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none 1996 paleontology science 1996 Plants Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesPalaeocarpinus aspinosaSun F. Stockey R.A. 1992 A new species of Palaeocarpinus (Betulaceae) based on infructescences, fruits, and associated staminate inflorescences and leaves from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada International Journal of Plant Sciences 153 1 136–146 10.1086/297015 1992IJPlS.153..136S Sp novValidManchester & ChenPaleoceneMiddle PaleoceneFort Union FormationUSAWyomingA betulaceous fruitPalaeocarpinus orientalisManchester S.R. Guo S.-X. 1996 Palaeocarpinus (extinct Betulaceae) from northwestern China: new evidence for Paleocene floristic continuity between Asia, North America, and Europe International Journal of Plant Sciences 157 2 240–246 10.1086/297343 1996IJPlS.157..240M Sp novValidManchester & Guo PaleoceneWulungu DepressionChinaA betulaceous fruit Arthropods Newly named crustaceans Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCancer (Metacarcinus) starriBerglund R.E. Goedert J.L. 1996 A new crab (Brachyura: Cancridae) from Lower Miocene rocks of the Northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington Journal of Paleontology 70 5 830–835 1306484 10.1017/S0022336000023866 1996JPal...70..830B 132189245 ValidBerglund & GoedertEarly MioceneClallam & Pysht FormationsUSA (Washington)A crab Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAllopetalia europaeaNel A. Arillo A. Martínez-Delclòs X. 1996 New fossil Odonata (Insecta) from the upper Miocene of France and Spain (Anisoptera and Zygoptera) Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 199 2 167–219 10.1127/njgpa/199/1996/167 1996NJGPA.199..167N Sp novJr synonymNel, Arillo, & Martínez-DelclòsMessinianFranceAn Aeshnid dragonfly. Moved to Boyeria europaea in 1997thumb|center|upright|Boyeria europaeaBurmomyrma rossiDlussky G. M. 1996 Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Burmese amber Paleontological Journal 30 4 449–454 http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/6368/N3755.pdf?sequence=1 2013-10-22 2013-04-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20130423110550/http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/6368/N3755.pdf?sequence=1 dead Gen et sp. novValidDlusskyLate Aptian to Early CenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA possible Aneuretin antthumb|center|upright|Burmomyrma rossiCerdanyagrionGen et sp novvalidNel, Arillo, & Martínez-DelclòsVallesian/Turolian SpainA Megapodagrionid damselflythumb|center|upright|Cerdanyagrion miocenicusHaidomyrmex cerberusBarden P. Grimaldi D. 2012 Rediscovery of the bizarre Cretaceous ant Haidomyrmex Dlussky (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with two new species American Museum Novitates 3755 1–16 10.1206/3755.2 http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/6368/N3755.pdf?sequence=1 2246/6368 83598305 2013-10-22 2013-04-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20130423110550/http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/6368/N3755.pdf?sequence=1 dead Gen et sp. novValidDlusskyLate Aptian to Early CenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA Sphecomyrmin antthumb|center|upright|Haidomyrmex cerberusSomatochlora brisaciSp novValidNel, Arillo, & Martínez-DelclòsTurolianMontagne d'AndanceFranceA Corduliid dragonflythumb|center|upright|Somatochlora brisaciSympetrum cantalensisSp novValidNel, Arillo, & Martínez-DelclòsMessinianFranceA Libellulid dragonflythumb|center|upright|Sympetrum cantalensisVulcagrionGen et comb et 2 sp novvalidNel, Arillo, & Martínez-DelclòsMessinianFranceA Megapodagrionid damselfly, three speciesthumb|center|upright|Vulcagrion andancensis Fish Cartilaginous fish Research Duffin et al (1996) describes chondrichthyan remains from the Itaituba Formation of the Amazon Basin of Brazil and deems Anachronistes to be a junior synonym of Cooleyella.Duffin Christopher J. Richter Martha Neis Pedro Alfredo 1996 Shark remains from the Late Carboniferous of the Amazon Basin, Brazil https://www.academia.edu/14850534 Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte 1996 4 232 10.1127/njgpm/1996/1996/232 0028-3630 New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBransonella lingulataIvanov Alexander Ginter Michal January 1996 Early carboniferous xenacanthids (chondrichthyes) from eastern Europe https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288568862 Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 167 5 651–656Sp nov ValidIvanov & GinterEarly Carboniferous (Serpukhovian)Kalinovskie Vyselki QuarryRussiaA xenacanthCooleyella amazonensisSp nov ValidDuffin et al.Late CarboniferousItaituba FormationBrazilA anachronistid Amphibians Temnospondyls Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images TatrasuchusTeresa Maryańska Mikhail A. Shishkin 1996 New cyclotosaurid (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) from the Middle Triassic of Poland and some problems of interrelationships of capitosauroids Prace Muzeum Ziemi 43 53–83 Gen et sp nov ValidMaryańska & ShishkinMiddle TriassicPolandA cyclotosaurid Plesiosaurs New taxa Name Status AuthorsLocation NotesImages Pachycostasaurus Valid Cruickshank Martill UK Plesiopleurodon Valid Carpenter USA (Wyoming)The Last of the Pliosaurs.thumb|Plesiopleurodon Thalassiodracon Valid Storrs Taylor UKthumb|Thalassiodracon Dinosaurs In the summer excavation resumed on the Talkeetna Mountains Hadrosaur, discovered in a quarry near the Glenn Highway, approximately 150 miles northeast of Anchorage. Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Olshevsky George Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html August 7, 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20220308172147/https://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html March 8, 2022 Name Status AuthorsLocation Notes Images "Angaturama'"Kellner, A.W.A., D. de A. Campos. 1996. First Early Cretaceous theropod dinosaur from Brazil with comments on Spinosauridae. Neues Jahrbuch Geol. Palaontol. Abhandlungen Stuttgart 199 (2): pp. 151-166. Junior synonym of Irritator Kellner Campos BagaraatanOsmolska, H. 1996. An unusual theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 41 (1): pp. 1-38. Valid taxon Halszka OsmólskaMongolia Deltadromeus Sereno P.C. C.A. Sidor Dutheil D.B. Iarochene M. Larsson H.C.E. Lyon G.H. Magwene P.M. Sidor C.A. Varricchio D.J. Wilson J.A. 1996 Predatory dinosaurs from the Sahara and Late Cretaceous faunal differentiation Science 272 5264 986–991 10.1126/science.272.5264.986 8662584 1996Sci...272..986S 39658297 http://doc.rero.ch/record/13893/files/PAL_E831.pdf Valid taxon Paul Sereno Duthiel Iarochene Larsson Lyon Magwene Sidor Varricchio Jeffrey A. Wilson.Egypt Moroccothumb|200px|center|Deltadromeus GasparinisauraCoria, R.A. and L. Salgado. 1996. A Basal Iguanodontian (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the Late Cretaceous of South America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16 (3): pp. 445-457. Valid taxon Rodolfo Coria SalgadoArgentinathumb|200px|center|Gasparinisaura Irritator Martill D.M. Cruickshank A.R.I. Frey E. Small P.G. Clarke M. 1996 A new crested maniraptoran dinosaur from the Santana Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil Journal of the Geological Society 153 1 5–8 10.1144/gsjgs.153.1.0005 1996JGSoc.153....5M 131339386 http://doc.rero.ch/record/14940/files/PAL_E2087.pdf Valid taxon Martill Cruickshank Frey Small M. ClarkeBrazilcenter|thumb|200x200px|Irritator Ligabueino Bonaparte J.F. 1996 Cretaceous tetrapods of Argentina Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen A 30 73–130 Valid taxon Jose BonaparteArgentina "Jensenosaurus"Olshevsky vide Curtice, B.D., K.L. Stadtman, and L.J. Curtice. 1996. A reassessment of Ultrasauros Macintoshi (Jensen, 1985). The continental Jurassic (M. Morales, ed.). Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 60: pp. 87-95. Junior synonym of Supersaurus George Olshevsky vide: B. D. Curtice Stadtman L. J. Curtice,thumb|center|200px|Supersaurus "Luanpingosaurus" Junior synonym of Psittacosaurus Cheng Zhengwu vide: Chen P. Cheng Zhengwu et al. "Magulodon" Kranz P.M. 1996 Notes on the Sedimentary Iron Ores of Maryland and their Dinosaurian Fauna Maryland Geological Survey Special Publication 3 87–116 Nomen nudum Kranz Cheng Zhengwu et al. NeovenatorHutt, S., D.M. Martill, and M.J. Barker. 1996. The first European allosaurid dinosaur (Lower Cretaceous, Wealden Group, England). N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Mh. 10: pp. 635-644. Valid taxon Hutt Martill BarkerUKcenter|thumb|200x200px|Neovenator Parvicursor Karhu A.A. Rautian A.S. 1996 A new family of Maniraptora (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia Paleontological Journal 30 5 583–592 Valid taxon Karhu RautianMongolia Patagonykus Novas F.E. 1996 Alvarezsauridae, Cretaceous basal birds from Patagonia and Mongolia Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39 3 675–702 Valid taxon NovasArgentinathumb|Patagonykus Pawpawsaurus Lee Y.-N. 1996 A new nodosaurid ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Paw Paw Formation (Late Albian) of Texas Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16 2 232–245 10.1080/02724634.1996.10011311 1996JVPal..16..232L Valid taxon LeeUSA (Texas) Pellegrinisaurus Salgado L 1997 Pellegrinisaurus powelli nov. gen. et. sp. (Sauropoda, Titanosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Lago Pellegrini, Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina Ameghiniana 33 4 355–365 Valid taxon SalgadoArgentina QinlingosaurusXue, X., Y. Zhang, Y. Bi, L. Yue, and D. Chen. 1996. The development and environmental changes of the Intermontane Basins in the eastern part of Qinling Mountains. Geological Publishing House, Beijing: pp. 1-181. Valid taxon Xue Zhang Y. X. Bi Yue Chen D.China Rayososaurus Valid taxon Jose BonaparteArgentina Shanyangosaurus Valid taxon Xue Zhang Y. X. Bi Yue Chen D.China Siamotyrannus Buffetaut E. Suteethorn V. Tong H. 1996 The earliest known tyrannosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand Nature 381 6584 689–691 10.1038/381689a0 1996Natur.381..689B 7350556 Valid taxon Buffetaut Suteethorn TongThailand SigilmassasaurusRussell, D.A. 1996. Isolated dinosaur bones from the Middle Cretaceous of the Tafilalt, Morocco. Museum Natl. d'Histoire Nat. (Paris) Bull. (ser. 4) 18 (Section C, Nos. 2-3) : pp. 349-402. Valid taxon Dale A. RussellMorocco Sinosauropteryx Ji Q. Ji S.-A. 1996 On the discovery of the earliest bird fossil in China and the origin of birds Chinese Geology 233 30–33 Valid taxon Ji Q. Ji S.Chinathumb|center|200px|Sinosauropteryx Birds Newly named birds Name Novelt Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnas ganii Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich K. L. Sushpanov A. L. David 1996 Новый вид утки рода Anas позднего плиоцена Молдовы [A new species of the genus Anas duck from the Late Pliocene Moldova] Bul. Acad. Ştiinţe Repub. Moldova. Şt. Biol. Chim. 1996. 1. С. 38–42 Sp. nov. ValidNikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich K. L. Sushpanov A. L. DavidLate Early PleistoceneMoldovaAn Anatidae.Anas marecula Storrs L. Olson Pierre Jouventin 1996 A New Species of Small Flightless Duck from Amsterdam Island, Southern Indian Ocean (Anatidae: Anas) https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/6536/VZ_272_Amsterdam_duck2.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y The Condor 98 1 1–9 10.2307/1369501 1369501 Sp. nov. ValidStorrs L. Olson Pierre JouventinHoloceneAmsterdam IslandFrench Southern and Antarctic LandsAn Anatidae.Anhinga fraileyi Kenneth E. Campbell, jr. 1996 A New Species of Giant Anhinga (Aves: Pelecaniformes: Anhingidae) from the Upper Miocene (Huyquerian) of Amazonian Peru http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS460.pdf Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science 460 1–9 2014-08-07 2015-12-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20151220202905/http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS460.pdf dead Sp. nov. ValidKenneth E. Campbell, jr.Late MioceneHuayquerianPeruAn Anhingidae."Branta" minor Eugen Kessler Erika Gal 1996 New Taxa in the Neogene Bird Fauna from Eastern Paratethys http://eurekamag.com/research/009/095/009095441.php Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai - Studia Biologica 41 73–79 ValidEugen Kessler Erika GalLate MioceneMN 9MoldovaAn Aves Incertae Sedis, it is not an Anatidae.Copepteryx hexeris Storrs L. Olson Yoshikazu Hasegawa 1996 A New Genus and Two New Species of Gigantic Plotopteridae from Japan (Aves: Pelecaniformes) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16 4 742–751 10.1080/02724634.1996.10011362 1996JVPal..16..742O Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidStorrs L. Olson Yoshikazu HasegawaLate OligoceneAinoshima FormationJapanA Pelecaniformes, Plotopteridae Howard, 1969, this is the type species of the new genus.Copepteryx titan Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidStorrs L. Olson Yoshikazu HasegawaLate OligoceneAinoshima FormationJapanA Pelecaniformes, Plotopteridae Howard, 1969.Eoalulavis hoyasi José L. Sanz Luis M. Chiappe Bernardo P. Pérez-Moreno Angela D. Buscaliono José J. Moratalla Francisco Ortega Francisco J. Poyato-Ariza 1996 An Early Cretaceous Bird from Spain and Its Implications for the Evolution of Avian Flight http://www.rac.es/ficheros/doc/00021.pdf Nature 382 6590 442–445 10.1038/382442a0 1996Natur.382..442S 4284528 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidJosé L. Sanz Luis M. Chiappe Bernardo P. Pérez-Moreno Angela D. Buscaliono José J. Moratalla Francisco Ortega Francisco J. Poyato-ArizaEarly CretaceousNeocomianSpain: Castilla-La ManchaAn Ornithothoraces Chiappe & Calvo, 1994, Enantiornithes. Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus.Nanantius valifanovi Evgeny N. Kurochkin 1996 A New Enantiornithid of the Mongolian Late Cretaceous, and a General Appraisal of the Infraclass Enantiornithes http://www.nhbs.com/a_new_enantiornithid_of_the_mongolian_late_cretaceous_tefno_59857.html Palaeontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moskou 1996 1–60 Sp. nov. ValidEvgeny N. KurochkinLate CretaceousLate CampanianMongoliaAn Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, Gobipteryginae Elzanowski, 1974.Nandayus vorohuensis Eduardo P. Tonni Jorge Noriega 1996 Uno Nova Especie de Nandayus Bonaparte, 1854. (Aves: Psittaciformes) del Plioceno Tardio de Argentina Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 69 97–104 Sp. nov. ValidEduardo P. Tonni Jorge NoriegaLate PlioceneOrohué FormationArgentinaA Psittacidae.Otis bessarabicus Sp. nov. ValidEugen Kessler Erika GalLate MioceneMN 9MoldovaAn Otididae.Struthio coppensi Cécile Mourer-Chauviré Brigitte Senut Martin Pickford Pierre Mein 1996 Le Plus Ancien Représentant de Genre Struthio (Aves, Struthionidae), Struthio coppensi n. sp. du Miocène Inférieur de Namibie Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série IIA 322 1 325–332 Sp. nov. ValidCécile Mourer-Chauviré Brigitte Senut Martin Pickford Pierre MeinEarly MioceneKaringarabNamibiaA Struthionidae.?Tringa grigorescui Sp. nov. ValidEugen Kessler Erika GalMiddle MioceneMN 8RomaniaA Scolopacidae, not sure it is a Tringa.Vorona berivotrensis Catharine A. Forster Luis M. Chiappe David W. Krause Scott D. Sampson 1996 The First Cretaceous Bird from Madagascar https://www.researchgate.net/publication/31953206 Nature 382 6591 532–534 10.1038/382532a0 1996Natur.382..532F 4364184 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidCatharine A. Forster Luis M. Chiappe David W. Krause Scott D. SampsonLate CretaceousCampanian, Maevarano FormationMadagascarAn Ornithothoraces Chiappe et Calvo, 1994 . Pterosaurs New taxa Name Status AuthorsLocation Notes Kepodactylus Valid Harris, J.D. Carpenter USA (Colorado) Fossil eggs New ootaxa Name Status AuthorsLocation NotesDispersituberoolithusValidZelenitsky et al. Canada (Alberta)Probably laid by a primitive neognath. Zelenitsky D. K. Hills L. V. Currie P. J. 1996 Parataxonomic classification of ornithoid eggshell fragments from the Oldman Formation (Judith River Group; Upper Cretaceous), southern Alberta Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33 12 1655–1667 10.1139/e96-126 1996CaJES..33.1655Z Gobioolithus Valid MikhailovFormerly called "Gobipteryx eggs", though they are not presently considered to be eggs of Gobipteryx.Mikhailov Konstantin 1996 Bird Eggs in the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia Paleontological Journal 30 1 114–116 Synapsids Mammals New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesLeptacodon nascimentoiEstravis Carmen 1996 Leptacodon nascimentoi n,sp., un nouveau Nyctitheriidae (Mammalia,Lipotyphla) de l'Eocène inférieur de Silveirinha (Baixo Mondego, Portugal) https://palaeovertebrata.com/articles/view/204 PalaeoVertebrata 25 2–4 275–286 En Institut des sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier and Association Palaeovertebrata 10.18563/pv.25.2-4.275-286 2274-0333Sp novValidEstravísEarly EoceneSilveirinha FormationPortugalA nyctitheriidStenoplesictis indigenusDashzėvėg Dėmbėrėliĭn http://archive.org/details/somecarnivorous3179dash Some carnivorous mammals from the Paleogene of the eastern Gobi Desert, Mongolia, and the application of Oligocene carnivores to stratigraphic correlation 1996 New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History American Museum of Natural History LibrarySp. nov Jr synonymDashzevegLate EoceneErgilin Dzo FormationMongoliaMoved to the genus Alagtsavbaatar in 2016Egi Naoko Tsubamoto Takehisa Saneyoshi Mototaka Tsogtbaatar Khishigjav Watabe Mahito Mainbayar Buuvei Chinzorig Tsogtbaatar Khatanbaatar Purevdorg 2016-02-17 Taxonomic revisions on nimravids and small feliforms (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Upper Eocene of Mongolia http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2015.1012508 Historical Biology en 28 1–2 105–119 10.1080/08912963.2015.1012508 2016HBio...28..105E 86239933 0891-2963 subscription Stenoplesictis simplexSp. nov Jr synonymDashzevegLate EoceneErgilin Dzo FormationMongoliaDeemed a junior synonym of Asiavorator gracilis in 2016 Footnotes Paleontology "Location and Geologic Setting," in Pasche and May (2001); page 220. 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