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