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none June 2021 2006 paleontology science 2006 Plants Ferns and fern allies NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesDickwhiteaKarafit S. J. Rothwell G. W. Stockey R. A. Nishida H. 2006 Evidence for sympodial vascular architecture in a filicalean fern rhizome: Dickwhitea allenbyensis gen. et sp. nov.(Athyriaceae) International Journal of Plant Sciences 167 3 721–727 10.1086/501036 2006IJPlS.167..721K 85348245 Gen et sp novValidKarafit et al.EoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationPrinceton ChertCanadaBritish ColumbiaAn athyriaceous fern The type species is D. allenbyensis TrawetsiaSmith S. Y. Stockey R. A. Nishida H. Rothwell G. W. 2006 Trawetsia princetonensis gen. et sp. nov.(Blechnaceae): a permineralized fern from the Middle Eocene Princeton Chert International Journal of Plant Sciences 167 3 711–719 10.1086/501034 2006IJPlS.167..711S 85160532 Gen et sp novValidSmith et al.EoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationPrinceton ChertCanadaBritish ColumbiaAn athyriaceous fern The type species is T. princetonensis Wessiea orosziiSerbet R. Rothwell G 2006 Anatomically Preserved Ferns from the Late Cretaceous of Western North America. II. Blechnaceae/Dryopteridaceae International Journal of Plant Sciences 167 3 703–709 10.1086/500996 10.1086/500996 2006IJPlS.167..703S 84953835 Sp novValidSerbet & RothwellCampanianHorseshoe Canyon FormationCanadaAlbertaA fern of uncertain affinity Angiosperms NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesBeardiaElliott L. L. Mindell R. A. Stockey R. A. 2006 Beardia vancouverensis gen. et sp. nov. (Juglandaceae): permineralized fruits from the Eocene of British Columbia American Journal of Botany 93 4 557–565 10.3732/ajb.93.4.557 21646216 46645244 Gen et sp novvalidElliot, Mindell, & StockeyEoceneAppian Way FloraCanadaBritish ColumbiaA juglandaceous fruit. Arthropods Crustaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesStenochirus vahldiekiSchweigert Günter Garassino Alessandro 2006-03-20 First record of Stenochirus Oppel, 1861 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Stenochiridae) from the Callovian (Middle Jurassic) of La Voulte-sur-Rhône http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/njgpm/detail/2006/91571/First_record_of_Stenochirus_Oppel_1861_Crustacea_D?af=crossref Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte en 2006 2 65–77 10.1127/njgpm/2006/2006/65 0028-3630 subscription Sp novValidSchweigert & GarassinoEarly JurassicCallovianLa Voulte-sur-Rhöne FranceA stenochirid. Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type unit Location Notes ImagesAvitomyrmexArchibald S.B. Cover S. P. Moreau C. S. Bulldog Ants of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands and History of the Subfamily (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae) Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2006 99 3 487–523 http://antbase.org/ants/publications/21067/21067.pdf 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[487:BAOTEO]2.0.CO;2 free Gen et 3 sp. novvalidArchibald, Cover, & MoreauEoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsTranquille FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA myrmeciine bulldog ant The type species is A. elongatus Other species are A. mastax and A. systenusEmilianaShcherbakov D. The earliest find of Tropiduchidae (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha), representing a new tribe, from the Eocene of Green River, USA, with notes on the fossil record of higher Fulgoroidea Russian Entomological Journal 2006 15 3 315–322 http://www.kmk.entomology.ru/pdf/rej15-2006/ent15_3%20315_322%20Shcherbakov.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120402182523/http://www.kmk.entomology.ru/pdf/rej15-2006/ent15_3%20315_322%20Shcherbakov.pdf 2 April 2012 Trib, Gen, et sp. novvalidShcherbakovEoceneYpresianGreen River FormationParachute MemberUSAColoradoA tropiduchid planthopperEocenomyrmaDlussky G. M. Radchenko A. 2006 A new ant genus from the late Eocene European amber Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 561–567Gen et 3 sp novValidDlussky & RadchenkoEocenePriabonianBaltic amberRussiaA Myrmicin antThe type species is E. orthospina Other species are E. electrina & E. elegantulathumb|center|upright|Eocenomyrma elegantulaFerosetaPoinar G Jr 2006 Feroseta priscus (Neuroptera: Mantispidae), a new genus and species of mantidflies in Dominican amber Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 108 2 411–417 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30253833#page/419/mode/1upGen et sp novvalid PoinarMioceneBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA mantidfly The type species is F. prisca MacabeemyrmaGen et sp. novvalidArchibald, Cover, & MoreauEoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsTranquille FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA myrmeciine bulldog antThe type species is M. ovatathumb|center|upright|Macabeemyrma ovataPalaeopsychops douglasaeArchibald S. B. Makarkin V. N. 2006 Tertiary giant lacewings (Neuroptera: Polystoechotidae): revision and description of new taxa from western North America and Denmark Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4 2 119–155 10.1017/S1477201906001817 2006JSPal...4..119A 55970660 http://brucearchibald.com/docs/Archibald_and_Makarkin_2006.pdf 19 April 2021 6 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210806192957/http://brucearchibald.com/docs/Archibald_and_Makarkin_2006.pdf Sp novvalidArchibald & MakarkinEoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsColdwater BedsCanadaBritish ColumbiaAn ithionid giant lacewingPalaeopsychops marringeraeSp novvalidArchibald & MakarkinEoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUnited StatesWashingtonAn ithionid giant lacewingthumb|center|upright|Palaeopsychops marringeraePalaeopsychops quadratusSp novvalidArchibald & MakarkinEoceneYpresianFur FormationDenmarkAn ithionid giant lacewingPalaeopsychops setosusSp novvalidArchibald & MakarkinEoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsHorsefly ShalesCanadaBritish ColumbiaAn ithionid giant lacewingPalaeopsychops timmiSp novvalidArchibald & MakarkinEoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUnited StatesWashingtonAn ithionid giant lacewingthumb|center|upright|Palaeopsychops timmiPalaeovespa menatensisNel A. Auvray F. 2006 The oldest Vespinae from the Paleocene of Menat (France) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Zootaxa 1344 59–62 10.11646/zootaxa.1344.1.5 Sp novvalidNel & AuvrayPaleoceneThanetianMenat FormationFranceA vespid waspthumb|center|upright|Palaeovespa menatensisPolystoechotitesGen et 3 sp novvalidArchibald & MakarkinEoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUnited StatesWashingtonAn ithionid giant lacewing parataxonSpecies include P. barksdalae, P. falcatus, P. lewisiAlso includes Polystoechotes piperatus (1908)thumb|center|upright|Polystoechotites barksdalaeYpresiomyrmaRust J. Andersen N. M. Giant ants from the Paleogene of Denmark with a discussion of the fossil history and early evolution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1999 125 331–348 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb00596.x 3 free Gen, sp., et comb novvalidArchibald, Cover, & MoreauEoceneYpresianFur FormationDenmarkA myrmeciine bulldog ant The type species is Y. orbiculata Other species are Y. bartletti & Pachycondyla rebekkae (1999) thumb|center|upright|Ypresiomyrma rebekkae Molluscs Cephalopods Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesTirolonautilus feltgeniChirat Régis Vaslet Denis Le Nindre Yves-Michel 2006-01-01 Nautiloids of the Permian-Triassic Khuff Formation, central Saudi Arabia GeoArabia 11 1 81–92 10.2113/geoarabia110181 2006GeoAr..11...81C 1025-6059 free Sp novValidChirat, Vaslet & Le NindreLate PermianKhuff Formation Saudi ArabiaA nautiloid. Tetrapodomorphs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesTiktaalikDaeschler EB Shubin NH Jenkins FA Jr 6 April 2006 A Devonian tetrapod-like fish and the evolution of the tetrapod body plan Nature 440 7085 757–763 10.1038/nature04639 16598249 2006Natur.440..757D free Gen et sp novValidDaeschler, Shubin, & JenkinsLate DevonianFram Formation Canada (Nunavut)Type species T. roseae. The Earliest Tetrapod.center|thumb|upright|Tiktaalik roseae Amphibians Newly named temnospondylians Name Status Authors Age Unit Location NotesImagesIberospondylusLaurin, M. Soler-Gijon, R. 2006 The oldest known stegocephalian (Sarcopterygii: Temnospondyli) from Spain Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 2 284–299 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[284:TOKSST]2.0.CO;2 84331571 Valid Laurin Soler-GijonLate Carboniferous SpainThe type species is Iberospondylus schultzei.thumb|center|upright|IberospondylusTirraturhinusNield, C.M Damiani, R. Warren, A. 2006 A short-snouted trematosauroid (Tetrapoda, Temnospondyli) from the Early Triassic of Australia: the oldest known trematosaurinae Alcheringa 30 263–271 10.1080/03115510608619317 2 2006Alch...30..263N 140540084 Valid Nield Damiani WarrenEarly TriassicArcadia Formation AustraliaThe type species is Tirraturhinus smisseni.TrematolestesSchoch, R.R. 2006 A complete trematosaurid amphibian from the Middle Triassic of Germany Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 1 29–43 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[29:ACTAFT]2.0.CO;2 85829091 Valid SchochMiddle TriassicErfurt Formation GermanyThe type species is Trematolestes hagdorni.thumb|upright|center|Trematolestes Newly named amphibians Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPangerpetonWang, Y. Evans, S.E. 2006 A new short-bodied salamander from the Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous of China Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 44 1 127–130Valid Wang EvansLate Jurassic/Early CretaceousDaohugou BedsChinaThe type species is Pangerpeton sinensis. Ichthyosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMaiaspondylusMaxwell, E.E. Caldwell, M.W. 2006 A new genus of ichthyosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Canada Palaeontology 49 5 1043–1052 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00589.x 2006Palgy..49.1043M freeValid Maxwell CaldwellEarly CretaceousLoon River FormationCanadaThe type species is Maiaspondylus lindoei. Lepidosauromorphs Newly named basal lepidosauromorphs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesRautianiaBulanov, V.V. Sennikov, A.G. 2001 The first gliding reptiles from the Upper Permian of Russia Paleontological Journal 40 5 S567–S570 10.1134/s0031030106110037 84310001Valid Bulanov SennikovLate PermianVyasovka FormationRussiaTwo species was descript: Rautiania alexandri (type) and R. minchi. Newly named plesiosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBobosaurusDalla Vecchia, F.M. 2006 A new sauropterygian reptile with plesiosaurian affinity from the Late Triassic of Italy Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 112 2 207–225Valid Dalla VecchiaLate TriassicRio del Lago Formation ItalyThe type species is Bobosaurus forojuliensis.FutabasaurusSato, T. Hasegawa, Y. Manabe, M. 2006 A new elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Fukushima, Japan Palaeontology 49 3 467–484 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00554.x 2006Palgy..49..467S freeValid Sato Hasegawa ManabeLate CretaceousTamayama Formation JapanThe type species is Futabasaurus suzukii.OpallionectesKear, B.P. 2006 Marine reptiles from the Lower Cretaceous of South Australia: elements of a high-latitude cold-water assemblage Palaeontology 49 4 837–856 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00569.x 2006Palgy..49..837K freeValid KearEarly Cretaceous AustraliaThe type species is Opallionectes andamookaensis.UmoonasaurusKear, B.P. Schroeder, N.I. Lee, M.S.Y. 2006 An archaic crested plesiosaur in opal from the Lower Cretaceous high-latitude deposits of Australia Biology Letters 2 615–619 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0504 17148303 4 1833998Valid Kear Schroeder LeeEarly CretaceousBulldog Shale AustraliaThe type species is Umoonasaurus demoscyllus. Newly named squamates Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesNajashApesteguia S Zaher H 2006 A Cretaceous terrestrial snake with robust hindlimbs and a sacrum Nature 440 7087 1037–1040 10.1038/nature04413 16625194 2006Natur.440.1037A 4417196 Gen et sp novValidApesteguia & ZaherLate CretaceousCandeleros FormationArgentinaType sp N rionegrina. Turtles Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesGigantatypusH.F. Kaddumi 2006 A new genus and species of gigantic marine turtles (Chelonioidea: Cheloniidae) from the Maastrichtian of the Harrana Fauna–Jordan PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 3 1 1–14 http://www.palarch.nl/2006/07/kaddumi-hf-2006-a-new-genus-and-species-of-gigantic-marine-turtles-chelonioidea-cheloniidae-from-the-maastrichtian-of-the-harrana-fauna%e2%80%93jordan-%e2%80%93-palarch%e2%80%99s-journal-of-ve/ 15 April 2017 15 April 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170415202827/http://www.palarch.nl/2006/07/kaddumi-hf-2006-a-new-genus-and-species-of-gigantic-marine-turtles-chelonioidea-cheloniidae-from-the-maastrichtian-of-the-harrana-fauna%e2%80%93jordan-%e2%80%93-palarch%e2%80%99s-journal-of-ve/ Valid KaddumiLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Muwaqqar Chalk Marl FormationJordanA sea turtle. The type species is G. salahi. Archosauromorphs Newly named crurotarsans Name Status Authors Age Unit Location NotesImagesAdamantinasuchusNobre, P.H. Carvalho, I. de S. 2006 Adamantinasuchus navae: a new Gondwanan Crocodylomorpha (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil Gondwana Research 10 370–378 10.1016/j.gr.2006.05.008 3–4 2006GondR..10..370NValid Nobre CarvalhoLate CretaceousAdamantina Formation BrazilA notosuchian. The type species is Adamantinasuchus navae.thumb|upright|center|AdamantinasuchusAldabrachampsusBrochu, C.A. 2006 A new miniature horned crocodile from the Quaternary of Aldabra Atoll, Western Indian Ocean Copeia 2 149–158 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)6[149:anmhcf]2.0.co;2 2006 85731694 Valid BrochuPleistocene SeychellesA crocodylid. The type species is Aldabrachampsus dilophus.EffigiaNesbitt, S.J. Norell, M.A. 2006 Extreme convergence in the body plans of an early suchian (Archosauria) and ornithomimid dinosaurs (Theropoda) Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273 1045–1048 10.1098/rspb.2005.3426 1590 16600879 1560254Valid Nesbitt NorellLate TriassicChinle Formation USA (New Mexico)A rauisuchian. The type species is Effigia okeeffeae.thumb|upright|center|EffigiaIsisfordiaSalisbury, S.W. Molnar, R.E. Frey, E. Willis, P.M.A. 2006 The origin of modern crocodyliformes: new evidence from the Cretaceous of Australia Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273 2439–2448 10.1098/rspb.2006.3613 1600 16959633 1634899Valid Salisbury Molnar Frey WillisEarly-Late CretaceousWinton Formation AustraliaA eusuchian. The type species is Isisfordia duncani.thumb|upright|center|Isisfordia Newly named dinosaurs Vickaryous, M K., 2006, New information on the cranial anatomy of Edmontonia rugosidens Gilmore, a Late Cretaceous nodosaurid dinosaur from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta: JVP, v. 26, n. 4: 1011–1013. Data are courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list. Olshevsky George Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html 2008-08-07 15 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html Name Status AuthorsLocation NotesImages Adamantisaurus Santucci R.A Bertini R.J. 2006 A new titanosaur from western São Paulo State, Upper Cretaceous Bauru Group, south-east Brazil Palaeontology 49 1 171–185 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00527.x 2006Palgy..49...59S 11449/33993 53960777 free Valid taxon Rodrigo Santucci Reinaldo Jose Bertini Brazilthumb|center|upright|Adamantisaurus Agujaceratops Valid taxon Spencer G. Lucas SullivanHunt USA (Texas)thumb|center|upright|Agujaceratops Alaskacephale Sullivan R.M. 2006 A taxonomic review of the Pachycephalosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35 347–365 Valid taxonSullivan USA (Alaska)Apachycephalosaurid from Alaska.center|thumb|Alaskacephale Aniksosaurus Martínez R.D. Novas F.E. 2006 Aniksosaurus darwini gen. et sp. nov., a new coelurosaurian theropod from the early Late Cretaceous of central Patagonia, Argentina Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Nueva Series 8 2 243–259 10.22179/REVMACN.8.325 free Valid taxonMartínezNovas Argentina Antarctopelta.Salgado, L. Gasparini, Z. 2006 Reappraisal of an ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of James Ross Island (Antarctica) Geodiversitas 28 1 119–135 Valid taxonSalgadoGasparini AntarcticaAn Ankylosaur from Antarcticacenter|thumb|Antarctopelta Balochisaurus Valid taxonMalkani Pakistan"Bayosaurus" Nomen nudum Rodolfo Coria Phillip J. Currie Paulina Carabajal CedrorestesGilpin David DiCroce, Tony Carpenter, Kenneth 2007 A possible new basal hadrosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation of Eastern Utah Carpenter, K. Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs Indiana University Press Bloomington and Indianapolis 79–89 978-0-253-34817-3 Valid taxon David Gilpin Tony DiCroce Kenneth Carpenter USA(Utah) DracorexBakker, R. T., Sullivan, R. M., Porter, V., Larson, P. and Saulsbury, S.J. (2006). "Dracorex hogwartsia, n. gen., n. sp., a spiked, flat-headed pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota." in Lucas, S. G. and Sullivan, R. M., eds., Late Cretaceous vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35, pp. 331–345.http://www.childrensmuseum.org/dinosphere/draco_rex/dracorex_hogwartsia.pdf [Article] 2007-11-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20070928154305/http://www.childrensmuseum.org/dinosphere/draco_rex/dracorex_hogwartsia.pdf 28 September 2007 Jr. SynonymRobert Bakker Sullivan PorterLarson SaulsburyJr. Synonym of Pachycephalosaurus.thumb|center|upright|Dracorex Dracovenator Yates A.M. 2006 (for 2005). "A new theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa and its implications for the early evolution of theropods Palaeontologia Africana 41 105–122 Valid taxonYates South AfricaAn African Neotheropod related to Dilophosaurus.center|thumb|Dracovenator Erketu Ksepka D.T. Norell M.A. 2006 Erketu ellisoni, a long-necked sauropod from Bor Guvé (Dornogov Aimag, Mongolia) American Museum Novitates 3508 1–16 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3508[1:eealsf]2.0.co;2 2246/5783 86032547 https://zenodo.org/record/5383625 Valid taxonKsepkaMark Norell Mongolia Europasaurus Sander P. M. Mateus O. Laven T. Knötschke N. 2006 Bone histology indicates insular dwarfism in a new Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur Nature 441 7094 739–741 10.1038/nature04633 16760975 2006Natur.441..739M 4361820 Valid taxonMateus Laven Knötschke vide: Sander MateusLaven Knötschke GermanyA basal macronarian sauropod exhibiting insular dwarfism.center|thumb|Europasaurus Fusuisaurus Mo J. Wang W. Huang Z. Huang X. Xu X. 2006 A Basal Titanosauriform from the Early Cretaceous of Guangxi, China 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2006.tb00267.x Acta Geologica Sinica 80 4 486–489 2006AcGlS..80..486M 129846744 Valid taxonMo Wang W. Huang Z.Huang X. Xu X. China Guanlong Xu X. Clark, J.M. Forster, C. A. Norell, M.A. Erickson, G.M. Eberth, D.A. Jia, C. Zhao, Q. 2006 A basal tyrannosauroid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China Nature 439 715–718 10.1038/nature04511 16467836 7077 2006Natur.439..715X 4424849 Xu Xing (paleontologist) Valid taxon Xu Xing Clark Forster Mark NorellErickson Eberth Jia C. Zhao Q. ChinaA basal, crested Tyrannosauroid.thumb|center|upright|Guanlong Huanghetitan. You H. Li D. Zhou L. Ji Q. 2006 Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis. a New Sauropod Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Hekou Group of Lanzhou Basin, Gansu Province, China Geological Review 52 5 668–674 Valid taxonYou Li D.Zhou L. Ji Q. China Jiutaisaurus Wu W.-H. Dong Z.-M. Sun Y.-W. Li C.-T. Li T. 2006 A New Sauropod Dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Jiutai, Jilin, China Global Geology 25 1 6–9 Valid taxonWu W. H. Dong Zhiming SunLi C. Li T. Juravenator Göhlich U.B. Chiappe L.M. 2006 A new carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen archipelago http://doc.rero.ch/record/232914/files/PAL_E4515.pdf Nature 440 7082 329–332 10.1038/nature04579 16541071 2006Natur.440..329G 4427002 Valid taxonGöhlichLuis M. Chiappe GermanyA feathered Compsognathid.thumb|center|upright|Juravenator KhetranisaurusFebruary 2022 Valid taxonMalkani Pakistan Koutalisaurus Prieto-Marquez A. Gaete R. Rivas G. Galobart Á. Boada M. 2006 Hadrosauroid dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Spain: Pararhabdodon isonensis revisited and Koutalisaurus kohlerorum, gen. et sp. nov Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 4 929–943 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[929:hdftlc]2.0.co;2 130334411 Jr. SynonymPrieto-Marquez Gaete RivasGalobart BoadaJr. Synonym of Pararhabdodon. Ligabuesaurus Bonaparte José F. González Riga Bernardo J. Apesteguía Sebastián 2006 Ligabuesaurus leanzai gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria, Sauropoda), a new titanosaur from the Lohan Cura Formation (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina Cretaceous Research 27 3 364–376 10.1016/j.cretres.2005.07.004 2006CrRes..27..364B Valid taxonJose Bonaparte González-Riga (as González Riga)Apesteguía ArgentinaAn Argentine Titanosaur. MantellisaurusPaul Gregory S. 2008 A revised taxonomy of the iguanodont dinosaur genera and species Cretaceous Research 29 2 192–216 10.1016/j.cretres.2007.04.009 2008CrRes..29..192P http://doc.rero.ch/record/16134/files/PAL_E2902.pdf Valid taxonPaul Belgium Germany UK Spainthumb|center|upright|Mantellisaurus MapusaurusCoria R. A. & Currie P. J. (2006). A new carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina. Geodiversitas 28(1):71-118. PDF. Retrieved 2009-06-20. Archived 2009-06-22. Valid taxon Rodolfo Coria Phillip J. Currie ArgentinaAn Argentine Carcharodontosaur.thumb|center|upright|Mapusaurus MarisaurusFebruary 2022 Valid taxonMalkani Pakistan Maxakalisaurus Kellner A.W.A. Campos D.A. Azevedo S.A.K. Trotta M.N.F. Henriques D.D.R. Craik M.M.T. Silva H.P. 2006 On a new titanosaur sauropod from the Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous of Brazil Boletim do Museu Nacional (Geologia) 74 1–31 Valid taxonKellner Campos Azevedo TrottaHenriques Craik Silva Brazilthumb|center|upright|Maxakalisaurus OthnielosaurusFoster John R. Paleoecological Analysis of the Vertebrate Fauna of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Rocky Mountain Region, U.S.A. 2003 New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 23 New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Albuquerque, New Mexico 29 Valid taxonPeter Galton USA (Colorado, Utah and Wyoming)thumb|center|upright|Othnielosaurus PakisaurusJuly 2022 Valid taxonMalkani Pakistan RazanandrongobeMaganuco S. Dal Sasso, C. Pasini, G. 2006 A new large predatory archosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar, with remarks on its affinities and paleobiology Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 147 1 19–51 Valid taxonMaganuco Dal SassoPasiniDescribed by the authors as a possible crocodylomorph or theropod. SacisaurusFerigolo J. Langer, M.C. 2006 http://www.journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(ciigzuqwmoomny2lspjqn155)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,3,14;journal,1,8;linkingpublicationresults,1:300240,1 https://archive.today/20090622214355/http://www.journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/(ciigzuqwmoomny2lspjqn155)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,3,14;journal,1,8;linkingpublicationresults,1:300240,1 2009-06-22 A Late Triassic dinosauriform from south Brazil and the origin of the ornithischian predentary bone Historical Biology 19 1 1–11 10.1080/08912960600845767 85819339 subscription Valid taxonFerigoloLanger BrazilPossibly a Dinosaur.thumb|center|upright|Sacisaurus Sonidosaurus Valid taxonXu X. Zhang X. H. Tan Q.Zhao X. Tan L. China SulaimanisaurusFebruary 2022 Valid taxonMalkani Pakistan TheiophytaliaBrill, K., and K. Carpenter. 2006. A Description of a New Ornithopod from the Lytle Member of the Purgatoire Formation (Lower Cretaceous) and a Reassessment of the Skull of Camptosaurus; pp. 49–67 in K. Carpenter (ed.), Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington. Valid taxonBrillCarpenter USA (Colorado)thumb|center|upright|Theiophytalia Tsaagan Norell M.A. Clark J.M. Turner A.H. Makovicky P.J. Barsbold R. Rowe T. 2006 A new dromaeosaurid theropod from Ukhaa Tolgod (Omnogov, Mongolia) American Museum Novitates 3545 1–51 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3545[1:andtfu]2.0.co;2 2246/5823 https://zenodo.org/record/5386073 Valid taxonMark Norell Clark TurnerMakovicky Rinchen Barsbold Rowe Mongoliacenter|thumb|Tsaagan Turiasaurus Royo-Torres R. Cobos A. 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(Aves, Psittaciformes) del Pleistoceno de Punta Hermengo, Provincia de Buenos Aires https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262481538 Ameghiniana 43 1 249–253 ValidSp. nov.Hospitaleche & TambussiPleistoceneMiramar Formation ArgentinaA Psittacidae.Dalingheornis Zhang, Z. Hou, L. Hasegawa, Y. O'Connor, J. Martin, L.D. Chiappe, L.M. 2006 The first Mesozoic heterodactyl bird from China Acta Geologica Sinica 80 5 631–635 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2006.tb00285.x 2006AcGlS..80..631Z 129069702 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Zhang, Hou, Hasegawa, O'Connor, Martin, & ChiappeEarly CretaceousYixian Formation ChinaAn Enantiornithes, type species is Dal. liweii.Dapingfangornis Li, L. Duan, Y. Hu, D. Wang, L. Cheng, S. Hou, L. 2006 New eoenantiornithid bird from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Western Liaoning, China Acta Geologica Sinica 80 1 38–41 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2006.tb00792.x 2006AcGlS..80...38L 129510378 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Li, Duan, Hu, Wang, Cheng, & HouEarly CretaceousJiufotang Formation ChinaAn Enantiornithes, type species Dap. sentisorhinusDidunculus placopedetes 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2005.00010.x David W. Steadman 2006 An Extinct Species of Tooth-billed Pigeon (Didunculus) from the Kingdom of Tonga, and the Concept of Endemism in Insular Landbirds Journal of Zoology 268 3 233–242 ValidSp. nov.SteadmanSubrecent'Eua TongaA Columbidae.Ducula harrisoni 10.1080/08912960600640853 Graham M. Wragg Trevor H. Worthy 2006 A New Species of Extinct Imperial Pigeon (Ducula: Columbidae) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228511939 Historical Biology 18 2 127–140 2006HBio...18..131W 83945006 ValidSp. nov.Wragg & WorthySubrecentHenderson Island PitcairnA Columbidae.Eclectus infectus 10.1353/psc.2005.0061 David W. Steadman 2006 A New Species of Extinct Parrot (Psittacidae: Eclectus) from Tonga and Vanuatu, South Pacific https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/22554/vol60n1-137-145.pdf?sequence=1 Pacific Science 60 1 137–145 10125/22554 73668033 free ValidSp. nov.SteadmanHolocene'Eua, 'Anatu VanuatuA Psittacidae.Gallirallus ernstmayri 10.11646/zootaxa.1316.1.1 Jeremy J. Kirchman David W. Steadman 2006 Rails (Rallidae: Gallirallus) from Prehistoric Archaeological Sites in Western Oceania https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01316p031f.pdf Zootaxa 1316 1 1–31 ValidSp. nov.Jeremy J. Kirchman & SteadmanHoloceneNew Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago Papua New GuineaA Rallidae.Gallirallus pendiculentus ValidSp. nov.Kirchman & SteadmanHoloceneTinian Northern Mariana IslandsA Rallidae.Gallirallus pisonii ValidSp. nov.Kirchman & SteadmanHoloceneTinian Northern Mariana IslandsA Rallidae.Gallirallus storrsolsoni 10.1353/psc.2006.0007 Jeremy J. Kirchman David W. Steadman 2006 New Species of Rails (Aves: Rallidae) from an Archaeological Site on Huahine, Society Islands Pacific Science 60 2 281–297 10125/22565 85677509 free ValidSp. nov.Kirchman & SteadmanHoloceneHuahine, Society Islands French PolynesiaA Rallidae.Gallirallus temptatus ValidSp. nov.Kirchman & SteadmanHoloceneRota Northern Mariana IslandsA Rallidae.Jungornis geraldmayri Cécile Mourer-Chauviré. Bernard Sigé 2006 Une Nouvelle Espèce de Jungornis (Aves, Apodiformes) et de Nouvelles Formes de Coraciiformes s.s. dans l'Eocène Supérieur du Quercy Strata Série 1 13 151–159 ValidSp. nov.Mourer-Chauviré & SigéLate EocenePhosphorites du Quercy FranceA JungornithidaeLoxioides kikuchi 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[335:ansohf]2.0.co;2 Helen F. James Storrs L. Olson 2006 A New Species of Hawaiian Finch (Drepanidini: Loxioides) from Makauwahi Cave, Kauai https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/1771/VZ_349_Pilas_palila.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y Auk 123 2 335–344 44244200 ValidSp. nov.James & OlsonSubrecentKauai, Hawaii Islands USAA FringillidaeMasillaraptor 10.1080/08912960600640762 Gerald Mayr 2006 A New Raptorial Bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/masillaraptor.pdf Historical Biology 18 2 95–102 2006HBio...18...99M 34895565 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.MayrMiddle EoceneMessel pit GermanyA Masillaraptoridae, type species M. parvunguisNyctanassa carcinocatactes 10.2988/0006-324x(2006)119[326:ansona]2.0.co;2 Storrs L. Olson David B. Wingate 2006 A New Species of Night-heron (Ardeidae: Nyctanassa) from Quaternary Deposits on Bermuda https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/1735/Nyctanassa.pdf?sequence=1 Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119 2 326–337 85123890 ValidSp. nov.Olson & WingateHoloceneBermuda BermudaAn Ardeidae.Odontopteryx gigas Nomen NudumThesis nameBourdonEarly Ypresian MoroccoAn OdontopterygidaeOdontoptila inexpectata Nomen NudumThesis nameBourdonEarly Ypresian MoroccoAn OdontopterygidaePleistoanser ValidGen. et Sp. nov.AgnolínEarly or Middle PleistoceneMiramar Formation ArgentinaAn Anatidae. Type species is P. bravardi.Plesiocathartes major 10.1007/bf02988439 Ilka Weidig 2006 The First New World Occurrence of the Eocene Bird Plesiocathartes (Aves: Leptosomidae) Paläontologische Zeitschrift 80 3 230–237 2006PalZ...80..230W 140684204 ValidSp. nov.WeidigLate WasatchianGreen River Formation USAA Leptosomidae.Plesiocathartes wyomingensis ValidSp. nov.WeidigLate WasatchianGreen River Formation USAA Leptosomidae.Porphyrio mcnabi ValidSp. nov.Kirchman & SteadmanHoloceneHuahine, Fa'ahia, Society Islands French PolynesiaA Rallidae.Pygoscelis calderensis 10.4067/s0716-02082006000200006 Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche Martin Chávez Omar Fritis 2006 Pygoscelis calderensis nov. sp. (Aves, Spheniscidae) de la Formación Bahia Inglesa (Mioceno Tardio – Plioceno Temprano) de Chile https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/1739/173918421006.pdf Revista Geológica de Chile 33 2 327–338 free ValidSp. nov.Hospitaleche, Chávez, & FritisLate Miocene-Middle PlioceneBahia Inglesa Formation ChileA Spheniscidae.Pygoscelis grandis 10.1080/08912960600640796 Stig A. Walsh Mario E. Suárez 2006 New Penguin Remains from the Pliocene of Chile https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228488651 Historical Biology 18 2 115–126 59497064 ValidSp. nov.Walsh & Suárez?Early PlioceneBahia Inglesa Formation ChileA Spheniscidae.Shanxiornis Wang Shuo Zhao Sining Hu Xiaoshan Sun Qingmin 2006 A New Genus of Early Pleistocene Galliformes in the Lower Reaches of the Fenhe River, Shanxi, China http://159.226.74.2/wxdata/En/Show.asp?id=6644 Geological Bulletin of China 25 7 856–861 24 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140809082024/http://159.226.74.2/wxdata/En/Show.asp?id=6644 9 August 2014 ValidGen. et Sp. nov.Wang, Zhao, Hu, & SunEarly PleistoceneSanmen Formation ChinaA Phasianidae, type species is S. fenyinisTonniornis 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.258.01.11 Claudia P. Tambussi Carolina I. Acosta Hospitaleche Marcello A. Reguero Sergio A. Marenssi 2006 Late Eocene Penguins from West Antarctica: Systematics and Biostratigraphy http://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/258/1/145 J.E. Francis D. Pirrie J.A. Crame Cretaceous-Tertiary High-Latitude Paleoenvironments, James Ross Basin, Antarctica Geological Society, London, Special Publications 258 1 145–161 2006GSLSP.258..145T 129175787 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Tambussi, Hospitaleche, Reguero, & MarenssiLate EoceneLa Meseta Formation AntarcticaA Spheniscidae, two species T. mesetaensis & T. minimumWaimanu 10.1093/molbev/msj124 Kerryn E. Slack Craig M. Jones Tarsuro Ando, G. L. Harrison, R. Ewan Fordyce Ulfur Arnason Davis Penny 2006 Early Penguin Fossils, plus Mitochondrial Genomes, Calibrate Avian Evolution Molecular Biology and Evolution 23 6 1144–1155 16533822 free ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Slack, Jones, Ando, Harrison, Fordyce, Arnason, & PennyEarly PaleoceneBasic Waipara Greensand New ZealandA stem Spheniscidae. The type species is Wa. manneringi. Originally the second species, Wa. tuatahi, was assigned to this genus as well; Mayr et al. (2018) transferred this species to the separate genus Muriwaimanu.Gerald Mayr Vanesa L. De Pietri Leigh Love Al A. Mannering R. Paul Scofield 2018 A well-preserved new mid-Paleocene penguin (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Waipara Greensand in New Zealand Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37 6 e1398169 10.1080/02724634.2017.1398169 89744522 Wieslochia Gerald Mayr Albrecht Manegold 2006 New Specimens of the Earliest European Passeriform Bird https://app.pan.pl/archive/published/app51/app51-315.pdf Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 2 315–323 ValidGen. et Sp. nov.Mayr & ManegoldRupelian GermanyAn early Passeriformes Incertae Sedis, type species is Wi. weissi Newly named pterosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCathayopterusX. Wang & Z. Zhou. 2006. Pterosaur adaptive radiation of the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota. In J. Rong, Z. Fang, Z. Zhou, R. Zhan, X. Wang, X. Yuan (eds.). Originations, radiations and biodiversity changes – evidences from the Chinese fossil record 665-689Valid Wang ZhouEarly CretaceousYixian Formation ChinaA pterodactyloid. The type species is Cathayopterus grabaui.CaviramusFröbisch, N.B. Fröbisch, J. 2006 A new basal pterosaur genus from the Upper Triassic of the northern Calcareous Alps of Switzerland Palaeontology 49 5 1081–1090 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00581.x 2006Palgy..49.1081F freeValid Fröbisch FröbischLate TriassicKössen Formation SwitzerlandA rhamphorhynchoid. The type species is Caviramus schesaplanensis.LongchengpterusWang, L. Li, L. Duan, Y. Cheng, S.-L. 2006 A new iodactylid pterosaur from western Liaoning Geological Bulletin of China 25 6 737–740Valid Wang Li Duan ChengEarly CretaceousJiufotang Formation ChinaA pterodactyloid. The type species is Longchengpterus zhoai.MuzquizopteryxFrey, E. Buchy, M.-C. Stinnesbeck, W. Gonzalez, A.G. Stefano, A. di 2006 Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis n.g., n. sp., a nyctosaurid pterosaur with soft tissue preservation from the Coniacian (Late Cretaceous) of northeast Mexico (Coahuila) Oryctos 6 19–39Valid Frey Buchy Stinnesbeck Gonzalez StefanoLate CretaceousAustin Group MexicoThe type species is Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis.YixianopterusJ. Lü, S. Ji, C. Yuan, Y. Gao, Z. Sun & Q. Ji. 2006. New pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning. In J. Lü, Y. Kobayashi, D. Huang, Y.-N. Lee (eds.). Papers from the 2005 Heyuan International Dinosaur Symposium. Geological Publishing House, Beijing 195-203.Valid Lü Ji Yuan Gao Sun JiEarly CretaceousYixian Formation ChinaA pterodactyloid. The type species is Yixianopterus jingangshanensis. Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesHerpetoskylaxSidor, C.A. & Rubidge, B.S. (2006). "Herpetoskylax hopsoni, a new biarmosuchian (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Beaufort Group of South Africa" In: Amniote Paleobiology, prespetives on the Evolution of mammals, birds and reptiles, edited by Carrano, M.T., Gaudin, T.J., Blob, R.W., and Wible, J.R. Chicago University Press, p. 76-113Valid Sidor RubidgeLate Permian South AfricaThe type species is Herpetoskylax hopsoni.ElliotheriumSidor, C.A. Hancox, P.J. 2006 Elliotherium kersteni, a new tritheledontid from the Lower Elliot Formation (Upper Triassic) of South Africa Journal of Paleontology 80 2 333–342 10.1666/0022-3360(2006)080[0333:EKANTF]2.0.CO;2 0022-3360 130003909 Valid Sidor HancoxUpper TriassicLower Elliot Formation South AfricaThe type species is Elliotherium kerstenae (emmend.).IdelesaurusKurkin, A.A. 2006 A new dicynodont (Anomodontia, Eotherapsida) from the Upper Permian of Tatarstan Paleontological Journal 40 4 434–437 10.1134/S0031030106040095 2006PalJ...40..434K 129016459Valid KurkinUpper Permian RussiaThe type species is Idelisaurus tataricus.LangbergiaAbdala, F. Neveling, J. Welman, J. 2006 A new trirachodontid cynodont from the lower levels of the Burgersdorp Formation (Lower Triassic) of the Beaufort Group, South Africa and the cladistic relationships of Gondwanan gomphodonts Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 147 383–413 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00224.x 3 freeValid Abdala Neveling WelmanEarly TriassicBurgersdorp Formation South AfricaThe type species is Langbergia modisei.NanogomphodonHopson, J.A. Sues, H.D. 2006 A traversodont cynodont from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of Baden-Württemberg (Germany) Paläontologische Zeitschrift 80 2 124–129 10.1007/bf02988972 2006PalZ...80..124H 128486943Valid Hopson SuesMiddle TriassicErfurt Formation GermanyThe type species is Nanogomphodon wildi.OromycterReisz, R.R. 2006 Oromycter, a new caseid from the lower Permian of Oklahoma Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 4 905–910 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0905:OANCFT]2.0.CO;2 130056690 0272-4634Valid ReiszEarly Permian USAThe type species is Oromycter dolesorum.PachydectesRubidge, B. Sidor, C.A. Modesto, S.P. 2006 A new Burnetiamorph (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Middle Permian of South Africa 80 4 740–749 10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[740:anbtbf]2.0.co;2 Journal of Paleontology 130196490 Valid Rubidge Sidor ModestoMiddle PermianKoonap Formation South AfricaThe type species is Pachydectes elsi.ParaburnetiaSmith, R.M.H. Rubidge, B.S. Sidor, C.A. 2006 A new burnetiid (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Upper Permian of South Africa and its biogeographic implications Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 2 331–343 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[331:ANBTBF]2.0.CO;2 86367955 0272-4634Valid Smith Rubidge SidorUpper PermianTeekloof Formation South AfricaThe type species is Paraburnetia sneeubergensis.ProtheriodonBonaparte JF Soares MB Schultz CL 2006 A new non-mammalian cynodont from the Middle Triassic of southern Brazil and its implications for the ancestry of mammals New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science Bulletin 37 599–607ValidBonaparte, Soares, & SchultzMiddle TriassicSanta Maria Formation BrazilType sp P. estudianti. Mammals Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnthracoxyaenaDisputedTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of the family Oxyaenidae. Genus includes new species A. palustris. Subsequently, Solé, Gheerbrant & Godinot (2013) considered the genus Anthracoxyaena to be a junior synonym of the genus Arfia, though the authors maintained A. palustris as a distinct species within the latter genus.Floréal Solé Emmanuel Gheerbrant Marc Godinot amp 2013 Sinopaninae and Arfianinae (Hyaenodontida, Mammalia) from the Early Eocene of Europe and Asia; evidence for dispersal in Laurasia around the Paleocene/Eocene boundary and for an unnoticed faunal turnover in Europe Geobios 46 4 313–327 10.1016/j.geobios.2013.02.003 2013Geobi..46..313S AsiohyopsodusValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of the family Hyopsodontidae. Genus includes new species A. confuciusi.AsioictopsYongsheng Tong Yingwen Wang 2006 Fossil mammals from the early Eocene Wutu Formation of Shandong Province Palaeontologia Sinica 192, New Series C28 1–195 7-03-016894-1 ValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of the family Leptictidae. Genus includes new species A. mckennai.CelaenolambdaValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA possible member of the family Archaeolambdidae. Genus includes new species C. wangzhaoi.ChowliiaValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of the family Isectolophidae. Genus includes new species C. laoshanensis.DianomomysValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA possible member of the family Paromomyidae. Genus includes new species D. ambiguus.Dissacus bohaiensisValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of Mesonychia belonging to the family Mesonychidae.Hapalodectes huanghaiensisValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of Mesonychia belonging to the family Hapalodectidae.Heterocoryphodon？yuntongiValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of the family Coryphodontidae.HylomysoidesValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA possible member of the family Amphilemuridae. Genus includes new species H. qiensis.LuchenusValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of the family Erinaceidae. Genus includes new species L. erinaceanus.MigrostylopsValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of Arctostylopida belonging to the family Arctostylopidae. Genus includes new species M. roboreus and M. rosella.PappomoropusValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of the family Eomoropidae. Genus includes new species P. taishanensis.ParesthonyxValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of Tillodontia. Genus includes new species P. orientalis.PreonictisValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of the family Hyaenodontidae belonging to the subfamily Proviverrinae. Genus includes new species P. youngi.QilulestesValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA possible member of the family Amphilemuridae. Genus includes new species Q. schieboutae.ScileptictisValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of the family Leptictidae. Genus includes new species S. simplus and S? stenotalus.SuyiniaValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of Anagalida belonging to the family Pseudictopidae. Genus includes new species S. changleensis.Taishanomys parvulusValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA rodent.TalpilestesValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA possible member of the family Nyctitheriidae. Genus includes new species T. asiatica.VariviverraValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of the family Viverravidae. Genus includes new species V. vegetatus.WutucoryphodonValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of the family Coryphodontidae. Genus includes new species W. xianwui.WutuhyusValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of Suiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species W. primiveris.YupingaleValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of the family Astigalidae. Genus includes new species Y. weifangensis.ZodiocyonValidTong & WangEarly EoceneWutu Formation ChinaA member of the family Miacidae. Genus includes new species Z. zetesios. Trace fossils The trace fossil genera Nihilichnus (Nihilichnus nihilicus and Nihilichnus mortalis), Machichnus (Machichnus regularis, Machichnus multilineatus, and Machichnus bohemicus) and Brutalichnus (Brutalichnus brutalis) are described from bite traces.Mikuláš Radek Kadlecová Eva Fejfar Oldřich Dvořák Zdeněk 2006-09-01 Three New Ichnogenera of Biting and Gnawing Traces on Reptilian and Mammalian Bones: A Case Study from the Miocene of the Czech Republic Ichnos 13 3 113–127 10.1080/10420940600850729 2006Ichno..13..113M 128644469 1042-0940 References 30em Category:2000s in paleontology Paleontology