2013 in paleontology

none 2013 paleontology paleobotany arthropod paleontology paleoentomology paleomalacology reptile paleontology archosaur paleontology mammal paleontology paleoichthyology 2013 thumb|Species described Plants 2013 in paleobotany Cnidarians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlveopora jessicaeSp. novValidBromfieldMiocenePapua New GuineaA stony coral, a species of Alveopora.Alveopora oliveriSp. novValidBromfieldMiocenePapua New GuineaA stony coral, a species of Alveopora.Arctophyllum spitsbergensisEdward Chwieduk 2013 Palaeogeographical and palaeoecological significance of the Uppermost Carboniferous and Permian rugose corals of Spitsbergen 1–270 Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM 978-83-232-2556-0 Sp. nov ValidChwiedukCarboniferous (Gzhelian)Treskelodden FormationNorwayA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Cyathopsidae.Astreopora wallaceaeKate Bromfield 2013 Neogene corals from the Indo-Pacific: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Fiji Bulletins of American Paleontology 387 1–127 https://priweb.org/downloads/pubs/item_pdf_5778.pdf 2019-07-08 2019-06-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20190610135415/https://www.priweb.org/downloads/pubs/item_pdf_5778.pdf Sp. novValidBromfieldMiocenePapua New GuineaA stony coral, a species of Astreopora.Aulastraea crassicalixSp. novValidLöser, Castro & NietoEarly Cretaceous (Albian)SpainA stony coral, a species of Aulastraea.BarentsburgiaGen. et sp. novValidChwiedukPermian (Sakmarian)Wordiekammen FormationNorwayA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Aulophyllidae. The type species is B. crinisphyllia.Catenipora nishioiShuji Niko Tomio Adachi 2013 Silurian Halysitids (Coelenterata: Tabulata) from the Gionyama Formation, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series C 39 17–41 https://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/geology/download/39/BNMNS_C39_17-41.pdf Sp. novValidNiko & AdachiSilurianGionyama FormationJapanA tabulate coral belonging to the family Halysitidae.Caulastraea cummingaeSp. novValidBromfieldMioceneFiji IndonesiaA stony coral, a species of Caulastraea.Caulastraea geoffreyiSp. novValidBromfieldMioceneIndonesiaA stony coral, a species of Caulastraea.Cyphastrea aliceaeSp. novValidBromfieldMiocenePapua New GuineaA stony coral belonging to the family Faviidae.Cyphastrea buddaeSp. novValidBromfieldMiocenePapua New GuineaA stony coral belonging to the family Faviidae.Cyphastrea spineaSp. novValidBromfieldMioceneFijiA stony coral belonging to the family Faviidae.Euphyllia romaniSp. novValidBromfieldMioceneIndonesiaA stony coral, a species of Euphyllia.FedorowskitesGen. et sp. novValidChwiedukPermian (Wordian to Lopingian)Kapp Starostin FormationNorway RussiaA rugose coral belonging to the order Stauriida and the family Polycoeliidae. The type species is F. spitsbergensis; genus also includes "Sochkineophyllum" zavodovskyi Sokolov (1959).Olga L. Kossovaya Dieter Weyer 2018 Lopingian corals from the Omolon Massif (Eastern Siberia), the northernmost Permian boreal Rugosa community Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 287 2 167–194 10.1127/njgpa/2018/0711 2018NJGPA.287..167K Fomichevella borealisSp. novValidChwiedukCarboniferous (Gzhelian)Treskelodden FormationNorwayA rugose coral belonging to the order Stauriida and the family Kleopatrinidae.Galaxea kabairaensisSp. novValidBromfieldMiocenePapua New GuineaA stony coral, a species of Galaxea.Galaxea salayarensisSp. novValidBromfieldPlioceneIndonesiaA stony coral, a species of Galaxea.GronfjordphyllumGen. et 2 sp. novValidChwiedukPermian (Sakmarian)Wordiekammen FormationNorwayA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Aulophyllidae. The type species is G. minor; genus also includes G. parvum.Halysites delicatusSp. novValidNiko & AdachiSilurianGionyama FormationJapanA tabulate coral belonging to the family Halysitidae.Halysites intricatusSp. novValidNiko & AdachiSilurianGionyama FormationJapanA tabulate coral belonging to the family Halysitidae.Halysites kyushuensisSp. novValidNiko & AdachiSilurianGionyama FormationJapanA tabulate coral belonging to the family Halysitidae.Heintzella breviseptataSp. novValidChwiedukPermian (Sakmarian)Wordiekammen FormationNorwayA rugose coral belonging to the order Stauriida and the family Kleopatrinidae.Heintzella poljaricaSp. novValidChwiedukCarboniferous (Gzhelian)Treskelodden FormationNorwayA rugose coral belonging to the order Stauriida and the family Kleopatrinidae.HeteropistophyllumHannes Löser José Manuel Castro Luis M. Nieto 2013 Late Albian Scleractinian corals from the Prebetic Zone (SE Spain) Palaeontographica Abteilung A 301 1–2 1–62 http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/pala/detail/301/81459/Late_Albian_Scleractinian_corals_from_the_Prebetic_Zone_SE_Spain 10.1127/pala/301/2013/1 2013PalAA.301....1L subscription April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Gen. et comb. novValidLöser, Castro & NietoEarly CretaceousSlovenia SpainA stony coral belonging to the group Heterocoeniina and the family Elasmocoeniidae. A new genus for "Pseudopistophyllum" quinqueseptatum Turnšek & Buser (1976).KrusenellaGen. et sp. novValidChwiedukPermian (Sakmarian)Treskelodden FormationNorwayA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Antiphyllidae. The type species is K. pachyseptata.Leptoria hayaeSp. novValidBromfieldMioceneFijiA stony coral, a species of Leptoria.Leptoria trabaSp. novValidBromfieldMiocenePapua New GuineaA stony coral, a species of Leptoria.Leptoseris lauensisSp. novValidBromfieldMioceneLau GroupFijiA stony coral belonging to the family Agariciidae.LinnephyllumGen. et 2 sp. novValidChwiedukPermian (Sakmarian)Wordiekammen FormationNorwayA rugose coral belonging to the order Stauriida and the suborder Aulophyllina. The type species is L. spitsbergensis; genus also includes L. longiseptatum.Madracis crassiseptaSp. novValidBromfieldMiocenePapua New GuineaA stony coral belonging to the family Pocilloporidae.Madracis labrumSp. novValidBromfieldMiocenePapua New GuineaA stony coral belonging to the family Pocilloporidae.MarceloheliaHannes Löser 2013 Revision of the family Felixaraeidae (Scleractinia; Cretaceous) Geodiversitas 35 4 747–765 10.5252/g2013n4a1 2013Geodv..35..747L https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/35/4/revision-de-la-famille-des-felixaraeidae-scleractinia-cretace Gen. et sp. novValidLöserLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Cárdenas FormationJamaica MexicoA coral belonging to the family Felixaraeidae. The type species is M. caribbiensis.Metaulastraea elaeSp. novValidLöser, Castro & NietoEarly Cretaceous (Albian)SpainA stony coral, a species of Metaulastraea.Mitrodendron ultimusSp. novValidLöser, Castro & NietoEarly Cretaceous (Albian)SpainA stony coral, a species of Mitrodendron.Montipora pandolfiiSp. novValidBromfieldMioceneIndonesiaA stony coral, a species of Montipora.Montipora tereseaSp. novValidBromfieldMiocenePapua New GuineaA stony coral, a species of Montipora.Montipora wilsonaeSp. novValidBromfieldEarly PleistoceneIndonesiaA stony coral, a species of Montipora.Multithecopora fukugakuchiensisShuji Niko Yousuke Ibaraki Jun-ichi Tazawa 2013 Early Carboniferous tabulate corals from the Endothyra Zone of the Omi Limestone, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan Science Reports of Niigata University. (Geology) 28 15–22 10191/22751 Sp. novValidNiko, Ibaraki & TazawaEarly CarboniferousOmi LimestoneJapanA tabulate coral belonging to the order Auloporida and the family Multithecoporidae.Paraacanthogyra hispanicaSp. novValidLöser, Castro & NietoEarly Cretaceous (Albian)SpainA stony coral, a species of Paraacanthogyra.Parnassomeandra steuberiHannes Löser 2013 An Early Albian shallow marine coral fauna from Southern France – insight into evolution and palaeobiogeography of Cretaceous corals Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 93 1 1–43 10.1007/s12549-012-0088-2 2013PdPe...93....1L 129091973 Sp. novValidLöserCretaceous (Albian and CenomanianHannes Löser Thomas Steuber Christian Löser 2018 Early Cenomanian coral faunas from Nea Nikopoli (Kozani, Greece; Cretaceous) Carnets de Géologie 18 3 23–121 10.4267/2042/66094 2018CarGe..18...23L free )France GreeceA stony coral belonging to the superfamily Eugyroidea and the family Eugyridae.Platygyra renemaiSp. novValidBromfieldMiocenePapua New GuineaA stony coral, a species of Platygyra.PleurodendronGen. et sp. novValidLöser, Castro & NietoEarly Cretaceous (Albian)SpainA stony coral belonging to the group Heterocoeniina and the family Elasmocoeniidae. The type species is Pleurodendron prebeticum.Pseudoroemeripora watanabeiShuji Niko 2013 Early Carboniferous tabulate corals from the Hiroshimaphyllum toriyamai zone (late Visean to early Serpukhovian) of the Akiyoshi Limestone Group, Yamaguchi Prefecture Bulletin of the Akiyoshi-dai Museum of Natural History 48 9–13 Sp. novValidNikoEarly CarboniferousAkiyoshi Limestone GroupJapanA tabulate coral.Pseudotimania arcticaSp. novValidChwiedukCarboniferous (Gzhelian) to Permian (Sakmarian)Treskelodden FormationNorwayA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Bothrophyllidae.Pseudotimania borealisSp. novValidChwiedukCarboniferous (Gzhelian) to Permian (Sakmarian)Treskelodden Formation Wordiekammen FormationNorwayA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Bothrophyllidae.Pseudotimania longiseptataSp. novValidChwiedukCarboniferous (Gzhelian) to Permian (Sakmarian)Treskelodden Formation Wordiekammen FormationNorwayA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Bothrophyllidae.Silingastraea valentinaSp. novValidLöser, Castro & NietoEarly Cretaceous (Albian)SpainA stony coral, a species of Silingastraea.Sutherlandia sphaericusShuji Niko Takehiko Haikawa Masayuki Fujikawa 2013 Additional material of tabulate corals from the Millerella yowarensis zone (Serpukhovian, Early Carboniferous) of the Akiyoshi Limestone Group in the Minami-dai area, Yamaguchi Prefecture Bulletin of the Akiyoshi-dai Museum of Natural History 48 15–18 Sp. novValidNiko, Haikawa & FujikawaCarboniferous (Serpukhovian)Akiyoshi Limestone GroupJapanA tabulate coral.Symphyllia densiumSp. novValidBromfieldEarly PleistoceneIndonesiaA stony coral belonging to the family Mussidae.Tschussovskenia borealisSp. novValidChwiedukCarboniferous (Gzhelian)Treskelodden FormationNorwayA rugose coral belonging to the order Stauriida and the family Lithostrotionidae.?Tschussovskenia columellataSp. novValidChwiedukPermian (Sakmarian)Treskelodden FormationNorwayA rugose coral belonging to the order Stauriida and the family Lithostrotionidae.Turbinaria jacksoniSp. novValidBromfieldMioceneFijiA stony coral, a species of Turbinaria.Yakovleviella spitsbergensisSp. novValidChwiedukCarboniferous (Gzhelian) and Permian (Sakmarian)Wordiekammen FormationNorwayA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Aulophyllidae. Arthropods 2013 in arthropod paleontology Bryozoans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAdlatiporaT. Gary Gautier Patrick N. Wyse Jackson Frank K. McKinney 2013 Adlatipora, A Distinctive New Acanthocladiid Bryozoan from the Permian of the Glass Mountains, Texas, U.S.A., and its Bearing on Fenestrate Astogeny and Growth Journal of Paleontology 87 3 444–455 10.1666/12-128.1 2013JPal...87..444G 131394991 Gen. et sp. novValidGautier, Jackson & McKinneyPermianUnited StatesAn acanthocladiid bryozoan. The type species is Adlatipora fossulata.BasyaylellaKamil Zágoršek Dennis P. Gordon 2013 Late Tortonian bryozoans from Mut Basin, Central Anatolian Plateau, southern Turkey Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58 3 595–607 10.4202/app.2011.0100 2013AcPaP..58..595Z 85526190 free Gen. et sp. novValidZágoršek & GordonLate Tortonian Mut BasinTurkeyAn ascophoran bryozoan. Its type species is Basyaylella elsae.Charixa goshouraensisMatthew H. Dick Toshifumi Komatsu Reishi Takashima Andrew N. Ostrovsky 2014 A mid-Cretaceous (Albian–Cenomanian) shell-rubble bryozoan fauna from the Goshoura Group, Kyushu, Japan Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12 4 401–425 10.1080/14772019.2013.765926 2014JSPal..12..401D 84965867 Sp. novValidDick et al.Cretaceous (late Albian or early Cenomanian)JapanA cheilostome bryozoan. Originally described as a species of Charixa; Dick, Sakamoto & Komatsu (2018) transferred this species to the genus Kenocharixa.Matthew H. Dick Chika Sakamoto Toshifumi Komatsu 2018 Cheilostome Bryozoa from the Upper Cretaceous Himenoura Group, Kyushu, Japan Paleontological Research 22 3 239–264 10.2517/2017PR022 2018PalRe..22..239D 134160944 Charixa sagnieriPaul D. Taylor Sebastián Calzada 2013 A new early cheilostome bryozoan from the Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) of Valencia, Spain Batalleria 18 28–31 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280531885 Sp. novValidTaylor & CalzadaEarly Cretaceous (Aptian)SpainA member of Malacostegina belonging to the family Electridae.Conopeum wilsoniEmanuela Di Martino Paul D. Taylor 2013 First bryozoan fauna from a tropical Cretaceous carbonate: Simsima Formation, United Arab Emirates–Oman border region Cretaceous Research 43 80–96 10.1016/j.cretres.2013.02.004 2013CrRes..43...80D Sp. novValidDi Martino & TaylorLate Cretaceous (Late Campanian or Maastrichtian) Simsima FormationUnited Arab Emirates–Oman border regionA species of Conopeum.HaplostoechiosGen. et 2 sp. novValidDick et al.Cretaceous (late Albian or early Cenomanian)JapanA malacostegan. Genus contains two species: H. hayamiae and H. clusum.Heloclema uralicumZ. A. Tolokonnikova 2013 Early Carboniferous bryozoans from the Kodinka section, Middle Urals Paleontological Journal 47 2 147–153 10.1134/S0031030113020159 2013PalJ...47..147T 129765662 Sp. novValidTolokonnikovaEarly Carboniferous RussiaA species of Heloclema.Monoceratopora whybrowiSp. novValidDi Martino & TaylorLate Cretaceous (Late Campanian or Maastrichtian) Simsima FormationUnited Arab Emirates–Oman border regionA species of Monoceratopora.OstrovskiaGen. et sp. novValidZágoršek & GordonLate Tortonian Mut BasinTurkeyAn ascophoran bryozoan. Its type species is Ostrovskia triforamina.Poricellaria sakurkariM. A. Sonar S. G. Gaikwad 2013 Fossil neocheilostomine bryozoans from the Tertiary rocks of western Kachchh, Gujarat Journal of the Geological Society of India 81 5 665–676 10.1007/s12594-013-0088-5 2013JGSI...81..665S 84123145 Sp. novValidSonar & GaikwadEocene (Lutetian) to Miocene (Burdigalian)IndiaA member of Flustrina belonging to the family Poricellariidae.Poricellaria waioriensisSp. novValidSonar & GaikwadEocene (Lutetian) to Miocene (Burdigalian)IndiaA member of Flustrina belonging to the family Poricellariidae.Primorella kodinkensisSp. novValidTolokonnikovaEarly Carboniferous RussiaA species of Primorella.Steginoporella chiplonkariSp. novValidSonar & GaikwadOligocene (Chattian)Maniyara Fort FormationIndiaA member of Flustrina belonging to the family Steginoporellidae.Steginoporella mathuriMohan A. Sonar Sharad G. Gaikwad 2013 Fossil Steginoporellid (Cheilostomata: Neocheilostomina), Bryozoa from the Tertiary sediments of Western Kachchh, Gujarat, India Journal of Earth System Science 122 1 149–161 10.1007/s12040-012-0253-z 2013JESS..122..149S 131516201 free Sp. novValidSonar & GaikwadMiocene (Aquitanian)IndiaA member of Flustrina belonging to the family Steginoporellidae.Steginoporella murachbanensisSp. novValidSonar & GaikwadMiocene (Burdigalian)Chhasara FormationIndiaA member of Flustrina belonging to the family Steginoporellidae.Tyloporella smithiSp. novValidDi Martino & TaylorLate Cretaceous (Late Campanian or Maastrichtian) Simsima FormationUnited Arab Emirates–Oman border regionA species of Tyloporella.Vincularia feddeniSp. novValidSonar & GaikwadEocene (Lutetian) to Miocene (Burdigalian)IndiaA member of Flustrina belonging to the family Vinculariidae.Wilbertopora cheethamiSp. novValidDi Martino & TaylorLate Cretaceous (Late Campanian or Maastrichtian) Simsima FormationUnited Arab Emirates–Oman border regionA species of Wilbertopora. Brachiopods Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAegiromena (Aegiromenella)Subgen. et comb. nov ValidRong et al.Ordovician (Hirnantian and Katian) to Silurian (Aeronian)Kosov Formation Králův Dvůr Formation Panghsa-pye Formation Whittaker FormationCanada China Czech Republic Kazakhstan MyanmarA member of Plectambonitoidea belonging to the family Xenambonitidae. The type species is "Schuchertella" planissima Reed (1915); the subgenus also includes Aegiromena durbenensis Nikitin et al. (1980), "Chonetoidea" obliqua Jin & Chatterton (1997), Aegiromena ultima Havlíček (1967) and Aegiromena urbana Havlíček (1967).AgiroviaJohn Bruce Waterhouse 2013 The evolution and classification of the Productida (Brachiopoda) Earthwise 10 1–535 https://gsnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Shop/Products/Earthwise/Earthwise-10-The-Evolution-and-Classification-of-Productida-Brachiopoda-Part-1.pdf Gen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferousGermanyA member of Productida belonging to the family Buxtoniidae. The type species is "Tolmatchoffia" demaneti Boger & Fiebig (1963)AinimiaJohn Bruce Waterhouse 2013 The evolution and classification of the Productida (Brachiopoda) Earthwise 10 1–535 https://gsnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Shop/Products/Earthwise/Earthwise-10-The-Evolution-and-Classification-of-Productida-Brachiopoda-Part-2.pdf Gen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Guadalupian)Aifat FormationIndonesiaA member of Productida belonging to the family Auriculispinidae. The type species is "Linoproductus" pigrami Archbold (1981).AnamarginatiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Tournaisian)Enga SandstoneAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Buxtoniidae. The type species is "Marginatia" mimica Roberts (1971)Anathyris helmersenioidesTatyana L. Modzalevskaya Fernando Alvarez Maria A. Rzhonsnitskaya 2013 Evolution, migration and biogeography of the plicathyridine brachiopods with a revision of Devonian faunas from the Kuznetsk Basin, Russia Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 44 27–52 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259675740 Sp. novValidRzhonsnitskaya in Modzalevskaya, Alvarez & RzhonsnitskayaDevonian (Frasnian)Kuznetsk BasinRussiaA member of Athyridida belonging to the family Athyrididae.Anathyris strelnaensisSp. novValidRzhonsnitskaya in Modzalevskaya, Alvarez & RzhonsnitskayaDevonian (Frasnian)Kuznetsk BasinRussiaA member of Athyridida belonging to the family Athyrididae.AnidanthiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Sakmarian)Elvinia FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Anidanthidae. The type species is Anidanthus" paucicostatus Waterhouse (1986).Anidanthus perdosusSp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Kungurian)Branxton SubgroupAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Anidanthidae.Anisopleurella asiaticaSp. novValidRong et al.Ordovician (Hirnantian)ChinaA member of Strophomenoidea belonging to the family Sowerbyellidae.AppelinariaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Capitanian)Word FormationUnited States(Texas)A member of Productida belonging to the family Paucispinauriidae. The type species is "Grandaurispina" crassa Cooper & Grant (1975).ArcuatusiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Tournaisian)Banff FormationCanadaA member of Productida belonging to the family Ovatiidae. The type species is Ovatia" prolata Carter (1987).Arenorthis paranaensisJuan L. Benedetto Karen Halpern Julio C. Galeano Inchausti 2013 High-latitude Hirnantian (latest Ordovician) brachiopods from the Eusebio Ayala Formation of Paraguay, Paraná Basin Palaeontology 56 1 61–78 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01158.x 2013Palgy..56...61B free 11336/24986 free Sp. novValidBenedetto, Halpern & InchaustiLate Ordovician (Hirnantian)Eusebio Ayala FormationParaguayA species of Arenorthis.Askepasma saproconchaTimothy P. Topper Lars E. Holmer Christian B. Skovsted Glenn A. Brock Uwe Balthasar Cecilia M. Larsson Sandra Pettersson Stolk David A.T. Harper 2013 The oldest brachiopods from the lower Cambrian of South Australia Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58 1 93–109 http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20110146.html 10.4202/app.2011.0146 2013AcPaP..58...93T 83786139 free sp novValidTopper et al.Lower Cambrian Wirrapowie LimestoneAustraliaA member of Paterinata, a species of Askepasma.AustroboreasGen. et comb. novJunior synonymWaterhouseCarboniferous (Moscovian)Las Salinas FormationArgentina Mongolia RussiaA member of Productida belonging to the family Overtoniidae. The type species is "Lanipustula" kletsi Taboada & Shi (2011); genus also includes "Lanipustula" patagonensis Simanauskas (1996) and species from the Carboniferous of Verkhoyansk (Russia), Mongolia and possibly Europe that were previously referred to Lanipustula. Waterhouse (2018) subsequently considered Austroboreas to be a junior synonym of Levipustula.John Bruce Waterhouse Brachiopods from the Blackie Formation at Peel River 2018 Carboniferous (Visean to Moscovian) brachiopods from the Yukon Territory Earthwise 16 69–145 https://gsnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Shop/Products/Earthwise/Earthwise-16-Carboniferous-Brachiopods-from-Yukon-Territory-Canada.pdf BaikuraliaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Capitanian)RussiaA member of Productida belonging to the family Strophalosiidae. The type species is "Strophalosia" bajkurica Ustritsky in Ustritsky & Chernyak (1963).Balkhasheconcha bamberiSp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Asselian)Jungle Creek FormationCanada(Yukon)A member of Productida belonging to the family Rhamnariidae.BaoshanellaHan-kui Xu 2013 Two new brachiopod genera from the Shihtien Formation (upper Middle Ordovician) of western Yunnan, southwest China Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 52 3 345–351 http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=12&CurRec=7&filename=GSWX201303007&dbname=CJFDHIS2 2018-03-02 2018-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20180303105616/http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=12&CurRec=7&filename=GSWX201303007&dbname=CJFDHIS2 Gen. et sp. novValidXuOrdovician (late Darriwilian)Shihtien FormationChinaA member of Dalmanelloidea belonging to the family Portranellidae. The type species is B. baoshanensis.BellaspinosinaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermianUnited States(Texas)A member of Productida belonging to the family Paucispinauriidae. The type species is "Grandaurispina" bella Cooper & Grant (1975); genus also includes "Grandaurispina" rara Cooper & Grant (1975).BilinospinaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Kungurian)Cathedral Mountain FormationUnited States(Texas)A member of Productida belonging to the family Dictyoclostidae. The type species is "Nudauris" linospina Cooper & Grant (1971).BiseptataA. A. Madison 2013 New brachiopod subfamily Anechophragmiinae (Strophomenida) from the Ordovician of the Leningrad Region Paleontological Journal 47 1 23–35 10.1134/S0031030113010061 2013PalJ...47...23M 84612128 Gen. et sp. novValidMadisonOrdovicianRussiaA member of Strophomenida. The type species is Biseptata briani.BoggabriaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferousNamoi FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Retariidae. The type species is "Antiquatonia" spinulicosta Roberts (1976).CalandisaGen. et sp. novValidWaterhouse & Campbell in WaterhousePermian (Artinskian)Takitimu GroupNew ZealandA member of Productida belonging to the family Anidanthidae. The type species is C. solitarius.Calliprotonia mclareniSp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Asselian)Jungle Creek FormationCanada(Yukon)A member of Productida belonging to the family Echinoconchidae.CalvadoniaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Wuchiapingian)Magnesian LimestoneUnited KingdomA member of Productida belonging to the family Horridoniidae. The type species is "Producta" calva Sowerby (1829).CameronoviaGen. et sp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Roadian)Assistance FormationCanadaA member of Productida belonging to the family Auriculispinidae. The type species is C. milleri.CampbelliconchaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Viséan)AustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Rhamnariidae. The type species is "Waagenoconcha" delicatula Campbell (1956).ChhidrusiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Wuchiapingian)Chhidru FormationPakistanA member of Productida belonging to the family Schrenkiellidae. The type species is "Productus (Linoproductus)) simensis" abrupta Reed (1944).ChunanellaJiayu Rong Bing Huang Ren-Bin Zhan David A.T. Harper 2013 Latest Ordovician and earliest Silurian brachiopods succeeding the Hirnantia fauna in South-east China Special Papers in Palaeontology 90 1–142 10.1111/pala.12056 4 July 2025 Gen. et sp. novValidRong et al.Silurian (Rhuddanian)Anji FormationChinaA member of Enteletoidea belonging to the family Schizophoriidae. The type species is C. chunanensis.CiliciumiaGen. et sp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Wuchiapingian)Armenia India IranA member of Productida belonging to the family Costispiniferidae. The type species is C. cilicia.ComaguniaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferousWindsor GroupCanada(Nova Scotia)A member of Productida belonging to the family Paucispinauriidae. The type species is "Productus" lyelli Verneuil in Lyell (1845); genus also includes "Productus" dawsoni Beede (1911).CommarginaliaGen. et sp. et comb. novValidWaterhouse & Nazer in WaterhouseCarboniferous and PermianEttrain FormationAustralia Canada Mongolia RussiaA member of Productida belonging to the family Paucispinauriidae. The type species is C. yukonensis; genus also includes "Platycancrinella" kletsi Waterhouse (2010) and "Costatumulus" sidorkini Manankov (2004).CooperinoidesGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Asselian)Neal Ranch FormationUnited States(Texas)A member of Productida belonging to the family Cooperinidae. The type species is "Cooperina" triangulata Cooper & Grant (1975).CornumukiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Roadian)Rat Buri LimestoneThailandA member of Productida belonging to the family Paucispiniferidae. The type species is Kozlowskia" cornuta Grant (1976).CoronatoniaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Viséan)United KingdomA member of Productida belonging to the family Buxtoniidae. The type species is "Kochiproductus" coronus Shiells (1968)CostacondraiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferousUnited States(Nebraska)A member of Productida belonging to the family Retariidae. The type species is "Dictyoclostus portlockianus" crassicostatus Dunbar & Condra (1932).CostadoniaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseDevonian (Famennian)Myrtlevale FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Leioproductidae. The type species is "Mesoplica" hillae McKellar (1970).CostaglobusGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Viséan)Copeland Road FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Dictyoclostidae. The type species is "Inflatia" engeli Roberts (1976).CostatoniaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseDevonian (Emsian)Delorme FormationCanada(Yukon)A member of Productida belonging to the family Productellidae. The type species is "Chattertonia" mackenzia Perry (1984).Costatumulus ganeliniSp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Kungurian)RussiaA member of Productida belonging to the family Auriculispinidae.CostavoniaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Tournaisian)Banff FormationCanadaA member of Productida belonging to the family Avoniidae. The type species is "Productus" minnewankensis Shimer (1926).CrassispinosellaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Asselian)Glencoe FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Strophalosiidae. The type species is "Strophalosia" subcircularis Clarke (1969).DawesioniaGen. et sp. novValidWaterhouseDevonian (Famennian)AustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Proboscidellidae. The type species is D. milkmani.Deliella delicatulaSp. novValidRong et al.Silurian (Rhuddanian)ChinaA member of the family Craniidae.DisparatiaGen. et sp. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferousCanyon Fiord FormationCanada(Nunavut)A member of Productida belonging to the family Marginiferidae. The type species is D. nassichuki.Dolerorthis multicostellataSp. novValidRong et al.Silurian (Rhuddanian)ChinaA member of Orthoidea belonging to the family Hesperorthidae.DonakoviaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Viséan)RussiaA member of Productida belonging to the family Proboscidellidae. The type species is "Ovatia" markovskii Donakova (1975).DzhiremuliaGen. et sp. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermianAssistance FormationCanada(Nunavut) MongoliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Yakovleviidae. The type species is D. conlustratus; genus also includes "Yakovlevia" dzhiremulensis Manakov (1998).ElucidateaGen. et sp. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Moscovian)Khao Luak FormationThailandA member of Productida belonging to the family Yakovleviidae. The type species is E. peterormus.EngasiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Tournaisian)Enga FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Leioproductidae. The type species is "Magnumbonella" prolata Roberts (1971).EngellinusGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferousFaulkland FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Paucispinauriidae. The type species is "Linoproductus (Balakhonia)" rawdonvalensis Peou & Engel (1979); genus also includes "Linoproductus (Linoproductus)" kerripitensis Peou & Engel (1979).EomarginiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Viséan)AustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Paucispiniferidae. The type species is Eomarginifera" megalotis Roberts (1976).Eopholidostrophia (Megapholidostrophia)Subgen. et sp. nov ValidRong et al.Silurian (Rhuddanian), possibly also Ordovician (Katian)Anji FormationChina United Kingdom?A member of Strophomenoidea belonging to the family Eopholidostrophiidae. The type species is Eopholidostrophia (Megapholidostrophia) magnifica; the subgenus might also include Eopholidostrophia mediocostalis (Reed, 1905).Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) boucotiSp. novValidRong et al.Silurian (Rhuddanian)ChinaA member of Strophomenoidea belonging to the family Sowerbyellidae.Eospirifer (Eospirifer) eosinensisSp. nov ValidRong et al.Silurian (Rhuddanian)ChinaA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Eospiriferidae.Eospirifer ghobadiaeLeonid E. Popov Robin M. Cocks 2013 The radiation of early Silurian spiriferide brachiopods, with new taxa from the Llandovery of Iran Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 37 4 558–564 10.1080/03115518.2013.828254 2013Alch...37..558P 129091057 Sp. novValidPopov & CocksSilurian (Aeronian)IranA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Eospiriferidae.Eospirifer (Protospirifer)Subgen. nov ValidRong et al.Ordovician (Katian and Hirnantian)Changwu Formation Arndell Sandstone?China Australia?A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Eospiriferidae. The type species is Eospirifer praecursor Rong, Zhan & Han (1994).Epitomyonia subquadrataSp. novValidRong et al.Silurian (Rhuddanian)ChinaA member of Dalmanelloidea belonging to the family Dicoelosiidae.Fardenia (Fardenia) flexaSp. novValidRong et al.Silurian (Rhuddanian)ChinaA member of Orthotetida belonging to the family Chilidiopsidae.FimbrianalosiaGen. et comb. et sp. novValidWaterhousePermianBap FormationCanada(Yukon) IndiaA member of Productida belonging to the family Strophalosiidae. The type species is "Strophalosia" perfecta Waterhouse & Rao (1989); genus also includes new species F. ettrainensis Nazer & Waterhouse.FimbrininiaGen. et sp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Asselian)Jungle Creek FormationCanada(Yukon)A member of Productida belonging to the family Overtoniidae. The type species is F. spinosa.FimbrinusiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferousHare Fiord FormationCanada(Nunavut)A member of Productida belonging to the family Overtoniidae. The type species is "Fimbrinia" borealis Carter & Poletaev (1998).FortispinalosiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferousWarsaw FormationUnited States(Missouri)A member of Productida belonging to the family Strophalosiidae. The type species is "Strophalosia" fortispinosa Hinchey & Ray (1935).GadikaoGen. et comb. novDisputedWaterhousePermian (Kungurian)Gadikao FormationChinaA member of Productida belonging to the family Marginiferidae. The type species is "Spinomarginifera" concentrica He & Shi (2008). Considered to be a junior synonym of the genus Paraplicatifera by Shen et al. (2017).Shuzhong Shen Yugan Jin Yan Zhang Elizabeth A. Weldon 2017 Permian brachiopod genera on type species of China Jiayu Rong Yugan Jin Shuzhong Shen Renbin Zhan Phanerozoic brachiopod genera of China Beijing Science Press 651–881 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321962248 Gemmarcula bueraiSebastián Calzada Lluis Mª Maza Eduvigis Moreno 2013 Gemmarcula buerai n. sp. (Brachiopoda, Aptiense) Batalleria 18 37–40 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280531915 Sp. novValidCalzada, Maza & MorenoEarly Cretaceous (Aptian)SpainA member of the family Dallinidae.GeniculatusiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Wuchiapingian)IndiaA member of Productida belonging to the family Rhamnariidae. The type species is "Productus" gangeticus Diener (1897).GilmoriaGen. et sp. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferousGilmore LimestoneUnited States(Iowa)A member of Productida belonging to the family Ovatiidae. The type species is G. gilmorensis.GlabauriellaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermianUnited States(Texas)A member of Productida belonging to the family Paucispiniferidae. The type species is Paucispinifera" quadrata Cooper & Grant (1975).GlabrispinusGen. et comb. et sp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Kungurian)United States(Texas)A member of Productida belonging to the family Waagenoconchidae. The type species is "Kochiproductus" elongatus Cooper & Grant (1975); genus also includes new species G. kingi.GlobicorrugataGen. et 2 sp. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferousKazakhstan United KingdomA member of Productida belonging to the family Paucispinauriidae. The type species is G. settlensis; genus also includes G. inflata.GranteviaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermianUnited States(Texas)A member of Productida belonging to the family Linoproductidae. The type species is "Linoproductus" semisulcatus Cooper & Grant (1975).HarkeriaGen. et sp. novJunior homonymWaterhousePermianAssistance FormationCanada(Nunavut)A member of Productida belonging to the family Yakovleviidae. The type species is H. studiosus. The generic name is preoccupied by Harkeria Cameron (1900).Hesperorthis orientalisSp. novValidRong et al.Silurian (Rhuddanian)ChinaA member of Orthoidea belonging to the family Hesperorthidae.Horridonia grandisSp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Capitanian)Trold Fiord FormationCanada(Nunavut)A member of Productida belonging to the family Horridoniidae.HuaitakiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Changhsingian)Huai Tak FormationThailandA member of Productida belonging to the family Institellidae. The type species is Glyptosteges" percostatus Waterhouse (1983).IgniculusGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Viséan)Windsor GroupCanada(Nova Scotia)A member of Productida belonging to the family Ovatiidae. The type species is Productus (Linoproductus)" semicubiculus Bell (1929).InflatusiaGen. et sp. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Gzhelian)Jungle Creek FormationCanada(Yukon)A member of Productida belonging to the family Horridoniidae. The type species is I. ogilviensis.IranospiriferGen. et sp. novValidPopov & CocksSilurian (Aeronian)Qarabil LimestoneIranA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Hedeinopsidae. The type species is I. qarabilensis.JinyuganiaGen. et comb. novDisputedWaterhousePermianChinaA member of Productida belonging to the family Aulostegidae. The type species is "Strophalosia" poyangensis Kayser (1883); genus also includes "Edriosteges" acuminatus Liao (1980) and "Aulosteges" subplicatilis Frech (1911). Considered to be a junior synonym of the genus Edriosteges by Shen et al. (2017).Karadagella szenteiAttila Vörös 2013 Late Jurassic–earliest Cretaceous brachiopods from the Gerecse and Pilis Mountains (Hungary) István Főzy Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous fauna, biostratigraphy, facies and deformation history of the carbonate formations in the Gerecse and Pilis Mountains (Transdanubian Range, Hungary) 377–408 Főzy István 978-963-306-230-2 Sp. novValidVörösLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)HungaryKatastrophomena zheganensisSp. novValidRong et al.Silurian (Rhuddanian)ChinaA member of Strophomenoidea belonging to the family Strophomenidae.Kochiproductus (Kochiproductus) imperiosusSp. novValidWaterhousePermianJungle Creek FormationCanada(Yukon)A member of Productida belonging to the family Buxtoniidae.KoyaonoiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Sakmarian)Ko Yao Noi FormationThailandA member of Productida belonging to the family Rhamnariidae. The type species is "Juresania" dissimilis Waterhouse (1981).KwantoviaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Viséan)JapanA member of Productida belonging to the family Institellidae. The type species is Rugicostella" sakagamii Yanagida (1973).Leptagonia? lakhalensisMansoureh Ghobadi Pour Leonid E. Popov Mehri Hosseini Artabaz Adhamian Mehdi Yazdi 2013 Late Devonian (Frasnian) trilobites and brachiopods from the Soh area, Central Iran Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 44 149–158 https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=347973294261761;res=IELNZC Sp. novValidPopov in Ghobadi Pour et al.Devonian (Frasnian)IranA member of Strophomenida belonging to the group Strophomenoidea and the family Rafinesquinidae.LiaozhuotingiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermianChinaA member of Productida; originally assigned to the family Paucispinauriidae, subsequently transferred to the family Monticuliferidae. The type species is "Cancrinella" pseudotruncata Ustritsky (1960).LineabispinaGen. et sp. novValidWaterhousePermianAssistance FormationCanada(Nunavut)A member of Productida belonging to the family Gigantoproductidae. The type species is L. ellesmerensis.LineacrassusGen. et sp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Asselian)Jungle Creek FormationCanada(Yukon)A member of Productida belonging to the family Linoproductidae. The type species is L. inflatus.LineaproductusGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferousBelgium Germany Ireland United KingdomA member of Productida belonging to the family Linoproductidae. The type species is "Productus" corrugatus M'Coy (1844).LineatinaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Wuchiapingian)Wargal FormationPakistanA member of Productida belonging to the family Linoproductidae. The type species is "Productus" lineatus Waagen (1884); genus also includes "Productus (Linoproductus) cora" var. superba Reed (1944).LiniunusGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Roadian)Rat Buri LimestoneThailandA member of Productida belonging to the family Linoproductidae. The type species is "Linoproductus" kaseti Grant (1976).MasitoshiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Wordian)Bera FormationMalaysiaA member of Productida belonging to the family Auriculispinidae. The type species is "Permundaria" perplexa Sone & Leman (2005).MaxwellosiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Artinskian)Wallaby FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Dasyalosiidae. The type species is "Strophalasia jukesi" concava Maxwell (1954).MckellarosiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseDevonian (Famennian)AustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Chonopectidae. The type species is "Strophoproductus" rugosus McKellar (1970).MenathyrisHoward R. Feldman 2013 Menathyris wilsoni (Brachiopoda), new genus and species from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of southern Israel Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 83 2 81–85 http://www.asgp.pl/sites/default/files/volumes/83_2_081_085.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidFeldmanMiddle Triassic (early Ladinian)Saharonim FormationIsraelA zeilleriid terebratulid. The type species is Menathyris wilsoni.Mendacella mutabilisSp. novValidRong et al.Silurian (Rhuddanian)ChinaA member of Dalmanelloidea belonging to the family Rhipidomellidae.MinisaeptosaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermianUnited States(Texas)A member of Productida belonging to the family Rhamnariidae. The type species is "Rhamnaria" tenuispinosa Cooper & Grant (1975).MinisculinellaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferousBelgiumA member of Productida belonging to the family Paucispinauriidae. The type species is "Productus" undiferus Koninck (1846).MyrtlevaliaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseDevonian (Famennian)Myrtlevale FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Dasyalosiidae. The type species is "Acanthatia" fragilis McKellar (1970).NahannilusiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseDevonian (Eifelian)Funeral FormationCanada(Northwest Territories)A member of Productida belonging to the family Productellidae. The type species is "Spinulicosta" prima Chatterton & Perry (1978).NalivkininiusGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseDevonian (Famennian)RussiaA member of Productida belonging to the family Productellidae. The type species is "Nigerinoplica" nalivkini Pushkin in Lazarev & Pushkin (1986).NasutusiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Capitanian)United States(Texas)A member of Productida belonging to the family Retariidae. The type species is "Productus semireticulatus" var. capitanensis Girty (1909)NazeriproductusGen. et sp. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Kasimovian)Ettrain FormationCanada(Yukon)A member of Productida belonging to the family Retariidae. The type species is N. nazeri.NempemarginiferaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Wuchiapingian)Armenia India IranA member of Productida belonging to the family Costispiniferidae. The type species is "Productus" spinosocostatus Abich (1878); genus also includes "Productus" helicus Abich (1878).Neochonetes (Huangichonetes) archboldiYang Zhang Wei-Hong He G.R. Shi Ke-Xin Zhang 2013 A new Changhsingian (Late Permian) Rugosochonetidae (Brachiopoda) fauna from the Zhongzhai section, southwestern Guizhou Province, South China Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 37 2 223–247 10.1080/03115518.2013.738381 2013Alch...37..223Z 128459783 Sp. novValidZhang et al.Late Permian (Changhsingian)ChinaA member of Rugosochonetidae, a species of Neochonetes.Neochonetes semicircularisSp. novValidZhang et al.Late Permian (Changhsingian)ChinaA member of Rugosochonetidae, a species of Neochonetes.Neochonetes (Sommeriella) rectangularisSp. novValidZhang et al.Late Permian (Changhsingian)ChinaA member of Rugosochonetidae, a species of Neochonetes.Neochonetes (Sommeriella) waterhouseiSp. novValidZhang et al.Late Permian (Changhsingian)ChinaA member of Rugosochonetidae, a species of Neochonetes.Notoconchidium argentiumAnthony J. Wright Michael J. Garratt 2013 Morphology and taxonomy of the late Silurian rhynchonellide brachiopod Notoconchidium Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 44 191–207 https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=348010560204277;res=IELNZC Sp. novValidWright & GarrattLate SilurianFlorence Quartzite Mount Ida FormationAustraliaA member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Hebetoechiidae.Notoconchidium talentiSp. novValidWright & GarrattLate SilurianMount Ida FormationAustraliaA member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Hebetoechiidae.OchyromenaRenbin Zhan Jisuo Jin Jiayu Rong Yan Liang 2013 The earliest known strophomenoids (Brachiopoda) from early Middle Ordovician rocks Of South China Palaeontology 56 5 1121–1148 10.1111/pala.12039 2013Palgy..56.1121R free Gen. et sp. novValidZhan et al.Ordovician (Dapingian)Daguanshan FormationChinaA member of Strophomenoidea belonging to the family Strophomenidae. The type species is O. plana.OdonovaniaGen. et sp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Changhsingian)Marsyangdi FormationNepalA member of Productida belonging to the family Paucispiniferidae. The type species is O. dorsospinosa.OpipariaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Roadian)Rat Buri LimestoneThailandA member of Productida belonging to the family Paucispiniferidae. The type species is Kozlowskia" opipara Grant (1976).Paralenorthis costataRenbin Zhan David A. T. Harper Jisuo Jin Yan Liang Jianbo Liu Lars Stemmerik Svend Stouge 2013 Middle Ordovician Aporthophyla brachiopod fauna from the roof of the World, southern Tibet Palaeontology 57 1 141–170 10.1111/pala.12058 129585430 free Sp. novValidZhan et al.Ordovician (Darriwilian)Chiatsun GroupChinaA member of the family Orthidae.ParasentosiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Tournaisian)Glen Park FormationUnited States(Illinois)A member of Productida belonging to the family Sentosiidae. The type species is "Sentosia" ignota Carter (1988).ParvuliellaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Capitanian)RussiaA member of Productida belonging to group Lyttoniidina and the family Loczyellidae. The type species is Loczyella" parvula Licharew (1930).PatellamiaGen. et 2 sp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Capitanian)Trold Fiord FormationCanadaA member of Productida belonging to the family Waagenoconchidae. The type species is P. confinis; genus also includes P. sulcata.PiyasiniaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Changhsingian)Huai Tak FormationThailandA member of Productida belonging to the family Costispiniferidae. The type species is "Spinomarginifera" plana Waterhouse (1983)Plectothyrella? itacurubiensisSp. novValidBenedetto, Halpern & InchaustiLate Ordovician (Hirnantian)Eusebio Ayala FormationParaguayPossibly a species of Plectothyrella.PlicosentosiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseDevonian (Famennian)Myrtlevale FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Sentosiidae. The type species is "Sentosia" plicata McKellar (1970).PraelaminatiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseDevonian (Famennian)Myrtlevale FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Echinoconchidae. The type species is "Laminatia" jacki McKellar (1970).PraeschrenkiellaGen. et 2 sp. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Gzhelian)Jungle Creek FormationCanada(Yukon)A member of Productida belonging to the family Schrenkiellidae. The type species is P. waddingtonae; genus also includes P. costata.PrimotimenaGen. et sp. novValidZhan et al.Ordovician (Dapingian)Daguanshan FormationChinaA member of Strophomenoidea belonging to the family Glyptomenidae. The type species is P. globula.ProclinorthisJorge Colmenar Enrique Villas Daniel Vizcaïno 2013 Upper Ordovician brachiopods from the Montagne Noire (France): endemic Gondwanan predecessors of Prehirnantian low-latitude immigrants Bulletin of Geosciences 88 1 153–174 10.3140/bull.geosci.1352 free Gen. et sp. novValidColmenar, Villas & VizcaïnoLate Ordovician Glauzy FormationFranceA platyorthid. The type species is Proclinorthis vailhanensis.ProteusiellaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseDevonian (Famennian)AustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Productellidae. The type species is "Avonia" proteus Veevers (1959).Pseudocrania insperataMichael G. Bassett Mansoureh Ghobadi Pour Leonid E. Popov Mohammad-Reza Kebria-ee Zadeh 2013 First report of craniide brachiopods in the Palaeozoic of Iran (Pseudocrania, Ordovician), and Early to Mid-Ordovician biogeography of the Craniida Palaeontology 56 1 209–216 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01186.x 2013Palgy..56..209B 140185763 Sp. novValidBassett et al.Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian)Lashkarak FormationIranA member of Craniida, a species of Pseudocrania.PupiaoiaGen. et sp. novValidXuOrdovician (late Darriwilian)Shihtien FormationChinaA member of Orthoidea belonging to the new family Pupiaoiidae. The type species is P. pupiaoensis.PutapustulaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Tournaisian)Bingleburra FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Waagenoconchidae. The type species is "Pustula" multispinata Roberts (1963).PutusiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferousSt. Joe FormationCanada(Alberta) United States(Oklahoma)A member of Productida belonging to the family Waagenoconchidae. The type species is "Pustula" oklahomae Carter (1999); genus also includes "Pustula" morrocreekensis Carter (1987).QuadralosiaGen. et sp. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferousHart River FormationCanada(Yukon)A member of Productida belonging to the family Chonopectidae. The type species is Q. delicata.QuasimingenewiaGen. et sp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Changhsingian)Manang GroupNepalA member of Productida belonging to the family Ctenalosiidae. The type species is Q. imperator.QuospinaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Viséan)AustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Paucispiniferidae. The type species is Productina" morrisi Roberts (1976).RamaliconchaGen. et 2 sp. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Gzhelian) to Permian (Sakmarian)Jungle Creek FormationCanada(Yukon)A member of Productida belonging to the family Rhamnariidae. The type species is R. bitteri; genus also includes R. guryulensis from Kashmir.RangariaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Tournaisian)Rangari LimestoneAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Araksalosiidae. The type species is "Acanthatia" rangariensis Campbell & Engel (1963).RepiniaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Capitanian)RussiaA member of Productida belonging to the family Stepanoviellidae. The type species is "Cancrinella" repini Zavodowsky (1960).RetiarisiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Tournaisian)AustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Dictyoclostidae. The type species is "Dictyoclostus" simplex Campbell (1957); genus also includes "Dictyoclostus" paradoxus Campbell (1957).Reticulatia oldershawiSp. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Gzhelian)Jungle Creek FormationCanada(Nunavut)A member of Productida belonging to the family Retariidae.ReticulumiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Bashkirian)Branch Creek FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Dictyoclostidae. The type species is "Reticulatia" cinctifera Roberts (1976).RobertsinaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Viséan)Bennington SiltstoneAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Retariidae. The type species is "Marginatia" patersonensis Roberts (1965).RuganiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermianUnited States(Texas)A member of Productida belonging to the family Paucispinauriidae. The type species is "Cancrinella" subquadrata Cooper & Grant (1975).SangredoniaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferousLa Pasad FormationUnited States(New Mexico)A member of Productida belonging to the family Horridoniidae. The type species is "Horridonia" daltonensis Sutherland & Harlow (1973).SapelnikoviellaRobert B. Blodgett Arthur J. Boucot Valeryi V. Baranov David M. Rohr 2013 Sapelnikoviella santuccii, a new gypidulinid brachiopod genus and species from the upper Silurian of Glacier Bay national park and preserve, Southeast Alaska Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 44 65–72 https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=347842863462953;res=IELNZC Gen. et sp. novValidBlodgett et al.Silurian (Ludlow)United StatesA gypidulinid brachiopod. Genus includes new species S. santuccii.SartenaeriaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Viséan)BelgiumA member of Productida belonging to the family Proboscidellidae. The type species is "Productus" koninckianus Verneuil (1845).SeptumusiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Wuchiapingian)Wargal FormationPakistanA member of Productida belonging to the family Echinoconchidae. The type species is "Productus (Tschernyschewia)" vicinalis Reed (1944).ShuangheellaGen. et sp. novValidZhan et al.Ordovician (Dapingian)Daguanshan FormationChinaA member of Strophomenoidea belonging to the family Rafinesquinidae. The type species is S. elongata.ShumardoriaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Capitanian)Capitan FormationUnited States(New Mexico)A member of Productida belonging to the family Rhamnariidae. The type species is "Aulosteges" guadalupensis Shumard (1860).SierradiabloaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Artinskian)Bone Spring FormationUnited States(Texas)A member of Productida belonging to the family Tschernyschewiidae. The type species is "Tschernyschewia" americana Cooper & Grant (1975).SphenopeAttila Vörös 2013 Sphenope, a new genus of Pygopidae (Terebratulida, Brachiopoda) from the Mediterranean Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 30 1–14 http://publication.nhmus.hu/fragpaleo/cikkreszletes.php?idhoz=4827 Gen. et comb. et sp. novValidVörösLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (Tithonian to Berriasian)Hungary ItalyA pygopid terebratulid. A new genus for "Terebratula" misilmerensis Gemmellaro (1871); genus also contains the new species Sphenope bifida.SpinauriculaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseDevonian (Famennian)Myrtlevale FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Sentosiidae. The type species is "Sentosia" profunda McKellar (1970).SpinellicostaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseDevonian (Famennian)Myrtlevale FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Productellidae. The type species is "Spinulicosta" dotswoodae McKellar (1970).StainbrookiaGen. et comb. novJunior homonymWaterhouseCarboniferous (Mississippian)Aplington FormationUnited States(Iowa)A member of Productida belonging to the family Caucasiproductidae. The type species is "Strophalosia" butlerensis Stainbrook (1950). The generic name is preoccupied by Stainbrookia Cooper & Dubro (1982).StrophalosiariaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Asselian)Kansas Creek FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Strophalosiidae. The type species is "Strophalosia" concentrica Clarke (1990).Sulcatospira simplexSp. novValidRong et al.Silurian (Rhuddanian)ChinaA member of Atrypida belonging to the family Atrypidae.SutherlandikaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferousLa Pasada FormationUnited States(New Mexico)A member of Productida belonging to the family Paucispiniferidae. The type species is Kozlowskia" montgomeryi Sutherland & Harlow (1973).TaboadaiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Viséan)San Eduardo FormationArgentinaA member of Productida belonging to the family Overtoniidae. The type species is "Absenticosta" bruntoneileenae Taboada & Shi (2011).TapajosiaGen. et comb. novJunior homonymWaterhouseCarboniferous (Bashkirian)Itaituba FormationBrazilA member of Productida belonging to the family Linoproductidae. The type species is "Linoproductus" caima Chen, Tazawa & Shi in Chen et al. (2004). The generic name is preoccupied by Tapajosia Townsend (1934).Tethyochonetes cheniSp. novValidZhang et al.Late Permian (Changhsingian)ChinaA member of Rugosochonetidae, a species of Tethyochonetes.Tethyochonetes sheniSp. novValidZhang et al.Late Permian (Changhsingian)ChinaA member of Rugosochonetidae, a species of Tethyochonetes.TitanisiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Kungurian)Skinner Ranch FormationUnited States(Texas)A member of Productida belonging to the family Scacchinellidae. The type species is "Scacchinella" titan Cooper & Grant (1975).Tityrophoria zimmermaniSp. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Gzhelian)Jungle Creek FormationCanada(Yukon)A member of Productida belonging to the family Dictyoclostidae.TortilisiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferousIreland United KingdomA member of Productida belonging to the family Proboscidellidae. The type species is "Producta" tortilis M'Coy (1844).Tubersulcus reidiSp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Asselian)Jungle Creek FormationCanada(Yukon)A member of Productida belonging to the family Sentosiidae.UmariaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Sakmarian)Umaria Coal MeasuresIndiaA member of Productida belonging to the family Auriculispinidae. The type species is "Productus" umariensis Reed (1928).VagareaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Kungurian)Cathedral Mountain FormationUnited States(Texas)A member of Productida belonging to the family Paucispinauriidae. The type species is "Grandaurispina" vaga Cooper & Grant (1975).WaggononiaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Tournaisian)AustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the family Avoniidae. The type species is "Protoniella" waggonensis Roberts (1971).YacotaniaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Asselian)Copacabana FormationBoliviaA member of Productida belonging to the family Dictyoclostidae. The type species is "Reticulatia" globosa Samtleben (1971).YanagidaniaGen. et comb. novValidWaterhouseCarboniferous (Moscovian)Khao Luak bedsThailandA member of Productida belonging to the family Paucispiniferidae. The type species is "Desmoinesia" prayongi Yanagida (1975).YuhangellaGen. et sp. nov ValidRong et al.Ordovician (Hirnantian) and Silurian (Rhuddanian)Anji Formation Yankou FormationChinaA member of Dalmanelloidea belonging to the family Dalmanellidae. The type species is Y. yui. Molluscs 2013 in molluscan paleontology Echinoderms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAbertella miskellyiAndreas Kroh Rich Mooi Claudia Del Río Christian Neumann 2013 A new late Cenozoic species of Abertella (Echinoidea: Clypeasteroida) from Patagonia Zootaxa 3608 5 369–378 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03608p378.pdf 10.11646/zootaxa.3608.5.5 24614477 11336/8594 31397132 Sp. nov ValidKroh et al.MioceneCamarones FormationArgentinaAn abertellid sand dollar, a species of Abertella.AlternacanthaBen Thuy Christian A. Meyer 2013 The pitfalls of extrapolating modern depth ranges to fossil assemblages: new insights from Middle Jurassic brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Switzerland Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 132 1 5–21 10.1007/s13358-012-0048-5 2013SwJP..132....5T 129519447 free Gen. et 4 sp. novValidThuy & MeyerJurassic (Toarcian to Kimmeridgian)Chari FormationFrance India Switzerland Morocco?An ophiacanthid brittle star. The type species is Alternacantha occulta; genus also includes A. schwermannorum, A. arges and A. dilionessa.AragocystitesSamuel Zamora 2013 Morphology and phylogenetic interpretation of a new Cambrian edrioasteroid (Echinodermata) from Spain Palaeontology 56 2 421–431 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01209.x 2013Palgy..56..421Z free Gen. et sp. nov ValidZamoraMiddle CambrianMurero FormationSpainAn edrioasteroid. The type species is Aragocystites belli.BathyovulasterAndrew B. Smith 2013 Geological history of bathyal echinoid faunas, with a new genus from the late Cretaceous of Italy Geological Magazine 150 1 177–182 10.1017/S0016756812000738 2013GeoM..150..177S free Gen. et sp. nov ValidSmithSantonianItalyA spatangoid. The type species is Bathyovulaster disjunctus.BellastrellaPeter Müller Gerhard Hahn Jan Bohatý 2013 Agelacrinitid Edrioasteroidea (Echinodermata) from the Middle Devonian of the Eifel (Rhenish Massif, Germany) Paläontologische Zeitschrift 87 4 455–472 10.1007/s12542-013-0170-8 2013PalZ...87..455M 128890606 Gen. et sp. nov ValidMüller, Hahn and BohatýMiddle DevonianGermanyAn agelacrinitid edrioasteroid. The type species is Bellastrella eifeliana.Ctenocrinus branisaiJeffrey R. Thompson William I. Ausich Legrand Smith 2013 Echinoderms from the Lower Devonian (Emsian) of Bolivia (Malvinokaffric Realm) Journal of Paleontology 87 1 166–175 10.1666/12-068R.1 2013JPal...87..166T 130529886 Sp. nov ValidThompson, Ausich & SmithEarly Devonian (Emsian)Belèn FormationBoliviaA crinoid, a species of Ctenocrinus.Cyclolampas altusThomas Saucede Alain Bonnot Didier Marchand Philippe Courville 2013 A Revision of the Rare Genus Cyclolampas (Echinoidea) Using Morphometrics with Description of a New Species from the Upper Callovian of Burgundy (France) Journal of Paleontology 87 1 105–122 10.1666/12-015R.1 2013JPal...87..105S 131445283 Sp. nov ValidSaucede et al.Middle Jurassic (late Callovian)FranceAn echinoid, a species of Cyclolampas.DermacanthaGen. et 3 sp. et comb. novValidThuyJurassic (Hettangian to Kimmeridgian)Belgium France Germany Luxembourg United KingdomA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is D. leonorae; genus also includes new species D. pattyana and D. carli, as well as "Ophiocten" seeweni Kutscher & Hary (1991).Dermocoma faberiSp. novValidThuyEarly Jurassic (Hettangian)Belgium LuxembourgA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Dermocoma longwyensisSp. novValidThuyMiddle Jurassic (Bajocian)FranceA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Dermocoma numbergerorumSp. novValidThuyLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)FranceA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Dermocoma pottiSp. novValidThuyEarly Jurassic (Pliensbachian)FranceA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Dermocoma simonschneideriSp. novValidThuyLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)Amaral Formation La Pointe du ChayFrance PortugalA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.EolaxoporusBen Thuy 2013 Temporary expansion to shelf depths rather than an onshore-offshore trend: the shallow-water rise and demise of the modern deep-sea brittle star family Ophiacanthidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) European Journal of Taxonomy 48 1–242 10.5852/ejt.2013.48 free Gen. et 2 sp. novValidThuy Triassic (Anisian and Carnian) and Early Jurassic (late Sinemurian to early Pliensbachian)Cassian Formation Hanwang Formation Trochitenkalk FormationAustria China Germany ItalyA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is E. hagdorni; genus also includes E. imminens.EozonellaBen Thuy Daniel Marty Gaël Comment 2013 A remarkable example of a Late Jurassic shallow-water ophiuroid assemblage from the Swiss Jura Mountains Swiss Journal of Geosciences 106 2 409–426 10.1007/s00015-013-0133-9 140173605 free 2013SwJG..106..409T Gen. et sp. nov ValidThuy, Marty & CommentLate Jurassic (late Oxfordian)SwitzerlandAn ophiolepidid brittle star. The type species is Eozonella bergeri.EuropacanthaGen. et sp. novValidThuyMiddle Triassic (Anisian)Felsöörs FormationHungaryA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is E. paciphila.GeromuraGen. et 2 sp. novValidThuy Middle Jurassic (Bajocian-Bathonian boundary) to Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)Austria FranceA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is G. teckliformis; genus also includes G. touertensis.GraciacystisSamuel Zamora Imran A. Rahman Andrew B. Smith 2013 The ontogeny of cinctans (stem-group Echinodermata) as revealed by a new genus, Graciacystis, from the middle Cambrian of Spain Palaeontology 56 2 399–410 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01207.x 2013Palgy..56..399Z 1983/74b0b51b-f304-41db-8b38-8e5896834a4d 83513728 https://research-information.bristol.ac.uk/en/publications/the-ontogeny-of-cinctans-stemgroup-echinodermata-as-revealed-by-a-new-genus-graciacystis-from-the-middle-cambrian-of-spain(74b0b51b-f304-41db-8b38-8e5896834a4d).html free Gen. et sp. nov ValidZamora, Rahman & SmithMiddle CambrianSpainA basal cinctan echinoderm. The type species is Graciacystis ambigua.Griphocrinus pirovanoiSp. nov ValidThompson, Ausich & SmithEarly Devonian (Emsian)Icla FormationBoliviaA crinoid, a species of Griphocrinus.HanshessiaGen. et sp. nov ValidThuy & MeyerEarly and Middle JurassicChari FormationAustria France Germany India SwitzerlandAn ophiacanthid brittle star. The type species is Hanshessia trochitophila.Inexpectacantha ritaeSp. novValidThuyEarly Jurassic (Hettangian)Belgium LuxembourgA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Inexpectacantha weisiSp. novValidThuyEarly Jurassic (Hettangian to Sinemurian)Belgium LuxembourgA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.IshidacanthaGen. et comb. et 2 sp. novValidThuyJurassic (Toarcian to Oxfordian)Chari FormationFrance Germany IndiaA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is "Ophiopholis" trispinosa Hess (1965); genus also includes new species I. hirokoae and I. fuersichi.JuracanthaGen. et sp. nov ValidThuy, Marty & CommentLate Jurassic (late Oxfordian)SwitzerlandAn ophiacanthid brittle star. The type species is Juracantha hottingeri.KosachenkoastrusS. V. Rozhnov 2013 A new genus of Parablastoidea (Echinodermata) from the Middle Ordovician of Ladoga glint on the Volkhov river (Ladoga region) Paleontological Journal 47 2 154–161 10.1134/S003103011302010X 2013PalJ...47..154R 130926897 Gen. et sp. novValidRozhnovMiddle OrdovicianRussiaA member of Parablastoidea. The type species is Kosachenkoastrus volkhovensis.KrohcomaGen. et 2 sp. novValidThuy Jurassic (late Sinemurian to Kimmeridgian)Amaral Formation La Pointe du Chay Patcham FormationAustria France India PortugalA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is K. mira; genus also includes K. ampla.LapidasterGen. et 9 sp. et comb. novValidThuyJurassic and Early Cretaceous (late Sinemurian to Albian)Bärschwil Formation Chari FormationAustria France Germany India Switzerland United KingdomA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is L. hystricarboris; genus also includes L. caeloscopus, L. coreytaylori, L. etteri, L. lukenederi, L. mastodon, L. mathcore, L. wolfii and L. varuna, as well as "Sinosura" fasciata Kutscher & Villier (2003).LutocrinusGen. et sp. nov ValidThompson, Ausich & SmithEarly Devonian (Emsian)Icla FormationBoliviaA crinoid. The type species is Lutocrinus boliviaensis.Magnuscrinus kammeriElyssa B. Krivicich William I. Ausich Richard G. Keyes 2013 Crinoidea from the Fort Payne of north-central Alabama and south-central Tennessee (phylum Echinodermata; Mississippian) Southeastern Geology 49 3 133–143 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287549159 Sp. nov ValidKrivicich, Ausich & KeyesCarboniferous (Viséan)Fort Payne FormationUnited StatesA crinoid.ManfreduraGen. et comb. novValidThuyLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)GermanyA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is "Ophiomyxa" curvata Kutscher & Jagt (2000).Megaradialocrinus dorotheakochaeJan Bohatý Uwe Hein 2013 Ein neuer camerater Crinoidea (Echinodermata) aus der 'Mimatrypa-Biofazies' (Mittel-Devon) des Steinbruchs 'Wotan' bei Üxheim-Ahütte (Hillesheimer Eifelkalkmulde, Rheinisches Schiefergebirge) Mainzer Naturwissenschaftliches Archiv 50 99–119 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267201585 Sp. novValidBohatý & HeinDevonianGermanyA camerate crinoid belonging to the group Monobathrida and the family Hexacrinitidae.Nanocarpus guoleensisGui-ying Chen Nai-ren Han 2013 New materials of Stylophora from the Upper Cambrian of the Jingxi area, Guangxi, South China Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 52 3 288–293 http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=49&CurRec=4&filename=GSWX201303003&dbname=CJFDHIS2 2018-01-14 2020-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20201106205451/http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=49&CurRec=4&filename=GSWX201303003&dbname=CJFDHIS2 Sp. novValidChen & HanCambrian (Furongian)Guole FormationChinaA member of Stylophora.Ophiocamax dorotheaeSp. novValidThuyLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)France SwitzerlandA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Ophiacantha jaegeriSp. novValidThuyEarly Cretaceous (Hauterivian)GermanyA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Ophiacantha reginaeSp. novValidThuyLate Cretaceous (late Campanian)GermanyA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Ophiacantha steffenschneideriSp. novValidThuyOligocene (Rupelian)GermanyA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.OphiogaleusGen. et comb. et sp. novValidThuyJurassic and Cretaceous (late Sinemurian to Maastrichtian)Agardhfjellet FormationJulie Rousseau Andrew Scott Gale Ben Thuy 2018 New articulated asteroids (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) and ophiuroids (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from the Late Jurassic (Volgian / Tithonian) of central Spitsbergen European Journal of Taxonomy 411 1–26 10.5852/ejt.2018.411 free Chari FormationAustria Belgium Denmark France Germany India Norway SwitzerlandA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is "Ophiacantha" constricta Hess (1966); genus also includes "Ophiacantha" danica Rasmussen (1952) and "Ophiacantha" dorecki Hess (1962), as well as new species O. stans.OphiojagtusGen. et 2 sp. et comb. novValidThuyLate Jurassic and Cretaceous (Oxfordian to Maastrichtian)Amaral Formation La Pointe du ChayBelgium France Germany Portugal Switzerland United StatesA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is O. acklesi; genus also includes new species O. irimurai, as well as "Hemieuryale" argoviensis Hess (1966) and "Ophiosmilax" alternatus Kutscher & Jagt (2000).OphioleviathanGen. et sp. novValidThuyEarly Jurassic (late Sinemurian to late Pliensbachian)Austria SwitzerlandA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is O. watsoni.Ophiolimna kuceraiSp. novValidThuyEarly Cretaceous (latest Aptian to earliest Albian)Atlantic Ocean(Blake Nose)A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Ophiolimna lisaeSp. novValidThuyLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)Amaral Formation La Pointe du ChayFrance PortugalA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Ophiolimna malagasicaSp. novValidThuyMiddle Jurassic (Bathonian to Callovian)Patcham FormationIndiaA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Ophiolimna tiamatiaSp. novValidThuyEarly Jurassic (late Sinemurian to early Pliensbachian)AustriaA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Ophiologimus aiodipiusSp. novValidThuyEarly Cretaceous (latest Aptian to earliest Albian)Atlantic Ocean(Blake Nose)A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Ophiologimus martynoviSp. novValidThuyEarly Cretaceous (latest Aptian to earliest Albian)Atlantic Ocean(Blake Nose)A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.OphiomalleusGen. et 2 sp. novValidThuyMiddle Jurassic (Callovian) to Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian)GermanyA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is O. beneficarum; genus also includes O. stevenwilsoni.OphiosternleBen Thuy Hartmut Schulz 2013 The oldest representative of a modern deep-sea ophiacanthid brittle-star clade from Jurassic shallow-water coral reef sediments Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58 3 525–531 10.4202/app.2011.0192 2013AcPaP..58..525T 54836621 free Gen. et comb. nov ValidThuy & SchulzLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)Mergelstetten FormationGermanyA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is "Ophiurites" crinitus Quenstedt (1876).Ophiotholia auroraSp. nov ValidThuy & MeyerMiddle JurassicSwitzerlandAn ophiomycetid brittle star, a species of Ophiotholia.Ophiotoma charlottaeSp. novValidThuyLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)FranceA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Ophiotoma incredibilisSp. novValidThuyEarly Cretaceous (latest Aptian to earliest Albian)Atlantic Ocean(Blake Nose)A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Ophiotoma vadosaSp. novValidThuyEarly Jurassic (Pliensbachian)Switzerland United KingdomA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Ophiotreta dendrophyllicolaSp. novValidThuyPaleocene (Danian)DenmarkA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Ophiotreta hedoneSp. novValidThuyEocene (Lutetian)FranceA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Ophiotreta stefaniaeSp. novValidThuyLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)GermanyA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae.Protoscutella palmeriAdam S. Osborn Rich Mooi Charles N. Ciampaglio 2013 A new species of Protoscutella (Echinoidea, Clypeasteroida, Protoscutellidae) from the Middle Eocene (Lutetian) Santee Limestone in Berkeley County, South Carolina Southeastern Geology 49 3 119–131 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287051093 Sp. nov ValidOsborn, Mooi & CiampaglioEocene (Lutetian)Santee LimestoneUnited StatesA sand dollar belonging to the group Scutellina and the family Protoscutellidae.Regulaecystis testudineusElise Nardin Jan Bohatý 2013 A new pleurocystitid blastozoan from the Middle Devonian of the Eifel (Germany) and its phylogenetic importance Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58 3 533–544 10.4202/app.2011.0116 2013AcPaP..58..533N 55228011 free Sp novValidNardin & BohatýDevonian (Eifelian)GermanyA blastozoan belonging to the family Pleurocystitidae.ReitneracanthaGen. et sp. novValidThuyEarly Jurassic (late Sinemurian to early Pliensbachian)AustriaA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is R. dissidens.Rhenopyrgus piojoensisColin D. Sumrall Susana Heredia Cecilia M. Rodríguez Ana I. Mestre 2013 The first report of South American edrioasteroids and the paleoecology and ontogeny of rhenopyrgid echinoderms Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58 4 763–776 http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20110108.html 10.4202/app.2011.0108 2013AcPaP..58..763S 73598250 free 11336/23851 free Sp novValidSumrall, Heredia, Rodríguez & MestreSilurian (lower Ludlow) Los Espejos FormationArgentinaA rhenopyrgid edrioasteroid, a species of Rhenopyrgus.SabinacanthaGen. et sp. novValidThuyLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)GermanyA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae. The type species is S. archetypa.SimakocrinusRudolf J. Prokop 2013 Simakocrinus gen. nov. (Crinoidea, col.) from the Bohemian Early and Middle Devonian of the Barrandian Area (the Czech Republic) Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B-Historia Naturalis 69 1–2 65–68 Gen. et 2 sp. nov.ValidProkopDevonian (Pragian, Emsian and Eifelian)Czech RepublicA crinoid belonging to the group Disparida, possibly a member of the family Myelodactylidae. The type species is Simakocrinus facilis sp. nov (col.); genus also contains Simakocrinus diligens sp. nov (col.). Conodonts Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcanthodus humachensisFernando J. Zeballo Guillermo L. Albanesi 2013 New conodont species and biostratigraphy of the Santa Rosita Formation (upper Furongian–Tremadocian) in the Tilcara Range, Cordillera Oriental of Jujuy, Argentina Geological Journal 48 2–3 170–193 10.1002/gj.2425 2013GeolJ..48..170Z 11336/52154 129382594 free Sp novValidZeballo & AlbanesiLate Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian)Santa Rosita FormationArgentinaA species of Acanthodus.Acanthodus raqueliSp novValidZeballo & AlbanesiLate Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian)Santa Rosita FormationArgentinaA species of Acanthodus.Acodus primitivusSp novValidZeballo & AlbanesiLate Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian)Santa Rosita FormationArgentinaA species of Acodus.AcuminatellaMichael J. Orchard 2013 Five new genera of conodonts from the Carnian-Norian boundary beds of Black Bear Ridge, northeast British Columbia, Canada New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 61 445–457 http://paleo.cortland.edu/globaltriassic2/Bulletin%2061%20Final/34-Orchard%20%28new%20cono%20genera%29.pdf 2013-12-23 2013-12-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20131224112158/http://paleo.cortland.edu/globaltriassic2/Bulletin%2061%20Final/34-Orchard%20%28new%20cono%20genera%29.pdf Gen. et 2 sp. novValidOrchardLate Triassic (late Carnian to early Norian)Pardonet FormationCanadaA gondolellid ozarkodinid. The type species is Acuminatella acuminata; genus also contains Acuminatella angusta.Bispathodus ultimus bartzschiLyudmila Ivanovna Kononova Dieter Weyer 2013 Upper Famennian conodonts from the Breternitz Member (Upper Clymeniid Beds) of the Saalfeld region, Thuringia (Germany) Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (21), Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 545 15–97 Subsp novValidKononova & WeyerDevonian (late Famennian)GermanyA subspecies of Bispathodus ultimus.Carnepigondolella eozoaeSp. novValidOrchardLate Triassic (late Carnian)Ludington FormationCanadaA gondolellid ozarkodinid, a species of Carnepigondolella.Carnepigondolella medioconstrictaSp. novValidOrchardLate Triassic (late Carnian)Ludington FormationCanadaA gondolellid ozarkodinid, a species of Carnepigondolella.Furnishina leeiByung-Su Lee 2013 Middle Cambrian (Upper Series 3) protoconodonts and paraconodonts from the Machari Formation at Eodungol Section, Yeongwol, Korea Journal of Earth Science 24 2 157–169 10.1007/s12583-013-0318-1 2013JEaSc..24..157L 131264868 Sp. novValidLeeCambrianMachari FormationSouth KoreaHistiodella wuhaiensisZhihao Wang Stig Bergström Yongyi Zhen Yuandong Zhang Rongchang Wu Qing Chen 2013 Ordovician conodonts from Dashimen, Wuhai in Inner Mongolia and the significance of the discovery of the Histiodella fauna Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 30 4 323–343 http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=WSGT201304001&DBName=cjfqtotal&dbcode=cjfq 2016-02-06 2016-02-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20160207005103/http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=WSGT201304001&DBName=cjfqtotal&dbcode=cjfq Sp. novValidWang et al.OrdovicianLower Klimoli FormationChinaIdiognathodus craticulinodosusKeisuke Ishida Sigeyuki Suzuki Noriyuki Inada 2013 Visean–Moscovian conodont biostratigraphy of the Ko-yama Limestone Group, Akiyoshi Belt, SW Japan Natural Science Research, Univ. Tokushima 27 3 29–52 http://web.ias.tokushima-u.ac.jp/bulletin/nat/nat27-3-3.pdf 2016-02-06 2016-09-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20160924140231/http://web.ias.tokushima-u.ac.jp/bulletin/nat/nat27-3-3.pdf Sp. novValidIshida, Suzuki & InadaCarboniferous (middle–late Bashkirian to early Moscovian)Ko-yama Limestone GroupJapanIdiognathodus heckeliSteven J. Rosscoe James E. Barrick 2013 North American species of the conodont genus Idiognathodus from the Moscovian-Kasimovian boundary composite sequence and correlation of the Moscovian-Kasimovian stage boundary New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 60 354–371 Sp. novValidRosscoe & BarrickCarboniferousExline Limestone Hertha Limestone Hushpuckney Shale Lower Brush Creek ShaleUnited StatesIdiognathodus papulatusSp. novValidRosscoe & BarrickCarboniferousHushpuckney Shale Lower Brush Creek ShaleUnited StatesIdiognathodus pseudocarinatusSp. novValidRosscoe & BarrickCarboniferousHushpuckney Shale Lower Brush Creek ShaleUnited StatesKallidontus gondwanicusSp novValidZeballo & AlbanesiLate Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian)Santa Rosita FormationArgentinaA species of Kallidontus.KraussodontusGen. et sp. novValidOrchardLate Triassic (late Carnian)Pardonet FormationCanadaA gondolellid ozarkodinid. The type species is Kraussodontus peteri.Mesogondolella daheshenensisXiao-dong Zhou Dong-jin Li Guang-qi Wang Xi-qing Sun Cheng-yuan Wang 2013 The age of the Daheshen Formation in Jilin Province based on conodonts Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 52 3 294–308 http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=49&CurRec=4&filename=GSWX201303004&dbname=CJFDHIS2 2015-08-15 2016-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104155/http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=49&CurRec=4&filename=GSWX201303004&dbname=CJFDHIS2 Sp novValidWang in Zhou et al.Permian (probably Wordian)Daheshen FormationChinaA species of Mesogondolella.Mesogondolella subgracilisSp novValidWang in Zhou et al.Permian (probably Wordian)Daheshen FormationChinaA species of Mesogondolella.Metapolygnathus mazzaiViktor Karádi Heinz W. Kozur Ágnes Görögt 2013 Stratigraphically important lower Norian conodonts from the Csővár borehole (CSV-1), Hungary – Comparison with the conodont succession of the Norian GSSP candidate Pizzo Mondello New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 61 284–295 http://paleo.cortland.edu/globaltriassic2/Bulletin%2061%20Final/21-Karadi%20et%20al%20(Pizzomondello).pdf 2017-11-02 2017-11-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20171107003009/http://paleo.cortland.edu/globaltriassic2/Bulletin%2061%20Final/21-Karadi%20et%20al%20(Pizzomondello).pdf Sp. novValidKarádi, Kozur & GörögtLate Triassic (late Carnian and early Norian)Csővár Limestone FormationHungary ItalyMuellerilepisI. A. Bardashev N. P. Bardasheva 2013 Muellerilepis, a new replacement generic name for Muellerina Bardashev et Bardasheva, 2012 (Conodonta) Paleontological Journal 47 5 554 10.1134/S0031030113050055 2013PalJ...47..554B 84383505 free Nom. novValidBardashev & BardashevaMiddle Devonian (Givetian)TajikistanA replacement name for Muellerina Bardashev & Bardasheva (2012) (preoccupied).NaimanodusT. Yu. Tolmacheva 2013 A new Middle Ordovician conodont from central Kazakhstan, northern Kyrgyzstan, and Altai Paleontological Journal 47 2 185–189 10.1134/S0031030113020147 2013PalJ...47..185T 140168971 Gen. et sp. novValidTolmachevaMiddle OrdovicianKazakhstan Kyrgyzstan RussiaThe type species is Naimanodus degtyarevi.Neopolygnathus margaretaeSp novValidKononova & WeyerDevonian (late Famennian)GermanyA species of Neopolygnathus.NotiodellaRichard J. Aldridge Duncan J. E. Murdock Sarah E. Gabbott Johannes N. Theron 2013 A 17-element conodont apparatus from the Soom Shale Lagerstätte (Upper Ordovician), South Africa Palaeontology 56 2 261–276 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01194.x 2013Palgy..56..261A free Gen. et sp. novValidAldridge et al.Late OrdovicianSoom Shale Member, Cedarberg FormationSouth AfricaA member of Prioniodontida belonging to the family Balognathidae. The type species is Notiodella keblon.Oncodella mostleriSp. novValidKarádi, Kozur & GörögtLate Triassic (early Norian)Csővár Limestone FormationHungaryPalmatolepis khaensisNorman M. Savage 2013 Late Devonian conodonts from northwestern Thailand Bourland Printing / Trinity Press 1–48 978-0-578-11919-9 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259396311 Sp. novValidSavageLate DevonianThailandPalmatolepis markiSp. novValidSavageLate DevonianThailandPalmatolepis subperlobata lapoensisSubsp. novValidSavageLate DevonianThailandParapetellaGen. et sp. novValidOrchardLate Triassic (late Carnian to early Norian)Pardonet FormationCanadaA gondolellid ozarkodinid. The type species is Parapetella prominens.Polygnathus burrettiSp. novValidSavageLate DevonianThailandPolygnathus communis hanensisSubsp. novValidSavageLate DevonianThailandPolygnathus communis namdipensisSubsp. novValidSavageLate DevonianThailandPolygnathus communis phaphaensisSubsp. novValidSavageLate DevonianThailandPolygnathus crassulus salapensisSubsp. novValidSavageLate DevonianThailandPolygnathus extralobatus phoensisSubsp. novValidSavageLate DevonianThailandPolygnathus hojedkiHossein Gholamalian Vachik Hairapetian Nahid Barfehei Soheyla Mangelian Parvaneh Faridi 2013 Givetian–Frasnian boundary conodonts from Kerman Province, central Iran Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 119 2 133–146 10.13130/2039-4942/6028 Sp. novValidGholamalian et al.DevonianIranA species of Polygnathus.Polygnathus pseudocostatusGilbert Klapper Stanislava Vodrážková 2013 Ontogenetic and intraspecific variation in the late Emsian – Eifelian (Devonian) conodonts Polygnathus serotinus and P. bultyncki in the Prague Basin (Czech Republic) and Nevada (western U.S.) Acta Geologica Polonica 63 2 153–174 http://agp.org.pl/table/abstracts/63-2.htm 10.2478/agp-2013-0006 2013AcGeP..63..153K 73687411 free Sp novValidKlapper & VodrážkováDevonianUnited StatesA species of Polygnathus.PrimatellaGen. et comb. et 2 sp. novValidOrchardLate Triassic (late Carnian to early Norian)Pardonet FormationCanadaA gondolellid ozarkodinid. A new genus for "Epigondolella" primitia Mosher (1970); genus also contains new species Primatella asymmetrica and Primatella conservativa.Pseudopolygnathus granulosus laepensisSubsp. novValidSavageLate DevonianThailandPseudopolygnathus granulosus salawinensisSubsp. novValidSavageLate DevonianThailandPseudopolygnathus maepoensisSp. novValidSavageLate DevonianThailandQuadralellaGen. et sp. novValidOrchardLate Triassic (late Carnian)Ludington FormationCanadaA gondolellid ozarkodinid. The type species is Quadralella lobata.Siphonodella banraiensisSp. novValidSavageLate DevonianThailandTilcarodusGen. et comb. novValidZeballo & AlbanesiEarly OrdovicianRupasca FormationArgentinaA new genus for "Utahconus" humahuacensis Albanesi and Aceñolaza (2005).Trapezognathus? primitivusGustavo Gabriel Voldman Guillermo Luis Albanesi Fernando Javier Zeballo Cesar Ruben Monaldi 2013 Early Ordovician (Late Floian) conodonts from the Zenta range, Cordillera Oriental, NW Argentina Publicación Especial - Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 13 123–128 11336/3129 Sp. novValidVoldman, Albanesi & Zeballo in Voldman et al.Early OrdovicianAcoite FormationArgentinaOriginally described as a possible species of Trapezognathus; subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Zentagnathus.Gustavo G. Voldman Guillermo L. Albanesi Gladys Ortega María Eugenia Giuliano Carlos Ruben Monaldi New conodont taxa and biozones from the Lower Ordovician of the Cordillera Oriental, NW Argentina Geological Journal 2017 52 3 394–414 10.1002/gj.2766 2017GeolJ..52..394V 131460368 11336/44167 free Utahconus purmamarcensisSp novValidZeballo & AlbanesiLate Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian)Santa Rosita FormationArgentinaA species of Utahconus.Utahconus scandodiformisSp novValidZeballo & AlbanesiLate Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian)Santa Rosita FormationArgentinaA species of Utahconus.Utahconus tortibasisSp novValidZeballo & AlbanesiLate Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian)Santa Rosita FormationArgentinaA species of Utahconus.Variabiloconus crassusSp novValidZeballo & AlbanesiLate Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian)Santa Rosita FormationArgentinaA species of Variabiloconus. Fishes 2013 in fish paleontology Amphibians Research Laloy et al. (2013) reinterpret the Eocene frog species Rana cadurcorum from the Quercy Phosphorites (France) as a junior synonym of Thaumastosaurus gezei.Fabien Laloy Jean-Claude Rage Susan E. Evans Renaud Boistel Nicolas Lenoir Michel Laurin 2013 A re-interpretation of the Eocene anuran Thaumastosaurus based on microCT examination of a 'mummified' specimen PLOS ONE 8 9 e74874 10.1371/journal.pone.0074874 24086389 3783478 2013PLoSO...874874L free Newly named temnospondyls Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBroiliellus reisziRobert Holmes David S. Berman Jason S. Anderson 2013 A new dissorophid (Temnospondyli, Dissorophoidea) from the Early Permian of New Mexico (United States) Comptes Rendus Palevol 12 7–8 419–435 10.1016/j.crpv.2013.07.002 2013CRPal..12..419H Sp. nov ValidHolmes, Berman & AndersonEarly PermianEl Cobre Canyon FormationUnited StatesA dissorophid, a species of Broiliellus.Parotosuchus ptaszynskiiTomasz Sulej Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki 2013 A new large capitosaur temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Triassic of Poland Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58 1 65–75 10.4202/app.2011.0025 2013AcPaP..58...65S 54998050 free Sp nov ValidSulej & NiedźwiedzkiLate OlenekianPolandA species of Parotosuchus.ReiszerpetonHillary C. Maddin Nadia B. Fröbisch David C. Evans Andrew R. Milner 2013 Reappraisal of the Early Permian amphibamid Tersomius texensis and some referred material Comptes Rendus Palevol 12 7–8 447–461 10.1016/j.crpv.2013.06.007 2013CRPal..12..447M Gen. et sp. nov ValidMaddin et al.Early PermianArcher City FormationUnited StatesA dissorophid. The type species is Reiszerpeton renascentis.ScapanopsRainer R. Schoch Hans-Dieter Sues 2013 A new dissorophid temnospondyl from the Lower Permian of north-central Texas Comptes Rendus Palevol 12 7–8 437–445 10.1016/j.crpv.2013.04.002 2013CRPal..12..437S Gen. et sp. nov ValidSchoch & SuesEarly PermianNocona FormationUnited StatesA dissorophid. The type species is Scapanops neglecta.Tersomius dolesensisJason S. Anderson John R. Bolt 2013 New information on amphibamids (Tetrapoda, Temnospondyli) from Richards Spur (Fort Sill), Oklahoma Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 3 553–567 10.1080/02724634.2013.726676 2013JVPal..33..553A 86122122 Sp nov ValidAnderson & BoltEarly PermianUnited StatesA species of Tersomius.Trimerorhachis greggiAndrew R. Milner Rainer R. Schoch 2013 Trimerorhachis (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) from the Lower Permian of Texas and New Mexico: cranial osteology, taxonomy and biostratigraphy Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 270 1 91–128 10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0360 2013NJGPA.270...91M Sp nov ValidMilner & SchochEarly PermianUnited StatesA species of Trimerorhachis. Newly named lepospondyls Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBatropetes niederkirchensisSabine Glienke 2013 A taxonomic revision of Batropetes (Amphibia, Microsauria) from the Rotliegend (basal Permian) of Germany Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 269 1 73–96 10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0336 2013NJGPA.269...73G Sp. nov ValidGlienkeEarly Permian (Rotliegend)Saar–Nahe BasinGermanyA species of Batropetes.HuskerpetonAdam K. Huttenlocker Jason D. Pardo Bryan J. Small Jason S. Anderson 2013 Cranial morphology of recumbirostrans (Lepospondyli) from the Permian of Kansas and Nebraska, and early morphological evolution inferred by micro-computed tomography Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 3 540–552 10.1080/02724634.2013.728998 2013JVPal..33..540H 129144343 Gen. et sp. nov ValidHuttenlocker et al.Early PermianEskridge FormationUnited StatesA recumbirostran. The type species is Huskerpeton englehorni.ProxilodonGen. et comb. nov ValidHuttenlocker et al.Early PermianSpeiser FormationUnited StatesA recumbirostran, a new genus for "Euryodus" bonneri. Newly named lissamphibians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAerugoamnisAmy C. Henrici Ana M. Báez Lance Grande amp 2013 Aerugoamnis paulus, New Genus and New Species (Anura: Anomocoela): First Reported Anuran from the Early Eocene (Wasatchian) Fossil Butte Member of the Green River Formation, Wyoming Annals of Carnegie Museum 81 4 295–309 10.2992/007.081.0402 2013AnCM...81..295H 85141207 Gen. et sp. nov ValidHenrici, Báez & GrandeEarly Eocene (Wasatchian)Green River FormationUnited StatesA relative of parsley frogs. The type species is Aerugoamnis paulus.EobarbourulaAnnelise Folie Rajendra S. Rana Kenneth D. Rose Ashok Sahni Kishor Kumar Lachham Singh Thierry Smith amp 2013 Early Eocene frogs from Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat, India Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58 3 511–524 http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20110063.html 10.4202/app.2011.0063 2013AcPaP..58..511F 55406707 free Gen. et sp. nov ValidFolie et al.Early EoceneCambay Shale FormationIndiaA bombinatorid. Its type species is Eobarbourula delfinoi.GracilibatrachusAna María Báez 2013 Anurans from the Early Cretaceous Lagerstätte of Las Hoyas, Spain: New evidence on the Mesozoic diversification of crown-clade Anura Cretaceous Research 41 90–106 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.11.002 2013CrRes..41...90B 11336/15848 84212164 free Gen. et sp. nov ValidBáezEarly Cretaceous (late Barremian)SpainA relative of the family Pipidae. The type species is Gracilibatrachus avallei.IberobatrachusGen. et sp. nov ValidBáezEarly Cretaceous (late Barremian)SpainA close relative of the genus Discoglossus. The type species is Iberobatrachus angelae.Ichthyosaura randeckensisRainer R. Schoch Michael W. Rasser 2013 A new salamandrid from the Miocene Randeck Maar, Germany Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 1 58–66 10.1080/02724634.2012.716113 2013JVPal..33...58S 73644476 Sp. nov ValidSchoch & RasserMioceneGermanyA newt related to the Alpine newt.IndoranaGen. et sp. nov ValidFolie et al.Early EoceneCambay Shale FormationIndiaA possible rhacophorid. Its type species is Indorana prasadi.Leiopelma acricarinaTH Worthy AJD Tennyson RP Scofield SJ Hand amp 2013 Early Miocene fossil frogs (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) from New Zealand Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 43 4 211–230 10.1080/03036758.2013.825300 2013JRSNZ..43..211W 84562226 free Sp. nov ValidWorthy et al.Early MioceneNew ZealandA member of Leiopelmatidae.Leiopelma miocaenaleSp. nov ValidWorthy et al.Early MioceneNew ZealandA member of Leiopelmatidae.Liaobatrachus zhaoiLiping Dong Zbyněk Roček Yuan Wang Marc E H. Jones amp 2013 Anurans from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of Western Liaoning, China PLOS ONE 8 7 e69723 10.1371/journal.pone.0069723 23922783 3724893 2013PLoSO...869723D free Sp. nov ValidDong et al.Early Cretaceous (Barremian)Yixian FormationChinaAn anuran of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Liaobatrachus.ParanecturusDavid G. Demar Jr. 2013 A new fossil salamander (Caudata, Proteidae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek Formation, Montana, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 3 588–598 10.1080/02724634.2013.734887 2013JVPal..33..588D 128532897 Gen. et sp. nov ValidDemarLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Hell Creek FormationUnited StatesA mudpuppy. The type species is Paranecturus garbanii.UkrainurusDavit Vasilyan Madelaine Böhme Viacheslav M. Chkhikvadze Yuriy A. Semenov Walter G. Joyce 2013 A new giant salamander (Urodela, Pancryptobrancha) from the Miocene of Eastern Europe (Grytsiv, Ukraine) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 2 301–318 10.1080/02724634.2013.722151 2013JVPal..33..301V 85930910 Gen. et sp. nov ValidVasilyan et al.MioceneUkraineA relative of cryptobranchids. The type species is Ukrainurus hypsognathus.WesserpetonSteven C. Sweetman James D. Gardner amp 2013 A new albanerpetontid amphibian from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, southern England Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58 2 295–324 10.4202/app.2011.0109 54739839 free Gen. et sp. nov ValidSweetman & GardnerBarremianWessex FormationEnglandAn albanerpetontid.frameless Turtles Research A study on the anatomy of the brain and inner ear of the Jurassic turtle Plesiochelys etalloni is published by Paulina Carabajal et al. (2013).Ariana Paulina Carabajal Juliana Sterli Johannes Müller André Hilger 2013 Neuroanatomy of the marine Jurassic turtle Plesiochelys etalloni (Testudinata, Plesiochelyidae) PLOS ONE 8 7 e69264 10.1371/journal.pone.0069264 23844257 3699497 2013PLoSO...869264C free Newly named turtles Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAdocus inexpectatusIgor G. Danilov Elena V. Syromyatnikova Pavel P. Skutschas Tatyana M. Kodrul Jianhua Jin 2013 The first 'true' Adocus (Testudines, Adocidae) from the Paleogene of Asia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 5 1071–1080 10.1080/02724634.2013.768254 2013JVPal..33.1071D 84373018 Sp. novValidDanilov et al.Late EoceneYouganwo FormationChinaAn adocid, a species of Adocus.AtoposemysJ. Howard Hutchison New Turtles from the Paleogene of North America 2013 Donald B. Brinkman Patricia A. Holroyd James D. Gardner Morphology and Evolution of Turtles Springer 477–497 978-94-007-4308-3 10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_26 Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Gen. et sp. nov ValidHutchisonEarly Paleocene (Puercan)Fort Union FormationUnited StatesA trionychid. The type species is Atoposemys entopteros.Bairdemys healeyorumRobert E. Weems James L. Knight A New Species of Bairdemys (Pelomedusoides: Podocnemididae) from the Oligocene (Early Chattian) Chandler Bridge Formation of South Carolina, USA, and Its Paleobiogeographic Implications for the Genus Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology 2013 Donald B. Brinkman Patricia A. Holroyd James D. Gardner Morphology and Evolution of Turtles Springer 289–303 978-94-007-4308-3 10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_18Sp. nov ValidWeems & KnightLate OligoceneChandler Bridge FormationUnited StatesA podocnemidid pleurodiran, a species of Bairdemys.Basilemys gaffneyiRobert M. Sullivan Steven E. Jasinski Spencer G. Lucas Re-Assessment of Late Campanian (Kirtlandian) Turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland and Kirtland Formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology 2013 Donald B. Brinkman Patricia A. Holroyd James D. Gardner Morphology and Evolution of Turtles Springer 337–387 978-94-007-4308-3 10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_20Sp. nov ValidSullivan, Jasinski & LucasLate CampanianUnited StatesA nanhsiungchelyid turtle, a species of Basilemys.BrachyopsemysHaiyan Tong Peter Meylan Morphology and Relationships of Brachyopsemys tingitana gen. Et sp. Nov. From the Early Paleocene of Morocco and Recognition of the New Eucryptodiran Turtle Family: Sandownidae Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology 2013 Donald B. Brinkman Patricia A. Holroyd James D. Gardner Morphology and Evolution of Turtles Springer 187–212 978-94-007-4308-3 10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_13Gen. et sp. nov ValidTong & MeylanEarly PaleoceneOuled Abdoun BasinMoroccoA cryptodiran closely related to Sandownia. The type species is Brachyopsemys tingitana.CamerochelysA. Pérez-García X. Murelaga 2013 Camerochelys vilanovai gen. et sp. nov., a new pan-cryptodiran turtle in the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Range (Spain) Cretaceous Research 41 143–149 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.12.002 2013CrRes..41..143P Gen. et sp. novValidPérez-García & MurelagaEarly Cretaceous (Hauterivian or Barremian)Cameros BasinSpainA member of Pan-Cryptodira (the clade containing living cryptodirans and all turtles sharing a more recent common ancestor with them than with pleurodirans), possibly a xinjiangchelyid. The type species is Camerochelys vilanovai.CardichelyonGen. et sp. nov ValidHutchisonEarly Eocene (Wasatchian)United StatesA turtle of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally described as a platysternid, but subsequently argued to be a member of Kinosternoidea.Walter G. Joyce Julien Claude 2020 An alternative interpretation of the Paleogene turtle Cardichelyon rogerwoodi as a hinged kinosternoid Journal of Paleontology 94 3 557–567 10.1017/jpa.2019.92 2020JPal...94..557J 210976208 free The type species is Cardichelyon rogerwoodi.?Centrochelys marocanaSaloua Gmira France de Lapparent de Broin Denis Geraads David Lefèvre Abderrahim Mohib Jean-Paul Raynal amp 2013 Les tortues du Pliocène d'Ahl al Oughlam (Casablanca, Maroc) et de localités mio-pliocènes avoisinantes Geodiversitas 35 3 691–733 10.5252/g2013n3a9 2013Geodv..35..691G 140197358 https://zenodo.org/record/5380800Sp. novValidGmira et al.PlioceneMoroccoA tortoise, possibly a species of Centrochelys.ChangmachelysDonald B. Brinkman Chong-Xi Yuan Qiang Ji Da-Qing Li Hai-Lu You 2013 A new turtle from the Xiagou Formation (Early Cretaceous) of Changma Basin, Gansu Province, P. R. China Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 93 3 367–382 10.1007/s12549-013-0113-0 2013PdPe...93..367B 129904471 Gen. et sp. novValidBrinkman et al.Early CretaceousXiagou FormationChinaA member of (likely paraphyletic) group "Macrobaenidae". The type species is Changmachelys bohlini.Chelodina (Chelodina) murrayiAdam M. Yates 2013 A new species of long-necked turtle (Pleurodira: Chelidae: Chelodina) from the late Miocene Alcoota Local Fauna, Northern Territory, Australia PeerJ 1 e170 10.7717/peerj.170 24133635 3796373 free Sp. novValidYatesLate MioceneWaite FormationAustraliaA chelid, a species of Chelodina.Chelonoidis lutzaeGerardo Gabriel Zacarías Marcelo Saúl de la Fuente Marta Susana Fernández Alfredo Eduardo Zurita 2013 Nueva especie de tortuga terrestre gigante del género Chelonoidis Fitzinger, 1835 (Cryptodira: Testudinidae), del miembro inferior de la Formación Toropí/ Yupoí (Pleistoceno tardío/ Lujanense), Bella Vista, Corrientes, Argentina Ameghiniana 50 3 298–318 http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/549 10.5710/amgh.05.03.2013.549 2013Amegh..50..298Z 11336/9298 129512571 free Sp. novValidZacarías et al.Late Pleistocene (58–22 ka)ArgentinaA tortoise, a species of Chelonoidis.Chrysemys isoniRobert E. Weems Reed A. George 2013 Amphibians and nonmarine turtles from the Miocene Calvert Formation of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia (USA) Journal of Paleontology 87 4 570–588 10.1666/12-071 2013JPal...87..570W 86171253 Sp. novValidWeems & GeorgeMioceneCalvert FormationUnited StatesA relative of the painted turtle.Cuora chiangmuanensisWilailuck Naksri Haiyan Tong Komsorn Lauprasert Varavudh Suteethorn Julien Claude 2013 A new species of Cuora (Testudines: Geoemydidae) from the Miocene of Thailand and its evolutionary significance Geological Magazine 150 5 908–922 10.1017/S0016756812001082 2013GeoM..150..908N 85781762 Sp. novValidNaksri et al.Late Middle or early Late MioceneThailandAn Asian box turtle.Floridemys hurdiSp. novValidWeems & GeorgeMioceneCalvert FormationUnited StatesA tortoise, a species of Floridemys.KappachelysRen Hirayama Shinji Isaji Tsuyoshi Hibino Kappachelys okurai gen. Et sp. Nov., a New Stem Soft-Shelled Turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Japan Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology 2013 Donald B. Brinkman Patricia A. Holroyd James D. Gardner Morphology and Evolution of Turtles Springer 179–185 978-94-007-4308-3 10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_12Gen. et sp. nov ValidHirayama, Isaji & HibinoEarly CretaceousAkaiwa FormationJapanA turtle of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally considered to be a relative of trionychids; Skutschas et al. (2017) considered it to be either a pan-trionychian (sister taxon to Trionychia) or a pan-carettochelyid.Pavel P. Skutschas Elizaveta A. Boitsova Gennady O. Cherepanov Igor G. Danilov 2017 Shell bone histology of the pan-carettochelyid turtle Kizylkumemys schultzi from the Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan and shell bone morphology transformations in the evolution of pan-trionychian turtles Cretaceous Research 79 171–181 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.07.010 2017CrRes..79..171S The type species is Kappachelys okurai.LaganemysPaul C. Sereno Sara J. ElShafie A New Long-Necked Turtle, Laganemys tenerensis (Pleurodira: Araripemydidae), from the Elrhaz Formation (Aptian–Albian) of Niger Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology 2013 Donald B. Brinkman Patricia A. Holroyd James D. Gardner Morphology and Evolution of Turtles Springer 215–250 978-94-007-4308-3 10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_14Gen. et sp. nov DisputedSereno & ElShafieAptian or AlbianElrhaz FormationNigerAn araripemydid pleurodiran. The type species is Laganemys tenerensis. Pérez-García (2019) considered this species to be a junior synonym of Taquetochelys decorata.Adán Pérez-García 2019 Identification of the Lower Cretaceous pleurodiran turtle Taquetochelys decorata as the only African araripemydid species Comptes Rendus Palevol 18 1 24–32 10.1016/j.crpv.2018.04.004 2019CRPal..18...24P free Neochelys liriaeAdán Pérez-García France de Lapparent de Broin 2013 A new species of Neochelys (Chelonii, Podocnemididae) from the Ypresian (Early Eocene) of the South of France Comptes Rendus Palevol 12 5 269–277 10.1016/j.crpv.2013.05.011 2013CRPal..12..269P Sp. novValidPérez-García & de Lapparent de BroinEocene (Ypresian)FranceA podocnemidid, a species of Neochelys.Neurankylus lithographicusDerek W. Larson Nicholas R. Longrich David C. Evans Michael J. Ryan A New Species of Neurankylus from the Milk River Formation (Cretaceous: Santonian) of Alberta, Canada, and a Revision of the Type Species N. Eximius Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology 2013 Donald B. Brinkman Patricia A. Holroyd James D. Gardner Morphology and Evolution of Turtles Springer 389–405 978-94-007-4308-3 10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_21Sp. nov ValidLarson et al.SantonianMilk River FormationCanadaA neurankyline baenid, a species of Neurankylus.NostimocheloneGeorgios L. Georgalis Evangelos Velitzelos Dimitrios E. Velitzelos Benjamin P. Kear Nostimochelone lampra gen. Et sp. Nov., an Enigmatic New Podocnemidoidean Turtle from the Early Miocene of Northern Greece Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology 2013 Donald B. Brinkman Patricia A. Holroyd James D. Gardner Morphology and Evolution of Turtles Springer 277–287 978-94-007-4308-3 10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_17Gen. et sp. nov ValidGeorgalis et al.Early MioceneZeugostasion FormationGreeceA pleurodiran, a member of Podocnemidoidea. The type species is Nostimochelone lampra.Ocadia tanegashimensisAkio Takahashi Kimihiko Ōki Takahiro Ishido Ren Hirayama 2013 A new species of the genus Ocadia (Testudines: Geoemydidae) from the middle Miocene of Tanegashima Island, southwestern Japan and its paleogeographic implications Zootaxa 3647 4 527–540 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.4.3 26295126 free Sp. novValidTakahashi et al.Early middle MioceneKawachi FormationJapanA geoemydid, a species of Ocadia.OcepechelonNathalie Bardet Nour-Eddine Jalil France de Lapparent de Broin Damien Germain Olivier Lambert Mbarek Amaghzaz amp 2013 A Giant Chelonioid Turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco with a Suction Feeding Apparatus Unique among Tetrapods PLOS ONE 8 7 e63586 10.1371/journal.pone.0063586 23874378 3708935 2013PLoSO...863586B freeGen. et sp. novValidBardet et al.Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)Oulad Abdoun BasinMoroccoA relative of dermochelyids and protostegids. The type species is Ocepechelon bouyai.framelessParamongolemysI. G. Danilov V. B. Sukhanov 2013 A new basal testudinoid turtle (Testudinoidea: "Lindholmemydidae") from the Upper Paleocene of Mongolia Paleontological Journal 47 1 104–113 10.1134/S0031030113010036 2013PalJ...47..104D 86387661 Gen. et sp. novValidDanilov & SukhanovLate PaleoceneNaranbulak FormationMongoliaA basal member of Testudinoidea. The type species is Paramongolemys khosatzkyi.Planetochelys dithyrosSp. nov ValidHutchisonEarly Eocene (Wasatchian)United StatesA relative of trionychids, a species of Planetochelys.PsilosemysGen. et sp. nov ValidHutchisonEarly Eocene (Wasatchian)United StatesThe earliest North American emydid. The type species is Psilosemys wyomingensis.ScabremysGen. et comb. nov ValidSullivan, Jasinski & LucasLate CampanianUnited StatesA baenid cryptodiran, a new genus for "Baena" ornata Gilmore (1935).ShandongemysLu Li Haiyan Tong Kebai Wang Shuqing Chen Xing Xu 2013 Lindholmemydid turtles (Cryptodira: Testudinoidea) from the Late Cretaceous of Shandong Province, China Annales de Paléontologie 99 3 243–259 10.1016/j.annpal.2013.07.003 2013AnPal..99..243L Gen. et sp. novValidLi et al.Late CretaceousChinaA lindholmemydid testudinoid. The type species is Shandongemys dongwuica.Sinemys brevispinusHaiyan Tong Donald Brinkman 2013 A new species of Sinemys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Sinemydidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 93 3 355–366 10.1007/s12549-012-0110-8 2013PdPe...93..355T 17983142 Sp. novValidTong & BrinkmanEarly CretaceousLuohandong FormationChinaA sinemydid cryptodiran, a species of Sinemys.framelessSpoochelysElizabeth T. Smith Benjamin P. Kear Spoochelys ormondea gen. Et sp. Nov., an Archaic Meiolaniid-Like Turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Lightning Ridge, Australia Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology 2013 Donald B. Brinkman Patricia A. Holroyd James D. Gardner Morphology and Evolution of Turtles Springer 121–146 978-94-007-4308-3 10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_9Gen. et sp. nov ValidSmith & KearEarly or middle AlbianGriman Creek FormationAustraliaA meiolaniid-like turtle. The type species is Spoochelys ormondea.Testudo oughlamensisSp. novValidGmira et al.PlioceneMoroccoA tortoise, a species of Testudo.TrapalcochelysJuliana Sterli Marcelo S. de la Fuente Ignacio A. Cerda 2013 A new species of meiolaniform turtle and a revision of the Late Cretaceous Meiolaniformes of South America Ameghiniana 50 2 240–256 http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/582 10.5710/amgh.16.01.2013.582 2013Amegh..50..240S 128701700 subscription Gen. et sp. novValidSterli, de la Fuente & CerdaLate Cretaceous (late Campanian to early Maastrichtian)Allen FormationArgentinaA relative of meiolaniid. The type species is Trapalcochelys sulcata.TullochelysGen. et sp. nov ValidHutchisonMaastrichtian to early Paleocene (Puercan)Fort Union Formation Hell Creek FormationUnited StatesA chelydrid. The type species is Tullochelys montanus.Xenochelys floridensisJason R. Bourque 2013 Fossil Kinosternidae from the Oligocene and Miocene of Florida, USA Donald B. Brinkman Patricia A. Holroyd James D. Gardner Morphology and Evolution of Turtles Springer 459–475 978-94-007-4308-3 10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_25 Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Sp. nov ValidBourqueLate Oligocene (early Arikareean)United StatesA kinosternid, a species of Xenochelys.Xinjiangchelys radiplicatoidesDonald B. Brinkman David A. Eberth Xing Xu James M. Clark Xiao-Chun Wu Turtles from the Jurassic Shishugou Formation of the Junggar Basin, People's Republic of China, with Comments on the Basicranial Region of Basal Eucryptodires Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology 2013 Donald B. Brinkman Patricia A. Holroyd James D. Gardner Morphology and Evolution of Turtles Springer 147–172 978-94-007-4308-3 10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_10Sp. nov ValidBrinkman et al.Late Middle or early Late JurassicShishugou FormationChinaA species of Xinjiangchelys.Xinjiangchelys wusuMárton Rabi Chang-Fu Zhou Oliver Wings Sun Ge Walter G. Joyce 2013 A new xinjiangchelyid turtle from the Middle Jurassic of Xinjiang, China and the evolution of the basipterygoid process in Mesozoic turtles BMC Evolutionary Biology 13 1 203 10.1186/1471-2148-13-203 24053145 3852240 2013BMCEE..13..203R free Sp. novValidRabi et al.Middle Jurassic?Qigu FormationChinaA species of Xinjiangchelys. Thalattosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesConcavispinaZhao Li-Jun Liu Jun Li Chun He Tao 2013 A new thalattosaur, Concavispina biseridens gen. et sp. nov. from Guanling, Guizhou, China Vertebrata PalAsiatica 51 1 24–28 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201301/P020130131403966569577.pdf 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2013.01.004 Gen. et sp. novValidZhao et al.TriassicXiaowa FormationChinaA thalattosaurid thalattosaur. The type species is Concavispina biseridensframeless Ichthyopterygians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesChaohusaurus zhangjiawanensisXiaohong Chen P. Martin Sander Long Cheng Xiaofeng Wang 2013 A New Triassic Primitive Ichthyosaur from Yuanan, South China Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87 3 672–677 http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201303004&flag=1 10.1111/1755-6724.12078 2013AcGlS..87..672C 140143030 subscription Sp. novValidChen et al.Early TriassicJialingjiang FormationChinaA species of Chaohusaurus.GulosaurusRobin S. Cuthbertson Anthony P. Russell Jason S. Anderson amp 2013 Cranial morphology and relationships of a new grippidian (Ichthyopterygia) from the Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member (Lower Triassic) of British Columbia, Canada Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 4 831–847 10.1080/02724634.2013.755989 2013JVPal..33..831C 131501541 Gen. et sp. novValidCuthbertson, Russell & AndersonEarly TriassicSulphur Mountain FormationCanadaA grippidian. The type species is Gulosaurus helmi.MalawaniaValentin Fischer Robert M. Appleby Darren Naish Jeff Liston James B. Riding Stephen Brindley Pascal Godefroit 2013 A basal thunnosaurian from Iraq reveals disparate phylogenetic origins for Cretaceous ichthyosaurs Biology Letters 9 4 20130021 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0021 23676653 3730615Gen. et sp. nov ValidFischer et al.Early Cretaceous (late Hauterivian to Barremian)IraqA basal member of Thunnosauria. The type species is Malawania anachronus.framelessQianichthyosaurus xingyiensisPengfei Yang Cheng Ji Dayong Jiang Ryosuke Motani Andrea Tintori Yuanlin Sun Zuoyu Sun 2013 A new species of Qianichthyosaurus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from Xingyi Fauna (Ladinian, Middle Triassic) of Guizhou Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis 49 6 1002–1008 10.13209/j.0479-8023.2013.133 http://xbna.pku.edu.cn/CN/abstract/abstract2627.shtml Sp. novValidJi, Jiang & Motani in Yang et al.Middle Triassic (Ladinian)Falang FormationChinaThalattoarchonNadia B. Fröbisch Jörg Fröbisch P. Martin Sander Lars Schmitz Olivier Rieppel amp 2013 Macropredatory ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic and the origin of modern trophic networks Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110 4 1393–1397 10.1073/pnas.1216750110 23297200 3557033 2013PNAS..110.1393F free Gen. et sp. novValidFröbisch et al.Middle TriassicUnited StatesA merriamosaur ichthyosaur. The type species is Thalattoarchon saurophagisframeless Lepidosauromorphs Newly named sauropterygians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCryonectesPeggy Vincent Nathalie Bardet Emanuela Mattioli amp 2013 A new pliosaurid from the Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of Normandy (Northern France) Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58 3 471–485 10.4202/app.2011.0113 54695631 free Gen. et sp. novValidVincent, Bardet & MattioliPliensbachianFranceA pliosaurid. The type species is Cryonectes neustriacusframelessGronausaurusOliver Hampe 2013 The forgotten remains of a leptocleidid plesiosaur (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauroidea) from the Early Cretaceous of Gronau (Münsterland, Westphalia, Germany) Paläontologische Zeitschrift 87 4 473–491 10.1007/s12542-013-0175-3 2013PalZ...87..473H 129834688 Gen. et sp. novDisputedHampeEarly Cretaceous (Berriasian)GermanyA member of Plesiosauroidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a leptocleidid or an elasmosaurid. The type species is Gronausaurus wegneri. Sachs, Hornung & Kear (2016) considered it to be a junior synonym of Brancasaurus brancai.Sven Sachs Jahn J. Hornung Benjamin P. Kear 2016 Reappraisal of Europe's most complete Early Cretaceous plesiosaurian: Brancasaurus brancai Wegner, 1914 from the "Wealden facies" of Germany PeerJ 4 e2813 10.7717/peerj.2813 28028478 5183163 free framelessMegacephalosaurusBruce A. Schumacher Kenneth Carpenter Michael J. Everhart 2013 A new Cretaceous Pliosaurid (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Carlile Shale (middle Turonian) of Russell County, Kansas Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 3 613–628 10.1080/02724634.2013.722576 2013JVPal..33..613S 130165209 Gen. et sp. nov ValidSchumacher, Carpenter & EverhartLate Cretaceous (middle Turonian)United StatesA pliosaurid. The type species is Megacephalosaurus eulerti.framelessPalatodontaJames M. Neenan Nicole Klein Torsten M. Scheyer amp 2013 European origin of placodont marine reptiles and the evolution of crushing dentition in Placodontia Nature Communications 4 1621 10.1038/ncomms2633 23535642 2013NatCo...4.1621N free Gen. et sp. novValidNeenan, Klein & ScheyerEarly Middle TriassicNetherlandsA relative of placodonts. The type species is Palatodonta bleekeri.framelessPliosaurus carpenteriSp. novValidBenson et al.Late JurassicKimmeridge Clay FormationUnited KingdomA pliosaurid, a species of PliosaurusPliosaurus kevaniRoger B. J. Benson Mark Evans Adam S. Smith Judyth Sassoon Scott Moore-Faye Hilary F. Ketchum Richard Forrest amp 2013 A Giant Pliosaurid Skull from the Late Jurassic of England PLOS ONE 8 5 e65989 10.1371/journal.pone.0065989 23741520 3669260 2013PLoSO...865989B free Sp. novValidBenson et al.Late JurassicKimmeridge Clay FormationUnited KingdomA pliosaurid, a species of PliosaurusframelessPliosaurus westburyensisSp. novValidBenson et al.Late JurassicKimmeridge Clay FormationUnited KingdomA pliosaurid, a species of PliosaurusframelessSerpianosaurus germanicusCajus G. Diedrich 2013 The marine pachypleurosaur Serpianosaurus germanicus nov. spec. – skeleton and isolated bone remains from the Pelsonian (Middle Triassic) of the European Germanic basin carbonate intertidals and its paleobiology and taphonomy New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 61 159–168 http://paleo.cortland.edu/globaltriassic2/Bulletin%2061%20Final/14-Diedrich%20%28Serpianosaurus%29.pdf 2013-12-21 2013-12-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20131224083557/http://paleo.cortland.edu/globaltriassic2/Bulletin%2061%20Final/14-Diedrich%20%28Serpianosaurus%29.pdf Sp. nov ValidDiedrichMiddle Triassic (Anisian)GermanyA pachypleurosaur, a species of Serpianosaurus. Newly named rhynchocephalians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesSphenotitanRicardo N. Martínez Cecilia Apaldetti Carina E. Colombi Angel Praderio Eliana Fernandez Paula Santi Malnis Gustavo A. Correa Diego Abelin Oscar Alcober amp 2013 A new sphenodontian (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from the Late Triassic of Argentina and the early origin of the herbivore opisthodontians Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280 1772 20132057 10.1098/rspb.2013.2057 24132307 3813332Gen. et sp. novValidMartínez et al.Late TriassicQuebrada del Barro FormationArgentinaAn opisthodontian rhynchocephalian. The type species is Sphenotitan leyesi.frameless Newly named lizards Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesApsgnathusGen. et sp. novValidNydam, Rowe & CifelliLate Cretaceous (late Campanian, Judithian)Aguja FormationUnited StatesA member of Scincomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Apsgnathus triptodon.ArcanosaurusAlexandra Houssaye Jean-Claude Rage Fidel Torcida Fernández-Baldor Pedro Huerta Nathalie Bardet Xabier Pereda Suberbiola 2013 A new varanoid squamate from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian–Aptian) of Burgos, Spain Cretaceous Research 41 127–135 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.11.005 2013CrRes..41..127H Gen. et sp. novValidHoussaye et al.Early Cretaceous (Barremian or Aptian)Cameros BasinSpainAn anguimorph lizard, possibly a varanoid. The type species is Arcanosaurus ibericus.Arpadosaurus sepulchralisSp. novValidSmith & GauthierEarly EoceneWasatch FormationUnited StatesA member of Glyptosaurinae, a species of Arpadosaurus.BarbaturexJason J. Head Gregg F. Gunnell Patricia A. Holroyd J. Howard Hutchison Russell L. Ciochon 2013 Giant lizards occupied herbivorous mammalian ecospace during the Paleogene greenhouse in Southeast Asia Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280 1763 20130665 10.1098/rspb.2013.0665 23740779 3774227Gen. et sp. novValidHead et al.Late middle Eocene (37.2 ± 1.3 Ma)Pondaung FormationMyanmarAn iguanian lizard related to the genus Uromastyx. The type species is Barbaturex morrisoni.framelessBicuspidon smikrosRandall L. Nydam 2013 Lizards and Snakes from the Cenomanian through Campanian of Southern Utah: Filling the Gap in the Fossil Record of Squamata from the Late Cretaceous of the Western Interior of North America Alan L. Titus Mark A. Loewen At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah Indiana University Press 370–423 978-0-253-00896-1 Sp. nov ValidNydamLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Dakota FormationUnited StatesA member of Polyglyphanodontinae, a species of Bicuspidon.BlanosaurusGen. et sp. novValidFolie, Smith & SmithEarly EoceneBelgium FranceAn amphisbaenian. The type species is Blanosaurus primeocaenus.CamptognathosaurusGen. et sp. novValidFolie, Smith & SmithLate PaleoceneFranceOriginally described as an amphisbaenian; Čerňanský & Vasilyan (2024) tentatively assigned it to the family Lacertidae.Andrej Čerňanský Davit Vasilyan 2024 Roots of the European Cenozoic ecosystems: lizards from the Paleocene (~MP 5) of Walbeck in Germany Fossil Record 27 1 159–186 10.3897/fr.27.e109123 free 2024FossR..27..159C The type species is Camptognathosaurus parisiensis. Čerňanský & Vasilyan (2024) considered C. parisiensis to be a junior synonym of "Glyptosaurus" walbeckensis Kuhn (1940), but maintained Camptognathosaurus as a distinct genus, resulting in a new combination Camptognathosaurus walbeckensis.CatactegenysRandall L. Nydam Timothy B. Rowe Richard L. Cifelli 2013 Lizards and snakes of the Terlingua Local Fauna (late Campanian), Aguja Formation, Texas, with comments on the distribution of paracontemporaneous squamates throughout the Western Interior of North America Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 5 1081–1099 10.1080/02724634.2013.760467 2013JVPal..33.1081N 86519841 Gen. et sp. novValidNydam, Rowe & CifelliLate Cretaceous (late Campanian, Judithian)Aguja FormationUnited StatesA night lizard. The type species is Catactegenys solaster.CemeteriusNicholas R. Longrich Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar Jacques A. Gauthier 2012 Mass extinction of lizards and snakes at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109 52 21396–21401 10.1073/pnas.1211526110 23236177 3535637 2012PNAS..10921396L free Nicholas R. Longrich Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar Jacques A. Gauthier 2013 Correction for "Mass extinction of lizards and snakes at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary," by Nicholas R. Longrich, Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar, and Jacques A. Gauthier, which appeared in issue 52, December 26, 2012, of Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (109:21396–21401; first published December 10, 2012; 10.1073/pnas.1211526110) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110 16 6608 10.1073/pnas.1303907110 3631639 free Gen. et sp. novValidLongrich, Bhullar & GauthierLate Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)Lance FormationUnited StatesA platynotan lizard of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Cemeterius monstrosus.CnodontosaurusGen. et sp. nov ValidNydamLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Dakota FormationUnited StatesA member of Anguimorpha related to xenosaurids. The type species is Cnodontosaurus suchockii.DakotasaurusGen. et sp. nov Junior homonymNydamLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Dakota FormationUnited StatesA member of Scincomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement, assigned by Nydam (2013) to an informal paramacellodid-cordylid grade. The type species is Dakotasaurus gillettorum. The generic name turned out to be preoccupied by Dakotasaurus Branson & Mehl (1932); the lizard genus was subsequently renamed Dakotaseps.Randall L. Nydam 2014 Dakotaseps gen. nov., a replacement name for the lizard genus Dakotasaurus Nydam 2013, a junior homonym of the ichnotaxon Dakotasaurus Branson and Mehl 1932 Zootaxa 3900 1 150 10.11646/zootaxa.3900.1.11 25543731 free DesertiguanaV. R. Alifanov 2013 Desertiguana gobiensis gen. et sp. nov., a new lizard (Phrynosomatidae, Iguanomorpha) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia Paleontological Journal 47 4 417–424 10.1134/S0031030113040023 2013PalJ...47..417A 84409546 Gen. et sp. novValidAlifanovLate CretaceousMongoliaA phrynosomatid lizard. The type species is Desertiguana gobiensis.DistortodonLászló Makádi 2013 A new polyglyphanodontine lizard (Squamata: Borioteiioidea) from the Late Cretaceous Iharkút locality (Santonian, Hungary) Cretaceous Research 46 166–176 10.1016/j.cretres.2013.08.001 2013CrRes..46..166M http://real.mtak.hu/29992/1/Makadi_A_new_polyglyphanodontine_lizard_Cretaceous_Research_2013_u.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidMakádiLate Cretaceous (Santonian)HungaryA member of Polyglyphanodontinae. The type species is Distortodon rhomboideus.EntomophontesGen. et 2 sp. novValidSmith & GauthierEarly EoceneWasatch FormationUnited StatesA relative of species belonging to the genus Xenosaurus. Genus contains two species: Entomophontes incrustatus and Entomophontes hutchisoni.Eonatator coellensisPáramo-Fonseca M. E. 2013 Eonatator coellensis nov. sp. (Squamata: Mosasauridae), nueva especie del Cretácico Superior de Colombia Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias 37 145 499–518 0370-3908 Eonatator coellensis nov. sp. (Squamata: Mosasauridae), a new species from the Upper Cretaceous of Colombia es 10.18257/raccefyn.31 free Sp. novValidPáramoCampanianColombiaA mosasaur, a new species of Eonatator.Glyptosaurus agmodonSp. novValidSmith & GauthierEarly EoceneWasatch FormationUnited StatesA member of Glyptosaurinae, a species of Glyptosaurus.HeterodontagamaRajendra S. Rana Marc Augé Annelise Folie Kenneth D. Rose Kishor Kumar Lachham Singh Ashok Sahni Thierry Smith 2013 High diversity of acrodontan lizards in the Early Eocene Vastan Lignite Mine of India Geologica Belgica 16 4 290–301 http://popups.ulg.ac.be/Geol/document.php?id=4312 2013-10-26 2013-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192536/http://popups.ulg.ac.be/Geol/document.php?id=4312 Gen. et sp. novValidRana et al.Early Eocene (early to middle Ypresian)Cambay Shale FormationIndiaA member of Priscagamidae. The type species is Heterodontagama borsukae.IndiagamaGen. et sp. novValidRana et al.Early Eocene (early to middle Ypresian)Cambay Shale FormationIndiaA member of Agamidae. The type species is Indiagama gujarata.LamiasauraGen. et sp. novValidLongrich, Bhullar & GauthierLate Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)Lance FormationUnited StatesA squamate of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Lamiasaura ferox.LonchisaurusGen. et sp. novValidLongrich, Bhullar & GauthierLate Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)Lance FormationUnited StatesA scincomorph lizard of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Lonchisaurus trichurus.MonocnemodonGen. et sp. nov ValidNydamLate Cretaceous (Santonian)Straight Cliffs FormationUnited StatesA member of Scincomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement, assigned by Nydam (2013) to an informal paramacellodid-cordylid grade. The type species is Monocnemodon syphakos.ObamadonGen. et sp. novValidLongrich, Bhullar & GauthierLate Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)Hell Creek Formation Lance FormationUnited StatesA polyglyphanodontian lizard of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Obamadon gracilis.framelessOdaxosaurus rooseveltiSp. nov ValidNydamLate CretaceousKaiparowits FormationUnited StatesA member of Anguidae, a species of Odaxosaurus.Palaeoxantusia amaraSp. novValidSmith & GauthierEarly EoceneWasatch FormationUnited StatesA night lizard, a species of Palaeoxantusia.PalepidophymaGen. et 2 sp. novValidSmith & GauthierEarly EoceneWasatch FormationUnited StatesA night lizard. Genus contains two species: Palepidophyma paradisa and Palepidophyma lilliputiana.Parasaniwa cynochorosSp. nov ValidNydamLate CretaceousKaiparowits FormationUnited StatesA member of Platynota of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Parasaniwa.PariguanaGen. et sp. novValidLongrich, Bhullar & GauthierLate Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)Lance FormationUnited StatesAn iguanid lizard of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Pariguana lancensis.PelsochamopsLászló Makádi 2013 The first known chamopsiid lizard (Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe (Csehbánya Formation; Hungary, Bakony Mts) Annales de Paléontologie 99 3 261–274 10.1016/j.annpal.2013.07.002 2013AnPal..99..261M http://real.mtak.hu/29991/1/makadi_The_first_known_chamopsiid_Ann_de_Paleo_2013.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidMakádiLate Cretaceous (Santonian)Csehbánya FormationHungaryA chamopsiid. The type species is Pelsochamops infrequens.Plesiolacerta eratosthenesiAndrej Čerňanský Marc Louis Augé 2013 New species of the genus Plesiolacerta (Squamata: Lacertidae) from the upper Oligocene (MP28) of Southern Germany and a revision of the type species Plesiolacerta lydekkeri Palaeontology 56 1 79–94 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01167.x 2013Palgy..56...79C 129958448 Sp. novValidČerňanský & AugéLate OligoceneGermanyA lacertid lizard, a species of Plesiolacerta.PolyodontobaenaAnnelise Folie Richard Smith Thierry Smith 2013 New amphisbaenian lizards from the Early Paleogene of Europe and their implications for the early evolution of modern amphisbaenians Geologica Belgica 16 4 227–235 http://popups.ulg.ac.be/Geol/document.php?id=4265 2013-10-26 2013-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195952/http://popups.ulg.ac.be/Geol/document.php?id=4265 Gen. et sp. novValidFolie, Smith & SmithEarly PaleoceneHainin FormationBelgiumAn amphisbaenian. The type species is Polyodontobaena belgica.Provaranosaurus fatuusSp. novValidSmith & GauthierEarly EoceneWasatch FormationUnited StatesA relative of the Chinese crocodile lizard, a species of Provaranosaurus.RomeosaurusAlessandro Palci Michael W. Caldwell Cesare A. Papazzoni 2013 A new genus and subfamily of mosasaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of northern Italy Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 3 599–612 10.1080/02724634.2013.731024 2013JVPal..33..599P 11380/941691 86646993 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidPalci, Caldwell & PapazzoniLate Cretaceous (early Turonian to early Santonian)ItalyA mosasaur related to Russellosaurus and Yaguarasaurus. Genus contains two species: Romeosaurus fumanensis and Romeosaurus sorbinii.framelessSchillerosaurusRandall L. Nydam Daniel J. Chure Susan E. Evans 2013 Schillerosaurus gen. nov., a replacement name for the lizard genus Schilleria Evans and Chure, 1999 a junior homonym of Schilleria Dahl, 1907 Zootaxa 3736 1 99–100 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03736p100.pdf 10.11646/zootaxa.3736.1.6 25112616 Nom. novValidNydam, Chure & EvansLate JurassicMorrison FormationUnited StatesA replacement name for Schilleria Evans & Chure (1999).Scincoideus grassatorKrister T. Smith Jacques A. Gauthier 2013 Early Eocene Lizards of the Wasatch Formation near Bitter Creek, Wyoming: Diversity and Paleoenvironment during an Interval of Global Warming Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54 2 135–230 10.3374/014.054.0205 2013BPMNH..54..135S 140180346 Sp. novValidSmith & GauthierEarly EoceneWasatch FormationUnited StatesA member of Lacertiformes, a species of Scincoideus.Socognathus brachyodonSp. novValidLongrich, Bhullar & GauthierLate Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)Lance FormationUnited StatesA chamopsiid polyglyphanodontian lizard, a species of Socognathus.SuratagamaGen. et sp. novValidRana et al.Early Eocene (early to middle Ypresian)Cambay Shale FormationIndiaA member of Agamidae. The type species is Suratagama neeraae.Suzanniwana revenantaSp. novValidSmith & GauthierEarly EoceneWasatch FormationUnited StatesA member of Pleurodonta, a species of Suzanniwana.Tiliqua laticephalaAndrej Čerňanský Mark N. Hutchinson 2013 A new large fossil species of Tiliqua (Squamata; Scincidae) from the Pliocene of the Wellington Caves (New South Wales, Australia) Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 37 1 131–136 10.1080/03115518.2012.715326 2013Alch...37..131C 129296715 Sp. novDisputedČerňanský & HutchinsonPlioceneAustraliaA blue-tongued skink. Possibly a junior synonym of Tiliqua frangens.Kailah M. Thorn Diana A. Fusco Mark N. Hutchinson Michael G. Gardner Jessica L. Clayton Gavin J. Prideaux Michael S. Y. Lee 2023 A giant armoured skink from Australia expands lizard morphospace and the scope of the Pleistocene extinctions Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 2000 20230704 10.1098/rspb.2023.0704 37312544 10265006 Utahgenys antongaiSp. nov ValidNydamLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Dakota FormationUnited StatesA contogeniid scincomorph, a species of Utahgenys.WebbsaurusGen. et sp. nov ValidNydamLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Dakota FormationUnited StatesA scincomorph related to skinks. The type species is Webbsaurus lofgreni.Xestops savageiSp. novValidSmith & GauthierEarly EoceneWasatch FormationUnited StatesA member of Glyptosaurinae, a species of Xestops. Newly named snakes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCerberophisGen. et sp. novValidLongrich, Bhullar & GauthierLate Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)Hell Creek FormationUnited StatesAn alethinophidian snake of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Cerberophis robustus.KatariaAgustín Scanferla Hussam Zaher Fernando E. Novas Christian de Muizon Ricardo Céspedes 2013 A New Snake Skull from the Paleocene of Bolivia Sheds Light on the Evolution of Macrostomatans PLOS ONE 8 3 e57583 10.1371/journal.pone.0057583 23469206 3585969 2013PLoSO...857583S free Gen. et sp. novJunior homonymScanferla et al.Early Paleocene (Danian)Santa Lucía FormationBoliviaA macrostomatan snake related to caenophidians. The type species is Kataria anisodonta. The generic name is preoccupied by Kataria Faubel (1983); Deshmukh et al. (2022) coined a replacement name Katariana.Umakant Bhoopati Deshmukh Aravind Janardhan Mungole Agustín Scanferla Hussam Zaher 2022 Katariana nomen novum: a replacement name for the preoccupied extinct genus Kataria Scanferla, Zaher, Novas, de Muizon & Céspedes, 2013 (Serpentes: Alethinophidia) Zootaxa 5178 6 595 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.6.7 36095707 251998606 NidophisŞtefan Vasile Zoltán Csiki-Sava Márton Venczel 2013 A new madtsoiid snake from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, western Romania Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 5 1100–1119 10.1080/02724634.2013.764882 2013JVPal..33.1100V 130202902 Gen. et sp. novValidVasile, Csiki-Sava & VenczelLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Haţeg BasinRomaniaA madtsoiid. The type species is Nidophis insularis.frameless Archosauromorphs Newly named basal archosauromorphs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnkylosuchusSpencer G. Lucas Justin A. Spielmann Adrian P. Hunt 2013 A new doswelliid archosauromorph from the Upper Triassic of West Texas New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 61 382–388 http://paleo.cortland.edu/globaltriassic2/Bulletin%2061%20Final/31-Lucas%20et%20al%20(Ankylosuchus).pdf 2013-12-21 2013-12-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20131224114815/http://paleo.cortland.edu/globaltriassic2/Bulletin%2061%20Final/31-Lucas%20et%20al%20(Ankylosuchus).pdf Gen. et sp. nov ValidLucas, Spielmann & HuntLate TriassicColorado City FormationUnited StatesA doswelliid. The type species is Ankylosuchus chinlegroupensis.AsperorisSterling J. Nesbitt Richard J. Butler David J. Gower 2013 A New Archosauriform (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Manda Beds (Middle Triassic) of Southwestern Tanzania PLOS ONE 8 9 e72753 10.1371/journal.pone.0072753 24086264 3785487 2013PLoSO...872753N free Gen. et sp. nov ValidNesbitt, Butler & GowerMiddle Triassic (probably late Anisian)Manda bedsTanzaniaA non-archosaurian archosauriform of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Asperoris mnyama.framelessFuyuansaurusNicholas C. Fraser Olivier Rieppel Li Chun 2013 A long-snouted protorosaur from the Middle Triassic of southern China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 5 1120–1126 10.1080/02724634.2013.764310 2013JVPal..33.1120F 83521468 Gen. et sp. nov ValidFraser, Rieppel & ChunMiddle Triassic (Ladinian)Falang FormationChinaA protorosaur. The type species is Fuyuansaurus acutirostris.JaxtasuchusRainer R. Schoch Hans-Dieter Sues 2014 A new archosauriform reptile from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of Germany Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12 1 113–131 10.1080/14772019.2013.781066 2014JSPal..12..113S 85401373 Gen. et sp. nov ValidSchoch & SuesMiddle Triassic (Ladinian)Erfurt FormationGermanyA doswelliid. The type species is Jaxtasuchus salomoni.Machaeroprosopus lottorumAxel Hungerbühler Bill Mueller Sankar Chatterjee Douglas P. Cunningham 2013 Cranial anatomy of the Late Triassic phytosaur Machaeroprosopus, with the description of a new species from West Texas Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103 3–4 269–312 10.1017/S1755691013000364 129442164 Sp. nov ValidHungerbühler et al.Late TriassicCooper Canyon FormationUnited StatesA phytosaur, a species of Machaeroprosopus.Macrocnemus obristiNicholas Fraser Heinz Furrer 2013 A new species of Macrocnemus from the Middle Triassic of the eastern Swiss Alps Swiss Journal of Geosciences 106 2 199–206 10.1007/s00015-013-0137-5 140702183 free 2013SwJG..106..199F Sp. nov ValidFraser & FurrerMiddle Triassic (Ladinian)Prosanto FormationSwitzerlandA protorosaur, a species of Macrocnemus.framelessWanniaMichelle R. Stocker 2013 A new taxonomic arrangement for Paleorhinus scurriensis Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103 3–4 251–263 10.1017/S1755691013000340 130567475 Gen. et comb. nov ValidStockerLate TriassicUnited StatesA phytosaur; a new genus for "Paleorhinus" scurriensis Langston (1949). Archosaurs 2013 in archosaur paleontology Other reptiles Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDolerosaurusRichard J. Butler 2013 'Francosuchus' trauthi is not Paleorhinus: implications for Late Triassic vertebrate biostratigraphy Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 4 858–864 10.1080/02724634.2013.740542 2013JVPal..33..858B 86386615 Gen. et comb. novValidButlerLate Triassic (late Carnian)Lunz FormationAustriaA diapsid of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a new genus for "Francosuchus" trauthi Huene (1939).RuhuhuariaLinda Akiko Tsuji Gabriela Sobral Johannes Müller 2013 Ruhuhuaria reiszi, a new procolophonoid reptile from the Triassic Ruhuhu Basin of Tanzania Comptes Rendus Palevol 12 7–8 487–494 10.1016/j.crpv.2013.08.002 2013CRPal..12..487T Gen. et sp. novValidTsuji, Sobral & MüllerMiddle TriassicManda FormationTanzaniaA procolophonoid parareptile, possibly an owenettid. The type species is Ruhuhuaria reiszi. Synapsids Non-mammalian synapsids Research The postcranial skeleton of therocephalian Ictidosuchoides is described by Heidi Fourie (2013).Heidi Fourie 2013 The postcranial description of Ictidosuchoides (Therapsida: Therocephalia: Baurioidea) Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 3 1–10 http://www.sabinet.co.za/abstracts/nfi_ditsong/nfi_ditsong_v3_a1.html New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDiegocanisRicardo N. Martínez Eliana Fernandez Oscar A. Alcober 2013 A new non-mammaliaform eucynodont from the Carnian-Norian Ischigualasto Formation, Northwestern Argentina Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 16 1 61–76 10.4072/rbp.2013.1.05 2013RvBrP..16...61N free Gen. et sp. nov ValidMartínez, Fernandez & AlcoberLate TriassicIschigualasto FormationArgentinaA member of Eucynodontia closely related to Ecteninion and Trucidocynodon. The type species is Diegocanis elegans.MandagomphodonJames A. Hopson The Traversodontid Cynodont Mandagomphodon hirschsoni from the Middle Triassic of the Ruhuhu Valley, Tanzania 2013 Christian F. Kammerer Kenneth D. Angielczyk Jörg Fröbisch Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida Springer 233–253 978-94-007-6840-6 10.1007/978-94-007-6841-3_14 Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Gen. et comb. nov ValidHopsonMiddle TriassicManda FormationTanzaniaA traversodontid cynodont, a new genus for "Scalenodon" hirschsoni Crompton (1972).NiassodonRui Castanhinha Ricardo Araújo Luís C. Júnior Kenneth D. Angielczyk Gabriel G. Martins Rui M. S. Martins Claudine Chaouiya Felix Beckmann Fabian Wilde 2013 Bringing Dicynodonts Back to Life: Paleobiology and Anatomy of a New Emydopoid Genus from the Upper Permian of Mozambique PLOS ONE 8 12 e80974 10.1371/journal.pone.0080974 24324653 3852158 2013PLoSO...880974C free Gen. et sp. nov ValidCastanhinha et al.Late PermianMozambiqueA kingoriid emydopoid dicynodont. The type species is Niassodon mfumukasi.framelessTambacarnifexDavid S. Berman Amy C. Henrici Stuart S. Sumida Thomas Martens Valerie Pelletier First European Record of a Varanodontine (Synapsida: Varanopidae): Member of a Unique Early Permian Upland Paleoecosystem, Tambach Basin, Central Germany Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology 2013 Christian F. Kammerer Kenneth D. Angielczyk Jörg Fröbisch Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida Springer 69–86 978-94-007-6840-6 10.1007/978-94-007-6841-3_5 Gen. et sp. nov ValidBerman et al.Early PermianTambach FormationGermanyA varanodontine varanopid. The type species is Tambacarnifex unguifalcatus. Mammals 2013 in mammal paleontology Other animals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlaconchaLéa Devaere Sébastien Clausen Michael Steiner J. Javier Álvaro Daniel Vachard 2013 Chronostratigraphic and palaeogeographic significance of an early Cambrian microfauna from the Heraultia Limestone, northern Montagne Noire, France Palaeontologia Electronica 16 2 Article number 16.2.17A http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2013/298-french-cambrian-microfauna Gen. et sp. novValidDevaere, Clausen & Steiner in Devaere et al.Cambrian (Tommotian)Heraultia LimestoneFranceAn animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a low cap-shaped bilaterally symmetrical conch. The type species is A. rugosa.Anomalocaris kunmingensisYuanYuan Wang DiYing Huang ShiXue Hu 2013 New anomalocardid frontal appendages from the Guanshan biota, eastern Yunnan Chinese Science Bulletin 58 32 3937–3942 10.1007/s11434-013-5908-x 2013ChSBu..58.3937W 83910779 free Sp. novValidWang, Huang & HuCambrianWulongqing FormationChinaA radiodont. Originally described as a species of Anomalocaris, but subsequently transferred to the amplectobeluid genus Guanshancaris.Mingjing Zhang Yu Wu Weiliang Lin Jiaxin Ma Yuheng Wu Dongjing Fu 2023 Amplectobeluid Radiodont Guanshancaris gen. nov. from the Lower Cambrian (Stage 4) Guanshan Lagerstätte of South China: Biostratigraphic and Paleobiogeographic Implications Biology 12 4 583 10.3390/biology12040583 37106783 10136193 free framelessCambrocornulitusXianfeng Yang Olev Vinn Olev Vinn Xianguang Hou Xinglei Tian 2013 New tubicolous problematic fossil with some "lophophorate" affinities from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang biota in south China GFF 135 2 184–190 10.1080/11035897.2013.801035 2013GFF...135..184Y 129033570 Gen. et sp. novValidYang et al.Early CambrianQiongzhusi FormationChinaAn animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member of Cornulitida. The type species is Cambrocornulitus rarus.Cephalodiscus? nusplingensisGünter Schweigert Gerd Dietl 2013 A questionable pterobranch from the Upper Jurassic Nusplingen Lithographic Limestone (SW Germany) Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 270 1 83–90 10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0361 2013NJGPA.270...83S Sp. novValidSchweigert & DietlLate JurassicNusplingen LimestoneGermanyPossibly a pterobranch belonging to the genus Cephalodiscus.Chengjiangocaris kunmingensisJie Yang Javier Ortega-Hernández Nicholas J. Butterfield Xi-guang Zhang Daniel Vachard 2013 Specialized appendages in fuxianhuiids and the head organization of early euarthropods Nature 494 7438 468–471 10.1038/nature11874 23446418 2013Natur.494..468Y 4424201 Sp. novValidYang et al.Cambrian Stage 3Hongjingshao FormationChinaA stem-arthropod.framelessConularia porcellaSean P. Robson Graham A. Young 2013 Late Ordovician conulariids from Manitoba, Canada Journal of Paleontology 87 5 775–785 10.1666/12-0370 2013JPal...87..775R 128515621 Sp. novValidRobson & YoungLate Ordovician (middle Katian)Red River FormationCanadaA conulariid, a species of Conularia.Fuxianhuia xiaoshibaensisSp. novValidYang et al.Cambrian Stage 3Hongjingshao FormationChinaA stem-arthropod.framelessGracilitheca astronautaMartin Valent Oldřich Fatka 2013 Gracilitheca astronauta n. sp. and Nephrotheca sophia n. sp. (Hyolitha, Orthothecida) from the Cambrian of Czech Republic Annales de Paléontologie 99 3 207–216 10.1016/j.annpal.2013.03.002 2013AnPal..99..207V Sp. novValidValent & FatkaCambrianBuchava FormationCzech RepublicA member of Hyolitha (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Gracilitheca.Gracilitheca mirabilisMartin Valent Oldřich Fatka Ladislav Marek 2013 Gracilitheca and Nephrotheca (Hyolitha, Orthothecida) in the Cambrian of the Barrandian area, Czech Republic Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 37 1 115–124 10.1080/03115518.2012.709446 2013Alch...37..115V 129744244 Sp. novValidValent, Fatka & MarekCambrianBuchava FormationCzech RepublicA member of Hyolitha (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Gracilitheca.Gracilitheca triangularisSp. novValidValent, Fatka & MarekCambrianBuchava FormationCzech RepublicA member of Hyolitha, a species of Gracilitheca.HunanoscolexBaichuan Duan Xiping Dong 2013 Furongian (Late Cambrian) palaeoscolecid cuticles from Hunan Province, South China: the growth impact on the worm cuticle Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis 49 4 591–602 10.13209/j.0479-8023.2013.083 http://xbna.pku.edu.cn/EN/abstract/abstract2520.shtml Gen. et sp. novValidDuan & DongCambrian (Paibian)Bitiao FormationChinaA palaeoscolecid. The type species is H. campus.Microconchus hintonensisMichał Zatoń Robert L. Peck 2013 Morphology and palaeoecology of new, non-marine microconchid tubeworm from Lower Carboniferous (Upper Mississippian) of West Virginia, USA Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 83 1 37–50 http://www.asgp.pl/83_1_037_050 Sp. novValidZatoń & PeckCarboniferous (late Mississippian)Bluestone Formation Hinton FormationUnited StatesA member of Microconchida (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs).Microconchus utahensisMichał Zatoń Paul D. Taylor Olev Vinn Olev Vinn 2013 Early Triassic (Spathian) Post-Extinction Microconchids from Western Pangea Journal of Paleontology 87 1 159–165 10.1666/12-060R.1 2013JPal...87..159Z 129909749 Sp. novValidZatoń, Taylor & VinnEarly TriassicVirgin FormationUnited StatesA member of Microconchida (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Microconchus.MuensterinaFabrizio Bizzarini 2013 Osservazioni storico-sistematiche sulle "Stellisponge" cassiane delle Dolomiti Annali del Museo Civico di Rovereto. Sezione: Archeologia, Storia, Scienze Naturali 28 225–261 http://www.museocivico.rovereto.tn.it/UploadDocs/4975_art11_bizzarini.pdf Gen. et comb. novValidBizzariniLate Triassic (Carnian)Heiligkreuz Formation San Cassiano FormationItalyA demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida and to the family Sestrostomellidae. The type species is "Cnemidium" variabile Münster (1841).Nephrotheca betulaSp. novValidValent, Fatka & MarekCambrianBuchava FormationCzech RepublicA member of Hyolitha, a species of Nephrotheca.Nephrotheca sophiaSp. novValidValent & FatkaCambrianBuchava FormationCzech RepublicA member of Hyolitha, a species of Nephrotheca.Oktavites kemanensisYuandong Zhang Junxuan Fan Yi Wang Yanyan Song Junfeng Cheng 2013 Amid Telychian (Llandovery) graptolite fauna from Mojiang, Yunnan province, southwestern China Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 44 123–142 https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=347936028319244;res=IELNZC Sp. novValidZhang et al.Silurian (Telychian)Manbo FormationChinaA graptolite.OrnatoscolexGen. et sp. novValidDuan & DongCambrian (Paibian)Bitiao FormationChinaA palaeoscolecid. The type species is O. hunanensis.Paraconularia bachmanniGregor Barth Heinz W. Kozur Matthias Franz Robert E. Weems 2013 Paraconularia bachmanni n. sp. from the Germanic Upper Triassic, the first fresh-water occurrence of a conulariid New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 61 42–47 http://paleo.cortland.edu/globaltriassic2/Bulletin%2061%20Final/07-Barth%20et%20al%20%28Conulariid%29.pdf Sp. novValidBarth et al.Late TriassicGermanyA conulariid, a species of Paraconularia.ParanomalocarisGen. et sp. novValidWang, Huang & HuCambrianWulongqing FormationChinaA member of Anomalocarididae (a group of animals with uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly stem-arthropods). The type species is Paranomalocaris multisegmentalis.framelessPotamophloios canadensisAndrzej Pisera Peter A. Siver Alexander P. Wolfe 2013 A first account of freshwater potamolepid sponges (Demospongiae, Spongillina, Potamolepidae) from the Middle Eocene: Biogeographic and paleoclimatic implications Journal of Paleontology 87 3 373–378 10.1666/12-079.1 2013JPal...87..373P 4185717 Sp. novValidPisera, Siver & WolfeEocene (Lutetian)CanadaA sponge belonging to the family Potamolepidae.QuasiaulaceraPaul Copper Carl W. Stock Jisuo Jin 2013 Quasiaulacera, a new Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) aulaceratid stromatoporoid genus from Anticosti Island, Canada Journal of Paleontology 87 4 664–676 10.1666/12-150 2013JPal...87..664C 140177901 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidCopper, Stock & JinLate Ordovician (Hirnantian)Ellis Bay FormationCanadaA stromatoporoid. Genus contains two species: Quasiaulacera stellata and Q. occidua.SpinithecaN. V. Novozhilova 2013 Spinitheca gen. nov.—A new orthothecimorph hyolith genus from the Lower Cambrian of the Siberian platform Paleontological Journal 47 2 136–138 10.1134/S0031030113020081 2013PalJ...47..136N 86797262 Gen. et sp. novValidNovozhilovaEarly Cambrian (Atdabanian)RussiaA member of Hyolitha (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs). The type species is Spinitheca sysoievi.Wronascolex iacoborumDiego C. García-Bellido John R. Paterson Gregory D. Edgecombe 2013 Cambrian palaeoscolecids (Cycloneuralia) from Gondwana and reappraisal of species assigned to Palaeoscolex Gondwana Research 24 2 780–795 10.1016/j.gr.2012.12.002 2013GondR..24..780G Sp. novValidGarcía-Bellido, Paterson & EdgecombeCambrian Stage 4Emu Bay ShaleAustraliaA palaeoscolecid.ValandriaGen. et sp. novValidBizzariniLate Triassic (Carnian)Heiligkreuz FormationItalyA demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida and to the family Sestrostomellidae. The type species is V. bertii.WildspongiaGen. et sp. novValidBizzariniLate Triassic (Carnian)Heiligkreuz FormationItalyA demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida and to the family Sestrostomellidae. The type species is W. stollae. Other organisms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesGorgonisphaeridium savertonenseR. Wicander G. Playford 2013 Marine and terrestrial palynofloras from transitional Devonian–Mississippian strata, Illinois Basin, U.S.A. Boletín Geológico y Minero 124 4 589–637 http://aiplanetatierra.igme.es/Boletin/2013/124_4/6_ARTICULO%205.pdf 2018-08-10 2018-08-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20180811031744/http://aiplanetatierra.igme.es/Boletin/2013/124_4/6_ARTICULO%205.pdf Sp. nov.ValidWicander & PlayfordDevonian (Famennian)Saverton ShaleUnited StatesAn acritarch.HoneggeriellaKelly K. S. Matsunaga Ruth A. Stockey Alexandru M. F. Tomescu 2013 Honeggeriella complexa gen. et sp. nov., a heteromerous lichen from the Lower Cretaceous of Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada) American Journal of Botany 100 2 450–459 10.3732/ajb.1200470 23316074 2013AmJB..100..450M Gen. et sp. novValidMatsunaga, Stockey & TomescuEarly Cretaceous (Valanginian-Hauterivian boundary)Longarm FormationCanadaA heteromerous lichen. The type species is Honeggeriella complexa.Plumalina brevisA. D. Muscente Warren D. Allmon 2013 Revision of the hydroid Plumalina Hall, 1858 in the Silurian and Devonian of New York Journal of Paleontology 87 4 710–725 10.1666/12-125 2013JPal...87..710M 129381453 Sp. novValidMuscente & AllmonDevonian (Frasnian)Ithaca FormationUnited StatesAn organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, argued by different authors to be a hydrozoan or a Caulerpa-like alga.Jerzy Dzik Andrzej Baliński Yuanlin Sun 2016 An Early Ordovician clonal organism from China with a zig-zagged suture on branches Bulletin of Geosciences 91 2 319–329 10.3140/bull.geosci.1575 free Plumalina teneraSp. novValidMuscente & AllmonSilurian (Wenlock)Rochester ShaleUnited StatesAn organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, argued by different authors to be a hydrozoan or a Caulerpa-like alga. References 30em Category:2010s in paleontology Paleontology