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none 1949 paleontology science 1949 Arthropods Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Parastylotermes Emerson A.E. 1971 Tertiary fossil species of the Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera), phylogeny of genera, and reciprocal phylogeny of associated Flagellata (Protozoa) and the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 146 3 243–304 2246/1093 https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/1093 Gen. 4 comb nov valid Snyder & Emerson Ypresian-Miocene Latah Formation USAWashington A Stylotermitid termite genus. The type species is Stylotermes washingtonensis Also includes S. calico, S. frazieri, & S. robustus. thumb|center| Parastylotermes krishnai Ulmeriella latahensis Snyder T. 1949 A new Miocene Ulmeriella (fossil Isoptera, Hodotermitidae) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 51 4 164–165 Sp nov. Valid Snyder Miocene Latah Formation USAWashington A harvester termite Archosauromorphs Archosauromorphs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Location Notes Images Elachistosuchus Gen et sp nov valid Janensch Late Triassic (Norian) * Germany A neodiapsid reptile. Plesiosaurs Plesiosaur gastroliths documented.Welles and Bump (1949). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167. Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Location NotesImagesAneugomphius Jr. Synonym of Theriognathus. Broom and Robinson Wuchiapingian South AfricaHomodontosaurus Valid Broom Wuchiapingian South Africa A therocephalian Lemurosaurus Valid Broom Wuchiapingian * South Africa A biarmosuchian thumb|LemurosaurusMyosauroides Valid Broom Wuchiapingian South Africa A dicynodont Other animals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Location Notes Images Cyclomedusa gigantea Sprigg R.C. 1949 Early Cambrian "jellyfishes" of Ediacara, South Australia, and Mount John, Kimberley District, Western Australia Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 73 72–99 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/82729 Sp. nov. Sprigg Ediacaran Australia A member of the genus Cyclomedusa. Considered a probable junior synonym of Aspidella terranovica by Gehling, Narbonne & Anderson (2000)Gehling James G. Narbonne Guy M. Anderson Michael M. September 2000 The first named Ediacaran body fossil, Aspidella Terranovica Palaeontology 43 3 427–456 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2000.00134.x 0031-0239 free 2000Palgy..43..427G and Ivantsov & Zakhrevskaya (2025).Ivantsov A.Yu. Zakrevskaya M.A. 2025 The last jellyfish of the Precambrian https://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/IZ/IZ%20Vol%2022/22_1_056_067_Ivantsov_Zakrevskaya_for_Inet.pdf Invertebrate Zoology 22 1 56–67 10.15298/invertzool.22.1.05 free 150px Cyclomedusa radiata Sp. nov. Sprigg Ediacaran Australia A member of the genus Cyclomedusa. Considered a probable junior synonym of Aspidella terranovica by Gehling, Narbonne & Anderson (2000) and Ivantsov & Zakhrevskaya (2025). 150px Dickinsonia minima Sp. nov. Junior synonym Sprigg Ediacaran Australia A member of the genus Dickinsonia. Synonym of Dickinsonia costata. 150px Magdiana Gen. et sp. nov. Junior homonym Sprigg Ediacaran Australia A discoid fossil, originally described as a jellyfish of unknown affinity. The type species is M. annulata. Southcott (1958) coined a replacement name Spriggia.Southcott, R.V. 1958 South Australian jellyfish The South Australian Naturalist 32 53–61 Considered a probable junior synonym of Aspidella terranovica by Gehling, Narbonne & Anderson (2000) and Ivantsov & Zakhrevskaya (2025). Medusina asteroides Sp. nov. Sprigg Ediacaran Australia A discoid fossil, originally described as a jellyfish of unknown affinity. Transferred to the genus Medusinites by Glaessner & Wade (1966). Glaessner M.F. Wade M. 1966 The late Precambrian fossils from Ediacara, South Australia Palaeontology 9 4 599 http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%209/Pages%20599-628.pdf 2023-03-27 2013-09-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20130922230714/http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%209/Pages%20599-628.pdf usurped Considered a probable junior synonym of Aspidella terranovica by Ivantsov & Zakhrevskaya (2025). 150px Medusina filamentus Sp. nov. Junior synonym Sprigg Ediacaran Australia A discoid fossil, originally described as a jellyfish of unknown affinity. Placed in synonymy with Pseudorhizostomites howchini by Glaessner & Wade (1966). Medusina mawsoni Sp. nov. Junior synonym Sprigg Ediacaran Australia A discoid fossil, originally described as a jellyfish of unknown affinity. Transferred to the genus Medusinites and placed in synonymy with Medusinites asteroides by Glaessner & Wade (1966). Considered a probable junior synonym of Aspidella terranovica by Ivantsov & Zakhrevskaya (2025). Protodipleurosoma Gen. et sp. nov. Junior synonym Sprigg Ediacaran Australia A discoid fossil, originally described as a hydrozoan jellyfish in the order Leptothecata. Synonym of Ediacaria. The type species is P. wardi. Considered a probable junior synonym of Aspidella terranovica by Gehling, Narbonne & Anderson (2000) and Ivantsov & Zakhrevskaya (2025). 150px Protoniobia Gen. et sp. nov. Sprigg Ediacaran Australia A discoid fossil, originally described as a hydrozoan jellyfish in the order Anthoathecata. The type species is P. wadea. Considered a probable junior synonym of Aspidella terranovica by Ivantsov & Zakhrevskaya (2025). Pseudorhizostomites Gen. et sp. nov. Sprigg Ediacaran Australia A discoid fossil, originally described as a scyphozoan jellyfish in the order Rhizostomeae. The type species is P. howchini. 150px Pseudorhopilema Gen. et sp. nov. Junior synonym Sprigg Ediacaran Australia A discoid fossil, originally described as a scyphozoan jellyfish in the order Rhizostomeae. Synonym of Pseudorhizostomites. The type species is P. chapmani. 150px Tateana Gen. et sp. nov. Sprigg Ediacaran Australia A discoid fossil, originally described as a scyphozoan jellyfish in the order Semaeostomeae. The type species is T. inflata. Considered a probable junior synonym of Aspidella terranovica by Gehling, Narbonne & Anderson (2000) and Ivantsov & Zakhrevskaya (2025). 150px References Welles, Samuel P. and Bump, J. D.; 1949; Alzadasaurus pembertoni, a new elasmosaur from the Late Cretaceous of South Dakota; Journal of Paleontology; 23(5) pp. 521–535 Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180.