2007 in paleontology

Plants

Angiosperms

General paleobotanical research

• An approximately 1000 ha Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) age rainforest is reported from the Herrin #6 coal mine in Illinois by DiMichele et al.

Fungi

newly named

Arthropoda

Crustaceans

Research

• Schram (2007) publishes a revision of Paleozoic stomatopods, erecting the families Gorgonophontidae and Daidalidae.

New taxa

Insects

New taxa

Fish

Bony fish

Cartilaginous fish

Archosauromorphs

Pseudosuchians

Pterosaurs

Newly named non-dinosaurian dinosauromorphs

Newly named non-avian dinosauromorphs

Data courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.

Newly named birds

Lepidosauromorpha

Plesiosaurs

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Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Mammals

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

References

1. (2007). "New fossil leaves of Araceae from the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene of western North America". Zitteliana.
2. (2007). "Establishing a fossil record for the perianthless Piperales: ''Saururus tuckerae'' sp. nov.(Saururaceae) from the Middle Eocene Princeton Chert.". American Journal of Botany.
3. (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.
4. (2007). "Ecological gradients within a Pennsylvanian mire forest". Geology.
5. (2007). "Margaretbarromyces dictyosporus gen. sp. nov.: a permineralized corticolous ascomycete from the Eocene of Vancouver Island, British Columbia". Mycological Research.
6. (2007). "Evidence of mycoparasitism and hypermycoparasitism in Early Cretaceous amber". Mycological Research.
7. Schram, Frederick R.. (2007). "Paleozoic Proto-Mantis Shrimp Revisited". Journal of Paleontology.
8. (2007). "The fungus-growing ant genus ''Apterostigma'' in Dominican amber.". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute.
9. (2007). "The neuropterid fauna of Dominican and Mexican amber (Neuropterida, Megaloptera, Neuroptera)". American Museum Novitates.
10. Wedmann, Sonja. (9 January 2007). "The first fossil leaf insect: 47 million years of specialized cryptic morphology and behavior". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
11. (2007). "''Glisachaemus jonasdamzeni'' gen. et sp. nov. of Cixiidae from the Eocene Baltic amber (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha)". Alavesia.
12. (2007). "New chironomid flies in Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Diptera: Chironomidae)". African Invertebrates.
13. (2007). "A new hangingfly (Insecta: Mecoptera: Bittacidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China". African Invertebrates.
14. (2007). "First record of fossil 'rapismatid-like' Ithonidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil". Cretaceous Research.
15. (2007). "''Schwenckfeldina archoica'' sp. nov. (Diptera, Sciaridae) from the middle Miocene Mexican amber". Alavesia.
16. (2007). "A new aetosaur from the Upper Triassic (Adamanian: Carnian) of Arizona". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin.
17. (2007). "A new rauisuchian (Archosauria, Suchia) from the Upper Triassic of the Argana Basin, Morocco". Palaeontology.
18. Paolillo, Alfredo. (2007). "Nuevos cocodrilos Sebecosuchia del Cenozoico Suramericano (Mesosuchia: Crocodylia)". Paleobiologia Neotropical.
19. Christopher A. Brochu. (2007). "Systematics and taxonomy of Eocene tomistomine crocodylians from Britain and Northern Europe". Palaeontology.
20. (2007). "''Montealtosuchus arrudacamposi'', a new peirosaurid crocodile (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of Brazil". Zootaxa.
21. (2007). "The first "protosuchian" (Archosauria: Crocodyliformes) from the Cretaceous (Santonian) of Gondwana". Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro.
22. (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.
23. Christopher A. Brochu. (2007). "Morphology, relationships, and biogeographical significance of an extinct horned crocodile (Crocodylia, Crocodylidae) from the Quaternary of Madagascar". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
24. Irmis, Randall B.. (2007). "A Late Triassic dinosauromorph assemblage from New Mexico and the rise of dinosaurs". Science.
25. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List".
26. (2007). "''Achillesaurus manazzonei'', a new alvarezsaurid theropod (Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina". Zootaxa.
27. (2007). "A new basal centrosaurine ceratopsid from the Oldman Formation, southeastern Alberta". Journal of Paleontology.
28. Apesteguía, Sebastián. (2007). "The sauropod diversity of the La Amarga Formation (Barremian), Neuquén (Argentina)". Gondwana Research.
29. Galton, Peter. (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.
30. Remes, Kristian. (2007). "A second Gondwanan diplodocid dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic Tendaguru Beds of Tanzania, East Africa". Palaeontology.
31. Allain, Ronan. (2007). "A basal abelisauroid from the late Early Jurassic of the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco, and the radiation of ceratosaurs". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
32. 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.
33. Chinnery, Brenda J.. (2007). "A new neoceratopsian dinosaur linking North American and Asian taxa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
34. (2007). "''Dongbetitan dongi'', the first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of western Liaoning Province, China". Acta Geologica Sinica.
35. Butler, Richard J.. (2007). "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.
36. (2007). "A new ceratopsid dinosaur (Ornithischia) from the uppermost Horseshoe Canyon Formation (upper Maastrichtian), Alberta, Canada.". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences.
37. (2007). "A new Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem from Gondwana with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências.
38. (2007). "A gigantic bird-like dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China". Nature.
39. Chengkai, Jia. (2007). "The first stegosaur (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation of Xinjiang, China". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition).
40. Kutty, T.S.. (2007). "Basal sauropodomorphs (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Jurassic of India: their anatomy and relationships". Journal of Paleontology.
41. Ezcurra, Martin D.. (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.
42. Lü, J.-C.. (2007). "New dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Luanchuan area, western Henan, China". Geological Bulletin of China.
43. Turner, Alan H.. (2007). "A basal dromaeosaurid and size evolution preceding avian flight". Science.
44. Mo J.. (2007). "The first hadrosaurid dinosaur from southern China". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition).
45. Varricchio, David J.. (2007). "First trace and body fossil evidence of a burrowing, denning dinosaur". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
46. Rose, Peter J.. (2007). "A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Early Cretaceous of central Texas and its phylogenetic relationships". Palaeontologia Electronica.
47. Galton, Peter M.. (2007). "''Pantydraco'' n. gen. for ''Thecodontosaurus caducus'' YATES, 2003, a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Upper Triassic or Lower Jurassic of South Wales, UK". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen.
48. Turner, A.S.. (2007). "A small derived theropod from Öösh, Early Cretaceous, Baykhangor Mongolia". American Museum Novitates.
49. (2007). "A new giant compsognathid dinosaur with long filamentous integuments from Lower Cretaceous of Northeastern China". Acta Geologica Sinica.
50. Li D.. (2007). "A large therizinosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition).
51. Averianov, A.O.. (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.
52. Junchang, Lu. (2007). "New nodosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Lishui, Zhejiang Province, China". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition).
53. Li, Xu. (2007). "New nodosaurid ankylosaur from the Cretaceous of Ruyang, Henan Province". Acta Geologica Sinica.
54. Zhao, X.. (2007). "''Zhuchengosaurus maximus'' from Shandong Province". Acta Geoscientia Sinica.
55. (2007). "Alethoalaornithidae Fam. Nov.: A New Family of Enantiornithine Bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning". Acta Palaeontologica Sinica.
56. (2007). "The Geology and Paleontology of the Late Cretaceous Marine Deposits of the Dakotas".
57. (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.
58. Gerald Mayr. (2007). "The Birds from the Paleocene Fissure Filling of Walbeck (Germany)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
59. Gerald Mayr. (2007). "A Small Representative of the Phalacrocoracoidea (Cormorants and Anhingas) from the Late Oligocene of Germany". Condor.
60. (2007). "Miocene Waterfowl and Other Birds from Central Otago, New Zealand". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.
61. (2007). "A New Enantiornithine Bird from the Late Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.
62. (2007). "''Euroceros bulgaricus'' Gen. Nov., Sp. Nov. from Hadzhidimovo (SW Bulgaria) (Late Miocene) - The First European Record of the Hornbills (Aves: Coraciiformes)". Geobios.
63. (2007). "New Species of Extinct Rails (Aves: Rallidae) from Archaeological Sites in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia". Pacific Science.
64. (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.
65. (2007). "A New Phorusrhacid (Aves: Cariamae) from the Middle Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
66. (2007). "A New Miocene Penguin from Patagonia and Its Phylogenetic Relationships". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
67. (2007). "Large euenantiornithine birds from the Cretaceous of southern France, North America and Argentina". Geological Magazine.
68. Federico L. Agnolín. (2007). "Un nuevo Emberizinae (Aves, Passeriformes) del Pleistoceno medio de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina". Stvdia Geologica Salmanticensia.
69. (2007). "A New Enantiornitine Bird with Four Long Rectrices from the Early Cretaceous of Northern Hebei, China". Acta Geologica Sinica.
70. Ursula B. Göhlich. (2007). "The Oldest Fossil Record of the Extant Penguin Genus ''Spheniscus''-A New Species from the Miocene of Peru". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
71. (2007). "A Stem Lineage Representative of Buttenquails from the Lower Oligocene of Germany - Fossil Evidence for a Charadriiform Origin of the Turnicidae". Ibis.
72. (2007). "Oldest Fossil Avian Remains from the Indian Subcontinental Plate". Current Science.
73. Botha, J.. (2007). "The oldest cynodont: new clues on the origin and early diversification of the Cynodontia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
74. (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.
75. Angielczyk, 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.
76. (2007). "A second burnetiamorph therapsid from the Permian Teekloof Formation of South Africa and its associated fauna". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
77. (2007). "A new Early Oligocene peradectine marsupial (Mammalia)from the Burqin region of Xinjiang, China". Naturwissenschaften.
78. (2007). "A new Late Miocene great ape from Kenya and its implications for the origins of African great apes and humans". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
79. (2007). "The oldest African fox (''Vulpes riffautae'' n. sp., Canidae, Carnivora) recovered in late Miocene deposits of the Djurab desert, Chad". Naturwissenschaften.