2007 in paleontology#Turtles

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{{Year in paleontology header|2007}}

Plants

=Angiosperms=

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Orontium mackii{{cite journal |last1=Bogner |first1=J. |last2=Johnson |first2=K. R. |last3=Kvacek |first3=Z. |last4=Upchurch |first4=G. R. |title=New fossil leaves of Araceae from the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene of western North America |journal=Zitteliana |year=2007 |volume=A |issue=47 |pages=133–147 |issn=1612-412X|url=https://digital.library.txstate.edu/bitstream/handle/10877/2570/fulltext.pdf?sequence=1}}

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sp nov

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Valid

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Bogner, Johnson, Kvacek, & Upchurch

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Cretaceous
Maastrichtian?

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McRae Formation

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{{Flag|USA}}
{{flag|Texas}}

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An Orontium species

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Orontium wolfei

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sp nov

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Valid

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Bogner, Johnson, Kvacek, & Upchurch

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Eocene
Ypresian

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Okanagan Highlands
Klondike Mountain Formation

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{{Flag|US}}
{{flag|Washington}}

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An Orontium species
Also reported from the Allenby Formation

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File:Orontium wolfei 02.jpg]]

Saururus tuckerae{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=S. Y. |last2=Stockey |first2=R. A. |year=2007 |title=Establishing a fossil record for the perianthless Piperales: Saururus tuckerae sp. nov.(Saururaceae) from the Middle Eocene Princeton Chert. |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=94 |issue=10 |pages=1642–1657|doi=10.3732/ajb.94.10.1642 |pmid=21636361 |doi-access=free }}

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sp nov

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Valid

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Smith & Stockey

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Eocene
Ypresian

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Okanagan Highlands
Princeton

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

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A Saururus species

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Tetracentron hopkinsii{{cite journal |last1=Pigg |first1=K.B. |last2=Dillhoff |first2=R.M. |last3=DeVore |first3=M.L. |last4=Wehr |first4=W.C. |s2cid=86524324 |year=2007 |title=New diversity among the Trochodendraceae from the Early/Middle Eocene Okanogan Highlands of British Columbia, Canada, and Northeastern Washington State, United States |journal= International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=168 |issue=4 |pages=521–532 |doi=10.1086/512104}}

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sp nov

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Valid

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Pigg, Dillhoff, DeVore, & Wehr

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Eocene
Ypresian

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Okanagan Highlands
Allenby Formation

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

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A Tetracentron species

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File:Tetracentron hopkinsii SR 02-28-07.jpg]]

Trochodendron drachukii

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sp nov

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Valid

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Pigg, Dillhoff, DeVore, & Wehr

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Eocene
Ypresian

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Okanagan Highlands
unnamed formation, Kamloops Group

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

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A Trochodendron species

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=General paleobotanical research=

  • An approximately {{cvt|1000|ha|mi2}} Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) age rainforest is reported from the Herrin #6 coal mine in Illinois by DiMichele et al.{{cite journal |last1=DiMichele |first1=W.A. |last2=Falcon-Lang |first2=H.J. |last3=Nelson |first3=W.J. |last4=Elrick |first4=S.D. |last5=Ames |first5=P.R. |year=2007 |title=Ecological gradients within a Pennsylvanian mire forest |journal=Geology |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=415–418 |doi=10.1130/G23472A.1}}

Fungi

=newly named=

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Margaretbarromyces{{Cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.010 |last1=Mindell|first1=R.A. |author2 = Stockey, R.A. |author3=Beard, G. |author4=Currah, R.S. |year=2007 |title=Margaretbarromyces dictyosporus gen. sp. nov.: a permineralized corticolous ascomycete from the Eocene of Vancouver Island, British Columbia |journal= Mycological Research |volume=111 |issue=6 |pages=680–684 |pmid=17601718 }}

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Mindell, Stockey, Beard & Currah

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Eocene

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Appian Way Flora

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{{flag|Canada}}

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Extinct ascomycete fungus

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Palaeoagaracites{{Cite journal |last1=Poinar |first1=G.O. |author2 = Buckley, R. |year=2007 |title=Evidence of mycoparasitism and hypermycoparasitism in Early Cretaceous amber |journal= Mycological Research |pmid=17512712 |volume=111 |issue=4 |pages=503–506 |doi=10.1016/j.mycres.2007.02.004}}

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Gen et sp nov.

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Valid

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Poinar & Buckley

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Late Albian (Cretaceous)

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Burmese amber

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{{flag|Myanmar|1974}}

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oldest mushroom genus described from the fossil record.

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Arthropoda

=Crustaceans=

==Research==

  • Schram (2007) publishes a revision of Paleozoic stomatopods, erecting the families Gorgonophontidae and Daidalidae.{{Cite journal |last=Schram |first=Frederick R. |date=2007 |title=Paleozoic Proto-Mantis Shrimp Revisited |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4498847 |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=81 |issue=5 |pages=895–916 |doi=10.1666/pleo05-075.1 |jstor=4498847 |s2cid=85606671 |issn=0022-3360|url-access=subscription }}

==New taxa==

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Daidal

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Gen. et. comb. nov./ Gen. et. sp. nov

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Valid

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Schram

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Carboniferous

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{{Flag|USA}}
{{flag|Montana}}

{{Flag|Scotland}}

{{Flag|Germany}}

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A mantis shrimp, type species is D. acanthocercus (originally described in 1998 as Tyrannophontes acanthocercus), genus also includes the species D. pattoni and D. schoellmanni

|File:Daidal.png acanthocercus]]

Tyrannophontes gigantion

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Schram

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Serpukhovian

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Mazon Creek fossil beds

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{{Flag|USA}}
{{flag|Illinois}}

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A mantis shrimp

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=Insects=

==New taxa==

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Apterostigma electropilosum{{cite journal|last1=Schultz |first1=T.R. |year=2007 |title=The fungus-growing ant genus Apterostigma in Dominican amber. |journal=Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute |volume=80 |pages=425–436}}

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Schultz

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Burdigalian

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Dominican amber

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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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A myrmicin fungus farming ant

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Apterostigma eowilsoni

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Schultz

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Burdigalian

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Dominican amber

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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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A myrmicin fungus farming ant

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Cretadiamesa

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Gen. et sp nov

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Valid

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Veltz, Azar & Nel

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Early Cretaceous

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{{Flag|Lebanon}}

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A member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Prodiamesinae. The type species is C. arieli.

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Cretapelopia

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Gen. et sp nov

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Valid

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Veltz, Azar & Nel

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Early Cretaceous

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{{Flag|Lebanon}}

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A member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Tanypodinae and the tribe Pentaneurini. The type species is C. salomea.

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Dicromantispa electromexicana{{Cite journal|last1=Engel |first1=MS |last2=Grimaldi |first2=DA |year=2007 |title=The neuropterid fauna of Dominican and Mexican amber (Neuropterida, Megaloptera, Neuroptera) |journal= American Museum Novitates |issue=3587 |pages=1–58 |doi=10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3587[1:TNFODA]2.0.CO;2|hdl=2246/5880 |s2cid=49393365 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/169241 }}

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Engel & Grimaldi

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Late Oligocene - Early Miocene

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Mexican Amber

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{{Flag|Mexico}}

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A mantidfly.

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Dicromantispa moronei

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Engel & Grimaldi

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Burdigalian

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Dominican Amber

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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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A mantidfly.

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Eophyllium{{cite journal | last = Wedmann | first = Sonja |author2= Bradler, Sven|author3= Rust, Jes |date=9 January 2007 | title = The first fossil leaf insect: 47 million years of specialized cryptic morphology and behavior | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | volume = 104 | issue = 2 | pages = 565–9 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0606937104 | pmid = 17197423 | pmc = 1766425| bibcode = 2007PNAS..104..565W | doi-access = free }}

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Wedmann, Bradler, Rust

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Eocene

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Messel Pit fossil site

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{{Flag|Germany}}

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First leaf insect from the fossil record.

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Glisachaemus{{cite journal|last1=Szwedo |first1=J. |year=2007 |title=Glisachaemus jonasdamzeni gen. et sp. nov. of Cixiidae from the Eocene Baltic amber (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) |journal=Alavesia |volume=1 |pages=109–116 |url=http://ag.udel.edu/delpha/4299.pdf|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719015738/http://ag.udel.edu/delpha/4299.pdf |archive-date=19 July 2011 }}

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Szwedo

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Early Eocene

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Baltic amber

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{{Flag|Europe}}

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New planthopper genus.

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Lebanorthocladius

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Gen. et sp nov

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Valid

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Veltz, Azar & Nel

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Early Cretaceous

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{{Flag|Lebanon}}

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A member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Orthocladiinae. The type species is L. furcatus.

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Libanodiamesa{{cite journal|author1=Isabelle Veltz |author2=Dany Azar |author3=André Nel |year=2007 |title=New chironomid flies in Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Diptera: Chironomidae) |journal=African Invertebrates |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=169–191}}

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Gen. et sp nov

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Valid

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Veltz, Azar & Nel

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Early Cretaceous

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{{Flag|Lebanon}}

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A member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Prodiamesinae. The type species is L. deploegi.

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Libanopelopia

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Gen. et sp nov

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Valid

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Veltz, Azar & Nel

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Early Cretaceous

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{{Flag|Lebanon}}

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A member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Tanypodinae and the tribe Pentaneurini or Macropelopiini. The type species is L. cretacica.

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Mongolbittacus{{Cite journal|last1=Petrulevicius |first1=J. F. |last2=Huang |first2=D-Y. |last3=Ren |first3=D. |title=A new hangingfly (Insecta: Mecoptera: Bittacidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China |journal=African Invertebrates |year=2007 |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=145–152 |url=http://fossilinsects.net/pdfs/Lpetrul.145-152.pdf|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321141540/http://fossilinsects.net/pdfs/Lpetrul.145-152.pdf |archive-date=21 March 2012 }}

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Petrulevicius, Huang & Ren

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Middle Jurassic

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Jiulongshan Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A bittacid

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Principiala{{cite journal |last1=Makarkin |first1=VN |last2=Menon |first2=F |year=2007 |title=First record of fossil 'rapismatid-like' Ithonidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=28 |issue=5 |pages=743–753 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2006.11.003}}

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Makarkin & Menon

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Crato Formation

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late Aptian

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{{Flag|Brazil}}

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An Ithonidae lacewing, type species P. incerta

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Sialis (Protosialis) casca

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Sp nov

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Jr synonym of Protosialis casca

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Engel & Grimaldi

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Burdigalian

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Dominican Amber

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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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The only alderfly from the West Indies fossil record.

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Schwenckfeldina archoica{{Cite journal |last1=Solórzano Kraemer |first1=M. M. |last2=Mohrig |first2=W. |year=2007 |title=Schwenckfeldina archoica sp. nov. (Diptera, Sciaridae) from the middle Miocene Mexican amber |journal=Alavesia |volume=1 |pages= 105–108 |url=http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Kraemer_%26_Mohrig_ALAVESIA_2007_105.pdf}}

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Mohrig & Solórzano Kraemer

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Late Oligocene - early Miocene

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Mexican amber

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{{Flag|Mexico}}

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A Sciarid fly

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Wadelius

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Gen. et sp nov

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Valid

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Veltz, Azar & Nel

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Early Cretaceous

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{{Flag|Lebanon}}

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A member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Tanypodinae and the tribe Anatopyniini. The type species is W. libanicus.

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Fish

=Bony fish=

  • {{cite journal | doi = 10.1660/0022-8443(2007)110[35:ROAPFA]2.0.CO;2 | last1 = Everhart | first1 = M. J. | year = 2007 | title = Remains of a pycnodont fish (Actinopterygii: Pycnodontiformes) in a coprolite; An upper record of Micropycnodon kansasensis in the Smoky Hill Chalk, western Kansas | journal = Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science | volume = 110 | issue = 1/2| pages = 35–43 | s2cid = 84547644 | doi-access = free }}
  • {{cite journal | doi = 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[827:TFSFHH]2.0.CO;2 | last1 = Cavin | first1 = L. | last2 = Suteethorn | first2 = V. | last3 = Buffetaut | first3 = E. | last4 = Claude | first4 = J. | last5 = Cuny | first5 = G. | last6 = Loeuff | first6 = J. Le | last7 = Tong | first7 = H. | year = 2007 | title = The first sinamiid fish (Holostei, Halecomorpha) from Southeast Asia (Early Cretaceous of Thailand) | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 27 | issue = 4| pages = 827–837 | title-link = Southeast Asia | s2cid = 85325978 }}
  • {{cite journal | doi = 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00238.x | last1 = Cavin | first1 = L. | last2 = Suteethorn | first2 = V. | last3 = Buffetaut | first3 = E. | last4 = Tong | first4 = H. | year = 2007 | title = A new Thai Mesozoic lungfish (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) with an insight into post-Palaeozoic dipnoan evolution | journal = Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | volume = 149 | issue = 2| pages = 141–177 | doi-access = free }}

=Cartilaginous fish=

  • {{cite journal | last1 = Everhart | first1 = M. J. | year = 2007 | title = New stratigraphic records (Albian-Campanian) of the guitarfish, Rhinobatos sp. (Chondrichthyes; Rajiformes), from the Cretaceous of Kansas | journal = Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science | volume = 110 | issue = 3–4| pages = 225–235 | doi=10.1660/0022-8443(2007)110[225:nsraor]2.0.co;2| s2cid = 84920949 }}

Archosauromorphs

=Pseudosuchians=

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Adamanasuchus{{cite journal |author1=Spencer G. Lucas |author2=Adrian P. Hunt |author3=Justin A. Spielmann |year=2007 |title=A new aetosaur from the Upper Triassic (Adamanian: Carnian) of Arizona |journal=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin |volume=40 |pages=241–247 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281820635 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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  • Lucas
  • Hunt
  • Spielmann

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Late Triassic

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Petrified Forest Formation

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  • {{flag|United States}}

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An aetosaur.

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Arganasuchus{{cite journal |author1=Nour-Eddine Jalil |author2=Karin Peyer|year=2007 |title=A new rauisuchian (Archosauria, Suchia) from the Upper Triassic of the Argana Basin, Morocco |journal=Palaeontology |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=417–430 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00640.x|s2cid=140681396 |doi-access= }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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  • Jalil
  • Karin

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Late Triassic

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Timezgadiouine Formation

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  • {{flag|Morocco}}

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A rauisuchian.

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Barinasuchus{{cite journal|last=Paolillo|first=Alfredo|author2=Linares, Omar J.|year=2007|title=Nuevos cocodrilos Sebecosuchia del Cenozoico Suramericano (Mesosuchia: Crocodylia)|journal=Paleobiologia Neotropical|volume=3|pages=1–25|url=http://www.paleobio.labb.usb.ve/Paleobio03.pdf|language=es|access-date=3 December 2014|archive-date=3 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303221605/http://www.paleobio.labb.usb.ve/Paleobio03.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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  • Paolillo
  • Linares

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Late Eocene/Middle Miocene

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Parángula Formation, Ipururo Formation & Divisadero Largo Formation

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  • {{flag|Venezuela}}
  • {{flag|Peru}}
  • {{flag|Argentina}}

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A sebecid.

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File:Barinasuchus_Arveloi.JPG.]]

Dollosuchoides{{cite journal | doi = 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00679.x | author = Christopher A. Brochu | year = 2007 | title = Systematics and taxonomy of Eocene tomistomine crocodylians from Britain and Northern Europe | journal = Palaeontology | volume = 50 | issue = 4| pages = 917–928 | doi-access = free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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  • Brochu

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Middle Eocene

|

|

  • {{flag|Belgium}}

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A member of Tomistominae.

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Langstonia

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Gen. nov

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Valid

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  • Paolillo
  • Linares

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Middle Miocene

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Villavieja Formation

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  • {{flag|Colombia}}

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A sebecid; a new name for Sebecus huilensis.

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File:Langstonia_skeleton.svg.]]

Montealtosuchus{{cite journal |author1=Ismar de Souza Carvalho |author2=Felipe Mesquita de Vasconcellos |author3=Sandra Aparecida Simionato Tavares |s2cid=87154004 |year=2007 |title=Montealtosuchus arrudacamposi, a new peirosaurid crocodile (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of Brazil |journal=Zootaxa |volume=1607 |pages=35–46 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1607.1.3 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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  • Carvalho
  • Vasconcellos
  • Tavares

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Late Cretaceous

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Adamantina Formation

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  • {{flag|Brazil}}

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A member of Peirosauridae.

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File:Montealtossuco.jpg.]]

Neuquensuchus{{cite journal |author1=Lucas E. Fiorelli |author2=Jorge O. Calvo |year=2007 |title=The first "protosuchian" (Archosauria: Crocodyliformes) from the Cretaceous (Santonian) of Gondwana |journal=Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro |volume=65 |issue=4 |pages=417–459 |issn=0365-4508 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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  • Fiorelli
  • Calvo

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Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

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Bajo de la Carpa Formation

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  • {{flag|Argentina}}

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A member of Crocodyliformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement.

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Oceanosuchus{{cite journal |author1=Stéphane Hua |author2=Eric Buffetaut |author3=Christophe Legall |author4=Patrick Rogron |year=2007 |title=Oceanosuchus boecensis n. gen., n. sp., a marine pholidosaurid (Crocodylia, Mesosuchia) from the Lower Cenomanian of Normandy (western France) |journal=Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France |volume=178 |issue=6 |pages=503–513 |doi=10.2113/gssgfbull.178.6.503}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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  • Hua et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

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  • {{flag|France}}

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A member of Pholidosauridae.

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File:Oceanosuchus.jpg.]]

Voay{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00315.x| title = Morphology, relationships, and biogeographical significance of an extinct horned crocodile (Crocodylia, Crocodylidae) from the Quaternary of Madagascar| journal = Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society| volume = 150| issue = 4| pages = 835–863| year = 2007| author=Christopher A. Brochu | doi-access = free}}

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Gen. et comb. nov

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Valid

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  • Brochu

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PleistoceneHolocene

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  • {{flag|Madagascar}}

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A new genus for "Crocodylus" robustus Grandidier & Vaillant (1872).

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File:Voay robustus.JPG.]]

Zulmasuchus

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Gen. nov

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Valid

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  • Paolillo
  • Linares

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Early Paleocene

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Santa Lucia Formation

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  • {{flag|Bolivia}}

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A sebecid; a new genus name for Sebecus querejazus.

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=Pterosaurs=

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Aralazhdarcho

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Averianov

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Santonian-early Campanian

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Bostobe Svita

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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An azhdarchid

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Gegepterus

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Wang et al

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BarremianAptian

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Yixian Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A ctenochasmatid

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Tupandactylus

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Kellner & Campos

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Early Cretaceous

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Crato Formation

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{{Flag|Brazil}}

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A tapejarid

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File:TapimpDB.jpg.]]

=Newly named non-dinosaurian dinosauromorphs=

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Dromomeron{{cite journal |last=Irmis |first=Randall B. |author2=Nesbitt, Sterling J. |author3=Padian, Kevin |author4=Smith, Nathan D. |author5=Turner, Alan H. |author6=Woody, Daniel |author7=Downs, Alex |year=2007 |title=A Late Triassic dinosauromorph assemblage from New Mexico and the rise of dinosaurs |journal=Science |volume=317 |pages=358–361 |doi=10.1126/science.1143325 |pmid=17641198 |issue=5836|bibcode=2007Sci...317..358I |s2cid=6050601 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/15342/files/PAL_E2679.pdf }}

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Irmis et al

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Norian

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Chinle Formation

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  • {{Flag|Argentina}}
  • {{Flag|USA}} ({{Flag|Arizona}}, {{Flag|New Mexico}} and {{Flag|Texas}})

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A Lagerpetonidae dinosauromorph reptile

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Image:Dromomeron BW.jpg]]

=Newly named non-avian dinosauromorphs=

Data 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 = 7 August 2008 | archive-date = 15 July 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html | url-status = dead }}

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Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Achillesaurus {{cite journal | last1 = Martinelli | first1 = A.G. | last2 = Vera | first2 = E. I. | s2cid = 88630802 | year = 2007 | title = Achillesaurus manazzonei, a new alvarezsaurid theropod (Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 1582 | pages = 1–17 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.1582.1.1 }}

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Martinelli & Vera

|

Santonian

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Bajo de la Carpa Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Argentina}}

|

An alvarezsaurid

|File:Achillesaurus.jpg]]

Albertaceratops{{cite journal | doi = 10.1666/0022-3360(2007)81[376:ANBCCF]2.0.CO;2 | last1 = Ryan | first1 = M.J. | year = 2007 | title = A new basal centrosaurine ceratopsid from the Oldman Formation, southeastern Alberta | journal = Journal of Paleontology | volume = 81 | issue = 2| pages = 376–396 | s2cid = 130607301 }}

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Ryan

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Campanian

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Oldman Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Canada}}

|

A Centrosaurine. the Ceratopsian from Alberta.

|

Image:Albertaceratops BW.jpg]]

Amargatitanis{{cite journal |last=Apesteguía |first=Sebastián |year=2007 |title=The sauropod diversity of the La Amarga Formation (Barremian), Neuquén (Argentina) |journal=Gondwana Research |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=533–546 |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2007.04.007|bibcode=2007GondR..12..533A }}

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Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Apesteguía

|

Barremian

|

La Amarga Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A titanosaur

|

Asylosaurus{{cite journal |last=Galton |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Galton |year=2007 |title=Notes on the remains of archosaurian reptiles, mostly basal sauropodomorph dinosaurs, from the 1834 fissure fill (Rhaetian, Upper Triassic) at Clifton in Bristol, southwest England |journal=Revue de Paléobiologie |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=505–591}}

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Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Galton

|

Rhaetian

|

|

  • {{Flag|England}}

|

A basal sauropodomorph

|

Australodocus{{cite journal |last=Remes |first=Kristian |year=2007 |title=A second Gondwanan diplodocid dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic Tendaguru Beds of Tanzania, East Africa |journal=Palaeontology |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=653–667 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00652.x |s2cid=129739733 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/16141/files/PAL_E3037.pdf }}

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Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Remes

|

Late Jurassic

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Tendaguru Beds

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  • {{Flag|Tanzania}}

|

A diplodocid

|

Berberosaurus{{cite journal |last=Allain |first=Ronan |author2=Tykoski, Ronald |author3=Aquesbi, Najat |author4=Jalil, Nour-Eddine |author5=Monbaron, Michel |author6=Russell, Dale |author7=Taquet, Phillipe |year=2007 |title=A basal abelisauroid from the late Early Jurassic of the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco, and the radiation of ceratosaurs |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=610–624 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[610:AADTFT]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=131617581 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/8145/files/monbaron_adt.pdf }}

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

|

Allain et al

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Pliensbachian-Toarcian

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Toundoute Continental Series

|

  • {{Flag|Morocco}}

|

A ceratosaur

|

Cedrorestes Gilpin, D.; DiCroce, T. and Carpenter, K. 2007. A possible new basal hadrosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation of eastern Utah. K. Carpenter (ed.), Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 79-89.

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

|

Gilpin, DiCroce, & Carpenter

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Barremian

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Cedar Mountain Formation

|

  • {{Flag|USA}} ({{Flag|Utah}})

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A hadrosaur

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Cerasinops{{cite journal |last=Chinnery |first=Brenda J. |author2=Horner, John R. |year=2007 |title=A new neoceratopsian dinosaur linking North American and Asian taxa |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=625–641 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[625:ANNDLN]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=86091277 }}

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Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Chinnery & Horner

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Campanian

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Two Medicine Formation

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  • {{Flag|USA}} ({{Flag|Montana}})

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A ceratopsian

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Image:Cerasinops BW.jpg]]

Dongbeititan {{cite journal | last1 = Wang | first1 = X. | last2 = You | first2 = H. | last3 = Meng | first3 = Q. | last4 = Gao | first4 = C. | last5 = Cheng | first5 = X. | last6 = Liu | first6 = J. | year = 2007 | title = Dongbetitan dongi, the first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of western Liaoning Province, China | journal = Acta Geologica Sinica | volume = 81 | issue = 6| pages = 911–916 | doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2007.tb01013.x| s2cid = 128812879 }}

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Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Wang et al

|

Early Cretaceous

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Yixian Formation

|

  • {{Flag|China}}

|

A sauropod

|

Eocursor{{cite journal|last = Butler| first = Richard J. |author2 = Roger M. H. Smith |author3=David B. Norman|title =A primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic of South Africa, and the early evolution and diversification of Ornithischia|journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences|year = 2007|doi = 10.1098/rspb.2007.0367|volume =274|pages =2041–6|pmid = 17567562|issue = 1621|pmc = 2275175}}

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Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Butler, Smith, & Norman

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Norian

|

Lower Elliot Formation

|

  • {{Flag|South Africa}}

|

An Early ornithischian

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Image:Eocursor BW.jpg]]

Eotriceratops{{cite journal |last1=Wu |first1=X-C. |last2=Brinkman |first2=D.B. |last3=Eberth |first3=D.A. |last4=Braman |first4=D.R. |year=2007 |title=A new ceratopsid dinosaur (Ornithischia) from the uppermost Horseshoe Canyon Formation (upper Maastrichtian), Alberta, Canada. |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=44 |issue=9 |pages=1243–1265 |doi=10.1139/E07-011 |bibcode=2007CaJES..44.1243W}}

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Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Wu, Brinkman, Eberth, & Braman

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Maastrichtian

|

Horseshoe Canyon Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Canada}} ({{Flag|Alberta}})

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A Ceratopsian

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Image:Eotriceratops.jpg]]

Futalognkosaurus{{cite journal | last1 = Calvo | first1 = J.O. | last2 = Porfiri | first2 = J.D. | last3 = González-Riga | first3 = B.J. | last4 = Kellner | first4 = A.W. | year = 2007 | title = A new Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem from Gondwana with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur | journal = Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências | volume = 79 | issue = 3| pages = 529–41 | pmid = 17768539 | doi=10.1590/S0001-37652007000300013| doi-access = free }}

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Calvo, Porfiri, González-Riga, & Kellner

|

Coniacian

|

Portezuelo Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A titanosaurian

|

Image:Futalognkosaurus BW.jpg]]

Gigantoraptor{{cite journal |last1= Xu |first1= X. |last2= Tan |first2= Q. |last3= Wang |first3= J. |last4= Zhao |first4= X. |last5= Tan |first5= L. |year= 2007 |title= A gigantic bird-like dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China |journal= Nature |volume= 447 |issue= 7146 |pages= 844–847 |pmid= 17565365 |doi= 10.1038/nature05849|bibcode= 2007Natur.447..844X |s2cid= 6649123 |url= http://doc.rero.ch/record/15575/files/PAL_E3002.pdf }}

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Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Xu, et al

|

Campanian-Maastrichtian

|

Iren Dabasu Formation

|

  • {{Flag|China}}

|

A Giantoviraptorosaurian

|

Image:Gigantoraptor Restoration.png]]

Jiangjunosaurus{{cite journal |last=Chengkai |first=Jia |author2=Forster, Catherine A |author3=Xing, Xu |author4=Clark, James M. |s2cid=54510491 |year=2007 |title=The first stegosaur (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation of Xinjiang, China |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=81 |issue=3 |pages=351–356 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2007.tb00959.x}}

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Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

  • Jia, Forster, Xing, and Clark

|

Oxfordian

|

Shishugou Formation

|

  • {{Flag|China}}

|

A stegosaurian

|

Lamplughsaura{{cite journal |last=Kutty |first=T.S. |author2=Chatterjee, S. |author3=Galton, P.M. |author4=Upchurch, P. |year=2007 |title=Basal sauropodomorphs (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Jurassic of India: their anatomy and relationships |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=81 |issue=6 |pages=1552–1574 |doi=10.1666/04-074.1|s2cid=130508134 }}

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Kutty, Chatterjee, Galton, & Upchurch

|

Sinemurian

|

Dharmaram Formation

|

  • {{Flag|India}}

|

An Early Sauropodomorph.

|

Image:Lamplughsaura BW.jpg]]

Lophostropheus{{cite journal |last=Ezcurra |first=Martin D. |author2=and Cuny, Gilles |year=2007 |title=The coelophysoid Lophostropheus airelensis, gen. nov.: a review of the systematics of "Liliensternus" airelensis from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary outcrops of Normandy (France) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=73–86 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[73:TCLAGN]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=85751238 }}

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Ezcurra & Cuny

|

Rhaetian-Hettangian

|

Moon-Airel Formation

|

  • {{Flag|France}}

|

A coelophysoid

|

Luanchuanraptor{{cite journal |last=Lü |first=J.-C. |author2=Xu, L. |author3=Zhang, X.-L. |author4=Ji, Q. |author5=Jia, S.-H. |author6=Hu, W.-Y. |author7=Zhang, J.-M. |author8=Wu, Y.-H. |year=2007 |title=New dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Luanchuan area, western Henan, China |journal=Geological Bulletin of China |volume=26 |issue=7 |pages=777–786}}

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

et al

|

Late Cretaceous

|

Qiupa Formation

|

  • {{Flag|China}}

|

Mahakala{{cite journal|last=Turner |first=Alan H. |author2=Pol, Diego |author3=Clarke, Julia A. |author4=Erickson, Gregory M. |author5=Norell, Mark |year=2007 |title=A basal dromaeosaurid and size evolution preceding avian flight |url=http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/317/5843/1378.pdf |journal=Science |volume=317 |pages=1378–1381 |doi=10.1126/science.1144066 |pmid=17823350 |issue=5843|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618133720/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/317/5843/1378.pdf |archive-date=18 June 2009 |url-status=live |bibcode=2007Sci...317.1378T |s2cid=2519726 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Turner et al

|

Campanian

|

Djadokhta Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Mongolia}}

|

A Deinonychosaur.

|

Image:Mahakala omnogovae 1st pass.png]]

Muyelensaurus

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Calvo, González-Riga, & Porfiri

|

Late Cretaceous

|

|

  • {{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A titanosaurian

|

Nanningosaurus{{cite journal |author=Mo J. |author2=Zhao Z. |author3=Wang W. |author4=Xu X. |year=2007 |title=The first hadrosaurid dinosaur from southern China |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=81 |issue=4 |pages=550–554 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2007.tb00978.x |s2cid=128757883 }}

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Mo, Zhao, Wang, & Xu

|

Late Cretaceous

|

Nalong Basin

|

  • {{Flag|China}}

|

A hadrosaurid

|

Nopcsaspondylus

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Apesteguía

|

Coniacian

|

Candeleros Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A rebbachisaurid

|

Image:Nopcsaspondylus holotype.jpg]]

Oryctodromeus{{cite journal |last=Varricchio |first=David J. |author2=Martin, Anthony J. |author3=Katsura, Yoshihiro |year=2007 |title=First trace and body fossil evidence of a burrowing, denning dinosaur |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=274 |pages=1361–1368 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2006.0443 |url= |pmid=17374596 |issue=1616 |pmc=2176205 }}

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

David J. Varricchio, Anthony J. Martin, & Yoshihiro Katsura

|

Cenomanian

|

Blackleaf Formation

|

  • {{Flag|USA}} ({{Flag|Montana}})

|

An ornithopod

|

Image:Oryctodromeus.jpg]]

Paluxysaurus{{cite journal|last=Rose |first=Peter J. |year=2007 |title=A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Early Cretaceous of central Texas and its phylogenetic relationships |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=10 |issue=2 |url=http://palaeo-electronica.org/2007_2/00063/ |format=web pages |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309043535/http://palaeo-electronica.org/2007_2/00063/ |archive-date=9 March 2009 |url-status=live}}

|

Gen et sp nov

|

jr synonym

|

Rose

|

Albian

|

Twin Mountains Formation

|

|

Jr synonym of Sauroposeidon

|

Pantydraco{{cite journal |last=Galton |first=Peter M. |author-link=Peter Galton |author2=Yates, Adam M |author3=Kermack, D. |s2cid=140709390 |year=2007 |title=Pantydraco n. gen. for Thecodontosaurus caducus YATES, 2003, a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Upper Triassic or Lower Jurassic of South Wales, UK |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=243 |issue=1 |pages=119–125 |doi=10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0243-0119 }}

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Galton, Yates, & Kermack

|

Late Triassic

|

|

  • {{Flag|Wales}}

|

A basal sauropodomorph

|

Image:Pantydraco BW.jpg]]

Pradhania

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Kutty, Chatterjee, Galton, & Upchurch

|

Sinemurian

|

Upper Dharmaram Formation

|

  • {{Flag|India}}

|

A massospondylid

|

Shanag{{cite journal|last=Turner |first=A.S. |author2=Hwang, S.H. |author3=Norell, M.A. |year=2007 |title=A small derived theropod from Öösh, Early Cretaceous, Baykhangor Mongolia |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3557 |pages=1–27 |url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5845/1/N3557.pdf|doi=10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3557[1:ASDTFS]2.0.CO;2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326053516/http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5845/1/N3557.pdf |archive-date=26 March 2009 |url-status=live |hdl=2246/5845 |s2cid=31096081 }}

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Turner, Hwang, & Norell

|

Berriasian-Barremian

|

Öösh Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Mongolia}}

|

A dromaeosaurid

|

Sinocalliopteryx{{cite journal | last1 = Ji | first1 = S. | last2 = Ji | first2 = Q. | last3 = Lu | first3 = J. | last4 = Yuan | first4 = C. | year = 2007 | title = A new giant compsognathid dinosaur with long filamentous integuments from Lower Cretaceous of Northeastern China | journal = Acta Geologica Sinica | volume = 81 | issue = 1| pages = 8–15 }}

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Ji et al

|

BarremianAptian

|

Yixian Formation

|

  • {{Flag|China}}

|

A compsognathid

|

Image:Sinocalliopteryx gigas.jpg]]

Suzhousaurus{{cite journal |author=Li D. |author2=Peng C. |author3=You H. |author4=Lamanna, M.C. |author5=Harris, J.D. |author6=Lacovara, K.J. |author7=Zhang J. |year=2007 |title=A large therizinosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=81 |issue=4 |pages=539–549 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2007.tb00977.x|s2cid=130262869 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/14382/files/PAL_E1837.pdf }}

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Li et al

|

Albian

|

Xinminpu Group

|

  • {{Flag|China}}

|

A therizinosauroid

|

Image:Suzhousaurus.JPG]]

Urbacodon{{cite journal |last=Averianov |first=A.O. |author2=Sues, H.-D. |year=2007 |title=A new troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Cenomanian of Uzbekistan, with a review of troodontid records from the territories of the former Soviet Union |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=87–98 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[87:ANTDTF]2.0.CO;2|s2cid=9743271 }}

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Averianov & Sues

|

Cenomanian

|

Dzharakuduk Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Uzbekistan}}

|A troodontid

‘’Velafrons’’

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

|

|

Cerro del Pueblo Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Mexico}}

| a hadrosaur

|

Zhejiangosaurus{{cite journal |last=Junchang |first=Lu |author2=Jin Xingsheng |author3=Sheng Yiming |author4=Li Yihong |year=2007 |title=New nodosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Lishui, Zhejiang Province, China |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=81 |issue=3 |pages=344–350 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2007.tb00958.x |s2cid=128548615 }}

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

et al

|

Cenomanian

|

Chaochuan Formation

|

  • {{Flag|China}}

|

A nodosaurid

|

Zhongyuansaurus{{cite journal |last=Li |first=Xu |author2=Lu Junchang |author3=Zhang Xingliao |author4=Jia Songhai |author5=Hu Weiyong |author6=Zhang Jiming |author7=Wu Yanhua |author8=Ji Qiang |year=2007 |title=New nodosaurid ankylosaur from the Cretaceous of Ruyang, Henan Province |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica |volume=81 |issue=4 |pages=433–438 }}

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Valid

|

Xu et al

|

Cretaceous

|

|

  • {{Flag|China}}

|

An ankylosaurid

|

Zhuchengosaurus{{cite journal |last=Zhao |first=X. |author2=Li, D. |author3=Han, G. |author4=Hao, H. |author5=Liu, F. |author6=Li, L. |author7=Fang, X. |year=2007 |title=Zhuchengosaurus maximus from Shandong Province |journal=Acta Geoscientia Sinica |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=111–122 |doi=10.1007/s10114-005-0808-x|s2cid=119700784 }}

|

Gen et sp nov

|

Jr synonym

|

  • Zhao et al

|

Late Cretaceous

|

Wangshi Formation

|

|

Junior synonym of Shantungosaurus

|

=Newly named birds=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Alethoalaornis agitornis {{Cite journal |author1=Li Li |author2=Hu Dong-yu |author3=Duan Ye |author4=Gong En-pu |author5=Hou Lianhai |year=2007 |title=Alethoalaornithidae Fam. Nov.: A New Family of Enantiornithine Bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning |url=http://159.226.74.2/wxdata/En/Show.asp?id=10184 |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Sinica |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=365–372|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809061046/http://159.226.74.2/wxdata/En/Show.asp?id=10184 |archive-date=9 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Li Li

Hu Dong-yu

Duan Ye

Gong En-pu

Hou Lianhai

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Jiufotang Formation

|

  • {{Flag|China}}

|

An Alethoalaornithidae Li, Hu, Duan, Gong et Hou, 2007, Enantiornithes Walker, 1981.

|

Baptornis varneri {{Cite book | doi = 10.1130/2007.2427(17)|author1=James E. Martin |author2=Amanda Cordes-Person | year = 2007 | title = A New Species of the Diving Bird Baptornis (Ornithurae: Hesperornithiformes) from the Lower Pierre Shale Group (Upper Cretaceous) of Southwestern South Dakota |journal= In: The Geology and Paleontology of the Late Cretaceous Marine Deposits of the Dakotas, Edited by Martin, J. E., and Parris, D. C., the Geological Society of America, Special Paper | volume = 427 | pages = 227–237 |isbn=978-0-8137-2427-0 }}

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

James E. Martin

Amanda Cordes-Person

|

Late Cretaceous

|

Early-Middle Campanian

|

  • {{Flag|USA}} ({{Flag|South Dakota}})

|

Described in Baptornithidae, Hesperornithiformes, transferred to Brodavis Martin, Kurochkin et Tokaryk, 2012, Brodavidae, Hesperornithiformes.

|

Belonopterus lilloi {{Cite journal|author1=Marcos M. Cenizo|author2=Federico Agnolin|year=2007|title=La presencia del género Belonopterus Reichenbach, 1852 (Aves, Charadriidae) en el Pleistoceno de Argentina, con la descripción de Belonopterus lilloi nov. sp.|journal=Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales |series=Nueva Series|volume=9|issue=1|pages=41–47|doi=10.22179/REVMACN.9.363|doi-access=free}}

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Marcos M. Cenizo

Federico L. Agnolin

|

Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene

|

Miramar Formation

|

  • {{flag|Argentina}}

|

A Charadriidae, lapwing, a relative of the southern lapwing.

|

Berruornis halbedeli {{Cite journal | doi = 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[394:tbftpf]2.0.co;2| author=Gerald Mayr | year = 2007 | title = The Birds from the Paleocene Fissure Filling of Walbeck (Germany) | url =https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228652605 |journal= Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 27 | issue = 2 | pages = 394–408 | s2cid=55464555 }}

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Gerald Mayr

|

Paleocene

|

|

  • {{Flag|Germany}}

|

A Sophiornithidae, Strigiformes.

|

?Borvocarbo stoeffelensis {{Cite journal | doi = 10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[929:asrotp]2.0.co;2| author=Gerald Mayr | year = 2007 | title = A Small Representative of the Phalacrocoracoidea (Cormorants and Anhingas) from the Late Oligocene of Germany | url =http://www.bioone.org/toc/cond/109/4 |journal= Condor | volume = 109 | issue = 4 | pages = 929–942 | s2cid=86132625 | url-access = subscription }}

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Gerald Mayr

|

Late Oligocene

|

MP 28

|

:

  • {{Flag|Germany}}

|

First described as ?Oligocorax sp. Mayr, 2001, than as ?Borvocarbo stoeffelensis Mayr, 2007. In 2014 Mayr transferred the species back as ?Oligocorax stoeffelensis (Mayr, 2007).

|

Dunstanetta johnstoneorum {{Cite journal | doi = 10.1017/s1477201906001957|author1=Trevor H. Worthy |author2=Alan J. D. Tennyson |author3=C. Jones |author4=J. A. McNamara |author5=J. Douglas | year = 2007 | title = Miocene Waterfowl and Other Birds from Central Otago, New Zealand | url =https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231860035 |journal= Journal of Systematic Palaeontology | volume = 5 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–39 |hdl=2440/43360 |s2cid=85230857 |hdl-access=free }}

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Trevor H. Worthy

Alan J. D. Tennyson

C. Jones

J. A. McNamara

J. Douglas

|

Early-Middle Miocene

|

Bannockburn Formation

|

  • {{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

An Anatidae.

|

Elsornis keni {{Cite journal | doi = 10.1017/s1477201906001969|author1=Luis M. Chiappe |author2=Shigeru Suzuki |author3=Gareth J. Dyke |author4=Mahito Watabe |author5=K. Tsogtbaatar |author6=Rinchen Barsbold | year = 2007 | title = A New Enantiornithine Bird from the Late Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert |journal= Journal of Systematic Palaeontology | volume = 5 | issue = 2 | pages = 193–208 |s2cid=85391743 }}

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Luis M. Chiappe

Shigeru Suzuki

Gareth J. Dyke

Mahito Watabe

K. Tsogtbaatar

Rinchen Barsbold

|

Late Cretaceous

|

Campanian,

Djadokhta Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Mongolia}}

|

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981.

|

Euroceros bulgaricus {{Cite journal | doi = 10.1016/j.geobios.2005.12.001|author1=Zlatozar N. Boev |author2=Dimitar Kovachev | year = 2007 | title = Euroceros bulgaricus Gen. Nov., Sp. Nov. from Hadzhidimovo (SW Bulgaria) (Late Miocene) - The First European Record of the Hornbills (Aves: Coraciiformes) | url =https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248616265 |journal= Geobios | volume = 40 | issue = 1 | pages = 39–49 }}

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Zlatozar N. Boev

Dimitar Kovachev

|

Late Miocene

|

Turolian-Meotian,

MN 11-12

|

  • {{Flag|Bulgaria}}

|

A Bucorvidae.

|

Fissuravis weigelti

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Gerald Mayr

|

?Upper Middle Paleocene

|

?MP 5

|

  • {{Flag|Germany}}

|

Described in cf. Lithornithidae, Lithornithiformes, Palaeognathae.

|

Gallirallus epulare {{Cite journal | doi = 10.1353/psc.2007.0008|author1=Jeremy J. Kirchman |author2=David W. Steadman | year = 2007 | title = New Species of Extinct Rails (Aves: Rallidae) from Archaeological Sites in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia | url =http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/22605/vol61n1-145-164.pdf?sequence=1 |journal= Pacific Science | volume = 61 | issue = 1 | pages = 145–163 |hdl=10125/22605 |s2cid=86793953 | hdl-access = free }}

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Jeremy J. Kirchman

David W. Steadman

|

Subrecent

|

Nuku Hiva

|

  • {{Flag|French Polynesia}}

|

A Rallidae.

|

Gallirallus gracilitibia

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Jeremy J. Kirchman

David W. Steadman

|

Subrecent

|

Ua Huka

|

  • {{Flag|French Polynesia}}

|

A Rallidae.

|

Gallirallus roletti

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Jeremy J. Kirchman

David W. Steadman

|

Subrecent

|

Tahuata

|

  • {{Flag|French Polynesia}}

|

A Rallidae.

|

Gradiornis walbeckensis

|

Gen. nov et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Gerald Mayr

|

Upper Middle Paleocene

|

?MP 5

|

  • {{Flag|Germany}}

|

Described in cf. Cariamae sensu Olson, 1985.

|

Icadyptes salasi {{Cite journal | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0611099104|author1=Julia A. Clarke |author2=Daniel T. Ksepka |author3=Marcello Stucchi |author4=Mario Urbina |author5=Norberto Giannini |author6=Sara Bertelli |author7=Yanina Narváez |author8=Clint A. Boyd | year = 2007 | title = Paleogene Equatorial Penguins Challenge the Proposed Relationship Between Biogeography, Diversity, and Cenozoic Climate Change |journal= Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | volume = 104 | issue = 28 | pages = 11545–11550 | pmid=17601778 | pmc=1913862|bibcode=2007PNAS..10411545C |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. nov et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Julia A. Clarke

Daniel T. Ksepka

Marcello Stucchi

Mario Urbina

Norberto Giannini

Sara Bertelli

Yanina Narvaez

Clint A. Boyd

|

Late Eocene

|

Otuma Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Peru}}

|

A Spheniscidae from Peru.

|

Kelenken guillermoi {{cite journal |year=2007 |title=A New Phorusrhacid (Aves: Cariamae) from the Middle Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=409–419 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[409:ANPACF]2.0.CO;2 |author1=Sara Bertelli |author2=Luis M. Chiappe |author3=Claudia Tambussi |s2cid=85693135 }}

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Sara Bertelli

Luis M. Chiappe

Claudia Tambussi

|

Middle Miocene

|

Collón Cura Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A Phorusrhacidae.

|

Image:Kelenken.jpg guillermoi]]

|

Madryornis mirandus {{Cite journal |author1=Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche |author2=Claudia Tambussi |author3=Mariano Donato |author4=Mario Cozzuol | year = 2007 | title = A New Miocene Penguin from Patagonia and Its Phylogenetic Relationships | url =http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app52/app52-299.pdf |journal= Acta Palaeontologica Polonica | volume = 52 | issue = 2 | pages = 299–314 }}

|

Gen. nov et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche

Claudia Tambussi

Mariano Donato

Mario Cozzuol

|

Early Late Miocene

|

Puerto Madryn Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A Spheniscidae from Chubut Province.

|

Manuherikia lacustrina

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Trevor H. Worthy

Alan J. D. Tennyson

C. Jones

J. A. McNamara

J. Douglas

|

Early-Middle Miocene

|

Bannockburn Formation

|

  • {{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

An Anatidae.

|

Manuherikia minuta

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Trevor H. Worthy

Alan J. D. Tennyson

C. Jones

J. A. McNamara

J. Douglas

|

Early-Middle Miocene

|

Bannockburn Formation

|

  • {{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

An Anatidae.

|

Martinavis cruzyensis {{cite journal |year=2007 |title=Large euenantiornithine birds from the Cretaceous of southern France, North America and Argentina |url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/40661393 |journal=Geological Magazine |volume=144 |issue=6 |pages=977–986 |doi=10.1017/S0016756807003871 |author1=Cyril A. Walker |author2=Eric Buffetaut |author3=Gareth J. Dyke |bibcode=2007GeoM..144..977W |s2cid=129483776 }}

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Cyril A. Walker

Eric Buffetaut

Gareth J. Dyke

|

Late Cretaceous,

Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian

|

Grès à Reptiles Formation

|

  • {{Flag|France}}

|

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

|

Martinavis vincei

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Cyril A. Walker

Eric Buffetaut

Gareth J. Dyke

|

Late Cretaceous, Late Maastrichtian

|

Lecho Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Argentina}}

|

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981.

|

Matanas enrighti

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Trevor H. Worthy

Alan J. D. Tennyson

C. Jones

J. A. McNamara

J. Douglas

|

Early-Middle Miocene

|

Bannockburn Formation

|

  • {{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

A possible Anatidae.

|

Miotadorna sanctibathansi

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Trevor H. Worthy

Alan J. D. Tennyson

C. Jones

J. A. McNamara

J. Douglas

|

Early-Middle Miocene

|

Bannockburn Formation

|

  • {{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

A possible Anatidae.

|

Pampaemberiza olrogii {{Cite journal |year=2007 |title=Un nuevo Emberizinae (Aves, Passeriformes) del Pleistoceno medio de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina |url=http://campus.usal.es/~revistas_trabajo/index.php/0211-8327/article/view/6993/7000 |journal=Stvdia Geologica Salmanticensia |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=167–173 |author=Federico L. Agnolín}}

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Federico L. Agnolin

|

Middle Pleistocene

|

|

  • {{flag|Argentina}}

|

An Emberizidae Passeriformes. This is the type species of the new genus.

|

Paraprotopteryx gracilis {{Cite journal | doi = 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2007.tb00995.x|author1=Zheng Xiaoting |author2=Zhang Zihui |author3=Hou Lianhan | year = 2007 | title = A New Enantiornitine Bird with Four Long Rectrices from the Early Cretaceous of Northern Hebei, China | url =https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227673515 |journal= Acta Geologica Sinica | volume = 81 | issue = 5 | pages = 703–708 |s2cid=129813934 }}

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Zheng Xiaoting

Zhang Zihui

Hou Lianhan

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

  • {{Flag|China}}

|

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981.

|

Pelecanoides miokuaka

|

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Trevor H. Worthy

Alan J. D. Tennyson

C. Jones

J. A. McNamara

J. Douglas

|

Early-Middle Miocene

|

Bannockburn Formation

|

  • {{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

A Pelecanoididae.

|

Perudyptes devriesi

|

Gen. nov et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Julia A. Clarke

Daniel T. Ksepka

Marcello Stucchi

Mario Urbina

Norberto Giannini

Sara Bertelli

Yanina Narváez

Clint A. Boyd

|

Middle Eocene

|

Paracas Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Peru}}

|

Another Spheniscidae from Peru.

|

Spheniscus muizoni {{Cite journal | author=Ursula B. Göhlich | year = 2007 | title = The Oldest Fossil Record of the Extant Penguin Genus Spheniscus-A New Species from the Miocene of Peru | url =https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app52/app52-285.pdf |journal= Acta Palaeontologica Polonica | volume = 52 | issue = 2 | pages = 285–298 }}

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Ursula B. Göhlich

|

Late Middle-Early Late Miocene

|

Pisco Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Peru}}

|

Another Spheniscidae from Peru.

|

Turnipax oechslerorum {{Cite journal | doi = 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2007.00712.x|author1=Gerald Mayr |author2=Charles W. Knopf | year = 2007 | title = A Stem Lineage Representative of Buttenquails from the Lower Oligocene of Germany - Fossil Evidence for a Charadriiform Origin of the Turnicidae |journal= Ibis | volume = 149 | issue = 4 | pages = 774–782 }}

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Gerald Mayr

Charles W. Knopf

|

Early Oligocene

|

Rupelian

|

  • {{Flag|Germany}}

|

A stem Turnicidae.

|

Vastanavis eocaena {{Cite journal |author1=Gerald Mayr |author2=Rajendra S. Rana |author3=Ashok Sahni |author4=Thierry Smith | year = 2007 | title = Oldest Fossil Avian Remains from the Indian Subcontinental Plate | url =http://repository.ias.ac.in/43648/1/24-Pub.pdf |journal= Current Science | volume = 92 | issue = 9 | pages = 1266–1269 }}

|

Gen. Nov. et Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Gerald Mayr

Rajendra S. Rana

Ashok Sahni

Thierry Smith

|

Early Eocene,

Ypresian

|

Cambay Formation

|

  • {{Flag|India}}

|

A stem Psittaciformes, Vastanavidae G. Mayr, Rana, Rose, Sahni, Kumar, Sing et T. Smith, 2010.

|

Walbeckornis creber

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Gerald Mayr

|

Paleocene

|

|

  • {{Flag|Germany}}

|

Infraorder Cariamides.

|

Lepidosauromorpha

=Plesiosaurs=

  • {{cite journal | last1 = Everhart | first1 = M. J. | year = 2007 | title = Historical note on the 1884 discovery of Brachauchenius lucasi (Plesiosauria; Pliosauridae) in Ottawa County, Kansas | journal = Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science | volume = 110 | issue = 3–4| pages = 255–258 | doi=10.1660/0022-8443(2007)110[255:hnotdo]2.0.co;2| s2cid = 86180150 }}
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Everhart | first1 = M. J. | year = 2007 | title = Use of archival photographs to rediscover the locality of the Holyrood elasmosaur (Ellsworth County, Kansas) | journal = Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science | volume = 110 | issue = 1/2| pages = 135–143 | doi=10.1660/0022-8443(2007)110[135:uoaptr]2.0.co;2| s2cid = 86051586 }}

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Name

! Status

!Location

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Eopolycotylus

|

Valid

|{{Flag|USA}}

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  • Albright
  • Gillette
  • Titus

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|

Pahasapasaurus

|

Valid

|{{Flag|USA}}

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  • Schumacher

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|

Palmula

|

Renamed Palmulasaurus, as preoccupied by a genus of foraminifera.

|{{Flag|USA}}

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

  • Albright
  • Gillette
  • Titus

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

|

Palmulasaurus

|

Valid

|{{Flag|USA}}

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

  • Albright
  • Gillette
  • Titus

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|

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

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|

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|

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Synapsids

=Non-mammalian=

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

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Location

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

!Images

Charassognathus{{Cite journal|author=Botha, J. |author2=Abdala, F. |author3=Smith, R.|year=2007|title=The oldest cynodont: new clues on the origin and early diversification of the Cynodontia|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=149|issue=3 |pages=477–492|doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00268.x|doi-access=free}}

|

Valid

|

  • Botha
  • Abdala
  • Smith

|257 million years ago

|

  • {{flag|South Africa}}

|

|File:Charassognathus.jpg]]

Deccanodon{{Cite journal|author1=Nath, T.T. |author2=Yadagiri, P.Y.|year=2007|title=A new mammal-like reptile (Cynodontia) from the Upper Triassic Maleri Formation of Pranhita-Godavari Valley, Andhra Pradesh|journal=Journal of the Geological Society of India|volume=69|pages=57–60}}

|

Valid

|

  • Narth
  • Yadagiri

|231 million years ago

|

  • {{flag|India}}

|

|

Katumbia{{Cite journal|author=Angielczyk, K.D.|year=2007|title=New specimens of the Tanzanian dicynodont "Cryptocynodon" parringtoni von Huene, 1942 (Therapsida, Anomodontia), with an expanded analysis of Permian dicynodont phylogeny|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=27|issue=2|pages=116–131|doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[116:NSOTTD]2.0.CO;2|s2cid=86308349 }}

|

Valid

|

  • Angielczyk

|256 million years ago

|

  • {{flag|Tanzania}}
  • {{flag|Zambia}}

|

New genus for "Cryptocynodon" parringtoni

|

Lophorhinus{{Cite journal|author1=Sidor, C.A. |author2=Smith, R.M.H.|year=2007|title=A second burnetiamorph therapsid from the Permian Teekloof Formation of South Africa and its associated fauna|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=27|issue=2|pages=420–430|doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[420:ASBTFT]2.0.CO;2|s2cid=86173425 }}

|

Valid

|

|256 million years ago

|

  • {{flag|South Africa}}

|

|File:Lophorhinus willodenensis.jpg]]

=Mammals=

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

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

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

! class="unsortable"| Images

Africanacetus

|Valid

|

  • Bianucci et al.

|Miocene

|

  • Banzare Bank, south

|

  • {{flag|South Africa}}
  • {{flag|Eritrea}}
  • {{flag|Mozambique}}

|

|

Junggaroperadectes{{cite journal |last1=Ni |first1=X |last2=Meng |first2=J |last3=Wu |first3=W |last4=Ye |first4=J |author5=Xijun Ni |author6=Jin Meng |author7=Wenyu Wu |author8=Jie Ye |year=2007 |title=A new Early Oligocene peradectine marsupial (Mammalia)from the Burqin region of Xinjiang, China |journal= Naturwissenschaften |volume=94 |pmid=17136514 |issue= 3|pages=237–241 |doi=10.1007/s00114-006-0182-2 |bibcode=2007NW.....94..237N |s2cid=5829794 }}

|

Valid

|

  • Ni
  • Meng
  • Wu
  • Ye

|

Early Oligocene

|

Keziletuogayi Formation

|

  • {{Flag|China}}

|

A peradectine marsupial

| rowspan="99"|

Nakalipithecus{{Cite journal | last1 = Kunimatsu | first1 = Y. | last2 = Nakatsukasa | first2 = M. | last3 = Sawada | first3 = Y. | last4 = Sakai | first4 = T. | last5 = Hyodo | first5 = M. | last6 = Hyodo | first6 = H. | last7 = Itaya | first7 = T. | last8 = Nakaya | first8 = H. | last9 = Saegusa | first9 = H. | last10 = Mazurier | first10 = A. | last11 = Saneyoshi | first11 = M. | last12 = Tsujikawa | first12 = H. | last13 = Yamamoto | first13 = A. | last14 = Mbua | first14 = E. | title = A new Late Miocene great ape from Kenya and its implications for the origins of African great apes and humans | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0706190104 | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | volume = 104 | issue = 49 | pages = 19220–5 | year = 2007 | pmid = 18024593| pmc = 2148271| bibcode = 2007PNAS..10419220K | doi-access = free }}

|

Valid

|

  • Kunimatsu
  • Nakatsukasa
  • et al.Kunimatsu, Nakatsukasa, Sawada, Sakai, Hyodo, Hyodo, Itaya, Nakaya, Saegusa, Mazurier, Saneyoshi, Tsujikawa, Yamamoto, Mbua.

|

Tortonian

|

Nakali Formation

|

  • {{flag|Kenya}}

|

Vulpes riffautae{{cite journal |author1=Louis de Bonis |author2=Stéphane Peigné |author3=Andossa Likius |author4=Hassane Taïsso Mackaye |author5=Patrick Vignaud |author6=Michel Brunet |year=2007 |title=The oldest African fox (Vulpes riffautae n. sp., Canidae, Carnivora) recovered in late Miocene deposits of the Djurab desert, Chad |journal= Naturwissenschaften |volume=94 |issue=7 |pages=575–580 |doi=10.1007/s00114-007-0230-6 |pmid=17361401 |bibcode=2007NW.....94..575D |s2cid=6073654 }}

|

Valid

|

  • De Bonis et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

|

  • {{flag|Chad}}

|

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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