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This paleomammalogy list records new fossil mammal taxa that were described during the year 2013, as well as notes other significant paleomammalogy discoveries and events which occurred during that year.
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. nov | Valid | Pian, Archer & Hand | Neogene; estimates range from middle Miocene to Pliocene | |||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. nov | Valid | Smith & Smith | Early Eocene | A peradectid opossum, a species of Armintodelphys. | ||||
Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid [4] | Gurovich et al. | Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene | A bandicoot. The type species is Bulungu palara Gurovich et al. (2013); genus also contains additional new species Bulungu muirheadae Travouillon et al. (2013) and Bulungu campbelli Travouillon et al. (2013). [5] | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Goin & Abello | Miocene (Colhuehuapian) | Colhué Huapí Member | A microbiotheriid marsupial, a species of Eomicrobiotherium. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid [8] | Forasiepi et al. | Late Oligocene | A relative of shrew opossums. The type species is Fieratherium sorex. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Travouillon et al. | Miocene | A bandicoot, a species of Galadi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Travouillon et al. | Miocene | A bandicoot, a species of Galadi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Travouillon et al. | Miocene | A bandicoot, a species of Galadi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid [11] | Black, Louys & Price | Miocene | A relative of koala, a species of Litokoala. | ||||
Species | Valid | Black, Archer, Hand, & Godthelp | Middle Miocene | Riversleigh World Heritage Area fossil deposit | A diprotodontid, a species of Neohelos. | |||
Species | Valid | Black, Archer, Hand, & Godthelp | Middle Miocene | Riversleigh World Heritage Area fossil deposit | A diprotodontid, a species of Neohelos. | | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Goin & Abello | Miocene (Colhuehuapian) | Colhué Huapí Member | An argyrolagid metatherian, a species of Proargyrolagus. | |||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Scott, Spivak & Sweet | Early Paleocene (middle Torrejonian) | A multituberculate, possibly a member of Microcosmodontidae. The type species is Alopocosmodon hadrus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zheng et al. | Middle-Late Jurassic boundary | A member of the (possibly paraphyletic) group Haramiyida. The type species is Arboroharamiya jenkinsi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cifelli, Gordon & Lipka | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | A multituberculate. The type species is Argillomys marylandensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Donohue, Wilson & Breithaupt | Latest Cretaceous (Lancian) | A multituberculate, a species of Cimolodon. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Eaton | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | A multituberculate, a species of Dakotamys. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Parmar, Prasad & Kumar | Early or Middle Jurassic | An eobaatarid multituberculate. The type species is Indobaatar zofiae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhou et al. | Middle Jurassic (at least 164 Ma) | An eleutherodontid haramiyidan. The type species is Megaconus mammaliaformis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yuan et al. | Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) | A paulchoffatiid multituberculate. The type species is Rugosodon eurasiaticus. | | |||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. nov | Valid [22] | Carlini et al. | Late Miocene | An armadillo, a species of Anadasypus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | McDonald, Rincón & Gaudin | Late Pleistocene (Lujanian) | Cueva de los Huesos | A megalonychid sloth. The type species is Megistonyx oreobios. | | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zurita et al. | Late Pliocene | A glyptodont, a species of Neosclerocalyptus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Carlini, Brandoni & Dal Molin | Miocene | A ground sloth. The type species is Prepoplanops boleadorensis. | | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Laurito & Valerio | Late Miocene (early Hemphillian) | A pampatheriid xenarthran, a species of Scirrotherium. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Góis et al. | Late Miocene (Huayquerian) | Ituzaingó Formation | A pampatheriid xenarthran. Originally described as a species of Scirrotherium ; Jiménez-Lara (2020) transferred this species to the genus Kraglievichia. [28] | |||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. nov | Valid | Deng, Hanta & Jintasakul | Late Miocene | A rhinoceros, a species of Aceratherium. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Geraads & Miller | Early Miocene (c. 17 Ma) | A rhinoceros, a species of Brachypotherium. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chen & Liu | Middle Miocene | A chalicothere, a species of Chalicotherium. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bernor et al. | Pliocene | A member of Hipparionini, a species of Eurygnathohippus . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Paleogene (probably latest Eocene) | An odd-toed ungulate related to Eggysodon . The type species is Guangnanodon youngi | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Sun | Late Miocene | An equid, a species of Hipparion. | ||||
Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid [36] | Becker, Antoine & Maridet | Early to early Late Oligocene | A rhinoceros. Genus contains "Aceratherium" albigense Roman (1912) and a new species Molassitherium delemontense (however, Tissier, Antoine & Becker, 2020 transferred M. delemontense to the genus Epiaceratherium ). [37] | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Danilo et al. | Eocene, probably middle Ypresian | A palaeotheriid equoid odd-toed ungulate, a species of Pachynolophus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wolf, Bernor & Hussain | Late Miocene | |||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. nov | Valid | Rincon et al. | Early Miocene | A bothriodontine anthracothere, a species of Arretotherium. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Masini, Palombo & Rozzi | A species Bison . The binomial Eobison degiulii was originally introduced by Masini (1989) in a dissertation thesis which did not meet the criteria of formal publication; according to Kostopoulos, Maniakas & Tsoukala (2018) the name wasn't validly published until Masini, Palombo & Rozzi (2013) designated a holotype and provided a description of basic cranial features and comparisons, altogether constituting sufficient elements of an available nomenclature act in a published work under ICZN. [42] | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Breda & Lister | Middle Pleistocene | A relative of the fallow deer. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Geraads, Bobe & Manthi | Pliocene | An alcelaphine bovid, a species of Damalacra. | ||||
Subsp. nov. | Valid | Baygusheva & Titov | Early Pleistocene | A deer, a subspecies of Eucladoceros dicranios. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pliocene | Koobi Fora Formation | A member of the family Suidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Haile-Selassie & Simpson | Pliocene | Woranso-Mille and Gona sites | A suid, a species of Kolpochoerus. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tsubamoto et al. | Middle Eocene | A member of Cetartiodactyla of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a raoellid or a member of Suoidea. The type species is Myanmarius chitseini. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Prothero & Pollen | Miocene | A peccary, the type species is S. shermerorum. | | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Prothero & Pollen | Miocene | A peccary, the type species is W. grenaderae. | ||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. nov | Valid | Boessenecker | Pliocene | A rorqual, a species of Balaenoptera . | ||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Gol'din & Zvonok | Middle Eocene | Kiev Formation | A basilosaurid cetacean. Genus contains "Eocetus" wardii Uhen (1999) and a new species Basilotritus uheni. Later study considered that it is synonmous with Pachycetus . [52] | | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lambert & De Muizon | Late Miocene (Tortonian) | A relative of the La Plata dolphin, a species of Brachydelphis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bianucci et al. | Neogene (probably Late Early to Middle Miocene) | Atlantic Ocean floor off the Galician coast of Spain and the coast of Portugal | A beaked whale, a species of Choneziphius . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bianucci et al. | Neogene (probably Late Early to Middle Miocene) | Atlantic Ocean floor off the Galician coast of Spain | A beaked whale. The type species is Globicetus hiberus. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bianucci et al. | Neogene (probably Late Early to Middle Miocene) | Atlantic Ocean floor off the coast of Portugal | A beaked whale. The type species is Imocetus piscatus. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Buono & Cozzuol | Late Miocene | Puerto Madryn Formation | A beaked whale. The type species is Notoziphius bruneti. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bisconti, Lambert & Bosselaers | Miocene | A relative of cetotheriids, a species of Parietobalaena. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bianucci | Pliocene | A member of Delphinidae. The type species is Septidelphis morii. | | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bianucci et al. | Neogene (probably Late Early to Middle Miocene) | Atlantic Ocean floor off the Galician coast of Spain and the coast of Portugal | A beaked whale, a species of Tusciziphius . | |||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. nov | Valid [59] | Wang, Carranza-Castañeda & Aranda-Gómez | Early Pliocene | San José del Cabo Basin | A skunk, a species of Buisnictis . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tseng, Li and Wang | Pliocene | Zanda Basin | A hyena, a species of Chasmaporthetes. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | De Bonis | Late Oligocene | A hemicyonine. The type species is Cyonarctos dessei. | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Werdelin & Lewis | Pliocene | An otter, a species of Enhydriodon | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Wolsan & Sotnikova | Pliocene | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | De Bonis | Paleogene | A hemicyonine; a new genus for "Canis" filholi Munier-Chalmas in Filhol (1877). | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Werdelin & Lewis | Pleistocene | A genet | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid [65] | Amson & de Muizon | Late Miocene or Early Pliocene | An earless seal. The type species is Hadrokirus martini. | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Werdelin & Lewis | Pleistocene | An otter, related to the extant spotted-necked otter (Hydrictis maculicollis) | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Koretsky & Rahmat | Middle Miocene (middle Sarmatian, 12.3-11.2 Mya) | An earless seal related to the hooded seal. The type species is Pachyphoca ukrainica; genus also contains Pachyphoca chapskii. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Samuels & Cavin | Early Hemphillian | A relative of fishers, a species of Pekania. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wallace & Hulbert | Early Pliocene | A machairodontine felid. The type species is Rhizosmilodon fiteae. | | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Salesa et al. | Late Miocene | An otter-like mustelid. The type species is Teruelictis riparius. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hartstone-Rose et al. | Early Pleistocene | | ||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. nov | Valid | Erbajeva | Early Miocene | A lagomorph, a species of Amphilagus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Erbajeva | Early Miocene | A lagomorph, a species of Amphilagus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Erbajeva | Early Miocene | A lagomorph, a species of Amphilagus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vianey-Liaud & Lebrun | Early Oligocene | A lagomorph. The type species is Ephemerolagus nievae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Fostowicz-Frelik | Eocene (late Chadronian) | A palaeolagid lagomorph. The type species is Limitolagus roosevelti. | ||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Korth & Emry | Late middle Eocene (Duchesnean) | A rodent related to Pipestoneomys . The type species is Argorheomys septendrionalis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | de Bruijn, Marković & Wessels | Late Oligocene | A dormouse, a species of Bransatoglis . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Korth | Middle Miocene | A mylagaulid rodent. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Early Pliocene | A zokor, a species of Chardina. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | de Bruijn, Marković & Wessels | Late Oligocene | A murid rodent, a species of Deperetomys . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | de Bruijn, Marković & Wessels | Late Oligocene | A eumyarionine murid rodent, a species of Eumyarion . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kramarz, Vucetich & Arnal | Early Miocene | A rodent closely related to chinchillids. The type species is Garridomys curunuquem. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Oliver & Peláez-Campomanes | Miocene (middle Aragonian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Early Pliocene | A zokor, a species of Mesosiphneus. | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Mayhew | Early Pleistocene | An arvicoline rodent, a species of Mimomys. | ||||
Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Vianey-Liaud, Rodrigues & Marivaux | Oligocene to early Miocene | An aplodontiid rodent, a new genus for "Prosciurus" arboraptus Shevyreva 1971; genus also contains a new species Ninamys kazimierzi, [82] "Campestrallomys" annectens Korth (1989) [83] and possibly also "Prosciurus" daxnerae Lopatin 2000 [82] (though Maridet et al., 2016 assigned this species to the genus Proansomys instead). [84] | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Pickford et al. | Miocene | A member of Anomaluroidea; a new genus for "Paranomalurus" soniae Lavocat (1973). | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Korth | Middle Miocene | A mylagaulid rodent. Genus contains two species: Notogaulus minor and N. major. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Maridet & Ni | Early Oligocene | A cricetid rodent. The type species is Paracricetops virgatoincisus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Korth | Paleogene | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Emry & Korth | Eocene (middle Chadronian) | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Vianey-Liaud, Rodrigues & Marivaux | Late Oligocene to early Miocene | Western Europe | An aplodontiid rodent, a new genus for "Sciurodon" descendens Dehm 1950, "Plesispermophilus" argoviensis Stehlin & Schaub 1951, and "Allomys" storeri Tedrow & Korth, 1997. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kelly | Miocene (Hemphillian) | A gopher, a species of Parapliosaccomys. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kelly | Miocene (Hemphillian) | A cricetid rodent, a species of Paronychomys. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bi et al. | Late Oligocene | An ansomyine aplodontid rodent. The type species is Proansomys dureensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kraatz et al. | Late Miocene | A relative of cane rats. The type species is Protohummus dango. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Korth | Miocene | A ground squirrel, a species of Protospermophilus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Arnal & Pérez | Middle Miocene | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wu et al. | Early Middle Miocene | A promylagauline mylagaulid rodent. The type species is Simpligaulus yangi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bosma, De Bruijn & Wessels | Late Miocene | A chipmunk. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | de Bruijn, Marković & Wessels | Late Oligocene | A relative of mole rats assigned to the genus Spalax . The type species is Vetusspalax progressus. | ||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ni et al. | Early Eocene | A haplorhine primate. The type species is Archicebus achilles. | | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Halenar & Rosenberger | Pleistocene | Toca da Boa Vista cave | A New World monkey, a relative of howler monkeys. The type species is Cartelles coimbrafilhoi. | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Chester & Bloch | Paleocene | A micromomyid plesiadapiform, a new genus for "Micromomys" fremdi Fox (1984), "Micromomys" vossae Krause (1978) and "Micromomys" gunnelli Secord (2008). | ||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Zijlstra, Flynn & Wessels | Miocene | A tarsier. Genus contains "Tarsius" thailandicus Ginsburg & Mein (1987) and a new species Hesperotarsius sindhensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chaimanee et al. | Late Eocene | An amphipithecid primate. The type species is Krabia minuta. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Marigó, Minwer-Barakat & Moyà-Solà | Early Late Eocene | A notharctid adapiform. The type species is Nievesia sossisensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Stevens et al. | Oligocene (25.2 Myr) | An early Old World monkey. The type species is Nsungwepithecus gunnelli. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Stevens et al. | Oligocene (25.2 Myr) | An early ape. The type species is Rukwapithecus fleaglei. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Gilbert | Pliocene to Pleistocene | An Old World monkey belonging to the subfamily Cercopithecinae and to the tribe Papionini. The type species is "Papio" quadratirostris Iwamoto (1982). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Burger | Late Paleocene | A picrodontid plesiadapiform, a species of Zanycteris. | ||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rose et al. | Early Eocene | A member of Tillodontia. The type species is Anthraconyx hypsomylus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Scott, Spivak & Sweet | Early Paleocene (middle Torrejonian) | A pentacodontid cimolestan, a species of Aphronorus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Masini & Fanfani | Late Miocene | A gymnure. The type species is Apulogalerix pusillus. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Barnes | Late Oligocene | A paleoparadoxiid desmostylian; a new genus for "Paleoparadoxia" weltoni Clark (1991). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Missiaen et al. | Middle Paleocene | A member of Didymoconidae, a species of Archaeoryctes. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kelly | Eocene (late Uintan) | A member of Geolabididae, a species of Batodonoides. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tomiya | Eocene (Uintan) | A member of Carnivoramorpha and Carnivoraformes. The type species is Ceruttia sandiegoensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Villier et al. | Miocene | A gymnure, a species of Deinogalerix. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Scott, Spivak & Sweet | Early Paleocene (middle Torrejonian) | A mixodectid, a species of Eudaemonema. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hooker | Earliest Eocene | A pseudorhyncocyonid, a species of Fordonia. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Solé, Gheerbrant & Godinot | Early Eocene | A sinopanine hyaenodontid, a species of Galecyon. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kramarz & Paz | Late Oligocene [115] and Miocene (Colhuehuapian) | A hegetotheriid notoungulate. The type species is Hegetotheriopsis sulcatus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hooker | Middle Eocene | A pseudorhyncocyonid, a species of Leptictidium. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hooker | Earliest Eocene | A pseudorhyncocyonid, a species of Leptictidium. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hooker | Late Eocene | A pseudorhyncocyonid, a species of Leptictidium. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tabuce et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | A possible zhelestid. The type species is Mistralestes arcensis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Barnes | Middle to early late Miocene | A paleoparadoxiid desmostylian. The type species is Neoparadoxia cecilialina; genus also contains "Paleoparadoxia" repenningi Domning & Barnes (2007). | | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Hooker | Paleocene | A pseudorhyncocyonid, a new genus for "Bessoecetor" levei Russell, Louis & Poirier (1966). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Guérin & Faure | Late Pleistocene | A toxodontid. The type species is Piauhytherium capivarae. | | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Scott, Spivak & Sweet | Early Paleocene (middle Torrejonian) | A mioclaenid, a species of Promioclaenus. | | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kusuhashi et al. | Early Cretaceous (early Albian) | A eutherian related to Ukhaatherium , Asioryctes and Kennalestes . The type species is Sasayamamylos kawaii. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rzebik-Kowalska | ?Late Pliocene/Early Pleistocene boundary and middle Early Pleistocene | A red-toothed shrew, a species of Sorex . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Solé, Gheerbrant & Godinot | Early Eocene | A "miacid" carnivoramorph, a species of Vassacyon. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tomiya | Eocene (Uintan) | A member of Carnivoramorpha and Carnivoraformes. The type species is Walshius pacificus. | ||||