2017 in arthropod paleontology
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This list of fossil arthropods described in 2017 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods of every kind that are scheduled to be described during the year 2017, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to arthropod paleontology that are scheduled to occur in the year 2017.
Arachnids
[edit]Research
[edit]- A study on the anatomy of the Carboniferous whip spider Graeophonus anglicus, as well as on the phylogenetic relationships of fossil whip spiders, is published by Garwood et al. (2017).[1]
- A study on the morphological diversity of fossil species belonging to the family Archaeidae compared with the diversity of extant species is published by Wood (2017).[2]
- A specimen of the tick species Cornupalpatum burmanicum entangled in a pennaceous feather of an early bird or non-avian pennaraptoran theropod is described from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar by Peñalver et al. (2017).[3][4]
New taxa
[edit]Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Psilodercidae. The type species is A. pyritmutatio. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A spider belonging to the family Lagonomegopidae. The type species is A. annulipes. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Hexathelidae. The type species is A. incertus. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chitimia-Dobler et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A member of the family Anapidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A member of the family Anapidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Bitterfeld amber | A member of the family Anapidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A member of the family Anapidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lourenço & Rossi | Cretaceous | A scorpion belonging to the superfamily Buthoidea and the family Palaeoburmesebuthidae. | ||||
Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Junior synonym | Wunderlich | A member of the family Tetrablemmidae. Genus includes new species B. bizarre, B. nala and B. paranala. Wunderlich & Müller (2020) considered the genus Brignoliblemma to be a junior synonym of the genus Electroblemma, though the authors maintained the three named species as distinct species within the latter genus.[10] | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A deinopoid spider belonging to the family Salticoididae.[11] | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of Mesothelae belonging to the family Burmathelidae. The type species is B. biseriata. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Archaeidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Archaeidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Archaeidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Archaeidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Archaeidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Archaeidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Archaeidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Archaeidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Archaeidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Archaeidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Archaeidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Archaeidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Oonopidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Oonopidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Oonopidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Oonopidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Oonopidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lourenço | A scorpion belonging to the family Buthidae, a species of Centruroides. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Dipluridae. The type species is C. patricki. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Tetrablemmidae. The type species is C. corniger. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A member of the family Zoropsidae. The type species is C. palpussutura. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Peñalver, Arillo, Anderson & Pérez-de la Fuente in Peñalver et al. | A tick. The type species is D. draculi. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A spider. Originally assigned to the family Deinopidae, but subsequently transferred to the deinopoid family Eodeinopidae.[11] Genus includes new species D. tranquillus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A deinopoid spider. Originally assigned to the family Burmadictynidae, but subsequently transferred to the family Eodeinopidae.[11] The type species is E. longipes. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kühl & Lourenço | A scorpion, possibly a member of the family Euscorpiidae. Genus includes new species E. ceratoi. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Tetrablemmidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Tetrablemmidae. Originally described as a possible species of Eogamasomorpha; Wunderlich & Müller (2020) transferred it to the genus Unicornutiblemma.[10] | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A planarchaeid palpimanoid spider.[11] | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A member of the family Zoropsidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Tetrablemmidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Tetrablemmidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Tetrablemmidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Junior synonym | Wunderlich | A member of the family Uloboridae. The type species is F. patellaris. Wunderlich & Müller (2021) subsequently considered Furculoborus to be a junior synonym of the genus Paramiagrammopes, and transferred F. patellaris to the latter genus.[11] | |||||
?Gorgopsina scharffi[14] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | |||||
Fam. Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A Ricinulei in the family Hirsutisomidae. Genus includes new species H. acutiformis, H. bruckschi and H. dentata. | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Uloboridae. Genus includes new species K. fruticosus and K. fruticosoides. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A spider belonging to the family Lagonomegopidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A relative of Mongolarachne. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Tetrablemmidae. The type species is L. myanmarensis. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Tetrablemmidae. The type species is L. furca. | |||||
Gen. 3 sp. nov | Junior synonym | Wunderlich | Originally described as a spider belonging to the family Eopsilodercidae. Genus includes new species L. curvatus, L. longicymbium and L. rectus. Wunderlich & Müller (2020) considered the genus Loxoderces to be a junior synonym of the genus Burmorsolus, though the authors maintained the three named species as distinct species within the latter genus.[10] | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Riquelme & Menéndez-Acuña | A jumping spider. Originally described as a species of Maevia, but subsequently transferred to the genus Paramaevia.[17] | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sidorchuk & Behan-Pelletier | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | A mite belonging to the group Oribatida and the family Megeremaeidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cai & Huang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A whip scorpion belonging to the family Thelyphonidae and the subfamily Thelyphoninae. The type species is M. parvus. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of Ricinulei[15] or Opiliones.[6] Genus includes new species M. incisus and M. semiglobosus. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lourenço & Rossi | Cretaceous | A scorpion belonging to the superfamily Buthoidea and the family Palaeoburmesebuthidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Leptonetidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Tetrablemmidae. The type species is P. pulcher. | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of Mesothelae belonging to the family Parvithelidae. Genus includes new species P. muelleri and P. spinipes. | |||||
?Paxillomegops cornutus[5] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A spider belonging to the family Lagonomegopidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A spider belonging to the group Araneomorphae and the family Vetiatoridae. The type species is P. vesica. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Dammann | A scorpion. The type species is P. perneri. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A spider belonging to the family Pholcochyroceridae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A planarchaeid palpimanoid spider.[11] | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A planarchaeid palpimanoid spider.[11] Originally described as a species of Planarchaea, but subsequently transferred to the genus Eomysmauchenius.[11] | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A spider belonging to the family Lagonomegopidae. The type species is P. parvus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A spider belonging to the family Praearaneidae. The type species is P. bruckschi. | |||||
Gen. sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A spider belonging to the family Eopsilodercidae. The type species is P. huberi. | |||||
Gen. et comb. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Psilodercidae. Genus includes "Leclercera" longissipes Wunderlich (2012), "Leclercera" spicula Wunderlich (2012), "Leclercera" ellenbergeri Wunderlich (2015) and "Leclercera" sexaculeata Wunderlich (2015), as well as new species P. brevispinae and P. paucispinae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of the family Uloboridae. The type species is P. magnoculus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A member of the family Zoropsidae. The type species is P. triplex. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of Dysderoidea belonging to the family Plumorsolidae; a new genus for "Burmorsolus" crassus Wunderlich (2015). Wunderlich & Müller (2020) considered the genus Pseudorsolus to be a junior synonym of the genus Burmorsolus, and transferred its sole species back to the genus Burmorsolus.[10] | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | A member of Mesothelae belonging to the family Parvithelidae. The type species is P. haupti. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Bitterfeld amber | A member of Araneomorphae belonging to the family Spatiatoridae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Lourenço & Velten | Cretaceous | A scorpion belonging to the superfamily Buthoidea and the family Palaeoburmesebuthidae. Genus includes new species S. pohli. Xuan, Cai & Huang (2023) considered Spinoburmesebuthus to be a junior synonym of the genus Betaburmesebuthus.[22] |
Crustaceans
[edit]Research
[edit]- A study on the identification of sexual morphs and the reproductive system of the Early Cretaceous clam shrimp Eosestheria middendorfii is published by Hethke et al. (2017).[23]
- A study on the Cretaceous clam shrimp Xibeiestheria pora, identifying new taxonomic features, is published by Li (2017).[24]
- Fossil specimen which might be a barnacle nauplius is described from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone (Germany) by Nagler et al. (2017).[25]
- Three specimens of zoea-type malacostracan larvae, showing similarities to the larvae of the lobster Nephrops norvegicus, are described from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen limestone (Germany) by Haug & Haug (2017).[26]
- A study on the anatomy of two specimens of Urda rostrata from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Germany is published by Nagler, Hyžný & Haug (2017), who interpret this species as the oldest fossil parasitic isopod known to date.[27]
- Isolated, small fossils from North America, Europe, Africa and Asia, the oldest of which were recovered from the Oligocene (Chattian) Chickasawhay Limestone (Alabama, United States), are interpreted as remains of alpheid shrimps by Hyžný et al. (2017).[28]
- A redescription of the shrimps Aeger brevirostris and Archeosolenocera straeleni from the Middle Jurassic La Voulte-sur-Rhône Lagerstätte (France) is published by Jauvion, Charbonnier & Bernard (2017), who consider the species Antrimpos secretaniae to be a junior synonym of Archeosolenocera straeleni.[29]
- New fossils of members of the crab genus Cenomanocarcinus, as well as the southernmost record of the species Necrocarcinus woodwardii, are reported from the Cretaceous of Spain by Ossó (2017).[30]
- Claw fragments of the trichodactylid crabs are described from the Eocene and Oligocene Pozo Formation, Oligocene Chambira Formation (Peru) and Miocene Solimões Formation (Brazil) by Klaus et al. (2017), representing the oldest records of the family reported so far.[31]
- A revision of the genus Eryma is published by Devillez & Charbonnier (2017), who consider the genera Protoclytiopsis Birshtein (1958) and Galicia Garassino & Krobicki (2002) to be junior synonyms of the genus Eryma.[32]
New taxa
[edit]Malacostracans
[edit]Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Pasini & Garassino | A crab belonging to the family Raninidae and the subfamily Ranininae. The type species is A. ovadaensis; genus also includes "Ranina" berglundi Squires & Demetrion (1992). | |||||
Sp. nov | Fraaije, Van Bakel & Jagt | A hermit crab. | ||||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid[36] | Broly et al. | Miocene | A woodlouse. Genus includes new species A. chiapasensis and A. maternus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schweitzer & Feldmann | A crab belonging to the superfamily Carpilioidea. The type species is A. arumensis. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | A member of the family Glyphocrangonidae. Genus includes new species A. edwardsi. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pasini, Garassino & De Angeli | Early Pleistocene | A member of Varunidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | San Vicente & Cartanyà | A member of the family Mysidae. The type species is A. pinetellensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Hyžný, Jakobsen & Fraaije | Late Oligocene | A species of Axius. | |||||
?Bentheogennema phoenicia[38] | Sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kornecki, Feldmann & Schweitzer | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pasini & Garassino | Early Oligocene | A species of Calappa. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | A member of the family Callianassidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Caporiondo | A member of Axiidea. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nyborg et al. | A raninoid crab, probably a member of the family Raninidae and the subfamily Symethinae. Genus includes new species C. galebishopi. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Siveter et al. | Herefordshire Konservat-Lagerstätte | A member of Leptostraca. The type species is C. ravitis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schweitzer et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baldanza et al. | Early Pleistocene | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martínez-Díaz et al. | Paleocene (Selandian) | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nyborg & Garassino | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | A member of Homolidae. The type species is C. boweni. Announced in 2017; validated in 2023.[51] | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | A member of the family Axiidae. Genus includes new species C. libanotica. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sánchez-García et al. | A member of Tanaidacea belonging to the family Alavatanaidae. The type species is D. maieuticus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schweitzer et al. | A crab belonging to the family Lyreididae. Genus includes new species D. carthagensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fraaije, Schweigert & van Bakel | A hermit crab. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baldanza et al. | Early Pleistocene | A crab belonging to the family Parthenopidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Bakel et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Winkler | Late Jurassic (Tithonian) | A member of Penaeidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Broda, Collette & Budil | Late Devonian | A member of Phyllocarida. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Junior synonym | Ossó & Domínguez | A crab belonging to the family Panopeidae. Genus includes new species E. oscensis. Ossó et al. (2020) subsequently transferred E. oscensis to the genus Sculptoplax.[58] | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Beschin & De Angeli | A crab belonging to the family Aethridae. The type species is E. plana. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Ceccon | A crab belonging to the family Trapeziidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nyborg, Garassino & Slak | A crab belonging to the family Cymonomidae. Genus includes new species E. californianus. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fraaije, Schweigert & van Bakel | A hermit crab. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | A member of the family Carpopenaeidae. Genus includes new species E. abisaadorum. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baldanza et al. | Early Pleistocene | A spider crab. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Ceccon | A species of Galathea. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | A member of the family Glyphocrangonidae. Genus includes new species G. coriacea. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Audo | A slipper lobster belonging to the subfamily Ibacinae, possibly a species of Ibacus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | A member of the family Penaeidae. Genus includes new species J. longirostris. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Garvie, Collins & Mellish | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Upper Walnut Clay Formation | A crab belonging to the group Raninoida and the superfamily Palaeocorystoidea. The type species is J. tumulus. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Caporiondo | A hermit crab belonging to the family Xylopaguridae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Caporiondo | A hermit crab belonging to the family Xylopaguridae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Baldanza et al. | Early Pleistocene | A crab belonging to the family Leucosiidae. Genus includes new species L. manta. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | A member of the family Axiidae. Genus includes new species L. beatae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kornecki, Feldmann & Schweitzer | A spiny lobster, a species of Linuparus. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | A species of Linuparus. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Nyborg & Garassino | A slipper lobster; a new genus for "Parribacus" caesius Squires (2001). | |||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Caporiondo | A hermit crab belonging to the family Diogenidae. The type species is L. manuelae; genus also includes "Paguristes" extentus Beschin et al. (2007). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schweitzer et al. | A crab belonging to the family Longodromitidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Boukhalfa et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | A member of the family Axiidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jell, Woods & Cook | Early Cretaceous (late Aptian) | Charbonnier et al. (2021) transferred this species to the genus Meyeria.[69] | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jell, Woods & Cook | Early Cretaceous (late Aptian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jell, Woods & Cook | Early Cretaceous (late Aptian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baldanza et al. | Early Pleistocene | A crab belonging to the family Leucosiidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Karasawa & Ando in Karasawa et al. | Early Miocene | A member of Galatheoidea belonging to the family Munidopsidae. The type species is M. makiguchimai. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Broda, Collette & Budil | Late Devonian | A member of Phyllocarida. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Ceccon | A porcelain crab. The type species is M. prealpinus. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | A lobster. Genus includes "Pseudastacus" hakelensis Fraas (1878). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | A member of the family Crangonidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Baldanza et al. | Early Pleistocene | A crab belonging to the family Goneplacidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Caporiondo | A hermit crab belonging to the family Xylopaguridae. The type species is O. tessellatus. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Keupp & Mahlow | An isopod belonging to the family Cirolanidae. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | A member of the family Benthesicymidae. Genus includes "Penaeus" arambourgi Roger (1946). | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | A member of the family Pandalidae. Genus includes new species P. komaii. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Caporiondo | A hermit crab belonging to the family Diogenidae, a species of Paguristes. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Caporiondo | A hermit crab belonging to the family Diogenidae, a species of Paguristes. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Caporiondo | A hermit crab belonging to the family Paguridae, a species of Pagurus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | A member of the family Gnathophausiidae. Genus includes new species P. libanotica. | |||||
Sp. nov | Krobicki & Fraaije | |||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | A species of Palinurus. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Karasawa & Ando in Karasawa et al. | Early Miocene | A king crab, a species of Paralithodes. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nyborg & Garassino | Early Eocene | A member of Homolidae. Announced in 2017; validated in 2023.[73] | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | A member of the family Chirostylidae. Genus includes new species P. antoinei and P. rogeri. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schweitzer et al. | A crab belonging to the family Longodromitidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Ceccon | A porcelain crab, a species of Porcellana. | |||||
Nom. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Ceccon | A crab belonging to the family Domeciidae; a replacement name for Tropicalia Beschin et al. (2016). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schweitzer et al. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Ceccon | A crab belonging to the family Raninidae and the subfamily Notopodinae. The type species is P. albertii. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schweitzer et al. | A member of the family Callianassidae. Genus includes new species P. paromola. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Winkler | Late Jurassic (Tithonian) | A member of Penaeidae. The type species is P. kenngotti. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier et al. | A crab, possibly a member of the family Raninidae. Genus includes new species P. guinotae. | |||||
Nom. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Ceccon | A crab belonging to the family Cancridae; a replacement name for Rama Beschin et al. (2016). | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Audo et al. | A member of Eryonoidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "Eryon" oppeli Woodward (1866). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Feldmann & Schweitzer | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schweitzer et al. | ||||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Audo, Charbonnier & Krobicki | Crimean Peninsula | A member of the family Polychelidae; a new genus for "Palaeopolycheles" crymensis Levitski (1974). | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Artal & Onetti | A crab belonging to the group Calappoidea. Genus includes "Stenodromia" calasanctii Via (1959) | |||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Ceccon | A member of the family Munididae or Munidopsidae.[79] The type species is T. corallina; genus might also include "Faxegalathea" valeccensis Beschin et al. (2016). | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Audo, Charbonnier & Krobicki | A member of the family Polychelidae; a new genus for "Eryon" neocomiensis Woodward (1881). | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Feldmann et al. | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | A member of Lophogastrida. Genus includes new species Y. grandis and Y. longicauda. |
Ostracods
[edit]Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Forel in Forel et al. | Originally described as a species of Acanthoscapha, but subsequently transferred to the genus Kozuria.[82] | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Early and Middle Permian | A member of the family Acratiidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forel in Forel et al. | A member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Bairdioidea and the family Acratiidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Early and Middle Permian | A member of the family Acratiidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Song, Crasquin & Gong | Late Devonian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Early and Middle Permian | A member of the family Bairdiidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Nam Maholan Formation | A member of the family Bairdiidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forel in Forel et al. | A member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Bairdioidea and the family Bairdiidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Middle Permian | A member of the family Bairdiidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | A member of the family Bairdiidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Song, Crasquin & Gong | Late Devonian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Early and Middle Permian | A member of the family Bairdiidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Santos in Santos Filho, Fauth & Piovesan | Cretaceous (Aptian-middle Coniacian) | Barreirinhas Basin | A member of Bairdiidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Early Permian | A member of the family Acratiidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Early Permian | A member of the family Cytherideidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Early Permian | A member of the family Cytherideidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Melnikova | Middle Ordovician | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Camilleri, Warne & Holloway | Silurian–Devonian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yamaguchi, Matsui & Nishi | Paleocene | Atlantic Ocean floor off the coast of | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yamaguchi, Matsui & Nishi | Paleocene | Atlantic Ocean floor off the coast of | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tesakova & Shurupova | A member of Podocopida belonging to the family Progonocytheridae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tesakova & Shurupova | Middle Jurassic (Bajocian and Bathonian) | A member of Podocopida belonging to the family Progonocytheridae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forester et al. | Late Quaternary | A member of Candonidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forester et al. | Late Quaternary | A member of Candonidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forester et al. | Late Quaternary | A member of Candonidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forester et al. | Late Quaternary | A member of Candonidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forester et al. | Late Quaternary | A member of Candonidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forester et al. | Late Quaternary | A member of Candonidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Spadi, Gliozzi & Medici | Plio–Pleistocene | A member of the subfamily Candoninae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Spadi, Gliozzi & Medici | Plio–Pleistocene | A member of the subfamily Candoninae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Spadi, Gliozzi & Medici | Plio–Pleistocene | A member of the subfamily Candoninae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Spadi, Gliozzi & Medici | Plio–Pleistocene | A member of the subfamily Candoninae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Spadi, Gliozzi & Medici | Plio–Pleistocene | A member of the subfamily Candoninae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Melnikova | Middle Ordovician | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forel in Forel et al. | A member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytheruridae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sobolev | A member of Podocopida belonging to the family Bythocytheridae. Genus includes new species C. cumina. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Song, Crasquin & Gong | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yamaguchi, Matsui & Nishi | Atlantic Ocean floor off the coast of | A member of the family Trachyleberididae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Keyser & Friedrich | A species of Cypria known from Baltic amber. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | A species of Cypridea. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martínez-García et al. | Miocene | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martínez-García et al. | Miocene | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martínez-García et al. | Miocene | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martínez-García et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martínez-García et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Khosla, Rathore & Nagori | A member of the family Cyprididae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Santos Filho, Fauth & Piovesan | Late Cretaceous (Turonian-middle Coniacian) | A member of Cytherellidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chaudhary, Nagori & Bhanat | A member of the family Cytherellidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chaudhary, Nagori & Bhanat | A member of the family Cytherellidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yamaguchi, Matsui & Nishi | Atlantic Ocean floor off the coast of | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yasuhara, Hunt & Okahashi | Late Quaternary | A member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytheruridae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yamaguchi, Matsui & Nishi | Atlantic Ocean floor off the coast of | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forel in Forel et al. | A member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytheruridae. | |||||
Dolerocypria? robinsmithi[100] | Sp. nov | Valid | Matzke-Karasz et al. | A member of the family Candonidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sobolev | A member of Podocopida belonging to the family Editiidae. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Forel in Forel et al. | A member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Bairdioidea and the family Bairdiidae. The type species is E. polyacantha (Kristan-Tollmann, 1978). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Melnikova | Middle Ordovician | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forel in Forel et al. | A member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytheruridae. | |||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Ohmert | Middle Pechelbronn Formation | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Early Permian | A member of the family Bairdiidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Forel in Forel et al. | A member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Bairdioidea and the family Beecherellidae. The type species is G. taurensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Melnikova | Middle Ordovician | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Melnikova | Middle Ordovician | Genus includes new species G. mira. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Melnikova | Middle Ordovician | |||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Ohmert | Middle Pechelbronn Formation | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ohmert | Middle Pechelbronn Formation | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Martínez-García et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid[103] | Crasquin in Crasquin et al. | A member of Palaeocopida belonging to the family Hollinellidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forel in Forel et al. | A member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytheruridae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forel in Forel et al. | A member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytheruridae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yasuhara, Hunt & Okahashi | Late Quaternary | A member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Trachyleberididae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Melnikova | Middle Ordovician | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Early Permian | A member of the family Acratiidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Song, Crasquin & Gong | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Song, Crasquin & Gong | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forel in Forel et al. | A member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Bythocytheridae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yamaguchi, Matsui & Nishi | Atlantic Ocean floor off the coast of | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Spadi, Gliozzi & Medici | A member of the subfamily Limnocytherinae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Matzke-Karasz et al. | A member of the family Candonidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forel in Forel et al. | A member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Bythocytheridae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Early and Middle Permian | A member of the family Bairdiidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yamaguchi, Matsui & Nishi | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) to early Eocene | North Atlantic Ocean | A member of the family Trachyleberididae. | |||
Gen. et 5 sp. nov | Valid | Forester et al. | Late Quaternary | A member of Candonidae. The type species is P. valentis; genus also includes P. cassicula, P. macraina, P. sagena and P. striola. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forel in Forel et al. | A member of the family Polycopidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yamaguchi, Matsui & Nishi | Middle and late Paleocene | North Atlantic Ocean | A member of the family Thaerocytheridae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yasuhara, Hunt & Okahashi | Late Quaternary | A member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Thaerocytheridae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Khosla, Rathore & Nagori | A species of Potamocypris | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Santos Filho, Fauth & Piovesan | Late Cretaceous (Turonian-middle Coniacian) | A member of Trachyleberididae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Song, Crasquin & Gong | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Song, Crasquin & Gong | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Melnikova | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forel in Forel et al. | A member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Bairdioidea and the family Bairdiidae. | |||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Brandão | A member of Podocopida belonging to the family Hemicytheridae; a replacement name for Cuvillierina Rossi de García (1972). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yamaguchi, Matsui & Nishi | Atlantic Ocean floor off the coast of | A member of the family Trachyleberididae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ohmert | Middle Pechelbronn Formation | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Early and Middle Permian | Nam Maholan Formation | A member of the family Bairdiidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forel in Forel et al. | A member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Limnocytheridae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forel in Forel et al. | A member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Sigillioidea and the family Microcheilinellidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sobolev | A member of Podocopida belonging to the family Bythocytheridae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Matzke-Karasz et al. | A member of the family Candonidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Matzke-Karasz et al. | A member of the family Candonidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Matzke-Karasz et al. | A member of the family Candonidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Matzke-Karasz et al. | A member of the family Candonidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Yamaguchi, Matsui & Nishi | A member of the family Trachyleberididae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Forel in Forel et al. | A member of Podocopida belonging to the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Bythocytheridae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Khosla, Rathore & Nagori | A member of the family Cyprididae. |
Other crustaceans
[edit]Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Stigall, Plotnick & Park Boush | Early Oligocene | A clam shrimp belonging to the superfamily Estheriteoidea. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liao, Shen & Huang | Middle–Late Jurassic | Linglongta beds | A clam shrimp. The type species is L. linglongtaensis. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nagler et al. | A goose barnacle belonging to the family Eolepadidae. Genus includes new species L. klausreschi. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Early Cretaceous (early Barremian) | A clam shrimp. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | A clam shrimp. The type species is P. lianmuqinensis; genus also includes new species P. karamayensis, as well as "Euestheria" trotternishensis Chen & Hudson (1991). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Scholze et al. | Early Triassic | Ma'in Formation | A clam shrimp. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liao et al. | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | Upper Weald Clay Formation | A clam shrimp belonging to the family Afrograptidae. The type species is S. ockleyensis. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Feldmann et al. | A member of Cyclida. Genus includes new species Y. nodosus. |
Insects
[edit]Trilobites
[edit]Research
[edit]- Three specimens of Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) hammondi preserving appendages and digestive tract are described from the Ordovician Fezouata Konservat-Lagerstätte (Morocco) by Gutiérrez-Marco et al. (2017).[114]
- A moulted specimen of Telephina intermedia with one of the compound eyes showing traces of serious damage which has healed is described from the Ordovician (Darriwilian) Elnes Formation (Norway) by Schoenemann, Clarkson & Høyberget (2017).[115]
- Eggs preserved with two specimens of Triarthrus eatoni are described from the Ordovician Lorraine Group (upstate New York, United States) by Hegna, Martin & Darroch (2017).[116]
- Extraordinarily preserved appendages of the metadoxidid species Hongshiyanaspis yiliangensis are described from the Cambrian Hongjingshao Formation (Yunnan, China) by Zeng et al. (2017).[117]
- Digestive structures of two species of Cambrian trilobites from China (Palaeolenus lantenoisi and Redlichia mansuyi) are described by Hopkins et al. (2017).[118]
- Remnants of cellular systems are identified in the compound eye of Schmidtiellus reetae from the Cambrian of Estonia by Schoenemann, Pärnaste & Clarkson (2017).[119]
New taxa
[edit]Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Van Viersen, Holland & Koppka | A member of Phacopidae. The type species is A. weugi; genus also includes "Phacops" boudjemaai Khaldi et al. (2016) and "Geesops" fabrei Khaldi et al. (2016). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fletcher | Cambrian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Viersen, Taghon & Magrean | Devonian (Eifelian) | A member of Phacopida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Viersen, Taghon & Magrean | Devonian (Eifelian) | A member of Phacopida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Brezinski | Carboniferous (late Mississippian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fortey & Edgecombe | Lower Ktaoua Formation | A member of the family Trinucleidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Junior homonym | Geyer & Peel | Cambrian | Ekspedition Bræ Formation | The specific name is preoccupied by Elrathia? groenlandica Poulsen (1927). Geyer & Peel (2020) coined a replacement name Elrathia hensonensis.[126] | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Geyer & Peel | Cambrian | Ekspedition Bræ Formation | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Geyer & Peel | Cambrian | Ekspedition Bræ Formation | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Geyer & Peel | Cambrian | Ekspedition Bræ Formation | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Westrop & Dengler | Camnrian (Guzhangian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Westrop & Dengler | Camnrian (Guzhangian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Westrop & Dengler | Camnrian (Drumian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Westrop & Dengler | Camnrian (Drumian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Westrop & Dengler | Camnrian (Guzhangian) | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Van Viersen, Taghon & Magrean | Devonian (Eifelian) | A member of Phacopida. Genus includes new species H. daumeriesi. | ||||
Subgen. nov | Valid | Krylov | A subgenus of Illaenus. The type species is Illaenus laticlavius Eichwald (1860); the subgenus also includes I. plautini Holm (1886), I. glabrisculus Jaanusson (1957) and I. incisus Jaanusson (1957). | |||||
Subgen. et comb. nov | Valid | Krylov | A subgenus of Illaenus. The type species is "Entomostracites" tauricornis Kutorga (1848); the subgenus also includes I. wahlenbergi (Eichwald, 1825), I. schuberti Nielsen (1995), I. dalmani Volborth (1863) and I. sarsi Jaanusson (1954). | |||||
Subgen. et sp. nov | Valid | Krylov | A subgenus of Illaenus. The type species is Illaenus jevensis Holm (1886); the subgenus also includes I. sphaericus Holm (1882) and I. sulcifrons Holm (1886), as well as new species I. dubari. | |||||
Subgen. et comb. 2 sp. nov | Valid | Krylov | A subgenus of Illaenus. The type species is "Wossekia" brevispina Krylov (2010); the subgenus also includes Illaenus schmidti Nieszkowski (1857), I. sinuatus Holm (1886) and I. slancyensis Krylov (2016), as well as new species I. kotlukovae and I. volkhovensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Loch & Ethington | Ordovician (Whiterock Stage) | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | McCobb & Popov | A trinucleid trilobite. Genus includes new species I. stepnyakensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Brezinski | Carboniferous (late Mississippian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Basse & Müller | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Basse & Müller | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Geyer | Tannenknock Formation | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Geyer | Tannenknock Formation | |||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Van Viersen, Taghon & Magrean | A member of Phacopida. Genus includes new species L. suffeleersi, as well as "Pedinopariops" simulator Basse (1998) and "Pedinopariops" hoelleri van Viersen, Prescher & Savelsbergh (2009). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pegel & Shabanov in Pegel et al. | Middle Cambrian | A member of Ptychopariida belonging to the family Proasaphiscidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van Viersen, Holland & Koppka | A member of Phacopidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pereira et al. | Late Ordovician (Katian) | Upper Ktaoua Formation | A member of the family Illaenidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Geyer | Tannenknock Formation | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Geyer | Tannenknock Formation | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ebbestad & Weidner | Cambrian | A member of Burlingiidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Corbacho et al. | Lower Fezouata Formation | A member of the family Nileidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ameri, Yazdi & Bahrami | A member of the family Phillipsiidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ren, Wei & Yuan | A member of the family Damesellidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fletcher | Cambrian | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Basse & Müller | Leun Limestone | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pereira et al. | Late Ordovician (probably Sandbian) | Letná Formation | A member of the family Illaenidae. |
Other arthropods
[edit]Research
[edit]- Nielsen, Rasmussen & Harper (2017) confirm the presence of dimorphism in a large sample of individuals of Isoxys volucris from the Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte (Greenland), which they interpret as likely sexual dimorphism.[139]
- A redescription of Utahcaris orion based on a restudy of the original material is published by Legg & Pates (2017).[140]
- A study on the phylogenetic relationships of Enalikter aphson is published by Parry, Legg & Sutton (2017), who support the original interpretation of the species as an arthropod.[141]
- A study on the lateral tail flexibility in the eurypterid Slimonia acuminata based on a new specimen is published by Persons & Acorn (2017).[142][143][144]
- Traces produced by swimming eurypterids are described from the Silurian Williamsville Formation (Ontario, Canada) and Tonoloway Formation (Pennsylvania, United States) by Vrazo & Ciurca (2017), who name a new ichnotaxon Arcuites bertiensis.[145]
- Description of the anatomy of the Triassic horseshoe crab species Yunnanolimulus luopingensis based on specimens with well preserved appendages and soft tissues, recovered from the Guanling Formation (China), is published by Hu et al. (2017).[146]
- A study on the phylogenetic relationships of Rhyniognatha hirsti is published by Haug & Haug (2017) who consider this taxon to be more likely a myriapod (possibly a centipede) rather than an insect.[147]
- A study on the age of the Cowie Harbour Fish Bed (Scotland, United Kingdom), containing fish and arthropod fossils (including the millipede Pneumodesmus newmani), is published by Suarez et al. (2017).[148]
- A study on the microstructural details of the cuticle of the concavicarid thylacocephalans from the Devonian (Famennian) of Poland, identifying possible remains of sensory system, is published by Broda & Zatoń (2017).[149]
- A review of the research history, distribution, anatomy, ontogeny and inferred mode of life of Agnostus pisiformis is published by Eriksson & Horn (2017), who also present enlarged three-dimensional sculptural models of members of the species.[150]
- A restudy of the Burgess Shale arthropod Habelia based on known and new specimens is published by Aria & Caron (2017), who interpret Habelia as a close relative of Sanctacaris uncata and name a new arachnomorph order Habeliida.[151]
New taxa
[edit]Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Betts et al. | Early Cambrian | A member of Bradoriida. Genus includes new species A. sinuosus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ji et al. | A member of Thylacocephala (a group of arthropods of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly crustaceans). | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Collette, Isbell & Miller | A member of Euthycarcinoidea. Genus includes new species A. pagoda. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Peel | A member of Bradoriida. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lamsdell & Briggs | Late Silurian | Phelps Member of the Fiddlers Green Formation (Bertie Group) | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Edgecombe, Paterson & García-Bellido | A member of Euarthropoda of uncertain phylogenetic placement, might be related to aglaspidids or Emeraldella. The type species is Eozetetes gemmelli. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Betts et al. | A member of Bradoriida. Genus includes new species E. adnyamathanha. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Teruzzi & Charbonnier in Charbonnier et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A member of Thylacocephala belonging to the group Concavicarida and the family Protozoeidae. The type species is G. garassinoi. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lerosey-Aubril et al. | Cambrian (Furongian) | A member of Aglaspidida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Lerosey-Aubril, Zhu & Ortega-Hernández | A member of Aglaspidida belonging to the family Aglaspididae. | ||||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Charbonnier in Charbonnier et al. | A member of Thylacocephala belonging to the group Concavicarida and the family Protozoeidae. The type species is "Protozoea" damesi Roger (1946). | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Peel | A member of Bradoriida. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Geyer & Peel | A member of Agnostida (a group of arthropods of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly trilobites). | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Teruzzi & Charbonnier in Charbonnier et al. | A member of Thylacocephala belonging to the group Concavicarida and the family Microcarididae. The type species is K. deborae. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | He et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Błażejowski et al. | Middle Triassic (Anisian–early Ladinian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Westrop & Landing | Cambrian (Furongian) | A member of Agnostida (a group of arthropods of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly trilobites) | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Westrop & Landing | Cambrian (Furongian) | A member of Agnostida (a group of arthropods of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly trilobites) | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Betts et al. | A member of Bradoriida. Genus includes new species M. jonesi. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhang & Xiao | A bivalved arthropod of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species M. elliptica. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Aris et al. | Ordovician (early Tremadocian) | A member of Marrellida belonging to the family Mimetasteridae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Peel | Sirius Passet Lagerstätte |
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