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none 2004 paleontology science 2004 Protozoa New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPaleoleishmaniaPoinar G. 2008 Lutzomyia adiketis sp. n. (Diptera: Phlebotomidae), a vector of Paleoleishmania neotropicum sp. n. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Dominican amber Parasites & Vectors 1 1 22 10.1186/1756-3305-1-22 2491605 18627624 free Gen et sp novValid Poinar & PoinarAlbianBurmese amberMyanmarOldest record of the protozoan family Trypanosomatidae, Type species P. proterusthumb|center|150px|Paleoleishmania proterus Fungi newly named Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAppianoporites10.2307/3762001 Smith S.Y. Currah, R.S. Stockey, R.A. 2004 Cretaceous and Eocene poroid hymenophores from Vancouver Island, British Columbia Mycologia 96 1 180–186 http://www.mycologia.org/cgi/reprint/96/1/180 3762001 21148842 subscription Gen et sp novValidSmith, Currah, & StockeyEoceneAppian Way Flora.CanadaExtinct bracket fungusQuatsinoporitesGen et sp novValidSmith, Currah, & StockeyBarremian (Cretaceous)Longarm Formation.CanadaExtinct bracket fungus. Plants Newly named plants Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesFagus langeviniiManchester S. R. Dillhoff R. M. 2004 Fagus (Fagaceae) fruits, foliage, and pollen from the Middle Eocene of Pacific Northwestern North America Canadian Journal of Botany 82 10 1509–1517 10.1139/b04-112 2004CaJB...82.1509M https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228509870Sp novValidManchester & DillhoffYpresianTranquille FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA beech tree speciesthumb|center|upright|Fagus langeviniiLiquidambar changiiPigg K. B. Ickert-Bond S. M. Wen J. 2004 Anatomically preserved Liquidambar (Altingiaceae) from the middle Miocene of Yakima Canyon, Washington state, USA, and its biogeographic implications American Journal of Botany 91 3 499–509 10.3732/ajb.91.3.499 21653405 2004AmJB...91..499P Sp nov.ValidPigg, Ickert-Bond, & WenMiddle Miocene"Yakima Canyon Flora"USAA species of sweetgumthumb|center|upright|Liquidambar changiiNeviusia dunthorneiDeVore M.L. Moore S.M. Pigg K.B. Wehr W.C. 2004 Fossil Neviusia leaves (Rosaceae: Kerrieae) from the Lower Middle Eocene of Southern British Columbia Rhodora 12 927 197–209 23314752Sp novValidDeVore, Moore, Pigg, & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationCanadaBritish Columbiaoldest and only extinct species of NeviusiaPalaeocarpinus dakotensisManchester S.R. Pigg K.B. Crane P.R. 2004 Palaeocarpinus dakotensis sp. n. (Betulaceae: Coryloideae) and associated staminate catkins, pollen, and leaves from the Paleocene of North Dakota International Journal of Plant Sciences 165 6 1135–1148 10.1086/423870 2004IJPlS.165.1135M Sp novValidManchester & ChenPaleoceneTiffanianFort Union GroupSentinel Butte FormationUSANorth DakotaA betulaceous fruit Arthropoda newly named arachnids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images?Anyphops cortexWunderlich J. 2004 Fossil spiders in amber and copal. Conclusions, revisions, new taxa and family diagnoses of fossil and extant taxa Beiträge zur Araneologie 3AB 1–1908sp novjr synonymPenney D. Ono H. Selden P.A. 2005 A new synonymy for the Madagascan copal spider fauna (Araneae, Selenopidae) Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 2 41–44 http://homepage.mac.com/paulselden/Home/files/Madagascar.pdf June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes WunderlichUnknown Madagascar copalMadagascarjr Synonym of Garcorops jadis Garcorops jadisBosselaers J. 2004 A new Garcorops species from Madagascar copal (Araneae: Selenopidae) Zootaxa 445 1–7 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/zt00445.pdf 10.11646/zootaxa.445.1.1 47620450 sp novValid BosselaersUnknown Madagascar copalMadagascarPossibly extant, but copal age is not determined Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAfromyrmaDlussky G. M. Brothers D. J. Rasnitsyn A. P. 2004 The first Late Cretaceous ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from southern Africa, with comments on the origin of the Myrmicinae Insect Systematics and Evolution 35 1–13 10.1163/187631204788964727Gen et sp novvalidDlussky, Brothers & RasnitsynTuronianBotswanaA Myrmicin ant, type species A. petrosaAfroponeGen et sp novvalidDlussky, Brothers & RasnitsynTuronianBotswanaA ponerin ant, two speciesAlbicoccusKoteja J 2004 Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccinea) from cretaceous Myanmar (Burmese) amber Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2 2 109–114 10.1017/S1477201904001166 2004JSPal...2..109K 86393735 Taylor & FrancisFam, gen et sp novvalidKotejaAlbian - CenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA scale insect, monotypic with Albicoccidae & A. dimaiBurmacoccusFam, gen et sp novvalidKotejaAlbian - CenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA scale insect, monotypic with Burmacoccidae & B. danyiCarebara antiquaFernández F. 2004 The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Caldasia 26 191–238Comb novvalid (Mayr, 1868)Middle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeFossil myrmicine ant thumb|center|upright|Carebara antiquaElectrostephanus janzeniEngel M.S. Ortega-Blanco J. 2008 The fossil crown wasp Electrostephanus petiolatus Brues in Baltic Amber (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae): designation of a neotype, revised classification, and a key to amber Stephanidae ZooKeys 4 55–64 10.3897/zookeys.4.49 2008ZooK....4...55E free 2445/36428 free Sp novjr synonymEngelLutetianBaltic AmberRussiaA stephanid waspGerontoformicaNel A. Perrault G. Perrichot V. Néradeau D. 2004 The oldest ant in the lower cretaceous amber of Charente-maritime (SW France) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Geologica Acta 2 1 23–29 10.1344/105.000001630 Gen et sp novvalidNel & PerraultAlbian - CenomanianCharentese amberFranceA stem group ant, type species G. cretacica thumb|center|150px|Gerontoformica cretacicaMarmyangen et sp novvalidKotejaCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA scale insect, monotypic M. barbaraeMicroberothaArchibald S.B. Makarkin, V.N. 2004 New genus of minute Berothidae (Neuroptera) from Early Eocene amber of British Columbia The Canadian Entomologist 136 61–76 http://ibss.febras.ru/files/00002082.pdf 10.4039/n03-043 2010-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20110818063216/http://ibss.febras.ru/files/00002082.pdf 2011-08-18 dead 36459014 Gen et sp novValid ArchibaldYpresianHat Creek AmberCanadaA Berothid lacewingPalaeomyiaPoinar G. O. Jr. 2004 Palaeomyia burmitis (Diptera: Phlebotomidae), a new genus and species of Cretaceous sand flies with evidence of blood-sucking habits Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 106 598–605Gen et sp novValidPoinarCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA Phlebotomidae sand fly, type species P. burmitisthumb|center|150px|Palaeomyia burmitis Molluscs Cephalopods Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesConlinitesKennedy W.J. December 2004 Ammonites from the Pawpaw Shale (Upper Albian) in northeast Texas https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2004.08.005 Cretaceous Research 25 6 865–905 10.1016/j.cretres.2004.08.005 2004CrRes..25..865K 0195-6671 subscription Gen et sp novValidKennedyEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation USA(Texas)An ammonite, type species is C. wrighti.EnigmaticerasGen et sp novValidKennedyEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation USA(Texas)An ammonite, type species is E. riceae.Ficheuria americanaSp novValidKennedyEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation USA(Texas)An ammonite.Mariella (Mariella) asperSp novValidKennedyEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation USA(Texas)An ammonite.Neophlycticeras (Paradolphia) occidentalisSp novValidKennedyEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation USA(Texas)An ammonite. Newly named fishes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesGomphonchus? minutusSp. novValidValiukevičiusLate SilurianMinija FormationLatviaAn acanthodian belonging to the group Ischnacanthiformes and the family Ischnacanthidae.Lophosteus canadensisSchultze Hans-Peter Märss Tiiu 2004 Revisiting Lophosteus, a primitive osteichthyan Acta Universitatis Latviensis. Earth and Environment Sciences 679 57–78 http://www.lu.lv/materiali/apgads/raksti/679.pdf Sp. novValidSchultze & MärssLate SilurianBarlow Inlet FormationCanadaA bony fish belonging to the group Lophosteiformes.Lophosteus ohesaarensisSp. novValidSchultze & MärssLate SilurianEstonia LatviaA bony fish belonging to the group Lophosteiformes.Lophosteus uralensisSp. novValidSchultze & MärssEarly DevonianRussiaA bony fish belonging to the group Lophosteiformes.Nostolepis aliferaValiukevičius Juozas 2004 Silurian acanthodian succession of the Lužni-4 borehole (Latvia) Acta Universitatis Latviensis. Earth and Environment Sciences 679 120–147 http://www.lu.lv/materiali/apgads/raksti/679.pdf Sp. novValidValiukevičiusLate SilurianTargale FormationLatviaAn acanthodian belonging to the group Climatiiformes and the family Climatiidae.Nostolepis latvicaSp. novValidValiukevičiusLate SilurianMinija Formation Targale FormationLatviaAn acanthodian belonging to the group Climatiiformes and the family Climatiidae.PerscheiaElliott David K. Mark-Kurik Elga Daeschler Edward B. 2004 A revision of Obruchevia (Psammosteida: Heterostraci) and a description of a new obrucheviid from the Late Devonian of the Canadian Arctic Acta Universitatis Latviensis. Earth and Environment Sciences 679 22–45 http://www.lu.lv/materiali/apgads/raksti/679.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidElliott, Mark-Kurik & DaeschlerDevonian (Frasnian)Nordstrand Point FormationCanadaA member of Pteraspidiformes belonging to the group Psammosteida and the family Obrucheviidae. The type species is P. pullaPoracanthodes marssaeSp. novValidValiukevičiusLate SilurianTargale FormationEstonia LatviaAn acanthodian belonging to the group Ischnacanthiformes and the family Poracanthidae.Poracanthodes sulcatusSp. novValidValiukevičiusLate SilurianTargale FormationEstonia LatviaAn acanthodian belonging to the group Ischnacanthiformes and the family Poracanthidae.TalimaalepisŽigaitė Živilė 2004 A new thelodont from Lower Silurian of Tuva and north-west Mongolia Acta Universitatis Latviensis. Earth and Environment Sciences 679 158–165 http://www.lu.lv/materiali/apgads/raksti/679.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidŽigaitėSilurianDashtygoi Formation Kyzyl-Tchiraa Formation Tchergak FormationMongolia RussiaA thelodont, possibly a member of the group Phlebolepidiformes. The type species is T. rimaeTrimpleylepisMiller C. Giles Märss Tiiu Blom Henning 2004 New anaspid material from the Late Silurian of Britain and Estonia Acta Universitatis Latviensis. Earth and Environment Sciences 679 46–56 http://www.lu.lv/materiali/apgads/raksti/679.pdf Gen. et 2 sp. novValidMiller, Märss & BlomLate SilurianEstonia United KingdomA member of Anaspida belonging to the group Birkeniida, possibly a member of the family Septentrioniidae. The type species is T. juncta; genus also includes T. concatenata. Newly named amphibians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesJakubsoniaLebedev Oleg A. 2004 A new tetrapod Jakubsonia livnensis from the Early Famennian (Devonian) of Russia and palaeoecological remarks on the Late Devonian tetrapod habitats Acta Universitatis Latviensis. Earth and Environment Sciences 679 79–98 http://www.lu.lv/materiali/apgads/raksti/679.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidLebedevDevonian (Famennian)RussiaA basal member of Tetrapoda. The type species is J. livnensis Reptile Archosauromorphs 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 2008-08-07 2011-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html dead Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAtrociraptorCurrie, P.J. and D.J. Varricchio. 2004. A new dromaeosaurid from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada. In: Feathered Dragons: Studies on the Transition from Dinosaurs to Birds (P.J. Currie, E.B. Koppelhus, M.A. Shugar, and J.L. Wright, eds.). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IA: pp. 112-132.Valid Currie & VarricchioEdmontonianHorseshoe Canyon FormationCanadathumb|center|upright|AtrociraptorBashunosaurusKuang, X.W. (2004). "A new Sauropoda from Kaijiang dinosaur fauna in middle Jurassic beds of North-Eastern Sichuan". In Sun, J.W. (ed.). Collection of the 90th anniversary of Tianjin museum of natural history. Tianjin: Tianjin Science and Technology Press. pp. 40–46.Gen et sp novValid KuangMiddle JurassicXiashaximiao FormationChinaBissektipelta Parish J. Barrett P.M. 2004 A reappraisal of the ornithischian dinosaur Amtosaurus magnus Kurzanov and Tumanova 1978, with comments of the status of A. archibaldi Averianov 2002 Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 41 3 299–306 10.1139/e03-101 2004CaJES..41..299P Gen et sp novValid Parish & BarrettCenomanian-TuronianBissekty FormationUzbekistanBonatitan Martinelli A.G. 2004 Late Cretaceous vertebrates from Bajo de Santa Rosa (Allen Formation), Rio Negro province, Argentina, with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur (Titanosauridae) Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Nueva Series 6 2 257–305 10.22179/REVMACN.6.88 free Gen et sp novValid Martinelli & ForasiepiLate CretaceousBajo de Santa RosaArgentinaBonitasaura Apestegua S. "Bonitasaura salgadoi" gen. et sp. nov.: a beaked sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia Naturwissenschaften 91 10 493–497 2004 15729763 10.1007/s00114-004-0560-6 2004NW.....91..493A 33590452 Gen et sp novValid Apesteguíalate CretaceousBajo de la Carpa Formation Argentinathumb|center|upright|BonitasauraBorealosaurus You H. Ji Q. Lamanna M.C. Li J. 2004 A titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur with opisthocoelous caudal vertebrae from the Early Late Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China Acta Geologica Sinica 78 4 907–911 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2004.tb00212.x 2004AcGlS..78..907Y 131081738 Gen et sp novValid You, Ji, Lamanna, Li, & Lilate CretaceousSunjiawan FormationChinaDilong Xu X. Norell M.A. Kuang X. Wang X. Zhao Q. Jia C. 2004 Basal tyrannosauroids from China and evidence for protofeathers in tyrannosauroids Nature 431 7009 680–684 15470426 10.1038/nature02855 2004Natur.431..680X 4381777 http://doc.rero.ch/record/15283/files/PAL_E2582.pdf Gen et sp novValid Xu, Norell, Kuang, Wang, Zhao, & JiaEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinathumb|center|upright|DilongEkrixinatosaurus Calvo J.O. Rubilar-Roger D. Moreno K. 2004 A new Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from northwest Patagonia Ameghiniana 41 4 555–563Gen et sp novValid Calvo, Rubilar-Rogers, & MorenoLate CretaceousCandeleros FormationArgentinathumb|center|upright|EkrixinatosaurusGraciliraptorXu X. Wang X.-L. 2004 A New Dromaeosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning Vertebrata PalAsiatica 42 2 11–119 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2004.02.002 Valid Xing & WangBarremianYixian FormationChinaHuaxiagnathus 10.1017/S1477201903001081 Hwang S.H. Norell M.A. Ji Q. Gao K. 2004 Large compognathid from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2 1 13–30 2004JSPal...2...13H 86321886 http://doc.rero.ch/record/14846/files/PAL_E1983.pdf Valid Hwang, Norell, Ji, & GaoBarremianYixian FormationChinathumb|center|upright|HuaxiagnathusKerberosaurus Bolotsky Yu.L. Godefroit P. 2004 A new hadrosaurine dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of far Eastern Russia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 2 351–365 10.1671/1110 2004JVPal..24..351B 130691286 Valid Bolotsky & GodefroitLate CretaceousRussiaLimaysaurus Salgado L. Garrido A. Cocca S.E. Cocca J.R. 2004 Lower Cretaceous rebbachisaurid sauropods from Cerro Aguada del Leon (Lohan Cura Formation), Neuquen Province, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 4 903–912 10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0903:LCRSFC]2.0.CO;2 129233849 Valid Salgado, Garrido, Cocca, & CoccaArgentinathumb|center|upright|LimaysaurusMei Xu X. Norell M.A. 2004 A new troodontid dinosaur from China with avian-like sleeping posture Nature 431 7010 838–841 15483610 10.1038/nature02898 2004Natur.431..838X 4362745 http://doc.rero.ch/record/15284/files/PAL_E2583.pdf Valid Xu & NorellBarremianYixian FormationChinathumb|center|upright|Mei Mirischia Naish D. Martill D.M. Frey E. 2004 Ecology, systematics and biogeographical relationships of dinosaurs, including a new theropod, from the Santana Formation (?Albian, Early Cretaceous) of Brazil Historical Biology 1–14 10.1080/08912960410001674200 16 2–4 2004HBio...16...57N 18592288 Valid Naish, Martill, & FreyAlbianSantana FormationBrazilthumb|center|upright|Mirischia NemegtiaLu, J., Y. Tomida, Y. Azuma, Z.-M. Dong, and Y.- N. Lee. 2004. New oviraptorid dinosaur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Nemegt Formation of southwestern Mongolia. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo (Series C) 30: pp. 95-130.Preoccupied name Lü, Tomida, Azuma, Dong, Lee, & SzczechuraRenamed NemegtomaiaOtogosaurusNomen nudum Zhao & Tan Prenoceratops Chinnery B.J. 2004 Description of "Prenoceratops pieganensis" gen et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Neoceratopsia) from the Two Medicine Formation of Montana Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 3 572–590 10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0572:DOPPGE]2.0.CO;2 86541770 Valid ChinneryUSAMontana thumb|center|upright|PrenoceratopsRugopsSereno, P.C., J.A. Wilson, and J.L. Conrad. 2004. New dinosaurs link southern landmasses in the Mid-Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (Series B) published online: pages 1-6.ValidSereno, Wilson, & Conrad Nigerthumb|center|upright|RugopsSinusonasus Xu X. Wang X. 2004 A new troodontid (Theropoda: Troodontidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning, China Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 78 1 22–26 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2004.tb00671.x 2004AcGlS..78...22X 129952609 ValidXu, & Wang BarremianYixian FormationChinaSpinostropheusValid Sereno, Wilson & ConradMiddle JurassicIrhazer GroupNigerA ceratosaur; new genus for "Elaphrosaurus" gautieri Lapparent 1960.Suuwassea Harris J.D. Dodson P. 2004 A new diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Montana, USA Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 2 197–210 ValidHarris & DodsonKimmeridgianMorrison FormationUnited Statesthumb|center|upright|SuuwasseaTalenkauen Novas F.E. Cambiaso A.V. Ambrosio A. 2004 A new basal iguanodontian (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia Ameghiniana 41 1 75–85 Valid Novas, Cambiaso, & AmbrosioPari Aike FormationArgentinathumb|center|upright|TalenkauenTazoudasaurus Allain R. Aquesbi N. Dejax J. Meyer C. Monbaron M. Montenat C. Richir P. Rochdy M. Russell D. Taquet P. 2004 A basal sauropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of Morocco http://doc.rero.ch/record/5034/files/1_monbaron_bsd.pdf Comptes Rendus Palevol 3 3 199–208 10.1016/j.crpv.2004.03.001 2004CRPal...3..199A Valid Allain et alMoroccoUnaysaurus Leal Azevedo S.A.K. Kellner A.W.A. da Rosa A.A.S. 2004 A new early dinosaur (Sauropodomorpha) from the Caturrita Formation (Late Triassic), Paraná Basin, Brazil Zootaxa 690 1–24 10.11646/zootaxa.690.1.1 Valid Leal, Azevedo, Kellner, & Da RosaCaturrita FormationBrazilthumb|center|upright|Unaysaurus Pterosaurs New taxa Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Avgodectes Valid Peters Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA pterosaur hatchling. Cacibupteryx Valid Gasparini Fernández de la Fuente Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)Jagua FormationCubaA rhamphorhynchid. "Daitingopterus" Nomen Nudum Maisch Matzke Ge Sun Late Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen LimestoneGermanyA germanodactylid. Lonchognathosaurus Valid Maisch, M.W., Matzke, A.T., and Ge Sun Early Cretaceous (Aptian)Lianmuqin FormationChinaA dsungaripterid. Other archosauromorphs Name Status Authors Location Notes Images CrosbysaurusHeckert, A.B. 2004. Late Triassic microvertebrates from the lower Chinle Group (Otischalkian-Adamanian: Carnian), southwestern U.S.A. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 27: 170 pages. Valid non-dinosaurian taxon. Heckert USA ProtecovasaurusHeckert, A.B. 2004. Late Triassic microvertebrates from the lower Chinle Group (Otischalkian-Adamanian: Carnian), southwestern U.S.A. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 27: 170 pages. Valid non-dinosaurian taxon. Heckert USA Newly named birds Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAberratiodontus Gong Enpu Hou Lianhai Wang Lixia 2004 Enantiornithine Bird with Diapsidian Skull and Its Dental Development in the Early Cretaceous in Liaoning, China Acta Geologica Sinica 78 1 1–7 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2004.tb00668.x 2004AcGlS..78....1G 129218847 ValidGen et sp. nov.Gong, Hou & WangEarly CretaceousJiufotang FormationChinaAn Enantiornithes, Type species A. wuiAnserpica kiliani Cécile Mourer-Chauviré Didier Berthet Marguerite Hugueney 2004 The Late Oligocene of the Créchy Quarry (Allier, France), with a Description of Two New Genera (Aves: Pelecaniformes: Phalacrocoracidae, and Anseriformes: Anseranatidae) Senckenbergiana Lethaea 84 1–2 303–315 10.1007/bf03043473 84323461 ValidGen et sp. nov.Cécile Mourer-Chauviré Didier Berthet Marguerite HugueneyLate Oligocene, Early MioceneMP 29FranceAn Anseranatidae, the type species of Anserpica Mourer-Chauviré, Berthet & Hugueney, 2004.Bavaripsitta ballmanni Gerald Mayr Ursula B. Göhlich 2004 A New Parrot from the Miocene of Germany, with Comments on the Variation of Hypotarsus Morphology in Some Psittaciformes http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/parrot.pdf Belgian Journal of Zoology 134 1 47–54 ValidGen et sp. nov.Gerald Mayr Ursula B. GöhlichMiddle MioceneMn 6Germany: BavariaA Psittacidae, the type species of Bavaripsitta Mayr & Göhlich, 2004.Borvocarbo guilloti ValidGen et sp. nov.Cécile Mourer-Chauviré Didier Berthet Marguerite HugueneyLate Oligocene, Early MioceneMP 30, MN 1France; GermanyA Phalacrocoracidae, the type species of Borvocarbo Mourer-Chauviré, Berthet & Hugueney, 2004.?Colymboides metzleri Gerald Mayr 2004 A Partial Skeleton of a New Fossil Loon (Aves, Gaviiformes) from the Early Oligocene of Germany with Preserved Stomach Content http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/colymboides.pdf Journal of Ornithology 145 4 281–286 10.1007/s10336-004-0050-9 2004JOrni.145..281M 1070943 2014-07-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100426/http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/colymboides.pdf 2015-09-24 dead ValidSp. nov.Gerald MayrEarly OligoceneRupelianGermany: Baden-Württemberg; Belgium: AntwerpA Gaviidae, not certain a species of Colymboides Milne-Edwards, 1868.Eurotrochilus inexpectatus Gerald Mayr 2004 Old World Fossil Record of Modern-Type Hummingbirds https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8575066 Science 304 5672 861–864 10.1126/science.1096856 15131303 2004Sci...304..861M 6845608 ValidGen et sp. nov.Gerald MayrEarly OligoceneRupelianGermany: Baden-WürttembergA Trochilidae, the type species of Eurotrochilus Mayr, 2004.Iaceornis marshi Julia A. Clarke 2004 Morphology, Phylogenetic Taxonomy, and Systematics of Ichthyornis and Apatornis (Avialae: Ornithurae) http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/454//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/bul/B286.pdf?sequence=1 Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 286 1–179 10.1206/0003-0090(2004)286<0001:mptaso>2.0.co;2 2246/454 84035285 2014-07-26 2013-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20131030182230/http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/454//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/bul/B286.pdf?sequence=1 dead ValidGen et sp. nov.Julia A. ClarkeLate CretaceousNiobrara FormationUSA: KansasAn Ornithurae, the type species of Iaceornis Clarke, 2004.Longirostravis hani Hou Lianhai Luis M. Chiappe Zhang Fucheng Chuong Cheng-Ming 2004 New Early Cretaceous Fossil from China Documents a Novel Trophic Specialization for Mesozoic Birds Naturwissenschaften 91 1 22–25 10.1007/s00114-003-0489-1 14740099 4382005 2004NW.....91...22H ValidGen et sp. nov.Hou Lianhai Luis M. Chiappe Zhang Fucheng Chuong Cheng-MingEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaAn Enantiornithes, Euenantiornithes, the type species of Longirostravis Hou, Chiappe, Zhang et Chuong, 2004.Meridiocichla salotti Antoine Louchart 2004 An Extinct Large Thrush (Aves: Turdidae) from the Late Quaternary of Mediterranean Europe https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235217855 Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 233 2 275–296 10.1127/njgpa/233/2004/275 2004NJGPA.233..275L ValidGen et sp. nov.Antoine LouchartLate QuaternaryCorsica, CreteFrance: Corsica; GreeceA Turdidae, the type species of Meridiocichla Louchart, 2004.Miopica paradoxa Evgeny N. Kurochkin Denis V. Sobolev 2004 Miopica paradoxa gen. et sp n. - New Genus and Species of the Miocene Magpie http://www.v-zool.kiev.ua/pdfs/2004/6/12.pdf Vestnik Zoologii 38 6 87–90 ValidGen et sp. nov.Evgeny N. Kurochkin Denis V. 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Plesiosaurs New taxa Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Plesiopterys Valid O'Keefe Toarcian Posidonienschiefer Germany Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images IanthodonKissel, R.A. & Reisz, R.R. "Synapsid fauna of the Upper Pennsylvanian Rock Lake Shale near Garnett, Kansas and the diversity pattern of early amniotes". In G. Arratia, M. V. H. Wilson & R. Cloutier (eds.). Recent Advances in the Origin and Early Radiation of Vertebrates. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, 2004. Valid Kissel & Reisz Kasimovian USAthumb|Lobalopex LobalopexSidor, C.A. Hopson, J.A. Keyser, A.W. 2004 A new burnetiamorph theraspid from the Teekloof Formation, Permian, of South Africa Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 4 938–950 10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0938:ANBTFT]2.0.CO;2 85752458 Sidor, C.A Valid Sidor, Hopson and Keyser Lopingian Teekloof Formation South Africa ProgalesaurusSidor, C.A. Smith, R.M.H. 2004 A new galesaurid (Therapsida: Cynodontia) from the Lower Triassic of South Africa Palaeontology 47 3 535–556 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00378.x 2004Palgy..47..535S 129906726 free Valid Sidor & Smith Induan Balfour Formation South Africa Pyozia Anderson, J.S. Reisz, R.R. 2004 Pyozia mesenensis, a new, small varanopid (Synapsida, Eupelycosauria) from Russia: "Pelycosaur" diversity in the Middle Permian Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 1 173–179 10.1671/1940-13 2004JVPal..24..173A 59023934 Valid Anderson and Reisz Capitanian Krasnoschelsk Formation Russia RewaconodonDatta, P.M. Das, D.P. Luo, Z.-X. 2004 A Late Triassic dromatheriid (Synapsida: Cynodontia) from India Annals of Carnegie Museum 73 2 12–24 10.5962/p.215151 2004AnCM...73...72D 90271923 free Valid Datta, Das & Luo Late Triassic Tiki Formation India Other Animals Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Charniodiscus procerus Valid LaFlamme et al., 2004 Ediacaran Mistaken Point Formation and Trepassey Formation Canada References Paleontology Category:2000s in paleontology Paleontology