Name |
Status |
Novelty |
Authors |
Age |
Unit |
Location |
Notes |
Images |
Anneavis anneae [25] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Peter W. Houde
Storrs L. Olson |
Early Eocene |
Late Wasatchian, Green River Formation |
USA:
Wyoming
|
A Coliiformes, Sandcoleidae Houde et Olson, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus. |
|
Archaealectrornis sibleyi [26] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Timothy M. Crowe
Lester L. Short |
Middle-Late Oligocene |
Brule Formation |
USA:
Nebraska
|
Described in the Gallinuloididae Lucas, 1900, but transferred to the Cracidae. |
|
Archaeoganga pinguis [27] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |
Eocene or Oligocene |
Phosphorites du Quercy,
MP 16 or 28 |
France
|
A Pteroclidae. |
|
Balearica exigua [28] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Alan Feduccia
Michael R. Voorhies |
Late Miocene |
Ash Hollow Formatie |
USA:
Nebraska
|
A Gruidae. |
|
Bucephala cereti [29] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Odile Boeuf
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |
Late Pliocene |
MN 17 |
France
|
An Anatidae. |
|
Cathayornis yandica [30] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Zhou Zhonghe
Fan Jin
Jiang Yong Zhang |
Early Cretaceous |
Valanginian,
Jiufotang Formation |
China
|
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Cathayornithiformes Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 1992, Cathayornithidae Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus. |
|
Chascacocolius oscitans [25] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Peter W. Houde
Storrs L. Olson |
Early Eocene |
Early Wasatchian,
Willwood Formation |
USA:
Wyoming
|
A Coliiformes, Chascacocoliidae Zelenkov et Dyke, 2008, this is the type species of the new genus. |
|
Ciconia stehlini [31] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Dénes Jánossy |
Late Pleistocene |
MN 16 |
Hungary
|
A Ciconiidae. |
|
Columbina prattae [32] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Jonathan J. Becker
Pierce Brodkorb |
Early Miocene |
Fissure fillings in Early Eocene Cristal River Limestone |
USA:
Florida
|
A Columbidae, in 2008 David W. Steadman made it the type species of his new genus Arenicolumbina.[33] |
|
Concornis lacustris [34] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
José L. Sanz
Angela D. Buscalioni |
Early Cretaceous |
Neocomian |
Spain:
Castilla–La Mancha
|
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Iberomesornithiformes Sanz et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, Concornithidae Kurochkin, 1996, this is the type species of the new genus. |
|
Foro panarium [35] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Storrs L. Olson |
Late Early Eocene |
Green River Formation |
USA:
Wyoming
|
An Opisthocomiformes, Foratidae Olson, 1992. |
|
Gallicolumba nui [36] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
David W. Steadman |
Holocene |
Ua Huka |
French Polynesia
|
A Columbidae. |
|
Gastornis russelli [37] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Larry D. Martin |
Late Paleocene |
MP 6 |
France
|
A Gastornithidae Fürbringer, 1888. |
|
Helonetta brodkorbi [38] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Steven D. Emslie |
Late Pliocene |
Blancan,
Tamiami Formation |
USA:
Florida
|
An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
|
Iberomesornis romerali [39] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
José L. Sanz
José F. Bonaparte |
Early Cretaceous |
Hauterivian-Early Barremian |
Spain:
Castilla–La Mancha
|
An Enantiornithes, Iberomesornithiformes Sanz et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, Iberomesornithidae Sanz et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992. |
|
Kuszholia mengi [40] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Lev A. Nessov |
Early Cretaceous |
Turonian-Coniacian,
Bissekty Formation |
Uzbekistan
|
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus. |
|
Macranhinga paranensis [41] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Jorge I. Noriega |
Late Miocene |
Mesopotamiense,
Ituzaingó Formation |
Argentina
|
A big Anhingidae. |
|
Macropygia arevarevauupa [36] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
David W. Steadman |
Holocene |
Huahine,
Society Islands |
French Polynesia
|
A Columbidae. |
|
Macropygia heana [36] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
David W. Steadman |
Holocene |
Ua Huka |
French Polynesia
|
A Columbidae. |
|
Megalodytes morejohni [42] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Hildegarde Howard |
Middle Miocene |
Sharktooth Hill Bonebed |
USA:
California
|
An Anatidae. |
|
Messelornis nearctica [43] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Angelika Hesse |
Early Eocene |
Green River Formation |
USA:
Wyoming
|
A Ralliformes, Messelornithidae Hesse, 1988. |
|
Oxyura hulberti [38] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Steven D. Emslie |
Late Pliocene |
Blancan,
Tamiami Formation |
USA:
Florida
|
An Anatidae. |
|
Palaeoglaux artophoron [44] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Dieter S. Peters |
Middle Eocene |
MP 11 |
Germany:
Hessen
|
A Strigiformes, Palaeoglaucidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1987. |
|
Patagopteryx deferrariisi [45] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga
José F. Bonaparte |
Late Cretaceous |
Coniacian,
Rio Colorado Formation |
Argentina
|
An Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, Patagopterygiformes Alvarenga et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, Patagopterygidae Alvarenga et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus. |
|
Platanavis nana [40] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Lev A. Nessov |
Late Cretaceous |
Coniacian |
Uzbekistan
|
An Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, this is the type species of the new genus. |
|
Quercymegapodius brodkorbi [46] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |
Late Eocene |
Phosphorites du Quercy |
France
|
A Craciformes Sibley, Ahlquist et Monroe, 1988, Quercymegapodiidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1992. |
|
Quercypsitta ivani [47] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |
Late Eocene |
MP 17 |
France
|
A Psittaciformes, Quercypsittidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1992. |
|
Quercypsitta sudrei [47] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |
Late Eocene |
MP 17 |
France
|
A Psittaciformes, Quercypsittidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus. |
|
Sandcoleus copiosus [25] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Peter W. Houde
Storrs L. Olson |
Early Eocene |
Middle Clarkforkian,
Willwood Formation |
USA:
Wyoming
|
A Coliiformes, Sandcoleidae Houde et Olson, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus. |
|
Sinornis santensis [48] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Paul C. Sereno
Rao Chenggang |
Early Cretaceous |
Valanginian |
China
|
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Cathayornithiformes Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 2006, Cathayornithidae Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 2006, this is the type species of the new genus. |
|
Tetrastes dalianensis [49] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Hou Lian-Hai |
Late Pliocene |
Dalian |
China
|
A Phasianidae, transferred to the genus Bonasa Stephen, 1819. |
|
Zhyraornis logunovi [40] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Lev A. Nessov |
Early Cretaceous |
Turonian-Coniacian,
Bissekty Formation |
Uzbekistan
|
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. |
|