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==Plants==
===Cycads===
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''[[Eostangeria ruzinciniana]]''<ref name="E.ruzinciniana2002">{{cite journal |last1=Uzunova |first1=K. |last2=Palamarev |first2=E. |last3=Kvaček |first3=Z. |year=2002 |title=''Eostangeria ruzinciniana'' (Zamiaceae) from the Middle Miocene of Bulgaria and its relationship to similar taxa of fossil ''Eostangeria'', and extant ''Chigua'' and ''Stangeria'' (Cycadales). |journal=Acta Palaeobotanica |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=177–194}}</ref>
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Sp nov
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valid
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Palamarev, Petkova, & Uzunova
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[[Miocene]]
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[[Krivodol Formation]]
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{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
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An [[Eostangerioideae|eostangerioid]] [[Zamiaceae|zamiaceous]] cycad.
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===Conifers===
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''[[Pseudolarix arnoldii]]''<ref name="Gooch1992">{{cite journal |last1=Gooch |first1=N. L. |year=1992 |title=Two new species of ''Pseudolarix'' Gordon (Pinaceae) from the middle Eocene of the Pacific Northwest |journal=PaleoBios |volume=14 |pages=13–19}}</ref>
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Sp nov.
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jr synonym
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Gooch
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[[Ypresian]]
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[[Allenby Formation]]
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{{Flag|Canada}}<br/>{{Flag|British Columbia}}
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A [[Pseudolarix|golden larch]] species,<br/> first described as ''[[Pseudolarix americana]]'' in part,<br/> combined into ''[[Pseudolarix amabilis]]'' in [[1995 in paleontology|1995]]
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''[[Pseudolarix wehrii]]''<ref name="Gooch1992"/>
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Sp nov
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valid
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Gooch
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[[Eocene]]
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[[Klondike Mountain Formation]]
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{{flag|USA}}<br/>{{Flag|Washington}}
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A [[Pseudolarix|golden larch]],<br/> first described as ''[[Pseudolarix americana]]'' in part,<br/> also found as mummified fossils from the [[Buchanan Lake Formation]]
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[[file:Pseudolarix wehrii SR 06-19-03 img2.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Pseudolarix wehrii]]'']]
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===Angiosperms===
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''[[Ethela]]''<ref name="Ethela1992">{{cite journal |last1=Erwin |first1=D. M. |last2=Stockey |first2=R. A. |year=1992 |title=Vegetative body of a permineralized monocotyledon from the Middle Eocene Princeton chert of British Columbia |journal=Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg |volume=147 |pages=309–327}}</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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valid
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Erwin & 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 [[Cyperaceae|cyperaceous]] or [[Juncaceae|juncaceous]] [[poales|poalean]] monocot<br/> The type species is ''E. sargentiana''
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''[[Florissantia ashwillii]]''<ref name="Manchester1992">{{cite journal |last1=Manchester |first1=S.R. |year=1992 |title = Flowers, fruits and pollen of ''Florissantia'', an extinct malvalean genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=79 |issue=9 |pages=996–1008 |doi=10.2307/2444909 |jstor=2444909 }}</ref>
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Sp nov
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valid
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Manchester
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[[Middle Eocene]]
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[[Clarno Formation]]
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{{flag|United States}}<br/>{{Flag|Oregon}}
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A [[malvaceae|mallow]] relative 
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''[[Florissantia quilchenensis]]''<ref name="Manchester1992"/>
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comb nov
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valid
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(Mathewes & Brooke) Manchester
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[[Eocene]]<br/>[[Ypresian]]
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[[Eocene Okanagan Highlands|Okanagan Highlands]]<br/>[[Coldwater Beds]]
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{{flag|Canada}}<br/>{{Flag|British Columbia}}
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A [[malvaceae|mallow]] relative, <br/> moved from ''[[Holmskioldia quilchenensis]]'' ([[1971 in paleontology|1971]])  
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''[[Florissantia sikhote-alinensis]]''<ref name="Manchester1992"/>
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comb nov
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valid
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([[Leo Lesquereux|Lesquereux]]) Manchester
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[[Late Eocene]]
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[[Florissant Formation]]
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{{flag|United States}}<br/>{{Flag|Colorado}}
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A [[malvaceae|mallow]] relative, <br/> moved from ''[[Holmskioldia speirii]]'' ([[1953 in paleontology|1953]])  
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''[[Palaeocarpinus joffrensis]]''<ref name="Sun1992">{{cite journal |last1=Sun |first1=F. |last2=Stockey |first2=R.A. |year=1992 |title=A new species of ''Palaeocarpinus'' (Betulaceae) based on infructescences, fruits, and associated staminate inflorescences and leaves from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=153 |issue=1 |pages=136-146 |doi=10.1086/297015}}</ref>
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Sp nov
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Valid
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Sun & Stockey
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[[Paleocene]]<br/>[[Tiffanian]]
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[[Paskapoo Formation]]<br/>Lacombe member
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{{flag|Canada}}<br/>{{Flag|Alberta}}
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A [[Betulaceae|betulaceous]] fruit
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==Arthropods==
===Insects===
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''[[Anonychomyrma constricta]]''<ref name="Shattuck1992">{{cite journal| last1=Shattuck |first1=S. O. |year=1992 |title=Review of the dolichoderine ant genus ''Iridomyrmex'' Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |journal= Journal of the Australian Entomological Society |volume= 31 |pages=13–18 |doi=10.1111/j.1440-6055.1992.tb00453.x}}</ref>
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Comb nov
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jr synonym 
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([[Gustav Mayr|Mayr]])
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[[Lutetian]]
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[[Baltic amber]]
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{{Flag|Europe}}
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A [[Dolichoderinae|Dolichoderin]] ant,<br/> jr syn of ''[[Yantaromyrmex constricta]]''
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[[File:Yantaromyrmex constricta MBI2299 01.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Yantaromyrmex constricta]]'']]
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''[[Anonychomyrma samlandica]]''<ref name="Shattuck1992"/>
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Comb nov
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Jr synonym
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([[William Morton Wheeler|Wheeler]])
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[[Lutetian]]
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[[Baltic amber]]
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{{Flag|Europe}}
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A [[Dolichoderinae|Dolichoderin]] ant<br/> jr synonym of ''[[Yantaromyrmex samlandica]]''
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[[File:Yantaromyrmex samlandica BMNHP17786 02.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Yantaromyrmex samlandica]]'']]
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''[[Cretomerobius]]''<ref name="Makarkin2003">{{Cite journal |last1=Makarkin |first1=VN |last2=Archibald |first2=SB |last3=Oswald |first3=JD |year=2003 |title=New Early Eocene brown lacewings (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) from western North America |journal= The Canadian Entomologist |volume=135 |issue=5 |pages= 637–653 |doi=10.4039/n02-122|citeseerx=10.1.1.489.5852 |s2cid=53479449 }}</ref>
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Gen et sp nov.
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valid
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Ponomarenko
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[[Aptian]]
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[[Bon-Tsagan]]
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{{flag|Mongolia}}
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A hemerobiid lacewing, type species, ''C. disjunctus''
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''[[Liometopum goepperti]]''
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Comb nov
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Jr synonym
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(Mayr, 1868)
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Middle Eocene
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Baltic amber
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{{Flag|Europe}}
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Fossil [[Dolichoderinae|Dolichoderine]] ant,<br/> moved to ''[[Ctenobethylus goepperti]]'' in [[1997 in paleontology|1997]]
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[[File:Ctenobethylus goepperti HJF009 dorsal.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Ctenobethylus goepperti]]'']]
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''[[Miotingis]]''<ref name="NelMiotingis">{{cite journal |last1=Nel |first1=A. |year=1992 |title=Nouveaux Tingidae fossiles du Cénozoïque de France (Heteroptera) |journal=École Pratique des Hautes Études, Biologie et Évolution des Insectes |volume=5 |pages=97–104}}</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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valid
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Nel
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[[Messinian]]
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[[Foufouilloux outcrop]]
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{{Flag|France}}
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A lacebug, type species ''M. cantalensis''
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[[File:Miotingis cantalensis holotype MNHN.F.R10395 direct lighting.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Miotingis cantalensis]]'']]
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''[[Neides oligocenicus]]''<ref name="Nel1992">{{cite journal |last1=Nel |first1=A. |year=1992 |title=Essai de révision des Berytidae fossiles (Heteroptera, Pentatomorpha) |journal=Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Section C |volume=14 |pages=275–287}}</ref>
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Sp nov
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Valid
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Nel
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[[Chattian]]
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[[Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation]]
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{{Flag|France}}
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A thread bug
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[[File:Neides oligocenicus holotype MNHN.F.R10372 part direct light.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Neides oligocenicus]]'']]
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''[[Makarkinia|Panfilovia adamsi]]''<ref name="Bechly2016">{{Cite journal|last1=Bechly |first1=G. |last2=Makarkin |first2=V. N. |year=2016 |title=A new gigantic lacewing species (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil confirms the occurrence of Kalligrammatidae in the Americas |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume= 58|pages= 135–140|doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.014 |bibcode=2016CrRes..58..135B }}</ref>
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Sp nov
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jr synonym
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Martins-Neto
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[[Aptian]]
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[[Crato Formation]]
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{{Flag|Brazil}}
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A Kalligrammatid lacewing, syn of ''[[Makarkinia|Makarkinia adamsi]]''
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''[[Spatalistiforma]]''<ref name=ZT43941>{{Cite journal|author1=Maria Heikkilä |author2=John W. Brown |author3=Joaquin Baixeras |author4=Wolfram Mey |author5=Mikhail V. Kozlov |year=2018 |title=Re-examining the rare and the lost: a review of fossil Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4394 |issue=1 |pages=41–60 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4394.1.2 |pmid=29690381 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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[[Andrzej W. Skalski|Skalski]]
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[[Lutetian]]
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[[Baltic amber]]
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{{Flag|Europe}}
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A [[moth]] of uncertain placement.<br/> The type species is ''S. submerga''.
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[[File:Spatalistiforma submerga Skalski 1992-ZMCD-HT-12-4-1957LEPSUCC88-UZMC-AWS-Baltic Fig A.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Spatalistiforma submerga]]'']]
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''[[Termitaradus protera]]''<ref name="Poinar2011">{{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}}</ref>
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sp. nov
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valid
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Poinar & Doyen
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[[Late Oligocene]] - [[Early Miocene]]
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[[Mexican amber]]
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{{Flag|Mexico}}
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first fossil species of ''[[Termitaradus]]''
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==Archosauromorphs==
* During the 1992 field season a concerted effort was undertaken by the [[Royal Tyrell Museum]] to recover the remains of young hadrosaurs.<ref name="hadro-egg-intro-208" /> The researchers describe the acquisition that season of 43 specimens as being a success.<ref name="hadro-egg-intro-208" /> Most of the recovered fossils were of [[dentaries]] missing their teeth, bones from limbs and feet, as well as vertebral [[centra]].<ref name="hadro-egg-intro-208" />
* [[John R. Horner|Jack Horner]] speculated that [[transitional species]] evolved in the uppermost part of the [[Two Medicine Formation]] during the [[Bearpaw Transgression]]. This was during a half-million year span as the transgression inundated the [[Judith River Formation]] and, later, the Two Medicine area, gradually destroying the local dinosaurs' preferred habitats.<ref name="twoturn-turnover-307" /> Horner cited certain [[ceratopsid]] and [[pachycephalosaurid]] species as possible evidence for his hypothesis.<ref name="twoturn-turnover-307" />

=== 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>

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| ''[[Archaeornithoides]]''
| Valid taxon
| Elzanowski [[Peter Wellnhofer]]
| [[Campanian]]
| [[Djadokhta Formation]]
| {{flag|Mongolia}}
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| rowspan="13" | 
[[Image:Udanoceratops sketch2.jpg|thumb|center|200px|''[[Udanoceratops]]'']]

[[Image:TarbosaurusDB.jpg|thumb|center|200px|"[[Maleevosaurus]]"]]
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| ''[[Chinshakiangosaurus]]'' <ref name=Dong92>Dong, Zhiming (1992). Dinosaurian faunas of China. China Ocean Press. {{ISBN|9783540520849}}.</ref>
| Valid taxon
| Ye vide Dong
| [[Hettangian]]
| [[Fengjiahe Formation]]
| {{flag|China}}
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| ''[[Dyslocosaurus]]''<ref>McIntosh, J.S., W.P. Coombs, and D.A. Russell. 1992. A new diplodocid sauropod (Dinosauria) from Wyoming, USA. J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 12 (2): pp. 158-167.</ref>
| Valid taxon
| McIntosh, Coombs & [[Dale A. Russell]]
| [[Kimmeridgian]]
| [[Morrison Formation]]
| {{flag|USA}} {{flag|Wyoming}}
| Exact provenance unknown, may actually be from the [[Lance Formation]]
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| ''[[Edmarka]]''<ref>Bakker, R.T., P. Galton, J. Siegwarth, and J. Filla. 1990. A new latest Jurassic vertebrate fauna, from the highest levels of the Morrison Formation at Como Bluff, Wyoming, with comments on Morrison biochronology Part IV. The dinosaurs: a new ''Othnielia''-like hypsilophodontoid. Hunteria,
2: pp. 8-13.</ref>
| Synonym of ''Torvosaurus''
| [[Robert Bakker]], Kralis, Siegwarth and Filla
| [[Kimmeridgian]]
| [[Morrison Formation]]
| {{flag|USA}} {{flag|Wyoming}}
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| ''[[Gigantspinosaurus]]''<ref>Ouyang, H. (1992). "Discovery of Gigantspinosaurus sichanensis and its scapular spine orientation". Abstracts and Summaries for Youth Academic Symposium on New Discoveries and Ideas in Stratigraphic Paleontology (in Chinese) null: 47–49.</ref>
| Valid taxon
| Ouyang
| [[Oxfordian (stage)|Oxfordian]]
| [[Upper Shaximiao Formation]]
| {{flag|China}}
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| ''[[Kunmingosaurus]]''<ref name=Dong92/>
| ''Nomina nuda''
| Zhao X. (as Chao S.)
| [[Hettangian]]
| [[Fengjiahe Formation]]
| {{flag|China}}
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| ''[[Maleevosaurus]]''<ref>Carpenter, K. 1992. Tyrannosaurids (Dinosauria) of Asia and North America. In: Aspects of nonmarine cretaceous geology (N. Mateer and
P.J. Chen, eds.). China Ocean Press, Beijing: pp.250-268.</ref>
| [[Junior synonym]] of ''[[Tarbosaurus]]''
| [[Kenneth Carpenter]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| [[Nemegt Formation]]
| {{flag|Mongolia}}
|-
| ''[[Neuquensaurus]]''<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Novas | first1 = F.E. | last2 = Pott | first2 = D. | year = 2005 | title = New evidence on deinonychosaurian dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia | journal = Nature | volume = 433 | issue = 7028| pages = 858–861 | doi=10.1038/nature03285 | pmid=15729340| bibcode = 2005Natur.433..858N | s2cid = 4413316 | url = http://doc.rero.ch/record/15096/files/PAL_E2361.pdf }}</ref>
| Valid taxon
| [[Jaime Eduardo Powell]]
| [[Campanian]]
| [[Anacleto Formation]]
| {{flag|Argentina}}
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| ''[[Udanoceratops]]''<ref>Kurzanov, S.M. 1992. Gigantskiy protoseratopsid iz verkhnengo mela Mongolii. Paleontologischeskii Zhural (1992) 3: pp. 81-93.</ref>
| Valid taxon
| [[Sergei Kurzanov]]
| [[Campanian]]
| [[Djadokhta Formation]]
| {{flag|Mongolia}}
| 
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| ''[[Wakinosaurus]]''<ref name="okazeki92wakinosaurus">Okazaki, Y. 1992. A new genus and species of carnivorous dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Kwanmon Group, Northern Kyushu. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 11: pp. 87-90.</ref>
| ''Nomen dubium''
| Okazaki
| [[Valanginian]]-[[Barremian]]
| [[Sengoku Formation]]
| {{flag|Japan}}
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=== Newly named birds ===
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''[[Anneavis anneae]]'' <ref name=Sandcoleus>{{Cite journal|author=Peter W. Houde & Storrs L. Olson |year=1992 |title=A Radiation of Coly-like Birds from the Eocene of North America (Aves: Sandcoleiformes New Order) |url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/15590/VZ_244_Sandcoleiformes.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |journal=In Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series |volume=36 |pages=137–160 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
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[[Peter W. Houde]]

[[Storrs L. Olson]]
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Early [[Eocene]]
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Late [[Wasatchian]], [[Green River Formation]]
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{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|Wyoming}}
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A [[Coliiformes]], [[Sandcoleidae]] Houde et Olson, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus.
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''[[Archaealectrornis sibleyi]]'' <ref name=Archaealectrornis>{{Cite journal|author=Timothy M. Crowe & Lester L. Short |year=1992 |title=A New Gallinaceous Bird From the Oligocene of Nebraska, With Comments on the Phylogenetic Position of the Gallinuloididae |journal=In Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series |volume=36 |pages=179–185 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
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[[Timothy M. Crowe]]

[[Lester L. Short]]
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Middle-Late [[Oligocene]]
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[[Brule Formation]]
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{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|Nebraska}}
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Described in the [[Gallinuloididae]] Lucas, 1900, but transferred to the [[Cracidae]].
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''[[Archaeoganga pinguis]]'' <ref name=Archaeoganga>{{Cite journal|author=Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |year=1992 |title=Un Ganga Primitif (Aves: Columbiformes, Pteroclidae) de très Grande Taille dans le Paléogène des Phosphorites du Quercy (France) |journal=Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série IIA |volume=314 |pages=229–235 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
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[[Cécile Mourer-Chauviré]]
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[[Eocene]] or [[Oligocene]]
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[[Phosphorites du Quercy]],

MP 16 or 28
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{{Flag|France}}
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A [[Pteroclidae]].
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''[[Balearica exigua]]'' <ref name=Balearica>{{Cite journal|author=Alan Feduccia & Michael R. Voorhies |year=1992 |title=Crowned Cranes (Gruidae: ''Balearica'') in the Miocene of Nebraska |journal=In Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series |volume=36 |pages=239–248 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Sp. nov.
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[[Alan Feduccia]]

[[Michael R. Voorhies]]
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Late [[Miocene]]
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[[Ash Hollow Formatie]]
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{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|Nebraska}}
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A [[Gruidae]].
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''[[Bucephala cereti]]'' <ref name=Bucephala>{{Cite journal|author=Odile Boeuf & Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |year=1992 |title=Les Oiseaux des Gisements d'Age Pliocène Supérieur de Chilhac, Haute Loire, France |journal=Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série II |volume=314 |pages=1091–1096 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Sp. nov.
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[[Odile Boeuf]]

[[Cécile Mourer-Chauviré]]
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Late [[Pliocene]]
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[[MN 17]]
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{{Flag|France}}
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An [[Anatidae]].
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''[[Cathayornis yandica]]'' <ref name=Cathayornis>{{Cite journal|author=Zhou Zhonghe, Fan Jin & Jiang Yong Zhang |year=1992 |title=Preliminary Report on a Mesozoic Bird from Liaoning, China |journal=Chinese Science Bulletin |volume=37 |pages=1365–1368 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
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[[Zhou Zhonghe]]

[[Fan Jin]]

[[Jiang Yong Zhang]]
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[[Early Cretaceous]]
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[[Valanginian]],

[[Jiufotang Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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An [[Enantiornithes]] Walker, 1981, [[Cathayornithiformes]] Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 1992, [[Cathayornithidae]] Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus.
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''[[Chascacocolius oscitans]]'' <ref name="Sandcoleus"/>
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Valid
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
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[[Peter W. Houde]]

[[Storrs L. Olson]]
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Early [[Eocene]]
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Early [[Wasatchian]],

[[Willwood Formation]]
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{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|Wyoming}}
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A [[Coliiformes]], [[Chascacocoliidae]] Zelenkov et Dyke, 2008, this is the type species of the new genus.
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''[[Ciconia stehlini]]'' <ref name=Ciconia>{{Cite journal |author= Dénes Jánossy |year=1992 |title= Lower Pleistocene Bird Remains from Beremend, (S-Hungary, Loc. 15. And 16.) |url=https://archive.org/details/aquila991992magy |journal=Aquila |volume=99 |pages=9–25 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Sp. nov.
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[[Dénes Jánossy]]
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Late [[Pleistocene]]
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[[MN 16]]
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{{Flag|Hungary}}
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A [[Ciconiidae]].
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''[[Columbina prattae]]'' <ref name=Columbina>{{Cite journal |author= Jonathan J. Becker & Pierce Brodkorb |year=1992 |title= An Early Miocene Ground-dove (Aves: Columbidae) from Florida |journal=In Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series |volume=36 |pages=189–193 }}</ref>
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Valid
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Sp. nov.
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[[Jonathan J. Becker]]

[[Pierce Brodkorb]]
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Early [[Miocene]]
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Fissure fillings in Early [[Eocene]] [[Cristal River Limestone]]
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{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|Florida}}
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A [[Columbidae]], in 2008 David W. Steadman made it the type species of his new genus ''Arenicolumbina''.<ref name=Arenicolumbina>{{Cite journal |author= David W. Steadman |year=2008 |title= Doves (Columbidae) and Cuckoos (Cuculidae) from the Early Miocene of Florida |url=http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/00/10/12/64/00001/vol48no1.pdf |journal=Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History |volume=48 |issue= 1|pages=1–16 }}</ref>
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|-
|
''[[Concornis lacustris]]'' <ref name=Concornis>{{Cite journal |author=José L. Sanz & Angela D. Buscalioni |year=1992 |title=A New Bird from the Early Cretaceous of Las Hoas, Spain, and the Early Radiation of Birds |url=http://www.palass-pubs.org/palaeontology/pdf/Vol35/Pages%20829-845.pdf |journal=Palaeontology |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=829–845 |access-date=2014-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821050437/http://www.palass-pubs.org/palaeontology/pdf/Vol35/Pages%20829-845.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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Valid
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
[[José L. Sanz]]

[[Angela D. Buscalioni]]
|
[[Early Cretaceous]]
|
[[Neocomian]]
|
{{Flag|Spain}}:

{{Flag|Castilla–La Mancha}}
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An [[Enantiornithes]] Walker, 1981, [[Iberomesornithiformes]] Sanz et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, [[Concornithidae]] Kurochkin, 1996, this is the type species of the new genus.
|
|-
|
''[[Foro panarium]]'' <ref name=Foro>{{Cite journal |author= Storrs L. Olson |year=1992 |title= A New Family of Primitive Landbirds from the Lower Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming |url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8418/VZ_243_Foro_panarium.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |journal=In Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series |volume=36 |pages=127–136 }}</ref>
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Valid
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
[[Storrs L. Olson]]
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Late Early [[Eocene]]
|
[[Green River Formation]]
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{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|Wyoming}}
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An [[Opisthocomiformes]], [[Foratidae]] Olson, 1992.
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|-
|
''[[Gallicolumba nui]]'' <ref name=Macropygia>{{Cite journal |author= David W. Steadman |year=1992 |title= New Species of ''Gallicolumba'' and ''Macropygia'' (Aves: Columbidae) from Archeological Sites in Polynesia |journal=In Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series |volume=36 |pages=329–348 }}</ref>
|
Valid
|
Sp. nov.
|
[[David W. Steadman]]
|
[[Holocene]]
|
[[Ua Huka]]
|
{{Flag|French Polynesia}}
|
A [[Columbidae]].
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|-
|
''[[Gastornis russelli]]'' <ref name=Gastornis>{{Cite journal|author=Larry D. Martin |year=1992 |title= The Status of the Late Paleocene Birds ''Gastornis'' and ''Remiornis'' |journal=In Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series |volume=36 |pages=97–108 }}</ref>
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Valid
|
Sp. nov.
|
[[Larry D. Martin]]
|
Late [[Paleocene]]
|
[[Thanetian|MP 6]]
|
{{Flag|France}}
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A [[Gastornithidae]] Fürbringer, 1888.
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|-
|
''[[Helonetta brodkorbi]]'' <ref name=Oxyura>{{Cite journal|author=Steven D. Emslie |year=1992 |title= Two New Late Blancan Avifaunas from Florida and the Extinction of Wetland Birds in the Plio-Pleistocene |journal=In Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series |volume=36 |pages=249–269 }}</ref>
|
Valid
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
[[Steven D. Emslie]]
|
Late [[Pliocene]]
|
[[Blancan]],

[[Tamiami Formation]]
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{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|Florida}}
|
An [[Anatidae]], this is the type species of the new genus.
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|-
|
''[[Iberomesornis romerali]]'' <ref name=Iberomesornis>{{Cite journal |author= José L. Sanz & José F. Bonaparte |year=1992 |title= A New Order of Birds (Class Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain |journal=In Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series |volume=36 |pages=38–49 }}</ref>
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Valid
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
[[José L. Sanz]]

[[José F. Bonaparte]]
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[[Early Cretaceous]]
|
[[Hauterivian]]-Early [[Barremian]]
|
{{Flag|Spain}}:

{{Flag|Castilla–La Mancha}}
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An [[Enantiornithes]], [[Iberomesornithiformes]] Sanz et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, [[Iberomesornithidae]] Sanz et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992.
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|-
|
''[[Kuszholia mengi]]'' <ref name=Kuszholia>{{Cite journal|author=Lev A. Nessov |year=1992 |title=[Record of the Localities of Mesozoic and Paleogene with Avian Remains in the USSR, and the description of New Findings] |journal=Russian Journal of Ornithology |volume=1 |pages=7–50 }}</ref>
|
Valid
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
[[Lev A. Nessov]]
|
[[Early Cretaceous]]
|
[[Turonian]]-[[Coniacian]],

[[Bissekty Formation]]
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{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}
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An [[Enantiornithes]] Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus.
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|-
|
''[[Macranhinga paranensis]]'' <ref name=Macranhinga>{{Cite journal |author= Jorge I. Noriega |year=1992 |title= Un Nuevo Genero de Anhingidae (Aves: Pelecaniformes) de la Formacion Ituzaingo (Mioceno Superior) de Argentina |journal=Notas del Museo de la Plata, Tomo XXI, Paleontologia |volume=21 |issue=109 |pages=217–223 }}</ref>
|
Valid
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
[[Jorge I. Noriega]]
|
Late [[Miocene]]
|
[[Mesopotamiense]],

[[Ituzaingó Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A big [[Anhingidae]].
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|-
|
''[[Macropygia arevarevauupa]]'' <ref name="Macropygia"/>
|
Valid
|
Sp. nov.
|
[[David W. Steadman]]
|
[[Holocene]]
|
[[Huahine]],

[[Society Islands]]
|
{{Flag|French Polynesia}}
|
A [[Columbidae]].
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|-
|
''[[Macropygia heana]]'' <ref name="Macropygia"/>
|
Valid
|
Sp. nov.
|
[[David W. Steadman]]
|
[[Holocene]]
|
[[Ua Huka]]
|
{{Flag|French Polynesia}}
|
A [[Columbidae]].
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|-
|
''[[Megalodytes morejohni]]'' <ref name=Megalodytes>{{Cite journal |author= Hildegarde Howard |year=1992 |title= New Records of Middle Miocene Anseriform Birds from Kern County, California |journal=In Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series |volume=36 |pages=231–237 }}</ref>
|
Valid
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
[[Hildegarde Howard]]
|
Middle [[Miocene]]
|
[[Sharktooth Hill Bonebed]]
|
{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|California}}
|
An [[Anatidae]].
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|-
|
''[[Messelornis nearctica]]'' <ref name=Messelornis>{{Cite journal|author=Angelika Hesse |year=1992 |title= A New Species of ''Messelornis'' (Aves: Messelornithidae) from the Middle Eocene Green River Formation |journal=In Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series |volume=36 |pages=171–178 }}</ref>
|
Valid
|
Sp. nov.
|
[[Angelika Hesse]]
|
Early [[Eocene]]
|
[[Green River Formation]]
|
{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|Wyoming}}
|
A [[Ralliformes]], [[Messelornithidae]] Hesse, 1988.
|
|-
|
''[[Oxyura hulberti]]'' <ref name="Oxyura"/>
|
Valid
|
Sp. nov.
|
[[Steven D. Emslie]]
|
Late [[Pliocene]]
|
[[Blancan]],

[[Tamiami Formation]]
|
{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|Florida}}
|
An [[Anatidae]].
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|-
|
''[[Palaeoglaux artophoron]]'' <ref name=Palaeoglaux>{{Cite journal|author=Dieter S. Peters |year=1992 |title= A New Species of Owl (Aves: Strigiformes) from the Middle Eocene Messel Oil Shale |url=http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Peters%201992.pdf |journal=In Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series |volume=36 |pages=161–169 }}</ref>
|
Valid
|
Sp. nov.
|
Dieter S. Peters
|
Middle Eocene
|
MP 11
|
{{Flag|Germany}}:

{{Flag|Hessen}}
|
A [[Strigiformes]], [[Palaeoglaucidae]] Mourer-Chauviré, 1987.
|
|-
|
''[[Patagopteryx deferrariisi]]'' <ref name=Patagopteryx>{{Cite journal|author=Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga & José F. Bonaparte |year=1992 |title= A New Flightless Landbird from the Cretaceous of Patagonia |journal=In Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series |volume=36 |pages=51–64 }}</ref>
|
Valid
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
[[Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga]]

[[José F. Bonaparte]]
|
[[Late Cretaceous]]
|
[[Coniacian]],

[[Rio Colorado Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
An [[Ornithuromorphae]] Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, [[Patagopterygiformes]] Alvarenga et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, [[Patagopterygidae]] Alvarenga et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus.
|
|-
|
''[[Platanavis nana]]'' <ref name="Kuszholia"/>
|
Valid
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
[[Lev A. Nessov]]
|
[[Late Cretaceous]]
|
[[Coniacian]]
|
{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}
|
An [[Ornithuromorphae]] Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, this is the type species of the new genus.
|
|-
|
''[[Quercymegapodius brodkorbi]]'' <ref name=Quercymegapodius>{{Cite journal|author=Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |year=1992 |title=The Galliformes (Aves) from the Phosphorites du Quercy (France): Systematics and Biostratigraphy |journal=In Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series |volume=36 |pages=67–96 }}</ref>
|
Valid
|
Sp. nov.
|
[[Cécile Mourer-Chauviré]]
|
[[Late Eocene]]
|
[[Phosphorites du Quercy]]
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A [[Craciformes]] Sibley, Ahlquist et Monroe, 1988, [[Quercymegapodiidae]] Mourer-Chauviré, 1992.
|
|-
|
''[[Quercypsitta ivani]]'' <ref name=Quercypsitta>{{Cite journal|author=Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |year=1992 |title=Une Nouvelle Famille de Perroquets (Aves, Psittaciformes) dans L'Éocene Supérieur des Phosphorites du Quercy, France |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248615481 |journal=Géobios Mémoire Spécial |volume=14 |pages=169–177 }}</ref>
|
Valid
|
Sp. nov.
|
[[Cécile Mourer-Chauviré]]
|
Late [[Eocene]]
|
[[MP 17]]
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A [[Psittaciformes]], [[Quercypsittidae]] Mourer-Chauviré, 1992.
|
|-
|
''[[Quercypsitta sudrei]]'' <ref name="Quercypsitta"/>
|
Valid
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré
|
[[Late Eocene]]
|
[[MP 17]]
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A [[Psittaciformes]], [[Quercypsittidae]] Mourer-Chauviré, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus.
|
|-
|
''[[Sandcoleus copiosus]]'' <ref name="Sandcoleus"/>
|
Valid
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
[[Peter W. Houde]]

[[Storrs L. Olson]]
|
[[Early Eocene]]
|
Middle [[Clarkforkian]],

[[Willwood Formation]]
|
{{Flag|USA}}:

{{Flag|Wyoming}}
|
A [[Coliiformes]], [[Sandcoleidae]] Houde et Olson, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus.
|
|-
|
''[[Sinornis santensis]]'' <ref name=Sinornis>{{Cite journal|author=Paul C. Sereno & Rao Chenggang |year=1992 |title=Early Evolution of Avian Flight and Perching: New Evidence from the Lower Cretaceous of China |journal=Science |volume=255 |issue=5046 |pages=845–848 |doi=10.1126/science.255.5046.845 |pmid=17756432|bibcode=1992Sci...255..845S |s2cid=41106677 }}</ref>
|
Valid
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
[[Paul C. Sereno]]

[[Rao Chenggang]]
|
[[Early Cretaceous]]
|
[[Valanginian]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
An [[Enantiornithes]] Walker, 1981, [[Cathayornithiformes]] Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 2006, [[Cathayornithidae]] Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 2006, this is the type species of the new genus.
|
|-
|
''[[Zhyraornis logunovi]]'' <ref name="Kuszholia"/>
|
Valid
|
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.
|
[[Lev A. Nessov]]
|
[[Early Cretaceous]]
|
[[Turonian]]-[[Coniacian]],

[[Bissekty Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}
|
An [[Enantiornithes]] Walker, 1981.
|
|-
|}

==Lepidosauromorphs==
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|- 
! Name
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | Images
|-
| ''[[Indophis|Indophis sahnii]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Rage |first1=Jean-Claude |last2=Prasad |first2=Guntupalli V. R. |date=November 1992 |title=New snakes from the late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Naskal, India |url=https://www.academia.edu/33857841 |journal=N. Jb. Geol. Palaont. Abh. |volume=187 |issue=1 |pages=83–97}}</ref>
| Valid
| Rage & Prasad
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| [[Intertrappean Beds]]
| {{flag|India}}
|A snake
|
|-
|}

==Synapsids==
===Newly named mammals===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|- 
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Gobiopithecus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dashzeveg |first=Demberliyn |last2=Russell |first2=Donald E. |date=December 1992 |title=Extension of dyspternine Pantolestidae (Mammalia, Cimolesta) in the Early Oligocene of Mongolia |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/001669959280104L |journal=Geobios |language=en |volume=25 |issue=5 |pages=647–650 |doi=10.1016/0016-6995(92)80104-L}}</ref>
|
Gen et sp nov
|
Valid
| 
Dashzeveg & Russell
|
[[Late Eocene]]
|
[[Ergilin Dzo Formation]]
|
* {{Flag|Mongolia}}
|
A [[Pantolestidae|pantolestid]], type species is ''G. khan''
|
|-
|}

==Other Animals==
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|- 
! Name
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | Images
|-
| ''[[Dickinsonia rex]]'' <ref name=Jenkins1992>
{{Cite book | last = Jenkins | first =R.J.F. | year = 1992 | chapter = Functional and ecological aspects of Ediacarian assemblages | editor-last1 = Lipps | editor-first1 = J. | editor-last2 = Signor |editor2-first = P.W. | title = Origin and early evolution of the Metazoa | pages = 131–176 | location = New York, NY | publisher = Springer  | isbn = 978-0-306-44067-0 | oclc = 231467647 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=gUQMKiJOj64C&pg=PA165}}</ref>
| Synonym of ''Dickinsonia tenuis'' 
| Jenkins
| [[Ediacaran]]
|
| {{flag|Australia}}
|
|
|-
|}

== Footnotes ==
{{Reflist|2|refs=
<ref name="hadro-egg-intro-208">"Abstract," Tanke and Brett-Surman (2001). Page 208.</ref>
<ref name="twoturn-turnover-307">"Faunal Turnover, Migration, and Evolution," Trexler (2001); page 307.</ref>
}}

==References==
* Tanke, D.H. and Brett-Surman, M.K. 2001. Evidence of Hatchling and Nestling-Size Hadrosaurs (Reptilia:Ornithischia) from Dinosaur Provincial Park (Dinosaur Park Formation: Campanian), Alberta, Canada. pp.&nbsp;206–218. In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life—New Research Inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Edited by D.H. Tanke and K. Carpenter. Indiana University Press: Bloomington. xviii + 577 pp.
* Trexler, D., 2001, Two Medicine Formation, Montana: geology and fauna: In:  Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana  University Press, pp.&nbsp;298–309.

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