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Paleontology or palaeontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.^[1] 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 are scheduled to occur or be published in the year 2017.

Plants

Cnidarians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Agetolites angullongensis[2]	Sp. nov	In press	Zhen, Wang & Percival	Late Ordovician	Angullong Formation	Australia	A tabulate coral.
Fungiaphyllia[3]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Melnikova & Roniewicz	Early Jurassic		Afghanistan	A stony coral. The type species is Fungiaphyllia communis.
Guembelastraea dronovi[3]	Sp. nov	In press	Melnikova & Roniewicz	Early Jurassic		Afghanistan	A stony coral, a species of Guembelastraea.
Oppelismilia spectabilis[3]	Sp. nov	In press	Melnikova & Roniewicz	Early Jurassic		Afghanistan	A stony coral, a species of Oppelismilia.
Parepismilia dolichostoma[3]	Sp. nov	In press	Melnikova & Roniewicz	Early Jurassic		Afghanistan	A stony coral, a species of Parepismilia.
Parepismilia dronovi[3]	Sp. nov	In press	Melnikova & Roniewicz	Early Jurassic		Afghanistan	A stony coral, a species of Parepismilia.

Arthropods

Echinoderms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Andymetra toarcensis[4]	Sp. nov	In press	Hess & Thuy	Early Jurassic		France	A comatulid crinoid.
Ateleocystites? lansae[5]	Sp. nov	In press	McDermott & Paul	Ordovician (Katian)	Slade and Redhill Beds	United Kingdom	A mitrate belonging to the family Anomalocystitidae, possibly a species of Ateleocystites.
Forcipicrinus[4]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Hess & Thuy	Early Jurassic		France	An isocrinid crinoid. Genus includes new species F. normannicus.
Palaeocomaster structus[4]	Sp. nov	In press	Hess & Thuy	Early Jurassic		France	A comatulid crinoid.
Sanducystis[6]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Zamora et al.	Cambrian (Furongian)	Sandu Formation	China	A stemmed echinoderm. The type species is S. sinensis.
Singillatimetra truncata[4]	Sp. nov	In press	Hess & Thuy	Early Jurassic		France	An isocrinid crinoid.
Solanocrinites jagti[4]	Sp. nov	In press	Hess & Thuy	Early Jurassic		France	A comatulid crinoid.
Spinimetra[4]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Hess & Thuy	Early Jurassic		France	A comatulid crinoid. Genus includes new species S. chesnieri.

Conodonts

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Acodus zeballus[7]	Sp. nov	In press	Voldman & Albanesi in Voldman et al.	Early Ordovician		Argentina
Gothodus vetus[7]	Sp. nov	In press	Voldman & Albanesi in Voldman et al.	Early Ordovician		Argentina
Gullodus tieqiaoensis[8]	Sp. nov	In press	Sun et al.	Permian		China
Neopolygnathus fibula[9]	Sp. nov	In press	Hartenfels & Becker	Devonian (Famennian)		Morocco
Pseudohindeodus elliptica[8]	Sp. nov	In press	Sun et al.	Permian		China
Pseudopolygnathus primus tafilensis[9]	Subsp. nov	In press	Hartenfels & Becker	Devonian (Famennian)		Morocco
Sweetognathus asymmetrica[8]	Sp. nov	In press	Sun et al.	Permian		China
Zentagnathus[7]	Gen. et comb. nov	In press	Voldman & Albanesi in Voldman et al.	Early Ordovician		Argentina	A new genus for "Trapezognathus" primitivus Voldman, Albanesi & Zeballo in Voldman et al. (2013); genus also includes "Trapezognathus" argentinensis Rao et al. (1994)

Fishes

Lepidosaurs

Lizards and snakes

Research

• A study on the anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Eichstaettisaurus schroederi and Ardeosaurus digitatellus will be published by Simões et al. (2017).^[10]
• A redescription of Mosasaurus hoffmannii based on examination of many specimens will be published by Street & Caldwell (2017), who also provide emended diagnoses for both the genus Mosasaurus and its type species M. hoffmannii.^[11]

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Anguis rarus[12]	Sp. nov	In press	Klembara & Rummel	Early Miocene		Germany	A slow worm.
Kaikaifilu[13]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Otero et al.	Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)	Lopez de Bertodano Formation	Antarctica (Seymour Island)	A mosasaur. The type species is K. hervei.
Norisophis[14]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Klein et al.	Cretaceous	Kem Kem Beds	Morocco	A stem-snake. The type species is N. begaa.

Ichthyosauromorphs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Gengasaurus[15]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Paparella et al.	Late Jurassic		Italy	A member of Ophthalmosauridae. The type species is G. nicosiai.

Sauropterygians

Research

• A study on the morphology of the occlusal surface of placodont teeth and its implications for the diet of the placodonts will be published by Crofts et al. (2017).^[16]
• A redescription of the holotype specimen of Tuarangisaurus keyesi and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of the species will be published by O'Gorman et al. (2017).^[17]
• A study on the anatomy of the vertebra of Vegasaurus molyi and its implications for the anatomy of the nervous system of the species will be published by O'Gorman & Fernandez (2017).^[18]

Turtles

Research

• meiolaniid fossils will be described from the Eocene Rundle Formation (eastern Queensland, Australia) by Poropat et al. (2017), representing the oldest meiolaniid remains found in Australasia to date.^[19]
• New fossil material of Jiangxichelys ganzhouensis will be described by Tong et al. (2017), who also transfer the species "Zangerlia" neimongolensis to the genus Jiangxichelys.^[20]
• A redescription of Ctenochelys acris based on several specimens from the Late Cretaceous (early Campanian) Mooreville Chalk of Alabama (United States) will be published by Gentry (2017).^[21]
• A description of a large shell fragment from the Late Cretaceous Marília Formation (Brazil), interpreted as belonging to the largest podocnemidoid turtle reported from the Bauru Basin so far, will be published by Hermanson, Ferreira & Langer (2017).^[22]

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Mendozachelys[23]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	De la Fuente et al.	Late Cretaceous (late Campanian–early Maastrichtian)	Loncoche Formation	Argentina	A member of Chelidae. The type species is M. wichmanni.

Archosauriformes

Pseudosuchians

Research

• A description of the anatomy of the postcranial skeleton of Campinasuchus dinizi based on five specimens will be published by Cotts et al. (2017).^[24]

Non-avian dinosaurs

Research

• A re-evaluation of the purported Triassic dinosaur fossils from Poland discovered prior to the description of Silesaurus opolensis will be published by Skawiński et al. (2017), who interpret Velocipes guerichi as a theropod dinosaur.^[25]
• A description and a study on the phylogenetic affinities of the theropod fossils recovered from the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian–Valanginian) Bajada Colorada Formation (Argentina) will be published by Canale et al. (2017).^[26]
• A partial spinosaurid tooth will be described from the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian–Valanginian) Feliz Deserto Formation (Brazil) by Sales et al. (2017), representing the oldest known occurrence of a spinosaurid from South America so far.^[27]
• A study on the anatomy of the teeth of a specimen of Camarasaurus recovered from the Howe-Stephens Quarry (Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, United States) will be published by Wiersma & Sander (2017).^[28]
• New information on the anatomy of the lectotype specimen of Lusotitan atalaiensis and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of the species will be published by Mocho, Royo-Torres & Ortega (2017).^[29]
• Tail vertebrae of a titanosaur sauropod affected by osteomyelitis will be described from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Anacleto Formation (Argentina by de García et al. (2017).^[30]
• A description of new fossil material of Alamosaurus sanjuanensis (an articulated series of cervical vertebrae from Big Bend National Park, Texas) and a study of phylogenetic relationships of this species will be published by Tykoski & Fiorillo (2017).^[31]
• A redescription of the postcranial material of Lesothosaurus diagnosticus will be published by Baron, Norman & Barrett (2017), who argue that Stormbergia dangershoeki is most likely a junior synonym of L. diagnosticus.^[32]
• A study on the anatomical features related to feeding and the mechanisms of food processing in ankylosaurian dinosaurs will be published by Ősi et al. (2017).^[33]

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Tarchia teresae[34]	Sp. nov	In press	Penkalski & Tumanova	Late Cretaceous		Mongolia	A member of Ankylosauridae.
Zuoyunlong[35]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Wang et al.	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Zhumapu Formation	China	A basal member of Hadrosauroidea. The type species is Z. huangi.

Birds

Research

• A complete description of the skeletal anatomy of the holotype of Chiappeavis magnapremaxillo, the first enantiornithine to preserve a rectricial fan, suggesting that possibly rectricial bulbs were present in basal members of this clade, will be published by O'Connor et al. 2017 (in press).^[36]
• A bohaiornithid enantiornithine specimen with exceptionally preserved feathers, providing information on the colouration of the bird, will be described from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation (China) by Peteya et al. (2017).^[37]
• A new specimen of the Early Cretaceous species Archaeorhynchus spathula will be described by Wang and Zhou (2017).^[38]
• A study on the species richness, taxonomic diversity and presumed ecological characteristics of the Eocene avifauna of the Messel fossil site will be published by Mayr (2017).^[39]
• A study on the isolated contour feather from the Eocene Fur Formation (Denmark), indicating presence of melanosomes similar in size and morphology to those of extant parrots, will be published by Gren et al. (2017).^[40]
• A revision of ratite museum fossil specimens from Argentina, indicating presence of non-rheid ratites in South America during Paleogene and Miocene, will be published by Agnolin (2017).^[41]

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Bubo ibericus [42]	Sp. nov	In press	Meijer et al.	Early Pleistocene		Spain	A horned owl.

Other reptiles

Research

• A restudy of Arctosaurus osborni will be published by Sues (2017), who considers this species to be an archosauromorph reptile, possibly an allokotosaurian.^[43]

Synapsids

Non-mammalian synapsids

Research

• A study on the ontogenetic changes in the skull and mandible of Galesaurus planiceps will be published by Jasinoski & Abdala (2017).^[44]

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Dalongkoua[45]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Liu & Abdala	Late Permian	Guodikeng Formation	China	A therocephalian. The type species is D. fuae.

Non-eutherian mammals

Research

• New information on the skull anatomy of Peratherium cuvieri will be published by Selva & Ladevèze (2017).^[46]
• A study on the causes of decline and extinction of sparassodonts will be published by López-Aguirre et al. (2017).^[47]

New taxa

Metatherians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Barinya kutjamarpensis[48]	Sp. nov	In press	Binfield et al.	Miocene	Wipajiri Formation	Australia

Other non-eutherian mammals

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Fluctuodon[49]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Debuysschere	Late Triassic (Rhaetian)		France	A member of Kuehneotheriidae. The type species is F. necmergor.
Kuehneotherium stanislavi[49]	Sp. nov	In press	Debuysschere	Late Triassic (Rhaetian)		France  Luxembourg	A member of Kuehneotheriidae.

Eutherian mammals

Research

• A study of the phylogenetic relationships of the Paleocene placental mammals will be published by Halliday, Upchurch and Goswami (2017).^[50]
• A study on the phylogenetic placement of members of the genus Thalassocnus within Megatheria will be published by Amson, de Muizon & Gaudin (2017).^[51]
• A study on the anatomy of the bony labyrinth of Hyaenodon exiguus and its implications for the paleobiology of the species will be published by Pfaff et al. (2017).^[52]
• A skull of Hyaenictis aff. almerai, representing the most complete European specimen of the genus, will be described from the Miocene of Spain by Vinuesa et al. (2017).^[53]
• A study on the phylogenetic relationships of "Felis" pamiri Ozansoy (1959) from the late Miocene of Turkey will be published by Geraads & Peigné (2017).^[54]
• Virtual cranial endocast of the Oligocene sciurid Cedromus wilsoni is reconstructed by Bertrand, Amador-Mughal & Silcox (2017).^[55]

New taxa

Xenarthrans

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Baraguatherium[56]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Rincón et al.	Early Miocene		Venezuela	A mylodontoid sloth. The type species is Baraguatherium takumara.
Lumbreratherium[57]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Herrera et al.	Eocene	Lumbrera Formation	Argentina	An armadillo. The type species is L. oblitum.

Even-toed ungulates

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Muknalia[58]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Stinnesbeck et al.	Probably latest Pleistocene		Mexico	A peccary. The type species is M. minima.
Paalitherium[59]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Métais, Mennecart & Roohi	Oligocene	Chitarwata Formation	Pakistan	A stem-pecoran. Genus includes new species P. gurki.
Protherohyus[60]	Gen. et comb. nov	In press	Parisi Dutra et al.	Hemphillian		Mexico  United States	A peccary; a new genus for "Desmathyus" brachydontus Dalquest & Mooser (1980).

Rodents

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Acarechimys pascuali[61]	Sp. nov	In press	Verzi, Olivares & Morgan	Early Miocene		Argentina	A stem-abrocomid, a species of Acarechimys.
Ameghinomys[61]	Gen. et comb. nov	In press	Verzi, Olivares & Morgan	Early Miocene		Argentina	A stem-abrocomid; a new genus for "Acarechimys" constans (Ameghino, 1887).
Cricetops auster[62]	Sp. nov	In press	Li et al.	Early Oligocene	Caijiachong Formation	China	A muroid rodent, a species of Cricetops.
Debruijnia kostakii[63]	Sp. nov	In press	De Bruijn	Early Miocene		Greece	A member of Spalacinae.
Heosminthus nomogenesis[64]	Sp. nov	In press	Li, Gong & Wang	Late Eocene		China	A member of Dipodidae.
?Hydrochoeropsis wayuu[65]	Sp. nov	In press	Pérez et al.	Late Pliocene	Ware Formation	Colombia	A member of Hydrochoerinae.
Palaeocavia? mawka[66]	Sp. nov	In press	Madozzo-Jaén & Pérez	Late Miocene	Chiquimil Formation	Argentina	A member of Caviinae, possibly a species of Palaeocavia.

Other animals

Research

• A study on the muscle anatomy of Pambdelurion whittingtoni will be published by Young & Vinther (2017).^[67]

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Acoelia discontinua[68]	Sp. nov	In press	Wu	Permian (Changhsingian)		China	A calcareous sponge belonging to the order Inozoa and the family Acoeliidae.
Aeroretiolites[69]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Melchin, Lenz & Kozłowska	Silurian		Canada	A graptolite. Genus includes new species A. cancellatus.
Corallistes campanensis[70]	Sp. nov	In press	Świerczewska-Gładysz	Late Cretaceous (early Campanian)		Poland	A lithistid demosponge belonging to the family Corallistidae.
Eorograptus spirifer[69]	Sp. nov	In press	Melchin, Lenz & Kozłowska	Silurian		Canada	A graptolite.
Glomerula gemmellaroi[71]	Sp. nov	In press	Sanfilippo in Sanfilippo et al.	Permian	“Pietra di Salomone” Limestone	Italy	A polychaete belonging to the family Sabellidae, a species of Glomerula.
‘Linevitus’ guizhouensis[72]	Sp. nov	In press	Sun et al.	Cambrian Stage 4	Balang Formation	China	A member of Hyolitha (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs).
Neophrissospongia kacperskii[70]	Sp. nov	In press	Świerczewska-Gładysz	Late Cretaceous (early Campanian)		Poland	A lithistid demosponge belonging to the family Corallistidae.
Nisusia guizhouensis[73]	Sp. nov	In press	Mao et al.	Cambrian	Kaili Formation	China	A brachiopod.
Pachinion canaliculatum[70]	Sp. nov	In press	Świerczewska-Gładysz	Late Cretaceous (early Campanian)		Poland	A lithistid demosponge belonging to the family Corallistidae.
Propomatoceros permianus[71]	Sp. nov	In press	Sanfilippo in Sanfilippo et al.	Permian	“Pietra di Salomone” Limestone	Italy	A polychaete belonging to the family Serpulidae, a species of Propomatoceros.
Pseudoretiolites hyrichus[69]	Sp. nov	In press	Melchin, Lenz & Kozłowska	Silurian		Canada	A graptolite.
Pyrgopolon (Turbinia?) gaiae[71]	Sp. nov	In press	Sanfilippo in Sanfilippo et al.	Permian	“Pietra di Salomone” Limestone	Italy	A polychaete belonging to the family Serpulidae, a species of Pyrgopolon.
Radiofibrosclera[68]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Wu	Permian (Changhsingian)		China	A sclerosponge. The type species is R. laibinensis.
“Serpula” distefanoi[71]	Sp. nov	In press	Sanfilippo in Sanfilippo et al.	Permian	“Pietra di Salomone” Limestone	Italy	A polychaete belonging to the family Serpulidae.

Other organisms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Cobios[74]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Du et al.	Ediacaran	Doushantuo Formation	China	A red alga. The type species is Cobios rubo.
Palaeostromatus[75]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Dentzien-Dias, Poinar & Francischini	Permian (Guadalupian)	Rio do Rasto Formation	Brazil	An actinomycete. Genus includes new species P. diairetus.

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