2003 in paleontology

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
List of years in paleontology
In science
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006

Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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 mankind has 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 occurred or were published in the year 2003.

Arthropoda

New taxa

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Brownimeciinae[2]

Subfam. nov

Valid

Bolton

Turonian

New Jersey amber

 USA

A stem group ant, type species B. clavata
File:Brownimecia clavata AMNH-NJ667 holotype 01.jpg
Brownimecia clavata

Halictus? savenyei[3]

Sp. nov

valid

Engel & Archibald

Ypresian

Coldwater beds, Princeton Group

 Canada

first apoid bee described from Canada

Raphidia funerata[4]

sp nov

Valid

Engel

Priabonian

Florissant Formation

 USA

Wesmaelius mathewesi[5]

Sp. nov

valid

Engel & Archibald

Ypresian

Coldwater beds, Princeton Group

 Canada

A Hemerobiinae lacewing

Non-avian dinosaurs

Newly named non-avian dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[6]

Name Status Authors Notes Images
"Abdallahsaurus"[7]

Nomen nudum.

Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus
"Blancocerosaurus"[8]

Nomen nudum.

Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus
Amazonsaurus[9] Valid taxon
  • Carvalho
  • Avilla
  • Salgado
Antetonitrus[10] Valid taxon
  • Yates
  • Kitching
Aviatyrannis[11] Valid taxon
  • Rauhut
Bainoceratops[12] Valid taxon
  • Tereschenko
  • Alifanov
Brohisaurus Valid taxon
  • Malkani
Colepiocephale[13] Valid taxon
  • Sullivan
"Domeykosaurus" Nomen nudum

Rubilar-Rogers and Vargas vide:

  • Anonymous in May 29, 2003 Reuters news reports.
Dromaeosauroides[14] Valid taxon
  • Christiansen
  • Bonde
Equijubus[15] Valid taxon
  • You
  • Luo
  • Shubin
  • Witmer
  • Tang Z.
  • Tang F.
Ferganasaurus[16] Valid taxon
  • Alifanov
  • Averianov
Fukuisaurus[17] Valid taxon
  • Kobayashi
  • Azuma
Gobititan[18] Valid taxon
  • You
  • Tang F.
  • Luo
Hanssuesia[19] Valid taxon
  • Sullivan
Heyuannia[20] Valid taxon
  • Lü
File:Heyuannia profile0.jpg
Heyuannia
Hongshanosaurus[21] Valid taxon
  • You
  • Xu X.
  • Wang X.
Hongshanosaurus
Isisaurus[22] Valid taxon
File:Isisaurus DB.jpg
Isisaurus
"Issasaurus"[7]

Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Dicraeosaurus
Lamaceratops[23] Valid taxon
  • Alifanov
"Ligomasaurus"[7]

Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus
Lusotitan[24] Valid taxon
  • Antunes
  • Mateus
Magnirostris[25] Valid taxon
Mendozasaurus[26] Valid taxon
  • González-Riga (as González Riga)
"Mohammadisaurus"[7]

Nomen nudum.

Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Tornieria
"Mtapaiasaurus"[7]

Nomen nudum.

Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus
"Mtotosaurus"[7]

Nomen nudum.

Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Dicraeosaurus
"Nteregosaurus"[7]

Nomen nudum.

Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Janenschia
"Nyororosaurus"[7]

Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Dicraeosaurus
Olorotitan[27] Valid taxon
  • Godefroit
  • Bolotsky
  • Alifanov
File:Olorotitan DB.jpg
Olorotitan
File:Olorotitan 28-12-2007 14-52-33.jpg
Olorotitan
Platyceratops[23] Valid taxon
  • Alifanov
Rajasaurus[28] Valid taxon
Rajasaurus
Rinconsaurus[29] Valid taxon
  • Calvo
  • González-Riga (as González Riga)
File:Rinconsaurus test 2.jpg
Rinconsaurus
"Salimosaurus"[7]

Nomen nudum.

Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus
"Selimanosaurus"[7]

Nomen nudum.

Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Dicraeosaurus
Serendipaceratops[30] Valid taxon
  • T. Rich
  • Vickers-Rich
Shenzhousaurus[31] Valid taxon
Shuangmiaosaurus[32] Valid taxon
  • You
  • Ji Q.
  • Li J.
  • Li Y. X.
Silesaurus[33] Valid taxon
  • Dzik
Sinornithomimus[34] Valid taxon
  • Kobayashi
  • Lü
Sphaerotholus[35] Possible junior synonym of Prenocephale
  • Williamson
  • Carr
"Wangonisaurus"[7]

Nomen nudum.

Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus
Yixianosaurus[36] Valid taxon
  • Xu X.
  • Wang X.
Zalmoxes[37] Valid taxon
  • Weishampel
  • Jianu
  • Csiki
  • Norman
File:Zalmoxes dinosaur.png
Zalmoxes
File:Zalmoxes skull.jpg
Zalmoxes
Zupaysaurus[38] Valid taxon

Arcucci & Coria
File:Zupaysaurus.jpg
Zupaysaurus

Newly named birds

Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Amanuensis pickfordi [39]

Gen. et sp. nov

valid

Cécile Mourer-Chauviré

Middle Miocene

MN 4

 Namibia

A Sagittariidae, relative of the secretarybird. The type species of Amanuensis Mourer-Chauviré, 2003.

Amitabha urbsinterdictensis [40]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Bonnie E. Gulas-Wroblewski

Anton F.-J. Wroblewski

Middle Eocene

Bridger Formation

 USA:

 Wyoming

The type species of Amitabha Gulas-Wroblewski & Wroblewski, 2003. Placed in crown Galliformes, but only compared with Phasianidae, not with other Eocene birds from North America.

Anhinga minuta [41]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga

Edson Guilherme

Late Miocene-Early Pliocene

Huayquerian-Montehermosian,

Solimõas Formation

 Brazil

An Anhingidae.

Coenocorypha miratropica [42]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Trevor H. Worthy

Holocene

Vitilevu

 Fiji

A Scolopacidae.

Diomedea tanakai [43]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Paul G. Davis

Late Early Miocene

Oi Formation

 Japan

An Diomedeidae.

Eoeurypyga olsoni [44]

Nomen Nudum

Thesis name.

Ilka Weidig

Early Eocene

Green River Formation

 USA:

 Wyoming

An Eurypygidae.

Falco umanskajae [45]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Denis V. Sobolev

Pliocene

MN 16

 Ukraine

A Falconidae.

Gallicolumba leonpascoi [46]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Trevor H. Worthy

Graham M. Wragg

Late Pleistocene-Holocene

Henderson Island

 Pitcairn

A Columbidae.

Hemignathus vorpalis [47]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Helen F. James

Storrs L. Olson

Subresent

Hawaii

 USA:

 Hawaii

A Fringillidae, Carduelinae, Drepanidini.

Macranhinga ranzii [41]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga

Edson Guilherme

Late Miocene-Early Pliocene

Huayquerian-Montehermosian

 Brazil

An Anhingidae.

Milvago carbo [48]

Valid

Sp. nov.

William Suárez Duque

Storrs L. Olson

Quaternary, possibly Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene

Las Breas de San Felipe

 Cuba

A Falconidae.

Morus peruvianus [49]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Marcelo Stucchi

Pliocene

Pisco Formation

 Peru

A Sulidae.

Namibiavis senutae[39]

Gen. et sp. nov

valid

Cécile Mourer-Chauviré

Middle Miocene

MN 4

 Namibia

Initially thought to be an Idiornithidae, Cariamiformes but in 2011 reinterpreted as an Opisthocomidae, a relative of the hoatzin.[50] The type species of Namibiavis Mourer-Chauviré, 2003.

Nycticorax olsoni [51]

Valid

Sp. nov.

W. R. P. Bourne

N. P. Ashmole

K. E. L. Simmons

Subrecent

Ascension Island

 Ascension Island

An Ardeidae.

Palaeogrus mainburgensis [52]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Ursula B. Göhlich

Early Middle Miocene

MN 5

 Germany

 Bavaria

A Gruidae.

Parargornis messelensis [53]

Valid

Gen. nov et Sp. nov.

Gerald Mayr

Early Middle Eocene

Messel pit,

MP 11

 Germany

 Hessen

An Apodiformes, Cypselavidae Mourer-Chauviré, 2006.

Shandongornis yinansis [54]

Valid

Gen. nov et Sp. nov.

Hou Lianhai

Pliocene

 China

A Phasianidae.

Spheniscus chilensis [55]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Steven D. Emslie

Carlos Guerra Correa

Pliocene

Mejillones Formation

 Chile

A Spheniscidae.

Spheniscus megaramphus [56]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Marcello Stucchi

Mario Urbina

Alfredo Giraldo

Late Miocene

Pisco Formation

 Peru

A Spheniscidae.

Sula magna [49]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Marcello Stucchi

Late Miocene-Early Pliocene

Pisco Formation

 Peru

A Sulidae.

Sula sulita [49]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Marcello Stucchi

Late Miocene-Early Pliocene

Pisco Formation

 Peru

A Sulidae.

Wyomingcypselus pohli [44]

Nomen Nudum

Thesis name.

Ilka Weidig

Early Eocene

Green River Formation

 USA:

 Wyoming

An Apodiformes.

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name Status Authors Notes

Terminonatator

Valid

Sato

Thililua

Valid

Bardet Suberbiola Jalil

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Name Status Authors Notes

Beipiaopterus

Valid

Lü J.-C.

Chaoyangopterus

Valid

Wang Zhou

Harpactognathus

Valid

Carpenter Unwin et al.

Jidapterus

Valid

Dong, Sun, & Wu,

Liaoningopterus

Valid

Wang X.-L. and Zhou Z.-H

Liaoningopteryx

Valid

Wang X. Zhao

Ludodactylus

Valid

Frey, E., Martill Buchy, M

Nurhachius

Valid

Wang Kellner et al.

Phosphatodraco

Valid

Pereda-Suberbiola N. Bardet et al.

Sinopterus

Valid

Wang, X. Zhou, Z

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name Status Authors Discovery year Age Unit Location Notes Images

Archaeovenator[57]

Valid
  • Reisz
  • Dilkes

Upper Carboniferous
(Upper Pennsylvanian)

Hamilton Quarry

 USA

a pelycosaur

Brasilitherium[58]

Valid
  • Bonaparte
  • Martinelli
  • Schultz
  • Rupert

 Brazil

Brasilodon[58]

Valid
  • Bonaparte
  • Martinelli
  • Schultz
  • Rupert

 Brazil

Bullacephalus[59]

Valid
  • Rubidge
  • Kitching

 South Africa

Colobodectes[60]

Valid
  • Modesto
  • Rubidge
  • Visser
  • Welman

Upper/Middle Permian
(Capitanian)

Abrahamskraal formation

 South Africa

an anomodont

Lanthanostegus[61]

Valid
  • Modesto
  • Rubidge
  • Welman

Middle/Upper Permian
(Capitanian)

 South Africa

an anomodont; replacement name for Lanthanocephalus Modesto, Rubidge & Welman, 2002, preoccupied by the cnidarian genus Lanthanocephalus Williams & Starmer, 2000[62]

Santacruzodon[63]

Valid
  • Abdala
  • Ribeiro

 Brazil

Xiyukannemeyeria[64]

Valid
  • Liu
  • Li

Middle Triassic
(Anisian)

 China

an anomodont; new genus for "Parakannemeyeria" brevirostris

Fungi

newly named

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Aureofungus[65]

Valid
  • Hibbett
  • et al

Burdigalian (Miocene)

 Dominican Republic one of four mushroom genera described from the fossil record

Plants

Conifers

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Chamaecyparis eureka[66]

Valid
  • Kotyk
  • Basinger
  • McIlver

Lutetian

Buchanan Lake Formation, Axel Heiberg Island

 Canada

C. eureka is the oldest confirmed member of the genus Chamaecyparis[66]

Angiosperms

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Corylus johnsonii[67]

Valid
  • Pigg
  • Manchester
  • Wehr

Ypresian

Tom Thumb Tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation

 USA
Corylus johnsonii

Araripia florifera[68]

Valid
  • Mohr
  • Eklund

lower Cretaceous

Crato Formation

 Brazil

Gnetophytes

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Cratonia cotyledon[69]

Valid
  • Rydin
  • Mohr
  • Friis

lower Cretaceous

Crato Formation

 Brazil

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 Maier, G. 2003. African dinosaurs unearthed: the Tendaguru expeditions. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IA (512 pages).
  8. ↑ Maier, G. 1997. Tendaguru. In: Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs (J.Currie and K.Padian, eds.). Academic Press, San Diego, California/London, UK: pp.725-726.
  9. ↑ de Souza Carvalho, I., L. dos Santos Avilla, and L. Salgado. 2003. Amazonsaurus maranhensis gen. et sp. nov. (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) of Brazil. Cretaceous Research 24 (6): pp. 697-713.
  10. ↑ Yates, A.M. and J.W. Kitching. 2003. The earliest known sauropod dinosaur and the first steps towards sauropod locomotion. Proceedings: Biological Sciences DOI 10.1098/rspb. 2003: p. 2417 (Antetonitrus ingenipes).
  11. ↑ Rauhut, O.W.M. 2003. A tyrannosauroid dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal Palaeontology 46 (5): p. 903.
  12. ↑ Tereschenko, V.S. and V.R. Alifanov. 2003. Bainoceratops efremovi, a New Protoceratopid Dinosaur (Protoceratopidae, Neoceratopsia) from the Bain-Dzak Locality (South Mongolia). Abstract in: Paleontological Journal 37: p. 3.
  13. ↑ Sullivan, R.M. 2003. Revision of the dinosaur Stegoceras Lambe (Ornithischia, Pachycephalosauridae): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 (1): pp. 181-207.
  14. ↑ Christiansen, P. N. Bonde. 2003. The first dinosaur from Denmark. Neues Jahrbuch der Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 227 (2): pp. 287–299.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Kobayashi, Y., and Y. Azuma. 2003. A new iguanodontian (Dinosauria: ornithopoda) from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation of Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 (1): pp. 166-175.
  18. ↑ You, H.-L., F. Tang, and Z.-X. Luo. 2003. A New Basal Titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 77 (4): pp. 424-429.
  19. ↑ Sullivan, R.M. 2003. Revision of the dinosaur Stegoceras Lambe (Ornithischia, Pachycephalosauridae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 (1): pp. 181-207.
  20. ↑ Lu, J. [2002 / 2003]. A new oviraptorosaurid (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of southern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 (4): pp. 871-875.
  21. ↑ You, H.L., X. Xu, and X.-L. Wang. 2003. A new genus of Psittacosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) and the origin and early evolution of marginocephalian dinosaurs. Acta Geologica Sinica 77 (1):pp. 15-20.
  22. ↑ Wilson, J.A. and P. Upchurch. 2003. A revision of Titanosaurus Lydekker (Dinosauria- Sauropoda), the first dinosaur genus with a "Gondwanan" distribution. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1 (3).
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Alifanov, V.R. 2003. Two new dinosaurs of the infraorder neoceratopsia (Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Nemegt Depression, Mongolian People's Republic. Paleontological Journal 37 (5): pp. 524-534.
  24. ↑ Telles Antunes, M. and O. Mateus. 2003. Dinosaurs of Portugal. Comptes Rendus Palevol. 2: pp. 77-95.
  25. ↑ You, H.-L. and Z. Dong. 2003. A new Protoceratopsid (Dinosauria: Neoceratopsia) from the Late Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 77 (3): pp. 299-303.
  26. ↑ González Riga, B.J. 2003. A new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Ameghiniana 40 (2): pp. 155-172.
  27. ↑ Godefroit, P., Y. Bolotsky, and V. Alifanov. 2003. A remarkable hollow-crested hadrosaur from Russia: an Asian origin for lambeosaurines. C. R. Palevol 2 (2): pp. 143–151.
  28. ↑ Wilson, J.A., P.C. Sereno, S. Srivastava, D.K. Bhatt, A. Khosla, and A. Sahni. 2003. A new abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Lameta Formation (Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) of India. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology [University of Michigan] 31 (1): pp. 1-42.
  29. ↑ Calvo, J.O. and B.J.G. Gonzalez Riga. 2003. Rinconsaurus caudamirus gen. et sp nov., a new titanosaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Revista Geologica de Chile 30 (2): pp. 333-353.
  30. ↑ Rich, T.H. and P. Vickers-Rich. 2003. Protoceratopsian? ulnae from the Early Cretaceous of Australia. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum no. 113.
  31. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  32. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  33. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  34. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  35. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  36. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  37. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  38. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  40. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  42. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  43. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  45. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  46. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  47. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  48. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  50. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  51. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  52. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  53. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  54. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  55. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  56. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  57. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  58. ↑ 58.0 58.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  59. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  60. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  61. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  62. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  63. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  64. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  65. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  66. ↑ 66.0 66.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  67. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  68. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  69. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=2003_in_paleontology&oldid=720578706"