2010 in paleontology

none 2010 paleontology science paleobotany arthropod paleontology paleoentomology paleomalacology reptile paleontology archosaur paleontology mammal paleontology paleoichthyology 2010 Plants Bennettitales Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPterophyllum palmulumMiller I. M. Hickey L. J. 2010 The fossil flora of the Winthrop Formation (Albian-Early Cretaceous) of Washington State, USA. Part II: Pinophytina Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 51 1 3–96 10.3374/014.051.0104 2010BPMNH..51....3M Sp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA williamsoniaceous leaf morphospecies.Williamsonia aculeataSp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA williamsoniaceous strobilus morphospecies.Williamsonia winthropensisSp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA williamsoniaceous strobilus morphospecies. Cycadales Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAndrostrobus scutulatusSp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA male cycad cone of uncertain familial affinities.Laceriagen et sp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA cycad morphogenus of uncertain affiliation.The type species is L. pulcraOrthoneuragen et sp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA cycad morphogenus of uncertain affiliation.The type species is L. longissimaNilssoniocladus corrugatusSp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA nilsoniaceous leaf morphospecies. Czekanowkiales Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCzekanowskia durabilisSp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA czekanowskiaceous leaf morphospecies Pinales Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAthrotaxis parvistrobiliSp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA cupressaceous species.Brachyphyllum cracenenteSp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA pinophyte species of uncertain affiliation.Conagogen et sp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA pinophyte cone morphogenus of uncertain affiliation.The type species is C. tonsifera Genus also includes C. chartifera, C. fornicata, C. spinosa, & C. tonsiferaElatocladus gracilisSp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA pinophyte species of uncertain affiliation.Geinitzia dentifoliaComb novvalid(Fontaine) Miller & HickeyCretaceousPatuxent FormationUSAMarylandA pinophyte species of uncertain affiliation. Moved from Sphenolepidium dentifolium (1889)Also includes Sequoia ambigua auct. non Heer, 1874a; Bell, 1956, Sphenolepidium pachyphyllum (1889) & Sphenolepidium recurvifolium (1889)Geinitzia subtilisSp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA pinophyte species of uncertain affiliation.Pagiophyllum tenuifoliumSp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA pinophyte species of uncertain affiliation.Conagogen et sp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA pinophyte morphogenus of uncertain affiliation.The type species is P. creberumPodozamites decrescensComb & syn novvalid(Fontaine) Miller & HickeyCretaceousAptianPotomac GroupUSAVirginiaA pinophyte species of uncertain affiliation. Moved from Nageiopsis decrescens (1889)Also includes Nageiopsis heterophylla (1889) & Nageiopsis microphylla (1889)Podozamites varifoliaSp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA pinophyte species of uncertain affiliation.Sphenolepis conditaComb novvalid(Lesquereaux) Miller & HickeyCretaceousDakota FormationUSAKansasA cupressaceous species.Moved from Sequoia condita (1876) Pteridospermopsida Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesSagenopteris pandaSp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA caytoniaceous pteridospermopsid leaf morphospecies Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCornus piggaeManchester S.R. Xiang X-P. Xiang Q-Y 2010 Fruits of Cornelian Cherries (Cornaceae: Cornus Subg. Cornus) in the Paleocene and Eocene of the Northern Hemisphere 171 8 882–891 ftp://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/Projects/PaleobotanyWyoFieldtripReadings/ManchesterReprints/2010%20Cornelian%20Cherries%20%20Cornus.pdf 10.1086/655771 International Journal of Plant Sciences dead 83524109 Sp novValidManchester, Xiang, and XiangTiffanianSentinel Butte FormationUSANorth DakotaOldest member of Cornus subgenus Cornus.Hymenaea allendisCalvillo-Canadell L. Cevallos-Ferriz S.R.S. Rico-Arce L. Miocene Hymenaea flowers preserved in amber from Simojovel de Allende, Chiapas, Mexico Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 2010 160 3–4 126–134 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.02.007 2010RPaPa.160..126C sp novValidCalvillo-Canadell, Cevallos-Ferriz & Rico-ArceLate Oligocene - Early MioceneMexican amberMexicoSecond Hymenaea sp. from Mexican amberLagokarposMcMurran D. M. Manchester S. R. Lagokarpos lacustris, a new winged fruit from the Paleogene of western North America International Journal of Plant Sciences 2010 171 2 227–234 10.1086/648994 2010IJPlS.171..227M 85399829 Gen et sp novValidMcMurran & ManchesterLate Paleocene - YpresianGreen River FormationFossil Butte MemberUSAWyomingA fruit of uncertain affinity Also found in the Clarno Formation (Oregon) & Horsefly Shales (British Columbia) The type species is L. lacustrisPloufoliaSender L.M. Gomez B. Diez J.B. Coiffard C. Martín-Closas C. Villanueva-Amadoz U. Ferrer J. 2010 Ploufolia cerciforme gen. et comb. nov.: Aquatic angiosperm leaves from the Upper Albian of north-eastern Spain Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 161 1–2 77–86 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.03.001 2010RPaPa.161...77S Gen. nov.ValidSender et al.AlbianUtrillas FormationSpainSagariaSergio Bravia Maria Rosaria Barone Lumagab James E. Mickle 2010 Sagaria cilentana gen. et sp. nov.-A New Angiosperm Fructification from the Middle Albian of Southern Italy Cretaceous Research 31 3 285–290 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.12.001 2010CrRes..31..285B March 2019 medicmedicGen et sp novValidBravia, Barone Lumagab, & MickleMiddle AlbianMonti Alburni, near PetinaItalySolaranthusShaolin ZHENG Xin WANG 2010 An Undercover Angiosperm from the Jurassic of China Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 84 4 895–902 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00252.x 2010AcGlS..84..895S 84697587 Gen et sp novValidShaolin Zheng & Xin WangMiddle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaAn early flowering plant.XingxueanthusXin WANG Shijun WANG 2010 Xingxueanthus: An Enigmatic Jurassic Seed Plant and Its Implications for the Origin of Angiospermy Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 84 1 47–55 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00169.x 2010AcGlS..84...47W 140739086 Gen et sp novValidXin Wang & Shijun WangMiddle JurassicHaifanggou FormationChinaAn early flowering plant. Other plants Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDesmiophyllum truncatumSp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA plant species of uncertain affiliations. Molluscs List of gastropods described in 2010#Fossil gastropods Newly named bivalves Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEmiliodontaSánchez T.M. 2010 Emiliodonta, New Name for Emiliania Sánchez, 1999, Not Emiliania Hay and Mohlen, 1967 Journal of Paleontology 84 4 781 10.1666/10-023.1 2010JPal...84..781S 84229307 Gen. nov.valid SánchezCaradocDon Braulio FormationArgentinaReplacement name for Emiliania Sánchez, 1999 preoccupied by Emiliania Hay & Mohler, 1967Erodona doellojuradoiPéreza Leandro M. Iturrería Santiago F. Genta Griffini Miguel October 2010 Paleoecological and Paleobiogeographic Significance of Two New Species of Bivalves in the Paraná Formation (Late Miocene) of Entre Ríos Province, Argentina https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260019090 Malacologia en 53 1 61–76 10.4002/040.053.0104 85017087 0076-2997Sp. nov.validPérez, Iturerría & GriffinLate MioceneParaná FormationArgentinaAn erodonid.Polymesoda muravchikiSp. nov.validPérez, Iturerría & GriffinLate MioceneParaná FormationArgentinaA cyrenid. Arthropods 2010 in arthropod paleontology Fishes 2010 in paleoichthyology Amphibians Newly named amphibians Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDeltaherpeton2010 Deltaherpeton hiemstrae, a New Colosteid Tetrapod from the Mississippian of Iowa Journal of Paleontology 84 6 1135–1151 10.1666/10-020.1 John R. Bolt R. Eric Lombard 2010JPal...84.1135B 83774501 Valid Bolt LombardLate Viséan USAA colosteid.FedexiaBerman D.S. Henrici, A.C. Brezinski, D.K. Kollar, A.D. amp 2010 A new trematopid amphibian (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea) from the Upper Pennsylvanian of western Pennsylvania: earliest record of terrestrial vertebrates responding to a warmer, drier climate Annals of the Carnegie Museum 78 4 289–318 http://www.carnegiemnh.org/news/10-jan-mar/fedexia/Annals-15Mar2010-Fedexia.pdf 14 January 2011 10.2992/007.078.0401 85974488 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100414161141/http://www.carnegiemnh.org/news/10-jan-mar/fedexia/Annals-15Mar2010-Fedexia.pdf 14 April 2010 Valid Berman Henrici et al.Berman, Henrici, Brezinski, Kollar.GzhelianCasselman Formation USAA trematopid genus currently among the oldest known vertebrates with a primarily terrestrial lifestyle.HungarobatrachusZoltán Szentesi Márton Venczel 2010 An advanced anuran from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) of Hungary http://www.schweizerbart.de/resources/downloads/paper_previews/75036.pdf Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 256 3 291–302 10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0054 2010NJGPA.256..291S 12 February 2011 13 March 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220313235901/http://www.schweizerbart.de/resources/downloads/paper_previews/75036.pdf live Valid Szentesi VenczelSantonianCsehbánya Formation HungaryAdvanced frog.Madygenerpeton2010 A chroniosuchid from the Triassic of Kyrgyzstan and analysis of chroniosuchian relationships Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160 3 515–530 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00613.x Rainer R. Schoch Sebastian Voigt Michael Buchwitz free Valid Schoch Voigt BuchwitzMiddle/Upper TriassicMadygen Formation KyrgyzstanA chroniosuchid reptiliomorph.Pelobates fahlbuschiValid BöhmeMioceneGermanyA European spadefoot toad. Basal reptiles Newly named basal reptiles Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMicroleterLinda A. Tsuji Johannes Muller Robert R. Reisz 2010 Microleter mckinzieorum gen. et sp. nov. from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma: the basalmost parareptile from Laurasia Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8 2 245–255 10.1080/14772010903461099 2010JSPal...8..245T 129529082 Valid Tsuji Muller ReiszLower PermianUSAA basal parareptile. The species is M. mckinzieorum. PhonodusModesto S.P. Scott, D.M. Botha-Brink, J. Reisz, R.R. amp 2010 A new and unusual procolophonid parareptile from the Lower Triassic Katberg Formation of South Africa Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 3 715–723 10.1080/02724631003758003 2010JVPal..30..715M 84563475 ValidModesto Scott et al.Modesto, Scott, Botha-Brink, Reisz.Induan (early Triassic)Katberg FormationSouth AfricaThe earliest known leptopleuronine procolophonid. ReiszorhinusSumida S.S. Dodick, J. Metcalf, A. Albright, G. amp 2010 Reiszorhinus olsoni, a new single-tooth-rowed captorhinid reptile of the Lower Permian of Texas Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 3 704–714 10.1080/02724631003758078 2010JVPal..30..704S 31500853 ValidSumida Dodick et al.Sumida, Dodick, Metcalf, Albright.Lower PermianWaggoner Ranch FormationUSAA basal captorhinid. The species is Reiszorhinus olsoni. Ichthyopterygians Newly named ichthyopterygians Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArthropterygius10.1080/02724631003617944 Maxwell E. E 2010 Generic reassignment of an ichthyosaur from the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Northwest Territories, Canada Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 2 403–415 2010JVPal..30..403M 85143039 Valid MaxwellQueen Elizabeth Islands CanadaA new genus for "Ophthalmosaurus" chirsorum (Russell, 1993).AthabascasaurusPatrick S. Druckenmiller Erin E. Maxwell 2010 A new Lower Cretaceous (lower Albian) ichthyosaur genus from the Clearwater Formation, Alberta, Canada Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47 8 1037–1053 10.1139/E10-028 http://rparticle.web-p.cisti.nrc.ca/rparticle/AbstractTemplateServlet?calyLang=eng&journal=cjes&volume=47&year=0&issue=8&msno=e10-028 14 January 2011 2010CaJES..47.1037D subscription June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Valid Druckenmiller MaxwellLower AlbianClearwater Formation CanadaThe most complete and stratigraphically oldest known ichthyosaur from the Cretaceous of North America.Barracudasauroides2010 Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria – the state of the art http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/03/Palaeodiversity_Bd3_Maisch.pdf Palaeodiversity 3 151–214 Michael W. Maisch 14 January 2011 30 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180930174257/http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/03/Palaeodiversity_Bd3_Maisch.pdf live Valid MaischMiddle TriassicGuanling Formation ChinaA new genus for "Mixosaurus" panxianensis (Jiang, Schmitz, Hao & Sun, 2006).Mixosaurus xindianensis2010 A new species of Mixosaurus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Pu'an, Guizhou, China Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 2 251–260 Chen Xiao-hong Cheng Long Valid Chen ChengMiddle TriassicGuanling Formation ChinaOmphalosaurus merriami Valid MaischEarly TriassicSticky Keep Formation NorwayA species of a possible ichthyopterygian genus Omphalosaurus. Lepidosauromorphs Newly named plesiosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlexeyisaurusA. G. Sennikov M. S. Arkhangelsky 2010 On a Typical Jurassic Sauropterygian from the Upper Triassic of Wilczek Land (Franz Josef Land, Arctic Russia) Paleontological Journal 44 5 567–572 10.1134/S0031030110050126 2010PalJ...44..567S 88505507 Valid Sennikov ArkhangelskyNorianWilczek FormationRussiaA new elasmosauridMeyerasaurusAdam S. Smith Peggy Vincent 2010 A new genus of pliosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Lower Jurassic of Holzmaden, Germany Palaeontology 53 5 1049–1063 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00975.x 2010Palgy..53.1049S free Valid Smith VincentLower ToarcianPosidonia ShaleGermanyA pliosaur, a new genus for "Plesiosaurus" victor (Fraas, 1910).thumb|150px|center|Meyerasaurus victor Newly named basal lepidosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCargniniaJosé Fernando Bonaparte César Leandro Schultz Marina Bento Soares Agustín G. Martinelli 2010 La Fauna local de faxinal do soturno, Triasico tardio de Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 13 3 233–246 10.4072/rbp.2010.3.07 free Valid Bonaparte Schultz et al.Bonaparte, Schultz, Soares, Martinelli.Carnian - NorianCaturrita FormationBrazilA basal lepidosaur. Newly named lizards Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAdriosaurus skrbinensis2010 A new species of marine ophidiomorph lizard, Adriosaurus skrbinensis, from the Upper Cretaceous of Slovenia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 3 747–755 10.1080/02724631003762963 Michael W. Caldwell Alessandro Palci 2010JVPal..30..747C 85570665 Valid Caldwell PalciLate CenomanianSkrbinaSloveniaBavaricordylus molassicus2010 Ectothermic vertebrates (Actinopterygii, Allocaudata, Urodela, Anura, Crocodylia, Squamata) from the Miocene of Sandelzhausen (Germany, Bavaria) and their implications for environment reconstruction and palaeoclimate Paläontologische Zeitschrift 84 1 3–41 10.1007/s12542-010-0050-4 Madelaine Böhme 2010PalZ...84....3B 130044044 Valid BöhmeMiocene (late Karpatian)GermanyA cordylid, a species of Bavaricordylus.HeadonhilliaJozef Klembara Bryony Green 2010 Anguimorph lizards (Squamata, Anguimorpha) from the Middle and Late Eocene of the Hampshire Basin of southern England Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8 1 97–129 10.1080/14772011003603531 2010JSPal...8...97K 128699883 Valid Klembara GreenLate Eocene, Ludian (Priabonian)Bembridge Limestone FormationEnglandAn anguine lizard. The species is H. parva.Heloderma welcommeiJacques Herman Guy Van Den Eeckhaut 2010 Inventaire systématique des Invertebrata, Vertebrata, Plantae et Fungi des Sables de Bruxelles à Zaventem Geominpal Belgica Découvertes Géologiques, Minéralogiques et Paléontologiques en Belgique 1 32–64 http://geominpal.be/Geominpal%20Belgica%201/Geominpal%20Belgica%201.pdf 2014-06-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20150217061550/http://geominpal.be/Geominpal%20Belgica%201/Geominpal%20Belgica%201.pdf 2015-02-17 dead Valid Herman Van Den EeckhautEoceneBelgiumAn anguimorph lizard. Herman and Van Den Eeckhaut (2010) consider it to be a species of Heloderma (though the authors define the genus Heloderma more broadly than most herpetologists, and explicitly synonymize the glyptosaurine genus Placosaurus with it).KleskunsaurusRandall L. Nydam Michael W. Caldwell Federico Fanti 2010 Borioteiioidean lizard skulls from Kleskun Hill (Wapiti Formation; upper Campanian), west-central Alberta, Canada Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 4 1090–1099 10.1080/02724634.2010.483539 2010JVPal..30.1090N 128403651 Valid Nydam Caldwell FantiUpper CampanianWapiti FormationCanadaA scincomorph lizard. The species is K. grandeprairiensis.LiushusaurusSusan E. Evans Yuan Wang 2010 A new lizard (Reptilia: Squamata) with exquisite preservation of soft tissue from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8 1 81–95 10.1080/14772010903537773 2010JSPal...8...81E 56046960 Valid Evans WangLower CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA scincogekkonomorph lizard. The species is L. acanthocaudata.PedrerasaurusArnau Bolet Susan E. Evans 2010 A new lizard from the early cretaceous of catalonia (Spain), and the mesozoic lizards of the iberian peninsula Cretaceous Research 31 4 447–457 10.1016/j.cretres.2010.06.002 2010CrRes..31..447B March 2019 medicmedicValid Bolet EvansEarly Cretaceous (late Berriasian-early Valanginan)Montsec's Formation (ca)SpainA scincogekkonomorph lizard. The species is P. latifrontalis.Tropidophorus bavaricusValid BöhmeMiocene (late Karpatian)GermanyA lygosomine skink, a species of Tropidophorus.Varanus debieiValid Herman Van Den EeckhautEoceneBelgiumA monitor lizard. Newly named snakes Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesColombophis spinosus2010 Reappraisal of the South American Miocene snakes of the genus Colombophis, with description of a new species Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55 3 365–379 10.4202/app.2009.1111 Annie S. Hsiou Adriana M. Albino Jorge Ferigolo 2010AcPaP..55..365H free Valid Hsiou, Albino & FerigoloLate MioceneSolimões FormationBrazilAn alethinophidian snake, a species of Colombophis.Kelyophis10.1080/02724630903409188 Laduke, T.C. Krause, D.W. Scanlon, J.D. Kley, N.J. amp 2010 A Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) snake assemblage from the Maevarano Formation, Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 1 109–138 2010JVPal..30..109L freeValid Laduke Krause Scanlon KleyLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Maevarano FormationMadagascarA nigerophiid snakeMenaranaValid Laduke Krause Scanlon KleyLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Maevarano FormationMadagascarA madtsoiid snakeMicronatrix2010 Fossil Snakes of the Clarendonian (Late Miocene) Pratt Slide Local Fauna of Nebraska, with the Description of a New Natricine Colubrid Journal of Herpetology 44 4 525–543 10.1670/09-248.1 Dennis Parmley Katie Beth Hunter 86633027 Valid Parmley & HunterLate Miocene (Clarendonian)United StatesA natricine colubrid snake. The type species is Micronatrix juliescottae.SanajehWilson J.A. Mohabey, D.M. Peters, S.E. Head, J.J. amp 2010 Predation upon Hatchling Dinosaurs by a New Snake from the Late Cretaceous of India e1000322 20209142 PLOS Biology 8 2830453 3 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000322 Benton Michael J. free Valid Wilson Mohabey et al.Wilson, Mohabey, Peters, Head.MaastrichtianLameta FormationIndiaA madtsoiid snake which preyed on hatchling sauropods.thumb|150px|center|Model of Sanajeh in a titanosaur nest Turtles Newly named turtles Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCerrejonemys Cadena Edwin Bloch Jonathan Jaramillo Carlos New podocnemidid turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira) from the middle-upper Paleocene of South America Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 367–382 2010 10.1080/02724631003621946 2 2010JVPal..30..367C 84315151 Valid Cadena Bloch JaramilloPaleoceneCerrejón FormationColombiaChupacabrachelysThomas M. Lehman Steven L. Wick 2010 Chupacabrachelys complexus, n. gen. n. sp. (Testudines: Bothremydidae), from the Aguja Formation (Campanian) of West Texas Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 6 1709–1725 10.1080/02724634.2010.520782 2010JVPal..30.1709L 129303574 Valid Lehman WickCampanianAguja FormationUSAA taphrosphyini bothremydidGamerabaena10.1080/02724631003618389 Lyson, T.R. Joyce, W.G. 2010 A new baenid turtle from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota and a preliminary taxonomic review of Cretaceous Baenidae Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 2 394–402 2010JVPal..30..394L 89517022 http://doc.rero.ch/record/32770/files/PAL_E3648.pdf 2019-07-05 2022-11-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20221115184528/https://doc.rero.ch/record/32770/files/PAL_E3648.pdf liveValid Lyson JoyceLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Hell Creek FormationUSAItilochelysDanilov, I.G. Averianov, A.O. Yarkov, A.A. amp 2010 Itilochelys rasstrigini gen. et sp. nov., a new hard-shelled sea turtle (Cheloniidae sensu lato) from the Lower Palaeocene of Volgograd Province, Russia Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 314 1 24–41 10.31610/trudyzin/2010.314.1.24 250006012 freeValid Danilov Averianov YarkovDanianBeryozovaya bedsRussiaJiangxichelysHaiyan Tong Jinyou Mo 2010 Jiangxichelys, a new nanhsiungchelyid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China http://www.foreignpolicybulletinmonitor.com/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=7908884&fulltextType=RC&fileId=S0016756810000671 Geological Magazine 147 6 981–986 10.1017/S0016756810000671 14 January 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110711015906/http://www.foreignpolicybulletinmonitor.com/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=7908884&fulltextType=RC&fileId=S0016756810000671 11 July 2011 2010GeoM..147..981T 131484464 subscription Valid Tong MoLate CretaceousGanzhouChinaA nanhsiungchelyid turtle.LiaochelysChang-Fu Zhou 2010 A new eucryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02676p056f.pdf Zootaxa 2676 45–56 14 January 2011 10.11646/zootaxa.2676.1.3 18 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220618100250/https://mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02676p056f.pdf live Valid ZhouEarly CretaceousJiufotang FormationChinaA macrobaenid turtle.MexichelysJames F. Parham Nicholas Pyenson Nicholas D. Pyenson 2010 New Sea Turtle from the Miocene of Peru and the Iterative Evolution of Feeding Ecomorphologies since the Cretaceous Journal of Paleontology 84 2 231–247 10.1666/09-077R.1 2010JPal...84..231P 62811400 Valid Parham PyensonLate CampanianCerro del Pueblo FormationMexicoA sea turtle. A new genus for "Euclastes" coahuilaensis (Brinkman et al., 2009).DONALD BRINKMAN MARTHA CAROLINA AQUILLON-MARTINEZ CLAUDIO ARTURO DE LEON DÁVILA HEATHER JAMNICZKY DAVID A. EBERTH MATTHEW COLBERT amp 2010 Euclastes coahuilaensis sp. nov., a basal cheloniid turtle from the late Campanian Cerro del Pueblo Formation of Coahuila State, Mexico Journal of Paleontology 28 3 76–88 http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/science/paleobios/abstracts_26to.php 14 January 2011 20 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230420025356/https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/science/paleobios/abstracts_26to.php livePacifichelysValid Parham PyensonMiocenePeru USAA sea turtle.Pangshura tatrotia10.1080/14772019.2010.500879 Walter G. Joyce Tyler R. Lyson 2010 Pangshura tatrotia, a new species of pond turtle (Testudinoidea) from the Pliocene Siwaliks of Pakistan Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8 3 449–458 2010JSPal...8..449J 54803213 Valid Joyce LysonPlioceneTatrot FormationPakistanA species of Pangshura."Trionyx" kansaiensisNatasha S. Vitek Igor G. Danilov 2010 New Material and a Reassessment of Soft-Shelled Turtles (Trionychidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan 10.1080/02724631003617548 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 2 383–393 2010JVPal..30..383V 83498792 http://doc.rero.ch/record/31484/files/PAL_E571.pdf 2019-07-05 2022-10-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20221022041851/https://doc.rero.ch/record/31484/files/PAL_E571.pdf live Valid Vitek & DanilovLate CretaceousKazakhstanTajikistanA trionychid with unclear systematic position, a species of Trionyx sensu lato. Archosauromorphs Newly named basal archosauromorphs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAzendohsaurus madagaskarensisFlynn J.J. Nesbitt, S.J. Parrish, J.M. Ranivoharimanana, L. Wyss, A.R. amp 2010 A new species of Azendohsaurus (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the Triassic Isalo Group of southwestern Madagascar: cranium and mandible Palaeontology 53 3 669–688 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00954.x 2010Palgy..53..669F 82341339 free Valid Flynn Nesbitt et al.Flynn, Nesbitt, Parrish, Ranivoharimanana, Wyss.Ladinian/CarnianMakay FormationMadagascar A basal archosauromorph.BentonyxMax C. Langer Felipe C. Montefeltro David E. Hone Robin Whatley Cesar L. Schultz 2010 On Fodonyx spenceri and a new rhynchosaur from the Middle Triassic of Devon Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 6 1884–1888 10.1080/02724634.2010.521901 2010JVPal..30.1884L 53405231 Valid Langer Montefeltro et al.Langer, Montefeltro, Hone, Whatley, Schultz.Middle TriassicOtter Sandstone FormationEngland A rhynchosaur.KoilamasuchusEzcurra M.D. Lecuona, A. Martinelli, A. amp 2010 A new basal archosauriform diapsid from the Lower Triassic of Argentina Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 5 1433–1450 10.1080/02724634.2010.501446 2010JVPal..30.1433E 83826840 Valid Ezcurra Lecuona MartinelliEarly TriassicQuebrada de los Fósiles FormationArgentina The best-known basal archosauriform from South America.Megalancosaurus endennaeSilvio Renesto Justin A. Spielmann Spencer G. Lucas Giorgio Tarditi Spagnoli 2010 The taxonomy and paleobiology of the Late Triassic (Carnian-Norian: Adamanian-Apachean) drepanosaurs (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha: Drepanosauromorpha) New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 46 1–81 Valid Renesto Spielmann et al.Renesto, Spielmann, Lucas, Tarditi Spagnoli.Alaunian (early Norian)Zorzino Limestone FormationItaly A drepanosaurid that is known from MBSN 25, a partial skeleton (Partial postcranial skeleton).TeyumbaitaFelipe Chinaglia Montefeltro Max Cardoso Langer Cesar Leandro Schultz 2010 Cranial anatomy of a new genus of hyperodapedontine rhynchosaur (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha) from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil https://academia.edu.documents.s3.amazonaws.com/1886536/Montefeltro_et_al._2010.pdf Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 101 1 27–52 10.1017/S1755691010009060 2010EESTR.101...27M 129472459 14 January 2011 June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Valid Montefeltro Langer SchultzLate TriassicCaturrita Formation Ischigualasto FormationJulia B. Desojo Lucas E. Fiorelli Martín D. Ezcurra Agustín G. Martinelli Jahandar Ramezani Átila. A. S. Da Rosa M. Belén von Baczko M. Jimena Trotteyn Felipe C. Montefeltro Miguel Ezpeleta Max C. Langer 2020 The Late Triassic Ischigualasto Formation at Cerro Las Lajas (La Rioja, Argentina): fossil tetrapods, high-resolution chronostratigraphy, and faunal correlations Scientific Reports 10 1 12782 10.1038/s41598-020-67854-1 free 32728077 7391656 2020NatSR..1012782D Argentina Brazil A rhynchosaur. A new genus for "Scaphonyx" sulcognathus (Azevedo & Schultz, 1987).Uatchitodon schneideriMitchell Jonathan S. Heckert, Andrew B. Sues, Hans-Dieter amp 2010 Grooves to tubes: evolution of the venom delivery system in a Late Triassic "reptile" Naturwissenschaften 97 12 1117–1121 10.1007/s00114-010-0729-0 21060984 2010NW.....97.1117M 10093308 Valid Mitchell Heckert SuesLate TriassicCumnock Formation Bluewater Creek FormationUSA A venomous archosauriform known only from isolated teeth.Vallesaurus zorzinensisValid Renesto Spielmann et al.Alaunian (early Norian)Zorzino Limestone FormationItaly A basal drepanosauromorph that is known from MCSNB 4783, a set of vertebrae and hindlimbs. Archosaurs 2010 in archosaur paleontology Synapsids Newly named non-mammalian synapsids Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBeishanodonGao, K. Fox, R.C. Zhou, C.-F. Li, D.-Q. 2010 A new nonmammalian eucynodont (Synapsida, Therapsida) from the Triassic of northern Gansu Province, China, and its biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications American Museum Novitates 3685 24p 10.1206/649.1 2246/6069 85789838 https://zenodo.org/record/5358848 2022-03-23 2023-06-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20230605143905/https://zenodo.org/record/5358848 live Valid Gao Fox et al.Gao, Fox, Zhou, Li.Lower TriassicHongyanjing FormationChinaA eucynodont. The type species is Beishanodon youngi.Chiniquodon kalanoroChristian F. Kammerer John J. Flynn Lovasoa Ranivoharimanana André R. Wyss 2010 The first record of a probainognathian (Cynodontia: Chiniquodontidae) from the Triassic of Madagascar Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 6 1889–1894 10.1080/02724634.2010.520784 2010JVPal..30.1889K 85868922 Valid Kammerer Flynn et al.Kammerer, Flynn, Ranivoharimanana, Wyss.Middle Triassic? (Ladinian or Carnian)Makay FormationMadagascarA cynodont.thumb|150px|center|Chiniquodon skullKombuisia antarcticaJörg Fröbisch Kenneth D. Angielczyk Christian A. Sidor 2010 The Triassic dicynodont Kombuisia (Synapsida, Anomodontia) from Antarctica, a refuge from the terrestrial Permian-Triassic mass extinction Naturwissenschaften 97 2 187–196 10.1007/s00114-009-0626-6 19956920 2010NW.....97..187F 20557454 Valid Fröbisch Angiekczyk SidorEarly Triassic (Induan)Fremouw FormationAntarcticaA dicynodont.MinicynodonValid Bonaparte Schultz et al.Carnian - NorianCaturrita FormationBrazilA brasilodontid cynodont.ProsictodonKenneth D. Angielczyk Bruce S. Rubidge 2010 A new pylaecephalid dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone, Karoo Basin, Middle Permian of South Africa Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 5 1396–1409 10.1080/02724634.2010.501447 2010JVPal..30.1396A 129846697 Valid Angielczyk RubidgeMiddle PermianAbrahamskraal formationSouth AfricaA pylaecephalid dicynodont. The type species is Prosictodon dubei.TrucidocynodonOliveira, T.V. Soares, M.B. Schultz, C.L. 86916094 2010 Trucidocynodon riograndensis gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Eucynodontia), a new cynodont from the Brazilian Upper Triassic (Santa Maria Formation) Zootaxa 2382 1–71 10.11646/zootaxa.2382.1.1 Valid Oliveira Soares SchultzUpper TriassicSanta Maria FormationBrazilA cynodont. The type species is Trucidocynodon riograndensis. Mammals 2010 in mammal paleontology Other animals Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPywackiaEd Landing Adam English John D. Keppie amp 2010 Cambrian origin of all skeletalized metazoan phyla—Discovery of Earth's oldest bryozoans (Upper Cambrian, southern Mexico) Geology 38 6 547–550 10.1130/G30870.1 2010Geo....38..547L Valid Landing in Landing, English & KeppieLate CambrianTiñu FormationMexicoAn animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement; it might be a bryozoanJournal of Paleontology 89 2 292–317 2015 Distinguishing Earth's oldest known bryozoan (Pywackia, late Cambrian) from pennatulacean octocorals (Mesozoic—Recent) Ed Landing Jonathan B. Antcliffe Martin D. Brasier Adam B. English 10.1017/jpa.2014.26 2015JPal...89..292L 131609198 or an octocoral.Journal of Paleontology 87 6 984–990 2013 Reinterpretation of the Cambrian 'bryozoan' Pywackia as an octocoral Paul D. Taylor Björn Berning Mark A. Wilson amp 10.1666/13-029 2013JPal...87..984T 129113026 https://zenodo.org/record/907861 2019-07-05 2019-06-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20190607161619/https://zenodo.org/record/907861 live The type species is Pywackia baileyi. Footnotes Complete author list As science becomes more collaborative, papers with large numbers of authors are becoming more common. To prevent the deformation of the tables, these footnotes list the contributors to papers that erect new genera and have many authors. References 2