Dicranocaris |
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Briggs, Lieberman, Hendricks, Halgedahl & Jarrard |
Middle Cambrian |
|  United States
CrustaceansResearchXiphosurans| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Lunataspis |
gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
Nowlan, Rudkin, & Young |
Late Ordovician |
Churchill River Group? |
 Canada
FishesCartilaginous fish| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Thrinacoselache |
Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Jr. synonym |
Grogan & Lund |
Carboniferous |
Bear Gulch Limestone |
 United States
Placoderms| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Gavinaspis |
Gen. et. sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dupret & Zhu |
Early Devonian |
Xitun Formation |
 China
General research- Hilton & Grande redescribe the fossil mooneyes of western North America synonymizing the genus Eohiodon with Hiodon.
- Cicimurri, Paris, & Everhart describe a partial dentition from a Holocephali chimaeroid fish found in the Niobrara Chalk.
AmphibiansJenkins, F. A., jr, Shubin, N. H., Gatesy, S. M., and Warren, A., 2008, Gerrothorax pulcherrimus from the Upper Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of East Greenland and a reassessment of head lifting in temnospondyl feeding: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 4, p. 935-950.
ArchosaursDinosaurs- Oviraptorosaurian eggs with embryonic skeletons are discovered for the first time in China.
- Mongolian Late Jurassic theropod fossils are found for the first time.
- A new study on morphological variation in shed theropod teeth from the Mil River Formation is published.
Newly named dinosaurs28 new dinosaur genera were erected in 2008. Data courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Austroraptor |
Valid |
| Campanian–Maastrichtian |
Allen Formation |  Argentina
Other publications- Hutchinson, J.R., Miller, C., Fritsch, G., and Hildebrandt, T. 2008. The anatomical foundation for multidisciplinary studies of animal limb function: examples from dinosaur and elephant limb imaging studies; pp. 23–38 in Endo, H. and Frey, R., Anatomical Imaging: Towards a New Morphology. Springer Verlag, Tokyo.
- Witmer, L.M., Ridgely, R.C., Dufeau, D.L., and Semones, M.C. 2008. Using CR to peer into the past: 3D visualization of the brain and ear regions of birds, crocodiles, and nonavian dinosaurs; pp. 67–88 in Endo, H. and Frey, R., Anatomical Imaging: Towards a New Morphology. Springer Verlag, Tokyo.
SquamatesNew papers- Everhart, M.J. 2008. The mosasaurs of George F. Sternberg, paleontologist and fossil photographer. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 37–46.
- Polcyn, M.J. and Everhart, M.J. 2008. Description and phylogenetic analysis of a new species of Selmasaurus from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 13–28.
- Polcyn, M.J., Bell, G.L., Jr., Shimada, K. and Everhart, M.J. 2008. The oldest North American mosasaurs from the Turonian of Kansas and Texas with comments on the radiation of major mosasaur clades. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 137–155.
- Everhart, M.J. 2008. Rare occurrence of a Globidens sp. dentary in the Sharon Springs Member of the Pierre Shale of Western Kansas. p. 23-29 in Farley G. H. and Choate, J.R., Unlocking the Unknown; Papers Honoring Dr. Richard Zakrzewski, Fort Hays Studies, Special Issue No. 2, 153 p., Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS.
SynapsidsNon-mammalian| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Alrausuchus |
Valid |
| Middle Permian | |
 Russia
Related happenings in geologyComplete author listAs 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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