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词条 2008 in paleontology
释义

  1. Protozoa

     New taxa 

  2. Plants

     Angiosperms  Monocots 

  3. Arthropoda

     Insects  Xiphosurans 

  4. Fishes

     Cartilaginous fish  Bony fish  Placoderms 

  5. Amphibians

     Newly named amphibians 

  6. Archosaurs

     Newly named pseudosuchians  Newly named pterosaurs  Dinosaurs  Newly named dinosaurs  Newly named birds  Other publications 

  7. Turtles

     Newly named turtles 

  8. Squamates

     new taxa  New papers 

  9. Sauropterygians

     New taxa 

  10. Synapsids

     Non-mammalian  Mammal 

  11. Related happenings in geology

  12. Footnotes

     Complete author list  References 
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Protozoa

New taxa

Paleoleishmania neotropicum[1]

sp nov

Valid

PoinarBurdigalianDominican amber{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

second record, and youngest, of the extinct genus Paleoleishmania

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Plants

Angiosperms

Dillhoffia[2]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Manchester & PiggYpresian

Unnamed Formation, Kamloops Group

{{flag|Canada}}Pluricarpellatia[3]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Mohr, Bernardes-de-Oliveira & Taylor

Early Cretaceous

Crato Formation

{{flag|Brazil}}
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Monocots

Montrichardia aquatica[4]

sp nov

Valid

Herrera et al

Middle to late PaleoceneCerrejón Formation{{flag|Colombia}}

only fossil record of the genus Montrichardia

Petrocardium[4]

gen et sp nov

Valid

Herrera et al

Middle to late PaleoceneCerrejón Formation{{flag|Colombia}}

Two named species Petrocardium cerrejonense and Petrocardium wayuuorum

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Arthropoda

Insects

Cataglyphoides[5]

Gen et sp et comb nov

Valid

Dlussky

Middle Eocene

Baltic amber

{{Flag|Europe}}

Fossil formicine ant, two species
C. constrictus (Mayr, 1868)
& C. intermedius Dlussky, 2008

Dolichoderus punctatus[6]

Sp nov

Valid

Dlussky

Middle Eocene

Baltic amber

{{Flag|Europe}}

Fossil dolichoderine ant

Electropodagrion[7]

Gen et sp nov

valid

Azar & Nel

Middle EoceneBaltic Amber{{Flag|Europe}}

A Megapodagrionidae damselfly

Elektroepyris[8]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Perrichot & Nel

EoceneOise amber{{Flag|France}}

A bethylid wasp

Formosibittacus[9]

gen et sp nov

Valid

Li, Ren & ShihMiddle JurassicJiulongshan Formation{{Flag|China}}

A bittacid

Haidomyrmodes[10]

gen et sp nov

Valid

Perrichot et al

Middle CretaceousCharentese amber{{Flag|France}}

A Sphecomyrminae ant, type species H. mammuthus

Jurahylobittacus[9]

gen et sp nov

Valid

Li, Ren & ShihMiddle JurassicJiulongshan Formation{{Flag|China}}

A bittacid

Lutzomyia adiketis[1]

sp nov

Valid

Poinar

BurdigalianDominican amber{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

Vector for the extinct Trypanosomatidae
species Paleoleishmania neotropicum

Proraphidia gomezi[11]

sp nov

Valid

Jarzembowski

Lower CretaceousLower Weald Clay{{Flag|England}}Proraphidia hopkinsi[11]

sp nov

Valid

Jarzembowski

Barremian{{Flag|Spain}}Proteroscelio gravatus[12]

Sp nov

valid

Johnson, Musetti & Masner

Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

Lebanese Amber{{Flag|Lebanon}}

A member of Platygastroidea.

Rhabdepyris gallicus[8]

Sp nov

Valid

Perrichot & Nel

EoceneOise amber{{Flag|France}}

A bethylid wasp

Sinomeganeura[13]

gen et sp nov

Valid

Ren, Nel, & Prokop

NamurianTupo Formation{{Flag|China}}

Third Namurian age Meganeuridae griffenfly described.

Sinoprotelenomus[12]

Nom nov

valid

Zhang in Johnson, Musetti & Masner

Miocene{{Flag|China}}

A member of Platygastroidea;
replacement name for Protelenomus Zhang (1989).

Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis[10]

Sp nov

jr syn

Perrichot et al

Middle Cretaceous

Charentese amber

{{Flag|France}}

A stem group ant
jr synonym of Gerontoformica occidentalis

Syndesus ambericus[14]

Sp nov

Valid

Woodruff

BurdigalianDominican amber{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

A stag beetle

Termitaradus avitinquilinus[15]

Sp nov

Valid

Grimaldi & EngelBurdigalianDominican amber{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

A termite bug

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Xiphosurans

Lunataspis

gen et sp nov

Valid taxon

Nowlan, Rudkin, & YoungLate Ordovician

Churchill River Group?

{{Flag|Canada}}
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Fishes

Cartilaginous fish

  • {{cite journal | doi = 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[34:PDOACF]2.0.CO;2 |author1=Cicimurri D. J. |author2=Parris D. C. |author3=Everhart M. J. | year = 2008 | title = Partial dentition of a chimaeroid fish (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of Kansas, USA | url = | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 28 | issue = 1| pages = 34–40 | issn = 0272-4634 }}

Bony fish

Donnrosenia[16]

Valid

  • Long
  • Choo
  • Young

Devonian (Givetian)

Aztec Siltstone{{flag|Antarctica}}

A basal member of Actinopterygii. Genus includes new species D. schaefferi.

Genyonemus whistleri[17]

Valid

  • Takeuchi
  • Huddleston

Late Miocene

Puente Formation{{flag|United States}}

A relative of the white croaker.

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Placoderms

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Materpiscis[18]

gen et sp nov

Valid

J. A. Long, K. Trinajstic, G. C. Young, & T. Senden

Late DevonianGogo Formation{{Flag|Australia}}

discovered with fossilized embryo.

Amphibians

Jenkins, F. A., jr, Shubin, N. H., Gatesy, S. M., and Warren, A., 2008, Gerrothorax pulcherrimus from the Upper Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of East Greenland and a reassessment of head lifting in temnospondyl feeding: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 4, p. 935-950.

Newly named amphibians

Name Status Authors Age Unit LocationNotes Images
Beelzebufo[19] Valid taxon
  • Evans
  • Jones
  • Krause
Late Cretaceous (70 mya) Maevarano Formation
  • {{Flag|Madagascar}}
Gerobatrachus[20] Valid taxon
  • Anderson
  • Reisz
  • Scott
  • Fröbisch
  • Sumida
Early Permian (290 mya)
  • {{Flag|USA}} ({{Flag|Texas}})
Oumtkoutia[21] Valid taxon
  • Rage
  • Dutheil
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Kem Kem Beds
  • {{Flag|Morocco}}
A pipid anuran.

Archosaurs

Newly named pseudosuchians

Acynodon adriaticus[22]

Sp. nov

Valid

Delfino, Martin & Buffetaut

Late Cretaceous{{Flag|Italy}}Dakosaurus carpenteri[23]

Sp. nov

Valid

Wilkinson, Young & Benton

Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)

Kimmeridge Clay Formation

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

A metriorhynchid crocodyliform. Originally described as a species of Dakosaurus, subsequently transferred to the separate genus Torvoneustes.[24]

Gryposuchus croizati[25]

Sp. nov

Valid

Riff & Aguilera

Late Miocene

Urumaco Formation{{Flag|Venezuela}}Guarinisuchus[26]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Barbosa, Kellner & Viana

Early Paleocene (Danian)

Maria Farinha Formation{{Flag|Brazil}}

A dyrosaurid crocodyliform. Genus includes new species G. munizi.

Ocepesuchus[27]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Jouve et al.

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

Ouled Abdoun Basin{{Flag|Morocco}}

A member of Gavialoidea. Genus includes new species O. eoafricanus.

Postosuchus alisonae[28]

Sp. nov

Valid

Peyer et al.

Late TriassicNewark Supergroup{{Flag|United States}}
({{Flag|North Carolina}})Sierritasuchus[29]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Parker, Stocker & Irmis

Late TriassicTecovas Formation{{Flag|United States}}
({{Flag|Texas}})

An aetosaur Genus includes new species S. macalpini.

Sphagesaurus montealtensis[30]

Sp. nov

Valid

Andrade & Bertini

Late CretaceousAdamantina Formation{{Flag|Brazil}}

A sphagesaurid crocodyliform. Originally described as a species of Sphagesaurus, but subsequently transferred to the genus Caipirasuchus.[31]

Wargosuchus[32]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Martinelli & Pais

Late CretaceousBajo de La Carpa Formation{{Flag|Argentina}}

A baurusuchid crocodyliform. Genus includes new species W. australis.

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Newly named pterosaurs

Elanodactylus

Valid

Hongshanopterus

Valid

Mythunga

Valid

Nemicolopterus

Valid

Raeticodactylus

Junior synonym

Shenzhoupterus

Valid

Volgadraco

Valid

Name StatusLocationAuthors Notes
China}}

Andres

Ji, Q.

China}}

Xiaolin Wang

de Almeida

et al.

Australia}}

Molnar

Thulborn, R.A.

China}}

Wang

Kellner

et al.

Switzerland}}

Stecher

Jr. synonym of Caviramus

China}}

Lü J.

Unwin

et al.

Russia}}

Averianov

Arkhangelsky

Pervushov

Dinosaurs

  • Oviraptorosaurian eggs with embryonic skeletons are discovered for the first time in China.[33]
  • Mongolian Late Jurassic theropod fossils are found for the first time.[34]
  • A new study on morphological variation in shed theropod teeth from the Mil River Formation is published.[35]

Newly named dinosaurs

28 new dinosaur genera were erected in 2008. Data courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.[36]

Austroraptor[37]

Valid

  • Novas
  • Pol
  • et al.[38]

Campanian–Maastrichtian

Allen Formation
  • {{Flag|Argentina}}

The largest dromaeosaurid yet discovered in the Southern Hemisphere.

Dakotadon[39]

Valid

  • Paul

Barremian

Lakota Formation
  • {{Flag|USA}} ({{Flag|South Dakota}})

A new genus for "Iguanodon" lakotaensis (Weishampel and Bjork, 1989).

Daxiatitan[40]

Valid

  • You
  • Li
  • et al.[41]

Lower Cretaceous

Lanzhou Basin
  • {{Flag|China}}

A basal titanosaur.

Diceratus[42]

Junior synonym

  • Mateus

Late Cretaceous

Objective junior synonym of Nedoceratops; possible junior synonym of Triceratops.

Dollodon[39]

Valid

  • Paul

Barremian

Bernissart
  • {{Flag|Belgium}}

An iguanodontian.

Dongyangosaurus[43]

Valid

  • Azuma
  • et al.[44]

early Late Cretaceous

Fangyang Formation
  • {{Flag|China}}

A titanosauriform.

Duriavenator[45]

Valid

  • Benson

Bajocian

Dorset
  • {{Flag|United Kingdom}}

A megalosaurid.

Eocarcharia[46]

Valid

  • Sereno
  • Brusatte

Aptian/Albian

Elrhaz Formation
  • {{Flag|Niger}}

A carcharodontosaurid.

Eomamenchisaurus[47]

Valid

  • Li
  • et al.[48]

Middle Jurassic

Zhanghe Formation
  • {{Flag|China}}

A mamenchisaurid.

Epidexipteryx[49]

Valid

  • Zhang
  • Zhou
  • et al.[50]

Late Jurassic

Daohugou Beds
  • {{Flag|China}}

An avialian.

Gobiceratops[51]

Valid

  • Alifanov

Late Cretaceous

Baruungoyot Formation
  • {{Flag|Mongolia}}

Possible junior synonym of Bagaceratops.

Kryptops[46]

Valid

  • Sereno
  • Brusatte

Aptian/Albian

Elrhaz Formation
  • {{Flag|Niger}}

An abelisaurid.

Loricatosaurus[52]

Valid

  • Maidment
  • Norman
  • et al.[53]

Callovian

  • {{Flag|England}}
  • {{Flag|France}}

A stegosaurid.

Microceratus[42]Nomen dubium
  • Mateus

Campanian

  • {{Flag|China}}
Orkoraptor[54]

Valid

  • Novas
  • Ezcurra
  • Lecuona

Maastrichtian

Pari Aike Formation
  • {{Flag|Argentina}}

A neovenatorid.

Peloroplites[55]

Valid

  • Carpenter
  • Bartlett
  • et al.[56]

Lower Cretaceous

Cedar Mountain Formation
  • {{Flag|USA}}

A nodosaurid ankylosaur.

Pitekunsaurus[57]

Valid

  • Filippi
  • Garrido

Campanian

Anacleto Formation
  • {{Flag|Argentina}}

A titanosaur.

Qingxiusaurus[58]

Valid

  • Mo
  • Huang
  • et al.[59]

Late Cretaceous

  • {{Flag|China}}

A titanosaur.

Sahaliyania[60]

Valid

  • Godefroit
  • Hai
  • et al.[61]

Maastrichtian

Yuliangze Formation
  • {{Flag|China}}

A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid.

Similicaudipteryx[62]

Valid

  • He
  • Wang
  • Zhou

Aptian

Jiufotang Formation
  • {{Flag|China}}

A caudipterid oviraptorosaur.

Tastavinsaurus[63]

Valid

  • Canudo
  • Royo-Torres
  • Cuenca-Bescós

Aptian

Xert Formation
  • {{Flag|Spain}}

A titanosauriform. Lurasiformes.

Tethyshadros[64]

Valid

  • Salgado
  • Carvalho

Upper Cretaceous

Marília Formation
  • {{Flag|Brazil}}

A titanosaur.

Wulagasaurus[60]

Valid

  • Godefroit
  • Hai
  • et al.[61]

Maastrichtian

Yuliangze Formation
  • {{Flag|China}}

A saurolophine hadrosaurid.

Name Status Authors Age Unit LocationNotes Images
Tethyshadros

Newly named birds

Aegolius martae[65]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Marco Pavia

Early/Middle Pleistocene

Sicily{{Flag|Italy}}:{{Flag|Sicily}}

A Strigidae.

Bermuteo avivorus[66]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Storrs L. Olson

Late Pleistocene

{{Flag|Bermuda}}

An Accipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Bountyphaps obsoleta[67]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Trevor H. WorthyGraham M. Wragg

Subrecent

Henderson Island{{Flag|Pitcairn}}

A Columbidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Calonectris wingatei[68]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Storrs L. Olson

Middle Pleistocene

{{Flag|Bermuda}}

A Procellariidae.

Caracara tellustris[69]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Storrs L. OlsonHolocene{{Flag|Jamaica}}

A Falconidae.

Cathayornis chabuensis[70]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Li JianjunLi ZhihengZhang YuguangZhou ZhongheBai ZhiqiangZhang LifuBa Tuya

Early Cretaceous

Jinchuan Formation{{Flag|China}}

A Cathayornithidae Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 2006, Enantiornithes Walker, 1981.

Certhiops rummeli[71]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Albrecht Manegold

Early Miocene

MN 3{{Flag|Germany}}:{{Flag|Bavaria}}

A Certhioidea, this is the type species of the new genus.

Didactylornis jii[72]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Yuan Chongxi

Lower Cretaceous

Jiufotang Formation{{Flag|China}}

Basal pygostylia, Sapeornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Enantiophoenix electrophyla[73]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Andrea CauPaolo Arduini

Upper Cretaceous

{{Flag|Lebanon}}

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Avisauridae Brett-Surman et Paul, 1985, this is the type species of the new genus.

Eoconfuciusornis zhengi[74]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Fucheng ZhangZhonghe ZhouMichael BentonLower CretaceousDabeigou Formation{{Flag|China}}

A Primitive Confuciusornithidae Hou, Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995, this is the type species of the new genus.

Ephippiorhynchus tchoufour[75]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Antoine LouchartYohannes Haile-SelassiePatrick VignaudAndrossa LikiusMichel Brunet

Late Miocene

ca 7 Ma

{{Flag|Chad}}

A Ciconiidae.

Eurotrochilus noniewiczi[76]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Zygmunt BochenskiZbigniew Bochenski

Early Oligocene

Late Rupelian

{{Flag|Poland}}

A new European species of the Trochilidae.

Foudia delloni [77]{{Page needed|date=October 2018}}

Sp. nov.

Valid

Anthony S. ChekeJulian P. Hume

Subrecent

Not seen since 1672

{{Flag|Réunion}}

The original Foudia from Réunion.

Hokkaidornis abashiriensis[78]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Kazuhiko SakuraiMasaichi KimuraTakayuki Katoh

Late Oligocene

Tokoro Formation{{Flag|Japan}}

A Plotopteridae Howard, 1969, this is the type species of the new genus.

Jabiru codorensis[79]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Stig A. WalshRodolfo Sánchez

Early Pliocene

Codore Formation,

Middle El Jebe Member

{{Flag|Venezuela}}

A Ciconiidae.

Leptoptilos patagonicus[80]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Jorge I. NoriegaGerardo Cladera

Late Miocene

Puerto Madryn Formation{{Flag|Argentina}}

A Ciconiidae.

Manuherikia douglasi[81]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Trevor H. WorthyAlan J. D. TennysonSuzanne J. HandR. Paul Scofield

Early-Middle Miocene

Bannockburn Formation{{Flag|New Zealand}}

An Anatidae, Anserinae.

Megadyptes waitaha[82]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Sanne BoessenkoolJeremy J. AustinTrevor H. WorthyR. Paul ScofieldAlan CooperPhilip J. SeddonJonathan M. Waters

Late Holocene

Subrecent

{{Flag|New Zealand}}

A Spheniscidae, when it became extinct it made room for Megadyptes antipodes.

Mopsitta tanta[83]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

David W. WaterhouseBent E. K, LindowNikita V. ZelenkovGareth J. Dyke

Early Eocene,

YpresianFur Formation{{Flag|Denmark}}

Described in the Psittaciformes, Gerald Mayr, 2009 sees no reasons to place the species in Psittaciformes.

Palaeortyx volans[84]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Ursula B. GöhlichMarco PaviaNeogeneGargano{{Flag|Italy}}

A Phasianidae.

Pelagornis mauretanicus[85]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Cécille Mourer-ChauviréDenis Geraads

Late Pliocene

Ahl al Oughlam{{Flag|Morocco}}

A Pelagornithidae Fürbringer, 1888.

Pengornis houi[86]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Zhou ZhongheJulia A. ClarkeZhang FuchengEarly CretaceousJiufotang Formation{{Flag|China}}

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus and the type genus of the new family Pengornithidae Wang, O’Connor, Zheng, Wang, Hu et Zhou, 2014.

Phaethusavis pelagicus[87]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Estelle BourdonMbarek AmaghzazBaâdi Bouya

Early Eocene

Early Ypresian

{{Flag|Morocco}}

A Phaethontidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Pleistovultur nevesi[88]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Herculano M. F. de AlvarengaGuilherme R. R. BritoRafael MigottoAlex HubbeElizabeth Höfling

Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene

{{Flag|Brazil}}

A Cathartidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Thomasococcyx philohippus[89]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

David W. Steadman

Early Miocene

Hemingfordian LMA{{Flag|USA}}:{{Flag|Florida}}

A Cuculidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Tirarinetta kanunka[90]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Trevor H. WorthyPlioceneTirari Formation{{Flag|Australia}}{{Flag|South Australia}}

An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Zhongornis haoae[91]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Gao ChunlingLuis M. ChiappeMeng QinjingJingmai O'ConnorWang XuriCheng XiaodongLiu JinyuanLower CretaceousYixian Formation{{Flag|China}}

Basal Aves, this is the type species of the new genus.

Zygodactylus luberonensis[92]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Gerald Mayr

Early Oligocene

MP 23-24

{{Flag|France}}

A Zygodactylidae Brodkorb, 1971, ?Piciformes.

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Other publications

  • Hutchinson, J.R., Miller, C., Fritsch, G., and Hildebrandt, T. 2008. The anatomical foundation for multidisciplinary studies of animal limb function: examples from dinosaur and elephant limb imaging studies; pp. 23–38 in Endo, H. and Frey, R. (eds.), Anatomical Imaging: Towards a New Morphology. Springer Verlag, Tokyo.
  • Witmer, L.M., Ridgely, R.C., Dufeau, D.L., and Semones, M.C. 2008. Using CR to peer into the past: 3D visualization of the brain and ear regions of birds, crocodiles, and nonavian dinosaurs; pp. 67–88 in Endo, H. and Frey, R. (eds.), Anatomical Imaging: Towards a New Morphology. Springer Verlag, Tokyo.

Turtles

Newly named turtles

Currently valid turtle genera named in 2008
Name StatusLocation AuthorsImages
Condorchelys[93] Valid taxonArgentina}}
  • Sterli
Kharakhutulia[94] Valid taxonMongolia}}
  • Sukhanov, Danilov & Syromyatnikova
Odontochelys[95] Valid taxonChina}}
  • Li et al.

Squamates

new taxa

Itaboraiophis[96]

gen et sp nov

Valid

Rage

Middle Paleocene

{{Flag|Brazil}}

A "booid"-grade snake of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Itaboraiophis depressus.

Kuwajimalla[97]

gen et sp nov

Valid

Evans & Manabe

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian to Hauterivian)

Kuwajima Formation{{Flag|Japan}}

A polyglyphanodontian lizard. The type species is Kuwajimalla kagaensis.

Merkurosaurus[98]

gen et sp nov

Valid

Klembara

Early Miocene

{{Flag|Czech Republic}}

A member of Anguimorpha, might be related to the Chinese crocodile lizard. The type species is Merkurosaurus ornatus.

Ovoo[99]

gen et sp nov

Valid

Norell, Gao, & Conrad

Late Cretaceous

near Ukhaa Tolgod

{{Flag|Mongolia}}

one of the oldest monitor lizards

Paraungaliophis[96]

gen et sp nov

Valid

Rage

Middle Paleocene

{{Flag|Brazil}}

A snake related to members of the genus Ungaliophis. The type species is Paraungaliophis pricei.

Paulacoutophis[96]

gen et sp nov

Valid

Rage

Middle Paleocene

{{Flag|Brazil}}

A booid-grade snake of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Paulacoutophis perplexus.

Prognathodon kianda[100]

sp nov

Valid

Schulp et al.

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

{{Flag|Angola}}

A mosasaur.

Selmasaurus johnsoni[101]

sp nov

Valid

Polcyn & Everhart

Late Cretaceous (early Santonian)

Niobrara Chalk{{Flag|United States}}

A mosasaur.

Taniwhasaurus mikasaensis[102]

sp nov

Valid

Caldwell, Konishi, Obata, & Muramoto

upper Santonian-lower Campanian{{Flag|Japan}}

Third identified species for the genus Taniwhasaurus

Tianyusaurus[103]

gen et sp nov

Valid

et al.

Late CretaceousQiupa Formation{{Flag|China}}

A polyglyphanodontian lizard. The type species is Tianyusaurus zhengi.

Tinosaurus indicus[104]

Sp nov

Valid

Prasad & Bajpai

Early Eocene

Cambay Shale

{{Flag|India}}

An agamid lizard, a species of Tinosaurus.

Vallecillosaurus[105]

gen et sp nov

Valid

Smith & Buchy

Late Cretaceous (early Turonian)

Agua Nueva Formation{{Flag|Mexico}}

A member of Mosasauroidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Vallecillosaurus donrobertoi.

Vastanagama[104]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Prasad & Bajpai

Early Eocene

Cambay Shale

{{Flag|India}}

An agamid lizard. The type species is Vastanagama susani.

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

New papers

  • {{cite journal | last1 = Everhart | first1 = M.J. | year = 2008 | title = A bitten skull of Tylosaurus kansasensis (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and a review of mosasaur-on-mosasaur pathology in the fossil record | url = | journal = Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science | volume = 111 | issue = 3/4| pages = 251–262 | doi=10.1660/0022-8443-111.3.251}}
  • Everhart, M.J. 2008. The mosasaurs of George F. Sternberg, paleontologist and fossil photographer. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 37–46.
  • Polcyn, M.J. and Everhart, M.J. 2008. Description and phylogenetic analysis of a new species of Selmasaurus (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 13–28.
  • Polcyn, M.J., Bell, G.L., Jr., Shimada, K. and Everhart, M.J. 2008. The oldest North American mosasaurs (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Kansas and Texas with comments on the radiation of major mosasaur clades. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 137–155.
  • Everhart, M.J. 2008. Rare occurrence of a Globidens sp. (Reptilia; Mosasauridae) dentary in the Sharon Springs Member of the Pierre Shale (Middle Campanian) of Western Kansas. p. 23-29 in Farley G. H. and Choate, J.R. (eds.), Unlocking the Unknown; Papers Honoring Dr. Richard Zakrzewski, Fort Hays Studies, Special Issue No. 2, 153 p., Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS.

Sauropterygians

New taxa

Nichollsia

renamed

Occitanosaurus

Synonym

Wumengosaurus[106]

Valid

Name StatusAuthors Notes

Druckenmiller

Russell

Nichollsia preoccupied by a genus of isopod, renamed in 2009 to Nichollssaura

Bardet

Fernandez

Garcia-Ramos

Superbiola

Pinuela

Ruiz-Omenaca

Vincent

Junior Synonym of Microcleidus.

Jiang et al.

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Alrausuchus[107]

Valid

  • Ivakhnenko

Middle Permian

{{flag|Russia}}

A new genus for "Biarmosuchus" tagax

Megawhaitsia[108]

Valid

  • Ivakhnenko

Upper Permian

{{flag|Russia}}
Name Status Authors Age Unit LocationNotesImages

Mammal

Albireo savagei[109]

Valid

  • Barnes

Late Pliocene

Pismo Formation
  • {{flag|United States}} ({{flag|California}})

A member of Delphinoidea belonging to the family Albireonidae, a species of Albireo.

Crenatocetus[110]

Valid

  • McLeod
  • Barnes

Eocene

  • {{flag|United States}} ({{flag|North Carolina}})

A member of Protocetidae. The type species is Crenatocetus rayi.

Cynarctoides whistleri[111]

Valid

  • Wang
  • Tedford
Hemingfordian
  • {{flag|United States}} ({{flag|California}} and {{flag|Texas}})

A member of Canidae belonging to the subfamily Borophaginae, a species of Cynarctoides.

Diceratherium radtkei[112]

Valid

  • Prothero
  • Rasmussen
Arikareean

Cabbage Patch beds

Harrison Formation
Sharps Formation
  • {{flag|United States}} ({{flag|South Dakota}}, {{flag|Montana}} and {{flag|Nebraska}})
Djourabus[113]

Valid

  • Peigné et al.

Late Miocene

  • {{flag|Chad}}

A member of Mustelidae belonging to the subfamily Lutrinae. The type species is D. dabba.

Floridameryx[114]

Valid

  • Webb

Late Miocene to earliest Pliocene

  • {{flag|United States}} ({{flag|Florida}} and {{flag|New Mexico}})

A member of Gelocidae belonging to the subfamily Pseudoceratinae. The type species is F. floridanus; genus also includes "Pseudoceras" klausi Frick (1937).

Fossendorhinus[115]

Valid

  • Mihlbachler
Uintan

A member of Brontotheriidae; a new genus for "Telmatherium" diploconus Osborn (1895)

Fredszalaya[116]

Valid

  • Shockey
  • Anaya

Late Oligocene

  • {{flag|Bolivia}}

A member of Borhyaenidae. The type species is Fredszalaya hunteri.

Glibia namibiesis[132]

Valid

  • Pickford
  • Senut
  • Morales
  • Mein
  • Sanchez

Eocene (Lutetian)

  • {{flag|Namibia}}

A rodent belonging to the family Zegdoumyidae, a species of Glibia.

Merycopotamus thachangensis[117]

Valid

  • Hanta
  • Ratanasthien
  • Kunimatsu
  • Saegusa
  • Nakaya
  • Nagaoka
  • Jintasakul

Late Miocene

  • {{flag|Thailand}}
Metalopex[118]

Valid

  • Tedford
  • Wang

Late Clarendonian to early Hemphillian

Ash Hollow Formation
Kern River Formation
Rattlesnake Formation
Thousand Creek Formation
  • {{flag|United States}} ({{flag|Arizona}}, {{flag|California}}, {{flag|Nebraska}}, {{flag|Oregon}}, {{Flag|Texas}}, {{flag|Idaho}} and {{flag|Oregon}})

A fox. The type species is Metalopex merriami.

Mioheteromys crowderensis[119]

Valid

  • Lindsay
  • Reynolds

Late Hemingfordian to Barstovian

Barstow Formation
Crowder Formation
  • {{flag|United States}}

A rodent belonging to the family Heteromyidae, a species of Mioheteromys.

Namahyrax[132]

Valid

  • Pickford
  • Senut
  • Morales
  • Mein
  • Sanchez

Eocene (Lutetian)

  • {{flag|Namibia}}

A hyrax. The type species is Namahyrax corvus.

Namaia[120]

Valid

  • Pickford
  • Senut
  • Morales
  • Mein
  • Sanchez

Eocene (Lutetian)

  • {{flag|Namibia}}

Probably a member of the family Adapidae.[121] The type species is Namaia bogenfelsi. The generic name turned out to be preoccupied; Pickford and Uhen (2014) created a replacement name Notnamaia.[122]

Namalestes[120]

Valid

  • Pickford
  • Senut
  • Morales
  • Mein
  • Sanchez

Eocene (Lutetian)

  • {{flag|Namibia}}

A member of Cimolesta belonging to the family Todralestidae. The type species is Namalestes gheerbranti.

Namatherium[120]

Valid

  • Pickford
  • Senut
  • Morales
  • Mein
  • Sanchez

Eocene (Lutetian)

  • {{flag|Namibia}}

An embrithopod. The type species is Namatherium blackcrowense.

Nasamplus[115]

Valid

  • Mihlbachler

Late Eocene (Ulangochuian)

A member of Brontotheriidae; a new genus for "Metatitan" progressus Granger and Gregory (1943).

Pollyosbornia[115]

Valid

  • Mihlbachler
UintanUinta Formation
  • {{flag|United States}} ({{flag|Wyoming}})

A member of Brontotheriidae; a new genus for "Telmatherium" altidens Osborn (1908).

Prepomonomys[120]

Valid

  • Pickford
  • Senut
  • Morales
  • Mein
  • Sanchez

Eocene (Lutetian)

  • {{flag|Namibia}}

A rodent belonging to the family Diamantomyidae. The type species is Prepomonomys bogenfelsi.

Proadinotherium saltoni[116]

Valid

  • Shockey
  • Anaya

Late Oligocene

  • {{flag|Bolivia}}

A member of Toxodontidae, a species of Proadinotherium.

Siamoadapis[123]

Valid

  • Chaimanee
  • Yamee
  • Tian
  • Chavasseau
  • Jaeger

Middle Miocene

  • {{flag|Thailand}}
Silicamys[120]

Valid

  • Pickford
  • Senut
  • Morales
  • Mein
  • Sanchez

Eocene (Lutetian)

  • {{flag|Namibia}}

A rodent belonging to the family Myophiomyidae. The type species is Silicamys cingulatus.

Sivaonyx beyi[113]

Valid

  • Peigné et al.

Late Miocene

  • {{flag|Chad}}

A member of Mustelidae belonging to the subfamily Lutrinae.

Stenomylus taylori[124]

Valid

  • Cassiliano

Miocene (Hemingfordian)

Zia Formation
  • {{flag|United States}} ({{flag|New Mexico}})

A camelid.

Teilhardina magnoliana[125]

Valid

  • Beard

Early Eocene

Tuscahoma Formation
  • {{flag|United States}} ({{flag|Mississippi}})
Wickia[115]

Valid

  • Mihlbachler
Uintan

Sand Wash Basin

Washakie Formation
  • {{flag|United States}} ({{flag|Colorado}})

A member of Brontotheriidae. The type species is Wickia brevirhinus.

Newly named mammals
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Related happenings in geology

[126]

Footnotes

{{portal|Paleontology|History of science}}

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.

1. ^{{cite journal |last1=Poinar |first1=G. |year=2008 |title=Lutzomyia adiketis sp. n. (Diptera: Phlebotomidae), a vector of Paleoleishmania neotropicum sp. n. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Dominican amber |journal=Parasites & Vectors |volume=1 |pages= 22|doi=10.1186/1756-3305-1-22 |pmid=18627624 |pmc=2491605 |issue=1}}
2. ^{{cite journal |last1=Manchester |first1=S. |author2=Pigg, K. |year=2008 |title=The Eocene mystery flower of McAbee, British Columbia |journal= Botany |volume=86 |pages=1034–1038 |doi= 10.1139/B08-044 |issue=9}}
3. ^{{cite journal |last1=Mohr |first1=B.A.R. |last2=Bernardes-de-Oliveira, M.E.C. |last3=Taylor |first3=D.W. |year=2008 |title=Pluricarpellatia, a nymphaealean angiosperm from the Lower Cretaceous of northern Gondwana (Crato Formation, Brazil) |journal= Taxon |volume=57 |issue=4 |pages=1147–1158 |url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax/2008/00000057/00000004/art00009}}
4. ^{{Cite journal |last1=Herrera |first1=F.A. |last2 = Jaramillo |first2= C.A. |last3=Dilcher |first3= D.L. |last4=Wing |first4=S.L. |last5=Gómez-N |first5=C. |year=2007 |title=Fossil Araceae from a Paleocene neotropical rainforest in Colombia |journal= American Journal of Botany |volume=95 |pages=1569–1583 |doi=10.3732/ajb.0800172 |issue=12 |pmid=21628164}}
5. ^{{cite journal |last1=Dlussky |first1=G. M. |year=2008 |title=Ants of the tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from late Eocene amber of Europe |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=42 |pages=500–513}}
6. ^{{cite journal |last1=Dlussky |first1=G. M. |year=2008 |title=New species of ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Late Eocene ambers of Europe |journal=Vestnik Zoologii |volume=42 |issue=6 |pages=497-514}}
7. ^{{cite journal |last1=Azar |first1=D. |last2=Nel |first2=A. |year=2008 |title= First Baltic amber megapodagrionid damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera) |journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France |series=New Series |volume=44 |issue=4 |pages=451–457 |doi=10.1080/00379271.2008.10697580}}{{subscription needed|via=Taylor & Francis}}
8. ^{{cite journal |last1=Perrichot |first1=V. |last2=Nel |first2=A. |year=2008 |title=Eocene bethylid wasps from French amber (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen |volume=248 |pages=91–101}}
9. ^{{Cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Y-L. |last2=Ren |first2=D. |last3=Shih |first3=C-K |title=Two Middle Jurassic hanging-flies (Insecta: Mecoptera: Bittacidae) from Northeast China |journal=Zootaxa |year=2008 |volume=1929 |pages=38–46 |issn=1175-5334 |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01929p046f.pdf}}
10. ^{{cite journal|last1=Perrichot |first1=V. |last2=Nel |first2=A. |last3=Néraudeau |first3=D. |last4=Lacau |first4=S. |last5=Guyot |first5=T. |year=2008 |title=New fossil ants in French Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |journal=Naturwissenschaften |volume=95 |issue=2 |pages=91–97 |doi=10.1007/s00114-007-0302-7 |url=http://gap.entclub.org/taxonomists/Perrichot/Ants%20French%20Cretaceous%20Perrichot%20et%20al.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425025457/http://gap.entclub.org/taxonomists/Perrichot/Ants%20French%20Cretaceous%20Perrichot%20et%20al.pdf |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2013-04-25 |pmid=17828384 |bibcode=2008NW.....95...91P }}
11. ^{{cite journal|last1=Jepson |first1=J.E. |author2=Jarzembowski, E.A. |year=2008 |title=Two new species of snakefly (Insecta:Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Spain with a review of other fossil raphidiopterans from the Jurassic/Cretaceous transition |journal=Alavesia |volume=2 |pages=193–201 |url=http://fossilinsects.net/pdfs/Jepson_Jarzembowski_2008_Alavesia_SnakeflyLowerCretaceousEnglandSpain.pdf |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718202102/http://fossilinsects.net/pdfs/Jepson_Jarzembowski_2008_Alavesia_SnakeflyLowerCretaceousEnglandSpain.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-18 |df= }}
12. ^{{cite journal |author1=Norman F. Johnson |author2=Luciana Musetti |author3=Lubomír Masner |year=2008 |title=The Cretaceous scelionid genus Proteroscelio Brues (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea) |journal=American Museum Novitates |volume=3603 |pages=1–7 |doi=10.1206/0003-0082(2008)3603[1:TCSGPB]2.0.CO;2 |hdl=2246/5907 }}
13. ^{{Cite journal|last1=Ren |first1=D. |last2=Nel |first2=A. |last3=Prokop |first3=J. |title=New early griffenfly, Sinomeganeura huangheensis from the Late Carboniferous of northern China (Meganisoptera: Meganeuridae) |journal=Insect Systematics & Evolution |year=2008 |volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=223–229 |issn=1399-560X |url=http://202.204.209.200/upload/20080703010737.pdf |doi=10.1163/187631208788784075 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324183604/http://202.204.209.200/upload/20080703010737.pdf |archivedate=2012-03-24 |df= }}
14. ^{{cite journal |last1=Woodruff |first1=R.E. |year=2009 |title=A new fossil species of stag beetle from Dominican Republic amber, with Australasian connections (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) |journal= Insecta Mundi |volume=0098 |pages=1–10 |url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1621&context=insectamundi&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fscholar%3Fq%3DDominican%2BAmber%2Bstag%2Bbeetle%26btnG%3D%26hl%3Den%26as_sdt%3D0%252C48#search=%22Dominican%20Amber%20stag%20beetle%22}}
15. ^{{Cite journal|last1=Grimaldi |first1=D. |last2=Engel |first2=M. S. |year=2008 |title=A termite bug in Early Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic (Hemiptera: Termitaphididae) |journal=American Museum Novitates |volume=3619 |pages=1–10 |url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/5921//v3/dspace/updateIngest/pdfs/N3619.pdf?sequence=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503151519/http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/5921//v3/dspace/updateIngest/pdfs/N3619.pdf?sequence=1 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2014-05-03 |doi=10.1206/610.1 |hdl=2246/5921 }}
16. ^{{cite journal |author1=John A. Long |author2=Brian Choo |author3=Gavin C. Young |year=2008 |title=A new basal actinopterygian fish from the Middle Devonian Aztec Siltstone of Antarctica |journal=Antarctic Science |volume=20 |issue=4 |pages=393–412 |doi=10.1017/S0954102008001144 }}
17. ^{{cite book |author1=Gary T. Takeuchi |author2=Richard W. Huddleston |year=2008 |chapter=Genyonemus whistleri new species, a late Miocene sciaenid fish from California |editor1=Xiaoming Wang |editor2= Lawrence G. Barnes |title=Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology of Western and Southern North America. Contributions in Honor of David P. Whistler |publisher=Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County |volume= |pages=279–291 |isbn=978-1-891276-27-9 }}
18. ^{{cite journal | last1 = Long | first1 = J. A. | last2 = Trinajstic | first2 = K. | last3 = Young | first3 = G. C. | last4 = Senden | first4 = T. | year = 2008 | title = Live birth in the Devonian period | url = | journal = Nature | volume = 453 | issue = 7195| pages = 650–652 |doi=10.1038/nature06966 |bibcode = 2008Natur.453..650L | pmid=18509443}}
19. ^{{cite journal |last=Evans |first=Susan E. |authorlink=Susan E. Evans |author2=Jones, Marc E. H.|author3= Krause, David W. |year=2008 |month= |title=A giant frog with South American affinities from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=105 |issue=8 |pages=2951–2956 |doi=10.1073/pnas.0707599105 |quote=|pmid=18287076 |pmc=2268566 |bibcode = 2008PNAS..105.2951E }}
20. ^{{cite journal | doi = 10.1038/nature06865 | author = Anderson J.S. | last2 = Reisz | first2 = RR | authorlink2 = Robert R. Reisz |author3=Scott D. |author4=Fröbisch N.B. |author5=Sumida S.S. | year = 2008 | title = A stem batrachian from the Early Permian of Texas and the origin of frogs and salamanders | url = | journal = Nature | volume = 453 | issue = 7194| pages = 515–518 | pmid = 18497824 |bibcode = 2008Natur.453..515A }}
21. ^{{cite journal | author1 = Jean-Claude Rage | author2 = Didier B. Dutheil | title = Amphibians and squamates from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Morocco. A preliminary study, with description of a new genus of pipid frog | url = http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/pala/detail/285/74327/%23 | journal = Palaeontographica Abteilung A | volume = 285 | issue = 1–3 | pages = 1–22 | access-date = 2014-08-28 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095852/http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/pala/detail/285/74327/ | archive-date = 2015-09-24 | dead-url = yes | df = }}
22. ^{{cite journal |author1=Massimo Delfino |author2=Jeremy E. Martin |author3=Eric Buffetaut |year=2008 |title=A new species of Acynodon (Crocodylia) from the upper cretaceous (Santonian–Campanian) of Villaggio del Pescatore, Italy |journal=Palaeontology |volume=51 |issue=5 |pages=1091–1106 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00800.x }}
23. ^{{cite journal |author1=Laura E. Wilkinson |author2=Mark T. Young |author3=Michael J. Benton |year=2008 |title=A new metriorhynchid crocodilian (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) of Wiltshire, UK |journal=Palaeontology |volume=51 |issue=6 |pages=1307–1333 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00818.x }}
24. ^{{cite journal |author1=Marco Brandalise de Andrade |author2=Mark T. Young |author3=Julia B. Desojo |author4=Stephen L. Brusatte |year=2010 |title=The evolution of extreme hypercarnivory in Metriorhynchidae (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) based on evidence from microscopic denticle morphology |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=30 |issue=5 |pages=1451–1465 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2010.501442}}
25. ^{{cite journal |author1=Douglas Riff |author2=Orangel A. Aguilera |year=2008 |title=The world's largest gharials Gryposuchus: description of G. croizati n. sp. (Crocodylia, Gavialidae) from the Upper Miocene Urumaco Formation, Venezuela |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=82 |issue=2 |pages=178–195 |doi=10.1007/BF02988408 }}
26. ^{{Cite journal|author1=José Antonio Barbosa |author2=Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner |author3=Maria Somália Sales Viana |year=2008 |title=New dyrosaurid crocodylomorph and evidences for faunal turnover at the K–P transition in Brazil |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=275 |issue=1641 |pages=1385–1391 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2008.0110 |pmid=18364311 |pmc=2602706 }}
27. ^{{cite journal |author1=Stéphane Jouve |author2=Nathalie Bardet |author3=Nour-Eddine Jalil |author4=Xabier Pereda Suberbiola |author5=Baâdi Bouya |author6=Mbarek Amaghzaz |year=2008 |title=The oldest African crocodylian: phylogeny, paleobiogeography, and differential survivorship of marine reptiles through the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=409–421 |jstor=20490959 }}
28. ^{{cite journal |author1=Karin Peyer |author2=Joseph G. Carter |author3=Hans-Dieter Sues |author4=Stephanie E. Novak |author5=Paul E. Olsen |year=2008 |title=A new suchian archosaur from the Upper Triassic of North Carolina |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=363–381 |jstor=20490957 }}
29. ^{{cite journal |author1=William G. Parker |author2=Michelle R. Stocker |author3=Randall B. Irmis |year=2008 |title=A new desmatosuchine aetosaur (Archosauria: Suchia) from the Upper Triassic Tecovas Formation (Dockum Group) of Texas |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=28 |issue=3 |pages=692–701 |jstor=20490996 }}
30. ^{{cite journal |author1=Marco Brandalise de Andrade |author2=Reinaldo J. Bertini |year=2008 |title=A new Sphagesaurus (Mesoeucrocodylia: Notosuchia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Monte Alto City (Bauru Group, Brazil), and a revision of the Sphagesauridae |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=101–136 |doi=10.1080/08912960701642949 }}
31. ^{{Cite journal | author1 = Fabiano Vidoi Iori | author2 = Thiago da Silva Marinho | author3= Ismar de Souza Carvalho | author4= Antonio Celso de Arruda Campos | title = Taxonomic reappraisal of the sphagesaurid crocodyliform Sphagesaurus montealtensis from the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of São Paulo State, Brazil| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.2.4 | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3686 | issue = 2 | pages = 183–200 | year = 2013 | pmid = 26473214 }}
32. ^{{cite journal |author1=Agustín G. Martinelli |author2=Diego F. Pais |year=2008 |title=A new baurusuchid crocodyliform (Archosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina) |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=7 |issue=6 |pages=371–381 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2008.05.002 }}
33. ^{{cite journal | last1 = Cheng | first1 = Y.-N. | last2 = Ji | first2 = Q. | last3 = Wu | first3 = X.-C. | last4 = Shan | first4 = H.-Y. | year = 2008 | title = Oviraptorosaurian eggs (Dinosauria) with embryonic skeletons discovered for the first time in China | url = | journal = Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) | volume = 82 | issue = 6| pages = 1089–1094 | doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2008.tb00708.x}}
34. ^{{cite journal | last1 = Watabe | first1 = M. | last2 = Tsogtbaatar | first2 = K. | last3 = Barsbold | first3 = R. | year = 2008 | title = First discovery of a theropod (Dinosauria) from the Upper Jurassic in Mongolia and its stratigraphy | url = | journal = Paleontological Research | volume = 12 | issue = 1| pages = 27–36 | doi = 10.2517/1342-8144(2008)12[27:FDOATD]2.0.CO;2 }}
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