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==Protozoa==
===New taxa===
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''[[Vetufebrus]]''<ref name="PoinarVetufebrus2011">{{cite journal |last1=Poinar |first1=G. |year=2011 |title=''Vetufebrus ovatus'' n. gen., n. sp. (Haemospororida: Plasmodiidae) vectored by a streblid bat fly (Diptera: Streblidae) in Dominican amber |journal=Parasites & Vectors |volume=4 |issue=229 |pages= 1–5 |doi=10.1186/1756-3305-4-229|pmid=22152687 |pmc=3253689 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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Valid
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[[George Poinar Jr.|Poinar]]
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[[Burdigalian]]
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[[Dominican amber]]
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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A [[Plasmodiidae]] vectored by the bat fly ''[[Enischnomyia stegosoma]]''
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[[File:Vetufebras in Enischnomyia.jpg|thumb|center|150px|''[[Vetufebrus ovatus]]'']]
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==Plants==
===Ferns and fern allies===
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''[[Drynaria callispora]]''<ref name="Drynaria2011">{{cite journal |last1=Su |first1=T. |last2=Jacques |first2=F. |last3=Liu |first3=Y. |last4=Xiang |first4=J. |last5=Xing |first5=Y. |last6=Huang |first6=Y. |last7=Zhou |first7=Z. |year=2011 |title=A new ''Drynaria'' (Polypodiaceae) from the upper Pliocene of Southwest China |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=164 |issue=(1-2) |pages=132–142|doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.11.011 }}</ref>
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Sp nov
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Su ''et al''
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[[Pliocene]]
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[[Sanying Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A ''[[Drynaria]]'' species fern
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''[[Equisetum thermale]]''<ref name="Channing2011">{{cite journal |last1=Channing |first1=A. |last2=Zamuner |first2=A. |last3=Edwards |first3=D. |last4=Guido |first4=D. |year=2011 |title=''Equisetum thermale'' sp. nov. (Equisetales) from the Jurassic San Agustin hot spring deposit, Patagonia: Anatomy, paleoecology, and inferred paleoecophysiology. |journal= American Journal of Botany |volume=98 |issue=4 |pages=680–697 |doi= 10.3732/ajb.1000211 |pmid=21613167|doi-access=free |hdl=11336/95234 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
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sp. nov
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Valid
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Channing, Zamuner, Edwards, & Guido
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[[Callovian]] - [[Tithonian]]
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[[La Matilde Formation]]
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{{flag| Argentina}}
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oldest crown group ''Equisetum'' species
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===Gymnosperms===
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''[[Agathoxylon byeongpungense]]''<ref name="koreanwoods">{{cite journal |last1=Oh |first1=C. |last2=Kim |first2=K. |last3=Paik |first3=I. |last4=Lim |first4=J. |year=2011 |title=Cretaceous conifer woods of Korea: Occurrences and palaeobiological implications |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=164 |issue=1–2 |pages=67–83|doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.11.007 }}</ref>
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comb nov
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(Kim ''et al.'') Oh ''et al.''
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[[Cretaceous]]<br/>([[Aptian]] - [[Albian]])
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[[Donghwachi Formation]]
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{{Flag|South Korea}}
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An [[Araucariaceae|Araucariaceous]] wood
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''[[Agathoxylon kiiense]]''<ref name="koreanwoods"/>
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comb nov
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(Ogura) Oh ''et al.''
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[[Cretaceous]]<br/>(Aptian - Albian)
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[[Togeum Formation]]
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{{Flag|South Korea}}
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An [[Araucariaceae|Araucariaceous]] wood
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''[[Agathoxylon togeumense]]''<ref name="koreanwoods"/>
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Sp nov
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Oh ''et al.''
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[[Cretaceous]]<br/>(Aptian - Albian)
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[[Togeum Formation]]
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{{Flag|South Korea}}
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An [[Araucariaceae|Araucariaceous]] wood
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''[[Cariria]]''<ref name="Kunzmann2011">{{cite journal |last1=Kunzmann |first1=L. |last2=Mohr |first2=B.A.R. |last3=Wilde |first3=V. |last4=Bernardes-de-Oliveira|first4=M.E.C. |year=2011 |title=A putative gnetalean gymnosperm ''Cariria orbiculiconiformis'' gen. nov. et spec. nov. from the Early Cretaceous of northern Gondwana |journal= Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=165 |issue=1–2 |pages=75–95 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.02.005}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Kunzmann ''et al.''
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Aptian
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[[Crato Formation]]
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{{flag|Brazil}}
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A possible [[gnetophyta|gnetophyte]]
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''[[Cupressus guangxiensis]]''<ref name="Shi2011">{{cite journal |last1=Shi |first1=G. |last2=Zhou |first2=Z. |last3=Xie |first3=Z. |year=2011 |title=''Cupressus'' foliage shoots and associated seed cones from the Oligocene Ningming Formation of Guangxi, South China |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=166 |issue=3–4 |pages=325–334|doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.06.005 }}</ref>
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Sp nov
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Shi ''et al.''
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[[Oligocene]]
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[[Ningming Formation]]
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{{flag|China}}
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A [[Cupressaceae|cuprecaceous]] foliage/cone species
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''[[Hughmillerites]]''<ref name="Hughmillerites2011">{{cite journal |last1=Rothwell |first1=G. |last2=Stockey |first2=R. |last3=Mapes |first3=G. |last4=Hilton |first4=J. |year=2011 |title=Structure and relationships of the Jurassic conifer seed cone ''Hughmillerites juddii'' gen. et comb. nov.: implications for the origin and evolution of Cupressaceae |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |volume=164 |issue=1–2 |pages=45–59|doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.11.004 }}</ref>
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Gen et comb nov
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Rothwell ''et al.''
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[[Jurassic]]<br/>[[Kimmeridgian]]
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[[Kimmeridge Clay Formation]]
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{{flag|UK}}<br/>{{Flag|Scotland}}
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*''[[Conites juddii]]'' ([[1913 in paleontology|1913]])
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A [[Cupressaceae|cuprecaceous]] cone morphotaxon<br/> The type species is ''H. juddii''
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''[[Pinus arnoldii]]''<ref name="Klymiuk2011">{{cite journal |last1=Klymiuk |first1=A. A. |last2=Stockey |first2=R. A. |last3=Rothwell |first3=G. W. |year=2011 |title=The first organismal concept for an extinct species of Pinaceae: ''Pinus arnoldii'' Miller. |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=172 |issue=2 |pages=294–313|doi=10.1086/657649 |s2cid=84137991 }}</ref>
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Syn nov
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Valid
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Miller
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[[Eocene]]<br/>[[Ypresian]]
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[[Allenby Formation]]<br/>[[Princeton chert]]
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{{flag|Canada}}<br/>{{flag|British Columbia}}
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*''[[Pinus similkameenensis]]'' ([[1973 in paleontology|1973]])<ref name="Miller1973">{{cite journal |last1=Miller Jr |first1=C. N. |year=1973 |title=Silicified cones and vegetative remains of ''Pinus'' from Eocene of British Columbia |journal=Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan |volume=24 |pages=101–118}}</ref>
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A permineralized pine<br/>An amplified "whole plant reconstruction" including ''P. similkameenensis'' foliage/wood
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''[[Protaxodioxylon turolense]]''<ref name="Vozenin-Serra">{{cite journal |last1=Vozenin-Serra |first1=C. |last2=Diez |first2=J. |last3=Ferrer |first3=J. |year=2011 |title=A new species of ''Protaxodioxylon'' (Cupressaceae sl) from the late Albian of the Aragonian branch of the Iberian Range (Spain) Palaeoclimatic implications |journal=Geodiversitas |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=11–24|doi=10.5252/g2011n1a1 |s2cid=128392110 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/4596801 }}</ref>
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Sp nov
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Vozenin-Serra
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[[Cretaceous]]<br/>[[Albian|late Albian]]
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[[Utrillas Formation]]
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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A [[cupressaceae|cupressaceous]] wood
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''[[Qataniaria]]''<ref name="Krassilov11">{{cite journal |author1=Valentin Krassilov |author2=Eckart Schrank |year=2011 |title=New Albian macro- and palynoflora from the Negev (Israel) with description of a new gymnosperm morphotaxon |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=13–29 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2010.10.001 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp.
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Valid
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Krassilov & Schrank
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Albian
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[[Hatira Formation]]
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{{flag|Israel}}
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A gymnosperm pollen morphotype
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''[[Schizolepis daohugouensis]]''<ref name="Schizolepis2011">{{cite journal |last1=Zhang |first1=J. |last2=D'Rozario |first2=A. |last3=Yao |first3=J. |last4=Wu  |first4=Z. |last5=Wang |first5=L. |year=2011 |title=A new species of the extinct genus ''Schizolepis'' from the Jurassic Daohugou Flora, Inner Mongolia, China with special reference to the fossil diversity and evolutionary implications |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition |volume=85 |issue=2 |pages=471–481|doi=10.1111/j.1755-6724.2011.00415.x |s2cid=129785532 }}</ref>
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Sp nov
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Zhang ''et al.''
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[[Jurassic]]
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[[Daohugou|Daohugou flora]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[pinaceae|pinaceous]] relative
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====Gymnosperm research====
*An amplified whole plant reconstruction of the [[Ypresian]] [[Princeton chert]] pine ''[[Pinus arnoldii]]'', expanding the diagnosis to include ''P. similkameenensis'' (Miller, [[1973 in paleontology|1973]]) foliage and wood plus unnamed pollens cones found in attachment to the ''P. arnoldii'' ovulate cones is published by Klymiuk, Stockey, & Rothwell.<ref name="Klymiuk2011"/>

===Angiosperms===
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''[[Ficus palaeoracemosa]]''<ref name="Ficus2011">{{cite journal |last1=Srivastava |first1=G. |last2=Srivastava |first2=R. |last3=Mehrotra |first3=R. |year=2011 |title=''Ficus palaeoracemosa'' sp. nov.–A new fossil leaf from the Kasauli Formation of Himachal Pradesh and its palaeoclimatic significance |journal=Journal of Earth System Science |volume=120 |issue=2 |pages=253–262|doi=10.1007/s12040-011-0054-9 |bibcode=2011JESS..120..253S |s2cid=129960761 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp nov
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Srivastava, Srivastava, & Mehrotra
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[[Early Miocene]]
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[[Kasauli Formation]]
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{{flag|India}}
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A [[ficus|fig]] leaf morphospecies
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''[[Leefructus]]''<ref name=Leefructus>{{cite journal |year=2011 |title=A eudicot from the Early Cretaceous of China |journal=Nature |volume=471 |issue= 7340|pages=625–628 |doi=10.1038/nature09811 |author1=Ge Sun |author2=David L. Dilcher |author3=Hongshan Wang |author4=Zhiduan Chen |pmid=21455178 |bibcode = 2011Natur.471..625S |s2cid=205224036 |url=http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/13095 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp.
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Valid
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Sun, Dilcher, Wang, & Chen
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Early Cretaceous
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[[Yixian Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A basal eudicot
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''[[Oemleria janhartfordae]]''<ref name="Benedict2011">{{cite journal |last1=Benedict |first1=JC |last2=DeVore |first2=ML |last3=Pigg |first3=KB |year=2011 |title=''Prunus'' and ''Oemleria'' (Rosaceae) Flowers from the Late Early Eocene Republic Flora of Northeastern Washington State, U.S.A. |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=172 |issue=7 |pages=948–958 |doi=10.1086/660880|s2cid=39391439 }}</ref>
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Species
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Valid
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Benedict, DeVore, & Pigg
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[[Eocene]]<br/>[[Ypresian]]
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[[Eocene Okanagan Highlands|Okanagan Highlands]]<br/>[[Klondike Mountain Formation]]
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{{flag|USA}}<br/>{{Flag|Washington}}
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An [[Oemleria|Osoberry]] flower
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''[[Palmoxylon|Palmoxylon lametaei]]''<ref name="Dutta2011">{{cite journal |last1=Dutta |first1=D. |last2=Ambwani |first2=K. |last3=Estrada-Ruiz |first3=E. |year=2011 |title=Late Cretaceous palm stem ''Palmoxylon lametaei'' sp. nov. from Bhisi Village, Maharashtra, India |journal=[[Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas]] |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=1–9 |url=http://satori.geociencias.unam.mx/en_prensa/%2801%29Dutta.pdf }}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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Species
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Valid
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Dutta, Ambwani, & Estrada-Ruiz
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Maastrichtian
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[[Lameta Formation]]
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{{flag|India}}
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A palm wood morphospecies
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''[[Prunus cathybrownae]]''<ref name="Benedict2011"/>
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Species
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Valid
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Benedict, DeVore, & Pigg
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[[Eocene]]<br/>[[Ypresian]]
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[[Eocene Okanagan Highlands|Okanagan Highlands]]<br/>[[Klondike Mountain Formation]]
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{{flag|USA}}<br/>{{Flag|Washington}}
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A [[cherry]] flower species
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[[File:Prunus cathybrownae SRIC.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Prunus cathybrownae]]'']]
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==Nematoda==

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''[[Formicodiplogaster]]''<ref name="Poinar2011a">{{Cite journal |last1=Poinar |first1=G. |last2=Heiss |first2=E. |year=2011 |title=New Termitaphididae and Aradidae (Hemiptera) in Mexican and Dominican amber |journal= Palaeodiversity |volume=4 |pages = 51–62 |url= http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/04/Palaeodiversity_4_PoinarHeiss.pdf}}</ref>
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Gen et sp nov
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valid
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Poinar
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[[Burdigalian]]
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[[Dominican amber]]
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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
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A [[Diplogasteridae|diplogasterid]] nematode<br/> The type species is ''F. myrmenema''<br/> parasite of ''[[Azteca (ant)|Azteca]]'' species ants
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[[File:Formicodiplogaster myrmenema dauer juvenile.jpg|thumb|center|upright|''[[Formicodiplogaster myrmenema]]'']]
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==Lobopods==
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''[[Diania|Diania cactiformis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Liu | first1 = J.| last2 = Steiner | first2 = M.| last3 = Dunlop | first3 = J. A. | last4 = Keupp | first4 = H.| last5 = Shu | first5 = D.| last6 = Ou | first6 = Q.| last7 = Han | first7 = J.| last8 = Zhang | first8 = Z.| last9 = Zhang | first9 = X.
| year = 2011 | title = An armoured Cambrian lobopodian from China with arthropod-like appendages | journal = Nature | volume = 470 | issue = 7335 | pages = 526–530| bibcode = 2011Natur.470..526L| doi = 10.1038/nature09704 | pmid = 21350485| s2cid = 4324509}}</ref>
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Valid
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Liu ''et al.''
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Lower Cambrian
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[[Maotianshan shale]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[lobopodia]]n.
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''[[Mureropodia|Mureropodia apae]]''
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Valid
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Gamez Vintaned, Linan, & Zhuravlev
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Early Cambrian
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[[Murero]]
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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A [[lobopodia]]n.
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''[[Siberion|Siberion lenaicus]]''
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Valid
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Dzik
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Early Cambrian
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[[Sinsk Formation]]
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{{Flag|Russia}}
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A [[lobopodia]]n.
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==Vetulicolians==
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''[[Ooedigera|Ooedigera peeli]]''<ref name="Vinther2011">{{Cite journal | last1 = Vinther | first1 = J. | last2 = Smith | first2 = M. P. | last3 = Harper | first3 = D. A. T. | author-link3 = David Harper (palaeontologist)| doi = 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01034.x | title = Vetulicolians from the Lower Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, North Greenland, and the polarity of morphological characters in basal deuterostomes | journal = Palaeontology | volume = 54 | issue = 3 | pages = 711–719 | year = 2011 | s2cid = 85602402 }}</ref>
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gen. nov
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valid
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Zinther, et al.
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[[Early Cambrian]]
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[[Sirius Passet]]
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{{Flag|Greenland}}
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earliest known [[vetulicolia]]n described
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[[File:Ooedigera peeli.jpg|thumb|center|Artist's reconstruction]]
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==Molluscs==
{{main|List of gastropods described in 2011#Fossil gastropods}}

==Arthropods==
{{main|2011 in arthropod paleontology}}

==Fishes==
{{main|2011 in paleoichthyology}}

==Amphibians==

===Newly named lepospondyls===
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''[[Kirktonecta]]''<ref name=Kirktonecta>{{cite journal |last=Clack |first=Jennifer A. |year=2011 |title=A new microsaur from the early Carboniferous (Viséan) of East Kirkton, Scotland, showing soft tissue evidence |journal=Special Papers in Palaeontology |volume=86 |pages=45–55 |url=https://www.palass.org/publications/special-papers-palaeontology/archive/86/article_pp45-55}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp.
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Valid
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* Clack
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Viséan
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[[East Kirkton Quarry]]
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* {{Flag|Scotland}}
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A [[microsaur]].
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''[[Tambaroter]]''<ref name="Tambaroter">{{cite journal |last=Henrici |first=A.C. |author2=Martens, T. |author3=Berman, D.S. |author4=Sumida, S.S. |year=2011 |title=An ostodolepid 'microsaur' (Lepospondyli) from the Lower Permian Tambach Formation of central Germany |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=5 |pages=997–1004 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.596601 |s2cid=129710688 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp.
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Valid
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* Henrici
* Martens
* et al.<ref name="tambaroter-authors" group="CAL">Henrici, Martens, Berman, Sumida.</ref>
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[[Cisuralian|Early Permian]]
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[[Tambach Formation]]
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* {{Flag|Germany}}
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An [[ostodolepid]].
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===Newly named temnospondyls===
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''[[Acheloma|Acheloma dunni]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Polley |first1=Brendan P. |last2=Reisz |first2=Robert R. |year=2011 |title=A new Lower Permian trematopid (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea) from Richards Spur, Oklahoma |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=4 |pages=789–815 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00668.x|doi-access=free |hdl=1807/18982 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
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Species
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Valid
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* Polley
* Reisz
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Early Permian
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* {{Flag|USA}}
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A [[Trematopidae|trematopid]].
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''[[Calmasuchus]]''<ref name="Fortuny11">{{Cite journal|last1=Fortuny |first1=Josep |last2=Galobart |first2=Àngel |last3=De Santisteban |first3=Carles |year=2011 |title=A new capitosaur from the Middle Triassic of Spain and the relationships within the Capitosauria |url=http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100025_acc.pdf |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=56 |issue=3 |pages=553–66 |doi=10.4202/app.2010.0025 |s2cid=55068128 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522161402/http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100025_acc.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-22 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp.
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Valid
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* Fortuny
* Galobart
* De Santisteban
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early-middle Anisian
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[[Catalan basin]]
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* {{Flag|Spain}}
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A [[capitosauria]]n.
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''[[Rotaryus]]''<ref name=Rotaryus>{{cite journal |author1=David S. Berman |author2=Amy C. Henrici |author3=Thomas Martens |author4=Stuart S. Sumida |author5=Jason S. Anderson |year=2011 |title=''Rotaryus gothae'', a New Trematopid (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea) from the Lower Permian of Central Germany |journal=Annals of Carnegie Museum |volume=80 |issue=1 |pages=49–65 |doi=10.2992/007.080.0106 |s2cid=84780478 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp.
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Valid
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* Berman
* Henrici
* et al.<ref name="rotaryus-authors" group="CAL">Berman, Henrici, Martens, Sumida, Anderson</ref>
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Early Permian
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[[Tambach Formation]]
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* {{Flag|Germany}}
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A [[trematopidae|trematopid]].
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''[[Rubeostratilia]]''<ref name=BA11>{{cite journal |last=Bourget |first=Hélène |author2=Anderson, Jason S. |year=2011 |title=A new amphibamid (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea) from the Early Permian of Texas |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=32–49 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.539652|s2cid=85856972 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp.
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Valid
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* Bourget
* Anderson
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Early Permian
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* {{Flag|USA}}
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An [[Amphibamidae|amphibamid]].
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[[File:Rubeostratilia texensis.jpg|thumb|150px|center|''Rubeostratilia texensis''.]]
|-
|}

===Newly named lissamphibians===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|- 
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Urupia]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=P.P. Skutschas  |author2=S.A. Krasnolutskii |year=2011 |title=A new genus and species of basal salamanders from the Middle Jurassic of western Siberia, Russia |url=http://www.zin.ru/Journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_315_2/TZ_315_2_Skutschas.pdf |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences |volume=315 |issue=2 |pages=167–175 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
| 
Valid
|
* Skutschas
* Krasnolutskii
|
Bathonian
|
[[Itat Formation]]
|
* {{Flag|Russia}}
|
A basal stem [[salamander]].
| rowspan="47" |
|-
|}

==Basal reptiles==

===Newly named captorhinids===

{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|- 
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Gansurhinus]]''<ref name=Gansurhinus>{{Cite journal|author1=Robert R. Reisz |author2=Jun Liu |author3=Jin-Ling Li |author4=Johannes Müller |year=2011 |title=A new captorhinid reptile, ''Gansurhinus qingtoushanensis'', gen. et sp. nov., from the Permian of China |journal=Naturwissenschaften |volume=98 |issue=5 |pages=435–441 |doi=10.1007/s00114-011-0793-0|pmid=21484260 |bibcode = 2011NW.....98..435R |s2cid=20274349 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* [[Robert R. Reisz|Reisz]]
* Liu
* et al.<ref group="CAL">Reisz, Liu, Li, Müller.</ref>
|
[[Guadalupian|Middle Permian]]
|
|
* {{flag|China}}
|
A [[Moradisaurinae|moradisaurine]] [[captorhinid]]. 
| rowspan="99"|
|-
|}

===Newly named basal diapsids===

{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|- 
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Orovenator]]''<ref name=Orovenator>{{cite journal |author1=Robert R. Reisz |author2=Sean P. Modesto |author3=Diane M. Scott |year=2011 |title=A new Early Permian reptile and its significance in early diapsid evolution |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B |volume=278 |issue=1725 |pages=3731–3737 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2011.0439 |pmid=21525061 |pmc=3203498}}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* [[Robert R. Reisz|Reisz]]
* Modesto
* Scott
|
Sakmarian
|
|
* {{flag|USA}}
|
The oldest and most basal [[Neodiapsida|neodiapsid]].
| rowspan="99"|
|-
|}

===Newly named ichthyosaurs===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|- 
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Sveltonectes]]''<ref name="Sveltonectes">{{cite journal |last=Fischer |first=V. |author2=Masure, E. |author3=Arkhangelsky, M.S. |author4=Godefroit, P. |year=2011 |title=A new Barremian (Early Cretaceous) ichthyosaur from western Russia |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=5 |pages=1010–1025 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.595464 |hdl=2268/92828 |s2cid=86036325 |url=https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/92828 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Fischer
* Masure
* et al.<ref name="sveltonectes-authors" group="CAL">Fischer, Masure, Arkhangelsky, Godefroit.</ref>
|
Barremian
|
|
* {{flag|Russia}}
|
An [[ophthalmosaurid]]. 
| rowspan="99"|
|-
|}

==Lepidosauromorphs==

===Newly named saurosphargids===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|- 
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Sinosaurosphargis]]''<ref name=Sinosaurosphargis>{{cite journal |last=Li |first=Chun |author2=Olivier Rieppel |author3=Xiao-Chun Wu |author4=Li-Jun Zhao |author5=Li-Ting Wang |year=2011 |title=A new Triassic marine reptile from southwestern China |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=303–312 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.550368|s2cid=130698779 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Li
* Rieppel
* et al.<ref name="sinosaurosphargis-authors" group="CAL">Li, Rieppel, Wu, Zhao, Wang.</ref>
|
Middle Anisian
|
[[Guanling Formation]]
|
* {{flag|China}}
|
An [[incertae sedis]].
| rowspan="47" | 
|-
|}

===Newly named sauropterygians===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|- 
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Abyssosaurus]]''<ref name=Abyssosaurus>{{cite journal |author=A. Yu. Berezin |year=2011 |title=A new plesiosaur of the family Aristonectidae from the early cretaceous of the center of the Russian platform |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=45 |issue=6 |pages=648–660 |doi=10.1134/S0031030111060037 |s2cid=129045087 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Berezin
|
Late Hauterivian
|
|
* {{flag|Russia}}
|
An [[aristonectid]].
| rowspan="47" | 
|-
|
''[[Diandongosaurus]]''<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Shang Qing-Hua |author2=Wu Xiao-Chun |author3=Li Chun |year=2011 |title=A new eosauropterygian from Middle Triassic of eastern Yunnan Province, southwestern China |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201105/P020110530511087154324.pdf |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=49 |pages=155–171 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2011.02.002 |issue=2 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Shang
* Wu
* Li
|
Middle Anisian
|
[[Guanling Formation]]
|
* {{flag|China}}
|
A relative of nothosauroids.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Tamaki Sato |author2=Yen-Nien Cheng |author3=Xiao-Chun Wu |author4=Hsi-Yin Shan |year=2013 |title=''Diandongosaurus acutidentatus'' Shang, Wu & Li, 2011 (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) and the relationships of Chinese eosauropterygians |journal=Geological Magazine |volume= 151|issue= 1|pages= 121–133|doi=10.1017/S0016756813000356 |bibcode=2014GeoM..151..121S |s2cid=131666596 }}</ref>
|-
|
''[[Dianopachysaurus]]''<ref name=Dianopachysaurus>{{cite journal|author1=Jun Liu |author2=Olivier Rieppel |author3=Da-Yong Jiang |author4=Jonathan C. Aitchison |author5=Ryosuke Motani |author6=Qi-Yue Zhang |author7=Chang-Yong Zhou |author8=Yuan-Yuan Sun |year=2011 |title=A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the lower Middle Triassic of southwestern China and the phylogenetic relationships of Chinese pachypleurosaurs |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |pages=292–302 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.550363 |issue=2 |s2cid=86594206 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Liu
* Rieppel
* et al.<ref name="dianopachysaurus-authors" group="CAL">Liu, Rieppel, Jiang, Aitchison, Motani, Zhang, Zhou, Sun.</ref>
|
Middle Anisian
|
[[Guanling Formation]]
|
* {{flag|China}}
|
A keichousaurid [[pachypleurosaur]].
|-
|
''[[Hauffiosaurus tomistomimus]]''<ref name=H.tomistomimus>{{Cite journal |author1=Roger B. J. Benson |author2=Hilary F. Ketchum |author3=Leslie F. Noè |author4=Marcela Gómez-Pérez |year=2011 |title=New information on ''Hauffiosaurus'' (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) based on a new species from the Alum Shale Member (Lower Toarcian: Lower Jurassic) of Yorkshire, UK |journal=Palaeontology |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=547–571 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01044.x |s2cid=55436528 |url=http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/2331/1/Benson_et_al_2011_Hauffiosaurus.pdf }}</ref>
|
Species
|
Valid
|
* Benson
* Ketchum
* et al.<ref group="CAL">Benson, Ketchum, Noè, Gómez-Pérez.</ref>
|
Early Toarcian
|
[[Whitby Limestone Formation]]
|
* {{flag|England}}
|
A second species of ''Hauffiosaurus''.
|-
|
''[[Marmornectes]]''<ref name=Marmornectes>{{cite journal |author1=Hilary F. Ketchum |author2=Roger B. J. Benson |year=2011 |title=A new pliosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Oxford Clay Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian) of England: evidence for a gracile, longirostrine grade of Early–Middle Jurassic pliosaurids |journal=Special Papers in Palaeontology |volume=86 |pages=109–129 |url=https://www.palass.org/publications/special-papers-palaeontology/archive/86/article_pp109-129}}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Ketchum
* Benson
|
Callovian
|
[[Oxford Clay Formation]]
|
* {{flag|United Kingdom}}
|
A [[pliosaurid]].
|-
|
''[[Westphaliasaurus]]''<ref name=Westphaliasaurus>{{cite book |year=2011 |title=Osteologie und Phylogenie von ''Westphaliasaurus simonsensii'': Ein neuer Plesiosauride (Sauropterygia) aus dem Unteren Jura (Pliensbachium) von Sommersell (Kreis Höxter), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland [=Osteology and Phylogeny of ''Westphaliasaurus simonsensii'', a new plesiosaurid (Sauropterygia) from the Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of Sommersell (Höxter district), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany] |journal=Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen |volume=79 |issue=1 |pages=56 pp |isbn=978-3-940726-14-8 |author1=Leonie Schwermann  |author2=Martin Sander }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Schwermann
* Sander
|
Pliensbachian
|
[[Höxter (district)|Höxter district]]
|
* {{flag|Germany}}
|
A plesiosaurid plesiosaur.
|-
|
''[[Zarafasaura]]''<ref name=Zarafasaura>{{cite journal|author1=Peggy Vincent |author2=Nathalie Bardet |author3=Xabier Pereda Suberbiola |author4=Baâdi Bouya |author5=Mbarek Amaghzaz |author6=Saïd Meslouh |year=2011 |title=''Zarafasaura oceanis'', a new elasmosaurid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco and the palaeobiogeography of latest Cretaceous plesiosaurs |journal=Gondwana Research |volume=19 |pages=1062–1073 |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2010.10.005 |issue=4 |bibcode=2011GondR..19.1062V }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Vincent
* Bardet
* et al.<ref name="zarafasaura-authors" group="CAL">Vincent, Bardet, Suberbiola, Bouya, Amaghzaz, Meslouh.</ref>
|
Maastrichtian
|
|
* {{flag|Morocco}}
|
An [[elasmosauridae|elasmosaurid]] plesiosaur.
|-
|}

===Newly named lizards===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|- 
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Brasiliguana]]''<ref name=Brasiliguana>{{cite journal |last=Nava |first=William R. |author2=Agustín G. Martinelli |year=2011 |title=A new squamate lizard from the Upper Cretaceous Adamantina Formation (Bauru Group), São Paulo State, Brazil |url=http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aabc/v83n1/v83n1a17.pdf |journal=Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |volume=83 |issue=1 |pages=291–299 |issn=0001-3765 |doi=10.1590/S0001-37652011000100017 |pmid=21437386 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Nava
* Martinelli
|
Turonian/Santonian
|
[[Adamantina Formation]]
|
* {{flag|Brazil}}
|
An [[iguania]]n lizard.
| rowspan="47" | 
|-
|
''[[Cryptolacerta]]''<ref name=Cryptolacerta>{{cite journal |last=Müller |first=Johannes |author2=Christy A. Hipsley |author3=Jason J. Head |author4=Nikolay Kardjilov |author5=André Hilger |author6=Michael Wuttke |author7=Robert R. Reisz |year=2011 |title=Eocene lizard from Germany reveals amphisbaenian origins |journal=Nature |volume=473 |issue= 7347|pages=364–367 |doi=10.1038/nature09919 |bibcode = 2011Natur.473..364M |pmid=21593869|s2cid=205224382 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Müller
* Hipsley
* et al.<ref name="cryptolacerta-authors" group="CAL">Müller, Hipsley, Head, Kardjilov, Hilger, Wuttke, Reisz.</ref>
|
Lutetian
|
[[Messel pit]]
|
* {{flag|Germany}}
|
An [[amphisbaenia]]n lizard.
|-
|
''[[Latoplatecarpus]]''<ref name=plioplatecarpines>{{cite journal |last=Konishi |first=Takuya |author2=Michael W. Caldwell |year=2011 |title=Two new plioplatecarpine (Squamata, Mosasauridae) genera from the Upper Cretaceous of North America, and a global phylogenetic analysis of plioplatecarpines |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=754–783 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.579023|s2cid=85972311 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Konishi
* Caldwell
|
Campanian
|
[[Pierre Shale Formation]]<br/>
[[Demopolis Chalk Formation]]
|
* {{flag|Canada}}
* {{flag|USA}}
|
A [[Plioplatecarpinae|plioplatecarpine]] [[mosasaur]]. Its [[type species]] is ''Latoplatecarpus willistoni''; ''"[[Plioplatecarpus]]" nichollsae'' (Cuthbertson ''et al.''., 2007) is a second species of ''Latoplatecarpus''.
|-
|
''[[Oreithyia (genus)|Oreithyia]]''<ref name=BPMNHMedicinePoleHills>{{cite journal |author=Krister T. Smith |year=2011 |title=The Evolution of Mid-Latitude Faunas During the Eocene: Late Eocene Lizards of the Medicine Pole Hills Reconsidered |journal=Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History |volume=52 |issue=1 |pages=3–105 |doi=10.3374/014.052.0101 |s2cid=140545447 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Krister T. Smith |year=2011 |title=''Oreithyia'', a Replacement Name for ''Orithyia'' Smith, 2011, ''nec'' ''Orithyia'' Fabricius, 1798 |journal=Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=273 |doi=10.3374/014.052.0205 |s2cid=83777646 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
* Smith
|
Eocene ([[Chadronian]])
|
|
* {{flag|United States}}
|
A member of [[Corytophanidae]]. The type species is ''Oreithyia oaklandi''.
|-
|
''[[Plesioplatecarpus]]''<ref name=plioplatecarpines />
|
Gen. et comb.
|
Valid
|
* Konishi
* Caldwell
|
Middle Coniacian to middle Santonian.
|
[[Niobrara Chalk]]<br/>
[[Eutaw Formation]]
|
* {{flag|USA}}
|
A plioplatecarpine mosasaur, a new genus for ''"[[Clidastes]]" planifrons'' (Cope, 1874).
|-
|
''[[Queironius]]''<ref name=BPMNHMedicinePoleHills />
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
* Smith
|
Eocene ([[Chadronian]])
|
|
* {{flag|United States}}
|
A relative of the [[desert iguana]]. The type species is ''Queironius praelapsus''.
|-
|
''[[Sauropithecoides]]''<ref name=BPMNHMedicinePoleHills />
|
Gen. et comb. nov
|
Valid
|
* Smith
|
Eocene ([[Chadronian]])
|
|
* {{flag|United States}}
|
A member of [[Polychrotidae]]; a new genus for ''"[[Polychrus]]" charisticus'' Smith (2006).
|-
|}

===Newly named snakes===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|- 
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Madtsoia|Madtsoia pisdurensis]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Dhananjay M. Mohabey |author2=Jason J. Head |author3=Jeffrey A. Wilson |year=2011 |title=A new species of the snake ''Madtsoia'' from the Upper Cretaceous of India and its paleobiogeographic implications |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=588–595 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.560220 |s2cid=129792355 }}</ref>
|
Species
|
Valid
|
* Mohabey
* Head
* Wilson
|
Late Cretaceous
|
|
* {{flag|India}}
|
A [[Madtsoiidae|madtsoiid]] snake.
| rowspan="47" | 
|-
|}

==Turtles==

===Newly named turtles===

{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|- 
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Albertwoodemys]]''<ref name=Podocnemididae>{{Cite journal |author1=Eugene S. Gaffney |author2=Peter A. Meylan |author3=Roger C. Wood |author4=Elwyn Simons |author5=Diógenes de Almeida Campos |year=2011 |title=Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the family Podocnemididae |journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |volume=350 |pages=1–237 |hdl=2246/6110|doi=10.1206/350.1|s2cid=83775718 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
| 
Valid
|
* Gaffney
* Meylan
* et al.<ref name="podocnemididae-authors" group="CAL">Gaffney, Meylan, Wood, Simons and Campos</ref>
|
Early Oligocene
|
[[Jebel Qatrani Formation]]
|
* {{Flag|Egypt}}
|
A [[Podocnemididae|podocnemidid]].
|
|-
|
''[[Brontochelys]]''<ref name=Podocnemididae />
|
Gen. et comb.
| 
Valid
|
* Gaffney
* Meylan
* et al.
|
Early Miocene
|
|
* {{Flag|Pakistan}}
|
A podocnemidid, a new genus for ''"[[Shweboemys]]" gaffneyi''.
|
|-
|
''[[Cordichelys]]''<ref name=Podocnemididae />
|
Gen. et comb.
| 
Valid
|
* Gaffney
* Meylan
* et al.
|
Late Eocene
|
Qasr el-Sagha beds
|
* {{Flag|Egypt}}
|
A podocnemidid, a new genus for ''"[[Podocnemis]]" antiqua''.
|
|-
|
''[[Gilmoremys]]''<ref name=Gilmoremys>{{Cite journal |author1=Walter G. Joyce  |author2=Tyler R. Lyson |year=2011 |title=New Material of ''Gilmoremys lancensis'' nov. comb. (Testudines: Trionychidae) from the Hell Creek Formation and the Diagnosis of Plastomenid Turtles |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=85 |issue=3 |pages=442–459 |doi=10.1666/10-127.1 |s2cid=129918006 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et comb.
| 
Valid
|
* Joyce
* Lyson
|
Maastrichtian
|
[[Lance Formation]] <br>
[[Hell Creek Formation]]
|
* {{Flag|USA}}
|
A [[Trionychidae|softshell turtle]], new genus for ''"[[Nilssonia (turtle)|Aspideretes]]" lancensis'' (Gilmore, 1928).
|
|-
|
''[[Graptemys kerneri]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |author1=Dana J. Ehret  |author2=Jason R. Bourque |year=2011 |title=An extinct map turtle ''Graptemys'' (Testudines, Emydidae) from the late Pleistocene of Florida |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=575–587 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.562267 |s2cid=83693680 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
* Ehret & Bourque
|
Late Pleistocene
|
|
* {{Flag|United States}}
|
An [[Emydidae|emydid]], a species of ''[[Graptemys]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Hispaniachelys]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |author1=Ben J. Slater |author2=Matías Reolid |author3=Remmert Schouten |author4=Michael J. Benton |s2cid=86788319 |year=2011 |title=Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the family Podocnemididae |journal=Palaeontology |volume=54 |issue=6 |pages=1393–1414 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01100.x |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
| 
Valid
|
* Slater
* Reolid
* et al.<ref name="hispaniachelys-authors" group="CAL">Slater, Reolid, Wood, Schouten and Benton</ref>
|
Oxfordian
|
[[Lorente Formation]]
|
* {{Flag|Spain}}
|
A paracryptodire or a basal testudine.
|
|-
|
''[[Hoplochelys|Hoplochelys clark]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |author1=Georgia E. Knauss |author2=Walter G. Joyce |author3=Tyler R. Lyson |author4=Dean Pearson |year=2011 |title=A new kinosternoid from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota and Montana and the origin of the ''Dermatemys mawii'' lineage |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=85 |issue=2 |pages=124–142 |doi=10.1007/s12542-010-0081-x |s2cid=129123961 }}</ref>
|
Species
| 
Valid
|
* Joyce
* Lyson
* et al.<ref name="hclarck-authors" group="CAL">Knauss, Joyce, Lyson and Pearson</ref>
|
Maastrichtian
|
[[Hell Creek Formation]]
|
* {{Flag|USA}}
|
A [[Kinosternoidea|kinosternoid]], a species of ''Hoplochelys''.
|
|-
|
''[[Lapparentemys]]''<ref name=Podocnemididae />
|
Gen. et comb.
| 
Valid
|
* Gaffney
* Meylan
* et al.
|
Paleocene
|
[[Santa Lucía Formation]]
|
* {{Flag|Bolivia}}
|
A podocnemidid, a new genus for ''"[[Roxochelys]]" vilavilensis''.
|
|-
|
''[[Latentemys]]''<ref name=Podocnemididae />
|
Gen. et sp.
| 
Valid
|
* Gaffney
* Meylan
* et al.
|
Uncertain, possibly Miocene.
|
Uncertain, possibly [[Moghara Formation]].
|
* {{Flag|Egypt}}?
|
A podocnemidid.
|
|-
|
''[[Lemurchelys]]''<ref name=Podocnemididae />
|
Gen. et sp.
| 
Valid
|
* Gaffney
* Meylan
* et al.
|
Early Miocene
|
[[Moghara Formation]]
|
* {{Flag|Egypt}}
|
A podocnemidid.
|
|-
|
''[[Mogharemys]]''<ref name=Podocnemididae />
|
Gen. et comb.
| 
Valid
|
* Gaffney
* Meylan
* et al.
|
Miocene
|
|
* {{Flag|Egypt}}
|
A podocnemidid, a new genus for ''"[[Sternothaerus]]" blanckenhorni''.
|
|-
|
''[[Oliveremys]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |author=Natasha Vitek |year=2011 |title=Insights into the Taxonomy and Systematics of North American Eocene Soft-Shelled Turtles from a Well-Preserved Specimen |journal=Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=189–208 |doi=10.3374/014.052.0201 |s2cid=86206091 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et comb. nov.
| 
Valid
|
* Vitek
|
Eocene
|
[[Washakie Formation]]
|
* {{Flag|USA}}
|
A [[Trionychidae|trionychid]], a new genus for ''"Trionyx" uintaensis''.
|
|-
|
''[[Patagoniaemys]]''<ref name=Sterli11>{{Cite journal|author1=Juliana Sterli  |author2=Marcelo S. De la Fuente |year=2011 |title=A new turtle from the La Colonia Formation (Campanian–Maastrichtian), Patagonia, Argentina, with remarks on the evolution of the vertebral column in turtles |journal=Palaeontology |volume=54 |issue=1 |pages=63–78 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01002.x |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
| 
Valid
|
* Sterli
* De la Fuente
|
Campanian - Maastrichtian
|
[[La Colonia Formation]]
|
* {{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A [[basal (phylogenetics)|stem]] [[turtle]].
|
|-
|
''[[Peiropemys]]''<ref name=Podocnemididae />
|
Gen. et sp.
| 
Valid
|
* Gaffney
* Meylan
* et al.
|
Late Cretaceous
|
[[Marília Formation]]
|
* {{Flag|Brazil}}
|
A podocnemidid.
|
|-
|
''[[Pricemys]]''<ref name=Podocnemididae />
|
Gen. et sp.
| 
Valid
|
* Gaffney
* Meylan
* et al.
|
Late Cretaceous
|
[[Marília Formation]]
|
* {{Flag|Brazil}}
|
A podocnemidid.
|
|-
|
''[[Prochelidella|Prochelidella cerrobarcinae]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |author=Marcelo S. de la Fuente |author2=Aldo M. Umazano |author3=Juliana Sterli |author4=José L. Carballido |year=2011 |title=New chelid turtles of the lower section of the Cerro Barcino formation (Aptian-Albian?), Patagonia, Argentina |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=527–537 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2011.03.007 }}</ref>
|
Species
| 
Valid
|
* de la Fuente
* Umazano
* et al.<ref name="pcerrobarcinae-authors" group="CAL">de la Fuente, Umazano, Sterli and Carballido</ref>
|
Aptian/Albian
|
[[Cerro Barcino Formation]]
|
* {{Flag|Argentina}}
|
The oldest known [[Chelidae|chelid]], a species of ''Prochelidella''.
|
|-
|
''[[Selenemys]]''<ref name=P-GO11>{{cite journal |last=Pérez-García |first=Adán |author2=Ortega, Francisco |year=2011 |title=''Selenemys lusitanica'', gen. et sp. nov., a new pleurosternid turtle (Testudines: Paracryptodira) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=60–69 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.540054|s2cid=129187024 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
| 
Valid
|
* Pérez-García
* Ortega
|
Upper Kimmeridgian
|
[[Lusitanian Basin]]
|
* {{Flag|Portugal}}
|
A [[Pleurosternidae|pleurosternid]].
|
|-
|
''[[Sokatra]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |author=Eugene S. Gaffney|author2=David W. Krause |year=2011 |title=''Sokatra'', a new side-necked turtle (late Cretaceous, Madagascar) and the diversification of the main groups of Pelomedusoides |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3728 |pages=1–28 |hdl=2246/6147|doi=10.1206/3728.2|s2cid=83533723 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/4597949 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
| 
Valid
|
* Gaffney
* Krause
|
Maastrichtian
|
[[Maevarano Formation]]
|
* {{Flag|Madagascar}}
|
A [[pleurodiran]].
|
|-
|
''[[Trionyx ikoviensis]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=I.G. Danilov |author2=E.A. Zvonok |author3=E.V. Syromyatnikova |author4=N.I. Udovichenko |year=2011 |title=A new species of soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae) from the Middle Eocene of Ukraine |url=http://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_315_4/TZ_315_4_Danilov.pdf |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences |volume=315 |issue=4 |pages=399–411 }}</ref>
|
Species
| 
Valid
|
* Danilov
* Zvonok
* et al.<ref name="Trionyxikoviensis-authors" group="CAL">Danilov, Zvonok, Syromyatnikova and Udovichenko</ref>
|
Middle Eocene
|
|
* {{Flag|Ukraine}}
|
A species of ''[[Trionyx]]'' ''sensu lato''.
|
|-
|
''[[Wilburemys]]''<ref name="Martin2011">{{Cite journal |last1=Martin |first1=J. E. |last2=Mallory |first2=V. S. |year=2011 |title=Vertebrate paleontology of the late Miocene (Hemphillian) Wilbur Locality of central Washington |journal=Paludicola |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=155–185 |url=https://www.academia.edu/14554703 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Martin & [[V. Standish Mallory|Mallory]]
|
Late Miocene-Pliocene<br/>([[Hemphillian]]-[[Blancan]])
|
[[Ellensburg Formation]]
|
{{Flag|USA}}<br/>{{flag|Washington}}
|
An [[Emydinae|emydine]] [[Emydidae]] pond turtle.<br/> The type species is ''W. yakimensis''.
|
|-
|}

==Archosauromorphs==

===Newly named basal archosauromorphs===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|- 
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Archeopelta]]''<ref name=Archeopelta>{{Cite journal|author1=Julia B. Desojo |author2=Martin D. Ezcurra |author3=Cesar L. Schultz |year=2011 |title=An unusual new archosauriform from the Middle–Late Triassic of southern Brazil and the monophyly of Doswelliidae |journal= Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=4 |pages=839–871 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00655.x |doi-access=free |hdl=11336/160636 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Desojo
* Ezcurra
* Schultz
|
Late Ladinian/Early Carnian
|
[[Santa Maria Formation]]
|
* {{flag|Brazil}}
|
A member of [[Archosauriformes]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally classified as a [[Doswelliidae|doswelliid]], but subsequently argued to be an [[Erpetosuchidae|erpetosuchid]] [[archosaur]].<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Martín D. Ezcurra |author2=Lucas E. Fiorelli |author3=Agustín G. Martinelli |author4=Sebastián Rocher |author5=M. Belén von Baczko |author6=Miguel Ezpeleta |author7=Jeremías R. A. Taborda |author8=E. Martín Hechenleitner |author9=M. Jimena Trotteyn |author10=Julia B. Desojo |year=2017 |title=Deep faunistic turnovers preceded the rise of dinosaurs in southwestern Pangaea |journal=Nature Ecology & Evolution |volume=1 |issue=10 |pages=1477–1483 |doi=10.1038/s41559-017-0305-5 |pmid=29185518 |hdl=11336/41466 |s2cid=10007967 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
|
[[File:Archeopelta arborensis.jpg|thumb|150px|center|''[[Archeopelta arborensis]]'']]
|-
|
''[[Augustaburiania]]''<ref name=SAG11>{{Cite journal| last=Sennikov |first=A.G. |year=2011 |title=New Tanystropheids (Reptilia: Archosauromorpha) from the Triassic of Europe |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=95–104 |doi=10.1134/S0031030111010151|s2cid=85193597 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Sennikov
|
Early Triassic
|
[[Don River (Russia)|Don River Basin]]
|
* {{flag|Russia}}
| 
The earliest [[tanystropheid]].
|
|-
|
''[[Kyrgyzsaurus]]''<ref name=Kyrgyzsaurus>{{cite journal |author1=V. R. Alifanov  |author2=E. N. Kurochkin |year=2011 |title=''Kyrgyzsaurus bukhanchenkoi'' gen. et sp. nov., a new reptile from the triassic of southwestern Kyrgyzstan |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=45 |issue=6 |pages=639–647 |doi=10.1134/S0031030111060025 |s2cid=84563146 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Alifanov
* Kurochkin
|
Late Ladinian/Early Carnian
|
[[Madygen Formation]]
|
* {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
| 
The earliest [[drepanosaurid]].
|
|-
|
''[[Protanystropheus]]''<ref name=SAG11/>
|
Gen. et comb.
|
Valid
|
* Sennikov
|
Middle - Late Triassic
|
|
* {{flag|Austria}}
* {{flag|Germany}}
* {{flag|Netherlands}}
* {{flag|Poland}}
| 
A tanystropheid, a new genus for ''"[[Tanystropheus]]" antiquus'' (von Huene, 1905).
|
|-
|}

===Archosaurs===
{{main|2011 in archosaur paleontology}}

==Synapsids==

===Newly named non-mammalian synapsids===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|- 
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Annatherapsidus|Annatherapsidus postum]]''<ref name=Thero>{{cite journal |last=Ivakhnenko |first=M.F. |year=2011 |title=Permian and Triassic therocephals (Eutherapsida) of Eastern Europe |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=45 |issue=9 |pages=981–1144 |doi=10.1134/S0031030111090012|s2cid=128958135 }}</ref>
|
Sp.
|
Valid
|
* Ivakhnenko
|
Late Permian
|
|
* {{Flag|Russia}}
|
A [[therocephalia]]n.
|
|-
|
''[[Basilodon]]''<ref name=KAF11>{{cite journal |last=Kammerer |first=C.F. |author2=Angielczyk, K.D. |author3=Fröbisch, J. |year=2011 |title=A comprehensive taxonomic revision of Dicynodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and its implications for dicynodont phylogeny, biogeography, and biostratigraphy |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=31 |issue=Suppl. 1 |pages=1–158 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.627074|s2cid=84987497 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et comb.
|
Valid
|
* Kammerer
* Angielczyk
* Fröbisch
|
Late Permian
|
|
* {{Flag|South Africa}}
|
A [[dicynodont]]. A new genus for ''"Dicynodon" woodwardi''.
|
|-
|
''[[Bridetherium]]''<ref name=morganucodonta>{{cite journal |author=William A. Clemens |year=2011 |title=New morganucodontans from an Early Jurassic fissure filling in Wales (United Kingdom) |journal=Palaeontology |volume=54 |issue=5 |pages=1139–1156 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01094.x |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Clemens
|
Early Jurassic
|
|
* {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|
A [[morganucodonta]]n.
|
|-
|
''[[Candelariodon]]''<ref name=Candelariodon>{{cite journal |author1=Téo Veiga De Oliveira |author2=Cesar Leandro Schultz |author3=Marina Bento Soares |author4=Carlos Nunes Rodrigues |year=2011 |title=A new carnivorous cynodont (Synapsida, Therapsida) from the Brazilian Middle Triassic (Santa Maria Formation): ''Candelariodon barberenai'' gen. et sp. nov. |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z03027p028f.pdf |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3027 |pages=19–28 |issn=1175-5334 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3027.1.3 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* De Oliveira
* Schultz
* et al.<ref name="candelariodon-authors" group="CAL">De Oliveira, Schultz, Soares, Rodrigues.</ref>
|
Middle Triassic
|
[[Santa Maria Formation]]
|
* {{Flag|Brazil}}
|
A carnivorous [[cynodont]].
|
|-
|
''[[Cryptovenator]]''<ref name="Fröbischetal2011">{{cite journal |year=2011 |title=A new basal sphenacodontid synapsid from the Late Carboniferous of the Saar-Nahe Basin, Germany |url=http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100039.pdf |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=113–120 |doi=10.4202/app.2010.0039 |author1=Jörg Fröbisch |author2=Rainer R. Schoch |author3=Johannes Müller |author4=Thomas Schindler |author5=Dieter Schweiss |s2cid=45410472 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Fröbisch
* Schoch
* et al.<ref name="cryptovenator-authors" group="CAL">Fröbisch, Schoch, Müller, Schindler, Schweiss.</ref>
|
Late Gzhelian
|
[[Remigiusberg Formation]]
|
* {{Flag|Germany}}
|
A [[Sphenacodontidae|sphenacodontid]] [[pelycosaur]]. The type species is ''Cryptovenator hirschbergeri''.
|
|-
|
''[[Euptychognathus]]''<ref name=KAF11/>
|
Gen. et comb.
|
Valid
|
* Kammerer
* Angielczyk
* Fröbisch
|
Late Permian
|
|
* {{Flag|South Africa}}
|
A [[dicynodont]]. A new genus for ''"Dicynodon" bathyrhynchus''.
|
|-
|
''[[Euromycter]]''<ref name=Euromycter>{{cite journal|author1=Robert R. Reisz |author2=Hillary C. Maddin |author3=Jörg Fröbisch |author4=Jocelyn Falconnet |year=2011 |title=A new large caseid (Synapsida, Caseasauria) from the Permian of Rodez (France), including a reappraisal of ''"Casea" rutena'' Sigogneau-Russell & Russell, 1974 |url=http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/36313_g2011n2a2.pdf |journal=Geodiversitas |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=227–246 |doi=10.5252/g2011n2a2 |s2cid=129458820 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319204109/http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/36313_g2011n2a2.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-19 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et comb.
|
Valid
|
* Reisz
* Maddin
* et al.<ref name="caseids11-authors" group="CAL">Reisz, Maddin, Fröbisch, Falconnet.</ref>
|
Upper [[Sakmarian]] - Lower [[Lopingian]]
|
Grès Rouge Group
|
* {{flag|France}}
|
A large [[caseidae|caseid]]. A new genus for ''"Casea" rutena''.
|
|-
|
''[[Gorochovetzia]]''<ref name="Thero"/>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Ivakhnenko
|
Late Permian
|
|
* {{Flag|Russia}}
|
A therocephalian.
|
|-
|
''[[Keyseria]]''<ref name=KAF11/>
|
Gen. et comb.
|
Valid
|
* Kammerer
* Angielczyk
* Fröbisch
|
Late Permian
|
|
* {{Flag|South Africa}}
|
A [[dicynodont]]. A new genus for ''"Dicynodon" benjamini''.
|
|-
|
''[[Muchia]]''<ref name="Thero"/>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Ivakhnenko
|
Late Permian
|
|
* {{Flag|Russia}}
|
A therocephalian.
|
|-
|
''[[Paceyodon]]''<ref name=morganucodonta/>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Clemens
|
Early Jurassic
|
|
* {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|
A morganucodontan.
|
|-
|
''[[Peramodon]]''<ref name=KAF11/>
|
Gen. et comb.
|
Valid
|
* Kammerer
* Angielczyk
* Fröbisch
|
Late Permian
|
|
* {{Flag|Russia}}
|
A [[dicynodont]]. A new genus for ''"Dicynodon" amalitzkii''
|
|-
|
''[[Perplexisaurus|Perplexisaurus lepusculus]]''<ref name=Thero />
|
Species
|
Valid
|
* Ivakhnenko
|
Middle Permian
|
|
* {{Flag|Russia}}
|
A therocephalian.
|
|-
|
''[[Purlovia]]''<ref name="Thero"/>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Ivakhnenko
|
Late Permian
|
|
* {{Flag|Russia}}
|
A therocephalian with a short skull.
|
[[File:Purlovia maxima.jpg|thumb|200px|center|''[[Purlovia]]'']]
|-
|
''[[Ruthenosaurus]]''<ref name="Euromycter"/>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Reisz
* Maddin
* et al.<ref name="caseids11-authors" group="CAL"/>
|
Upper Sakmarian - Lower Lopingian
|
Grès Rouge Group
|
* {{flag|France}}
|
A large [[caseidae|caseid]]. The type species is ''Ruthenosaurus russellorum''
|
|-
|
''[[Syops]]''<ref name=KAF11/>
|
Gen. et comb.
|
Valid
|
* Kammerer
* Angielczyk
* Fröbisch
|
Late Permian
|
|
* {{Flag|South Africa}}
|
A [[dicynodont]]. A new genus for ''"Dicynodon" vanhoepeni''.
|
|-
|
''[[Tiarajudens]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Cisneros, J.C. |author2=Abdala, F. |author3=Rubidge, B.S. |author4=Dentzien-Dias, D. |author5=Bueno, A.O. |year=2011|title=Dental Occlusion in a 260-Million-Year-Old Therapsid with Saber Canines from the Permian of Brazil|journal=Science|volume=331|pages=1603–1605|doi=10.1126/science.1200305|issue=6024|pmid=21436452|bibcode = 2011Sci...331.1603C |s2cid=8178585 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp.
|
Valid
|
* Cisneros
* Abdala
* et al.<ref name="tiarajudens-authors" group="CAL">Cisneros, Abdala, Rubidge, Dentzien-Dias, Bueno.</ref>
|
Capitanian
|
[[Rio do Rasto Formation]]
|
* {{flag|Brazil}}
|
A basal, saber-toothed herbivorous [[anomodont]]. The type species is ''Tiarajudens eccentricus''.
|
|-
|}

===Mammals===
{{main|2011 in mammal paleontology}}

==Footnotes==

===Complete author list===
As science becomes more collaborative, papers with large numbers of authors are becoming more common. To prevent the deformation of the tables, these footnotes list the contributors to papers that erect new genera and have many authors. 
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===References===
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