2024 in arthropod paleontology is a list of new arthropod fossil taxa, including arachnids, crustaceans, trilobites, and other arthropods (except insects, which have their own list) that were announced or described, as well as other significant arthropod paleontological discoveries and events which occurred in 2024.

List of years in arthropod paleontology
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Chelicerates

Arachnids

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

Lineaburmops longiantepes[1]

Sp. nov

Guo, Selden & Ren in Guo et al.

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Burmese amber

 Myanmar

A spider belonging to the family Lagonomegopidae.

Lineaburmops rhombus[1]

Sp. nov

Guo et al.

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Burmese amber

 Myanmar

A spider belonging to the family Lagonomegopidae.

Mesoproctus rayoli[2]

Sp. nov

Valid

Santana et al.

Early Cretaceous (Aptian—Albian)

Crato Formation

 Brazil

A whip scorpion belonging to the family Thelyphonidae.

Other chelicerates

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

Titanoprosoma[3]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Bicknell et al.

Carboniferous (Serpukhovian)

Bear Gulch Limestone

 United States
( Montana)

A member of Euchelicerata of uncertain affinities. The type species is T. edgecombei.

Crustaceans

Malacostracans

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

Halicarcinus popeius[4]

Sp. nov

Valid

Gašparič et al.

Oligocene (Chattian)

Trbovlje Formation

 Slovenia

A crab belonging to the family Hymenosomatidae.

Lucascinus trifailensis[4]

Sp. nov

Valid

Gašparič et al.

Oligocene (Chattian)

Trbovlje Formation

 Slovenia

A crab belonging to the family Hymenosomatidae.

Parahyas[5]

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Charbonnier et al.

Miocene (Messinian)

 Algeria

A crab belonging to the superfamily Majoidea and the family Oregoniidae. The type species is "Hyas" oranensis Van Straelen (1937).

Wahrania[5]

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Charbonnier et al.

Miocene (Messinian)

 Algeria

A crab belonging to the superfamily Majoidea and the family Epialtidae. The type species is "Maia" arambourgi Van Straelen (1937).

Other crustaceans

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

Cornia wasvilrensis[6]

Sp. nov

Valid

Poschmann et al.

Devonian

Klerf Formation

 Germany

A clam shrimp.

Eicheleaia[6]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Poschmann et al.

Devonian

Klerf Formation

 Germany

A clam shrimp. The type species is E. wenndorfi.

Jurapingquania[7]

Nom. nov

Valid

Ceccolini & Cianferoni

Late Jurassic

Tuchengzi Formation

 China

A member of the family Eosestheriidae; a replacement name for Pingquania Wang in Wang & Li (2008). Published online in 2024, but the issue date is listed as December 2023.

Palaeolimnadiopsis frankeorum[6]

Sp. nov

Valid

Poschmann et al.

Devonian

 Germany

A clam shrimp.

Insects

Main article: 2024 in paleoentomology

Trilobites

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

Bromella utahensis[8]

Sp. nov

Valid

Sundberg, Cothren & Dehler

Cambrian

Nounan Formation

 United States
( Utah)

A member of the family Aphelaspididae.

Globampyx sexsegmentatus[9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Fortey, Vargas-Parra & Droser

Ordovician

Al Rose Formation

 United States
( California)

A member of the family Raphiophoridae.

Kingstonia smithfieldensis[8]

Sp. nov

Valid

Sundberg, Cothren & Dehler

Cambrian

Nounan Formation

 United States
( Utah)

A member of the family Kingstoniidae.

Protopresbynileus divergens[9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Fortey, Vargas-Parra & Droser

Ordovician

Al Rose Formation

 United States
( California)

A member of the family Nileidae.

Ulugtella? biformis[10]

Sp. nov

Valid

Pereira, Rábano & Gutiérrez-Marco

Ordovician (Katian)

 Morocco

Trilobite research

References

  1. ^ a b Guo, X.; Selden, P. A.; Ren, D.; Niu, Y.; Zhang, F. (2024). "New Lineaburmops fossils (Araneae: Lagonomegopidae) with contrasting color patterns from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, northern Myanmar". Cretaceous Research. 105835. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105835.
  2. ^ Santana, W.; Pinheiro, A. P.; Silva, T. A.; Lima, D. (2024). "Description of a new fossil Thelyphonida (Arachnida, Uropygi) and further record of Cratosolpuga wunderlichi Selden, in Selden and Shear, 1996 (Arachnida, Solifugae) from Crato Formation (Aptian/Albian), Araripe Basin, Brazil". PeerJ. 12. e16670. doi:10.7717/peerj.16670. PMC 10771091. PMID 38188171.
  3. ^ Bicknell, R. D. C.; Kimmig, J.; Smith, P. M.; Scherer, T. (2024). "An enigmatic euchelicerate from the Mississippian (Serpukhovian) and insights into invertebrate preservation in the Bear Gulch Limestone, Montana". American Museum Novitates. 4008: 1–14. doi:10.1206/4008.1. hdl:2246/7344.
  4. ^ a b Gašparič, R.; Hyžný, M.; Hitij, T.; Šoster, A. (2024). "Late Oligocene decapod crustaceans from the Trbovlje Formation of Slovenia, with a description of two new species of hymenosomatid crabs". Palaeontologia Electronica. 27 (1). 27.1.a4. doi:10.26879/1312.
  5. ^ a b Charbonnier, S.; Garassino, A.; Pasini, G.; Chény, C. (2024). "Review of brachyuran crabs from the late Miocene (Messinian) of Oran, Algeria". Geodiversitas. 46 (2): 13–29. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2024v46a2.
  6. ^ a b c Poschmann, M. J.; Hegna, T. A.; Astrop, T. I.; Hoffmann, R. (2024). "Revision of Lower Devonian clam shrimp (Branchiopoda, Diplostraca) from the Rhenish Massif (Eifel, SW-Germany), and the early colonization of non-marine palaeoenvironments". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. doi:10.1007/s12549-023-00597-9.
  7. ^ Ceccolini, F.; Cianferoni, F. (2024). "A New Replacement Name for an Upper Jurassic Genus of Clam Shrimp (Branchiopoda: Diplostraca)". Paleontological Journal. 57 (8): 915. doi:10.1134/S0031030123080026.
  8. ^ a b Sundberg, F. A.; Cothren, H. R.; Dehler, C. M. (2024). "Cambrian trilobites from the Nounan Dolomite and lower St. Charles Formation (upper Marjuman to lower Sunwaptan; Miaolingian to Furongian Series), Smithfield Canyon, northern Utah". Journal of Paleontology: 1–30. doi:10.1017/jpa.2023.48.
  9. ^ a b Fortey, R. A.; Vargas-Parra, E. E.; Droser, M. L. (2024). "Trilobites from the Al Rose Formation (Lower Ordovician, Inyo Mountains, California)—faunas marginal to the Great Basin". Journal of Paleontology: 1–14. doi:10.1017/jpa.2023.57.
  10. ^ Pereira, P.; Rábano, I.; Gutiérrez-Marco, J. C. (2024). "The trilobite assemblage of the Declivolithus Fauna (lower Katian, Ordovician) of Morocco: a review with new data". Journal of Paleontology: 1–34. doi:10.1017/jpa.2023.77.
  11. ^ Drage, H. B. (2024). "Trilobite moulting behaviour variability had little association with body proportions". Palaeontologia Electronica. 27 (1). 27.1.a9. doi:10.26879/1265.
  12. ^ Sinnesael, M.; Millard, A. R.; Smith, M. R. (2024). "A Bayesian astrochronology for the Cambrian first occurrence of trilobites in West Gondwana (Morocco)". Geology. doi:10.1130/G51718.1.
  13. ^ Hopkins, M. J.; Gutiérrez-Marco, J. C.; Di Silvestro, G. (2024). "First occurrence of well-preserved Ordovician trilobites of the family Olenidae from Africa". Journal of Paleontology: 1–10. doi:10.1017/jpa.2023.60.
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