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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.
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Travouillon  | Late Pliocene to early Pleistocene  | A relative of the pig-footed bandicoot.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Engelman, Anaya & Croft  | Miocene  | Honda Group | A palaeothentid paucituberculate. Genus includes new species C. ambiguus.  | |||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov  | Valid  | Butler et al.  | Oligocene-Miocene  | Riversleigh World Heritage Area  | A member of Macropodidae. Genus includes Cookeroo bulwidarri and Cookeroo hortusensis.  | |||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Pledge  | Late Oligocene  | A member of Phalangeroidea belonging to the family Ektopodontidae.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Travouillon et al.  | Early Miocene  | Riversleigh World Heritage Area  | A member of Potoroinae.  | |||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Travouillon et al.  | Late Oligocene  | Riversleigh World Heritage Area  | A member of Potoroinae.  | |||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Ni et al.  | Late Paleocene (Gashatan)  | A probable member of the deltatheroidan family Deltatheridiidae. The type species is G. kara.  | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Chamberlain et al.  | Early Miocene  | A bandicoot. The type species is Kutjamarcoot brevirostrum.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Kear, Aplin & Westerman  | Latest Pleistocene to Holocene  | Originally described as a member of the stem group of Peramelemorphia. The type species is L. aruensis. Travouillon & Phillips (2018) transferred this species to the genus Peroryctes . [15]  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Gillespie, Archer & Hand  | Early Miocene  | Riversleigh World Heritage Area  | A member of Thylacoleonidae. The type species is M. attenboroughi.  | |||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Oliveira, Zimicz & Goin  | A member of Jaskhadelphyidae, a species of Minusculodelphis.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Engelman, Anaya & Croft  | Miocene  | Honda Group | A palaeothentid paucituberculate.  | |||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Engelman, Anaya & Croft  | Miocene  | Honda Group | A palaeothentid paucituberculate.  | |||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Black  | Middle Miocene  | Riversleigh World Heritage Area  | A member of Phascolarctidae. The type species is S. riversleighensis.  | |||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Archer et al.  | Possibly middle or late Miocene  | A member of Dasyuridae of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is W. tomnpatrichorum.  | ||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Pujos et al.  | Umala Formation | A member of Nothrotheriidae. The type species is Aymaratherium jeani.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Ciancio et al.  | Middle–late Eocene  | An armadillo belonging to the subfamily Euphractinae; a species of Parutaetus.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Ciancio et al.  | Middle–late Eocene  | An armadillo of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Punatherium catamarquensis.  | ||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid [86]  | Wang et al.  | Middle Miocene  | A member of Amebelodontidae. The type species is A. zhaoi.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Lambert  | Miocene (late Clarendonian)  | A gomphothere. The type species is Eurybelodon shoshanii.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Wang et al.  | Late Miocene  | A gomphothere, a species of Konobelodon.  | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov  | Valid  | Voss in Voss, Berning & Reiter  | Oligocene (Chattian)  | A member of Sirenia belonging to the family Dugongidae. The type species is "Halitherium" cristolii Fitzinger (1842).  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Balaguer & Alba  | Eocene  | A member of Dugongidae, a species of Prototherium.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Mothé et al.  | Late Miocene  | Xihe-Lixian Basin  | A member of Mammutidae. The type species is Sinomammut tobieni.  | |||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Wang et al.  | Late Miocene  | A gomphothere, a species of Sinomastodon.  | ||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Simmons, Seiffert & Gunnell  | Eocene (Priabonian)  | An omnivorous bat belonging to the family Aegyptonycteridae. The type species is Aegyptonycteris knightae.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Ravel in Ravel et al.  | Eocene  | A bat of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is C. pusilli.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Ravel in Ravel et al.  | Eocene  | A bat of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is D. glibzegdouensis.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Ravel in Ravel et al.  | Eocene  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Gunnell et al.  | Miocene  | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Ravel in Ravel et al.  | Eocene  | A member of Nycteridae. The type species is K. gunnelli.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Ravel in Ravel et al.  | Eocene  | A member of Necromantidae.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Ravel in Ravel et al.  | Eocene  | A member of Hipposideridae.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Hand et al.  | Eocene (late Ypresian)  | A vesper bat. The type species is P. vesper.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Ravel in Ravel et al.  | Eocene  | A sac-winged bat. The type species is P. parva.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Ziegler, Howarth & Simmons  | Middle Pleistocene to late Holocene  | A vesper bat. The type species is Synemporion keana.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Ravel in Ravel et al.  | Eocene  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Ravel in Ravel et al.  | Eocene  | |||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Averianov et al.  | Eocene  | A member of Amynodontidae.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Koufos & Vlachou  | Miocene (early Turolian)  | A member of Equidae, a species of Hipparion.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Koufos & Vlachou  | Miocene (early Turolian)  | A member of Equidae, a species of Hipparion.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Wang et al.  | Late Early Eocene  | A member of Rhinocerotoidea belonging to the family Paraceratheriidae.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Remy, Krasovec & Marandat  | Eocene  | A member of Palaeotheriidae.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Geraads et al.  | Early Miocene  | A rhinoceros, tentatively assigned to the genus Victoriaceros.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Mihlbachler & Samuels  | A member of Brontotheriidae. Genus includes new species X. cenosus.  | |||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gen. et comb. nov  | Valid  | Pickford  | A member of Suoidea belonging to the family Doliochoeridae (previously called the Palaeochoeridae); a new genus for "Palaeocherus" meissneri mut. elaverensis Viret (1929) (in the rank of the species Bransatochoerus elaverensis).  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Ingicco in Ingicco et al.  | Middle Pleistocene  | A member of Suidae.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Emery, Davis & Hopkins  | Eocene (Duchesnean)  | An agriochoerid oreodont, a species of Diplobunops.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Kostopoulos & Sen  | Miocene (Vallesian)  | A chevrotain.  | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov  | Valid  | Prothero  | A peccary. A new genus for "Thinohyus" osmonti Sinclair (1905).  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Solounias & Danowitz  | Late Miocene  | A member of Giraffidae, a species of Honanotherium.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Ducrocq et al.  | Eocene  | A diacodexeid dichobunoid. The type species is Magwetherium burmense.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Titov & Shvyreva  | Early Pleistocene (late Villafranchian)  | A deer. Originally described as a species of Megaloceros ; Croitor (2018) transferred this species to the genus Arvernoceros. [112]  | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov  | Valid  | Sileem et al.  | Early Oligocene  | An anthracothere; a new genus for "Rhagatherium" aegyptiacum Andrews (1906).  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Danowitz, Domalski & Solounias  | Early Miocene  | A member of Ruminantia, a species of Prolibytherium.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Wang, Li & Takeuchi  | Pliocene  | A relative of the sheep. The type species is Protovis himalayensis.  | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov  | Valid  | Pickford  | Miocene  | 
  | A tetraconodontine suid. The type species is Retroporcus complutensis Pickford & Laurent (2014); genus also contains "Conohyus" sindiensis Lydekker, 1884 and Hyotherium soemmeringi matritensis Golpe-Posse, 1972 (recombined as a separate species Retroporcus matritensis). The generic name was originally published in an article from 2014, [117] but without the diagnosis, necessitating its validation in a later publication. [116]  | |||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. nov  | Valid [119]  | Lambert, Bianucci & De Muizon  | Miocene (late Serravallian–Tortonian)  | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Boersma & Pyenson  | Oligocene (probably Chattian)  | A member of Platanistoidea related to Allodelphis . The type species is A. yakataga.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Murakami  | Latest Miocene  | A member of Inioidea. The type species is A. hirayamai.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid [123]  | Tanaka & Fordyce  | Late Oligocene  | A member of Platanistoidea. The type species is A. tokarahi.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Bianucci et al.  | Late Miocene  | A beaked whale. The type species is C. maxillocristatus.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Bianucci et al.  | Late Miocene  | A beaked whale. The type species is C. coloradensis.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Ramassamy  | Late Miocene  | A beaked whale. Genus includes new species D. mojnum.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Churchill et al.  | Late Oligocene  | A member of Xenorophidae. The type species is E. sandersi.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Bisconti & Bosselaers  | Early Pliocene  | A member of Balaenopteridae showing a mix of morphological characters that is intermediate between those of Eschrichtiidae and those of Balaenopteridae. The type species is Fragilicetus velponi.  | ||||
Gen. et. sp. nov  | Valid  | Kimura & Barnes  | Miocene (late Aquitanian)  | A member of Allodelphinidae. The type species is Goedertius oregonensis.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Marx & Kohno  | Miocene  | A rorqual. The type species is I. anillodefuego.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Fordyce & Marx  | Oligocene (Duntroonian, 27 Ma)  | A species of Mammalodon, a member of Mammalodontidae.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid [134]  | Boessenecker & Fordyce  | Oligocene (latest Whaingaroan, 28.1–27.3 Ma)  | A member of Eomysticetidae. The type species is M. waihao.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Lambert & Louwye  | Pliocene (Zanclean)  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Marx, Bosselaers & Louwye  | Miocene (late Tortonian)  | A member of Cetotheriidae, a species of Metopocetus.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov  | Valid  | Gol'din & Startsev  | Miocene (Tortonian)  | A member of Cetotheriidae. Genus includes new species M. eichwaldi, as well as "Kurdalagonus" adygeicus Tarasenko & Lopatin (2012) and "Cetotherium" mayeri (a nomen dubium ).  | ||||
Gen. et. sp. nov  | Valid  | Kimura & Barnes  | Miocene (late Burdigalian)  | A member of Allodelphinidae. The type species is Ninjadelphis ujiharai.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Bebej et al.  | Eocene (Lutetian)  | A member of Remingtonocetidae. The type species is Rayanistes afer.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Peredo & Uhen  | Late Oligocene  | A basal member of Chaeomysticeti. The type species is S. cornishorum.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Tsai & Fordyce  | Oligocene (Chattian)  | A baleen whale. The type species is Whakakai waipata.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Kimura & Barnes  | Miocene (late Burdigalian-early Langhian)  | A member of Allodelphinidae.  | ||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Smith, Czaplewski & Cifelli  | Miocene (Barstovian)  | A simocyonine ailurid (a relative of the red panda), a species of Actiocyon.  | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov  | Valid  | Egi et al.  | Late Eocene  | A member of Feliformia. The type species is "Stenoplesictis" indigenus Dashzeveg (1996).  | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov  | Valid  | Tomiya & Tseng  | Eocene (Duchesnean)  | A bear dog. The type species is "Miacis" australis Gustafson (1986).  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Smith, Czaplewski & Cifelli  | Miocene (Barstovian)  | A member of Mustelidae of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Brevimalictis chikasha.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Jasinski & Wallace  | Middle Miocene  | A member of Canidae belonging to the subfamily Borophaginae, a species of Cynarctus.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Geraads  | Pleistocene  | An otter-like member of the Mustelidae.  | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov  | Valid  | Tomiya & Tseng  | Eocene (Chadronian)  | A bear dog. The type species is "Miacis" cognitus Gustafson (1986).  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Prassack  | Pliocene  | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Cherin et al.  | Early Pleistocene (late Villafranchian)  | An otter. The type species is Lutraeximia umbra.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Averianov et al.  | Middle-late Eocene  | A member of Nimravidae. The type species is Maofelis cantonensis.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Smith, Czaplewski & Cifelli  | Miocene (Barstovian)  | A member of Mustelidae of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Negodiaetictis rugatrulleum.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | McLaughlin, Hopkins & Schmitz  | A member of Mustelidae. The type species is W. tabutsigwii.  | |||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A gerbil related to members of the genus Taterillus .  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A gerbil related to members of the genus Taterillus .  | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of the family Distylomyidae. Genus includes new species A. stepposus.  | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of the family Muridae. Genus includes new species A. gaotegeensis.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of the family Aplodontiidae.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of the family Aplodontiidae.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of the family Aplodontiidae.  | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Savorelli, Colombero & Masini  | Miocene  | A member of Muridae. The type species is A. degiulii.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid [154]  | Marivaux et al.  | Early Oligocene  | An anomalure. The type species is A. minutus.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A relative of the Barbary ground squirrel.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A relative of the Barbary ground squirrel.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A muroid rodent belonging to the family Tachyoryctoididae.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A muroid rodent belonging to the family Tachyoryctoididae.  | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Sallam & Seiffert  | Eocene (late Priabonian)  | A member of Phiomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Birkamys korai.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of Arvicolinae.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Li  | Late Miocene  | A member of Dipodidae, a species of Brachyscirtetes .  | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov  | Valid  | Boivin et al.  | Late Oligocene  | A caviomorph rodent of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is C. sylvaticus; genus also includes C. shipiborum.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Barbiere et al.  | Late Pliocene  | A member of Sigmodontinae. The type species is C. favaloroi.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A cricetid rodent. Genus includes new species C. xiaomingi.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A cricetid rodent.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Çinar Durgut & Ünay  | Early Miocene  | A member of Cricetodontini.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Çinar Durgut & Ünay  | Early Miocene  | A member of Cricetodontini.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A cricetid rodent.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Çinar Durgut & Ünay  | Early Miocene  | A member of Cricetodontini.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Çinar Durgut & Ünay  | Early Miocene  | A member of Cricetodontini.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid [154]  | Marivaux et al.  | Early Oligocene  | A possible member of Zegdoumyidae. The type species is D. ultimus.  | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov  | Valid  | Marković, de Bruijn & Wessels  | A member of the family Sciuridae. The type species is "Ratufa" obtusidens Dehm (1950).  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of the family Castoridae.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A relative of the northern three-toed jerboa.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A relative of the northern three-toed jerboa.  | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov  | Valid  | Korth & Tabrum  | Eocene-Oligocene  | A member of Cylindrodontidae. The type species is D. vukae; genus also includes new species D. rahnensis, as well as "Pseudocylindrodon" medius Burke (1938), "Pseudocylindrodon" tobeyi Black (1970) and "Pseudocylindrodon" texanus Wood (1974).  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Bonilla-Salomón et al.  | Eocene  | A member of Theridomyidae, a species of Elfomys .  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Tesakov  | Early Middle Pleistocene  | A species of Ellobius .  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Kelly & Murphey  | Eocene (early Uintan)  | Turtle Bluff Member, Bridger Formation  | A possible member of Dipodidae.  | |||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A relative of the Chinese jumping mouse.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of the family Castoridae.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Li, Meng & Wang  | Late Eocene  | A member of Cricetidae, a species of Eucricetodon.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Korth  | A member of the family Eutypomyidae.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Martin  | Early Pleistocene  | A pocket gopher, a species of Geomys .  | ||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov  | Valid  | Wu et al.  | Late Oligocene to early Miocene  | A dormouse related to the forest dormouse. The type species is Gliruloides zhoui; genus also includes "Vasseuromys" duplex Ünay (1994).  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A cricetid rodent.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | ||||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | ||||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of the family Castoridae.  | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov  | Valid  | Lu et al.  | Early Miocene  | A member of Mylagaulidae belonging to the subfamily Promylagaulinae. The type species is I. minor; genus also includes I. major.  | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of Murinae. The type species is K. hipparionus (Schlosser, 1924).  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of the family Eomyidae.  | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A cricetid rodent. Genus includes new species K. baii and K. cheni.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A cricetid rodent.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Rasia & Candela  | Late Miocene  | A species of Lagostomus .  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of the family Eomyidae.  | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Boivin et al.  | Late Oligocene  | A caviomorph rodent belonging to the superfamily Octodontoidea. The type species is L. minutus.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Oliver & Peláez-Campomanes  | Early Miocene  | A cricetid rodent, a species of Megacricetodon.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A cricetid rodent. Genus includes new species M. mengicus.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A cricetid rodent.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A cricetid rodent.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Korth & Evander  | Miocene (early Barstovian)  | A heteromyid rodent, a species of Mioheteromys.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Tiunov, Golenishchev & Voyta  | Late Pleistocene  | An arvicoline cricetid, a species of Mimomys .  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of Arvicolinae.  | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Mörs, Tomida & Kalthoff  | Early Miocene  | A member of Castoridae. The type species is Minocastor godai.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Sallam & Seiffert  | Eocene (late Priabonian)  | A member of Phiomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Mubhammys vadumensis.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Lindsay & Flynn  | Early Miocene  | A member of Cricetidae, a species of Myocricetodon .  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Savorelli & Masini  | Miocene  | A member of Cricetidae. The type species is M. giganteus.  | ||||
Sp. nov.  | Valid  | Carranza-Castañeda  | Late Blancan-Irvingtonian  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid [154]  | Marivaux et al.  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Anomaluroidea.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Gunnell, Zonneveld & Bartels  | A member of Ischyromyidae belonging to the subfamily Paramyinae, tentatively assigned to the genus Notoparamys.  | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A dormouse related to members of the genus Dryomys . Genus includes O. wuae (Qiu, 1996).  | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid [154]  | Marivaux et al.  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Zenkerellinae. The type species is O. zenkerellinopsis.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Lindsay et al.  | Oligocene  | A member of Cricetidae, a species of Paciculus .  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Boivin et al.  | Late Oligocene  | A New World porcupine. The type species is P. amazonensis.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Li, Meng & Wang  | Late Eocene  | A member of Cricetidae, a species of Pappocricetodon.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Bonilla-Salomón et al.  | Eocene  | A member of Theridomyidae, a species of Paradelomys .  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of Dipodidae related to members of the genus Allactaga .  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of Dipodidae related to members of the genus Allactaga .  | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of the family Aplodontiidae. Genus includes new species P. mengensis.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid [154]  | Marivaux et al.  | Early Oligocene  | An anomalure.  | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov  | Valid  | Vianey-Liaud & Marivaux  | Oligocene  | A member of Theridomyidae. The type species is "Theridomys" ludensis Vianey-Liaud (1985); genus also includes P. margaritae (Vianey-Liaud, 1989) and P. vassoni (Pomel, 1853).  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of the family Eomyidae.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A cricetid rodent.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Jin  | Cenozoic (probably Miocene)  | A member of Sciurini.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Boivin et al.  | Late Oligocene  | A caviomorph rodent, possibly a New World porcupine. The type species is P. newelli.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Rincón et al.  | Early Pliocene  | A member of Cricetidae.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Kerber et al.  | Late Miocene  | A potamarchine dinomyid, a species of Potamarchus .  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Lindsay & Flynn  | Early Miocene  | A member of Cricetidae, a species of Potwarmus .  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Lindsay & Flynn  | Late Oligocene to Early Miocene  | A member of Cricetidae, a species of Primus .  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Maridet et al.  | Late Oligocene  | A member of Aplodontiidae.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of the family Distylomyidae.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of the family Muridae.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of Dipodidae related to members of the genus Allactaga .  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of the family Aplodontiidae.  | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Kerber et al.  | Late Miocene  | A potamarchine dinomyid. The type species is Pseudopotamarchus villanuevai.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Jin  | Cenozoic (probably Miocene)  | A relative of the oriental giant squirrels. The type species is P. wanensis.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A member of the family Aplodontiidae. Genus includes new species Q. paradoxus.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A cricetid rodent.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | López-Antoñanzas et al.  | Early Miocene  | Middle Hatzeva Formation  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Boivin et al.  | Late Oligocene  | A caviomorph rodent belonging to the superfamily Chinchilloidea. Originally described as a species of Scleromys ; subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Maquiamys. [186]  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A birch mouse.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A birch mouse.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A cricetid rodent. Genus includes new species S. deligeri.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A relative of the chipmunks.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A muroid rodent belonging to the family Tachyoryctoididae.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | A muroid rodent belonging to the family Tachyoryctoididae.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Qiu & Li  | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Boivin et al.  | Late Oligocene  | A caviomorph rodent, possibly a member of the superfamily Chinchilloidea. The type species is U. crassidens.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov  | Valid  | Olivares et al.  | Miocene (Huayquerian)  | A member of Echimyidae. Genus includes new species U. pattoni, as well as "Eumysops" intermedius Rovereto.  | ||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Femenias-Gual et al.  | Early Eocene  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Beard et al.  | Early Oligocene  | A species of Apidium.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Ni et al.  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Eosimiidae, a species of Bahinia.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Marivaux et al.  | Late Oligocene  | A New World monkey related to Soriacebus . The type species is C. amazonensis.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Robinson  | Early Eocene  | A member of Notharctidae.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Ni et al.  | Early Oligocene  | A relative of Ekgmowechashala . The type species is Gatanthropus micros.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Ni et al.  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Adapiformes belonging to the family Sivaladapidae. The type species is Laomaki yunnanensis.  | ||||
Gen. et comb. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Robinson  | Eocene  | A member of Notharctidae. A new genus for "Pelycodus" trigonodus Matthew (1915); genus also includes new species M. matthewi.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Ni et al.  | Early Oligocene  | A tarsier-like primate. The type species is Oligotarsius rarus.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Bloch et al.  | Early Miocene  | A New World monkey, probably a member of Cebidae. The type species is Panamacebus transitus.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Robinson  | Eocene  | A member of Notharctidae. The type species P. meikei.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Takai et al.  | Late Pliocene  | A gray langur.  | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov  | Valid  | Ni et al.  | Early Oligocene  | A member of Adapiformes belonging to the family Sivaladapidae. The type species is Yunnanadapis folivorus; genus also includes Yunnanadapis imperator.  | ||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Borths, Holroyd & Seiffert  | Eocene (latest Priabonian)  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Erbajeva, Angelone & Alexeeva  | Miocene  | A lagomorph, a species of Amphilagus.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Korth & Evander  | Miocene (early Barstovian)  | A shrew, a species of Antesorex.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | De Bast & Smith  | Paleocene  | A member of Palaeoryctidae. The type species is B. thaleri.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Borths, Holroyd & Seiffert  | Eocene (latest Priabonian)  | A teratodontine hyaenodont. The type species is B. ephalmos.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Smith et al.  | Eocene (Ypresian)  | A perissodactyl-like ungulate.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | De Bast & Smith  | Paleocene  | A eutherian of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member of the family Louisinidae. The type species is C. magioncaldai.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Gunnell, Zonneveld & Bartels  | A member of Leptictida belonging to the family Leptictidae. The type species is E. novaceki.  | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | De Bast & Smith  | Paleocene  | A member of Pantolesta belonging to the family Pentacodontidae. The type species is E. dupuisi.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Li, Wang & Fostowicz-Frelik  | Eocene (Irdinmanhan)  | A member of Glires belonging to the family Mimotonidae.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Croft et al.  | Miocene (Langhian)  | Cerdas beds | A notoungulate, a species of Hegetotherium.  | |||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Smith et al.  | Eocene (Ypresian)  | A member of Tillodontia. The type species is I. suratensis.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Korth & Evander  | Miocene (early Barstovian)  | A member of Erinaceidae, a species of Lanthanotherium.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Li et al.  | Middle Paleocene  | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Chiba et al.  | Miocene  | A desmostylian. The type species is Ounalashkastylus tomidai.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Velazco & Novacek  | Eocene (Uintan)  | A member of Leptictida belonging to the family Leptictidae.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Velazco & Novacek  | Eocene (Uintan)  | A member of Leptictida belonging to the family Leptictidae.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Gunnell, Zonneveld & Bartels  | A member of Pantolestidae.  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Cheme Arriaga, Dozo & Gelfo  | Miocene (Colhuehuapian)  | A member of Litopterna belonging to the family Macraucheniidae and the subfamily Cramaucheniinae.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Li & Ni  | Earliest Oligocene  | Lijiawa Mammalian Fossil locality  | A treeshrew related to the pen-tailed treeshrew.  | |||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Scott, Fox & Redman  | Paleocene (Puercan)  | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | De Bast & Smith  | Paleocene  | A eutherian of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member of Erinaceomorpha. The type species is Q. sigei.  | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov  | Valid  | Sansalone, Kotsakis & Piras  | Pliocene to Pleistocene (Villanyian)  | A relative of the American shrew mole. A new genus for "Neurotrichus" polonicus Skoczeń (1980) and "Neurotrichus" skoczeni Zijlstra (2010).  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Mao et al.  | Early Eocene  | A member of Phenacolophidae (a group of archaic ungulate mammals of uncertain phylogenetic placement). The type species is Sanshuilophus zhaoi.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Korth & Evander  | Miocene (early Barstovian)  | A member of Talpidae, a species of Scalopoides.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Shockey, Billet & Salas-Gismondi  | Oligocene (Deseadan)  | Moquegua Formation | A mesotheriid notoungulate, a species of Trachytherus.  | |||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Solé et al.  | Latest Paleocene  | A basal member of Carnivoraformes, a species of Vassacyon.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Fostowicz-Frelik  | Late Cretaceous (?late Campanian)  | A relative of Zalambdalestes . The type species is Z. longidens.  | ||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Bi et al.  | Early Cretaceous  | A symmetrodont belonging to the family Zhangheotheriidae. The type species is A. luoi.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Butler & Sigogneau-Russell  | Middle Jurassic (late Bathonian)  | A possible member of Morganucodonta. The type species is C. leei.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Cifelli, Cohen & Davis  | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)  | A member of Tribosphenida of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is C. kielanae.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Cifelli, Cohen & Davis  | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)  | A member of Tribosphenida of uncertain phylogenetic placement.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Butler & Sigogneau-Russell  | Middle Jurassic (late Bathonian)  | A member of Triconodontidae. The type species is E. sophron.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Butler & Sigogneau-Russell  | Middle Jurassic (late Bathonian)  | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Han & Meng  | Early Cretaceous  | A 'symmetrodont' related to Spalacolestes . Genus includes new species L. sheni.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Rougier et al.  | Late Cretaceous (probably late Campanian)  | A djadochtatheriid multituberculate. The type species is M. udanii.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Butler & Sigogneau-Russell  | Middle Jurassic (late Bathonian)  | |||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Butler & Sigogneau-Russell  | Middle Jurassic (late Bathonian)  | A member of Eutriconodonta.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Butler & Sigogneau-Russell  | Middle Jurassic (late Bathonian)  | A possible member of Morganucodonta. The type species is S. hookeri.  | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov  | Valid  | Martin et al.  | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)  | A plagiaulacid multituberculate. The type species is T. langenbergensis.  | ||||
Sp. nov  | Valid  | Debuysschere  | Late Triassic (Rhaetian)  | A member of Haramiyida belonging to the family Theroteinidae.  | ||||
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