2001 in paleontology

Arthropods

Crustaceans

Research

• Guinot and Tavares reviews the concept of Podotremata and establishes the family Etyidae.

Fishes

Newly named bony fishes

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Achoania	Valid	Zhu Yu Ahlberg	Early Devonian	Xitun Formation	China Amphibians Newly named amphibians Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Mesophryne Valid Gao Shubin Late Jurassic Yixian Formation China Ichthyosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Metashastasaurus Synonymy Nichollis Manabe Late Triassic Pardonet Formation Canada Turtles Newly named turtles Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Caribemys Valid de la Fuente Iturralde-Vinent Upper Jurassic Jagua Formation Cuba Lepidosauromorphs Newly named basal lepidosauromorphs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Hypuronector Valid Colbert Olsen Late Triassic Lockatong Formation United States Newly named plesiosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Hauffiosaurus Valid O'Keefe Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shale Formation Germany Newly named sphenodonts Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Godavarisaurus Valid Evans Prasad Manhas Early Jurassic Kota Formation India Archosauromorphs Newly named basal archosauromorphs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Yonghesuchus Valid Wu Liu Li Upper Triassic Tongchuan Formation China Newly named pseudosuchians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Mekosuchus sanderi Sp. nov. Valid Willis Early Miocene Ringtail Site of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area Australia Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images - Aletopelta Valid Ford James Kirkland Point Loma Formation United States Newly named pterosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Haopterus Valid Wang Lü Early Cretaceou Yixian Formation China Synapsids 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.