2008 in paleontology

none 2008 paleontology science thumb|Important finds in 2008 2008 Protozoa New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPaleoleishmania neotropicumPoinar G. 2008 Lutzomyia adiketis sp. n. (Diptera: Phlebotomidae), a vector of Paleoleishmania neotropicum sp. n. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Dominican amber Parasites & Vectors 1 22 10.1186/1756-3305-1-22 18627624 2491605 1 free sp novValid PoinarBurdigalianDominican amberDominican Republicsecond record, and youngest, of the extinct genus Paleoleishmaniathumb|center|150px|Paleoleishmania neotropicum Plants Ferns and fern allies Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymy Notes ImagesCalcaropterisMiller I.M. Hickey L.J. 2008 The Fossil Flora of the Winthrop Formation (Albian–Early Cretaceous) of Washington State, USA. Part I: Bryophyta and Pteridophytina Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 49 2 135–180 10.3374/0079-032X-49.2.135 2008BPMNH..49..135M Gen et 2 sp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA matoniaceous morphogenus.The type species is C. boeselii Also includes C. bifurcataCladophlebis baja-beeceensisSp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA osmundaceous foliage morphospecies.Cladophlebis methowensisSp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA osmundaceous foliage morphospecies.FurcillopterisGen, sp, et comb novvalid(R.W. Brown) Miller & HickeyPaleoceneDanianFort Union FormationUSAColoradoA fern morphogenus of uncertain affinity.The type species is Dryopteris serrata (1962) Also includes F. oblongataMicrophyllopteris delicataSp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA gleicheniaceous morphospecies.Microphyllopteris gieseckianaComb novvalid(Heer) Miller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonGleichenites nordenskioldi auct. non (Heer) Seward nee Bell, 1956)A gleicheniaceous morphospecies.Moved from Gleichenia gieseckiana (1868) Neocalamites vagantaSp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonAn apocalamitaceous morphospecies.ParamatoniaGen et sp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA matoniaceous morphogenus.The type species is P. linearisSectilopterisGen et 3 comb novvalid(Fontaine) Miller & HickeyCretaceousAptianPatuxent FormationUSAVirginiaA fern morphogenus of uncertain affinity.The type species is Sphenopteris latiloba (1886) Also includes Sphenopteris newberryi (1956) & Hymenopteris psilotoides (1824)WinthropterisGen et sp novvalidMiller & HickeyCretaceousLate AlbianWinthrop FormationUSAWashingtonA blechnaceous morphogenus.The type species is W. ovalis Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDillhoffiaManchester S. Pigg, K. 2008 The Eocene mystery flower of McAbee, British Columbia Botany 86 1034–1038 10.1139/B08-044 9 2008Botan..86.1034M Gen. et sp. nov.ValidManchester & PiggYpresianUnnamed Formation, Kamloops GroupCanadathumb|150px|center|Dillhoffia cachensisPluricarpellatiaMohr B.A.R. Bernardes-de-Oliveira, M.E.C. Taylor D.W. 2008 Pluricarpellatia, a nymphaealean angiosperm from the Lower Cretaceous of northern Gondwana (Crato Formation, Brazil) Taxon 57 4 1147–1158 10.1002/tax.574009 2008Taxon..57.1147M Gen. et sp. nov.ValidMohr, Bernardes-de-Oliveira & TaylorEarly CretaceousCrato FormationBrazil Monocots Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMontrichardia aquaticaHerrera F.A. Jaramillo C.A. Dilcher D.L. Wing S.L. Gómez-N C. 207654872 2007 Fossil Araceae from a Paleocene neotropical rainforest in Colombia American Journal of Botany 95 1569–1583 10.3732/ajb.0800172 12 21628164sp novValidHerrera et alMiddle to late PaleoceneCerrejón FormationColombiaonly fossil record of the genus MontrichardiaPetrocardiumgen et sp novValidHerrera et alMiddle to late PaleoceneCerrejón FormationColombiaTwo named species Petrocardium cerrejonense and Petrocardium wayuuorum Arthropoda Arachnomorphs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDicranocarisBriggs Derek E. G. Lieberman Bruce S. Hendricks Jonathan R. Halgedahl Susan L. Jarrard Richard D. 2008 Middle Cambrian arthropods from Utah https://www.academia.edu/es/20042534 Journal of Paleontology 82 2 238 10.1666/06-086.1 2008JPal...82..238B 31568651 0022-3360Gen et sp novvalidBriggs, Lieberman, Hendricks, Halgedahl & JarrardMiddle CambrianWheeler Formation Marjum FormationUnited StatesAn arachnormorph of uncertain classification. Type species D. guntherorumNettapezouraGen et sp novvalidBriggs, Lieberman, Hendricks, Halgedahl & JarrardMiddle CambrianMarjum FormationUnited StatesAn arachnormorph of uncertain classification. Type species N. basilikaPalaeosiroPoinar G. O. Jr 2008 Palaeosiro burmanicum n. gen., n. sp., a fossil Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida: Opiliones: Sironidae) in early Cretaceous Burmese amber Advances in Arachnology and Developmental Biology. Papers dedicated to Prof. Dr. Božidar Ćurčić 12 267–274Gen et sp novvalidPoinarCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmar 1974A stylocellid harvestman. Type species P. burmanicum Crustaceans Research Schram (2008) publishes an adjustment to the taxonomy of Paleozoic stomatopods, erecting the family Archaeocarididae.Schram Frederick R. 2008 An Adjustment to the Higher Taxonomy of the Fossil Stomatopoda https://www.jstor.org/stable/20111439 Crustaceana 81 6 751–754 10.1163/156854008784513429 20111439 2008Crust..81..751S 0011-216X Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCataglyphoidesDlussky G. M. 2008 Ants of the tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from late Eocene amber of Europe Paleontological Journal 42 5 500–513 10.1134/S0031030108050055 2008PalJ...42..500D 84151414 Gen et sp et comb novValid DlusskyMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeFossil formicine ant, two species C. constrictus (Mayr, 1868) & C. intermedius Dlussky, 2008 thumb|center|upright|Cataglyphoides constrictusDolichoderus punctatusDlussky G. M. 2008 New species of ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Late Eocene ambers of Europe Vestnik Zoologii 42 6 497–514Sp novValid DlusskyMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeFossil dolichoderine ant thumb|center|upright|Dolichoderus punctatusElectropodagrionAzar D. Nel A. 2008 First Baltic amber megapodagrionid damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera) Annales de la Société Entomologique de France New Series 44 4 451–457 10.1080/00379271.2008.10697580 2008AnSEF..44..451A 86072971 free Taylor & Francis Gen et sp novvalidAzar & NelMiddle EoceneBaltic AmberEuropeA Megapodagrionidae damselflyElektroepyrisPerrichot V. Nel A. 2008 Eocene bethylid wasps from French amber (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 248 1 91–101 10.1127/0077-7749/2008/0248-0091 2008NJGPA.248...91P Gen et sp novValidPerrichot & NelEoceneOise amberFranceA bethylid waspthumb|center|upright|Elektroepyris magnificusFormosibittacusLi Y-L. Ren D. Shih C-K Two Middle Jurassic hanging-flies (Insecta: Mecoptera: Bittacidae) from Northeast China Zootaxa 2008 1929 38–46 1175-5334 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01929p046f.pdf 10.11646/zootaxa.1929.1.2 gen et sp novValidLi, Ren & ShihMiddle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA bittacidHaidomyrmodesPerrichot V. Nel A. Néraudeau D. Lacau S. Guyot T. 2008 New fossil ants in French Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Naturwissenschaften 95 2 91–97 10.1007/s00114-007-0302-7 http://gap.entclub.org/taxonomists/Perrichot/Ants%20French%20Cretaceous%20Perrichot%20et%20al.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20130425025457/http://gap.entclub.org/taxonomists/Perrichot/Ants%20French%20Cretaceous%20Perrichot%20et%20al.pdf dead 2013-04-25 17828384 2008NW.....95...91P 19130572 gen et sp novValidPerrichot et alMiddle CretaceousCharentese amberFranceA Sphecomyrminae ant, type species H. mammuthusthumb|center|upright|Haidomyrmodes mammuthusJurahylobittacusgen et sp novValidLi, Ren & ShihMiddle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA bittacidLutzomyia adiketissp novValid Poinar Burdigalian Dominican amber Dominican Republic Vector for the extinct Trypanosomatidae species Paleoleishmania neotropicumthumb|center|upright|Lutzomyia adiketisProraphidia gomeziJepson J.E. Jarzembowski, E.A. 2008 Two new species of snakefly (Insecta:Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Spain with a review of other fossil raphidiopterans from the Jurassic/Cretaceous transition Alavesia 2 193–201 http://fossilinsects.net/pdfs/Jepson_Jarzembowski_2008_Alavesia_SnakeflyLowerCretaceousEnglandSpain.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110718202102/http://fossilinsects.net/pdfs/Jepson_Jarzembowski_2008_Alavesia_SnakeflyLowerCretaceousEnglandSpain.pdf 2011-07-18 sp novValid JarzembowskiLower CretaceousLower Weald ClayEnglandProraphidia hopkinsisp novValid JarzembowskiBarremianSpainProteroscelio gravatusNorman F. Johnson Luciana Musetti Lubomír Masner 2008 The Cretaceous scelionid genus Proteroscelio Brues (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea) American Museum Novitates 3603 1–7 10.1206/0003-0082(2008)3603[1:TCSGPB]2.0.CO;2 2246/5907 67766290 http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/2246/5907/1//v3/dspace/updateIngest/pdfs/N3603.pdf Sp novvalidJohnson, Musetti & MasnerEarly Cretaceous (Aptian)Lebanese AmberLebanonA member of Platygastroidea.Rhabdepyris gallicusSp novValidPerrichot & NelEoceneOise amberFranceA bethylid waspthumb|center|upright|Rhabdepyris gallicusSinomeganeuraRen D. Nel A. Prokop J. New early griffenfly, Sinomeganeura huangheensis from the Late Carboniferous of northern China (Meganisoptera: Meganeuridae) Insect Systematics & Evolution 2008 38 2 223–229 1399-560X http://202.204.209.200/upload/20080703010737.pdf 10.1163/187631208788784075 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120324183604/http://202.204.209.200/upload/20080703010737.pdf 2012-03-24 gen et sp novValid Ren, Nel, & Prokop NamurianTupo Formation China Third Namurian age Meganeuridae griffenfly described.SinoprotelenomusNom novvalidZhang in Johnson, Musetti & MasnerMioceneChinaA member of Platygastroidea; replacement name for Protelenomus Zhang (1989).Sphecomyrmodes occidentalisSp novjr synPerrichot et alMiddle CretaceousCharentese amberFranceA stem group ant jr synonym of Gerontoformica occidentalisthumb|center|upright|Gerontoformica occidentalisSyndesus ambericusWoodruff R.E. 2009 A new fossil species of stag beetle from Dominican Republic amber, with Australasian connections (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) Insecta Mundi 0098 1–10 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1621&context=insectamundi&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fscholar%3Fq%3DDominican%2BAmber%2Bstag%2Bbeetle%26btnG%3D%26hl%3Den%26as_sdt%3D0%252C48#search=%22Dominican%20Amber%20stag%20beetle%22Sp novValidWoodruffBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA stag beetleTermitaradus avitinquilinusGrimaldi D. Engel M. S. 2008 A termite bug in Early Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic (Hemiptera: Termitaphididae) American Museum Novitates 3619 1–10 http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/5921//v3/dspace/updateIngest/pdfs/N3619.pdf?sequence=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503151519/http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/5921//v3/dspace/updateIngest/pdfs/N3619.pdf?sequence=1 dead 2014-05-03 10.1206/610.1 2246/5921 Sp novValidGrimaldi & EngelBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA termite bug Xiphosurans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Lunataspisgen et sp novValid taxonNowlan, Rudkin, & YoungLate OrdovicianChurchill River Group?Canada Fishes Bony fish Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArquatichthysJing Lu Min Zhu 2008 An Early Devonian (Pragian) sarcopterygian from Zhaotong, Yunnan, China Vertebrata PalAsiatica 46 3 161–170 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2008.03.001 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200811/t20081104_2385502.html ValidLu & ZhuDevonian (Pragian)Posongchong FormationChinaA basal member of Dipnomorpha. The type species is A. porosus.DonnroseniaJohn A. Long Brian Choo Gavin C. Young 2008 A new basal actinopterygian fish from the Middle Devonian Aztec Siltstone of Antarctica Antarctic Science 20 4 393–412 10.1017/S0954102008001144 2008AntSc..20..393L 130818552 ValidLong, Choo, & YoungDevonian (Givetian)Aztec SiltstoneAntarcticaA basal member of Actinopterygii. Genus includes new species D. schaefferi.Genyonemus whistleriGary T. Takeuchi Richard W. Huddleston 2008 Genyonemus whistleri new species, a late Miocene sciaenid fish from California Xiaoming Wang Lawrence G. Barnes Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology of Western and Southern North America. Contributions in Honor of David P. Whistler Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 279–291 978-1-891276-27-9 ValidTakeuchi & HuddlestonLate MiocenePuente FormationUnited StatesA relative of the white croaker.Hiodon woodruffiHilton E. J. Grande L. 2008 Fossil Mooneyes (Teleostei: Hiodontiformes, Hiodontidae) from the Eocene of western North America, with a reassessment of their taxonomy Geological Society, London, Special Publications 295 1 221–251 10.1144/sp295.13 2008GSLSP.295..221H 128680041 Comb novvalid(Wilson)YpresianKlondike Mountain FormationUnited StatesWashingtonA mooneye, Moved from Eohiodon woodruffi Wilson 1978thumb|center|upright|Hiodon woodruffiTarachomylax multicostatusTuo Qiao Min Zhu 2008 A new species of Dipnoi (Sarcopterygii, Osteichthyes) from Lower Devonian of Yunnan, China Vertebrata PalAsiatica 46 1 71–80 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2008.01.007 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200811/t20081102_2385494.html ValidQiao & ZhuDevonian (Emsian)Chuandong FormationChinaA lungfish. Cartilaginous fish Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesThrinacoselacheGrogan Eileen D. Lund Richard 2008-12-12 A basal elasmobranch, Thrinacoselache gracia n. gen and sp., (Thrinacodontidae, new family) from the Bear Gulch Limestone, Serpukhovian of Montana, USA https://www.researchgate.net/publication/213771568 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology en 28 4 970–988 10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.970 2008JVPal..28..970G 84735866 0272-4634Gen. et. sp. nov.Jr. synonymGrogan & LundCarboniferous (Serpukhovian)Bear Gulch LimestoneUSAType species is T. gracia. Genus now a junior synonym of Thrinacodus. Placoderms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesGavinaspisDupret V. Zhu M. 2008 The earliest phyllolepid (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Late Lochkovian (Early Devonian) of Yunnan (South China) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/243971350 Geological Magazine en 145 2 257–278 10.1017/S0016756807004207 2008GeoM..145..257D 129360262 1469-5081Gen. et. sp. nov.ValidDupret & ZhuEarly Devonian (Lochkovian)Xitun FormationChinaA phyllolepid. Materpiscis Long J. A. Trinajstic K. Young G. C. Senden T. 2008 Live birth in the Devonian period Nature 453 7195 650–652 10.1038/nature06966 2008Natur.453..650L 18509443 205213348 gen et sp novValidLong, Trinajstic, Young, & SendenLate DevonianGogo FormationAustraliadiscovered with fossilized embryo.thumb|200px|center|Materpiscis embryo features General research Hilton & Grande redescribe the fossil mooneyes of western North America synonymizing the genus Eohiodon with Hiodon. Cicimurri, Paris, & Everhart describe a partial dentition from a Holocephali chimaeroid fish found in the Niobrara Chalk. 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[34:PDOACF]2.0.CO;2 Cicimurri D. J. Parris D. C. Everhart M. J. 2008 Partial dentition of a chimaeroid fish (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of Kansas, USA Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 1 34–40 131522906 0272-4634 Amphibians Jenkins, F. A., jr, Shubin, N. H., Gatesy, S. M., and Warren, A., 2008, Gerrothorax pulcherrimus from the Upper Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of East Greenland and a reassessment of head lifting in temnospondyl feeding: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 4, p. 935-950. Newly named amphibians Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images BeelzebufoEvans Susan E. Susan E. Evans Jones, Marc E. H. Krause, David W. 2008 A giant frog with South American affinities from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105 8 2951–2956 10.1073/pnas.0707599105 18287076 2268566 2008PNAS..105.2951E free Valid taxon Evans Jones Krause Late Cretaceous (70 mya) Maevarano Formation Madagascar thumb|200px|center|An artist's depiction of Beelzebufo Gerobatrachus 10.1038/nature06865 Anderson J.S. Reisz RR Robert R. Reisz Scott D. Fröbisch N.B. Sumida S.S. 2008 A stem batrachian from the Early Permian of Texas and the origin of frogs and salamanders Nature 453 7194 515–518 18497824 2008Natur.453..515A 205212809 Valid taxonAnderson Reisz Scott Fröbisch Sumida Early Permian (290 mya) USA (Texas) Oumtkoutia Jean-Claude Rage Didier B. Dutheil Amphibians and squamates from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Morocco. A preliminary study, with description of a new genus of pipid frog http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/pala/detail/285/74327/%23 Palaeontographica Abteilung A 285 1–3 1–22 2014-08-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095852/http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/pala/detail/285/74327/ 2015-09-24 dead 10.1127/pala/285/2008/1 2008 2008PalAA.285....1R subscription Valid taxonRage Dutheil Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Kem Kem Beds Morocco A pipid anuran. Archosaurs Newly named pseudosuchians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcynodon adriaticusMassimo Delfino Jeremy E. Martin Eric Buffetaut 2008 A new species of Acynodon (Crocodylia) from the upper cretaceous (Santonian–Campanian) of Villaggio del Pescatore, Italy Palaeontology 51 5 1091–1106 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00800.x 2008Palgy..51.1091D 84515709 free Sp. novValidDelfino, Martin & BuffetautLate CretaceousItalyDakosaurus carpenteriLaura E. Wilkinson Mark T. Young Michael J. Benton 84517228 2008 A new metriorhynchid crocodilian (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) of Wiltshire, UK Palaeontology 51 6 1307–1333 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00818.x 2008Palgy..51.1307W http://doc.rero.ch/record/15754/files/PAL_E1544.pdf Sp. novValidWilkinson, Young & BentonLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)Kimmeridge Clay FormationUnited KingdomA metriorhynchid crocodyliform. Originally described as a species of Dakosaurus, subsequently transferred to the separate genus Torvoneustes.Marco Brandalise de Andrade Mark T. Young Julia B. Desojo Stephen L. Brusatte 2010 The evolution of extreme hypercarnivory in Metriorhynchidae (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) based on evidence from microscopic denticle morphology Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 5 1451–1465 10.1080/02724634.2010.501442 2010JVPal..30.1451D 11336/69039 83985855 free Gryposuchus croizatiDouglas Riff Orangel A. Aguilera 2008 The world's largest gharials Gryposuchus: description of G. croizati n. sp. (Crocodylia, Gavialidae) from the Upper Miocene Urumaco Formation, Venezuela Paläontologische Zeitschrift 82 2 178–195 10.1007/BF02988408 2008PalZ...82..178R 85172486 Sp. novValidRiff & AguileraLate MioceneUrumaco FormationVenezuelaGuarinisuchusJosé Antonio Barbosa Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner Maria Somália Sales Viana 2008 New dyrosaurid crocodylomorph and evidences for faunal turnover at the K–P transition in Brazil Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 275 1641 1385–1391 10.1098/rspb.2008.0110 18364311 2602706 Gen. et sp. novValidBarbosa, Kellner & VianaEarly Paleocene (Danian)Maria Farinha FormationBrazilA dyrosaurid crocodyliform. Genus includes new species G. munizi.OcepesuchusStéphane Jouve Nathalie Bardet Nour-Eddine Jalil Xabier Pereda Suberbiola Baâdi Bouya Mbarek Amaghzaz 2008 The oldest African crocodylian: phylogeny, paleobiogeography, and differential survivorship of marine reptiles through the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 2 409–421 20490959 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[409:TOACPP]2.0.CO;2 86503283 http://doc.rero.ch/record/16384/files/PAL_E3543.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidJouve et al.Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Ouled Abdoun BasinMoroccoA member of Gavialoidea. Genus includes new species O. eoafricanus.Postosuchus alisonaeKarin Peyer Joseph G. Carter Hans-Dieter Sues Stephanie E. Novak Paul E. Olsen 2008 A new suchian archosaur from the Upper Triassic of North Carolina Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 2 363–381 20490957 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[363:ANSAFT]2.0.CO;2 274086 Sp. novValidPeyer et al.Late TriassicNewark SupergroupUnited States(North Carolina)SierritasuchusWilliam G. Parker Michelle R. Stocker Randall B. Irmis 2008 A new desmatosuchine aetosaur (Archosauria: Suchia) from the Upper Triassic Tecovas Formation (Dockum Group) of Texas Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 3 692–701 20490996 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[692:ANDAAS]2.0.CO;2 84455880 Gen. et sp. novValidParker, Stocker & IrmisLate TriassicTecovas FormationUnited States(Texas)An aetosaur Genus includes new species S. macalpini.Sphagesaurus montealtensisMarco Brandalise de Andrade Reinaldo J. Bertini 2008 A new Sphagesaurus (Mesoeucrocodylia: Notosuchia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Monte Alto City (Bauru Group, Brazil), and a revision of the Sphagesauridae Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 20 2 101–136 10.1080/08912960701642949 2008HBio...20..101B 84879725 Sp. novValidAndrade & BertiniLate CretaceousAdamantina FormationBrazilA sphagesaurid crocodyliform. Originally described as a species of Sphagesaurus, but subsequently transferred to the genus Caipirasuchus. Fabiano Vidoi Iori Thiago da Silva Marinho Ismar de Souza Carvalho Antonio Celso de Arruda Campos Taxonomic reappraisal of the sphagesaurid crocodyliform Sphagesaurus montealtensis from the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of São Paulo State, Brazil 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.2.4 Zootaxa 3686 2 183–200 2013 26473214 WargosuchusAgustín G. Martinelli Diego F. Pais 2008 A new baurusuchid crocodyliform (Archosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina) Comptes Rendus Palevol 7 6 371–381 10.1016/j.crpv.2008.05.002 2008CRPal...7..371M Gen. et sp. novValidMartinelli & PaisLate CretaceousBajo de La Carpa FormationArgentinaA baurusuchid crocodyliform. Genus includes new species W. australis. Newly named pterosaurs Name StatusLocation Authors Notes Elanodactylus ValidChina Andres Ji, Q. Hongshanopterus ValidChina Xiaolin Wang de Almeida et al. Mythunga ValidAustralia Molnar Thulborn, R.A. Nemicolopterus ValidChina Wang Kellner et al. Raeticodactylus Junior synonymSwitzerland Stecher Jr. synonym of Caviramus Shenzhoupterus ValidChina Lü J. Unwin et al. Volgadraco ValidRussia Averianov Arkhangelsky Pervushov Dinosaurs Oviraptorosaurian eggs with embryonic skeletons are discovered for the first time in China. Cheng Y.-N. Ji Q. Wu X.-C. Shan H.-Y. 2008 Oviraptorosaurian eggs (Dinosauria) with embryonic skeletons discovered for the first time in China Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 82 6 1089–1094 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2008.tb00708.x 2008AcGlS..82.1089Y 140202077 Mongolian Late Jurassic theropod fossils are found for the first time. Watabe M. Tsogtbaatar K. Barsbold R. 2008 First discovery of a theropod (Dinosauria) from the Upper Jurassic in Mongolia and its stratigraphy Paleontological Research 12 1 27–36 10.2517/1342-8144(2008)12[27:FDOATD]2.0.CO;2 129914219 A new study on morphological variation in shed theropod teeth from the Mil River Formation is published. Larson D.W. 2008 Diversity and variation of theropod dinosaur teeth from the uppermost Santonian Milk River Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Alberta: a quantitative method supporting identification of the oldest dinosaur tooth assemblage in Canada Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 45 12 1455–1468 10.1139/E08-070 2008CaJES..45.1455L Newly named dinosaurs 28 new dinosaur genera were erected in 2008. Data courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list. Olshevsky George Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html 2008-08-07 2011-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html dead Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAustroraptor Novas Fernando E. Diego Pol Juan I. Canale Juan D. Porfiri Jorge O. Calvo A bizarre Cretaceous theropod dinosaur from Patagonia and the evolution of Gondwanan dromaeosaurids Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276 1659 1101–7 2008-12-16 10.1098/rspb.2008.1554 19129109 2679073 Valid Novas Pol et al.Novas, Pol, Canale, Porfiri, Calvo.Campanian–MaastrichtianAllen Formation ArgentinaThe largest dromaeosaurid yet discovered in the Southern Hemisphere.thumb|200px|center|AustroraptorDakotadonPaul Gregory S. 2008 A revised taxonomy of the iguanodont dinosaur genera and species Cretaceous Research 29 2 192–216 10.1016/j.cretres.2007.04.009 2008CrRes..29..192P http://doc.rero.ch/record/16134/files/PAL_E2902.pdf Valid PaulBarremianLakota Formation USA (South Dakota)A new genus for "Iguanodon" lakotaensis (Weishampel and Bjork, 1989).DaxiatitanYou H.-L. Li, D.-Q. Zhou, L.-Q. 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Paul Sereno and Brusatte Stephen L. 2008 Basal abelisaurid and carcharodontosaurid theropods from the Lower Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation of Niger http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app53/app53-015.pdf Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53 1 15–46 10.4202/app.2008.0102 2008AcPaP..53...15S 13345182 Valid Sereno BrusatteAptian/AlbianElrhaz Formation NigerA carcharodontosaurid.thumb|200px|center|EocarchariaEomamenchisaurusLü Junchang Li Tianguang Zhong Shimin Ji Qiang Li Shaoxue 2008 A new mamenchisaurid dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Yuanmou, Yunnan Province, China Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 82 1 17–26 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2008.tb00320.x 2008AcGlS..82...17L 128454888 Valid Lü Li et al.Lü, Li, Zhong, Ji, Li.Middle JurassicZhanghe Formation ChinaA mamenchisaurid.EpidexipteryxFucheng Zhang Zhonghe Zhou Xing Xu Xiaolin Wang Corwin Sullivan 23 October 2008 A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran from China with elongate ribbon-like feathers 18948955 Nature 455 7216 1105–1108 10.1038/nature07447 2008Natur.455.1105Z 4362560 Valid Zhang Zhou et al.Zhang, Zhou, Xu, Wang, Sullivan.Late JurassicDaohugou Beds ChinaAn avialian.thumb|200px|center|EpidexipteryxGobiceratopsAlifanov V.R. 2008 The tiny horned dinosaur Gobiceratops minutus gen. et sp. nov. 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Garrido, A.C. 2008 Pitekunsaurus macayai gen. et sp. nov., new titanosaur (Saurischia, Sauropoda) from Upper Cretaceous Neuquén Basin, Argentina Ameghiniana 45 3 575–590 Valid Filippi GarridoCampanianAnacleto Formation ArgentinaA titanosaur.QingxiusaurusMo Jin-You Huang Chuo-Lin Zhao Zhong-Ru Wang Wei Xu Xing 2008 A new titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Guangxi, China http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200811/W020090813369279838648.pdf Vertebrata PalAsiatica 46 2 147–156 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2008.02.006 2010-12-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20120316124220/http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200811/W020090813369279838648.pdf 2012-03-16 dead Valid Mo Huang et al.Mo, Huang, Zhao, Wang, Xu.Late Cretaceous ChinaA titanosaur.SahaliyaniaGodefroit Pascal Hai Shulin Yu Tingxiang Lauters, Pascaline 2008 New hadrosaurid dinosaurs from the uppermost Cretaceous of north−eastern China http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app53/app53-047.pdf Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53 1 47–74 10.4202/app.2008.0103 2008AcPaP..53...47G 15853629 Valid Godefroit Hai et al.Godefroit, Hai, Yu, Lauters.MaastrichtianYuliangze Formation ChinaA lambeosaurine hadrosaurid.SimilicaudipteryxHe Tao Wang Xiao-Lin Zhou Zhong-He 2008 A new genus and species of caudipterid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200811/W020090813369309786831.pdf Vertebrata PalAsiatica 46 3 178–189 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2008.03.003 2010-12-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174805/http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200811/W020090813369309786831.pdf 2016-03-03 dead Valid He Wang ZhouAptianJiufotang Formation ChinaA caudipterid oviraptorosaur.thumb|SimilicaudipteryxTastavinsaurusCanudo José I. Royo-Torres, Rafael Cuenca-Bescós, Gloria 2008 A new sauropod: Tastavinsaurus sanzi gen. et sp. nov. from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of Spain Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 3 712–731 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[712:ANSTSG]2.0.CO;2 85860510 0272-4634 Valid Canudo Royo-Torres Cuenca-BescósAptianXert Formation SpainA titanosauriform. Lurasiformes.thumb|200px|center|TastavinsaurusUberabatitanSalgado Leonardo Carvalho, Ismar de Souza 128831758 2008 Uberabatitan ribeiroi, a new titanosaur from the Marília Formation (Bauru Group, Upper Cretaceous), Minas Gerais, Brazil Palaeontology 51 4 881–901 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00781.x 2008Palgy..51..881S free Valid Salgado CarvalhoUpper CretaceousMarília Formation BrazilA titanosaur.TethyshadrosWulagasaurus Valid Godefroit Hai et al.MaastrichtianYuliangze Formation ChinaA saurolophine hadrosaurid. 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Wragg 2008 A New Genus and Species of Pigeon (Aves: Columbidae) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group http://press.anu.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ch31.pdf Terra Australis 29 31 499–510 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidTrevor H. Worthy Graham M. WraggSubrecentHenderson IslandPitcairnA Columbidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Calonectris wingatei 10.2988/08-11.1 Storrs L. Olson 2008 A New Species of Shearwater of the Genus Calonectris (Aves: Procellariidae) from a Middle Pleistocene Deposit of Bermuda http://shearwater.nl/seabird-osteology/REFERENCES/Olson%202008%20VZ_378_Calonectris_wingatei.pdf Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 121 3 398–409 55791138 Sp. nov. ValidStorrs L. OlsonMiddle PleistoceneBermudaA Procellariidae.Caracara tellustris10.3356/JRR-08-18.1 Storrs L. Olson 2008 A New Species of Large, Terrestrial Caracara from Holocene Deposits in Southern Jamaica (Aves: Falconidae) Journal of Raptor Research 42 4 265–272 84510858 freeSp. nov.ValidStorrs L. OlsonHoloceneJamaicaA Falconidae.Cathayornis chabuensis10.1111/j.1755-6724.2008.tb00711.x Li Jianjun Li Zhiheng Zhang Yuguang Zhou Zhonghe Bai Zhiqiang Zhang Lifu Ba Tuya 2008 A New Species of Cathayornis from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China and Its Stratigraphic Significance http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120601531754149884.pdf Acta Geologica Sinica 82 6 1115–1123 2008AcGlS..82.1115L 130061975 2014-07-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20140728124136/http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120601531754149884.pdf 2014-07-28 dead Sp. nov. 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(Aves, Enantiornithes) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon and its phylogenetic relationships Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Ivico di Storia Naturale in Milano 149 2 293–324Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidAndrea Cau Paolo ArduiniUpper CretaceousLebanonAn Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Avisauridae Brett-Surman et Paul, 1985, this is the type species of the new genus.Eoconfuciusornis zhengi2008 A primitive confuciusornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian flight https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226215117 Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences 51 5 625–639 Zhang, Z. Zhou, Z. 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ValidAntoine Louchart Yohannes Haile-Selassie Patrick Vignaud Androssa Likius Michel BrunetLate Mioceneca 7 MaChadA Ciconiidae.Eurotrochilus noniewiczi 10.1007/s10336-007-0261-y Zygmunt Bochenski Zbigniew Bochenski 2008 An Old World Hummingbird from the Oligocene: A New Fossil from Polish Carpathians Journal of Ornithology 149 2 211–216 2008JOrni.149..211B 22193761 Sp. nov. ValidZygmunt Bochenski Zbigniew BochenskiEarly OligoceneLate RupelianPolandA new European species of the Trochilidae.Foudia delloniCheke Anthony S. https://books.google.com/books?id=RUjCAwAAQBAJ&q=Foudia%20delloni Lost Land of the Dodo Hume Julian P. T & A. D. Poyser 2008 978-0-7136-6544-4 42Sp. nov. ValidAnthony S. Cheke Julian P. HumeSubrecentNot seen since 1672RéunionThe original Foudia from Réunion.Hokkaidornis abashiriensis Kazuhiko Sakurai Masaichi Kimura Takayuki Katoh 2008 A New Penguin-like Bird (Pelecaniformes: Plotopteridae) from the Late Oligocene Tokoro Formation, Northeastern Hokkaido, Japan http://www.dinosauria.org/docs/oryctos/07_10_sakurai.pdf Oryctos 149 211–216 2014-07-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923214848/http://www.dinosauria.org/docs/oryctos/07_10_sakurai.pdf 2015-09-23 dead Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidKazuhiko Sakurai Masaichi Kimura Takayuki KatohLate OligoceneTokoro FormationJapanA Plotopteridae Howard, 1969, this is the type species of the new genus.Jabiru codorensis 10.1007/bf02988402 Stig A. Walsh Rodolfo Sánchez 2008 The First Cenozoic Fossil Bird from Venezuela https://www.academia.edu/410451 Paläontologische Zeitschrift 82 2 105–112 2008PalZ...82..105W 129314392 Sp. nov. ValidStig A. 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Paul ScofieldEarly-Middle MioceneBannockburn FormationNew ZealandAn Anatidae, Anserinae.Megadyptes waitaha 10.1098/rspb.2008.1246 Sanne Boessenkool Jeremy J. Austin Trevor H. Worthy R. Paul Scofield Alan Cooper Philip J. Seddon Jonathan M. Waters 2008 Relict or Colonizer? Extinction and Range Expansion of Penguins in Southern New Zealand Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 276 1658 815–821 19019791 2664357Sp. nov. ValidSanne Boessenkool Jeremy J. Austin Trevor H. Worthy R. Paul Scofield Alan Cooper Philip J. Seddon Jonathan M. WatersLate HoloceneSubrecentNew ZealandA Spheniscidae, when it became extinct it made room for Megadyptes antipodes.Mopsitta tanta 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00777.x David W. Waterhouse Bent E. K Lindow, Nikita V. Zelenkov Gareth J. Dyke 2008 Two New Fossil Parrots (Psittaciformes) from the Lower Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark Palaeontology 51 3 575–582 53575144 https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/3925609/waterhouseetal2008.pdf Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. 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Zhao L.-J. 2008 An ancestral turtle from the Late Triassic of southwestern China Nature 456 7221 497–501 19037315 2008Natur.456..497L 4405644 http://doc.rero.ch/record/16585/files/PAL_E2289.pdf Valid taxonChinaLi et al.thumb|200px|Odontochelys Squamates new taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesItaboraiophisJean-Claude Rage 2008 Fossil snakes from the Palaeocene of São José de Itaboraí, Brazil Part III. Ungaliophiinae, Booids incertae sedis, and Caenophidia. Summary, update and discussion of the snake fauna from the locality Palæovertebrata 36 1–4 37–73 http://palaeovertebrata.com/Articles/view/3 gen et sp novValidRageMiddle PaleoceneBrazilA "booid"-grade snake of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Itaboraiophis depressus.KuwajimallaSusan E. Evans Makoto Manabe 2008 An early herbivorous lizard from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan Palaeontology 51 2 487–498 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00759.x 2008Palgy..51..487E 128679943 free gen et sp novValidEvans & ManabeEarly Cretaceous (Valanginian to Hauterivian)Kuwajima FormationJapanA polyglyphanodontian lizard. The type species is Kuwajimalla kagaensis.MerkurosaurusJozef Klembara 2008 A new anguimorph lizard from the Lower Miocene of north-west Bohemia, Czech Republic Palaeontology 51 1 81–94 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00732.x 2008Palgy..51...81K 129494552 https://zenodo.org/record/848102 gen et sp novValidKlembaraEarly MioceneCzech RepublicA member of Anguimorpha, might be related to the Chinese crocodile lizard. The type species is Merkurosaurus ornatus.OvooNorell M.A. Gao, K.-Q. Conrad, J. 2008 A new platynotan lizard (Diapsida: Squamata) from the Late Cretaceous Gobi Desert (Ömnögov), Mongolia http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/5910/v3/dspace/updateIngest/pdfs/N3605.pdf?sequence=1 American Museum Novitates 3605 1–22 10.1206/0003-0082(2008)3605[1:ANPLDS]2.0.CO;2 2246/5910 86423607 gen et sp novValidNorell, Gao, & ConradLate Cretaceousnear Ukhaa TolgodMongoliaone of the oldest monitor lizardsParaungaliophisgen et sp novValidRageMiddle PaleoceneBrazilA snake related to members of the genus Ungaliophis. The type species is Paraungaliophis pricei.Paulacoutophisgen et sp novValidRageMiddle PaleoceneBrazilA booid-grade snake of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Paulacoutophis perplexus.Prognathodon kiandaAnne S. Schulp Michael J. Polcyn Octávio Mateus Louis L. Jacobs Maria Luísa Morais 2008 A new species of Prognathodon (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian of Angola, and the affinities of the mosasaur genus Liodon Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting 1–12 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228489425 sp novValidSchulp et al.Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)AngolaA mosasaur.Selmasaurus johnsoniMichael J. Polcyn Michael J. Everhart 2008 Description and phylogenetic analysis of a new species of Selmasaurus (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting 13–28 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256544823 sp novValidPolcyn & EverhartLate Cretaceous (early Santonian)Niobrara ChalkUnited StatesA mosasaur.Taniwhasaurus mikasaensisCaldwell M.W. 2008 A New Species Of Taniwhasaurus (Mosasauridae, Tylosaurinae) From The Upper Santonian-Lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) Of Hokkaido, Japan Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 2 339–348 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[339:ANSOTM]2.0.CO;2 129446036 0272-4634 etalsp novValidCaldwell, Konishi, Obata, & Muramotoupper Santonian-lower CampanianJapanThird identified species for the genus TaniwhasaurusTianyusaurusJun-chang Lü Shu-an Ji Zhi-ming Dong Xiao-chun Wu 2008 An Upper Cretaceous lizard with a lower temporal arcade Naturwissenschaften 95 7 663–669 10.1007/s00114-008-0364-1 2008NW.....95..663L 18338150 22544904 gen et sp novValidLü et al.Late CretaceousQiupa FormationChinaA polyglyphanodontian lizard. The type species is Tianyusaurus zhengi.Tinosaurus indicusGuntupalli V.R. Prasad Sunil Bajpai 2008 Agamid Lizards from the Early Eocene of Western India: Oldest Cenozoic Lizards from South Asia http://palaeo-electronica.org/2008_1/134/abstracts.html Palaeontologia Electronica 11 1 Article number 11.1.4A Sp novValidPrasad & BajpaiEarly EoceneCambay ShaleIndiaAn agamid lizard, a species of Tinosaurus.VallecillosaurusKrister T. Smith Marie-Céline Buchy 2008 A new aigialosaur (Squamata: Anguimorpha) with soft tissue remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Nuevo León, Mexico Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 1 85–94 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[85:ANASAW]2.0.CO;2 131337703 gen et sp novValidSmith & BuchyLate Cretaceous (early Turonian)Agua Nueva FormationMexicoA member of Mosasauroidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Vallecillosaurus donrobertoi.VastanagamaGen. et sp. novValidPrasad & BajpaiEarly EoceneCambay ShaleIndiaAn agamid lizard. The type species is Vastanagama susani. New papers Everhart M.J. 2008 A bitten skull of Tylosaurus kansasensis (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and a review of mosasaur-on-mosasaur pathology in the fossil record Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 111 3/4 251–262 10.1660/0022-8443-111.3.251 85647383 Everhart, M.J. 2008. The mosasaurs of George F. Sternberg, paleontologist and fossil photographer. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 37–46. Polcyn, M.J. and Everhart, M.J. 2008. Description and phylogenetic analysis of a new species of Selmasaurus (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 13–28. Polcyn, M.J., Bell, G.L., Jr., Shimada, K. and Everhart, M.J. 2008. The oldest North American mosasaurs (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Kansas and Texas with comments on the radiation of major mosasaur clades. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 137–155. Everhart, M.J. 2008. Rare occurrence of a Globidens sp. (Reptilia; Mosasauridae) dentary in the Sharon Springs Member of the Pierre Shale (Middle Campanian) of Western Kansas. p. 23-29 in Farley G. H. and Choate, J.R. (eds.), Unlocking the Unknown; Papers Honoring Dr. Richard Zakrzewski, Fort Hays Studies, Special Issue No. 2, 153 p., Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS. Sauropterygians New taxa Name Status Authors NotesGlyphoderma 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2008.03.002 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200811/t20081104_2385503.html A new armored placodont from the Middle Triassic of Yunnan Province, Southwestern China 2008 Li-Jun Zhao Chun Li Jun Liu Tao He Vertebrata PalAsiatica 46 3 171–177 Valid Zhao et al. Nichollsia renamed Druckenmiller Russell Nichollsia preoccupied by a genus of isopod, renamed in 2009 to Nichollssaura Occitanosaurus Synonym Bardet Fernandez Garcia-Ramos Superbiola Pinuela Ruiz-Omenaca Vincent Junior Synonym of Microcleidus.Wumengosaurus 10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1055 A New Middle Triassic Eosauropterygian (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from Southwestern China 2008 Jiang Da-Yong Rieppel Olivier Motani Ryosuke Hao Wei-Cheng Sun Yuan-Lin Schmitz Lars Sun Zuo-Yu Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 4 1055–1062 2008JVPal..28.1055J 83909484 Valid Jiang et al. Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlrausuchusIvakhnenko, M.F. 2008 Cranial morphology and evolution of Permian Dinomorpha (Eotherapsida) of Eastern Europe Paleontological Journal 42 9 859–995 10.1134/S0031030108090013 2008PalJ...42..859I 85114195Valid IvakhnenkoMiddle PermianRussiaA new genus for "Biarmosuchus" tagaxMegawhaitsiaIvakhnenko, M.F. 2008 The first Whaitsiid (Therocephalia, Theromorpha) from the Terminal Permian of Eastern Europe Paleontological Journal 42 4 409–413 10.1134/S0031030108040102 2008PalJ...42..409I 140547244Valid IvakhnenkoUpper PermianRussia Mammal Newly named mammals Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlbireo savageiLawrence G. Barnes 2008 Miocene and Pliocene Albireonidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti), rare and unusual fossil dolphins from the eastern North Pacific Ocean Xiaoming Wang Lawrence G. Barnes Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology of Western and Southern North America. Contributions in Honor of David P. Whistler Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 99–152 978-1-891276-27-9 Valid BarnesLate PliocenePismo Formation United States (California)A member of Delphinoidea belonging to the family Albireonidae, a species of Albireo.Cantalera Ainara Badiola José I. Canudo Gloria Cuenca-Bescós 2008 New multituberculate mammals from the Hauterivian/Barremian transition of Europe (Iberian Peninsula) Palaeontology 51 6 1455–1469 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00822.x 2008Palgy..51.1455B 129870773 Valid Badiola Canudo Cuenca-BescósEarly Cretaceous (late Hauterivian-early Barremian) SpainA multituberculate belonging to the family Pinheirodontidae. The type species is C. abadi.CrenatocetusSamuel A. McLeod Lawrence G. Barnes 2008 A new genus and species of Eocene protocetid archaeocete whale (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Atlantic Coastal Plain Xiaoming Wang Lawrence G. Barnes Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology of Western and Southern North America. Contributions in Honor of David P. Whistler Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 73–98 978-1-891276-27-9 Valid McLeod BarnesEocene United States (North Carolina)A member of Protocetidae. The type species is Crenatocetus rayi.Cynarctoides whistleriXiaoming Wang Richard H. Tedford 2008 Fossil dogs (Carnivora, Canidae) from the Sespe and Vaqueros formations in Southern California, with comments on relationships of Phlaocyon taylori Xiaoming Wang Lawrence G. Barnes Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology of Western and Southern North America. Contributions in Honor of David P. Whistler Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 255–272 978-1-891276-27-9 Valid Wang TedfordHemingfordian United States (California and Texas)A member of Canidae belonging to the subfamily Borophaginae, a species of Cynarctoides.Diceratherium radtkeiDonald R. Prothero Donald L. Rasmussen 2008 New giant rhinoceros from the Arikareean (Oligocene-Miocene) of Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 44 323–330 http://donaldprothero.com/files/92319957.pdf Valid Prothero RasmussenArikareeanCabbage Patch beds Harrison Formation Sharps Formation United States (South Dakota, Montana and Nebraska)DjourabusStéphane Peigné Louis de Bonis Andossa Likius Hassane Taïsso Mackaye Patrick Vignaud Michel Brunet 2008 Late Miocene Carnivora from Chad: Lutrinae (Mustelidae) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152 4 793–846 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00377.x https://zenodo.org/record/5442989 Valid Peigné et al.Late Miocene ChadA member of Mustelidae belonging to the subfamily Lutrinae. The type species is D. dabba.FloridameryxS. David Webb 2008 Revision of the extinct Pseudoceratinae (Artiodactyla: Ruminantia: Gelocidae) Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 48 2 17–58 10.58782/flmnh.hadz5303 freeValid WebbLate Miocene to earliest Pliocene United States (Florida and New Mexico)A member of Gelocidae belonging to the subfamily Pseudoceratinae. The type species is F. floridanus; genus also includes "Pseudoceras" klausi Frick (1937).Fossendorhinus Matthew C. Mihlbachler 2008 Species taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the Brontotheriidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 311 1–475 10.1206/0003-0090(2008)501[1:stpabo]2.0.co;2 2246/5913 83513215 http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF95FF8414003E45FFE2FF81385CFFED Valid MihlbachlerUintanA member of Brontotheriidae; a new genus for "Telmatherium" diploconus Osborn (1895) FredszalayaBruce J. Shockey Federico Anaya Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series 2008 Postcranial Osteology of Mammals from Salla, Bolivia (Late Oligocene): Form, Function, and Phylogenetic Implications Eric J. Sargis Marian Dagosto Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology Springer 135–157 978-1-4020-6996-3 10.1007/978-1-4020-6997-0_7 Valid Shockey AnayaLate Oligocene BoliviaA member of Borhyaenidae. The type species is Fredszalaya hunteri.Glibia namibiesisValid Pickford Senut Morales Mein SanchezEocene (Lutetian) NamibiaA rodent belonging to the family Zegdoumyidae, a species of Glibia.Merycopotamus thachangensis Hanta, R. Ratanasthien, B. Kunimatsu, Y. Saegusa, H. Nakaya, H. Nagaoka, S. Jintasakul, S. 2008 A New Species of Bothriodontinae, Merycopotamus thachangensis (Cetartiodactyla, Anthracotheriidae) from the Late Miocene of Nakhon Ratchasima, Northeastern Thailand Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 4 1182–1188 10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1182 2008JVPal..28.1182H 130059264 Valid Hanta Ratanasthien Kunimatsu Saegusa Nakaya Nagaoka JintasakulLate Miocene ThailandMetalopexRichard H. Tedford Xiaoming Wang 2008 Metalopex, a new genus of fox (Carnivora: Canidae: Vulpini) from the late Miocene of western North America Xiaoming Wang Lawrence G. Barnes Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology of Western and Southern North America. Contributions in Honor of David P. Whistler Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 273–278 978-1-891276-27-9 Valid Tedford WangLate Clarendonian to early HemphillianAsh Hollow Formation Kern River Formation Rattlesnake Formation Thousand Creek Formation United States (Arizona, California, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas, Idaho and Oregon)A fox. The type species is Metalopex merriami.Mioheteromys crowderensisGeology and Vertebrate Paleontology of Western and Southern North America. Contributions in Honor of David P. Whistler Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 2008 978-1-891276-27-9 213–235 Heteromyid rodents from Miocene faunas of the Mojave Desert, Southern California Everett H. Lindsay Robert E. Reynolds Xiaoming Wang Lawrence G. BarnesValid Lindsay ReynoldsLate Hemingfordian to BarstovianBarstow Formation Crowder Formation United StatesA rodent belonging to the family Heteromyidae, a species of Mioheteromys.NamahyraxValid Pickford Senut Morales Mein SanchezEocene (Lutetian) NamibiaA hyrax. The type species is Namahyrax corvus.NamaiaM. Pickford B. Senut J. Morales P. Mein I. M. Sanchez 2008 Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 20 465–514 Mammalia from the Lutetian of Namibia Valid Pickford Senut Morales Mein SanchezEocene (Lutetian) NamibiaProbably a member of the family Adapidae.Marc Godinot Brigitte Senut Martin Pickford 2018 Primitive Adapidae from Namibia sheds light on the early primate radiation in Africa Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 20 140–162 http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/8c3_AA8%20Godinot,%20Senut,%20Pickford2018_%20Adapidae.pdf 2021-08-31 2018-12-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20210831103109/http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/8c3_AA8%20Godinot%2C%20Senut%2C%20Pickford2018_%20Adapidae.pdf dead The type species is Namaia bogenfelsi. The generic name turned out to be preoccupied; Pickford and Uhen (2014) created a replacement name Notnamaia.M. Pickford M. D. Uhen 2014 Namaia Pickford et al., 2008, preoccupied by Namaia Green, 1963: proposal of a replacement name Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 15 91 NamalestesValid Pickford Senut Morales Mein SanchezEocene (Lutetian) NamibiaA member of Cimolesta belonging to the family Todralestidae. The type species is Namalestes gheerbranti.NamatheriumValid Pickford Senut Morales Mein SanchezEocene (Lutetian) NamibiaAn embrithopod. The type species is Namatherium blackcrowense.NasamplusValid MihlbachlerLate Eocene (Ulangochuian)A member of Brontotheriidae; a new genus for "Metatitan" progressus Granger and Gregory (1943).PollyosborniaValid MihlbachlerUintanUinta Formation United States (Wyoming)A member of Brontotheriidae; a new genus for "Telmatherium" altidens Osborn (1908).PrepomonomysValid Pickford Senut Morales Mein SanchezEocene (Lutetian) NamibiaA rodent belonging to the family Diamantomyidae. The type species is Prepomonomys bogenfelsi.Proadinotherium saltoniValid Shockey AnayaLate Oligocene BoliviaA member of Toxodontidae, a species of Proadinotherium.Siamoadapis54 434–443 Journal of Human Evolution First middle Miocene sivaladapid primate from Thailand Chaimanee, Y. Yamee, C. Tian, P. Chavasseau, O. Jaeger, J.-J. 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.10.001 2008 18022213 3 2008JHumE..54..434C Valid Chaimanee Yamee Tian Chavasseau JaegerMiddle Miocene Thailand SilicamysValid Pickford Senut Morales Mein SanchezEocene (Lutetian) NamibiaA rodent belonging to the family Myophiomyidae. The type species is Silicamys cingulatus.Sivaonyx beyiValid Peigné et al.Late Miocene ChadA member of Mustelidae belonging to the subfamily Lutrinae.Stenomylus taylori Michael Cassiliano 2008 Stenomylus (Stenomylus) taylori, sp. nov. (Stenomylinae, Camelidae), from the early Miocene (Hemingfordian) Blick Quarry in New Mexico Rocky Mountain Geology 43 2 143–154 10.2113/gsrocky.43.2.143 2008RMGeo..43..143C Valid CassilianoMiocene (Hemingfordian)Zia Formation United States (New Mexico)A camelid.Teilhardina magnolianaK. Christopher Beard 2008 The oldest North American primate and mammalian biogeography during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105 10 3815–3818 10.1073/pnas.0710180105 2268774 18316721 2008PNAS..105.3815B free Valid BeardEarly EoceneTuscahoma Formation United States (Mississippi 2001)WickiaValid MihlbachlerUintanSand Wash Basin Washakie Formation United States (Colorado)A member of Brontotheriidae. The type species is Wickia brevirhinus. Related happenings in geology Dickenson W.R. Gehrels G.E. 140585599 2008 U-Pb ages of detrital zircons in Jurassic eolian and associated sandstones of the Colorado Plateau: evidence for transcontinental dispersal and intraregional recycling of sediment Geological Society of America Bulletin 121 3/4 408–433 10.1130/B26406.1 2009GSAB..121..408D Footnotes Paleontology History of science Complete author list As science becomes more collaborative, papers with large numbers of authors are becoming more common. To prevent the deformation of the tables, these footnotes list the contributors to papers that erect new genera and have many authors. References Paleontology