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This paleomammalogy list records new fossil mammal taxa that were described during the year 2010, as well as notes other significant paleomammalogy discoveries and events which occurred during that year.
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Valid  | 
  | Early Cretaceous  | Western Siberia  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Pleistocene  | A marsupial belonging to the family Dasyuridae, a species of Antechinus .  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Pleistocene  | A marsupial belonging to the family Dasyuridae, a species of Antechinus .  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Didelphimorphia belonging to the superfamily Peradectoidea and the family Caroloameghiniidae. The type species is C. cristata.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Microbiotheria, a species of Clenia.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Microbiotheria, a species of Eomicrobiotherium.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Argyrolagoidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is E. verticalis.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Oligo-Miocene  | A bandicoot.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Aptian/Albian  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Bonapartheriiformes, a species of Hondonadia.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Bonapartheriiformes, a species of Hondonadia.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Bonapartheriiformes, a species of Hondonadia.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Bathonian  | A tegotheriid docodont. The type species is H. yaomingi.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Lower Aptian  | An amphidontid 'eutriconodont'. The type species is J. liaoningensis.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Aptian/Albian  | An albionbaatarid multituberculate.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Argyrolagoidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Klohnia.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Plio-Pleistocene  | A marsupial belonging to the subfamily Zygomaturinae; a new genus for "Euowenia" robusta De Vis (1891).  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Eocene to early Oligocene  | A member of Polydolopiformes. The type species is K. mayoi (Odreman Rivas, 1978); genus also includes K. abanicoi (Flynn and Wyss, 1999) and K. mckennai (Flynn and Wyss, 2004), as well as new species K. fissuratus and K. maximus.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Cretaceous  | A metatherian, a species of Leptalestes.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Probably middle Miocene  | Riversleigh World Heritage Area  | A marsupial belonging to the family Phascolarctidae (a relative of the koala).  | |||
Valid  | 
  | Late Oligocene  | A marsupial belonging to the family Phascolarctidae (a relative of the koala).  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Oxfordian  | An amphitheriid, a species of Nanolestes.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Upper Cretaceous  | A neoplagiaulacid multituberculate. The type species is N. occultus.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Miocene  | Pinturas Formation  | A marsupial belonging to the group Microbiotheria.  | |||
Valid  | 
  | Late Cretaceous  | A multituberculate, a species of Paracimexomys.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Cretaceous  | A neoplagiaulacid multituberculate. The type species is P. nelsoni.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Cretaceous  | A cimolomyid multituberculate. The type species is P. carpenteri.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Middle Jurassic (Callovian)  | A basal docodont. A new genus for "Shuotherium" kermacki Sigogneau-Russell, 1988.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Collón Curá Formation  | A member of the family Thylacosmilidae. The type species is P. goini.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Polydolopimorphia belonging to the suborder Hatcheriformes and the family Glasbiidae. The type species is P. ambiguus.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Palaeothentidae, a species of Pilchenia.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Palaeothentidae, a species of Pilchenia.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Argyrolagoidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is P. aberrans.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Bonapartheriiformes, a species of Rosendolops.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Bathonian  | A simpsonodontid docodont.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Oxfordian  | A eleutherodontid allotherian.  | ||||
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Valid  | 
  | Aptian  | An early eutherian  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | A gundi.  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Baringo Basin  | A relative of the okapi. Its type species is A. leakeyi.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Eocene  | An early member of Anthropoidea.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Miocene  | A tragulid ruminant.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Probably Pleistocene  | An oryzomyine rodent. The type species is A. donovani; genus also includes A. praeuniversitatis.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | A ctenodactyloid rodent. The species is A. neimongolensis.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Eocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Miocene  | A eumyarionine cricetid. The species is A. sihongensis.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Eocene  | A primate of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Altanius.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | A murid rodent belonging to the subfamily Gerbillinae. The type species is A. grandis.  | |||||
Junior synonym?  | 
  | Late Oligocene  | A lagomorph, a species of Amphilagus. Considered to be a probable junior synonym of Amphilagus antiquus by Fostowicz-Frelik (2016). [27]  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Eocene  | A member of Apatemyidae.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Oligocene (Rupelian)  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Eocene  | Creechbarrow Limestone Formation  | An early bat.  | |||
Valid  | 
  | Early Eocene  | A member of Arctocyonidae.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Pleistocene  | Dmanisi locality  | A large-sized deer.  | |||
Valid  | 
  | A squirrel belonging to the tribe Xerini, a relative of the Barbary ground squirrel.  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Tertiary to Early Quaternary  | One of the youngest known australopithecines to date.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | An armadillo. The type species is "Meteutatus" rigidus Ameghino (1902); genus also includes "Meteutatus" tinguiririquensis Carlini et al. (2009), as well as new species Barrancatatus maddeni.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Hemphillian (Late Miocene)  | Species: 
  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Middle Eocene  | A shrew-like mammal, a species of Batodonoides.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Leptictida. The type species is B. longinares; genus also includes B. latidens.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Pleistocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Miocene (Huayquerian)  | A euphractine armadillo related to Eutatus , a species of Chasicotatus.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Miocene (Huayquerian)  | A euphractine armadillo related to Eutatus , a species of Chasicotatus.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Pliocene  | Langebaanweg locality  | A golden mole, a species of Chrysochloris .  | |||
Valid  | 
  | Early Pliocene  | Langebaanweg locality  | A golden mole, a species of Chrysochloris .  | |||
Valid  | 
  | Miocene (Colhuehuapian)  | A rodent belonging to the family Eocardiidae.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Miocene  | A rodent.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Miocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Pliocene  | Uquía Formation  | A tuco-tuco.  | |||
Valid  | 
  | Middle Pliocene  | An alcelaphine bovid. Its type species is Damalborea elisabethae.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Miocene  | An anourosoricini soricidae. The type species is D. vandermeuleni.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Middle Eocene  | A basal carnivoramorphan.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)  | Deccan Intertrappean Beds  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Miocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Miocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Miocene  | A member of Talpidae.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Miocene  | A member of Talpidae.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Miocene  | An aletomerycine palaeomerycid. The type species is D. simonsi.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Eocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Eocene (Ypresian)  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Eocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | early Late Eocene (early Priabonian)  | A hyracoid. The type species is D. patnaiki.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Earliest Priabonian  | The oldest known afrosoricid.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Pleistocene  | A relative of the Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Pliocene (Zanclean)  | A small rorqual  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Eocene (Irdinmanhan)  | A rodent of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is D. dolus.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | An octodontoid rodent of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is D. verai.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Middle Torrejonian  | A primitive paromomyid plesiadapiform.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Eocene  | A primitive myodont rodent. The species is E. combinatus.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Paleocene  | A member of Mixodectidae.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | A rodent related to the maned rat. The type species is F. heissigi.  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Eocene  | A rodent belonging to the family Remyidae. The type species is F. russelli.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | A rodent belonging to the group Hystricognathi.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Oligocene  | A cricetid rodent, a species of Geringia.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | earliest Eocene  | A miacid carnivoran.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Middle Miocene  | A primitive cavioid rodent.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Paleocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | A gundi. The type species is H. deserta.  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Oligocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Pleistocene  | Identification of H. gautengensis was based on partial skulls, several jaws, teeth and other bones found at various times at the Caves. It emerged over 2 million years ago and died out approximately 600,000 years ago, and is believed to have arisen earlier than Homo habilis.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Pliocene  | A member of Leporidae belonging to the subfamily Archaeolaginae.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Miocene  | An early catarrhine of uncertain affinity. The type species is I. alekileki.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | earliest Late Miocene  | A cetotheriid whale. The type species is J. shimizui.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | earliest late Eocene  | An anomaluroid rodent.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Miocene  | An early catarrhine of uncertain affinity. The type species is K. akisimia.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Eocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Miocene  | A galago.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Miocene  | A new name for Kotadasiren gracilis Das & Basu, 1994 (nomen nudum). The type species is Kutchisiren cylindrica.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Oligocene  | A cricetid rodent, a species of Leidymys.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Miocene (Huayquerian)  | A mylodontid. The type species is L. sprechmanni.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Miocene  | A physeteroid whale. The type species is L. melvillei.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Miocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Miocene (Colhuehuapian)  | A rodent belonging to the family Eocardiidae.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Pliocene to Pleistocene  | A relative of the African wild dog.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | An octodontoid rodent. The type species is M. gregoriana.  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Middle Eocene  | A notharctid adapiform. The type species is Mazateronodon endemicus.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Miocene  | A New World monkey related to Homunculus patagonicus and members of the genus Soriacebus . The type species is M. almendrae.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Eocene  | An armadillo. The type species is M. ingens.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Oligocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Hemphillian (Late Miocene)  | Species: Metaliomys sevierensis  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Eocene  | Originally described as a species of Miacis , [23] subsequently transferred to the genus Gracilocyon. [86]  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Middle Eocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | A free-tailed bat, a species of Mormopterus .  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Pliocene  | A member of Caprinae.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Eocene  | A member of Erinaceomorpha belonging to the family Amphilemuridae.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Eocene (Priabonian)  | Birket Qarun Formation  | A primate of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is N. aenigmaticus.  | |||
Valid  | 
  | Late Pleistocene to Holocene  | A shrew, a species of Notiosorex .  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | A shrew, a species of Notiosorex.  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Middle Pliocene  | A species of Nyctereutes (a relative of the raccoon dog).  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Pleistocene  | A pika.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Miocene  | A dipodid rodent.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Oligocene  | An eomyid rodent, a species of Orelladjidaumo.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Oligocene  | A cricetid rodent, a species of Paciculus.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Lower Willwood Formation  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Oligocene  | A notohippid notoungulate. The type species is P. canterensis; genus also includes P. dukei.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Eocene  | A rodent belonging to the family Phiomyidae.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Miocene (Tortonian)  | Sediments of the Stirone River  | A parabalaenopterine balaenopterid. The type species is P. quarantellii.  | |||
Valid  | 
  | early or middle Pleistocene  | A prehistoric pilot whale (Family Delphinidae). The type species is P. hoekmani  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Eocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Paleocene  | A cyriacotheriid pantodont. Species: 
  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Miocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Pliocene  | A member of Lagomorpha, a species of Prolagus .  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Eocene  | A rodent belonging to the family Phiomyidae.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Eocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Rupelian  | The youngest known afrosoricid.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Miocene  | A rhinoceros, a new genus for "Dicerorhinus" leakeyi (Hooijer, 1966).  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Oligocene  | A catarrhine primate. The species was named S. hijazensis.  | ||||
Sadypus minutus [34]  | Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | A murid rodent belonging to the subfamily Murinae. The type species is S. misrensis.  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Oligocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Late Eocene  | An anomalure. The type species is S. minutus.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Middle Miocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | A hamster.  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Miocene  | A dipodid rodent.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Eocene  | A rodent belonging to the family Paramyidae and the subfamily Microparamyinae.  | ||||
Valid  | 
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Valid  | 
  | Eocene to early Oligocene  | A rodent belonging to the family Phiomyidae. The type species is "Phiomys" lavocati Wood (1968); genus also includes new species T. libycus.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Eocene  | A member of Oligopithecidae. The type species is T. parvus.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Pleistocene  | A tapir.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Miocene  | |||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Oligocene  | An octodontoid rodent of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is V. mazzonii; genus might also include Vallehermosomys? merlinae.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Eocene  | A member of Viverravidae.  | ||||
Valid  | 
  | Early Eocene  | A rodent related to the gundis. The type species is Y. zhoui.  | ||||