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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 2006.

Arthropods

Insects

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Avitomyrmex[2]

Gen et sp. nov

valid

  • Archibald, Cover, & Moreau

Ypresian

Unnamed Formation, Kamloops Group

 Canada

New bulldog ant genus with three species

Emiliana[3]

Trib, Gen, et sp. nov

valid

  • Shcherbakov

Lutetian

Parachute Member, Green River Formation

 USA

oldest member of Tropiduchidae

Macabeemyrma[2]

Gen et sp. nov

valid

  • Archibald, Cover, & Moreau

Ypresian

Unnamed Formation, Kamloops Group

 Canada

New bulldog ant genus with a single species

Ypresiomyrma[2][4]

Gen et sp. nov & sp nov comb

valid

  • Archibald, Cover, & Moreau

Ypresian

Fur, Unnamed, & Klondike Mountain Formations

 Denmark  Canada  USA

New bulldog ant genus, Y. orbiculata, Y. bartletti, Y. rebekkae

Tetrapodomorphs

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Tiktaalik[5]

Valid

  • Daeschler
  • Shubin
  • Jenkins

Late Devonian

Fram Formation

 Canada

The type species is Tiktaalik roseae.

Amphibians

Newly named temnospondylians

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Iberospondylus[6]

Valid

  • Laurin
  • Soler-Gijon

Late Carboniferous

 Spain

The type species is Iberospondylus schultzei.

Tirraturhinus[7]

Valid

  • Nield
  • Damiani
  • Warren

Early Triassic

Arcadia Formation

 Australia

The type species is Tirraturhinus smisseni.

Trematolestes[8]

Valid

  • Schoch

Middle Triassic

Erfurt Formation

 Germany

The type species is Trematolestes hagdorni.

Newly named amphibians

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Pangerpeton[6]

Valid

  • Wang
  • Evans

Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous

Daohugou Beds

 China

The type species is Pangerpeton sinensis.

Ichthyosaurs

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Maiaspondylus[9]

Valid

  • Maxwell
  • Caldwell

Early Cretaceous

Loon River Formation

 Canada

The type species is Maiaspondylus lindoei.

Lepidosauromorphs

Newly named basal lepidosauromorphs

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Rautiania[10]

Valid

  • Bulanov
  • Sennikov

Late Permian

Vyasovka Formation

 Russia

Two species was descript: Rautiania alexandri (type) and R. minchi.

Newly named plesiosaurs

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Bobosaurus[11]

Valid

  • Dalla Vecchia

Late Triassic

Rio del Lago Formation

 Italy

The type species is Bobosaurus forojuliensis.

Futabasaurus[12]

Valid

  • Sato
  • Hasegawa
  • Manabe

Late Cretaceous

Tamayama Formation

 Japan

The type species is Futabasaurus suzukii.

Opallionectes[13]

Valid

  • Kear

Early Cretaceous

 Australia

The type species is Opallionectes andamookaensis.

Umoonasaurus[14]

Valid

  • Kear
  • Schroeder
  • Lee

Early Cretaceous

Bulldog Shale

 Australia

The type species is Umoonasaurus demoscyllus.

Newly named squamates

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Najash[15]

Valid

  • Apesteguia
  • Zaher

Late Cretaceous

Candeleros Formation

 Argentina

The type species is Najash rionegrina.

Archosauromorphs

Newly named crurotarsans

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Adamantinasuchus[16]

Valid

  • Nobre
  • Carvalho

Late Cretaceous

Adamantina Formation

 Brazil

A notosuchian. The type species is Adamantinasuchus navae.

Aldabrachampsus[17]

Valid

  • Brochu

Pleistocene

 Seychelles

A crocodylid. The type species is Aldabrachampsus dilophus.

Effigia[18]

Valid

  • Nesbitt
  • Norell

Late Triassic

Chinle Formation

 USA

A rauisuchian. The type species is Effigia okeeffeae.

Isisfordia[19]

Valid

  • Salisbury
  • Molnar
  • Frey
  • Willis

Early-Late Cretaceous

Winton Formation

 Australia

A eusuchian. The type species is Isisfordia duncani.

Newly named dinosaurs

Data coutersy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.[20]

Name Status Authors Notes Images
Adamantisaurus[21] Valid taxon
  • Rodrigo Santucci
  • Reinaldo Jose Bertini
Agujaceratops Valid taxon
  • Hunt
Alaskacephale[22] Valid taxon
  • Sullivan
Aniksosaurus[23] Valid taxon
  • Martínez
  • Novas
Antarctopelta.[24] Valid taxon
  • Salgado
  • Gasparini
Balochisaurus Valid taxon
  • Malkani
"Bayosaurus" Nomen nudum
  • Paulina Carabajal
Cedrorestes[25] Valid taxon
  • David Gilpin
  • Tony DiCroce
Dracorex[26] Valid taxon
  • Robert Bakker
  • Sullivan
  • Porter
  • Larson
  • Saulsbury
Dracovenator[27] Valid taxon
  • Yates
Erketu[28] Valid taxon
  • Ksepka
Europasaurus[29] Valid taxon

Mateus Laven Knötschke vide:

  • Sander
  • Mateus
  • Laven
  • Knötschke
Fusuisaurus[30] Valid taxon
  • Mo
  • Wang W.
  • Huang Z.
  • Huang X.
  • Xu X.
Guanlong[31] Valid taxon
  • Erickson
  • Eberth
  • Jia C.
  • Zhao Q.
Huanghetitan.[32] Valid taxon
  • You
  • Li D.
  • Zhou L.
  • Ji Q.
Jiutaisaurus[33] Valid taxon
  • Li C.
  • Li T.
Juravenator[34] Valid taxon
  • Göhlich
Khetranisaurus[35] Valid taxon
  • Malkani
Koutalisaurus[36] Valid taxon
  • Prieto-Marquez
  • Gaete
  • Rivas
  • Galobart
  • Boada
Ligabuesaurus[37] Valid taxon
  • Jose Bonaparte
  • González-Riga (as González Riga)
  • Apesteguía
Mantellisaurus[38] Valid taxon
  • Paul
Mapusaurus[39] Valid taxon
  • Phillip J. Currie
Marisaurus[35] Valid taxon
  • Malkani
Maxakalisaurus[40] Valid taxon
  • Kellner
  • Campos
  • Azevedo
  • Trotta
  • Henriques
  • Craik
  • Silva
"Moabosaurus" Nomen nudum

Britt vide:

The name was published in The Gigantic Dinosaur Expo 2006 Official Guidebook.

Othnielosaurus[41] Valid taxon
Pakisaurus[35] Valid taxon
  • Malkani
Razanandrongobe[42] Valid taxon
  • Maganuco
  • Dal Sasso
  • Pasini

Described by the authors as a possible crocodylomorph or theropod.

Sacisaurus[43] Valid taxon
  • Ferigolo
  • Langer
Sonidosaurus Valid taxon
  • Xu X.
  • Zhang X. H.
  • Tan Q.
  • Zhao X.
  • Tan L.
Sulaimanisaurus[35] Valid taxon
  • Malkani
Theiophytalia[44] Valid taxon
  • Brill
  • Carpenter
Tsaagan[45] Valid taxon
Turiasaurus[46] Valid taxon
  • Royo-Torres
  • Cobos
  • Alcalá
Vitakridrinda.[35] Valid taxon
  • Malkani
Xuanhuaceratops[47] Valid taxon
  • Zhao X.
  • Cheng Z.
  • Xu X.
  • Makovicky
Yamaceratops[48] Valid taxon
  • Makovicky
Yinlong[49] Valid taxon
  • Xu X.
  • Forster
  • Clark
  • Mo
Yuanmousaurus[50] Valid taxon
  • Li S.
  • Ji Q.
Zapalasaurus Valid taxon
  • Salgado
  • Carvalho
  • Garrido

Newly named birds

Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Abdounornis marinus [51]

Nomen Nudum

Thesis name

Estelle Bourdon

Early Eocene

Early Ypresian

 Morocco

A species of Charadriiformes, Abdounornithidae Bourdon, 2006.

Aequornis traversei [51]

Nomen Nudum

Thesis name

Estelle Bourdon

Middle Eocene

 Togo

A species of Pelagornithidae.

Anas cheuen [52]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Federico L. Agnolín

Early or Middle Pleistocene

Miramar Formation

 Argentina

An Anatinae, Anatidae, a species of Anas.

Archaeorhynchus spathula [53]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Zhou Zhonghe

Zhang Fucheng

Early Cretaceous

Yixian Formation

 China

An Ornithurae, the type species of the new genus.

Branta thessaliensis [54]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Zlatozar N. Boev

George D. Koufos

Late Miocene

Middle Turolian,

MN 12

 Greece

An Anatidae.

Cerebavis cenomanica [55]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Evgeny N. Kurochkin

S. V. Saveliev

A. A. Postnov

E. M. Pervushov

Evgeny V. Popov

Cretaceous

Cenomanian

 Russia

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, described from a brain endocast.

Corvitalusoides grandiculus [56]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Walter E. Boles

Late Oligocene or Early Miocene

Riversleigh

 Australia:

 Queensland

A Passeriformes, family Incertae Sedis.

Cyanoliseus patagonopsis [57]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche

Claudia Tambussi

Pleistocene

Miramar Formation

 Argentina

A Psittacidae.

Dalingheornis liweii [58]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Zhang Zihui

Hou Lianhai

Yoshiasu Hasegawa

Jingmai O'Connor

Jerry D. Martin

Luis M. Chiappe

Early Cretaceous

Yixian Formation

 China

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, the type species of the new genus.

Dapingfangornis sentisorhinus [59]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Li Li

Duan Ye

Hu Dongyu

Wang Li

Cheng Shaoli

Hou Lianhai

Early Cretaceous

Jiufotang Formation

 China

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, the type species of the new genus.

Didunculus placopedetes [60]

Valid

Sp. nov.

David W. Steadman

Subrecent

‘Eua

 Tonga

A Columbidae.

Ducula harrisoni [61]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Graham M. Wragg

Trevor H. Worthy

Subrecent

Henderson Island

 Pitcairn Group

A Columbidae.

Eclectus infectus [62]

Valid

Sp. nov.

David W. Steadman

Holocene

‘Eua, ‘Anatu

 Vanuatu

A Psittacidae.

Gallirallus ernstmayri [63]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Jeremy J. Kirchman

David W. Steadman

Holocene

New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago

 Papua New Guinea

A Rallidae.

Gallirallus pendiculentus [63]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Jeremy J. Kirchman

David W. Steadman

Holocene

Tinian

 Northern Mariana Islands

A Rallidae.

Gallirallus pendiculentus [63]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Jeremy J. Kirchman

David W. Steadman

Holocene

Tinian

 Northern Mariana Islands

A Rallidae.

Gallirallus storrsolsoni [64]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Jeremy J. Kirchman

David W. Steadman

Holocene

Huahine, Society Islands

 French Polynesia

A Rallidae.

Gallirallus temptatus [63]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Jeremy J. Kirchman

David W. Steadman

Holocene

Rota

 Northern Mariana Islands

A Rallidae.

Jungornis geraldmayri [65]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Cécile Mourer-Chauviré

Bernard Sigé

Late Eocene

Phosphorites du Quercy,

MP 17

 France

An Apodiformes, Jungornithidae Karkhu, 1988.

Loxioides kikuchi [66]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Helen F. James

Storrs L. Olson

Subrecent

Kaua’i, Hawaii Islands

 USA:

 Hawaii

An Fringillidae, Carduelinae, Drepanidini.

Masillaraptor parvunguis [67]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Gerald Mayr

Middle Eocene

Messel pit

MP 11

 Germany:

 Hessen

A Falconiformes, Masillaraptoridae Mayr, 2009.

Nyctanassa carcinocatactes [68]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Storrs L. Olson

David B. Wingate

Holocene

Bermuda

 Bermuda

An Ardeidae.

Odontopteryx gigas [51]

Nomen Nudum

Thesis name

Estelle Bourdon

Early Eocene

Early Ypresian

 Morocco

A species of Odontopterygiformes Howard, 1957, Odontopterygidae Lydekker, 1891.

Odontoptila inexpectata [51]

Nomen Nudum

Thesis name

Estelle Bourdon

Early Eocene

Early Ypresian

 Morocco

A species of Odontopterygiformes Howard, 1957, Odontopterygidae Lydekker, 1891.

Pleistoanser bravardi [52]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Federico L. Agnolín

Early or Middle Pleistocene

Miramar Formation

 Argentina

A Tadorninae Anatidae. This is the type species of the new genus.

Plesiocathartes major [69]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Ilka Weidig

Early Eocene

Late Wasatchian,

Green River Formation

 USA:

 Wyoming

A Leptosomidae.

Plesiocathartes wyomingensis [69]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Ilka Weidig

Early Eocene

Late Wasatchian,

Green River Formation

 USA:

 Wyoming

A Leptosomidae.

Porphyrio mcnabi [64]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Jeremy J. Kirchman

David W. Steadman

Holocene

Huahine, Fa’ahia,

Society Islands

 French Polynesia

A Rallidae.

Pygoscelis calderensis [70]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche

Martin Chávez

Omar Fritis

Late Miocene-Middle Pliocene

Bahia Inglesa Formation

 Chile

A Spheniscidae.

Pygoscelis grandis [71]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Stig A. Walsh

Mario E. Suárez

?Early Pliocene

Bahia Inglesa Formation

 Chile

A Spheniscidae.

Shanxiornis fenyinis [72]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Wang Shuo

Zhao Sining

Hu Xiaoshan

Sun Qingmin

Early Pleistocene

Sanmen Formation

 China

A Phasianidae, the type species of the new genus.

Tonniornis mesetaensis [73]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Claudia P. Tambussi

Carolina I. Acosta Hospitaleche

Marcello A. Reguero

Sergio A. Marenssi

Late Eocene

La Meseta Formation

 Antarctica

A Spheniscidae, the type species of the new genus.

Tonniornis minimum [73]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Claudia P. Tambussi

Carolina I. Acosta Hospitaleche

Marcello A. Reguero

Sergio A. Marenssi

Late Eocene

La Meseta Formation

 Antarctica

A Spheniscidae.

Waimanu manneringi [74]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Kerryn E. Slack

Craig M. Jones

Tarsuro Ando

G. L. (Abby) Harrison

R. Ewan Fordyce

Ulfur Arnason

Davis Penny

Early Paleocene

Basic Waipara Greensand

 New Zealand

A stem Spheniscidae, the type species of the new genus.

Waimanu tuatahi [74]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Kerryn E. Slack

Craig M. Jones

Tarsuro Ando

G. L. (Abby) Harrison

R. Ewan Fordyce

Ulfur Arnason

Davis Penny

Early-Late Paleocene

Basic Waipara Greensand

 New Zealand

A stem Spheniscidae.

Wieslochia weissi [75]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Gerald Mayr

Albrecht Manegold

Early Oligocene,

Rupelian

MP 21-25

 Germany:

 Baden-Württemberg

An early Passeriformes, Passeriformes Incertae Sedis, the type species of the new genus.

Newly named pterosaurs

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Cathayopterus[76]

Valid

  • Wang
  • Zhou

Early Cretaceous

Yixian Formation

 China

A pterodactyloid. The type species is Cathayopterus grabaui.

Caviramus[77]

Valid

  • Fröbisch
  • Fröbisch

Late Triassic

Kössen Formation

  Switzerland

A rhamphorhynchoid. The type specie sis Caviramus schesaplanensis.

Longchengpterus[78]

Valid

  • Wang
  • Li
  • Duan
  • Cheng

Early Cretaceous

Jiufotang Formation

 China

A pterodactyloid. The type species is Longchengpterus zhoai.

Muzquizopteryx[79]

Valid

  • Frey
  • Buchy
  • Stinnesbeck
  • Gonzalez
  • Stefano

Late Cretaceous

Austin Group

 Mexico

The type species is Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis.

Yixianopterus[80]

Valid

  • Ji
  • Yuan
  • Gao
  • Sun
  • Ji

Early Cretaceous

Yixian Formation

 China

A pterodactyloid. The type species is Yixianopterus jingangshanensis.

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Herpetoskylax[81]

Valid

  • Sidor
  • Rubidge

Late Permian

 South Africa

The type species is Herpetoskylax hopsoni.

Elliotherium[82]

Valid

  • Sidor
  • Hancox

Upper Triassic

Lower Elliot Formation

 South Africa

The type species is Elliotherium kerstenae (emmend.).

Idelesaurus[83]

Valid

  • Kurkin

Upper Permian

 Russia

The type species is Idelisaurus tataricus.

Langbergia[84]

Valid

  • Abdala
  • Neveling
  • Welman

Early Triassic

Burgersdorp Formation

 South Africa

The type species is Langbergia modisei.

Nanogomphodon[85]

Valid

  • Hopson
  • Sues

Middle Triassic

Erfurt Formation

 Germany

The type species is Nanogomphodon wildi.

Oromycter[86]

Valid

  • Reisz

Early Permian

 USA

The type species is Oromycter dolesorum.

Pachydectes[87]

Valid

  • Rubidge
  • Sidor
  • Modesto

Middle Permian

Koonap Formation

 South Africa

The type species is Pachydectes elsi.

Paraburnetia[88]

Valid

  • Smith
  • Rubidge
  • Sidor

Upper Permian

Teekloof Formation

 South Africa

The type species is Paraburnetia sneeubergensis.

Protheriodon[89]

Valid

  • Bonaparte
  • Soares
  • Schultz

Middle Triassic

Santa Maria Formation

 Brazil

The type species is Protheriodon estudianti.

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