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1990 in paleontology

Plants

Conifers

Pinaceae

Angiosperms

Basal eudicots

Superroids

Malpighiales

Paleomycology

newly named fungi

Arthropods

Newly named crustaceans

Newly named insects

Vertebrates

Conodonts

Newly named Actinopterygii ("Ray-finned Fish")

Pseudosuchians

Dinosaurs

  • All Anatosaurus species except A. copei were moved to the previously existing genus Edmontosaurus by Brett-Surman
  • "Seismosaurus" gastroliths documented.

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Newly named birds

References

Works cited

  • Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180.