1996 in paleontology

Research

 * Duffin et al (1996) describes chondrichthyan remains from the Itaituba Formation of the Amazon Basin of Brazil and deems Anachronistes to be a junior synonym of Cooleyella.

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
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.