2008 in paleontology#Turtles
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Protozoa
=New taxa=
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| Paleoleishmania neotropicum{{cite journal |last1=Poinar |first1=G. |year=2008 |title=Lutzomyia adiketis sp. n. (Diptera: Phlebotomidae), a vector of Paleoleishmania neotropicum sp. n. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Dominican amber |journal=Parasites & Vectors |volume=1 |pages= 22|doi=10.1186/1756-3305-1-22 |pmid=18627624 |pmc=2491605 |issue=1 |doi-access=free }}
| sp nov | Valid | | | | {{Flag|Dominican Republic}} | second record, and youngest, of the extinct genus Paleoleishmania | File:Paleoleishmania neotropicum amastigotes in proboscis of Lutzomyia adiketis.jpg]] |
Plants
=Ferns and fern allies=
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| Calcaropteris{{cite journal |last1=Miller |first1=I.M. |last2=Hickey |first2=L.J. |year=2008 |title=The Fossil Flora of the Winthrop Formation (Albian–Early Cretaceous) of Washington State, USA. Part I: Bryophyta and Pteridophytina |journal=Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=135–180 |doi=10.3374/0079-032X-49.2.135}}
| Gen et 2 sp nov | valid | Miller & Hickey | | | {{flag|USA}} | | A matoniaceous morphogenus. | |
| Cladophlebis baja-beeceensis
| Sp nov | valid | Miller & Hickey | | | {{flag|USA}} | | A osmundaceous foliage morphospecies. | |
| Cladophlebis methowensis
| Sp nov | valid | Miller & Hickey | | | {{flag|USA}} | | A osmundaceous foliage morphospecies. | |
| Furcillopteris
| Gen, sp, et comb nov | valid | (R.W. Brown) Miller & Hickey | | | {{flag|USA}} | | A fern morphogenus of uncertain affinity. | |
| Microphyllopteris delicata
| Sp nov | valid | Miller & Hickey | | | {{flag|USA}} | | A gleicheniaceous morphospecies. | |
| Microphyllopteris gieseckiana
| Comb nov | valid | (Heer) Miller & Hickey | | | {{flag|USA}} | Gleichenites nordenskioldi {{small|auct. non (Heer) Seward nee Bell, 1956)}} | A gleicheniaceous morphospecies. | |
| Neocalamites vaganta
| Sp nov | valid | Miller & Hickey | | | {{flag|USA}} | | An apocalamitaceous morphospecies. | |
| Paramatonia
| Gen et sp nov | valid | Miller & Hickey | | | {{flag|USA}} | | A matoniaceous morphogenus. | |
| Sectilopteris
| Gen et 3 comb nov | valid | (Fontaine) Miller & Hickey | | | {{flag|USA}} | | A fern morphogenus of uncertain affinity. | |
| Winthropteris
| Gen et sp nov | valid | Miller & Hickey | | | {{flag|USA}} | | A blechnaceous morphogenus. | |
=Angiosperms=
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| Dillhoffia{{cite journal |last1=Manchester |first1=S. |author2=Pigg, K. |year=2008 |title=The Eocene mystery flower of McAbee, British Columbia |journal= Botany |volume=86 |pages=1034–1038 |doi= 10.1139/B08-044 |issue=9}}
| Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | | | Unnamed Formation, Kamloops Group | {{flag|Canada}} | | |
| Pluricarpellatia{{cite journal |last1=Mohr |first1=B.A.R. |last2=Bernardes-de-Oliveira, M.E.C. |last3=Taylor |first3=D.W. |year=2008 |title=Pluricarpellatia, a nymphaealean angiosperm from the Lower Cretaceous of northern Gondwana (Crato Formation, Brazil) |journal= Taxon |volume=57 |issue=4 |pages=1147–1158 |doi=10.1002/tax.574009 }}
| Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Mohr, Bernardes-de-Oliveira & Taylor | | Crato Formation | {{flag|Brazil}} | | |
=Monocots=
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| Montrichardia aquatica{{Cite journal |last1=Herrera |first1=F.A. |last2 = Jaramillo |first2= C.A. |last3=Dilcher |first3= D.L. |last4=Wing |first4=S.L. |last5=Gómez-N |first5=C. |s2cid=207654872 |year=2007 |title=Fossil Araceae from a Paleocene neotropical rainforest in Colombia |journal= American Journal of Botany |volume=95 |pages=1569–1583 |doi=10.3732/ajb.0800172 |issue=12 |pmid=21628164}}
| sp nov | Valid | Herrera et al | | | {{flag|Colombia}} | only fossil record of the genus Montrichardia | |
| Petrocardium
| gen et sp nov | Valid | Herrera et al | | | {{flag|Colombia}} | Two named species Petrocardium cerrejonense and Petrocardium wayuuorum | |
Arthropoda
=Arachnomorphs=
=Crustaceans=
==Research==
- Schram (2008) publishes an adjustment to the taxonomy of Paleozoic stomatopods, erecting the family Archaeocarididae.{{Cite journal |last=Schram |first=Frederick R. |date=2008 |title=An Adjustment to the Higher Taxonomy of the Fossil Stomatopoda |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20111439 |journal=Crustaceana |volume=81 |issue=6 |pages=751–754 |issn=0011-216X}}
=Insects=
=Xiphosurans=
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| Lunataspis
| gen et sp nov | Valid taxon | | | | {{Flag|Canada}} | | |
Fishes
=Bony fish=
=Cartilaginous fish=
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| Thrinacoselache{{Cite journal |last1=Grogan |first1=Eileen D. |last2=Lund |first2=Richard |date=2008-12-12 |title=A basal elasmobranch, Thrinacoselache gracia n. gen and sp., (Thrinacodontidae, new family) from the Bear Gulch Limestone, Serpukhovian of Montana, USA |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/213771568 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |volume=28 |issue=4 |pages=970–988 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.970 |bibcode=2008JVPal..28..970G |s2cid=84735866 |issn=0272-4634}}
| Gen. et. sp. nov. | Jr. synonym | Grogan & Lund | | | {{flag|USA}} | Type species is T. gracia. Genus now a junior synonym of Thrinacodus. | |
=Placoderms=
=General research=
- Hilton & Grande redescribe the fossil mooneyes of western North America synonymizing the genus Eohiodon with Hiodon.
- Cicimurri, Paris, & Everhart describe a partial dentition from a Holocephali chimaeroid fish found in the Niobrara Chalk.{{cite journal | doi = 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[34:PDOACF]2.0.CO;2 |author1=Cicimurri D. J. |author2=Parris D. C. |author3=Everhart M. J. | year = 2008 | title = Partial dentition of a chimaeroid fish (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of Kansas, USA | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 28 | issue = 1| pages = 34–40 |s2cid=131522906 | issn = 0272-4634 }}
Amphibians
Jenkins, F. A., jr, Shubin, N. H., Gatesy, S. M., and Warren, A., 2008, Gerrothorax pulcherrimus from the Upper Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of East Greenland and a reassessment of head lifting in temnospondyl feeding: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 4, p. 935-950.
=Newly named amphibians=
Archosaurs
=Newly named pseudosuchians=
=Newly named pterosaurs=
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| Elanodactylus
| Valid |{{Flag|China}} |style="border-right:0px" valign="top"| Andres Ji, Q. |style="border-left:0px" valign="top"| | | |
| Hongshanopterus
| Valid |{{Flag|China}} |style="border-right:0px" valign="top"| Xiaolin Wang de Almeida et al. |style="border-left:0px" valign="top"| | | |
| Mythunga
| Valid |{{Flag|Australia}} |style="border-right:0px" valign="top"| Molnar Thulborn, R.A. |style="border-left:0px" valign="top"| | | |
| Nemicolopterus
| Valid |{{Flag|China}} |style="border-right:0px" valign="top"| Wang Kellner et al. |style="border-left:0px" valign="top"| | | |
| Raeticodactylus
| Junior synonym |{{Flag|Switzerland}} |style="border-right:0px" valign="top"| Stecher |style="border-left:0px" valign="top"| | Jr. synonym of Caviramus | |
| Shenzhoupterus
| Valid |{{Flag2|China}} |style="border-right:0px" valign="top"| Lü J. Unwin et al. |style="border-left:0px" valign="top"| | | |
| Volgadraco
| Valid |{{Flag|Russia}} |style="border-right:0px" valign="top"| Averianov Arkhangelsky Pervushov |style="border-left:0px" valign="top"| | | |
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=Dinosaurs=
- Oviraptorosaurian eggs with embryonic skeletons are discovered for the first time in China.{{cite journal | last1 = Cheng | first1 = Y.-N. | last2 = Ji | first2 = Q. | last3 = Wu | first3 = X.-C. | last4 = Shan | first4 = H.-Y. | year = 2008 | title = Oviraptorosaurian eggs (Dinosauria) with embryonic skeletons discovered for the first time in China | journal = Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) | volume = 82 | issue = 6| pages = 1089–1094 | doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2008.tb00708.x| bibcode = 2008AcGlS..82.1089Y | s2cid = 140202077 }}
- Mongolian Late Jurassic theropod fossils are found for the first time.{{cite journal | last1 = Watabe | first1 = M. | last2 = Tsogtbaatar | first2 = K. | last3 = Barsbold | first3 = R. | year = 2008 | title = First discovery of a theropod (Dinosauria) from the Upper Jurassic in Mongolia and its stratigraphy | journal = Paleontological Research | volume = 12 | issue = 1| pages = 27–36 | doi = 10.2517/1342-8144(2008)12[27:FDOATD]2.0.CO;2 | s2cid = 129914219 }}
- A new study on morphological variation in shed theropod teeth from the Mil River Formation is published.{{cite journal | last1 = Larson | first1 = D.W. | year = 2008 | title = Diversity and variation of theropod dinosaur teeth from the uppermost Santonian Milk River Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Alberta: a quantitative method supporting identification of the oldest dinosaur tooth assemblage in Canada | journal = Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences | volume = 45 | issue = 12| pages = 1455–1468 | doi = 10.1139/E08-070 |bibcode = 2008CaJES..45.1455L }}
==Newly named dinosaurs==
28 new dinosaur genera were erected in 2008. 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 = 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 }}
==Newly named birds==
=Other publications=
- Hutchinson, J.R., Miller, C., Fritsch, G., and Hildebrandt, T. 2008. The anatomical foundation for multidisciplinary studies of animal limb function: examples from dinosaur and elephant limb imaging studies; pp. 23–38 in Endo, H. and Frey, R. (eds.), Anatomical Imaging: Towards a New Morphology. Springer Verlag, Tokyo.
- Witmer, L.M., Ridgely, R.C., Dufeau, D.L., and Semones, M.C. 2008. Using CR to peer into the past: 3D visualization of the brain and ear regions of birds, crocodiles, and nonavian dinosaurs; pp. 67–88 in Endo, H. and Frey, R. (eds.), Anatomical Imaging: Towards a New Morphology. Springer Verlag, Tokyo.
Turtles
=Newly named turtles=
Squamates
=new taxa=
=New papers=
- {{cite journal | last1 = Everhart | first1 = M.J. | year = 2008 | title = A bitten skull of Tylosaurus kansasensis (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and a review of mosasaur-on-mosasaur pathology in the fossil record | journal = Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science | volume = 111 | issue = 3/4| pages = 251–262 | doi=10.1660/0022-8443-111.3.251| s2cid = 85647383 }}
- Everhart, M.J. 2008. The mosasaurs of George F. Sternberg, paleontologist and fossil photographer. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 37–46.
- Polcyn, M.J. and Everhart, M.J. 2008. Description and phylogenetic analysis of a new species of Selmasaurus (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 13–28.
- Polcyn, M.J., Bell, G.L., Jr., Shimada, K. and Everhart, M.J. 2008. The oldest North American mosasaurs (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Kansas and Texas with comments on the radiation of major mosasaur clades. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 137–155.
- Everhart, M.J. 2008. Rare occurrence of a Globidens sp. (Reptilia; Mosasauridae) dentary in the Sharon Springs Member of the Pierre Shale (Middle Campanian) of Western Kansas. p. 23-29 in Farley G. H. and Choate, J.R. (eds.), Unlocking the Unknown; Papers Honoring Dr. Richard Zakrzewski, Fort Hays Studies, Special Issue No. 2, 153 p., Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS.
Sauropterygians
=New taxa=
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Synapsids
=Non-mammalian=
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| Alrausuchus{{Cite journal|author=Ivakhnenko, M.F.|year=2008|title=Cranial morphology and evolution of Permian Dinomorpha (Eotherapsida) of Eastern Europe|journal=Paleontological Journal|volume=42|issue=9|pages=859–995|doi=10.1134/S0031030108090013|bibcode=2008PalJ...42..859I |s2cid=85114195}}
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| | | {{flag|Russia}} | A new genus for "Biarmosuchus" tagax | rowspan="99"| |
| Megawhaitsia{{Cite journal|author=Ivakhnenko, M.F.|year=2008|title=The first Whaitsiid (Therocephalia, Theromorpha) from the Terminal Permian of Eastern Europe|journal=Paleontological Journal|volume=42|issue=4|pages=409–413|doi=10.1134/S0031030108040102|bibcode=2008PalJ...42..409I |s2cid=140547244}}
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| Upper Permian | | {{flag|Russia}} | |
=Mammal=
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Footnotes
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=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.