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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2004.
Protozoa[]
New taxa[]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Poinar & Poinar |
Myanmar |
Oldest record of the protozoan family Trypanosomatidae, |
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Fungi[]
newly named[]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Smith, Currah, & Stockey |
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Extinct bracket fungus |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Smith, Currah, & Stockey |
Barremian (Cretaceous) |
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Extinct bracket fungus. |
Plants[]
Newly named plants[]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov. |
Valid |
Pigg, Ickert-Bond, & Wen |
Middle Miocene |
"Yakima Canyon Flora" |
A species of sweetgum |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
DeVore, Moore, Pigg, & Wehr |
oldest and only extinct species of Neviusia |
Arthropoda[]
newly named arachnids[]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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?Anyphops cortex[6] |
sp nov |
jr synonym[7] |
Wunderlich |
Unknown |
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jr Synonym of Garcorops jadis |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Bosselaers |
Unknown |
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Possibly extant, but copal age is not determined |
Newly named insects[]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn |
Turonian |
A Myrmicin ant, type species A. petrosa |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn |
Turonian |
A ponerin ant, two species |
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Fam, gen et sp nov |
valid |
Koteja |
Myanmar |
A scale insect, monotypic with Albicoccidae & A. dimai |
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Fam, gen et sp nov |
valid |
Koteja |
Myanmar |
A scale insect, monotypic with Burmacoccidae & B. danyi |
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Comb nov |
valid |
(Mayr, 1868) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil myrmicine ant |
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Electrostephanus janzeni[12] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Engel |
Baltic Amber |
A stephanid wasp |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Nel & Perrault |
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A stem group ant, |
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gen et sp nov |
valid |
Koteja |
Myanmar |
A scale insect, monotypic M. barbarae |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Archibald |
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A Berothid lacewing |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Poinar |
Myanmar |
A Phlebotomidae sand fly, type species P. burmitis |
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Newly named fishes[]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Valiukevičius |
Late Silurian |
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An acanthodian belonging to the group Ischnacanthiformes and the family . |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Schultze & Märss |
Late Silurian |
A bony fish belonging to the group . |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Schultze & Märss |
Late Silurian |
Estonia |
A bony fish belonging to the group . |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Schultze & Märss |
Early Devonian |
A bony fish belonging to the group . |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Valiukevičius |
Late Silurian |
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An acanthodian belonging to the group Climatiiformes and the family . |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Valiukevičius |
Late Silurian |
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An acanthodian belonging to the group Climatiiformes and the family . |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Elliott, Mark-Kurik & Daeschler |
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A member of Pteraspidiformes belonging to the group Psammosteida and the family . The type species is P. pulla |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Valiukevičius |
Late Silurian |
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Estonia |
An acanthodian belonging to the group Ischnacanthiformes and the family . |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Valiukevičius |
Late Silurian |
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Estonia |
An acanthodian belonging to the group Ischnacanthiformes and the family . |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Žigaitė |
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A thelodont, possibly a member of the group . The type species is T. rimae |
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
Valid |
Miller, Märss & Blom |
Late Silurian |
Estonia |
A member of Anaspida belonging to the group Birkeniida, possibly a member of the family Septentrioniidae. The type species is T. juncta; genus also includes T. concatenata. |
Newly named amphibians[]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Lebedev |
A basal member of Tetrapoda. The type species is J. livnensis |
Archosauromorphs[]
Newly named dinosaurs[]
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[22]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Currie & Varricchio |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Parish & Barrett |
Cenomanian-Turonian |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Martinelli & Forasiepi |
Late Cretaceous |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Apesteguía |
late Cretaceous |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
You, Ji, Lamanna, |
late Cretaceous |
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Dilong[28] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Early Cretaceous |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Calvo, Rubilar-Rogers, & Moreno |
Late Cretaceous |
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Valid |
Xing & Wang |
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Valid |
Hwang, Norell, Ji, & Gao |
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Valid |
Bolotsky & Godefroit |
Late Cretaceous |
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Valid |
Salgado, Garrido, Cocca, & Cocca |
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Valid |
Xu & Norell |
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Valid |
Naish, Martill, & Frey |
Santana Formation |
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Preoccupied name |
Lü, Tomida, Azuma, |
Renamed Nemegtomaia |
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Nomen nudum |
Zhao & Tan |
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Valid |
Chinnery |
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Valid |
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Valid |
Xu, & Wang |
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Valid |
Sereno, Wilson & Conrad |
Middle Jurassic |
Irhazer Group |
A ceratosaur; new genus for |
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Valid |
Harris & Dodson |
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Valid |
Novas, Cambiaso, & Ambrosio |
Pari Aike Formation |
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Valid |
Allain et al |
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Valid |
Leal, Azevedo, |
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Other archosauromorphs[]
Name | Status | Authors Location | Notes | Images | |
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Crosbysaurus[44] | Valid non-dinosaurian taxon. |
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USA | ||
Protecovasaurus[45] | Valid non-dinosaurian taxon. |
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USA |
Newly named birds[]
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Aberratiodontus [46] |
Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
, & |
An Enantiornithes, |
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Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
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MP 29 |
An Anseranatidae, the type species of Anserpica Mourer-Chauviré, Berthet & Hugueney, 2004. |
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Bavaripsitta ballmanni [48] |
Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
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Middle Miocene |
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A Psittacidae, the type species of Bavaripsitta Mayr & Göhlich, 2004. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
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A Phalacrocoracidae, the type species of Borvocarbo Mourer-Chauviré, Berthet & Hugueney, 2004. |
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? [49] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Early Oligocene |
A Gaviidae, not certain a species of Colymboides Milne-Edwards, 1868. |
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Eurotrochilus inexpectatus [50] |
Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
Early Oligocene |
A Trochilidae, the type species of Eurotrochilus Mayr, 2004. |
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Iaceornis marshi [51] |
Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
Julia A. Clarke |
USA: |
An Ornithurae, the type species of Iaceornis Clarke, 2004. |
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Longirostravis hani [52] |
Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
Chuong Cheng-Ming |
An Enantiornithes, Euenantiornithes, the type species of Longirostravis Hou, Chiappe, Zhang et Chuong, 2004. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
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Late Quaternary |
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Greece |
A Turdidae, the type species of Meridiocichla Louchart, 2004. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
Evgeny N. Kurochkin
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Middle MN 10 |
A Corvidae, the type species of Miopica Kurochkin & Sobolev, 2004. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
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Middle Miocene |
MN 6 |
A Scolopacidae, the type species of Mirolia Ballmann, 2004. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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Middle Miocene |
MN 6 |
A Scolopacidae. |
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? [55] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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Middle Miocene |
MN 6 |
A Scolopacidae, not certain to belong in Mirolia Ballmann, 2004. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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Middle Miocene |
MN 6 |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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Middle Eocene |
MP 11 |
A Feduccia et Martin, 1976. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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Middle Eocene |
MP 11 |
A Feduccia et Martin, 1976. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
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Early Pliocene |
A Sulidae, the type species of Ramphastosula Stucchi & Urbina, 2004. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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Early-Middle Pleistocene |
A Tytonidae. |
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Vescornis hebeiensis [59] |
Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
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An Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus, most probably a junior synonym of Hebeiornis fengningensis Yan, 1999. |
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Vitirallus watlingi [60] |
Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
A Rallidae, the type species of Vitirallus Worthy, 2004. |
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Valid |
Gen et sp. nov. |
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Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene |
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A Cathartidae, the type species of Wingegyps Alvarenga & Olson, 2004. |
Plesiosaurs[]
New taxa[]
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Pterosaurs[]
New taxa[]
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Synapsids[]
Non-mammalian[]
Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
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Valid |
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Valid |
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Valid |
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Valid |
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India |
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