2003 in paleontology



Plants

Conifers

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Chamaecyparis eureka

Sp nov

Valid

Kotyk, Basinger, & McIlver

Lutetian

Buchanan Lake Formation, Axel Heiberg Island

Canada

Gnetophytes

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Cratonia cotyledon

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Rydin, Mohr, & Friis

lower Cretaceous

Crato Formation

Brazil

Fungi

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Aureofungus

Get et sp nov

Valid

Hibbett et al

Burdigalian

Dominican amber.

Dominican Republic

Conodont paleozoology

German paleontologist and stratigrapher Heinz Walter Kozur described the conodont genus Carnepigondolella.

Vertebrate paleozoology

Non-avian dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
NameStatusAuthorsLocationNotesImages
"Abdallahsaurus"
Nomen nudum.

Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus
"Blancocerosaurus"
Nomen nudum.

  • Gerhard Maier
Nomen nudum; possibly a junior synonym of Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus-
AmazonsaurusValid taxon
  • Carvalho
  • Avilla
  • Salgado
Brazil

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

NameStatusAuthorsDiscovery yearAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Archaeovenator

Valid

Upper Carboniferous

Hamilton Quarry

United States

Mammals

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Caracal depereti

Sp nov

Disputed

Morales et al.

Pliocene

Spain