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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.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Roberts et al. | Late Jurassic | 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] | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fischer et al. | Early Cretaceous (early Aptian) | An ophthalmosaurine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur. The type species is Leninia stellans. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fischer et al. | Cretaceous (early Albian to early Cenomanian) | Cambridge Greensand | A platypterygiine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur. The type species is Sisteronia seeleyi. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Arkhangelsky & Zverkov | Late Jurassic | An ophthalmosaurine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur, a species of Undorosaurus. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Otero et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | A plesiosaur, a species of Aristonectes. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Maisch | Middle Triassic (earliest Anisian) | A species of Cymatosaurus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jiang et al. | Early Triassic (Olenekian) | A basal member of Eosauropterygia. The type species is Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | A nothosaur, a species of Nothosaurus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Renesto, Binelli & Hagdorn | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | A pachypleurosaur. The type species is Odoiporosaurus teruzzii. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Klein & Scheyer | Middle Triassic (early Anisian) | A placodont. The type species is Pararcus diepenbroeki. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gasparini & O'Gorman | Late Jurassic (middle Tithonian) | Vaca Muerta Formation | A species of Pliosaurus. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Apesteguia, Gómez & Rougier | Palaeocene | An opisthodontian sphenodontid, a species of Kawasphenodon. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Apesteguia & Carballido | Early Cretaceous | Cerro Barcino Formation | An eilenodontine sphenodontid, a species of Priosphenodon. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Bolet et al. | Miocene (11.6 Mya) | Vallès-Penedès Basin | An amphisbaenian, a species of Blanus . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Čerňanský, Rage & Klembara | Early Miocene | An amphisbaenian, a species of Blanus . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Simões, Caldwell & Kellner | Early Cretaceous | A scleroglossan lizard with scincomorph affinities. The type species is Calanguban alamoi. | ||||
Nom. nov | Valid | Nydam | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | 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). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Xu et al. | Late Cretaceous | A member of Polyglyphanodontidae. The type species is Funiusaurus luanchuanensis. | ||||
Maioricalacerta [23] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bailon et al. | Early Pliocene (Zanclean) | A member of Lacertidae. The type species is Maioricalacerta rafelinensis. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bolet & Augé | Late Eocene | A member of Scincoidea, possibly a skink. The type species is Pyrenasaurus evansae. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pritchard et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A member of Madtsoiidae. The type species is Adinophis fisaka. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pritchard et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A member of Nigerophiidae, a species of Indophis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | McCartney et al. | Oligocene | The most ancient booid snake and boa from Africa. The type species is Rukwanyoka holmani. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hsiou et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A snake of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a relative of Najash rionegrina . The type species is Seismophis septentrionalis. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | de Lapparent de Broin et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Oulad Abdoun Basin | A sea turtle, a member of Dermochelyoidae. The type species is Alienochelys selloumi. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Havlik, Joyce & Böhme | Miocene (Langhian) | A relative of the pig-nosed turtle, a species of the (possibly paraphyletic) genus Allaeochelys. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Weems & Sanders | Oligocene | A pancheloniid sea turtle. The type species is Ashleychelys palmeri. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Romano et al. | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | A bothremydid pleurodiran. The type species is Atolchelys lepida. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-García, Gasulla & Ortega | Early Aptian | A xinjiangchelyid, a species of Brodiechelys. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vlachos, Tsoukala & Corsini | Pliocene | Gonia Formation | A tortoise, originally described as a species belonging to the genus Cheirogaster. Subsequently, transferred by Pérez-García & Vlachos (2014) to the genus Titanochelon . [35] | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-García, Gasulla & Ortega | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | 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. | ||||
Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Danilov et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Maastrichtian) | Barun Goyot Formation | 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] | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-García & Ortega | Late Jurassic (Tithonian) | Freixial Formation | A basal member of Eucryptodira, a species of Hylaeochelys. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Weems | Paleocene (early Thanetian) | A member of (likely paraphyletic) group "Macrobaenidae", a species of Judithemys. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Danilov et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A cyclanorbine trionychid. The type species is Nemegtemys conflata. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | de Lapparent de Broin et al. | Eocene (late Bartonian) | Vic-Manlleu Marls Formation | A cheloniid sea turtle. The type species is Osonachelus decorata. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Weems & Sanders | Oligocene | A pancheloniid sea turtle; a species of Procolpochelys. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-García, Royo-Torres & Cobos | Late Jurassic | A pleurosternid paracryptodiran. The type species is Riodevemys inumbragigas. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Perea et al. | Late Jurassic or earliest Cretaceous | A turtle of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Tacuarembemys kusterae. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Pérez-García & Vlachos | Early Miocene to early Pleistocene | Austria | 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). | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Danilov et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Santonian) | A trionychine trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Vitek & Danilov | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Danilov et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A trionychine trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Danilov et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A trionychine trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Danilov et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | A trionychine trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ezcurra, Scheyer & Bulter | Late Permian (Wuchiapingian) | A non-archosauriform archosauromorph, probably a protorosaurian. The type species is Aenigmastropheus parringtoni. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gower et al. | Early Triassic (late Olenekian) | An erythrosuchid archosauriform, a species of Garjainia. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mukherjee & Ray | Late Triassic | A rhynchosaur, a species of Hyperodapedon. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ezcurra & Butler | Early Triassic | A proterosuchid archosauriform, a species of Proterosuchus. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Trotteyn & Ezcurra | Late Triassic (late Carnian or earliest Norian) | A proterochampsid archosauriform; a new genus for "Chanaresuchus" ischigualastensis Trotteyn, Martínez & Alcober (2012). | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Macdougall & Reisz | Early Permian | A nyctiphruretid parareptile. The type species is Abyssomedon williamsi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cheng et al. | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | A marine reptile, probably a relative of sauropterygians. The type species is Atopodentatus unicus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Reisz, Macdougall & Modesto | Early Permian | A parareptile relative of lanthanosuchoids, a species of Delorhynchus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chen et al. | Early Triassic | Jialingjiang Formation | A hupehsuchian. The type species is Eohupehsuchus brevicollis. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Klein & Hagdorn | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | A marine diapsid reptile of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Horaffia kugleri. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Triassic | A member of Saurosphargidae, a species of Largocephalosaurus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chen et al. | Early Triassic | Jialingjiang Formation | A hupehsuchian. The type species is Parahupehsuchus longus. | |||
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Mixosaurus is an extinct genus of Middle Triassic ichthyosaur. Its fossils have been found near the Italy–Switzerland border and in South China.
Arthropterygius is a widespread genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur which existed in Canada, Norway, Russia, and Argentina from the late Jurassic period and possibly to the earliest Cretaceous.
Wumengosaurus is an extinct aquatic reptile from the Middle Triassic Guanling Formation of Guizhou, southwestern China. It was originally described as a basal eosauropterygian and usually is recovered as such by phylogenetic analyses, although one phylogeny has placed it as the sister taxon to Ichthyosauromorpha while refraining from a formal re-positioning. It was a relatively small reptile, measuring 95.5–130.5 cm (3.13–4.28 ft) in total body length.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2012.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2013.
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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2018.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2017.
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