1998 in paleontology

none 1998 paleontology science 1998 Flora Lycophytes Lycophyte research Wehr (1998) reports, without description, Selaginella species spikemoss fossils occurring in the Eocene Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation.Wehr W. Middle Eocene insects and plants of the Okanogan Highlands Contributions to the Paleontology and Geology of the West Coast Martin J. University of Washington Press Seattle, Washington 99–109 Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesPalaeocarpinus pacificaAkhmet'ev M.A. Golovneva L.B. 1998 New data on composition and age of Malomikhailovka flora from the Upper Cretaceous of the Amur River lower courses Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 6 3 249–261 Sp novValidManchester & ChenPaleoceneDanianMalo-Mikhailovka FormationRussiaA betulaceous fruit Fungi Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesCryptodidymosphaeritesCurrah R.S. Stockey R.A. LePage B.A. 1998 An Eocene tar spot on a fossil palm and its fungal hyperparasite Mycologia 90 4 667–673 10.1080/00275514.1998.12026955 Gen et sp novvalidCurrah, Stockey, & LePageEoceneYpresianAllenby FormationPrinceton ChertCanadaBritish ColumbiaA hyperparasitic pleosporalean fungus of uncertain family affinity. The type species is C. princetonensis Its hosted by the phyllachoralean fungus Palaeoserenomyces allenbyensisPalaeoserenomycesGen et sp novvalidCurrah, Stockey, & LePageEoceneYpresianAllenby FormationPrinceton ChertCanadaBritish ColumbiaA parasitic phyllachoralean fungus of uncertain family affinity. The type species is P. allenbyensis Its hosted by the fan palm Uhlia allenbyensis. Its hyperparasitized by Cryptodidymosphaerites princetonensis Fungal research Currah, Stockey, & LePage (1998) describe the a phyllachoralean "tar spot" parasitizing Uhlia palm leaves, and host for a hyperparasitic pleosporalean fungus. They note them to be one of the first occurrences of hyperparasitic relationships in the fossil record. Arthropods Newly named crustaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesUrsquillaHof Cees H.J. 1998 Late Cretaceous stomatopods (Crustacea, Malacostraca) from Israel and Jordan https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241851834 Contributions to Zoology 67 4 257–266 10.1163/18759866-06704003 1383-4517Gen novValidHofLate Cretaceous (Campanian)Mishash Formation Amman Silicified Limestone FormationIsrael JordanA mantis shrimp, type species is U. yehoachi (originally named as Eryon yehoachi in 1955).Tyrannophontes acanthocercusJenner Ronald A. Hof Cees H. J. Schram Frederick R. 1998 Palaeo- and archaeostomatopods (Hoplocarida, Crustacea) from the Bear Gulch Limestone, Mississippian (Namurian), of central Montana https://www.academia.edu/56829561 Contributions to Zoology 67 3 155 10.1163/18759866-06703001 1383-4517 free Sp novJr synonymJenner, Hof & SchramSerpukhovianBear Gulch LimestoneUSAA mantis shrimp, moved to the genus Daidal (2007)Schram Frederick R. 2007 Paleozoic Proto-Mantis Shrimp Revisited https://www.jstor.org/stable/4498847 Journal of Paleontology 81 5 895–916 10.1666/pleo05-075.1 4498847 2007JPal...81..895S 0022-3360 Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcanthostichus hispaniolicusDe Andrade M. L. 1998 First description of fossil Acanthostichus from Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 71 269–274Sp. novValidDe AndradeBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA Dorylinae antthumb|center|upright|Acanthostichus hispaniolicusAquarius lunpolaensisAndersen N.M. 1998 Water striders from the Paleogene of Denmark and review of fossil record and evolution of semi aquatic bugs (Hemiptera Gerromorpha) Biologiske Skrifter 50 1–157Comb nov.valid(Lin) AndersenMioceneLunpola BasinChinaA water strider Moved from Gerris lunpolaensisCarabus neliDeuve T. 1998 Trois fossiles remarquablement conservés du Miocène de France, appartenant aux genres Carabus L. et Ledouxnebria nov. (Coleoptera, Carabidae et Nebriidae) Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 103 3 229–236 10.3406/bsef.1998.17421 1998AnSEF.103..229D 133246271 Sp nov.validDeuveTurolianMontagne d'AndanceFranceA ground beetlethumb|center|upright|Carabus neliCylindromyrmex antillanus de Andrade. M. L. 1998 Fossil and extant species of Cylindromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Revue suisse de Zoologie 105 581–664 10.5962/bhl.part.80052 free Sp. novValidDe AndradeBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA Dorylinae antthumb|center|upright|Cylindromyrmex antillanusDaniaveliaGen et sp nov.validAndersenEoceneYpresianMØclayFur FormationDenmarkA macroveliid water strider The type species is D. morsensisElectroveliaGen et sp nov.validAndersenEoceneLutetianBaltic AmberDenmarkA riffle bugThe type species is P. balticaEocenometra longicomisSp nov.validAndersenEoceneYpresianMØclay0lst/Fur FormationsDenmarkA marsh treaderLedouxnebriaGen et sp nov.validDeuveTurolianMontagne d'AndanceFranceA ground beetlethumb|center|upright|Ledouxnebria brisaciLimnoporus wilsoniSp nov.validAndersenEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsDriftwood shalesCanadaBritish ColumbiaA water striderPalaeogerrisGen et 3 sp nov.validAndersenEoceneYpresianMØ clay0lst/Fur FormationsDenmarkA water striderThe type species is P. furensis Also includes P. grandis & P. mikkelseniPalaeometraGen et sp nov.validAndersenEoceneYpresianFur FormationDenmarkA limnobatodine water striderThe type species is P. madseniTelmatrechus defunctusComb nov.valid(Handlirsch) AndersenEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsQuilchena siteCanadaBritish ColumbiaA water strider Moved from Gerris defuncta (1910) Brachiopods Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesIridistrophia aliciaeHerrera Zarela Angelica Salas María José Giolitti Javier A. January 1998 Chilidiopsoidea (Brachiopoda) del Devónico Inferior de la Precordillera Argentina https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292809328 Spanish Journal of Palaeontology 13 2 149–166 10.7203/sjp.24049 2660-9568 free Sp novvalidHerrera, Salas & GiolittiEarly DevonianTalacasto Formation ArgentinaA species of IridistrophiaIridistrophia dominansSp novvalidHerrera, Salas & GiolittiEarly DevonianTalacasto Formation ArgentinaA species of IridistrophiaIridistrophia magnaSp novvalidHerrera, Salas & GiolittiEarly DevonianTalacasto Formation ArgentinaA species of IridistrophiaIridistrophia primaSp novvalidHerrera, Salas & GiolittiEarly DevonianTalacasto Formation ArgentinaA species of IridistrophiaEoschuchertella delicataSp novvalidHerrera, Salas & GiolittiEarly DevonianTalacasto Formation ArgentinaA species of Eoschuchertella Molluscs Bivalves Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPojetaia sarhroensisElicki O. Gürsu S. 2009 First record of Pojetaia runnegari Jell, 1980 and Fordilla Barrande, 1881 from the Middle East (Taurus Mountains, Turkey) and critical review of Cambrian bivalves Paläontologische Zeitschrift 83 2 267–291 10.1007/s12542-009-0021-9 2009PalZ...83..267E 49380913 http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/~elicki/ELICKI_GUERSU_2009_PalZ_CambrianBivalves.pdf 2012-01-06 2013-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202640/http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/~elicki/ELICKI_GUERSU_2009_PalZ_CambrianBivalves.pdf dead sp novValidGeyer & StrengEarly CambrianAnti-Atlas mountains MoroccoEarly Cambrian Fordillidae bivalve Echinoderms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlkaidiaBlake Daniel B. Reid Robert May 1998 Some Albian (Cretaceous) asteroids (Echinodermata) from Texas and their paleobiological implications https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286739448 Journal of Paleontology en 72 3 512–532 10.1017/S002233600002429X 1998JPal...72..512B 0022-3360Gen et sp novValidBlake & ReidEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Del Rio Formation Paw Paw Formation Main Street Formation Grayson Formation USA(Texas)A starfish, type species is A. sumralli.AltairiaGen et comb novValidBlake & ReidEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation USA(Texas)A starfish, type species is A. wintoni, originally named as Comptonia wintoni in 1920.BetelgeusiaGen et sp novValidBlake & ReidEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Del Rio Formation Paw Paw Formation Grayson Formation USA(Texas)A starfish, type species is B. reidi.CapelliaGen et sp novValidBlake & ReidEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation USA(Texas)A starfish, type species is C. mauricei.Crateraster texensisComb novValidBlake & ReidEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation Weno Formation USA(Texas)A starfish, originally named as Pentagonaster texensis in 1920.DenebiaGen et comb novValidBlake & ReidEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation Weno Formation USA(Texas)A starfish, type species is D. americana, originally named as Pentaceros americanus in 1920.FomalhautiaGen et comb novValidBlake & ReidEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Paw Paw Formation USA(Texas)A starfish, type species is F. hortensae, originally named as Metopaster hortensae in 1920. Amphibians newly named anurans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesRhadinosteusHenrici A. C. 1998 A new pipoid anuran from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation at Dinosaur National Monument, Utah Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18 2 321–332 10.1080/02724634.1998.10011060 1998JVPal..18..321H Gen et sp novValidHenriciKimmeridgianMorrison FormationUSAA possible Rhinophrynidae frog Archosauromorpha Dinosaurs A paper in the journal Nature is published by Karen Chin and others announcing the earlier discovery of a "king-sized coprolite" attributed to Tyrannosaurus rex. Lourinhasaurus gastroliths documented.Dantas et al. (1998). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167. Cedarosaurus gastroliths documented.Sanders and Carpenter (1998). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167. Caudipteryx gastroliths documented.Qiang et al. (1998). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167. Volunteers from the Denver Museum of Natural History discovered Tony's Bone Bed in the Cedar Mountain Formation's Poison Strip Member."Introduction," DiCroce and Carpenter (2001). Page 185. 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 Notes Images AltirhinusNorman, D.B. 1998. On Asian ornithopods (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). 3. A new species of Iguanodontid dinosaur. Zool. Journal Linn. Soc. 122: pp. 291-348. Valid taxon David Norman Mongoliathumb|center|200px|Caudipteryx thumb|center|200px|Cristatusaurus thumb|center|200px|Gargoyleosaurus thumb|center|200px|Gastonia thumb|center|200px|Lourinhanosaurus thumb|center|200px|Megaraptor thumb|center|200px|Rahonavis thumb|center|200px|Scipionyxthumb|Shuvuuia thumb|Suchomimus thumb|Tianzhenosaurusthumb|center|200px|Variraptor thumb|center|200px|Zuniceratops ''Augustia''Preoccupied Bonaparte Zariquiey CamposaurusHunt, A.P., Lucas, S.G., Heckert, A.B., R.M. Sullivan, and M.G. Lockley. 1998. Late Triassic Dinosaurs from the Western United States. Geobios 31 (4): pp. 511-531. Valid taxon Hunt, Lucas, Heckert, Sullivan, and Lockley Caseosaurus Valid taxon Hunt, Lucas, Heckert,Sullivan, and Lockley USA (New Mexico and Texas) CaudipteryxJi, Q.., P.J. Currie, M.A. Norell, and S.-A. Ji. 1998. Two feathered dinosaurs from northeastern China. Nature 393: pp. 753-761. Valid taxon Ji Q., Phillip Currie,Mark Norell and Ji S. China CristatusaurusTaquet, P. and D.A. Russell. 1998. New data on spinosaurid dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of the Sahara. Comptes rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes 327: pp. 347-353. Valid taxon Philippe Taquet Dale A. Russell EobrontosaurusBakker, RT. 1998. Dinosaur Mid-Life Crisis: The Jurassic-Cretaceous Transition in Wyoming and Colorado: In: Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems (S.G.Lucas, J.I. Kirkland and J.W. Estep, eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14: pp. 67- 77. Valid taxon. Now Synonym of Brontosaurus Robert Bakker EolambiaKirkland, J.I. 1998. A new hadrosaurid from the Upper Cedar Mountain Formation (Albian- Cenomanian: Cretaceous) of Eastern Utah - the oldest known hadrosaurid (Lambeosaurine?). Pp. 283-295 in: Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems (S.G. Lucas, J.I. Kirkland, and J.W. Estep, eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14. Valid taxon James Kirkland USA (Utah) GargoyleosaurusCarpenter, K., C. Miles, and K. Cloward. 1998. Skull of a Jurassic ankylosaur (Dinosauria). Nature. 393: pp. 782-783. Valid taxon Kenneth Carpenter MilesCloward USA (Wyoming) GastoniaKirkland, J.I. 1998. A Polacanthinae Ankylosaur (Ornithischia: Dinosauria) from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of Eastern Utah. In: Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems (S.G. Lucas, J.I. Kirkland, and J.W. Estep, eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14: pp. 271-281. Valid taxon James Kirkland USA (Utah) GongxianosaurusHe X., C. Wang, S. Liu, F. Zhou, T. Liu, K. Cai, and B. Dai. 1998. A new sauropod dinosaur during Early Jurassic in Gongxian County, Sichuan China. Sichuan Dizhi Xuebao Acta Geologica Sichuan 18 (1), pp. 1-6. Valid taxon He, Wang C., Liu S., Zhou F.,Liu T., Cai and Dai China HistriasaurusDalla Vecchia, F.M. 1998. Remains of Sauropoda (Reptilia, Saurischia) in the Lower Cretaceous (Upper Hauterivian/Lower Barremian) Limestones of SW Istria (Croatia). Geol. Croat 51 (2): pp. 105-134. Valid taxon Dalla Vecchia Croatia LourinhanosaurusMateus, O. 1998. Lourinhanosaurus antunesi, a New Upper Jurassic Allosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Lourinhã (Portugal). Memórias da Academia de Ciências de Lisboa. 37: pp. 111- 124. Valid taxon Mateus Portugal LourinhasaurusDantas, P.M., J.L. Sanz, C.M. Silva, F. Ortega, V.F. Santos, and M. Cachão. 1998. Lourinhasaurus n. gen. Novo dinossáurio saurópode do Jurássico superior (Kimmeridgiano superior-Titoniano inferior) de Portugal. Actas do V Congresso de Geologia. 84 (1): A-91-A-94. Valid taxon Dantas, Sanz, Da Silva,Ortega, Dos Santos and Cachao Portugal MegaraptorNovas, F.E. 1998. Megaraptor namunhuaiquii, gen. et sp. nov., a large-clawed, Late Cretaceous theropod from Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18 (1): pp. 4-9. Valid taxon Novas Argentina NedcolbertiaKirkland, J.I., B.B. Britt, C.H. Whittle, S.K. Madsen, and D.L. Burge. 1998. A small coelurosaurian theropod from the Yellow Cat Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Barremian) of eastern Utah. In: Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial ecosystems (S.G. Lucas, J.I. Kirkland, and J.W. Estep, eds.). Bull. New Mexico Mus. Nat. Hist. Sci.14: pp. 239-248. Valid taxon James Kirkland, Britt, Whittle,S. K. Madsen and Burge USA (Utah) NotohypsilophodonTapia, A. 1919. Una mandibula de dinosaurio procedente de Patagonia. Rev. Soc. Arg. Cienc. Nat. Vil. 4: pp. 369-370. Valid taxon Martínez Argentina OzraptorLong, J.A. and R.E. Molnar. 1998. A new Jurassic theropod dinosaur from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 19: pp. 121-129. Valid taxon J. A. Long andRalph Molnar Australia ProtohadrosHead, J.J. 1998. A new species of basal hadrosaurid (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Cenomanian of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18 (4):pp. 718-738. Valid taxon Head USA (Texas) ''Rahona''Forster, C.A., S.D. Sampson, L.M. Chiappe, and D.W. Krause. 1998. The theropod ancestry of birds: new evidence from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Science. 279: pp. 1915-1919. Preoccupied Forster SampsonLuis M. Chiappe and Krause RahonavisForster, C.A., S.D. Sampson, L.M. Chiappe, and D.W. Krause. 1998. The theropod ancestry of birds: new evidence from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Science. 279: pp. 1915-1919. Valid taxon Forster, Sampson,Luis M. Chiappe and Krause Madagascar ScipionyxDal Sasso C. and M. Signore. 1998. Scipionyx samniticus (Saurischia, Theropoda): the first Italian dinosaur. Third European Workshop on Vertebrate Paleontology (abstract): p. 23. Valid taxon Dal Sasso andSignore Italy ShanxiaBarrett, P. M., Y. Hailu, R. Upchurch, and A.C. Burton. 1998. A new ankylosaurian Dinosaur (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shanxi Province, People’s Republic of China. J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 18 (2): pp. 376-384. Valid taxon Barrett, You,Upchurch and Burton China ShuvuuiaChiappe, L.P., M.A. Norell, and J.M. Clark. 1998. The skull of a relative of the stem-group bird Mononykus. Nature. 392: pp. 275-278. Valid taxon Luis M. Chiappe, Mark Norell and Clark Mongolia SonorasaurusRatkevich, R and R. Scarborough. 1998. New Cretaceous brachiosaurid dinosaur, Sonorasaurus thompsoni, gen. et. sp. nov, from Arizona. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 31 (1): pp. 71-81. Valid taxon Ratkevich, Sidor, Varricchio,G. P. Wilson and Jeffrey A. Wilson. USA (Arizona) Suchomimus Valid taxon An African spinosaurs Sereno et al. 1998 Niger TianzhenosaurusPang, Q., and Z. Cheng. 1998. A new ankylosaur of Late Cretaceous from Tianzhen, Shaxi. Progress in Natural Science 8 (3): pp. 326-334. Valid taxon Pang andCheng Z. China VariraptorLe Loeuff, J., and E. Buffetaut. 1998. A new dromaeosaurid theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern France. Oryctos 1: pp. 105-112. Valid taxon Le Loeuff andBuffetaut France ZuniceratopsWolfe, D.G., and J.I. Kirkland J I. 1998. Zuniceratops christopheri n. gen. & n. sp., a ceratopsian dinosaur from the Moreno Hill Formation (Cretaceous, Turonian) of West-Central New Mexico. In: Lower and Middle Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems (S.G. Lucas, J.I. Kirkland, and J.W. Estep, eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 14: pp. 303- 317. Valid taxon Wolfe andJames Kirkland USA (New Mexico) Newly named birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAbavornis bonapartei Andrei V. Panteleyev 1998 New Species of Enantiornithines (Aves: Enantiornithes) from Upper Cretaceous of Central Kyzylkum Russian Journal of Ornithology, Express-issue 35 3–15 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidAndrei V. PanteleyevLate CretaceousConiacian, Bissekty FormationUzbekistanAn Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, this is the type species of the new genus.Actitis balcanica Zlatozar N. Boev 1998 Actitis balcanica Sp. N. - A Late Pliocene Sandpiper (Aves: Scolopacidae) from Bulgaria http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/74/fe/2f/74fe2f2440f163a04b53d067dafa5f98.pdf Historia Naturalis Bulgarica 9 71–77 2014-08-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20140808063719/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/74/fe/2f/74fe2f2440f163a04b53d067dafa5f98.pdf 2014-08-08 dead Sp. nov. Valid ?Zlatozar N. BoevLate PlioceneMN 17BulgariaA Scolopacidae?, the holotypical tarsometatarsus looks more like a Charadriidae.Aizenogyps toomeyae Steven D. Emslie 1998 Avian Community, Climate, and Sea-level Changes in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Florida Peninsula https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/om/om050.pdf Ornithological Monographs 50 50 1–113 10.2307/40166707 40166707 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidSteven D. EmslieLate PlioceneLate BlancanUSA: FloridaA Cathartidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Anhinga beckeri Sp. nov. ValidSteven D. EmslieEarly PlioceneLate-Early IrvingtonianUSA: FloridaAn Anhingidae.Basityto rummeli Jiří Mlíkovský 1998 A New Barn Owl (Aves: Strigidae) from the Early Miocene of Germany, with Comments on the Fossil History of the Tytoninae http://www.nm.cz/download/JML-124-1998-Fossil-Strigidae.pdf Journal für Ornithologie 139 3 247–261 10.1007/bf01653335 1998JOrn..139..247M 46731635 2014-08-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232928/http://www.nm.cz/download/JML-124-1998-Fossil-Strigidae.pdf 2016-03-03 dead Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidJiří MlíkovskýEarly MioceneMN 2-3Germany: BavariaA Gruidae, transferred to the genus Balearica by Mourer-Chauviré in 2001,Cécile Mourer-Chauviré 2001 The Systematic Position of the Genus Basityto Mlikovsky 1998 (Aves: Gruiformes: Gruidae) http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/66/25/95/6625959ee417b8a94b1c91efa0999797.pdf Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114 4 964–971 2014-08-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20140808063713/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/66/25/95/6625959ee417b8a94b1c91efa0999797.pdf 2014-08-08 dead this is the type species of the new genus.Buteo sanya Hou Lianhai in S. Hao & H. Wanbo 1998 Luobidang Cave Site South Press 40–47 Sp. nov. ValidHou LianhaiLate PleistoceneCave DepositsChinaAn Accipitridae.Buteo spassovi Zlatozar N. Boev in Zlatozar N. Boev & Dimitar Kovachev 1998 Buteo spassovi sp. n. - a Late Miocene Buzzard (Accipitridae, Aves) from SW Bulgaria Geologica Balcanica 29 1–2 125–129 Sp. nov. ValidZlatozar N. BoevLate MioceneMN 11-12BulgariaAn Accipitridae.Catenoleimus anachoretus Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidAndrei V. PanteleyevLate CretaceousConiacianUzbekistanAn Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Euenantiornithes Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus.Chloephaga robusta Claudia P. Tambussi 1998 Nuevo Anatidae (Aves: Anseriformes) del Plioceno de la Region Pampeana, Argentina http://www.raco.cat/index.php/BolletiSHNBalears/article/download/169326/245262 Bolletí de la Societat d'Història Natural de les Balears 41 19–25 Sp. nov. ValidClaudia P. TambussiMiddle-Late PlioceneIrene FormationArgentinaAn Anatidae.Coccothraustes balcanicus Zlatozar N. Boev 1998 Late Pliocene Hawfinches (Coccothraustes Brisson 1760) (Aves: Fringillidae) from Bulgaria http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/3e/4b/53/3e4b53da25d4964f38b4502077199ae0.pdf Historia Naturalis Bulgarica 9 87–99 2014-08-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20140808063704/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/3e/4b/53/3e4b53da25d4964f38b4502077199ae0.pdf 2014-08-08 dead Sp. nov. ValidZlatozar N. BoevLate PlioceneMN 18BulgariaA Fringillidae.Coccothraustes simeonovi Sp. nov. ValidZlatozar N. BoevLate PlioceneMN 17BulgariaA Fringillidae.Diamantornis spaggiarii Brigitte Senut, Yannicke Dauphin & Martin Pickford 1998 Nouveaux Restes Aviens du Néogène de la Sperrgebiet (Namibie): Complément à la Biostratigraphie Avienne des Éolianites du Désert de Namib Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série II 327 9 639–644 10.1016/s1251-8050(99)80119-0 1998CRASE.327..639S Sp. nov. ValidBrigitte Senut Yannicke Dauphin Martin PickfordEarly Middle MioceneKaringarabNamibiaA Struthionidae, eggshells.Explorornis nessovi Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidAndrei V. PanteleyevLate CretaceousConiacian, Bissekty FormationUzbekistanAn Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, this is the type species of the new genus.Gargantuavis philoinos Eric Buffetaut & Jean Le Loeuff 1998 A New Giant Ground Bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern France https://www.academia.edu/attachments/30898348/download_file?st=MTQwNzMxODYxMCw0Ni4xMjkuNTcuMTU0LDQ1MDUyNg%3D%3D&s=sidebar Journal of the Geological Society, London 155 1 1–4 10.1144/gsjgs.155.1.0001 1998JGSoc.155....1B 128496095 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidEric Buffetaut Jean Le LoeuffLate CretaceousLate Campanian-Early Maastrichtian, Marnes de la Maurine FormationFranceAn Ornithothoraces, this is the type species of the new genus.Gavia schultzi Jiří Mlíkovský 1998 A New Loon (Aves: Gaviidae) from the Middle Miocene of Austria http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/121-1998-MioceneGaviafromAustria.pdf Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie A 99 331–339 2014-08-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232940/http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/121-1998-MioceneGaviafromAustria.pdf 2016-03-03 dead Sp. nov. ValidJiří MlíkovskýMiddle MioceneMN 7Austria: BurgenlandA Gaviidae.Geronticus balcanicus Zlatozar N. Boev 1998 Presence of Bald Ibises (Geronticus Wagler, 1832) (Threskiornithidae - Aves) in the Late Pliocene of Bulgaria Geologica Balcanica 28 1–2 45–52 10.52321/GeolBalc.28.1-2.45 Sp. nov. ValidZlatozar N. BoevLate Pliocene, MN 18SlivnicaBulgariaA Threskiornithidae.Glaucidium explorator Sp. nov. ValidSteven D. EmslieLate PlioceneFloridaUSA: FloridaA Strigidae.Gracilitarsus mirabilis Gerald Mayr 1998 "Coraciiforme" und "Piciforme" Kleinvögel aus dem Mittel-Eozän der Grube Messel (Hessen, Deutschland) Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 205 1–101 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidGerald MayrMiddle EoceneMessel pit, MP 11Germany: HessenA Piciformes, Gracilitarsidae G. Mayr, 2001, this is the type species of the new genus.Hassiavis laticauda Gerald Mayr 1998 Ein Archaeotrogon (Aves: Archaeotrogonidae) aus dem Mittel-Eozän der Grube Messel (Hessen, Deutschland)? http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/hassiavis_jornithol.pdf Journal für Ornithologie 139 2 121–129 10.1007/bf01651221 1998JOrn..139..121M 22809910 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidGerald MayrMiddle EoceneMessel pit, MP 11Germany: HessenAn Apodiformes, ?Archaeotrogonidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1980, this is the type species of the new genus.Incolornis silvae Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidAndrei V. PanteleyevLate CretaceousConiacian, Bissekty FormationUzbekistanAn Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, this is the type species of the new genus.Intulula tinnipara Jirí Mlíkovský 1998 Two New Owls (Aves: Strigidae) from the Early Miocene of the Czech Republic, With Comments on the Fossil History of the Subfamily Striginae http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Mlikovsky%201998%20-%20Two%20new%20owls%20-%20notes%20on%20Striginae.pdf Buteo 10 5–22 2016-03-03 2014-08-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220255/http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Mlikovsky%201998%20-%20Two%20new%20owls%20-%20notes%20on%20Striginae.pdf dead Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidJirí MlíkovskýEarly MioceneMN 2aCzech Republic; Germany: BavariaA Strigidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Masillacolius brevidactylus Gerald Mayr & Dieter S. Peters 1998 The Mousebirds (Aves: Coliiformes) from the Middle Eocene of Grübe Messel (Hessen, Germany) http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/messel_mousebirds_1998.pdf Senckenbergiana Lethaea 78 1–2 179–197 10.1007/bf03042768 82480792 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidGerald Mayr Dieter S. PetersMiddle EoceneMessel pit, MP 11Germany: HessenA Coliidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Messelirrisor halcyrostris Sp. nov. ValidGerald MayrMiddle EoceneMessel pit, MP 11Germany: HessenAn Upupiformes, Laurillardiidae Harrison, 1979.Messelirrisor parvus Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidGerald MayrMiddle EoceneMessel pit, MP 11Germany: HessenAn Upupiformes, Laurillardiidae Harrison, 1979, this is the type species of the new genus.Mioglaux debellatrix Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidJirí MlíkovskýEarly MioceneMN 3Czech RepublicA Strigidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Miopico benimellalensis Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidGerald MayrMiddle MioceneBeni MellalMoroccoA Miopiconidae G. Mayr, 1998, this is the type species of the new genus.Palaelodus pledgei Robert F. Baird & Patricia Vickers Rich 1998 Palaelodus (Aves: Palaelodidae) from the Middle to Late Cainozoic of Australia Alcheringa 22 2 135–151 10.1080/03115519808619196 1998Alch...22..135B Sp. nov. ValidRobert F. Baird Patricia Vickers RichLate Oligocene - Middle MioceneEtadunna FormationAustralia: South AustraliaA Phoenicopteriformes, Palaelodidae Stejneger, 1885.Palaelodus wilsoni Sp. nov. ValidRobert F. Baird Patricia Vickers RichLate Oligocene - Middle MioceneEtadunna FormationAustralia: South AustraliaA Phoenicopteriformes, Palaelodidae Stejneger, 1885.?Primozygodactylus ballmanni Sp. nov. ValidGerald MayrMiddle EoceneMessel pit, MP 11Germany: HessenA Zygodactylidae Brodkorb, 1971, not surely a Primozygodactylus.Primozygodactylus danielsi Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidGerald MayrMiddle EoceneMessel pit, MP 11Germany: HessenA Zygodactylidae Brodkorb, 1971, this is the type species of the new genus.Primozygodactylus major Sp. nov. ValidGerald MayrMiddle EoceneMessel pit, MP 11Germany: HessenA Zygodactylidae Brodkorb, 1971.Pseudastur macrocephalus Gerald Mayr 1998 A New Family of Eocene Zygodactyl Birds http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/halcyornithidae_1998.pdf Senckenbergiana Lethaea 78 1–2 199–209 10.1007/bf03042769 62901085 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidGerald MayrMiddle EoceneMessel pit, MP 11Germany: HessenA Halcyornithidae Harrison et Walker, 1972. The genus Pseudastur is preoccupied and replaced by Pseudasturides Mayr, 2004, this is the type species of both genera.Gerald Mayr 2004 Pseudasturides n. gen., a Replacement Name for the Stam Group Parrot Pseudastur Mayr 1998 (Preoccupied by Pseudastur Blyth, 1850) Senckenbergiana Lethaea 83 1–2 2 Psittacopes lepidus Gerald Mayr & Michael Daniels 1998 Eocene Parrots from Messel (Hessen, Germany) and the London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, England) http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/messel_parrots_1998.pdf Senckenbergiana Lethaea 78 1–2 157–177 10.1007/bf03042767 128174446 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidGerald Mayr ppMichael DanielsMiddle EoceneMessel pit, MP 11Germany: HessenA stem Psittaciformes, this is the type species of the new genus.Quasisyndactylus longibrachis Gerald Mayr 1998 "Coraciiforme" und "Piciforme" Kleinvögel aus dem Mittel-Eozän der Grube Messel (Hessen, Deutschland) Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 205 1–65 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidGerald MayrMiddle EoceneMessel pit, MP 11Germany: HessenAn Alcediniformes Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus.Rostratula pulia Jíří Mlíkovský 1998 A New Painted Snipe (Aves: Rostratulidae) from the Early Miocene of the Czech Republic http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/131-1998-MioceneRostratulafromBohemia.pdf Časopis Národniho Muzea, Řada Přírodovědná 167 1–4 99–101 2014-08-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052812/http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/131-1998-MioceneRostratulafromBohemia.pdf 2016-03-04 dead Sp. nov. ValidJíří MlíkovskýEarly MioceneMN 4bCzech RepublicA Rostratulidae.Scolopax hutchensi Sp. nov. ValidSteven D. EmslieLate PlioceneFloridaUSA: FloridaA Scolopacidae.Struthio karingarabensis Sp. nov. ValidBrigitte Senut Yannicke Dauphin Martin PickfordEarly MioceneKaringarabNamibiaA Struthionidae, eggshells.Tetrao rhodopensis Zlatozar N. Boev 1998 Fossil Birds of Dorkovo - an Early Pliocene Site in the Rhodope Mts. (Southern Bulgaria) Geologica Balcanica 28 1–2 53–60 10.52321/GeolBalc.28.1-2.53 Sp. nov. ValidZlatozar N. BoevEarly PlioceneMN 14BulgariaA Phasianidae.Xenopsitta fejfari Jiří Mlíkovský 1998 A New Parrot (Aves (Psittacidae) from the Early Miocene of the Czech Republic http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/128-1998-MioceneXenopsitta.pdf Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 62 335–341 2014-08-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100215/http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/128-1998-MioceneXenopsitta.pdf 2016-03-04 dead Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. 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