2014 in reptile paleontology

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This list of fossil reptiles described in 2014 is a list of new taxa of fossil reptiles that were described during the year 2014, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to reptile paleontology that occurred in 2014.

Contents

Ichthyopterygians

Research

New taxa

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Janusaurus [2]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Roberts et al.

Late Jurassic

Agardhfjellet Formation

Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

An ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur. The type species is Janusaurus lundi. Zverkov & Prilepskaya (2019) considered Janusaurus to be a junior synonym of the genus Arthropterygius , though the authors maintained J. lundi as a distinct species within the latter genus; [3] Delsett et al. (2019) rejected this synonymy. [4]

Leninia [5]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Fischer et al.

Early Cretaceous (early Aptian)

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

An ophthalmosaurine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur. The type species is Leninia stellans.

Sisteronia [6]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Fischer et al.

Cretaceous (early Albian to early Cenomanian)

Cambridge Greensand
Gault Formation
Marnes Bleues Formation

Flag of France.svg  France
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A platypterygiine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur. The type species is Sisteronia seeleyi.

Undorosaurus trautscholdi [7]

Sp. nov

Valid

Arkhangelsky & Zverkov

Late Jurassic

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

An ophthalmosaurine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur, a species of Undorosaurus.

Sauropterygians

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Aristonectes quiriquinensis [8]

Sp. nov

Valid

Otero et al.

Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)

Quiriquina Formation

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A plesiosaur, a species of Aristonectes.

Cymatosaurus erikae [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Maisch

Middle Triassic (earliest Anisian)

Röt Formation

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A species of Cymatosaurus.

Majiashanosaurus [10]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Jiang et al.

Early Triassic (Olenekian)

Nanlinghu Formation

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A basal member of Eosauropterygia. The type species is Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis.

Nothosaurus zhangi [11]

Sp. nov

Valid

Liu et al.

Middle Triassic (Anisian)

Guanling Formation

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A nothosaur, a species of Nothosaurus.

Odoiporosaurus [12]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Renesto, Binelli & Hagdorn

Middle Triassic (Anisian)

Besano Formation

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A pachypleurosaur. The type species is Odoiporosaurus teruzzii.

Pararcus [13]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Klein & Scheyer

Middle Triassic (early Anisian)

Vossenveld Formation

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A placodont. The type species is Pararcus diepenbroeki.

Pliosaurus patagonicus [14]

Sp. nov

Valid

Gasparini & O'Gorman

Late Jurassic (middle Tithonian)

Vaca Muerta Formation

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A species of Pliosaurus.

Lepidosaurs

Newly named rhynchocephalians

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Kawasphenodon peligrensis [15]

Sp. nov

Valid

Apesteguia, Gómez & Rougier

Palaeocene

Salamanca Formation

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An opisthodontian sphenodontid, a species of Kawasphenodon.

Priosphenodon minimus [16]

Sp. nov

Valid

Apesteguia & Carballido

Early Cretaceous

Cerro Barcino Formation

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An eilenodontine sphenodontid, a species of Priosphenodon.

Newly named lizards

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Blanus mendezi [17]

Sp. nov

Valid

Bolet et al.

Miocene (11.6 Mya)

Vallès-Penedès Basin

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An amphisbaenian, a species of Blanus .

Blanus thomaskelleri [18]

Sp. nov

Valid

Čerňanský, Rage & Klembara

Early Miocene

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An amphisbaenian, a species of Blanus .

Calanguban [19]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Simões, Caldwell & Kellner

Early Cretaceous

Crato Formation

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A scleroglossan lizard with scincomorph affinities. The type species is Calanguban alamoi.

Dakotaseps [20]

Nom. nov

Valid

Nydam

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Dakota Formation

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A member of Scincomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement, assigned by Nydam (2013) to an informal paramacellodid-cordylid grade; [21] a replacement name for Dakotasaurus Nydam (2013) (preoccupied).

Funiusaurus [22]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Xu et al.

Late Cretaceous

Qiupa Formation

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A member of Polyglyphanodontidae. The type species is Funiusaurus luanchuanensis.

Maioricalacerta [23]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Bailon et al.

Early Pliocene (Zanclean)

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A member of Lacertidae. The type species is Maioricalacerta rafelinensis.

Pyrenasaurus [24]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Bolet & Augé

Late Eocene

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A member of Scincoidea, possibly a skink. The type species is Pyrenasaurus evansae.

Newly named snakes

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Adinophis [25]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Pritchard et al.

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

Maevarano Formation

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A member of Madtsoiidae. The type species is Adinophis fisaka.

Indophis fanambinana [25]

Sp. nov

Valid

Pritchard et al.

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

Maevarano Formation

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A member of Nigerophiidae, a species of Indophis.

Rukwanyoka [26]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

McCartney et al.

Oligocene

Nsungwe Formation

Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania

The most ancient booid snake and boa from Africa. The type species is Rukwanyoka holmani.

Seismophis [27]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Hsiou et al.

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Alcântara Formation

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A snake of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a relative of Najash rionegrina . The type species is Seismophis septentrionalis.

Turtles

Research

Newly named turtles

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Alienochelys [29]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

de Lapparent de Broin et al.

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

Oulad Abdoun Basin

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A sea turtle, a member of Dermochelyoidae. The type species is Alienochelys selloumi.

Allaeochelys libyca [30]

Sp. nov

Valid

Havlik, Joyce & Böhme

Miocene (Langhian)

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A relative of the pig-nosed turtle, a species of the (possibly paraphyletic) genus Allaeochelys.

Ashleychelys [31]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Weems & Sanders

Oligocene

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A pancheloniid sea turtle. The type species is Ashleychelys palmeri.

Atolchelys [32]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Romano et al.

Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

Morro do Chaves Formation

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A bothremydid pleurodiran. The type species is Atolchelys lepida.

Brodiechelys royoi [33]

Sp. nov

Valid

Pérez-García, Gasulla & Ortega

Early Aptian

Arcillas de Morella Formation

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A xinjiangchelyid, a species of Brodiechelys.

Cheirogaster bacharidisi [34]

Sp. nov

Valid

Vlachos, Tsoukala & Corsini

Pliocene

Gonia Formation

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A tortoise, originally described as a species belonging to the genus Cheirogaster. Subsequently, transferred by Pérez-García & Vlachos (2014) to the genus Titanochelon . [35]

Eodortoka [36]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Pérez-García, Gasulla & Ortega

Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

Arcillas de Morella Formation

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A dortokid, a member of the clade Pan-Pleurodira (containing living pleurodirans and all turtles that are more closely related to them than to cryptodirans). The type species is Eodortoka morellana.

Gobiapalone [37]

Gen. et comb. et sp. nov

Valid

Danilov et al.

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Maastrichtian)

Barun Goyot Formation
Bayan Shireh Formation
Nemegt Formation

Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia

A trionychine trionychid. The type species is "Amyda" orlovi Khosatzky (1976); genus also contains new species Gobiapalone breviplastra. The genus Gobiapalone was considered to be a junior synonym of the genus Kuhnemys by Georgalis & Joyce (2017), though the authors maintained G. orlovi and G. breviplastra as distinct species within the latter genus. [38]

Hylaeochelys kappa [39]

Sp. nov

Valid

Pérez-García & Ortega

Late Jurassic (Tithonian)

Freixial Formation

Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal

A basal member of Eucryptodira, a species of Hylaeochelys.

Judithemys kranzi [40]

Sp. nov

Valid

Weems

Paleocene (early Thanetian)

Aquia Formation

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A member of (likely paraphyletic) group "Macrobaenidae", a species of Judithemys.

Nemegtemys [37]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Danilov et al.

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

Nemegt Formation

Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia

A cyclanorbine trionychid. The type species is Nemegtemys conflata.

Osonachelus [41]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

de Lapparent de Broin et al.

Eocene (late Bartonian)

Vic-Manlleu Marls Formation

Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

A cheloniid sea turtle. The type species is Osonachelus decorata.

Procolpochelys charlestonensis [31]

Sp. nov

Valid

Weems & Sanders

Oligocene

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A pancheloniid sea turtle; a species of Procolpochelys.

Riodevemys [42]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Pérez-García, Royo-Torres & Cobos

Late Jurassic

Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

A pleurosternid paracryptodiran. The type species is Riodevemys inumbragigas.

Tacuarembemys [43]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Perea et al.

Late Jurassic or earliest Cretaceous

Tacuarembó Formation

Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay

A turtle of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Tacuarembemys kusterae.

Titanochelon [35]

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Pérez-García & Vlachos

Early Miocene to early Pleistocene

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A tortoise; a new genus for "Testudo" bolivari Hernández-Pacheco (1917). Genus also contains "Testudo" eurysternum Gervais (1848–1852), "Testudo" ginsburgi de Broin (1977), "Testudo" vitodurana Biedermann (1862), "Cheirogaster" steinbacheri Karl (1996), "Testudo" leberonensis Depéret (1890), "Testudo" schafferi Szalai (1931), "Testudo" perpiniana Depéret (1885) and "Cheirogaster" bacharidisi Vlachos et al. (2014). Genus might also contain "Testudo" gymnesicus Bate (1914).

‘Trionyx’ baynshirensis [37]

Sp. nov

Valid

Danilov et al.

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Santonian)

Bayan Shireh Formation

Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia

A trionychine trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato.

‘Trionyx’ dissolutus [44]

Sp. nov

Valid

Vitek & Danilov

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan

A trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato.

‘Trionyx’ gilbentuensis [37]

Sp. nov

Valid

Danilov et al.

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

Nemegt Formation

Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia

A trionychine trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato.

‘Trionyx’ gobiensis [37]

Sp. nov

Valid

Danilov et al.

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

Nemegt Formation

Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia

A trionychine trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato.

‘Trionyx’ shiluutulensis [37]

Sp. nov

Valid

Danilov et al.

Late Cretaceous (Campanian)

Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia

A trionychine trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato.

Archosauromorphs

Archosaurs

Basal archosauromorphs

Research

  • A redescription of Tasmaniosaurus triassicus is published by Ezcurra (2014). [45]
  • A revision of anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of the archosauriform Dorosuchus neoetus is published by Sookias et al. (2014). [46]
  • A revision of putative euparkeriids from the Triassic of China is published by Sookias et al. (2014). [47]

New taxa

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Aenigmastropheus [48]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Ezcurra, Scheyer & Bulter

Late Permian (Wuchiapingian)

Usili Formation

Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania

A non-archosauriform archosauromorph, probably a protorosaurian. The type species is Aenigmastropheus parringtoni.

Garjainia madiba [49]

Sp. nov

Valid

Gower et al.

Early Triassic (late Olenekian)

Burgersdorp Formation

Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

An erythrosuchid archosauriform, a species of Garjainia.

Hyperodapedon tikiensis [50]

Sp. nov

Valid

Mukherjee & Ray

Late Triassic

Tiki Formation

Flag of India.svg  India

A rhynchosaur, a species of Hyperodapedon.

Proterosuchus goweri [51]

Sp. nov

Valid

Ezcurra & Butler

Early Triassic

Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

A proterosuchid archosauriform, a species of Proterosuchus.

Pseudochampsa [52]

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Trotteyn & Ezcurra

Late Triassic (late Carnian or earliest Norian)

Ischigualasto Formation

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A proterochampsid archosauriform; a new genus for "Chanaresuchus" ischigualastensis Trotteyn, Martínez & Alcober (2012).

Other reptiles

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Abyssomedon [53]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Macdougall & Reisz

Early Permian

Garber Formation

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A nyctiphruretid parareptile. The type species is Abyssomedon williamsi.

Atopodentatus [54]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Cheng et al.

Middle Triassic (Anisian)

Guanling Formation

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A marine reptile, probably a relative of sauropterygians. The type species is Atopodentatus unicus.

Delorhynchus cifellii [55]

Sp. nov

Valid

Reisz, Macdougall & Modesto

Early Permian

Garber Formation

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A parareptile relative of lanthanosuchoids, a species of Delorhynchus.

Eohupehsuchus [56]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Chen et al.

Early Triassic

Jialingjiang Formation

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A hupehsuchian. The type species is Eohupehsuchus brevicollis.

Horaffia [57]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Klein & Hagdorn

Middle Triassic (Ladinian)

Erfurt Formation

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

A marine diapsid reptile of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Horaffia kugleri.

Largocephalosaurus qianensis [58]

Sp. nov

Valid

Li et al.

Triassic

Guanling Formation

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A member of Saurosphargidae, a species of Largocephalosaurus.

Parahupehsuchus [59]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Chen et al.

Early Triassic

Jialingjiang Formation

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A hupehsuchian. The type species is Parahupehsuchus longus.

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