2024 in paleontology
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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2024.
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Flora[edit]
Plants[edit]
"Algae"[edit]
New taxa[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Krings |
Devonian |
Windyfield chert |
A probable unicellular alga. Genus includes new species C. amoenum. |
Phycological research[edit]
- Evidence from genomic data, interpreted as indicating that the brown algae originated during the Ordovician but their major diversification happened during the Mesozoic, is presented by Choi et al. (2024).[3]
- Kiel et al. (2024) report the discovery of kelp holdfasts from the Oligocene strata in Washington State (United States), providing evidence of the presence of kelp in the northeastern Pacific Ocean since the earliest Oligocene.[4]
Fungi[edit]
New taxa[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kundu & Khan |
Miocene |
A member of the family Meliolaceae. Announced in 2023; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2024. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kundu & Khan |
Miocene |
A member of Xylariales belonging to the family Zygosporiaceae. |
Mycological research[edit]
- Garcia Cabrera & Krings (2024) describe fungi colonizing bulbils of Palaeonitella cranii from the Devonian Rhynie chert, interpreted as distinct from fungi colonizing the axes and branchlets of P. cranii, which might indicate organ-specific colonization.[7]
Cnidarians[edit]
New taxa[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Luo et al. |
Carboniferous |
Shiqiantan Formation |
A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Bothrophyllidae. |
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Bothrophyllum junggarense[8] |
Sp. nov |
Luo et al. |
Carboniferous |
Shiqiantan Formation |
A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Bothrophyllidae. |
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Sp. nov |
Luo et al. |
Carboniferous |
Shiqiantan Formation |
A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Cyathopsidae. |
Arthropods[edit]
Brachiopods[edit]
New taxa[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Jin et al. |
Silurian (Rhuddanian) |
Odins Fjord Formation |
A member of Pentamerida belonging to the superfamily Pentameroidea and the family Virgianidae. The type species is B. balderi. |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Gaudin |
Carboniferous |
A member of the family Rugosochonetidae; a replacement name for Robertsella Chen & Shi (2003). |
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Sp. nov |
Benedetto, Lavié & Salas |
Silurian (Ludfordian-Pridolian) |
Los Espejos Formation |
A craniopsid brachiopod. |
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Craniops speculum[11] |
Sp. nov |
Benedetto, Lavié & Salas |
Silurian (Gorstian) |
Los Espejos Formation |
A craniopsid brachiopod. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Jin et al. |
Ordovician (Katian) |
Merqujoq Formation |
A member of Pentamerida belonging to the family Virgianidae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Gallagher & Harper |
Silurian |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Jin & Harper |
Ordovician (Hirnantian) |
A member of Orthida belonging to the family Glyptorthidae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Gallagher & Harper |
Silurian |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Jin & Harper |
Ordovician (Hirnantian) |
A member of Strophomenida belonging to the family Strophomenidae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Jin et al. |
Silurian (Aeronian) |
Odins Fjord Formation |
A member of Pentamerida belonging to the superfamily Stricklandioidea and the family Kulumbellidae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Gallagher & Harper |
Silurian |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Gallagher & Harper |
Silurian |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Gallagher & Harper |
Silurian |
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Ssp. nov |
Baranov & Blodgett |
Devonian (Pragian) |
Soda Creek Limestone |
Published online in 2024, but the issue date is listed as December 2023. |
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Sp. nov |
Baranov & Blodgett |
Devonian (Pragian) |
Soda Creek Limestone |
Published online in 2024, but the issue date is listed as December 2023. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Baranov & Blodgett |
Devonian (Pragian) |
Soda Creek Limestone |
Genus includes new species R. lata. Published online in 2024, but the issue date is listed as December 2023. |
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Sp. nov |
Liu et al. |
Devonian |
Qujing Formation |
A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Reticulariidae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Jin et al. |
Silurian (Rhuddanian) |
Turesø Formation |
A member of Pentamerida belonging to the family Virgianidae. |
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Molluscs[edit]
Echinoderms[edit]
New taxa[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Płachno et al. |
Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) |
Kérdacha Formation |
A crinoid belonging to the group Comatulida and the family Thiolliericrinidae. The type species is C. zamori. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Roux et al. |
Eocene (Lutetian) |
A crinoid belonging to the group Isocrinida and the family Balanocrinidae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Schlüter |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) |
Research[edit]
- A review of the early evolution of echinoderms is published by Rahman and Zamora (2024). [19]
- Evidence of increase of diversity of adaptations to different life habits throughout the evolutionary history of Cambrian and Ordovician echinoderms is presented by Novack-Gottshall et al. (2024).[20]
- Bohatý et al. (2024) describe new fossil material of Monstrocrinus from the Devonian strata in Germany, and reinterpret Monstrocrinus as an attached, stalked echinoderm.[21]
Hemichordates[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Yang et al. |
An acorn worm. The type species is C. pelagobenthos. |
Conodonts[edit]
New taxa[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Ssp. nov |
Valid |
Orchard & Golding |
Middle Triassic |
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Neogondolella excentrica sigmoidalis[23] |
Ssp. nov |
Valid |
Orchard & Golding |
Middle Triassic |
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Neogondolella quasiconstricta[23] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Orchard & Golding |
Middle Triassic |
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Neogondolella quasicornuta[23] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Orchard & Golding |
Middle Triassic |
Research[edit]
- Redescription of Stiptognathus borealis is published by Zhen (2024).[24]
- Evidence indicating that the morphological and taxonomic diversity of conodonts was more affected by the Capitanian mass extinction event than by Permian–Triassic extinction event, and that both extinction events were followed by morphological innovation in conodonts, is presented by Xue et al. (2024).[25]
- A study on the multielement apparatus of Gladigondolella tethydis is published by Golding & Kılıç (2024), who interpret their findings as supporting the interpretation of Cratognathodus elements as belonging to the apparatus of G. tethydis.[26]
Fish[edit]
Amphibians[edit]
New taxa[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
MacDougall et al. |
Early Permian |
A recumbirostran belonging to the family Brachystelechidae. The type species is B. subcolossus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
So, Pardo & Mann |
Early Permian |
An amphibamiform temnospondyl. The type species is K. gratus. |
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| Kwatisuchus[29] | Gen. et sp. nov | Pinheiro et al. | Early Triassic | Sanga do Cabral Formation |  Brazil
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A benthosuchid temnospondyl. The type species is K. rosai. | ||
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Werneburg et al. |
An eryopid temnospondyl. The type species is S. boldi. |
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Sp. nov |
Gómez et al. |
Miocene |
Mauri Formation |
A species of Telmatobius. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Santos et al. |
Oligocene |
A typhlonectid caecilian. The type species is Y. acrux. |
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Research[edit]
- A study on the fossils and paleosols of the Devonian Hervey Group (New South Wales, Australia) is published by Retallack (2024), who interprets his findings as indicating that Metaxygnathus lived within streams among subhumid woodlands, and argues that tetrapod limbs and necks most likely evolved in woodland streams.[33]
- Porro, Martin-Silverstone & Rayfield (2024) redescribe the anatomy of the skull of Eoherpeton watsoni and present a new, three-dimensional reconstruction of the skull.[34]
- Redescription of the skeletal anatomy and a study on the affinities of Plagiosaurus depressus is published by Witzmann & Schoch (2024).[35]
- Redescription and a study on the affinities of Hyperokynodon keuperinus is published by Schoch (2024).[36]
- A study on the affinities of Chinlestegophis jenkinsi is published by Marjanović et al. (2024), whose phylogenetic analysis doesn't support the interpretation of C. jenkinsi and stereospondyls in general as stem caecilians.[37]
- Syromyatnikova et al. (2024) describe fossil material of a member of the genus Andrias from the Pliocene Belorechensk Formation (Krasnodar Krai, Russia), representing one of the geologically youngest and easternmost records of giant salamanders in Europe reported to date.[38]
- A specimen of Gansubatrachus qilianensis preserved with eggs within its body, interpreted as a skeletally immature gravid female, is described from the Lower Cretaceous Zhonggou Formation (China) by Du et al. (2024).[39]
- New assemblage of frog fossils, including possible brachycephaloids, odontophrynids and hemiphractids, is described from the Eocene Geste Formation (Argentina) by Gómez et al. (2024).[40]
- A diverse assemblage of amphibian fossils is described from the Miocene and Pliocene strata from the Hambach surface mine (Germany) by Villa, Macaluso & Mörs (2024), who interpret the studied fossils as indicative of a humid climate persisting in the area throughout the Neogene.[41]
- Reisz, Maho & Modesto (2024) reevaluate the affinities of recumbirostrans and lysorophians, arguing that the studied tetrapods were not amniotes.[42]
- Modesto (2024) reviews the phylogenetic studies that recovered diadectomorphs or recumbirostrans within the crown group of Amniota, and argues that the data presented so far is not sufficient to confidently classify both groups as amniotes.[43]
Reptiles[edit]
Synapsids[edit]
Non-mammalian synapsids[edit]
New taxa[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Mao et al. |
Early Jurassic |
A morganucodontan-like mammaliaform. The type species is D. youngi. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Martin et al. |
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Averianov et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
A tegotheriid docodont. The type species is E. ichchi. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Mao et al. |
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian–Callovian) |
A shuotheriid mammaliaform. The type species is F. chowi. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Duhamel et al. |
A basal dicynodont. New genus for "Eodicynodon" oelofseni, the type species. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Kerber et al. |
Triassic |
A traversodontid cynodont. The type species is P. franciscaensis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Martinelli et al. |
Triassic |
A chiniquodontid cynodont. The type species is R. nenoi. |
Research[edit]
- Singh et al. (2024) provide evidence of a dramatic shift in the jaw functional morphology of carnivorous synapsids across the early-middle Permian transition, and interpret their findings as indicative of changes of feeding ecologies of predatory synapsids related to increasingly dynamic behaviors and interactions in the studied time interval.[51]
- Evidence of functional differentiation of teeth of Mesenosaurus efremovi is presented by Maho et al. (2024).[52]
- Maho, Holmes & Reisz (2024) describe new fossil material of large-bodied synapsids from the Richards Spur locality (Oklahoma, United States), including fossil material of a sphenacodontid which might be distinct from known members of the group and the first ophiacodontid material from this locality; the authors use photography, stipple drawings and coquille drawings for visual representation of the studied material, and argue that three forms of visual representation provide more information about the specimens compared to only using photographs.[53]
- Sidor & Mann (2024) describe an articulated sternum and interclavicle of a specimen of Aelurognathus tigriceps from the upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Zambia), providing new information on the anatomy of the sternum in gorgonopsians.[54]
- Brant & Sidor (2024) describe a premaxilla of a member of the genus Inostrancevia from the Permian Usili Formation (Tanzania), representing the oldest record of the genus from the Southern Hemisphere reported to date.[55]
- Benoit et al. (2024) reevaluate the provenance of three gorgonopsian specimens from purported Lower Triassic strata in the Karoo Basin (South Africa), and interpret the studied fossils as expanding the range of the genus Cyonosaurus higher up in the extinction zone, but don't confirm the survival of gorgonopsians past the Permian–Triassic extinction event.[56]
- A study on the phylogeny of the Eutheriodontia and on the character evolution within the group is published by Pusch, Kammerer & Fröbisch (2024), who recover therocephalians as paraphyletic with regards to cynodonts.[57]
- A study on dental complexity in gomphodont cynodonts through time, indicating that the peak in postcanine complexity was reached early in the gomphodont evolution, is published by Hendrickx et al. (2024).[58]
- Kaiuca et al. (2024) provide new body mass estimates for multiple cynodont taxa, and report that rates of body size evolution were lower in prozostrodontians ancestral to the first Mammaliaformes than in other lineages.[59]
- Averianov & Voyta (2024) reinterpret fossil material of a putative Triassic stem mammal Tikitherium copei as a tooth of a Neogene shrew.[60]
- A study on synapsid species richness and distribution throughout the Mesozoic is published by Brocklehurst (2024), who finds evidence of two phases of decline of non-mammalian synapsids – a restriction of their geographic range between the Triassic and Middle Jurassic, and a decline in species richness during the Early Cretaceous.[61]
Mammals[edit]
Other animals[edit]
New taxa[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Han, Guo, Wang and Qiang in Wang et al. |
A member of Saccorhytida. The type species is B. spinosa. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Malinky & Geyer |
Cambrian |
A hyolith. Genus includes new species B. greavesi. |
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Sp. nov |
Vinn et al. |
Ordovician (Hirnantian) |
A member of Cornulitida. |
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Sp. nov |
Vinn et al. |
Ordovician (Hirnantian) |
A member of Cornulitida. |
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Sp. nov |
Fang, Poinar & Luo in Fang et al. |
Cretaceous |
Burmese amber |
A nematode belonging to the family Mermithidae. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Davydov et al. |
Carboniferous (Gzhelian) |
Kosherovo Formation |
A calcareous sponge. The type species is G. cornigera. Published online in 2024, but the issue date is listed as December 2023. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Malinky & Geyer |
Cambrian |
Brigus Formation |
A hyolith. Genus includes new species L. florencei. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Zhao et al. |
Ediacaran |
Dengying Formation |
A possible member of Trilobozoa. The type species is L. tribrachialis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Vinn, Wilson & Toom |
Ordovician (Hirnantian) |
Ärina Formation |
A member of Cornulitida. The type species is P. fragilis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Malinky & Geyer |
Cambrian |
Brigus Formation |
A hyolith. Genus includes new species P. crispenae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Nanglu & Ortega-Hernández |
Ordovician (Tremadocian) |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kočí et al. |
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) |
A polychaete belonging to the family Serpulidae. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Park et al. |
Cambrian |
Sirius Passet Lagerstätte |
A member of the stem group of Chaetognatha. The type species is T. koprii. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Malinky & Geyer |
Cambrian |
Brigus Formation |
A hyolith. Genus includes new species T. chaddockae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Botha & García-Bellido |
Ediacaran |
Rawnsley Quartzite |
Research[edit]
- Cao, Meng & Cai (2024) use electrochemical methods to simulate the process of tube generation of Cloudina under the same phosphorus content as modern seawater.[73]
- Wang et al. (2024) describe fossil material of two distinct types of archaeocyaths from the Cambrian Shuijingtuo and Xiannüdong formations (China), including fossils with complicated interior network of canals which might be remains of a water filtration mechanism more complex and efficient than the ones seen in sponges.[74]
- Review of events of decline in the evolutionary history of stromatoporoids is published by Kershaw & Jeon (2024).[75]
- Turk et al. (2024) redescribe the type material of Archaeichnium haughtoni, and interpret it as one of the earliest examples of marine worm burrow linings in the fossil record reported to date.[76]
- A specimen of Cricocosmia jinningensis preserved in the act of moulting is described from the Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte (China) by Yu, Wang & Han (2024), who present a reconstruction of the moulting process of C. jinningensis.[77]
- A body fossil resembling tentacles of extant trypanorhynch tapeworms is described from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar by Luo et al. (2024).[78]
- Tubular fossils which might belong to early sabellids are described from the Upper Permian deposits in southern China by Słowiński, Clapham & Zatoń (2024), potentially expanding known range of sabellids during the late Paleozoic.[79]
Other organisms[edit]
New taxa[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Colum tekini[80] | sp. nov | Valid | Sashida & Ito in Sashida et al. | Upper Triassic (lower Norian) |  Thailand
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A pseudodictyomitrid radiolarian. Published online in 2023, but the issue date is listed as January 2024. | ||
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Denezine et al. |
Ediacaran |
Sete Lagoas Formation |
An organic-walled microfossil. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Dai et al. |
Ediacaran |
A tubular organism of uncertain affinities. The type species is P. spiniferum. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Dai & Hua in Dai et al. |
Ediacaran |
Dengying Formation |
A tubular organism of uncertain affinities. The type species is S. inornatus. |
Research[edit]
- Demoulin et al. (2024) interpret Polysphaeroides filiformis from the Proterozoic Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup (Democratic Republic of the Congo) as a photosynthetic cyanobacterium representing the oldest unambiguous complex fossil member of Stigonemataceae known to date.[83]
- Evidence of preservation of thylakoid membranes within 1.78- to 1.73-billion-year-old fossils of Navifusa majensis from the McDermott Formation (Tawallah Group; Australia) and in 1.01- to 0.9-billion-year-old specimens from the Grassy Bay Formation (Shaler Supergroup; Canada) is reported by Demoulin et al. (2024).[84]
- A study comparing the preservation of fossils of cyanobacterial assemblages from the Ediacaran Gaojiashan biota and from the Cambrian Kuanchuanpu biota (China) is published by Min et al. (2024), who interpret the differences of preservation modes of the studied fossils as resulting from changes of atmospheric CO2 levels, which may have risen to approximately ten times present atmospheric level during the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition, and from related changes in marine chemical conditions.[85]
- McMahon et al. (2024) describe fossil material of a colony-forming entophysalid cyanobacterium from the Devonian Rhynie chert (Scotland, United Kingdom) with similarities to extant Entophysalis and mostly Proterozoic Eoentophysalis, and interpret this finding as suggestive of persistence of a single lineage with a broad environmental tolerance across 2 billion years.[86]
- Miao et al. (2024) describe 1.63-billion-year-old fossils of Qingshania magnifica from the Chuanlinggou Formation (China), and interpret the studied fossils as indicating that simple multicellularity evolved early in eukaryote history.[87]
- A study on the depositional setting of the strata of the Diabaig and Loch na Dal formations (Scotland, United Kingdom) preserving approximately 1-billion-year-old eukaryotic microfossils is published by Nielson, Stüeken & Prave (2024), who interpret their findings as indicating that early eukaryotes from the studied formations lived in estuaries rather than lakes, and were likely exposed to frequently changing water conditions.[88]
- Surprenant & Droser (2024) compile a database of all occurrences of non-biomineral Ediacaran tubular organisms, and report evidence of previously unrecognized morphological diversity of the studied organisms.[89]
History of life in general[edit]
- Evidence of impact of ocean oxygenation events from Cryogenian to Cambrian on early evolution of animals is presented by Kaiho et al. (2024).[90]
- Ediacaran shallow-marine macrofossils from the Llangynog Inlier (Wales, United Kingdom) are determined to be approximately 564.09 million years old by Clarke et al. (2024).[91]
- New silicified fossil assemblage is described from the Ediacaran Dengying Formation (Shaanxi, China) by Dai et al. (2024), who interpret fossil material of Cloudina from this assemblage as indicating that Cloudina had a worldwide distribution in different paleoecologies and biofacies.[92]
- Evidence from the strata of the Dengying, Yanjiahe and Shuijingtuo formations (China), interpreted as indicative of the existence of a relationship between variable oceanic oxygenation, nitrogen supply and the evolution of early Cambrian life, is presented by Wei et al. (2024).[93]
- Slater (2024) describes a diverse assemblage of arthropod and molluscan microfossil from the Cambrian Stage 3 Mickwitzia Sandstone (Sweden), providing evidence of diversification of molluscan radulae which happened by the early Cambrian.[94]
- Evidence indicating that pulse of supracrustal deformation along the edge of west Gondwana caused a series of environmental changes that resulted in the Cambrian Stage 4 Sinsk event (the first major extinction of the Phanerozoic) is presented by Myrow et al. (2024).[95]
- Evidence indicating that patterns of extinctions of marine invertebrates over the past 485 million years were affected by physiological traits of invertebrates and by climate changes is presented by Malanoski et al. (2024).[96]
- Saleh et al. (2024) report the discovery of a new Early Ordovician Lagerstätte from Montagne Noire (France), preserving fossils of a diverse polar assemblage of both biomineralized and soft-bodied organisms (the Cabrières Biota).[97]
- Faure-Brac et al. (2024) study the size of the primary vascular canals in early amniotes and non-amniote tetrapods, interpreted as a proxy for the size of red blood cells and for thermophysiology of the studied taxa, and argue that amniotes were ancestrally ectotherms, with different amniote group evolving endothermy independently.[98]
- Evidence from strata from the Permian–Triassic transition from southwest China, interpreted as indicative of temporal decoupling of the terrestrial and marine extinctions in Permian tropics during the Permian–Triassic extinction event and of a protracted terrestrial extinction spanning approximately 1 million years, is presented by Wu et al. (2024).[99]
- A study on the extinction selectivity of marine animals during the Permian–Triassic extinction event is published by Song et al. (2024), who find that animal groups with hemoglobin and hemocyanin were less affected by the extinction than animals with hemerythrin or relying on diffusion of oxygen.[100]
- Revision of the fossil record of the Triassic tetrapods from Russia is published by Shishkin et al. (2024).[101]
- Simms & Drost (2024) interpret Triassic caves within Carboniferous limestone outcrops in south-west Britain as Carnian in age, and consider terrestrial vertebrate fossils preserved in those caves to be Carnian or at least significantly pre-Rhaetian in age.[102]
- A study on the femoral histology of amniotes from the Triassic Ischigualasto Formation (Argentina) is published by Curry Rogers et al. (2024), who find that early dinosaurs known from this formation grew at least as quickly as sauropodomorph and theropod dinosaurs from the later Mesozoic, and that their elevated growth rates did not set them apart from other amniotes living at the same time.[103]
- A study on patterns of diversity changes of Late Jurassic tetrapods from the Morrison Formation through time and space is published by Maidment (2024).[104]
- Evidence from calcareous nannofossils and small foraminifera from the Transylvanian Basin (Romania), interpreted as indicative of the appearance of a diverse continental vertebrate faunal assemblage on Hațeg Island by the second half of the late Campanian, presence of kogaionid multituberculates in the earliest known Hațeg faunas, and post-Campanian arrivial of hadrosauroids and titanosaur sauropods on the island, is presented by Bălc et al. (2024).[105]
- A study on the body size evolution of Mesozoic dinosaurs (including birds) and mammaliaforms is published by Wilson et al. (2024), who find no evidence that Bergmann's rule applied to the studied taxa.[106]
- Fossil material of a reef biota that survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, including scleractinian corals and domical and bulbous growth forms which might be fossils of calcified sponges, is described from the Maastrichtian and Paleocene strata from the Adriatic islands Brač and Hvar (Croatia) by Martinuš et al. (2024).[107]
- New Miocene and Pleistocene vertebrate assemblages are described from the Sin Charoen sandpit (Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand) by Naksri et al. (2024), who intepret the Pleistocene assemblage as having strong faunal relationships with the Early-Middle Pleistocene faunas of Java (Indonesia).[108]
- Antoine et al. (2024) report the discovery of fossil material from Kourou (French Guiana) providing evidence of the presence of diverse foraminifer, plant and animal communities near the equator in the 130,000-115,000 years ago time interval, as well as evidence of marine retreat and dryer conditions with a savanna-dominated landscape and episodes of fire during the onset of the Last Glacial Period.[109]
Other research[edit]
- 563-million-year-old horizontal markings with similarities to horizontal animal trace fossils, reported from the Itajaí Basin (Brazil), are interpreted as pseudofossils of tectonic origin by Becker Kerber et al. (2024), who propose a set of criteria which can be used to evaluate the identity of putative trace fossils.[110]
- A study on silicified fossils from the Ordovician Edinburg Formation (Virginia, United States), aiming to determine sources of potential bias in fossil recovery, is published by Jacobs et al. (2024).[111]
- Evidence interpreted as indicative of strong ozone depletion of the atmosphere at the onset of the Permian–Triassic extinction event is presented by Li et al. (2024).[112]
- Woolley et al. (2024) attempt to quantify the amount of phylogenetic information available in the global fossil records of non-avian theropod dinosaurs, Mesozoic birds and squamates, and find that the studies of the phylogenic relationships of extinct animals are less affected by disproportionate representation of taxa from specific geologic units (especially Lagerstätten) in the evolutionary tree when the entire global fossil record of the studied groups, rather than just fossils from specific geologic units, preserves higher amount of phylogenetic information; the authors also find that Late Cretaceous squamate fossils from the Djadochta and Barun Goyot formations (Mongolia) provide a diproportionally large amount of phylogenetic information available in the squamate fossil record.[113]
- Eberth (2024) revises the stratigraphic architecture of the Campanian Belly River Group (Alberta, Canada).[114]
- Evidence indicating that, in spite of high global temperatures, oxygen availability in the waters of the tropical North Pacific actually rose during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum, is presented by Moretti et al. (2024), who argue that this oxygen rise in the ocean might have prevented a mass extinction during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum.[115]
- Evidence of change in fire regime in northern Australia that happened at least 11,000 years ago, resulting in fires becoming more frequent but less intense and interpreted as resulting from Indigenous fire management, is presented by Bird et al. (2024).[116]
- Wiseman, Charles & Hutchinson (2024) compare multiple reconstructions of the musculature of Australopithecus afarensis, evaluating the capability of different models to maintain an upright, single-support limb posture, and find that models which are otherwise identical might be either able or unable support the body posed on an extended limb solely as a result of changing the input architectural parameters and including or excluding an elastic tendon.[117]
- Sullivan et al. (2024) argue that the process of generating rigorous reconstructions of extinct animals can lead to fresh inferences about the anatomy of the studied animals, and support their claims with examples from dinosaur paleontology.[118]
- Reumer (2024) hypothesizes that Beringer's Lying Stones represent the first recorded case of an intentional paleontological fraud in history, and might have been perpetrated by Johann Beringer himself.[119]
Paleoclimate[edit]
- A multibillion-year history of seawater δ18O, temperature, and marine and terrestrial clay abundance is reconstructed by Isson & Rauzi (2024), who report evidence interpreted as indicative of temperate Proterozoic climate, and evidence indicating that declines in clay authigenesis coincided with Paleozoic and Cenozoic cooling, the expansion of siliceous life, and the radiation of land plants.[120]
- Gurung et al. (2024) use a new vegetation and climate model to study links between plant geographical range, the long-term carbon cycle and climate, and find that reduced geographical range of plants in Pangaea resulted in increased atmospheric CO2 concentration during the Triassic and Jurassic periods, while the expande geographical range of plants after the breakup of Pangaea amplified global CO2 removal.[121]
- A study on the geochemistry of Jurassic deposits of the External Rif Chain (Morocco), providing evidence of climate changes in northwest Gondwana during the Jurassic period (from cool climate with low rainfall and productivity during the Early Jurassic, to moister, warmer climate during the Middle and Late Jurassic, subsequently returning to arid and cool climate during the Late Jurassic), is published by Kairouani et al. (2024).[122]
- Clark et al. (2024) present a new reconstruction of global temperature changes over the past 4.5 million years, interpreted as consistent with changes in the carbon cycle.[123]
Deaths[edit]
- Estella Leopold, paleobotanist and conservation paleontologist passes on February 25, 2024 at 97. Leopold's work as a conservationist included taking legal action to help save the Florissant Fossil Beds in Colorado, and fighting pollution. She was the daughter of Aldo Leopold.[124]
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