2006 in paleontology#Turtles
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Plants
=Ferns and fern allies=
=Angiosperms=
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| Beardia{{cite journal |last1=Elliott |first1=L. L. |last2=Mindell |first2=R. A. |last3=Stockey |first3=R. A. |year=2006 |title=Beardia vancouverensis gen. et sp. nov. (Juglandaceae): permineralized fruits from the Eocene of British Columbia |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=93 |issue=4 |pages=557–565|doi=10.3732/ajb.93.4.557 |pmid=21646216 |s2cid=46645244 }}
| Gen et sp nov | valid | Elliot, Mindell, & Stockey | | | {{flag|Canada}} | A juglandaceous fruit. | |
Arthropods
=Crustaceans=
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| Stenochirus vahldieki{{Cite journal |last=Schweigert |first=Günter |last2=Garassino |first2=Alessandro |date=2006-03-20 |title=First record of Stenochirus Oppel, 1861 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Stenochiridae) from the Callovian (Middle Jurassic) of La Voulte-sur-Rhône |url=http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/njgpm/detail/2006/91571/First_record_of_Stenochirus_Oppel_1861_Crustacea_D?af=crossref |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte |language=en |volume=2006 |issue=2 |pages=65–77 |doi=10.1127/njgpm/2006/2006/65 |issn=0028-3630|url-access=subscription }}
| Sp nov | Valid | Schweigert & Garassino | | |
| A stenochirid. | |
=Insects=
Molluscs
=Cephalopods=
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| Tirolonautilus feltgeni{{Cite journal |last=Chirat |first=Régis |last2=Vaslet |first2=Denis |last3=Le Nindre |first3=Yves-Michel |date=2006-01-01 |title=Nautiloids of the Permian-Triassic Khuff Formation, central Saudi Arabia |journal=GeoArabia |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=81–92 |doi=10.2113/geoarabia110181 |issn=1025-6059|doi-access=free }}
| Sp nov | Valid | Chirat, Vaslet & Le Nindre | | |
| A nautiloid. | |
Tetrapodomorphs
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| Tiktaalik{{cite journal |last1=Daeschler |first1=EB |last2=Shubin |first2=NH |last3=Jenkins |first3=FA Jr |date=6 April 2006 |title= A Devonian tetrapod-like fish and the evolution of the tetrapod body plan |journal=Nature |volume=440 |issue=7085 |pages=757–763 |doi=10.1038/nature04639 |pmid=16598249|bibcode=2006Natur.440..757D |doi-access=free }}
| Gen et sp nov | Valid | | | |
| Type species T. roseae. The Earliest Tetrapod. |
Amphibians
=Newly named temnospondylians=
=Newly named amphibians=
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| Pangerpeton{{Cite journal|author1=Wang, Y. |author2=Evans, S.E.|year=2006|title=A new short-bodied salamander from the Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous of China|journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica|volume=44|issue=1|pages=127–130}}
| Valid |
| Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous | | {{flag|China}} | The type species is Pangerpeton sinensis. | rowspan="47" | |
Ichthyosaurs
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| Maiaspondylus{{Cite journal|author1=Maxwell, E.E. |author2=Caldwell, M.W.|year=2006|title=A new genus of ichthyosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Canada|journal=Palaeontology|volume=49|issue=5|pages=1043–1052|doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00589.x|doi-access=free}}
| Valid |
| Early Cretaceous | | {{flag|Canada}} | The type species is Maiaspondylus lindoei. | rowspan="47" | |
Lepidosauromorphs
=Newly named basal lepidosauromorphs=
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| Rautiania{{cite journal|author1=Bulanov, V.V. |author2=Sennikov, A.G.|year=2001|title=The first gliding reptiles from the Upper Permian of Russia|journal=Paleontological Journal|volume=40|issue=5|pages=S567–S570|doi=10.1134/s0031030106110037|s2cid=84310001}}
| Valid |
| Late Permian | | {{flag|Russia}} | Two species was descript: Rautiania alexandri (type) and R. minchi. | rowspan="47" | |
=Newly named plesiosaurs=
=Newly named squamates=
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| Najash{{Cite journal|last1=Apesteguia |first1=S |last2=Zaher |first2=H |year=2006 |title=A Cretaceous terrestrial snake with robust hindlimbs and a sacrum |journal=Nature |volume=440 |issue=7087 |pages=1037–1040 |doi=10.1038/nature04413 |pmid=16625194|bibcode=2006Natur.440.1037A |s2cid=4417196 }}
| Gen et sp nov | Valid | Apesteguia & Zaher | Late Cretaceous | | {{flag|Argentina}} | Type sp N rionegrina. | |
Turtles
Archosauromorphs
=Newly named crurotarsans=
=Newly named dinosaurs=
- Vickaryous, M K., 2006, New information on the cranial anatomy of Edmontonia rugosidens Gilmore, a Late Cretaceous nodosaurid dinosaur from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta: JVP, v. 26, n. 4: 1011–1013.
Data are courtesy of George Olshevky'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 = 15 July 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html }}
=Newly named birds=
=Newly named pterosaurs=
Synapsids
=Non-mammalian=
=Mammals=
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| Anthracoxyaena
| Disputed | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of the family Oxyaenidae. Genus includes new species A. palustris. Subsequently, Solé, Gheerbrant & Godinot (2013) considered the genus Anthracoxyaena to be a junior synonym of the genus Arfia, though the authors maintained A. palustris as a distinct species within the latter genus.{{cite journal |author=Floréal Solé |author2=Emmanuel Gheerbrant |author3=Marc Godinot |name-list-style=amp |year=2013 |title=Sinopaninae and Arfianinae (Hyaenodontida, Mammalia) from the Early Eocene of Europe and Asia; evidence for dispersal in Laurasia around the Paleocene/Eocene boundary and for an unnoticed faunal turnover in Europe |journal=Geobios |volume=46 |issue=4 |pages=313–327 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2013.02.003 }} |
| Asiohyopsodus
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of the family Hyopsodontidae. Genus includes new species A. confuciusi. |
| Asioictops{{Cite journal|author1=Yongsheng Tong |author2=Yingwen Wang |year=2006 |title=Fossil mammals from the early Eocene Wutu Formation of Shandong Province |journal=Palaeontologia Sinica |volume=192, New Series C28 |pages=1–195 |isbn=7-03-016894-1 }}
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of the family Leptictidae. Genus includes new species A. mckennai. |
| Celaenolambda
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A possible member of the family Archaeolambdidae. Genus includes new species C. wangzhaoi. |
| Chowliia
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of the family Isectolophidae. Genus includes new species C. laoshanensis. |
| Dianomomys
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A possible member of the family Paromomyidae. Genus includes new species D. ambiguus. |
| Dissacus bohaiensis
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of Mesonychia belonging to the family Mesonychidae. |
| Hapalodectes huanghaiensis
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of Mesonychia belonging to the family Hapalodectidae. |
| Heterocoryphodon？yuntongi
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of the family Coryphodontidae. |
| Hylomysoides
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A possible member of the family Amphilemuridae. Genus includes new species H. qiensis. |
| Luchenus
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of the family Erinaceidae. Genus includes new species L. erinaceanus. |
| Migrostylops
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of Arctostylopida belonging to the family Arctostylopidae. Genus includes new species M. roboreus and M. rosella. |
| Pappomoropus
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of the family Eomoropidae. Genus includes new species P. taishanensis. |
| Paresthonyx
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of Tillodontia. Genus includes new species P. orientalis. |
| Preonictis
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of the family Hyaenodontidae belonging to the subfamily Proviverrinae. Genus includes new species P. youngi. |
| Qilulestes
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A possible member of the family Amphilemuridae. Genus includes new species Q. schieboutae. |
| Scileptictis
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of the family Leptictidae. Genus includes new species S. simplus and S? stenotalus. |
| Suyinia
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of Anagalida belonging to the family Pseudictopidae. Genus includes new species S. changleensis. |
| Taishanomys parvulus
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A rodent. |
| Talpilestes
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A possible member of the family Nyctitheriidae. Genus includes new species T. asiatica. |
| Variviverra
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of the family Viverravidae. Genus includes new species V. vegetatus. |
| Wutucoryphodon
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of the family Coryphodontidae. Genus includes new species W. xianwui. |
| Wutuhyus
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of Suiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species W. primiveris. |
| Yupingale
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of the family Astigalidae. Genus includes new species Y. weifangensis. |
| Zodiocyon
| Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | |
| A member of the family Miacidae. Genus includes new species Z. zetesios. |
Trace fossils
- The trace fossil genera Nihilichnus (Nihilichnus nihilicus and Nihilichnus mortalis), Machichnus (Machichnus regularis, Machichnus multilineatus, and Machichnus bohemicus) and Brutalichnus (Brutalichnus brutalis) are described from bite traces.{{Cite journal|last1=Mikuláš|first1=Radek|last2=Kadlecová|first2=Eva|last3=Fejfar|first3=Oldřich|last4=Dvořák|first4=Zdeněk|date=2006-09-01|title=Three New Ichnogenera of Biting and Gnawing Traces on Reptilian and Mammalian Bones: A Case Study from the Miocene of the Czech Republic|journal=Ichnos|volume=13|issue=3|pages=113–127|doi=10.1080/10420940600850729|s2cid=128644469 |issn=1042-0940}}