2004 in paleontology

Protozoa

New taxa

Fungi

newly named

Plants

Newly named plants

Arthropoda

newly named arachnids

Newly named insects

Molluscs

Cephalopods

Newly named fishes

Newly named amphibians

Reptile

Archosauromorphs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Other archosauromorphs

Newly named birds

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Other Animals

References

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2. (2004). "Cretaceous and Eocene poroid hymenophores from Vancouver Island, British Columbia". Mycologia.
3. (2004). "Fagus (Fagaceae) fruits, foliage, and pollen from the Middle Eocene of Pacific Northwestern North America". Canadian Journal of Botany.
4. (2004). "Anatomically preserved ''Liquidambar'' (Altingiaceae) from the middle Miocene of Yakima Canyon, Washington state, USA, and its biogeographic implications". American Journal of Botany.
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