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Cnidarians


Arthropods


Bryozoans


Brachiopods


Molluscs


Echinoderms


Conodonts


Fishes


Amphibians


Research

* Laloy ''et al.'' (2013) reinterpret the
Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene' ...
frog species ''Rana cadurcorum'' from the Quercy Phosphorites (
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) as a
junior synonym The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linna ...
of '' Thaumastosaurus gezei''.


Newly named temnospondyls


Newly named lepospondyls


Newly named lissamphibians


Turtles


Research

* A study on the anatomy of the brain and inner ear of the
Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The J ...
turtle ''
Plesiochelys ''Plesiochelys'' is a genus of late Jurassic European and Asian turtle. The type species is ''Plesiochelys etalloni''. Fossil records have discovered ''Plesiochelys bigleri'' and ''Plesiochelys etalloni'' from the Kimmeridge Clay of England and ...
etalloni'' is published by Paulina Carabajal ''et al.'' (2013).


Newly named turtles


Thalattosaurs


Ichthyopterygians


Lepidosauromorphs


Newly named sauropterygians


Newly named rhynchocephalians


Newly named lizards


Newly named snakes


Archosauromorphs


Newly named basal archosauromorphs


Archosaurs


Other reptiles


Synapsids


Non-mammalian synapsids


Research

* The postcranial skeleton of
therocephalia Therocephalia is an extinct suborder of eutheriodont therapsids (mammals and their close relatives) from the Permian and Triassic. The therocephalians ("beast-heads") are named after their large skulls, which, along with the structure of their ...
n '' Ictidosuchoides'' is described by Heidi Fourie (2013).


New taxa


Mammals


Other animals


Other organisms


References

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Paleontology Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...