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 2010.
Cornus piggae[2]
Sp nov
Valid
Manchester, Xiang, and Xiang
Tiffanian
Sentinel Butte Formation
USA North Dakota
Oldest member of Cornus subgenus Cornus.
Hymenaea allendis[3]
sp nov
Calvillo-Canadell, Cevallos-Ferriz & Rico-Arce
Late Oligocene - Early Miocene
Mexican amber
Mexico
Second Hymenaea sp. from Mexican amber
Lagokarpos[4]
Gen et sp nov
McMurran & Manchester
Late Paleocene - Ypresian
Green River FormationFossil Butte Member
USA Wyoming
A fruit of uncertain affinity Also found in the Clarno Formation (Oregon) & Horsefly Shales (British Columbia) The type species is L. lacustris
Ploufolia[5]
Gen. nov.
Sender et al.
Albian
Utrillas Formation
Spain
Sagaria[6]
Bravia, Barone Lumagab, & Mickle
Middle Albian
Monti Alburni, near Petina
Italy
Solaranthus[7]
Shaolin Zheng & Xin Wang
Middle Jurassic
Jiulongshan Formation
China
An early flowering plant.
Xingxueanthus[8]
Xin Wang & Shijun Wang
Haifanggou Formation
Emiliodonta[9]
valid
Sánchez
Caradoc
Don Braulio Formation
Argentina
Replacement name for Emiliania Sánchez, 1999 preoccupied by Emiliania Hay & Mohler, 1967
Erodona doellojuradoi[10]
Sp. nov.
Pérez, Iturerría & Griffin
Late Miocene
Paraná Formation
An erodonid.
Polymesoda muravchiki[10]
A cyrenid.
Deltaherpeton[11]
Late Viséan
A colosteid.
Fedexia[12]
Gzhelian
Casselman Formation
A trematopid genus currently among the oldest known vertebrates with a primarily terrestrial lifestyle.
Hungarobatrachus[13]
Santonian
Csehbánya Formation
Advanced frog.
Madygenerpeton[14]
Middle/Upper Triassic
Madygen Formation
A chroniosuchid reptiliomorph.
Pelobates fahlbuschi[15]
Miocene
Germany
A European spadefoot toad.
Microleter[16]
Lower Permian
USA
A basal parareptile. The species is M. mckinzieorum.
Phonodus[17]
Induan (early Triassic)
Katberg Formation
South Africa
The earliest known leptopleuronine procolophonid.
Reiszorhinus[18]
Waggoner Ranch Formation
A basal captorhinid. The species is Reiszorhinus olsoni.
Arthropterygius[19]
Queen Elizabeth Islands
A new genus for "Ophthalmosaurus" chirsorum (Russell, 1993).
Athabascasaurus[20]
Lower Albian
Clearwater Formation
The most complete and stratigraphically oldest known ichthyosaur from the Cretaceous of North America.
Barracudasauroides[21]
Middle Triassic
Guanling Formation
A new genus for "Mixosaurus" panxianensis (Jiang, Schmitz, Hao & Sun, 2006).
Mixosaurus xindianensis[22]
Omphalosaurus merriami[21]
Early Triassic
Sticky Keep Formation
A species of a possible ichthyopterygian genus Omphalosaurus.
Alexeyisaurus[23]
Norian
Wilczek Formation
Russia
A new elasmosaurid
Meyerasaurus[24]
Lower Toarcian
Posidonia Shale
A pliosaur, a new genus for "Plesiosaurus" victor (Fraas, 1910).
Cargninia[25]
Carnian - Norian
Caturrita Formation
Brazil
A basal lepidosaur.
Adriosaurus skrbinensis[26]
Late Cenomanian
Skrbina
Slovenia
Bavaricordylus molassicus[15]
Miocene (late Karpatian)
A cordylid, a species of Bavaricordylus.
Headonhillia[27]
Late Eocene, Ludian (Priabonian)
Bembridge Limestone Formation
England
An anguine lizard. The species is H. parva.
Heloderma welcommei[28]
Eocene
Belgium
An anguimorph lizard. Herman and Van Den Eeckhaut (2010) consider it to be a species of Heloderma (though the authors define the genus Heloderma more broadly than most herpetologists, and explicitly synonymize the glyptosaurine genus Placosaurus with it).[28]
Kleskunsaurus[29]
Upper Campanian
Wapiti Formation
Canada
A scincomorph lizard. The species is K. grandeprairiensis.
Liushusaurus[30]
Lower Cretaceous
Yixian Formation
A scincogekkonomorph lizard. The species is L. acanthocaudata.
Pedrerasaurus[31]
Early Cretaceous (late Berriasian-early Valanginan)
Montsec's Formation (ca)
A scincogekkonomorph lizard. The species is P. latifrontalis.
Tropidophorus bavaricus[15]
A lygosomine skink, a species of Tropidophorus.
Varanus debiei[28]
A monitor lizard.
Colombophis spinosus[32]
Solimões Formation
An alethinophidian snake, a species of Colombophis.
Kelyophis[33]
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Maevarano Formation
Madagascar
A nigerophiid snake
Menarana[33]
A madtsoiid snake
Micronatrix[34]
Late Miocene (Clarendonian)
United States
A natricine colubrid snake. The type species is Micronatrix juliescottae.
Sanajeh[35]
Maastrichtian
Lameta Formation
India
A madtsoiid snake which preyed on hatchling sauropods.
Cerrejonemys[36]
Paleocene
Cerrejón Formation
Colombia
Chupacabrachelys[37]
Campanian
Aguja Formation
A taphrosphyini bothremydid
Gamerabaena[38]
Hell Creek Formation
Itilochelys[39]
Danian
Beryozovaya beds
Jiangxichelys[40]
Late Cretaceous
Ganzhou
A nanhsiungchelyid turtle.
Liaochelys[41]
Early Cretaceous
Jiufotang Formation
A macrobaenid turtle.
Mexichelys[42]
Late Campanian
Cerro del Pueblo Formation
A sea turtle. A new genus for "Euclastes" coahuilaensis (Brinkman et al., 2009).[43]
Pacifichelys[42]
Peru USA
A sea turtle.
Pangshura tatrotia[44]
Pliocene
Tatrot Formation
Pakistan
A species of Pangshura.
"Trionyx" kansaiensis[45]
Kazakhstan Tajikistan
A trionychid with unclear systematic position, a species of Trionyx sensu lato.
Azendohsaurus madagaskarensis[46]
Ladinian/Carnian
Makay Formation
A basal archosauromorph.
Bentonyx[47]
Otter Sandstone Formation
A rhynchosaur.
Koilamasuchus[48]
Quebrada de los Fósiles Formation
The best-known basal archosauriform from South America.
Megalancosaurus endennae[49]
Alaunian (early Norian)
Zorzino Limestone Formation
A drepanosaurid that is known from MBSN 25, a partial skeleton (Partial postcranial skeleton).
Teyumbaita[50]
Late Triassic
Caturrita Formation Ischigualasto Formation[51]
Argentina Brazil
A rhynchosaur. A new genus for "Scaphonyx" sulcognathus (Azevedo & Schultz, 1987).
Uatchitodon schneideri[52]
Cumnock Formation Bluewater Creek Formation
A venomous archosauriform known only from isolated teeth.
Vallesaurus zorzinensis[49]
A basal drepanosauromorph that is known from MCSNB 4783, a set of vertebrae and hindlimbs.
Beishanodon[53]
Lower Triassic
Hongyanjing Formation
A eucynodont. The type species is Beishanodon youngi.
Chiniquodon kalanoro[54]
Middle Triassic? (Ladinian or Carnian)
A cynodont.
Kombuisia antarctica[55]
Early Triassic (Induan)
Fremouw Formation
Antarctica
A dicynodont.
Minicynodon[25]
A brasilodontid cynodont.
Prosictodon[56]
Middle Permian
Abrahamskraal formation
A pylaecephalid dicynodont. The type species is Prosictodon dubei.
Trucidocynodon[57]
Upper Triassic
Santa Maria Formation
A cynodont. The type species is Trucidocynodon riograndensis.
Pywackia[58]
Late Cambrian
Tiñu Formation
An animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement; it might be a bryozoan[58][59] or an octocoral.[60] The type species is Pywackia baileyi.
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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