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none 1968 paleontology paleobotany arthropod paleontology paleoentomology paleomalacology reptile paleontology archosaur paleontology mammal paleontology paleoichthyology Flora Ferns and fern allies NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesAllantodiopsis pugetensisWolfe J.A. 1968 Paleogene Biostratigraphy of nonmarine rocks in King County, Washington Professional Paper United States Geological Survey 571 1–29 10.3133/pp571 free Sp novvalidWolfeMiddle EocenePuget Group"Lower Fultonian"USAWashingtonA dryopteridaceous fern thumb|center|upright|Allantodiopsis pugetensis Angiosperms NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesAlnus kluckingiSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Kummer sandstone bed" Loc 9837USAWashingtonA alder species. Anacardites franklinensisSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Lower Fultonian"Roslyn FormationUSAWashingtonA cashew foliage form genus. Artocarpoides kummerensisSp novjr synonymWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731USAWashingtonA dicot of uncertain affinity. Moved to Dicotylophyllum kummerensis (1977)Wolfe J.A. 1977 Paleogene floras from the Gulf of Alaska region Professional Paper United States Geological Survey 997 1–108 10.3133/pp997 free Moved to Republica kummerensis (1987)Wolfe J.A. Wehr W.C. 1987 Middle Eocene dicotyledonous plants from Republic, northeastern Washington Bulletin United States Geological Survey 1597 1–25 10.3133/b1597 free Artocarpoides litseafoliaComb novjr synonym(MacGinitie) WolfeEoceneYpresianIone Formation"Chalk Bluff Flora" Loc P3324USACaliforniaA dicot of uncertain affinity. Moved from Lauropliyllum litseafolia (1941)MacGinitie H.D. 1941 A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada Contributions to Paleontology Carnegie Institution of Washington Washington, D.C. 534 116 http://sierrageology.org/documents/references/a-middle-eocene-flora-from-the-central-sierra-nevada/ Moved to Dicotylophyllum litseafolia (1969). Moved to Republica litseafolia (1987) thumb|center|uprightCalkinsiaGen et sp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731USAWashingtonA moon seed relative. The type species is C. franklinensisCamellia multiformaComb novvalid(Potbury) WolfeLatest Eocene-Earliest OligoceneLa Porte TuffUSACaliforniaA Camellia species. Moved from Euphorbiophyllum multiformum (1935)Potbury S.S. The La Porte flora of Plumas County, California Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 1935 63 5 29–82Carya cashmanensisSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731USAWashingtonA hickory relative. Carya pugetensisSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Kummer sandstone bed" Loc 9680USAWashingtonA hickory relative. Castanopsis franklinensisSp. novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Lower Fultonian"Puget Group"Above Franklin bed 12" Loc 9678USAWashingtonA chinquapin species. Cladrastis pugetensisSp. novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731USAWashingtonA Cladrastis species legume. Dryophyllum pugetensisSp. novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Lower Ravenian"Puget Group"Between Ravensdale beds 3 & 4" Loc 9694USAWashingtonA Dryophyllum species. Fothergilla durhamensisSp. novjr synonymWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Fultonian"Puget Group"Below Durham bed 1" Loc 9832USAWashingtonA platanaceous species.Moved to Platimeliphyllum durhamensis in (2022)Huegele I.B. Zhu H. Zhao B. Wang Y.-F. Manchester S. R. 2021 Trans-Beringial Distribution of Platimeliphyllum (Platanaceae) in the Eocene of Eastern Asia and Western North America International Journal of Plant Sciences 183 2 139–153 10.1086/717692 239529168 GoweriaGen et 2 Sp. novvalidWolfeEoceneUSAOregonA icacinaceous genus. The type species is "Benzoin" dilleri (1900). The genus also includes G. linearis. Hyperbaena dilleriComb novJr synonym(Knowlton) WolfeEoceneUSAOregonA moon seed relative. Moved from "Benzoin" dilleri (1900). Moved to Calkinsia dilleri (1977)Hypserpa cashmanensisGen et sp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731USAWashingtonA Hypserpa species moon seed.Hypserpa cashmanensisSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731USAWashingtonA Hypserpa species moon seed.Hypserpa franklinensisSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Lower Fultonian"Puget Group"Above Franklin bed 12" Loc 9678USAWashingtonA Hypserpa species moon seed.Macaranga pugetensisSp. novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731USAWashingtonA Macaranga species euphorbe. Macclintockia pugetensisSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Kummerian"Puget Group Renton Formation Loc 9688USAWashingtonA Macclintockia species. Pterocarya pugetensisSp. novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Kummer sandstone bed" Loc 9837USAWashingtonA wingnut species. "Pugetia"Gen et sp novhomonymWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Fultonian"Puget Group"Green River canyon, above vein 12" Loc 1963USAWashingtonA possible hickory relative.The type species is "P". longifolia Junior homonym of Pugetia Kylin, 1925 Rhamnites cashmanensisSp novjr synonymWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731USAWashingtonidentified as a Rhamnites buckthorn foliage. Moved to Parashorea cashmanensis (1977)Rhamnites franklinensisSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Lower Fultonian"Puget Group"Above Franklin bed 12" Loc 9678USAWashingtonA Rhamnites buckthorn foliage. Ternstroemites ravenensisSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Lower Ravenian"Puget Group"Between Ravensdale beds 3 & 4" Loc 9694USAWashingtonA Ternstroemites theaceous foliage. Viburnum pugetensisSp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Lower Fultonian"Puget Group"Above Franklin bed 12" Loc 9678USAWashingtonA Viburnum species. VineaGen et sp novvalidWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Fultonian"Puget Group"Below Durham bed 1" Loc 9832USAWashingtonA walnut relative. Also noted from the Roslyn Formation. WillisiaGen et sp novJr homonymWolfeLate Eocene"Upper Fultonian"Puget Group"Below Durham bed 1" Loc 9832USAWashingtonA linden relative. Jr homonym of Willisia Warming 1901.Renamed Plafkeria in (1977) The type species is "W." rentonensis Arthropods Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEriocampa tulameenensisRice, H.M.A. Two Tertiary sawflies, (Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae), from British Columbia Geological Survey of Canada 1968 67 59 1–21sp novValid Rice Early Eocene Allenby FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA Tenthredinidae sawflythumb|center|upright|Eriocampa tulameenensisPseudosiobla campbellisp novValid Rice Early Eocene Horsefly ShalesCanadaBritish ColumbiaA Tenthredinidae sawflythumb|center|upright|Pseudosiobla campbelli Conodonts Name Novelty Status Authors Age Location Notes ImagesNeognathodusgen novValid taxon David L. DunnPennsylvanian Brazil China Egypt Mexico Archosauriformes Dinosaurs Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Aralosaurus tuberiferusRozhdestvensky A.K. Anatoly Rozhdestvensky 1968 Гадрозавры Казахстана Hadrosaurs of Kazakhstan Tatarinov L.P. Верхнепалеозойские и мезозойские земноводные и пресмыкающиеся СССР Upper Paleozoic and Mesozoic amphibians and reptiles of the USSR Академии наук СССР Russian 97–141 Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Rozhdestvensky Santonian Bostobe Svita Kazakhstan A hadrosaur 200px Procheneosaurus convincens Sp. nov. Valid Rozhdestvensky Santonian Dabrazinskaya Svita Kazakhstan A species of Procheneosaurus, later given the genus name Kazaklambia Birds NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImagesAethia rossmoori Howard H 1968 Tertiary Birds from Laguna Hills, Orange County, California Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science 142 1–21 http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS142.pdf 2014-12-03 2014-12-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20141207121009/http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS142.pdf dead Sp. nov.Valid HowardLate MioceneUSA(California)An Alcidae.Alauda jordanica Tchernov E 1968 A Preliminary Investigation of the Birds on the Pleistocene Deposits of Ubeidia Publications of the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities 1968 1–44 Sp. nov.Valid TchernovMiddle PleistoceneUbeidiya FormationIsraelAn Alaudidae.Alcodes Gen et sp nov.Valid HowardLate Miocene?USAAn Alcidae, type species A. ulnulusBathornis fricki Cracraft J 1968 A Review of the Bathornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes), with Remarks on the Relationships of the Suborder Cariamae American Museum Novitates 2326 1–46 http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/2536//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N2326.pdf?sequence=1 Sp. nov.Valid CracraftEarly MioceneUSA(Wyoming)A BathornithidButeo circoides Kurochkin EN 1968 [Fossil Remains of Birds from Mongolia] Ornithologiya 9 323–330 Sp. nov.Valid KurochkinMiddle OligoceneTatal-GolMongoliaAn Accipitridae.Coturnicops avita Feduccia A 1968 The Pliocene Rails of North America Auk 85 July 441–453 10.2307/4083293 4083293 http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v085n03/p0441-p0453.pdf Sp. nov.Valid FeducciaLate PlioceneGlenns Ferry FormationUSA(Idaho)A Rallidae.Cygnavus formosus Kurochkin EN 1968 New Oligocene Birds from Kazakhstan Paleontological Journal 2 83–90 Sp. nov.Valid KurochkinLate EoceneZaysan BassinKazakhstanAn Anatidae."Cygnopterus" lambrechti Sp. nov.valid KurochkinMiddle OligoceneKustovskayaKazakhstanPhoenicopteriformes Incertae SedisFulica stekelesi Sp. nov.Valid TchernovMiddle PleistoceneUbeidiya FormationIsraelA Rallidae.Fulmarus hammeri Sp. nov.Valid HowardLate MioceneUSA(California)A Procellariidae.Gobihierax Gen et Sp. nov.Valid KurochkinMiddle OligoceneTatal-GolMongoliaAn Accipitridae, Type sp G. edaxGuguschia nailiae Aslanova SM Burchak-Abramovich NI 1968 A Fossil Swan from the Maykopian Series of Azerbaydzhan Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 13 14 325–338 Sp. nov.InvalidMayr Gerald https://www.worldcat.org/title/302080522 Paleogene fossil birds 2009 Springer 978-3-540-89627-2 Berlin 302080522 Aslanova & Burchak-AbramovichMiddle OligoceneMaykopian ClayAzerbaijanA Swan, Anatidae.Laterallus insignis Sp. nov.Valid FeducciaLate PlioceneRexroad FormationUSA (Kansas)A Rallidae.Limicorallus Gen. et Sp. nov.Valid KurochkinMiddle Oligocene-MioceneMyn-Say GorgeKazakhstanA Phalacrocoracidae, type species L. saiensis.Megaegotheles Scarlett RJ 1968 An Owlet-Nightjar from New-Zealand http://extinct-website.com/pdf/Notornis_15_4_254_266.pdf Notornis 15 4 254–266 10.63172/071031bqkuqb 2014-12-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305004747/http://extinct-website.com/pdf/Notornis_15_4_254_266.pdf 2016-03-05 dead Gen. et sp. nov.Jr synonym ScarlettPleistocene-modernNew ZealandAn Aegothelidae, type sp M. novaezealandiae, jr syn of Aegotheles.Storrs L. Olson, Jean Chr. Balouet & C. T. Fisher 1987 The Owlet-Nightjar of New Caledonia, Aegotheles savesi, with Comments on the Systematics of the Aegothelidae De Giervalk / Le Gerfaut 77 341–352 Megagallinula Gen. et Sp. nov.Valid KurochkinMiddle OligoceneKur-Say GorgeKazakhstanA Rallidae. type sp. M. harundineaMelanocorypha gracilis Sp. nov.Valid TchernovMiddle PleistoceneUbeidiya FormationIsraelAn Alaudidae.Palaeorallus alienus Sp. nov.nomen dubium KurochkinMiddle OligoceneTatal-GolMongoliaA possible Rallidae, Paracrax giganteaCracraft J 1968 A Review of the Bathornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes), with Remarks on the Relationships of the Suborder Cariamae American Museum Novitates 2326 1–46 http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/2536//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N2326.pdf?sequence=1 Sp. nov.Valid CracraftLate OligoceneBrule FormationUSA(South Dakota)A BathornithidaeParacrax wetmorei Sp. nov.Valid CracraftLate OligoceneBrule FormationUSA(South Dakota)A BathornithidaePetronia brevirostris Sp. nov.Valid TchernovMiddle PleistoceneUbeidiya FormationIsraelA Passeridae.Puffinus calhouni Sp. nov.Valid HowardLate MioceneUSA(California)A Procellariidae.Tutor dementievi Gen. et sp. nov.Valid KurochkinMiddle OligoceneTatal-GolMongoliaAn Accipitridae, jr syn of Venerator dementievi Sauropterygians Plesiosaurs NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages CeraunosaurusGen et sp nov jr synonym ThurmondLate Cretaceousjunior synonym of Trinacromerum Synapsids Mammaliformes NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesMegazostrodonGen et sp novValidCrompton & JenkinsEarly JurassicElliot FormationLesothoA megazostrodontid morganucodontthumb|center|upright|Megazostrodon References 30em Paleontology Paleontology 8