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This paleomammalogy list records new fossil mammal taxa that were described during the year 2014, 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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Gen. et comb. nov | Valid [2] | Forasiepi, Babot & Zimicz | Late Oligocene (Deseadan) | Deseado Formation | A borhyaenid; a new genus for "Borhyaena" antiqua Ameghino (1894). | |||
Balbaroo nalima [3] | Sp. nov | Valid | Black et al. | Middle Miocene | Riversleigh World Heritage Area | A balbarid macropodiform, a species of Balbaroo. | ||
Nom. nov | Valid | Miocene (Chasicoan) | Loma de las Tapias Formation | A hathlyacynid sparassodont; a replacement name for Simpsonia Contreras (1990) (preoccupied). | ||||
Crash [5] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Travouillon et al. | Middle Miocene | Riversleigh World Heritage Area | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Travouillon et al. | Early Miocene | Riversleigh World Heritage Area | A basal member of Macropodidae, a species of Ganguroo. | |||
Golerdelphys [7] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Williamson & Lofgren | Late Paleocene (Tiffanian) | A herpetotheriid metatherian. The type species is Golerdelphys stocki. | |||
Hypsiprymnodon dennisi [8] | Sp. nov | Valid | Bates et al. | Miocene | Riversleigh World Heritage Area | A relative of the musky rat-kangaroo. | ||
Hypsiprymnodon karenblackae [8] | Sp. nov | Valid | Bates et al. | Miocene | Riversleigh World Heritage Area | A relative of the musky rat-kangaroo. | ||
Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseri [8] | Sp. nov | Valid | Bates et al. | Miocene | Riversleigh World Heritage Area | A relative of the musky rat-kangaroo. | ||
Liyamayi [5] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Travouillon et al. | Middle Miocene | Riversleigh World Heritage Area | A relative of bilbies. The type species is Liyamayi dayi. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kelly | Latest Cretaceous? | A pediomyid, a species of Protolambda. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Aliaga [10] | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Cuenca-Bescós et al. | Early Cretaceous | A spalacotheriid "symmetrodont". The type species is Aliaga molinensis; genus might also contain "Spalacotherium" henkeli Krebs (1985). | |||
Anthracolestes [11] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Averianov, Martin & Lopatin | Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) | A member of Dryolestidae. The type species is Anthracolestes sergeii. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Codrea et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A kogaionid multituberculate, a species of Barbatodon. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cifelli, Davis & Sames | Late Berriasian or Valanginian | A plagiaulacid multituberculate, a species of Bolodon. | ||||
Chaoyangodens [14] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hou & Meng | Early Cretaceous | A member of Eutriconodonta of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Chaoyangodens lii. | |||
Ectypodus arctos [15] | Sp. nov | Valid | Beard & Dawson | Late early Eocene | A neoplagiaulacid multituberculate, a species of Ectypodus. | |||
Infernolestes [13] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cifelli, Davis & Sames | Late Berriasian or Valanginian | A spalacotheriid symmetrodontan. The type species is Infernolestes rougieri. | |||
Lakotalestes [13] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cifelli, Davis & Sames | Late Berriasian or Valanginian | A mammal of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally described as a dryolestid trechnotherian, but subsequently argued to be a possible member of Meridiolestida. [16] The type species is Lakotalestes luoi. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid [18] | Debuysschere, Gheerbrant & Allain | Late Triassic (Rhaetian) | A morganucodont, a species of Megazostrodon. | ||||
Passumys [13] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cifelli, Davis & Sames | Late Berriasian or Valanginian | An allodontoid multituberculate. The type species is Passumys angelli. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid [18] | Debuysschere, Gheerbrant & Allain | Late Triassic (Rhaetian) | A morganucodont. The type species is Rosierodon anceps. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bi et al. | Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) | A euharamiyidan allotherian of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Shenshou lui. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Krause et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A sudamericid gondwanatherian. The type species is Vintana sertichi. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Bi et al. | Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) | An eleutherodontid euharamiyidan allotherian. Genus contains two species: Xianshou linglong and Xianshou songae . | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pujos et al. | Middle Miocene (Laventan) | Honda Group | A nothrotheriid sloth. The type species is Lakukullus anatisrostratus. | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Brandoni | Miocene (Tortonian) | A megalonychid sloth; a new genus for "Ortotherium" brevirostrum" Bordas, 1942. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Castro et al. | Middle Pliocene | An armadillo related to the species assigned to the genus Dasypus . The type species is Pliodasypus vergelianus. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Subsp. nov | Valid | Garrido & Arribas | Early Pleistocene | A gomphothere, a subspecies of Anancus arvernensis. | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Senut & Georgalis | Miocene | An elephant shrew; a replacement name for Brachyrhynchocyon Senut, 2008 (preoccupied). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vélez-Juarbe & Domning | Late Oligocene | A halitheriine dugongid, a species of Metaxytherium. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gheerbrant in Gheerbrant et al. | Paleocene (Thanetian) | An afrotherian of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably related to the clade Paenungulata. With description of new material of O. daouiensis and erection of the monotypic family Ocepeiidae, Ocepeia becomes the oldest known Afrotherian skull and best-known African mammal of the Paleocene. [27] | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | van der Geer et al. | Late Pleistocene | A member of Elephantidae, a species of Palaeoloxodon . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vélez-Juarbe & Domning | Early Oligocene | A halitheriine dugongid. The type species is Priscosiren atlantica. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Corbarhina [30] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sigé et al. | Early Miocene | A rhinopomatid bat. The type species is Corbarhina handae. | |||
Cuvierimops legendrei [31] | Sp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Early Oligocene | A free-tailed bat, a species of Cuvierimops . | |||
Cuvierimops parisiensis intermedius [31] | Subsp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Late Eocene | A free-tailed bat, a subspecies of Cuvierimops parisiensis. | |||
Cuvierimops parisiensis priscus [31] | Subsp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Late Eocene | A free-tailed bat, a subspecies of Cuvierimops parisiensis. | |||
Hipposideros (Pseudorhinolophus) major [31] | Sp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Late Eocene to early Oligocene | A member of Hipposideridae, a species of Hipposideros . | |||
Hipposideros (Pseudorhinolophus) morloti sequens [31] | Subsp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Late Eocene to early Oligocene | A member of Hipposideridae, a subspecies of Hipposideros morloti. | |||
Hipposideros (Pseudorhinolophus) russelli [31] | Sp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Late Eocene | A member of Hipposideridae, a species of Hipposideros . | |||
Hipposideros (Pseudorhinolophus) schlosseri salemensis [31] | Subsp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Late Eocene | A member of Hipposideridae, a subspecies of Hipposideros schlosseri. | |||
Hipposideros (Pseudorhinolophus) tenuis [31] | Sp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Late Eocene | A member of Hipposideridae, a species of Hipposideros . | |||
Palaeophyllophora nova [31] | Sp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Early Oligocene | A member of Hipposideridae, a species of Palaeophyllophora . | |||
Palaeophyllophora parva [31] | Sp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Late Eocene to early Oligocene | A member of Hipposideridae, a species of Palaeophyllophora . | |||
Palaeophyllophora rosierensis [31] | Sp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Late Eocene to early Oligocene | A member of Hipposideridae, a species of Palaeophyllophora . | |||
Phasmatonycteris [32] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Gunnell, Simmons & Seiffert | Late Eocene (Priabonian) to early Oligocene (Rupelian) | A myzopodid bat. Genus contains two species: Phasmatonycteris phiomensis and Phasmatonycteris butleri (the type species was not designated). | ||||
Pipistrellus semenovi [33] | Sp. nov | Valid | Rosina & Sinitsa | Miocene (early Turolian) | A vesper bat, a species of Pipistrellus . | |||
Protorhinolophus [34] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ravel et al. | Middle Eocene | A horseshoe bat. The type species is Protorhinolophus shanghuangensis. | |||
Stehlinia alia [31] | Sp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Middle Eocene | A member of Palaeochiropterygidae, a species of Stehlinia . | |||
Stehlinia gracilis mutans [31] | Subsp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Late Eocene to Oligocene | A member of Palaeochiropterygidae, a subspecies of Stehlinia gracilis. | |||
Stehlinia revilliodi [31] | Sp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Middle Eocene | A member of Palaeochiropterygidae, a species of Stehlinia . | |||
Vaylatsia astruci [31] | Sp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Late Eocene | A member of Hipposideridae, a species of Vaylatsia . | |||
Vaylatsia cregolensis [31] | Sp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Late Eocene | A member of Hipposideridae, a species of Vaylatsia . | |||
Vaylatsia frequens [31] | Sp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Late Eocene to early Oligocene | A member of Hipposideridae, a species of Vaylatsia . | |||
Vaylatsia pelissiei [31] | Sp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Early Oligocene | A member of Hipposideridae, a species of Vaylatsia . | |||
Vaylatsia valettei [31] | Sp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Late Eocene | A member of Hipposideridae, a species of Vaylatsia . | |||
Vespertiliavus disjunctus [31] | Sp. et 2 subsp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Eocene to Oligocene | A sac-winged bat, a species of Vespertiliavus . The species contains two subspecies: Vespertiliavus disjunctus disjunctus and Vespertiliavus disjunctus nauzensis. | |||
Vespertiliavus (Sigeia) lizierensis [31] | Subgen. et sp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Late Eocene | A sac-winged bat, a species of Vespertiliavus . | |||
Vespertiliavus (Sigeia) recens [31] | Sp. nov | Valid | Maitre | Early Oligocene | A sac-winged bat, a species of Vespertiliavus . | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Athanassiou et al. | Late Miocene | A rhinoceros, a species of Acerorhinus. | ||||
Epiceratherium naduongense [36] | Sp. nov | Valid | Böhme et al. | A member of Rhinocerotidae, a species of Epiceratherium. | ||||
Equus cedralensis [37] | Sp. nov. | Disputed | Alberdi et al. | Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) | A member of Equidae. Originally described as a species of Equus ; considered to be a junior synonym of Haringtonhippus francisci by Jiménez-Hidalgo & Díaz-Sibaja (2020). [38] | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Missiaen & Gingerich | Eocene (Ypresian) | An odd-toed ungulate of uncertain phylogenetic placement; considered to be a basal member of the family Equidae by Bai, Wang & Meng (2018). [40] The type species is Ghazijhippus talibhasani. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lazaridis & Tsoukala | A member of Equidae, a species of Hipparion. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Bai et al. | Early Eocene | A member of (probably non-monophyletic) family 'Isectolophidae'; a basal member of Tapiromorpha. The type species is Meridiolophus expansus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Xue et al. | Late Miocene | A chalicothere, a species of Nestoritherium. | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Missiaen & Gingerich | Eocene (Ypresian) | An odd-toed ungulate of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Perissobune intizarkhani; genus also contains Perissobune munirulhaqi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ferrusquía-Villafranca et al. | Late Miocene | A member of Equidae, a species of Pliohippus. | ||||
Rhinoceros fusuiensis [45] | Sp. nov | Valid | Yan et al. | Early Pleistocene | A rhinoceros, a species of Rhinoceros . | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Afromeryx grex [46] | Sp. nov | Valid | Miller et al. | Early Miocene | Wadi Moghra site | A member of Anthracotheriidae, a species of Afromeryx. | ||
Afromeryx palustris [46] | Sp. nov | Valid | Miller et al. | Early Miocene | Wadi Moghra site | A member of Anthracotheriidae, a species of Afromeryx. | ||
Antilope intermedia [47] | Sp. nov | Valid | Khan & Akhtar | Late Pliocene | ||||
Bakalovia orientalis [36] | Sp. nov | Valid | Böhme et al. | A member of Anthracotheriidae, a species of Bakalovia. | ||||
Bubalus brevicornis chowi [48] | Subsp. nov | Valid | Dong et al. | Early Pleistocene | ||||
Camelus grattardi [49] | Sp. nov | Valid | Geraads | Early Pleistocene | A camel. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Hou & Deng | Late Miocene | A member of Suidae, a species of Chleuastochoerus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Deng et al. | Late Miocene | A deer, a species of Eostyloceros. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Stucky & Covert | Early Eocene (Ypresian) | A homacodontid. The type species is Gagadon minimonstrum. | ||||
Sp. nov | Disputed | Van der Geer | Late Miocene | A hoplitomerycid cervoid (relative of deers), a species of Hoplitomeryx. Mazza et al. (2016) considered the species to be based on dubious body mass calculations and size class scoring. [54] | ||||
Sp. nov | Disputed | Van der Geer | Late Miocene | A hoplitomerycid cervoid (relative of deers), a species of Hoplitomeryx. Mazza et al. (2016) considered the species to be based on dubious body mass calculations and size class scoring. [54] | ||||
Sp. nov | Disputed | Van der Geer | Late Miocene | A hoplitomerycid cervoid (relative of deers), a species of Hoplitomeryx. Mazza et al. (2016) considered the species to be based on dubious body mass calculations and size class scoring. [54] | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Miller et al. | Early Miocene | Wadi Moghra site | A member of Anthracotheriidae. The type species is Jaggermeryx naida. | |||
Lagomeryx manai [55] | Sp. nov | Valid | Suraprasit et al. | Late middle Miocene | A lagomerycine deer, a species of Lagomeryx. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid [57] | Lihoreau et al. | Late Miocene | A member of Anthracotheriidae, a species of Libycosaurus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Van der Made | Early Pleistocene | A species of Megaloceros . | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid [60] | Mennecart & Métais | Oligocene | A stem-pecoran; a new genus for "Gelocus" quercyi Jehenne (1987). | ||||
Muntiacus zhaotongensis [62] | Sp. nov | Valid | Dong et al. | Late Miocene | A muntjac. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Boisserie et al. | Late Miocene | Toros-Ménalla fossiliferous area | A tetraconodontine suid, a species of Nyanzachoerus. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pickford & Laurent | Miocene | |||||
Scontromeryx [53] | Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Disputed | Van der Geer | Late Miocene | A hoplitomerycid cervoid (relative of deers). A new genus for "Hoplitomeryx" minutus Mazza & Rustioni, 2011; genus also contains "H." falcidens Mazza & Rustioni, 2011, "H." apulicus Mazza & Rustioni, 2011, "H." apruthiensis Mazza & Rustioni, 2011, "H." magnus Mazza & Rustioni, 2011 and a new species Scontromeryx mazzai. Mazza et al. (2016) considered the genus Scontromeryx to be invalid and the species S. mazzai to be imperfectly defined. [54] | |||
Shaanxispira linxiaensis [65] | Sp. nov | Valid [66] | Shi et al. | Upper Miocene | A member of Bovidae, possibly a member of Ovibovini; a species of Shaanxispira. | |||
Stephanocemas guangheensis [67] | Sp. nov | Valid | Deng et al. | Middle Miocene | A lagomerycine deer, a species of Stephanocemas. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Prothero et al. | Late Miocene or Quaternary [69] | Originally described as a dromomerycine palaeomerycid. The type species is Surameryx acrensis. Gasparini et al. (2021) reinterpreted S. woodburnei as described on the basis of fossils of a deer. [69] | ||||
Sus xiaozhu wenzhongi [70] | Subsp. nov | Valid | Dong et al. | Middle-Late Pleistocene | A pig, a subspecies of Sus xiaozhu. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Shi | Late Miocene | An ovibovine bovid, a species of Tsaidamotherium. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Pickford | Miocene | A tetraconodontine suid. The type species is Versoporcus steinheimensis (Fraas 1870); genus also includes Versoporcus grivensis (Gaillard 1899). | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gol’din & Startsev | Late Miocene | Ukraine | A cetotheriid baleen whale. The type species is Brandtocetus chongulek. | |||
Cotylocara [74] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Geisler, Colbert & Carew | Oligocene | An odontocete. The type species is Cotylocara macei. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bajpai & Thewissen | Eocene | A member of Protocetidae. The type species is Dhedacetus hyaeni. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Murakami et al. | Late Miocene | An oceanic dolphin. A new genus for "Stenella" kabatensis Horikawa, 1977. | ||||
Herentalia [78] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid [79] | Bisconti | Miocene | A cetotheriid baleen whale. The type species is Herentalia nigra. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | El Adli, Deméré & Boessenecker | Late Pliocene | A cetotheriid baleen whale, a species of Herpetocetus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lambert, Bianucci & Urbina | Early Miocene | A river dolphin, a member of Squalodelphinidae. The type species is Huaridelphis raimondii. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Salinas-Márquez et al. | Middle Miocene | A kentriodontid delphinoid, a species of Kentriodon. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kazár & Hampe | Middle or Late Miocene | A kentriodontid delphinoid, a species of Kentriodon. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Bajpai & Thewissen | Eocene | A member of Protocetidae; a new genus for "Gaviacetus" sahni Bajpai & Thewissen (1998). | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Tanaka & Fordyce | Late Oligocene | A relative of Waipatia maerewhenua and the South Asian river dolphin; a new genus for "Prosqualodon" marplesi Dickson (1964). | ||||
Papahu [85] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Aguirre-Fernández & Fordyce | Early Miocene | A dolphin. The type species is Papahu taitapu. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Racicot, Deméré, Beatty & Boessenecker | Pliocene | A porpoise. The type species is Semirostrum ceruttii. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gingerich & Cappetta | Eocene (middle Lutetian) | A protocetid cetacean. The type species is Togocetus traversei. | ||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid [89] | Boessenecker & Fordyce | Late Oligocene | An eomysticetid baleen whale. The type species is Tohoraata raekohao; genus also contains "Mauicetus" waitakiensis Marples (1956). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tarasenko | Late Miocene | A cetotheriid. The type species is Zygiocetus nartorum. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid [92] | Werdelin, Lewis & Haile-Selassie | Pliocene | A member of Canidae, a species belonging to the (paraphyletic) genus Eucyon. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Koretsky, Rahmat & Peters | Late Miocene to early Pliocene | A phocine earless seal, a species of Gryphoca . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li | Late Pliocene | A member of Felidae, a species of Metailurus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Tseng et al. | Late Miocene to early Pliocene | A pantherine felid. Originally described as a species of Panthera ; Hemmer (2023) transferred it to the genus Palaeopanthera . [96] | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Koretsky, Rahmat & Peters | Miocene (early-middle Tortonian) | A phocine earless seal, a species of Platyphoca . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Koretsky, Rahmat & Peters | Miocene (early-middle Tortonian) | A monachine earless seal, a species of Pontophoca . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Qiu, Deng & Wang | Late Miocene (late Bahean) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Early Pliocene | A fox related to the Arctic fox. | ||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Junior homonym | Qi | Late Miocene | Originally described as a meline mustelid. The type species is Yunnanotherium lufengense; genus also contains "Trochotherium" yuanmouense Zong (1997). The generic name is preoccupied by Yunnanotherium Han (1986); Deshmukh & Valenciano (2022) coined a replacement name Neoyunnanotherium, and reinterpreted is as a member of the family Mephitidae. [100] | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kelly & Whistler | Late Miocene | A cricetid rodent. The type species is Acrolophomys rhodopetros. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kelly & Whistler | Late Miocene | A cricetid rodent, a species of Antecalomys. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vucetich et al. | Late Oligocene (Deseadan) | Sarmiento Formation | An acaremyid octodontoid caviomorph. The type species is Changquin woodi. | |||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Vianey-Liaud in Vianey-Liaud et al. | Oligocene (early Chattian), possibly also early Miocene | A member of Sciuridae. The type species is Comtia bernardi Vianey-Liaud in Vianey-Liaud et al. (2014); genus might also contain "Sciurus" giganteus Freudenberg (1941). | ||||
Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid [105] | Zijlstra et al. | Late Pliocene or early Pleistocene to Holocene | A cricetid rodent. Genus contains three species: Cordimus hooijeri, Cordimus debuisonjei and Cordimus raton. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | López-Guerrero et al. | Middle Miocene | A cricetodontine cricetid, a species of Cricetodon. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Korth | Oligocene (Whitneyan) | A sciurid rodent, a species of Douglassciurus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Arnal et al. | Early Miocene | An octodontoid caviomorph rodent. The type species is Dudumus ruigomezi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene | |||||
Heosminthus borrae [110] | Sp. nov | Valid | Daxner-Höck, Badamgarav & Maridet | Oligocene to early Miocene | ||||
Heosminthus chimidae [110] | Sp. nov | Valid | Daxner-Höck, Badamgarav & Maridet | Oligocene | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kelly & Whistler | Late Miocene | A cricetid rodent. The type species is Lindsaymys takeuchii. | ||||
Lophocricetus cimishliensis [111] | Sp. nov | Valid | Delinschi | Late Miocene (middle Turolian) | A member of Dipodidae, a species of Lophocricetus. | |||
Maxomys pliosurifer [112] | Sp. nov | Valid [113] | Nishioka et al. | Late Pliocene | ||||
Megacricetodon yenicekentensis [114] | Sp. nov | Valid | Erten, Sen & Görmüş | Miocene | A cricetid, a species of Megacricetodon. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kerber et al. | Late Quaternary | A chinchilloid caviomorph, [115] possibly a dinomyid. [116] The type species is Niedemys piauiensis. | ||||
Onjosminthus [110] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Daxner-Höck, Badamgarav & Maridet | Early Oligocene | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Korth | Oligocene (Whitneyan) | A cricetid rodent, a species of Paciculus. | ||||
Plesiosminthus olzi [110] | Sp. nov | Valid | Daxner-Höck, Badamgarav & Maridet | Early Miocene | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Maridet et al. | Early Miocene | A microtoid cricetid. The type species is Primoprismus fejfari. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Marivaux et al. | Eocene (Bartonian) | A member of Hystricognathi, a species of Protophiomys. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li & Wang | Late Miocene | A murid. The type species is Qaidamomys fortelii | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid [121] | Sostillo, Montalvo & Verzi | Late Miocene (Huayquerian) | An echimyid, a species of Reigechimys. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Machado et al. | Pleistocene | Tarija Formation | An oryzomyine rodent; a new genus for "Holochilus" primigenus Steppan (1996). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | López-Antoñanzas, Peláez-Campomanes & Álvarez-Sierra | Late Miocene | A cricetid rodent, a species of Rotundomys . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ruiz-Sánchez et al. | Late Oligocene | A dormouse, a species of Vasseuromys . | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Amamria [125] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Marivaux et al. | Eocene (Bartonian) | An early simian or a relative of simians. The type species is Amamria tunisiensis. | |||
Nannodectes lynasi [126] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lofgren et al. | A plesiadapid, a species of Nannodectes. | ||||
Notnamaia [127] | Nom. nov | Valid | Pickford & Uhen | Eocene (Lutetian) | Probably a member of the family Adapidae; [128] a replacement name for Namaia Pickford et al., 2008 (preoccupied). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Fox et al. | A plesiadapiform, a species of Pandemonium. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid [131] | Fox, Scott & Buckley | A plesiadapiform related to Purgatorius . The type species is Ursolestes perpetior. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rankin | Late Paleocene | A member of Pantolestidae. The type species is Aatotomus placochton. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rankin & Holroyd | Eocene (early Wasatchian) | A member of Palaeoryctidae. The type species is Aceroryctes dulcis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Koretsky & Domning | Early to middle Miocene | A placental mammal of uncertain affinities. The type species is Afrophoca libyca. Originally described as a monachine earless seal; Pickford & De Muizon (2024) reinterpreted its holotype as a bone of the anthracothere Afromeryx zelteni . [135] | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid [137] | García-López & Babot | Late Eocene | An interatheriid notoungulate. The type species is Antofagastia turneri. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Seoane & Cerdeño | Late Oligocene (Deseadan) | Agua de la Piedra Formation | A homalodotheriid notoungulate, a species of Asmodeus. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rankin | Late Paleocene | A member of Pantolestidae, a species of Bessoecetor. | ||||
Boritia [139] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Solé, Falconnet & Yves | Early Eocene | A proviverrine hyaenodontid. The type species is Boritia duffaudi. | |||
Nom. nov | Junior homonym | Cifelli & Ortiz-Jaureguizar | Paleogene (Itaboraian) | Itaboraí Formation | A didolodontid "condylarth"; a replacement name for Paulacoutoia Cifelli, 1983 (preoccupied). The replacement name itself is a junior homonym of Depaulacoutoia Kretzoi & Kretzoi (2000); Mones (2015) coined a new replacement name Ricardocifellia . [141] | |||
Desmanodon larsi [142] | Sp. nov | Valid | Furió, van Dam & Kaya | Late Miocene | A member of Talpidae, a species of Desmanodon. | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Solé et al. | Earliest Eocene | A member of Carnivoramorpha and Carnivoraformes; a new genus for "Miacis" latouri Quinet, 1966. | ||||
Eoproviverra [139] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Solé, Falconnet & Yves | Early Eocene | A proviverrine hyaenodontid; a new genus for "Proviverra" eisenmanni Godinot (1981). | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fostowicz-Frelik & Li | Middle Eocene | An early member of Lagomorpha. The type species is Erenlagus anielae. | ||||
Furodon [145] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Solé et al. | Eocene (late Ypresian or middle Lutetian) | A hyainailourine hyaenodontid. The type species is Furodon crocheti. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid [147] | Cerdeño & Vera | Late Oligocene (Deseadan) | Agua de la Piedra Formation | A leontiniid notoungulate. The type species is Gualta cuyana. | |||
Leonhardtina godinoti [139] | Sp. nov | Valid | Solé, Falconnet & Yves | Early Eocene | A proviverrine hyaenodontid, a species of Leonhardtina. | |||
Minimovellentodon [139] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Solé, Falconnet & Yves | Early Eocene | A proviverrine hyaenodontid. The type species is Minimovellentodon russelli. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cooper et al. | Middle Eocene | A member of Anthracobunidae (a group of placental mammals of uncertain phylogenetic placement; might be stem-perissodactyls or relatives of proboscideans and sirenians). The type species is Obergfellia occidentalis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Rankin | Late Paleocene | A member of Pantolestidae, a species of Palaeosinopa. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kelly | Latest Cretaceous? | A "condylarth", possibly a member of the family Periptychidae. The type species is Paleoungulatum hooleyi. | ||||
Parvavorodon [145] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Solé et al. | Eocene (late Ypresian or middle Lutetian) | A hyainailourine hyaenodontid. The type species is Parvavorodon gheerbranti. | |||
Promioclaenus walshi [126] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lofgren et al. | A hyopsodontid, a species of Promioclaenus. | ||||
Protoselene ashtoni [126] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lofgren et al. | A hyopsodontid, a species of Protoselene. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid [150] | Solé | Early Eocene | A member of Carnivoramorpha and Carnivoraformes, a species of Quercygale. | ||||
Quyania europaea [151] | Sp. nov | Valid | Rzebik-Kowalska | Early Pliocene to early Pleistocene | A neurotrichine talpid, a species of Quyania. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Eberle, Rybczynski & Greenwood | Early Eocene | Driftwood Creek beds | An erinaceid. The type species is Silvacola acares. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Morlo et al. | Eocene | A hyaenodontid, a species of Sinopa. | ||||
Skoczenia [151] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Rzebik-Kowalska | Early Pleistocene | A talpine talpid; a new genus for "Geotrypus" copernici Skoczeń (1980). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid [150] | Solé | Early Eocene | A member of Carnivoramorpha and Carnivoraformes, a species of Uintacyon. | ||||
Zhalmouzia [154] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Averianov & Archibald in Averianov, Archibald & Dyke | Santonian or Campanian | A zhelestid. The type species is Zhalmouzia bazhanovi. | |||
Miacis is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to middle Eocene.
Cramauchenia is an extinct genus of litoptern South American ungulate. Cramauchenia was named by Florentino Ameghino. The name has no literal translation. Instead, it is an anagram of the name of a related genus Macrauchenia. This genus was initially discovered in the Sarmiento Formation in the Chubut Province, in Argentina, and later it was found in the Chichinales Formation in the Río Negro Province and the Cerro Bandera Formation in Neuquén, also in Argentina, in sediments assigned to the SALMA Colhuehuapian, as well as the Agua de la Piedra Formation in Mendoza, in sediments dated to the Deseadan. In 1981 Soria made C. insolita a junior synonym of C. normalis. A specimen of C. normalis was described in 2010 from Cabeza Blanca in the Sarmiento Formation, in sediments assigned to the Deseadan SALMA.
Kentriodon is an extinct genus of toothed whale related to modern-day dolphins. Fossils have been found in North America, Europe and Japan. Several species have been described.
The Deseadan age is a period of geologic time within the Oligocene epoch of the Paleogene to the Early Miocene epoch of the Neogene, used more specifically within the SALMA classification of South America. It follows the Tinguirirican and precedes the Colhuehuapian age.
The Jebel Qatrani Formation is a geologic formation located in the Faiyum Governorate of central Egypt. It is exposed between the Jebel Qatrani escarpment and the Qasr el Sagha escarpment, north of Birket Qarun lake near Faiyum. The formation conformably overlies the Qasr el Sagha Formation and is topped by the Widan el Faras Basalt. The age of the formation has been subject to debate, but the most recent research indicates that it covers both the latest parts of the Eocene and the Early Oligocene, spanning over the boundary between these two time periods.
Cetotheriidae is a family of baleen whales. The family is known to have existed from the Late Oligocene to the Early Pleistocene before going extinct. Although some phylogenetic studies conducted by Fordyce & Marx 2013 recovered the living pygmy right whale as a member of Cetotheriidae, making the pygmy right whale the only living cetotheriid, other authors either dispute this placement or recover Neobalaenidae as a sister group to Cetotheriidae.
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.
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.
Dormaalocyon is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in Europe during the early Eocene. The type species, Dormaalocyon latouri, was discovered when fossils were unearthed in the village of Dormaal, near Zoutleeuw, in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.
The Chandler Bridge Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Chattian of the Paleogene period, corresponding to the Arikareean in the NALMA classification. The formation overlies the Ashley Formation and is overlain by the Edisto Formation.
The Astoria Formation is a geologic formation in Washington state & Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the early to middle Miocene.
The Yaquina Formation is a geologic formation in Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
This paleomammalogy list records new fossil mammal taxa that were described during the year 2011, as well as notes other significant paleomammalogy discoveries and events which occurred during that year.
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.
Hyaenodonta is an extinct order of hypercarnivorous placental mammals of clade Pan-Carnivora from mirorder Ferae. Hyaenodonts were important mammalian predators that arose during the early Paleocene in Europe and persisted well into the late Miocene.
This paleomammalogy list records new fossil mammal taxa that were described during the year 2016, as well as notes other significant paleomammalogy discoveries and events which occurred during that year.
This paleomammalogy list records new fossil mammal taxa that were described during the year 2015, as well as notes other significant paleomammalogy discoveries and events which occurred during that year.
The Sarmiento Formation, in older literature described as the Casamayor Formation, is a geological formation in Chubut Province, Argentina, in central Patagonia, which spans around 30 million years from the mid-Eocene to the early Miocene. It predominantly consists of pyroclastic deposits, which were deposited in a semi-arid environment. It is divided up into a number of members. The diverse fauna of the Sarmiento Formation, including a variety of birds, crocodilians, turtles and snakes, also includes many mammals such as South American native ungulates as well as armadillos, and caviomorph rodents.
Pternoconius is an extinct genus of macraucheniid litoptern from the Late Oligocene and Early Miocene of Argentina. Fossils of this genus have been found in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
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