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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 2003.
Plants
[edit]Conifers
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Sp nov | Valid | Kotyk, Basinger, & McIlver | the oldest confirmed species of Chamaecyparis[2] | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | LePage | A hemlock species |
Angiosperms
[edit]Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp | Valid | Mohr & Eklund | ||||||
Sp nov | Valid | Pigg, Manchester, & Wehr | A hornbeam | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Pigg, Manchester, & Wehr | A hazelnut | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Pigg, Manchester, & Wehr | A betulaceous fruit | |||||
Comb nov | Valid | (Penhallow) Pigg, Manchester, & Wehr | Okanagan Highlands | A betulaceous fruit; | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Pigg, Manchester, & Wehr | A betulaceous fruit | |||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | Boucher, Manchester, & Judd |
Gnetophytes
[edit]Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | Valid | Rydin, Mohr, & Friis | A relative to Welwetschia |
Fungi
[edit]Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Get et sp nov | Valid | Hibbett et al | An agaricalean fungus |
Arthropods
[edit]Arachnids
[edit]Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | valid | Poinar & Brown | An Ixodid hard tick |
Insects
[edit]Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Comb nov. | vaild | (Viana & Haedo Rossi) | A myrmeciine ant. | |||||
Comb nov. | valid | (Rossi de Garcia) | A myrmeciine ant. | |||||
Subfam. Gen. et Sp. nov | Valid | Bolton | A stem group ant, type species B. clavata | |||||
Sp. nov | valid | first apoid bee fossil described from Canada | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nel & Petrulevicius | Dauphin | A sweat bee | ||||
Gen et sp nov | Jr synonym | Nel & Petrulevicius | Aquitanian | An apine bee, | ||||
Sp nov | valid | Makarkin & Archibald | An ithionid giant lacewing | |||||
Gen et sp nov | Jr synonym | Nel & Petrulevicius | Aquitanian | Described as an Electrobombini bee | ||||
sp nov | synonym | A snakefly. | ||||||
Sp. nov | valid | Coldwater beds, Princeton Group | A Hemerobiinae lacewing | |||||
Sp nov | valid | Nel & Petrulevicius |
Conodont paleozoology
[edit]German paleontologist and stratigrapher Heinz Walter Kozur (1942-2013) described the conodont genus Carnepigondolella.
Vertebrate paleozoology
[edit]Parareptiles
[edit]Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | This was one of the largest herbivores of their time |
Non-avian dinosaurs
[edit]Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[18]
Newly named birds
[edit]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. | |||||
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. | ||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | An Anhingidae. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Scolopacidae. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Late Early Miocene | A Diomedeidae. | |||||
Nomen Nudum | Thesis name. | Early Eocene | USA: | A Eurypygidae. | ||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Falconidae. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Late Pleistocene-Holocene | A Columbidae. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Subresent | USA: | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | An Anhingidae. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Quaternary, possibly Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene | A Falconidae. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Sulidae. | ||||||
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.[61] The type species of Namibiavis Mourer-Chauviré, 2003. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Subrecent | An Ardeidae. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Gruidae. | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov et Sp. nov. | Early Middle Eocene | An Apodiformes, Cypselavidae Mourer-Chauviré, 2006. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov et Sp. nov. | A Phasianidae. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Spheniscidae. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Late Miocene | A Spheniscidae. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Sulidae. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Sulidae. | ||||||
Nomen Nudum | Thesis name. | Early Eocene | USA: | An Apodiformes. |
Plesiosaurs
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Pterosaurs
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Synapsids
[edit]Non-mammalian
[edit]Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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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[73] | |||||
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| Middle Triassic | an anomodont; new genus for "Parakannemeyeria" brevirostris |
Mammals
[edit]Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Disputed | Morales et al. | Pliocene | A Caracal. Boscaini et al. (2016) considered this species to be a junior synonym of Lynx issiodorensis.[77] | ||||
Guangxicyon[78] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Zhai et al. | Eocene | Nadu Formation | China | An amphicyonid. | |
Gen et sp nov | Valid | Morlo & Gunnell | A limnocyonid hyaenodont.The type species is I. datzae. | |||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | Pickford et al. | Miocene | A catarrhine of uncertain affinity. The type species is K. morotoensis. | ||||
Yuesthonyx[81] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Tong, Wang & Fu | Paleocene | Dazhang Formation | China | A tillodont. The type species is Y. tingae. |
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