1996 in paleontology

Fish

Cartilaginous fish

Research

• Duffin et al describes chondrichthyan remains from the Itaituba Formation of the Amazon Basin of Brazil and deems Anachronistes to be a junior synonym of Cooleyella.

Amphibians

Temnospondyls

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Tatrasuchus	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Maryańska & Shishkin	Middle Triassic		Poland Dinosaurs In the summer excavation resumed on the Talkeetna Mountains Hadrosaur, discovered in a quarry near the Glenn Highway, approximately 150 miles northeast of Anchorage. Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.