Plants
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 (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
) 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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2010s in paleontology
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 ...