2011 in paleontology

Protozoa

New taxa

Plants

Ferns and fern allies

Gymnosperms

Gymnosperm research

• An amplified whole plant reconstruction of the Ypresian Princeton chert pine Pinus arnoldii, expanding the diagnosis to include P. similkameenensis (Miller, 1973) foliage and wood plus unnamed pollens cones found in attachment to the P. arnoldii ovulate cones is published by Klymiuk, Stockey, & Rothwell.

Angiosperms

Nematoda

Lobopods

Vetulicolians

Molluscs

Main article: List of gastropods described in 2011#Fossil gastropods

Arthropods

Main article: 2011 in arthropod paleontology

Fishes

Main article: 2011 in paleoichthyology

Amphibians

Newly named lepospondyls

Newly named temnospondyls

Newly named lissamphibians

Basal reptiles

Newly named captorhinids

Newly named basal diapsids

Newly named ichthyosaurs

Lepidosauromorphs

Newly named saurosphargids

Newly named sauropterygians

Newly named lizards

Newly named snakes

Turtles

Newly named turtles

Archosauromorphs

Newly named basal archosauromorphs

Archosaurs

Main article: 2011 in archosaur paleontology

Synapsids

Newly named non-mammalian synapsids

Mammals

Main article: 2011 in mammal paleontology

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

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2. (2011). "A new ''Drynaria'' (Polypodiaceae) from the upper Pliocene of Southwest China". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology.
3. (2011). "''Equisetum thermale'' sp. nov. (Equisetales) from the Jurassic San Agustin hot spring deposit, Patagonia: Anatomy, paleoecology, and inferred paleoecophysiology.". American Journal of Botany.
4. (2011). "Cretaceous conifer woods of Korea: Occurrences and palaeobiological implications". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology.
5. (2011). "A putative gnetalean gymnosperm ''Cariria orbiculiconiformis'' gen. nov. et spec. nov. from the Early Cretaceous of northern Gondwana". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology.
6. (2011). "''Cupressus'' foliage shoots and associated seed cones from the Oligocene Ningming Formation of Guangxi, South China". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology.
7. (2011). "Structure and relationships of the Jurassic conifer seed cone ''Hughmillerites juddii'' gen. et comb. nov.: implications for the origin and evolution of Cupressaceae". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology.
8. (2011). "The first organismal concept for an extinct species of Pinaceae: ''Pinus arnoldii'' Miller.". International Journal of Plant Sciences.
9. (1973). "Silicified cones and vegetative remains of ''Pinus'' from Eocene of British Columbia". Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan.
10. (2011). "A new species of ''Protaxodioxylon'' (Cupressaceae sl) from the late Albian of the Aragonian branch of the Iberian Range (Spain) Palaeoclimatic implications". Geodiversitas.
11. (2011). "New Albian macro- and palynoflora from the Negev (Israel) with description of a new gymnosperm morphotaxon". Cretaceous Research.
12. (2011). "A new species of the extinct genus ''Schizolepis'' from the Jurassic Daohugou Flora, Inner Mongolia, China with special reference to the fossil diversity and evolutionary implications". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition.
13. (2011). "''Ficus palaeoracemosa'' sp. nov.–A new fossil leaf from the Kasauli Formation of Himachal Pradesh and its palaeoclimatic significance". Journal of Earth System Science.
14. (2011). "A eudicot from the Early Cretaceous of China". Nature.
15. (2011). "''Prunus'' and ''Oemleria'' (Rosaceae) Flowers from the Late Early Eocene Republic Flora of Northeastern Washington State, U.S.A.". International Journal of Plant Sciences.
16. (2011). "Late Cretaceous palm stem ''Palmoxylon lametaei'' sp. nov. from Bhisi Village, Maharashtra, India". [[Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas]].
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18. (2011). "Vetulicolians from the Lower Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, North Greenland, and the polarity of morphological characters in basal deuterostomes". Palaeontology.
19. Clack, Jennifer A.. (2011). "A new microsaur from the early Carboniferous (Viséan) of East Kirkton, Scotland, showing soft tissue evidence". Special Papers in Palaeontology.
20. Henrici, A.C.. (2011). "An ostodolepid 'microsaur' (Lepospondyli) from the Lower Permian Tambach Formation of central Germany". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
21. (2011). "A new Lower Permian trematopid (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea) from Richards Spur, Oklahoma". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
22. (2011). "A new capitosaur from the Middle Triassic of Spain and the relationships within the Capitosauria". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
23. (2011). "''Rotaryus gothae'', a New Trematopid (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea) from the Lower Permian of Central Germany". Annals of Carnegie Museum.
24. Bourget, Hélène. (2011). "A new amphibamid (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea) from the Early Permian of Texas". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
25. (2011). "A new genus and species of basal salamanders from the Middle Jurassic of western Siberia, Russia". Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
26. (2011). "A new captorhinid reptile, ''Gansurhinus qingtoushanensis'', gen. et sp. nov., from the Permian of China". Naturwissenschaften.
27. (2011). "A new Early Permian reptile and its significance in early diapsid evolution". Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
28. Fischer, V.. (2011). "A new Barremian (Early Cretaceous) ichthyosaur from western Russia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
29. Li, Chun. (2011). "A new Triassic marine reptile from southwestern China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
30. A. Yu. Berezin. (2011). "A new plesiosaur of the family Aristonectidae from the early cretaceous of the center of the Russian platform". Paleontological Journal.
31. (2011). "A new eosauropterygian from Middle Triassic of eastern Yunnan Province, southwestern China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica.
32. (2013). "''Diandongosaurus acutidentatus'' Shang, Wu & Li, 2011 (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) and the relationships of Chinese eosauropterygians". Geological Magazine.
33. (2011). "A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the lower Middle Triassic of southwestern China and the phylogenetic relationships of Chinese pachypleurosaurs". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
34. (2011). "New information on ''Hauffiosaurus'' (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) based on a new species from the Alum Shale Member (Lower Toarcian: Lower Jurassic) of Yorkshire, UK". Palaeontology.
35. (2011). "A new pliosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Oxford Clay Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian) of England: evidence for a gracile, longirostrine grade of Early–Middle Jurassic pliosaurids". Special Papers in Palaeontology.
36. (2011). "Osteologie und Phylogenie von ''Westphaliasaurus simonsensii'': Ein neuer Plesiosauride (Sauropterygia) aus dem Unteren Jura (Pliensbachium) von Sommersell (Kreis Höxter), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland [=Osteology and Phylogeny of ''Westphaliasaurus simonsensii'', a new plesiosaurid (Sauropterygia) from the Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of Sommersell (Höxter district), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany]". Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen.
37. (2011). "''Zarafasaura oceanis'', a new elasmosaurid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco and the palaeobiogeography of latest Cretaceous plesiosaurs". Gondwana Research.
38. Nava, William R.. (2011). "A new squamate lizard from the Upper Cretaceous Adamantina Formation (Bauru Group), São Paulo State, Brazil". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências.
39. Müller, Johannes. (2011). "Eocene lizard from Germany reveals amphisbaenian origins". Nature.
40. Konishi, Takuya. (2011). "Two new plioplatecarpine (Squamata, Mosasauridae) genera from the Upper Cretaceous of North America, and a global phylogenetic analysis of plioplatecarpines". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
41. Krister T. Smith. (2011). "The Evolution of Mid-Latitude Faunas During the Eocene: Late Eocene Lizards of the Medicine Pole Hills Reconsidered". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.
42. Krister T. Smith. (2011). "''Oreithyia'', a Replacement Name for ''Orithyia'' Smith, 2011, ''nec'' ''Orithyia'' Fabricius, 1798". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.
43. (2011). "A new species of the snake ''Madtsoia'' from the Upper Cretaceous of India and its paleobiogeographic implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
44. (2011). "Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the family Podocnemididae". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.
45. (2011). "New Material of ''Gilmoremys lancensis'' nov. comb. (Testudines: Trionychidae) from the Hell Creek Formation and the Diagnosis of Plastomenid Turtles". Journal of Paleontology.
46. (2011). "An extinct map turtle ''Graptemys'' (Testudines, Emydidae) from the late Pleistocene of Florida". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
47. (2011). "Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the family Podocnemididae". Palaeontology.
48. (2011). "A new kinosternoid from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota and Montana and the origin of the ''Dermatemys mawii'' lineage". Paläontologische Zeitschrift.
49. Natasha Vitek. (2011). "Insights into the Taxonomy and Systematics of North American Eocene Soft-Shelled Turtles from a Well-Preserved Specimen". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.
50. (2011). "A new turtle from the La Colonia Formation (Campanian–Maastrichtian), Patagonia, Argentina, with remarks on the evolution of the vertebral column in turtles". Palaeontology.
51. Marcelo S. de la Fuente. (2011). "New chelid turtles of the lower section of the Cerro Barcino formation (Aptian-Albian?), Patagonia, Argentina". Cretaceous Research.
52. Pérez-García, Adán. (2011). "''Selenemys lusitanica'', gen. et sp. nov., a new pleurosternid turtle (Testudines: Paracryptodira) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
53. Eugene S. Gaffney. (2011). "''Sokatra'', a new side-necked turtle (late Cretaceous, Madagascar) and the diversification of the main groups of Pelomedusoides". American Museum Novitates.
54. (2011). "A new species of soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae) from the Middle Eocene of Ukraine". Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
55. (2011). "Vertebrate paleontology of the late Miocene (Hemphillian) Wilbur Locality of central Washington". Paludicola.
56. (2011). "An unusual new archosauriform from the Middle–Late Triassic of southern Brazil and the monophyly of Doswelliidae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
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58. Sennikov, A.G.. (2011). "New Tanystropheids (Reptilia: Archosauromorpha) from the Triassic of Europe". Paleontological Journal.
59. (2011). "''Kyrgyzsaurus bukhanchenkoi'' gen. et sp. nov., a new reptile from the triassic of southwestern Kyrgyzstan". Paleontological Journal.
60. Ivakhnenko, M.F.. (2011). "Permian and Triassic therocephals (Eutherapsida) of Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal.
61. Kammerer, C.F.. (2011). "A comprehensive taxonomic revision of Dicynodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and its implications for dicynodont phylogeny, biogeography, and biostratigraphy". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
62. William A. Clemens. (2011). "New morganucodontans from an Early Jurassic fissure filling in Wales (United Kingdom)". Palaeontology.
63. (2011). "A new carnivorous cynodont (Synapsida, Therapsida) from the Brazilian Middle Triassic (Santa Maria Formation): ''Candelariodon barberenai'' gen. et sp. nov.". Zootaxa.
64. (2011). "A new basal sphenacodontid synapsid from the Late Carboniferous of the Saar-Nahe Basin, Germany". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
65. (2011). "A new large caseid (Synapsida, Caseasauria) from the Permian of Rodez (France), including a reappraisal of ''"Casea" rutena'' Sigogneau-Russell & Russell, 1974". Geodiversitas.
66. (2011). "Dental Occlusion in a 260-Million-Year-Old Therapsid with Saber Canines from the Permian of Brazil". Science.