Discworld Fossils

Not quite the bones of the legendary Fifth elephant, or the deliberately placed fakes from Strata, these are very real fossils from Roundworld that have been named after Terry Pratchett and his creations.

Turtles

• Psephophorus terrypratchetti

Gymnosperm

• Czekanowskia anguae
• Phoenicopsis rincewindii
• Sciadopityoides greeboana

Ginkgo

• Ginkgoites weatherwaxiae
• Ginkgoites nannyoggiae
• Ginkgoites garlickianus

Conifers

• Pseudotorellia vimesiana
• Sulcatocladus dibbleri
• Torreyites detriti

Braconid Wasps

• Aleiodes adorabelleae
• Aleiodes anguaae
• Aleiodes atuin
• Aleiodes binkyi
• Aleiodes deathi
• Aleiodes lipwigi
• Aleiodes magratae
• Aleiodes morti
• Aleiodes ponderi
• Aleiodes pteppicymoni
• Aleiodes ridcullyi
• Aleiodes rincewindi
• Aleiodes stibbonsi
• Aleiodes tmaliaae
• Aleiodes vetinarii

Notes

Psephophorus terrypratchetti was discovered by Robert Kohler, first mentioned in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 25, Issue 3, 1995.

The Gymnosperm, Ginkgo and Conifer fossils were first mentioned in 'Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology, 57, no.1,' edited by Joan Watson, 2001.

The Braconiod Wasps were first mentioned in Zootaxa 3457, edited by Buntika Areekul Butcher, 2002.

External Links

curioustaxonomy.net

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 25, Issue 3

Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology, 57, no.1

Zootaxa 3457