1996 in paleontology
Arthropods
Newly named crustaceans
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Cancer starri | Valid | Berglund & Goedert | Early Miocene | Clallam & Pysht Formations | A crab | ||
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Newly named insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Allopetalia europaea | Sp nov | Jr synonym | Nel, Arillo, & Martínez-Delclòs | Messinian | An Aeshnid dragonfly. Moved to Boyeria europaea in 1997 | |||
Burmomyrma rossi | Gen et sp. nov | Valid | Dlussky | Late Aptian to Early Cenomanian | Burmese amber | A possible Aneuretin ant | ||
Cerdanyagrion | Gen et sp nov | valid | Nel, Arillo, & Martínez-Delclòs | Vallesian/Turolian | A Megapodagrionid damselfly | |||
Haidomyrmex cerberus | Gen et sp. nov | Valid | Dlussky | Late Aptian to Early Cenomanian | Burmese amber | A Sphecomyrmin ant | ||
Somatochlora brisaci | Sp nov | Valid | Nel, Arillo, & Martínez-Delclòs | Turolian | Montagne d'Andance | A Corduliid dragonfly | ||
Sympetrum cantalensis | Sp nov | Valid | Nel, Arillo, & Martínez-Delclòs | Messinian | A Libellulid dragonfly | |||
Vulcagrion | Gen et comb et 2 sp nov | valid | Nel, Arillo, & Martínez-Delclòs | Messinian | A Megapodagrionid damselfly, three species | '' |
Amphibians
Temnospondyls
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Tatrasuchus | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Maryańska & Shishkin | Middle Triassic | A cyclotosaurid |
Plesiosaurs
New taxa
Dinosaurs
- In the summer excavation resumed on the Talkeetna Mountains Hadrosaur, discovered in a quarry near the Glenn Highway, approximately 150 miles northeast of Anchorage.
Newly named dinosaurs