2002 in paleontology
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Template:Redirect category shell Script error: No such module "Portal". Template:Sister project 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 Template:Show by date published in the year 2002.
Plants
Gymnosperms
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Mustoe |
McAbee site, Kamloops Group |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
McKown, Stockey, & Schweger |
Ch'ijee's Bluff, Bluefish Basin |
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Angiosperms
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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sp nov |
Valid |
Poinar & Brown |
A species of Hymenaea, producer of Mexican amber |
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Trifurcatua flabellata[5] |
Gen. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Mohr & Rydin |
putative monocot |
Arthropods
Insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sp nov. |
Jr synonym |
Makarkin, Archibald, Oswald |
A drepanepterygine brown lacewing. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Dlussky & Rasnitsyn |
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A dolichoderine ant. |
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|
Sp nov |
valid |
Dlussky |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A Dolichoderine ant |
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|
Sp nov |
valid |
Dlussky |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A Dolichoderine ant |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Dlussky & Rasnitsyn |
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A ant of uncertain placement. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Dlussky & Rasnitsyn |
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A ant of uncertain placement. |
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Comb nov |
Valid |
(Nel) |
Late Miocene |
An inocellid snakefly, |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Dlussky |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A formicine ant |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Dlussky & Rasnitsyn |
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An ant form genus of uncertain placement. |
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Gen et 2 sp nov |
Valid |
Dlussky & Rasnitsyn |
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An ant form genus of uncertain placement. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Dlussky & Rasnitsyn |
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An aneuretine ant |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Dlussky & Rasnitsyn |
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A myrmicine ant form genus. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Dlussky & Rasnitsyn |
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A ponerine ant. |
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Gen, 3 sp et 1 comb nov |
Valid |
Dlussky & Rasnitsyn |
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A ponerine ant form genus. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Dlusskys & Rasnitsyn |
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A dolichoderine ant form genus |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Dlussky & Rasnitsyn |
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A myrmicine ant form genus. |
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sp. nov |
valid |
Makarkin, Archibald, Oswald |
first description of fossil Wesmaelius |
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Conodonts
New taxa
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gen et comb nov |
valid |
Bardashev, Weddige, & Ziegler |
An eopolygnathid conodont, |
Archosauromorphs
Dinosaurs
New taxa
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[13]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Fraser, Padian, Walkden, & Davis |
late Triassic |
A possible chimera |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Coria & Calvo |
Late Cretaceous |
An Iguanodont |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
An Abelisaurid |
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gen nov |
Officially named Byronosaurus |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
An ankylosaurid |
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gen et sp nov |
Czerkas, Zhang, Li, & Li |
Jr synonym of Microraptor |
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gen et sp nov |
Zhang, Zhou, Xu, & Wang |
jr synonym of Scansoriopteryx |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Xu et al. |
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gen et sp nov |
Hutt |
Jr synonym of Eotyrannus |
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Rey |
Officially named Huaxiagnathus in 2004 |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Xu, Wang, & Chang |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
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|
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Kellner & Campos |
Bauru-type red conglomerate sandstone |
An Abelisaurid |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Czerkas & Yuan |
Possible junior synonym of Epidendrosaurus |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Xu et al. |
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| Sphaerotholus[28] | Gen. 2 sp. nov | Valid | Williamson & Carr | Late Cretaceous | Kirtland Formation, Hell Creek Formation | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
(File:Flag of Montana.svg Montana, File:Flag of New Mexico.svg New Mexico) |
A pachycephalosaurine; originally described with two species, S. goodwini and S. buchholtzae. |
Birds
New taxa
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Plesiosaurs
New taxa
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Druckenmiller |
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A polycotylid |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Cruickshank & Fordyce |
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An aristonectine elasmosaurid |
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|
Gen et comb nov |
Valid |
Gasparini et al. |
A cryptoclidid |
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Pterosaurs
In October, a partial Mesadacylus wing was discovered in the Kingsview Quarry of Colorado.[72] This find marks the first time that a Morrison pterosaur has been found at more than one site in the formation.[72]
New taxa
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Dalla Vecchia, Wild, & Reitner |
Seefelder Beds |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Buffetaut, Grigorescu, & Csiki |
possibly a jr synonym of Quetzalcoatlus |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Wang & Zhou |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Varricchio |
At first thought to be a bird, but subsequently reinterpreted as a pterosaur, likely a member of Ornithocheiroidea.[74] |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Czerkas & Ji |
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|
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Kellner & Campos |
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|
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Czerkas & Mickelson |
Morrison Formation, Utah |
Lepidosauromorphs
Squamates
New taxa
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gen et sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Novas et al. |
Genus synonymized with Taniwhasaurus in 2007 |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Christiansen & Bonde |
A large mosasaur |
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
gen nov |
Valid |
Kammerer & Sidor |
Upper Permian |
A dinocephalian. Replacement name for Criocephalus Broom, 1928, preoccupied by Criocephalus Mulsant 1839. |
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|
Gen nov |
Valid |
Maisch |
A dicynodont. New genus for "Platycyclops" crassus Broom, 1948. |
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|
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Maisch |
Beaufort Group |
A dicynodont. The type species is Kwazulusaurus shakai. |
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Lanthanocephalus[80] |
gen et sp nov |
Preoccupied |
Modesto, Rubidge, & Welman |
Genus preoccupied by Lanthanocephalus Williams & Starmer, 2000, moved to the replacement Lanthanostegus in 2003 |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Tatarinov |
Middle Triassic |
A cynodont. The type species is Neotrirachodon expectatus. |
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|
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Maisch |
A gorgonopsian. The type species is Ruhuhucerberus terror. |
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|
gen nov |
Valid |
Maisch |
A gorgonopsian. New genus for "Gorgonognathus" maximus von Huene, 1950. |
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