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none 1993 paleontology science 1993 Flora Plants Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAraucarioxylon hoodiiTidwell W.D. Medlyn D.A. Conifer wood from the Upper Jurassic of Utah, Part II—Araucarioxylon hoodii sp. nov. The Palaeobotanist 1993 42 1–7Sp novjr synonym(Tidwell & Medlyn) Gee et alLate JurassicMorrison FormationUSAUtahAn araucariaceous petrified wood.Moved to Agathoxylon hoodii (2019)Gee C. Sprinkel D. Bennis M. B. Gray D. Silicified logs of Agathoxylon hoodii (Tidwell et Medlyn) comb. nov. from Rainbow Draw, near Dinosaur National Monument, Uintah County, Utah, USA, and their implications for araucariaceous conifer forests in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. Geology of the Intermountain West 2019 6 77–92 10.31711/giw.v6.pp77-92 214069192 free Arthropods Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesLixus (Eulixus) balazuciVoisin J. F. Nel A. 1993 Un Lixus fossile du Miocène français (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 98 1 19–21 10.3406/bsef.1993.17854 1993AnSEF..98...19V 131790696 Gen et sp novValid Voisin & NelTurolianFranceA Curculionid weevilthumb|center|upright| Lixus (Eulixus) balazuciMesoepiophlebia veronicaeNel A. Henrotay M. 1993 Taxonomy; Les "Anisozygoptera" fossiles Phylogenie et classification (Odonata) Martinia 3 1–311Gen et sp novValidNel & HenrotayToarcianBascharageLuxembourgA sphenophlebiid dragonfly. Type species M. veronicaethumb|center|upright|Mesoepiophlebia veronicaeMiofiblaNel A. 1993 Nouveaux Raphidioptères fossiles du Cénozoïque de France et d'Espagne École Pratique des Hautes Études, Biologie et Évolution des Insectes 6 99–108Gen et sp novjr synonymNelLate MioceneSpainAn inocellid snakefly, moved to Fibla (Reisserella) cerdanica in 2002thumb|center|upright|Fibla cerdanicaOhmella coffiniSp novValidNelTurolianMontagne d'AndanceFranceA snakeflythumb|center|upright|Ohmella coffiniParaplagiophlebiaGen et sp novValid Nel & HenrotayToarcianBascharageLuxembourgA Myopophlebiid dragonfly, type species P. marcusithumb|center|upright| Paraheterophlebia marcusiParaoligolestesNel A Escuillé F. 1993 Découverte d'un nouveau genre de Sieblosiidae dans le Miocène supérieur de l'Ardèche (France) [Odonata, Zygoptera, Lestoidea, Sieblosiidae) Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie Nouvelle Série 10 233–242Gen et sp novValid Nel & EscuilléTurolianFranceA Sieblosiid damselfly, type species P. miocenicusthumb|center|upright| Paraoligolestes miocenicusParaplagiophlebiaGen et sp novValid Nel & HenrotayToarcianBascharageLuxembourgA Myopophlebiid dragonfly, type species P. loneuxithumb|center|upright| Paraplagiophlebia loneuxi Archosauromorphs Pseudosuchians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesShuvosaurus Chatterjee S 1993 Shuvosaurus a new theropod Nat Geogr. Res. Exploration 9 3 274–285 Valid taxon ChatterjeeLate Triassic (mid Norian)Cooper Canyon FormationUnited States (Texas)A shuvosaurid.thumb|center|upright|Shuvosaurus Non-avian 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 AuthorsLocation NotesImages AnasazisaurusHunt, A.P. and S.G. Lucas. 1993. Cretaceous vertebrates of New Mexico. In: Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico (A.P. Hunt and S.G. Lucas, eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 2: pp. 77-91. Valid taxon HuntS. G. Lucas United States (New Mexico) Argentinosaurus Bonaparte J.F., Coria R.A. 1993 Un nuevo y gigantesco sauropodo titanosaurio de la Formacion Rio Limay (Albiano- Cenomaniano) de la Provincia de Neuquen, Argentina Ameghiniana 30 3 271–282 Valid taxon Jose Bonaparte Rodolfo Coria ArgentinaA sauropod of 75 to 100 tons and 35 meters in length.thumb|center|200px|Argentinosaurus "Elvisaurus" nomen nudum later named Cryolophosaurus Holmes Eoraptor Sereno P.C. Forster C.A. Rogers R.R. Monetta A.M. 1993 Primitive dinosaur skeleton from Argentina and the early evolution of Dinosauria Nature 361 6407 64–66 10.1038/361064a0 1993Natur.361...64S 4270484 Valid taxon Paul Sereno Catherine ForsterRogers Monetta ArgentinaA primitive saurischian.thumb|center|200px|Eoraptor IuticosaurusLe Loeuff, J. 1993. European titanosaurids. Revue de Paléobiologie, Mém. Sp. 7: pp. 105 - 117. Valid taxon Le Loeuff KlamelisaurusZhao, X. 1993. A new Middle Jurassic sauropod subfamily (Klamelisaurinae subfam.nov.) from Xinjiang Autonomous Region. China Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica Vertebrata PalAsiatica 31 (2 – April 2, 1993): pp. 132-138. Valid taxon Zhao X. China Malawisaurus Jacobs L. D. Winkler, Gomani E. 1993 New material of an Early Cretaceous titanosaurid dinosaur from Malawi Palaeontology 36 3 523–534 Valid taxon Jacobs WinklerW. R. Downs Gomani, MalawiA Sauropod dinosaur from Malawi.thumb|Malawisaurus "Mononychus"Perle A. Norell M.A. Chiappe L.M. Clark J.M. 1993 Flightless bird from the Cretaceous of Mongolia Nature 362 6421 623–626 10.1038/362623a0 1993Natur.362..623A 4252852 Preoccupied name, later respelled Mononykus Perle Mark NorellLuis M. Chiappe Clark, /Schueppel Mononykus Valid taxon Perle Mark NorellLuis M. Chiappe Clark MongoliaA small Mongolian alvaresaur.200px|center|thumb|Mononykus was originally spelled "Mononychus." Naashoibitosaurus Valid taxon HuntS. G. Lucas, United States (New Mexico) PararhabdodonCasanovas-Cladellas, M.L., J.V. Santafe-Llopis, and A. Isidro-Llorens. 1993. Pararhabdodon isonense n. gen. n. sp. (Dinosauria) Estudio morfologico, radio-tomografico y consideraciones biomecanicas. Paleontologia i Evolució, tomo 26- 27: pp. 121-131. Valid taxon Casanovas-Cladellas Santafé-LlopisIsidro-Llorens SpainA Spanish Tsintaosaurin Hadrosaur. TianchisaurusDong, Z. 1993. An ankylosaur (Ornithischian dinosaur) from the Middle Jurassic of the Juanggar Basin, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica [no volume number available]: pp. 257-266. Valid taxon Dong Zhiming China TsagantegiaTumanova, T.A. 1993. On a new armoured dinosaur from Southeastern Gobi. Paleontologischeskii Zhurnal (1993) 2: pp. 92-98 (Paleontological Journal 27 (2): pp. 119-125). Valid taxon Tumanova Mongolia Utahraptor Kirkland J.I. Burge D. Gaston R. 1993 A large dromaeosaur (Theropoda) from the Lower Cretcaeous of eastern Utah Hunteria 2 10 1–16 Valid taxon James Kirkland BurgeGaston United States (Utah)A bear-size Dromaeosaur.thumb|center|200px|Utahraptor with a human to scale. Birds Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArchaeopteryx bavaricaPeter Wellnhofer 1993 Das Siebte Exemplar von Archaeopteryx aus den Solnhofer Schichten http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/07pala/d288xd11.html Archaeopteryx 11 1–48 Valid ?Sp. nov.Peter WellnhoferLate JuraPortlandian, Solnhofer Plattenkalk GermanyAn Archaopterygidae, the 7th Archaeopteryx specimen (Solnhofer Aktien-Verein specimen). Often seen as synonymous with Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer, 1861.Chaoyangia beishanensisLianhai Hou Jiangyong Zhang 1993 A New Fossil Bird from Lower Cretaceous of Liaoning http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200812/W020090813370689850175.pdf Vertebrata PalAsiatica 31 3 217–224 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Hou Lianhai Zhang JiangyongEarly CretaceousValanginian, Jiufotang Formation ChinaAn Ornithurae, Chaoyangiiformes Hou, 1997, Chaoyangiidae Hou, 1997.Lianhai Hou 1997 Mesozoic Birds of China http://www.paleoglot.net/files/Hou_00.pdf Natou, Taiwan: Taiwan Feng Huang Gu Bird Garden, English Translation 1–153 Corvus fangshannusHou Lianhai 1993 Avian Fossils of Pleistocene from Zhoukoudian Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology. Academia Sinica. Science Press, Beijing 19 165–297 ValidSp. nov.Hou LianhaiPleistoceneCave deposits ChinaA Corvidae.Coturnix gomeraeDamià Jaume Miguel McMinn Josep A. Alcover 1993 The Fossil Birds from the Bujero del Silo, La Gomera (Canary Islands) with a Description of a New Species of Quail (Galliformes, Phasianidae) http://dspace.cm-funchal.pt/bitstream/100/1060/1/Bolmmf_s02_1993_pp147-165.pdf Boletim do Museo Municipal Funchal, Suplemento 2 147–165 2014-08-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20140819232926/http://dspace.cm-funchal.pt/bitstream/100/1060/1/Bolmmf_s02_1993_pp147-165.pdf 2014-08-19 dead ValidSp. nov.Damià Jaume Miguel McMinn Josep A. AlcoverLate PleistoceneCave deposits SpainA Phasianidae.Coua berthaeSteven M. Goodman Florent Ravoavy 1993 Identification of Bird Subfossils from Cave surface Deposits at Ahjohibe, Madagascar, With a Description of a New Giant Coua (Cuculidae: Couinae) https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34573844#page/42/mode/1up Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 106 1 24–33 ValidSp. nov.Steven M. Goodman Florent RavoavyHoloceneCave deposits MadagascarA Cuculidae.Enantiornis martiniLev A. Nessov Andrei V. Panteleyev 1993 About Similarities of the Late Cretaceous Ornithofauna of South America and Western Asia Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR 252 84–94 ValidSp. nov.Lev A. Nessov Andrei V. PanteleyevLate CretaceousConiacian, Bissekty Formation UzbekistanAn Enantiornithidae, transferred to the New genus Incolornis Panteleyev, 1998 by Panteleyev, 1998Andrei V. Panteleyev 1998 New Species of Enantiornithines (Aves: Enantiornithes) from Upper Cretaceous of Central Kyzylkum Russian Journal of Ornithology, Express-issue 35 3–15 Enantiornis walkeriValidSp. nov.Lev A. Nessov Andrei V. PanteleyevLate CretaceousConiacian, Bissekty Formation UzbekistanAn Enantiornithidae, transferred to the New genus Explorornis Panteleyev, 1998 by PanteleyevGallus moldovicusNikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich, I. M. Ganea et K. I. Shushpanov 1993 [New Gallus species from Upper Pliocene in Moldova.] Buletinul Academiei de Şţiince a Republicii Moldova 265 (=Şţiince Biologice şi Chimice 4) 45–48; 77 1993, In press.Sp. nov.Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich I. M. Ganea K. I. ShushpanovLate PlioceneTchichmiknoia MoldovaMentioned in the SAPE Information Letter, 1993Cécile Mourer-Chauviré 1993 MOLDOVA http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/sapenews7.html.en Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution Information Letter 7 2014-08-19 2015-11-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20151130002947/http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/sapenews7.html.en dead and in Mlíkovský, 2002. .Hesperornis rossicusLev A. Nessov A. A. Yarkov 1993 Hesperornithiformes in Russia Russian Journal of Ornithology 2 37–54 ValidSp. nov.Lev A. Nessov A. A. YarkovLate CretaceousLate Campanian KazakhstanA Hesperornithiformes Fürbringer, 1888, Hesperornithidae Marsh, 1872.Lectavis bretincolaLuis M. Chiappe 1993 Enantiotnithine (Aves) Tarsometatarsi from the Cretaceous Lecho Formation of Northwestern Argentina http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/4981//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N3083.pdf?sequence=1 American Museum Novitates 3083 1–27 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Luis M. ChiappeLate CretaceousMaastrichtian, Lecho Formation ArgentinaAn Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus.Murunkus subitusAndrei V. Panteleyev Lev A. Nessov 1993 A Small Tubunare (Aves: Procellariiformes) from the Eoceen of Middle Asia Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR 252 95–103 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Andrei V. Panteleyev Lev A. NessovMiddle EoceneCentral Kizylkum Desert UzbekistanA DiomedeidaeOrthonyx kaldowinyeriWalter E. Boles 1993 A Logrunner Orthonyx (Passeriformes: Orthonychidae) from the Miocene of Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland http://www.create.unsw.edu.au/research/files/Boles%20(1993)%20A%20Logrunner%20Orthonyx%20(Passeriformes,%20Orthonychi.pdf Emu 93 1 44–49 10.1071/mu9930044 1993EmuAO..93...44B 2011-02-25 2014-08-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20110225140249/http://www.create.unsw.edu.au/research/files/Boles%20(1993)%20A%20Logrunner%20Orthonyx%20(Passeriformes,%20Orthonychi.pdf dead ValidSp. nov.Walter E. BolesMiddle-Late MioceneRiversleigh AustraliaAn Orthonychidae.Orthonyx wakefieldiRobert F. Baird 1993 Pleistocene Avian Fossils from Pyramids Cave (M-89), Eastern Victoria, Australia Alcheringa 17 4 383–404 10.1080/03115519308619600 1993Alch...17..383B ValidSp. nov.Robert F. BairdLate PleistoceneCave deposits AustraliaAn Orthonychidae.Pengana robertbolesiWalter E. Boles 1993 Pengana robertbolesi, a Peculiar Bird of Prey from the Tertiary of Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland, Australia Alcheringa 17 1 19–25 10.1080/03115519308619485 1993Alch...17...19B ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Walter E. BolesLate Oligocene-Early MioceneSticky Beak Local Fauna AustraliaAn Accipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus.Proornis coreaeSop & Lim Yong Nam 1996 Section 5. Mesozoic Era In: Paek Ryong Jun & Kang Hyong Gap, 1996: Geology of Korea Institute of Geology, State Academy of Sciences, DPR of Korea, Foreign Languages Books Publishing House 155–188, 584–599Nomen NudumGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Lin ?Early Cretaceous?Barremian North KoreaA possible Confuciusornithidae, the famous "Archaopteryx of Korea", there is not a valid description of this specimen, so the name is a Nomen Nudum.Pycnoptilus fordiValidSp. nov.Robert F. BairdLate PleistoceneCave deposits AustraliaAn Acanthizidae.Soroavisaurus australisValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Luis M. ChiappeLate CretaceousMaastrichtian, Lecho Formation ArgentinaAn Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Avisauridae Brett-Surman et Paul, 1985,Michael K. Brett-Surman Gregory S. Paul 1985 A New Family of Bird-Like Dinosaurs Linking Laurasia and Gondwanaland http://gspauldino.com/Newfamily.pdf Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5 2 133–138 10.1080/02724634.1985.10011851 1985JVPal...5..133B this is the type species of the new genus.center|framelessTyto jinniushanensisLianHai Hou 1993 Avian Fossils on the Jinniushan Paleolithic Site http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Tyto%20jinniushanensis%20Hou%201993.pdf Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Palaeoanthropology 19 39–40 + 153–159 2014-08-19 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224638/http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Tyto%20jinniushanensis%20Hou%201993.pdf dead ValidSp. nov.Hou LianHaiPleistoceneCave deposits ChinaA Tytonidae. Yungavolucris brevipedalisValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Luis M. ChiappeLate CretaceousMaastrichtian, Lecho Formation ArgentinaAn Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus. Plesiosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images AttenborosaurusBakker, R. T., 1993, Plesiosaur Extinction Cycles – events that mark the beginning, middle and end of the Cretaceous: In: Evolution of the Western Interior Basin: Geological Association of Canada, edited by Caldwell, W. G. E., and Kauffman, E. G., Special Paper 39, p. 641-664. Valid BakkerEarly Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)Blue LiasUnited KingdomA plesiosaurid.thumb|center|upright|Attenborosaurus References Paleontology Category:1990s in paleontology Paleontology