2018 in Paleontology

A selection of new fossil species described in 2018 (not to scale).

1.- Chimerarachne yingi Wang et al., 2018, a close relative of spider ancestors
2.- Caelestiventus hanseni Britt et al., 2018, desert dwelling pterosaur
3.- Vulcanops jennyworthyae Hand et al., 2018, a giant burrowing bat
4.- Obamus coronatus Dzaugis et al., 2018, an enigmatic Ediacaran fossil named after former US president Barack Obama
5.- Mirarce eatoni Atterholt et al., 2018, the most complete "opposite" bird from North America
6.- Eorhynchochelys sinensis Li et al., 2018, a primitive turtle without shell
7.- Piranhamesodon pinnamotus Kolnl-Ebert et al., 2018, a salt water Late Jurassic meat-eating fish with piranha teeth
8.- Maiabalaena nesbittae Peredo et al., 2018, a baleen whale with no teeth and no baleen either
9.- Lisowicia bojani Sulej et al., 2018, a giant dicynodont from Poland
10.- Ledumahadi mafube McPhee et al., 2018, one of the earliest known giant sauropodomorph
11.- Bagualosaurus agudoensis Pretto et al., 2018, sauropodomorph from Brazil
12.- Vorombe titan (Andrews, 1894) Hansford & Turvey, 2018, the largest bird that ever existed
13.- Laosuchus naga Arbez et al., 2018, a chroniosuchian from Laos
14.- Mansourasaurus shahinae Sallam et al., 2018, a Late cretaceous titanosaur from Egypt
15.- Jinyunpelta sinensis Zheng et al., 2018, a primitive club-tailed ankylosaur
16.- Lingwulong shenqi Xu et al., 2018, the earliest known neosauropod and only diplodocoid from East Asia
17.- Eogranivora edentulata Zheng et al., 2018, a toothless seed-eating bird from Early Cretaceous China
18.- Caihong juji Hu et al., 2018, a theropod dinosaur with iridescent feathers
19.- Crittendenceratops krzyzanowskii Dalman et al., 2018, ceratopsian from Arizona

December 29, 2018


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