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This list of fossil arthropods described in 2012 is a list of new taxa of fossil arthropods of every kind that have been described during the year 2012.

Trilobites

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Acmarhachis kindlei^[1]	Sp nov	Valid	Westrop & Eoff	Late Cambrian	Cow Head Group	Canada	An agnostid, a species of Acmarhachis.
Acmarhachis whittingtoni^[1]	Sp nov	Valid	Westrop & Eoff	Late Cambrian	Cow Head Group	Canada	An agnostid, a species of Acmarhachis.
Australoscutellum iota^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Silurian		Australia	A scutelluid trilobite, a species of Australoscutellum.
Australoscutellum microps^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Silurian		Australia	A scutelluid trilobite, a species of Australoscutellum.
Australoscutellum pulex^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Silurian		Australia	A scutelluid trilobite, a species of Australoscutellum.
Australoscutellum trica^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Silurian		Australia	A scutelluid trilobite, a species of Australoscutellum.
Borenoria^[2]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Silurian		Australia	A scutelluid trilobite. The type species is Borenoria cirrita.
Calymene harringtoni^[3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tortello in Tortello et al.	Early Silurian	Vargas Peña Formation	Paraguay	A species of Calymene.
Ceraurinus zhuzhaiensis^[4]	sp nov	In press	Lee	Late Ordovician	Xiazhen Formation	China	A cheirurid, a species of Ceraurinus.
Cummingella boikoi^[5]	sp nov	Valid	Mychko	Sakmarian		Russia	A phillipsiid, a species of Cummingella.
Decoroscutellum planes^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Silurian		Australia	A scutelluid trilobite, a species of Decoroscutellum.
Eoscutellum annosum^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Silurian		Australia	A scutelluid trilobite, a species of Eoscutellum.
Hibbertia aodiensis^[4]	sp nov	In press	Lee	Late Ordovician	Xiazhen Formation	China	A harpetid, a species of Hibbertia.
Illaenoscutellum tryo^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Silurian		Australia	A scutelluid trilobite, a species of Illaenoscutellum.
Japonoscutellum borenorense^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Silurian		Australia	A scutelluid trilobite, a species of Japonoscutellum.
Japonoscutellum crassum^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Silurian		Australia	A scutelluid trilobite, a species of Japonoscutellum.
Japonoscutellum diascetum^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Silurian		Australia	A scutelluid trilobite, a species of Japonoscutellum.
Japonoscutellum gephyricum^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Silurian		Australia	A scutelluid trilobite, a species of Japonoscutellum.
Japonoscutellum guttulatum^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Silurian		Australia	A scutelluid trilobite, a species of Japonoscutellum.
Japonoscutellum serangicum^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Silurian		Australia	A scutelluid trilobite, a species of Japonoscutellum.
Japonoscutellum strabo^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Silurian		Australia	A scutelluid trilobite, a species of Japonoscutellum.
Kosovopeltis trepida^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Silurian		Australia	A scutelluid trilobite, a species of Kosovopeltis.
Kosovopeltis xynon^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Silurian		Australia	A scutelluid trilobite, a species of Kosovopeltis.
Mirrabooka^[2]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Silurian		Australia	A scutelluid trilobite. The type species is Mirrabooka harryi.
Persia^[6]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Lerosey-Aubril	Carboniferous (Tournaisian)		Iran	The type species is Persia praecox.
Pliomerina tashanensis^[4]	sp nov	In press	Lee	Late Ordovician	Xiazhen Formation	China	A pliomerid, a species of Pliomerina.
Pseudophillipsia parvizii^[6]	Sp. nov	In press	Lerosey-Aubril	Permian		Iran	A species of Pseudophillipsia sensu lato.
Raymondaspis grandigena^[7]	sp nov	Valid	Stein & Bergström	Middle Ordovician		Sweden	A styginid, a species of Raymondaspis.
Remopleurides xiazhenensis^[4]	sp nov	In press	Lee	Late Ordovician	Xiazhen Formation	China	A remopleurid, a species of Remopleurides.
Schopfaspis? graciai^[8]	sp nov	In press	Esteve et al..	Middle Cambrian		Spain	An alokistocarid, possibly a species of Schopfaspis.
Securifrons^[2]	gen et comb nov	Valid	Holloway and Lane	Ordovician to Silurian			Scutelluid trilobite. species- S. borealis, S. cunctatum, S. major and ?S. umbonatus.
Vietnamia yushanensis^[4]	sp nov	In press	Lee	Late Ordovician	Xiazhen Formation	China	A calymenid, a species of Vietnamia.

Arachnids

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Ampezzoa^[9]	Gen. et sp. nov.	In press	Lindquist & Grimaldi in Schmidt et al.	Carnian		Italy	A mite. The type species is Ampezzoa triassica.
Korearachne^[10]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Selden et al..	Early Cretaceous	Jinju Formation	South Korea	A member of Araneomorphae, possibly a lycosoid. The type species is Korearachne jinju.
Orchestina gappi^[11]	sp nov	Valid	Saupe et al..	Latest Albian or earliest Cenomanian		France	An oonopid, a species of Orchestina.
Orchestina rabagensis^[11]	Species	Valid	Saupe et al.	Early Albian		Spain	An oonopid, a species of Orchestina.
Piankhi^[12]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Dunlop, Bartel & Mitov	Eocene			A harvestman found in Baltic amber. The type species is Piankhi steineri.
Pseudogarypus synchrotron^[13]	Sp. nov	Valid	Henderickx in Henderickx, Tafforeau & Soriano	Late Eocene			A pseudoscorpion found in Baltic amber, a species of Pseudogarypus.
Triasacarus^[9]	Gen. et sp. nov.	In press	Lindquist & Grimaldi in Schmidt et al.	Carnian		Italy	A mite. The type species is Triasacarus fedelei.

Crustaceans

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Ammopylocheles robertboreki^[14]	Sp. nov	Valid	Fraaije et al.	Middle Oxfordian		Poland	A pylochelid, a species of Ammopylocheles.
Archaeoniscus coreaensis^[15]	Sp. nov	Valid	Park et al.	Early Cretaceous	Jinju Formation	South Korea	An isopod crustacean, a species of Archaeoniscus.
Bretonia^[16]	gen et comb nov	Valid	Schweitzer et al.	Cenomanian	Sables du Perche Formation	France	crab, New genus for "Xanthosia" danielae (Collins and Breton, 2009).
Coleia martinlutheri^[17]	sp nov	Valid	Schweigert & Ernst	Sinemurian		Germany	A coleiid polychelid, a species of Coleia.
Cretatrizocheles^[18]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Fraaije, Klompmaker, & Artal	Albian or Cenomanian		Spain	A hermit crab. The type species is Cretatrizocheles olazagutiensis.
Diogenicheles^[19]	gen et sp nov	In press	Fraaije et al.	Oxfordian		Poland	A parapylochelid hermit crab. The type species is Diogenicheles theodorae.
Eopaguropsis nidiaquilae^[20]	Sp. nov	Valid	Fraaije et al.	Oxfordian		Poland	A diogenid, a species of Eopaguropsis.
Faksecarcinus^[16]	gen et comb nov	Valid	Schweitzer et al.	Albian or Cenomanian to Danian		Denmark Spain	A crab, a new genus for "Xanthosia" gracilis.
Glyphea wiffenae^[21]	Species	Valid	Feldmann and Stilwell	Late Cretaceous	Maungataniwa Sandstone	New Zealand	A glypheid lobster, a species of Glyphea.
Goniodromites kubai^[22]	sp nov	Valid	Starzyk, Krzemiska, & Krzemiski	Oxfordian		Poland	A crab, a species of Goniodromites.
Hadrocarcinus^[23]	gen et comb et sp nov	Valid	Schweitzer, Feldmann & Lamanna	Late Cretaceous		Antarctica	A necrocarcinid crab, a new genus for "Necrocarcinus" wrighti. The genus also contains "Necrocarcinus" carinatus and a new species Hadrocarcinus tectilacus.
Jurapylocheles iwonae^[14]	Sp. nov	Valid	Fraaije et al.	Middle Oxfordian		Poland	A pylochelid, a species of Jurapylocheles.
Masticacheles^[19]	gen et sp nov	In press	Fraaije et al.	Oxfordian		Poland	A parapylochelid hermit crab. The type species is Masticacheles longirostris.
Mesoparapylocheles^[18]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Fraaije, Klompmaker, & Artal	Albian or Cenomanian		Spain	A hermit crab. The type species is Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni.
Palaeobenthesicymus^[24]	gen. et comb nov	In press	Audo & Charbonnier	Late Santonian	Sahel Alma Lagerstätte	Lebanon	A benthesicymid penaeoid, a new genus for "Penaeus" libanensis (Brocchi, 1875).
Pilgrimcheles^[19]	gen et sp nov	In press	Fraaije et al.	Oxfordian		Poland	A parapylochelid hermit crab. The type species is Pilgrimcheles karolinae.
Podocallichirus laepaensis^[25]	Sp. nov	Valid	Hyžný & Muñiz	Late Miocene		Spain	A callianassid ghost shrimp, a species of Podocallichirus.
Sineruga^[26]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Perrier	Silurian (uppermost Ludlow to lower Pridoli)	Le Val Formation	France	myodocope ostracod. type species is Sineruga insolita.
Steorrosia^[16]	gen et comb nov	Valid	Schweitzer et al.	Late Albian to Cenomanian		USA	Crab, New genus for "Xanthosia" aspera. Other species S. pawpawensis and S. reidi.

Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Agapia^[27]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Kopylov	Late Cretaceous		Russia	An ichneumonid. The type species is Agapia sukatchevae.
Agapteron^[27]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Kopylov	Late Cretaceous		Russia	An ichneumonid. The type species is Agapteron popovi.
Alexandrinia^[28]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Sinitshenkova & Vassilenko	Permian	Poldarsa Formation	Russia USA	A mayfly. Species are A. giganteaand A. directum.
Alloepipsychopsis^[29]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Makarkin, Yang, et al.	Barremian	Yixian Formation	China	A psychopsid. Type species is Alloepipsychopsis lata.
Alavaraphidia^[30]	Gen et sp. nov	Valid	Pérez-de la Fuente et al.	Albian	Escucha Formation	Spain	A Mesoraphidiid snakefly. The sole species is A. imperterrita.	Alavaraphidia imperterrita
Amarantoraphidia^[30]	Gen et sp. nov	Valid	Pérez-de la Fuente et al.	Albian	Escucha Formation	Spain	A Mesoraphidiid snakefly. The sole species is A. ventolina.	Amarantoraphidia ventolina
Anotylus archaicus^[31]	sp nov	Valid	Yue, Makranczy & Ren	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	An oxyteline rove beetle, a species of Anotylus.
Archaboilus musicus^[32]	Species	Valid	Gu, Engel and Ren in Gu et al.	Bathonian to Callovian	Jiulongshan Formation	China	A haglid, a species of Archaboilus.
Archaeosciaphilus^[33]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Legalov	Eocene			A curculionid beetle found in Baltic amber. The type species is Archaeosciaphilus marshalli.
Archaeosmylidia^[34]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Makarkin, Yang and Ren	Bathonian	Jiulongshan Formation	China	An osmylid. Type species is Archaeosmylidia fusca.
Archimyrmex wedmannae^[35]	Sp. nov	Valid	Dlussky	Middle Eocene		Germany	A myrmeciine ant, a species of Archimyrmex.
Austroprotolindenia^[36]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Beattie & Nel	Late Jurassic	Talbragar Fossil Fish Bed	Australia	A dragonfly. The type species is Austroprotolindenia jurassica.
Baltipanorpa^[37]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Krzemiński & Soszyńska-Maj	Middle Eocene		Poland	A mecopteran found in Baltic amber. The type species is Baltipanorpa damzeni.
Bechala^[38]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ilger & Brauckmann	Late Carboniferous		Germany	A bechalid megasecopteran. Type species is Bechala sommeri.
Calosargus talbragarensis^[39]	Sp. nov	Valid	Oberprieler & Yeates	Late Jurassic		Australia	An archisargid brachyceran, a species of Calosargus.
Chilgatermes^[40]	Gen. et sp. nov.	In press	Engel, Pan & Jacobs	Late Oligocene		Ethiopia	A termite. The type species is Chilgatermes diamatensis.
Chorilingia^[41]	Gen. et 4 sp. nov	Valid	Shi et al.	Middle Jurassic	Jiulongshan Formation	China	A grammolingiid neuropteran. Genus contains four species: of C. euryptera, C. parvica, C. translucida and C. peregrina.
Cintux^[42]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Stroiński & Szwedo	Palaeocene		France	A lophopid planthopper. The type species is Cintux menatensis.
Cretasyne^[43]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	In press	Yan, Wang & Zhang	Lower Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	A lasiosynid beetle. Contains two species: Cretasyne lata and C. longa.
Cretorhyssalus^[44]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Belokobylskij	Cenomanian	Ola Formation	Russia	A braconid wasp. Type species is Cretorhyssalus brevis.
Cucullistriga^[45]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Aristov & Rasnitsyn	Kungurian		Russia	An idelinellid eoblattidan. Type species is Cucullistriga cucullata.
Darekia sanguinea^[46]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Prokop et al.	Upper Carboniferous	Upper Silesian Coal Basin	Poland	A stem winged insect.
Decoraeshna^[47]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Li et al.	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	A progobiaeshnid dragonfly. The type species is Decoraeshna preciosus.
Electotreta^[48]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Kazantsev	Eocene		Lithuania	A firefly. The type species is Electotreta rasnitsyni.
Electromethes^[48]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Kazantsev	Eocene		Lithuania	An omethid beetle. The type species is Electromethes alleni.
Electropteron^[49]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Kazantsev	Oligocene		Dominican Republic	A lycid. The type species is E. avus.
Eocenorhynchites^[33]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Legalov	Eocene			A rhynchitid beetle found in Baltic amber. The type species is Eocenorhynchites vossi.
Eodromeus daohugouensis^[50]	sp nov	Valid	Wang, Zhang and Ponomarenko	Middle Jurassic	Daohugou Beds	China	A trachypachid, a species of Eodromeus.
Eodromeus robustus^[50]	sp nov	Valid	Wang, Zhang and Ponomarenko	Middle Jurassic	Daohugou Beds	China	A trachypachid, a species of Eodromeus.
Eospilopsyllus^[51]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Beaucournu & Perrichot in Perrichot, Beaucournu & Velten	Early Miocene		Dominican Republic	A pulicid flea found in Dominican amber. The type species is Eospilopsyllus kobberti.
Eubaeus abdominalis^[27]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kopylov	Late Cretaceous		Russia	An ichneumonid, a species of Eubaeus.
Euroleptochromus^[52]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Jałoszyński	Eocene		Lithuania	A rove beetle found in Lithuanian Eocene Baltic amber. The type species is Euroleptochromus sabathi.
Geinitzia aristovi^[53]	sp nov	Valid	Cui, Storozhenko & Ren	Middle Jurassic	Jiulongshan Formation	China	A geinitziid grylloblattid, a species of Geinitzia.
Gymnopollisthrips^[54]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov.	Valid	Peñalver, Nel & Nel in Peñalver et al.	Early Cretaceous		Spain	A melanthripid thrip. Genus contains two species: Gymnopollisthrips minor and G. maior.
Hammephemera^[55]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Sinitshenkova in Bashkuev et al.	Early Triassic		Germany	A sharephemerid mayfly. The type species is Hammephemera pulchra.
Hyptia deansi^[56]	Sp. nov	Valid	Jennings, Krogmann & Mew	Late Oligocene or early Miocene		Mexico	An evaniid hymenopteran, a species of Hyptia.
Jeholopsyche bella^[57]	Sp. nov	Valid	Qiao, Shih & Ren	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	An aneuretopsychid mecopteran, a species of Jeholopsyche.
Jeholopsyche completa^[57]	Sp. nov	Valid	Qiao, Shih & Ren	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	An aneuretopsychid mecopteran, a species of Jeholopsyche.
Jeholopsyche maxima^[57]	Sp. nov	Valid	Qiao, Shih & Ren	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	An aneuretopsychid mecopteran, a species of Jeholopsyche.
Kararhynchus gratshevi^[58]	Species	Valid	Legalov	Middle-Late Jurassic	Karabastau Formation	Kazakhstan	An obrieniid beetle, a species of Kararhynchus.
Kararhynchus jurassicus^[58]	Species	Valid	Legalov	Middle-Late Jurassic	Karabastau Formation	Kazakhstan	An obrieniid beetle, a species of Kararhynchus.
Karatawia sinica^[59]	Sp. nov	Valid	Li, Nel & Ren in Li et al.	Middle Jurassic	Jiulongshan Formation	China	A campterophlebiid odonate,a species of Karatawia.
Kitshuga^[60]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Aristov	Upper Permian		Russia	A cacurgid grylloblattid. The type species is Kitshuga ryzhkovae.
Laiyangitabanus^[61]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zhang	Early Cretaceous	Laiyang Formation	China	A horse-fly. The type species is Laiyangitabanus formosus.
Liadotaulius daohugouensis^[62]	sp nov	Valid	Wu & Huang	Middle Jurassic	Daohugou Beds	China	A caddisfly, a species of Liadotaulius.
Liassophyllum caii^[63]	sp nov	Valid	Gu & Ren in Gu, Qiao, & Ren	Bathonian to Callovian	Jiulongshan Formation	China	A haglid orthopteran, a species of Liassophyllum.
Lithorhagio^[64]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zhang & Li	Middle Jurassic or lowermost Upper Jurassic	Daohugou Beds	China	A rhagionid. The type species is Lithorhagio megalocephalus.
Magadanobracon^[44]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Belokobylskij	Cenomanian	Ola Formation	Russia	A braconid wasp. The type species is M. rasnitsyni; a second species is M. zherikhini.
Mesorhyphus handlirschi^[65]	Sp. nov	Valid	Lukashevich	Upper Jurassic		Mongolia	An anisopodid bibionomorph, a species of Mesorhyphus.
Mesorhyphus hennigi^[65]	Sp. nov	Valid	Lukashevich	Upper Jurassic		Mongolia	An anisopodid bibionomorph, a species of Mesorhyphus.
Miamia maimai^[66]	Sp. nov	Valid	Béthoux et al.	Late Carboniferous (early Pennsylvanian)		China	A stem–orthopteran insect, a species of Miamia.
Minyscapheus^[67]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Poinar, Kritsky & Brown			Dominican Republic	A cicada found in Dominican amber. The type species is Minyscapheus dominicanus.
Misthodotes tshernovae^[28]	sp nov	Valid	Sinitshenkova & Vassilenko	Upper Permian	Poldarsa Formation	Russia	A mayfly, a species of Misthodotes.
Mongoliaeshna exiguusens^[47]	Sp. nov	Valid	Li et al.	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	A progobiaeshnid dragonfly, a species of Mongoliaeshna.
Mongoliaeshna hadrens^[47]	Sp. nov	Valid	Li et al.	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	A progobiaeshnid dragonfly, a species of Mongoliaeshna.
Mutovia^[68]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Vršanský & Aristov	Late Permian		Russia	A mutoviid cockroach. The type species is Mutovia intercalaria.
Necroraphidia^[30]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Pérez-de la Fuente et al.	Albian	Las Peñosas Formation	Spain	A Mesoraphidiid snakefly. The only species is N. arcuata.	Necroraphidia arcuata
Notonecta vetula^[69]	sp nov	Valid	Zhang, Yao & Ren	Late Jurassic	Chijinqiao Formation	China	A notonectid,a species of Notonecta.
Oborella brauckmanni^[70]	sp nov	Valid	Prokop et al.	Early Permian	Meisenheim Formation	Germany	An euryptilonid grylloblattid, a species of Oborella.
Oborella germanica^[70]	sp nov	Valid	Prokop et al.	Early Permian	Meisenheim Formation	Germany	An euryptilonid grylloblattid, a species of Oborella.
Orthophlebia riccardii^[71]	Sp. nov	Valid	Petrulevičius & Ren	Middle Jurassic	Jiulongshan Formation	China	A mecopteran, a species of Orthophlebia.
Palaeometrioxena^[33]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Legalov	Eocene			A belid beetle found in Baltic amber. The type species is Palaeometrioxena zherikhini.
Perfecticimbrophlebia^[72]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Yang, Shih & Ren in Yang et al.	Middle Jurassic	Jiulongshan Formation	China	A cimbrophlebiid mecopteran. The type species is Perfecticimbrophlebia laetus.
Praeichneumon dzhidensis^[73]	sp nov	Valid	Kopylov	Lower Cretaceous		Russia	A praeichneumonid ichneumonoid, a species of Praeichneumon.
Praeichneumon khamardabanicus^[73]	sp nov	Valid	Kopylov	Lower Cretaceous		Russia	A praeichneumonid ichneumonoid, a species of Praeichneumon.
Praeichneumon zakhaaminicus^[73]	sp nov	Valid	Kopylov	Lower Cretaceous		Russia	A praeichneumonid ichneumonoid, a species of Praeichneumon.
Preanabittacus validus^[72]	sp nov	Valid	Yang, Shih & Ren in Yang et al.	Middle Jurassic	Jiulongshan Formation	China	A hangingfly, a species of Preanabittacus.
Prionomyrmex wappleri^[35]	Sp. nov	Valid	Dlussky	Late Oligocene		Germany	A myrmeciine ant, a species of Prionomyrmex.
Procramptonomyia kovalevi^[65]	Sp. nov	Valid	Lukashevich	Upper Jurassic		Kazakhstan Mongolia	A procramptonomyiid bibionomorph, a species of Procramptonomyia.
Procramptonomyia ponomarenkoi^[65]	Sp. nov	Valid	Lukashevich	Upper Jurassic		Mongolia	A procramptonomyiid bibionomorph, a species of Procramptonomyia.
Prosinodendron^[74]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bai, Ren, & Yang	Barremian to early Aptian	Yixian Formation	China	A stag beetle. The type species is Prosinodendron krelli.
Prosolierius^[75]	Gen. et 3 sp. nov	Valid	Thayer, Newton, & Chatzimanolis	Barremian to Albian		Lebanon Myanmar	A rove beetle.
Protorhagio parvus^[64]	sp nov	Valid	Zhang & Li	Middle Jurassic or lowermost Upper Jurassic	Daohugou Beds	China	A rhagionid, a species of Protorhagio.
Protorhyphus rohdendorfi^[65]	Sp. nov	Valid	Lukashevich	Upper Jurassic		Mongolia	A protorhyphid bibionomorph, a species of Protorhyphus.
Pseudobrienia^[58]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Legalov	Middle-Late Jurassic	Karabastau Formation	Kazakhstan	An obrieniid beetle. Its type species is Pseudobrienia rasnitsyni.
Pseudocymatophlebia boda^[76]	Sp. nov	Valid	Li, Nel & Ren in Li et al.	Early Cretaceous		China	An aktassiid odonate, a species of Pseudocymatophlebia.
Pseudoglaesotropis^[33]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Legalov	Eocene			An anthribid beetle found in Baltic amber. The type species is Pseudoglaesotropis martynovi.
Pseudopulex^[77]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Gao, Shih, & Ren in Gao et al.	Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous		China	A flea-like insect. The genus contains 2 species: P. jurassicus and P. magnus.
Rasstriga^[45]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Aristov & Rasnitsyn	Upper Carboniferous (Desmoinesian)		USA	A probable idelinellid eoblattidan. Its type species is Rasstriga americana.
Scutistriga^[45]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Aristov & Rasnitsyn	Kungurian		Russia	An idelinellid eoblattidan. Its type species is Scutistriga scutata.
Sharasialis^[78]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ponomarenko	Late Jurassic		Mongolia	An alderfly. The type species is Sharasialis fusiformis.
Sinaldocader rasnitsyni^[79]	Sp. nov	Valid	Golub & Popov	Turonian		Kazakhstan	A lace bug, a species of Sinaldocader.
Sinocretomyia^[61]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zhang	Early Cretaceous	Laiyang Formation	China	An athericid. The type species is Sinocretomyia minuscula.
Sinodromeus^[50]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wang, Zhang & Ponomarenko	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	A trachypachid. The type species is Sinodromeus liutiaogouensis.
Sinojoria cancellosa^[47]	Sp. nov	Valid	Li et al.	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	A gomphaeschnid dragonfly, a species of Sinojoria.
Sinojoria magna^[47]	Sp. nov	Valid	Li et al.	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	A gomphaeschnid dragonfly, a species of Sinojoria.
Strigulla^[45]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Aristov & Rasnitsyn	Kungurian		Russia	An idelinellid eoblattidan, a new genus for "Euryptilon" cuculiophoris (Aristov, 2002).
Strudiella^[80]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Garrouste et al.	Late Devonian		Belgium	The first complete Late Devonian insect, probably terrestrial. The type species is Strudiella devonica.
Styporaphidia? hispanica^[30]	sp. nov	Valid	Pérez-de la Fuente et al.	Albian	Escucha Formation	Spain	A Mesoraphidiid snakefly. The second species in Styporaphidia.	Styporaphidia? hispanica
Synapocossus^[81]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Wang, Shih & Ren in Wang et al.	Middle Jurassic	Daohugou Beds	China	A palaeontinid cicadomorph. The type species is Synapocossus sciacchitanoae.
Trixagus majusculus^[82]	sp nov	Valid	Kovalev, Kirejtshuk & Nel	Lowermost Eocene		France	A throscid beetle, a species of Trixagus.
Unda chifengensis^[50]	sp nov	Valid	Wang, Zhang & Ponomarenko	Middle Jurassic	Daohugou Beds	China	A trachypachid, a species of Unda.
Urotryphon baikurensis^[27]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kopylov	Late Cretaceous		Russia	An ichneumonid, a species of Urotryphon.
Uzelothrips eocenicus^[83]	Species	In press	Nel & Nel in Nel et al.	Lowermost Eocene		France	An uzelothripid thrip, a species of Uzelothrips.
Venustsalda^[84]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zhang et al.	Lower Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	A saldid heteropteran. The type species is Venustsalda locella.
Zdenekia silesiensis^[46]	Species	Valid	Prokop et al.	Upper Carboniferous	Upper Silesian Coal Basin	Poland	A stem winged insect.

Others

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Australimicola^[85]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Paterson, García-Bellido and Edgecombe	Early Cambrian	The Emu Bay Shale Konservat-Lagerstätte	Australia	An artiopodan arthropod. The type species is Australimicola spriggi.
Austromarrella^[86]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Haug et al.	Cambrian (Late Templetonian to Early Floran)	Monastery Creek Phosphorite Formation	Australia	A marrellomorph. The type species is Austromarrella klausmuelleri.
Kangacaris shui^[87]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zhang, Fu & Dai	Lower Cambrian	Chengjiang lagerstätte	China	A species of Kangacaris.
Luohuilinella^[88]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zhang, Fu & Dai	Lower Cambrian	Chengjiang Lagerstätte	China	A possible member of Xandarellida. The type species is Luohuilinella rarus.
Nanahughmilleria notosibirica^[89]	Sp. nov	Valid	Shpinev	Devonian		Russia	An eurypterid, a species of Nanahughmilleria.
Paraeurypterus^[90]	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Lamsdell, Hoşgör & Selden	Upper Ordovician	Şort Tepe Formation	Turkey	An eurypterid. The type species is Paraeurypterus anatoliensis.
Parahughmilleria longa^[89]	Sp. nov	Valid	Shpinev	Devonian		Russia	An eurypterid, a species of Parahughmilleria.
Squamacula buckorum^[85]	Species	Valid	Paterson, García-Bellido and Edgecombe	Early Cambrian	The Emu Bay Shale Konservat-Lagerstätte	Australia	An artiopodan arthropod, a species of Squamacula.
Stylonuroides orientalis^[89]	Sp. nov	Valid	Shpinev	Devonian		Russia	An eurypterid, a species of Stylonuroides.

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^ Ming Bai, Dong Ren and Xingke Yang (2012). "Prosinodendron krelli from the Yixian Formation, China: A missing link among Lucanidae, Diphyllostomatidae and Passalidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)". Cretaceous Research. 34: 334–339. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.11.017.
^ Margaret K. Thayer, Alfred F. Newton and Stylianos Chatzimanolis (2012). "Prosolierius, a new mid-Cretaceous genus of Solieriinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with three new species from Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 34: 124–134. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.10.010.
^ Yongjun Li, Gang Han, André Nel, Dong Ren, Hong Pang and Xueling Liu (2012). "A new fossil petalurid dragonfly (Odonata: Petaluroidea: Aktassiidae) from the Cretaceous of China". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 36 (3): 319–322. doi:10.1080/03115518.2012.644995.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Tai-ping Gao, Chung-kun Shih, Xing Xu, Shuo Wang and Dong Ren (2012). "Mid-Mesozoic Flea-like Ectoparasites of Feathered or Haired Vertebrates". Current Biology. 22 (8): 732–735. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.012.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Ponomarenko, A. G. (2012). "Supposed alderfly larva (Insecta, Megaloptera) from the Jurassic locality Shar-Teg, southwestern Mongolia". Paleontological Journal. 46 (4): 378–382. doi:10.1134/S0031030112040090.
^ V. B. Golub and Yu. A. Popov (2012). "A new lace bug species of the genus Sinaldocader (Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Tingidae) from the Turonian of southwestern Kazakhstan". Paleontological Journal. 46 (3): 258–261. doi:10.1134/S0031030112020050.
^ "A complete insect from the Late Devonian period". Nature. 488 (7409): 82–85. 2012. doi:10.1038/nature11281. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help); horizontal tab character in |authors= at position 117 (help)
^ Ying Wang, Chungkun Shih, Jacek Szwedo and Dong Ren (2012). "New fossil palaeontinids (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha, Palaeontinidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, China". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. in press. doi:10.1080/03115518.2012.690972.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ A.V. Kovalev, A.G. Kirejtshuk and A. Nel (2012). "New species of the genus Trixagus Kugelann, 1794 (Coleoptera: Throscidae) from the lowermost Eocene amber of Oise (France)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 316 (1): 83–88.
^ Patricia Nel, Alexander R. Schmidt, Claus Bässler and André Nel (2012). "Fossil thrips of the family Uzelothripidae suggest 53 million years of morphological and ecological stability". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. In press. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0016.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Weiting Zhang, Jingjing Song, Yunzhi Yao and Dong Ren (2012). "A new fossil Saldidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha) from the Early Cretaceous in China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3273: 63–68.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b John R. Paterson, Diego C. García-Bellido and Gregory D. Edgecombe (2012). "New Artiopodan Arthropods from the Early Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Konservat-Lagerstätte of South Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (2): 340–357. doi:10.1666/11-077.1. {{cite journal}}: zero width space character in |doi= at position 9 (help)
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^ Xingliang Zhang, Dongjing Fu and Tao Dai (2012). "A new species of Kangacaris (Arthropoda) from the Chengjiang lagerstätte, lower Cambrian, southwest China". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 36 (1): 23–25. doi:10.1080/03115518.2011.576532.
^ Xingliang Zhang, Dongjing Fu and Tao Dai (2012). "A new xandarellid arthropod from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte, Lower Cambrian of Southwest China". Geobios. 45 (3): 335–338. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2011.09.001.
^ ^a ^b ^c "On some eurypterids (Eurypterida, Chelicerata) from the Devonian of South Siberia". Paleontological Journal. 46 (4): 370–377. 2012. doi:10.1134/S0031030112040119. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
^ James C. Lamsdell, İzzet Hoşgör and Paul A. Selden (2012). "A new Ordovician eurypterid (Arthropoda: Chelicerata) from southeast Turkey: Evidence for a cryptic Ordovician record of Eurypterida". Gondwana Research. in press. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2012.04.006.

[agnostoid-1] Stephen R. Westrop and Jennifer D. Eoff (2012). "Late Cambrian (Furongian; Paibian, Steptoean) Agnostoid Arthropods from the Cow Head Group, Western Newfoundland". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (2): 201–237. doi:10.1666/11-034.1. {{cite journal}}: zero width space character in |doi= at position 9 (help)

[HollowayandLane-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s D. J. Holloway and P. D. Lane (2012). "Scutelluid trilobites from the Silurian of New South Wales". Palaeontology. 55 (2): 413–490. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01132.x.

[3] M. Franco Tortello, Norberto J. Uriz, Marta B. Alfaro, Carlos A. Cingolani, Andrea R. Bidone and Julio C. Galeano Inchausti (2012). "Trilobites and graptolites from the Vargas Peña Formation (early Silurian), Paraná Basin, eastern Paraguay" (PDF). Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève. Volume spécial 11: 279–298. {{cite journal}}: |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Xiazhenformation-4] Dong-Chan Lee (2012). "Late Ordovician trilobites from the Xiazhen Formation in Zhuzhai, Jiangxi Province, China". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0036.

[5] E. V. Mychko (2012). "A new species of trilobites from Sakmarian Reefs of Bashkortostan". Paleontological Journal. 46 (1): 44–48. doi:10.1134/S0031030112010108.

[LeroseyAubril-6] Rudy Lerosey-Aubril (2012). "The Late Palaeozoic trilobites of Iran and Armenia and their palaeogeographical significance". Geological Magazine. in press. doi:10.1017/S0016756812000179.

[7] Martin Stein and Jan Bergström (2012). "A complete styginid trilobite from the Ordovician of Sweden". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 86 (3): 275–280. doi:10.1007/s12542-012-0132-6.

[8] Jorge Esteve, Frederick A. Sundberg, Samuel Zamora and Rodolfo Gozalo (2012). "A new Alokistocaridae Resser, 1939 (Trilobita) from the middle Cambrian of Spain". Geobios. in press. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2011.10.003.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[PNASSchmidtetal-9] Alexander R. Schmidt, Saskia Jancke, Evert E. Lindquist, Eugenio Ragazzi, Guido Roghi, Paul C. Nascimbene, Kerstin Schmidt, Torsten Wappler and David A. Grimaldi (2012). "Arthropods in amber from the Triassic Period". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. in press. doi:10.1073/pnas.1208464109.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[10] Paul A. Selden, Kye-Soo Nam, Soo Hyun Kim and Hyun Joo Kim (2012). "A Fossil Spider from the Cretaceous of Korea". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1666/11-094.1. {{cite journal}}: zero width space character in |doi= at position 9 (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Orchestina-11] Erin E. Saupe, Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente, Paul A. Selden, Xavier Delclòs, Paul Tafforeau and Carmen Soriano (2012). "New Orchestina Simon, 1882 (Araneae: Oonopidae) from Cretaceous ambers of Spain and France: first spiders described using phase-contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography". Palaeontology. 55 (1): 127–143. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01123.x.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[12] Jason A. Dunlop, Christian Bartel and Plamen G. Mitov (2012). "An enigmatic spiny harvestman from Baltic amber". Fossil Record. 15 (2): 91–101. doi:10.1002/mmng.201200007.

[13] Hans Henderickx, Paul Tafforeau and Carmen Soriano (2012). "Phase-contrast synchrotron microtomography reveals the morphology of a partially visible new Pseudogarypus in Baltic amber (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudogarypidae)". Palaeontologia Electronica. 15 (2): 17A.

[FraaijeetalAPP-14] René H.B. Fraaije, Wiesław Krzemiński, Barry W.M. Van Bakel, Ewa Krzemińska and John W.M. Jagt (2012). "The earliest record of pylochelid hermit crabs from the Late Jurassic of southern Poland, with notes on paguroid carapace terminology". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 57 (3): 647–654. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0002.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[15] Tae-Yoon Park, George D. F. Wilson, Dong-Chan Lee and Duck K. Choi (2012). "Occurrence of the Isopod Archaeoniscus coreaensis New Species from the Lower Cretaceous Jinju Formation, Korea". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (4): 626–640. doi:10.1666/11-131R.1. {{cite journal}}: zero width space character in |doi= at position 9 (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Etyidae-16] Schweitzer, C. E.; Feldmann, R. M.; Franţescu, O. D.; Klompmaker, A. (2012). "Revision of Etyidae Guinot and Tavares, 2001 (Crustacea: Brachyura)". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (1): 129–155. doi:10.1666/11-060.1. {{cite journal}}: Missing |author4= (help); zero width space character in |doi= at position 9 (help)

[17] Schweigert, G.; Ernst, W. (2012). "First record of a polychelid lobster (Crustacea: Decapoda: Coleiidae) from the Sinemurian (Early Jurassic) of Germany". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. 263 (1): 35–42. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0207.

[fraaijeetal-18] René H.B. Fraaije, Adiël A. Klompmaker and Pedro Artal (2012). "New species, genera and a family of hermit crabs (Crustacea, Anomura, Paguroidea) from a mid-Cretaceous reef of Navarra, northern Spain". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. 263 (1): 85–92. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0213.

[fraaijeetalapp-19] René H.B. Fraaije, Wiesław Krzemiński, Barry W.M. Van Bakel, Ewa Krzemińska and John W.M. Jagt (2012). "New Late Jurassic symmetrical hermit crabs from the southern Polish Uplands and early paguroid diversification". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. doi:10.4202/app.2012.0022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[20] René H.B. Fraaije, Wiesław Krzemiński, Barry W.M. Van Bakel, Ewa Krzemińska and John W.M. Jagt (2012). "The earliest record of a diogenid hermit crab from the Late Jurassic of the southern Polish Uplands, with notes on paguroid carapace terminology". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 57 (3): 655–660. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0052.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[21] Rodney M. Feldmann and Jeffrey D. Stilwell (2012). "A New Glypheid Lobster from the Late Cretaceous of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (1): 126–128. doi:10.1666/11-057.1. {{cite journal}}: zero width space character in |doi= at position 9 (help)

[22] Natalia Starzyk, Ewa Krzemiska and Wiesław Krzemiski (2012). "A new crab species from the Oxfordian of Poland (Decapoda: Brachyura: Goniodromitidae)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. 263 (2): 143–153. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0219.

[23] "New Genus of Crab (Brachyura: Raninoida: Necrocarcinidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of West Antarctica, with Description of a New Species". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 80 (2): 147–158. 2012. doi:10.2992/007.080.0203. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

[24] Denis Audo and Sylvain Charbonnier (2012). "The crest-bearing shrimps from the Sahel Alma Lagerstätte (Late Cretaceous, Lebanon)". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0056.

[25] Matúš Hyžný and Fernando Muñiz (2012). "Podocallichirus laepaensis, a New Ghost Shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Callianassidae) from the Late Miocene of Southwest Spain". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (4): 616–625. doi:10.1666/12-016R.1. {{cite journal}}: zero width space character in |doi= at position 9 (help)

[26] Vincent Perrier (2012). "An atypical Silurian myodocope ostracod from the Armorican Massif, France". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 57 (2): 363–373. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0006.

[PJKopylovIchneumonidae-27] Kopylov, D. S. (2012). "New Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) from the Upper Cretaceous ambers of the Taimyr Peninsula". Paleontological Journal. 46 (4): 383–391. doi:10.1134/S0031030112040041.

[mayflies-28] Sinitshenkova, N. D.; Vassilenko, D. V. (2012). "The latest record of mayflies of the family Protereismatidae Sellards (Ephemerida = Ephemeroptera) and a new species of the family Misthodotidae in the Upper Permian of Europe". Paleontological Journal. 46 (1): 61–65. doi:10.1134/S0031030112010121.

[29] Vladimir N. Makarkin, Qiang Yang, YuanYuan Peng, Dong Ren (2012). "A comparative overview of the neuropteran assemblage of the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (China), with description of a new genus of Psychopsidae (Insecta: Neuroptera)". Cretaceous Research. 35: 57–68. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.11.013.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Pérez-de_la_Fuente2012-30] Pérez-de la Fuente, R.; Peñalver, E.; Delclòs, X.; Engel, M.S. (2012). "Snakefly diversity in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Neuropterida, Raphidioptera)". ZooKeys. 204: 1–40. doi:10.3897/zookeys.204.2740.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

[31] Yanli Yue, György Makranczy and Dong Ren (2012). "A Mesozoic Species of Anotylus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae) from Liaoning, China, With the Earliest Evidence of Sexual Dimorphism In Rove Beetles". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (3): 508–512. doi:10.1666/11-032.1. {{cite journal}}: zero width space character in |doi= at position 9 (help)

[32] Jun-Jie Gu, Fernando Montealegre-Z, Daniel Robert, Michael S. Engel, Ge-Xia Qiao and Dong Ren (2012). "Wing stridulation in a Jurassic katydid (Insecta, Orthoptera) produced low-pitched musical calls to attract females". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109 (10): 3868–3873. doi:10.1073/pnas.1118372109.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[LegalovPJ2012-33] A. A. Legalov (2012). "New curculionoid beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from the Baltic amber". Paleontological Journal. 46 (3): 262–272. doi:10.1134/S0031030112030094.

[34] Vladimir V. Makarkin, Qiang Yang and Dong Ren (2012). "A new basal osmylid neuropteran insect from the Middle Jurassic of China linking Osmylidae to the Permian-Triassic Archeosmylidae". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0018.

[Dlussky2012-35] G. M. Dlussky (2012). "New fossil ants of the subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Germany". Paleontological Journal. 46 (3): 288–292. doi:10.1134/S0031030111050054.

[36] Robert G. Beattie and André Nel (2012). "A new dragonfly, Austroprotolindenia jurassica (Odonata: Anisoptera), from the Upper Jurassic of Australia". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 36 (2): 189–193. doi:10.1080/03115518.2011.598055.

[37] Wiesław Krzemiński and Agnieszka Soszyńska-Maj (2012). "A new genus and species of scorpionfly (Mecoptera) from Baltic amber, with an unusually developed postnotal organ". Systematic Entomology. 37 (1): 223–228. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00602.x.

[38] Jan-Michael Ilger and Carsten Brauckmann (2012). "First report of Namurian insects (Palaeodictyoptera; Megasecoptera; "basal Neoptera") from the Küchenberg near Fröndenberg/Ruhr (Germany)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 86 (2): 161–174. doi:10.1007/s12542-011-0122-0.

[39] Stefanie K. Oberprieler and David K. Yeates (2012). "Calosargus talbragarensis New Species: the First Brachyceran Fly from the Jurassic of Australia (Diptera, Archisargidae)". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (4): 641–645. doi:10.1666/11-126R.1. {{cite journal}}: zero width space character in |doi= at position 9 (help)

[40] Michael S. Engel, Aaron D. Pan and Bonnie F. Jacobs (2012). "A termite from the Late Oligocene of northern Ethiopia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0198.

[41] Chao-Fan Shi, Yong-Jie Wang, Qiang Yang and Dong Ren (2012). "Chorilingia (Neuroptera: Grammolingiidae): a new genus of lacewings with four species from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 36 (3): 309–318. doi:10.1080/03115518.2012.644994.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[42] Stroiński, Adam; Szwedo, Jacek (2012). "The oldest known Lophopidae planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from the European Palaeocene". Geobios. 45 (4): 413–420. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2011.10.007.

[43] Evgeny V. Yan, Bo Wang and Haichun Zhang (2012). "First record of the beetle family Lasiosynidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of China". Cretaceous Research. in press. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.05.006.

[braconidwasps-44] Sergey A. Belokobylskij (2012). "Cretaceous braconid wasps from the Magadan Province of Russia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 57 (2): 351–361. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0120.

[Idelinellidae-45] D. S. Aristov and A. P. Rasnitsyn (2012). "Revision of the family Idelinellidae, with a review of the Permian Eoblattida (Insecta)". Paleontological Journal. 46 (1): 49–60. doi:10.1134/S0031030112010030.

[Paoliida-46] Jakub Prokop, Wiesław Krzemiński, Ewa Krzemińska, and Dariusz Wojciechowski (2012). "Paoliida, a putative stem-group of winged insects: Morphology of new taxa from the Upper Carboniferous of Poland". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 57 (1): 161–173. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0064.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[GeobiosLietal-47] Yongjun Li, André Nel, Dong Ren and Hong Pang (2012). "New gomphaeschnids and progobiaeshnids from the Yixian Formation in Liaoning Province (China) illustrate the tremendous Upper Mesozoic diversity of the aeshnopteran dragonflies". Geobios. 45 (4): 339–350. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2011.11.016.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[BalticAmber-48] Sergey V. Kazantsev (2012). "New omethid and lampyrid taxa from the Baltic Amber (Insecta: Coleoptera)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3186: 59–63.

[49] Sergey V. Kazantsev (2012). "A New Lycid Genus from the Dominican Amber (Insecta, Coleoptera, Lycidae, Leptolycinae, Leptolycini)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 2012: 3 p. doi:10.1155/2012/982141.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

[Trachypachidae-50] Bo Wang, Haichun Zhang and Alexandr G. Ponomarenko (2012). "Mesozoic Trachypachidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from China". Palaeontology. 55 (2): 341–353. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01128.x.

[51] Vincent Perrichot, Jean-Claude Beaucournu and Jürgen Velten (2012). "First extinct genus of a flea (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3438: 54–61.

[52] Paweł Jałoszyński (2012). "Description of Euroleptochromus gen.n. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) from Baltic amber, with discussion of biogeography and mouthpart evolution within Clidicini". Systematic Entomology. 37 (2): 346–359. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00623.x.

[53] Yingying Cui, Sergey Yu Storozhenko and Dong Ren (2012). "New and little-known species of Geinitziidae (Insecta: Grylloblattida) from the Middle Jurassic of China, with notes on taxonomy, habitus and habitat of these insects". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 36 (2): 251–261. doi:10.1080/03115518.2012.628806.

[54] Enrique Peñalver, Conrad C. Labandeira, Eduardo Barrón, Xavier Delclòs, Patricia Nel, André Nel, Paul Tafforeau and Carmen Soriano (2012). "Thrips pollination of Mesozoic gymnosperms". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109 (22): 8623–8628. doi:10.1073/pnas.1120499109.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[55] Alexei Bashkuev, Jürgen Sell, Daniil Aristov, Alexandr Ponomarenko, Nina Sinitshenkova and Horst Mahler (2012). "Insects from the Buntsandstein of Lower Franconia and Thuringia". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 86 (2): 175–185. doi:10.1007/s12542-011-0119-8.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[56] John T. Jennings, Lars Krogmann and Steven L. Mew (2012). "Hyptia deansi sp. nov., the first record of Evaniidae (Hymenoptera) from Mexican amber" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3349: 63–68.

[Jeholopsyche-57] Xiao Qiao, Chungkun Shih and Dong Ren (2012). "Three new species of aneuretopsychids (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Jehol Biota, China". Cretaceous Research. 36: 146–150. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.004.

[Obrieniidae-58] A. A. Legalov (2012). "New Obrieniidae from the Jurassic of Kazakhstan (Coleoptera, Obrienioidea)". Paleontological Journal. 46 (1): 73–78. doi:10.1134/S0031030112010091.

[59] Yong-Jun Li, André Nel, Dong Ren, Bing-Lan Zhang and Hong Pang (2012). "Reassessment of the Jurassic damsel-dragonfly genus Karatawia (Odonata: Campterophlebiidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3417: 64–68.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[60] D. S. Aristov (2012). "Composition and distribution of the family Cacurgidae (Insecta; Grylloblattida)". Paleontological Journal. 46 (3): 250–257. doi:10.1134/S0031030112030033.

[CRZhang-61] Junfeng Zhang (2012). "New horseflies and water snipe-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae and Athericidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of China". Cretaceous Research. 36: 1–5. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.01.004.

[62] "A new species of Liadotaulius (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia". Acta Geologica Sinica. 86 (2): 320–324. 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

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[snipeflies-64] J. -f. Zhang and H. -j. Li (2012). "New taxa of snipe flies (Diptera: Brachycera: Rhagionidae) in the Daohugou Biota, China". Paleontological Journal. 46 (2): 157–163. doi:10.1134/S0031030112020128.

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