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This paleomammalogy list records new fossil mammal taxa that were described during the year 2012, as well as notes other significant paleomammalogy discoveries and events which occurred during that year.
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Sp. nov | Valid | Abello & Rubilar Rogers | Middle Miocene | Collón Cura Formation Río Frías Formation | A marsupial, a member of Paucituberculata, a species of Abderites . | |||
| Condorodon [2] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gaetano & Rougier | Middle Jurassic | Cañadón Asfalto Formation | An amphilestid. The type species is Condorodon spanios. | ||
| ?Ectypodus riansensis [3] | Sp. nov | Valid | Vianey-Liaud in Marandat et al. | Earliest Eocene | A neoplagiaulacid multituberculate, possibly a species of Ectypodus. | |||
| Greniodon [4] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Goin et al. | Eocene (early Lutetian) | Andesitas Huancache Formation | A gondwanatherian. The type species is Greniodon sylvaticus. | ||
| Kouriogenys [5] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Davis | Berriasian | A peramuran mammal, a new genus for the species originally named Spalacotherium minus Owen 1871. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Davis | Berriasian | A peramuran mammal. The type species is Peramuroides tenuiscus. | ||||
| Priscakoala [6] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Black, Archer, & Hand | Miocene | Riversleigh World Heritage Area fossil deposit | A phascolarctid. | ||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Williamson et al. | Palaeocene | A metatherian closely related to Swaindelphys and Herpetotheriidae, a species of Thylacodon . | ||||
| Tjukuru [8] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Prideaux & Tedford | Pliocene | Tirari Formation | A lagostrophine kangaroo. The type species is Tjukuru wellsi. |
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sallam, Seiffert & Simons | Late Eocene | A phiomorph. The type species is Acritophiomys bowni. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Korth | Eocene (Chadronian) | An eomyid rodent, a species of Adjidaumo. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Geraads, Bobe & Reed | A species of impala. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chaimanee et al. | A primitive anthropoid. The type species is Afrasia djijidae. | |||||
sp nov | Valid | De Bast, Sigé & Smith | Early Palaeocene | An adapisoriculid, a species of Afrodon. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Rincon, Bloch, Suarez, MacFadden & Jaramillo | Early Miocene | A floridatraguline camelid, a species of Aguascalientia. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Rincon, Bloch, Suarez, MacFadden & Jaramillo | Early Miocene | A floridatraguline camelid, a species of Aguascalientia. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Compte, Sabatier & Vianey-Liaud | Eocene (Bartonian) | A pseudosciurid rodent. Originally described as a species of Ailuravus , but subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Auroremys. [19] | ||||
Subgen. and sp. nov | Valid | Tomida | Early Miocene | |||||
sp nov | Valid | Angelone & Hír | Early Middle Miocene | |||||
sp nov | Valid | Remy | Eocene (Bartonian) | A member of Palaeotheriidae, a species of Anchilophus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Koufos | Late Miocene | A chalicothere, a species of Ancylotherium. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bertrand et al. | Abanico Formation | A caviomorph rodent related to dasyproctids. The type species is Andemys termasi. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Grohé et al. | A hyaenodontid, a species of Apterodon. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Murakami et al. | Late Miocene | A porpoise. The type species is Archaeophocaena teshioensis. | ||||
| Asilifelis [27] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Werdelin | Early Miocene | Hiwegi Formation | A felid. The type species is Asilifelis cotae. | ||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mennecart et al. | Late Oligocene | A ruminant. The type species is Babameryx engesseri. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-Liaud | Oligocene | A cricetid rodent. The type species is Bagacricetodon tongi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Alba & Moyà-Solà | Middle to Late Miocene | A crouzeliine pliopithecid. The type species is Barberapithecus huerzeleri. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gunnell | Early Eocene (earliest Bridgerian) | A plesiadapiform, a relative of Uintasorex . The type species is Bartelsia pentadactyla. | ||||
Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Hooker & Russell | Paleocene | A macroscelidean. The type species is Berrulestes phelizoni; the other species are B. pellouini and B. poirieri. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vélez-Juarbe & Pyenson | Early Pliocene | A monodontid. The type species is Bohaskaia monodontoides. | ||||
Nom. nov. | Valid | Williamson & Carr | Paleocene | A replacement name for the condylarth genus Bomburia Van Valen, 1978. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Archibald & Averianov | Turonian | A zhelestid, a new genus for "Sorlestes" kara (Nessov, 1993). | ||||
sp nov | Valid | De Bast, Sigé, & Smith | Early Palaeocene | An adapisoriculid, a species of Bustylus. | ||||
Gen. and 2 sp. nov | Valid | Antoine et al. | Eocene (latest Lutetian, approx. 41 Ma) | A caviomorph rodent. Genus contains two species: Cachiyacuy contamanensis and Cachiyacuy kummeli. | ||||
Gen. and sp. nov | Valid | Antoine et al. | Eocene (latest Lutetian, approx. 41 Ma) | A caviomorph rodent. The type species is Canaanimys maquiensis. | ||||
Subsp. nov | Valid | Baryshnikov | Middle Pleistocene | A small coyote-like canid, a subspecies of Canis arnensis. | ||||
Subsp. nov. | Valid | Boudadi-Maligne | Late Pleistocene | A subspecies of gray wolf. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Hugueney, Mein & Maridet | Miocene | A shrew, a species of Carposorex . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Korth | Eocene (Chadronian) | An eomyid rodent, a species of Centimanomys. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Pérez, Krause & Vucetich | Late Oligocene | Sarmiento Formation | A member of Hystricognathi, a cavioid rodent; a species of Chubutomys. | |||
sp nov | Valid | Shockey et al. | Miocene | A leontiniid notoungulate, a species of Colpodon. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Dawson | A pantodont, a species of Coryphodon. | |||||
sp nov | Valid | Emry & Korth | Late Eocene | An eomyid, a species of Cristadjidaumo . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Korth | Oligocene (Orellan) | An aplodontiid rodent belonging to the subfamily Prosciurinae. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Geraads, Bobe & Reed | A member of Alcelaphini. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Faith et al. | Middle Pleistocene | An alcelaphine bovid, a species of Damaliscus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pickford | Late Miocene to early Pliocene | A suid, a species of Dasychoerus (considered by some authors to be a subgenus of the genus Sus ). | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Chester & Beard | Late Paleocene | Big Multi Quarry | A micromomyid plesiadapiform, a species of Dryomomys. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zijlstra | Quaternary, probably middle Pleistocene | An oryzomyine sigmodontine rodent. The type species is Dushimys larsi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Shockey et al. | Late Oligocene | A leontiniid notoungulate. The type species is Elmerriggsia fieldia. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Zalmout & Gingerich | Eocene (Priabonian) | |||||
sp nov | Valid | Zalmout & Gingerich | Eocene (Priabonian) | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tabuce et al. | Middle or Late Eocene | A member of Macroscelidea. The type species is Eotmantsoius perseverans. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bertrand et al. | Abanico Formation | A caviomorph rodent related to chinchillids, a species of Eoviscaccia . | ||||
sp nov | Valid | González Ruiz et al. | Late Miocene (Chasicoan) | Arroyo Chasicó Formation | A peltephilid cingulate, a species of Epipeltephilus. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rosina & Semenov | Late Miocene | A vesper bat. The type species is Eptenonnus gritsevensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-Liaud | Oligocene | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-Liaud | Oligocene | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Missiaen & Gingerich | Early Eocene | An isectolophid tapiromorph. Its species are G. minor and G. robustus. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Geraads, Bobe & Reed | A species of gazelle. | |||||
sp nov | Valid | Ziegler | Early Oligocene | A talpid. Originally described as a species of Geotrypus ; subsequently transferred to the separate genus Tegulariscaptor. [55] | ||||
Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Hooker & Russell | Paleocene | A macroscelidean. The type species is Gigarton meyeri; the other species are G. sigogneauae and G. louisi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fostowicz-Frelik et al. | Middle Eocene | A palaeolagid lagomorph, a species of Gobiolagus. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Rosina & Rummel | Early Miocene | A vesper bat, a species of Hanakia . | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Calede & Hopkins | Miocene | A mylagaulid, a species of Hesperogaulus . | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Góis et al. | Late Pleistocene | A pampatheriid cingulate, a species of Holmesina. | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Gunnell et al. | Eocene | A replacement name for the primate genus Indusius Gunnell, Gingerich, Ul-Haw, Bloch, Kahn and Clyde, 2008. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Abella et al. | Middle Miocene | An ailuropodine bear, a new genus for "Agriarctos" beatrix Abella, Montoya & Morales (2011). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tarasenko & Lopatin | Miocene | A baleen whale belonging to the family Cetotheriidae. The type species is Kurdalagonus mchedlidzei. Tarasenko & Lopatin (2012) originally assigned the new species K. adygeicus, as well as the species "Cetotherium" maicopicum Spasskii, 1951 to the genus Kurdalagonus as well; [62] however, Gol'din & Startsev (2016) excluded K. adygeicus from the genus and stated that "C." maicopicum requires further research to determine its phylogenetic affinities. [63] | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Gheerbrant & Astibia | Late Cretaceous (Campanian or Maastrichtian) | A zhelestid, a species of Lainodon. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Rose et al. | Earliest Eocene | A nyctitheriid soricomorph, a species of Leptacodon. | ||||
sp nov | Disputed | Koretsky, Ray & Peters | Miocene | An earless seal. Dewaele, Lambert & Louwye (2017) considered this species to be nomen dubium . [67] | ||||
Species | Valid | Missiaen & Gingerich | Early Eocene | An eomoropid chalicotherioid, a species of Litolophus. | ||||
Louisina marci [32] | sp nov | Valid | Hooker & Russell | Paleocene | A macroscelidean, a species of Louisina . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Meehan & Martin | Chadronian/?Orellan | A large leptictid. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Turvey, Brace & Weksler | ?Late Pleistocene–late Holocene | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Geisler, Godfrey 7 Lambert | Late Miocene | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hooker | Eocene (earliest Ypresian) | A microchoerine omomyid primate, a species of Melaneremia. | ||||
Nom. nov | Zijlstra | Miocene | An erinaceid; a replacement name for Protechinus Lavocat (1961). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Jin | Early Eocene | A mesonychid, a species of Mesonyx. | ||||
Gen. et comb. et 2 sp. et. subsp. nov | Valid | Remy | Eocene | A member of Palaeotheriidae. A new genus for "Anchilophus" dumasi; genus also contains "Anchilophus" radegondensis, "Anchilophus" gaudini (including new subspecies Metanchilophus gaudini fontensis) and "Anchilophus" depereti, as well as new species Metanchilophus castrensis and Metanchilophus chaubeti. | ||||
Metanoiamys paradoxus [43] | Species | Valid | Emry & Korth | Late Eocene | An eomyid, a species of Metanoiamys . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bisconti | Miocene | Pisco Formation | A neobalaenid (a relative of pygmy right whale). The type species is Miocaperea pulchra. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Murakami et al. | Late Miocene | A porpoise. The type species is Miophocaena nishinoi. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Rosina & Rummel | Early Miocene | A vesper bat, a species of Miostrellus . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Solé | Early Eocene | Europe | A proviverrine hyaenodontid. The type species is Morlodon vellerei. | |||
sp nov | Valid | Czaplewski | Late Miocene | A mylagaulid rodent. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rosina & Semenov | Late Miocene | |||||
Namatomys erythrus [43] | sp nov | Valid | Emry & Korth | Late Eocene | An eomyid, a species of Namatomys . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rose et al. | Earliest Eocene | A plesiadapiform, a possible member of Microsyopidae. The type species is Nanomomys thermophilus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tabuce et al. | Middle or Late Eocene | A member of Macroscelidea, a species of Nementchatherium . | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Coster et al. | Early Oligocene | A rodent, a member of Hystricognathi; a new genus for "Phiomys" paraphiomyoides Wood, 1968. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Rofes et al. | Early Pliocene | A shrew, a species of Nesiotites . Argued by different authors to be either a probable junior synonym of Nesiotites ponsi [79] or a valid and distinct species. [80] | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Chen, Deng, He & Chen | Early Late Miocene | A chalicothere, a species of Nestoritherium. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Seiffert et al. | Earliest Oligocene (earliest Rupelian) | A proboscidean, a relative of Barytherium . The type species is Omanitherium dhofarensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li | Middle Eocene | A cricetid rodent, a species of Pappocricetodon. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ciancio et al. | Paleogene (?Eocene) | An astegotheriine dasypodid armadillo. The type species is Parastegosimpsonia peruana; genus might contain a second, yet-unnamed species. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ortiz, Jayat & Steppan | Late Pliocene (Uquian) | A phyllotine sigmodontine rodent. The type species is Pardinamys humahuaquensis. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Silcox & Williamson | Early Paleocene (Torrejonian) | A paromomyid plesiadapiform, a species of Paromomys. | ||||
Paschatherium levei [32] | sp nov | Valid | Hooker & Russell | Early Eocene | A macroscelidean, a species of Paschatherium . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Coster et al. | Early Oligocene | A rodent, a member of Hystricognathi; a species of Phiocricetomys. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Rose et al. | Earliest Eocene | A nyctitheriid soricomorph, a species of Plagioctenoides. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Boyer, Costeur & Lipman | A plesiadapid, a species of Platychoerops . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Prothero & Grenader | Late Miocene (Hemphillian) | A peccary, a species of Platygonus. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Rosina & Rummel | Early Miocene | A vesper bat, a species of Plecotus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-Liaud | Oligocene | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cerdeño et al. | Late Miocene | A mesotheriid notoungulatan, a species of Plesiotypotherium . | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Salesa et al. | Miocene | Western Eurasia | A feline felid, a new genus for Felis attica . | |||
Prodendrogale engesseri [91] | sp nov | Valid | Ni & Qiu | Late Miocene | A treeshrew, a species of Prodendrogale . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bai & Wang | Late Eocene | Possibly Ulan Gochu Formation | An odd-toed ungulate, an eggysodontine rhinocerotoid. The type species is Proeggysodon qiui. | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Hooker & Russell | Paleocene | A macroscelidean, a new genus for "Louisina" atavella (Russell, 1964). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | De Bast, Sigé & Smith | Early Palaeocene | An adapisoriculid. Its type species is Proremiculus lagnauxi. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Koufos | Late Miocene | An ictitheriine hyena, a species of Protictitherium. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-Liaud | Oligocene | A cricetid rodent. The type species is Pseudocricetops matthewi. | ||||
Pseudoloris cuestai [94] | sp nov | Valid | Minwer-Barakat, Marigó & Moyà-Solà | Middle Eocene | A microchoerine omomyid, a species of Pseudoloris . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Murakami et al. | Late Miocene | A porpoise. The type species is Pterophocaena nishinoi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Herrera, Powell & Del Papa | Middle–late Eocene | Casa Grande Formation | An armadillo of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Pucatherium parvum. [97] | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Compte, Sabatier & Vianey-Liaud | Eocene (Bartonian) | A theridomyid rodent, a species of Remys. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Early Pleistocene | A gomphothere, a species of Sinomastodon. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Geraads, El Boughabi & Zouhri | Late Miocene | |||||
sp nov | Valid | Salesa et al. | Late Miocene | A feline felid. Originally described as a species of Styriofelis , but subsequently transferred to the separate genus Leptofelis. [100] | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Gunnell et al. | Eocene | A replacement name for the primate genus Sulaimania Gunnell, Gingerich, Ul-Haw, Bloch, Kahn and Clyde, 2008. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Frailey & Campbell | Late Miocene or Quaternary [102] | Madre de Dios Formation | Western Amazon Basin | A peccary. The type species is Sylvochoerus woodburnei. Gasparini et al. (2021) considered S. woodburnei to be a junior synonym of the white-lipped peccary. [102] | ||
Tachyoryctoides engesseri [103] | sp nov | Valid | Wang & Qiu | Early Miocene | A muroid rodent, a species of Tachyoryctoides . | |||
Tachyoryctoides minor [103] | sp nov | Valid | Wang & Qiu | Early Miocene | A muroid rodent, a species of Tachyoryctoides. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Compte, Sabatier & Vianey-Liaud | Eocene (Bartonian) | A theridomyid rodent. The type species is Tardenomys chartreuvensis. | ||||
Teilhardimys brisswalteri [32] | sp nov | Valid | Hooker & Russell | Paleocene | A macroscelidean, a species of Teilhardimys . | |||
Sp. nov | Disputed | Rose et al. | Earliest Eocene | An omomyid primate, a species of Teilhardina. Considered to be a junior synonym of Teilhardina brandti by Morse et al. (2019). [104] | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hooker & Russell | Paleocene | A macroscelidean. The type species is Thryptodon brailloni. | ||||
sp nov | Valid | Chester & Beard | Late Paleocene | Big Multi Quarry | A micromomyid plesiadapiform, a species of Tinimomys. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Agusti, Bover & Alcover | Pliocene | A cricetid rodent. The type species is Tragomys macpheei. | ||||
Tupaia storchi [91] | sp nov | Valid | Ni & Qiu | Late Miocene | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Marivaux et al. | Late Oligocene | A phiomorph rodent. The type species is Turkanamys hexalophus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Anemone, Dawson & Beard | Early Eocene (late early Wasatchian) | A cylindrodontid rodent, a species of Tuscahomys. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rose et al. | Earliest Eocene | A cylindrodontid rodent, a species of Tuscahomys. | ||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Tarasenko & Lopatin | Miocene | A cetotheriid baleen whale belonging to the subfamily Herpetocetinae. The type species is Vampalus sayasanicus from Chechnya; genus also contains "Cetotherium" helmerseni Brandt, 1871 from Krasnodar Krai. | ||||
Vasseuromys cristinae [109] | sp nov | Valid | Ruiz-Sánchez et al. | Middle Miocene | A dormouse, a species of Vasseuromys . | |||
Vasseuromys rambliensis [110] | sp nov | Valid | Ruiz-Sánchez et al. | Lower Miocene | A dormouse, a species of Vasseuromys . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Geraads, McCrossin & Benefit | Middle Miocene | An elasmotheriine rhinoceros. Type species is Victoriaceros kenyensis. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Martin | A vole, a new genus for the species "Allophaiomys" chalinei. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Hugueney, Mein and Maridet | Miocene | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Hooker & Russell | Paleocene | A macroscelidean. The type species is Walbeckodon krumbiegeli; the second species is Walbeckodon girardi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Frailey & Campbell | Late Miocene or Quaternary [102] | Western Amazon Basin | A peccary. The type species is Waldochoerus bassleri. Gasparini et al. (2021) considered W. bassleri to be a junior synonym of the collared peccary. [102] | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-Liaud | Oligocene | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ravel et al. | Early Eocene | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Okazaki | Late Oligocene | An eomysticetid baleen whale. The type species is Yamatocetus canaliculatus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Ciancio et al. | Paleogene (including Eocene) | A member of Cingulata of uncertain phylogenetic placement, similar to Machlydotherium and Eocoleophorus . The type species is Paleogene (?Eocene) Yuruatherium tropicalis; genus also contains Eocene (Mustersan) "Machlydotherium" intortum Ameghino. | ||||