2002 in paleontology

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Plants

=Gymnosperms=

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Ginkgo dissecta{{cite journal |last1=Mustoe |first1=G.E. |year=2002 |title=Eocene Ginkgo leaf fossils from the Pacific Northwest |journal= Canadian Journal of Botany |volume=80 |issue=10 |pages=1078–1087 |doi=10.1139/b02-097}}

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Mustoe

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Early Eocene

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McAbee site, Kamloops Group

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{{flag|Canada}}

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Pinus matthewsii{{cite journal|last1=McKown |first1=A.D. |last2=Stockey |first2=R.A. |last3=Schweger |first3=C.E. |year=2002 |title=A New Species of Pinus Subgenus Pinus Subsection Contortae From Pliocene Sediments of Ch'ijee's Bluff, Yukon Territory, Canada |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=163 |issue=4 |pages=687–697 |url=http://www.mckown.ca/PDF/McKownetal2002.pdf |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20080221182400/http://www.mckown.ca/PDF/McKownetal2002.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-02-21 |doi=10.1086/340425 |s2cid=86234947 }}

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Sp nov

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Valid

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McKown, Stockey, & Schweger

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Pliocene

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Ch'ijee's Bluff, Bluefish Basin

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{{flag|Canada}}

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=Angiosperms=

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Hymenaea mexicana{{cite journal |last1=Poinar |first=G. |last2=Brown |first2=A. |title=Hymenaea mexicana sp. nov. (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) from Mexican amber indicates Old World connections |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |year=2002 |volume=139 |issue=2 |pages=125–132 |doi=10.1046/j.1095-8339.2002.00053.x|doi-access=free }}

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sp nov

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Valid

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Poinar & Brown

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Late Oligocene - early Miocene

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Mexican amber

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{{flag|Mexico}}

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A species of Hymenaea, producer of Mexican amber

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Trifurcatua flabellata{{cite journal |last1=Mohr |first1=B. |last2=Rydin |first2=C. |year=2002 |title=Trifurcatia flabellata n. gen. n. sp., a putative monocotyledon angiosperm from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (Brazil) |journal= Fossil Record |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=335–344 |doi=10.1002/mmng.20020050121|doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov.

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Valid

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Mohr & Rydin

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Lower Cretaceous

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Crato Formation

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{{flag|Brazil}}

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putative monocot

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Arthropods

= Insects =

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Cretomerobius wehri{{Cite journal |last1=Makarkin |first1=VN |last2=Archibald |first2=SB |last3=Oswald |first3=JD |year=2003 |title=New Early Eocene brown lacewings (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) from western North America |journal= The Canadian Entomologist |volume=135 |issue=5 |pages= 637–653 |doi=10.4039/n02-122|citeseerx=10.1.1.489.5852 |s2cid=53479449 }}

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Sp nov.

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Jr synonym

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Makarkin, Archibald, Oswald

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Ypresian

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Klondike Mountain Formation

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{{flag|USA}}

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A drepanepterygine brown lacewing.
Moved to Proneuronema wehri in 2016{{Cite journal |last1=Makarkin |first1=V. |last2=Wedmann |first2=S. |last3=Weiterschan |first3=T. |year=2016 |title=A new genus of Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) from Baltic amber, with a critical review of the Cenozoic Megalomus-like taxa and remarks on the wing venation variability of the family |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4179 |issue=3 |pages=345–370 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4179.3.2 |pmid=27811679 }}

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Dolichoderus kohlsi{{cite journal |last1=Dlussky |first1=G. |last2=Rasnitsyn |first2=A. |year=2002 |title=Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Formation Green River and some other Middle Eocene deposits of North America |journal=Russian Entomological Journal |volume=11 |pages=411–436 |url=http://antcat.org/documents/4327/Dlussky&Rasnitsyn_2003_Russ_Entomol_J.pdf}}

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Dlussky & Rasnitsyn

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Ypresian

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Green River Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}
{{Flag|Colorado}}

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A dolichoderine ant.

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Dolichoderus longipilosus{{cite journal |last1=Dlussky |first1=G. |year=2002 |title=[Ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Baltic and Rovno ambers.] |journal=Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal |volume=2002 |issue=1 |pages=54–68 |language=ru}}

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Sp nov

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valid

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Dlussky

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Middle Eocene

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Baltic amber

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{{Flag|Europe}}

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A Dolichoderine ant

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File:Dolichoderus longipilosus SMFBE1216 dorsal.jpg]]

Dolichoderus nanus

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Sp nov

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valid

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Dlussky

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Middle Eocene

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Baltic amber

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{{Flag|Europe}}

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A Dolichoderine ant

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File:Dolichoderus nanus FANTWEB00011 profile left.jpg]]

Eoformica globularis

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Dlussky & Rasnitsyn

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Ypresian

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Green River Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}
{{Flag|Wyoming}}

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A ant of uncertain placement.

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Eoformica magna

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Dlussky & Rasnitsyn

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Ypresian

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Green River Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}
{{Flag|Wyoming}}

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A ant of uncertain placement.

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Fibla (Reisserella) cerdanica{{cite journal |last1=Nel |first1=A. |year=1993 |title=Nouveaux Raphidioptères fossiles du Cénozoïque de France et d'Espagne |journal=École Pratique des Hautes Études, Biologie et Évolution des Insectes |volume=6 |pages=99–108}}

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Comb nov

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Valid

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(Nel)

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Late Miocene

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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An inocellid snakefly,
moved from Miofibla Nel, 1994

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File:Fibla (Reisserella) cerdanica holotype MNHN.F.R10418 part side direct lighting.jpg]]

Formica gustawi{{cite journal |last1=Dlussky |first1=G. M. |year=2002 |title=Syntypes of Baltic amber ants Formica flori Mayr and Ponera atavia Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |journal=Russian Entomological Journal |volume=11 |pages=291–298}}

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Sp nov

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valid

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Dlussky

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Middle Eocene

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Baltic amber

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{{Flag|Europe}}

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A formicine ant

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File:Formica gustawi BMNHP-II1103 dorsal.jpg]]

Klondikia

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Dlussky & Rasnitsyn

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Ypresian

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Klondike Mountain Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}
{{Flag|Washington}}

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An ant form genus of uncertain placement.
Type species K. whiteae

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Kohlsimyrma

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Gen et 2 sp nov

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Valid

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Dlussky & Rasnitsyn

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Ypresian

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Green River Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}
{{Flag|Colorado}}

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An ant form genus of uncertain placement.
Type species K. laticeps
also includes K. gracilis and K. longiceps

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Mianeuretus eocenicus

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Dlussky & Rasnitsyn

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Ypresian

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Green River Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}
{{Flag|Colorado}}

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An aneuretine ant

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Myrmecites

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Dlussky & Rasnitsyn

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Ypresian

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Green River Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}
{{Flag|Colorado}}

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A myrmicine ant form genus.
Type species M. rotundiceps

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Pachycondyla labandeirai

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Dlussky & Rasnitsyn

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Ypresian

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Green River Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}
{{Flag|Wyoming}}

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A ponerine ant.

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Ponerites

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Gen, 3 sp et 1 comb nov

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Valid

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Dlussky & Rasnitsyn

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Ypresian

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Green River Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}
{{Flag|Colorado}}

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A ponerine ant form genus.
Type species P. eocenicus
Also includes P. coloradensis, P. hypoponeroides,
& P. umbrus (moved from Ponera umbrus 1932)

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Proiridomyrmex

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Dlusskys & Rasnitsyn

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Ypresian

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Green River Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}
{{Flag|Colorado}}

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A dolichoderine ant form genus
Type species P. vetulus

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Solenopsites

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Dlussky & Rasnitsyn

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Ypresian

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Green River Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}
{{Flag|Colorado}}

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A myrmicine ant form genus.
Type species S. minutus

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Wesmaelius mathewesi

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sp. nov

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valid

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Makarkin, Archibald, Oswald

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Ypresian

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Coldwater Formation

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{{Flag|Canada}}

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first description of fossil Wesmaelius

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Conodonts

=New taxa=

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Eolinguipolygnathus{{cite journal |last1=Bardashev |first1=I. |last2=Weddige |first2=K. |last3=Ziegler |first3=W. |year=2002 |title=The phylomorphogenesis of some early devonian platform conodonts |journal=Senckenbergiana Lethaea |volume=82 |issue=2 |pages=375–451 |doi=10.1007/BF03042946|s2cid=128177941 }}

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Gen et comb nov

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valid

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Bardashev, Weddige, & Ziegler

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early Devonian

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An eopolygnathid conodont,
type species E. dehiscens
moved from Polygnathus dehiscens (1967)

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Archosauromorphs

= Dinosaurs =

==New taxa==

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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Agnosphitys{{cite journal | author = Fraser N.C., Padian K., Walkden G.M., Davis A.L.M. | year = 2002 | title = Basal dinosauriform remains from Britain and the diagnosis of the Dinosauria | journal = Palaeontology | volume = 45 | pages = 79–95 | doi = 10.1111/1475-4983.00228 | doi-access = free }}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Fraser, Padian, Walkden, & Davis

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late Triassic

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{{Flag|England}}

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A possible chimera

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File:Agnosphitys cromhallensis2 copia.jpg]]

Anabisetia{{cite journal | last1 = Coria | first1 = R.A. | last2 = Calvo | first2 = J.O. | year = 2002 | title = A new iguanodontian ornithopod from Neuquen Basin, Patagonia, Argentina | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 22 | issue = 3| pages = 503–509 | doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0503:aniofn]2.0.co;2| s2cid = 130811777 }}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Coria & Calvo

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Late Cretaceous

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Cerro Lisandro Formation

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{{Flag|Argentina}}

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An Iguanodont

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File:Anabisetia saldiviai copia.jpg]]

Aucasaurus{{cite journal | doi = 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0460:ANCROC]2.0.CO;2 |author1=Coria R.A. |author2=Chiappe L.M. |author3=Dingus L. | year = 2002 | title = A new close relative of Carnotaurus sastrei Bonaparte 1985 (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 22 | issue = 2| pages = 460–465 |s2cid=131148538 }}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Coria, Chiappe, & Dingus

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Santonian

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Anacleto Formation

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{{Flag|Argentina}}

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An Abelisaurid

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File:Aucasaurus.jpg]]

"Byranjaffia"Novacek, M.J. 2002. Time Traveler. In: Search of Dinosaurs and Ancient Mammals from Montana to Mongolia. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 368 pages.

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gen nov

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Nomen nudum

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Novacek

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Late Cretaceous

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{{Flag|Mongolia}}

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Officially named Byronosaurus

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Crichtonsaurus{{cite journal | author = Dong Z.-M. | year = 2002 | title = A new armored dinosaur (Ankylosauria) from Beipaio Basin, Liaoning Province, northeastern China | journal = Vertebrata PalAsiatica | volume = 40 | issue = 4| pages = 276–285 }}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Dong

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Late Cretaceous

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Sunjiawan Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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An ankylosaurid

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"Cryptovolans"Czerkas, S.A., D. Zhang, J. Li, and Y. Li. 2002. Flying Dromaeasaurs. In S.J. Czerkas (ed.), Feathered Dinosaurs and the origin of flight. The dinosaur Museum Journal, Volume 1. The Dinosaur Museum of Blanding, Utah.

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gen et sp nov

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Junior synonym

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Czerkas, Zhang, Li, & Li

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Aptian

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Jiufotang Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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Jr synonym of Microraptor

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"Epidendrosaurus"{{cite journal | last1 = Zhang | first1 = Fucheng | last2 = Zhou | first2 = Zhonghe | last3 = Xu | first3 = Xing | last4 = Wang | first4 = Xiaolin | title = A juvenile coelurosaurian theropod from China indicates arboreal habits | journal = Naturwissenschaften | volume = 89 | pages = 394–8 | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1007/s00114-002-0353-8 | pmid=12435090 | issue=9| bibcode = 2002NW.....89..394Z | s2cid = 556221 }}

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gen et sp nov

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junior synonym

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Zhang, Zhou, Xu, & Wang

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Late Jurassic

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Yixian Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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jr synonym of Scansoriopteryx

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Erliansaurus{{cite journal | author = Xu X., Zhang X.-H., Sereno P., Zhao X.-J., Xu , Kuang W., Han J., Tan L. | year = 2002 | title = A new therizionosauroid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Iren Dabau Formation of Nei Mongol | journal = Vertebrata PalAsiatica | volume = 40 | issue = 3| pages = 228–240 }}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Xu et al.

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Late Cretaceous

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Iren Dabasu Formation

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{{Flag|Mongolia}}

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A Therizinosauroid

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File:Erliansaurus bellamanus.jpg]]

"Fusinasus"Hutt, S. 2002. "Mr Leng's dinosaur." The Geological Society of the Isle of Wight Newsletter 2 (6): pp. 12–14.

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gen et sp nov

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Junior synonym of Eotyrannus

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Hutt

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Early Cretaceous

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Wessex Formation

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{{Flag|England}}

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Jr synonym of Eotyrannus

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"Huaxiasaurus"

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Nomen nudum

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Rey

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Officially named Huaxiagnathus in 2004

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Incisivosaurus{{cite journal | doi = 10.1038/nature00966 |author1=Xu X. |author2=Cheng Y.-N. |author3=Wang X.-L. |author4=Chang C.-N. | year = 2002 | title = An unusual oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from China | journal = Nature | volume = 419 | issue = 6904| pages = 291–293 | pmid = 12239565 |bibcode=2002Natur.419..291X |s2cid=4405062 }}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Xu, Wang, & Chang

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Barremian

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Yixian Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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An Oviraptorosaurid

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Liaoceratops{{cite journal | doi = 10.1038/416314a |author1=Xu X. |author2=Makovicky P.J. |author3=Wang X.-L. |author4=Norell M.A. |author5=Hou H.L. | year = 2002 | title = A ceratopsian dinosaur from China and the early evolution of Ceratopsia | journal = Nature | volume = 416 | issue = 6878| pages = 314–317 | pmid = 11907575 |bibcode=2002Natur.416..314X |s2cid=4322101 }}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

|

  • Xu et al.

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Berremian

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Yixian Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A Ceratopsian

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File:Liaoceratops BW.jpg]]

PycnonemosaurusKellner, A.W.A. and D.A. Campos. 2002. On a theropod dinosaur (Abelisauria) from the continental Cretaceous of Brazil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro 60 (3): pp. 163-170.

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Kellner & Campos

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Bauru-type red conglomerate sandstone

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Maastrichtian

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{{Flag|Brazil}}

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An Abelisaurid

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ScansoriopteryxCzerkas, S.A. and C. Yuan. 2002. An arboreal maniraptoran from northwest China. In: Feathered Dinosaurs and the origin of flight (S.J. Czerkas, ed.). The Dinosaur Museum Journal 1 (Dinosaur Museum of Blanding, Utah).

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Czerkas & Yuan

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Late Jurassic

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Yixian Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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Possible junior synonym of Epidendrosaurus

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Sinovenator{{cite journal |author1=Xu X. |author2=Norell M.A. |author3=Wang X.-L. |author4=Makovicky P.J. |author5=Wu X.-C. | year = 2002 | title = A basal troodontid from the Early Cretaceous of China | journal = Nature | volume = 415 | issue = 6873| pages = 780–784 | pmid = 11845206 | doi = 10.1038/415780a |bibcode=2002Natur.415..780X |s2cid=4417515 }}

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gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Xu et al.

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Early Cretaceous

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Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

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A Troodontid

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Sphaerotholus{{cite journal |author1=Williamson Thomas E. |author2=Carr Thomas D. |year=2002 |title=A new genus of highly derived pachycephalosaurian from western North America |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=779–801 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0779:angodp]2.0.co;2}}

|Gen. 2 sp. nov

|Valid

|Williamson & Carr

|Late Cretaceous

|Kirtland Formation, Hell Creek Formation

|{{Flag|United States}}

({{Flag|Montana}}, {{Flag|New Mexico}})

|A pachycephalosaurine; originally described with two species, S. goodwini and S. buchholtzae.

|File:Sphaerotholus.jpg]]

= Birds =

==New taxa==

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Adelalopus {{Cite journal |last1=Mayr |first1=G |last2=Smith |first2=R |year=2002 |title=Avian Remains from the Lowermost Oligocene of Hoogbutsel (Belgium) |journal= Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique |volume= 72 |pages= 139–150 }}

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Valid

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Gen. et Sp. nov.

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Mayr & Smith

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Early Oligocene

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Borgloon Formation

|

{{Flag|Belgium}}
{{Flag|Flemish Brabant}}

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A palaelodid
Type species A. hoogbutseliensis

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Aegialornis germanicus {{Cite book |last1=Mlíkovský |first1=J. |year=2002 |title=Cenozoic Birds of the World Part 1: Europe | url = http://www.nm.cz/download/JML-18-2002-CBE.pdf | publisher = Praha Ninox Press | pages = 1–407 | access-date = 2014-07-28 | 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 }}

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Valid

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Sp. nov.

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Mlíkovský

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Middle Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|Germany}}
{{Flag|Saxony-Anhalt}}

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An Aegialornithid

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Archaeotrogon nocturnus

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Valid

|

Sp. nov.

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Mlíkovský

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Eocene or Early Oligocene

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Phosphorites du Quercy

|

{{Flag|France}}

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An archaeotrogonid

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Athene trinacriae {{Cite journal |last1=Pavia |first1=M. |last2=Mourer-Chauviré |first2=C. |year=2002 |title=Avian An Overview of the Genus Athene in the Pleistocene of the Mediterranean Islands, with the Description of Athene trinacriae n. sp. (Aves: Strigidae) |url=http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Athene%20trinacriae%20Pavia%20&%20Mourer-Chauvire.pdf |journal=Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Beijing, 1–4 June 2000 |volume=1 |pages=13–27 |access-date=23 May 2022 |archive-date=24 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724140116/http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Athene%20trinacriae%20Pavia%20%26%20Mourer-Chauvire.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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Valid

|

Sp. nov.

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Pavia & Mourer-Chauviré

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Pleistocene

|

|

{{Flag|Italia}}
{{Flag|Sicily}}

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A strigid owl.

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Belonopterus downsi {{Cite journal |last1=Campbell Jr. |first1=K. E. |year= 2002 |title=A New Species of Late Pleistocene Lapwing from Rancho La Brea |journal=Condor |volume=104 |issue=1 |pages=170–174 |doi= 10.1650/0010-5422(2002)104[0170:ansolp]2.0.co;2|s2cid=198159856 |doi-access=free }}

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Valid

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Sp. nov.

|

Campbell, Jr.

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Late Pleistocene

|

La Brea Tar Pits

|

{{Flag|USA}}
{{Flag|California}}

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A charadriid lapwing.

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Camusia quintanai {{Cite journal |last1=Seguí |first1=B. |year=2002 |title=A New Genus of Crane (Aves: Gruiformes) from the Late Tertiary of the Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean |journal=Ibis |volume= 144 |issue= 3 |pages= 411–422 | doi = 10.1046/j.1474-919x.2002.00074.x}}

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Valid

|

Gen. et Sp. nov.

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Seguí

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Pliocene

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Vroeg-Midden

|

{{Flag|Spain}}
{{flag|Menorca}}

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A gruid crane.

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Cathayornis aberransis {{Cite book |last1=Hou |first1=L |last2=Zhou |first2=Z. |last3=Zhang |first3=F. |last4=Gu |first4=Y. |year=2002 |title=Mesozoic birds from western Liaoning in China. Liaoning |publisher= Liaoning Science and Technology Publishing |language=Chinese |isbn=978-7538133929}}

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?Valid

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Sp. nov.

|

Hou, Zhou, Zhang, & Gu

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Valanginian

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Jiufotang Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A cathayornithid

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File:Cathayornis-Beijing Museum of Natural History.jpg]]

Cimolopteryx petra {{Cite book |last1=Hope |first1=S. |year=2002 |chapter=The Mesozoic Radiation of Neornithes |editor-last1=Chiappe |editor-first1=L. |editor-last2=Witmer |editor-first2=L. |title=Mesozoic Birds: Above the Head of Dinosaurs |pages= 339–388 }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Hope

|

Maastrichtian

|

Lance Formation

|

{{Flag|USA}}
{{Flag|Wyoming}}

|

A cimolopterygid
moved to Lamarqueavis petra in 2010{{Cite journal |last1=Federico |first1=L. |year=2010 |title=An Avian Coracoid from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina |journal=Studia Geologica Salmanticensia |volume= 46 |issue= 2 |pages= 99–119 |url=http://gredos.usal.es/jspui/bitstream/10366/121655/1/Un_coracoides_de_ave_del_Cretacico_Super.pdf}}

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Collocalia manuoi {{Cite journal |last1=Steadman |first1=D. |year=2002 |title=A New Species of Swiftlet (Aves: Apodidae) from the Late Quaternary of Mangaia, Cook Islands, Oceania |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume= 22 |issue= 2 |pages= 326–331 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0326:ansosa]2.0.co;2|s2cid=84817651 }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Steadman

|

Quaternary

|

|

{{Flag|Cook Islands}}

|

An apodid swiftlet.

|

Colymboides belgicus

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Mayr & Smith

|

Early Oligocene

|

Borgloon Formation

|

{{Flag|Belgium}}
{{Flag|Flemish Brabant}}

|

A gaviid.

|

Delphinornis arctowskii {{Cite journal |last1=Myrcha |first1=A. |last2=Jadwiszczak |first2=P. |last3=Tambussi |first3=C. |last4=Noriega |first4=J. |last5=Gazdzicki |first5=A. |last6=Tatur |first6=A. |last7=Del Valle |first7=R. |year=2002 |title=Taxonomic Revision of Eocene Antarctic Penguins Based on Tarsometatarsal Morphology |journal=Polish Polar Research |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=5–46 |url=http://polar.pan.pl/ppr23/ppr23-005.pdf |access-date=2014-07-28 |archive-date=2014-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808201639/http://polar.pan.pl/ppr23/ppr23-005.pdf |url-status=dead }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Myrcha et al.

|

Eocene

|

La Meseta Formation

|

{{Flag|Antarctica}}

|

A spheniscid penguin.

|

Delphinornis gracilis

|

Valid

|

Comb. nov.

|

(Wiman)

|

Eocene

|

La Meseta Formation

|

{{Flag|Antarctica}}

|

A spheniscid penguin
Moved from Ichtyopteryx gracilis (1905)

|

Enaliornis seeleyi {{Cite journal |last1=Galton |first1=P. |last2=Martin |first2=L. |year=2002 |title=Postcranial Anatomy and Systematics of Enaliornis, a Foot-propelled Diving Bird (Aves: Ornithurae Hesperornithiformes) from the Early Cretaceous of England |journal=Revue de Paléobiologie |volume= 21 |issue= 2 |pages= 489–538 |url=http://www.ville-ge.ch/mhng/paleo/divers/paleo21-2.pdf }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Galton & Martin

|

Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|UK}}
{{Flag|England}}

|

An enaliornithid

|

Eocathayornis {{Cite journal |last1=Zhou |first1=Z. |year= 2002 |title= A New and Primitive Enantiornithine Bird from the Early Cretaceous of China |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume= 22 |issue= 1 |pages= 49–57 |doi= 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0049:anapeb]2.0.co;2 |s2cid=86219146 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp nov.

|

Zhou

|

Valanginian

|

Jiufotang Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

An enantiornithelian,
Type species E. walkeri

|

Giganhinga {{Cite journal |last1=Rinderknecht |first1=A. |last2=Noriega |first2=J. |year=2002 |title=Un Nuevo Género de Anhingidae (Aves: Pelecaniformes) del Plioceno-Pleistoceno del Uruguay (Formación San José) |journal= Ameghiniana |volume= 39 |issue= 2 |pages= 183–191 |url=http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/2661 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp nov.

|

Rinderknecht & Noriega

|

Pliocene-Pleistocene

|

San José Formation

|

{{Flag|Uruguay}}

|

An anhingid
Type species G. kiyuensis

|

Gigantohierax {{Cite journal |last1=Arredondo |first1=O. |last2=Arredondo |first2=C. |year=2002 |orig-year=1999 | title=Nuevos Género y Especie de Ave Fósil (Falconiformes: Accipitridae) del Cuaternario de Cuba |journal= Poeyana |volume= 470–475 |pages= 9–14 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp. nov.

|

Arredondo & Arredondo

|

Quaternary

|

Cave deposits

|

{{Flag|Cuba}}

|

An Accipitridae
Type species G. suarezi

|

Halimornis {{Cite journal |last1=Chiappe |first1=L. |last2= Lamb |first2=J. Jr. |last3=Ericson |first3=P. |year=2002 |title=New Enantiornithine Bird from the Marine Upper Cretaceous of Alabama |journal= Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume= 22 |issue= 1 |pages= 170–174 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0170:nebftm]2.0.co;2 |s2cid=55026727 |url=http://www.nrm.se/download/18.4e1d3ca810c24ddc70380001144/Chiappe%2520et%2520al%2520Alabama%5B1%5D.pdf }}

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp nov.

|

Chiappe, Lamb Jr., & Ericson

|

Early-Middle Campanian

|

Mooreville Chalk Formation

|

{{Flag|USA}}
{{Flag|Alabama}}

|

An Euenantiornithalean
Type species H. thompsoni

|

Hesperornis bairdi {{Cite journal |last1=Martin |first1=L. |last2=Lim |first2=J.-D. |year=2002 |title=New Information on the Hesperornithiform Radiation |journal= Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Beijing, 1–4 June 2000 |volume= 1 |pages= 165–174 }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Martin & Lim

|

Campanian

|

Pierre Shale Formation

|

{{Flag|USA}}
{{Flag|South Dakota}}

|

A hesperornithid

|

Hesperornis chowi

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Martin & Lim

|

Campanian

|

Pierre Shale Formation

|

{{Flag|USA}}
{{Flag|South Dakota}}

|

A hesperornithid

|

Hesperornis macdonaldi

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Martin & Lim

|

Campanian

|

Pierre Shale Formation

|

{{Flag|USA}}
{{Flag|South Dakota}}

|

A hesperornithid

|

Hesperornis mengeli

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Martin & Lim

|

Campanian

|

Pierre Shale Formation

|

{{Flag|Canada}}
{{Flag|Manitoba}}

|

A hesperornithid

|

?Idiornis anthracinus {{Cite journal |last1=Mayr |first1=G. |year=2002 |title=Avian Remains from the Middle Eocene of the Geiseltal (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany) |journal= Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Beijing, 1–4 June 2000 |volume= 1 |issue= 1 |pages= 77–96 }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Mayr

|

Middle Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|Germany}}
{{Flag|Saxony-Anhalt}}

|

A cuculid cuckoo
Moved to Dynamopterus anthracinus (2013){{Cite journal |last1=Mourer-Chauviré |first1=C. | year = 2013 |title=Idiornis Oberholser, 1899 (Aves, Gruiformes, Cariamae, Idiornithidae): a Junior Synonym of Dynamopterus Milne-Edwards, 1892 (Paleogene, Phosphorites du Quercy, France) |journal= Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie |volume= 270 |issue= 1 |pages= 13–22 |doi=10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0355}}

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Jeholornis {{Cite journal |last1=Zhou |first1=Z. |last2= Zhang |first2=F. |year=2002 |title=A Long-tailed, Seed-eating Bird from the Early Cretaceous of China |journal=Nature |issue=6896 |pages=405–409 |pmid=12140555 | volume = 418 |doi=10.1038/nature00930 |bibcode=2002Natur.418..405Z |s2cid=4423299 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp. nov.

|

Zhou & Zhang

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Jiufotang Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A jeholornithid
Type species J. prima

|

File:Jeholornis prima NMNS.jpg]]

Jiliniornis {{Cite journal |last1=Hou |first1=L. |last2=Ericson |first2=P. |year=2002 |title=A Middle Eocene Shorebird from China |journal=Condor |volume=104 |issue=4 |pages=896–899 |doi=10.1650/0010-5422(2002)104[0896:amesfc]2.0.co;2 |s2cid=56470302 |url=http://www.nrm.se/download/18.4e32c81078a8d9249800021339/1367705197082/Hou+Ericson+Condor+2002.pdf }}

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp nov.

|

Hou & Ericson

|

Middle Eocene

|

Huadian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A charadriid
Type species J. huadianensis

|

Jinzhouornis

|

jr synonym

|

Gen et 2 Sp. nov.

|

Hou, Zhou, Zhang, & Gu

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A confuciusornithid
Type species J. yixianensis, also included J. zhangjiyingia
Genus and species synonymized with Confuciusornis sanctus 2018{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=M |last2=O'Connor |first2=J |last3=Zhou |first3=Z H |title=A taxonomical revision of the Confuciusornithiformes (Aves: Pygostylia) |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.180530}}

|

File:Confuciusornis male.jpg]]

Jixiangornis {{Cite journal |last1=Ji |first1=Q |last2=Ji |first2=S. |last3=Zhang |first3=H. |last4=You |first4=H. |last5=Zhang |first5=J. |last6=Wang |first6=L. |last7=Yuan |first7=C. |last8=Ji |first8=X. |year=2002 |title=A New Avialian Bird - Jixiangornis orientalis gen. et sp. nov. - from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, NE China |journal=Journal of Nanjing University (Natural Sciences) |volume= 38 |issue= 6 |pages= 723–736 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp nov.

|

Ji et al.

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Jiufotang Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

An avialaen
Type species J. orientalis

|

File:Jixiangornis orientalis.JPG]]

Larus utunui {{Cite journal |last1=Steadman |first1=D. |year=2002 |title=A New Species of Gull (Laridae: Larus) from an Archaeological Site on Huahine, Society Islands |journal= Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume= 115 |issue= 1 |pages= 1–17}}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Steadman

|

Subrecent

|

|

{{Flag|French Polynesia}}

|

A larid gull.

|

Marambiornis

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp nov.

|

Myrcha et al.

|

Eocene

|

La Meseta Formation

|

{{Flag|Antarctica}}

|

A penguin
Type species M. exilis

|

Masillastega {{Cite journal |last1=Mayr |first1=G. |year=2002 |title=A Skull of a New Pelecaniform Bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume= 47 |issue= 3 |pages= 507–512 |url=https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app47/app47-507.pdf }}

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp nov.

|

Mayr

|

Early Middle Eocene

|

Messel Formation

|

{{Flag|Germany}}
{{Flag|Hessen}}

|

A sulid
Type species M. rectirostris

|

file:Masillastega rectirostris holotype sp140b.jpg]]

Mesetaornis

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp nov.

|

Myrcha et al.

|

Eocene

|

La Meseta Formation

|

{{Flag|Antarctica}}

|

A penguin.
Type species M. polaris

|

Miodytes serbicus {{Cite journal |last1=Dimitreijevich |first1=V. |last2=Gál |first2=E. |last3=Kessler |first3=E. |year=2002 |title=A New Genus and New Species of Grebe (Podicipediformes, Aves) from the Early Miocene Lake Deposits of Valjevo Basin (Serbia) |journal=Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica |volume=20 |pages=3–7 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp nov.

|

Dimitreijevich, Gál, & Kessler

|

Early Miocene

|

Valjevo Basin

|

{{Flag|Serbia}}

|

A podicipedid grebe.

|

Novacaesareala {{Cite journal |last1=Parris |first1=D. |last2=Hope |first2=S. |year=2002 |title=New Interpretations of the Birds from the Navesink and Hornerstown Formations, New Jersey, USA (Aves: Neornithes) |journal=Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Beijing, 1–4 June 2000 |volume= 1 |pages= 113–124 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp nov.

|

Parris & Hope

|

Early Danian

|

Hornerstown Formation

|

{{Flag|USA}}
{{Flag|New Jersey}}

|

A possible torotigid
Type species N. hungerfordi

|

Oligosylphe

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp nov.

|

Mayr & Smith

|

Early Oligocene

|

Borgloon Formation

|

{{Flag|Belgium}}
{{Flag|Flemish Brabant}}

|

A sylphornithid
Type species O. mourerchauvireae

|

Omnivoropteryx{{Cite journal |last1=Czerkas |first1=S. |last2=Ji |first2=Q. |year=2002 |title=A Preliminary Report on an Omnivorous Volant Bird from Northeast China |journal=The Dinosaur Museum Journal |volume= 1 |pages= 127–135 |url=http://dinosaur-museum.org/featheredinosaurs/chapters.htm }}

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp nov.

|

Czerkas & Ji

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Jiufutang Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

An Omvivoropterygidae
Type species O. sinousaorum

|

Oxyura doksana

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Mlíkovský

|

Early Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Czech Republic}}

|

A possible sea duck.

|

Paraortygoides radagasti {{Cite journal |last1=Dyke |first1=G. |last2=Gulas |first2=B. |year=2002 |title=The Fossil Galliform Bird Paraortygoides from the Eocene of the United Kingdom |journal= American Museum Novitates |issue= 1 |pages= 1–14 |hdl=2246/2913 |doi=10.1206/0003-0082(2002)360<0001:tfgbpf>2.0.co;2 |s2cid=59131455 |url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/2913//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N3360.pdf?sequence=1 }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Dyke * Gulas

|

Early Eocene

|

London Clay

|

{{Flag|UK}}
{{Flag|England}}

|

A gallinuloidid

|

Parasarcoramphus {{Cite journal |last1=Mourer-Chauviré |first1=C. |year=2002 |title=Revision of the Cathartidae (Aves: Ciconiiformes) from the Middle Eocene to Upper Oligocene Phosphorites du Quercy, France |journal=Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Beijing, 1–4 June 2000 |volume= 1 |pages= 97–111 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp nov.

|

Mourer-Chauviré

|

Bartonian-Late Oligocene

|

Phosphorites du Quercy

|

{{Flag|France}}
{{flag|Occitanie}}

|

A cathartid. Type species P. milneedwardsi

|

Plesiocathartes geiselensis {{Cite journal |last1=Mayr |first1=G. |year=2002 |title=Avian Remains from the Middle Eocene of the Geiseltal (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany) |journal= Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Beijing, 1–4 June 2000 |volume= 1 |pages= 77–96 }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Mayr

|

Middle Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|Germany}}
{{Flag|Saxony-Anhalt}}

|

A leptosomiformean.

|

Plesiocathartes kelleri{{Cite journal |last1=Mayr |first1=G. |year=2002 |title=A New Species of Plesiocathartes (Aves: ?Leptosomidae) from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany |journal= PaleoBios |volume= 22 |issue= 1 |pages= 10–20 |url=http://docubase.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/pl_dochome?query_src=pl_search&format=pdf&collection=PaleoBios_Archive_Public&id=147&show_doc=yes }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Mayr

|

Middle Eocene

|

Messel Formation

|

{{Flag|Germany}}
{{Flag|Hessen}}

|

A Leptosomiformean.

|

Polarornis {{Cite journal |last1=Chatterjee |first1=S. |year=2002 |title=The Morphology and Systematics of Polarornis, a Cretaceous Loon (Aves: Gaviidae) from Antarctica |journal= Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Beijing, 1–4 June 2000 |volume= 1 |pages= 125–155 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp nov.

|

Chatterjee

|

Late Cretaceous

|

López de Bertodano Formation
Seymour Island

|

{{Flag|Antarctica}}

|

A vegaviid{{cite journal |last1=Agnolín |first1=F.L. |last2=Egli |first2=F.B. |last3=Chatterjee |first3=S. |last4=Marsà |first4=J. |year=2017 |title=Vegaviidae, a new clade of southern diving birds that survived the K/T boundary |journal=The Science of Nature |volume=104 |issue=87 |pages=87 |doi=10.1007/s00114-017-1508-y |pmid=28988276|bibcode=2017SciNa.104...87A |s2cid=13246547 |hdl=11336/50697 |hdl-access=free }}
Type species P. gregorii

|

Sapeornis{{Cite journal |last1=Zhou |first1=Z. |last2=Zhang |first2=F. |year= 2002 |title= Largest Bird from the Early Cretaceous and Its Implications for the Earliest Avian Ecological Diversification |journal= Naturwissenschaften |volume= 89 |issue= 1 |pages= 34–38 |doi= 10.1007/s00114-001-0276-9 |pmid= 12008971 |bibcode=2002NW.....89...34Z |s2cid=1116829 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp nov.

|

Zhou & Zhang

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Jiufotang Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A omnivoropterygid
Type species S. chaoyangensis

|

File:Sapeornis chaoyangensis NMNS.jpg]]

Septentrogon {{Cite journal |last1=Kristoffersen |first1=A. |year=2002 |title=An Early Paleogene Trogon (Aves: Trogoniformes) from the Fur Formation, Denmark |journal= Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume= 22 |issue= 3 |pages= 661–666 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2001)022[0661:aeptat]2.0.co;2|s2cid=86016957 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp nov.

|

Kristoffersen

|

Ypresian

|

Fur Formation

|

{{Flag|Denmark}}

|

A trogonid
Type species S. madseni

|

Shenzhouraptor {{Cite journal |last1=Ji |first1=Q |last2=Ji |first2=S |last3=You |first3=H. |last4=Zhang |first4=J. |last5=Yuan |first5=C. |last6=Ji |first6=X. |last7=Li |first7=J. |last8=Li |first8=Y. |year=2002 |title=Discovery of an Avialae Bird from China, Shenzhouraptor sinensis gen. et sp. nov. |journal= Geological Bulletin of China |volume= 21 |issue= 7 |pages= 363–369 }}

|

valid

|

Gen et sp nov.

|

Ji et al.

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Jiufotang Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

An Avialae. Type species S. sinensis

|

File:Shenzhouraptor sinensis.JPG]]

Spheniscus urbinai {{Cite journal |last1=Stucchi |first1=M. |year=2002 |title=Una Nueva Especie de Spheniscus (Aves: Spheniscidae) de la Formación Pisco, Perú |journal=Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica del Perú |volume= 94 |pages= 17–24 |url=http://www.monografias.com/trabajos-pdf2/nueva-especie-spheniscus-formacion-pisco/nueva-especie-spheniscus-formacion-pisco.pdf }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Stucchi

|

Late Miocene-Early Pliocene

|

Pisco Formation

|

{{Flag|Peru}}

|

A spheniscid penguin.

|

Taubatornis {{Cite journal |last1=Olson |first1=S. |last2=de Alvarenga |first2=H. |year=2002 |title=A New Genus of Small Teratorn from the Middle Tertiary of the Taubate Basin, Brazil (Aves: Teratornithidae) | url = https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/1560/Taubatornis.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |journal= Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume= 115 |issue= 4 |pages= 701–705 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen et sp nov.

|

Olson & de Alvarenga

|

Late Oligocene or Early Miocene

|

Tremembé Formation

|

{{Flag|Brazil}}

|

A teratorn
Type species T. campbelli

|

Teratornis olsoni {{Cite journal |last1=Arredondo |first1=O. |last2=Arredondo |first2=C. |year=2002 |orig-year=1999 |title=Nueva Especie de Ave (Falconiformes: Teratornithidae) del Pleistoceno de Cuba |journal= Poeyana |volume= 470–475 |pages= 15–21 }}

|

jr synonym

|

Sp. nov.

|

Arredondo & Arredondo

|

Pleistocene

|

Cave deposits

|

{{Flag|Cuba}}

|

A teratorn
Moved to Oscaravis olsoni in 2009{{Cite journal |last1=Duque |first1=W. |last2=Olson |first2=S. |year=2009 |title=A New Genus Name for the Cuban Teratorn (Aves: Teratornithidae) |journal= Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume= 122 |issue= 1 |pages= 103–116 |doi=10.2988/08-27.1|s2cid=86566584 }}

|

Teratornis woodburnensis {{Cite journal |last1=Campbell |first1=K. |last2=Stenger |first2=A. |year=2002 |title=A New Teratorn (Aves: Teratornithidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Oregon |journal= Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Beijing, 1–4 June 2000|pages= 1–11 }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Campbell & Stenger

|

Late Pleistocene

|

|

{{flag|USA}}
{{Flag|Oregon}}

|

A teratorn

|

Teviornis {{Cite journal |last1=Kurochkin |first1=E. |last2=Dyke |first2=G. |last3=Karhu |first3=A. |year=2002 |title=A New Presbyornithid Bird (Aves, Anseriformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Southern Mongolia |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3386 |pages=1–11 |hdl=2246/2875 |doi=10.1206/0003-0082(2002)386<0001:anpbaa>2.0.co;2 |s2cid=59147935 |url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/2875/n3386.pdf?sequence=1}}

|

Valid

|

Gen et Sp nov.

|

Kurochkin, Dyke, & Karhu

|

Maastrichtian

|

Nemegt Formation

|

{{Flag|Mongolia}}

|

A presbyornithid
Type species T. gobiensis

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Tyto balearica cyrneichnusae {{Cite journal |last1=Louchart |first1=A. |year=2002 |title=Les Oiseaux du Pléistocène de Corse et de Quelques Localités Sardes. Écologie, Évolution, Biogéographie et Extinctions |journal=Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de Lyon |volume= 155 |pages= 1–287 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235217811 }}

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Valid

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Subsp. nov.

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Louchart

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Late Pleistocene

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{{Flag|France}}
{{Flag|Corsica}}

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A tytonid owl subspecies.

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=Plesiosaurs =

==New taxa==

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Edgarosaurus

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Druckenmiller

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Albian

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Thermopolis Shale

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{{Flag|United States}}
{{Flag|Montana}}

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A polycotylid
Type species E. muddi

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File:Edgarosaurus (1).jpg]]

Kaiwhekea

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Cruickshank & Fordyce

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Maastrichtian

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Katiki Formation

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{{Flag|New Zealand}}
{{Flag|Otago}}

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An aristonectine elasmosaurid
Type species K. katiki

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File:Kaiwhekea katikiDB17.jpg]]

Vinialesaurus

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Gen et comb nov

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Valid

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Gasparini et al.

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Oxfordian

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Jagua Formation

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{{Flag|Cuba}}

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A cryptoclidid
Type species V. caroli
Moved from Cryptocleidus caroli (1949)

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= Pterosaurs =

In October, a partial Mesadacylus wing was discovered in the Kingsview Quarry of Colorado. This find marks the first time that a Morrison pterosaur has been found at more than one site in the formation.Foster, J. (2007). "Mesadactylus ornithosphyos." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 159-160.

== New taxa ==

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Austriadactylus

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Dalla Vecchia, Wild, & Reitner

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Late Triassic

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Seefelder Beds

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{{Flag|Austria}}

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Hatzegopteryx{{cite journal | last1 = Buffetaut | first1 = E. | last2 = Grigorescu | first2 = D. | last3 = Csiki | first3 = Z. | year = 2002 | title = A new giant pterosaur with a robust skull from the latest Cretaceous of Romania | journal = Naturwissenschaften | volume = 89 | issue = 4| pages = 180–184 | doi = 10.1007/s00114-002-0307-1 | pmid=12061403| bibcode = 2002NW.....89..180B | s2cid = 15423666 }}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Buffetaut, Grigorescu, & Csiki

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Late Cretaceous

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Densuș-Ciula Formation

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{{Flag|Romania}}

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possibly a jr synonym of Quetzalcoatlus

|File:Hatzegopteryx.png]]

Jeholopterus

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Wang & Zhou

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Late Jurassic

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Daohugou Beds

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{{Flag|China}}

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File:Jeholopterus ningchengensis 2.JPG]]

Piksi

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Varricchio

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Late Cretaceous

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Two Medicine Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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At first thought to be a bird, but subsequently reinterpreted as a pterosaur, likely a member of Ornithocheiroidea.{{cite journal|author1=Federico L. Agnolin |author2=David Varricchio |year=2012 |title=Systematic reinterpretation of Piksi barbarulna Varricchio, 2002 from the Two Medicine Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Western USA (Montana) as a pterosaur rather than a bird |url=http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/48099_g2012n4a10.pdf |journal=Geodiversitas |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=883–894 |doi=10.5252/g2012n4a10 |s2cid=56002643 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115164102/http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/48099_g2012n4a10.pdf |archive-date=2013-01-15 }}

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Pterorhynchus

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Czerkas & Ji

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Late Jurassic

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Daohugou Beds

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{{Flag|China}}

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Thalassodromeus

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Kellner & Campos

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early Cretaceous

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Santana Formation

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{{Flag|Brazil}}

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|File:Thalassodromeus.jpg]]

Utahdactylus

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Czerkas & Mickelson

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Late Jurassic

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Morrison Formation, Utah

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{{Flag|USA}}

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Lepidosauromorphs

=Squamates =

==New taxa==

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"Lakumasaurus"{{cite journal |last1=Martin |first1=J.E. |author2=Fernández, M. |year=2007 |title=The synonymy of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur (Squamata) genus Lakumasaurus from Antarctica with Taniwhasaurus from New Zealand and its bearing upon faunal similarity within the Weddellian Province |journal= Geological Journal |volume=42 |issue=2 |pages=203–211 |doi= 10.1002/gj.1066|s2cid=128429649 }}

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Gen et sp nov

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Jr synonym

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Novas et al.

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Late Campanian

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Santa Marta Formation

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{{Flag|Antarctica}}

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Genus synonymized with Taniwhasaurus in 2007

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File:Taniwhasaurus antarcticus.jpg]]

Prognathodon currii{{Cite journal |last=Christiansen |first=Per |last2=Bonde |first2=Niels |date=2002 |title=A New Species of Gigantic Mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous of Israel |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4524254 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=629–644 |issn=0272-4634}}

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Christiansen & Bonde

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Late Campanian

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Mishash Formation

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{{Flag|Israel}}

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A large mosasaur

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File:Israeli Prognathodon.jpg]]

Synapsids

= Non-mammalian =

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Criocephalosaurus{{Cite journal|author1=Kammerer, C.F |author2=Sidor, C.A.|year=2002|title=Replacement names for the therapsid genera Criocephalus Broom 1928 and Olivieria Brink 1965|journal=Palaeontologia Africana|volume=38|pages=71–72}}

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gen nov

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Valid

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Kammerer & Sidor

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Upper Permian

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{{flag|South Africa}}

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A dinocephalian. Replacement name for Criocephalus Broom, 1928, preoccupied by Criocephalus Mulsant 1839.

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Kitchinganomodon{{Cite journal|author=Maisch, M.W.|year=2002|title=Observations on Karoo and Gondwana vertebrates: Part 4: The taxonomic status of the Late Permian rhachinocephalid Platycyclops crassus Broom, 1948 (Therapsida: Dicynodontia) from the South African Karoo|journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte|volume=2002|issue=6|pages=362–372|doi=10.1127/njgpm/2002/2002/362}}

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Gen nov

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Valid

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Maisch

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Upper Permian

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{{flag|South Africa}}

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A dicynodont. New genus for "Platycyclops" crassus Broom, 1948.

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Kwazulusaurus{{Cite journal|doi=10.1111/1475-4983.00240|author=Maisch, M.W.|year=2002|title=A new basal lystrosaurid dicynodont from the Upper Permian of South Africa|journal=Palaeontology|volume=45|issue=2|pages=343–359|doi-access=free}}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Maisch

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Upper Permian

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Beaufort Group

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{{flag|South Africa}}

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A dicynodont. The type species is Kwazulusaurus shakai.

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Lanthanocephalus{{Cite journal|doi=10.1139/e02-091|author=Modesto, S. |author2=Rubidge, B.S. |author3=Welman, J.|year=2002|title=A new dicynodont therapsid from the Lowermost Beaufort Group, Upper Permian of South Africa|journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences|volume=39|issue=12 |pages=1755–1765|bibcode=2002CaJES..39.1755M }}

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gen et sp nov

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Preoccupied

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Modesto, Rubidge, & Welman

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Upper Permian

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Koonap Formation

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{{flag|South Africa}}

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Genus preoccupied by Lanthanocephalus Williams & Starmer, 2000, moved to the replacement Lanthanostegus in 2003

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Neotrirachodon{{Cite journal|author=Tatarinov, L.P.|year=2002|title=Gomphodont cynodonts (Reptilia, Theriodontia) from the Middle Triassic of Orenburg Region|journal=Paleontological Journal|volume=36|issue=3|pages=176–179}}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Tatarinov

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Middle Triassic

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Donguz Formation

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{{flag|Russia}}

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A cynodont. The type species is Neotrirachodon expectatus.

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Ruhuhucerberus{{cite journal|author=Maisch, M.W.|year=2002|title=Observations on Karoo and Gondwana vertebrates: Part 3: notes on the gorgonopsians from the Upper Permian of Tanzania|journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte|volume=2002|issue=4|pages=237–251|doi=10.1127/njgpm/2002/2002/237}}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Maisch

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Upper Permian

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Kawinga Formation

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{{flag|Tanzania}}

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A gorgonopsian. The type species is Ruhuhucerberus terror.

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Titanogorgon

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gen nov

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Valid

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Maisch

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Upper Permian

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Kawinga Formation

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{{flag|Tanzania}}

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A gorgonopsian. New genus for "Gorgonognathus" maximus von Huene, 1950.

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References