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Overview of the events of 2010 in paleontology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paleontology or palaeontology 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 humans have 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 2010.
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Manchester, Xiang, and Xiang |
Oldest member of Cornus subgenus Cornus. |
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sp nov |
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Calvillo-Canadell, Cevallos-Ferriz & Rico-Arce |
Second Hymenaea sp. from Mexican amber |
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Gen et sp nov |
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McMurran & Manchester |
Green River Formation |
A fruit of uncertain affinity |
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Gen. nov. |
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Sender et al. |
Utrillas Formation |
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Gen et sp nov |
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Bravia, Barone Lumagab, & Mickle |
Middle Albian |
Monti Alburni, near Petina |
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Gen et sp nov |
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Shaolin Zheng & Xin Wang |
Middle Jurassic |
An early flowering plant. |
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Gen et sp nov |
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Xin Wang & Shijun Wang |
Middle Jurassic |
An early flowering plant. |
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Gen. nov. |
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Sánchez |
Don Braulio Formation |
Replacement name for Emiliania Sánchez, 1999 preoccupied by Emiliania Hay & Mohler, 1967 |
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Erodona doellojuradoi[10] |
Sp. nov. |
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Pérez, Iturerría & Griffin |
An erodonid. |
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Sp. nov. |
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Pérez, Iturerría & Griffin |
A cyrenid. |
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Late Viséan |
A colosteid. |
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Gzhelian |
A trematopid genus currently among the oldest known vertebrates with a primarily terrestrial lifestyle. |
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Santonian |
Advanced frog. |
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Middle/Upper Triassic |
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Pelobates fahlbuschi[15] |
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Miocene |
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Lower Permian |
A basal parareptile. The species is M. mckinzieorum. |
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Induan (early Triassic) |
The earliest known leptopleuronine procolophonid. | ||||
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Lower Permian |
A basal captorhinid. The species is Reiszorhinus olsoni. | ||||
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A new genus for "Ophthalmosaurus" chirsorum (Russell, 1993). |
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Lower Albian |
The most complete and stratigraphically oldest known ichthyosaur from the Cretaceous of North America. | ||||
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Middle Triassic |
A new genus for "Mixosaurus" panxianensis (Jiang, Schmitz, Hao & Sun, 2006). | ||||
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Middle Triassic |
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Early Triassic |
A species of a possible ichthyopterygian genus Omphalosaurus. | ||||
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Norian |
Wilczek Formation |
A new elasmosaurid |
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Lower Toarcian |
A pliosaur, a new genus for "Plesiosaurus" victor (Fraas, 1910). |
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Carnian - Norian |
A basal lepidosaur. |
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Late Cenomanian |
Skrbina |
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Bavaricordylus molassicus[15] |
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Miocene (late Karpatian) |
A cordylid, a species of Bavaricordylus. |
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Late Eocene, Ludian (Priabonian) |
Bembridge Limestone Formation |
An anguine lizard. The species is H. parva. |
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Heloderma welcommei[28] |
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Eocene |
An anguimorph lizard. Herman and Van Den Eeckhaut (2010) consider it to be a species of Heloderma (though the authors define the genus Heloderma more broadly than most herpetologists, and explicitly synonymize the glyptosaurine genus Placosaurus with it).[28] |
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Upper Campanian |
A scincomorph lizard. The species is K. grandeprairiensis. |
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Lower Cretaceous |
A scincogekkonomorph lizard. The species is L. acanthocaudata. |
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Early Cretaceous (late Berriasian-early Valanginan) |
A scincogekkonomorph lizard. The species is P. latifrontalis. |
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Tropidophorus bavaricus[15] |
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Miocene (late Karpatian) |
A lygosomine skink, a species of Tropidophorus. |
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Varanus debiei[28] |
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Eocene |
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Late Miocene |
An alethinophidian snake, a species of Colombophis. |
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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
A nigerophiid snake |
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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
A madtsoiid snake |
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Micronatrix[34] |
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Late Miocene (Clarendonian) |
A natricine colubrid snake. The type species is Micronatrix juliescottae. |
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Maastrichtian |
A madtsoiid snake which preyed on hatchling sauropods. |
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Paleocene |
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Campanian |
A taphrosphyini bothremydid | ||||
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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
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Danian |
Beryozovaya beds |
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Late Cretaceous |
A nanhsiungchelyid turtle. | ||||
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Early Cretaceous |
A macrobaenid turtle. | ||||
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Late Campanian |
A sea turtle. A new genus for "Euclastes" coahuilaensis (Brinkman et al., 2009).[43] | ||||
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Miocene |
A sea turtle. | ||||
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Pliocene |
Tatrot Formation |
A species of Pangshura. | |||
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Late Cretaceous |
A trionychid with unclear systematic position, a species of Trionyx sensu lato. | ||||
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Ladinian/Carnian |
A basal archosauromorph. |
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Middle Triassic |
A rhynchosaur. | ||||
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Quebrada de los Fósiles Formation |
The best-known basal archosauriform from South America. | ||||
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Alaunian (early Norian) |
A drepanosaurid that is known from MBSN 25, a partial skeleton (Partial postcranial skeleton). | ||||
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Late Triassic |
A rhynchosaur. A new genus for "Scaphonyx" sulcognathus (Azevedo & Schultz, 1987). | ||||
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Late Triassic |
A venomous archosauriform known only from isolated teeth. | ||||
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Alaunian (early Norian) |
A basal drepanosauromorph that is known from MCSNB 4783, a set of vertebrae and hindlimbs. | ||||
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Lower Triassic |
Hongyanjing Formation |
A eucynodont. The type species is Beishanodon youngi. |
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Middle Triassic? (Ladinian or Carnian) |
A cynodont. |
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Early Triassic (Induan) |
A dicynodont. |
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Carnian - Norian |
A brasilodontid cynodont. |
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A pylaecephalid dicynodont. The type species is Prosictodon dubei. |
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Upper Triassic |
A cynodont. The type species is Trucidocynodon riograndensis. |
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