2010 in paleontology

Plants

Angiosperms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Cornus piggae	Sp nov	Valid	Manchester, Xiang, and Xiang	Tiffanian	Sentinel Butte Formation	United States Basal reptiles Newly named basal reptiles Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Microleter Valid Tsuji Muller Reisz Lower Permian United States Turtles Newly named turtles Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Cerrejonemys Valid Cadena Bloch Jaramillo Paleocene Cerrejón Formation Colombia Other animals 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.