1998 in paleontology
Arthropods
Insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Acanthostichus hispaniolicus | Sp. nov | Valid | De Andrade | Burdigalian | Dominican amber | A Dorylinae ant | ||
Carabus neli | Sp nov. | valid | Deuve | Turolian | Montagne d'Andance | A ground beetle | ||
Cylindromyrmex antillanus | Sp. nov | Valid | De Andrade | Burdigalian | Dominican amber | A Dorylinae ant | ||
Ledouxnebria | Gen et sp nov. | valid | Deuve | Turolian | Montagne d'Andance | A ground beetle |
Molluscs
Bivalves
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Pojetaia sarhroensis | sp nov | Valid | Geyer & Streng | Early Cambrian | Anti-Atlas mountains | Early Cambrian Fordillidae bivalve |
Amphibians
newly named anurans
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Rhadinosteus | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Henrici | Kimmeridgian | Morrison Formation | A possible Rhinophrynidae frog |
Archosauromorpha
Dinosaurs
- A paper in the journal Nature is published by Karen Chin and others announcing the earlier discovery of a "king-sized coprolite" attributed to Tyrannosaurus rex.
- Lourinhasaurus gastroliths documented.
- Cedarosaurus gastroliths documented.
- Caudipteryx gastroliths documented.
- Volunteers from the Denver Museum of Natural History discovered Tony's Bone Bed in the Cedar Mountain Formation's Poison Strip Member.