2005 in paleontology

none 2005 paleontology science 2005 Protozoans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesTrypanosoma antiquus 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.72 Poinar G. Triatoma dominicana sp. n. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae), and Trypanosoma antiquus sp. n. (Stercoraria: Trypanosomatidae), the First Fossil Evidence of a Triatomine-Trypanosomatid Vector Association Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 5 1 72–81 2005 15815152Valid PoinarBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicOldest record of the vector association between Triatoma and Trypanosoma thumb|center|upright|Trypanosoma antiquus Diatoms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesEoseriaWolfe A. Edlund M. 2005 Taxonomy, phylogeny, and paleoecology of Eoseira wilsonii gen. et sp. nov., a Middle Eocene diatom (Bacillariophyceae: Aulacoseiraceae) from lake sediments at Horsefly, British Columbia, Canada Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42 2 243–257 10.1139/e04-051 2005CaJES..42..243W Gen et sp novvalidWolfe & EdlundEarly EoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsHorsefly shalesCanadaBritish ColumbiaAn aulacoseiraceous freshwater diatomThe type species is E. wilsonii Plants Conifers Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesHomalcoiaHernandez-Castillo G. R. Stockey R. A. Beard G. Taxodiaceous pollen cones from the early Tertiary of British Columbia, Canada International Journal of Plant Sciences 2005 166 2 339–346 10.1086/427485 2005IJPlS.166..339H 84144996 Gen et Sp novValidHernandez-Castillo, Stockey & BeardEarliest Eocene"Appian Way Beds"CanadaBritish ColumbiaA cupressaceous pollen cone.The type species is H. littoralis Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesAlbertarumBogner J. Hoffman G. L Aulenback K. R A fossilized aroid infructescence, Albertarum pueri gen. nov. et sp. nov., of Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian) age from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of southern Alberta, Canada Canadian Journal of Botany 2005 83 6 591–598 10.1139/B05-033Gen et sp novBogner, Hoffman, & AulenbackCretaceousLate CampanianHorseshoe Canyon FormationCanadaAlbertaAn orontioid Infructescence.The type species is A. pueri.ArchaeamphoraLi, H. 2005 Early Cretaceous sarraceniacean-like pitcher plants from China Acta Bot. Gallica 152 2 227–234 10.1080/12538078.2005.10515473 2005AcBG..152..227L 85000922Gen et sp novdubiousLi Early CretaceousJianshangou FormationChinaThe type species is Archaeamphora longicerviathumb|center|200px|Archaeamphora longicerviaCorylopsis reedaesp novValidRadtke, Pigg, & WehrEarly EoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSAWashingtonA Corylopsis species thumb|center|upright|Corylopsis reedaeFothergilla malloryiRadtke M.G. Pigg K.B. Wehr W.C. 2005 Fossil Corylopsis and Fothergilla Leaves (Hamamelidaceae) from the Lower Eocene Flora of Republic, Washington, U.S.A., and Their Evolutionary and Biogeographic Significance International Journal of Plant Sciences 166 2 347–356 10.1086/427483 2005IJPlS.166..347R 20215269 sp novValidRadtke, Pigg, & WehrEarly EoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSAWashingtonA Fothergilla speciesthumb|center|200px|Fothergilla malloryiShirleyaPigg K. B. DeVore M. L. 2005 Shirleya grahamae gen. et sp. nov.(Lythraceae), Lagerstroemia-like fruits from the middle Miocene Yakima Canyon flora, central Washington State, USA American Journal of Botany 92 2 242–251 10.3732/ajb.92.2.242 21652401 2005AmJB...92..242P Gen et Sp novValidPigg & DeVoreMiddle Miocene"Yakima Canyon Flora"USAWashingtonA crape myrtle relative, type species S. grahamaethumb|center|upright|Shirleya grahamaeUlmus okanaganensisDenk T. Dillhoff R.M. 2005 Ulmus leaves and fruits from the Early-Middle Eocene of northwestern North America: systematics and implications for character evolution within Ulmaceae Canadian Journal of Botany 83 12 1663–1681 10.1139/b05-122 2005Botan..83.1663D http://www.evolvingearth.org/learnearthscience/ulmus2005.pdf 2017-02-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20170809120712/http://www.evolvingearth.org/learnearthscience/ulmus2005.pdf 2017-08-09 dead sp novvalidDenk & DillhoffEarly EoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsTranquille FormationMcAbee Fossil BedsCanadaBritish ColumbiaAn elm species.Also found in other Eocene Okanagan Highlands locations.thumb|center|150px|Ulmus okanaganensisTeixeiraeaM. von Balthazar K. Raunsgaard Pedersen E. M. Friis 2005 Teixeiraea lusitanica, a new fossil flower from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal with affinities to Ranunculales Plant Systematics and Evolution 255 1/2 55–75 10.1007/s00606-005-0347-z 23655238 2005PSyEv.255...55B https://www.jstor.org/stable/23655238 subscription Gen et sp novvon Balthazar, Pedersen and FriisCretaceousVale de Agua 320PortugalA plant ascribed to Ranunculales.The type species is T. lusitanica. Fungi Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesPteropusVan der Ham R. W. J. M. Dortangs R. W. Structurally preserved ascomycetous fungi from the Maastrichtian type area (NE Belgium) Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 2005 136 1–2 48–62 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2005.04.004 2005RPaPa.136...48V Gen et sp novVan der Ham & DortangsCretaceousMaastrichtian Maastricht FormationThe NetherlandsA ascomycetous fungus in Brachyphyllum patens foliageThe type species is P. brachyphylliStigmatomyces succiniRossi W. Kotrba M. Triebel D. A new species of Stigmatomyces from Baltic amber, the first fossil record of Laboulbeniomycetes Mycological Research 2005 109 3 271–274 10.1017/S0953756204001819 15912943 Sp novvalidRossi, Kotrba, & TriebelEocenePriabonianBaltic amberEuropeA laboulbeniaceous parasite of Prosphyracephala succini Arthropoda Arachnids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesHalithersesGiribet G. Dunlop J. 2005 First identifiable Mesozoic harvestman (Opiliones: Dyspnoi) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 272 1567 1007–1013 10.1098/rspb.2005.3063 1599874 1039256 http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/content/nh5cvh3t3j2k24ga/fulltext.pdf August 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes Gen et sp novvalidGiribet & DunlopCretaceousCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarAn ortholasmatine nemastomatid harvestman. Type species is H. grimaldii Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesAcropyga glaesariaLaPolla J. S. 2005 Ancient Trophophoresy: A Fossil Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Dominican Amber Transactions of the American Entomological Society 131 1/2 21–28 25078875Sp novValid LapollaMioceneBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicOldest record of trophophoresy in ants thumb|center|upright|Acropyga glaesariaAraripenymphesMenon F. Martins-Neto R.G. Martill D. 2005 A new Lower Cretaceous nymphid (Insecta, Neuroptera, Nymphidae) from the Crato Formation of Brazil Gaea: Journal of Geoscience 1 1 11–15Gen et sp novValidMenon, Martins-Neto, & MartillCretaceousAptianCrato FormationBrazilA nymphid lacewingCananeuretusEngel M.S. Grimaldi D.A. Primitive New Ants in Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar, New Jersey, and Canada (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 2005 American Museum Novitates 3485 1–24 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)485[0001:PNAICA]2.0.CO;2 2246/5676 84043939 http://archive.org/details/ants_20967 Gen et sp novValidEngel & GrimaldiCretaceousCampanianCanadian amberCanadaA possible Aneuretinae ant. Type sp. C. occidentalisCulex malariagerSp novvalidPoinarMioceneBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA mosquito, a vector of Plasmodium dominicanathumb|center|upright|Culex malariagerDinokanagaArchibald S.B. 2005 New Dinopanorpidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Eocene Okanogan Highlands (British Columbia, Canada and Washington State, USA) Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42 119–136 10.1139/e04-073 2 2005CaJES..42..119A Gen et sp nov Valid Archibald EoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsTranquille FormationMcAbee Fossil BedsCanadaBritish ColumbiaSix species named D. andersoni, D. dowsonae, D. hillsi, D. sternbergi, D. webbi, D. wilsonithumb|center|upright|Dinokanaga andersoniEorhachiberothaNel A Perrichot V Azar D Néraudeau D 2005 New Rhachiberothidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) in Early Cretaceous and Early Eocene ambers from France and Lebanon Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 235 1 51–85 10.1127/njgpa/235/2005/51 2005NJGPA.235...51N Gen et sp novhomonymNel Et al. EoceneYpresianOise amberFranceA rhachiberothide lacewing,Genus name preoccupied by Eorhachiberotha Engel, 2004 Moved to Oisea Nel et al 2005Nel A Perrichot V Azar D Néraudeau D 2005 A replacement name for the neuropteran genus Eorhachiberotha Nel et al., 2005 (Neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 110 2 128 10.3406/bsef.2005.16201 2005AnSEF.110..128N 83179249 thumb|center|upright|Oisea celineaJeanlegrandiaNel A. Petrulevicius J.F. Jarzembowski E.A. 2005 New fossil Odonata from the European Cenozoic (Insecta : Odonata : Thaumatoneuridae, Aeshnidae, ?Idionychidae, Libellulidae Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 235 3 343–380 10.1127/njgpa/235/2005/343 2005NJGPA.235..343P Gen et sp novvalidNel, Petrulevicius, & JarzembowskiChattianLes FigonsFranceA Libellulid dragonfly, the type species is J. oligocenica thumb|center|upright|Jeanlegrandia oligocenicaMyanmyrmaGen et sp novValidEngel & GrimaldiCretaceousEarliest CenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA sphecomyrmine ant. The type species is M. gracilisthumb|center|upright|Myanmyrma gracilisOiseaGen et comb novvalidNel Et al. EoceneYpresianOise amberFranceA rhachiberothide lacewing,A new genus name for Eorhachiberotha Nel et al 2005thumb|center|upright|Oisea celineaSphecomyrmaGen et sp novjr synonymEngel & GrimaldiCretaceousearliest CenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA stem group ant, jr syn of Gerontoformica orientalisthumb|center|upright|G. orientalis workerTriatoma dominicanaSp novValid PoinarMioceneBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicOldest record of the vector association between Triatoma and Trypanosoma thumb|center|upright|Triatoma dominicana Xiphosurans Fossils of Lunataspis, the earliest known xiphosuran, are discovered in Canada. It was not given a formal description until 2008, however. Plesiosaurs New taxa Name Status AuthorsLocation Notes Eromangasaurus Valid Kear Australia Archosauromorphs Newly named 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 Authors Age Location Notes Images AppalachiosaurusCarr T.D. Williamson T.E. Schwimmer D.R. 2005 A new genus and species of tyrannosauroid from the Late Cretaceous (Middle Campanian) Demopolis Formation of Alabama Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 1 119–143 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0119:ANGASO]2.0.CO;2 86243316 Valid taxon Carr Williamson SchwimmerLate CretaceousUSAA Tyrannosaurid from Appalachiathumb|Appalachiosaurusthumb|Auroraceratopsthumb|Brachytrachelopan thumb|Buitreraptor thumb|Changchunsaurusthumb|Chebsaurusthumb|Dubreuillosaurus thumb|Falcarius thumb|Hagryphus thumb|Jinfengopteryx thumb|Lanzhousaurus thumb|Puertasaurus thumb|Stormbergia thumb|Tanycolagreus thumb|Tyrannotitan Archaeodontosaurus Valid taxon Eric BuffetautMiddle JurassicMadagascarAn early Sauropod Auroraceratops Valid taxon You Li D. et al.You, Li D., Ji Q., Lamanna, Peter Dodson.Early CretaceousChina "Bakesaurus" Nomen nudum Zhou S. Baurutitan Valid taxon Kellner Campos TrottaLate CretaceousBrazil BrachytrachelopanRauhut O.W.M. Remes K. Fechner R. Cladera G. Puerta P. 2005 Discovery of a short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of Patagonia Nature 435 2 670–672 10.1038/nature03623 15931221 2005Natur.435..670R 4385136 Valid taxon Rauhut Remes et al.Rauhut, Remes, Fechner, Cladera, Puerta.Middle JurassicArgentinaA short necked Sauropod BuitreraptorMakovicky P.J. Apesteguia S. Agnolin F.L. 2005 The earliest dromaeosaurid theropod from South America Nature 437 7061 1007–1011 10.1038/nature03996 16222297 2005Natur.437.1007M 27078534 Valid taxon Makovicky Apesteguía AgnolínLate CretaceousArgentinaA small fish eating raptor Cathartesaura Valid taxon Gallina ApesteguíaLate CretaceousArgentina ChangchunsaurusZan S.-Q. Chen J. Jin L.-Y. Li T. 2005 A primitive ornithopod from the Early Cretaceous Quantou Formation of central Jilin, China Vertebrata PalAsiatica 43 182–193 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2005.03.003 Valid taxon Zan Chen J. et al.Zan, Chen J., Jin L., Li T.Early CretaceousChinaa primitive Ornithopod ChebsaurusMahammed, F., E. Läng, L. Mami, L. Mekahl, M. Benhamou, B. Bouterfa, A. Kacemi, S.-A. Chérief, H. Chaouati, and P. Taquet. 2005. The ‘Giant of sour’, a Middle Jurassic sauropod dinosaur from Algeria. Systematic Palaeontology (Vertebrate Palaeontology) Paleovol/Elsevier. Valid taxon Mahammed Läng et al.Mahammed, Läng, Mami, Mekahli, Benhamou, Bouterfa, Kacemi, Chérief, Chaouti, Philippe Taquet.from Middle Jurassic to Late JurassicAlgeria Condorraptor Rauhut O.W.M. 2005 Osteology and relationships of a new theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Patagonia Palaeontology 48 1 87–110 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2004.00436.x 129504252 free 2005Palgy..48...87R Valid taxon RauhutMiddle JurassicArgentina DaanosaurusYe Y. Jiang S. 2005 A new genus of sauropod from Zigong, Sichuan Vertebrata PalAsiatica 43 175–181 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2005.03.002 Valid taxon Ye Gao Y. JiangLate JurassicChina Dashanpusaurus Valid taxon Peng G. Ye et al.Peng G., Ye, Gao Y., Shu, Jiang.from middle Jurassic to Late JurassicChina Dubreuillosaurus Valid taxon AllainFrance FalcariusKirkland J I. Zanno L.E. Sampson S.D. Clark J.M. DeBileux D.D. 2005 A primitive therizinosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Utah Nature 435 7038 84–87 10.1038/nature03468 15875020 2005Natur.435...84K 4428196 http://doc.rero.ch/record/15297/files/PAL_E2596.pdf Valid taxon James Kirkland Zanno et al.*James Kirkland, Zanno, Sampson, Clark, DeBlieux.Early CretaceousUSAAn early Therizinosaur FerganocephaleAverianov A.O. T. Martin Bakirov A.A. 2005 Pterosaur and dinosaur remains from the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Svita in the northern Fergana depression, Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia) Palaeontology 48 1 135–155 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2004.00437.x 55249438 free 2005Palgy..48..135A Valid taxon Averianov T. Martin BakirovMiddle JurassicKyrgyzstanAn early Pachycephalosaur "Galveosaurus" Sánchez-Hernández B 2005 Galveosaurus herreroi, a new sauropod dinosaur from Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Tithonian-Berriasian) of Spain Zootaxa 1034 1–20 10.11646/zootaxa.1034.1.1 Junior synonym Sánchez-HernándezJunior synonym of Galvesaurus. Galvesaurus Valid taxon Barco Canudo et al.Barco, Canudo, Cuenca-Bescós, Ruíz-Omeñaca.Early CretaceousSpain Hagryphus Valid taxon Zanno SampsonLate CretaceousUnited States Hexinlusaurus Valid taxon Barrett Butler KnollMiddle JurassicChina Hungarosaurus Osi A 2005 Hungarosaurus tormai, a new ankylosaur (Dinosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Hungary Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 2 370–383 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0370:htanad]2.0.co;2 131087368 Valid taxon ÖsiLate CretaceousHungary JinfengopteryxJi, Q., S. Ji, J. Lu, H. You, W. Chen, and Y. Liu. 2005. First avialian bird from China. Geological Bulletin of China 24 (3): pp. 197-209. Valid taxon Ji Q. Ji S. et al.Ji Q., Ji S., Lü, You, Chen W., Liu Y. Q., Liu Y. X.Early CretaceousChina KarongasaurusGomani, E.M. 2005. Sauropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of Malawi, Africa: Palaeontologia Electronica 8 (issue 1 - n. 27a): 37 pages. Valid taxon GomaniEarly CretaceousMalawi Lanzhousaurus Valid taxon You Ji Q. Li D.Early CretaceousChina Nemegtomaia Valid taxon Lü Tomida et al.Lü, Tomida, Azuma, Dong Zhiming, Lee.Late CretaceousMongolia NeuquenraptorNovas F.E. Pott D. 2005 New evidence on deinonychosaurian dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia Nature 433 7028 858–861 10.1038/nature03285 15729340 2005Natur.433..858N 4413316 Valid taxon Novas PolLate CretaceousArgentinaMay be a subjective junior synonym of Unenlagia. PedopennaXu, X., and F. Zhang. 2005. A new maniraptoran dinosaur from China with long feathers on the metatarsus" Naturwissenschaften 92: pp. 173-177Xu, X. Valid taxon Xu X. Zhang F.Middle JurassicChina Penelopognathus Valid taxon Godefroit Li H. ShangEarly CretaceousChina Puertasaurus Valid taxon Novas Salgado et al.Novas, Salgado, Calvo, Agnolin.Late CretaceousArgentina ShixinggiaLu, J. and B.-K. Zhang. 2005. A new oviraptorid (Theropod: Oviraptosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong Province of southern China. Online document (Chinese Extinct Organism Net: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh- CN&u=http://www.dinosaur.net.cn/_Dino_News_2 https://web.archive.org/web/20110714003950/http://www.dinosaur.net.cn/_Dino_News_2 2011-07-14 005/dino20050110.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3DS hixinggia%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF- 8 Valid taxon Lü Zhang B.Late CretaceousChina Stormbergia Valid taxon ButlerEarly JurassicLesotho South AfricaA primitive Ornithischian TanycolagreusCarpenter, K., C. Miles and K. Cloward. 2005. New small theropod from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming. In: the carnivorous dinosaurs (K. Carpenter, ed.). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IA: pp. 23-48. Valid taxon Carpenter Miles ClowardLate JurassicUSAA primitive Tyrannosaur Trigonosaurus DisputedCampos Kellner et al.Campos, Kellner, Reinaldo Jose Bertini, Santucci.Late CretaceousBrazilSubsequently argued by Silva Junior et al. (2022) to be a junior synonym of Baurutitan. Silva Junior JC, Martinelli AG, Marinho TS, da Silva JI, Langer MC New specimens of Baurutitan britoi and a taxonomic reassessment of the titanosaur dinosaur fauna (Sauropoda) from the Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Brazil PeerJ 10 e14333 2022 10.7717/peerj.14333 free 36405026 9673870 TyrannotitanNovas FE, de Valais S, Vickers-Rich P, Rich T A large Cretaceous theropod from Patagonia, Argentina, and the evolution of carcharodontosaurids Naturwissenschaften 92 5 226–30 May 2005 15834691 10.1007/s00114-005-0623-3 2005NW.....92..226N 24015414 11336/103474 free Valid taxonNovas de Valais et al.Novas, de Valais, Patricia Vickers-Rich, Timothy H. Rich.Late CretaceousArgentina XinjiangovenatorRauhut O.W.M. Xu X. 2005 The small theropod dinosaurs Tugulusaurus and Phaedrolosaurus from the Early Cretaceous of Xinjiang, China J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 25 1 107–118 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0107:TSTDTA]2.0.CO;2 53408489 Valid taxon Rauhut Xu X.Early CretaceousChina Newly named birds Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAfrocygnus chauvireae 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0384:ansaai]2.0.co;2 Antoine Louchart Patrick Vignaud Andossa Likius Hassane Taisso Mackaye Michel Brunet 2005 A New Swan (Aves: Anatidae) in Africa, from the Latest Miocene of Chad and Libya https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235217878 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 2 384–392 85860957 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Antoine Louchart Patrick Vignaud Andossa Likius Hassane Taisso Mackaye Michel BrunetLate MioceneAnthracotheriid UnitChadAn Anatidae, the oldest from Africa. Aquila nipaloidesAntoine Louchart Claudia Bedetti Marco Pavia 2005 A New Species of Eagle (Aves: Accipitridae) Close to the Steppe Eagle, from Pleistocene of Corsica and Sardinia, France and Italy https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235217887 Palaeontographica, Abteilung A 272 5–6 121–148 10.1127/pala/272/2005/121 2005PalAA.272..121L 231030093 2318/80202 free ValidSp. nov.Antoine Louchart Claudia Bedetti Marco PaviaPleistoceneCorsica and SardiniaFrance: Corsica; Italy: SardiniaAn Island Accipitridae. Chascacocolius cacicirostris 10.1016/j.ode.2004.10.013 Gerald Mayr 2005 A New Eocene Chascacocolius-like Mousebird (Aves: Coliiformes) with a Remarkable Gaping Adaptation http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/chascacocolius.pdf Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 5 3 167–171 2005ODivE...5..167MValidSp. nov.Gerald MayrEarly Middle EoceneMessel pit, MP 11Germany: HessenA Coliiformes, Chascacocoliidae Zelenkov et Dyke, 2008.Ciconia louisebolesae 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1440 Walter E. Boles 2005 A Review of the Australian Fossil Storks of the Genus Ciconia (Aves: Ciconiidae), with the Description of a New Species http://www.create.unsw.edu.au/research/files/Boles%20(2005)%20A%20Review%20of%20the%20Australian%20Fossil%20Storks%20of%20the%20Genus%20Ciconia.pdf Records of the Australian Museum 57 2 165–178 ValidSp. nov.Walter E. BolesLate Oligocene-Early MioceneRiversleighAustralia: QueenslandA Ciconiidae. Crossvallia unienwillia 10.1016/j.geobios.2004.02.003 Claudia P. Tambussi Marcelo A. Reguero Sergio A. Marenssi Sergio N. Santillana 2005 Crossvallia unienwillia, a New Sphenicidae (Sphenisciformes, Aves) from the Late Paleocene of Antarctica https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230642244 Geobios 38 5 667–675 2005Geobi..38..667T ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Claudia P. Tambussi Marcelo A. Reguero Sergio A. Marenssi Sergio N. SantillanaLate PaleoceneCross Valley FormationAntarcticaA Spheniscidae. Dalianraptor cuheGao Chunling Liu Jinyuan 2005 A new avian taxon from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning Global Geology 24 4 313–316ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Gao Chunling Liu JinyuanEarly Cretaceous, Early AlbianJiufotang FormationChinaAn Ornithurae Haeckel, 1866. This is the type species of the genus. Eurofluvioviridavis robustipes 10.1139/e05-060 2005CaJES..42.2021M Gerald Mayr 2005 A Fluvioviridavis-like Bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42 11 2021–2037 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Gerald MayrEarly EoceneMP 8; Messel pit, MP 11UK: England; Germany: HessenA Podargiformes, Fluvioviridavidae Mayr, 2005. Gallinula disneyi 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1441 Walter E. Boles 2005 A New Flightless Gallinule (Aves: Rallidae: Gallinula) from the Oligo-Miocene of Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland, Australia http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/18015/1441_complete.pdf Records of the Australian Museum 57 2 179–190 ValidSp. nov.Walter E. BolesOligocene-MioceneRiversleighAustralia: QueenslandA Rallidae, in 2011 this species becomes the type species of the new genus Australlus Worthy et Boles, 2011. Gallirallus vekamatolu 10.2988/0006-324x(2005)118[465:rargfp]2.0.co;2 Jeremy J. Kirchman David W. Steadman 2005 Rails (Aves: Rallidae: Gallirallus) from Prehistoric Sites in the Kingdom of Tonga, Including a Description of a New Species https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232663461 Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118 2 465–477 86755841 ValidSp. nov.Jeremy J. Kirchman David W. SteadmanHolocene‘EuaTongaA Rallidae. Hongshanornis longicrestaZhou, Zhou Zhonghe Zhang Fucheng 2005 Discovery of an ornithurine bird and its implication for Early Cretaceous avian radiation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102 52 18998–19002 10.1073/pnas.0507106102 16344487 1323170 2005PNAS..10218998Z freeValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Zhou Zhonghe Zhang FuchengEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaAn Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, Hongshanornithidae O’Connor, Gao et Chiappe, 2010. This is the type species of the genus.Limnofregata hasegawai 10.11646/zootaxa.1046.1.1 Storrs L. Olson Hiroshige Matsuoka 2005 New Specimens of the Early Eocene Frigatbird Limnofregata (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae), with the Description of a New Species http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2005f/zt01046p015.pdf Zootaxa 1046 1–15 ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. Olson Hiroshige MatsuokaLate Early EoceneGreen River FormationUSA (Wyoming)A Fregatidae, Limnofregatinae Olson, 1977. Lithoptila abdounensis 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0157:eanban]2.0.co;2 Estelle Bourdon Baâdi Bouya Mohamed Iarochène 2005 Earliest African Neornithine Bird: A New Prophaethontidae (Aves) from the Paleocene of Morocco Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 1 157–170 86218884 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Estelle Bourdon Baâdi Bouya Mohamed IarochèneLate Paleocene-Early EoceneThanetianMoroccoA Prophaethontidae Harrison et Walker, 1976. Oxyura vantetsiTrevor H. Worthy 2005 A New Species of Oxyura (Aves: Anatidae) from the New Zealand Holocene http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/~/media/Documents/QM/About%20Us/Publications/Memoirs%20-%20Nature/N51/51-1-worthy.pdf Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 51 1 259–275 ValidSp. nov.Trevor H. WorthyHoloceneLake PoukawaNew ZealandAn Anatidae, extinct since the 16th century. Parvigrus pohli 10.1007/s00114-005-0007-8 Gerald Mayr 2005 A Chicken-sized Crane Precursor from the Early Oligocene of France http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/parvigrus.pdf Naturwissenschaften 92 8 389–393 16052357 2005NW.....92..389M 20017550ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Gerald MayrEarly OligocenePichovet, Vachères, Southern FranceFranceA Parvigruidae Mayr, 2005. Perugyps diazi 10.1650/7475 Marcelo Stucchi Steven D. Emslie 2005 A New Condor (Ciconiiformes, Vulturidae) from the Late Miocene/Early Pliocene Pisco Formation, Peru http://www.monografias.com/trabajos-pdf2/condor-ciconiiformes-vulturidae-miocene-pliocene/condor-ciconiiformes-vulturidae-miocene-pliocene.pdf The Condor 107 1 107–113 85805971 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Marcelo Stucchi Steven D. EmslieLate Miocene-Early PliocenePisco FormationPeruA Cathartidae. Protocypselomorphus manfredkelleri 10.1650/7596 Gerald Mayr 2005 A New Cypselomorph Bird from the Middle Eocene of Germany and the Early Diversification of the Avian Aerial Insectivores https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228672703 The Condor 107 2 342–352 73645373ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Gerald MayrEarly Middle EoceneMessel pit, MP 11Germany: HessenA Cypselomorphae (Sensu Mayr, 2002). ?Primotrogon pumilio 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00421.x Gerald Mayr 2005 New Trogons from the Early Tertiary of Germany Ibis 147 3 512–518 ValidSp. nov.Gerald MayrEarly Middle EoceneMessel pit, MP 11Germany: HessenA Trogonidae, In 2009 Mayr creates the new genus Masillatrogon for this species and makes ?Primotrogon pumilio its type species. Pseudoseisuropsis cuelloi 10.1650/7499 Santiago Claramunt Andrès Rinderknecht 2005 A New Fossil Furnariid from the Pleistocene of Uruguay, with Remarks on Nasal Type, Cranial Kinetics, and Relationships of the Extinct Genus Pseudoseisuropsis https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236357031 The Condor 107 1 114–127 85702253 free ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Santiago Claramunt Andrès RinderknechtLate PleistoceneCoastal cliffs near Rio de la Plata estuaryUruguayA Furnariidae.Rallus eivissensis 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00442.x Miquel McMinn M. Palmer Josep A. Alcover 2005 A New Species of Rail (Aves: Rallidae) from the Upper Pleistocene and Holocene of Eivissa (Pityusic Islands, Western Mediterranean) Ibis 147 4 706–716 10261/85709 ValidSp. nov.Miquel McMinn M. Palmer Josep A. AlcoverPleistocene, HoloceneIbizaSpain: IbizaA Rallidae.Rhodacanthis forfex 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00173.x Helen F. James Storrs L. Olson 2005 The Diversity and Biogeography of Koa-finches (Drepanidini: Rhodacanthis), with Descriptions of Two New Species https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/217/James-05-ZJLS-new%20koa%20finches.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144 4 527–541 ValidSp. nov.Helen F. James Storrs L. OlsonHoloceneKauaiUSA: HawaiiA Fringillidae, Carduelinae, Drepanidini.Rhodacanthis litotesValidSp. nov.Helen F. James Storrs L. OlsonHoloceneOahuUSA: HawaiiA Fringillidae, Carduelinae, Drepanidini.Rupelramphastoides knopfi 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[1055:atbbft]2.0.co;2 Gerald Mayr 2005 A Tiny Barbet-like Bird from the Oligocene of Germany: the Smallest Species and Earliest Substantial Fossil Record of the Pici (Woodpeckers and Allies) http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/rupelramphastoides_2.pdf The Auk 122 4 1055–1063 40968177ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Gerald MayrEarly OligoceneRupelianGermany: Baden-WürttembergA Pici (sensu Simpson and Cracraft, 1981), family incertae sedis (confer Ramphastidae Vigors, 1825) Struthio kakesiensis 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.07.001 Terry Harrison Charles P. Msuya 2005 Fossil Struthionid Eggshells from Laetoli, Tanzania: Taxonomic and Biostratigraphic Significance https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222575395 Journal of African Earth Sciences 41 4 303–315 2005JAfES..41..303H ValidSp. nov.Terry Harrison Charles P. MsuyaPlioceneLower Laetoli BedsTanzaniaKnown from eggshells Struthio linxiaensis10.1360/982005-575 Hou Lianhai Zhou Zhonghe Zhang Fu-Cheng Wang Zhao 2005 A Miocene Ostrich Fossil from Gansu Province, Northwest China http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120601588435820636.pdf Chinese Science Bulletin 50 16 1808–1810 1 July 2025 2005ChSBu..50.1808H 129449364 2014-07-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20140728205610/http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/qt/papers/201206/P020120601588435820636.pdf 2014-07-28 dead ValidSp. nov.Hou Lianhai Zhou Zhonghe Zhang Fu-Cheng Wang ZhaoLate MioceneLiushu FormationChinaTransferred to, and made the type species of a new genus Orientornis Wang, 2008. Wang Shuo 2008 Reexamination of Taxonomic Assignment of "Struthio linxianensis" Hou et al, 2005 http://www.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=19&CurRec=13&filename=GSWX200803014&dbname=CJFD2008&v=MTE5NDI4UGZRNVd6UllTN2o1OVNudmpxeEUxZXJzPU9sbXpHN081SEtmRXA0dEVadQ== Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 47 362–368 April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Vegavis iaaiClarke, J.A. Tambussi, C.P. Noriega, J.I. Erickson, G.M. Ketcham, R.A. 2005 Definitive fossil evidence for the extant avian radiation in the Cretaceous https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8069909 Nature 433 7023 305–308 10.1038/nature03150 15662422 2005Natur.433..305C 4354309 11336/80763 freeValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Julia A. Clarke Claudia P. Tambussi Jorge L. Noriega Gregory M. Erickson Richard A. KetchamLate CretaceousMiddle to Late MaastrichtianAntarcticaAn ?Anseriformes. This is the type species of the genus. Newly named pterosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBakonydracoÖsi, A. Weishampel, D.B. Jianu, C.M. 2005 First evidence of azhdarchid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50 4 777–787 Valid Weishampel JianuUpper CretaceousCsehbánya FormationHungaryThe type species is Bakonydraco galaczi. BoreopterusLü, J. Ji, Q. 2005 A new ornithocheirid from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China Acta Geologica Sinica 79 2 157–163 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2005.tb00877.x 2005AcGlS..79..157L 129084078 Valid Lü JiLower CretaceousYixian FormationChinaThe type species is Boreopterus cuiae. CaulkicephalusSteel, L. Martill, D.M. Unwin, D.M. Winch, J.D. 2005 A new pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Wessex Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight, England Cretaceous Research 26 686–698 10.1016/j.cretres.2005.03.005 4 2005CrRes..26..686S ValidSteel Martill Unwin WinchEarly CretaceousWessex FormationEnglandThe type species is Caulkicephalus trimicrodon. EoazhdarchoLü, J. Ji, Q. 2005 New azhdarchid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning Acta Geologica Sinica 79 3 301–307 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2005.tb00893.x 2005AcGlS..79..301L 128958556 ValidLü JiEarly CretaceousJiufotang FormationChinaThe type species is Eoazhdarcho liaoxiensis. EopteranodonLü, J.C. Zhang, B.K. 2005 New pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning Geological Review 51 4 458–462 ValidLü ZhangEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaThe type species is Eopteranodon lii. FeilongusWang, X. Kellner, A.W.A. Zhou, Z. Campos, D.A. 2005 Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China Nature 437 875–879 10.1038/nature03982 16208369 7060 2005Natur.437..875W 23146503 ValidWang Kellner Zhou CamposEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaThe type species is Feilongus youngi. HuaxiapterusLu, J. Yuan, C. 2005 New tapejarid pterosaur from Western Liaoning, China Acta Geologica Sinica 79 4 453–458 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2005.tb00911.x 2005AcGlS..79..453L 129245203 SynonymLü YuanEarly CretaceousJiufotang FormationChinaThe type species is Huaxiapterus jii. Huaxiapterus is a junior synonym of SinopterusPinheiro, F.L. Fortier, D.C. Schultz, C.L. De Andrade, J.A.F.G. Bantim, R.A.M. In press New information on Tupandactylus imperator, with comments on the relationships of Tapejaridae (Pterosauria) Acta Palaeontologica Polonica LiaoxipterusDong, Z. Lü, J. 2005 A New Ctenochasmatid Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province Acta Geologica Sinica 79 2 164–167 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2005.tb00878.x 2005AcGlS..79..164D 129501612 Valid Dong LüEarly CretaceousJiufotang FormationChinaThe type species is Liaoxipterus brachyognathus.NurhachiusValidWang Kellner Zhou CamposEarly CretaceousJiufotang FormationChinaThe type species is Nurhachius ignaciobritoi. Paranurognathus SynonymPetersThe type species is Paranurognathus tischlingeri. Paranurognathus is a junior synonym of Anurognathus. Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesIrajatheriumMartinelli, A.G. Bonaparte, J.F. Schultz, C.L. Rubert, R. 2005 A new tritheledontid (Therapsid, Eucynodontia) from the Late Triassic Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and its phylogenetic relationships among carnivorous non-mammalian eucynodonts Ameghiniana 42 1 191–208Valid Martinelli Bonaparte Schultz RubertUpper TriassicCaturrita FormationBrazilThe type species is Irajatherium hernadezi.MadysaurusTatarinov, L.P. 2005 A new cynodont (Reptilia, Theriodontia) from the Magygen Formation (Triassic) of Fergana, Kyrgyzstan Paleontological Journal 39 2 192–198Valid TatarinovTriassicMagygen FormationKyrgyzstanThe type species is Madysaurus sharovi.PutillosaurusSurkov, M.V. 2005 The first dicynodont from the terminal Lower Triassic of European Russia, with special reference to the evolution of the masticatory apparatus of these therapsids Paleontological Journal 39 1 72–78Valid SurkovLower TriassicRussiaThe type species is Putillosaurus sennikovi. Mammals New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesAmphicticeps dorogWang Xiaoming McKENNA Malcolm C. Dashzeveg Demberelyin 2005-07-25 Amphicticeps and Amphicynodon (Arctoidea, Carnivora) from Hsanda Gol Formation, Central Mongolia and Phylogeny of Basal Arctoids with Comments on Zoogeography https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249873505 American Museum Novitates en 3483 1–60 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)483[0001:AAAACF]2.0.CO;2 0003-0082Sp. nov ValidWang et al.Early OligoceneHsanda Gol Formation MongoliaAn amphicynodontid.Amphicticeps makhchinusSp. nov ValidWang et al.Early OligoceneHsanda Gol Formation MongoliaAn amphicynodontid.IndodelphisBajpai Sunil Kapur Vivesh Thewissen J G M Tiwari Brahma Das Debasis 2005-06-01 First fossil marsupials from India: Early Eocene Indodelphis n. gen. and Jaegeria n. gen. from Vastan Lignite mine, District Surat, Gujarat https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259780037 Journal of the Palaentological Society of India 50 1 147–151 10.1177/0971102320050112 2005JPalS..50..147B 2024-08-04Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidBajpai Kapur Thewissen Tiwari DasEoceneCambay Shale FormationIndiaA marsupial. 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 30em Category:2000s in paleontology Paleontology