Symposium |pages=525–530 |url=http://faculty.jsd.claremont.edu/dguthrie/guthrie.pdf |access-date=2014-08-03 |archive-date=2020-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727194836/http://faculty.jsd.claremont.edu/dguthrie/Guthrie.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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Valid

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Sp. nov.

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Daniel A. Guthrie

Howell W. Thomas

George L. Kennedy

|

Late Pleistocene

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Late Rancholabrean,

San Nicolas Island

|

{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|California}}

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An Alcidae.

|

Frigidafons babaheydariensis {{Cite journal|author1=Dieter S. Peters |author2=Ali Hamedani |year=2000 |title=Frigidafons babaheydariensis n. sp., ein Sturmvogel aus dem Oligozän des Irans (Aves: Procellariidae) |journal=Senckenbergiana Lethaea |volume=80 |issue= 1 |pages=29–37 |doi=10.1007/bf03043661|s2cid=127216323 }}

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Valid

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Sp. nov.

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Dieter S. Peters

Ali Hamedani

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Early Oligocene

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Rupelian

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{{flag|Iran}}

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A Diomedeoididae Fischer, 1985, transferred to Diomedeoides Fischer, 1985 by Mayr, Peters & Rietschel, 2002 and to Rupelornis van Beneden, 1871 by Mayr & Smith, 2012.

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Gallirallus huiatua {{Cite journal|author1=David W. Steadman |author2=Trevor H. Worthy |author3=Atholl J. Anderson |author4=Richard Walter |year=2000 |title=New Species and Records of Birds from Prehistoric Sites on Niue, Southwest Pacific |journal=The Wilson Bulletin |volume=112 |issue= 2 |pages=165–186 |doi=10.1676/0043-5643(2000)112[0165:nsarob]2.0.co;2|s2cid=86588636 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/242746 }}

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Valid

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Sp. nov.

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David W. Steadman

Trevor H. Worthy

Atholl J. Anderson

Richard Walter

|

Holocene

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Prehistoric

|

{{flag|Niue}}

|

A Rallidae.

|

Geranopterus milneedwardsi

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Gerald Mayr

Cécile Mourer-Chauviré

|

Eocene or Oligocene

|

Phosphotites du Quercy,

MP 16-28

|

{{flag|France}}

|

A Geranopteridae Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré, 2000.

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Jibeinia luanhera {{Cite journal|author=Lianhai Hou |year=2000 |title=Mesozoic Birds of China (1997); Picture Book of Chinese Fossil Birds |journal=Picture Book of Chinese Fossil Birds (2000) |volume=Natou, Taiwan: Taiwan Feng Huang Gu Bird Garden + English Translation; Yunnan Science and Technology Press |url=http://www.paleoglot.net/files/Hou_00.pdf }}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Lianhai Hou

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Huajiying Formation

|

{{flag|China}}

|

An Enantiornithes, described in 1997 but the name was a labelname, so a Nomen Nudum, in 2000 Hou gave a short description in the Picture Book of Chinese Fossil Birds, making the name valid.

|

Longipteryx chaoyangensis{{Cite journal|author=Zhang, F.|author2=Zhou, Z.|author3=Hou, L.|author4=Gu, G.|name-list-style=amp|year=2000|title=Early diversification of birds: evidence from a new opposite bird|journal=Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version); Chinese Science Bulletin (English Version)|volume=45 (for 2000); 46 (for 2001)|issue=24; 11|pages=2650–2657; 945–950 |doi=10.1007/BF02900473|s2cid=85215328 }}

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Fucheng Zhang

Zhou Zhonghe

Hou Lianhan

Gu Gang

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Jiufotang Formation

|

{{flag|China}}

|

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. The type species of the new genus.

|

Megapodius amissus {{Cite journal|author=Trevor H. Worthy |year=2000 |title=The Fossil Megapodes (Aves: Megapodiidae) of Fiji with Descriptions of a New Genus and Two New Species |journal=Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand |volume=30 |issue= 4 |pages=337–364 |doi=10.1080/03014223.2000.9517627|s2cid=84889753 |doi-access=free }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Trevor H. Worthy

|

Holocene

|

Cave deposits, Viti Levu

|

{{flag|Fiji}}

|

A Megapodiidae.

|

Megavitiornis altirostris

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Trevor H. Worthy

|

Holocene

|

Cave deposits,

Viti Levu

|

{{flag|Fiji}}

|

A Megapodiidae, the type species of the new genus.

|

Messelirrisor grandis {{Cite journal|author=Gerald Mayr |year=2000 |title=Tiny Hoopoe-like Birds from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany) |journal=The Auk |volume=117 |issue= 4 |pages=964–970 |url=https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v117n04/p00964-p00970.pdf |doi=10.1642/0004-8038(2000)117[0964:thlbft]2.0.co;2|s2cid=73679308 }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Gerald Mayr

|

Early Middle Eocene

|

Messel pit

MN 11

|

{{flag|Germany}}:

{{flag|Hessen}}

|

An Upupiformes, Laurillardiidae Harrison, 1979.

|

Nycticorax kalavikai

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

David W. Steadman

Trevor H. Worthy

Atholl J. Anderson

Richard Walter

|

Holocene

|

Prehistoric

|

{{flag|Niue}}

|

An Ardeidae.

|

Oligocolius brevitarsus {{Cite journal|author=Gerald Mayr |year=2000 |title=A New Mousebird (Coliiformes: Coliidae) from the Oligocene of Germany |journal=Journal für Ornithologie |volume=141 |issue= 1 |pages=85–92 |url=http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/oligocolius.pdf |doi=10.1007/bf01651775|s2cid=41894000 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Gerald Mayr

|

Middle Oligocene

|

MP 23-24

|

{{flag|Germany}}:

{{flag|Baden-Württemberg}}

|

A stem Coliidae.

|

Paraortygoides messelensis {{Cite journal|author=Gerald Mayr |year=2000 |title=A New Basal Galliform Bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany) |journal=Senckenbergiana Lethaea |volume=80 |issue= 1 |pages=45–57 |url=http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/messel_galliform_2000.pdf |doi=10.1007/bf03043663|s2cid=126613464 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Gerald Mayr

|

Middle Eocene

|

Messel pit,

MP 11

|

{{flag|Germany}}:

{{flag|Hessen}}

|

A Gallinuloididae Lucas, 1900.

|

Phirriculus pinicola {{Cite journal |author1=Jirí Mlíkovský |author2=Ursula B. Göhlich |year=2000 |title=A New Wood-hoopoe (Aves: Phoeniculidae) from the Early Miocene of Germany and France |journal=Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae |volume=64 |pages=419–424 |url=http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/140-2000-MiocenePhoeniculidae.pdf |access-date=2014-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208212412/http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/140-2000-MiocenePhoeniculidae.pdf |archive-date=2015-02-08 |url-status=dead }}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Jirí Mlíkovský

Ursula B. Göhlich

|

Early Miocene

|

MN 2a and MN 3

|

{{flag|France}};

{{flag|Germany}}:

{{flag|Bavaria}}

|

A Phoeniculidae.

|

Porzana piercei {{Cite journal |author1=Storrs L. Olson |author2=David B. Wingate |year=2000 |title=Two New Species of Flightless Rails (Aves: Rallidae) from the Middle Pleistocene "Crane Fauna" of Bermuda |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=113 |issue=2 |pages=356–368 |url=http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/69/f7/08/69f708382444c142061bfb3b217225e1.pdf |access-date=2014-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808060625/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/69/f7/08/69f708382444c142061bfb3b217225e1.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-08 |url-status=dead }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Storrs L. Olson

David B. Wingate

|

Middle Pleistocene

|

Government Quarry

|

{{flag|Bermuda}}

|

A Rallidae.

|

Potamornis skutchi {{Cite journal|author1=Andrzej Elzanowski |author2=Gregory S. Paul |author3=Thomas A. Stidham |year=2000 |title=An Avian Quadrate from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation of Wyoming |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=20 |issue= 4 |pages=712–719 |url=http://gspauldino.com/Avianquadrate.pdf |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0712:aaqftl]2.0.co;2|s2cid=86292770 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov et Sp. nov.

|

Andrzej Elzanowski

Gregory S. Paul

Thomas A. Stidham

|

Late Cretaceous

|

Late Maastrichtian

|

{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|Wyoming}}

|

A Hesperornithiformas.

|

Protopteryx fengningensis{{cite journal |author1=Zhang Fucheng |author2=Zhou Zhonghe |year=2000 |title=A primitive Enantiornithine bird and the Origin of Feathers |url=http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120604549224949224.pdf |journal=Science |volume=290 |issue=5498 |pages=1955–1959 |pmid=11110660 |doi=10.1126/science.290.5498.1955 |bibcode=2000Sci...290.1955Z |access-date=2014-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060511/http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120604549224949224.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Zhang Fucheng

Zhou Zhonghe

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Huajiying Formation

|

{{flag|China}}

|

An Enanthornithes. This is the type species of the new genus.

|

Pulchapollia gracilis {{Cite journal|author1=Gareth J. Dyke |author2=Joanne H. Cooper |year=2000 |title=A New Psittaciform Bird from the London Clay (Lower Eocene) of England |journal=Palaeontology |volume=43 |issue= 2 |pages=271–285 |doi=10.1111/1475-4983.00126|s2cid=84812434 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov et Sp. nov.

|

Gareth J. Dyke

Joanne H. Cooper

|

Early Eocene

|

Ypresian, MP 8, London Clay

|

{{flag|UK}}:

{{flag|England}}

|

A Psittaciformes, Halcyornithidae Harrison et Walker, 1972, this is the type species of the new genus.

|

Qiluornis taishanensis {{Cite journal|author1=Lian-Hai Hou |author2=Zhong-He Zhou |author3=Fu-Cheng Zhang |author4=Jun-De Li |year=2000 |title=A New Vulture from the Miocene of Shandong, Eastern China |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=38 |issue= 4 |pages=104–110 |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200901/W020090813372533610950.pdf |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2000.02.004 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov et Sp. nov.

|

Lian-Hai Hou

Zhong-He Zhou

Fu-Cheng Zhang

Jun-De Li

|

Miocene

|

Shanwang Formation

|

{{flag|China}}

|

An Accipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus.

|

Rallus ibycus

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Storrs L. Olson

David B. Wingate

|

Middle Pleistocene

|

Government Quarry

|

{{flag|Bermuda}}

|

A Rallidae.

|

Salmila robusta {{Cite journal|author=Gerald Mayr |year=2000 |title=A Remarkable New "Gruiform" Bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany) |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=74 |issue= 1–2 |pages=187–194 |url=http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/salmila_2000.pdf |doi=10.1007/bf02987960|s2cid=54975848 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Gerald Mayr

|

Middle Eocene

|

Messel pit,

MP 11

|

{{flag|Germany}}:

{{flag|Hessen}}

|

A Gruiformes, Salmilidae Mayr, 2002, this is the type species of the new genus.

|

Serudaptus pohli {{Cite journal|author=Gerald Mayr |year=2000 |title=New or Previously Unrecorded Avian Taxa from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany) |journal=Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe |volume=3 |pages=207–219 |url=http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/serudaptus_2000.pdf |doi=10.1002/mmng.4860030110}}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Gerald Mayr

|

Middle Eocene

|

Messel pit,

MP 11

|

{{flag|Germany}}:

{{flag|Hessen}}

|

A Psittaciformes, Halcyornithidae Harrison et Walker, 1972, this is the type species of the new genus.

|

Turnipax dissipata

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Gerald Mayr

|

Early-Middle Oligocene

|

MP 21-25

|

{{flag|France}}

|

Possibly a stem Turnicidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

|

Tynskya eocaena {{Cite journal|author=Gerald Mayr |year=2000 |title=A New Raptor-like Bird from the Lower Eocene of North America and Europe |journal=Senckenbergiana Lethaea |volume=80 |issue= 1 |pages=59–65 |url=http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Tynskia%20eocaena%20Mayr%202000.pdf |doi=10.1007/bf03043664|s2cid=58897862 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Gerald Mayr

|

Early Eocene

|

Green River Formation

MP 8, London Clay

|

{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|Wyoming}};

{{flag|UK}}:

{{flag|England}}

|

A Messelasturidae Mayr, 2005, this is the type species of the new genus.

|

=Newly named pterosaurs=

class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
Name

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Domeykodactylus{{Cite journal|doi=10.1017/S0016756800003502|author1=Martill, D.M. |author2=Frey, E. |author3=Diaz, G.C. |author4=Bell, C.M. |name-list-style=amp |year=2000|title=Reinterpretation of a Chilean pterosaur and the occurrence of Dsungaripteridae in South America|journal=Geological Magazine|volume=137|issue=1|pages=19–25|bibcode=2000GeoM..137...19M |s2cid=128593191 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/14811/files/PAL_E1969.pdf }}

|

Valid

|

  • Martill
  • Frey
  • Diaz
  • Bell

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Early Cretaceous

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Santa Ana Formation

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A pterodactyloid. The type species is Domeykodactylus ceciliae.

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Anhanguera piscator{{Cite journal|author1=Kellner, A.W.A. |author2=Tomida, Y.|year=2000|title=Description of a new species of Anhangueridae (Pterodactyloidea) with comments on the pterosaur fauna from the Santana Formation (Aptian-Albian), northeastern Brazil|journal=National Science Museum Monograph|issue=17|pages=1–135}}

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Valid

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  • Kellner
  • Tomida

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Early Cretaceous

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Santana Formation

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{{flag|Brazil}}

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A pterodactyloid. Reclassified in 2006 to the genus Coloborhynchus.{{Cite journal|author1=Veldmeijer, A.J.|author2=Meijer, H.J.M.|author3=Signore, M.|name-list-style=amp|year=2006|title=Coloborhynchus from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation, Brazil (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueridae): an update|journal=Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=3|issue=2|pages=15–29|url=http://www.palarch.nl/wp-content/veldmeijer_aj_hjm_meijer_m_signore_coloborhynchus_from_the_lower_cretaceous_santana_formation_brazil_pterosauriapterodactyloidea_anhangueridae_an_update_palarchs_journal_of_vertebrate_palaeontology_3_.pdf|access-date=2017-06-07|archive-date=2020-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901134131/http://www.palarch.nl/wp-content/veldmeijer_aj_hjm_meijer_m_signore_coloborhynchus_from_the_lower_cretaceous_santana_formation_brazil_pterosauriapterodactyloidea_anhangueridae_an_update_palarchs_journal_of_vertebrate_palaeontology_3_.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Synapsids

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Australobarbarus{{Cite journal|author=Kurkin, A.A.|year=2000|title=New dicynodonts from the Upper Permian of the Vyatka Basin|journal=Paleontological Journal|volume=34|issue=supplement 2|pages=S203–S210 }}

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Valid

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  • Kurkin

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Upper Permian

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Sokolki Faunal Assemblage

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{{flag|Russia}}

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A dicynodont. Two species are described Australobarbarus kotelnitshi (type) and A. platycephalus.

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Charruodon{{Cite journal|author1=Abdala, F. |author2=Ribeiro, A.M.|year=2000|title=A new therioherpetid cynodont from the Santa Maria Formation (middle Late Triassic), southern Brazil|journal=Geodiversitas|volume=22|issue=4|pages=589–596}}

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Valid

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  • Abdala
  • Ribeiro

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Upper Triassic

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Santa Maria Formation

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{{flag|Brazil}}

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A cynodont. The type species is Charruodon tetracuspidatus.

Chlynovia

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Valid

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  • Tatarinov

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Upper Permian

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Sokolki Faunal Assemblage

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{{flag|Russia}}

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A therocephalian. The type species is Chlynovia serridentatus.

Dadadon{{Cite journal|doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0422:NTSEFT]2.0.CO;2|author=Flynn, J.J.|author2=Parrish, J.M.|author3=Rakotosamimanana, B.|author4=Ranivoharimanana, L.|author5=Simpson, W.F.|author6=Wyss, A.R.|name-list-style=amp|year=2000|title=New traversodontids (Synapsida: Eucynodontia) from the Triassic of Madagascar|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=20|issue=3|pages=422–427|s2cid=130041740 }}

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Valid

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  • Flynn
  • Parrish
  • Rakotosamimanana
  • Ranivoharimanana
  • Simpson
  • Wyss

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Middle-Upper Triassic

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Makay Formation

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{{flag|Madagascar}}

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A eucynodont. The type species is Dadadon isaloi.

Menadon

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Valid

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  • Flynn
  • Parrish
  • Rakotosamimanana
  • Ranivoharimanana
  • Simpson
  • Wyss

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Middle-Upper Triassic

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Makay Formation

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{{flag|Madagascar}}

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A eucynodont. The type species is Menodon besairiei.

Nikkasaurus{{Cite journal|author=Ivakhnenko, M.F.|year=2000|title=The Nikkasauridae—Problematic primitive therapsids from the Late Permian of the Mezen Localities|journal=Paleontological Journal|volume=34|issue=supplement 2|pages=S179–S186}}

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Valid

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  • Ivakhnenko

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Upper Permian

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Mezen Faunal Assemblage

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{{flag|Russia}}

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A nikkasaurid. The type species is Nikkasaurus tatarinovi.

Reiszia

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Valid

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  • Ivakhnenko

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Upper Permian

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Mezen Faunal Assemblage

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{{flag|Russia}}

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A nikkasaurid. Two species are described Reiszia gubini (type) and R. tippula.

Scalopodontes{{Cite journal|author=Tatarinov, L.P.|year=2000|title=New material on Scaloposaurians (Reptilia, Theriodontia) from the Upper Permian of the Kotelnich Locality, Kirov Region|journal=Paleontological Journal|volume=34|issue=supplement 2|pages=S187–S202}}

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Valid

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  • Tatarinov

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Upper Permian

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Sokolki Faunal Assemblage

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{{flag|Russia}}

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A theriocephalian. The type species is Scalopodontes kotelnichi

Suchogorgon{{Cite journal|author=Tatarinov, L.P.|year=2000|title=A new gorgonopid (Reptilia, Theriodontia) from the Upper Permian of the Vologda Region|journal=Paleontological Journal|volume=34|issue=1|pages=75–83}}

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Valid

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  • Tatarinov

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Upper Permian

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Sokolki Faunal Assemblage

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{{flag|Russia}}

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A gorgonopsid. The type species is Suchogorgon golubevi.

Vivaxosaurus{{Cite journal|author1=Kalandadze, N.N. |author2=Kurkin, A.A.|year=2000|title=A new Permian dicynodont and the question of the origin of the kannemeyeroidea|journal=Paleontological Journal|volume=34|issue=6|pages=642–649}}

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Valid

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  • Kalandadze
  • Kurkin

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Upper Permian

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Sokolki Faunal Assemblage

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{{flag|Russia}}

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A dicynodont. The type species is Vivaxosaurus permicus.

See also

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Footnotes

=Complete author list=

As science becomes more collaborative, papers with large numbers of authors are becoming more common. To prevent the deformation of the tables, these footnotes list the contributors to papers that erect new genera and have many authors.

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