2005 in paleontology#Turtles

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Protozoans

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Trypanosoma antiquus{{cite journal |doi= 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.72 |last= Poinar |first=G. |title = Triatoma dominicana sp. n. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae), and Trypanosoma antiquus sp. n. (Stercoraria: Trypanosomatidae), the First Fossil Evidence of a Triatomine-Trypanosomatid Vector Association |journal= Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases |volume= 5|issue= 1|pages= 72–81|year= 2005 |pmid= 15815152}}

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Valid

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Poinar

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Burdigalian

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Dominican amber

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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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Oldest record of the vector association
between Triatoma and Trypanosoma

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File:Trypanosoma antiquus in fecal droplet of Triatoma dominicana.jpg]]

Diatoms

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Eoseria{{cite journal |last1=Wolfe |first1=A. |last2=Edlund |first2=M. |year=2005 |title=Taxonomy, phylogeny, and paleoecology of Eoseira wilsonii gen. et sp. nov., a Middle Eocene diatom (Bacillariophyceae: Aulacoseiraceae) from lake sediments at Horsefly, British Columbia, Canada |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=42 |issue=2 |pages=243–257|doi=10.1139/e04-051 |bibcode=2005CaJES..42..243W }}

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Gen et sp nov

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valid

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Wolfe & Edlund

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Early Eocene
Ypresian

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Eocene Okanagan Highlands
Horsefly shales

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{{Flag|Canada}}
{{Flag|British Columbia}}

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An aulacoseiraceous freshwater diatom
The type species is E. wilsonii

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Plants

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Homalcoia{{cite journal |last1=Hernandez-Castillo |first1=G. R. |last2=Stockey |first2=R. A. |last3=Beard |first3=G. |title=Taxodiaceous pollen cones from the early Tertiary of British Columbia, Canada |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |date=2005 |volume=166 |issue=2 |pages=339–346|doi=10.1086/427485 |bibcode=2005IJPlS.166..339H |s2cid=84144996 }}

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Gen et Sp nov

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Valid

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Hernandez-Castillo, Stockey & Beard

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Earliest Eocene

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"Appian Way Beds"

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{{Flag|Canada}}
{{flag|British Columbia}}

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A cupressaceous pollen cone.
The type species is H. littoralis

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=Angiosperms=

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Albertarum{{cite journal |last1=Bogner |first1=J. |last2=Hoffman |first2=G. L |last3=Aulenback |first3=K. R |title=A fossilized aroid infructescence, Albertarum pueri gen. nov. et sp. nov., of Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian) age from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of southern Alberta, Canada |journal=Canadian Journal of Botany |date=2005 |volume=83 |issue=6 |pages=591–598 |doi=10.1139/B05-033}}

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Gen et sp nov

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Bogner, Hoffman, & Aulenback

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Cretaceous
Late Campanian

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Horseshoe Canyon Formation

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{{flag|Canada}}
{{flag|Alberta}}

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An orontioid Infructescence.
The type species is A. pueri.

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Archaeamphora{{Cite journal|author=Li, H.|year=2005|title=Early Cretaceous sarraceniacean-like pitcher plants from China|journal=Acta Bot. Gallica|volume=152|issue=2|pages=227–234|doi=10.1080/12538078.2005.10515473|s2cid=85000922}}

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Gen et sp nov

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dubious

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Li

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Early Cretaceous

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Jianshangou Formation

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{{flag|China}}

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The type species is Archaeamphora longicervia

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Image:Archaeamphora longicervia.png]]

Corylopsis reedae

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sp nov

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Valid

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Radtke, Pigg, & Wehr

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Early Eocene
Ypresian

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Eocene Okanagan Highlands
Klondike Mountain Formation

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{{flag|USA}}
{{Flag|Washington}}

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A Corylopsis species

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File:Corylopsis readae SRIC img1.jpg]]

Fothergilla malloryi{{cite journal |last1=Radtke |first1=M.G. |last2=Pigg |first2=K.B. |last3=Wehr |first3=W.C. |year=2005 |title=Fossil Corylopsis and Fothergilla Leaves (Hamamelidaceae) from the Lower Eocene Flora of Republic, Washington, U.S.A., and Their Evolutionary and Biogeographic Significance |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=166 |issue=2 |pages=347–356 |doi= 10.1086/427483|bibcode=2005IJPlS.166..347R |s2cid=20215269 }}

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sp nov

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Valid

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Radtke, Pigg, & Wehr

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Early Eocene
Ypresian

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Eocene Okanagan Highlands
Klondike Mountain Formation

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{{flag|USA}}
{{Flag|Washington}}

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A Fothergilla species

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Image:Fothergilla malloryi without scale 01.jpg]]

Shirleya{{cite journal |last1=Pigg |first1=K. B. |last2=DeVore |first2=M. L. |year=2005 |title=Shirleya grahamae gen. et sp. nov.(Lythraceae), Lagerstroemia-like fruits from the middle Miocene Yakima Canyon flora, central Washington State, USA |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=92 |issue=2 |pages=242–251 |doi=10.3732/ajb.92.2.242 |pmid=21652401 |bibcode=2005AmJB...92..242P }}

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Gen et Sp nov

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Valid

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Pigg & DeVore

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Middle Miocene

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"Yakima Canyon Flora"

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{{Flag|USA}}
{{Flag|Washington}}

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A crape myrtle relative, type species S. grahamae

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file:Shirleya grahamae fruit, UWBM 55134 Pigg & Wehr 2002 Plt3 fig31.png]]

Ulmus okanaganensis{{cite journal |last1=Denk |first1=T. |last2=Dillhoff |first2=R.M. |year=2005 |title=Ulmus leaves and fruits from the Early-Middle Eocene of northwestern North America: systematics and implications for character evolution within Ulmaceae |journal=Canadian Journal of Botany |volume=83 |issue=12 |pages=1663–1681 |doi=10.1139/b05-122 |bibcode=2005Botan..83.1663D |url=http://www.evolvingearth.org/learnearthscience/ulmus2005.pdf |access-date=2017-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809120712/http://www.evolvingearth.org/learnearthscience/ulmus2005.pdf |archive-date=2017-08-09 |url-status=dead }}

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sp nov

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valid

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Denk & Dillhoff

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Early Eocene
Ypresian

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Eocene Okanagan Highlands
Tranquille Formation
McAbee Fossil Beds

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{{Flag|Canada}}
{{Flag|British Columbia}}

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An elm species.
Also found in other Eocene Okanagan Highlands locations.

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File:Ulmus okanaganensis SR 92-04-06.jpg]]

Teixeiraea{{cite journal |author1=M. von Balthazar |author2=K. Raunsgaard Pedersen |author3=E. M. Friis |year=2005 |title=Teixeiraea lusitanica, a new fossil flower from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal with affinities to Ranunculales |journal=Plant Systematics and Evolution |volume=255 |issue= 1/2 |pages=55–75 |doi= 10.1007/s00606-005-0347-z|jstor=23655238 |pmid= |bibcode= 2005PSyEv.255...55B|s2cid= |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23655238 |url-access=subscription }}

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Gen et sp nov

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von Balthazar, Pedersen and Friis

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Cretaceous

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Vale de Agua 320

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{{flag|Portugal}}

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A plant ascribed to Ranunculales.
The type species is T. lusitanica.

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Fungi

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Pteropus{{cite journal |last1=Van der Ham |first1=R. W. J. M. |last2=Dortangs |first2=R. W. |title=Structurally preserved ascomycetous fungi from the Maastrichtian type area (NE Belgium) |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |date=2005 |volume=136 |issue=1–2 |pages=48–62 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2005.04.004|bibcode=2005RPaPa.136...48V }}

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Gen et sp nov

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Van der Ham & Dortangs

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Cretaceous
Maastrichtian

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Maastricht Formation

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{{flag|The Netherlands}}

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A ascomycetous fungus in Brachyphyllum patens foliage
The type species is P. brachyphylli

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Stigmatomyces succini{{cite journal |last1=Rossi |first1=W. |last2=Kotrba |first2=M. |last3=Triebel |first3=D. |title=A new species of Stigmatomyces from Baltic amber, the first fossil record of Laboulbeniomycetes |journal=Mycological Research |date=2005 |volume=109 |issue=3 |pages=271–274 |doi=10.1017/S0953756204001819|pmid=15912943 }}

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Sp nov

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valid

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Rossi, Kotrba, & Triebel

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Eocene
Priabonian

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Baltic amber

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{{flag|Europe}}

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A laboulbeniaceous parasite of Prosphyracephala succini

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Arthropoda

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Halitherses{{cite journal |last1=Giribet |first1=G. |last2=Dunlop |first2=J. |year=2005 |title=First identifiable Mesozoic harvestman (Opiliones: Dyspnoi) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B |volume=272 |issue=1567 |pages=1007–1013 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2005.3063 |pmid=1599874 |pmc=1039256 |url=http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/content/nh5cvh3t3j2k24ga/fulltext.pdf }}{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Gen et sp nov

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valid

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Giribet & Dunlop

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Cretaceous
Cenomanian

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Burmese amber

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{{flag|Myanmar}}

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An ortholasmatine nemastomatid harvestman. Type species is H. grimaldii

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=Insects=

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Acropyga glaesaria{{Cite journal |last1=LaPolla |first1=J. S. |year=2005 |title=Ancient Trophophoresy: A Fossil Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Dominican Amber |journal=Transactions of the American Entomological Society |volume=131 |issue=1/2 |pages=21–28 |jstor=25078875}}

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Lapolla

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Miocene
Burdigalian

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Dominican amber

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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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Oldest record of trophophoresy in ants

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File:Acropyga glaesaria SMFBE457B2 01.jpg]]

Araripenymphes{{cite journal |last1=Menon |first1=F. |last2=Martins-Neto |first2=R.G. |last3=Martill |first3=D. |year=2005 |title=A new Lower Cretaceous nymphid (Insecta, Neuroptera, Nymphidae) from the Crato Formation of Brazil |journal=Gaea: Journal of Geoscience |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=11–15}}

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Menon, Martins-Neto, & Martill

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Cretaceous
Aptian

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Crato Formation

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{{Flag|Brazil}}

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A nymphid lacewing

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Cananeuretus{{Cite journal |last1=Engel |first1=M.S. |last2=Grimaldi |first2=D.A. |title=Primitive New Ants in Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar, New Jersey, and Canada (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |year=2005 |journal= American Museum Novitates |issue=3485 |pages=1–24 |doi=10.1206/0003-0082(2005)485[0001:PNAICA]2.0.CO;2 |hdl=2246/5676 |s2cid=84043939 |url=http://archive.org/details/ants_20967 }}

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Engel & Grimaldi

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Cretaceous
Campanian

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Canadian amber

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{{Flag|Canada}}

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A possible Aneuretinae ant. Type sp. C. occidentalis

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Culex malariager

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Sp nov

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valid

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Poinar

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Miocene
Burdigalian

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Dominican amber

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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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A mosquito, a vector of Plasmodium dominicana

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File:Culex malariager in Dominican amber.jpg]]

Dinokanaga{{cite journal |last1=Archibald |first1=S.B. |year=2005 |title= New Dinopanorpidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Eocene Okanogan Highlands (British Columbia, Canada and Washington State, USA) |journal= Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=42 |pages=119–136|doi=10.1139/e04-073 |issue=2|bibcode=2005CaJES..42..119A }}

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Archibald

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Eocene
Ypresian

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Eocene Okanagan Highlands
Tranquille Formation
McAbee Fossil Beds

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{{Flag|Canada}}
{{Flag|British Columbia}}

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Six species named D. andersoni, D. dowsonae,
D. hillsi, D. sternbergi, D. webbi, D. wilsoni

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Image:Dinokanaga andersoni holotype SR 01-06-01 v2.jpg]]

Eorhachiberotha{{cite journal |last1=Nel |first1=A |last2=Perrichot |first2=V |last3=Azar |first3=D |last4=Néraudeau |first4=D |year=2005 |title=New Rhachiberothidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) in Early Cretaceous and Early Eocene ambers from France and Lebanon |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen |volume=235 |issue=1 |pages=51–85|doi=10.1127/njgpa/235/2005/51 |bibcode=2005NJGPA.235...51N }}

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Gen et sp nov

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homonym

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Nel Et al.

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Eocene
Ypresian

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Oise amber

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{{Flag|France}}

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A rhachiberothide lacewing,
Genus name preoccupied by Eorhachiberotha Engel, 2004
Moved to Oisea Nel et al 2005{{cite journal |last1=Nel |first1=A |last2=Perrichot |first2=V |last3=Azar |first3=D |last4=Néraudeau |first4=D |year=2005 |title=A replacement name for the neuropteran genus Eorhachiberotha Nel et al., 2005 (Neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae). |journal=Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France |volume=110 |issue=2 |pages=128|doi=10.3406/bsef.2005.16201 |bibcode=2005AnSEF.110..128N |s2cid=83179249 }}

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File:Oisea celinea holotype MNHN.F.A31928 entire.jpg]]

Jeanlegrandia{{cite journal |last1=Nel |first1=A. |last2=Petrulevicius |first2=J.F. |last3=Jarzembowski |first3=E.A. |year=2005 |title=New fossil Odonata from the European Cenozoic (Insecta : Odonata : Thaumatoneuridae, Aeshnidae, ?Idionychidae, Libellulidae |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen |volume=235 |issue=3 |pages=343–380|doi=10.1127/njgpa/235/2005/343 |bibcode=2005NJGPA.235..343P }}

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Gen et sp nov

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valid

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Nel, Petrulevicius, & Jarzembowski

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Chattian

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Les Figons

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{{Flag|France}}

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A Libellulid dragonfly,
the type species is J. oligocenica

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File:Jeanlegrandia oligocenica holotype MNHN.F.R63849 indirect lighting whole.jpg]]

Myanmyrma

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Engel & Grimaldi

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Cretaceous
Earliest Cenomanian

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A sphecomyrmine ant.
The type species is M. gracilis

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File:Myanmyrma gracilis AMNH-BU014 holotype 01.jpg]]

Oisea

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Gen et comb nov

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valid

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Nel Et al.

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Eocene
Ypresian

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Oise amber

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{{Flag|France}}

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A rhachiberothide lacewing,
A new genus name for Eorhachiberotha Nel et al 2005

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File:Oisea celinea holotype MNHN.F.A31928 entire.jpg]]

Sphecomyrma

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Gen et sp nov

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jr synonym

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Engel & Grimaldi

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Cretaceous
earliest Cenomanian

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A stem group ant,
jr syn of Gerontoformica orientalis

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File:Gerontoformica orientalis IGRBU001 profile.jpg worker]]

Triatoma dominicana

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Poinar

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Miocene
Burdigalian

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Dominican amber

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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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Oldest record of the vector
association between Triatoma and Trypanosoma

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File:Triatoma dominicana holotype.jpg]]

Xiphosurans

  • Fossils of Lunataspis, the earliest known xiphosuran, are discovered in Canada. It was not given a formal description until 2008, however.

Plesiosaurs

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Eromangasaurus

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Kear

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Archosauromorphs

=Newly named Non-Avian dinosaurs=

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.{{cite web | last = Olshevsky | first = George | title = Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List | url = http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html | access-date = 2008-08-07 | archive-date = 2011-07-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html | url-status = dead }}

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Appalachiosaurus{{cite journal |author1=Carr T.D. |author2=Williamson T.E. |author3=Schwimmer D.R. | year = 2005 | title = A new genus and species of tyrannosauroid from the Late Cretaceous (Middle Campanian) Demopolis Formation of Alabama | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 25 | issue = 1| pages = 119–143 | doi = 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0119:ANGASO]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=86243316 }}

| Valid taxon

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  • Carr
  • Williamson
  • Schwimmer

|Late Cretaceous

|{{Flag|USA}}

|A Tyrannosaurid from Appalachia

| rowspan="98" |File:Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis.jpg]]File:Auroraceratops BW.jpg]]File:Brachytrachelopan BW2.jpg]]

File:BuitreraptorNV.jpg]]

File:Changchunsaurus-outline.svg]]File:Chebsaurus.jpg]]File:Dubreuillosaurus NT.jpg]]

File:Falcarius Restoration.png]]

File:Hagryphus2.jpg]]

File:Jinfengopteryx wiki.jpg]]

File:Lanzhousaurus BW.jpg]]

File: Saurischia - Puertasaurus reuili.JPG]]

File:Stormbergia.jpg]]

File:Tanycolagreus topwilsoni.jpg]]

File:Tyrannotitan.jpg]]

Archaeodontosaurus

| Valid taxon

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|Middle Jurassic

|{{Flag|Madagascar}}

|An early Sauropod

Auroraceratops

| Valid taxon

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|Early Cretaceous

|{{Flag|China}}

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"Bakesaurus"

| Nomen nudum

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  • Zhou S.

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Baurutitan

| Valid taxon

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  • Kellner
  • Campos
  • Trotta

|Late Cretaceous

|{{Flag|Brazil}}

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Brachytrachelopan{{cite journal |author1=Rauhut O.W.M. |author2=Remes K. |author3=Fechner R. |author4=Cladera G. |author5=Puerta P. | year = 2005 | title = Discovery of a short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of Patagonia | journal = Nature | volume = 435 | issue = 2| pages = 670–672 | doi = 10.1038/nature03623 | pmid=15931221|bibcode=2005Natur.435..670R |s2cid=4385136 }}

| Valid taxon

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  • Rauhut
  • Remes
  • et al.Rauhut, Remes, Fechner, Cladera, Puerta.

|Middle Jurassic

|{{Flag|Argentina}}

|A short necked Sauropod

Buitreraptor{{cite journal |author1=Makovicky P.J. |author2=Apesteguia S. |author3=Agnolin F.L. | year = 2005 | title = The earliest dromaeosaurid theropod from South America | journal = Nature | volume = 437 | issue = 7061| pages = 1007–1011 | doi=10.1038/nature03996 | pmid=16222297|bibcode=2005Natur.437.1007M |s2cid=27078534 }}

| Valid taxon

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  • Makovicky
  • Apesteguía
  • Agnolín

|Late Cretaceous

|{{Flag|Argentina}}

|A small fish eating raptor

Cathartesaura

| Valid taxon

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  • Gallina
  • Apesteguía

|Late Cretaceous

|{{Flag|Argentina}}

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Changchunsaurus{{cite journal |author1=Zan S.-Q. |author2=Chen J. |author3=Jin L.-Y. |author4=Li T. | year = 2005 | title = A primitive ornithopod from the Early Cretaceous Quantou Formation of central Jilin, China | journal = Vertebrata PalAsiatica | volume = 43 | pages = 182–193 | doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2005.03.003 }}

| Valid taxon

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  • Zan
  • Chen J.
  • et al.Zan, Chen J., Jin L., Li T.

|Early Cretaceous

|{{Flag|China}}

|a primitive Ornithopod

ChebsaurusMahammed, F., E. Läng, L. Mami, L. Mekahl, M. Benhamou, B. Bouterfa, A. Kacemi, S.-A. Chérief, H. Chaouati, and P. Taquet. 2005. The ‘Giant of sour’, a Middle Jurassic sauropod dinosaur from Algeria. Systematic Palaeontology (Vertebrate Palaeontology) Paleovol/Elsevier.

| Valid taxon

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  • Mahammed
  • Läng
  • et al.Mahammed, Läng, Mami, Mekahli, Benhamou, Bouterfa, Kacemi, Chérief, Chaouti, Philippe Taquet.

|from Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic

|{{Flag|Algeria}}

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Condorraptor{{cite journal | author = Rauhut O.W.M. | year = 2005 | title = Osteology and relationships of a new theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Patagonia | journal = Palaeontology | volume = 48 | issue = 1| pages = 87–110 | doi = 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2004.00436.x | s2cid = 129504252 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2005Palgy..48...87R }}

| Valid taxon

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  • Rauhut

|Middle Jurassic

|{{Flag|Argentina}}

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Daanosaurus{{cite journal |author1=Ye Y. |author2=Jiang S. | year = 2005 | title = A new genus of sauropod from Zigong, Sichuan | journal = Vertebrata PalAsiatica | volume = 43 | pages = 175–181 | doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2005.03.002 }}

| Valid taxon

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  • Ye
  • Gao Y.
  • Jiang

|Late Jurassic

|{{Flag|China}}

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Dashanpusaurus

| Valid taxon

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  • Peng G.
  • Ye
  • et al.Peng G., Ye, Gao Y., Shu, Jiang.

|from middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic

|{{Flag|China}}

|

Dubreuillosaurus

| Valid taxon

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

  • Allain

|

|{{Flag|France}}

|

Falcarius{{cite journal |author1=Kirkland J I. |author2=Zanno L.E. |author3=Sampson S.D. |author4=Clark J.M. |author5=DeBileux D.D. | year = 2005 | title = A primitive therizinosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Utah | journal = Nature | volume = 435 | issue = 7038| pages = 84–87 | doi = 10.1038/nature03468 | pmid = 15875020 |bibcode=2005Natur.435...84K |s2cid=4428196 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/15297/files/PAL_E2596.pdf }}

| Valid taxon

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

|Early Cretaceous

|{{Flag|USA}}

|An early Therizinosaur

Ferganocephale{{cite journal |author1=Averianov A.O. T. Martin |author2=Bakirov A.A. | year = 2005 | title = Pterosaur and dinosaur remains from the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Svita in the northern Fergana depression, Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia) | journal = Palaeontology | volume = 48 | issue = 1| pages = 135–155 | doi = 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2004.00437.x |s2cid=55249438 | doi-access = free |bibcode=2005Palgy..48..135A }}

| Valid taxon

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

  • Averianov
  • T. Martin
  • Bakirov

|Middle Jurassic

|{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

|An early Pachycephalosaur

"Galveosaurus"{{cite journal | last1 = Sánchez-Hernández | first1 = B | year = 2005 | title = Galveosaurus herreroi, a new sauropod dinosaur from Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Tithonian-Berriasian) of Spain | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 1034 | pages = 1–20 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.1034.1.1 }}

| Junior synonym

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

  • Sánchez-Hernández

|

|

|

Junior synonym of Galvesaurus.

Galvesaurus

|

Valid taxon

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

  • Barco
  • Canudo
  • et al.Barco, Canudo, Cuenca-Bescós, Ruíz-Omeñaca.

|Early Cretaceous

|{{Flag|Spain}}

|

Hagryphus

| Valid taxon

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

  • Zanno
  • Sampson

|Late Cretaceous

|{{Flag|United States}}

|

Hexinlusaurus

| Valid taxon

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

  • Barrett
  • Butler
  • Knoll

|Middle Jurassic

|{{Flag|China}}

|

Hungarosaurus{{cite journal | last1 = Osi | first1 = A | year = 2005 | title = Hungarosaurus tormai, a new ankylosaur (Dinosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Hungary | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 25 | issue = 2| pages = 370–383 | doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0370:htanad]2.0.co;2| s2cid = 131087368 }}

| Valid taxon

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

  • Ösi

|Late Cretaceous

|{{Flag|Hungary}}

|

JinfengopteryxJi, Q., S. Ji, J. Lu, H. You, W. Chen, and Y. Liu. 2005. First avialian bird from China. Geological Bulletin of China 24 (3): pp. 197-209.

| Valid taxon

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

  • Ji Q.
  • Ji S.
  • et al.Ji Q., Ji S., Lü, You, Chen W., Liu Y. Q., Liu Y. X.

|Early Cretaceous

|{{Flag|China}}

|

KarongasaurusGomani, E.M. 2005. Sauropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of Malawi, Africa: Palaeontologia Electronica 8 (issue 1 - n. 27a): 37 pages.

| Valid taxon

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

  • Gomani

|Early Cretaceous

|{{Flag|Malawi}}

|

Lanzhousaurus

| Valid taxon

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

  • You
  • Ji Q.
  • Li D.

|Early Cretaceous

|{{Flag|China}}

|

Nemegtomaia

| Valid taxon

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

|Late Cretaceous

|{{Flag|Mongolia}}

|

Neuquenraptor{{cite journal |author1=Novas F.E. |author2=Pott D. | year = 2005 | title = New evidence on deinonychosaurian dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia | journal = Nature | volume = 433 | issue = 7028| pages = 858–861 | doi=10.1038/nature03285 | pmid=15729340|bibcode=2005Natur.433..858N |s2cid=4413316 }}

| Valid taxon

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

  • Novas Pol

|Late Cretaceous

|{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

May be a subjective junior synonym of Unenlagia.

PedopennaXu, X., and F. Zhang. 2005. A new maniraptoran dinosaur from China with long feathers on the metatarsus" Naturwissenschaften 92: pp. 173-177Xu, X.

| Valid taxon

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

  • Xu X.
  • Zhang F.

|Middle Jurassic

|{{Flag|China}}

|

Penelopognathus

| Valid taxon

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

  • Godefroit
  • Li H.
  • Shang

|Early Cretaceous

|{{Flag|China}}

|

Puertasaurus

| Valid taxon

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

  • Novas
  • Salgado
  • et al.Novas, Salgado, Calvo, Agnolin.

|Late Cretaceous

|{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

ShixinggiaLu, J. and B.-K. Zhang. 2005. A new oviraptorid (Theropod: Oviraptosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong Province of southern China. Online document (Chinese Extinct Organism Net: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-

CN&u=http://www.dinosaur.net.cn/_Dino_News_2 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714003950/http://www.dinosaur.net.cn/_Dino_News_2 |date=2011-07-14 }}

005/dino20050110.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3DS

hixinggia%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-

8

| Valid taxon

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

  • Zhang B.

|Late Cretaceous

|{{Flag|China}}

|

Stormbergia

| Valid taxon

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

  • Butler

|Early Jurassic

|{{Flag|Lesotho}}

{{Flag|South Africa}}

|A primitive Ornithischian

TanycolagreusCarpenter, K., C. Miles and K. Cloward. 2005. New small theropod from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming. In: the carnivorous dinosaurs (K. Carpenter, ed.). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IA: pp. 23-48.

| Valid taxon

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

  • Carpenter
  • Miles
  • Cloward

|Late Jurassic

|{{Flag|USA}}

|A primitive Tyrannosaur

Trigonosaurus

| Disputed

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

|Late Cretaceous

|{{Flag|Brazil}}

|Subsequently argued by Silva Junior et al. (2022) to be a junior synonym of Baurutitan.{{cite journal | vauthors = Silva Junior JC, Martinelli AG, Marinho TS, da Silva JI, Langer MC | title = New specimens of Baurutitan britoi and a taxonomic reassessment of the titanosaur dinosaur fauna (Sauropoda) from the Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Brazil | journal = PeerJ | volume = 10 | at = e14333 | year = 2022 | doi = 10.7717/peerj.14333 | doi-access = free | pmid = 36405026 | pmc = 9673870 }}

Tyrannotitan{{cite journal |vauthors=Novas FE, de Valais S, Vickers-Rich P, Rich T |title=A large Cretaceous theropod from Patagonia, Argentina, and the evolution of carcharodontosaurids |journal=Naturwissenschaften |volume=92 |issue=5 |pages=226–30 |date=May 2005 |pmid=15834691 |doi=10.1007/s00114-005-0623-3 |bibcode=2005NW.....92..226N |s2cid=24015414 |hdl=11336/103474 |hdl-access=free }}

| Valid taxon

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

|Late Cretaceous

|{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

Xinjiangovenator{{cite journal |author1=Rauhut O.W.M. |author2=Xu X. | year = 2005 | title = The small theropod dinosaurs Tugulusaurus and Phaedrolosaurus from the Early Cretaceous of Xinjiang, China | journal = J. Vertebr. Paleontol. | volume = 25 | issue = 1| pages = 107–118 | doi = 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0107:TSTDTA]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=53408489 }}

| Valid taxon

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

  • Rauhut
  • Xu X.

|Early Cretaceous

|{{Flag|China}}

|

=Newly named birds=

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

! Status

! Novelty

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Afrocygnus chauvireae{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0384:ansaai]2.0.co;2|author1=Antoine Louchart |author2=Patrick Vignaud |author3=Andossa Likius |author4=Hassane Taisso Mackaye |author5=Michel Brunet | year = 2005 | title = A New Swan (Aves: Anatidae) in Africa, from the Latest Miocene of Chad and Libya | url =https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235217878 |journal= Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 25 | issue = 2 | pages = 384–392 |s2cid=85860957 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Antoine Louchart

Patrick Vignaud

Andossa Likius

Hassane Taisso Mackaye

Michel Brunet

|

Late Miocene

|

Anthracotheriid Unit

|

{{Flag|Chad}}

|

An Anatidae, the oldest from Africa.

|

Aquila nipaloides{{Cite journal |author1=Antoine Louchart |author2=Claudia Bedetti |author3=Marco Pavia | year = 2005 | title = A New Species of Eagle (Aves: Accipitridae) Close to the Steppe Eagle, from Pleistocene of Corsica and Sardinia, France and Italy | url =https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235217887 |journal= Palaeontographica, Abteilung A | volume = 272 | issue = 5–6 | pages = 121–148 |doi=10.1127/pala/272/2005/121 |bibcode=2005PalAA.272..121L |s2cid=231030093 |hdl=2318/80202 |hdl-access=free }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Antoine Louchart

Claudia Bedetti

Marco Pavia

|

Pleistocene

|

Corsica and Sardinia

|

{{Flag|France}}:

{{Flag|Corsica}};

{{Flag|Italy}}:

{{Flag|Sardinia}}

|

An Island Accipitridae.

|

Chascacocolius cacicirostris{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1016/j.ode.2004.10.013| author=Gerald Mayr| year = 2005 | title = A New Eocene Chascacocolius-like Mousebird (Aves: Coliiformes) with a Remarkable Gaping Adaptation | url =http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/chascacocolius.pdf |journal= Organisms, Diversity & Evolution | volume = 5 | issue = 3| pages = 167–171 | bibcode=2005ODivE...5..167M}}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Gerald Mayr

|

Early Middle Eocene

|

Messel pit,

MP 11

|

{{Flag|Germany}}:

{{Flag|Hessen}}

|

A Coliiformes, Chascacocoliidae Zelenkov et Dyke, 2008.

|

Ciconia louisebolesae{{Cite journal | doi = 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1440| author=Walter E. Boles| year = 2005 | title = A Review of the Australian Fossil Storks of the Genus Ciconia (Aves: Ciconiidae), with the Description of a New Species | url =http://www.create.unsw.edu.au/research/files/Boles%20(2005)%20A%20Review%20of%20the%20Australian%20Fossil%20Storks%20of%20the%20Genus%20Ciconia.pdf |journal= Records of the Australian Museum | volume = 57 | issue = 2| pages = 165–178 }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Walter E. Boles

|

Late Oligocene-Early Miocene

|

Riversleigh

|

{{Flag|Australia}}:

{{Flag|Queensland}}

|

A Ciconiidae.

|

Crossvallia unienwillia{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1016/j.geobios.2004.02.003|author1=Claudia P. Tambussi |author2=Marcelo A. Reguero |author3=Sergio A. Marenssi |author4=Sergio N. Santillana | year = 2005 | title = Crossvallia unienwillia, a New Sphenicidae (Sphenisciformes, Aves) from the Late Paleocene of Antarctica | url =https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230642244 |journal= Geobios | volume = 38 | issue = 5 | pages = 667–675 |bibcode=2005Geobi..38..667T }}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Claudia P. Tambussi

Marcelo A. Reguero

Sergio A. Marenssi

Sergio N. Santillana

|

Late Paleocene

|

Cross Valley Formation

|

{{Flag|Antarctica}}

|

A Spheniscidae.

|

Dalianraptor cuhe{{cite journal|author1=Gao Chunling |author2=Liu Jinyuan|year=2005|title=A new avian taxon from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning|journal=Global Geology|volume=24|issue=4|pages=313–316}}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Gao Chunling

Liu Jinyuan

|

Early Cretaceous,

Early Albian

|

Jiufotang Formation

|

{{flag|China}}

|

An Ornithurae Haeckel, 1866. This is the type species of the genus.

| rowspan="47" |

Eurofluvioviridavis robustipes{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1139/e05-060| bibcode=2005CaJES..42.2021M| author=Gerald Mayr| year = 2005 | title = A Fluvioviridavis-like Bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany |journal= Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences | volume = 42 | issue = 11 | pages = 2021–2037 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Gerald Mayr

|

Early Eocene

|

MP 8;

Messel pit,

MP 11

|

{{Flag|UK}}:

{{Flag|England}};

{{Flag|Germany}}:

{{Flag|Hessen}}

|

A Podargiformes, Fluvioviridavidae Mayr, 2005.

|

Gallinula disneyi{{Cite journal | doi = 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1441| author=Walter E. Boles | year = 2005 | title = A New Flightless Gallinule (Aves: Rallidae: Gallinula) from the Oligo-Miocene of Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland, Australia | url =http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/18015/1441_complete.pdf |journal= Records of the Australian Museum | volume = 57 | issue = 2| pages = 179–190 }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Walter E. Boles

|

Oligocene-Miocene

|

Riversleigh

|

{{Flag|Australia}}:

{{Flag|Queensland}}

|

A Rallidae, in 2011 this species becomes the type species of the new genus Australlus Worthy et Boles, 2011.

|

Gallirallus vekamatolu{{Cite journal | doi = 10.2988/0006-324x(2005)118[465:rargfp]2.0.co;2|author1=Jeremy J. Kirchman |author2=David W. Steadman| year = 2005 | title = Rails (Aves: Rallidae: Gallirallus) from Prehistoric Sites in the Kingdom of Tonga, Including a Description of a New Species | url =https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232663461 |journal= Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington | volume = 118 | issue = 2 | pages = 465–477 |s2cid=86755841 }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Jeremy J. Kirchman

David W. Steadman

|

Holocene

|

‘Eua

|

{{Flag|Tonga}}

|

A Rallidae.

|

Hongshanornis longicresta{{Cite journal|author1=Zhou, Zhou Zhonghe |author2=Zhang Fucheng|year=2005|title=Discovery of an ornithurine bird and its implication for Early Cretaceous avian radiation |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=102|issue=52|pages=18998–19002|doi=10.1073/pnas.0507106102|pmid=16344487|pmc=1323170 |bibcode=2005PNAS..10218998Z|doi-access=free}}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Zhou Zhonghe

Zhang Fucheng

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{flag|China}}

|

An Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, Hongshanornithidae O’Connor, Gao et Chiappe, 2010. This is the type species of the genus.

Limnofregata hasegawai{{Cite journal | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.1046.1.1|author1=Storrs L. Olson |author2=Hiroshige Matsuoka| year = 2005 | title = New Specimens of the Early Eocene Frigatbird Limnofregata (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae), with the Description of a New Species | url =http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2005f/zt01046p015.pdf |journal= Zootaxa | volume = 1046 | pages = 1–15 }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Storrs L. Olson

Hiroshige Matsuoka

|

Late Early Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|USA}} ({{Flag|Wyoming}})

|

A Fregatidae, Limnofregatinae Olson, 1977.

|

Lithoptila abdounensis{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0157:eanban]2.0.co;2|author1=Estelle Bourdon |author2=Baâdi Bouya |author3=Mohamed Iarochène | year = 2005 | title = Earliest African Neornithine Bird: A New Prophaethontidae (Aves) from the Paleocene of Morocco |journal= Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 25 | issue = 1 | pages = 157–170 |s2cid=86218884 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Estelle Bourdon

Baâdi Bouya

Mohamed Iarochène

|

Late Paleocene-Early Eocene

|

Thanetian

|

{{Flag|Morocco}}

|

A Prophaethontidae Harrison et Walker, 1976.

|

Oxyura vantetsi{{Cite journal | author=Trevor H. Worthy| year = 2005 | title = A New Species of Oxyura (Aves: Anatidae) from the New Zealand Holocene | url =http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/~/media/Documents/QM/About%20Us/Publications/Memoirs%20-%20Nature/N51/51-1-worthy.pdf |journal= Memoirs of the Queensland Museum | volume = 51 | issue = 1 | pages = 259–275 }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Trevor H. Worthy

|

Holocene

|

Lake Poukawa

|

{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

An Anatidae, extinct since the 16th century.

|

Parvigrus pohli{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1007/s00114-005-0007-8| author=Gerald Mayr| year = 2005 | title = A Chicken-sized Crane Precursor from the Early Oligocene of France | url =http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/parvigrus.pdf |journal= Naturwissenschaften | volume = 92 | issue = 8| pages = 389–393 | pmid=16052357| bibcode=2005NW.....92..389M| s2cid=20017550}}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Gerald Mayr

|

Early Oligocene

|

Pichovet, Vachères, Southern France

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A Parvigruidae Mayr, 2005.

|

Perugyps diazi{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1650/7475|author1=Marcelo Stucchi |author2=Steven D. Emslie| year = 2005 | title = A New Condor (Ciconiiformes, Vulturidae) from the Late Miocene/Early Pliocene Pisco Formation, Peru | url =http://www.monografias.com/trabajos-pdf2/condor-ciconiiformes-vulturidae-miocene-pliocene/condor-ciconiiformes-vulturidae-miocene-pliocene.pdf |journal= The Condor | volume = 107 | issue = 1 | pages = 107–113 |s2cid=85805971 }}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Marcelo Stucchi

Steven D. Emslie

|

Late Miocene-Early Pliocene

|

Pisco Formation

|

{{Flag|Peru}}

|

A Cathartidae.

|

Protocypselomorphus manfredkelleri{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1650/7596| author=Gerald Mayr| year = 2005 | title = A New Cypselomorph Bird from the Middle Eocene of Germany and the Early Diversification of the Avian Aerial Insectivores | url =https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228672703 |journal= The Condor | volume = 107 | issue = 2 | pages = 342–352 | s2cid=73645373}}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Gerald Mayr

|

Early Middle Eocene

|

Messel pit,

MP 11

|

{{Flag|Germany}}:

{{Flag|Hessen}}

|

A Cypselomorphae (Sensu Mayr, 2002).

|

?Primotrogon pumilio{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00421.x| author=Gerald Mayr| year = 2005 | title = New Trogons from the Early Tertiary of Germany |journal= Ibis | volume = 147 | issue = 3 | pages = 512–518 }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Gerald Mayr

|

Early Middle Eocene

|

Messel pit,

MP 11

|

{{Flag|Germany}}:

{{Flag|Hessen}}

|

A Trogonidae, In 2009 Mayr creates the new genus Masillatrogon for this species and makes ?Primotrogon pumilio its type species.

|

Pseudoseisuropsis cuelloi{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1650/7499|author1=Santiago Claramunt |author2=Andrès Rinderknecht| year = 2005 | title = A New Fossil Furnariid from the Pleistocene of Uruguay, with Remarks on Nasal Type, Cranial Kinetics, and Relationships of the Extinct Genus Pseudoseisuropsis | url =https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236357031 |journal= The Condor | volume = 107 | issue = 1 | pages = 114–127 |s2cid=85702253 | doi-access = free }}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Santiago Claramunt

Andrès Rinderknecht

|

Late Pleistocene

|

Coastal cliffs near Rio de la Plata estuary

|

{{Flag|Uruguay}}

|

A Furnariidae.

|

Rallus eivissensis{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00442.x|author1=Miquel McMinn |author2=M. Palmer |author3=Josep A. Alcover | year = 2005 | title = A New Species of Rail (Aves: Rallidae) from the Upper Pleistocene and Holocene of Eivissa (Pityusic Islands, Western Mediterranean) |journal= Ibis | volume = 147 | issue = 4 | pages = 706–716 |hdl=10261/85709 }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Miquel McMinn

M. Palmer

Josep A. Alcover

|

Pleistocene, Holocene

|

Ibiza

|

{{Flag|Spain}}:

{{Flag|Ibiza}}

|

A Rallidae.

|

Rhodacanthis forfex{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00173.x|author1=Helen F. James |author2=Storrs L. Olson| year = 2005 | title = The Diversity and Biogeography of Koa-finches (Drepanidini: Rhodacanthis), with Descriptions of Two New Species | url =https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/217/James-05-ZJLS-new%20koa%20finches.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |journal= Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | volume = 144 | issue = 4| pages = 527–541 }}

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Helen F. James

Storrs L. Olson

|

Holocene

|

Kauai

|

{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|Hawaii}}

|

A Fringillidae, Carduelinae, Drepanidini.

|

Rhodacanthis litotes

|

Valid

|

Sp. nov.

|

Helen F. James

Storrs L. Olson

|

Holocene

|

Oahu

|

{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|Hawaii}}

|

A Fringillidae, Carduelinae, Drepanidini.

|

Rupelramphastoides knopfi{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[1055:atbbft]2.0.co;2| author=Gerald Mayr| year = 2005 | title = A Tiny Barbet-like Bird from the Oligocene of Germany: the Smallest Species and Earliest Substantial Fossil Record of the Pici (Woodpeckers and Allies) | url =http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/rupelramphastoides_2.pdf |journal= The Auk | volume = 122 | issue = 4 | pages = 1055–1063 | s2cid=40968177}}

|

Valid

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Gerald Mayr

|

Early Oligocene

|

Rupelian

|

{{Flag|Germany}}:

{{Flag|Baden-Württemberg}}

|

A Pici (sensu Simpson and Cracraft, 1981), family incertae sedis (confer Ramphastidae Vigors, 1825)

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Struthio kakesiensis{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.07.001|author1=Terry Harrison |author2=Charles P. Msuya| year = 2005 | title = Fossil Struthionid Eggshells from Laetoli, Tanzania: Taxonomic and Biostratigraphic Significance | url =https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222575395 |journal= Journal of African Earth Sciences | volume = 41 | issue = 4| pages = 303–315 |bibcode=2005JAfES..41..303H }}

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Valid

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Sp. nov.

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Terry Harrison

Charles P. Msuya

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Pliocene

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Lower Laetoli Beds

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{{Flag|Tanzania}}

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Known from eggshells

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Struthio linxiaensis{{Cite journal |doi=10.1360/982005-575 |author1=Hou Lianhai |author2=Zhou Zhonghe |author3=Zhang Fu-Cheng |author4=Wang Zhao |year=2005 |title=A Miocene Ostrich Fossil from Gansu Province, Northwest China |url=http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120601588435820636.pdf |journal=Chinese Science Bulletin |volume=50 |issue=16 |pages=1808–1810 |doi-broken-date=7 April 2025 |bibcode=2005ChSBu..50.1808H |s2cid=129449364 |access-date=2014-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728205610/http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120601588435820636.pdf |archive-date=2014-07-28 |url-status=dead }}

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Valid

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Sp. nov.

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Hou Lianhai

Zhou Zhonghe

Zhang Fu-Cheng

Wang Zhao

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Late Miocene

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Liushu Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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Transferred to, and made the type species of a new genus Orientornis Wang, 2008.{{Cite journal | author = Wang Shuo | year = 2008 | title = Reexamination of Taxonomic Assignment of "Struthio linxianensis" Hou et al, 2005 | url = http://www.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=19&CurRec=13&filename=GSWX200803014&dbname=CJFD2008&v=MTE5NDI4UGZRNVd6UllTN2o1OVNudmpxeEUxZXJzPU9sbXpHN081SEtmRXA0dEVadQ== | journal = Acta Palaeontologica Sinica | volume = 47 | pages = 362–368 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Vegavis iaai{{Cite journal|author=Clarke, J.A. |author2=Tambussi, C.P. |author3=Noriega, J.I. |author4=Erickson, G.M. |author5=Ketcham, R.A.|year=2005|title=Definitive fossil evidence for the extant avian radiation in the Cretaceous |url =https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8069909 |journal=Nature|volume=433|issue=7023|pages=305–308|doi=10.1038/nature03150|pmid=15662422|bibcode=2005Natur.433..305C |s2cid=4354309 |hdl=11336/80763|hdl-access=free}}

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Valid

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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Julia A. Clarke

Claudia P. Tambussi

Jorge L. Noriega

Gregory M. Erickson

Richard A. Ketcham

|

Late Cretaceous

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Middle to Late Maastrichtian

|

{{flag|Antarctica}}

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An ?Anseriformes. This is the type species of the genus.

=Newly named pterosaurs=

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Name

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Bakonydraco{{Cite journal|author1=Ösi, A. |author2=Weishampel, D.B. |author3=Jianu, C.M. |year=2005|title=First evidence of azhdarchid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary|journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica|volume=50|issue=4|pages=777–787}}

|

Valid

|

  • Weishampel
  • Jianu

|

Upper Cretaceous

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Csehbánya Formation

|

{{flag|Hungary}}

|

The type species is Bakonydraco galaczi.

| rowspan="99"|

Boreopterus{{Cite journal|author1=Lü, J. |author2=Ji, Q. |year=2005|title=A new ornithocheirid from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China|journal=Acta Geologica Sinica |volume=79|issue=2|pages=157–163|doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2005.tb00877.x|bibcode=2005AcGlS..79..157L |s2cid=129084078 }}

|

Valid

|

  • Ji

|

Lower Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{flag|China}}

|

The type species is Boreopterus cuiae.

Caulkicephalus{{Cite journal|author=Steel, L. |author2=Martill, D.M. |author3=Unwin, D.M. |author4=Winch, J.D.|year=2005|title=A new pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Wessex Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight, England|journal=Cretaceous Research|volume=26|pages=686–698|doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2005.03.005|issue=4|bibcode=2005CrRes..26..686S }}

|

Valid

|

  • Steel
  • Martill
  • Unwin
  • Winch

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Wessex Formation

|

{{flag|England}}

|

The type species is Caulkicephalus trimicrodon.

Eoazhdarcho{{Cite journal|author1=Lü, J. |author2=Ji, Q. |year=2005|title=New azhdarchid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning|journal=Acta Geologica Sinica|volume=79|issue=3|pages=301–307|doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2005.tb00893.x|bibcode=2005AcGlS..79..301L |s2cid=128958556 }}

|

Valid

|

  • Ji

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Jiufotang Formation

|

{{flag|China}}

|

The type species is Eoazhdarcho liaoxiensis.

Eopteranodon{{Cite journal|author1=Lü, J.C. |author2=Zhang, B.K. |year=2005|title=New pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning|journal=Geological Review|volume=51|issue=4|pages=458–462}}

|

Valid

|

  • Zhang

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{flag|China}}

|

The type species is Eopteranodon lii.

Feilongus{{Cite journal|author1=Wang, X. |author2=Kellner, A.W.A. |author3=Zhou, Z. |author4=Campos, D.A. |year=2005|title=Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China|journal=Nature|volume=437|pages=875–879|doi=10.1038/nature03982|pmid=16208369|issue=7060|bibcode=2005Natur.437..875W |s2cid=23146503 }}

|

Valid

|

  • Wang
  • Kellner
  • Zhou
  • Campos

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{flag|China}}

|

The type species is Feilongus youngi.

Huaxiapterus{{Cite journal|author1=Lu, J. |author2=Yuan, C.|year=2005|title=New tapejarid pterosaur from Western Liaoning, China|journal=Acta Geologica Sinica|volume=79|issue=4|pages=453–458|doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2005.tb00911.x|bibcode=2005AcGlS..79..453L |s2cid=129245203 }}

|

Synonym

|

  • Yuan

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Jiufotang Formation

|

{{flag|China}}

|

The type species is Huaxiapterus jii. Huaxiapterus is a junior synonym of Sinopterus{{Cite journal|author=Pinheiro, F.L. |author2=Fortier, D.C. |author3=Schultz, C.L. |author4=De Andrade, J.A.F.G. |author5=Bantim, R.A.M.|id=In press|title=New information on Tupandactylus imperator, with comments on the relationships of Tapejaridae (Pterosauria)|journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica}}

Liaoxipterus{{Cite journal|author1=Dong, Z. |author2=Lü, J.|year=2005|title=A New Ctenochasmatid Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province|journal=Acta Geologica Sinica|volume=79|issue=2|pages=164–167|doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2005.tb00878.x|bibcode=2005AcGlS..79..164D |s2cid=129501612 }}

|

Valid

|

  • Dong

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Jiufotang Formation

|

{{flag|China}}

|

The type species is Liaoxipterus brachyognathus.

Nurhachius

|

Valid

|

  • Wang
  • Kellner
  • Zhou
  • Campos

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Jiufotang Formation

|

{{flag|China}}

|

The type species is Nurhachius ignaciobritoi.

Paranurognathus

|

Synonym

|

  • Peters

|

|

|

|

The type species is Paranurognathus tischlingeri. Paranurognathus is a junior synonym of Anurognathus.

Synapsids

=Non-mammalian=

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! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! width="33%" class="unsortable" | Notes

! class="unsortable"| Images

Irajatherium{{Cite journal|author=Martinelli, A.G. |author2=Bonaparte, J.F. |author3=Schultz, C.L. |author4=Rubert, R.|year=2005|title=A new tritheledontid (Therapsid, Eucynodontia) from the Late Triassic Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and its phylogenetic relationships among carnivorous non-mammalian eucynodonts|journal=Ameghiniana|volume=42|issue=1|pages=191–208}}

|

Valid

|

  • Martinelli
  • Bonaparte
  • Schultz
  • Rubert

|

Upper Triassic

|

Caturrita Formation

|

{{flag|Brazil}}

|

The type species is Irajatherium hernadezi.

| rowspan="99"|

Madysaurus{{Cite journal|author=Tatarinov, L.P.|year=2005|title=A new cynodont (Reptilia, Theriodontia) from the Magygen Formation (Triassic) of Fergana, Kyrgyzstan|journal=Paleontological Journal|volume=39|issue=2|pages=192–198}}

|

Valid

|

  • Tatarinov

|

Triassic

|

Magygen Formation

|

{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

|

The type species is Madysaurus sharovi.

Putillosaurus{{Cite journal|author=Surkov, M.V.|year=2005|title=The first dicynodont from the terminal Lower Triassic of European Russia, with special reference to the evolution of the masticatory apparatus of these therapsids|journal=Paleontological Journal|volume=39|issue=1|pages=72–78}}

|

Valid

|

  • Surkov

|

Lower Triassic

|

|

{{flag|Russia}}

|

The type species is Putillosaurus sennikovi.

=Mammals=

==New taxa==

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Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Type locality

! Country

! Notes

! Images

Amphicticeps dorog{{Cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Xiaoming |last2=McKENNA |first2=Malcolm C. |last3=Dashzeveg |first3=Demberelyin |date=2005-07-25 |title=Amphicticeps and Amphicynodon (Arctoidea, Carnivora) from Hsanda Gol Formation, Central Mongolia and Phylogeny of Basal Arctoids with Comments on Zoogeography |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249873505 |journal=American Museum Novitates |language=en |issue=3483 |pages=1–60 |doi=10.1206/0003-0082(2005)483[0001:AAAACF]2.0.CO;2 |issn=0003-0082}}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wang et al.

|

Early Oligocene

|

Hsanda Gol Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Mongolia}}

|An amphicynodontid.

|

Amphicticeps makhchinus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wang et al.

|

Early Oligocene

|

Hsanda Gol Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Mongolia}}

|An amphicynodontid.

|

Indodelphis{{cite journal |last1=Bajpai |first1=Sunil |last2=Kapur |first2=Vivesh |last3=Thewissen |first3=J G M |last4=Tiwari |first4=Brahma |last5=Das |first5=Debasis |date=2005-06-01 |title=First fossil marsupials from India: Early Eocene Indodelphis n. gen. and Jaegeria n. gen. from Vastan Lignite mine, District Surat, Gujarat |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259780037 |journal=Journal of the Palaentological Society of India |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=147–151 |doi= 10.1177/0971102320050112|bibcode=2005JPalS..50..147B |access-date=2024-08-04}}

|Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|Valid

|

  • Bajpai
  • Kapur
  • Thewissen
  • Tiwari
  • Das

|Eocene

|Cambay Shale Formation

|{{flag|India}}

|A marsupial.

|

Footnotes

=Complete author list=

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

=References=

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