# 2006 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. 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 2006.

## Plants
### Ferns and fern allies

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes |
| Dickwhitea | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Karafit et al. | Eocene Ypresian | Eocene Okanagan Highlands Allenby Formation Princeton Chert | Canada British Columbia | An athyriaceous fern The type species is D. allenbyensis |
| Trawetsia | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Smith et al. | Eocene Ypresian | Eocene Okanagan Highlands Allenby Formation Princeton Chert | Canada British Columbia | An athyriaceous fern The type species is T. princetonensis |
| Wessiea oroszii | Sp nov | Valid | Serbet & Rothwell | Campanian | Horseshoe Canyon Formation | Canada Alberta | A fern of uncertain affinity |

### Angiosperms

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Beardia | Gen et sp nov | valid | Elliot, Mindell, & Stockey | Eocene | Appian Way Flora | Canada British Columbia | A juglandaceous fruit. | |

## Arthropods
### Crustaceans

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Stenochirus vahldieki | Sp nov | Valid | Schweigert & Garassino | Early Jurassic Callovian | La Voulte-sur-Rhöne | France | A stenochirid. | |

### Insects

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Avitomyrmex | Gen et 3 sp. nov | valid | Archibald, Cover, & Moreau | Eocene Ypresian | Eocene Okanagan Highlands Tranquille Formation | Canada British Columbia | A myrmeciine bulldog ant The type species is A. elongatus Other species are A. mastax and A. systenus | |
| Emiliana | Trib, Gen, et sp. nov | valid | Shcherbakov | Eocene Ypresian | Green River Formation Parachute Member | USA Colorado | A tropiduchid planthopper | |
| Eocenomyrma | Gen et 3 sp nov | Valid | Dlussky & Radchenko | Eocene Priabonian | Baltic amber | Russia | A Myrmicin ant The type species is E. orthospina Other species are E. electrina & E. elegantula | Eocenomyrma elegantula |
| Feroseta | Gen et sp nov | valid | Poinar | Miocene Burdigalian | Dominican amber | Dominican Republic | A mantidfly The type species is F. prisca | |
| Macabeemyrma | Gen et sp. nov | valid | Archibald, Cover, & Moreau | Eocene Ypresian | Eocene Okanagan Highlands Tranquille Formation | Canada British Columbia | A myrmeciine bulldog ant The type species is M. ovata | Macabeemyrma ovata |
| Palaeopsychops douglasae | Sp nov | valid | Archibald & Makarkin | Eocene Ypresian | Eocene Okanagan Highlands Coldwater Beds | Canada British Columbia | An ithionid giant lacewing | |
| Palaeopsychops marringerae | Sp nov | valid | Archibald & Makarkin | Eocene Ypresian | Eocene Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation | United States Washington | An ithionid giant lacewing | Palaeopsychops marringerae |
| Palaeopsychops quadratus | Sp nov | valid | Archibald & Makarkin | Eocene Ypresian | Fur Formation | Denmark | An ithionid giant lacewing | |
| Palaeopsychops setosus | Sp nov | valid | Archibald & Makarkin | Eocene Ypresian | Eocene Okanagan Highlands Horsefly Shales | Canada British Columbia | An ithionid giant lacewing | |
| Palaeopsychops timmi | Sp nov | valid | Archibald & Makarkin | Eocene Ypresian | Eocene Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation | United States Washington | An ithionid giant lacewing | Palaeopsychops timmi |
| Palaeovespa menatensis | Sp nov | valid | Nel & Auvray | Paleocene Thanetian | Menat Formation | France | A vespid wasp | Palaeovespa menatensis |
| Polystoechotites | Gen et 3 sp nov | valid | Archibald & Makarkin | Eocene Ypresian | Eocene Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation | United States Washington | An ithionid giant lacewing parataxon Species include P. barksdalae, P. falcatus, P. lewisi Also includes Polystoechotes piperatus (1908) | Polystoechotites barksdalae |
| Ypresiomyrma | Gen, sp., et comb nov | valid | Archibald, Cover, & Moreau | Eocene Ypresian | Fur Formation | Denmark | A myrmeciine bulldog ant The type species is Y. orbiculata Other species are Y. bartletti & Pachycondyla rebekkae (1999) | Ypresiomyrma rebekkae |

## Molluscs
### Cephalopods

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Tirolonautilus feltgeni | Sp nov | Valid | Chirat, Vaslet & Le Nindre | Late Permian | Khuff Formation | Saudi Arabia | A nautiloid. | |

## Tetrapodomorphs

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Tiktaalik | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Daeschler, Shubin, & Jenkins | Late Devonian | Fram Formation | Canada ( Nunavut) | Type species T. roseae. The Earliest Tetrapod. | Tiktaalik roseae |

## Amphibians
### Newly named temnospondylians

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Iberospondylus | Valid | Laurin Soler-Gijon | Late Carboniferous | | Spain | The type species is Iberospondylus schultzei. | Iberospondylus |
| Tirraturhinus | Valid | Nield Damiani Warren | Early Triassic | Arcadia Formation | Australia | The type species is Tirraturhinus smisseni. | |
| Trematolestes | Valid | Schoch | Middle Triassic | Erfurt Formation | Germany | The type species is Trematolestes hagdorni. | Trematolestes |

### Newly named amphibians

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Pangerpeton | Valid | Wang Evans | Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous | Daohugou Beds | China | The type species is Pangerpeton sinensis. | |

## Ichthyosaurs

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Maiaspondylus | Valid | Maxwell Caldwell | Early Cretaceous | Loon River Formation | Canada | The type species is Maiaspondylus lindoei. | |

## Lepidosauromorphs
### Newly named basal lepidosauromorphs

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Rautiania | Valid | Bulanov Sennikov | Late Permian | Vyasovka Formation | Russia | Two species was descript: Rautiania alexandri (type) and R. minchi. | |

### Newly named plesiosaurs

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Bobosaurus | Valid | Dalla Vecchia | Late Triassic | Rio del Lago Formation | Italy | The type species is Bobosaurus forojuliensis. |
| Futabasaurus | Valid | Sato Hasegawa Manabe | Late Cretaceous | Tamayama Formation | Japan | The type species is Futabasaurus suzukii. |
| Opallionectes | Valid | Kear | Early Cretaceous | | Australia | The type species is Opallionectes andamookaensis. |
| Umoonasaurus | Valid | Kear Schroeder Lee | Early Cretaceous | Bulldog Shale | Australia | The type species is Umoonasaurus demoscyllus. |

### Newly named squamates

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Najash | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Apesteguia & Zaher | Late Cretaceous | Candeleros Formation | Argentina | Type sp N rionegrina. | |

## Turtles

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Gigantatypus | Valid | Kaddumi | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Muwaqqar Chalk Marl Formation | Jordan | A sea turtle. The type species is G. salahi. |

## Archosauromorphs
### Newly named crurotarsans

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Adamantinasuchus | Valid | Nobre Carvalho | Late Cretaceous | Adamantina Formation | Brazil | A notosuchian. The type species is Adamantinasuchus navae. | Adamantinasuchus |
| Aldabrachampsus | Valid | Brochu | Pleistocene | | Seychelles | A crocodylid. The type species is Aldabrachampsus dilophus. | |
| Effigia | Valid | Nesbitt Norell | Late Triassic | Chinle Formation | USA ( New Mexico) | A rauisuchian. The type species is Effigia okeeffeae. | Effigia |
| Isisfordia | Valid | Salisbury Molnar Frey Willis | Early-Late Cretaceous | Winton Formation | Australia | A eusuchian. The type species is Isisfordia duncani. | Isisfordia |

### Newly named dinosaurs

* Vickaryous, M K., 2006, New information on the cranial anatomy of Edmontonia rugosidens Gilmore, a Late Cretaceous nodosaurid dinosaur from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta: JVP, v. 26, n. 4: 1011–1013.
Data are courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.
| Name | Status | Authors | Authors | Location | Notes | Images |
| Adamantisaurus | Valid taxon | Rodrigo Santucci | Reinaldo Jose Bertini | Brazil | | Adamantisaurus |
| Agujaceratops | Valid taxon | Spencer G. Lucas Sullivan | Hunt | USA ( Texas) | | Agujaceratops |
| Alaskacephale | Valid taxon | Sullivan | | USA ( Alaska) | Apachycephalosaurid from Alaska. | Alaskacephale |
| Aniksosaurus | Valid taxon | Martínez | Novas | Argentina | | |
| Antarctopelta. | Valid taxon | Salgado | Gasparini | Antarctica | An Ankylosaur from Antarctica | Antarctopelta |
| Balochisaurus | Valid taxon | Malkani | | Pakistan | | |
| "Bayosaurus" | Nomen nudum | Rodolfo Coria Phillip J. Currie | Paulina Carabajal | | | |
| Cedrorestes | Valid taxon | David Gilpin Tony DiCroce | Kenneth Carpenter | USA( Utah) | | |
| Dracorex | Jr. Synonym | Robert Bakker Sullivan Porter | Larson Saulsbury | | Jr. Synonym of Pachycephalosaurus. | Dracorex |
| Dracovenator | Valid taxon | Yates | | South Africa | An African Neotheropod related to Dilophosaurus. | Dracovenator |
| Erketu | Valid taxon | Ksepka | Mark Norell | Mongolia | | |
| Europasaurus | Valid taxon | Mateus Laven Knötschke vide: Sander Mateus | Laven Knötschke | Germany | A basal macronarian sauropod exhibiting insular dwarfism. | Europasaurus |
| Fusuisaurus | Valid taxon | Mo Wang W. Huang Z. | Huang X. Xu X. | China | | |
| Guanlong | Valid taxon | Xu Xing Clark Forster Mark Norell | Erickson Eberth Jia C. Zhao Q. | China | A basal, crested Tyrannosauroid. | Guanlong |
| Huanghetitan. | Valid taxon | You Li D. | Zhou L. Ji Q. | China | | |
| Jiutaisaurus | Valid taxon | Wu W. H. Dong Zhiming Sun | Li C. Li T. | | | |
| Juravenator | Valid taxon | Göhlich | Luis M. Chiappe | Germany | A feathered Compsognathid. | Juravenator |
| Khetranisaurus | Valid taxon | Malkani | | Pakistan | | |
| Koutalisaurus | Jr. Synonym | Prieto-Marquez Gaete Rivas | Galobart Boada | | Jr. Synonym of Pararhabdodon. | |
| Ligabuesaurus | Valid taxon | Jose Bonaparte González-Riga (as González Riga) | Apesteguía | Argentina | An Argentine Titanosaur. | |
| Mantellisaurus | Valid taxon | Paul | | Belgium  Germany  UK  Spain | | Mantellisaurus |
| Mapusaurus | Valid taxon | Rodolfo Coria | Phillip J. Currie | Argentina | An Argentine Carcharodontosaur. | Mapusaurus |
| Marisaurus | Valid taxon | Malkani | | Pakistan | | |
| Maxakalisaurus | Valid taxon | Kellner Campos Azevedo Trotta | Henriques Craik Silva | Brazil | | Maxakalisaurus |
| Othnielosaurus | Valid taxon | Peter Galton | | USA ( Colorado, Utah and Wyoming) | | Othnielosaurus |
| Pakisaurus | Valid taxon | Malkani | | Pakistan | | |
| Razanandrongobe | Valid taxon | Maganuco Dal Sasso | Pasini | | Described by the authors as a possible crocodylomorph or theropod. | |
| Sacisaurus | Valid taxon | Ferigolo | Langer | Brazil | Possibly a Dinosaur. | Sacisaurus |
| Sonidosaurus | Valid taxon | Xu X. Zhang X. H. Tan Q. | Zhao X. Tan L. | China | | |
| Sulaimanisaurus | Valid taxon | Malkani | | Pakistan | | |
| Theiophytalia | Valid taxon | Brill | Carpenter | USA ( Colorado) | | Theiophytalia |
| Tsaagan | Valid taxon | Mark Norell Clark Turner | Makovicky Rinchen Barsbold Rowe | Mongolia | | Tsaagan |
| Turiasaurus | Valid taxon | Royo-Torres Cobos | Alcalá | Spain | | |
| Vitakridrinda. | Valid taxon | Malkani | | Pakistan | An Abelisaur from Pakistan. | |
| Xuanhuaceratops | Valid taxon | Zhao X. Cheng Z. | Xu X. Makovicky | China | | |
| Yamaceratops | Valid taxon | Makovicky | Mark Norell | China | | Yamaceratops |
| Yinlong | Valid taxon | Xu X. Forster | Clark Mo | China | | Yinlong |
| Yuanmousaurus | Valid taxon | Lü Li S. Ji Q. | Wang G. F. Zhang J. H. Dong Zhiming | China | | |
| Zapalasaurus | Valid taxon | Salgado Carvalho | Garrido | Argentina | An Argentine Rebbachisaur. | |

### Newly named birds

| Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Abdounornis marinus | Nomen Nudum | Thesis name | Bourdon | Early Ypresian | | Morocco | A species of Charadriiformes, Abdounornithidae. |
| Aequornis traversei | Nomen Nudum | Thesis name | Bourdon | Middle Eocene | | Togo | A species of Pelagornithidae. |
| Anas cheuen | Valid | Sp. nov. | Agnolín | Early or Middle Pleistocene | Miramar Formation | Argentina | A species of Anas. |
| Archaeorhynchus spathula | Valid | Gen et Sp. nov. | Zhonghe & Fucheng | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | China | An Ornithurae, type sp A. spathula. |
| Branta thessaliensis | Valid | Sp. nov. | Boev & Koufos | Middle Turolian | | Greece | An Anatidae. |
| Cerebavis cenomanica | Valid | Gen. et Sp. nov. | Kurochkin, Saveliev, Postnov, Pervushov, & Popov | Cenomanian | | Russia | An Enantiornithes, described from a brain endocast. |
| Corvitalusoides | Valid | Gen. et Sp. nov. | Boles | Late Oligocene or Early Miocene | Riversleigh | Australia:  Queensland | A Passeriformes Incertae Sedis. Type species C. grandiculus |
| Cyanoliseus patagonopsis | Valid | Sp. nov. | Hospitaleche & Tambussi | Pleistocene | Miramar Formation | Argentina | A Psittacidae. |
| Dalingheornis | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Zhang, Hou, Hasegawa, O'Connor, Martin, & Chiappe | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | China | An Enantiornithes, type species is Dal. liweii. |
| Dapingfangornis | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Li, Duan, Hu, Wang, Cheng, & Hou | Early Cretaceous | Jiufotang Formation | China | An Enantiornithes, type species Dap. sentisorhinus |
| Didunculus placopedetes | Valid | Sp. nov. | Steadman | Subrecent | 'Eua | Tonga | A Columbidae. |
| Ducula harrisoni | Valid | Sp. nov. | Wragg & Worthy | Subrecent | Henderson Island | Pitcairn | A Columbidae. |
| Eclectus infectus | Valid | Sp. nov. | Steadman | Holocene | 'Eua, 'Anatu | Vanuatu | A Psittacidae. |
| Gallirallus ernstmayri | Valid | Sp. nov. | Jeremy J. Kirchman & Steadman | Holocene | New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago | Papua New Guinea | A Rallidae. |
| Gallirallus pendiculentus | Valid | Sp. nov. | Kirchman & Steadman | Holocene | Tinian | Northern Mariana Islands | A Rallidae. |
| Gallirallus pisonii | Valid | Sp. nov. | Kirchman & Steadman | Holocene | Tinian | Northern Mariana Islands | A Rallidae. |
| Gallirallus storrsolsoni | Valid | Sp. nov. | Kirchman & Steadman | Holocene | Huahine, Society Islands | French Polynesia | A Rallidae. |
| Gallirallus temptatus | Valid | Sp. nov. | Kirchman & Steadman | Holocene | Rota | Northern Mariana Islands | A Rallidae. |
| Jungornis geraldmayri | Valid | Sp. nov. | Mourer-Chauviré & Sigé | Late Eocene | Phosphorites du Quercy | France | A Jungornithidae |
| Loxioides kikuchi | Valid | Sp. nov. | James & Olson | Subrecent | Kaua'i, Hawaii Islands | USA | A Fringillidae |
| Masillaraptor | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Mayr | Middle Eocene | Messel pit | Germany | A Masillaraptoridae, type species M. parvunguis |
| Nyctanassa carcinocatactes | Valid | Sp. nov. | Olson & Wingate | Holocene | Bermuda | Bermuda | An Ardeidae. |
| Odontopteryx gigas | Nomen Nudum | Thesis name | Bourdon | Early Ypresian | | Morocco | An Odontopterygidae |
| Odontoptila inexpectata | Nomen Nudum | Thesis name | Bourdon | Early Ypresian | | Morocco | An Odontopterygidae |
| Pleistoanser | Valid | Gen. et Sp. nov. | Agnolín | Early or Middle Pleistocene | Miramar Formation | Argentina | An Anatidae. Type species is P. bravardi. |
| Plesiocathartes major | Valid | Sp. nov. | Weidig | Late Wasatchian | Green River Formation | USA | A Leptosomidae. |
| Plesiocathartes wyomingensis | Valid | Sp. nov. | Weidig | Late Wasatchian | Green River Formation | USA | A Leptosomidae. |
| Porphyrio mcnabi | Valid | Sp. nov. | Kirchman & Steadman | Holocene | Huahine, Fa'ahia, Society Islands | French Polynesia | A Rallidae. |
| Pygoscelis calderensis | Valid | Sp. nov. | Hospitaleche, Chávez, & Fritis | Late Miocene-Middle Pliocene | Bahia Inglesa Formation | Chile | A Spheniscidae. |
| Pygoscelis grandis | Valid | Sp. nov. | Walsh & Suárez | ?Early Pliocene | Bahia Inglesa Formation | Chile | A Spheniscidae. |
| Shanxiornis | Valid | Gen. et Sp. nov. | Wang, Zhao, Hu, & Sun | Early Pleistocene | Sanmen Formation | China | A Phasianidae, type species is S. fenyinis |
| Tonniornis | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Tambussi, Hospitaleche, Reguero, & Marenssi | Late Eocene | La Meseta Formation | Antarctica | A Spheniscidae, two species T. mesetaensis & T. minimum |
| Waimanu | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Slack, Jones, Ando, Harrison, Fordyce, Arnason, & Penny | Early Paleocene | Basic Waipara Greensand | New Zealand | A stem Spheniscidae. The type species is Wa. manneringi. Originally the second species, Wa. tuatahi, was assigned to this genus as well; Mayr et al. (2018) transferred this species to the separate genus Muriwaimanu. |
| Wieslochia | Valid | Gen. et Sp. nov. | Mayr & Manegold | Rupelian | | Germany | An early Passeriformes Incertae Sedis, type species is Wi. weissi |

### Newly named pterosaurs

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Cathayopterus | Valid | Wang Zhou | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | China | A pterodactyloid. The type species is Cathayopterus grabaui. |
| Caviramus | Valid | Fröbisch Fröbisch | Late Triassic | Kössen Formation | Switzerland | A rhamphorhynchoid. The type species is Caviramus schesaplanensis. |
| Longchengpterus | Valid | Wang Li Duan Cheng | Early Cretaceous | Jiufotang Formation | China | A pterodactyloid. The type species is Longchengpterus zhoai. |
| Muzquizopteryx | Valid | Frey Buchy Stinnesbeck Gonzalez Stefano | Late Cretaceous | Austin Group | Mexico | The type species is Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis. |
| Yixianopterus | Valid | Lü Ji Yuan Gao Sun Ji | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | China | A pterodactyloid. The type species is Yixianopterus jingangshanensis. |

## Synapsids
### Non-mammalian

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Herpetoskylax | Valid | Sidor Rubidge | Late Permian | | South Africa | The type species is Herpetoskylax hopsoni. |
| Elliotherium | Valid | Sidor Hancox | Upper Triassic | Lower Elliot Formation | South Africa | The type species is Elliotherium kerstenae (emmend.). |
| Idelesaurus | Valid | Kurkin | Upper Permian | | Russia | The type species is Idelisaurus tataricus. |
| Langbergia | Valid | Abdala Neveling Welman | Early Triassic | Burgersdorp Formation | South Africa | The type species is Langbergia modisei. |
| Nanogomphodon | Valid | Hopson Sues | Middle Triassic | Erfurt Formation | Germany | The type species is Nanogomphodon wildi. |
| Oromycter | Valid | Reisz | Early Permian | | USA | The type species is Oromycter dolesorum. |
| Pachydectes | Valid | Rubidge Sidor Modesto | Middle Permian | Koonap Formation | South Africa | The type species is Pachydectes elsi. |
| Paraburnetia | Valid | Smith Rubidge Sidor | Upper Permian | Teekloof Formation | South Africa | The type species is Paraburnetia sneeubergensis. |
| Protheriodon | Valid | Bonaparte, Soares, & Schultz | Middle Triassic | Santa Maria Formation | Brazil | Type sp P. estudianti. |

### Mammals

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Anthracoxyaena | Disputed | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of the family Oxyaenidae. Genus includes new species A. palustris. Subsequently, Solé, Gheerbrant & Godinot (2013) considered the genus Anthracoxyaena to be a junior synonym of the genus Arfia, though the authors maintained A. palustris as a distinct species within the latter genus. |
| Asiohyopsodus | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of the family Hyopsodontidae. Genus includes new species A. confuciusi. |
| Asioictops | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of the family Leptictidae. Genus includes new species A. mckennai. |
| Celaenolambda | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A possible member of the family Archaeolambdidae. Genus includes new species C. wangzhaoi. |
| Chowliia | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of the family Isectolophidae. Genus includes new species C. laoshanensis. |
| Dianomomys | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A possible member of the family Paromomyidae. Genus includes new species D. ambiguus. |
| Dissacus bohaiensis | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of Mesonychia belonging to the family Mesonychidae. |
| Hapalodectes huanghaiensis | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of Mesonychia belonging to the family Hapalodectidae. |
| Heterocoryphodon？yuntongi | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of the family Coryphodontidae. |
| Hylomysoides | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A possible member of the family Amphilemuridae. Genus includes new species H. qiensis. |
| Luchenus | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of the family Erinaceidae. Genus includes new species L. erinaceanus. |
| Migrostylops | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of Arctostylopida belonging to the family Arctostylopidae. Genus includes new species M. roboreus and M. rosella. |
| Pappomoropus | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of the family Eomoropidae. Genus includes new species P. taishanensis. |
| Paresthonyx | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of Tillodontia. Genus includes new species P. orientalis. |
| Preonictis | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of the family Hyaenodontidae belonging to the subfamily Proviverrinae. Genus includes new species P. youngi. |
| Qilulestes | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A possible member of the family Amphilemuridae. Genus includes new species Q. schieboutae. |
| Scileptictis | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of the family Leptictidae. Genus includes new species S. simplus and S? stenotalus. |
| Suyinia | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of Anagalida belonging to the family Pseudictopidae. Genus includes new species S. changleensis. |
| Taishanomys parvulus | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A rodent. |
| Talpilestes | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A possible member of the family Nyctitheriidae. Genus includes new species T. asiatica. |
| Variviverra | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of the family Viverravidae. Genus includes new species V. vegetatus. |
| Wutucoryphodon | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of the family Coryphodontidae. Genus includes new species W. xianwui. |
| Wutuhyus | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of Suiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species W. primiveris. |
| Yupingale | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of the family Astigalidae. Genus includes new species Y. weifangensis. |
| Zodiocyon | Valid | Tong & Wang | Early Eocene | Wutu Formation | China | A member of the family Miacidae. Genus includes new species Z. zetesios. |

## Trace fossils

* The trace fossil genera Nihilichnus (Nihilichnus nihilicus and Nihilichnus mortalis), Machichnus (Machichnus regularis, Machichnus multilineatus, and Machichnus bohemicus) and Brutalichnus (Brutalichnus brutalis) are described from bite traces.