2004 in paleontology#Turtles

File:Paleoleishmania proterus elongate promastigotes in Palaeomyia burmitis.jpg]]

Oldest record of the protozoan family Trypanosomatidae,
Type species P. proterus

Fungi

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Appianoporites{{Cite journal |doi=10.2307/3762001 |last1=Smith |first1=S.Y. |author2= Currah, R.S.|author3= Stockey, R.A. |year=2004 |title=Cretaceous and Eocene poroid hymenophores from Vancouver Island, British Columbia |journal= Mycologia |volume=96 |issue=1 |pages=180–186 |url=http://www.mycologia.org/cgi/reprint/96/1/180 |jstor=3762001 |pmid=21148842|url-access=subscription }}

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Smith, Currah, & Stockey

Eocene

Appian Way Flora.

Extinct bracket fungus

Quatsinoporites

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Smith, Currah, & Stockey

Barremian (Cretaceous)

Longarm Formation.

Extinct bracket fungus.

Plants

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Fagus langevinii{{cite journal |last1=Manchester |first1=S. R. |last2=Dillhoff |first2=R. M. |year=2004 |title=Fagus (Fagaceae) fruits, foliage, and pollen from the Middle Eocene of Pacific Northwestern North America |journal=Canadian Journal of Botany |volume=82 |issue=10 |pages=1509–1517 |doi=10.1139/b04-112|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228509870}}

Sp nov

Valid

Manchester & Dillhoff

Ypresian

Tranquille Formation

A beech tree species

file:Fagus langevinii nutlet SRIC SR 99-10-01 img1.jpg]]

Liquidambar changii{{cite journal |last1=Pigg |first1=K. B. |last2=Ickert-Bond |first2=S. M. |last3=Wen |first3=J. |year=2004 |title=Anatomically preserved Liquidambar (Altingiaceae) from the middle Miocene of Yakima Canyon, Washington state, USA, and its biogeographic implications |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=91 |issue=3 |pages=499–509 |doi=10.3732/ajb.91.3.499 |pmid=21653405}}

Sp nov.

Valid

Pigg, Ickert-Bond, & Wen

Middle Miocene

"Yakima Canyon Flora"

A species of sweetgum

file:Liquidambar changii infructescence, UWBM 40 (90) Pigg & Wehr 2002 Plt2 fig22.png]]

Neviusia dunthornei{{cite journal |last1=DeVore |first1=M.L. |last2=Moore |first2=S.M. |last3=Pigg |first3=K.B. |last4=Wehr |first4=W.C. |year=2004 |title=Fossil Neviusia leaves (Rosaceae: Kerrieae) from the Lower Middle Eocene of Southern British Columbia |journal=Rhodora |volume=12 |issue= 927 |pages=197–209 |jstor=23314752}}

Sp nov

Valid

DeVore, Moore, Pigg, & Wehr

Eocene
Ypresian

Okanagan Highlands
Allenby Formation

oldest and only extinct species of Neviusia

Palaeocarpinus dakotensis{{cite journal |last1=Manchester |first1=S.R. |last2=Pigg |first2=K.B. |last3=Crane |first3=P.R. |year=2004 |title=Palaeocarpinus dakotensis sp. n. (Betulaceae: Coryloideae) and associated staminate catkins, pollen, and leaves from the Paleocene of North Dakota |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=165 |issue=6 |pages=1135-1148 |doi=10.1086/423870}}

Sp nov

Valid

Manchester & Chen

Paleocene
Tiffanian

Fort Union Group
Sentinel Butte Formation

A betulaceous fruit

Arthropoda

=newly named arachnids=

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?Anyphops cortex{{cite journal |last1=Wunderlich |first1=J. |year=2004 |title=Fossil spiders in amber and copal. Conclusions, revisions, new taxa and family diagnoses of fossil and extant taxa |journal=Beiträge zur Araneologie |volume=3AB |pages=1–1908}}

sp nov

jr synonym{{cite journal|last1=Penney |first1=D. |last2=Ono |first2=H. |last3=Selden |first3=P.A. |year=2005 |title=A new synonymy for the Madagascan copal spider fauna (Araneae, Selenopidae) |journal=Journal of Afrotropical Zoology |volume=2 |pages=41–44 |url=http://homepage.mac.com/paulselden/Home/files/Madagascar.pdf }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Wunderlich

Unknown

Madagascar copal

jr Synonym of Garcorops jadis

Garcorops jadis{{cite journal |last1=Bosselaers |first1=J. |year=2004|title=A new Garcorops species from Madagascar copal (Araneae: Selenopidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=445 |pages=1–7 |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/zt00445.pdf|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.445.1.1 |s2cid=47620450 }}

sp nov

Valid

Bosselaers

Unknown

Madagascar copal

Possibly extant, but copal age is not determined

=Newly named insects=

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Afromyrma{{cite journal |last1=Dlussky |first1=G. M. |last2=Brothers |first2=D. J. |last3=Rasnitsyn |first3=A. P. |year=2004 |title= The first Late Cretaceous ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from southern Africa, with comments on the origin of the Myrmicinae |journal=Insect Systematics and Evolution |volume=35 |pages=1–13 |doi=10.1163/187631204788964727}}

Gen et sp nov

valid

Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn

Turonian

A Myrmicin ant, type species A. petrosa

Afropone

Gen et sp nov

valid

Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn

Turonian

A ponerin ant, two species

Albicoccus{{cite journal |last1=Koteja |first1=J |year=2004 |title=Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccinea) from cretaceous Myanmar (Burmese) amber |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=109–114 |doi=10.1017/S1477201904001166|bibcode=2004JSPal...2..109K |s2cid=86393735 }}{{subscription required|via=Taylor & Francis}}

Fam, gen et sp nov

valid

Koteja

Albian - Cenomanian

A scale insect, monotypic with Albicoccidae & A. dimai

Burmacoccus

Fam, gen et sp nov

valid

Koteja

Albian - Cenomanian

File:Carebara antiqua BMNHP18806 profile.jpg]]

A scale insect, monotypic with Burmacoccidae & B. danyi

Carebara antiqua{{cite journal |last1=Fernández |first1=F. |year=2004 |title=The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |journal=Caldasia |volume=26 |pages=191–238}}

Comb nov

valid

(Mayr, 1868)

Middle Eocene

Baltic amber

Fossil myrmicine ant

Electrostephanus janzeni{{Cite journal |last1=Engel |first1=M.S. |last2=Ortega-Blanco |first2=J. |year=2008 |title=The fossil crown wasp Electrostephanus petiolatus Brues in Baltic Amber (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae): designation of a neotype, revised classification, and a key to amber Stephanidae |journal= ZooKeys |issue=4 |pages = 55–64 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.4.49|bibcode=2008ZooK....4...55E |doi-access=free |hdl=2445/36428 |hdl-access=free }}

Sp nov

jr synonym

Engel

Lutetian

Baltic Amber

A stephanid wasp

Gerontoformica{{cite journal |last1=Nel |first1=A. |last2=Perrault |first2=G. |last3=Perrichot |first3=V. |last4=Néradeau |first4=D. |year=2004 |title=The oldest ant in the lower cretaceous amber of Charente-maritime (SW France) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |journal=Geologica Acta |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=23–29}}

Gen et sp nov

valid

Nel & Perrault

Albian - Cenomanian

Charentese amber

A stem group ant,
type species G. cretacica

File:Gerontoformica cretacica MNHNA30088 ventral profile whole.jpg]]

Marmyan

gen et sp nov

valid

Koteja

Cenomanian

A scale insect, monotypic M. barbarae

Microberotha{{cite journal |last1=Archibald |first1=S.B. |author2=Makarkin, V.N. |year=2004 |title=New genus of minute Berothidae (Neuroptera) from Early Eocene amber of British Columbia |journal=The Canadian Entomologist |volume=136 |pages=61–76 |url=http://ibss.febras.ru/files/00002082.pdf |doi=10.4039/n03-043 |access-date=2010-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818063216/http://ibss.febras.ru/files/00002082.pdf |archive-date=2011-08-18 |url-status=dead |citeseerx=10.1.1.552.2285 |s2cid=36459014 }}

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Archibald

Ypresian

Hat Creek Amber

A Berothid lacewing

Palaeomyia{{cite journal |last1=Poinar |first1=G. O. Jr. |year=2004 |title=Palaeomyia burmitis (Diptera: Phlebotomidae), a new genus and species of Cretaceous sand flies with evidence of blood-sucking habits |journal=Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington |volume=106 |pages=598–605}}

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Poinar

Cenomanian

File:Palaeomyia burmitis in Burmese amber.jpg]]

A Phlebotomidae sand fly, type species P. burmitis

Molluscs

=Cephalopods=

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Conlinites{{Cite journal \|last=Kennedy \|first=W.J. \|date=December 2004 \|title=Ammonites from the Pawpaw Shale (Upper Albian) in northeast Texas \|url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2004.08.005 \|journal=Cretaceous Research \|volume=25 \|issue=6 \|pages=865–905 \|doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2004.08.005 \|issn=0195-6671\|url-access=subscription }} \| Gen et sp nov \| Valid \| Kennedy \| Early Cretaceous (Albian) \| Paw Paw Formation \| {{Flag\|USA}} ({{Flag\|Texas}}) \| An ammonite, type species is C. wrighti. \|
Enigmaticeras \| Gen et sp nov \| Valid \| Kennedy \| Early Cretaceous (Albian) \| Paw Paw Formation \| {{Flag\|USA}} ({{Flag\|Texas}}) \| An ammonite, type species is E. riceae. \|
Ficheuria americana \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Kennedy \| Early Cretaceous (Albian) \| Paw Paw Formation \| {{Flag\|USA}} ({{Flag\|Texas}}) \| An ammonite. \|
Mariella (Mariella) asper \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Kennedy \| Early Cretaceous (Albian) \| Paw Paw Formation \| {{Flag\|USA}} ({{Flag\|Texas}}) \| An ammonite. \|
Neophlycticeras (Paradolphia) occidentalis \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Kennedy \| Early Cretaceous (Albian) \| Paw Paw Formation \| {{Flag\|USA}} ({{Flag\|Texas}}) \| An ammonite. \|

Newly named fishes

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Gomphonchus? minutus \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Valiukevičius \| Late Silurian \| Minija Formation \| {{Flag\|Latvia}} \| An acanthodian belonging to the group Ischnacanthiformes and the family Ischnacanthidae. \|
Lophosteus canadensis{{cite journal \|last1=Schultze \|first1=Hans-Peter \|last2=Märss \|first2=Tiiu \|year=2004 \|title=Revisiting Lophosteus, a primitive osteichthyan \|journal=Acta Universitatis Latviensis. Earth and Environment Sciences \|volume=679 \|pages=57–78 \|url=http://www.lu.lv/materiali/apgads/raksti/679.pdf }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Schultze & Märss \| Late Silurian \| Barlow Inlet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A bony fish belonging to the group Lophosteiformes. \|
Lophosteus ohesaarensis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Schultze & Märss \| Late Silurian \| \| {{Flag\|Estonia}} {{Flag\|Latvia}} \| A bony fish belonging to the group Lophosteiformes. \|
Lophosteus uralensis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Schultze & Märss \| Early Devonian \| \| {{Flag\|Russia}} \| A bony fish belonging to the group Lophosteiformes. \|
Nostolepis alifera{{cite journal \|last=Valiukevičius \|first=Juozas \|year=2004 \|title=Silurian acanthodian succession of the Lužni-4 borehole (Latvia) \|journal=Acta Universitatis Latviensis. Earth and Environment Sciences \|volume=679 \|pages=120–147 \|url=http://www.lu.lv/materiali/apgads/raksti/679.pdf }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Valiukevičius \| Late Silurian \| Targale Formation \| {{Flag\|Latvia}} \| An acanthodian belonging to the group Climatiiformes and the family Climatiidae. \|
Nostolepis latvica \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Valiukevičius \| Late Silurian \| Minija Formation Targale Formation \| {{Flag\|Latvia}} \| An acanthodian belonging to the group Climatiiformes and the family Climatiidae. \|
Perscheia{{cite journal \|last1=Elliott \|first1=David K. \|last2=Mark-Kurik \|first2=Elga \|last3=Daeschler \|first3=Edward B. \|year=2004 \|title=A revision of Obruchevia (Psammosteida: Heterostraci) and a description of a new obrucheviid from the Late Devonian of the Canadian Arctic \|journal=Acta Universitatis Latviensis. Earth and Environment Sciences \|volume=679 \|pages=22–45 \|url=http://www.lu.lv/materiali/apgads/raksti/679.pdf }} \| Gen. et sp. nov \| Valid \| Elliott, Mark-Kurik & Daeschler \| Devonian (Frasnian) \| Nordstrand Point Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Pteraspidiformes belonging to the group Psammosteida and the family Obrucheviidae. The type species is P. pulla \|
Poracanthodes marssae \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Valiukevičius \| Late Silurian \| Targale Formation \| {{Flag\|Estonia}} {{Flag\|Latvia}} \| An acanthodian belonging to the group Ischnacanthiformes and the family Poracanthidae. \|
Poracanthodes sulcatus \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Valiukevičius \| Late Silurian \| Targale Formation \| {{Flag\|Estonia}} {{Flag\|Latvia}} \| An acanthodian belonging to the group Ischnacanthiformes and the family Poracanthidae. \|
Talimaalepis{{cite journal \|last=Žigaitė \|first=Živilė \|year=2004 \|title=A new thelodont from Lower Silurian of Tuva and north-west Mongolia \|journal=Acta Universitatis Latviensis. Earth and Environment Sciences \|volume=679 \|pages=158–165 \|url=http://www.lu.lv/materiali/apgads/raksti/679.pdf }} \| Gen. et sp. nov \| Valid \| Žigaitė \| Silurian \| Dashtygoi Formation Kyzyl-Tchiraa Formation Tchergak Formation \| {{Flag\|Mongolia}} {{Flag\|Russia}} \| A thelodont, possibly a member of the group Phlebolepidiformes. The type species is T. rimae \|
Trimpleylepis{{cite journal \|last1=Miller \|first1=C. Giles \|last2=Märss \|first2=Tiiu \|last3=Blom \|first3=Henning \|year=2004 \|title=New anaspid material from the Late Silurian of Britain and Estonia \|journal=Acta Universitatis Latviensis. Earth and Environment Sciences \|volume=679 \|pages=46–56 \|url=http://www.lu.lv/materiali/apgads/raksti/679.pdf }} \| Gen. et 2 sp. nov \| Valid \| Miller, Märss & Blom \| Late Silurian \| \| {{Flag\|Estonia}} {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| A member of Anaspida belonging to the group Birkeniida, possibly a member of the family Septentrioniidae. The type species is T. juncta; genus also includes T. concatenata. \|

Newly named amphibians

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Jakubsonia{{cite journal |last=Lebedev |first=Oleg A. |year=2004 |title=A new tetrapod Jakubsonia livnensis from the Early Famennian (Devonian) of Russia and palaeoecological remarks on the Late Devonian tetrapod habitats |journal=Acta Universitatis Latviensis. Earth and Environment Sciences |volume=679 |pages=79–98 |url=http://www.lu.lv/materiali/apgads/raksti/679.pdf }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Lebedev

Devonian (Famennian)

A basal member of Tetrapoda. The type species is J. livnensis

Reptile

=Archosauromorphs=

==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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AtrociraptorCurrie, P.J. and D.J. Varricchio. 2004. A new dromaeosaurid from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada. In: Feathered Dragons: Studies on the Transition from Dinosaurs to Birds (P.J. Currie, E.B. Koppelhus, M.A. Shugar, and J.L. Wright, eds.). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IA: pp. 112-132.

Valid

Currie & Varricchio

Edmontonian

Horseshoe Canyon Formation

File:Atrociraptor (flipped).jpg]]

Bashunosaurus Kuang, X.W. (2004). "A new Sauropoda from Kaijiang dinosaur fauna in middle Jurassic beds of North-Eastern Sichuan". In Sun, J.W. (ed.). Collection of the 90th anniversary of Tianjin museum of natural history. Tianjin: Tianjin Science and Technology Press. pp. 40–46.

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Kuang

Middle Jurassic

Xiashaximiao Formation

Bissektipelta{{cite journal |last1= Parish |first1= J. | last2 = Barrett | first2 = P.M. |year= 2004 |title= A reappraisal of the ornithischian dinosaur Amtosaurus magnus Kurzanov and Tumanova 1978, with comments of the status of A. archibaldi Averianov 2002 |journal= Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume= 41 |issue= 3 |pages= 299–306 |doi= 10.1139/e03-101|bibcode= 2004CaJES..41..299P }}

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Parish & Barrett

Cenomanian-Turonian

Bissekty Formation

Bonatitan{{cite journal |last1 = Martinelli |first1= A.G. |year= 2004 |title= Late Cretaceous vertebrates from Bajo de Santa Rosa (Allen Formation), Rio Negro province, Argentina, with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur (Titanosauridae) |journal= Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales |series=Nueva Series |volume= 6 |issue= 2 |pages= 257–305|doi= 10.22179/REVMACN.6.88 |doi-access= free }}

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Martinelli & Forasiepi

Late Cretaceous

Bajo de Santa Rosa

Bonitasaura{{cite journal |last1= Apestegua |first1= S. |title= "Bonitasaura salgadoi" gen. et sp. nov.: a beaked sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia |journal= Naturwissenschaften |volume= 91 |issue= 10 |pages= 493–497 |year= 2004 |pmid= 15729763 |doi= 10.1007/s00114-004-0560-6|bibcode= 2004NW.....91..493A |s2cid= 33590452 }}

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Apesteguía

late Cretaceous

Bajo de la Carpa Formation

File:Bonitasaura head.jpg]]

Borealosaurus{{cite journal |last1= You |first1= H. |last2= Ji |first2 = Q. |last3= Lamanna |first3= M.C. |last4= Li |first4= J. |year= 2004 |title= A titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur with opisthocoelous caudal vertebrae from the Early Late Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China |journal= Acta Geologica Sinica |volume= 78 |issue= 4 |pages= 907–911 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2004.tb00212.x|bibcode= 2004AcGlS..78..907Y |s2cid= 131081738 }}

Gen et sp nov

Valid

You, Ji, Lamanna,
Li, & Li

late Cretaceous

Sunjiawan Formation

Dilong{{cite journal |last1= Xu |first1= X. |last2= Norell |first2= M.A. |last3= Kuang |first3= X. |last4= Wang |first4=X. |last5=Zhao |first5=Q. |last6= Jia |first6=C. |year= 2004 |title= Basal tyrannosauroids from China and evidence for protofeathers in tyrannosauroids |journal= Nature |volume= 431 |issue= 7009 |pages= 680–684 |pmid= 15470426 |doi= 10.1038/nature02855 |bibcode= 2004Natur.431..680X |s2cid= 4381777 |url= http://doc.rero.ch/record/15283/files/PAL_E2582.pdf }}

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Xu, Norell, Kuang,
Wang, Zhao, & Jia

Early Cretaceous

File:Ekrixinatosaurus novasi by Henrique Paes.png]]

File:Dilong TJV 50.JPG]]

Ekrixinatosaurus{{cite journal |last1= Calvo |first1= J.O. |last2= Rubilar-Roger |first2= D. |last3= Moreno |first3= K. |year= 2004 |title= A new Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from northwest Patagonia |journal= Ameghiniana (Rev. Asoc.Paleontol. Argent.) |volume= 41 |issue= 4 |pages= 555–563}}

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Calvo, Rubilar-Rogers, & Moreno

Late Cretaceous

Candeleros Formation

Graciliraptor{{cite journal |last1=Xu |first1= X. |last2= Wang |first2=X.-L. |year=2004 |title=A New Dromaeosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning |journal= Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume= 42 |issue=2 |pages= 11–119 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2004.02.002 }}

Valid

Xing & Wang

Huaxiagnathus{{cite journal |doi= 10.1017/S1477201903001081 |last1= Hwang |first1= S.H. |last2= Norell |first2= M.A. |last3= Ji |first3=Q. |last4= Gao |first4= K. |year= 2004 |title= Large compognathid from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China |journal= Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume= 2 |issue= 1 |pages= 13–30|bibcode= 2004JSPal...2...13H |s2cid= 86321886 |url= http://doc.rero.ch/record/14846/files/PAL_E1983.pdf }}

Valid

Hwang, Norell, Ji, & Gao

file:Huaxiagnathus-v2.jpg]]

Kerberosaurus{{cite journal | last1 = Bolotsky | first1 = Yu.L. | last2 = Godefroit | first2 = P. | year = 2004 | title = A new hadrosaurine dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of far Eastern Russia | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 24 | issue = 2| pages = 351–365 | doi=10.1671/1110| bibcode = 2004JVPal..24..351B | s2cid = 130691286 }}

Valid

Bolotsky & Godefroit

Late Cretaceous

Limaysaurus{{cite journal |last1= Salgado |first1= L. |last2= Garrido |first2= A. |last3= Cocca |first3= S.E. |last4= Cocca |first4= J.R. |year= 2004 |title= Lower Cretaceous rebbachisaurid sauropods from Cerro Aguada del Leon (Lohan Cura Formation), Neuquen Province, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina |journal= Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume= 24 |issue= 4 |pages= 903–912 |doi= 10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0903:LCRSFC]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid= 129233849 }}

Valid

Salgado, Garrido, Cocca, & Cocca

File:Limaysaurus mount.jpg]]

Mei{{cite journal |last1= Xu |first1=X. |last2= Norell |first2=M.A. |year= 2004 |title= A new troodontid dinosaur from China with avian-like sleeping posture |journal= Nature |volume= 431 |issue= 7010 |pages= 838–841 |pmid= 15483610 |doi= 10.1038/nature02898|bibcode= 2004Natur.431..838X |s2cid=4362745 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/15284/files/PAL_E2583.pdf }}

Valid

Xu & Norell

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Mirischia{{cite journal |last1= Naish |first1= D. |last2= Martill |first2= D.M. |last3= Frey |first3= E. |year=2004 |title= Ecology, systematics and biogeographical relationships of dinosaurs, including a new theropod, from the Santana Formation (?Albian, Early Cretaceous) of Brazil |journal= Historical Biology |pages=1–14|doi=10.1080/08912960410001674200 |volume=16|issue= 2–4 |bibcode= 2004HBio...16...57N |citeseerx= 10.1.1.394.9219 |s2cid= 18592288 }}

Valid

Naish, Martill, & Frey

Albian

Santana Formation

File:Mirischia asymmetrica by Ademar Pereira.JPG]]

NemegtiaLu, J., Y. Tomida, Y. Azuma, Z.-M. Dong, and Y.- N. Lee. 2004. New oviraptorid dinosaur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Nemegt Formation of southwestern Mongolia. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo (Series C) 30: pp. 95-130.

Preoccupied name

Lü, Tomida, Azuma,
Dong, Lee, & Szczechura

Renamed Nemegtomaia

Otogosaurus

Nomen nudum

Zhao & Tan

Prenoceratops{{cite journal |last1= Chinnery |first1= B.J. |year= 2004 |title= Description of "Prenoceratops pieganensis" gen et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Neoceratopsia) from the Two Medicine Formation of Montana |journal= Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume= 24 |issue= 3 |pages= 572–590 |doi= 10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0572:DOPPGE]2.0.CO;2|s2cid= 86541770 }}

Valid

Chinnery

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RugopsSereno, P.C., J.A. Wilson, and J.L. Conrad. 2004. New dinosaurs link southern landmasses in the Mid-Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (Series B) published online: pages 1-6.

Valid

Sereno, Wilson, & Conrad

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Sinusonasus{{cite journal | last1 = Xu | first1 = X. | last2 = Wang | first2 = X. | year = 2004 | title = A new troodontid (Theropoda: Troodontidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning, China | journal = Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition | volume = 78 | issue = 1| pages = 22–26 | doi = 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2004.tb00671.x | bibcode = 2004AcGlS..78...22X | s2cid = 129952609 }}

Valid

Xu, & Wang

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Spinostropheus

Valid

Sereno, Wilson & Conrad

Middle Jurassic

Irhazer Group

A ceratosaur; new genus for
"Elaphrosaurus" gautieri Lapparent 1960.

Suuwassea{{cite journal | last1 = Harris | first1 = J.D. | last2 = Dodson | first2 = P. | year = 2004 | title = A new diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Montana, USA | journal = Acta Palaeontologica Polonica | volume = 49 | issue = 2| pages = 197–210 }}

Valid

Harris & Dodson

Kimmeridgian

Morrison Formation

Talenkauen{{cite journal | last1 = Novas | first1 = F.E. | last2 = Cambiaso | first2 = A.V. | last3 = Ambrosio | first3 = A. | year = 2004 | title = A new basal iguanodontian (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia | journal = Ameghiniana | volume = 41 | issue = 1| pages = 75–85 }}

Valid

Novas, Cambiaso, & Ambrosio

Pari Aike Formation

File:Talenkauen santacrucensis 1.jpg]]

Tazoudasaurus{{cite journal | last1 = Allain | first1 = R. | last2 = Aquesbi | first2 = N. | last3 = Dejax | first3 = J. | last4 = Meyer | first4 = C. | last5 = Monbaron | first5 = M. | last6 = Montenat | first6 = C. | last7 = Richir | first7 = P. | last8 = Rochdy | first8 = M. | last9 = Russell | first9 = D. | last10 = Taquet | first10 = P. | year = 2004 | title = A basal sauropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of Morocco | url = http://doc.rero.ch/record/5034/files/1_monbaron_bsd.pdf| journal = Comptes Rendus Palevol | volume = 3 | issue = 3| pages = 199–208 | doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2004.03.001| bibcode = 2004CRPal...3..199A }}

Valid

Allain et al

Unaysaurus{{cite journal | last1 = Leal | last2 = Azevedo | first2 = S.A.K. | last3 = Kellner | first3 = A.W.A. | last4 = da Rosa | first4 = A.A.S. | year = 2004 | title = A new early dinosaur (Sauropodomorpha) from the Caturrita Formation (Late Triassic), Paraná Basin, Brazil | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 690 | pages = 1–24 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.690.1.1 }}

Valid

Leal, Azevedo,
Kellner, & Da Rosa

Caturrita Formation

File:Unaysaurus.jpg]]

==Pterosaurs==

===New taxa===

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Name

! Status

! colspan="2" | Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

Avgodectes

Valid

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Peters

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Early Cretaceous

A pterosaur hatchling.

Cacibupteryx

Valid

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

Gasparini

Fernández

de la Fuente

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

Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)

Jagua Formation

A rhamphorhynchid.

"Daitingopterus"

Nomen Nudum

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

Maisch

Matzke

Ge Sun

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

Late Jurassic (Tithonian)

Solnhofen Limestone

A germanodactylid.

Lonchognathosaurus

Valid

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

Maisch, M.W.,

Matzke, A.T., and

Ge Sun

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Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

Lianmuqin Formation

A dsungaripterid.

=Other archosauromorphs=

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Name

! Status

! colspan="2" | Authors Location

! class="unsortable" | Notes

! class="unsortable" | Images

CrosbysaurusHeckert, A.B. 2004. Late Triassic

microvertebrates from the lower Chinle Group

(Otischalkian-Adamanian: Carnian), southwestern

U.S.A. New Mexico Museum of Natural History

and Science, Bulletin 27: 170 pages.

| Valid non-dinosaurian taxon.

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

Heckert

|style="border-left:0px" valign="top"| {{Flag|USA}}

ProtecovasaurusHeckert, A.B. 2004. Late Triassic

microvertebrates from the lower Chinle Group

(Otischalkian-Adamanian: Carnian), southwestern

U.S.A. New Mexico Museum of Natural History

and Science Bulletin 27: 170 pages.

| Valid non-dinosaurian taxon.

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

Heckert

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=Newly named birds=

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Name

! Status

! Novelty

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Aberratiodontus {{Cite journal|author1=Gong Enpu |author2=Hou Lianhai |author3=Wang Lixia |year=2004 |title=Enantiornithine Bird with Diapsidian Skull and Its Dental Development in the Early Cretaceous in Liaoning, China |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica |volume=78 |issue=1 |pages=1–7 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2004.tb00668.x|bibcode=2004AcGlS..78....1G |s2cid=129218847 }}

Valid

Gen et sp. nov.

Gong, Hou & Wang

Early Cretaceous

Jiufotang Formation

An Enantiornithes,
Type species A. wui

Anserpica kiliani {{Cite journal|author1=Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |author2=Didier Berthet |author3=Marguerite Hugueney |year=2004 |title=The Late Oligocene of the Créchy Quarry (Allier, France), with a Description of Two New Genera (Aves: Pelecaniformes: Phalacrocoracidae, and Anseriformes: Anseranatidae) |journal=Senckenbergiana Lethaea |volume=84 |issue=1–2 |pages=303–315 |doi=10.1007/bf03043473|s2cid=84323461 }}

Valid

Gen et sp. nov.

Didier Berthet

Marguerite Hugueney

Late Oligocene, Early Miocene

MP 29

An Anseranatidae, the type species of Anserpica Mourer-Chauviré, Berthet & Hugueney, 2004.

Bavaripsitta ballmanni {{Cite journal|author1=Gerald Mayr |author2=Ursula B. Göhlich |year=2004 |title=A New Parrot from the Miocene of Germany, with Comments on the Variation of Hypotarsus Morphology in Some Psittaciformes |url=http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/parrot.pdf |journal=Belgian Journal of Zoology |volume=134 |issue=1 |pages=47–54 }}

Valid

Gen et sp. nov.

Ursula B. Göhlich

Middle Miocene

Mn 6

{{flag|Germany}}:

A Psittacidae, the type species of Bavaripsitta Mayr & Göhlich, 2004.

Borvocarbo guilloti

Valid

Gen et sp. nov.

Didier Berthet

Marguerite Hugueney

Late Oligocene, Early Miocene

MP 30, MN 1

{{flag|France}};

A Phalacrocoracidae, the type species of Borvocarbo Mourer-Chauviré, Berthet & Hugueney, 2004.

?Colymboides metzleri {{Cite journal |author=Gerald Mayr |year=2004 |title=A Partial Skeleton of a New Fossil Loon (Aves, Gaviiformes) from the Early Oligocene of Germany with Preserved Stomach Content |url=http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/colymboides.pdf |journal=Journal of Ornithology |volume=145 |issue=4 |pages=281–286 |doi=10.1007/s10336-004-0050-9 |s2cid=1070943 |access-date=2014-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100426/http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/colymboides.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead }}

Valid

Sp. nov.

Early Oligocene

Rupelian

{{flag|Germany}}:

{{flag|Baden-Württemberg}};

{{flag|Belgium}}:

A Gaviidae, not certain a species of Colymboides Milne-Edwards, 1868.

Eurotrochilus inexpectatus {{Cite journal|author=Gerald Mayr |year=2004 |title=Old World Fossil Record of Modern-Type Hummingbirds |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8575066 |journal=Science |volume=304 |issue=5672 |pages=861–864 |doi=10.1126/science.1096856 |pmid=15131303|bibcode=2004Sci...304..861M |s2cid=6845608 }}

Valid

Gen et sp. nov.

Early Oligocene

Rupelian

{{flag|Germany}}:

A Trochilidae, the type species of Eurotrochilus Mayr, 2004.

Iaceornis marshi {{Cite journal |author=Julia A. Clarke |year=2004 |title=Morphology, Phylogenetic Taxonomy, and Systematics of Ichthyornis and Apatornis (Avialae: Ornithurae) |url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/454//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/bul/B286.pdf?sequence=1 |journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |volume=286 |pages=1–179 |doi=10.1206/0003-0090(2004)286<0001:mptaso>2.0.co;2 |hdl=2246/454 |s2cid=84035285 |access-date=2014-07-26 |archive-date=2013-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030182230/http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/454//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/bul/B286.pdf?sequence=1 |url-status=dead }}

Valid

Gen et sp. nov.

Julia A. Clarke

Late Cretaceous

Niobrara Formation

{{flag|USA}}:

An Ornithurae, the type species of Iaceornis Clarke, 2004.

Longirostravis hani {{Cite journal|author1=Hou Lianhai |author2=Luis M. Chiappe |author3=Zhang Fucheng |author4=Chuong Cheng-Ming |year=2004 |title=New Early Cretaceous Fossil from China Documents a Novel Trophic Specialization for Mesozoic Birds |journal=Naturwissenschaften |volume=91 |issue= 1|pages=22–25 |doi=10.1007/s00114-003-0489-1 |pmid=14740099 |pmc=4382005|bibcode=2004NW.....91...22H }}

Valid

Gen et sp. nov.

An Enantiornithes, Euenantiornithes, the type species of Longirostravis Hou, Chiappe, Zhang et Chuong, 2004.

Meridiocichla salotti {{Cite journal|author=Antoine Louchart |year=2004 |title=An Extinct Large Thrush (Aves: Turdidae) from the Late Quaternary of Mediterranean Europe |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235217855 |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen |volume=233 |issue=2 |pages=275–296 |doi=10.1127/njgpa/233/2004/275 }}

Valid

Gen et sp. nov.

Antoine Louchart

Late Quaternary

Corsica, Crete

{{flag|France}}:

{{flag|Corsica}};

A Turdidae, the type species of Meridiocichla Louchart, 2004.

Miopica paradoxa {{Cite journal|author1=Evgeny N. Kurochkin |author2=Denis V. Sobolev |year=2004 |title=Miopica paradoxa gen. et sp n. - New Genus and Species of the Miocene Magpie |url=http://www.v-zool.kiev.ua/pdfs/2004/6/12.pdf |journal=Vestnik Zoologii |volume=38 |issue=6 |pages=87–90 }}

Valid

Gen et sp. nov.

Middle Meothis

A Corvidae, the type species of Miopica Kurochkin & Sobolev, 2004.

Mirolia brevirostrata

Valid

Gen et sp. nov.

Middle Miocene

{{flag|Germany}}:

A Scolopacidae, the type species of Mirolia Ballmann, 2004.

Mirolia dubia

Valid

Sp. nov.

Middle Miocene

{{flag|Germany}}:

A Scolopacidae.

?Mirolia mascalidris {{Cite journal|author=Peter Ballmann |year=2004 |title=Fossil Calidrinae (Aves: Charadriiformes) from the Middle Miocene of the Nördlinger Ries |url=http://www.zfmk.de/BZB/B52_H1_2/B52H12S8.PDF |journal=Bonner Zoologische Beiträge |volume=52 |issue=1–2 |pages=101–114 }}

Valid

Sp. nov.

Middle Miocene

{{flag|Germany}}:

A Scolopacidae, not certain to belong in Mirolia Ballmann, 2004.

Mirolia parvula

Valid

Sp. nov.

Middle Miocene

{{flag|Germany}}:

A Scolopacidae.

Primobucco frugilegus {{Cite journal |author1=Gerald Mayr |author2=Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |author3=Ilka Weidig |year=2004 |title=Osteology and Systematic Position of the Eocene Primobucconidae (Aves, Coraciiformes Sensu Stricto), with First Records from Europe |url=http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/primobucco.pdf |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=1–12 |doi=10.1017/s1477201903001093 |bibcode=2004JSPal...2....1M |s2cid=34962540 |access-date=2014-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225085534/http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/primobucco.pdf |archive-date=2012-02-25 |url-status=dead }}

Valid

Sp. nov.

Ilka Weidig

Middle Eocene

Messel pit,

MP 11

{{flag|Germany}}:

A Primobucconidae Feduccia et Martin, 1976.

Primobucco perneri

Valid

Sp. nov.