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This list of fossil arthropods described in 2011 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods of every kind that have been described during the year 2011. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.
Arachnids
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcarus indicusPrabhat Kumar Neerja Jha D.D. Bhattacharya A.C. Pande Acarid mites from Early Permian sediments of the Chamba valley, Himachal Pradesh, India Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 2011 http://palaeontologicalsociety.in/vol56_2/v6.pdf 56 2 171–179 10.1177/0971102320110206 Sp. novDisputedKumar et al.Early Permian
Manjir FormationIndiaA mite. Originally described as a species of Acarus; Sidorchuk (2018) considered it more likely to be a misidentified immature nothrine oribatid mite (probably a member of the family Nothridae), and more likely to be a contaminant from the extant soil fauna rather than a genuine Paleozoic fossil.Ekaterina A. Sidorchuk 2018 Mites as fossils: forever small? International Journal of Acarology 44 8 349–359 10.1080/01647954.2018.1497085 2018IJAca..44..349S 92357151 AmeticosRussell J. Garwood Jason A. Dunlop Gonzalo Giribet Mark D. Sutton Anatomically modern Carboniferous harvestmen demonstrate early cladogenesis and stasis in Opiliones Nature Communications 2011 10.1038/ncomms1458 2 444 21863011 2011NatCo...2..444G free Gen. et sp. novGarwood et al.Carboniferous (late Stephanian)FranceA member of Opiliones. The type species is A. scolos.Araneaovoius columbiaeDunlop J.A. Braddy S.J. 2011 Cteniza bavincourti and the nomenclature of arachnid-related trace fossils The Journal of Arachnology 39 2 250–257 10.1636/CHa10-70.1 55206472 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229298 Gen et comb novvalidDunlop & Braddy?YpresianQuesnel?Fraser FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaAn orb-web spider egg sack ichnogenus. New ichnogenus for Aranea columbiae (Scudder 1878).Scudder S. H 1878 Additions to the Insect-fauna of the Tertiary beds at Quesnel, British Columbia Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress for 1876-1877 457–464thumb|center|upright|Araneaovoius columbiae(1890 illustrationBurmesiolaJörg Wunderlich 2011 Some fossil spiders (Araneae) in Cretaceous ambers Jörg Wunderlich Beiträge zur Araneologie, 6 539–557 Gen. et sp. novValidWunderlichLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA tree trunk spider. Genus includes new species B. cretacea.ChaerilobuthusWilson R. Lourenço Alex Beigel A new scorpion fossil from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Burma). New phylogenetic implications Comptes Rendus Palevol 2011 10.1016/j.crpv.2011.08.001 10 8 635–639 2011CRPal..10..635L Gen. et sp. novValidLourenço & BeigelLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
Burmese amberMyanmarA chaerilobuthid scorpion. The type species is C. complexus.EoscaphiellaGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA member of the family Tetrablemmidae. Genus includes new species E. ohlhoffi.Episinus tibiasetaJörg Wunderlich 2011 Some fossil spiders in Dominican amber (Araneae: Hersiliidae, Theridiidae, Gnaphosidae) Jörg Wunderlich Beiträge zur Araneologie, 6 461–471 Sp. novValidWunderlichMioceneDominican amberDominican RepublicA member of the family Theridiidae, a species of Episinus.FemurraptorGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichMioceneDominican amberDominican RepublicA member of the family Theridiidae. Genus includes new species F. dominicanus.Fictotama maculosaSp. novValidWunderlichMioceneDominican amberDominican RepublicA tree trunk spider.GlaesacarusEkaterina A. Sidorchuk Pavel B. Klimov Redescription of the mite Glaesacarus rhombeus (Koch & Berendt, 1854) from Baltic amber (Upper Eocene): evidence for female-controlled mating Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2011 10.1080/14772019.2011.566585 9 2 183–196 2011JSPal...9..183S 84860361 Gen. et comb. novValidSidorchuk & KlimovEocene
Baltic amberEurope (Baltic Sea region)A mite; a new genus for "Acarus" rhombeus Koch & Berendt (1854)JerseyuloborusGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichLate CretaceousNew Jersey amberUnited StatesA member of the family Uloboridae. Genus includes new species J. longisoma.MacrogyionGen. et sp. novGarwood et al.Carboniferous (late Stephanian)FranceA member of Opiliones. The type species is M. cronus.Nephila jurassicaSelden P. A. Shih C.K. Ren D. A golden orb-weaver spider (Araneae: Nephilidae: Nephila) from the Middle Jurassic of China Biology Letters 2011 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0228 21508021 3169061 7 5 775–8Selden P. A. Shih C.K. Ren D. 2013 A giant spider from the Jurassic of China reveals greater diversity of the orbicularian stem group Naturwissenschaften 10.1007/s00114-013-1121-7 24317464 100 12 1171–1181 2013NW....100.1171S 3889289 sp novObjective synonymSelden, Shih & RenMiddle Jurassic
Jiulongshan FormationChinalargest fossil spider described. objective syn of Mongolarachne jurassicathumb|center|Mongolarachne jurassicLabidostomma paleoluteumJason A. Dunlop Michel Bertrand Fossil labidostomatid mites (Prostigmata: Labidostommatidae) from Baltic amber Acarologia 2011 10.1051/acarologia/20112006 51 2 191–198 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01600007/file/Acarologia-2011-51-191-198.pdf Sp. novValidDunlop & BertrandEocene
Baltic amberEurope (Baltic Sea region)A mite, a species of Labidostomma.Praeterleptoneta tibialisSp. novValidWunderlichLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae belonging to the family Praeterleptonetidae. Originally described as a species of Praeterleptoneta, subsequently transferred to the separate genus Parvispina.Jörg Wunderlich 2015 On the evolution and the classification of spiders, the Mesozoic spider faunas, and descriptions of new Cretaceous taxa mainly in amber from Myanmar (Burma) (Arachnida: Araneae) Jörg Wunderlich Beiträge zur Araneologie, 9: Mesozoic spiders and other fossil arachnids 21–408 Scopoides dominicanusSp. novValidWunderlichMioceneDominican amberDominican RepublicA ground spider, a species of Scopoides.Siro balticusJason A. Dunlop Plamen G. Mitov The first fossil cyphophthalmid harvestman from Baltic amber Arachnologische Mitteilungen 2011 http://www.european-arachnology.org/wdp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/47-54_Dunlop.pdf 40 47–54 10.5431/aramit4006 free Sp. novValidDunlop & MitovEocene
Baltic amberEurope (Baltic Sea region)A member of Opiliones, a species of Siro.SpinocharinusMarkus Poschmann Jason A. Dunlop Trigonotarbid arachnids from the Lower Devonian (Siegenian) of Bürdenbach (Lahrbach Valley, Westerwald area, Rhenish Slate Mountains, Germany) Paläontologische Zeitschrift 2011 10.1007/s12542-011-0109-x 85 4 433–447 2011PalZ...85..433P 129040136 Gen. et sp. novValidPoschmann & DunlopEarly DevonianGermanyA member of Trigonotarbida. The type species is S. steinmeyeri.
Crustaceans
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAenigmastacusFeldmann R. Schweitzer C. Leahy J. 2011 New Eocene crayfish from the McAbee Beds in British Columbia: First record of Parastacoidea in the Northern Hemisphere Journal of Crustacean Biology 31 2 320–331 10.1651/10-3399.1 free Gen et sp novvalidFeldmann, Schweitzer, & LeahyEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsTranquille FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA parastacid freshwater crayfishDynamenella miettoiAntonio De Angeli Alessandro Lovato Dynamenella miettoi n. sp., nuovo isopode (Crustacea, Flabellifera, Sphaeromatidae) dell'Eocene del Veneto (Vicenza, Italia settentrionale) Lavori – Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 2011 http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31742/31742.pdf 36 111–118 Sp. novValidDe Angeli & LovatoEoceneLutetian ItalyAn isopod belonging to the family Sphaeromatidae.
Insects
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAgulla protomaculataEngel Michael S. 2011 A new snakefly from the Eocene Green River Formation (Raphidioptera: Raphidiidae) Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 114 1–2 77–87 10.1660/062.114.0107 85011364 sp novjr synonymEngelLutetian
Green River FormationUSAA raphidiid snakefly. Moved to Archiinocellia protomaculata in 2021Archibald S. B. Makarkin V. N. Early Eocene snakeflies (Raphidioptera) of western North America from the Okanagan Highlands and Green River Formation 2021 Zootaxa 4951 1 41–79 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.1.2 33903413 233411745 thumb|center|upright|Archiinocellia protomaculata AlicodoxaEmeljanov A. F. Shcherbakov D. E. 2011 A new genus and species of Dictyopharidae (Homoptera) from Rovno and Baltic amber based on nymphs ZooKeys 130 175–184 10.3897/zookeys.130.1775 22259275 3260758 free 2011ZooK..130..175E Gen et sp novValidEmeljanov & Shcherbakovlate EoceneRovno amberUkraineA planthopper, type species A. rasnitsyni also found in Baltic amberthumb|center|upright|Alicodoxa rasnitsyniAnonychomyrma geinitziHeterick B. E. Shattuck S. 2011 Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Zootaxa 2845 169 10.11646/zootaxa.2845.1.1 free Comb novvalid
(Mayr)LutetianBaltic amberEuropeFossil Dolichoderin ant
thumb|center|upright|Anonychomyrma geinitziAradus andancensisMarchal L. Guilbert E. Brisac P. Nel. A. 2011 A new record and a new species of Aradidae fossils (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) Zootaxa 2832 56–62 10.11646/zootaxa.2832.1.4 Sp novvalidMarchal, Guilbert, Brisac, & NelTurolianMontagne d'AndanceFranceA flat bugthumb|center|upright|Aradus andancensisArchiaustroconops borkentiPérez-de la Fuente R. Delclòs X. Peñalver E. Arillo A. 2011 Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Early Cretaceous El Soplao amber (N Spain) Cretaceous Research 32 6 750–761 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.05.003 2011CrRes..32..750P Sp. novValidPérez-de la Fuente et al.Early Cretaceous (Albian)El Soplao amber depositSpainA fly belonging to the family Ceratopogonidae.ArostropsisYunakov N.N. Kirejtshuk A.G. 2011 New genus and species of broad-nosed weevils from Baltic amber and notes on fossils of the subfamily Entiminae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) ZooKeys 160 73–96 10.3897/zookeys.160.2108 22303121 3253632 free 2011ZooK..160...73Y Gen et sp nov
validYunakov & KirejtshukEoceneBaltic amberEuropeMonotypic broad-nosed weevil genus, one species A. groehnithumb|center|upright|Arostropsis groehniAstreptolabisEngel M.S. 2011 New earwigs in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Dermaptera, Neodermaptera) ZooKeys 130 137–152 10.3897/zookeys.130.1293 22259272 3260755 free 2011ZooK..130..137E Subfam, Gen et sp nov
validEngelAlbianBurmese amberMyanmarMonotypic earwig subfamily, one species A. ethirosomatiathumb|center|upright|Astreptolabis ethirosomatiaAtriculicoides szadziewskiiSp. novValidPérez-de la Fuente et al.Early Cretaceous (Albian)El Soplao amber depositSpainA fly belonging to the family Ceratopogonidae.Baltimartyria rasnitsyniMey Wolfram On the systematic position of Baltimartyria Skalski, 1995 and description of a new species from Baltic amber (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae) ZooKeys 2011 130 331–342 https://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/1480/on-the-systematic-position-of-baltimartyria-skalski-1995-and-description-of-a-new-species-from-baltic-amber-lepidoptera- 10.3897/zookeys.130.1480 22259287 3260770 free 2011ZooK..130..331M sp nov
validMeyLutetianBaltic amberEuropethe second species in Baltimartyriathumb|center|upright|Baltimartyria rasnitsyniBaryshnyalaIlger J.-M. Brauckmann C. 2011 The smallest Neoptera (Baryshnyalidae fam. n.) from Hagen-Vorhalle (early Late Carboniferous: Namurian B; Germany) ZooKeys 130 91–102 10.3897/zookeys.130.1422 free 22259268 3260751 2011ZooK..130...91I Gen. et sp. novValidIlger & BrauckmannLate Carboniferous (early Bashkirian)Ziegelschiefer FormationGermanyA neopteran insect of uncertain systematic placement, assigned to the new family Baryshnyalidae. The type species is B. occulta.thumb|center|upright|Baryshnyala occultaCtenoplectrella phaetonGonzalez V. H. Engel M. S. 2011 A new species of the bee genus Ctenoplectrella in middle Eocene Baltic amber (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) ZooKeys 111 41–49 10.3897/zookeys.111.1593 21852938 3142689 free 2011ZooK..111...41G sp novValidGonzalez & Engel LutetianBaltic AmberEuropeA leaf cutter beethumb|center|upright|CtenoplectrellaDasyleptus triassicusBechly G. Stockar R. 2011 The first Mesozoic record of the extinct apterygote insect genus Dasyleptus (Insecta: Archaeognatha: Monura: Dasyleptidae) from the Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland) Palaeodiversity 4 23–37 https://bechly.lima-city.de/Palaeodiversity_4_BechlyStockar.pdfSp. novValidBechly & StockarMiddle Triassic (Ladinian)Meride LimestoneSwitzerlandA member of Archaeognatha, a species of Dasyleptus.Deinodryinus velteni Guglielmino A. Olmi M. 2011 Revision of fossil species of Deinodryinus, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) ZooKeys 130 495–504 10.3897/zookeys.130.1326 22259295 3260777 free 2011ZooK..130..495G sp nov ValidGuglielmino & OlmiLutetianBaltic amberEuropeA dryinid wasp.thumb|center|upright|Deinodryinus velteniDiochus electrusChatzimanolis S. Engel M. S. A new species of Diochus from Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Diochini) ZooKeys 2011 138 65–73 10.3897/zookeys.138.1896 https://www.pensoft.net/J_FILES/1/articles/1896/1896-G-3-layout.pdf 22144854 3208521 free 2011ZooK..138...65C sp novvalidChatzimanolis & EngelLutetian
Baltic amberEuropefirst valid Staphylininae species from the fossil recordthumb|center|upright|Diochus electrusDryinus rasnitsyniOlmi Massimo Guglielmino Adalgisa Revision of fossil species of Dryinus belonging to lamellatus group, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) ZooKeys 2011 130 505–514 10.3897/zookeys.130.1335 22259296 3260778 https://www.pensoft.net/J_FILES/1/articles/1335/1335-G-3-layout.pdf free 2011ZooK..130..505O sp nov
validOlmi & GuglielminoBurdigalianDominican amberDominican Republicsecond fossil Dryinus lamellatus group species thumb|center|upright|Dryinus rasnitsyniEldermyrmexHeterick B. E. Shattuck S. 2011 Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Zootaxa 2845 1–174 10.11646/zootaxa.2845.1.1 free Gen et comb novValid
Heterick & ShattuckLutetianBaltic amberRussiaFossil Dolichoderine ant, Type species "Iridomyrmex" oblongicepsthumb|center|upright|Eldermyrmex oblongicepsIberoraphidiaJepson J.E. Ansorge J. Jarzembowski E.A. 2011 New snakeflies (Insecta: Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of the UK, Spain and Brazil Palaeontology 54 2 385–395 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01038.x free 2011Palgy..54..385J sp novvalidJepsen, Ansorge, & JarzembowskiLower Barremian
Serra del MontsecSpainA mesoraphidiid snakefly, one species Iberoraphidia dividuaLebanoculicoides excantabrisSp. novValidPérez-de la Fuente et al.Early Cretaceous (Albian)El Soplao amber depositSpainA fly belonging to the family Ceratopogonidae.LebanoraphidiaBechly G. Wolf-Schwenninger K. 2011 A new fossil genus and species of snakefly (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber, with a discussion of snakefly phylogeny and fossil history Insect Systematics and Evolution 42 2 221–236 10.1163/187631211X568164 http://www.bernstein.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/odonata/ISE-Raphidioptera.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140305182820/http://www.bernstein.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/odonata/ISE-Raphidioptera.pdf dead 2014-03-05 sp novvalidBechly & Wolf-SchwenningerUpper Neocomian
JezzineLebanonA mesoraphidiid snakefly, one species Lebanoraphidia nanaLeptolingia calonervisShi C. Yang Q. Ren D. 2011 Two new fossil lacewing species from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China (Neuroptera: Grammolingiidae) Acta Geologica Sinica 85 2 482–489 http://202.204.209.200/upload/20110408010459.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120324183119/http://202.204.209.200/upload/20110408010459.pdf dead 2012-03-24 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2011.00416.x 2011AcGlS..85..482S sp.ValidShi, Liu, & RenMiddle Jurassic
Jiulongshan FormationChinaLeptolingia imminutaLiu Y. Shi C. Ren D. 2011 A new lacewing (Insecta: Neuroptera: Grammolingiidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China Zootaxa 2897 51–56 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02897p056.pdf 10.11646/zootaxa.2897.1.5 free sp.ValidLiu, Shi, & RenMiddle Jurassic
Daohugou BedsChinaThe smallest species known in the family GrammolingiidaeLitholingia ptesasp.ValidShi, Yang, & Ren Middle Jurassic
Jiulongshan FormationChinaMickoleitia longimanusStaniczek A.H. Bechly G. Godunko R.J. 2011 Coxoplectoptera, a new fossil order of Palaeoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta), with comments on the phylogeny of the stem group of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) Insect Systematics & Evolution 42 2 101–138 10.1163/187631211X578406 http://www.bernstein.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/odonata/Coxoplectoptera.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20111003171623/http://www.bernstein.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/odonata/Coxoplectoptera.pdf dead 2011-10-03 Ord., fam., gen. et sp.validStaniczek, Bechly, & GodunkoLower Cretaceous
Crato FormationBrazilA new genus in the new family Mickoleitiidae and a new insect order Coxoplectoptera.
thumb|center|upright|Mickoleitia longimanusMyanmymarPoinar G. Huber J. T. 2011 A new genus of fossil Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) from Cretaceous amber and key to Cretaceous mymarid genera ZooKeys 130 461–472 10.3897/zookeys.130.1241 https://www.pensoft.net/inc/journals/download.php?fileId=2891&fileTable=J_GALLEYS 22259293 3260775 free 2011ZooK..130..461P gen et sp novvalidHuberAlbian
Burmese amberMyanmaroldest mymarid describedthumb|center|upright|Myanmymar aresconoidesNanotermesEngel M.S. Grimaldi D.A. Nascimbene P.C. Singh H. 2011 The termites of Early Eocene Cambay amber, with the earliest record of the Termitidae (Isoptera) ZooKeys 148 105–123 10.3897/zookeys.148.1797 22287892 3264413 free 2011ZooK..148..105E Gen et sp. novvalidEngel & GrimaldiYpresian
Cambay amberIndiaA Termitid termitethumb|center|upright|Nanotermes isaacaeOrdralfabetixSzwedo J. Ordralfabetix sirophatanis gen. et sp. n.—the first Lophopidae from the Lowermost Eocene Oise amber, Paris Basin, France (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) Zootaxa 2011 2822 52–60 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02822p060f.pdf 10.11646/zootaxa.2822.1.3 gen et sp.validSzwedoYpresian
Oise amberFranceSecond fossil lophopid planthopper from Europethumb|center|upright|Ordralfabetix sirophatanisParastylotermes krishnaiSp. novvalidEngel & GrimaldiYpresian
Cambay amberIndiaA Stylotermitid termitethumb|center|upright|Parastylotermes krishnaiPlatyperla marquati Gallego O.F. Rébori L Zavattieri A.M. Sinitshenkova N. Lara M.B. Martins-Neto R.G. 2011 The most ancient Platyperlidae (Insecta, Perlida= Plecoptera) from early Late Triassic deposits in southern South America Ameghiniana 48 4 447–461 http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/360 10.5710/amgh.v48i4(360) 131681078 subscription 11336/42090 free SpeciesValidGallego et al.Late TriassicPotrerillos FormationArgentinaA platyperlid stonefly, a species of Platyperla.PlumalexiusBrothers Denis J. A new Late Cretaceous family of Hymenoptera, and phylogeny of the Plumariidae and Chrysidoidea (Aculeata) 2011 130 515–542 10.3897/zookeys.130.1591 https://www.pensoft.net/J_FILES/1/articles/1591/1591-G-3-layout.pdf 22259297 3260779 ZooKeys free 2011ZooK..130..515B fam, gen et sp.validBrothersTuronian
New Jersey amberUSAsister genus to Plumariidaethumb|center|upright|Plumalexius rasnitsyniPristomyrmex rasnitsyniDlussky G. M. Radchenko A. G. 2011 Pristomyrmex rasnitsyni sp. n., the first known fossil species of the ant genus Pristomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Late Eocene Danish amber Russian Entomological Journal 20 3 251–254 10.15298/rusentj.20.3.05 free sp novvalidDlussky & RadchenkoLate Eocene
Scandinavian amberDenmarkA fossil antProstylotermesGen et sp. novvalidEngel & GrimaldiYpresian
Cambay amberIndiaA Stylotermitid termitethumb|center|upright|Prostylotermes kambojaRenphasmaNel A. Delfosse E. 2011 A new Chinese Mesozoic stick insect Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 2 429–432 10.4202/app.2009.1108 free Gen. et sp.
ValidNel & DelfosseEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA stick insectthumb|center|upright|Renphasma sinicaTermitaradus dominicanusSp novvalidPoinarBurdigalian?
Dominican amberDominican RepublicA termitaphidid termite bugTitanomyrma lubeiArchibald S. Bruce Johnson Kirk R. Mathewes Rolf W. Greenwood David R. 2011 Intercontinental dispersal of giant thermophilic ants across the Arctic during early Eocene hyperthermals Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278 1725 3679–3686 10.1098/rspb.2011.0729 21543354 3203508Gen, sp, et comb nov.validArchibald, Johnson, Mathewes, & GreenwoodEarly Eocene
Messel shalesGermanynew genus for the largest known ants
thumb|center|upright|Titanomyrma simillimaTytthodiplatysGen et sp. novValidEngelAlbianBurmese amberMyanmarOldest member of the family Diplatyidaethumb|center|upright|Tytthodiplatys mecynocercusUndulopsychopsisPeng Y. Makarkin V.N. Wang X. Ren D. 2011 A new fossil silky lacewing genus (Neuroptera, Psychopsidae) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China ZooKeys 130 217–228 10.3897/zookeys.130.1576 22259278 3260761 free 2011ZooK..130..217P Gen et sp. novValidPeng, Makarkin, Wang, & RenLower Barremian to Upper Aptian
Yixian FormationChinaA psychopsid silky lacewing, only species U. alexithumb|center|upright|Undulopsychopsis alexiVetuformosaPoinar G. 2011 Vetuformosa buckleyi n. gen., n. sp. (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae; Vetuformosinae n. subfam.), a new subfamily of mayflies in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber Historical Biology 23 4 369–374 10.1080/08912963.2011.559084 2011HBio...23..369P 83703856 Sub. Fam., Gen., et Sp. NovvalidPoinarAlbianBurmese amberMyanmarA baetid mayfly. The type species is V. buckleyi, type genus of subfamily Vetuformosinaethumb|center|upright|Vetuformosa buckleyiZophotermesGen et sp. novvalidEngel & SinghYpresian
Cambay amberIndiaA Rhinotermitid termitethumb|center|upright|Zophotermes ashoki
Trilobites
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesChasbellusJames D. Loch John F. Taylor New symphysurinid trilobites from the Cambrian-Ordovician boundary interval in the western United States Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 42 417–436 2011 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287859703_New_symphysurinid_trilobites_from_the_Cambrian-Ordovician_boundary_interval_in_the_western_United_States Gen. et 2 sp. novValidLoch & TaylorEarly OrdovicianBliss Formation
House Limestone
Tanyard Formation
Wilberns FormationUnited StatesA member of Asaphida belonging to the family Symphysurinidae. The type species is C. milleri; genus also includes C. repetskii.Gladiatoria croweiJonathan M. Adrain Neo E.B. McAdams Stephen R. Westrop Affinities of the Lower Ordovician (Tulean; lower Floian) trilobite Gladiatoria, with species from the Great Basin, western United States Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 42 321–367 2011 http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jadrain/resources/Publications/Adrainetal2011b.pdf Sp. novValidAdrain, McAdams & WestropOrdovician (Floian)Fillmore Limestone
Garden City FormationUnited StatesA member of the family Bathyuridae.Gladiatoria harrisiSp. novValidAdrain, McAdams & WestropOrdovician (Floian)Fillmore LimestoneUnited StatesA member of the family Bathyuridae.Gladiatoria nielsenaeSp. novValidAdrain, McAdams & WestropOrdovician (Floian)Fillmore Limestone
Garden City FormationUnited StatesA member of the family Bathyuridae.Gladiatoria phoenixiSp. novValidAdrain, McAdams & WestropOrdovician (Floian)Fillmore Limestone
Garden City FormationUnited StatesA member of the family Bathyuridae.Gladiatoria reediSp. novValidAdrain, McAdams & WestropOrdovician (Floian)Fillmore Limestone
Garden City FormationUnited StatesA member of the family Bathyuridae.Hebediscus williamsiStephen R. Westrop Ed Landing Lower Cambrian (Branchian) eodiscoid trilobites from the lower Brigus formation, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 42 209–262 2011 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285923830 Sp. novValidWestrop & LandingEarly CambrianBrigus FormationCanadaA member of the family Hebediscidae.Hintzeia parafirmimarginisNeo E.B. McAdams Jonathan M. Adrain Systematics of the Lower Ordovician pliomerid trilobite Hintzeia, with species from the Great Basin, western USA Zootaxa 2910 1–45 2011 http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jadrain/resources/Publications/McAdamsAdrain2011a.pdf Sp. novValidMcAdams & AdrainOrdovician (Floian)Fillmore Limestone
Garden City FormationUnited StatesA member of the family Pliomeridae.Luhops coquusAdrian W.A. Rushton The mid-Cambrian (Drumian) centropleurid trilobite Luhops and its relatives from the Abbey Shale formation near Nuneaton, central England Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 42 93–104 2011 Sp. novValidRushtonCambrian (Drumian)Abbey ShaleUnited KingdomPanisaspisNeo E.B. McAdams Jonathan M. Adrain Panisaspis, a new genus of pliomerid trilobites from the Lower Ordovician (Ibexian; Tulean and Blackhillsian) of the Great Basin, western USA Zootaxa 2969 1–68 2011 http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jadrain/resources/Publications/McAdamsAdrain2011b.pdf 10.11646/zootaxa.2969.1.1 Gen. et 6 sp. et comb. novValidMcAdams & AdrainEarly OrdovicianFillmore Limestone
Garden City Formation
Yellow Hill LimestoneUnited StatesA member of the family Pliomeridae. The type species is P. millardensis; genus also includes new species P. deltaensis, P. loganensis, P. rancherensis, P. sevierensis and P. topscityensis, as well as "Protopliomerops" quattuor Hintze (1953).Protopliomerella bowlesiNeo E.B. McAdams Jonathan M. Adrain Revision of the Lower Ordovician (lower Floian; Tulean) pliomerid trilobite Protopliomerella, with new species from the Great Basin, western USA Zootaxa 3144 1–113 2011 http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jadrain/resources/Publications/McAdamsAdrain2011c.pdf 10.11646/zootaxa.3144.1.1 Sp. novValidMcAdams & AdrainOrdovician (Floian)Fillmore LimestoneUnited StatesA member of the family Pliomeridae.Protopliomerella kerouaciSp. novValidMcAdams & AdrainOrdovician (Floian)Fillmore Limestone
Garden City Formation
Yellow Hill LimestoneUnited StatesA member of the family Pliomeridae.Protopliomerella okeeffeaeSp. novValidMcAdams & AdrainOrdovician (Floian)Fillmore Limestone
Garden City Formation
Yellow Hill LimestoneUnited StatesA member of the family Pliomeridae.Protopliomerella seegeriSp. novValidMcAdams & AdrainOrdovician (Floian)Fillmore Limestone
Garden City FormationUnited StatesA member of the family Pliomeridae.Protopliomerella stegneriSp. novValidMcAdams & AdrainOrdovician (Floian)Fillmore LimestoneUnited StatesA member of the family Pliomeridae.Psalikilopsis newmaniJonathan M. Adrain Neo E.B. McAdams Stephen R. Westrop Talia S. Karim Systematics and affinity of the Lower Ordovician (Tulean; lower Floian) trilobite Psalikilopsis Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 42 369–416 2011 http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jadrain/resources/Publications/Adrainetal2011a.pdf Sp. novValidAdrain et al.Ordovician (Floian)Fillmore LimestoneUnited StatesA member of the family Bathyuridae.Psalikilopsis paracuspidicaudaSp. novValidAdrain et al.Ordovician (Floian)Fillmore Limestone
Yellow Hill LimestoneUnited StatesA member of the family Bathyuridae.Psalikilopsis redfordiSp. novValidAdrain et al.Ordovician (Floian)Fillmore Limestone
Garden City FormationUnited StatesA member of the family Bathyuridae.Symphysurina ethingtoniSp. novValidLoch & TaylorLate Cambrian and Early OrdovicianHouse LimestoneUnited StatesA member of Asaphida belonging to the family Symphysurinidae.Symphysurina straatmannaeSp. novValidLoch & TaylorLate Cambrian and Early OrdovicianBliss Formation
House Limestone
Wilberns FormationUnited StatesA member of Asaphida belonging to the family Symphysurinidae.
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