2000 in paleontology

none 2000 paleontology paleobotany arthropod paleontology paleoentomology paleomalacology reptile paleontology archosaur paleontology mammal paleontology paleoichthyology 2000 Plants Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesChaneyaWang Y. Manchester S. R. 2000 Chaneya, a new genus of winged fruit from the Tertiary of North America and eastern Asia International Journal of Plant Sciences 161 1 167–178 10.1086/314227 10648207 2000IJPlS.161..167W 45052368 Gen et 2 comb novValidWang & ManchesterLate EoceneFlorissant FormationUSAA genus of uncertain affiliation The type species is Porana tenuis (1908)Also includes P. kokangensis (1939)thumb|center|upright|Chaneya tenuisPalaeocarpinus sikhotealinensisAkhmetiev M.A. Manchester S.R. 2000 A new species of Palaeocarpinus (Betulaceae) from the Paleogene of Eastern Sikhote-Alin Paleontological Journal 34 467–474Sp novValidAkhmetiev & ManchesterLatest Eocene or Earliest OligoceneKizi GroupBuoy Bay MemberRussiaA betulaceous fruit Arthropods Arachnids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBaltoctenizaGen et sp nov ValidEskov & ZonsteinEarly Eocene (Miocene)Baltic amber EuropeThe type and only species is Baltocteniza kulickaeElectrocteniza Gen et sp novValidEskov & ZonsteinEarly Eocene (Miocene)Baltic amberEuropeThe type and only species is Electrocteniza sadilenkoi Crustaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesTillocheles kaoriaeYokoi Takayuki Karasawa Hiroaki January 2000 Additions to Cretaceous decapod crustaceans from Hokkaido, Japan – Part 2. Chilenophoberidae https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261711353 Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 27 191–194Sp novValidYokoi & KarasawaCenomanian-TuronianYezo GroupJapanA stenochirid Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMakarkiniidaeBechly G. Makarkin V. N. 2016 A new gigantic lacewing species (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil confirms the occurrence of Kalligrammatidae in the Americas Cretaceous Research 58 135–140 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.014 2016CrRes..58..135B Fam novjr synonymMartins-NetoAptianCrato FormationBrazilA lacewing family, syn of KalligrammatidaeNeurosymploca? oligocenicaSp novvalidFernández-Rubio & NelRupelianPaleolake CéresteFranceA moth, possibly a species of Neurosymplocathumb|center|upright|Neurosymploca oligocenica Molluscs Bivalves Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCamyidaeElicki O. Gürsu S. 2009 First record of Pojetaia runnegari Jell, 1980 and Fordilla Barrande, 1881 from the Middle East (Taurus Mountains, Turkey) and critical review of Cambrian bivalves Paläontologische Zeitschrift 83 2 267–291 10.1007/s12542-009-0021-9 2009PalZ...83..267E 49380913 http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/~elicki/ELICKI_GUERSU_2009_PalZ_CambrianBivalves.pdf 2012-01-07 2013-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202640/http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/~elicki/ELICKI_GUERSU_2009_PalZ_CambrianBivalves.pdf dead fam novvalidHinz-SchallreuterEarly CambrianBornholm Denmarktype and only genus Camya Fishes Newly named placoderms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAleosteusJohnson, H.G. Elliott, D.K. Wittke, J.H. amp 2000 A new actinolepid arthrodire (Class Placodermi) from the Lower Devonian Sevy Dolomite, East-Central Nevada Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 129 2 129–141 10.1006/zjls.1999.0206 freeGen et sp novValidJohnson, Elliott, & WittkeLower DevonianSevy Dolomite Formation, NevadaUSAThe type species is Aleosteus eganensis. Newly named cartilaginous fish Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDebeeriusEileen D. Grogan Richard Lund 2000 Debeerius ellefseni (Fam. Nov., Gen. Nov., Spec. Nov.), an autodiastylic chondrichthyan from the Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana (USA), the relationships of the chondrichthyes, and comments on gnathostome evolution Journal of Morphology 243 3 219–245 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(200003)243:3<219::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-1 10681469 21466183 Gen et sp novValidGrogan & LundCarboniferous (late Chesterian)Heath FormationUSA(Montana)An early cartilaginous fish with an anatomy intermediate to the chimaeroid and selachian plans. The type species is D. ellefseni. Amphibians Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAvitabatrachus10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0490:TEKPFF]2.0.CO;2 Baez, A.M. Trueb, L. Calvo, J.O. amp 2000 The earliest known pioid frog from South America: a new genus from the middle Cretaceous of Argentina Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 3 490–500 86183634 Valid Baez Trueb CalvoMiddle CretaceousCandeleros FormationArgentinaThe type species is Avitabatrachus uliana. Banksiops10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0186:BARNFB]2.0.CO;2 Warren, A.A. Marsicano, C. 2000 Banksiops, a replacement name for Banksia townrowi (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 1 186 86109764 Valid Warren MariscanoA replacement genus for Banksia Warren & Mariscano, 1998 preoccupied for arachnid Banksia Voigt & Oudermans, 1905.JeholotritonWang, Y. 2000 A new salamander (Amphibia: Caudata) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38 2 100–103 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2000.02.003 Valid WangEarly CretaceousDaohugou Bed FormationChinaThe type species is Jeholotriton paradoxus.Rileymillerus10.1666/0022-3360(2000)074<0670:ANTAFT>2.0.CO;2 Bolt, J.R. Chatterjee, S. 2000 A new temnospondyl amphibian from the Late Triassic of Texas Journal of Paleontology 74 4 670–683 88676059 Valid Bolt ChatterjeeUpper TriassicCooper Canyon FormationUSAThe type species is Rileymillerus cosgriffi. Ichthyosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAegirosaurus10.1666/0022-3360(2000)074<0503:ANIFTU>2.0.CO;2 Bardet, N. Fernández, M. 2000 A new ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of Bavaria Journal of Paleontology 74 3 503–511 131190803 http://doc.rero.ch/record/14941/files/PAL_E2088.pdf Valid Bardet FernándezUpper JurassicGermanyThe type species is Aegirosaurus leptospondylus. CallawayiaMaisch, M.W. Matzke, A.T. 2000 The Ichthyosauria Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 298 1–160Valid Maisch MatzkeUpper TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA new genus for "Shastasaurus" neoscapularis.GuizhouichthyosaurusYin G. Zhou X. Cao Z. Yu Y Luo Y. 2000 A preliminary study on the Early Late Triassic marine reptiles from Guanling Guizhou, China Geology, Geochemistry 28 3 1–22 Valid Cao LuoUpper TriassicFalang FormationChinaThe type species is Guizhouichthyosaurus tangae.PhantomosaurusValid Maisch MatzkeMiddle TriassicUpper Muschelkalk FormationGermanyA new genus for "Shastasaurus" neubigi. Archosauromorphs Newly named crurotarsans Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAdzhosuchusEfimov, M.B. Gubin, Y.M. Kurzanov, S.M. amp 2000 New primitive crocodile (Crocodylomorpha: Shartegosuchidae) from the Jurassic of Mongolia Paleontological Journal 34 238–241Valid Efimov Gubin KurzanovLate JurassicShar Teg BedsMongoliaA basal crocodylomorph. The type species is Adzhosuchus fuscus. KyasuchusEfimov, M.B. & Leshchinskiy, S.V. (2000). First finding of the fossil crocodile skull in Siberia [in Russian]. In: Komarov, A.V., ed., Materialy regional’noj konferencii geologov Sibiri, Dal’nego Vostoka i Severo−Vostoka Rossii. Tom II, 361–363. GalaPress, Tomsk.Valid Efimov LeshchinskiyEarly CretaceousIlek FormationRussiaA basal crocodilomorph. The type species is Kyasuchus saevi.Simosuchus10.1038/35016061 Buckley, G.A. Brochu, C.A. Krause, D.W. Pol, D. amp 2000 A pug-nosed crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar Nature 405 6789 941–944 10879533 2000Natur.405..941B 4426288 Valid Buckley Brochu Krause PolLate CretaceousMaevarano FormationMadagascarA notosuchian. The type species is Simosuchus clarki.StolokrosuchusLarrson, H.C.E. Gado, B. 2000 A new early Cretaceous crocodyliform from Niger Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 217 1 131–141 10.1127/njgpa/217/2000/131 2000NJGPA.217..131L Valid Larrson GaboEarly CretaceousEl Rhaz FormationNigerA neosuchian. The type species is Stolokrosuchus lapparenti. 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 Status Authors Discovery year Age Unit Location Notes Images BambiraptorBurnham, D.A., K.L. Derstler, P.J. Currie, R.T. Bakker, Z. Zhou, and J.H. Ostrom. 2000. Remarkable new birdlike dinosaur (Theropoda: Maniraptora) from the Upper Cretaceous of Montana. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 13: pp. 1-14. Valid Burnham Derstler et al.Burnham, Derstler, Phillip Currie, Robert Bakker, Zhou Z., John Ostrom.Two Medicine FormationUSAA very bird-like two foot long dromaeosaurid. May be a juvenile Saurornitholestes. center|thumb|220x220px|Bambiraptorcenter|thumb|200x200px|Charonosaurusthumb|center|200px|Fukuiraptor thumb|center|200px|Graciliceratops thumb|center|200px|Microraptorcenter|thumb|200x200px|Nanyangosaurusthumb|center|200px|Nomingiacenter|thumb|200x200px|Pyroraptorcenter|thumb|199x199px|Sauroposeidon ByronosaurusNorell, M.A., P.J. Makovicky, and J.M. Clark. 2000. A new troodontid theropod from Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia. Jpornal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20: pp. 1-11. Valid Mark Norell Makovicky ClarkDjadochta FormationMongoliaA five foot long troodontid. Mysteriously, skulls of extremely small juveniles have been recovered from an oviraptorosaur nest. This may be evidence of brood parasitism or predator-prey relationships between the two species.Caudipteryx dongi Zhou Zhonghe Wang Xiaolin 2000 A New Species of Caudipteryx from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, Northeast China Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38 4 111–127 http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120604544997033912.pdf 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2000.02.005 2014-08-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20150208203109/http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120604544997033912.pdf 2015-02-08 dead ValidZhou Zhonghe Wang XiaolinEarly CretaceousLower Yixian FormationChinaA caudipterygid oviraptorosaur CharonosaurusGodefroit P., S. Zan, and L. Jin. 2000. Charonosaurus jiayinensis n.g., n.sp., a lambeosaurine dinosaur from the Late Maastrichtian of northeastern China. Comptes Rendus Académie des Sciences du Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 330: pp. 875–882 (Paléontologie des Vertébrés). Valid Godefroit Zan Jin L.Yuliangze FormationChinaA 13 m (42.5 ft) long Parasaurolophus-like lambeosaur. ChuanjiesaurusFang, Pang, Lü, Zhang, Pan, Wang, Li, and Cheng. 2000. Lower, Middle and Upper Jurassic divisions of the Lufeng region of Yunnan Province. Pp. 208-214 in: Proceedings of the Third National Stratigraphical Conference of China. Geological Publishing House, Beijing. Valid Fang Pang et al.Fang, Pang, Lu, Zhang Z., Pan, Wang Y., Li X. K., Cheng Z.Chuanjie FormationChinaA mamenchisaurid. FukuiraptorAzuma, Y. and P.J. Currie. 2000. A new carnosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan. Can. J. Earth Sci. 37: pp. 1735-1753. Valid Azuma Phillip CurrieKitadani FormationJapanA neovenatorid known only from juvenile specimens. "Ginnareemimus" Nomen nudum KanekoSao Khua FormationThailandFormally named Kinnareemimus in 2009 in paleontology. GlyptodontopeltaFord, T.L. 2000. A review of ankylosaur osteoderms from New Mexico and a preliminary review of ankylosaur armor. In: Dinosaurs of New Mexico (S.G. Lucas and A.B. Heckert, eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 17: pp. 157-176. Valid FordOjo Alamo SandstoneUSANamed after the armored mammal Glyptodon. GraciliceratopsSereno, P.C. 2000. The fossil record, systematics and evolution of pachycephalosaurs and ceratopsians from Asia. In The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia (M.J. Benton, M.A. Shishkin, D.M. Unwin, and E.N. Kurochkin, eds.). Cambridge University Press, New York: pp. 480-516. Valid Paul SerenoSheeregeen Gashoon FormationMongoliaPrimitive ceratopsian. Only a partial skeleton has been found. HuabeisaurusPang and Cheng. 2000. A new family of sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Tianzhen, Shanxi Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 74 (2): pp. 117-125. Valid Pang Cheng Z.Huiquanpu FormationChinaOpisthocoelicaudia-like titanosaurid. "Iguanoides" Nomen nudum; synonym of Iguanodon Conybeare vide: CadburyJunior synonym of Iguanodon. IlokelesiaCoria, R.A. and L. Salgado. 2000. A basal Abelisauria Novas 1992 (Theropoda- Ceratosauria) from the Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Gaia 15: pp. 89-102 Valid Rodolfo Coria SalgadoRio Limay FormationArgentinaA primitive abelisaur who name is derived from "flesh lizard" in Mapuche. Isanosaurus 10.1038/35024060 Buffetaut E. Suteethorn V. Cuny G. Tong H. Loeuff J. Le Khansubha S. Jongautchariyakui S. 2000 The earliest known sauropod dinosaur Nature 407 6800 72–74 10993074 2000Natur.407...72B 4387776 Valid Buffetaut Suteethorn et al.Buffetaut, Suteethorn, Cuny, Tong, Le Loeuff, Khansubha, Jongautchariyakul.Nam Phong FormationThailandA small, 6.5 metres (21 ft) long sauropod. JeholosaurusXu, X., X. Wang, and H. You. 2000. A primitive ornithopod from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38 (4): pp. 318-325. Valid Xu Xing Wang X. YouYixian FormationChinaA 71.1 centimetres (28.0 in) long hypsilophodont. Microraptor 10.1038/35047056 Xu X. Zhou Z. Wang X. 2000 The smallest known non-avian theropod dinosaur Nature 408 6813 705–708 11130069 2000Natur.408..705X 4411157 http://doc.rero.ch/record/14908/files/PAL_E2050.pdf Valid Xu Xing Zhou Z. Wang X.Jiufotang Formation ChinaA tiny "four-winged" dromaeosaurid. NanyangosaurusXu, Z., X.J. Zhao, J.-C. Lu, W.-B. Huang, Z.-Y. Li Z., and Z.-M. Dong. 2000. A new Iguanodontian from Sangping Formation of Neixiang, Henan and its stratigraphical implications. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38 (3): pp. 176-191. Valid Xu Xing Zhao X. et al.Xu Xing, Zhao X., Lü, Huang W., Li Z., Dong Zhiming.Sangping FormationChinaA hadrosauroid. NomingiaBarsbold R. Osmólska H. Watabe M. Currie P.J. Tsogtbaatar K. 2000 A new oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from Mongolia: the first dinosaur with a pygostyle Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 45 2 97–106 Valid Rinchen Barsbold Halszka Osmólska et al.Rinchen Barsbold, Halszka Osmólska, Watabe, Phillip Currie, Tsogtbaatar.Beds of Bugeen TsavMongoliaThe first non-avian dinosaur known to have a pygostyle at the end of its tail. In life this structure probably supported a fan of feathers. Nqwebasaurusde Klerk W.J. Forster C.A. Sampson S.D. Chinsamy A. Ross C.F. 2000 A new coelurosaurian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of South Africa Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 2 324–332 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0324:ancdft]2.0.co;2 128622530 Valid de Klerk Forster et al.de Klerk, Forster, Sampson, Chinsamy, Ross.Kirkwood FormationSouth AfricaThe earliest known coelurosaur from Gondwana, the type specimen was a three foot long juvenile with preserved gastroliths in its stomach. "Ponerosteus"Olshevsky, G. 2000. An annotated checklist of dinosaur species by continent. Mesozoic Meanderings 3: pp. 1-157. Nomen dubium; possibly non-dinosaurian George Olshevsky, A dubious taxon whose name means "useless bone" to reflect the low quality of the material, which had fueled taxonomic confusion. PyroraptorAllain R. Taquet P. 2000 A new genus of Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of France Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 2 404–407 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0404:angodd]2.0.co;2 85651716 Valid Allain Philippe TaquetGrès à ReptilesFranceA dromaeosaurid known from a single specimen. Rocasaurus Salgado L., Azpilicueta C. 2000 Un nuevo saltasaurino (Sauropoda, Titanosauridae) de la provincia de Rio Negro (Formacion Allen, Cretacico Superior), Patagonia, Argentina Ameghiniana 37 3 259–264 Valid Salgado AzpilicuetaAllen FormationArgentinaA small, 8 meter long titanosaur. "Saltriosaurus" Nomen nudum Dal SassoAn Allosaurus-like theropod estimated to be 8 meters (26 ft) long. Only ten percent of its skeleton is known. SauroposeidonWedel M.J., R.L. Cifelli, and R.K. Sanders. 2000. Osteology, paleobiology, and relationships of the sauropod dinosaur Sauroposeidon. Acta Palaeontologica Polinica 45 (4): pp. 343–388 Valid Wedel Cifelli SandersAntlers FormationUSAA gigantic brachiosaur with an estimated length of up to 34 m (112 ft) and a mass of 50–60 t (55–66 short tons). It is known from four neck vertebrae. TendaguriaBonaparte, J.F., W.D. Heinrich, and R. Wild. 2000. Review of Janenschia Wild, with the description of a new sauropod from the Tendaguru beds of Tanzania and a discussion on the systematic value of procoelous caudal vertebrae in the Sauropoda. Palaeontographica A 256: pp. 25–76. Valid Jose Bonaparte Heinrich WildTendaguru FormationTanzaniaA 20 meters (66 ft) long sauropod. Newly named birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlca stewarti James W. R. Martin Cyril A. Walker Richard H. C. Bonser Gareth J. Dyke 2000 A New Species of Large Auk from the Pliocene of Belgium Oryctos 3 53–60 http://www.dinosauria.org/oryctos-article.php?article=35&dinosauria=l9kodrvbp46tf6k3o7u1i6fmj2 2014-08-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20140808053353/http://www.dinosauria.org/oryctos-article.php?article=35&dinosauria=l9kodrvbp46tf6k3o7u1i6fmj2 2014-08-08 dead ValidSp. nov.James W. R. Martin Cyril A. Walker Richard H. C. Bonser Gareth J. DykeEarly PlioceneKattendijk Sands FormationBelgium: East FlandersAn Alcidae.Ameripodius alexis Cécile Mourer-Chauviré 2000 A New Species of Ameripodius (Aves: Galliformes: Quercymegapodiidae) from the Lower Miocene of France Palaeontology 43 3 481–493 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2000.00136.x 2000Palgy..43..481M 129585810 free ValidSp. nov.Cécile Mourer-ChauviréEarly MioceneMN 2aFranceA Quercymegapodiidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1992.Brachypteracias langrandi Steven M. Goodman 2000 A Description of a New Species of Brachypteracias (Family Brachypteraciidae) from the Holocene of Madagascar Ostrich 71 1–2 318–322 10.1080/00306525.2000.9639941 2000Ostri..71..318G 83685435 ValidSp. nov.Steven M. GoodmanHoloceneAmpozaMadagascarA Brachypteraciidae.Cerestenia pulchrapenna Gerald Mayr 2000 Charadriiform Birds from the Early Oligocene of Céreste (France) and the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany) Géobios 33 5 625–636 10.1016/s0016-6995(00)80034-0 2000Geobi..33..625M ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Gerald MayrMiddle OligoceneMP 23FrancePossibly a stem Turnicidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Cygnus verae Zlatozar N. Boev 2000 Cygnus verae sp. n. (Anseriformes: Anatidae) from the Early Pliocene of Sofia (Bulgaria) Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 43 1–2 185–192 http://www.isez.pan.krakow.pl/journals/azc_v/azcv43_1-2.htm 2014-08-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20140811214643/http://www.isez.pan.krakow.pl/journals/azc_v/azcv43_1-2.htm 2014-08-11 dead ValidSp. nov.Zlatozar N. BoevEarly PlioceneMN 14, RuscinianBulgariaAn Anatidae.Eocoracias brachyptera Gerald Mayr Cécile Mourer-Chauviré 2000 Rollers (Aves: Coraciiformes s.s.) from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Germany) and the Upper Eocene of the Quercy (France) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 3 533–546 http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/rollers.pdf 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0533:racssf]2.0.co;2 56065258 2014-08-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20110610114612/http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/rollers.pdf 2011-06-10 dead ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Gerald Mayr Cécile Mourer-ChauviréMiddle EoceneMessel pit, MP 11Germany: HessenThe type species of the new genus, placed in the new family Eocoraciidae G. Mayr et Mourer-Chauviré, 2000.Fratercula dowi Daniel A. Guthrie Howell W. Thomas George L. Kennedy 2000 A New Species of Extinct Late Pleistocene Puffin (Aves: Alcidae) rom the Southern California Channel Islands Brown, D.R. K.L. Mitchell H.W. Chaney Proceedings of the Fifth California Islands Symposium 525–530 http://faculty.jsd.claremont.edu/dguthrie/guthrie.pdf 2014-08-03 2020-07-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20200727194836/http://faculty.jsd.claremont.edu/dguthrie/Guthrie.pdf dead ValidSp. nov.Daniel A. Guthrie Howell W. Thomas George L. KennedyLate PleistoceneLate Rancholabrean, San Nicolas IslandUSA: CaliforniaAn Alcidae.Frigidafons babaheydariensis Dieter S. Peters Ali Hamedani 2000 Frigidafons babaheydariensis n. sp., ein Sturmvogel aus dem Oligozän des Irans (Aves: Procellariidae) Senckenbergiana Lethaea 80 1 29–37 10.1007/bf03043661 127216323 ValidSp. nov.Dieter S. Peters Ali HamedaniEarly OligoceneRupelianIranA Diomedeoididae Fischer, 1985, transferred to Diomedeoides Fischer, 1985 by Mayr, Peters & Rietschel, 2002 and to Rupelornis van Beneden, 1871 by Mayr & Smith, 2012.Gallirallus huiatua David W. Steadman Trevor H. Worthy Atholl J. Anderson Richard Walter 2000 New Species and Records of Birds from Prehistoric Sites on Niue, Southwest Pacific The Wilson Bulletin 112 2 165–186 10.1676/0043-5643(2000)112[0165:nsarob]2.0.co;2 86588636 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/242746 ValidSp. nov.David W. Steadman Trevor H. Worthy Atholl J. Anderson Richard WalterHolocenePrehistoricNiueA Rallidae.Geranopterus milneedwardsi ValidSp. nov.Gerald Mayr Cécile Mourer-ChauviréEocene or OligocenePhosphotites du Quercy, MP 16–28FranceA Geranopteridae Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré, 2000.Jibeinia luanhera Lianhai Hou 2000 Mesozoic Birds of China (1997); Picture Book of Chinese Fossil Birds Picture Book of Chinese Fossil Birds (2000) Natou, Taiwan: Taiwan Feng Huang Gu Bird Garden + English Translation; Yunnan Science and Technology Press http://www.paleoglot.net/files/Hou_00.pdf ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Lianhai HouEarly CretaceousHuajiying FormationChinaAn Enantiornithes, described in 1997 but the name was a labelname, so a Nomen Nudum, in 2000 Hou gave a short description in the Picture Book of Chinese Fossil Birds, making the name valid.Longipteryx chaoyangensisZhang, F. Zhou, Z. Hou, L. Gu, G. amp 2000 Early diversification of birds: evidence from a new opposite bird Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version); Chinese Science Bulletin (English Version) 45 (for 2000); 46 (for 2001) 24; 11 2650–2657; 945–950 10.1007/BF02900473 85215328 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidFucheng Zhang Zhou Zhonghe Hou Lianhan Gu GangEarly CretaceousJiufotang FormationChinaAn Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. The type species of the new genus.Megapodius amissus Trevor H. Worthy 2000 The Fossil Megapodes (Aves: Megapodiidae) of Fiji with Descriptions of a New Genus and Two New Species Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 30 4 337–364 10.1080/03014223.2000.9517627 2000JRSNZ..30..337W 84889753 free ValidSp. nov.Trevor H. WorthyHoloceneCave deposits, Viti LevuFijiA Megapodiidae.Megavitiornis altirostris ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Trevor H. WorthyHoloceneCave deposits, Viti LevuFijiA Megapodiidae, the type species of the new genus.Messelirrisor grandis Gerald Mayr 2000 Tiny Hoopoe-like Birds from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany) The Auk 117 4 964–970 https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v117n04/p00964-p00970.pdf 10.1642/0004-8038(2000)117[0964:thlbft]2.0.co;2 73679308 ValidSp. nov.Gerald MayrEarly Middle EoceneMessel pit MN 11Germany: HessenAn Upupiformes, Laurillardiidae Harrison, 1979.Nycticorax kalavikai ValidSp. nov.David W. Steadman Trevor H. Worthy Atholl J. Anderson Richard WalterHolocenePrehistoricNiueAn Ardeidae.Oligocolius brevitarsus Gerald Mayr 2000 A New Mousebird (Coliiformes: Coliidae) from the Oligocene of Germany Journal für Ornithologie 141 1 85–92 http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/oligocolius.pdf 10.1007/bf01651775 2000JOrn..141...85M 41894000 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Gerald MayrMiddle OligoceneMP 23-24Germany: Baden-WürttembergA stem Coliidae.Paraortygoides messelensis Gerald Mayr 2000 A New Basal Galliform Bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany) Senckenbergiana Lethaea 80 1 45–57 http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/messel_galliform_2000.pdf 10.1007/bf03043663 126613464 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Gerald MayrMiddle EoceneMessel pit, MP 11Germany: HessenA Gallinuloididae Lucas, 1900.Phirriculus pinicola Jirí Mlíkovský Ursula B. Göhlich 2000 A New Wood-hoopoe (Aves: Phoeniculidae) from the Early Miocene of Germany and France Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 64 419–424 http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/140-2000-MiocenePhoeniculidae.pdf 2014-08-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20150208212412/http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/140-2000-MiocenePhoeniculidae.pdf 2015-02-08 dead ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Jirí Mlíkovský Ursula B. GöhlichEarly MioceneMN 2a and MN 3France; Germany: BavariaA Phoeniculidae.Porzana piercei Storrs L. Olson David B. Wingate 2000 Two New Species of Flightless Rails (Aves: Rallidae) from the Middle Pleistocene "Crane Fauna" of Bermuda Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113 2 356–368 http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/69/f7/08/69f708382444c142061bfb3b217225e1.pdf 2014-08-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20140808060625/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/69/f7/08/69f708382444c142061bfb3b217225e1.pdf 2014-08-08 dead ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. Olson David B. WingateMiddle PleistoceneGovernment QuarryBermudaA Rallidae.Potamornis skutchi Andrzej Elzanowski Gregory S. Paul Thomas A. Stidham 2000 An Avian Quadrate from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation of Wyoming Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 4 712–719 http://gspauldino.com/Avianquadrate.pdf 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0712:aaqftl]2.0.co;2 86292770 ValidGen. nov et Sp. nov.Andrzej Elzanowski Gregory S. Paul Thomas A. StidhamLate CretaceousLate MaastrichtianUSA: WyomingA Hesperornithiformas.Protopteryx fengningensisZhang Fucheng Zhou Zhonghe 2000 A primitive Enantiornithine bird and the Origin of Feathers http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120604549224949224.pdf Science 290 5498 1955–1959 11110660 10.1126/science.290.5498.1955 2000Sci...290.1955Z 2014-08-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060511/http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120604549224949224.pdf 2016-03-04 dead Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidZhang Fucheng Zhou ZhongheEarly CretaceousHuajiying FormationChinaAn Enanthornithes. This is the type species of the new genus.Pulchapollia gracilis Gareth J. Dyke Joanne H. Cooper 2000 A New Psittaciform Bird from the London Clay (Lower Eocene) of England Palaeontology 43 2 271–285 10.1111/1475-4983.00126 2000Palgy..43..271D 84812434 ValidGen. nov et Sp. nov.Gareth J. Dyke Joanne H. CooperEarly EoceneYpresian, MP 8, London ClayUK: EnglandA Psittaciformes, Halcyornithidae Harrison et Walker, 1972, this is the type species of the new genus.Qiluornis taishanensis Lian-Hai Hou Zhong-He Zhou Fu-Cheng Zhang Jun-De Li 2000 A New Vulture from the Miocene of Shandong, Eastern China Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38 4 104–110 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200901/W020090813372533610950.pdf 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2000.02.004 ValidGen. nov et Sp. nov.Lian-Hai Hou Zhong-He Zhou Fu-Cheng Zhang Jun-De LiMioceneShanwang FormationChinaAn Accipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus.Rallus ibycus ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. Olson David B. WingateMiddle PleistoceneGovernment QuarryBermudaA Rallidae.Salmila robusta Gerald Mayr 2000 A Remarkable New "Gruiform" Bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany) Paläontologische Zeitschrift 74 1–2 187–194 http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/salmila_2000.pdf 10.1007/bf02987960 2000PalZ...74..187M 54975848 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Gerald MayrMiddle EoceneMessel pit, MP 11Germany: HessenA Gruiformes, Salmilidae Mayr, 2002, this is the type species of the new genus.Serudaptus pohli Gerald Mayr 2000 New or Previously Unrecorded Avian Taxa from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany) Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe 3 207–219 http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/serudaptus_2000.pdf 10.1002/mmng.4860030110ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Gerald MayrMiddle EoceneMessel pit, MP 11Germany: HessenA Psittaciformes, Halcyornithidae Harrison et Walker, 1972, this is the type species of the new genus.Turnipax dissipata ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Gerald MayrEarly-Middle OligoceneMP 21-25FrancePossibly a stem Turnicidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Tynskya eocaena Gerald Mayr 2000 A New Raptor-like Bird from the Lower Eocene of North America and Europe Senckenbergiana Lethaea 80 1 59–65 http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Tynskia%20eocaena%20Mayr%202000.pdf 10.1007/bf03043664 58897862 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Gerald MayrEarly EoceneGreen River Formation MP 8, London ClayUSA: Wyoming; UK: EnglandA Messelasturidae Mayr, 2005, this is the type species of the new genus. Newly named pterosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDomeykodactylus10.1017/S0016756800003502 Martill, D.M. Frey, E. Diaz, G.C. Bell, C.M. amp 2000 Reinterpretation of a Chilean pterosaur and the occurrence of Dsungaripteridae in South America Geological Magazine 137 1 19–25 2000GeoM..137...19M 128593191 http://doc.rero.ch/record/14811/files/PAL_E1969.pdf Valid Martill Frey Diaz BellEarly CretaceousSanta Ana FormationChileA pterodactyloid. The type species is Domeykodactylus ceciliae. Anhanguera piscatorKellner, A.W.A. Tomida, Y. 2000 Description of a new species of Anhangueridae (Pterodactyloidea) with comments on the pterosaur fauna from the Santana Formation (Aptian-Albian), northeastern Brazil National Science Museum Monograph 17 1–135Valid Kellner TomidaEarly CretaceousSantana FormationBrazilA pterodactyloid. Reclassified in 2006 to the genus Coloborhynchus.Veldmeijer, A.J. Meijer, H.J.M. Signore, M. amp 2006 Coloborhynchus from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation, Brazil (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueridae): an update Vertebrate Paleontology 3 2 15–29 http://www.palarch.nl/wp-content/veldmeijer_aj_hjm_meijer_m_signore_coloborhynchus_from_the_lower_cretaceous_santana_formation_brazil_pterosauriapterodactyloidea_anhangueridae_an_update_palarchs_journal_of_vertebrate_palaeontology_3_.pdf 2017-06-07 2020-09-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20200901134131/http://www.palarch.nl/wp-content/veldmeijer_aj_hjm_meijer_m_signore_coloborhynchus_from_the_lower_cretaceous_santana_formation_brazil_pterosauriapterodactyloidea_anhangueridae_an_update_palarchs_journal_of_vertebrate_palaeontology_3_.pdf dead Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAustralobarbarusKurkin, A.A. 2000 New dicynodonts from the Upper Permian of the Vyatka Basin Paleontological Journal 34 supplement 2 S203–S210 Valid KurkinUpper PermianSokolki Faunal AssemblageRussiaA dicynodont. Two species are described Australobarbarus kotelnitshi (type) and A. platycephalus.CharruodonAbdala, F. Ribeiro, A.M. 2000 A new therioherpetid cynodont from the Santa Maria Formation (middle Late Triassic), southern Brazil Geodiversitas 22 4 589–596Valid Abdala RibeiroUpper TriassicSanta Maria FormationBrazilA cynodont. The type species is Charruodon tetracuspidatus.ChlynoviaValid TatarinovUpper PermianSokolki Faunal AssemblageRussiaA therocephalian. The type species is Chlynovia serridentatus.Dadadon10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0422:NTSEFT]2.0.CO;2 Flynn, J.J. Parrish, J.M. Rakotosamimanana, B. Ranivoharimanana, L. Simpson, W.F. Wyss, A.R. amp 2000 New traversodontids (Synapsida: Eucynodontia) from the Triassic of Madagascar Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 3 422–427 130041740 Valid Flynn Parrish Rakotosamimanana Ranivoharimanana Simpson WyssMiddle-Upper TriassicMakay FormationMadagascarA eucynodont. The type species is Dadadon isaloi.MenadonValid Flynn Parrish Rakotosamimanana Ranivoharimanana Simpson WyssMiddle-Upper TriassicMakay FormationMadagascarA eucynodont. The type species is Menodon besairiei.NikkasaurusIvakhnenko, M.F. 2000 The Nikkasauridae—Problematic primitive therapsids from the Late Permian of the Mezen Localities Paleontological Journal 34 supplement 2 S179–S186Valid IvakhnenkoUpper PermianMezen Faunal AssemblageRussiaA nikkasaurid. The type species is Nikkasaurus tatarinovi.ReisziaValid IvakhnenkoUpper PermianMezen Faunal AssemblageRussiaA nikkasaurid. Two species are described Reiszia gubini (type) and R. tippula.ScalopodontesTatarinov, L.P. 2000 New material on Scaloposaurians (Reptilia, Theriodontia) from the Upper Permian of the Kotelnich Locality, Kirov Region Paleontological Journal 34 supplement 2 S187–S202Valid TatarinovUpper PermianSokolki Faunal AssemblageRussiaA theriocephalian. The type species is Scalopodontes kotelnichiSuchogorgonTatarinov, L.P. 2000 A new gorgonopid (Reptilia, Theriodontia) from the Upper Permian of the Vologda Region Paleontological Journal 34 1 75–83Valid TatarinovUpper PermianSokolki Faunal AssemblageRussiaA gorgonopsid. The type species is Suchogorgon golubevi.VivaxosaurusKalandadze, N.N. Kurkin, A.A. 2000 A new Permian dicynodont and the question of the origin of the kannemeyeroidea Paleontological Journal 34 6 642–649Valid Kalandadze KurkinUpper PermianSokolki Faunal AssemblageRussiaA dicynodont. The type species is Vivaxosaurus permicus. Mammals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArcius zbyszewskiiEstravís Carmen 2000 Nuevos mamíferos del Eoceno Inferior de Silveirinha (Baixo Mondego, Portugal) https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=169712 Coloquios de Paleontología 51 281–311 1132-1660Sp novValid EstravísEarly EoceneSilveirinha FormationPortugalA paromomyidDonrussellia lusitanicaSp novValidEstravísEarly EoceneSilveirinha FormationPortugalA notharctidMeldimys cardosoiSp novJr synonymEstravísEarly EoceneSilveirinha FormationPortugalAn ischyromyid rodent, reassigned to the genus Euromys in 1999.Escarguel Gilles 1999 Les rongeurs de l'Eocène inférieur et moyen d'Europe Occidentale; Systématique, phylogénie, biochronologie et paléobiogéographie des niveaux-repères MP 7 à MP 14. https://palaeovertebrata.com.com/articles/view/132 PalaeoVertebrata 28 2–4 89–351 En Institut des sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier and Association Palaeovertebrata 10.18563/pv.28.2-4.89-351 2274-0333 See also Paleontology History of science 2000 in science Footnotes Complete author list As science becomes more collaborative, papers with large numbers of authors are becoming more common. To prevent the deformation of the tables, these footnotes list the contributors to papers that erect new genera and have many authors. References 2 Category:2000s in paleontology Paleontology