2011 in paleontology#Turtles

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Protozoa

=New taxa=

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Vetufebrus{{cite journal |last1=Poinar |first1=G. |year=2011 |title=Vetufebrus ovatus n. gen., n. sp. (Haemospororida: Plasmodiidae) vectored by a streblid bat fly (Diptera: Streblidae) in Dominican amber |journal=Parasites & Vectors |volume=4 |issue=229 |pages= 1–5 |doi=10.1186/1756-3305-4-229|pmid=22152687 |pmc=3253689 |doi-access=free }}

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Poinar

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Burdigalian

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Dominican amber

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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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A Plasmodiidae vectored by the bat fly Enischnomyia stegosoma

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File:Vetufebras in Enischnomyia.jpg]]

Plants

=Ferns and fern allies=

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Drynaria callispora{{cite journal |last1=Su |first1=T. |last2=Jacques |first2=F. |last3=Liu |first3=Y. |last4=Xiang |first4=J. |last5=Xing |first5=Y. |last6=Huang |first6=Y. |last7=Zhou |first7=Z. |year=2011 |title=A new Drynaria (Polypodiaceae) from the upper Pliocene of Southwest China |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=164 |issue=(1-2) |pages=132–142|doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.11.011 }}

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Sp nov

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Su et al

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Pliocene

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Sanying Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A Drynaria species fern

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Equisetum thermale{{cite journal |last1=Channing |first1=A. |last2=Zamuner |first2=A. |last3=Edwards |first3=D. |last4=Guido |first4=D. |year=2011 |title=Equisetum thermale sp. nov. (Equisetales) from the Jurassic San Agustin hot spring deposit, Patagonia: Anatomy, paleoecology, and inferred paleoecophysiology. |journal= American Journal of Botany |volume=98 |issue=4 |pages=680–697 |doi= 10.3732/ajb.1000211 |pmid=21613167|doi-access=free |hdl=11336/95234 |hdl-access=free }}

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sp. nov

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Valid

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Channing, Zamuner, Edwards, & Guido

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Callovian - Tithonian

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La Matilde Formation

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{{flag| Argentina}}

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oldest crown group Equisetum species

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=Gymnosperms=

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Agathoxylon byeongpungense{{cite journal |last1=Oh |first1=C. |last2=Kim |first2=K. |last3=Paik |first3=I. |last4=Lim |first4=J. |year=2011 |title=Cretaceous conifer woods of Korea: Occurrences and palaeobiological implications |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=164 |issue=1–2 |pages=67–83|doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.11.007 }}

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comb nov

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(Kim et al.) Oh et al.

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Cretaceous
(Aptian - Albian)

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Donghwachi Formation

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{{Flag|South Korea}}

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An Araucariaceous wood

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Agathoxylon kiiense

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comb nov

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(Ogura) Oh et al.

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Cretaceous
(Aptian - Albian)

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Togeum Formation

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{{Flag|South Korea}}

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An Araucariaceous wood

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Agathoxylon togeumense

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Sp nov

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Oh et al.

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Cretaceous
(Aptian - Albian)

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Togeum Formation

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{{Flag|South Korea}}

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An Araucariaceous wood

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Cariria{{cite journal |last1=Kunzmann |first1=L. |last2=Mohr |first2=B.A.R. |last3=Wilde |first3=V. |last4=Bernardes-de-Oliveira|first4=M.E.C. |year=2011 |title=A putative gnetalean gymnosperm Cariria orbiculiconiformis gen. nov. et spec. nov. from the Early Cretaceous of northern Gondwana |journal= Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=165 |issue=1–2 |pages=75–95 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.02.005}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Kunzmann et al.

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Aptian

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Crato Formation

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{{flag|Brazil}}

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A possible gnetophyte

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Cupressus guangxiensis{{cite journal |last1=Shi |first1=G. |last2=Zhou |first2=Z. |last3=Xie |first3=Z. |year=2011 |title=Cupressus foliage shoots and associated seed cones from the Oligocene Ningming Formation of Guangxi, South China |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=166 |issue=3–4 |pages=325–334|doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.06.005 }}

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Sp nov

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Shi et al.

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Oligocene

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Ningming Formation

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{{flag|China}}

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A cuprecaceous foliage/cone species

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Hughmillerites{{cite journal |last1=Rothwell |first1=G. |last2=Stockey |first2=R. |last3=Mapes |first3=G. |last4=Hilton |first4=J. |year=2011 |title=Structure and relationships of the Jurassic conifer seed cone Hughmillerites juddii gen. et comb. nov.: implications for the origin and evolution of Cupressaceae |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=164 |issue=1–2 |pages=45–59|doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.11.004 }}

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Gen et comb nov

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Rothwell et al.

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Jurassic
Kimmeridgian

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Kimmeridge Clay Formation

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{{flag|UK}}
{{Flag|Scotland}}

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A cuprecaceous cone morphotaxon
The type species is H. juddii

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Pinus arnoldii{{cite journal |last1=Klymiuk |first1=A. A. |last2=Stockey |first2=R. A. |last3=Rothwell |first3=G. W. |year=2011 |title=The first organismal concept for an extinct species of Pinaceae: Pinus arnoldii Miller. |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=172 |issue=2 |pages=294–313|doi=10.1086/657649 |s2cid=84137991 }}

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Syn nov

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Valid

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Miller

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Eocene
Ypresian

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Allenby Formation
Princeton chert

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

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  • Pinus similkameenensis (1973){{cite journal |last1=Miller Jr |first1=C. N. |year=1973 |title=Silicified cones and vegetative remains of Pinus from Eocene of British Columbia |journal=Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan |volume=24 |pages=101–118}}

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A permineralized pine
An amplified "whole plant reconstruction" including P. similkameenensis foliage/wood

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Protaxodioxylon turolense{{cite journal |last1=Vozenin-Serra |first1=C. |last2=Diez |first2=J. |last3=Ferrer |first3=J. |year=2011 |title=A new species of Protaxodioxylon (Cupressaceae sl) from the late Albian of the Aragonian branch of the Iberian Range (Spain) Palaeoclimatic implications |journal=Geodiversitas |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=11–24|doi=10.5252/g2011n1a1 |s2cid=128392110 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/4596801 }}

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Sp nov

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Vozenin-Serra

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Cretaceous
late Albian

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Utrillas Formation

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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A cupressaceous wood

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Qataniaria{{cite journal |author1=Valentin Krassilov |author2=Eckart Schrank |year=2011 |title=New Albian macro- and palynoflora from the Negev (Israel) with description of a new gymnosperm morphotaxon |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=13–29 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2010.10.001 }}

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Gen. et sp.

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Valid

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Krassilov & Schrank

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Albian

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Hatira Formation

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{{flag|Israel}}

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A gymnosperm pollen morphotype

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Schizolepis daohugouensis{{cite journal |last1=Zhang |first1=J. |last2=D'Rozario |first2=A. |last3=Yao |first3=J. |last4=Wu |first4=Z. |last5=Wang |first5=L. |year=2011 |title=A new species of the extinct genus Schizolepis from the Jurassic Daohugou Flora, Inner Mongolia, China with special reference to the fossil diversity and evolutionary implications |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition |volume=85 |issue=2 |pages=471–481|doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2011.00415.x |s2cid=129785532 }}

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Sp nov

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Zhang et al.

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Jurassic

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Daohugou flora

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{{Flag|China}}

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A pinaceous relative

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==Gymnosperm research==

  • An amplified whole plant reconstruction of the Ypresian Princeton chert pine Pinus arnoldii, expanding the diagnosis to include P. similkameenensis (Miller, 1973) foliage and wood plus unnamed pollens cones found in attachment to the P. arnoldii ovulate cones is published by Klymiuk, Stockey, & Rothwell.

=Angiosperms=

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Ficus palaeoracemosa{{cite journal |last1=Srivastava |first1=G. |last2=Srivastava |first2=R. |last3=Mehrotra |first3=R. |year=2011 |title=Ficus palaeoracemosa sp. nov.–A new fossil leaf from the Kasauli Formation of Himachal Pradesh and its palaeoclimatic significance |journal=Journal of Earth System Science |volume=120 |issue=2 |pages=253–262|doi=10.1007/s12040-011-0054-9 |bibcode=2011JESS..120..253S |s2cid=129960761 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp nov

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Srivastava, Srivastava, & Mehrotra

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Early Miocene

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Kasauli Formation

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{{flag|India}}

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A fig leaf morphospecies

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Leefructus{{cite journal |year=2011 |title=A eudicot from the Early Cretaceous of China |journal=Nature |volume=471 |issue= 7340|pages=625–628 |doi=10.1038/nature09811 |author1=Ge Sun |author2=David L. Dilcher |author3=Hongshan Wang |author4=Zhiduan Chen |pmid=21455178 |bibcode = 2011Natur.471..625S |s2cid=205224036 |url=http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/13095 |url-access=subscription }}

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Gen. et sp.

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Valid

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Sun, Dilcher, Wang, & Chen

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Early Cretaceous

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Yixian Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A basal eudicot

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Oemleria janhartfordae{{cite journal |last1=Benedict |first1=JC |last2=DeVore |first2=ML |last3=Pigg |first3=KB |year=2011 |title=Prunus and Oemleria (Rosaceae) Flowers from the Late Early Eocene Republic Flora of Northeastern Washington State, U.S.A. |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=172 |issue=7 |pages=948–958 |doi=10.1086/660880|s2cid=39391439 }}

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Species

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Valid

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Benedict, DeVore, & Pigg

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Eocene
Ypresian

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Okanagan Highlands
Klondike Mountain Formation

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{{flag|USA}}
{{Flag|Washington}}

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An Osoberry flower

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Palmoxylon lametaei{{cite journal |last1=Dutta |first1=D. |last2=Ambwani |first2=K. |last3=Estrada-Ruiz |first3=E. |year=2011 |title=Late Cretaceous palm stem Palmoxylon lametaei sp. nov. from Bhisi Village, Maharashtra, India |journal=Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=1–9 |url=https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/572/57220090001.pdf }}

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Species

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Valid

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Dutta, Ambwani, & Estrada-Ruiz

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Maastrichtian

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Lameta Formation

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{{flag|India}}

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A palm wood morphospecies

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Prunus cathybrownae

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Species

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Valid

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Benedict, DeVore, & Pigg

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Eocene
Ypresian

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Okanagan Highlands
Klondike Mountain Formation

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{{flag|USA}}
{{Flag|Washington}}

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A cherry flower species

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File:Prunus cathybrownae SRIC.jpg]]

Nematoda

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Formicodiplogaster{{Cite journal |last1=Poinar |first1=G. |last2=Heiss |first2=E. |year=2011 |title=New Termitaphididae and Aradidae (Hemiptera) in Mexican and Dominican amber |journal= Palaeodiversity |volume=4 |pages = 51–62 |url= http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/04/Palaeodiversity_4_PoinarHeiss.pdf}}

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Gen et sp nov

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valid

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Poinar

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Burdigalian

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Dominican amber

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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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A diplogasterid nematode
The type species is F. myrmenema
parasite of Azteca species ants

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File:Formicodiplogaster myrmenema dauer juvenile.jpg]]

Lobopods

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Diania cactiformis{{Cite journal | last1 = Liu | first1 = J.| last2 = Steiner | first2 = M.| last3 = Dunlop | first3 = J. A. | last4 = Keupp | first4 = H.| last5 = Shu | first5 = D.| last6 = Ou | first6 = Q.| last7 = Han | first7 = J.| last8 = Zhang | first8 = Z.| last9 = Zhang | first9 = X.

| year = 2011 | title = An armoured Cambrian lobopodian from China with arthropod-like appendages | journal = Nature | volume = 470 | issue = 7335 | pages = 526–530| bibcode = 2011Natur.470..526L| doi = 10.1038/nature09704 | pmid = 21350485| s2cid = 4324509}}

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Valid

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Liu et al.

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Lower Cambrian

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Maotianshan shale

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{{Flag|China}}

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A lobopodian.

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Mureropodia apae

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Valid

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Gamez Vintaned, Linan, & Zhuravlev

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Early Cambrian

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Murero

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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A lobopodian.

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Siberion lenaicus

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Valid

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Dzik

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Early Cambrian

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Sinsk Formation

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A lobopodian.

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Vetulicolians

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Ooedigera peeli{{Cite journal | last1 = Vinther | first1 = J. | last2 = Smith | first2 = M. P. | last3 = Harper | first3 = D. A. T. | author-link3 = David Harper (palaeontologist)| doi = 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01034.x | title = Vetulicolians from the Lower Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, North Greenland, and the polarity of morphological characters in basal deuterostomes | journal = Palaeontology | volume = 54 | issue = 3 | pages = 711–719 | year = 2011 | s2cid = 85602402 }}

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gen. nov

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valid

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Zinther, et al.

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Early Cambrian

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Sirius Passet

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{{Flag|Greenland}}

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earliest known vetulicolian described

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File:Ooedigera peeli.jpg

Molluscs

{{main|List of gastropods described in 2011#Fossil gastropods}}

Arthropods

{{main|2011 in arthropod paleontology}}

Fishes

{{main|2011 in paleoichthyology}}

Amphibians

=Newly named lepospondyls=

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Kirktonecta{{cite journal |last=Clack |first=Jennifer A. |year=2011 |title=A new microsaur from the early Carboniferous (Viséan) of East Kirkton, Scotland, showing soft tissue evidence |journal=Special Papers in Palaeontology |volume=86 |pages=45–55 |url=https://www.palass.org/publications/special-papers-palaeontology/archive/86/article_pp45-55}}

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Gen. et sp.

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Valid

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  • Clack

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Viséan

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East Kirkton Quarry

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  • {{Flag|Scotland}}

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A microsaur.

| rowspan="47" |

Tambaroter{{cite journal |last=Henrici |first=A.C. |author2=Martens, T. |author3=Berman, D.S. |author4=Sumida, S.S. |year=2011 |title=An ostodolepid 'microsaur' (Lepospondyli) from the Lower Permian Tambach Formation of central Germany |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=5 |pages=997–1004 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.596601 |s2cid=129710688 }}

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Gen. et sp.

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Valid

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  • Henrici
  • Martens
  • et al.Henrici, Martens, Berman, Sumida.

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Early Permian

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Tambach Formation

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  • {{Flag|Germany}}

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An ostodolepid.

=Newly named temnospondyls=

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Acheloma dunni{{Cite journal|last1=Polley |first1=Brendan P. |last2=Reisz |first2=Robert R. |year=2011 |title=A new Lower Permian trematopid (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea) from Richards Spur, Oklahoma |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=4 |pages=789–815 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00668.x|doi-access=free |hdl=1807/18982 |hdl-access=free }}

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Species

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Valid

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  • Polley
  • Reisz

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Early Permian

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|

  • {{Flag|USA}}

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A trematopid.

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Calmasuchus{{Cite journal|last1=Fortuny |first1=Josep |last2=Galobart |first2=Àngel |last3=De Santisteban |first3=Carles |year=2011 |title=A new capitosaur from the Middle Triassic of Spain and the relationships within the Capitosauria |url=http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100025_acc.pdf |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=56 |issue=3 |pages=553–66 |doi=10.4202/app.2010.0025 |s2cid=55068128 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522161402/http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100025_acc.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-22 }}

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Gen. et sp.

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Valid

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  • Fortuny
  • Galobart
  • De Santisteban

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early-middle Anisian

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Catalan basin

|

  • {{Flag|Spain}}

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A capitosaurian.

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Rotaryus{{cite journal |author1=David S. Berman |author2=Amy C. Henrici |author3=Thomas Martens |author4=Stuart S. Sumida |author5=Jason S. Anderson |year=2011 |title=Rotaryus gothae, a New Trematopid (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea) from the Lower Permian of Central Germany |journal=Annals of Carnegie Museum |volume=80 |issue=1 |pages=49–65 |doi=10.2992/007.080.0106 |s2cid=84780478 }}

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Gen. et sp.

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Valid

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  • Berman
  • Henrici
  • et al.Berman, Henrici, Martens, Sumida, Anderson

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Early Permian

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Tambach Formation

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  • {{Flag|Germany}}

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A trematopid.

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Rubeostratilia{{cite journal |last=Bourget |first=Hélène |author2=Anderson, Jason S. |year=2011 |title=A new amphibamid (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea) from the Early Permian of Texas |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=32–49 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.539652|s2cid=85856972 }}

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Gen. et sp.

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Valid

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  • Bourget
  • Anderson

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Early Permian

|

|

  • {{Flag|USA}}

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An amphibamid.

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File:Rubeostratilia texensis.jpg

=Newly named lissamphibians=

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Urupia{{cite journal |author1=P.P. Skutschas |author2=S.A. Krasnolutskii |year=2011 |title=A new genus and species of basal salamanders from the Middle Jurassic of western Siberia, Russia |url=http://www.zin.ru/Journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_315_2/TZ_315_2_Skutschas.pdf |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences |volume=315 |issue=2 |pages=167–175 }}

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Gen. et sp.

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Valid

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  • Skutschas
  • Krasnolutskii

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Bathonian

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Itat Formation

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  • {{Flag|Russia}}

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A basal stem salamander.

| rowspan="47" |

Basal reptiles

=Newly named captorhinids=

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Gansurhinus{{Cite journal|author1=Robert R. Reisz |author2=Jun Liu |author3=Jin-Ling Li |author4=Johannes Müller |year=2011 |title=A new captorhinid reptile, Gansurhinus qingtoushanensis, gen. et sp. nov., from the Permian of China |journal=Naturwissenschaften |volume=98 |issue=5 |pages=435–441 |doi=10.1007/s00114-011-0793-0|pmid=21484260 |bibcode = 2011NW.....98..435R |s2cid=20274349 }}

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Gen. et sp.

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Valid

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  • Reisz
  • Liu
  • et al.Reisz, Liu, Li, Müller.

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Middle Permian

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|

  • {{flag|China}}

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A moradisaurine captorhinid.

| rowspan="99"|

=Newly named basal diapsids=

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Orovenator{{cite journal |author1=Robert R. Reisz |author2=Sean P. Modesto |author3=Diane M. Scott |year=2011 |title=A new Early Permian reptile and its significance in early diapsid evolution |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B |volume=278 |issue=1725 |pages=3731–3737 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2011.0439 |pmid=21525061 |pmc=3203498}}

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Gen. et sp.

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Valid

|

|

Sakmarian

|

|

  • {{flag|USA}}

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The oldest and most basal neodiapsid.

| rowspan="99"|

=Newly named ichthyosaurs=

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Sveltonectes{{cite journal |last=Fischer |first=V. |author2=Masure, E. |author3=Arkhangelsky, M.S. |author4=Godefroit, P. |year=2011 |title=A new Barremian (Early Cretaceous) ichthyosaur from western Russia |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=5 |pages=1010–1025 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.595464 |hdl=2268/92828 |s2cid=86036325 |url=https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/92828 }}

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Gen. et sp.

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Valid

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  • Fischer
  • Masure
  • et al.Fischer, Masure, Arkhangelsky, Godefroit.

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Barremian

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|

  • {{flag|Russia}}

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An ophthalmosaurid.

| rowspan="99"|

Lepidosauromorphs

=Newly named saurosphargids=

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! Notes

! Images

Sinosaurosphargis{{cite journal |last=Li |first=Chun |author2=Olivier Rieppel |author3=Xiao-Chun Wu |author4=Li-Jun Zhao |author5=Li-Ting Wang |year=2011 |title=A new Triassic marine reptile from southwestern China |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=303–312 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.550368|s2cid=130698779 }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Li
  • Rieppel
  • et al.Li, Rieppel, Wu, Zhao, Wang.

|

Middle Anisian

|

Guanling Formation

|

  • {{flag|China}}

|

An incertae sedis.

| rowspan="47" |

=Newly named sauropterygians=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Abyssosaurus{{cite journal |author=A. Yu. Berezin |year=2011 |title=A new plesiosaur of the family Aristonectidae from the early cretaceous of the center of the Russian platform |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=45 |issue=6 |pages=648–660 |doi=10.1134/S0031030111060037 |s2cid=129045087 }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Berezin

|

Late Hauterivian

|

|

  • {{flag|Russia}}

|

An aristonectid.

| rowspan="47" |

Diandongosaurus{{cite journal|author1=Shang Qing-Hua |author2=Wu Xiao-Chun |author3=Li Chun |year=2011 |title=A new eosauropterygian from Middle Triassic of eastern Yunnan Province, southwestern China |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201105/P020110530511087154324.pdf |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=49 |pages=155–171 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2011.02.002 |issue=2 }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Shang
  • Wu
  • Li

|

Middle Anisian

|

Guanling Formation

|

  • {{flag|China}}

|

A relative of nothosauroids.{{cite journal|author1=Tamaki Sato |author2=Yen-Nien Cheng |author3=Xiao-Chun Wu |author4=Hsi-Yin Shan |year=2013 |title=Diandongosaurus acutidentatus Shang, Wu & Li, 2011 (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) and the relationships of Chinese eosauropterygians |journal=Geological Magazine |volume= 151|issue= 1|pages= 121–133|doi=10.1017/S0016756813000356 |bibcode=2014GeoM..151..121S |s2cid=131666596 }}

Dianopachysaurus{{cite journal|author1=Jun Liu |author2=Olivier Rieppel |author3=Da-Yong Jiang |author4=Jonathan C. Aitchison |author5=Ryosuke Motani |author6=Qi-Yue Zhang |author7=Chang-Yong Zhou |author8=Yuan-Yuan Sun |year=2011 |title=A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the lower Middle Triassic of southwestern China and the phylogenetic relationships of Chinese pachypleurosaurs |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |pages=292–302 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.550363 |issue=2 |s2cid=86594206 }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Liu
  • Rieppel
  • et al.Liu, Rieppel, Jiang, Aitchison, Motani, Zhang, Zhou, Sun.

|

Middle Anisian

|

Guanling Formation

|

  • {{flag|China}}

|

A keichousaurid pachypleurosaur.

Hauffiosaurus tomistomimus{{Cite journal |author1=Roger B. J. Benson |author2=Hilary F. Ketchum |author3=Leslie F. Noè |author4=Marcela Gómez-Pérez |year=2011 |title=New information on Hauffiosaurus (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) based on a new species from the Alum Shale Member (Lower Toarcian: Lower Jurassic) of Yorkshire, UK |journal=Palaeontology |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=547–571 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01044.x |s2cid=55436528 |url=http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/2331/1/Benson_et_al_2011_Hauffiosaurus.pdf }}

|

Species

|

Valid

|

  • Benson
  • Ketchum
  • et al.Benson, Ketchum, Noè, Gómez-Pérez.

|

Early Toarcian

|

Whitby Limestone Formation

|

  • {{flag|England}}

|

A second species of Hauffiosaurus.

Marmornectes{{cite journal |author1=Hilary F. Ketchum |author2=Roger B. J. Benson |year=2011 |title=A new pliosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Oxford Clay Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian) of England: evidence for a gracile, longirostrine grade of Early–Middle Jurassic pliosaurids |journal=Special Papers in Palaeontology |volume=86 |pages=109–129 |url=https://www.palass.org/publications/special-papers-palaeontology/archive/86/article_pp109-129}}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Ketchum
  • Benson

|

Callovian

|

Oxford Clay Formation

|

  • {{flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A pliosaurid.

Westphaliasaurus{{cite book |year=2011 |title=Osteologie und Phylogenie von Westphaliasaurus simonsensii: Ein neuer Plesiosauride (Sauropterygia) aus dem Unteren Jura (Pliensbachium) von Sommersell (Kreis Höxter), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland [=Osteology and Phylogeny of Westphaliasaurus simonsensii, a new plesiosaurid (Sauropterygia) from the Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of Sommersell (Höxter district), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany] |journal=Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen |volume=79 |issue=1 |pages=56 pp |isbn=978-3-940726-14-8 |author1=Leonie Schwermann |author2=Martin Sander }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Schwermann
  • Sander

|

Pliensbachian

|

Höxter district

|

  • {{flag|Germany}}

|

A plesiosaurid plesiosaur.

Zarafasaura{{cite journal|author1=Peggy Vincent |author2=Nathalie Bardet |author3=Xabier Pereda Suberbiola |author4=Baâdi Bouya |author5=Mbarek Amaghzaz |author6=Saïd Meslouh |year=2011 |title=Zarafasaura oceanis, a new elasmosaurid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco and the palaeobiogeography of latest Cretaceous plesiosaurs |journal=Gondwana Research |volume=19 |pages=1062–1073 |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2010.10.005 |issue=4 |bibcode=2011GondR..19.1062V }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Vincent
  • Bardet
  • et al.Vincent, Bardet, Suberbiola, Bouya, Amaghzaz, Meslouh.

|

Maastrichtian

|

|

  • {{flag|Morocco}}

|

An elasmosaurid plesiosaur.

=Newly named lizards=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Brasiliguana{{cite journal |last=Nava |first=William R. |author2=Agustín G. Martinelli |year=2011 |title=A new squamate lizard from the Upper Cretaceous Adamantina Formation (Bauru Group), São Paulo State, Brazil |url=http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aabc/v83n1/v83n1a17.pdf |journal=Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |volume=83 |issue=1 |pages=291–299 |issn=0001-3765 |doi=10.1590/S0001-37652011000100017 |pmid=21437386 }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Nava
  • Martinelli

|

Turonian/Santonian

|

Adamantina Formation

|

  • {{flag|Brazil}}

|

An iguanian lizard.

| rowspan="47" |

Cryptolacerta{{cite journal |last=Müller |first=Johannes |author2=Christy A. Hipsley |author3=Jason J. Head |author4=Nikolay Kardjilov |author5=André Hilger |author6=Michael Wuttke |author7=Robert R. Reisz |year=2011 |title=Eocene lizard from Germany reveals amphisbaenian origins |journal=Nature |volume=473 |issue= 7347|pages=364–367 |doi=10.1038/nature09919 |bibcode = 2011Natur.473..364M |pmid=21593869|s2cid=205224382 }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Müller
  • Hipsley
  • et al.Müller, Hipsley, Head, Kardjilov, Hilger, Wuttke, Reisz.

|

Lutetian

|

Messel pit

|

  • {{flag|Germany}}

|

An amphisbaenian lizard.

Latoplatecarpus{{cite journal |last=Konishi |first=Takuya |author2=Michael W. Caldwell |year=2011 |title=Two new plioplatecarpine (Squamata, Mosasauridae) genera from the Upper Cretaceous of North America, and a global phylogenetic analysis of plioplatecarpines |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=754–783 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.579023|s2cid=85972311 }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Konishi
  • Caldwell

|

Campanian

|

Pierre Shale Formation

Demopolis Chalk Formation

|

  • {{flag|Canada}}
  • {{flag|USA}}

|

A plioplatecarpine mosasaur. Its type species is Latoplatecarpus willistoni; "Plioplatecarpus" nichollsae (Cuthbertson et al.., 2007) is a second species of Latoplatecarpus.

Oreithyia{{cite journal |author=Krister T. Smith |year=2011 |title=The Evolution of Mid-Latitude Faunas During the Eocene: Late Eocene Lizards of the Medicine Pole Hills Reconsidered |journal=Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History |volume=52 |issue=1 |pages=3–105 |doi=10.3374/014.052.0101 |s2cid=140545447 }}{{cite journal |author=Krister T. Smith |year=2011 |title=Oreithyia, a Replacement Name for Orithyia Smith, 2011, nec Orithyia Fabricius, 1798 |journal=Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=273 |doi=10.3374/014.052.0205 |s2cid=83777646 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

  • Smith

|

Eocene (Chadronian)

|

|

  • {{flag|United States}}

|

A member of Corytophanidae. The type species is Oreithyia oaklandi.

Plesioplatecarpus

|

Gen. et comb.

|

Valid

|

  • Konishi
  • Caldwell

|

Middle Coniacian to middle Santonian.

|

Niobrara Chalk

Eutaw Formation

|

  • {{flag|USA}}

|

A plioplatecarpine mosasaur, a new genus for "Clidastes" planifrons (Cope, 1874).

Queironius

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

  • Smith

|

Eocene (Chadronian)

|

|

  • {{flag|United States}}

|

A relative of the desert iguana. The type species is Queironius praelapsus.

Sauropithecoides

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

  • Smith

|

Eocene (Chadronian)

|

|

  • {{flag|United States}}

|

A member of Polychrotidae; a new genus for "Polychrus" charisticus Smith (2006).

=Newly named snakes=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Madtsoia pisdurensis{{cite journal |author1=Dhananjay M. Mohabey |author2=Jason J. Head |author3=Jeffrey A. Wilson |year=2011 |title=A new species of the snake Madtsoia from the Upper Cretaceous of India and its paleobiogeographic implications |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=588–595 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.560220 |s2cid=129792355 }}

|

Species

|

Valid

|

  • Mohabey
  • Head
  • Wilson

|

Late Cretaceous

|

|

  • {{flag|India}}

|

A madtsoiid snake.

| rowspan="47" |

Turtles

=Newly named turtles=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Albertwoodemys{{Cite journal |author1=Eugene S. Gaffney |author2=Peter A. Meylan |author3=Roger C. Wood |author4=Elwyn Simons |author5=Diógenes de Almeida Campos |year=2011 |title=Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the family Podocnemididae |journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |volume=350 |pages=1–237 |hdl=2246/6110|doi=10.1206/350.1|s2cid=83775718 }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Gaffney
  • Meylan
  • et al.Gaffney, Meylan, Wood, Simons and Campos

|

Early Oligocene

|

Jebel Qatrani Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Egypt}}

|

A podocnemidid.

|

Brontochelys

|

Gen. et comb.

|

Valid

|

  • Gaffney
  • Meylan
  • et al.

|

Early Miocene

|

|

  • {{Flag|Pakistan}}

|

A podocnemidid, a new genus for "Shweboemys" gaffneyi.

|

Cordichelys

|

Gen. et comb.

|

Valid

|

  • Gaffney
  • Meylan
  • et al.

|

Late Eocene

|

Qasr el-Sagha beds

|

  • {{Flag|Egypt}}

|

A podocnemidid, a new genus for "Podocnemis" antiqua.

|

Gilmoremys{{Cite journal |author1=Walter G. Joyce |author2=Tyler R. Lyson |year=2011 |title=New Material of Gilmoremys lancensis nov. comb. (Testudines: Trionychidae) from the Hell Creek Formation and the Diagnosis of Plastomenid Turtles |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=85 |issue=3 |pages=442–459 |doi=10.1666/10-127.1 |s2cid=129918006 }}

|

Gen. et comb.

|

Valid

|

  • Joyce
  • Lyson

|

Maastrichtian

|

Lance Formation

Hell Creek Formation

|

  • {{Flag|USA}}

|

A softshell turtle, new genus for "Aspideretes" lancensis (Gilmore, 1928).

|

Graptemys kerneri{{Cite journal |author1=Dana J. Ehret |author2=Jason R. Bourque |year=2011 |title=An extinct map turtle Graptemys (Testudines, Emydidae) from the late Pleistocene of Florida |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=575–587 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.562267 |s2cid=83693680 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

  • Ehret & Bourque

|

Late Pleistocene

|

|

  • {{Flag|United States}}

|

An emydid, a species of Graptemys.

|

Hispaniachelys{{Cite journal |author1=Ben J. Slater |author2=Matías Reolid |author3=Remmert Schouten |author4=Michael J. Benton |s2cid=86788319 |year=2011 |title=Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the family Podocnemididae |journal=Palaeontology |volume=54 |issue=6 |pages=1393–1414 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01100.x |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Slater
  • Reolid
  • et al.Slater, Reolid, Wood, Schouten and Benton

|

Oxfordian

|

Lorente Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Spain}}

|

A paracryptodire or a basal testudine.

|

Hoplochelys clark{{Cite journal |author1=Georgia E. Knauss |author2=Walter G. Joyce |author3=Tyler R. Lyson |author4=Dean Pearson |year=2011 |title=A new kinosternoid from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota and Montana and the origin of the Dermatemys mawii lineage |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=85 |issue=2 |pages=124–142 |doi=10.1007/s12542-010-0081-x |s2cid=129123961 }}

|

Species

|

Valid

|

  • Joyce
  • Lyson
  • et al.Knauss, Joyce, Lyson and Pearson

|

Maastrichtian

|

Hell Creek Formation

|

  • {{Flag|USA}}

|

A kinosternoid, a species of Hoplochelys.

|

Lapparentemys

|

Gen. et comb.

|

Valid

|

  • Gaffney
  • Meylan
  • et al.

|

Paleocene

|

Santa Lucía Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Bolivia}}

|

A podocnemidid, a new genus for "Roxochelys" vilavilensis.

|

Latentemys

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Gaffney
  • Meylan
  • et al.

|

Uncertain, possibly Miocene.

|

Uncertain, possibly Moghara Formation.

|

  • {{Flag|Egypt}}?

|

A podocnemidid.

|

Lemurchelys

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Gaffney
  • Meylan
  • et al.

|

Early Miocene

|

Moghara Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Egypt}}

|

A podocnemidid.

|

Mogharemys

|

Gen. et comb.

|

Valid

|

  • Gaffney
  • Meylan
  • et al.

|

Miocene

|

|

  • {{Flag|Egypt}}

|

A podocnemidid, a new genus for "Sternothaerus" blanckenhorni.

|

Oliveremys{{Cite journal |author=Natasha Vitek |year=2011 |title=Insights into the Taxonomy and Systematics of North American Eocene Soft-Shelled Turtles from a Well-Preserved Specimen |journal=Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=189–208 |doi=10.3374/014.052.0201 |s2cid=86206091 }}

|

Gen. et comb. nov.

|

Valid

|

  • Vitek

|

Eocene

|

Washakie Formation

|

  • {{Flag|USA}}

|

A trionychid, a new genus for "Trionyx" uintaensis.

|

Patagoniaemys{{Cite journal|author1=Juliana Sterli |author2=Marcelo S. De la Fuente |year=2011 |title=A new turtle from the La Colonia Formation (Campanian–Maastrichtian), Patagonia, Argentina, with remarks on the evolution of the vertebral column in turtles |journal=Palaeontology |volume=54 |issue=1 |pages=63–78 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01002.x |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Sterli
  • De la Fuente

|

Campanian - Maastrichtian

|

La Colonia Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A stem turtle.

|

Peiropemys

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Gaffney
  • Meylan
  • et al.

|

Late Cretaceous

|

Marília Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Brazil}}

|

A podocnemidid.

|

Pricemys

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Gaffney
  • Meylan
  • et al.

|

Late Cretaceous

|

Marília Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Brazil}}

|

A podocnemidid.

|

Prochelidella cerrobarcinae{{Cite journal |author=Marcelo S. de la Fuente |author2=Aldo M. Umazano |author3=Juliana Sterli |author4=José L. Carballido |year=2011 |title=New chelid turtles of the lower section of the Cerro Barcino formation (Aptian-Albian?), Patagonia, Argentina |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=527–537 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2011.03.007 }}

|

Species

|

Valid

|

  • de la Fuente
  • Umazano
  • et al.de la Fuente, Umazano, Sterli and Carballido

|

Aptian/Albian

|

Cerro Barcino Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Argentina}}

|

The oldest known chelid, a species of Prochelidella.

|

Selenemys{{cite journal |last=Pérez-García |first=Adán |author2=Ortega, Francisco |year=2011 |title=Selenemys lusitanica, gen. et sp. nov., a new pleurosternid turtle (Testudines: Paracryptodira) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=60–69 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.540054|s2cid=129187024 }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Pérez-García
  • Ortega

|

Upper Kimmeridgian

|

Lusitanian Basin

|

  • {{Flag|Portugal}}

|

A pleurosternid.

|

Sokatra{{Cite journal |author=Eugene S. Gaffney|author2=David W. Krause |year=2011 |title=Sokatra, a new side-necked turtle (late Cretaceous, Madagascar) and the diversification of the main groups of Pelomedusoides |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3728 |pages=1–28 |hdl=2246/6147|doi=10.1206/3728.2|s2cid=83533723 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/4597949 }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Gaffney
  • Krause

|

Maastrichtian

|

Maevarano Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Madagascar}}

|

A pleurodiran.

|

Trionyx ikoviensis{{cite journal |author1=I.G. Danilov |author2=E.A. Zvonok |author3=E.V. Syromyatnikova |author4=N.I. Udovichenko |year=2011 |title=A new species of soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae) from the Middle Eocene of Ukraine |url=http://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_315_4/TZ_315_4_Danilov.pdf |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences |volume=315 |issue=4 |pages=399–411 }}

|

Species

|

Valid

|

  • Danilov
  • Zvonok
  • et al.Danilov, Zvonok, Syromyatnikova and Udovichenko

|

Middle Eocene

|

|

  • {{Flag|Ukraine}}

|

A species of Trionyx sensu lato.

|

Wilburemys{{Cite journal |last1=Martin |first1=J. E. |last2=Mallory |first2=V. S. |year=2011 |title=Vertebrate paleontology of the late Miocene (Hemphillian) Wilbur Locality of central Washington |journal=Paludicola |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=155–185 |url=https://www.academia.edu/14554703 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Martin & Mallory

|

Late Miocene-Pliocene
(Hemphillian-Blancan)

|

Ellensburg Formation

|

{{Flag|USA}}
{{flag|Washington}}

|

An emydine Emydidae pond turtle.
The type species is W. yakimensis.

|

Archosauromorphs

=Newly named basal archosauromorphs=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Archeopelta{{Cite journal|author1=Julia B. Desojo |author2=Martin D. Ezcurra |author3=Cesar L. Schultz |year=2011 |title=An unusual new archosauriform from the Middle–Late Triassic of southern Brazil and the monophyly of Doswelliidae |journal= Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=4 |pages=839–871 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00655.x |doi-access=free |hdl=11336/160636 |hdl-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Desojo
  • Ezcurra
  • Schultz

|

Late Ladinian/Early Carnian

|

Santa Maria Formation

|

  • {{flag|Brazil}}

|

A member of Archosauriformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally classified as a doswelliid, but subsequently argued to be an erpetosuchid archosaur.{{Cite journal|author1=Martín D. Ezcurra |author2=Lucas E. Fiorelli |author3=Agustín G. Martinelli |author4=Sebastián Rocher |author5=M. Belén von Baczko |author6=Miguel Ezpeleta |author7=Jeremías R. A. Taborda |author8=E. Martín Hechenleitner |author9=M. Jimena Trotteyn |author10=Julia B. Desojo |year=2017 |title=Deep faunistic turnovers preceded the rise of dinosaurs in southwestern Pangaea |journal=Nature Ecology & Evolution |volume=1 |issue=10 |pages=1477–1483 |doi=10.1038/s41559-017-0305-5 |pmid=29185518 |hdl=11336/41466 |s2cid=10007967 |hdl-access=free }}

|

File:Archeopelta arborensis.jpg]]

Augustaburiania{{Cite journal| last=Sennikov |first=A.G. |year=2011 |title=New Tanystropheids (Reptilia: Archosauromorpha) from the Triassic of Europe |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=95–104 |doi=10.1134/S0031030111010151|s2cid=85193597 }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Sennikov

|

Early Triassic

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Don River Basin

|

  • {{flag|Russia}}

|

The earliest tanystropheid.

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Kyrgyzsaurus{{cite journal |author1=V. R. Alifanov |author2=E. N. Kurochkin |year=2011 |title=Kyrgyzsaurus bukhanchenkoi gen. et sp. nov., a new reptile from the triassic of southwestern Kyrgyzstan |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=45 |issue=6 |pages=639–647 |doi=10.1134/S0031030111060025 |s2cid=84563146 }}

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Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Alifanov
  • Kurochkin

|

Late Ladinian/Early Carnian

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Madygen Formation

|

  • {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

|

The earliest drepanosaurid.

|

Protanystropheus

|

Gen. et comb.

|

Valid

|

  • Sennikov

|

Middle - Late Triassic

|

|

  • {{flag|Austria}}
  • {{flag|Germany}}
  • {{flag|Netherlands}}
  • {{flag|Poland}}

|

A tanystropheid, a new genus for "Tanystropheus" antiquus (von Huene, 1905).

|

=Archosaurs=

{{main|2011 in archosaur paleontology}}

Synapsids

=Newly named non-mammalian synapsids=

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Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Annatherapsidus postum{{cite journal |last=Ivakhnenko |first=M.F. |year=2011 |title=Permian and Triassic therocephals (Eutherapsida) of Eastern Europe |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=45 |issue=9 |pages=981–1144 |doi=10.1134/S0031030111090012|s2cid=128958135 }}

|

Sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Ivakhnenko

|

Late Permian

|

|

  • {{Flag|Russia}}

|

A therocephalian.

|

Basilodon{{cite journal |last=Kammerer |first=C.F. |author2=Angielczyk, K.D. |author3=Fröbisch, J. |year=2011 |title=A comprehensive taxonomic revision of Dicynodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and its implications for dicynodont phylogeny, biogeography, and biostratigraphy |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=Suppl. 1 |pages=1–158 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.627074|s2cid=84987497 }}

|

Gen. et comb.

|

Valid

|

  • Kammerer
  • Angielczyk
  • Fröbisch

|

Late Permian

|

|

  • {{Flag|South Africa}}

|

A dicynodont. A new genus for "Dicynodon" woodwardi.

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Bridetherium{{cite journal |author=William A. Clemens |year=2011 |title=New morganucodontans from an Early Jurassic fissure filling in Wales (United Kingdom) |journal=Palaeontology |volume=54 |issue=5 |pages=1139–1156 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01094.x |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Clemens

|

Early Jurassic

|

|

  • {{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A morganucodontan.

|

Candelariodon{{cite journal |author1=Téo Veiga De Oliveira |author2=Cesar Leandro Schultz |author3=Marina Bento Soares |author4=Carlos Nunes Rodrigues |year=2011 |title=A new carnivorous cynodont (Synapsida, Therapsida) from the Brazilian Middle Triassic (Santa Maria Formation): Candelariodon barberenai gen. et sp. nov. |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z03027p028f.pdf |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3027 |pages=19–28 |issn=1175-5334 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3027.1.3 }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • De Oliveira
  • Schultz
  • et al.De Oliveira, Schultz, Soares, Rodrigues.

|

Middle Triassic

|

Santa Maria Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Brazil}}

|

A carnivorous cynodont.

|

Cryptovenator{{cite journal |year=2011 |title=A new basal sphenacodontid synapsid from the Late Carboniferous of the Saar-Nahe Basin, Germany |url=http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100039.pdf |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=113–120 |doi=10.4202/app.2010.0039 |author1=Jörg Fröbisch |author2=Rainer R. Schoch |author3=Johannes Müller |author4=Thomas Schindler |author5=Dieter Schweiss |s2cid=45410472 }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Fröbisch
  • Schoch
  • et al.Fröbisch, Schoch, Müller, Schindler, Schweiss.

|

Late Gzhelian

|

Remigiusberg Formation

|

  • {{Flag|Germany}}

|

A sphenacodontid pelycosaur. The type species is Cryptovenator hirschbergeri.

|

Euptychognathus

|

Gen. et comb.

|

Valid

|

  • Kammerer
  • Angielczyk
  • Fröbisch

|

Late Permian

|

|

  • {{Flag|South Africa}}

|

A dicynodont. A new genus for "Dicynodon" bathyrhynchus.

|

Euromycter{{cite journal|author1=Robert R. Reisz |author2=Hillary C. Maddin |author3=Jörg Fröbisch |author4=Jocelyn Falconnet |year=2011 |title=A new large caseid (Synapsida, Caseasauria) from the Permian of Rodez (France), including a reappraisal of "Casea" rutena Sigogneau-Russell & Russell, 1974 |url=http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/36313_g2011n2a2.pdf |journal=Geodiversitas |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=227–246 |doi=10.5252/g2011n2a2 |s2cid=129458820 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319204109/http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/36313_g2011n2a2.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-19 }}

|

Gen. et comb.

|

Valid

|

  • Reisz
  • Maddin
  • et al.Reisz, Maddin, Fröbisch, Falconnet.

|

Upper Sakmarian - Lower Lopingian

|

Grès Rouge Group

|

  • {{flag|France}}

|

A large caseid. A new genus for "Casea" rutena.

|

Gorochovetzia

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Ivakhnenko

|

Late Permian

|

|

  • {{Flag|Russia}}

|

A therocephalian.

|

Keyseria

|

Gen. et comb.

|

Valid

|

  • Kammerer
  • Angielczyk
  • Fröbisch

|

Late Permian

|

|

  • {{Flag|South Africa}}

|

A dicynodont. A new genus for "Dicynodon" benjamini.

|

Muchia

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Ivakhnenko

|

Late Permian

|

|

  • {{Flag|Russia}}

|

A therocephalian.

|

Paceyodon

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Clemens

|

Early Jurassic

|

|

  • {{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A morganucodontan.

|

Peramodon

|

Gen. et comb.

|

Valid

|

  • Kammerer
  • Angielczyk
  • Fröbisch

|

Late Permian

|

|

  • {{Flag|Russia}}

|

A dicynodont. A new genus for "Dicynodon" amalitzkii

|

Perplexisaurus lepusculus

|

Species

|

Valid

|

  • Ivakhnenko

|

Middle Permian

|

|

  • {{Flag|Russia}}

|

A therocephalian.

|

Purlovia

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Ivakhnenko

|

Late Permian

|

|

  • {{Flag|Russia}}

|

A therocephalian with a short skull.

|

File:Purlovia maxima.jpg]]

Ruthenosaurus

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Reisz
  • Maddin
  • et al.

|

Upper Sakmarian - Lower Lopingian

|

Grès Rouge Group

|

  • {{flag|France}}

|

A large caseid. The type species is Ruthenosaurus russellorum

|

Syops

|

Gen. et comb.

|

Valid

|

  • Kammerer
  • Angielczyk
  • Fröbisch

|

Late Permian

|

|

  • {{Flag|South Africa}}

|

A dicynodont. A new genus for "Dicynodon" vanhoepeni.

|

Tiarajudens{{Cite journal|author1=Cisneros, J.C. |author2=Abdala, F. |author3=Rubidge, B.S. |author4=Dentzien-Dias, D. |author5=Bueno, A.O. |year=2011|title=Dental Occlusion in a 260-Million-Year-Old Therapsid with Saber Canines from the Permian of Brazil|journal=Science|volume=331|pages=1603–1605|doi=10.1126/science.1200305|issue=6024|pmid=21436452|bibcode = 2011Sci...331.1603C |s2cid=8178585 }}

|

Gen. et sp.

|

Valid

|

  • Cisneros
  • Abdala
  • et al.Cisneros, Abdala, Rubidge, Dentzien-Dias, Bueno.

|

Capitanian

|

Rio do Rasto Formation

|

  • {{flag|Brazil}}

|

A basal, saber-toothed herbivorous anomodont. The type species is Tiarajudens eccentricus.

|

=Mammals=

{{main|2011 in mammal paleontology}}

Footnotes

=Complete author list=

As science becomes more collaborative, papers with large numbers of authors are becoming more common. To prevent the deformation of the tables, these footnotes list the contributors to papers that erect new genera and have many authors.

=References=

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