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1990 in paleontology

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Plants

Conifers

Pinaceae

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Angiosperms

Basal eudicots

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationSynonymized taxaNotesImages
synonymy}}Berberis riogrande (1987)
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Superroids

Malpighiales
NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationSynonymized taxaNotesImages
synonymy}}Betula smithiana p.p. 1987

Paleomycology

newly named fungi

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Arthropods

Newly named crustaceans

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Newly named insects

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Vertebrates

Conodonts

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Newly named Actinopterygii ("Ray-finned Fish")

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Pseudosuchians

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Dinosaurs

  • All Anatosaurus species except A. copei were moved to the previously existing genus Edmontosaurus by Brett-Surman
  • "Seismosaurus" gastroliths documented.

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

NameStatusAuthorsLocationImages
AgilisaurusPeng, G-Z. 1990. A new small ornithopodValid taxon
AnatotitanBrett-Surman vide Chapman, R.E., and M.K. Brett-Valid taxon formerly called Anatosaurus copei
BellusaurusDong, Z. 1990. Sauropoda from the KelameiliValid taxon
BreviceratopsKurzanov, S.M. 1991. A new Late Cretaceous protoceratopsidValid taxon
ColoradisaurusValid taxon
DrinkerBakker, R.T., P. Galton, J. Siegwarth, and J. Filla.Valid taxon
EmausaurusHaubold, H. 1990. Ein neuer dinosaurierValid taxon
EpachthosaurusPowell, J.E. 1986. Revision de los titanosauridosValid taxon
"Futabasaurus"Nomen nudum; later applied to a plesiosaur.
“Hadrosauravus"Lambert, D., and the Diagram Group. 1990. TheNomen nudum
“Hisanohamasaurus”Nomen nudum
“Katsuyamasaurus"Nomen nudum
"Kitadanisaurus"Nomen nudum
"Madsenius"Nomen nudum
MonkonosaurusZhao vide Dong, Z. 1990. Stegosaurs of Asia.Valid taxon
RichardoestesiaValid taxon
“Sugiyamasaurus"Nomen nudum
YimenosaurusBai, Z., J. Yang, and G. Wang. 1990. A newValid taxon

Newly named birds

NameStatusNoveltyAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

References

Works cited

  • Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180.

References

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  4. (May 1990). "Fossil decapod crustaceans from the lower Tertiary of the Prince William Sound Region, Gulf of Alaska". Journal of Paleontology.
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  9. (1990). "''Baru darrowi'' gen. et sp. nov., a large, broad-snouted crocodyline (Eusuchia: Crocodylidae) from mid-Tertiary freshwater limestones in Northern Australia.". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.
  10. Gillette, D. (1990). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
  11. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List".
  12. Galton, P.M.. (1990). "[[The Dinosauria]]". University of California Press.
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