2003 in paleontology
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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 2003.
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Arthropoda
New taxa
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Subfam. nov |
Valid |
Bolton |
A stem group ant, type species B. clavata |
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Sp. nov |
valid |
Coldwater beds, Princeton Group |
first apoid bee described from Canada |
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sp nov |
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Sp. nov |
valid |
Coldwater beds, Princeton Group |
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 |
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"Abdallahsaurus"[7] |
Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus |
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"Blancocerosaurus"[8] |
Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus |
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Amazonsaurus[9] | Valid taxon |
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Antetonitrus[10] | Valid taxon |
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Aviatyrannis[11] | Valid taxon |
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Bainoceratops[12] | Valid taxon |
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Brohisaurus | Valid taxon |
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Colepiocephale[13] | Valid taxon |
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"Domeykosaurus" | Nomen nudum |
Rubilar-Rogers and Vargas vide:
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Dromaeosauroides[14] | Valid taxon |
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Equijubus[15] | Valid taxon |
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Ferganasaurus[16] | Valid taxon |
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Fukuisaurus[17] | Valid taxon |
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Gobititan[18] | Valid taxon |
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Hanssuesia[19] | Valid taxon |
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Heyuannia[20] | Valid taxon |
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Hongshanosaurus[21] | Valid taxon |
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Isisaurus[22] | Valid taxon |
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"Issasaurus"[7] |
Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Dicraeosaurus |
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Lamaceratops[23] | Valid taxon |
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"Ligomasaurus"[7] |
Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus |
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Lusotitan[24] | Valid taxon |
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Magnirostris[25] | Valid taxon |
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Mendozasaurus[26] | Valid taxon |
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"Mohammadisaurus"[7] |
Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Tornieria |
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"Mtapaiasaurus"[7] |
Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus |
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"Mtotosaurus"[7] |
Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Dicraeosaurus |
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"Nteregosaurus"[7] |
Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Janenschia |
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"Nyororosaurus"[7] |
Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Dicraeosaurus |
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Olorotitan[27] | Valid taxon |
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Platyceratops[23] | Valid taxon |
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Rajasaurus[28] | Valid taxon |
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Rinconsaurus[29] | Valid taxon |
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"Salimosaurus"[7] |
Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus |
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"Selimanosaurus"[7] |
Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Dicraeosaurus |
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Serendipaceratops[30] | Valid taxon |
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Shenzhousaurus[31] | Valid taxon |
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Shuangmiaosaurus[32] | Valid taxon |
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Silesaurus[33] | Valid taxon |
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Sinornithomimus[34] | Valid taxon |
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Sphaerotholus[35] | Possible junior synonym of Prenocephale |
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"Wangonisaurus"[7] |
Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus |
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Yixianosaurus[36] | Valid taxon |
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Zalmoxes[37] | Valid taxon |
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Zupaysaurus[38] | Valid taxon |
Arcucci & Coria |
Newly named birds
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
valid |
Middle Miocene |
A Sagittariidae, relative of the secretarybird. The type species of Amanuensis Mourer-Chauviré, 2003. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Middle Eocene |
USA: |
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. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Anhingidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Early Miocene |
An Diomedeidae. |
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Nomen Nudum |
Thesis name. |
Early Eocene |
USA: |
An Eurypygidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Falconidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Pleistocene-Holocene |
A Columbidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Subresent |
USA: |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Anhingidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Quaternary, possibly Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene |
A Falconidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Sulidae. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
valid |
Middle Miocene |
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. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Subrecent |
An Ardeidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Early Middle Miocene |
A Gruidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
Early Middle Eocene |
An Apodiformes, Cypselavidae Mourer-Chauviré, 2006. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
A Phasianidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Spheniscidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Miocene |
A Spheniscidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Sulidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Sulidae. |
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Nomen Nudum |
Thesis name. |
Early Eocene |
USA: |
An Apodiformes. |
Plesiosaurs
New taxa
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Pterosaurs
New taxa
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Upper Carboniferous |
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Upper/Middle Permian |
an anomodont |
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Middle/Upper Permian |
an anomodont; replacement name for Lanthanocephalus Modesto, Rubidge & Welman, 2002, preoccupied by the cnidarian genus Lanthanocephalus Williams & Starmer, 2000[62] |
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Middle Triassic |
an anomodont; new genus for "Parakannemeyeria" brevirostris |
Fungi
newly named
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Burdigalian (Miocene) |
Dominican Republic one of four mushroom genera described from the fossil record |
Plants
Conifers
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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C. eureka is the oldest confirmed member of the genus Chamaecyparis[66] |
Angiosperms
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Gnetophytes
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Cratonia cotyledon[69] |
Valid |
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