2010 in arthropod paleontology

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This list of fossil arthropods described in 2010 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods of every kind that have been described during the year 2010. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.

Dinocaridida

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colspan="9" align="center" |Newly named Dinocaridids
Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

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Amplectobelua stephenensis{{Cite journal|author1=Allison C. Daley |author2=Graham E. Budd |year=2010 |title=New anomalocaridid appendages from the Burgess Shale, Canada |journal=Palaeontology |volume=53 |issue=4 |pages=721–738 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00955.x |bibcode=2010Palgy..53..721D |doi-access=free }}

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Daley & Budd

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Middle Cambrian

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Burgess Shale Formation

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{{Flag|Canada}}

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A radiodont

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File:20191221 Radiodonta frontal appendage Amplectobelua stephenensis.png (frontal appendage)]]

Caryosyntrips

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Daley & Budd

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Middle Cambrian

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Burgess Shale Formation

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{{Flag|Canada}}

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A radiodont, type species C. serratus

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File:20191221 Radiodonta frontal appendage Caryosyntrips serratus.png (frontal appendage)]]

Tamisiocaris{{cite journal |author1=Allison C. Daley |author2=John S. Peel |year=2010 |title=A possible anomalocaridid from the Cambrian Sirius Passet lagerstätte, North Greenland |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=84 |issue=2 |pages=352–355 |doi=10.1666/09-136R1.1 |bibcode=2010JPal...84..352D |s2cid=130637114 }}{{cite journal |author1=Jakob Vinther |author2=Martin Stein |author3=Nicholas R. Longrich |author4=David A. T. Harper |year=2014 |title=A suspension-feeding anomalocarid from the Early Cambrian |journal=Nature |volume= 507|issue=7493 |pages=496–499 |doi=10.1038/nature13010 |bibcode = 2014Natur.507..496V |pmid=24670770|s2cid=205237459 |url= http://dro.dur.ac.uk/21270/1/21270.pdf}}

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Daley & Peel

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Cambrian

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Buen Formation

Kinzers Formation{{cite journal |author1=Stephen Pates |author2=Allison C. Daley |year=2019 |title=The Kinzers Formation (Pennsylvania, USA): the most diverse assemblage of Cambrian Stage 4 radiodonts |journal=Geological Magazine |volume=156 |issue=7 |pages=1233–1246 |doi=10.1017/S0016756818000547 |url=https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_CDF47BE6CBCB.P001/REF.pdf |bibcode=2019GeoM..156.1233P |s2cid=134299859 }}

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{{Flag|Greenland}}

{{Flag|United States}}

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A suspension-feeding radiodont. The type species is T. borealis

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File:20191228 Radiodonta frontal appendage Tamisiocaris borealis.png (frontal appendage)]]

Newly named crustaceans

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Name

! Novelty

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! Unit

! Location

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Aciculopoda{{cite journal |author1=Rodney Feldmann |author2=Carrie Schweitzer |year=2010 |title=The oldest shrimp (Devonian: Famennian) and remarkable preservation of soft tissue |journal=Journal of Crustacean Biology |volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=629–635 |doi=10.1651/09-3268.1|doi-access=free }}

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Fam, gen et Sp nov

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Valid

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Feldmann & Schweitzer

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Devonian

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{{Flag|USA}}

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Oldest known shrimp.

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Chenops{{cite journal |year=2010 |title=Two new "notostracans", Chenops gen. nov. and Jeholops gen. nov. (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: ?Notostraca) from the Yixian Formation, Northeastern China |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition |volume=84 |issue=4 |pages=886–894 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00232.x |author1=Thomas A. Hegna |author2=Ren Dong |bibcode=2010AcGlS..84..886H |s2cid=85023596 }}

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Hegna & Ren

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Barremian

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Yixian Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A notostracan

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File:Chenops yixianensis.jpg]]

Jeholops

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Hegna & Ren

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Barremian

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Yixian Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A notostracan

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File:Jeholops Chenops.jpg (left)]]

Nasunaris{{cite journal | last1 = Siveter | first1 = D. J. | last2 = Briggs | first2 = D. E. G. | last3 = Siveter | first3 = D. J. | last4 = Sutton | first4 = M. D. | title = An exceptionally preserved myodocopid ostracod from the Silurian of Herefordshire, UK | journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | volume = 277 | pages = 1539–44 | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1098/rspb.2009.2122 | pmid=20106847 | issue=1687 | pmc=2871837}}

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Siveter, Briggs, Siveter, & Sutton

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Silurian

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{{Flag|UK}}

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An ostracod

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Pseudotealliocaris holthuisi{{Cite journal |last=Irham |first=Mohammad |last2=Schram |first2=Frederick R. |last3=Vonk |first3=Ronald |date=2010-01-01 |title=A new species of Pygocephalomorpha (Eumalacostraca, Peracarida) from the Leitchfield Formation, Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) of Grayson County, Kentucky, U.S.A. |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254915362 |journal=Studies on Malacostraca |pages=343–355 |isbn=978-90-04-17429-0}}

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Sp nov

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Jr synonym

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Irham, Schram & Vonk

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Mississippian

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Leitchfield Formation

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  • {{Flag|USA}} ({{Flag|Kentucky}})

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Moved to the genus Tealliocaris in 2013{{Cite journal |last=Clark |first=Neil D.L. |date=2013-12-20 |title=Tealliocaris: a decapod crustacean from the Carboniferous of Scotland |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259357821 |journal=Palaeodiversity |volume=6 |pages=107–133 |s2cid=83091612}}

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Newly named insects

  • A new family of ceraphronoid Hymenopters, Radiophronidae, is published by Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn, and Delclòs.{{Cite journal |author1=Jaime Ortega-Blanco |author2=Alexander P. Rasnitsyn |author3=Xavier Delclòs |year=2010 |title=A new family of ceraphronoid wasps from Early Cretaceous Álava Amber, Spain|journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=265–276 |doi=10.4202/app.2009.0014 |s2cid=58934033 |url=http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app55/app20090014.pdf| accessdate= 14 January 2011 }}
  • A new family, Mendozachoristidae, is published by Brauckmann et al..{{Cite journal |author1=Carsten Brauckmann |author2=Oscar F. Gallego |author3=Norbert Hauschke |author4=Rafael G. Martins-Neto |author5=Elke Groening |author6=Jan-M. Ilger |author7=María B. Lara |year=2010 |title=First Late Triassic Record of a Paleoentomofauna from South America (Malargüe Basin, Mendoza Province, Argentina)|journal=Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition |volume=84 |issue=4 |pages=915–924 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00230.x|bibcode=2010AcGlS..84..915B |hdl=11336/102089 |s2cid=128834962 |hdl-access=free }}
  • A new family of Moths, Mesokristenseniidae, is published by Huang, Nel and Minet.{{Cite journal |author1=Huang Diying |author2=André Nel |author3=Joël Minet |year=2010 |title=A New Family of Moths from the Middle Jurassic (Insecta: Lepidoptera)|journal=Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition |volume=84 |issue=4 |pages=874–885 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00233.x|bibcode=2010AcGlS..84..874D |s2cid=85206571 }}
  • A new order of holometabolous insects, Nakridletia, is published by Vršanský, Ren & Shih.{{cite journal |author1=Peter Vršanský |author2=Ren Dong |author3=Shih ChungKun |title= Nakridletia ord.n. – enigmatic insect parasites support sociality and endothermy of pterosaurs |year=2010| journal = Amba Projekty |volume = 8 | issue = 1| pages =1–16}}
  • A new family of holometabolous insects, Vosilidae, is published by Vršanský, Ren & Shih.
  • A new family of Cockroaches, Socialidae, is published by Vršanský.{{Cite journal |author=Peter Vršanský |year=2010 |title=Cockroach as the Earliest Eusocial Animal|journal=Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition |volume=84 |issue=4 |pages=793–808 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00261.x|bibcode=2010AcGlS..84..793V |s2cid=85762425 }}
  • A new family of fulgoroid hemipterans, Weiwoboidae, is published by Lin, Szwedo, Huang and Stroiński.{{Cite journal |author1=Lin Qibin |author2=Jacek Szwedo |author3=Huang Diying |author4=Adam Stroiński |year=2010 |title=Weiwoboidae fam. nov. of 'Higher' Fulgoroidea (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from the Eocene Deposits of Yunnan, China|journal=Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition |volume=84 |issue=4 |pages=751–755 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00263.x|bibcode=2010AcGlS..84..751L |s2cid=130439050 }}

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Bohemiatupus elegans{{Cite journal |last1=Prokop |first1=J. |last2=Nel |first2=A. |title=New griffenfly, Bohemiatupus elegans from the Late Carboniferous of western Bohemia in the Czech Republic (Odonatoptera: Meganisoptera: Meganeuridae) |journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France |year=2010 |volume=46 |issue=1–2 |pages=183–188 |url=http://zoologie.umh.ac.be/asef/pdf/2010_46_01_02%5Cfull%5CProkop_et_Nel_2010_ASEF_46_1_2_183_188_full.pdf| accessdate= 26 August 2011 |doi=10.1080/00379271.2010.10697655|s2cid=84698984 }}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Prokop & Nel

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Westphalian

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Kladno Formation

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{{Flag|Czech Republic}}

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Camptoneurites soyanensis{{Cite journal |author1=Danil S. Aristov |author2=Sergey Yu. Storozhenko |author3=Cui Yingying |year=2010 |title=Review of the Permian Camptoneuritidae (Insecta: Grylloblattida)|journal=Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition |volume=84 |issue=4 |pages=756–761 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00245.x|bibcode=2010AcGlS..84..756A |s2cid=130440552 |doi-access=free }}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Aristov, Storozhenko, & Cui

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Kazanian

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Soyana locality

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A Notopteran

Cantabroraphidia{{cite journal |last1=Pérez-de la Fuente |first1=R. |last2=Nel |first2=A. |last3=Peñalver |first3=E. |last4=Delclòs |first4=X. |year=2010 |title=A new Early Cretaceous snakefly (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from El Soplao amber (Spain) |journal= Annales de la Société Entomologique de France |volume=46 |issue=1–2 |pages=108–115 |url =http://zoologie.umh.ac.be/asef/pdf/2010_46_01_02%5CCompact%5CPerez_de_la_Fuente_et_al_2010_ASEF_46_1_2_108_115_compact.pdf |doi=10.1080/00379271.2010.10697644|s2cid=84967744 }}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Pérez-de la Fuente, Nel,
Peñalver, & Delclòs

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Albian

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Las Peñosas Formation, Cave of El Soplao

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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A mesoraphidiid snakefly;
The type species is C. marcanoi

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File:ZooKeys-204-001-g012 Cantabroraphidia marcanoi.jpg]]

Cascopleciidae{{Cite journal |first=George |last=Poinar Jr. |title=Cascoplecia insolitis (Diptera: Cascopleciidae), a new family, genus, and species of flower-visiting, unicorn fly (Bibionomorpha) in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |year=2010 |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=71–76 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.007|bibcode=2010CrRes..31...71P }}

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fam, gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Poinar

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Early Cretaceous

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A flower-visiting Bibionomorpha fly.
Type genus Cascoplecia, type species C. insolitis

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File:Cascoplecia fossil in Burmese amber.jpg]]

Crepidodera decolorata{{Cite journal |author1=Konstantin Nadein |author2=Evgeny Perkovsky |year=2010 |title=New Taxa of Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Rovno Amber, Late Eocene|journal=Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition |volume=84 |issue=4 |pages=772–782 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00259.x|bibcode=2010AcGlS..84..772N |s2cid=85383059 }}

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sp nov

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Valid

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Nadein & Perkovsky

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Late Eocene

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Rovno amber

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{{Flag|Ukraine}}

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A flea beetle

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Deinodryinus? aptianus{{Cite journal |last1= Guglielmino |first1=A. |last2=Olmi |first2=M. |year=2011 |title=Revision of fossil species of Deinodryinus, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) |url= https://archive.org/details/pubmed-PMC3260777 |journal= ZooKeys |issue=130 |pages = 495–504 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.130.1326 |pmid=22259295 |pmc=3260777 |bibcode=2011ZooK..130..495G |doi-access=free }}

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sp nov

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Valid

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Olmi, Rasnitsyn, & Guglielmino

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Aptian

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Khurilt rock unit

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{{Flag|Mongolia}}

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A dryinid wasp.

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File:ZooKeys-130-495-g001 Deinodryinus aptianus.jpg]]

Ektatotricha{{Cite journal |author1=Stylianos Chatzimanolis |author2=Michael S. Engel |author3=Alfred F. Newton |author4=David A. Grimaldi |title=New ant-like stone beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera:Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae)|journal=Cretaceous Research |year=2010 |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=77–84 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.009 |bibcode=2010CrRes..31...77C }}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Chatzimanolis, Engel, Newton, & Grimaldi

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Middle Cretaceous

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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Electroatopos

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Chatzimanolis, Engel, Newton, & Grimaldi

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Middle Cretaceous

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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Epiaeschna pseudoheros{{cite journal |last1=Nel |first1=A |last2=Petrulevicius |first2=J.F. |year=2010 |title=Afrotropical and Nearctic genera of Odonata in the French Oligocene: biogeographic and paleoclimatic implications (Insecta: Calopterygidae, Aeshnidae) |journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France |volume=46 |issue=1–2 |pages=228–236|doi=10.1080/00379271.2010.10697662 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp nov

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valid

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Nel & Petrulevicius

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Chattian

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Les Figons

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{{Flag|France}}

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An Aeshnid dragonfly

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File:Epiaeschna pseudoheros holotype MNHN.F.R63848 part side indirect lighting.jpg]]

Holcorpa dillhoffi{{cite journal |last=Archibald |first=SB |year=2010 |title=Revision of the scorpionfly family Holcorpidae (Mecoptera), with description of a new species from Early Eocene McAbee, British Columbia, Canada |journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France |volume=46 |issue=1–2 |pages=173–182 |doi=10.1080/00379271.2010.10697654 |s2cid=85039877 |url=http://www.zoologie.umh.ac.be/asef/pdf/2010_46_01_02%5CCompact%5CArchibald_2010_ASEF_46_1_2_173_182_compact.pdf |access-date=2015-06-01 |archive-date=2014-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222063942/http://www.zoologie.umh.ac.be/asef/pdf/2010_46_01_02%5CCompact%5CArchibald_2010_ASEF_46_1_2_173_182_compact.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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sp nov

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valid

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Archibald

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Ypresian

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McAbee fossil site

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{{Flag|Canada}}

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A holcorpid scorpionfly

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Iberoevania{{Cite journal |author1=Enrique Peñalver |author2=Jaime Ortega-Blanco |author3=André Nel |author4=Xavier Delclòs |year=2010 |title=Mesozoic Evaniidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) in Spanish Amber: Reanalysis of the Phylogeny of the Evanioidea|journal=Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition |volume=84 |issue=4 |pages=809–827 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00257.x|bibcode=2010AcGlS..84..809P |s2cid=83716591 }}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Peñalver, Ortega-Blanco, Nel, & Delclòs

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Early Cretaceous

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Amber

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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An evaniid

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Jerseyempheria{{Cite journal |author1=Dany Azar |author2=André Nel |author3=Julian F. Petrulevicius |year=2010 |title=First Psocodean (Psocodea, Empheriidae) from the Cretaceous Amber of New Jersey|journal=Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition |volume=84 |issue=4 |pages=762–767 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00255.x|bibcode=2010AcGlS..84..762A |s2cid=129505225 |hdl=11336/242865 |hdl-access=free }}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Azar, Nel, & Petrulevicius

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Cretaceous

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New Jersey amber

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{{Flag|USA}}

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A empheriid psocodean

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Kachinus

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Chatzimanolis, Engel, Newton, & Grimaldi

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Middle Cretaceous

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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Lichnomesopsyche{{Cite journal |author1=Ren Dong |author2=Conrad C. Labandeira |author3=Shih ChungKun |year=2010 |title=New Mesozoic Mesopsychidae (Mecoptera) from Northeastern China|journal=Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition |volume=84 |issue=4 |pages=720–731 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00244.x|bibcode=2010AcGlS..84..720D |s2cid=86743175 }}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Ren, Labandeira, & Shih

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Middle Jurassic

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Jiulongshan Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A mesopsychid mecopteran

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Limnoxenus olenus{{cite journal |last1=Fikacek |first1=M. |last2=Prokop |first2=J. |last3=Nel |first3= A. |year=2010 |title=Fossil water scavenger beetles of the subtribe Hydrobiusina (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from the Late Oligocene locality of Aix-en-Provence (France) |journal=Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae |volume=50 |pages=445–458}}

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Fikacek, Prokop, & Nel

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Chattian

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Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation

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{{Flag|France}}

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A water scavenger beetle

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File:Limnoxenus olenus holotype MNHN.F.A32835 part side indirect lighting.jpg]]

Manobiomorpha

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Nadein & Perkovsky

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Late Eocene

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Rovno amber

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{{Flag|Ukraine}}

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A flea beetle

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Mendozachorista

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fam, gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Brauckmann, Gallego, Hauschke,
Martins-Neto, Groening, Ilger, & Lara

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Late Triassic

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Llantenes Formation

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{{Flag|Argentina}}

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The species is M. volkheimeri

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Mesokristensenia

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fam, gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Huang, Nel, & Minet

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Middle Jurassic

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Daohugou Beds

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{{Flag|China}}

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Microcostaphron

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn, & Delclòs

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Early Cretaceous

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Álava amber

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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The species is M. parvus

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Nylanderia pygmaea{{cite journal |last1=LaPolla |first1=J.S. |last2=Dlussky |first2=G.M. |year=2010 |title=Review of fossil Prenolepis genus-group species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |journal=Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington |volume=112 |issue=2 |pages=258–273|doi=10.4289/0013-8797-112.2.258 |s2cid=86102815 }}

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Comb nov

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Valid

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(Mayr)

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Middle Eocene

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European amber

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{{Flag|Europe}}

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A formicine ant,
new combination for Paratrechina pygmaea

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File:Nylanderia pygmaea NHMW-WBE5-3 profile.jpg]]

Paleophaedon

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Nadein & Perkovsky

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Late Eocene

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Rovno amber

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{{Flag|Ukraine}}

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A chrysomeline leaf beetle

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Parazila

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gen et sp nov

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Synonymized

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Vršanský, Ren, & Shih

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Late Jurassic

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A fly

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Psyllototus

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Nadein & Perkovsky

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Late Eocene

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Rovno amber

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{{Flag|Ukraine}}

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A flea beetle

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Radiophron

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fam, gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn, & Delclòs

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Early Cretaceous

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Álava amber

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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The species is R. ibericus

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Raptorapax{{Cite journal |author1=Julian F. Petrulevicius |author2=Dany Azar |author3=André Nel |year=2010 |title=A New Thorny Lacewing (Insecta: Neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae) from the Early Cretaceous Amber of Lebanon|journal=Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition |volume=84 |issue=4 |pages=828–833 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00242.x|bibcode=2010AcGlS..84..828P |s2cid=129372839 |hdl=11336/242792 |hdl-access=free }}

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Petrulevicius, Azar, & Nel

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Early Cretaceous

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Amber

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{{Flag|Lebanon}}

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A rhachiberothid lacewing

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Sociala

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fam, gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Vršanský

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Albian

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Amber

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{{Flag|France}}

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A cockroach

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Sapho legrandi

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Sp nov

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valid

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Nel & Petrulevicius

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Chattian

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Les Figons

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{{Flag|France}}

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A Calopterygid damselfly

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File:Sapho legrandi holotype MNHN.F.R63847 part side direct lighting.jpg]]

Tyulkinia

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Aristov, Storozhenko, & Cui

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Kungurian

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Tyulkino locality

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A Notopteran

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Vitimopsyche kozlovi

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gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Ren, Labandeira, & Shih

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Early Cretaceous

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Jehol Biota

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A mesopsychid mecopteran

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Vosila

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fam, gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Vršanský, Ren, & Shih

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Middle Jurassic

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| A fly

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Weiwoboa

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Fam, gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Lin, Szwedo, Huang, & Stroiński

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Lower Eocene

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{{Flag|China}}

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Newly named spiders

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Name

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Eoplectreurys{{Cite journal |author=Selden, Paul A. |author2=Huang Diying |year=2010 |title=The oldest haplogyne spider (Araneae: Plectreuridae), from the Middle Jurassic of China |journal=Naturwissenschaften |volume=97 |issue=5 |pages=449–459 |doi=10.1007/s00114-010-0649-z |pmid=20140419|bibcode = 2010NW.....97..449S |s2cid=24576304 }}

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Valid

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  • Selden
  • Huang

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Middle Jurassic

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Daohugou Beds

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The oldest known haplogyne spider.

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Trilobites

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colspan="9" align="center" |Newly named trilobites
Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Pseudocybele paranasuta{{Cite journal |author1=Neo E. B. McAdams |author2=Jonathan M. Adrain |year=2010 |title=A new species of the Lower Ordovician pliomerid trilobite Pseudocybele and its biostratigraphic significance |journal=Zootaxa |volume=2550 |pages=21–38 |doi=10.5281/zenodo.196803 |url=http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jadrain/resources/Publications/McAdamsAdrain2010.pdf |access-date=2018-02-17 |archive-date=2018-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218024153/http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jadrain/resources/Publications/McAdamsAdrain2010.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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Sp nov

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Valid

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McAdams & Adrain

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Early Ordovician

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Fillmore Limestone

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A member of the family Pliomeridae.

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Notes

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