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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 1990.

Plants

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Conifers

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Pinaceae

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Abies rigida[2][3]

Syn nov

valid

Knowlton

Oligocene
Chattian

Creede Formation

 US
 Colorado

A possible bristlecone fir species

Abies rigida

Pinus crossii[2][3]

Syn nov

Valid

Knowlton

Oligocene
Chattian

Creede Formation

 US
 Colorado

A bristle cone pine species

Angiosperms

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Basal eudicots

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Berberis coloradensis[3]

Syns nov

Valid

Axelrod

Oligocene
Chattian

Creede Formation

 US
 Colorado

A barberry species

Mahonia aceroides[2][3]

Comb et syn nov

valid

(Knowlton) Schorn & Wolfe

Oligocene
Chattian

Creede Formation

 US
 Colorado

An Mahonia species
Moved from Sterculia aceroides (1923)

Superroids

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Malpighiales
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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Populus larsenii[2][3]

Comb et syn nov

valid

(Knowlton) Schorn & Wolfe

Oligocene
Chattian

Creede Formation

 US
 Colorado

synonymy

First identified as a possible Alder species
Moved from Alnus? larseni (1923)

Paleomycology

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newly named fungi

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type unit Location Notes Images

Coprinites[4]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Poinar & Singer

Burdigalian

Dominican amber.

 Dominican Republic

first mushroom genus described from the fossil record

Arthropods

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newly named insects

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type unit Location Notes Images

Casaleia[5]

Gen nov

valid

Pagliano & Scaramozzino

Middle Miocene

Chon-Tyz mine

 Kyrgyzstan

A replacement name for "Protamblyopone" Dlussky 1981.

Casaleia eocenica

Paleochrysopa[6]

Gen et sp nov

valid

Séméria & Nel

Priabonian

Monteils Formation

 France

A green lacewing.
The type species is P. monteilsensis

Paleochrysopa monteilsensis

Tetraponera klebsi[7]

Comb nov

Valid

(Wheeler)

Lutetian

Baltic amber

 Europe

A pseudomyrmecine ant.
Moved from Sima klebsi (Wheeler, 1915)

Tetraponera klebsi

Vertebrates

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Conodonts

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type unit Location Notes Images

Chiosella[8]

Gen nov

Valid

Kozur

Clarkina

Gen nov

Valid

Kozur

Newly named Actinopterygii ("Ray-finned Fish")

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type unit Location Notes Images

Veronavelifer

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Bannikov

Eocene

Monte Bolca

 Italy

Veronavelifer sorbinii

Pseudosuchians

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

Baru darrowi[9]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Willis, Murray & Megirian

Miocene

Bullock Creek

 Australia

A mekosuchine crocodilian. Originally material from the Riversleigh WHA was also assigned to this species, but later research found these fossils to have belonged to a distinct taxon.

Dinosaurs

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  • All Anatosaurus species except A. copei were moved to the previously existing genus Edmontosaurus by Brett-Surman
  • "Seismosaurus" gastroliths documented.[10]

Newly named dinosaurs

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Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[11]

Name Status Authors Location Images
Agilisaurus[12] Valid taxon
  • Peng G.
Agilisaurus
Anatotitan[13] Valid taxon formerly called Anatosaurus copei

Brett-Surman vide:

  • Chapman

( Alberta)

Anatotitan copei
Bellusaurus[14] Valid taxon
Bellusaurus
Breviceratops[15] Valid taxon
  • Kurzanov
Coloradisaurus[16][17] Valid taxon
Coloradisaurus
Drinker[18] Valid taxon
  • Siegwarth
  • Filla
Emausaurus[19] Valid taxon
  • Haubold
Epachthosaurus[20] Valid taxon
Epachthosaurus
"Futabasaurus" Nomen nudum; later applied to a plesiosaur.
Hadrosauravus"[21] Nomen nudum

( Montana,  Utah)

Hisanohamasaurus[21] Nomen nudum
Katsuyamasaurus"[21] Nomen nudum
"Kitadanisaurus"[21] Nomen nudum
"Madsenius"[21] Nomen nudum
Monkonosaurus[22] Valid taxon
Richardoestesia Valid taxon
  • R.E. Sloan
Sugiyamasaurus"[21] Nomen nudum
Yimenosaurus[23] Valid taxon

Bai vide:

  • Bai
  • Yang J.
  • Wang G.H.

Newly named birds

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Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Agnopterus sicki [24]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga

Late Oligocene / Early Miocene

Bacia de Taubate

 Brazil

A Phoenicopteriformes, Agnopteridae Lambrecht, 1933.

Anser arenosus [25]

Valid

Sp. nov.

K. Jeffrey Bickart

Late Miocene

Late Hemphillian,

Big Sandy Formation

 USA:

 Arizona

An Anatidae.

Anser arizonae [25]

Valid

Sp. nov.

K. Jeffrey Bickart

Late Miocene

Late Hemphillian,

Big Sandy Formation

 USA:

 Arizona

An Anatidae.

Brachyramphus dunkeli [26]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Robert M. Chandler

Late Pliocene

Blancan,

San Diego Formation

 USA:

 California

An Alcidae.

Branta woolfendeni [25]

Not Valid

Sp. nov.

K. Jeffrey Bickart

Late Miocene

Late Hemphillian,

Big Sandy Formation

 Mongolia;

 USA:

 Arizona

An Anatidae, placed in synonymy with Bonibernicla ponderosa Kurochkin, 1985 by Zelenkov, 2012.[27]

Cerorhinca reai [26]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Robert M. Chandler

Late Pliocene

Blancan,

San Diego Formation

 USA:

 California

An Alcidae.

Chlamydotis mesetaria [28]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Antonio Sanchez Marco

Early Pliocene

MN 15

 Spain:

 Castile and León

An Otididae.

Corvus galushai [25]

Valid

Sp. nov.

K. Jeffrey Bickart

Late Miocene

Late Hemphillian,

Big Sandy Formation

 USA:

 Arizona

A Corvidae.

Cygnus mariae [25]

Valid

Sp. nov.

K. Jeffrey Bickart

Late Miocene

Late Hemphillian,

Big Sandy Formation

 USA:

 Arizona

An Anatidae.

Diomedea howardae [26]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Robert M. Chandler

Late Pliocene

Marine Beds

 USA:

 California

A Diomedeidae.

Himantopus olsoni [25]

Valid

Sp. nov.

K. Jeffrey Bickart

Late Miocene

Late Hemphillian,

Big Sandy Formation

 USA:

 Arizona

A Recurvirostridae

“Ichthyornis” minusculus [29]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Lev A. Nessov

Late Eocene

Coniacian,

Bisekty Formation

 Uzbekistan

Possibly an Enantiornithes Walker, 1981.

Kievornis rogovitshi [30]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Alexander O. Averianov

Olga R. Potapova

Lev A. Nessov

Late Eocene

MP 17-20

 Ukraine

An Aves Incertae Sedis, possibly a Procelariiformes or a Phaethontidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Melanitta ceruttii [26]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Robert M. Chandler

Late Pliocene

Blancan,

San Diego Formation

 USA:

 California

An Anatidae, transferred to the genus Histrionicus Lesson, 1828 by Storrs L. Olson & Pamela C. Rasmussen, 2001 [31]

Palaeeudyptes klekowskii [32]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Andrezej Myrcha

Andrzej Tatur

Rodolfo Del Valle

Late Eocene

La Meseta Formatie on Seymour Island

 Antarctica

A Spheniscidae.

Podiceps arndti [26]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Robert M. Chandler

Late Pliocene

Blancan,

San Diego Formation

 USA:

 California

A Podicipedidae.

Puffinus gilmorei [26]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Robert M. Chandler

Late Pliocene

Marine Beds

 USA:

 California

A Procellariidae.

Puffinus holei [33]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Cyril A. Walker

Graham M. Wragg

Colin J. O. Harrison

Late Pleistocene MQ 2C;

Late Pleistocene MQ 2C-D;

Early Holocene MQ 2E

Portugal,

Spain: Fuerteventura and Lanzarote,

Portugal

 Portugal;

 Spain:

 Canary Islands

A Procellariidae, Mourer-Chauviré & Antunes, 2000 [34] emended the spelling to Puffinus holeae.

Puffinus olsoni [35]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Miquel McMinn

Damià Jaume

Josep A. Alcover

Holocene

Fuerteventura

 Spain:

 Canary Islands

A Procellariidae.

Rissa estesi [26]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Robert M. Chandler

Late Pliocene

Blancan,

San Diego Formation

 USA:

 California

A Laridae.

Songzia heidangkouensis [36]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Hou LianHai

Early Eocene

Yangxi Formation

 China

A Ralliformes, Songziidae Hou, 1990, this is the type species of the new genus.

Stictocarbo kumeyaay [26]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Robert M. Chandler

Late Pliocene

Blancan,

San Diego Formation

 USA:

 California

A Phalacrocoracidae, transferred to the genus Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760.

Sula clarki [26]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Robert M. Chandler

Late Pliocene

Blancan,

San Diego Formation

 USA:

 California

A Sulidae.

Struthio dmanisensis [37]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich

Abesalom K. Vekua

Early Pleistocene

Dmanisi

 Georgia

A Struthionidae.

Synthliboramphus rineyi [26]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Robert M. Chandler

Late Pliocene

Blancan,

San Diego Formation

 USA:

 California

An Alcidae.

Tetrastes dalianensis [38]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Hou LianHai

Late Pliocene

Talien

 China

A Phasianidae, transferred to the genus Bonasa Stephen, 1819.

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