1994 in paleontology
Plants
Conifers
Angiosperms
Arthropods
Newly named insects
Molluscs
Bivalves
Fishes
Newly named bony fishes
Archosauromorphs
- Aff. Rebbachisaurus gastroliths documented.
- The "Talkeetna Mountains Hadrosaur" specimen was discovered in a quarry being excavated for road material. The quarry is near the Glenn Highway, approximately 150 miles northeast of Anchorage. That fall, excavation began, and was resumed in the summer of 1996.
Newly named pseudosuchians
Newly named basal dinosauromorphs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Afrovenator | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Sereno, Wilson, Larsson, Dutheil, & Sues | Tiourarén Formation | ||||
Alwalkeria | Gen et comb nov | Valid | Chatterjee & Creisler | Maleri Formation | ||||
Alxasaurus | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Russell & Dong | |||||
“Amphicoelicaudia” | nomen nudum | Cheng | described as Huabeisaurus allocotus in 2000 | |||||
Caenagnathasia | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Currie, Godfrey, & Nesov | Turonian - Coniacian | Bissekty Formation | |||
Cryolophosaurus | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Hammer & Hickerson | Pliensbachian | Hanson Formation | |||
Koparion | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Chure | Kimmeridgian | Morrison Formation | |||
Monolophosaurus | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Zhao & Currie | Bathonian - Callovian | Shishugou Formation | |||
Mymoorapelta | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Kirkland & Carpenter | Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Morrison Formation | |||
Pelecanimimus | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Perez-Moreno, Sanz, Buscalioni, Moratalla, Ortega, & Rasskin-Gutman | Barremian | Calizas de La Huérguina Formation | |||
Phuwiangosaurus | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Martin, Buffetaut, & Suteethorn | Valanginian - Hauterivian | Sao Khua Formation | |||
Sinornithoides | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Russell & Dong | Aptian - Albian | Ejinhoro Formation | |||
Sinraptor | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Currie & Zhao | Late Jurassic | Shishugou Formation | |||
Timimus | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Rich & Vickers-Rich | Albian | Eumeralla Formation | |||
“Tonouchisaurus” | nomen nudum | Barsbold | early Cretaceous | |||||
Yingshanosaurus'' | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Zhou | Kimmeridgian | Shaximiao Formation |
Newly named birds
Plesiosaurs
- Plesiosaur gastroliths documented.
New taxa