2007 in paleontology

General paleobotanical research

 * An approximately 1000 ha Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) age rainforest is reported from the Herrin #6 coal mine in Illinois by DiMichele et al.

Research

 * Schram (2007) publishes a revision of Paleozoic stomatopods, erecting the families Gorgonophontidae and Daidalidae.

Newly named non-avian dinosauromorphs
Data courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.

Complete author list
As science becomes more collaborative, papers with large numbers of authors are becoming more common. To prevent the deformation of the tables, these footnotes list the contributors to papers that erect new genera and have many authors. 