2010 in paleontology#Turtles

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Plants

=Bennettitales=

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Pterophyllum palmulum{{cite journal \|last1=Miller \|first1=I. M. \|last2=Hickey \|first2=L. J. \|year=2010 \|title=The fossil flora of the Winthrop Formation (Albian-Early Cretaceous) of Washington State, USA. Part II: Pinophytina \|journal=Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History \|volume=51 \|issue=1 \|pages=3-96 \|doi=10.3374/014.051.0104}} \| Sp nov \| valid \| Miller & Hickey \| Cretaceous Late Albian \| Winthrop Formation \| {{flag\|USA}} {{flag\|Washington}} \| A williamsoniaceous leaf morphospecies. \|
Williamsonia aculeata \| Sp nov \| valid \| Miller & Hickey \| Cretaceous Late Albian \| Winthrop Formation \| {{flag\|USA}} {{flag\|Washington}} \| A williamsoniaceous strobilus morphospecies. \|
Williamsonia winthropensis \| Sp nov \| valid \| Miller & Hickey \| Cretaceous Late Albian \| Winthrop Formation \| {{flag\|USA}} {{flag\|Washington}} \| A williamsoniaceous strobilus morphospecies. \|

=Cycadales=

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Androstrobus scutulatus \| Sp nov \| valid \| Miller & Hickey \| Cretaceous Late Albian \| Winthrop Formation \| {{flag\|USA}} {{flag\|Washington}} \| A male cycad cone of uncertain familial affinities. \|
Laceria \| gen et sp nov \| valid \| Miller & Hickey \| Cretaceous Late Albian \| Winthrop Formation \| {{flag\|USA}} {{flag\|Washington}} \| A cycad morphogenus of uncertain affiliation. The type species is L. pulcra \|
Orthoneura \| gen et sp nov \| valid \| Miller & Hickey \| Cretaceous Late Albian \| Winthrop Formation \| {{flag\|USA}} {{flag\|Washington}} \| A cycad morphogenus of uncertain affiliation. The type species is L. longissima \|
Nilssoniocladus corrugatus \| Sp nov \| valid \| Miller & Hickey \| Cretaceous Late Albian \| Winthrop Formation \| {{flag\|USA}} {{flag\|Washington}} \| A nilsoniaceous leaf morphospecies. \|

=Czekanowkiales=

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Czekanowskia durabilis

Sp nov

valid

Miller & Hickey

Cretaceous
Late Albian

Winthrop Formation

A czekanowskiaceous leaf morphospecies

=Pinales=

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Athrotaxis parvistrobili \| Sp nov \| valid \| Miller & Hickey \| Cretaceous Late Albian \| Winthrop Formation \| {{flag\|USA}} {{flag\|Washington}} \| A cupressaceous species. \|
Brachyphyllum cracenente \| Sp nov \| valid \| Miller & Hickey \| Cretaceous Late Albian \| Winthrop Formation \| {{flag\|USA}} {{flag\|Washington}} \| A pinophyte species of uncertain affiliation. \|
Conago \| gen et sp nov \| valid \| Miller & Hickey \| Cretaceous Late Albian \| Winthrop Formation \| {{flag\|USA}} {{flag\|Washington}} \| A pinophyte cone morphogenus of uncertain affiliation. The type species is C. tonsifera Genus also includes C. chartifera, C. fornicata, C. spinosa, & C. tonsifera \|
Elatocladus gracilis \| Sp nov \| valid \| Miller & Hickey \| Cretaceous Late Albian \| Winthrop Formation \| {{flag\|USA}} {{flag\|Washington}} \| A pinophyte species of uncertain affiliation. \|
Geinitzia dentifolia \| Comb nov \| valid \| (Fontaine) Miller & Hickey \| Cretaceous \| Patuxent Formation \| {{flag\|USA}} {{flag\|Maryland}} \| A pinophyte species of uncertain affiliation. Moved from Sphenolepidium dentifolium (1889) Also includes Sequoia ambigua {{small\|auct. non Heer, 1874a; Bell, 1956}}, Sphenolepidium pachyphyllum (1889) & Sphenolepidium recurvifolium (1889) \|
Geinitzia subtilis \| Sp nov \| valid \| Miller & Hickey \| Cretaceous Late Albian \| Winthrop Formation \| {{flag\|USA}} {{flag\|Washington}} \| A pinophyte species of uncertain affiliation. \|
Pagiophyllum tenuifolium \| Sp nov \| valid \| Miller & Hickey \| Cretaceous Late Albian \| Winthrop Formation \| {{flag\|USA}} {{flag\|Washington}} \| A pinophyte species of uncertain affiliation. \|
Conago \| gen et sp nov \| valid \| Miller & Hickey \| Cretaceous Late Albian \| Winthrop Formation \| {{flag\|USA}} {{flag\|Washington}} \| A pinophyte morphogenus of uncertain affiliation. The type species is P. creberum \|
Podozamites decrescens \| Comb & syn nov \| valid \| (Fontaine) Miller & Hickey \| Cretaceous Aptian \| Potomac Group \| {{flag\|USA}} {{flag\|Virginia}} \| A pinophyte species of uncertain affiliation. Moved from Nageiopsis decrescens (1889) Also includes Nageiopsis heterophylla (1889) & Nageiopsis microphylla (1889) \|
Podozamites varifolia \| Sp nov \| valid \| Miller & Hickey \| Cretaceous Late Albian \| Winthrop Formation \| {{flag\|USA}} {{flag\|Washington}} \| A pinophyte species of uncertain affiliation. \|
Sphenolepis condita \| Comb nov \| valid \| (Lesquereaux) Miller & Hickey \| Cretaceous \| Dakota Formation \| {{flag\|USA}} {{flag\|Kansas}} \| A cupressaceous species. Moved from Sequoia condita (1876) \|

=Pteridospermopsida=

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Sagenopteris panda

Sp nov

valid

Miller & Hickey

Cretaceous
Late Albian

Winthrop Formation

A caytoniaceous pteridospermopsid leaf morphospecies

=Angiosperms=

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Cornus piggae{{Cite FTP |last1=Manchester |first1=S.R. |last2=Xiang |first2=X-P. |last3=Xiang |first3=Q-Y |year=2010 |title=Fruits of Cornelian Cherries (Cornaceae: Cornus Subg. Cornus) in the Paleocene and Eocene of the Northern Hemisphere |volume=171 |issue=8 |pages=882–891 |url=ftp://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/Projects/PaleobotanyWyoFieldtripReadings/ManchesterReprints/2010%20Cornelian%20Cherries%20%20Cornus.pdf |doi=10.1086/655771 |server=International Journal of Plant Sciences |url-status=dead |s2cid=83524109 }}

Sp nov

Valid

Manchester, Xiang, and Xiang

Tiffanian

Sentinel Butte Formation

Oldest member of Cornus subgenus Cornus.

Hymenaea allendis{{cite journal |last1=Calvillo-Canadell |first1=L. |last2=Cevallos-Ferriz |first2=S.R.S. |last3=Rico-Arce |first3=L. |title=Miocene Hymenaea flowers preserved in amber from Simojovel de Allende, Chiapas, Mexico |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |year=2010 |volume=160 |issue=3–4 |pages=126–134 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.02.007|bibcode=2010RPaPa.160..126C }}

sp nov

Valid

Calvillo-Canadell, Cevallos-Ferriz & Rico-Arce

Late Oligocene - Early Miocene

Mexican amber

Second Hymenaea sp. from Mexican amber

Lagokarpos{{cite journal |last1=McMurran |first1=D. M. |last2=Manchester |first2=S. R. |title=Lagokarpos lacustris, a new winged fruit from the Paleogene of western North America |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |date=2010 |volume=171 |issue=2 |pages=227–234 |doi=10.1086/648994|s2cid=85399829 }}

Gen et sp nov

Valid

McMurran & Manchester

Late Paleocene - Ypresian

Green River Formation
Fossil Butte Member

A fruit of uncertain affinity
Also found in the Clarno Formation (Oregon) & Horsefly Shales (British Columbia)
The type species is L. lacustris

Ploufolia{{cite journal |last1=Sender |first1=L.M. |last2=Gomez |first2=B. |last3=Diez |first3=J.B. |last4=Coiffard |first4=C. |last5=Martín-Closas |first5=C. |last6=Villanueva-Amadoz |first6=U. |last7=Ferrer |first7=J. |year=2010 |title=Ploufolia cerciforme gen. et comb. nov.: Aquatic angiosperm leaves from the Upper Albian of north-eastern Spain |journal= Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=161 |issue=1–2 |pages=77–86|doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.03.001|bibcode=2010RPaPa.161...77S }}

Gen. nov.

Valid

Sender et al.

Albian

Utrillas Formation

Sagaria{{cite journal |author1=Sergio Bravia |author2=Maria Rosaria Barone Lumagab |author3=James E. Mickle |year=2010 |title=Sagaria cilentana gen. et sp. nov.-A New Angiosperm Fructification from the Middle Albian of Southern Italy|journal= Cretaceous Research |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=285–290 |doi= 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.12.001 |bibcode=2010CrRes..31..285B }}{{dead link|date=March 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Bravia, Barone Lumagab, & Mickle

Middle Albian

Monti Alburni, near Petina

Solaranthus{{cite journal |author1=Shaolin ZHENG |author2=Xin WANG |year=2010 |title=An Undercover Angiosperm from the Jurassic of China |journal= Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition |volume=84 |issue=4 |pages=895–902 |doi= 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00252.x|bibcode=2010AcGlS..84..895S |s2cid=84697587 }}

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Shaolin Zheng & Xin Wang

Middle Jurassic

Jiulongshan Formation

An early flowering plant.

Xingxueanthus{{cite journal |author1=Xin WANG |author2=Shijun WANG |year=2010 |title=Xingxueanthus: An Enigmatic Jurassic Seed Plant and Its Implications for the Origin of Angiospermy|journal= Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition |volume=84 |issue=1 |pages=47–55 |doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00169.x|bibcode=2010AcGlS..84...47W |s2cid=140739086 }}

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Xin Wang & Shijun Wang

Middle Jurassic

Haifanggou Formation

An early flowering plant.

=Other plants=

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Desmiophyllum truncatum

Sp nov

valid

Miller & Hickey

Cretaceous
Late Albian

Winthrop Formation

A plant species of uncertain affiliations.

Molluscs

=Newly named bivalves=

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Emiliodonta{{cite journal |last1=Sánchez |first1=T.M. |year=2010 |title=Emiliodonta, New Name for Emiliania Sánchez, 1999, Not Emiliania Hay and Mohlen, 1967 |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=84 |issue=4 |pages=781 |doi=10.1666/10-023.1 |bibcode=2010JPal...84..781S |s2cid=84229307 }}

Gen. nov.

valid

Sánchez

Caradoc

Don Braulio Formation

Replacement name for Emiliania Sánchez, 1999 preoccupied by Emiliania Hay & Mohler, 1967

Erodona doellojuradoi{{Cite journal |last1=Péreza |first1=Leandro M. |last2=Iturrería |first2=Santiago F. Genta |last3=Griffini |first3=Miguel |date=October 2010 |title=Paleoecological and Paleobiogeographic Significance of Two New Species of Bivalves in the Paraná Formation (Late Miocene) of Entre Ríos Province, Argentina |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260019090 |journal=Malacologia |language=en |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=61–76 |doi=10.4002/040.053.0104 |s2cid=85017087 |issn=0076-2997}}

Sp. nov.

valid

Pérez, Iturerría & Griffin

Late Miocene

Paraná Formation

An erodonid.

Polymesoda muravchiki

Sp. nov.

valid

Pérez, Iturerría & Griffin

Late Miocene

Paraná Formation

A cyrenid.

Arthropods

Fishes

Amphibians

=Newly named amphibians=

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Deltaherpeton{{cite journal |year=2010 |title=Deltaherpeton hiemstrae, a New Colosteid Tetrapod from the Mississippian of Iowa |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=84 |issue=6 |pages=1135–1151 |doi=10.1666/10-020.1 |author1=John R. Bolt |author2=R. Eric Lombard |bibcode=2010JPal...84.1135B |s2cid=83774501 }}

Valid

Bolt
Lombard

Late Viséan

{{Flag|USA}}

A colosteid.

Fedexia{{cite journal|last=Berman |first=D.S. |author2=Henrici, A.C. |author3=Brezinski, D.K. |author4=Kollar, A.D. |name-list-style=amp |year=2010 |title=A new trematopid amphibian (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea) from the Upper Pennsylvanian of western Pennsylvania: earliest record of terrestrial vertebrates responding to a warmer, drier climate |journal=Annals of the Carnegie Museum |volume=78 |issue=4 |pages=289–318 |url=http://www.carnegiemnh.org/news/10-jan-mar/fedexia/Annals-15Mar2010-Fedexia.pdf |access-date=14 January 2011 |doi=10.2992/007.078.0401 |s2cid=85974488 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414161141/http://www.carnegiemnh.org/news/10-jan-mar/fedexia/Annals-15Mar2010-Fedexia.pdf |archive-date=14 April 2010 }}

Valid

Berman
Henrici
et al.Berman, Henrici, Brezinski, Kollar.

Gzhelian

Casselman Formation

{{Flag|USA}}

A trematopid genus currently among the oldest known vertebrates with a primarily terrestrial lifestyle.

Hungarobatrachus{{Cite journal |author1=Zoltán Szentesi |author2=Márton Venczel |year=2010 |title=An advanced anuran from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) of Hungary |url=http://www.schweizerbart.de/resources/downloads/paper_previews/75036.pdf |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=256 |issue=3 |pages=291–302 |doi=10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0054 |access-date=12 February 2011 |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313235901/http://www.schweizerbart.de/resources/downloads/paper_previews/75036.pdf |url-status=live }}

Valid

Szentesi
Venczel

Santonian

Csehbánya Formation

{{Flag|Hungary}}

Advanced frog.

Madygenerpeton{{cite journal |year=2010 |title=A chroniosuchid from the Triassic of Kyrgyzstan and analysis of chroniosuchian relationships |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=160 |issue=3 |pages=515–530 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00613.x |author1=Rainer R. Schoch |author2=Sebastian Voigt |author3=Michael Buchwitz |doi-access=free }}

Valid

Schoch
Voigt
Buchwitz

Middle/Upper Triassic

Madygen Formation

{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

A chroniosuchid reptiliomorph.

Pelobates fahlbuschi

Valid

Böhme

Miocene

A European spadefoot toad.

Basal reptiles

=Newly named basal reptiles=

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Microleter{{cite journal |author1=Linda A. Tsuji |author2=Johannes Muller |author3=Robert R. Reisz |year=2010 |title=Microleter mckinzieorum gen. et sp. nov. from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma: the basalmost parareptile from Laurasia |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=245–255 |doi=10.1080/14772010903461099 |bibcode=2010JSPal...8..245T |s2cid=129529082 }}

Valid

Tsuji
Muller
Reisz

Lower Permian

A basal parareptile. The species is M. mckinzieorum.

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Phonodus{{cite journal |last=Modesto |first=S.P. |author2=Scott, D.M. |author3=Botha-Brink, J. |author4=Reisz, R.R. |name-list-style=amp |year=2010 |title=A new and unusual procolophonid parareptile from the Lower Triassic Katberg Formation of South Africa |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=715–723 |doi=10.1080/02724631003758003|bibcode=2010JVPal..30..715M |s2cid=84563475 }}

Valid

Modesto
Scott
et al.Modesto, Scott, Botha-Brink, Reisz.

Induan (early Triassic)

Katberg Formation

The earliest known leptopleuronine procolophonid.

Reiszorhinus{{cite journal |last=Sumida |first=S.S. |author2=Dodick, J. |author3=Metcalf, A. |author4=Albright, G. |name-list-style=amp |year=2010 |title=Reiszorhinus olsoni, a new single-tooth-rowed captorhinid reptile of the Lower Permian of Texas |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=704–714 |doi=10.1080/02724631003758078 |bibcode=2010JVPal..30..704S |s2cid=31500853 }}

Valid

Sumida
Dodick
et al.Sumida, Dodick, Metcalf, Albright.

Lower Permian

Waggoner Ranch Formation

A basal captorhinid. The species is Reiszorhinus olsoni.

Ichthyopterygians

=Newly named ichthyopterygians=

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Arthropterygius{{cite journal |doi=10.1080/02724631003617944 |last=Maxwell |first=E. E |year=2010 |title=Generic reassignment of an ichthyosaur from the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Northwest Territories, Canada |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=403–415|bibcode=2010JVPal..30..403M |s2cid=85143039 }}

Valid

Maxwell

Queen Elizabeth Islands

{{Flag|Canada}}

A new genus for "Ophthalmosaurus" chirsorum (Russell, 1993).

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Athabascasaurus{{cite journal|author1=Patrick S. Druckenmiller |author2=Erin E. Maxwell |year=2010 |title=A new Lower Cretaceous (lower Albian) ichthyosaur genus from the Clearwater Formation, Alberta, Canada |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=47 |issue=8 |pages=1037–1053 |doi=10.1139/E10-028 |url=http://rparticle.web-p.cisti.nrc.ca/rparticle/AbstractTemplateServlet?calyLang=eng&journal=cjes&volume=47&year=0&issue=8&msno=e10-028 |access-date=14 January 2011 |bibcode=2010CaJES..47.1037D |url-access=subscription }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Valid

Druckenmiller
Maxwell

Lower Albian

Clearwater Formation

{{Flag|Canada}}

The most complete and stratigraphically oldest known ichthyosaur from the Cretaceous of North America.

Barracudasauroides{{cite journal |year=2010 |title=Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria – the state of the art |url=http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/03/Palaeodiversity_Bd3_Maisch.pdf |journal=Palaeodiversity |volume=3 |pages=151–214 |author=Michael W. Maisch |access-date=14 January 2011 |archive-date=30 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930174257/http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/03/Palaeodiversity_Bd3_Maisch.pdf |url-status=live }}

Valid

Maisch

Middle Triassic

Guanling Formation

{{Flag|China}}

A new genus for "Mixosaurus" panxianensis (Jiang, Schmitz, Hao & Sun, 2006).

Mixosaurus xindianensis{{cite journal |year=2010 |title=A new species of Mixosaurus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Pu'an, Guizhou, China |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Sinica |issue=2 |pages=251–260 |author1=Chen Xiao-hong |author2=Cheng Long }}

Valid

Chen
Cheng

Middle Triassic

Guanling Formation

{{Flag|China}}

Omphalosaurus merriami

Valid

Maisch

Early Triassic

Sticky Keep Formation

{{Flag|Norway}}

A species of a possible ichthyopterygian genus Omphalosaurus.

Lepidosauromorphs

=Newly named plesiosaurs=

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Alexeyisaurus{{cite journal|author1=A. G. Sennikov |author2=M. S. Arkhangelsky |year=2010 |title=On a Typical Jurassic Sauropterygian from the Upper Triassic of Wilczek Land (Franz Josef Land, Arctic Russia)|journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=44 |issue=5 |pages=567–572 |doi=10.1134/S0031030110050126|bibcode=2010PalJ...44..567S |s2cid=88505507 }}

Valid

Sennikov
Arkhangelsky

Norian

Wilczek Formation

A new elasmosaurid

Meyerasaurus{{cite journal|author1=Adam S. Smith |author2=Peggy Vincent |year=2010 |title=A new genus of pliosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Lower Jurassic of Holzmaden, Germany |journal=Palaeontology |volume=53 |issue=5 |pages=1049–1063 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00975.x|bibcode=2010Palgy..53.1049S |doi-access=free }}

Valid

Smith
Vincent

Lower Toarcian

Posidonia Shale

A pliosaur, a new genus for "Plesiosaurus" victor (Fraas, 1910).

File:Fossil-Plesiosaurier-Skelett.jpg]]

=Newly named basal lepidosaurs=

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Cargninia{{Cite journal|author1=José Fernando Bonaparte |author2=César Leandro Schultz |author3=Marina Bento Soares |author4=Agustín G. Martinelli |year=2010 |title=La Fauna local de faxinal do soturno, Triasico tardio de Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil |journal=Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=233–246 |doi=10.4072/rbp.2010.3.07|doi-access=free }}

Valid

Bonaparte
Schultz
et al.Bonaparte, Schultz, Soares, Martinelli.

Carnian - Norian

Caturrita Formation

A basal lepidosaur.

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=Newly named lizards=

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Adriosaurus skrbinensis{{cite journal |year=2010 |title=A new species of marine ophidiomorph lizard, Adriosaurus skrbinensis, from the Upper Cretaceous of Slovenia |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=747–755 |doi=10.1080/02724631003762963|author1=Michael W. Caldwell |author2=Alessandro Palci |bibcode=2010JVPal..30..747C |s2cid=85570665 }}

Valid

Caldwell
Palci

Late Cenomanian

Skrbina

Bavaricordylus molassicus{{cite journal |year=2010 |title=Ectothermic vertebrates (Actinopterygii, Allocaudata, Urodela, Anura, Crocodylia, Squamata) from the Miocene of Sandelzhausen (Germany, Bavaria) and their implications for environment reconstruction and palaeoclimate |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=84 |issue=1 |pages=3–41 |doi=10.1007/s12542-010-0050-4|author=Madelaine Böhme |bibcode=2010PalZ...84....3B |s2cid=130044044 }}

Valid

Böhme

Miocene (late Karpatian)

A cordylid, a species of Bavaricordylus.

Headonhillia{{cite journal |author1=Jozef Klembara |author2=Bryony Green |year=2010 |title=Anguimorph lizards (Squamata, Anguimorpha) from the Middle and Late Eocene of the Hampshire Basin of southern England |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=97–129 |doi=10.1080/14772011003603531 |bibcode=2010JSPal...8...97K |s2cid=128699883 }}

Valid

Klembara
Green

Late Eocene, Ludian (Priabonian)

Bembridge Limestone Formation

An anguine lizard. The species is H. parva.

Heloderma welcommei{{Cite journal |author1=Jacques Herman |author2=Guy Van Den Eeckhaut |year=2010 |title=Inventaire systématique des Invertebrata, Vertebrata, Plantae et Fungi des Sables de Bruxelles à Zaventem |journal=Geominpal Belgica Découvertes Géologiques, Minéralogiques et Paléontologiques en Belgique |volume=1 |pages=32–64 |url=http://geominpal.be/Geominpal%20Belgica%201/Geominpal%20Belgica%201.pdf |access-date=2014-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217061550/http://geominpal.be/Geominpal%20Belgica%201/Geominpal%20Belgica%201.pdf |archive-date=2015-02-17 |url-status=dead }}

Valid

Herman
Van Den Eeckhaut

Eocene

An anguimorph lizard. Herman and Van Den Eeckhaut (2010) consider it to be a species of Heloderma (though the authors define the genus Heloderma more broadly than most herpetologists, and explicitly synonymize the glyptosaurine genus Placosaurus with it).

Kleskunsaurus{{cite journal |author1=Randall L. Nydam |author2=Michael W. Caldwell |author3=Federico Fanti |year=2010 |title=Borioteiioidean lizard skulls from Kleskun Hill (Wapiti Formation; upper Campanian), west-central Alberta, Canada |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=1090–1099 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2010.483539 |bibcode=2010JVPal..30.1090N |s2cid=128403651 }}

Valid

Nydam
Caldwell
Fanti

Upper Campanian

Wapiti Formation

A scincomorph lizard. The species is K. grandeprairiensis.

Liushusaurus{{cite journal |author1=Susan E. Evans |author2=Yuan Wang |year=2010 |title=A new lizard (Reptilia: Squamata) with exquisite preservation of soft tissue from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=81–95 |doi=10.1080/14772010903537773 |bibcode=2010JSPal...8...81E |s2cid=56046960 }}

Valid

Evans
Wang

Lower Cretaceous

Yixian Formation

A scincogekkonomorph lizard. The species is L. acanthocaudata.

Pedrerasaurus{{cite journal |author1=Arnau Bolet |author2=Susan E. Evans |year=2010 |title=A new lizard from the early cretaceous of catalonia (Spain), and the mesozoic lizards of the iberian peninsula |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=447–457 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2010.06.002 |bibcode=2010CrRes..31..447B }}{{dead link|date=March 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Valid

Bolet
Evans

Early Cretaceous (late Berriasian-early Valanginan)

Montsec's Formation (ca)

A scincogekkonomorph lizard. The species is P. latifrontalis.

Tropidophorus bavaricus

Valid

Böhme

Miocene (late Karpatian)

A lygosomine skink, a species of Tropidophorus.

Varanus debiei

Valid

Herman
Van Den Eeckhaut

Eocene

A monitor lizard.

=Newly named snakes=

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

Name

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Colombophis spinosus{{cite journal |year=2010 |title=Reappraisal of the South American Miocene snakes of the genus Colombophis, with description of a new species |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=365–379 |doi=10.4202/app.2009.1111|author1=Annie S. Hsiou |author2=Adriana M. Albino |author3=Jorge Ferigolo |doi-access=free }}

Valid

Hsiou, Albino & Ferigolo

Late Miocene

Solimões Formation

An alethinophidian snake, a species of Colombophis.

Kelyophis{{Cite journal|doi=10.1080/02724630903409188|author=Laduke, T.C.|author2=Krause, D.W.|author3=Scanlon, J.D.|author4=Kley, N.J.|name-list-style=amp|year=2010|title=A Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) snake assemblage from the Maevarano Formation, Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=30|issue=1|pages=109–138|bibcode=2010JVPal..30..109L |doi-access=free}}

Valid

Laduke
Krause
Scanlon
Kley

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

Maevarano Formation

A nigerophiid snake

Menarana

Valid

Laduke
Krause
Scanlon
Kley

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

Maevarano Formation

A madtsoiid snake

Micronatrix{{cite journal |year=2010 |title=Fossil Snakes of the Clarendonian (Late Miocene) Pratt Slide Local Fauna of Nebraska, with the Description of a New Natricine Colubrid |journal=Journal of Herpetology |volume=44 |issue=4 |pages=525–543 |doi=10.1670/09-248.1|author1=Dennis Parmley |author2=Katie Beth Hunter |s2cid=86633027 }}

Valid

Parmley & Hunter

Late Miocene (Clarendonian)

A natricine colubrid snake. The type species is Micronatrix juliescottae.

Sanajeh{{cite journal |last=Wilson |first=J.A. |author2=Mohabey, D.M. |author3=Peters, S.E. |author4=Head, J.J. |name-list-style=amp |year=2010 |title=Predation upon Hatchling Dinosaurs by a New Snake from the Late Cretaceous of India |pages=e1000322 |pmid=20209142 |journal=PLOS Biology |volume=8 |pmc=2830453 |issue=3 |doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.1000322 |editor1-last=Benton |editor1-first=Michael J. |doi-access=free }}

Valid

Wilson
Mohabey
et al.Wilson, Mohabey, Peters, Head.

Maastrichtian

Lameta Formation

A madtsoiid snake which preyed on hatchling sauropods.

File:Sanajeh attacking sauropod.png in a titanosaur nest]]

Turtles

=Newly named turtles=

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

Name

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

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

! class="unsortable"| Images

Cerrejonemys{{cite journal | last1 = Cadena | first1 = Edwin | last2 = Bloch | first2 = Jonathan | last3 = Jaramillo | first3 = Carlos | title = New podocnemidid turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira) from the middle-upper Paleocene of South America | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 30 | pages = 367–382 | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1080/02724631003621946 | issue = 2 | bibcode = 2010JVPal..30..367C | s2cid = 84315151 }}

Valid

Cadena
Bloch
Jaramillo

Paleocene

Cerrejón Formation

| rowspan="99"|

Chupacabrachelys{{Cite journal|author1=Thomas M. Lehman |author2=Steven L. Wick |year=2010 |title=Chupacabrachelys complexus, n. gen. n. sp. (Testudines: Bothremydidae), from the Aguja Formation (Campanian) of West Texas |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=30 |issue=6 |pages=1709–1725 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2010.520782 |bibcode=2010JVPal..30.1709L |s2cid=129303574 }}

Valid

Lehman
Wick

Campanian

Aguja Formation

A taphrosphyini bothremydid

Gamerabaena{{Cite journal|doi=10.1080/02724631003618389|author1=Lyson, T.R.|author2=Joyce, W.G.|year=2010|title=A new baenid turtle from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota and a preliminary taxonomic review of Cretaceous Baenidae|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=30|issue=2|pages=394–402|bibcode=2010JVPal..30..394L|s2cid=89517022|url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/32770/files/PAL_E3648.pdf|access-date=2019-07-05|archive-date=2022-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115184528/https://doc.rero.ch/record/32770/files/PAL_E3648.pdf|url-status=live}}

Valid

Lyson
Joyce

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

Hell Creek Formation

Itilochelys{{Cite journal|author=Danilov, I.G.|author2=Averianov, A.O.|author3=Yarkov, A.A.|name-list-style=amp|year=2010|title=Itilochelys rasstrigini gen. et sp. nov., a new hard-shelled sea turtle (Cheloniidae sensu lato) from the Lower Palaeocene of Volgograd Province, Russia|journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS|volume=314|issue=1|pages=24–41|doi=10.31610/trudyzin/2010.314.1.24 |s2cid=250006012 |doi-access=free}}

Valid

Danilov
Averianov
Yarkov

Danian

Beryozovaya beds

Jiangxichelys{{Cite journal|author1=Haiyan Tong |author2=Jinyou Mo |year=2010 |title=Jiangxichelys, a new nanhsiungchelyid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China |url=http://www.foreignpolicybulletinmonitor.com/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=7908884&fulltextType=RC&fileId=S0016756810000671 |journal=Geological Magazine |volume=147 |issue=6 |pages=981–986 |doi=10.1017/S0016756810000671 |access-date=14 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711015906/http://www.foreignpolicybulletinmonitor.com/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=7908884&fulltextType=RC&fileId=S0016756810000671 |archive-date=11 July 2011 |bibcode=2010GeoM..147..981T |s2cid=131484464 |url-access=subscription }}

Valid

Tong
Mo

Late Cretaceous

Ganzhou

A nanhsiungchelyid turtle.

Liaochelys{{Cite journal |author=Chang-Fu Zhou |year=2010 |title=A new eucryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02676p056f.pdf |journal=Zootaxa |volume=2676 |pages=45–56 |access-date=14 January 2011 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2676.1.3 |archive-date=18 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618100250/https://mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02676p056f.pdf |url-status=live }}

Valid

Zhou

Early Cretaceous

Jiufotang Formation

A macrobaenid turtle.

Mexichelys{{Cite journal|author1=James F. Parham|author2-link=Nicholas Pyenson |author2=Nicholas D. Pyenson |year=2010|title=New Sea Turtle from the Miocene of Peru and the Iterative Evolution of Feeding Ecomorphologies since the Cretaceous|journal=Journal of Paleontology|volume=84|issue=2|pages=231–247|doi=10.1666/09-077R.1|bibcode=2010JPal...84..231P |s2cid=62811400 }}

Valid

Parham
Pyenson

Late Campanian

Cerro del Pueblo Formation

A sea turtle. A new genus for "Euclastes" coahuilaensis (Brinkman et al., 2009).{{Cite journal|author=DONALD BRINKMAN|author2=MARTHA CAROLINA AQUILLON-MARTINEZ|author3=CLAUDIO ARTURO DE LEON DÁVILA|author4=HEATHER JAMNICZKY|author5=DAVID A. EBERTH|author6=MATTHEW COLBERT|name-list-style=amp|year=2010|title=Euclastes coahuilaensis sp. nov., a basal cheloniid turtle from the late Campanian Cerro del Pueblo Formation of Coahuila State, Mexico|journal=Journal of Paleontology|volume=28|issue=3|pages=76–88|url=http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/science/paleobios/abstracts_26to.php|access-date=14 January 2011 |archive-date=20 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420025356/https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/science/paleobios/abstracts_26to.php|url-status=live}}

Pacifichelys

Valid

Parham
Pyenson

Miocene

A sea turtle.

Pangshura tatrotia{{Cite journal|doi=10.1080/14772019.2010.500879|author1=Walter G. Joyce |author2=Tyler R. Lyson |year=2010 |title=Pangshura tatrotia, a new species of pond turtle (Testudinoidea) from the Pliocene Siwaliks of Pakistan |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology|volume=8|issue=3|pages=449–458|bibcode=2010JSPal...8..449J |s2cid=54803213 }}

Valid

Joyce
Lyson

Pliocene

Tatrot Formation

A species of Pangshura.

"Trionyx" kansaiensis{{Cite journal |author1=Natasha S. Vitek |author2=Igor G. Danilov |year=2010 |title=New Material and a Reassessment of Soft-Shelled Turtles (Trionychidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan |doi=10.1080/02724631003617548 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=383–393 |bibcode=2010JVPal..30..383V |s2cid=83498792 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/31484/files/PAL_E571.pdf |access-date=2019-07-05 |archive-date=2022-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022041851/https://doc.rero.ch/record/31484/files/PAL_E571.pdf |url-status=live }}

Valid

Vitek & Danilov

Late Cretaceous

A trionychid with unclear systematic position, a species of Trionyx sensu lato.

Archosauromorphs

=Newly named basal archosauromorphs=

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Name

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Azendohsaurus madagaskarensis{{cite journal |last=Flynn |first=J.J. |author2=Nesbitt, S.J. |author3=Parrish, J.M. |author4=Ranivoharimanana, L. |author5=Wyss, A.R. |name-list-style=amp |year=2010 |title=A new species of Azendohsaurus (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the Triassic Isalo Group of southwestern Madagascar: cranium and mandible |journal=Palaeontology |volume=53 |issue=3 |pages=669–688 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00954.x|bibcode=2010Palgy..53..669F |s2cid=82341339 |doi-access=free }}

Valid

Flynn
Nesbitt
et al.Flynn, Nesbitt, Parrish, Ranivoharimanana, Wyss.

Ladinian/Carnian

Makay Formation

A basal archosauromorph.

| rowspan="47"|

Bentonyx{{Cite journal|author1=Max C. Langer |author2=Felipe C. Montefeltro |author3=David E. Hone |author4=Robin Whatley |author5=Cesar L. Schultz |year=2010 |title=On Fodonyx spenceri and a new rhynchosaur from the Middle Triassic of Devon |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=30 |issue=6 |pages=1884–1888 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2010.521901 |bibcode=2010JVPal..30.1884L |s2cid=53405231 }}

Valid

Langer
Montefeltro
et al.Langer, Montefeltro, Hone, Whatley, Schultz.

Middle Triassic

Otter Sandstone Formation

A rhynchosaur.

Koilamasuchus{{cite journal |last=Ezcurra |first=M.D. |author2=Lecuona, A. |author3=Martinelli, A. |name-list-style=amp |year=2010 |title=A new basal archosauriform diapsid from the Lower Triassic of Argentina |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=30 |issue=5 |pages=1433–1450 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2010.501446|bibcode=2010JVPal..30.1433E |s2cid=83826840 }}

Valid

Ezcurra
Lecuona
Martinelli

Early Triassic

Quebrada de los Fósiles Formation

The best-known basal archosauriform from South America.

Megalancosaurus endennae{{cite journal |author1=Silvio Renesto |author2=Justin A. Spielmann |author3=Spencer G. Lucas |author4=Giorgio Tarditi Spagnoli |year=2010 |title=The taxonomy and paleobiology of the Late Triassic (Carnian-Norian: Adamanian-Apachean) drepanosaurs (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha: Drepanosauromorpha) |journal=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin |volume=46 |pages=1–81 }}

Valid

Renesto
Spielmann
et al.Renesto, Spielmann, Lucas, Tarditi Spagnoli.

Alaunian (early Norian)

Zorzino Limestone Formation

A drepanosaurid that is known from MBSN 25, a partial skeleton (Partial postcranial skeleton).

Teyumbaita{{Cite journal|author1=Felipe Chinaglia Montefeltro |author2=Max Cardoso Langer |author3=Cesar Leandro Schultz |year=2010 |title=Cranial anatomy of a new genus of hyperodapedontine rhynchosaur (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha) from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil |url=https://academia.edu.documents.s3.amazonaws.com/1886536/Montefeltro_et_al._2010.pdf |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=101 |issue=1 |pages=27–52 |doi=10.1017/S1755691010009060 |bibcode=2010EESTR.101...27M |s2cid=129472459 |access-date=14 January 2011 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Valid

Montefeltro
Langer
Schultz

Late Triassic

Caturrita Formation

Ischigualasto Formation{{Cite journal|author1=Julia B. Desojo |author2=Lucas E. Fiorelli |author3=Martín D. Ezcurra |author4=Agustín G. Martinelli |author5=Jahandar Ramezani |author6=Átila. A. S. Da Rosa |author7=M. Belén von Baczko |author8=M. Jimena Trotteyn |author9=Felipe C. Montefeltro |author10=Miguel Ezpeleta |author11=Max C. Langer |year=2020 |title=The Late Triassic Ischigualasto Formation at Cerro Las Lajas (La Rioja, Argentina): fossil tetrapods, high-resolution chronostratigraphy, and faunal correlations |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 12782 |doi=10.1038/s41598-020-67854-1 |pmid=32728077 |pmc=7391656 |bibcode=2020NatSR..1012782D }}

A rhynchosaur. A new genus for "Scaphonyx" sulcognathus (Azevedo & Schultz, 1987).

Uatchitodon schneideri{{cite journal |last=Mitchell |first=Jonathan S. |author2=Heckert, Andrew B. |author3=Sues, Hans-Dieter |name-list-style=amp |year=2010 |title=Grooves to tubes: evolution of the venom delivery system in a Late Triassic "reptile" |journal=Naturwissenschaften |volume=97 |issue=12 |pages=1117–1121 |doi=10.1007/s00114-010-0729-0 |pmid=21060984|bibcode = 2010NW.....97.1117M |s2cid=10093308 }}

Valid

Mitchell
Heckert
Sues

Late Triassic

Cumnock Formation

Bluewater Creek Formation

A venomous archosauriform known only from isolated teeth.

Vallesaurus zorzinensis

Valid

Renesto
Spielmann
et al.

Alaunian (early Norian)

Zorzino Limestone Formation

A basal drepanosauromorph that is known from MCSNB 4783, a set of vertebrae and hindlimbs.

=Archosaurs=

Synapsids

=Newly named non-mammalian synapsids=

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

Name

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Beishanodon{{Cite journal |author1=Gao, K. |author2=Fox, R.C. |author3=Zhou, C.-F. |author4=Li, D.-Q. |year=2010 |title=A new nonmammalian eucynodont (Synapsida, Therapsida) from the Triassic of northern Gansu Province, China, and its biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3685 |pages=24p |doi=10.1206/649.1 |hdl=2246/6069 |s2cid=85789838 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5358848 |access-date=2022-03-23 |archive-date=2023-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605143905/https://zenodo.org/record/5358848 |url-status=live }}

Valid

Gao
Fox
et al.Gao, Fox, Zhou, Li.

Lower Triassic

Hongyanjing Formation

A eucynodont. The type species is Beishanodon youngi.

Chiniquodon kalanoro{{Cite journal|author1=Christian F. Kammerer |author2=John J. Flynn |author3=Lovasoa Ranivoharimanana |author4=André R. Wyss |year=2010|title=The first record of a probainognathian (Cynodontia: Chiniquodontidae) from the Triassic of Madagascar|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=30|issue=6|pages=1889–1894|doi=10.1080/02724634.2010.520784|bibcode=2010JVPal..30.1889K |s2cid=85868922 }}

Valid

Kammerer
Flynn
et al.Kammerer, Flynn, Ranivoharimanana, Wyss.

Middle Triassic? (Ladinian or Carnian)

Makay Formation

A cynodont.

File:Chinquodon.png skull]]

Kombuisia antarctica{{Cite journal|author1=Jörg Fröbisch |author2=Kenneth D. Angielczyk |author3=Christian A. Sidor |year=2010 |title=The Triassic dicynodont Kombuisia (Synapsida, Anomodontia) from Antarctica, a refuge from the terrestrial Permian-Triassic mass extinction |journal=Naturwissenschaften |volume=97 |issue=2 |pages=187–196 |doi=10.1007/s00114-009-0626-6|pmid=19956920|bibcode = 2010NW.....97..187F |s2cid=20557454 }}

Valid

Fröbisch
Angiekczyk
Sidor

Early Triassic (Induan)

Fremouw Formation

A dicynodont.

Minicynodon

Valid

Bonaparte
Schultz
et al.

Carnian - Norian

Caturrita Formation

A brasilodontid cynodont.

Prosictodon{{Cite journal|author1=Kenneth D. Angielczyk |author2=Bruce S. Rubidge |year=2010|title=A new pylaecephalid dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone, Karoo Basin, Middle Permian of South Africa|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=30 |issue=5 |pages=1396–1409 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2010.501447 |bibcode=2010JVPal..30.1396A |s2cid=129846697 }}

Valid

Angielczyk
Rubidge

Middle Permian

Abrahamskraal formation

A pylaecephalid dicynodont. The type species is Prosictodon dubei.

Trucidocynodon{{Cite journal|author1=Oliveira, T.V. |author2=Soares, M.B. |author3=Schultz, C.L. |s2cid=86916094 |year=2010|title=Trucidocynodon riograndensis gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Eucynodontia), a new cynodont from the Brazilian Upper Triassic (Santa Maria Formation)|journal=Zootaxa|volume=2382|pages=1–71|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2382.1.1 }}

Valid

Oliveira
Soares
Schultz

Upper Triassic

Santa Maria Formation

A cynodont. The type species is Trucidocynodon riograndensis.

=Mammals=

Other animals

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

Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Pywackia{{Cite journal|author=Ed Landing|author2=Adam English|author3=John D. Keppie|name-list-style=amp |year=2010|title=Cambrian origin of all skeletalized metazoan phyla—Discovery of Earth's oldest bryozoans (Upper Cambrian, southern Mexico) |journal=Geology |volume=38 |issue=6 |pages=547–550 |doi=10.1130/G30870.1 |bibcode = 2010Geo....38..547L }}

Valid

Landing in Landing, English & Keppie

Late Cambrian

Tiñu Formation

An animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement; it might be a bryozoan{{cite journal|journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=89|issue=2|pages=292–317|date=2015 |title=Distinguishing Earth's oldest known bryozoan (Pywackia, late Cambrian) from pennatulacean octocorals (Mesozoic—Recent) |author=Ed Landing |author2=Jonathan B. Antcliffe |author3=Martin D. Brasier|author4=Adam B. English |doi=10.1017/jpa.2014.26|bibcode=2015JPal...89..292L |s2cid=131609198}} or an octocoral.{{cite journal |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=87 |issue=6 |pages=984–990 |date=2013 |title=Reinterpretation of the Cambrian 'bryozoan' Pywackia as an octocoral |author=Paul D. Taylor |author2=Björn Berning |author3=Mark A. Wilson |name-list-style=amp |doi=10.1666/13-029 |bibcode=2013JPal...87..984T |s2cid=129113026 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/907861 |access-date=2019-07-05 |archive-date=2019-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607161619/https://zenodo.org/record/907861 |url-status=live }} The type species is Pywackia baileyi.

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.

2010 in paleontology#Turtles

Plants

=Bennettitales=

=Cycadales=

=Czekanowkiales=

=Pinales=

=Pteridospermopsida=

=Angiosperms=

=Other plants=

Molluscs

=Newly named bivalves=

Arthropods

Fishes

Amphibians

=Newly named amphibians=

Basal reptiles

=Newly named basal reptiles=

Ichthyopterygians

=Newly named ichthyopterygians=

Lepidosauromorphs

=Newly named plesiosaurs=

=Newly named basal lepidosaurs=

=Newly named lizards=

=Newly named snakes=

Turtles

=Newly named turtles=

Archosauromorphs

=Newly named basal archosauromorphs=

=Archosaurs=

Synapsids

=Newly named non-mammalian synapsids=

=Mammals=

Other animals

Footnotes

=Complete author list=

=References=