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==Plants==
===Angiosperms===
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''[[Hemiptelea mikii]]''<ref name="Hemiptelea1988">{{cite journal |last1=Minaki |first1=M. |last2=Noshiro |first2=S. |last3=Suzuki |first3=M. |year=1988 |title=''Hemiptelea mikii'' sp. nov. (Ulmaceae), fossil fruits and woods from the Pleistocene of central Japan. |journal=The Botanical Magazine - Shokubutsu-gaku-zasshi |volume=101 |issue=4 |pages=337–351|doi=10.1007/BF02488081 |s2cid=41884511 }}</ref>
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sp nov
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Minaki, Noshiro, & Suzuki
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[[Pleistocene]]
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{{Flag|Japan}}
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An [[Ulmaceae|ulmaceous]] species 
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''[[Keratosperma]]''<ref name="Keratosperma1988">{{cite journal |last1=Cevallos-Ferriz |first1=S |last2=Stockey |first2=RA |year=1988 |title=Permineralized fruits and seeds from the Princeton Chert (Middle Eocene) of British Columbia: Araceae |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=75 |issue=8 |pages=1099–1113 |doi=10.2307/2444092|jstor=2444092 }}</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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valid
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Cevallos-Ferriz & Stockey
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[[Eocene]]<br/>[[Ypresian]]
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[[Eocene Okanagan Highlands|Okanagan Highlands]]<br/>[[Princeton Chert]]
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{{Flag|Canada}}<br/>{{Flag|British Columbia}}
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A [[Lasioideae|lasioid]] [[Araceae|arum family]] seed genus.<br/>The type species is ''K. allenbyensis''
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''[[Pistillipollianthus]]''<ref name="Pistillipollianthus">{{cite journal |last1=Stockey |first1=R. A. |last2=Manchester |first2=S. R. |year=1988 |title=A fossil flower with in situ ''Pistillipollenites'' from the Eocene of British Columbia |journal=Canadian Journal of Botany |volume=66 |issue=2 |pages=313–318|doi=10.1139/b88-051 }}</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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valid
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Stockey & Manchester
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[[Eocene]]<br/>[[Ypresian]]
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[[Eocene Okanagan Highlands|Okanagan Highlands]]<br/>[[Horsefly Shales]]
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{{Flag|Canada}}<br/>{{Flag|British Columbia}}
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A flower of uncertain affinities<br/>The type species is ''P. wilsoni''.<br/> Producer of the ''[[Pistillipollenites macgregorii]]'' palynomorph.
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''[[Salmonensea]]''<ref name="Wolfe1988"/>
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Gen et Comb nov
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Valid
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[[Jack A. Wolfe|Wolfe]] & [[Wesley C. Wehr|Wehr]]
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[[Middle Eocene|late Middle Eocene]]
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[[Salmon Flora]]
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{{Flag|USA}}<br/>{{Flag|Idaho}}
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A [[Rosaceae|rosaceous]] genus<br/> The type species is ''S. prefoliolosa''<br/> Moved from ''[[Chamaebatia prefoliolosa]]'' ([[1935 in paleontology|1935]])
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[[File:Salmonensea prefoliolosa Holotype USNM 39420 B&A.png|thumb|center|upright|''[[Salmonensea prefoliolosa]]'']]
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''[[Sorbaria wahrhaftigii]]''<ref name="Wolfe1988">{{cite journal|last1=Wolfe|first1=J.A.|last2=Wehr |first2=W.C. |year=1988 |title=Rosaceous ''Chamaebatiaria''-like foliage from the Paleogene of western North America |journal=Aliso |volume= 12 |issue=1 |pages= 177–200 |doi=10.5642/aliso.19881201.14|url= https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70014287|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp nov
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Valid
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[[Jack A. Wolfe|Wolfe]] & [[Wesley C. Wehr|Wehr]]
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[[Eocene]]<br/>[[Late Eocene|latest Eocene]]
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[[Rex Creek Flora]]
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{{Flag|USA}}<br/>{{Flag|Alaska}}
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A [[Rosaceae|rosaceous]] species 
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[[File:Sorbaria wahrhaftigii Holotype USNM 396063D and paratypes USNM 396063A-C.png|thumb|center|upright|''[[Sorbaria wahrhaftigii]]'']]
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''[[Stockeya]]''<ref name="Wolfe1988"/>
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Gen, sp et Comb nov
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Valid
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[[Jack A. Wolfe|Wolfe]] & [[Wesley C. Wehr|Wehr]]
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[[late Oligocene]]
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[[Creede Formation]]
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{{Flag|USA}}<br/>{{Flag|Colorado}}
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''[[Chamaebatiaria creedensis]]'' ([[1937 in paleontology|1937]])
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A [[Rosaceae|rosaceous]] genus<br/> The type species is ''S. creedensis''<br/>Also includes ''S. montana''
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[[File:Stockeya montana holotype UMMP 33607 A.png|thumb|center|upright|''[[Stockeya montana]]'']]
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''[[Stonebergia]]''<ref name="Wolfe1988"/>
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Gen et sp nov
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Valid
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[[Jack A. Wolfe|Wolfe]] & [[Wesley C. Wehr|Wehr]]
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[[Eocene]]<br/>[[Ypresian]]
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[[Eocene Okanagan Highlands|Okanagan Highlands]]<br/>[[Allenby Formation]]
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{{Flag|Canada}}<br/>{{Flag|British Columbia}}
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A [[Rosaceae|rosaceous]] genus<br/> The type species is ''S. columbiana'' 
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[[File:Stonebergia columbiana holotype UWBM 54110A.png|thumb|center|upright|''[[Stonebergia columbiana]]'']]
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==Arthropods==
===Crustaceans===
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''[[Pseudotealliocaris palincsari]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1988 |title=Pseudotealliocaris palincsari n. sp., a pygocephalomorph from the Pocono Formation, Mississippian of Pennsylvania |url=http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/24584 |journal=Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History |volume=21 |pages=221–225 |doi=10.5962/bhl.part.24584 |issn=0080-5947|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp nov
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jr synonym
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[[Frederick Schram|Schram]]
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[[Famennian]]
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[[Huntley Mountain Formation]]
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{{Flag|USA}}<br/>{{Flag|Pennsylvania}}
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Moved to the genus ''[[Tealliocaris]]'' in [[2013 in arthropod paleontology|2013]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Clark |first=Neil D.L. |date=2013-12-20 |title=Tealliocaris: a decapod crustacean from the Carboniferous of Scotland |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259357821 |journal=Palaeodiversity |volume=6 |pages=107–133 |s2cid=83091612}}</ref> Though initially reported to be from the [[Pocono Formation]], the deposits it was found in are now considered part of the Huntley Mountain Formation.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jones |first=Wade T. |last2=Feldmann |first2=Rodney M. |last3=Schram |first3=Frederick R. |last4=Schweitzer |first4=Carrie E. |last5=Maguire |first5=Evin P. |date=2016 |title=The Proof is in the Pouch: Tealliocaris is a Peracarid |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289372782 |journal=Palaeodiversity |language=en |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=75–88 |doi=10.18476/pale.v9.a5 |issn=1867-6294}}</ref>
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===Insects===
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''[[Aneuretellus]]''<ref name="Dlussky1988">{{cite journal |last1=Dlussky |first1=G. M. |year=1988 |title=Ants of Sakhalin amber (Paleocene?) |journal=Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal |volume=1988 |issue=1 |pages=50–61 |url=http://antcat.s3.amazonaws.com/884/5739.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJJR3DGROFMVL2FBQ&Expires=1500428920&Signature=KA7jsuMdjMIJMuVnNTfxKs430j4%3D |language=ru }}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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valid 
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Dlussky
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[[Middle Eocene]]
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[[Sakhalin amber]]
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{{Flag|Russia}}
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An [[Aneuretinae|aneuretine]] ant
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''[[Protopone primigena]]''<ref name="Dlussky1988"/><ref name=Dlussky2012>{{Cite journal |last1= Dlussky |first1= G.M. |last2= Wedmann |first2= S. | title = The poneromorph ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Amblyoponinae, Ectatomminae, Ponerinae) of Grube Messel, Germany: High biodiversity in the Eocene |journal= [[Journal of Systematic Palaeontology]] |volume= 10 |issue= 4 |pages= 725–753 |year= 2012 | doi = 10.1080/14772019.2011.628341|s2cid= 83928415 }}{{subscription required|via=[[Taylor & Francis]]}}</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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valid 
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Dlussky
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[[Middle Eocene]]
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[[Sakhalin amber]]
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{{Flag|Russia}}
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A [[ponerinae|ponerine]] ant
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[[File:Protopone primigena holotype PIN3387-31 01.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Protopone primigena]]'']]
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''[[Zherichinius]]''<ref name="Dlussky1988"/>
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Gen et 2 sp nov
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valid 
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Dlussky
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Middle Eocene
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Sakhalin amber
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{{Flag|Russia}}
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A [[Dolichoderinae|dolichoderine]] ant<br/>The type species is ''Z. horiibilis''<br/> Also includes ''Z. rapax''
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[[File:PIN3387-37 Zherichinius horribilis.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Zherichinius horribilis]]'']]
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==Archosauromorphs==

===Newly named non-avian dinosaurs===
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.<ref name="ddinogeorge">{{cite web | last = Olshevsky | first = George | title = Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List | url = http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html | access-date = 2008-08-07 | archive-date = 2011-07-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* The dubious family, [[Ornitholestidae]] is named by [[Gregory Scott Paul]].

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''[[Anserimimus]]''<ref>Barsbold, R. 1988. A new late Cretaceous ornithomimid of Mongolia [in Russian]. Paleontol. J. 1: pp. 122-125.</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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Valid
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[[Rinchen Barsbold|Barsbold]]
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[[Late Cretaceous]]
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[[Nemegt Formation]]
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{{Flag|Mongolia}}
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An [[Ornithomimidae|ornithomimid]] theropod
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[[File:Anserimimus.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Anserimimus planinychus|Anserimimus&nbsp;planinychus]]'']]
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|''[[Brachylophosaurus|Brachylophosaurus goodwini]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Horner |first=John R. |date=1988-09-23 |title=A new hadrosaur (Reptilia, Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.1988.10011714 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=314–321 |doi=10.1080/02724634.1988.10011714 |issn=0272-4634}}</ref>
|Sp nov
|[[Junior synonym]]
|[[Jack Horner (paleontologist)|Horner]]
|[[Campanian]]
|McClellend Ferry Member, Judith River Formation
|{{Flag|USA}} {{Flag|Montana}}
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|A [[Saurolophinae|saurolophine]] hadrosaurid. Junior synonym of ''Brachylophosaurus canadensis'' or an indeterminate [[Brachylophosaurini|brachylophosaurin]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Freedman Fowler |first1=Elizabeth A. |last2=Horner |first2=John R. |date=2015-11-11 |title=A New Brachylophosaurin Hadrosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) with an Intermediate Nasal Crest from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Northcentral Montana |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=11 |pages=e0141304 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0141304 |pmid=26560175 |pmc=4641681 |issn=1932-6203 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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''[[Cathetosaurus]]''<ref>Jensen, J.A. 1988. A fourth new sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of the Colorado Plateau and sauropod bipedalism. Great Basin Nat. 48 (2), pp. 121-145.</ref><ref name="Mateus, O. 2013">Mateus, O., & Tschopp E. (2013). ''Cathetosaurus'' as a valid sauropod genus and comparisons with ''Camarasaurus''. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2013. 173.</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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valid
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[[James A. Jensen|Jensen]]
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[[Late Jurassic]]
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{{Flag|USA}} {{nowrap|{{Flag|Colorado}} }}
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{{nowrap|A [[camarasauromorph]] sauropod}} The type species is ''C. lewisi''
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[[File:Cathetosaurus skeleton 1.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Cathetosaurus lewisi]]'']]
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''"[[Chassternbergia]]"''<ref name="bakker88denversaurus">Bakker, R. T. 1988. Review of the late Cretaceous Nodosaurid Dinosauria,'' Denversaurus schlessmani'', a new armor-plated dinosaur from the Latest Cretaceous of South Dakota, the Last Survivor of the Nodosaurians, with comments on Stegosaur-Nodosaur Relationships. Hunteria 1 (3), pp. 3-23.</ref>
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Subgen Nov
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[[Junior synonym]]
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[[Robert Bakker|Bakker]]
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[[Campanian]]
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[[Dinosaur Park Formation]]
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{{Flag|Canada}} {{Flag|Alberta}}
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Jr synonym of ''[[Edmontonia]]''
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[[File:Edmontonia rugosidens armour AMNH 5381.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Edmontonia rugosidens]]'']]
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''[[Denversaurus]]''<ref name="bakker88denversaurus" />
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Gen et sp nov
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Valid
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Bakker
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[[Cretaceous]] [[Maastrichtian|late Maastrichtian]]
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[[Lance Formation]]
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{{Flag|USA}}
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A [[Nodosauridae|nodosaurid]]
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[[File:Dinosaur exhibit - Houston Museum of Natural Science - DSC01881.JPG|thumb|center|upright|''[[Denversaurus schlessmani]]'' (on left)]]
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''[[Giraffatitan]]''
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Gen et comb nov
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Valid
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[[Gregory S. Paul|Paul]]
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[[Late Jurassic]]
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[[Tendaguru formation]]
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{{Flag|Tanzania}}
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''[[Brachiosaurus brancai]]'' [[1914 in paleontology|1914]]
''[[Brachiosaurus fraasi]]'' [[1914 in paleontology|1914]]
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A sauropod {{nowrap|The type species is ''G. brancai''}}
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[[Image:Giraffatitan DB.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Giraffatitan brancai]]'']]
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''"[[Hironosaurus]]"''
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Gen nov
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''[[Nomen nudum]]''
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[[Kunihiko Hisa|Hisa]]
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Late Cretaceous
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{{Flag|Japan}}
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A possible hadrosaurid, undescribed
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''"[[Kagasaurus]]"''
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Gen nov
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''[[Nomen nudum]]''
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Hisa
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Early Cretaceous
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{{Flag|Japan}}
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A possible dromeosaurid, undescribed
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''[[Kotasaurus]]''<ref>Yadagiri, P. 1988. A new sauropod ''Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis'' from Lower Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Records of the Geological Survey of India 116 (3-8): pp. 102-127.</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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Valid
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Yadagiri
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[[Early Jurassic]]
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[[Kota Formation]]
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{{Flag|India}}
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A basal sauropod
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''[[Nanotyrannus]]''<ref>Bakker, R.T., M. Williams, and P. Currie. 1988. ''Nanotyrannus'', a new genus of pygmy tyrannosaur, from the latest Cretaceous of Montana. Hunteria 1: pp. 1-30.</ref>
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Gen et comb nov 
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Valid?
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Bakker, Williams, & [[Philip J. Currie|Currie]]
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[[Late Cretaceous]]
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[[Lance Formation]]
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{{Flag|USA}} {{Flag|Montana}}
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Possible [[junior synonym]] of ''[[Tyrannosaurus]]''.
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[[Image:JANE head replica.JPG|thumb|center|upright|''[[Nanotyrannus lancensis]]'']]
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''[[Orodromeus]]''<ref>Horner, J.R. and D.B. Weishampel. 1988. A comparative embryological study of two ornithischian dinosaurs. Nature 332: pp. 256- 257.</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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Valid
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[[Jack Horner (paleontologist)|Horner]] & [[David Weishampel|Weishampel]]
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[[Cretaceous]] [[Campanian]]
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[[Two Medicine Formation]]
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An ornithopod {{nowrap|The type species is ''O. makelai''}}
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[[File:Orodromeus (pencil 2013).png|thumb|center|upright|''[[Orodromeus makelai]]'']]
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''"Protognathus"''<ref>Olshevsky, G. 1991. A Revision of the Parainfraclass Archosauria Cope, 1869, Excluding the Advanced Crocodylia. Mesozoic Meanderings 2 (1st printing): iv + 196 pages.</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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[[Senior synonym]]
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Zhang
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[[Middle Jurassic]]
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[[Shaximiao Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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{{ubl|Junior [[homonym (biology)|homonym]] of ''Protognathus'' <small>Basilewsky, 1950;</small> (syn. for [[Pseudognathaphanus]], <small>Schauberger, 1932</small>);|renamed ''[[Protognathosaurus]]'' in [[1991 in paleontology|1991]]}}
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''"[[Stenotholus]]"''<ref>Giffin, E. B., D.L. Gabriel, and R.E. Johnson. 1987. A new pachycephalosaurid skull (Ornithischia) from the Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana. J. Vert. Palaeontol. 7 (4); pp. 398-407.</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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[[Junior synonym]]
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Giffin, Gabriel, & Johnson
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Late Cretaceous
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[[Hell Creek Formation]]
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{{Flag|USA}} {{Flag|Montana}}
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[[Junior synonym]] of ''[[Stygimoloch]]''
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[[File:Berlin Naturkundemuseum Dino Schaedel.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Stygimoloch|Stygimoloch&nbsp;spinifer]]'']]
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===Newly named birds===
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''[[Ciconia kahli]]'' <ref name=Ciconia>{{Cite journal|author=Philippa J. Haarhoff |year=1988 |title=A New Fossil Stork (Aves, Ciconiidae) from the Late Tertiary of Langebaanweg, South Africa |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40688384#page/385/mode/1up |journal=Annals of the South African Museum |volume=97 |pages=297–313 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Sp. nov.
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[[Philippa J. Haarhoff|Haarhoff]]
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[[Early Pliocene]]
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[[Varswater Formation]]
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{{flag|South Africa}}
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A [[Ciconiidae]].
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''[[Diomedea rumana]]'' <ref name=Morus>{{Cite journal|author1=Dan Grigorescu  |author2=Jenö Kessler |year=1988 |title=New Contributions to the Knowledge of the Sarmatian Birds from South Dobrogea in the Frame of the Eastern Paratethyan Avifauna |journal=Revue Roumaine de Géologie, Géophysique et Géographie, Série Géologie |volume=32 |pages=91–97 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Sp. nov.
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[[Dan Grigorescu|Grigorescu]] & [[Jenö Kessler|Kessler]]
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[[Middle Miocene]]
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{{flag|Romania}}
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A [[Diomedeidae]].
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''[[Gymnogyps kofordi]]'' <ref name=Gymnogyps>{{Cite journal|author=Steven D. Emslie |year=1988 |title=The Fossil History and Phylogenetic Relationships of Condors (Ciconiiformes: Vulturidae) in the New World |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=8 |issue= 2|pages=212–228 |doi=10.1080/02724634.1988.10011699}}</ref>
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Valid
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Sp. nov.
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[[Steven D. Emslie|Emslie]]
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[[Pleistocene]]<br/>[[Irvingtonian]]
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{{flag|USA}}<br/>{{flag|Florida}}
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A [[Cathartidae]].
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''[[Hadrogyps]]'' <ref name=Hadrogyps>{{Cite journal|author=Steven D. Emslie |year=1988 |title=An Early Condor-like Vulture from North America |url=http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v105n03/p0529-p0535.pdf |journal=The Auk |volume=105 |issue=3 |pages=529–535 |doi=10.1093/auk/105.3.529 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Gen. et sp. nov.
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[[Steven D. Emslie|Emslie]]
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[[Middle Miocene]]<br/>[[Barstovian]]
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[[Round Mountain Silt]]
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{{flag|USA}}<br/>{{flag|California}}
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A [[Cathartidae|cathartid]]<br/>The type species is ''H. aigialeus''.
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''[[Jungornis]]'' <ref name=Jungornis>{{Cite journal|author=Aleksandr A. Karkhu |year=1988 |title=A New Family of Swift-Like Birds from the Paleogene of Europe |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=22 |pages=77–88 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Fam, gen et sp nov.
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[[Aleksandr A. Karkhu|Karkhu]]
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[[Early Oligocene]]
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[[Maykop Formation]]
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{{flag|Russia}}
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A [[Jungornithidae]] [[Apodiformes]]<br/> the type species is ''J. tesselatus''.
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''[[Lithornis]]'' <ref name=Houde>{{Cite journal|author=Peter W. Houde |year=1988 |title=Paleognathous Birds from the Early Tertiary of the Northern Hemisphere |journal=Publication of the Nuttall Ornithological Club |volume=22 |pages=1–148 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Subord, Fam, Gen et sp. nov.
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[[Peter W. Houde|Houde]]
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[[Late Paleocene]]<br/>[[Early Tiffanian]]
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[[Fort Union Formation]]
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{{flag|USA}}<br/>{{flag|Montana}}
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A [[Lithornithidae|lithornithid]] [[palaeognathae]]n<br/> The genus includes ''L. celetius'', ''L. plebius'', & ''L. promiscuus''
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''[[Messelornis]]'' <ref name=Messelornis>{{Cite journal|author=Angelika Hesse |year=1988 |title=Die †Messelornithidae-Ein Neue Familie der Kranichartigen (Aves: Gruiformes: Rhynocheti) aus dem Tertiär Europas und Nordamerikas |journal=Journal für Ornithologie |volume=129 |issue= 1 |pages=83–95 |doi=10.1007/bf01641534|s2cid=23280617 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Fam, gen et sp nov.
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[[Angelika Hesse|Hesse]]
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[[Eocene]]<br/>[[Ypresian]]
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[[Messel Formation]]
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{{flag|Germany}}<br/>{{flag|Hessen}}
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A [[Messelornithidae]] [[Ralliformes]]<br/> The type species is ''M. cristata''.
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''[[Morus olsoni]]'' <ref name="Morus"/>
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Valid
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Sp. nov.
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[[Dan Grigorescu|Grigorescu]] & [[Jenö Kessler|Kessler]]
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[[Middle Miocene]]
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{{flag|Romania}}
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A [[Sulidae]].
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''[[Pachyplichas]]''<ref name=Millener>{{Cite journal|author=Philip R. Millener |year=1988 |title=Contributions to New Zealand's Late Quaternary Avifauna. I: ''Pachyplichas'', a New Genus of Wren (Aves: Acanthisittidae), with Two New Species |journal=Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand |volume=18 |issue=4  |pages=383–406 |doi=10.1080/03036758.1988.10426464}}</ref>
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Valid
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Gen et sp. nov.
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[[Philip R. Millener|Millener]]
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[[Late Quaternary]]<br/>[[Otiran Glacial Stage]]?
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{{flag|New Zealand}}
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An [[Acanthisittidae]]<br/> The type species is ''P. yaldwyni''.<br/> Also includes ''P. jagmi''
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''[[Phocavis maritimus]]'' <ref name=Phocavis>{{Cite journal|author=James L. Goedert |year=1988 |title=A New Late Eocene Species of Plotopteridae (Aves: Pelecaniformes) from Northwestern Oregon |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15775765#page/111/mode/1up |journal=Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences |volume=45 |issue=6  |pages=97–102 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Gen et Sp nov.
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[[James L. Goedert|Goedert]]
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[[Late Eocene]]
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[[Keasey Formation]]
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{{flag|USA}}<br/>{{flag|Oregon}}
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A [[Plotopteridae]] [[Pelecaniformes]]<br/> The type species is ''P. maritimus''
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''[[Porphyrio paepae]]'' <ref name=Porphyrio>{{Cite journal|author=David W. Steadman |year=1988 |title=A New Species of ''Porphyrio'' (Aves: Rallidae) from Archeological Sites in the Marquesas Islands |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645843#page/180/mode/1up |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=101 |issue=1  |pages=162–170 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Sp. nov.
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[[David W. Steadman|Steadman]]
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[[Holocene]]
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[[Tahuata]] & [[Hiva Oa]]
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{{flag|French Polynesia}}<br/>{{flag|Marquesas Islands}}
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A [[Rallidae]].
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''[[Primocolius]]'' <ref name=Ventivorus>{{Cite journal|author=Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |year=1988 |title=Le Gisement du Bretou (Phosphorites du Quercy, Tarn-et-Garonne, France) et sa Faune de Vertébrés de l'Éocène Supérieur II. Oiseaux |journal=Palaeontographica A |volume=205 |pages=29–50 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Gen et sp. nov.
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[[Cécile Mourer-Chauviré|Mourer-Chauviré]]
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[[Late Eocene]]
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[[Phosphorites du Quercy]]
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{{flag|France}}
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A [[Coliidae]].<br/> The type species is ''P. sigei''<br/>Also includes ''P. minor''
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''[[Pseudocrypturus]]'' <ref name="Houde"/>
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Valid
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Gen et sp. nov.
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[[Peter W. Houde|Houde]]
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[[Eocene]]<br/>[[Ypresian]]
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[[Green River Formation]]
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{{flag|USA}}<br/>{{flag|Wyoming}}
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A [[Lithornithidae]] [[Palaeognathae]].<br/>The type species is ''P. cercanaxius''.
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''[[Psilopterus colzecus]]'' <ref name=Psilopterus>{{Cite journal|author1=Eduardo P. Tonni  |author2=Claudia P. Tambussi |year=1988 |title=Un Nuevo Psilopterninae (Aves: Ralliformes) del Mioceno Tardio de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Republica Argentina |journal=Ameghiniana|volume=25 |pages=155–160 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Sp. nov.
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[[Eduardo P. Tonni|Tonni]] & [[Claudia P. Tambussi|Tambussi]]
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[[Late Miocene]]<br/>[[Chasicoan]]
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[[Arroyo Chasicó Formation]]
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{{flag|Argentina}}
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A [[Psilopterinae]] [[Phorusrhacidae]].
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''[[Sula tasmani]]'' <ref name=Sula>{{Cite journal |author1=Gerard F. van Tets |author2=Charles W. Meredith |author3=Peter J. Fullagar |author4=Peter M. Davidson |year=1988 |title=Osteological Differences Between Sula and Morus, and a Description of an Extinct New Species of Sula from Lord Howe and Norfolk islands, Tasman Sea |url=http://extinct-website.com/pdf/Notornis_35_1_35_57.pdf |journal=Notornis |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=35–57 |access-date=2014-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120447/http://extinct-website.com/pdf/Notornis_35_1_35_57.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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Valid
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Sp. nov.
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[[Gerard F. van Tets|Tets]], [[Charles W. Meredith|Meredith]], [[Peter J. Fullagar|Fullagar]], & [[Peter M. Davidson|Davidson]]
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[[Holocene]]
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[[Lord Howe Island|Lord Howe]] & [[Norfolk Island]]s
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{{flag|Australia}}<br/>{{flag|New South Wales}}
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A [[Sulidae]], <!-- now seen as a subspecies of ''Sula dactylatra'' Lesson, 1831, ''Sula dactylatra fullagari'' O’Brien et Davies, 1991 is its junior synonym, so ''tasmani'' is the correct name. (What? clarification needed-->
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''[[Sylphornis]]'' <ref name="Ventivorus"/>
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Valid
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Fam, gen et sp. nov.
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[[Cécile Mourer-Chauviré|Mourer-Chauviré]]
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[[Late Eocene]]
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{{flag|France}}
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A [[Sylphornithidae]]  basal [[Piciformes]]<br/>The type species is ''S. bretouensis''
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''[[Taubacrex]]'' <ref name=Taubacrex>{{Cite journal|author=Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga |year=1988 |title=Ave Fóssil (Gruiformes: Rallidae) dos Folhelhos da Bacia de Taubaté, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil |journal=Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |volume=60 |pages=321–328 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Gen et sp. nov.
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[[Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga|Alvarenga]]
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[[Late Oligocene]]-[[Early Miocene]]
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[[Tremembé Formation]]
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{{flag|Brazil}}
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A [[Quercymegapodiidae]]<ref name=Quercymegapodiidae>{{Cite journal|author=Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |year=2000 |title=A New Species of Ameripodius (Aves: Galliformes: Quercymegapodiidae) from the Lower Miocene of France |journal=Palaeontology |volume=43 |issue=3  |pages=481–493 |doi=10.1111/j.0031-0239.2000.00136.x|doi-access=free }}</ref><br/> the type species is ''T. granivora'' 
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''[[Tshulia]]'' <ref name=Nessov>{{Cite journal|author=Lev A. Nessov |year=1988 |title=Novyye ptitsy mela i paleogena Sredney Azii i Kazakhstana i usloviya na mestakh ikh obitaniya. [New Cretaceous and Paleogene Birds from Middle Asia and Kazakhstan, and the Condition Existing at Theire Places of Residence.] [in Russian, with English sum.]. |journal=Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR |volume=182 |pages=116–123 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Gen et sp. nov.
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[[Lev A. Nessov|Nessov]]
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[[Late Paleocene]]
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{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
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A possibe [[Rallidae]]<br/> The type species is ''T. litorea''
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|-
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''[[Ventivorus]]'' <ref name="Ventivorus"/>
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Valid
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Gen et sp. nov.
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[[Cécile Mourer-Chauviré|Mourer-Chauviré]]
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[[Late Eocene]]
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{{flag|France}}
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A [[Caprimulgidae]]<br/>The type species is ''V. ragei''.
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|-
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''[[Zheroia]]'' <ref name="Nessov"/>
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Valid
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Gen et sp. nov.
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[[Lev A. Nessov|Nessov]]
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[[Eocene]]<br/>[[Bartonian]]
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{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
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A [[Graculavidae]] genus<br/> The type species is ''Z. kurochkini''.
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|-
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''[[Zhylgaia]]'' <ref name="Nessov"/>
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Valid
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Gen et sp nov.
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[[Lev A. Nessov|Nessov]]
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[[Late Paleocene]]
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{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
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A [[Prophaethontidae]] [[Pelecaniformes]]<br/>The type species is ''Z. aestiflua''
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==Pterosaurs==

===New taxa===
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! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Synonymy
! Notes
! Images
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''[[Tupuxuara]]''<ref name="kellner&campos1988">Kellner, A.W.A., and Campos, D.A. (1988). "Sobre un novo pterossauro com crista sagital da Bacia do Araripe, Cretaceo Inferior do Nordeste do Brasil. (Pterosauria, Tupuxuara, Cretaceo, Brasil)." ''Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências'', '''60''': 459–469. [in Portuguese]</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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Valid
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Kellner & Campos
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[[Cretaceous]]
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[[Santana Formation]]
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{{Flag|Brazil}}
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A [[Thalassodromidae]] pterosaur
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[[File:Tupuxuara.jpg|center|thumb|upright|''[[Tupuxuara leonardii]]'']]
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|}

==References==
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[[Category:1988|Paleontology]]
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