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none 2001 paleontology science 2001 Plants Pteridophyta Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesWessieaPigg K.B. 2001 Anatomically preserved Woodwardia virginica (Blechnaceae) and a new Filicalean fern from the Middle Miocene Yakima Canyon Flora of central Washington, USA American Journal of Botany 88 5 777–787 10.2307/2657030 2657030 11353703 gen et sp novValidPigg & RothwellLanghian (Middle Miocene)"Ho ho" site, Grande Ronde Basalt.USAA fern, type sp W. yakimaensis Conifers Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMetasequoia foxiiStockey R. A. Rothwell G. W. Falder A. B. 2001 Diversity among Taxodioid Conifers: Metasequoia foxii sp. nov. from the Paleocene of Central Alberta, Canada International Journal of Plant Sciences 162 1 221–234 10.1086/317914 2001IJPlS.162..221S 85772126 sp novValidStockey, Rothwell, & Falderlate TiffanianMunce's Hill and Gao mine sites, Paskapoo FormationCanada Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesTrochodendron nastaePigg K.B. Wehr W.C. Ickert-Bond S.M. 2001 Trochodendron and Nordenskioldia (Trochodendraceae) from the Middle Eocene of Washington State, U.S.A. International Journal of Plant Sciences 162 5 1187–1198 10.1086/321927 2001IJPlS.162.1187P 45399415 sp novValidPigg, Wehr, & Ickert-BondYpresianTom Thumb Tuff, Klondike Mountain FormationUSAA Trochodendron speciesthumb|150px|center|Trochodendron nastae Arthropods Crustaceans Research Guinot and Tavares (2001) reviews the concept of Podotremata and establishes the family Etyidae.Guinot Danièle Tavares Marcos 2001 Une nouvelle famille de crabes du Crustacés et la notion de Podotremata Guinot, 1977 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/z2001n3a10.pdf Zoosystema fr 23 507–546 New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesArchaeopus lunicarina Schweitzer C.E. Feldmann R.M. 2001 New Cretaceous and Tertiary decapod crustaceans from western North America Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 28 173–210Sp novSchweitzer & FeldmannCretaceousLate Campanian - MaastrichtianMatanuska FormationUSAlaskaA retroplumid crabBrecanclawuGen et sp novSchweitzer & FeldmannEoceneTwin River GroupHoko River FormationUSWashingtonA possible callianassid ghost shrimpThe type species is B. rathbunaeCallianopsis? inornatusSp novSchweitzer & FeldmannEoceneTwin River GroupHoko River FormationUSWashingtonA callianassid ghost shrimp of uncertain generic affinity.Ctenocheles hokoensisSp novSchweitzer & FeldmannEoceneTwin River GroupHoko River FormationUSWashingtonA possible ctenochelid ghost shrimpEucorystes platysSp novSchweitzer & FeldmannCretaceousAlbianHudspeth FormationUSOregonA palaeocorystine frog crab.FeldmanniaGen et comb novValidGuinot & TavaresEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation USA(Texas)An etyid crab, type species is F. wintoni, originally named as Xanthosia wintoni in 1935.Glyphea micheleaeSp novSchweitzer & FeldmannEoceneLutetianAldwell Formation?USAWashingtonA glypheid glypheoid lobster species.Hoploparia tshudySp novSchweitzer & FeldmannCretaceouslate Albian - late CenomanianMoonshine Creek FormationUSAlaskaA nephropid lobster sp.Paguristes hokoensisSp novSchweitzer & FeldmannEoceneTwin River GroupHoko River FormationUSWashingtonA Diogenid hermit crab species.Pagurus malloryiSp novSchweitzer & FeldmannOligoceneMakah FormationJansen Creek MemberUSWashingtonA Diogenid hermit crab species.Palaeastacus trisulcatusSp novSchweitzer & FeldmannCretaceousCenomanianAntelope ShaleUSCaliforniaA erymid glypheoid lobster species.Palaeopentacheles? starriSp novSchweitzer & FeldmannOligoceneMakah FormationUSWashingtonA Polychelid benthic crustacean sp. of uncertain generic affinity.SecretanellaGen et comb novValidGuinot & TavaresLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian) MadagascarA crab belonging to Heterotremata, type species is S. arcuata, originally named as Xanthosia arcuata in 1964. Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesElectromyrmococcusJohnson M.S. 2001 Acropyga and Azteca Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with Scale Insects (Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea): 20 Million Years of Intimate Symbiosis American Museum Novitates 3335 1–18 10.1206/0003-0082(2001)335<0001:AAAAHF>2.0.CO;2 55067700 https://zenodo.org/record/5370690 etalGen et sp nov ValidWilliamsBurdigalian (Miocene)Dominican amberDominican RepublicA Coccoidea scale insect thumb|center|upright|Electromyrmococcus abductus in the jaws of Acropyga glaesariaPalaeopsychopsAndersen S. 2001 Silky lacewings (Neuroptera: Psychopsidae) from the Eocene-Paleocene transition of Denmark with a review of the fossil record and comments on phylogeny and zoogeography Insect Systematics & Evolution 32 4 419–438 10.1163/187631201X00290 https://lacewing.tamu.edu/neuropterida/neur_bibliography/edoc12/andersen2001ref10152s-16458.pdfGen et 4 sp novvalidAndersenYpresianFur FormationDenmarkAn ithionid giant lacewing Type species P. latifasciatus, also includes P. abruptus, P. angustifasciatus, and P. maculatusTainosiaSzwedo J. Stroiński A. 2001 Tainosia quisqueyae gen. and sp. nov. from the Oligocene/Miocene Dominican amber (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Nogodinidae) Genus 12 1 29–34 http://ag.udel.edu/delpha/5325.pdf 2011-04-17 2011-07-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20110719015811/http://ag.udel.edu/delpha/5325.pdf dead Gen et sp nov ValidSzwedo & StroińskiBurdigalian (Miocene)Dominican amberDominican RepublicA nogodinid frog hopper Fishes Newly named bony fishes Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAchoaniaZhu, M Yu, X. Ahlberg, P.E. amp 2001 A primitive sacropterygian fish with an eyestock Nature 410 81–84 10.1038/35065078 11242045 6824 4416579Valid Zhu Yu AhlbergEarly DevonianXitun FormationChinaThe type species is Achoania jarvikii. WestollrhynchusSchultze, H.-P. 2001 Melanognathus, a primitive dipnoan from the Lower Devonian of the Canadian Arctic and the interrelationships of Devonian dipnoans Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 4 781–794 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0781:mapdft]2.0.co;2 85888892 Valid SchultzeEarly DevonianBear Rock FormationCanadaA new genus for "Speonesydrion" lehmanni. Amphibians Newly named amphibians Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMesophryneGao, K.-Q. Shubin, N.H. 2001 Late Jurassic salamanders from northern China Nature 410 574–577 2001Natur.410..574G 10.1038/35069051 11279493 6828 205015580 http://doc.rero.ch/record/14911/files/PAL_E2053.pdf Valid Gao ShubinLate JurassicYixian FormationChinaThe type species is Mesophryne beipiaoensis. NezperciusBlob, R.W. Carrano, M.T. Rogers, R.R. Forster, C.A. Espinoza, N.R. amp 2001 A new fossil frog from the Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 1 190–194 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0190:ANFFFT]2.0.CO;2 130230958 Valid Blob Carrano Rogers Forster EspinozaUpper CretaceousJudith River FormationUSAThe type species is Nezpercius dodsoni.SinerpetonValid Gao ShubinLate JurassicZhangjiakou FormationChinaThe type species is Sinerpeton fengshanensis. Ichthyosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMetashastasaurusNichollis, E.L. Manabe, M. 2001 A new genus of ichthyosaur from the Late Triassic Pardonet Formation of British Columbia: bridging the Triassic-Jurassic gap Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38 983–1002 10.1139/cjes-38-6-983 6 2001CaJES..38..983N Synonymy Nichollis ManabeLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanada A new genus for "Shastasaurus" neoscapularis. A junior synonymy of Callawayia Maisch & Matzke, 2000. Turtles Newly named turtles Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCaribemysde la Fuente, M.S. Iturralde-Vinent, M. 2001 A new pleurodiran turtle from the Jagua Formation (Oxfordian) of western Cuba Journal of Paleontology 75 4 860–869 10.1666/0022-3360(2001)075<0860:anptft>2.0.co;2 http://doc.rero.ch/record/14982/files/PAL_E2132.pdf Valid de la Fuente Iturralde-VinentUpper JurassicJagua FormationCuba The type species is Caribemys oxfordiensis.CearachelysGaffney, E.S. de Almedia Campos, D. Hirayama, R. amp 2001 Cearachelys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil American Museum Novitates 3319 1–20Valid Gaffney Campos HirayamaEarly CretaceousSantana FormationBrazilThe type species is Cearachelys placidoi.KurmademysGaffney, E.S. Chatterjee, S. Rudra, D.K. 2001 Kurmademys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of India American Museum Novitates 3321Valid Gaffney Chatterjee RudraLate CretaceousKallamedu FormationIndiaThe type species is Kurmademys kallamedensis. Lepidosauromorphs Newly named basal lepidosauromorphs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesHypuronectorColbert, E.H. Olsen, P.E. 2001 A new and unusual aquatic reptile from the Lockatong Formation of New Jersey (Late Triassic, Newark Supergroup) American Museum Novitates 3334 1–15 10.1206/0003-0082(2001)334<0001:anauar>2.0.co;2 2246/2887 17294610 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/178820Valid Colbert OlsenLate TriassicLockatong FormationUSA The type species is Hypuronector limnaios. Newly named plesiosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesHauffiosaurusO'Keefe, F.R. 2001 A cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) Acta Zoologica Fennica 213 1–63Valid O'KeefeLower JurassicPosidonia Shale FormationGermanyThe type species is Hauffiosaurus zanoni. thumb|150px|center|Hauffiosaurus Newly named sphenodonts Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesGodavarisaurusEvans, S.E. Prasad, G.V.R. Manhas, B.K. amp 2001 Rhynchocephalians (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133 309–334 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb00629.x 3 freeValid Evans Prasad ManhasEarly JurassicKota FormationIndiaThe type species is Godavarisaurus latefi. RebbanasaurusValid Evans Prasad ManhasEarly JurassicKota FormationIndiaThe type species is Rebbanasaurus jani. Archosauromorphs Newly named basal archosauromorphs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesYonghesuchusWu, X.-C. Liu, J. Li, J.-L. amp 2001 The anatomy of the first archosauriform (Diapsida) from the terrestrial Upper Triassic of China Vertebrata PalAsiatica 39 4 251–265 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2001.04.002 Valid Wu Liu LiUpper TriassicTongchuan FormationChina The type species is Yonghesuchus sangbiensis. Newly named pseudosuchians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMekosuchus sanderiWillis P. M. A. 2001 Crocodilian biology and evolution New crocodilian material from the Miocene of Riversleigh (northwestern Queensland, Australia) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328369151 Surrey Beatty & SonsSp. nov.ValidWillisEarly MioceneRingtail Site of the Riversleigh World Heritage AreaAustraliaA mekosuchinae crocodilian. It is the youngest known species of Mekosuchus from the Australian mainland.PabwehshiWilson, J. A. Malkani, M.S. Gingerich, P.D. amp 2001 New crocodyliform (Reptilia, Mesoeurocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous Pab Formation of Vitakri, Balochistan (Pakistan) Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, the University of Michigan 30 12 321–336Gen. et sp. novValidWilson, Malkani & GingerichUpper CretaceousPab FormationPakistanThe type species is Pabwehshi pakistanensis.RugosuchusWu, X.-C. Wu, Z.-W. Russell, A.P. amp 2001 Cranial anatomy of a new crocodyliform (Archosauria: Crocodylomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous of Song-Liao Plain, northeastern China Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38 12 1653–1663 10.1139/cjes-38-12-1653 2001CaJES..38.1653W Gen. et. sp. novValidWu, Wu & RussellLower Cretaceous?Nenjiang FormationChinaThe type species is Rugosuchus nonganensis.StratiotosuchusCampos, D. de A. Suarez, J.M. Riff, D. Kellner, A.W.A. amp 2001 Short note on a new Baurusuchidae (Crocodyliformes, Metasuchia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil Boletim do Museu Nacional, Geologia 57 1–7Gen. et sp. nov.ValidCampos et al.Upper CretaceousAdamantina FormationBrazilThe type species is Stratiotosuchus maxhechti. Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Olshevsky George Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html 2008-08-07 2011-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html dead Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images AletopeltaFord, T.L. and J.I. Kirkland. 2001. Carlsbad ankylosaur (Ornithischia, Ankylosauria): an ankylosaurid and not a nodosaurid. Chapter 12 (pp. 239-260) in: The Armored Dinosaurs (K. Carpenter, ed.). Indiana University Press, Bloomington & Indianapolis, IA (483 pages): 239-260. Valid Ford James Kirkland Point Loma FormationUSA (California)A 20 ft m mid -long ankylosaurid. Apparently, before being fossilized, the animal's bloated carcass had floated out to sea and formed a miniature reef environment after it sank to the bottom.thumb|center|200px|Aletopelta thumb|center|200px|Citipati thumb|center|200px|Gobisaurus thumb|center|200px|Hesperosaurus center|thumb|200px|Khaan thumb|center|200px|Masiakasaurus had a unique jaw configuration with projecting teeth. thumb|center|200px|Nothronychus thumb|center|200px|Megapnosaurus thumb|center|200px|Paralititan thumb|center|200px|Rapetosaurus BienosaurusDong Z. 2001. Primitive Armored Dinosaur from the Lufeng Basin, China. pp. 237-242 In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: New Research inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie (D.H. Tanke and K. Carpenter, eds.). Indiana University Press, Bloomington & Indianapolis, IA: xviii + 542 pages. Valid Dong Zhiming Lower Lufeng FormationChinaA primitive scelidosaurid known from scant remains. CedarpeltaCarpenter, K., J.I. Kirkland, D. Burge, and J. Bird. 2001. Disarticulated Skull of a New Primitive Ankylosaurid from the Lower Cretaceous of Eastern Utah. Chapter 11 of The Armored Dinosaurs (K. Carpenter, ed.). Indiana University Press, Bloomington & Indianapolis, IA: pp. 211-238. Valid Kenneth Carpenter James Kirkland et al.Kenneth Carpenter, James Kirkland, Burge, Bird.Cedar Mountain FormationUSAThe most basal known ankylosaurid. Citipati Clark J.M. Norell M.A. Barsbold P. 2001 Two new oviraptorids (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria), Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation, Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 2 209–213 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0209:tnotou]2.0.co;2 86076568 Valid James M. Clark Mark Norell Rinchen Barsbold Djadokhta FormationMongoliaA relatively large oviraptorid known to brood its nests. DraconyxMateus, O. and M.T. Antunes. 2001. Draconyx loureiroi, a new Camptosauridae (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the Late Jurassic of Lourinha, Portugal. Annales Paleontol. 87 (1): pp. 61-73. Valid Octávio Mateus Antunes Lourinhã FormationPortugalA relative of Camptosaurus. Eotyrannus Hutt S. Naish D. Martill D.M. Barker M.J. Newbery P. 16881410 2001 A preliminary account of a new tyrannosauroid theropod from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous) of southern England Cretaceous Research 22 2 227–242 10.1006/cres.2001.0252 2001CrRes..22..227H http://doc.rero.ch/record/14510/files/PAL_E1710.pdf Valid Hutt Naish et al.Hutt, Naish, Martill, Barker, Newberry.Wessex FormationUKA twenty-foot tyrannosauroid. Eshanosaurus Xu X. Zhao X. Clark J.M. 2001 A new therizinosaur from the Lower Jurassic lower Lufeng Formation of Yunnan, China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 3 477–483 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0477:antftl]2.0.co;2 131298010 Valid Xu Xing Zhao Xijin James M. ClarkLower Lufeng FormationChinaA therizinosaur, possibly the earliest known coelurosaur. Gobisaurus Vickaryous M.K. Russell A.P. Currie P.J. Zhao X.- J. 2001 A new ankylosaurid (Dinosauria: Ankylosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of China, with comments on ankylosaurian relationships. In: The Sino-Canadian Dinosaur Project 3 Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38 12 1767–1780 10.1139/cjes-38-12-1767 2001CaJES..38.1767V http://doc.rero.ch/record/14311/files/PAL_E1469.pdf ValidMatthew K. Vickaryous Anthony P. Russell et al.Matthew K. Vickaryous, Anthony P. Russell, Phillip Currie, Zhao Xijin.Ulansuhai FormationChinaAn ankylosaurid that resembled Shamosaurus. "Hanwulosaurus"Xinhua News Service news articles Nomen nudum AnonymousChinaA thirty-foot ankylosaur. "Heilongjiangosaurus"Li, W. and J. Jin. 2001. On the Upper Cretaceous Jiayin Group of Heilongjiang Province, China (Deng and Wang, eds): 65-74. Nomen nudum Li W. Jin J.ChinaA hadrosaur, possibly synonymous with Charonosaurus. HesperosaurusCarpenter, K., C.A. Miles, and K. Cloward. 2001. New primitive stegosaur from the Morrison Formation, Wyoming. In: The Armored Dinosaurs (Carpenter, K., ed.). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IA: pp. 55-75. Valid Kenneth Carpenter Miles Cloward Morrison FormationUSAA stegosaurid slightly older and more primitive than Stegosaurus, although the genera may be synonymous. JiangshanosaurusTang F., X.-M. Kang, X.-S. Jin., F. Wei, and W.- T. Wu. 2001. A new sauropod dinosaur of Cretaceous from Jiangshan, Zhejiang Province. Vertebrate Palasiatica 39 (4): pp. 272-281. Valid Tang F. Kang et al.Tang F., Kang, Jin X., Wei, Wu W. T.ChinaA titanosaur known only from a partial skeleton found near Lixian Village, China. Jinzhousaurus Wang X., Xu X. 2001 A new iguanodontid (Jinzhousaurus yangi gen. et sp. nov.) from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China Chinese Science Bulletin 46 19 1669–1672 10.1007/bf02900633 2001ChSBu..46.1669W 128837848 Valid Wang X. Xu Xing Yixian FormationChinaA hadrosauroid known from a nearly complete skeleton. Khaan Valid James M. Clark Mark Norell Rinchen BarsboldDjadochta FormationMongoliaA fairly typical oviraptorid once misidentified as Ingenia. "Kittysaurus" Junior synonym of Eotyrannus HargreavesWessex FormationUK LiaoningosaurusXu, X., X.-L. Wang, and H.-L. You. 2001. A juvenile ankylosaur from China [Liaoningosaurus paradoxus]. Die Naturwissenshaften 88 (7): pp 297-300. Valid Xu Xing Wang X. You Yixian FormationChinaA bizarre ankylosaur of uncertain classification. Known from the complete specimen of a juvenile 34 cm long, it's the smallest known ankylosaur to date. LosillasaurusCasanovas, M.L., J.V. Santafe, and J.L. Sanz. 2001. Losillasaurus giganteus, un nuevo sauropodo del transito Jurasico-Cretacico de la cuenca de "Los Serranos" (Valencia, España). Paleontologia i Evolució, 32-33: pp. 99-122. Valid Maria Lourdes Casanovas-Cladellas Santafe Sanz Villar del Arzobispo FormationSpainA large turiasaur known from a partial subadult skeleton. Masiakasaurus Sampson S. D. M.T. Carrano Forster C.A. 2001 A bizarre predatory dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar Nature 409 6819 504–509 10.1038/35054046 11206544 2001Natur.409..504S 205013285 Valid Sampson Carrano Forster Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Maevarano FormationMadagascarA 2-meter (about 6–7 feet) noasaurid with unusual forward-pointing teeth. MegapnosaurusIvie, M.A., S.A. Slipinski, and P. Wegrzynowicz. 2001. Generic homonyms in the Colydiinae (Coleoptera: Zopheridae). Insecta Mundi 15: pp.63-64. Valid Ivie Slipinski WegrzynowiczSouth Africa ZimbabweReplacement name for Syntarsus Raath, 1969 non Fairmaire, 1869; a coelophysid theropod. NeimongosaurusZhang, X-H., X. Xu, P. Sereno, X.-W. Kuang, and L. Tan. 2001. A long-necked therizionosauroid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Iran Dabasu Formation of Nei Mongol, People's Republic of China. Vertebrate Palasiatica 39 (4): pp. 282-290. Valid Zhang X. H. Xu Xing et al.Zhang X. H., Xu Xing, Zhao X., Paul Sereno, Kuang, Tan L.Iren Dabasu FormationChinaA therizinosaur about 2.3 meters in length. Nothronychus Kirkland J.I. Wolf D.G. 2001 First definitive therizinosaurid (Dinosauria; theropoda) from North America Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 3 410–414 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0410:fdtdtf]2.0.co;2 85705529 Valid James Kirkland Wolfe Late Cretaceous (Turonian)Moreno Hill FormationUSAA therizinosaur. Paralititan Smith J.B. Lamanna M.C. Lacovara K.J. Dodson P. Smith J.R. Poole J.C. Giegengack R. Attia Y. 2001 A Giant Sauropod Dinosaur from an Upper Cretaceous Mangrove Deposit in Egypt Science 292 5522 1704–1706 10.1126/science.1060561 11387472 2001Sci...292.1704S 33454060 http://doc.rero.ch/record/14792/files/PAL_E1924.pdf Valid J. B. Smith Lamanna et al.J. B. Smith, Lamanna, Lacovara, Dodson, J. R. Smith, Poole, Giegengack, Attia.Bahariya FormationEgyptA titanosaur and of the most massive dinosaurs ever discovered, with an estimated weight of 59 tonnes (65 short tons) and length of around 26 m ft us. PlanicoxaDiCroce, T. and K. Carpenter. 2001. New ornithopod from the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of eastern Utah. In: Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie (D.H. Tanke, Darren and K. Carpenter, eds.). Indiana University Press, Bloomington & Indianapolis, IA (xviii + 542 pages): pp. 183-196. ValidDiCroce Kenneth Carpenter Cedar Mountain FormationUSAAn advanced iguanodontian. PukyongosaurusDong Z., I.-S. Paik, H.-J. Kim. 2001. A preliminary report on a sauropod from the Hasandong Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Korea. In: Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (Deng & Wang, eds.). China Ocean Press, Beijing: pp. 41-53. ValidDong Zhiming Paik Kim H. J. Hasandong FormationSouth KoreaA titanosauriform related to Euhelopus. QuilmesaurusCoria, R.A. 2001. New Theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. In: Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie (D.H. Tanke and K. Carpenter, eds.). Indiana University Press, Bloomington & Indianapolis, IA (xviii + 542 pages): pp. 3-9. ValidRodolfo Coria Allen FormationArgentinaA 5 – 6 m ft off us theropod known from a partial leg. Rapetosaurus Curry-Rogers K. Forster C.A. 2001 The last of the dinosaur titans: a new sauropod from Madagascar Nature 412 6846 530–534 10.1038/35087566 11484051 2001Natur.412..530C 4347583 ValidKristina Curry-Rogers Catherine A. Forster Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Maevarano FormationMadagascarA 15 m ft titanosaur. RuehleiaGalton, P. M. 2001. Prosauropod dinosaurs from the Upper Triassic of Germany. In: Colectivo Arqueologico-Paleontologico de Salas, C.A.S. (eds.). Actas de las I Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontologia de Dinosaurios y su Entorno (Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Paleontology of Dinosaurs and their Environment). Burgos (Spain),: pp. 25-92. ValidPeter Galton. KnollenmergelGermanyA prosauropod named for Hugo Ruehle von Lilienstern. Wellnhoferia Elzanowski A 2001 A new genus and species for the largest specimen of Archaeopteryx Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 4 519–532 Valid non-dinosaurian taxonAndrzej ElżanowskiSolnhofen LimestoneGermanyVery similar to Archaeopteryx, which may be its senior synonym. VenenosaurusTidwell, V., K. Carpenter, and S. Meyer. 2001. New Titanosauriform (Sauropoda) from the Poison Strip Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Utah. In: Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie (D.H. Tanke and K. Carpenter, eds.). Indiana University Press, Bloomington & Indianapolis, IA, xviii + 542 pages): pp. 139-165. ValidTidwell Kenneth Carpenter S. MeyerEarly Cretaceous (early Aptian)Cedar Mountain Formation (Poison Strip Member)USAA relatively small (probably around 10 m ft on long) titanosauriform sauropod, known from an incomplete skeleton of an adult and a juvenile. Its tail vertebrae articulated in a unique fashion that may be of evolutionary significance. "Yibinosaurus"Chongqing Natural History Museum guidebook. Nomen nudumOuyang vide: AnonymousChinaAn undescribed sauropod. YunxianosaurusLi Zhengqi (2001) Distribution, burying and classification of dinosaur fossils in Upper Cretaceous strata at Meipu Town, Yunxian County of Hubei Province. Hubei Geology & Mineral Resources 15(4)(Total No 37): 25-31 http://www.cqvip.com/QK/82916X/200104/5847919.html ValidLiLate CretaceousChinaA titanosaur sauropod. Newly named birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAegypius prepyrenaicusHernández Carrasquilla 2001 A New Species of Vulture (Aves, Aegypiinae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Spain http://www.ardeola.org/files/468.pdf Ardeola 48 1 47–53 Sp. nov.Valid?Hernández CarrasquillaLate PleistoceneCave depositionsSpain: Aragon According to Sanchez Marco (2007), it is a nomen dubium.ApsaravisNorell, M.A. Clarke, J.A. 2001 Fossil that fills a critical gap in avian evolution Nature 409 181–184 10.1038/35051563 6817 11196639 2001Natur.409..181N 4377596Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidMark A. Norell Julia A. ClarkeLate CretaceousDjadokhta FormationMongolia The type species is Apsaravis ukhaana.Belgirallus 10.1016/s0016-6995(01)80069-3 Gerald Mayr Richard Smith 2001 Ducks, Rails and Limicoline Waders (Aves: Anseriformes, Gruiformes, Charadriiformes) from the Lowermost Oligocene of Belgium http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/belgium_geobios.pdf Géobios 34 5 547–561 2001Geobi..34..547M Gen. nov. et 2 Sp. nov.ValidGerald Mayr Richard SmithEarly OligoceneMP 21Belgium: Flemish Brabant A Rallidae, genus contains two species: B. oligocaenus (type species) and B. minutus.BoutersemiaGen. nov. et 2 Sp. nov.ValidGerald Mayr Richard SmithEarly OligoceneMP 21Belgium: Flemish Brabant A possible Glareolidae, genus contains two species: B. belgica (type species) and B. parvulaCalonectris krantziSp. nov.ValidStorrs L. Olson Pamela C. RasmussenEarly PlioceneYorktown FormationUSA: North Carolina A Procellariidae.Collocalia budayWalter E. Boles 2001 A Swiftlet (Apodidae: Collocaliini) from the Miocene of Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland In: Hand, S. J. & Laurie J. R.: Riversleigh Symposium 1998: Proceedings of a Research Symposium on Fossils from Riversleigh and Murgon, Queensland, Held at the University of New South Wales, December, 1998. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 25 45–52 Sp. nov.ValidWalter E. BolesEarly MioceneRiversleighAustralia: Queensland An Apodidae.Ducula lakeba 10.1080/03014223.2001.9517673 Trevor H. Worthy 2001 A Giant Flightless Pigeon gen. et sp. nov. and a New Species of Ducula (Aves: Columbidae), from Quaternary Deposits in Fiji https://www.academia.edu/attachments/3197214/download_file?st=MTQwNjg3OTkxNyw0Ni4xMjkuNTcuMTU0LDQ1MDUyNg%3D%3D&s=sidebar Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 31 4 763–794 2001JRSNZ..31..763W 83708873 Sp. nov.ValidTrevor H. WorthyQuaternaryLakeba IslandFiji A Columbidae.Emuarius guljaruba 10.1071/MU00052 Walter E. Boles 2001 A New Emu (Dromaiinae) from the Late Oligocene Etadunna Formation http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/96/paper/MU00052.htm Emu 101 4 317–321 2001EmuAO.101..317B 1808852 subscription Sp. nov.ValidWalter E. BolesLate OligoceneEtadunna FormationAustralia: South Australia A Dromaiidae.Eocolius 10.1007/bf01651734 Gareth J. Dyke David M. Waterhouse 2001 A Mousebird (Aves, Coliiformes) from the Eocene of England Journal für Ornithologie 142 1 7–15 2001JOrn..142....7D 35303477 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidGareth J. Dyke David M. WaterhouseEarly EoceneMP 8UK: England A stem Coliiformes; the type species is Eocolius walkeri.Eocrex tagusevaeAndrei V. Panteleyev 2001 New Species of Rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from Paleogene of Tadjikistan Russian Journal of Ornithology, Express-issue 135 199–201 Sp. nov.ValidAndrei V. PanteleyevPaleogene (Late Eocene-?Early Oligocene)Tajikistan A Rallidae.Falco kurochkini William Suárez Duque Storrs L. Olson 2001 A Remarkable New Species of Small Falcon from the Quaternary of Cuba (Aves: Falconidae: Falco) http://extinct-website.com/pdf/80982a.pdf Russian Journal of Ornithology, Express-issue 135 199–201 2014-08-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052357/http://extinct-website.com/pdf/80982a.pdf 2014-08-08 dead Sp. nov.ValidWilliam Suárez Duque Storrs L. OlsonQuaternaryCave depositsCuba A Falconidae.FluvioviridavisGerald Mayr Michael Daniels 2001 A New Short-legged Landbird from the Early Eocene of Wyoming and Contemporaneous European Sites https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app46/app46-393.pdf Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 3 393–402 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidGerald Mayr Michael DanielsEarly EoceneGreen River FormationUSA: Wyoming A Podargiformes, the type species is Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus.Gavia fortis Sp. nov.ValidStorrs L. Olson Pamela C. RasmussenEarly PlioceneYorktown FormationUSA: North Carolina A Gaviidae.Laputavis 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0195:apsftl]2.0.co;2 Gareth J. Dyke 2001 A Primitive Swift from the London Clay and the Relationships of Fossil Apodiform Birds Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 1; 2 195–200; 401 85904467 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidGareth J. DykeEarly EoceneYpresian, London Clay Formation, MP 8UK: England A stem Apodiformes, the genus was originally named Laputa but that name was preoccupied; the type species is Laputavis robusta.LimenavisClarke, J.A. Chiappe, L.M. 2001 A new carinate bird from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina) http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/2940/n3323.pdf?sequence=1 American Museum Novitates 3323 1–23 10.1206/0003-0082(2001)323<0001:ANCBFT>2.0.CO;2 2246/2940 55064310 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidJulia A. Clarke Luis M. ChiappeLate CretaceousAllen FormationArgentinaAn Avialae Gauthier, 1985. The type species is Limenavis patagonica.NatunaornisGen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidTrevor H. WorthyHoloceneViti LevuFiji A flightless Columbidae, the type species is Natunaornis gigoura.Phoebastria rexsularumStorrs L. Olson Pamela C. Rasmussen 2001 Miocene and Pliocene Birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/paleobiology/pdf_lo/sctp-0090.pdf Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90 233–365 10.5479/si.00810266.90.233 Sp. nov.ValidStorrs L. Olson Pamela C. RasmussenEarly PlioceneYorktown FormationUSA: North Carolina A Diomedeidae.Pica mourerae 10.1016/s0016-6995(01)80080-2 Bartomeu Seguí 2001 A New Species of Pica (Aves: Corvidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene of Mallorca, Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean) Géobios 34 3 339–347 2001Geobi..34..339S Sp. nov.ValidBartomeu SeguíPlio-PleistoceneMallorca, Balearic IslandsSpain: Mallorca A Corvidae.Podiceps howardaeRobert W. Storer 2001 A New Pliocene Grebe from the Lee Creek Deposits http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/paleobiology/pdf_lo/sctp-0090.pdf Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90 227–231 10.5479/si.00810266.90.227 Sp. nov.ValidRobert W. StorerEarly PlioceneYorktown FormationUSA: North Carolina A Podicipedidae, possibly a synonym of Podiceps auritus.Pseudoseisura cursorEduardo P. Tonni Jorge Noriega 2001 Una Especie Extinta de Pseudoseisura Reichenbach 1853 (Passeriformes: Furnariidae) del Pleistoceno de la Argentina: Comentarios Filogenéticos http://www.ibiologia.unam.mx/pdf/links/neo/rev12/vol_12_1/orni_12_1_29-44.pdf Ornitologia Neotropical 12 29–44 Sp. nov.ValidEduardo P. Tonni Jorge NoriegaEarly PleistoceneEnsenadanArgentina A Furnariidae.Pterodromoides 10.1111/1475-4983.00209 Bartomeu Seguí Josep Quintana Joan J. Fornos Josep A. Alcover 2001 A New Genus of Fulmarine Petrel (Aves: Procelariiformes) from the Upper Miocene of Menorca, Western Mediterranean Palaeontology 44 5 933–948 10261/54307 129148277 free Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidBartomeu Seguí Josep Quintana Joan J. Fornos Josep A. AlcoverLate Miocene-Pliocene Early PlioceneMenorca; Yorktown Formation, North AmericaSpain: Menorca; USA: North Carolina A Procellariidae, the type species is Pterodromoides minoricensis.Rallus recessusStorrs L. Olson David B. Wingate 2001 A New Species of Large Flightless Rail of the Rallus longirostris/elegans Complex (Aves: Rallidae) from the Late Pleistocene of Bermuda https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/1734/VZ_307_Rallus_recessus.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114 2 509–516 Sp. nov.ValidStorrs L. Olson David B. WingateLate PleistoceneBermudaBermuda A flightless Rallidae.WellnhoferiaAndrei Elzanowski 2001 A New Genus and Species for the Largest Specimen of Archaeopteryx https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app46/app46-519.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 4 519–532 Gen. nov et Sp. nov.Valid ?Andrei ElzanowskiLate JuraPortlandian Solnhofer PlattenkalkGermany: Bavaria A new name for Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer, 1861, specimen No 6, the "Solnhofer specimen". The type species is Wellnhoferia grandis.YanornisZhou, Z. Zhang, F. 2001 Two new ornithurine birds from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120604520649848519.pdf Chinese Science Bulletin 46 15 1258–1264 10.1007/bf03184320 2001ChSBu..46.1258Z 132303803 2014-08-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20150208204115/http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120604520649848519.pdf 2015-02-08 deadGen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidZhou Zhonghe Fucheng ZhangEarly CreatecousJiufotang FormationChinaAn Ornithuromorphae, the type species is Yanornis martini.YixianornisGen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidZhou Zhonghe Zhang FuchengEarly CretaceousJiufotang FormationChinaAn Ornithuromorphae, the type species is Yixianornis grabaui. Newly named pterosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesHaopterusWang, X. Lu, J. 2001 Discovery of a pterodactylid pterosaur from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China Chinese Science Bulletin 46 13 A3–A8 10.1007/BF02900690 2001ChSBu..46A...3X 129300905Valid Wang LüEarly CretaceouYixian FormationChinaThe type species is Haopterus gracilis. IstiodactylusHowse, S.C.B., Milner A.R., and Martill, D.M., 2001, Pterosaurs: In: Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight, edited by Martill, D.M., and Naish, D., The Palaeontological Association, p. 324-335.Valid Howse Milner MartillEarly CretaceousVectis FormationUnited KingdomA new genus for Ornithodesmus latidens. Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDelectosaurusKurkin, A.A. 2001 New Late Permian dicynodonts from the Vyazniki Assemblage of terrestrial tetrapods of Eastern Europe Paleontological Journal 35 1 53–59Valid KurkinLate PermianVyazniki Assemblage RussiaA dicynodont. Two species are described Delectosaurus arefjevi and D. berezhanensis.thumb|150px|center|LumkuiaInterpresosaurusValid KurkinLate PermianVyazniki Assemblage RussiaA dicynodont. The type species is Interpresosaurus blomi.Lumkuia Hopson J.A. Kitching J.W. 2001 A Probainognathian cynodont from South Africa and the phylogeny of nonmammalian cynodonts": In: Studies in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology in honor of A. W. Crompton Jenkins Jr, F.A. Shapiro, M.D. Owerkowicz, T. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 156 1 5–35 Valid Hopson KitchingMiddle TriassicBurgersdorp FormationSouth AfricaA cynodont. The type species is Lumkuia fuzzi.MalasaurusTatarinov, L.P. 2002 Gomphodont cynodonts (Reptilia, Theriodontia) from the Middle Triassic of Orenburg Region Paleontological Journal 36 3 176–179Valid TatarinovLate TriassicVyazniki AssemblageRussiaA therocephalian. The type species is Malasaurus germanus.Mitredon Shapiro M.D. Jenkins 2001 A cynodont from the Upper Triassic of East Greenland: tooth replacement and double-rootedness": In: Studies in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology in honor of A. W. Crompton Jenkins Jr, F.A. Shapiro, M.D. Owerkowicz, T. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 156 1 49–58 Valid Shapiro JenkinsLate TriassicFleming Fjord FormationGreenlandA cynodont. The type species is Mitredon cromptoni.Prozostrodon Bonaparte J.F. Barberena M.C. 2001 On two advanced carnivorous cynodonts from the Late Triassic of Southern Brazil": In: Studies in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology in honor of A. W. Crompton Jenkins Jr, F.A. Shapiro, M.D. Owerkowicz, T. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 156 1 59–80 Valid Bonaparte BarberenaLate TriassicSanta Maria FormationBrazilNew genus for "Thrinaxodon" brasiliensis Barberena, Bonaparte & Sá Teixeira, 1987RiograndiaBonaparte, J.F. Ferigolo, J. Ribeiro, A.M. amp 2001 A primitive Late Triassic 'Ictidosaur' from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Palaeontology 44 4 623–638 10.1111/1475-4983.00194 2001Palgy..44..623B freeValid Bonaparte Ferigolo RibeiroLate TriassicCaturrita FormationBrazilA cynodont. The type species is Riograndia guaibensis. Mammalian Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAbdounodus Gheerbrant Emmanuel Sudre, Jean Iarochene, Mohamed Moumni, Abdelkader First ascertained African "Condylarth" mammals (primitive ungulates: cf. Bulbulodentata and cf. Phenacodonta) from the earliest Ypresian of the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2001 21 1 107–118 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0107:FAACMP]2.0.CO;2 85966740 Valid Gheerbrant Sudre early EoceneOuled Abdoun BasinMoroccoA Mioclaneid condylarth assigned to Bulbulodentata. The type species is Abdounodus hamdii.thumb|center|150px|OcepeiaOcepeiaValid Gheerbrant Sudreearly EoceneOuled Abdoun BasinMoroccoA condylarth assigned to Phenacodonta, later assigned to stem-Paenungulata. Gheerbrant E. Amaghzaz M. Bouya B. Goussard F. Letenneur C. 2014 Ocepeia (Middle Paleocene of Morocco): The Oldest Skull of an Afrotherian Mammal PLOS ONE 9 2 e89739 10.1371/journal.pone.0089739 24587000 2014PLoSO...989739G 3935939 free The type species is Ocepeia daouiensis. Footnotes Complete author list As science becomes more collaborative, papers with large numbers of authors are becoming more common. To prevent the deformation of the tables, these footnotes list the contributors to papers that erect new genera and have many authors. References 2 Category:2000s in paleontology Paleontology