2009 in paleontology

none 2009 paleontology science paleobotany arthropod paleontology paleoentomology paleomalacology reptile paleontology archosaur paleontology mammal paleontology paleoichthyology thumb|Important taxa described (but not necessarily validly named) in 2009 2009 Arthropods 2009 in arthropod paleontology Cephalopods Three new species of extinct Octopoda discovered in 2009. The species – Keuppia hyperbolaris, Keuppia levante, and Styletoctopus annae – lived about 95 million years ago, and bear a strong resemblance to modern octopuses, suggesting that the Octopoda order has remained relatively unchanged for tens of millions of years. The fossils included evidence of arms, muscles, rows of suckers, ink, and internal gills. The discovery was made by a team led by Dirk Fuchs of the Freie University, which is located at Berlin, Germany.Rare fossil octopuses found, NBC News, March 18, 2009 The fossils were found at Hakel and Hadjoula, Lebanon.https://archive.today/20120902073936/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/121596620/HTMLSTART New Octopus from the late Cretaceous of Hakel and Hadjoula, Lebanon, Palaeontology, Volume 52, Issue 1, Pages 65-81 Various new ammonoid taxa were named, including Ivoites. Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesKeuppia 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00828.x Fuchs D. Bracchi G. Weis R. 2009 New Octopods (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea) from the Late Cretaceous (Upper Cenomanian) of Hakel and Hadjoula, Lebanon Palaeontology 52 1 65–81 2009Palgy..52...65F free Gen et sp novValidFuchs, Bracchi, & Weis Upper Cenomanian Lebanonthumb|150px|center|Keuppia levante Styletoctopusgen et sp novValidFuchs, Bracchi, & WeisUpper CenomanianLebanon Ivoites 10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0252-0361 De Baets K. Klug C. Korn D. 2009 Anetoceratinae (Ammonoidea, Early Devonian) from the Eifel and Harz Mountains (Germany), with a revision of their genera Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 252 3 361–376 2009NJGPA.252..361D gen novValidDe Baets, Klug, & KornLower EmsianGermany Cartilaginous fish Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesGansuselacheN.-Z. Wang X. Zhang M. Zhu W.-J. Zhao A new articulated hybodontoid from Late Permian of northwestern China Acta Zoologica 90 s1 159–170 2009 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00382.x Gen. et sp. novValidWang et al.Late PermianFangshankou FormationChinaA member of Hybodontoidea. Genus includes new species G. tungshengi.PapilionichthysEileen D. Grogan Richard Lund Two new iniopterygians (Chondrichthyes) from the Mississippian (Serpukhovian) Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana with evidence of a new form of chondrichthyan neurocranium Acta Zoologica 90 s1 134–151 2009 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00371.x Gen. et sp. novValid Grogan LundCarboniferous (Serpukhovian)Bear Gulch LimestoneUnited StatesA member of Iniopterygidae. The type species is P. stahlae.RainerichthysGen. et sp. novValid Grogan LundCarboniferous (Serpukhovian)Bear Gulch LimestoneUnited StatesA member of Iniopterygidae. The type species is R. zangerli. Bony fish Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAphanius yerevanicusDavit Vasilyan Bettina Reichenbacher Giorgio Carnevale A new fossil Aphanius species from the Upper Miocene of Armenia (Eastern Paratethys) Paläontologische Zeitschrift 83 4 511–519 2009 10.1007/s12542-009-0034-4 2009PalZ...83..511V 129643131 Valid Vasilyan Reichenbacher CarnevaleLate Miocene Armenia A pupfish, a species of Aphanius.CarpathoserranoidesA.M. Prokofiev К систематике олигоценовых перкоидных рыб, известных под сборным названием "Serranus budensis", с выделением новых таксонов Актуальные проблемы современной науки 46 199–222 2009 https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=12942372 Valid ProkofievOligoceneCzech Republic Poland A member of Percoidei. The type species is C. brnoensis; genus also includes C. polonicus.CaucasoserranoidesValid ProkofievOligoceneRussia A member of Percoidei. The type species is C. morozkiensis.EophryneGiorgio Carnevale Theodore W. Pietsch An Eocene frogfish from Monte Bolca, Italy: the earliest known skeletal record for the family Palaeontology 52 4 745–752 2009 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00874.x 2009Palgy..52..745C free Valid Carnevale PietschEocene (late Ypresian) Monte Bolca localityItaly A frogfish. The type species is Eophryne barbutii.GogosardinaBrian Choo John A. Long Katherine Trinajstic A new genus and species of basal actinopterygian fish from the Upper Devonian Gogo Formation of Western Australia Acta Zoologica 90 s1 194–210 2009 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00370.x Valid Choo Long TrinajsticLate DevonianGogo FormationAustralia An early ray-finned fish. Genus includes new species G. coatesi.Heddleichthys Snitting D. 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00376.x Heddleichthys- a new tristichopterid genus from the Dura Den Formation, Midland Valley, Scotland (Famennian, Late Devonian) Acta Zoologica 90 273–284 2009 Valid SnittingFamennian (Late Devonian) Dura Den FormationScotland HendrixellaAlexandre F. Bannikov Giorgio Carnevale A new percoid fish from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy: Hendrixella grandei gen. & sp. nov. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 102 3 481–488 2009 10.1007/s00015-009-1331-3 2009SwJG..102..481B 129475416 free Valid Bannikov CarnevaleEocene (late Ypresian) Monte Bolca localityItaly A member of Percoidei of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Hendrixella grandei.LanglieriaClément G Snitting D Ahlberg PE Gaël Clément Daniel Snitting Per Erik Ahlberg A new Tristichopterid (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Evieux Formation (Upper Devonian) of Belgium Palaeontology 52 4 823–836 July 2009 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00876.x free Valid Clément Snitting AhlbergFamennian (Late Devonian) Evieux FormationBelgium OligoserranoidesValid ProkofievOligoceneAbkhazia Azerbaijan Czech Republic France Germany Hungary Poland Romania Russia Ukraine A member of Percoidei. The type species is "Smerdis" budensis Heckel (1856); genus also includes "Serranus" comparabilis Daniltshenko (1960).RidewoodichthysLouis Taverne Ridewoodichthys, a new genus for Brychaetus caheni from the marine Paleocene of Cabinda (Africa): re-description and comments on its relationships within the Osteoglossidae (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha) Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 79 147–153 2009 Valid TaverneEarly PaleoceneAngola An arowana; a new genus for "Brychaetus" caheni Taverne (1969). UngarniaValid ProkofievOligoceneRomania A member of Percoidei. The type species is "Serranus" transsylvanicus Bohm (1942). Shimada K. Everhart M.J. 2009 First record of Anomoeodus (Osteichthyes: Pycnodontiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 112 1/2 98–102 10.1660/062.112.0212 83951062 Amphibians Newly named amphibians Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBaphetes orientalisAngela C. Milner Andrew R. Milner Stig A. Walsh A new specimen of Baphetes from Nýřany, Czech Republic and the intrinsic relationships of the Baphetidae Acta Zoologica 90 s1 318–334 2009 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00340.x free Valid Milner Milner WalshLate CarboniferousCzech RepublicCratiaBáez Ana M. Moura Geraldo J.B. Gómez Raúl O. Ana M. Báez Geraldo J.B. Moura Raúl O. Gómez 2009 Anurans from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of northeastern Brazil: implications for the early divergence of neobatrachians Cretaceous Research 30 4 829–846 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.01.002 2009CrRes..30..829B Valid Báez Moura GómezLower CretaceousCrato FormationBrazilPossible stem neobatrachianEurycephalella Valid Báez Moura GómezLower CretaceousCrato FormationBrazilA hyloidNannaroterAnderson J.S. Scott, D. Reisz, R.R. 2009 Nannaroter mckinziei, a new ostodolepid 'microsaur' (Tetrapoda, Lepospondyli, Recumbirostra) from the Early Permian of Richards Spur (Ft. Sill), Oklahoma Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 2 379–388 10.1671/039.029.0222 2009JVPal..29..379A 130420068 Valid Anderson Scott ReiszEarly PermianUSAThe smallest known ostodolepid microsaurNesovtritonSkutschas Pavel P. Pavel P. Skutschas 2009 Re-Evaluation of Mynbulakia Nesov, 1981 (Lissamphibia: Caudata) and Description of a New Salamander Genus from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 3 659–664 10.1671/039.029.0326 2009JVPal..29..659S 85024012 Valid SkutschasTuronianBissekty FormationUzbekistanA cryptobranchoid salamanderRegalerpetonZhang Guilin Wang Yuan Jones Marc E.H. Evans Susan E. Guilin Zhang Yuan Wang Marc E.H. Jones Susan E. Evans 2009 A new Early Cretaceous salamander (Regalerpeton weichangensis gen. et sp. nov.) from the Huajiying Formation of northeastern China Cretaceous Research 30 3 551–558 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.10.004 2009CrRes..30..551Z Valid Zhang Wang Jones EvansEarly CretaceousHuajiying FormationChinaA cryptobranchoid salamanderSpinarerpeton10.2992/0097-4463-77.4.451 Klembara Jozef 2009 The skeletal anatomy and relationships of a new discosauriscid seymouriamorph from the lower Permian of Moravia (Czech Republic) Annals of Carnegie Museum 77 4 451–483 2009AnCM...77..451K 86629854 Valid KlembaraEarly PermianBoskovice FurrowCzech RepublicA discosauriscid seymouriamorph Basal reptiles Newly named basal reptiles Name Status Authors Discovery year Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAustralothyrisSean P. Modesto Diane M. Scott Robert R. Reisz 2009 A new parareptile with temporal fenestration from the Middle Permian of South Africa Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 46 1 9–20 10.1139/E09-001 http://rparticle.web-p.cisti.nrc.ca/rparticle/AbstractTemplateServlet?calyLang=eng&journal=cjes&volume=46&year=0&issue=1&msno=e09-001 2009CaJES..46....9M 14 August 2010 subscription September 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes Valid Modesto Scott ReiszMiddle PermianTapinocephalus Assemblage ZoneSouth AfricaA basal parareptileProcolinaMagdalena Borsuk−Białynicka Mariusz Lubka 2009 Procolophonids from the Early Triassic of Poland Paleontologica Polonica 65 107–144 http://palaeontologia.pan.pl/PP65/PP65_107-144.pdf 12 August 2010 .Valid Borsuk−Białynicka Lubkaearly Late OlenekianCzatkowice 1PolandA procolophonine procolophonid Turtles Newly named turtles Name Status Authors Discovery year Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAngolachelysOctávio Mateus Louis Jacobs Michael Polcyn Anne S. Schulp Diana Vineyard André Buta Neto Miguel Telles Antunes 2009 The oldest African eucryptodiran turtle from the Cretaceous of Angola Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54 4 581–588 http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app54/app20080063.pdf 10.4202/app.2008.0063 2009AcPaP..54..581M 21 June 2010 freeValid Mateus Jacobs et al.Mateus, Jacobs, Polcyn, Schulp, Vineyard, Neto, Antunes.Turonian (Late Cretaceous)AngolaAurorachelysVandermark, D. Tarduno, J.A. Brinkman, D.B. Cottrell, R.D. Mason, S. 2009 New Late Cretaceous macrobaenid turtle with Asian affinities from the High Canadian Arctic: dispersal via ice-free polar routes Geology 37 2 183–186 10.1130/G25415A.1 2009Geo....37..183V Valid Vandermark Tarduno et al.Vandermark, Tarduno, Brinkman, Cottrell, Mason.Late CretaceousStrand Fiord FormationCanadaBasilochelysTong, H.; Claude, J.; Naksri, W.; Suteethorn, V.; Buffetaut, E.; Khansubha, S.; Wongko, K. & Yuangdetkla, P. (2009). "Basilochelys macrobios n. gen. and n. sp., a large cryptodiran turtle from the Phu Kradung Formation (latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous) of the Khorat Plateau, NE Thailand". In: Buffetaut, E.; Cuny, G.; Le Loeuff, J. & Suteethorn, V. (eds.). Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in SE Asia. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 315: 229-243.Valid Tong Claude et al.Tong, Claude, Naksri, Suteethorn, Buffetaut, Khansubba, Wongko, Yuandetkla.Late Jurassic/Lower CretaceousPhu Kradung FormationThailandCedrobaenaLyson, T.R. Joyce, W.G. 2009 A revision of Plesiobaena (Testudinoes: Baenidae) and an assessment of Baenid ecology across the K/T boundary Journal of Paleontology 83 6 833–853 10.1666/09-035.1 85964417 Valid Lyson JoycePaleocene Fort Union FormationUSANew genus for "Plesiobaena" putorius Gaffney, 1972Chelonoidis alburyorumRichard Franz Shelley E. Franz 2009 A new fossil land tortoise in the genus Chelonoidis (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the northern Bahamas, with an osteological assessment of other Neotropical tortoises Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 49 1 1–44 10.58782/flmnh.enun2868 freeValid Franz FranzHoloceneThe BahamasA tortoise.ChinlechelysWalter G. Joyce Spencer G. Lucas Torsten M. Scheyer Andrew B. Heckert Adrian P. Hunt 2009 A thin-shelled reptile from the Late Triassic of North America and the origin of the turtle shell Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276 1656 507–513 10.1098/rspb.2008.1196 18842543 2664348 Valid Joyce et al.Late Triassic (Norian)Bull Canyon FormationUnited StatesA basal member of Testudinata. The type species is C. tenertesta. The genus Chinlechelys was considered to be a junior synonym of the genus Proganochelys by Joyce (2017), though the author maintained C. tenertesta as a distinct species within the latter genus.Walter G. Joyce 2017 A Review of the Fossil Record of Basal Mesozoic Turtles Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58 1 65–113 10.3374/014.058.0105 2017BPMNH..58...65J 54982901 http://doc.rero.ch/record/288659/files/joy_rfm.pdf DerrisemysJohn Howard Hutchison 2009 New soft-shelled turtles (Plastomeninae, Trionychidae, Testudines) from the Late Cretaceous and Paleocene of North America http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/science/paleobios/abstracts_26to.php PaleoBios 29 2 36–47 7 August 2010 Junior synonym HutchisonEarly PaleoceneUSAJunior synonym of Hutchemys.Walter G. Joyce Tyler R. Lyson 2011 New Material of Gilmoremys lancensis nov. comb. (Testudines: Trionychidae) from the Hell Creek Formation and the Diagnosis of Plastomenid Turtles Journal of Paleontology 85 3 442–459 10.1666/10-127.1 2011JPal...85..442J 129918006 EileanchelysAnquetin, J. Barrett, P.M. Jones, M.E.H. Moore-Fay, S. Evans, S.E. 2009 A new stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland: new insights into the evolution and palaeoecology of basal turtles Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276 879–886 10.1098/rspb.2008.1429 19019789 1658 2664364.Valid Anquetin Barrett et al.Anquetin, Barrett, Jones, Moore-Fay, Evans.Middle JurassicKilmaluag FormationScotlandHutchemysWalter G. Joyce Ariel Revan Tyler R. Lyson Igor G. Danilov 2009 Two New Plastomenine Softshell Turtles from the Paleocene of Montana and Wyoming http://www.mrfdigs.com/publications/200910_joyce-et-al.pdf Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 50 2 307–325 10.3374/014.050.0202 2009BPMNH..50..307J 85505337 7 August 2010 Valid Joyce Revan Lyson DanilovPaleoceneFort Union Formation Tullock FormationUSAA plastomenine softshell turtlesKinkonychelysGaffney, E.S. Krause, D.W. Zalmout, I.S. 2009 Kinkonychelys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar American Museum Novitates 3662 1–25 10.1206/672.1 2246/5985 54740846 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/itempdf/280752 Valid Gaffney Krause ZalmoutLate CretaceousMaevarano FormationMadagascarPalatobaena cohenLyson, T.R. Joyce, W.G. 2009 A New Species of Palatobaena (Testudines: Baenidae) and a Maximum Parsimony and Bayesian Phylogenetic Analysis of Baenidae Journal of Paleontology 83 3 457–470 10.1666/08-172.1 2009JPal...83..457L 86045244 Valid Lyson JoyceMaastrichtian Hell Creek FormationUSAA baenidPeckemysValid Lyson JoyceLate CretaceousHell Creek FormationUSAA baenidPlastomenoidesJunior synonym HutchisonEarly PaleoceneUSAJunior synonym of Hutchemys. Archosauromorphs Basal archosauromorphs Newly named basal archosauromorphs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCzatkowiellaMagdalena Borsuk−Białynicka Susan E. Evans 2009 A long−necked archosauromorph from the Early Triassic of Poland Paleontologica Polonica 65 203–234 http://palaeontologia.pan.pl/PP65/PP65_203-234.pdf 17 August 2010 Valid Borsuk−Białynicka Evansearliest Late OlenekianCzatkowice 1PolandA long−necked archosauromorph Archosaurs 2009 in archosaur paleontology Lepidosauromorphs Basal lepidosauromorphs Newly named basal lepidosauromorphs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPamelinaSusan E. Evans 2009 An early kuehneosaurid reptile (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Early Triassic of Poland Paleontologica Polonica 65 145–178 http://palaeontologia.pan.pl/PP65/PP65_145-178.pdf 13 August 2010 Valid EvansEarly OlenekianCzatkowice 1PolandA basal kuehneosauridSophinetaSusan E. Evans Magdalena Borsuk−Białynicka 2009 A small lepidosauromorph reptile from the Early Triassic of Poland Paleontologica Polonica 65 179–202 http://palaeontologia.pan.pl/PP65/PP65_179-202.pdf 13 August 2010 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184339/http://palaeontologia.pan.pl/PP65/PP65_179-202.pdf deadValid Evans Borsuk−Białynickaearliest Late OlenekianCzatkowice 1PolandA basal lepidosauromorph Plesiosaurs In 2009, in Svalbard, Norway a new pliosaur was found by Jorn Hurum. It currently is codenamed as "Predator X." O'Keefe F. R. Street H. P. 2009 Osteology of the cryptocleidoid plesiosaur Tatenectes laramiensis, with comments on the taxonomic status of the Cimoliasauridae http://mds.marshall.edu/bio_sciences_faculty/63 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 1 48–57 10.1671/039.029.0118 2009JVPal..29...48O 31924376 subscription Newly named plesiosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesGallardosaurusGasparini, Z. 2009 A New Oxfordian Pliosaurid (Plesiosauria, Pliosauridae) in the Caribbean Seaway Palaeontology 52 3 661–669 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00871.x 2009Palgy..52..661G 55353949 freeValid GaspariniLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)Jagua FormationCubathumb|Gallardosaurus NichollssauraDruckenmiller, P.S. Russell, A.P. 2009 The new plesiosaurian genus Nichollssaura from Alberta, Canada: replacement name for the preoccupied genus Nichollsia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 1 276 10.1080/02724634.2009.10010379 2009JVPal..29..276D 83847722 Valid Druckenmiller RussellEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Clearwater FormationCanadaReplacement name for Nichollsia Druckenmiller & Russell, 2008, preoccupied by an isopod genus Nichollsia Chopra & Tiwari, 1950thumb|center|150px|Nichollssaura.RarosaurusHani Faig Kaddumi 2009 On the remains of the first plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from Harrana with a description of a new genus and species of Polycotylidae Hani Faig Kaddumi Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the Adjacent Areas 158–162 Disputed KaddumiLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JordanA member of Polycotylidae. The type species is R. singularis. Squamates Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCarinodens minalmamarA.S. Schulp N. Bardet B. Bouya A new species of the durophagous mosasaur Carinodens (Squamata, Mosasauridae) and additional material of Carinodens belgicus from the Maastrichtian phosphates of Morocco Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 88 3 161–167 10.1017/S0016774600000871 2009 2009NJGeo..88..161S 130121783 free Sp. novValidSchulp, Bardet & BouyaLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)MoroccoA mosasaur.TitanoboaHead Jason J. Jonathan I. Bloch Alexander K. Hastings Jason R. Bourque Edwin A. Cadena Fabiany A. Herrera P. David Polly Carlos A. Jaramillo Giant boid snake from the paleocene neotropics reveals hotter past equatorial temperatures Nature 457 715–718 10.1038/nature07671 2009 19194448 7230 2009Natur.457..715H 4381423 Gen. et sp. novValidHead et al.Paleocene Cerrejón FormationColombiaIn February, the fossils of 28 individual T. cerrejonensis (Titanoboas) were announced to have been found in the coal mines of Cerrejón, La Guajira, Colombia. Scientists find world's biggest snake http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090204/full/news.2009.80.html 4 February 2009 2009-02-04 Roberta Kwok Nature https://web.archive.org/web/20090206065502/http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090204/full/news.2009.80.html 6 February 2009 dead 10.1038/news.2009.80 free subscription Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesProtuberumReichel, M. Schultz, C.L. Soares, M.B. 2009 A new traversodontid cynodont (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from the Middle Triassic Santa Maria Formation of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Palaeontology 52 1 229–250 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00824.x 2009Palgy..52..229R 129081834 freeValid Reichel Schultz SoaresMiddle Triassic (Ladinian)Santa Maria FormationBrazilRaranimusLiu, J. Rubidge, B. Li, J. 2009 New basal synapsid supports Laurasian origin for therapsids Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54 3 393–400 10.4202/app.2008.0071 2009AcPaP..54..393L freeValid Liu Rubidge LiMiddle Permian (Roadian)Xidagou FormationChinathumb|150px|center|Raranimus dasahankouensisYuanotheriumHu, Y. Meng, J. Clark, J.M. 2009 A new tritylodontid from the Upper Jurassic of Xinjiang, China Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54 3 385–391 10.4202/app.2008.0053 2009AcPaP..54..385H freeValid Hu Meng ClarkLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)Shishugou FormationChina Mammals 2009 in mammal paleontology Plants Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEucalyptolaurusCoiffard C Gomez B Thiébaut M Kvácek J Thévenard F Néraudeau D Intramarginal veined Lauraceae Leaves from the Albian-Cenomanian of Charente-Maritime (western France) Palaeontology 52 2 323–336 2009 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00845.x 2009Palgy..52..323C free gen et sp novValidCoiffard et al.uppermost Albian-lowermost Cenomanian Charente-MaritimesFrance Relevant research in other sciences Evolutionary biology A study is published that proposes that females from certain taxa use ornaments as a criterion for mate choice because other dimorphic structures, like biological "weaponry" could be used to coerce or force them to mate. Pradhan G.R. Van Schaik C.P. 2009 Why do females find ornaments attractive? The coercion-avoidance hypothesis Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 96 2 372–382 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01131.x free A study concludes that biotic factors have more pronounced local and short term evolutionary impacts than abiotic factors, which in turn have a more pronounced effect through time and on biodiversity as a whole. Benton M.J. 206512702 2009 The Red Queen and the Court Jester: species diversity and the role of biotic and abiotic factors through time Science 19197051 323 5915 728–732 10.1126/science.1157719 2009Sci...323..728B Extinction A study noting the effects of the KT mass extinction on Earth's modern biota is published. Krug A.Z. Jablonski D. Valentine J.W. 47550103 2009 Signature of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction in the modern biota Science 19197060 323 5915 767–771 10.1126/science.1164905 2009Sci...323..767K Geology Zhang H. Wei Z.-L. Liu X.-M. 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Jorge Fernando Genise 2009 Complex palaeosol ichnofabrics from Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous volcaniclastic successions of central Patagonia, Argentina Sedimentary Geology 218 1–4 74–102 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.04.005 2009SedG..218...74B Paleobiogeography Pereda-Suberbiola X 2009 Biogeographical affinities of Late Cretaceous continental tetrapods of Europe: a review Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 180 1 57–71 10.2113/gssgfbull.180.1.57 Paleoecology Nicolas M., Rubidge B.S. 2009 Changes in Permo-Triassic terrestrial tetrapod ecological representation in the Beaufort Group (Karoo Supergroup) of South Africa Lethaia 43 45–59 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2009.00171.x 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. "CAL" 2 References