2007 in paleontology

none October 2020 2007 paleontology science 2007 Plants Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesOrontium mackiiBogner J. Johnson K. R. Kvacek Z. Upchurch G. R. New fossil leaves of Araceae from the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene of western North America Zitteliana 2007 A 47 133–147 1612-412X https://digital.library.txstate.edu/bitstream/handle/10877/2570/fulltext.pdf?sequence=1sp novValidBogner, Johnson, Kvacek, & UpchurchCretaceousMaastrichtian?McRae FormationUSATexasAn Orontium speciesOrontium wolfeisp novValidBogner, Johnson, Kvacek, & UpchurchEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSWashingtonAn Orontium species Also reported from the Allenby Formationthumb|150px|center|Orontium wolfeiSaururus tuckeraeSmith S. Y. Stockey R. A. 2007 Establishing a fossil record for the perianthless Piperales: Saururus tuckerae sp. nov.(Saururaceae) from the Middle Eocene Princeton Chert. American Journal of Botany 94 10 1642–1657 10.3732/ajb.94.10.1642 21636361 2007AmJB...94.1642S free sp novValidSmith & StockeyEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsPrincetonCanadaBritish ColumbiaA Saururus speciesTetracentron hopkinsiiPigg K.B. Dillhoff R.M. DeVore M.L. Wehr W.C. 86524324 2007 New diversity among the Trochodendraceae from the Early/Middle Eocene Okanogan Highlands of British Columbia, Canada, and Northeastern Washington State, United States International Journal of Plant Sciences 168 4 521–532 10.1086/512104 2007IJPlS.168..521P sp novValidPigg, Dillhoff, DeVore, & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA Tetracentron speciesthumb|150px|center|Tetracentron hopkinsiiTrochodendron drachukiisp novValidPigg, Dillhoff, DeVore, & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan Highlandsunnamed formation, Kamloops GroupCanadaBritish ColumbiaA Trochodendron species General paleobotanical research An approximately 1000 ha mi2 Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) age rainforest is reported from the Herrin #6 coal mine in Illinois by DiMichele et al.DiMichele W.A. Falcon-Lang H.J. Nelson W.J. Elrick S.D. Ames P.R. 2007 Ecological gradients within a Pennsylvanian mire forest Geology 35 5 415–418 10.1130/G23472A.1 2007Geo....35..415D Fungi newly named Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMargaretbarromyces10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.010 Mindell R.A. Stockey, R.A. Beard, G. Currah, R.S. 2007 Margaretbarromyces dictyosporus gen. sp. nov.: a permineralized corticolous ascomycete from the Eocene of Vancouver Island, British Columbia Mycological Research 111 6 680–684 17601718 Gen et sp novValidMindell, Stockey, Beard & CurrahEoceneAppian Way FloraCanadaExtinct ascomycete fungusPalaeoagaracitesPoinar G.O. Buckley, R. 2007 Evidence of mycoparasitism and hypermycoparasitism in Early Cretaceous amber Mycological Research 17512712 111 4 503–506 10.1016/j.mycres.2007.02.004Gen et sp nov.ValidPoinar & BuckleyLate Albian (Cretaceous)Burmese amberMyanmar 1974oldest mushroom genus described from the fossil record. Arthropoda Crustaceans Research Schram (2007) publishes a revision of Paleozoic stomatopods, erecting the families Gorgonophontidae and Daidalidae.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 85606671 0022-3360 subscription New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDaidalGen. et. comb. nov./ Gen. et. sp. novValidSchramCarboniferous Bear Gulch Limestone Lower Limestone FormationUSAMontana Scotland GermanyA mantis shrimp, type species is D. acanthocercus (originally described in 1998 as Tyrannophontes acanthocercus), genus also includes the species D. pattoni and D. schoellmannithumb|center|200px|Daidal acanthocercusTyrannophontes gigantionSp. novValidSchramSerpukhovian Mazon Creek fossil bedsUSAIllinoisA mantis shrimp Insects New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesApterostigma electropilosumSchultz T.R. 2007 The fungus-growing ant genus Apterostigma in Dominican amber. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80 425–436Sp novValidSchultzBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA myrmicin fungus farming antApterostigma eowilsoniSp novValidSchultzBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA myrmicin fungus farming antCretadiamesaGen. et sp novValidVeltz, Azar & NelEarly CretaceousLebanonA member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Prodiamesinae. The type species is C. arieli.CretapelopiaGen. et sp novValidVeltz, Azar & NelEarly CretaceousLebanonA member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Tanypodinae and the tribe Pentaneurini. The type species is C. salomea.Dicromantispa electromexicanaEngel MS Grimaldi DA 2007 The neuropterid fauna of Dominican and Mexican amber (Neuropterida, Megaloptera, Neuroptera) American Museum Novitates 3587 1–58 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3587[1:TNFODA]2.0.CO;2 2246/5880 49393365 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/169241 Sp novValidEngel & GrimaldiLate Oligocene - Early MioceneMexican AmberMexicoA mantidfly.Dicromantispa moroneiSp novValidEngel & GrimaldiBurdigalianDominican AmberDominican RepublicA mantidfly.Eophyllium Wedmann Sonja Bradler, Sven Rust, Jes 9 January 2007 The first fossil leaf insect: 47 million years of specialized cryptic morphology and behavior Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 2 565–9 10.1073/pnas.0606937104 17197423 1766425 2007PNAS..104..565W free Gen et sp novValidWedmann, Bradler, RustEoceneMessel Pit fossil siteGermanyFirst leaf insect from the fossil record.GlisachaemusSzwedo J. 2007 Glisachaemus jonasdamzeni gen. et sp. nov. of Cixiidae from the Eocene Baltic amber (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) Alavesia 1 109–116 http://ag.udel.edu/delpha/4299.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110719015738/http://ag.udel.edu/delpha/4299.pdf 19 July 2011 Gen et sp novValidSzwedoEarly EoceneBaltic amberEuropeNew planthopper genus.LebanorthocladiusGen. et sp novValidVeltz, Azar & NelEarly CretaceousLebanonA member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Orthocladiinae. The type species is L. furcatus.LibanodiamesaIsabelle Veltz Dany Azar André Nel 2007 New chironomid flies in Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Diptera: Chironomidae) African Invertebrates 48 1 169–191Gen. et sp novValidVeltz, Azar & NelEarly CretaceousLebanonA member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Prodiamesinae. The type species is L. deploegi.LibanopelopiaGen. et sp novValidVeltz, Azar & NelEarly CretaceousLebanonA member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Tanypodinae and the tribe Pentaneurini or Macropelopiini. The type species is L. cretacica.MongolbittacusPetrulevicius J. F. Huang D-Y. Ren D. A new hangingfly (Insecta: Mecoptera: Bittacidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China African Invertebrates 2007 48 1 145–152 http://fossilinsects.net/pdfs/Lpetrul.145-152.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120321141540/http://fossilinsects.net/pdfs/Lpetrul.145-152.pdf 21 March 2012 Gen et sp novValidPetrulevicius, Huang & RenMiddle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA bittacidPrincipialaMakarkin VN Menon F 2007 First record of fossil 'rapismatid-like' Ithonidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil Cretaceous Research 28 5 743–753 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.11.003 2007CrRes..28..743M Gen et sp novValidMakarkin & MenonCrato Formationlate AptianBrazilAn Ithonidae lacewing, type species P. incertaSialis (Protosialis) cascaSp novJr synonym of Protosialis cascaEngel & GrimaldiBurdigalianDominican AmberDominican RepublicThe only alderfly from the West Indies fossil record.Schwenckfeldina archoicaSolórzano Kraemer M. M. Mohrig W. 2007 Schwenckfeldina archoica sp. nov. (Diptera, Sciaridae) from the middle Miocene Mexican amber Alavesia 1 105–108 http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Kraemer_%26_Mohrig_ALAVESIA_2007_105.pdfSp novValidMohrig & Solórzano KraemerLate Oligocene - early MioceneMexican amberMexicoA Sciarid flyWadeliusGen. et sp novValidVeltz, Azar & NelEarly CretaceousLebanonA member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Tanypodinae and the tribe Anatopyniini. The type species is W. libanicus. Fish Bony fish 10.1660/0022-8443(2007)110[35:ROAPFA]2.0.CO;2 Everhart M. J. 2007 Remains of a pycnodont fish (Actinopterygii: Pycnodontiformes) in a coprolite; An upper record of Micropycnodon kansasensis in the Smoky Hill Chalk, western Kansas Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 110 1/2 35–43 84547644 free 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[827:TFSFHH]2.0.CO;2 Cavin L. Suteethorn V. Buffetaut E. Claude J. Cuny G. Loeuff J. Le Tong H. 2007 The first sinamiid fish (Holostei, Halecomorpha) from Southeast Asia (Early Cretaceous of Thailand) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 4 827–837 Southeast Asia 85325978 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00238.x Cavin L. Suteethorn V. Buffetaut E. Tong H. 2007 A new Thai Mesozoic lungfish (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) with an insight into post-Palaeozoic dipnoan evolution Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149 2 141–177 free Cartilaginous fish Everhart M. J. 2007 New stratigraphic records (Albian-Campanian) of the guitarfish, Rhinobatos sp. (Chondrichthyes; Rajiformes), from the Cretaceous of Kansas Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 110 3–4 225–235 10.1660/0022-8443(2007)110[225:nsraor]2.0.co;2 84920949 Archosauromorphs Pseudosuchians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAdamanasuchusSpencer G. Lucas Adrian P. Hunt Justin A. Spielmann 2007 A new aetosaur from the Upper Triassic (Adamanian: Carnian) of Arizona New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 40 241–247 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281820635 Gen. et sp. novValid Lucas Hunt SpielmannLate TriassicPetrified Forest Formation United StatesAn aetosaur.ArganasuchusNour-Eddine Jalil Karin Peyer 2007 A new rauisuchian (Archosauria, Suchia) from the Upper Triassic of the Argana Basin, Morocco Palaeontology 50 2 417–430 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00640.x 2007Palgy..50..417J 140681396 Gen. et sp. novValid Jalil KarinLate TriassicTimezgadiouine Formation MoroccoA rauisuchian.BarinasuchusPaolillo Alfredo Linares, Omar J. 2007 Nuevos cocodrilos Sebecosuchia del Cenozoico Suramericano (Mesosuchia: Crocodylia) Paleobiologia Neotropical 3 1–25 http://www.paleobio.labb.usb.ve/Paleobio03.pdf es 3 December 2014 3 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090303221605/http://www.paleobio.labb.usb.ve/Paleobio03.pdf deadGen. et sp. novValid Paolillo LinaresLate Eocene/Middle MioceneParángula Formation, Ipururo Formation & Divisadero Largo Formation Venezuela Peru ArgentinaA sebecid.thumb|center|200px|Barinasuchus.Dollosuchoides 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00679.x Christopher A. Brochu 2007 Systematics and taxonomy of Eocene tomistomine crocodylians from Britain and Northern Europe Palaeontology 50 4 917–928 2007Palgy..50..917B free Gen. et sp. novValid BrochuMiddle Eocene BelgiumA member of Tomistominae.LangstoniaGen. novValid Paolillo LinaresMiddle MioceneVillavieja Formation ColombiaA sebecid; a new name for Sebecus huilensis.thumb|center|200px|Langstonia.MontealtosuchusIsmar de Souza Carvalho Felipe Mesquita de Vasconcellos Sandra Aparecida Simionato Tavares 87154004 2007 Montealtosuchus arrudacamposi, a new peirosaurid crocodile (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of Brazil Zootaxa 1607 35–46 10.11646/zootaxa.1607.1.3 Gen. et sp. novValid Carvalho Vasconcellos TavaresLate CretaceousAdamantina Formation BrazilA member of Peirosauridae.thumb|center|200px|Montealtosuchus.NeuquensuchusLucas E. Fiorelli Jorge O. Calvo 2007 The first "protosuchian" (Archosauria: Crocodyliformes) from the Cretaceous (Santonian) of Gondwana Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 65 4 417–459 0365-4508 Gen. et sp. novValid Fiorelli CalvoLate Cretaceous (Santonian)Bajo de la Carpa Formation ArgentinaA member of Crocodyliformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement.OceanosuchusStéphane Hua Eric Buffetaut Christophe Legall Patrick Rogron 2007 Oceanosuchus boecensis n. gen., n. sp., a marine pholidosaurid (Crocodylia, Mesosuchia) from the Lower Cenomanian of Normandy (western France) Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 178 6 503–513 10.2113/gssgfbull.178.6.503Gen. et sp. novValid Hua et al.Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) FranceA member of Pholidosauridae.thumb|center|200px|Oceanosuchus.Voay 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00315.x Morphology, relationships, and biogeographical significance of an extinct horned crocodile (Crocodylia, Crocodylidae) from the Quaternary of Madagascar Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150 4 835–863 2007 Christopher A. Brochu freeGen. et comb. novValid BrochuPleistocene — Holocene MadagascarA new genus for "Crocodylus" robustus Grandidier & Vaillant (1872).thumb|center|200px|Voay.ZulmasuchusGen. novValid Paolillo LinaresEarly PaleoceneSanta Lucia Formation BoliviaA sebecid; a new genus name for Sebecus querejazus. Pterosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAralazhdarchoGen et sp novValidAverianovSantonian-early CampanianBostobe SvitaKazakhstanAn azhdarchidGegepterusGen et sp novValidWang et alBarremian–AptianYixian FormationChinaA ctenochasmatidTupandactylusGen et sp novValidKellner & CamposEarly CretaceousCrato FormationBrazilA tapejaridthumb|center|200px|Tupandactylus. Newly named non-dinosaurian dinosauromorphs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDromomeronIrmis Randall B. Nesbitt, Sterling J. Padian, Kevin Smith, Nathan D. Turner, Alan H. Woody, Daniel Downs, Alex 2007 A Late Triassic dinosauromorph assemblage from New Mexico and the rise of dinosaurs Science 317 358–361 10.1126/science.1143325 17641198 5836 2007Sci...317..358I 6050601 http://doc.rero.ch/record/15342/files/PAL_E2679.pdf Gen et sp novValidIrmis et alNorianChinle Formation Argentina USA (Arizona, New Mexico and Texas)A Lagerpetonidae dinosauromorph reptilethumb|center|200px|Dromomeron Newly named non-avian dinosauromorphs Data courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list. Olshevsky George Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html 7 August 2008 15 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html dead Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Achillesaurus Martinelli A.G. Vera E. I. 88630802 2007 Achillesaurus manazzonei, a new alvarezsaurid theropod (Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina Zootaxa 1582 1–17 10.11646/zootaxa.1582.1.1 Gen et sp novValidMartinelli & VeraSantonianBajo de la Carpa Formation ArgentinaAn alvarezsauridthumb|AchillesaurusAlbertaceratops 10.1666/0022-3360(2007)81[376:ANBCCF]2.0.CO;2 Ryan M.J. 2007 A new basal centrosaurine ceratopsid from the Oldman Formation, southeastern Alberta Journal of Paleontology 81 2 376–396 130607301 Gen et sp novValidRyanCampanianOldman Formation CanadaA Centrosaurine. the Ceratopsian from Alberta.thumb|center|200px|AlbertaceratopsAmargatitanisApesteguía Sebastián 2007 The sauropod diversity of the La Amarga Formation (Barremian), Neuquén (Argentina) Gondwana Research 12 4 533–546 10.1016/j.gr.2007.04.007 2007GondR..12..533A Gen et sp novValidApesteguíaBarremianLa Amarga Formation ArgentinaA titanosaurAsylosaurusGalton Peter Peter Galton 2007 Notes on the remains of archosaurian reptiles, mostly basal sauropodomorph dinosaurs, from the 1834 fissure fill (Rhaetian, Upper Triassic) at Clifton in Bristol, southwest England Revue de Paléobiologie 26 2 505–591Gen et sp novValidGaltonRhaetian EnglandA basal sauropodomorphAustralodocusRemes Kristian 2007 A second Gondwanan diplodocid dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic Tendaguru Beds of Tanzania, East Africa Palaeontology 50 3 653–667 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00652.x 2007Palgy..50..653R 129739733 http://doc.rero.ch/record/16141/files/PAL_E3037.pdf Gen et sp novValidRemesLate JurassicTendaguru Beds TanzaniaA diplodocidBerberosaurusAllain Ronan Tykoski, Ronald Aquesbi, Najat Jalil, Nour-Eddine Monbaron, Michel Russell, Dale Taquet, Phillipe 2007 A basal abelisauroid from the late Early Jurassic of the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco, and the radiation of ceratosaurs Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 3 610–624 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[610:AADTFT]2.0.CO;2 131617581 http://doc.rero.ch/record/8145/files/monbaron_adt.pdf Gen et sp novValidAllain et alPliensbachian-ToarcianToundoute Continental Series MoroccoA ceratosaurCedrorestes Gilpin, D.; DiCroce, T. and Carpenter, K. 2007. A possible new basal hadrosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation of eastern Utah. K. Carpenter (ed.), Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 79-89.Gen et sp novValidGilpin, DiCroce, & CarpenterBarremianCedar Mountain Formation USA (Utah)A hadrosaur CerasinopsChinnery Brenda J. Horner, John R. 2007 A new neoceratopsian dinosaur linking North American and Asian taxa Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 3 625–641 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[625:ANNDLN]2.0.CO;2 86091277 Gen et sp novValidChinnery & HornerCampanianTwo Medicine Formation USA (Montana)A ceratopsianthumb|center|200px|CerasinopsDongbeititan Wang X. You H. Meng Q. Gao C. Cheng X. Liu J. 2007 Dongbetitan dongi, the first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of western Liaoning Province, China Acta Geologica Sinica 81 6 911–916 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2007.tb01013.x 2007AcGlS..81..911W 128812879 Gen et sp novValidWang et alEarly CretaceousYixian Formation ChinaA sauropodEocursor Butler Richard J. Roger M. H. Smith David B. Norman A primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic of South Africa, and the early evolution and diversification of Ornithischia Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2007 10.1098/rspb.2007.0367 274 2041–6 17567562 1621 2275175Gen et sp novValidButler, Smith, & NormanNorianLower Elliot Formation South AfricaAn Early ornithischianthumb|center|200px|EocursorEotriceratopsWu X-C. Brinkman D.B. Eberth D.A. Braman D.R. 2007 A new ceratopsid dinosaur (Ornithischia) from the uppermost Horseshoe Canyon Formation (upper Maastrichtian), Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44 9 1243–1265 10.1139/E07-011 2007CaJES..44.1243WGen et sp novValidWu, Brinkman, Eberth, & BramanMaastrichtianHorseshoe Canyon Formation Canada (Alberta)A Ceratopsianthumb|center|200px|EotriceratopsFutalognkosaurus Calvo J.O. Porfiri J.D. González-Riga B.J. Kellner A.W. 2007 A new Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem from Gondwana with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 79 3 529–41 17768539 10.1590/S0001-37652007000300013 free Gen et sp novValidCalvo, Porfiri, González-Riga, & KellnerConiacianPortezuelo Formation ArgentinaA titanosaurianthumb|center|200px|FutalognkosaurusGigantoraptor Xu X. Tan Q. Wang J. Zhao X. 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Upchurch, P. 2007 Basal sauropodomorphs (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Jurassic of India: their anatomy and relationships Journal of Paleontology 81 6 1552–1574 10.1666/04-074.1 2007JPal...81.1218K 130508134 Gen et sp novValidKutty, Chatterjee, Galton, & UpchurchSinemurianDharmaram Formation IndiaAn Early Sauropodomorph.thumb|center|200px|LamplughsauraLophostropheusEzcurra Martin D. and Cuny, Gilles 2007 The coelophysoid Lophostropheus airelensis, gen. nov.: a review of the systematics of "Liliensternus" airelensis from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary outcrops of Normandy (France) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 1 73–86 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[73:TCLAGN]2.0.CO;2 85751238 Gen et sp novValidEzcurra & CunyRhaetian-HettangianMoon-Airel Formation FranceA coelophysoidLuanchuanraptorLü J.-C. Xu, L. Zhang, X.-L. Ji, Q. Jia, S.-H. Hu, W.-Y. Zhang, J.-M. Wu, Y.-H. 2007 New dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Luanchuan area, western Henan, China Geological Bulletin of China 26 7 777–786Gen et sp novValidLü et alLate CretaceousQiupa Formation ChinaMahakalaTurner Alan H. Pol, Diego Clarke, Julia A. Erickson, Gregory M. Norell, Mark 2007 A basal dromaeosaurid and size evolution preceding avian flight http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/317/5843/1378.pdf Science 317 1378–1381 10.1126/science.1144066 17823350 5843 https://web.archive.org/web/20090618133720/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/317/5843/1378.pdf 18 June 2009 live 2007Sci...317.1378T 2519726 free Gen et sp novValidTurner et alCampanianDjadokhta Formation MongoliaA Deinonychosaur.thumb|center|200px|MahakalaMuyelensaurusGen et sp novValidCalvo, González-Riga, & PorfiriLate Cretaceous ArgentinaA titanosaurianNanningosaurusMo J. Zhao Z. Wang W. Xu X. 2007 The first hadrosaurid dinosaur from southern China Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 81 4 550–554 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2007.tb00978.x 2007AcGlS..81..550M 128757883 Gen et sp novValidMo, Zhao, Wang, & XuLate CretaceousNalong Basin ChinaA hadrosauridNopcsaspondylusGen et sp novValidApesteguíaConiacianCandeleros Formation ArgentinaA rebbachisauridthumb|center|200px|NopcsaspondylusOryctodromeusVarricchio David J. Martin, Anthony J. Katsura, Yoshihiro 2007 First trace and body fossil evidence of a burrowing, denning dinosaur Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 1361–1368 10.1098/rspb.2006.0443 17374596 1616 2176205 Gen et sp novValidDavid J. Varricchio, Anthony J. 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Sues, H.-D. 2007 A new troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Cenomanian of Uzbekistan, with a review of troodontid records from the territories of the former Soviet Union Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 1 87–98 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[87:ANTDTF]2.0.CO;2 9743271 Gen et sp novValidAverianov & SuesCenomanianDzharakuduk Formation UzbekistanA troodontid‘’Velafrons’’Gen et sp novValidCerro del Pueblo Formation Mexico a hadrosaurZhejiangosaurusJunchang Lu Jin Xingsheng Sheng Yiming Li Yihong 2007 New nodosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Lishui, Zhejiang Province, China Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 81 3 344–350 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2007.tb00958.x 2007AcGlS..81..344L 128548615 Gen et sp novValidLü et alCenomanianChaochuan Formation ChinaA nodosaurid ZhongyuansaurusLi Xu Lu Junchang Zhang Xingliao Jia Songhai Hu Weiyong Zhang Jiming Wu Yanhua Ji Qiang 2007 New nodosaurid ankylosaur from the Cretaceous of Ruyang, Henan Province Acta Geologica Sinica 81 4 433–438 Gen et sp novValidXu et alCretaceous ChinaAn ankylosaurid ZhuchengosaurusZhao X. Li, D. Han, G. Hao, H. Liu, F. Li, L. Fang, X. 2007 Zhuchengosaurus maximus from Shandong Province Acta Geoscientia Sinica 28 2 111–122 10.1007/s10114-005-0808-x 119700784 Gen et sp novJr synonymZhao et alLate CretaceousWangshi FormationJunior synonym of Shantungosaurus Newly named birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlethoalaornis agitornis Li Li Hu Dong-yu Duan Ye Gong En-pu Hou Lianhai 2007 Alethoalaornithidae Fam. Nov.: A New Family of Enantiornithine Bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning http://159.226.74.2/wxdata/En/Show.asp?id=10184 Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 46 3 365–372 https://web.archive.org/web/20140809061046/http://159.226.74.2/wxdata/En/Show.asp?id=10184 9 August 2014 dead Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidLi Li Hu Dong-yu Duan Ye Gong En-pu Hou LianhaiEarly CretaceousJiufotang Formation ChinaAn Alethoalaornithidae Li, Hu, Duan, Gong et Hou, 2007, Enantiornithes Walker, 1981.Baptornis varneri 10.1130/2007.2427(17) James E. Martin Amanda Cordes-Person The Geology and Paleontology of the Late Cretaceous Marine Deposits of the Dakotas A new species of the diving bird Baptornis (Ornithurae: Hesperornithiformes) from the lower Pierre Shale Group (Upper Cretaceous) of southwestern South Dakota 2007 427 227–237 978-0-8137-2427-0 Sp. nov. ValidJames E. Martin Amanda Cordes-PersonLate CretaceousEarly-Middle Campanian USA (South Dakota)Described in Baptornithidae, Hesperornithiformes, transferred to Brodavis Martin, Kurochkin et Tokaryk, 2012, Brodavidae, Hesperornithiformes. Belonopterus lilloi Marcos M. Cenizo Federico Agnolin 2007 La presencia del género Belonopterus Reichenbach, 1852 (Aves, Charadriidae) en el Pleistoceno de Argentina, con la descripción de Belonopterus lilloi nov. sp. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Nueva Series 9 1 41–47 10.22179/REVMACN.9.363 freeSp. nov.ValidMarcos M. Cenizo Federico L. AgnolinLate Pliocene-Early PleistoceneMiramar Formation ArgentinaA Charadriidae, lapwing, a relative of the southern lapwing.Berruornis halbedeli 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[394:tbftpf]2.0.co;2 Gerald Mayr 2007 The Birds from the Paleocene Fissure Filling of Walbeck (Germany) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228652605 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 2 394–408 55464555 Sp. nov. ValidGerald MayrPaleocene GermanyA Sophiornithidae, Strigiformes.?Borvocarbo stoeffelensis 10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[929:asrotp]2.0.co;2 Gerald Mayr 2007 A Small Representative of the Phalacrocoracoidea (Cormorants and Anhingas) from the Late Oligocene of Germany http://www.bioone.org/toc/cond/109/4 Condor 109 4 929–942 86132625 subscription Sp. nov. ValidGerald MayrLate OligoceneMP 28: Germany First described as ?Oligocorax sp. Mayr, 2001, than as ?Borvocarbo stoeffelensis Mayr, 2007. In 2014 Mayr transferred the species back as ?Oligocorax stoeffelensis (Mayr, 2007).Dunstanetta johnstoneorum 10.1017/s1477201906001957 Trevor H. Worthy Alan J. D. Tennyson C. Jones J. A. McNamara J. Douglas 2007 Miocene Waterfowl and Other Birds from Central Otago, New Zealand https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231860035 Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5 1 1–39 2007JSPal...5....1W 2440/43360 85230857 free Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidTrevor H. Worthy Alan J. D. Tennyson C. Jones J. A. McNamara J. DouglasEarly-Middle MioceneBannockburn Formation New ZealandAn Anatidae.Elsornis keni 10.1017/s1477201906001969 Luis M. Chiappe Shigeru Suzuki Gareth J. Dyke Mahito Watabe K. Tsogtbaatar Rinchen Barsbold 2007 A New Enantiornithine Bird from the Late Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5 2 193–208 2007JSPal...5..193C 85391743 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidLuis M. Chiappe Shigeru Suzuki Gareth J. Dyke Mahito Watabe K. Tsogtbaatar Rinchen BarsboldLate CretaceousCampanian, Djadokhta Formation MongoliaAn Enantiornithes Walker, 1981.Euroceros bulgaricus 10.1016/j.geobios.2005.12.001 Zlatozar N. Boev Dimitar Kovachev 2007 Euroceros bulgaricus Gen. Nov., Sp. Nov. from Hadzhidimovo (SW Bulgaria) (Late Miocene) - The First European Record of the Hornbills (Aves: Coraciiformes) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248616265 Geobios 40 1 39–49 2007Geobi..40...39B Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidZlatozar N. Boev Dimitar KovachevLate MioceneTurolian-Meotian, MN 11-12 BulgariaA Bucorvidae.Fissuravis weigelti Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidGerald Mayr?Upper Middle Paleocene?MP 5 GermanyDescribed in cf. Lithornithidae, Lithornithiformes, Palaeognathae.Gallirallus epulare 10.1353/psc.2007.0008 Jeremy J. Kirchman David W. Steadman 2007 New Species of Extinct Rails (Aves: Rallidae) from Archaeological Sites in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/22605/vol61n1-145-164.pdf?sequence=1 Pacific Science 61 1 145–163 10125/22605 86793953 free Sp. nov. ValidJeremy J. Kirchman David W. SteadmanSubrecentNuku Hiva French PolynesiaA Rallidae.Gallirallus gracilitibia Sp. nov. ValidJeremy J. Kirchman David W. SteadmanSubrecentUa Huka French PolynesiaA Rallidae.Gallirallus roletti Sp. nov. ValidJeremy J. Kirchman David W. SteadmanSubrecentTahuata French PolynesiaA Rallidae.Gradiornis walbeckensis Gen. nov et Sp. nov. ValidGerald MayrUpper Middle Paleocene?MP 5 GermanyDescribed in cf. Cariamae sensu Olson, 1985.Icadyptes salasi 10.1073/pnas.0611099104 Julia A. Clarke Daniel T. Ksepka Marcello Stucchi Mario Urbina Norberto Giannini Sara Bertelli Yanina Narváez Clint A. Boyd 2007 Paleogene Equatorial Penguins Challenge the Proposed Relationship Between Biogeography, Diversity, and Cenozoic Climate Change Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104 28 11545–11550 17601778 1913862 2007PNAS..10411545C free Gen. nov et Sp. nov. ValidJulia A. Clarke Daniel T. Ksepka Marcello Stucchi Mario Urbina Norberto Giannini Sara Bertelli Yanina Narvaez Clint A. BoydLate EoceneOtuma Formation PeruA Spheniscidae from Peru.Kelenken guillermoi 2007 A New Phorusrhacid (Aves: Cariamae) from the Middle Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 2 409–419 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[409:ANPACF]2.0.CO;2 Sara Bertelli Luis M. Chiappe Claudia Tambussi 85693135 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidSara Bertelli Luis M. Chiappe Claudia TambussiMiddle MioceneCollón Cura Formation ArgentinaA Phorusrhacidae.thumb|center|200px|Kelenken guillermoiMadryornis mirandus Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche Claudia Tambussi Mariano Donato Mario Cozzuol 2007 A New Miocene Penguin from Patagonia and Its Phylogenetic Relationships http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app52/app52-299.pdf Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52 2 299–314 Gen. nov et Sp. nov. ValidCarolina Acosta Hospitaleche Claudia Tambussi Mariano Donato Mario CozzuolEarly Late MiocenePuerto Madryn Formation ArgentinaA Spheniscidae from Chubut Province. Manuherikia lacustrina Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidTrevor H. Worthy Alan J. D. Tennyson C. Jones J. A. McNamara J. DouglasEarly-Middle MioceneBannockburn Formation New ZealandAn Anatidae.Manuherikia minuta Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidTrevor H. Worthy Alan J. D. Tennyson C. Jones J. A. McNamara J. DouglasEarly-Middle MioceneBannockburn Formation New ZealandAn Anatidae.Martinavis cruzyensis 2007 Large euenantiornithine birds from the Cretaceous of southern France, North America and Argentina https://www.researchgate.net/publication/40661393 Geological Magazine 144 6 977–986 10.1017/S0016756807003871 Cyril A. Walker Eric Buffetaut Gareth J. Dyke 2007GeoM..144..977W 129483776 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidCyril A. Walker Eric Buffetaut Gareth J. DykeLate Cretaceous, Late Campanian-Early MaastrichtianGrès à Reptiles Formation FranceAn Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus.Martinavis vincei Sp. nov.ValidCyril A. Walker Eric Buffetaut Gareth J. DykeLate Cretaceous, Late MaastrichtianLecho Formation ArgentinaAn Enantiornithes Walker, 1981.Matanas enrighti Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidTrevor H. Worthy Alan J. D. Tennyson C. Jones J. A. McNamara J. DouglasEarly-Middle MioceneBannockburn Formation New ZealandA possible Anatidae.Miotadorna sanctibathansi Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. ValidTrevor H. Worthy Alan J. D. Tennyson C. Jones J. A. McNamara J. DouglasEarly-Middle MioceneBannockburn Formation New ZealandA possible Anatidae.Pampaemberiza olrogii 2007 Un nuevo Emberizinae (Aves, Passeriformes) del Pleistoceno medio de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina http://campus.usal.es/~revistas_trabajo/index.php/0211-8327/article/view/6993/7000 Stvdia Geologica Salmanticensia 43 2 167–173 Federico L. AgnolínGen. nov. et Sp. nov.ValidFederico L. AgnolinMiddle Pleistocene ArgentinaAn Emberizidae Passeriformes. 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Göhlich 2007 The Oldest Fossil Record of the Extant Penguin Genus Spheniscus-A New Species from the Miocene of Peru https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app52/app52-285.pdf Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52 2 285–298 Sp. nov. ValidUrsula B. GöhlichLate Middle-Early Late MiocenePisco Formation PeruAnother Spheniscidae from Peru.Turnipax oechslerorum 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2007.00712.x Gerald Mayr Charles W. Knopf 2007 A Stem Lineage Representative of Buttenquails from the Lower Oligocene of Germany - Fossil Evidence for a Charadriiform Origin of the Turnicidae Ibis 149 4 774–782 Sp. nov. ValidGerald Mayr Charles W. KnopfEarly OligoceneRupelian GermanyA stem Turnicidae.Vastanavis eocaena Gerald Mayr Rajendra S. Rana Ashok Sahni Thierry Smith 2007 Oldest Fossil Avian Remains from the Indian Subcontinental Plate http://repository.ias.ac.in/43648/1/24-Pub.pdf Current Science 92 9 1266–1269 Gen. Nov. et Sp. nov. ValidGerald Mayr Rajendra S. Rana Ashok Sahni Thierry SmithEarly Eocene, YpresianCambay Formation IndiaA stem Psittaciformes, Vastanavidae G. Mayr, Rana, Rose, Sahni, Kumar, Sing et T. Smith, 2010.Walbeckornis creber Sp. nov. ValidGerald MayrPaleocene GermanyInfraorder Cariamides. Lepidosauromorpha Plesiosaurs Everhart M. J. 2007 Historical note on the 1884 discovery of Brachauchenius lucasi (Plesiosauria; Pliosauridae) in Ottawa County, Kansas Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 110 3–4 255–258 10.1660/0022-8443(2007)110[255:hnotdo]2.0.co;2 86180150 Everhart M. J. 2007 Use of archival photographs to rediscover the locality of the Holyrood elasmosaur (Ellsworth County, Kansas) Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 110 1/2 135–143 10.1660/0022-8443(2007)110[135:uoaptr]2.0.co;2 86051586 Name StatusLocation Authors NotesEopolycotylusValidUSA Albright Gillette TitusPahasapasaurusValidUSA SchumacherPalmulaRenamed Palmulasaurus, as preoccupied by a genus of foraminifera.USA Albright Gillette TitusPalmulasaurusValidUSA Albright Gillette Titus Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Location NotesImagesCharassognathusBotha, J. Abdala, F. Smith, R. 2007 The oldest cynodont: new clues on the origin and early diversification of the Cynodontia Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149 3 477–492 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00268.x freeValid Botha Abdala Smith257 million years ago South Africathumb|CharassognathusDeccanodonNath, T.T. Yadagiri, P.Y. 2007 A new mammal-like reptile (Cynodontia) from the Upper Triassic Maleri Formation of Pranhita-Godavari Valley, Andhra Pradesh Journal of the Geological Society of India 69 57–60 10.17491/jgsi/2007/690107 Valid Narth Yadagiri231 million years ago IndiaKatumbiaAngielczyk, K.D. 2007 New specimens of the Tanzanian dicynodont "Cryptocynodon" parringtoni von Huene, 1942 (Therapsida, Anomodontia), with an expanded analysis of Permian dicynodont phylogeny Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 2 116–131 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[116:NSOTTD]2.0.CO;2 86308349 Valid Angielczyk256 million years ago Tanzania ZambiaNew genus for "Cryptocynodon" parringtoniLophorhinusSidor, C.A. Smith, R.M.H. 2007 A second burnetiamorph therapsid from the Permian Teekloof Formation of South Africa and its associated fauna Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 2 420–430 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[420:ASBTFT]2.0.CO;2 86173425 Valid Sidor Smith256 million years ago South Africathumb|Lophorhinus Mammals Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAfricanacetusValid Bianucci et al.Miocene Banzare Bank, south South Africa Eritrea MozambiqueJunggaroperadectesNi X Meng J Wu W Ye J Xijun Ni Jin Meng Wenyu Wu Jie Ye 2007 A new Early Oligocene peradectine marsupial (Mammalia)from the Burqin region of Xinjiang, China Naturwissenschaften 94 17136514 3 237–241 10.1007/s00114-006-0182-2 2007NW.....94..237N 5829794 Valid Ni Meng Wu YeEarly OligoceneKeziletuogayi Formation ChinaA peradectine marsupialNakalipithecus Kunimatsu Y. Nakatsukasa M. Sawada Y. Sakai T. Hyodo M. Hyodo H. Itaya T. Nakaya H. Saegusa H. Mazurier A. Saneyoshi M. Tsujikawa H. Yamamoto A. Mbua E. A new Late Miocene great ape from Kenya and its implications for the origins of African great apes and humans 10.1073/pnas.0706190104 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 49 19220–5 2007 18024593 2148271 2007PNAS..10419220K free Valid Kunimatsu Nakatsukasa et al.Kunimatsu, Nakatsukasa, Sawada, Sakai, Hyodo, Hyodo, Itaya, Nakaya, Saegusa, Mazurier, Saneyoshi, Tsujikawa, Yamamoto, Mbua.TortonianNakali Formation KenyaVulpes riffautaeLouis de Bonis Stéphane Peigné Andossa Likius Hassane Taïsso Mackaye Patrick Vignaud Michel Brunet 2007 The oldest African fox (Vulpes riffautae n. sp., Canidae, Carnivora) recovered in late Miocene deposits of the Djurab desert, Chad Naturwissenschaften 94 7 575–580 10.1007/s00114-007-0230-6 17361401 2007NW.....94..575D 6073654 Valid De Bonis et al.Late Miocene Chad 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 Paleontology