2012 in arthropod paleontology

none 2012 arthropod paleontology paleontology science reptile paleontology paleobotany paleoentomology paleomalacology archosaur paleontology mammal paleontology paleoichthyology This list of fossil arthropods described in 2012 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods of every kind that have been described during the year 2012. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species. Arachnids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAmpezzoaAlexander R. Schmidt Saskia Jancke Evert E. Lindquist Eugenio Ragazzi Guido Roghi Paul C. Nascimbene Kerstin Schmidt Torsten Wappler David A. Grimaldi 2012 Arthropods in amber from the Triassic Period Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109 37 14796–14801 10.1073/pnas.1208464109 22927387 3443139 2012PNAS..10914796S free Gen. et sp. nov.ValidLindquist & Grimaldi in Schmidt et al.Carnian ItalyA mite. The type species is Ampezzoa triassica.ArchaelagonopsGen. et sp. nov ValidWunderlichCretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Lagonomegopidae. Type species is A. salticoides.Baltleucauge propinquaSp. nov ValidWunderlichEoceneBaltic amberEuropeA long-jawed orb weaverCraspedisia yapchoonteckiD. Penney D. I. Green A. McNeil R. S. Bradley Y. M. Marusik P. J. Withers R. F. Preziosi 2012 A new species of Craspedisia (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Miocene Dominican amber, imaged using X-ray computed tomography Paleontological Journal 46 6 583–588 10.1134/S0031030112060093 2012PalJ...46..583P 84798903 Sp. nov.ValidPenney et al.Miocene Dominican amberDominican RepublicA theridiidEodoter lonimammillaeSp. nov ValidWunderlichEoceneBaltic amberEuropeA sac spiderEohalinobius calefactusSp. nov ValidWunderlichEoceneBaltic amberEuropeA succinomidEohalinobius hiddenseeensisSp. nov ValidWunderlichEoceneBaltic amberEuropeA succinomidEohalinobius patinaSp. nov ValidWunderlichEoceneBaltic amberEuropeA succinomid?Eophantes seorsumSp. nov ValidWunderlichEoceneBaltic amberEuropeA linyphiidEphalmator tredecimSp. nov ValidWunderlichEoceneBaltic amberEuropeAn ephalmatoridEro (Succinero) clunisJörg Wunderlich 2012 New fossil spiders (Araneae) of eight families in Eocene Baltic amber, and revisions of selected taxa Jörg Wunderlich Beiträge zur Araneologie, 7: Fifteen papers on extant and fossil spiders (Araneae) 94–149 http://joergwunderlich.de/Downloads/Beitr._Araneol._Band_7_(2012).pdf Sp. nov ValidWunderlichEoceneBaltic amberEuropeA pirate spider Ero (Succinero) gracilitibialisSp. nov ValidWunderlichEoceneBaltic amberEuropeA pirate spiderEro (Succinero) vetaSp. nov ValidWunderlichEoceneBaltic amberEuropeA pirate spiderGeratonephilaGeorge Poinar Jr. Ron Buckley 2012 Predatory behaviour of the social orb-weaver spider, Geratonephila burmanica n. gen., n. sp. (Araneae: Nephilidae) with its wasp prey, Cascoscelio incassus n. gen., n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber Historical Biology 24 5 519–525 10.1080/08912963.2011.640399 2012HBio...24..519P 86838688 Gen. et sp. nov. jr synonymPoinar in Poinar & BuckleyEarly CretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA nephiline. The type species is G. burmanica. Moved to Nephila in 2015.thumb|center|upright|Nephila burmanicaGraea magnocoliSp. nov ValidWunderlichEoceneBaltic amberEuropeAn orb-weaver spiderHypotheridiosomaGen. et sp. nov ValidWunderlichCretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarOriginally classified as a ray spider, but subsequently transferred to the araneoid family Zarqaraneidae. The type species is H. paracymbium.KorearachnePaul A. Selden Kye-Soo Nam Soo Hyun Kim Hyun Joo Kim 2012 A Fossil Spider from the Cretaceous of Korea Journal of Paleontology 86 1 1–6 http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/content/86/1/1.abstract 10.1666/11-094.1 2012JPal...86....1S 86118261 subscription gen et sp novValidSelden et al..Early Cretaceous Jinju FormationSouth KoreaA member of Araneomorphae, possibly a lycosoid. The type species is K. jinju.LagonoburmopsGen. et sp. nov ValidWunderlichCretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Lagonomegopidae. The type species is L. plumosus.Leclercera longissipesSp. nov Jr synonymWunderlichCretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Psilodercidae. Originally described as a species of Leclercera, but subsequently transferred to the genus Priscaleclercera.Jörg Wunderlich 2017 New and rare fossil spiders (Araneae) in mid Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma), including the description of new extinct families of the suborders Mesothelae and Opisthothelae as well as notes on the taxonomy, the evolution and the biogeography of the Mesothelae Jörg Wunderlich Beiträge zur Araneologie, 10 72–279 http://joergwunderlich.de/Downloads/Beitr._Araneol._Band_10_(2017).pdf Leclercera spiculaSp. nov Jr synonymWunderlichCretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Psilodercidae. Originally described as a species of Leclercera, but subsequently transferred to the genus Priscaleclercera.LeviunguisGen. et sp. nov ValidWunderlichCretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarOriginally classified as a ray spider, subsequently transferred to the separate araneoid family Leviunguidae.Jörg Wunderlich Patrick Müller 2018 Reflections on the origin of the orb web, on the evolution and the relationships of selected spiders (Araneae): the RTA-clade, the superfamily Leptonetoidea as well as on the orb-weaving spiders (Araneoidea and Deinopoidea), based on "missing links" in Cretaceous Burmese amber; descriptions of new taxa, and notes on the spider fauna in Burmite Jörg Wunderlich Beiträge zur Araneologie, 11. Fossil spiders (Araneae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber 1–177 Publishing House Joerg Wunderlich 978-3-931473-16-7 http://joergwunderlich.de/Downloads/Beitr._Araneol._Band_11_(2018).pdf The type species is L. bruckschi.Mesobunus dunlopiGonzalo Giribet Ana Lúcia Tourinho ChungKun Shih Dong Ren 2012 An exquisitely preserved harvestman (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Opiliones) from the Middle Jurassic of China Organisms Diversity & Evolution 12 1 51–56 10.1007/s13127-011-0067-x 15658216 Sp. nov.ValidGiribet et al.Middle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaA sclerosomatid harvestman.MyanlagonopsGen. et sp. nov ValidWunderlichCretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Lagonomegopidae. The type species is M. gracilipes.OcululoborusGen. et sp. nov ValidWunderlichCretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Uloboridae. The type species is O. curvatus.Orchestina (Baltorchestina) angulataJörg Wunderlich 2012 Corrections and addenda to vol. 6 of the Beitr. Araneol. (2011) Jörg Wunderlich Beiträge zur Araneologie, 7: Fifteen papers on extant and fossil spiders (Araneae) 245–246 http://joergwunderlich.de/Downloads/Beitr._Araneol._Band_7_(2012).pdf Nom. nov ValidWunderlichEoceneBitterfeld amberGermanyAn oonopid; a replacement name for Orchestina (Baltorchestina) rectangulata Wunderlich (2011).Orchestina gappisp novValidSaupe et al..Latest Albian or earliest Cenomanian Chartense amberFranceAn oonopidOrchestina rabagensisErin E. Saupe Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente Paul A. Selden Xavier Delclòs Paul Tafforeau Carmen Soriano 2012 New Orchestina Simon, 1882 (Araneae: Oonopidae) from Cretaceous ambers of Spain and France: first spiders described using phase-contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography Palaeontology 55 1 127–143 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01123.x 2012Palgy..55..127S 1808/8829 46986311 free SpeciesValidSaupe et al.Early Albian SpainAn oonopid, a species of Orchestina.Palaeogrosphus jacquesiWilson R. Lourenço Hans Henderickx 2012 Another new sub-fossil species of scorpion of the genus Palaeogrosphus Lourenço, 2000 from Malagasy copal (Scorpiones: Buthidae) Euscorpius. Occasional Publications in Scorpiology 137 1–4 https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2012/iss137/1/ Sp. novValidLourenço & HenderickxHoloceneMalagasy copalMadagascarA buthid scorpion.PalaeoleptonetaGen. et sp. nov ValidWunderlichCretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarOriginally described as a member of Leptonetidae, subsequently considered to be a member of Araneomorphae of uncertain affinities by Magalhaes et al..Ivan L. F. Magalhaes Guilherme H. F. Azevedo Peter Michalik Martín J. Ramírez 2020 The fossil record of spiders revisited: implications for calibrating trees and evidence for a major faunal turnover since the Mesozoic Biological Reviews 95 1 184–217 10.1111/brv.12559 31713947 The type species is P. calcar.Palaeolychas weitschatiWilson R. Lourenço 2012 Further considerations on scorpions found in Baltic amber, with a description of a new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae) Euscorpius. Occasional Publications in Scorpiology 146 1–7 http://www.science.marshall.edu/fet/euscorpius/p2012_146.pdf Sp. nov.ValidLourençoEocene Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A buthid scorpion, a species of Palaeolychas.PalaeotrilineatusWilson R. Lourenço 2012 About the scorpion fossils from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Burma) with the descriptions of a new family, genus and species Acta Biológica Paranaense 41 3–4 75–87 http://ojs.c3sl.ufpr.br/ojs2/index.php/acta/article/viewFile/30349/19608 2013-12-31 2014-01-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20140102093624/http://ojs.c3sl.ufpr.br/ojs2/index.php/acta/article/viewFile/30349/19608 dead Gen. et sp. nov.ValidLourençoEarly Cretaceous Burmese amberMyanmarA scorpion. The type species is P. ellenbergeri.?Pholcochyrocer baculumJörg Wunderlich 2012 On the fossil spider (Araneae) fauna in Cretaceous ambers, with descriptions of new taxa from Myanmar (Burma) and Jordan, and on the relationships of the superfamily Leptonetoidea Jörg Wunderlich Beiträge zur Araneologie, 7: Fifteen papers on extant and fossil spiders (Araneae) 157–232 http://joergwunderlich.de/Downloads/Beitr._Araneol._Band_7_(2012).pdf Sp. nov ValidWunderlichCretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Pholcochyroceridae, possibly a species of Pholcochyrocer.Pholcochyrocer pectenSp. nov ValidWunderlichCretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Pholcochyroceridae, a species of Pholcochyrocer.PiankhiJason A. Dunlop Christian Bartel Plamen G. Mitov 2012 An enigmatic spiny harvestman from Baltic amber Fossil Record 15 2 91–101 10.1002/mmng.201200007 free 2012FossR..15...91D Gen. et sp. nov.ValidDunlop, Bartel & MitovEocene Baltic amberEuropeA harvestman found in Baltic amber. The type species is P. steineri.thumb|center|upright|Piankhi steineri?Poliochera cretaceaJörg Wunderlich 2012 Description of the first fossil Ricinulei in amber from Burma (Myanmar), the first report of this arachnid order from the Mesozoic and from Asia, with notes on the related extinct order Trigonotarbida Jörg Wunderlich Beiträge zur Araneologie, 7: Fifteen papers on extant and fossil spiders (Araneae) 233–244 http://joergwunderlich.de/Downloads/Beitr._Araneol._Band_7_(2012).pdf Sp. novValidWunderlichCretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Ricinulei. Originally described as a possible species of Poliochera, but subsequently transferred to the separate genus Protoricinus.Mario Gamarra-Cuba Paul A. Selden Xavier Delclòs New ricinuleids from Cenomanian Kachin amber (Myanmar) and a reassessment of †?Poliochera cretacea (Arachnida: Ricinulei) 2026 Palaeoentomology 9 4 213–216 10.11646/palaeoentomology.9.4.5 PraoppiellaLadislav Miko Jan Mourek Ioana Meleg Oana Moldovan 2012 Oribatid mite fossils from Quaternary and pre-Quaternary sediments in Slovenian caves I. Two new genera and two new species of the family Oppiidae from the Early Pleistocene Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B-Historia Naturalis 68 1–2 23–34 http://fi.nm.cz/wp-content/static/article/2012_23.pdf Gen. et sp. nov.ValidMiko & Mourek in Miko et al.Early PleistoceneSloveniaA mite. The type species is P. oanae.Pseudogarypus synchrotronHans Henderickx Paul Tafforeau Carmen Soriano 2012 Phase-contrast synchrotron microtomography reveals the morphology of a partially visible new Pseudogarypus in Baltic amber (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudogarypidae) Palaeontologia Electronica 15 2 17A http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2012-issue-2-articles/252-pseudogarypus-synchrotron Sp. novValidHenderickx in Henderickx, Tafforeau & SorianoLate EoceneBaltic AmberEuropeA pseudoscorpionthumb|center|150px|Pseudogarypus synchrotron?Psiloderces filiformisSp. nov ValidWunderlichCretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarFirst described as possibly species of Psiloderces; transferred to the genus Eopsiloderces.RhinoppioidesGen. et sp. nov.ValidMiko in Miko et al.Early PleistoceneSloveniaA mite. The type species is R. quadrituberculatus.SaetosomaGen. et sp. nov ValidWunderlichCretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Tetrablemmidae. The type species is S. filiembolus.SamlandicmetaGen. et sp. nov ValidWunderlichEoceneBaltic amberEuropeA long-jawed orb weaver. The type species is S. mutila.?Scytodes haniSp. nov ValidWunderlichCretaceousLebanese amberJordanA spider of uncertain affinities. Originally described as a spitting spider, possibly a species of Scytodes; Magalhaes et al. subsequently argued that it cannot be reliably assigned to Scytodoidea.Succiniropsis runcinataSp. nov ValidWunderlichEoceneBaltic amberEuropeA zoropsid.?Succinomus gibbosusSp. nov ValidWunderlichEoceneBaltic amberEuropeA succinomid, possibly a species of Succinomus.Trhypochthonius lopezvalleiAntonio Arillo Luis S. Subías Umukusum Shtanchaeva 2012 A new species of fossil oribatid mite (Acariformes, Oribatida, Trhypochthoniidae) from the Lower Cretaceous amber of San Just (Teruel Province, Spain) Systematic & Applied Acarology 17 1 106–112 10.11158/saa.17.1.16 86181818 Sp. nov.ValidArillo, Subías & ShtanchaevaEarly Cretaceous (Albian) SpainA trhypochthoniid mite.TriasacarusGen. et sp. nov.ValidLindquist & Grimaldi in Schmidt et al.Carnian ItalyA mite. The type species is T. fedelei. Crustaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcanthocythereis inoueiTatsuhiko Yamaguchi Hisakazu Mashiba Takahiro Kamiya 2012 Miocene Ostracodes from the Osaki Formation, Kukinaga Group, Tanegashima, Southwest Japan, and their Significance for the Biogeography of the Indo-West Pacific Paleontological Research 16 2 107–123 10.2517/1342-8144-16.2.107 129603945 free Sp. nov ValidYamaguchi, Mashiba & KamiyaMioceneOsaki FormationJapanAn ostracod, a species of Acanthocythereis.AcanthophoenicidesDenis Audo Sylvain Charbonnier 2012 New Nisto of Slipper Lobster (Decapoda: Scyllaridae) from the Hadjoula Lagerstätte (Late Cretaceous, Lebanon) Journal of Crustacean Biology 32 4 583–590 10.1163/193724012X634189 free Gen. et sp. nov ValidAudo & CharbonnierLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Hadjoula LagerstätteLebanonA slipper lobster belonging to the subfamily Arctidinae. The type species is A. peterpani.Acratia candyaeMarie-Béatrice Forel 2012 Ostracods (Crustacea) associated with microbialites across the Permian-Triassic boundary in Dajiang (Guizhou Province, South China) European Journal of Taxonomy 19 1–34 10.5852/ejt.2012.19 free Sp. nov ValidForelLate Permian (Changhsingian)Wujiaping FormationChinaAn acratiid ostracod, a species of Acratia.AgnocarcinusGen. et sp. novValidBeschin et al.Eocene (Lutetian)ItalyA crab belonging to the family Pilumnidae. The type species is A. zannatoi.AlberticarcinusGen. et sp. novValidBeschin et al.Eocene (Lutetian)ItalyA crab belonging to the family Atelecyclidae. The type species is A. eocaenus.Ammopylocheles robertborekiRené H.B. Fraaije Wiesław Krzemiński Barry W.M. Van Bakel Ewa Krzemińska John W.M. Jagt 2012 The earliest record of pylochelid hermit crabs from the Late Jurassic of southern Poland, with notes on paguroid carapace terminology Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 3 647–654 http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20110002.html 10.4202/app.2011.0002 free Sp. nov ValidFraaije et al.Middle OxfordianPolandA pylochelid, a species of Ammopylocheles.Amphicytherura grandicribraSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA schizocytherid ostracod, a species of Amphicytherura.Amphicytherura occultaSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaAn ostracod. Originally described as a species of Amphicytherura; Antonietto et al. (2013) transferred this species to the genus Dinglecythere.Lucas Silveira Antonietto Anna Abrahão Dermeval Aparecido do Carmo Ricardo Piazza Meireles 2013 Taxonomy, biostratigraphy and paleozoogeography of Amphicytherura Butler and Jones, Aracajuia Krömmelbein and Dinglecythere Antonietto et al., n. gen. (Crustacea, Ostracoda) Marine Micropaleontology 105 1–17 10.1016/j.marmicro.2013.09.002 2013MarMP.105....1A Amphissites gifuensisGengo Tanaka Teruo Ono Aihua Yuan Masahiro Ichida Haruyoshi Maeda 2012 Early Permian Ostracods from Mugi County, Gifu Prefecture, Central Japan Paleontological Research 16 2 88–106 10.2517/1342-8144-16.2.088 129053654 free Sp. nov ValidTanaka & Yuan in Tanaka et al.Early PermianJapanAn ostracod, a species of Amphissites.AntonioraninaGen. et comb. novValidVan Bakel et al.EoceneItaly Spain United StatesA raninid crab. The type species is "Cyrtorhina" globosa Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier (1988); genus also contains A. fusseli (Blow & Manning, 1996) and A. ripacurtae (Artal & Castillo, 2005). Van Bakel et al. (2012) tentatively assigned "Cyrtorhina" oblonga Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier (1988) to the genus Antonioranina as well; however, Karasawa et al. (2014) made it the type species of a separate genus Claudioranina.Archaeoniscus coreaensisTae-Yoon Park George D. F. Wilson Dong-Chan Lee Duck K. Choi 2012 Occurrence of the Isopod Archaeoniscus coreaensis New Species from the Lower Cretaceous Jinju Formation, Korea Journal of Paleontology 86 4 626–640 http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/content/86/4/626.abstract 10.1666/11-131R.1 2012JPal...86..626P 131617665 subscription Sp. nov ValidPark et al.Early CretaceousJinju FormationSouth KoreaAn isopod crustacean, a species of Archaeoniscus.thumb|center|upright|Archaeoniscus coreaensisAsciocythere cabbagehillensisSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA cytherideid ostracod, a species of Asciocythere.Asymmetricythere semoupatheiRaphaël Sarr 2012 Biozonation et paléoenvironnement des ostracodes du Paléogène du Sénégal occidental (Afrique de l'Ouest) Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 31 1 145–158 http://www.ville-ge.ch/mhng/paleo/paleo-pdf/31-1/pal_31_1_09.pdfSp. nov ValidSarrYpresian to LutetianMauritania SenegalA trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Asymmetricythere.Aurikirkbya miyakeiSp. nov ValidTanaka & Ono in Tanaka et al.Early PermianJapanAn ostracod, a species of Aurikirkbya.Aysegulina chapeltonensisSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA hemicytherid ostracod, a species of Aysegulina.Aysegulina riominhoensisSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA hemicytherid ostracod, a species of Aysegulina.Aysegulina sagittaSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA hemicytherid ostracod, a species of Aysegulina.Aysegulina ventrocurvaSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA hemicytherid ostracod, a species of Aysegulina.Bairdia adelineaeSp. nov ValidForelEarly Triassic (Griesbachian)Daye FormationChinaA bairdiid ostracod, a species of Bairdia.Bairdia fujisanSp. nov ValidTanaka & Maeda in Tanaka et al.Early PermianJapanAn ostracod, a species of Bairdia.Bairdia? hubertiSp. nov ValidForelLate Permian (Changhsingian)Wujiaping FormationChinaA bairdiid ostracod, a possible species of Bairdia.Bairdia ikeyaiSp. nov ValidTanaka in Tanaka et al.Early PermianJapanAn ostracod, a species of Bairdia.Bairdia jeromeiSp. nov ValidForelLate Permian (Changhsingian) and Early Triassic (Griesbachian)Daye Formation Wujiaping FormationChinaA bairdiid ostracod, a species of Bairdia.Bairdia minoensisSp. nov ValidTanaka & Ono in Tanaka et al.Early PermianJapanAn ostracod, a species of Bairdia.Bairdia spindlicaSp. nov ValidTanaka & Yuan in Tanaka et al.Early PermianJapanAn ostracod, a species of Bairdia.Balowella crassicostataSp. novValidLuppoldMiddle JurassicGermanyAn ostracod, a species of Balowella.Bathypluma pliocenicaAlessandro Garassino Giovanni Pasini Federico Marini 2012 Bathypluma pliocenica n. sp. (Decapoda, Brachyura, Retroplumidae) from the Zanclean (early Pliocene) of Volterra (Pisa, Toscana, Italy) Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Milano 153 1 63–69 10.4081/nhs.2012.63 free Sp. nov ValidGarassino, Pasini & MariniEarly PlioceneItalyA retroplumid crab, a species of Bathypluma.BournelyreidusGen. et comb. et sp. nov ValidVan Bakel et al.Late Cretaceous to PaleoceneDenmark France Germany Greenland United StatesA lyreidid crab. The type species is "Hemioon" eysunesensis Collins & Wienberg Rasmussen (1992); according to the authors of its description genus also contains "Raninella" carlilensis Feldmann & Maxey (1980), "Palaeocorystes" laevis Schlüter in von der Marck & Schlüter (1868), "Raninella" manningi Bishop & Williams (2000), "Raninella" oaheensis Bishop (1978) and "Raninella" tridens Roberts (1962), as well as the new species Bournelyreidus teodorii. On the other hand, Karasawa et al. (2014) transferred B. teodorii to the genus Lyreidus, "R." tridens to the genus Macroacaena and "R." manningi to the genus Heus.Brachycythere jamaicaensisSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Brachycythere.BretoniaSchweitzer C. E. Feldmann R. M. Franţescu O. D. Klompmaker A. 2012 Revision of Etyidae Guinot and Tavares, 2001 (Crustacea: Brachyura) Journal of Paleontology 86 1 129–155 http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/content/86/1/129.abstract 10.1666/11-060.1 2012JPal...86..129S 84956536 subscription gen et comb nov ValidSchweitzer et al.CenomanianSables du Perche FormationFrancecrab, New genus for "Xanthosia" danielae (Collins and Breton, 2009).Buntonia bodergatiSp. nov ValidSarrThanetian to YpresianMali SenegalA trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Buntonia.Buntonia nanaSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Buntonia.Buntonia vulgarisSp. novValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Buntonia.Bythocypris antoniettaeF. Sciuto 2012 New ostracod species from Lower Pleistocene sediments from Capo Milazzo (NE Sicily) Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 51 2 117–125 http://paleoitalia.org/archives/bollettino-spi/66/vol-51-2-2012/ 2013-01-28 2014-01-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20140101012306/http://paleoitalia.org/archives/bollettino-spi/66/vol-51-2-2012/ usurped Sp. nov ValidSciutoEarly PleistoceneItalyAn ostracod, a species of Bythocypris.Bythocythere solisdeusFrancesco Sciuto 2012 Bythocythere solisdeus n. sp. and Cytheropteron eleonorae n. sp. (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from the Early Pleistocene Bathyal Sediments of Cape Milazzo (NE, Sicily) Geosciences 2 3 147–156 10.3390/geosciences2030147 2012Geosc...2..147S free Sp. novValidSciutoEarly PleistoceneItalyA bythocytherid ostracod, a species of Bythocythere.Calliaxina altavillensisClaudio Beschin Antonio De Angeli 2012 Crostacei decapodi del Veneto occidentale (Vicenza, Italia settentrionale) Studi e Ricerche - Associazione Amici del Museo - Museo Civico "G. Zannato" Montecchio Maggiore (Vicenza) 19 5–14 https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/38769/38769.pdf Sp. nov ValidBeschin & De AngeliEoceneItalyA member of Callianassidae.Carinokloedenia onusta carinataGerhard Becker Christian Franke 2012 Über Ostracoden in Luxemburg und West-Eifel - das Ardenno-rheinische Unter-Devon im Spannungsfeld zwischen Oldred-Kontinent und Gondwana - ein Beitrag zur Biogeographie des Variszikum Ferrantia 68 65–116 https://ps.mnhn.lu/ferrantia/publications/Ferrantia68.pdf Subsp. novValidBecker & FrankeDevonianGermany LuxembourgAn ostracod belonging to the group Palaeocopida and the family Beyrichiidae.Carcinoplax parsensisFrancisco J. Vega Hossein Gholamalian Mohammad-Javad Hassani Seyed-Hadi Sajadi Peter Schaaf 2012 Miocene Crustacea from northern Bandar Abbas, South Iran Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 265 3 221–234 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0247Sp. nov ValidVega et al.Miocene (Burdigalian or Langhian)Mishan FormationIranA goneplacid decapod crustacean, a species of Carcinoplax.Carpopenaeus garassinoiGilles Petit Sylvain Charbonnier 2012 Fossil sponge gemmules, epibionts of Carpopenaeus garassinoi n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Sahel Alma Lagerstätte (Late Cretaceous, Lebanon) Geodiversitas 34 2 359–372 10.5252/g2012n2a6 73665612 https://zenodo.org/record/5378837 Sp. novValidCharbonnier in Petit & CharbonnierLate CretaceousSahel Alma LagerstätteLebanonCenocorystes bretoniSp. nov ValidVan Bakel et al.Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)FranceA palaeocorystid crab, a species of Cenocorystes.Cenomanocarcinus cantabricusSp. nov ValidVan Bakel et al.Early Cretaceous (Albian)SpainA cenomanocarcinid crab, a species of Cenomanocarcinus.Coleia martinlutheriSchweigert G. Ernst W. 2012 First record of a polychelid lobster (Crustacea: Decapoda: Coleiidae) from the Sinemurian (Early Jurassic) of Germany Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 263 1 35–42 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0207sp novValidSchweigert & ErnstSinemurian GermanyA coleiid polychelid, a species of Coleia.CretacolanaCarrie E. Schweitzer Rodney M. Feldmann 2012 Revision of Decapoda deposited in The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 38 15–27 http://www.city.mizunami.lg.jp/docs/2014092922865/files/2014092922865_bull38_03.pdf Gen. et comb. nov ValidSchweitzer & FeldmannCenomanianFranceA porcelain crab, a new genus for "Porcellana" antiqua A. Milne-Edwards, 1862.CretatrizochelesRené H.B. Fraaije Adiël A. Klompmaker Pedro Artal 2012 New species, genera and a family of hermit crabs (Crustacea, Anomura, Paguroidea) from a mid-Cretaceous reef of Navarra, northern Spain Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 263 1 85–92 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0213gen et sp novValidFraaije, Klompmaker, & ArtalAlbian or Cenomanian SpainA hermit crab. The type species is Cretatrizocheles olazagutiensis.CromimaiaGen. et comb. novValidBeschin et al.EoceneItalyA crab belonging to the family Majidae. The type species is "Micromaia" meneguzzoi Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier (1985); genus also includes "Micromaia" elegans Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier (1985).Cushmanidea tessieriSp. nov ValidSarrYpresian to LutetianSenegalA cushmanideid ostracod, a species of Buntonia.Cytherelloidea guineacornensisT. Markham Puckett Jean-Paul Colin Simon Mitchell 2012 New species and genera of Ostracoda from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Jamaica Micropaleontology 58 5 397–455 10.47894/mpal.58.5.01 24413452 2012MiPal..58..397P 249386052 Sp. nov ValidPuckett in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Guinea Corn FormationJamaicaA cytherellid ostracod, a species of Cytherelloidea.Cytheropteron eleonoraeSp. novValidSciutoEarly PleistoceneItalyA cytherurid ostracod, a species of Cytheropteron.Cytheropteron italoiSp. nov ValidSciutoEarly PleistoceneItalyAn ostracod, a species of Cytheropteron.Cytheropteron rossanaeSp. nov ValidSciutoEarly PleistoceneItalyAn ostracod, a species of Cytheropteron.Daira coccoiSp. novValidBeschin et al.Eocene (Lutetian)ItalyA crab belonging to the family Dairidae; a species of Daira.Dinochelus steeplensisDale Tshudy Jeff Saward 2012 Dinochelus steeplensis, a New Species of Clawed Lobster (Nephropidae) from the London Clay (Eocene) of England Journal of Crustacean Biology 32 1 67–79 10.1163/193724011X615343 53342026 free Sp. nov ValidTshudy & SawardEocene (Ypresian)London ClayUnited KingdomA lobster, a species of Dinochelus.Distefania renefraaijeiAdiël A. Klompmaker Rodney M. Feldmann Carrie E. Schweitzer 2012 A Hotspot for Cretaceous Goniodromitids (Decapoda: Brachyura) from Reef Associated Strata in Spain Journal of Crustacean Biology 32 5 780–801 10.1163/193724012X635340 free Sp. nov ValidKlompmaker, Feldmann & SchweitzerCretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian)SpainA goniodromitid crab, a species of Distefania.Dolocythere tuberculataFriedrich W. Luppold 2012 Ostracod assemblages from the Middle Jurassic of NW Germany with special reference to the Sowerbyi ammonite Zone (Early Bajocian, Jurassic) Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 266 3 217–238 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0280Sp. nov ValidLuppoldMiddle JurassicGermanyAn ostracod. Originally described as a species of Dolocythere; Lord, Cabral & Danielopol (2020) transferred this species to the genus Minyocythere.Alan R. Lord M. Cristina Cabral Dan L. Danielopol 2020 Sieve-type normal pore canals in Jurassic ostracods: A review with description of a new genus Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65 10.4202/app.00632.2019 free Ebullitiocaris elatusTom Womack Ben J. Slater Liadan G. Stevens Lyall I. Anderson Jason Hilton 2012 First cladoceran fossils from the Carboniferous: Palaeoenvironmental and evolutionary implications Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 344–345 39–48 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.05.012 2012PPP...344...39W Sp. nov ValidWomack et al.CarboniferousUnited KingdomA member of Cladocera, a species of Ebullitiocaris.Eocytheropteron hazeliSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA cytherurid ostracod, a species of Eocytheropteron.Eocytheropteron jamaicaensisSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA cytherurid ostracod, a species of Eocytheropteron.EouroptychusAntonio De Angeli Loris Ceccon 2012 Eouroptychus montemagrensis n. gen., n. sp., (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Chirostylidae) dell'Eocene inferiore (Ypresiano) di Monte Magrè (Vicenza, Italia settentrionale) Lavori – Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 37 19–24 https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/38796/38796.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidDe Angeli & CecconEocene (Ypresian)ItalyA member of Chirostylidae. The type species is E. montemagrensis.Eucytherura mitchelliSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA cytherurid ostracod, a species of Eucytherura.Eomunidopsis aldoirarensisAdiël A. Klompmaker Rodney M. Feldmann Cristina M. Robins Carrie E. Schweitzer 2012 Peak diversity of Cretaceous galatheoids (Crustacea, Decapoda) from northern Spain Cretaceous Research 36 125–145 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.003 2012CrRes..36..125K Sp. nov ValidKlompmaker et al.Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian)SpainA galatheoid, a species of Eomunidopsis.Eopaguropsis nidiaquilaeRené H.B. Fraaije Wiesław Krzemiński Barry W.M. Van Bakel Ewa Krzemińska John W.M. Jagt 2012 The earliest record of a diogenid hermit crab from the Late Jurassic of the southern Polish Uplands, with notes on paguroid carapace terminology Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 3 655–660 http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20110052.html 10.4202/app.2011.0052 free Sp. nov ValidFraaije et al.OxfordianPolandA diogenid, a species of Eopaguropsis.EosymethisGen. et sp. novValidVan Bakel et al.Eocene (Ypresian)Roda FormationSpainA raninid crab. The type species is Eosymethis aragonensis.Eohexapus orthogoniusSp. novValidBeschin et al.Eocene (Lutetian)ItalyA crab belonging to the family Hexapodidae.Eucorystes iserbytiSp. nov ValidVan Bakel et al.Early Cretaceous (Albian)FranceA palaeocorystid crab, a species of Eucorystes.Eucorystes navarrensisSp. nov ValidVan Bakel et al.Early Cretaceous (Albian)SpainA palaeocorystid crab, a species of Eucorystes.Faksecarcinusgen et comb nov ValidSchweitzer et al.Albian or Cenomanian to DanianDenmark SpainA crab, a new genus for "Xanthosia" gracilis.FerroraninaBarry W.M. Van Bakel Danièle Guinot Pedro Artal René H.B. Fraaije John W.M. Jagt 2012 A revision of the Palaeocorystoidea and the phylogeny of raninoidian crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Podotremata) Zootaxa 3215 1–216 https://www.academia.edu/8747921 10.11646/zootaxa.3215.1.1 Gen. et comb. et sp. nov ValidVan Bakel et al.Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian to late Campanian)Czech RepublicMartina Koová Veselská Barry W.M. van Bakel Tomáš Kočí John W.M. Jagt 2018 The first record of Ferroranina (Decapoda, Raninoidia, Palaeocorystidae) from Europe Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 288 2 161–171 10.1127/njgpa/2018/0730 India Madagascar Mexico United StatesA palaeocorystid crab. The type species is "Notopocorystes" dichrous Stenzel (1945); genus also contains "Notopocorystes" australis Secretan (1964) and "Notopocorystes" fritschi Glaessner (1929), as well as the new species Ferroranina tamilnadu.FloricythereisGen. et sp. et comb. novPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Jamaica United StatesA trachyleberidid ostracod. Genus includes new species Floricythereis exquisita, as well as F. lixula (Crane, 1965) (the type species was not designated).Galathea mainensisLoris Ceccon Antonio De Angeli 2012 Galathea mainensis n. sp., (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Galatheidae) dell'Eocene medio di Cava "Main" di Arzignano (Vicenza, Italia settentrionale) Lavori – Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 37 25–31 Sp. novValidCeccon & De AngeliMiddle EoceneItalyA species of Galathea.Gebiacantha tusciaAlessandro Garassino Giovanni Pasini Antonio De Angeli Sylvain Charbonnier Federico Famiani Angela Baldanza Roberto Bizzarri 2012 The decapod community from the Early Pliocene (Zanclean) of "La Serra" quarry (San Miniato, Pisa, Toscana, central Italy): sedimentology, systematics, and palaeoenvironmental implications Annales de Paléontologie 98 1 1–61 10.1016/j.annpal.2012.02.001 2012AnPal..98....1G Sp. nov ValidGarassino, Pasini, De Angeli & Charbonnier in Garassino et al.Early PlioceneItalyAn upogebiid decapod, a species of Gebiacantha.Geffenina mariebeatriceaeAnisong Chitnarin Sylvie Crasquin Thasinee Charoentitirat Prachya Tepnarong Nathawut Thanee 2012 Ostracods (Crustacea) of the Early-Middle Permian from Central Thailand (Indochina block). Part I. Order Palaeocopida Geodiversitas 34 4 801–835 http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/34/4/ostracodes-crustacea-du-permien-inferieur-et-moyen-de-thailande-centrale-bloc-indochine-premiere-partie-ordre-des-palaeocopida 10.5252/g2012n4a5 129312857 subscription Sp. nov ValidChitnarin in Chitnarin et al.Late Early PermianTak Fa FormationThailandA knoxitid palaeocopidan ostracod, a species of Geffenina.Geffenina mariebeatriceaeSp. nov ValidChitnarin in Chitnarin et al.Early PermianPha Nok Khao FormationThailandA knoxitid palaeocopidan ostracod, a species of Geffenina.Glyphea wiffenaeRodney M. Feldmann Jeffrey D. Stilwell 2012 A New Glypheid Lobster from the Late Cretaceous of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand Journal of Paleontology 86 1 126–128 http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/content/86/1/126.abstract 10.1666/11-057.1 2012JPal...86..126F 129847000 subscription Species ValidFeldmann and StilwellLate CretaceousMaungataniwa SandstoneNew ZealandA glypheid lobster, a species of Glyphea.Glyptopleura mugiensisSp. nov ValidTanaka & Yuan in Tanaka et al.Early PermianJapanAn ostracod, a species of Glyptopleura.Goniodromites kubaiNatalia Starzyk Ewa Krzemiska Wiesław Krzemiski 2012 A new crab species from the Oxfordian of Poland (Decapoda: Brachyura: Goniodromitidae) Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 263 2 143–153 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0219sp novValidStarzyk, Krzemiska, & KrzemiskiOxfordian PolandA crab, a species of Goniodromites.GonioplacoidesW. J. Quayle J. S. H. Collins 2012 A review of the decapod crustaceans from the Tertiary of the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, U. K, with description of three new species Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 38 33–51 http://www.city.mizunami.lg.jp/docs/2014092922865/files/2014092922865_bull38_05.pdf Gen. et sp. nov ValidQuayle & CollinsEoceneHeadon Hill FormationUnited KingdomA goneplacid. The type species is Gonioplacoides minuta.Graptocarcinus urbasaensisBarry W.M. Van Bakel Danièle Guinot José Carmelo Corral Pedro Artal 2012 Graptocarcininae n. subfam., an extinct subfamily of Dynomenidae Ortmann, 1892 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Podotremata) Zootaxa 3534 40–52 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03534p052f.pdf 10.11646/zootaxa.3534.1.3 Sp. nov ValidVan Bakel et al.Late CretaceousSpainA dynomenid crab, a species of Graptocarcinus.Grinioneis pachycostaClaude Guernet Damien Huyghe Franck Lartaud Didier Merle Laurent Emmanuel Jean-Pierre Gély Florent Michel Ophélie Pilet 2012 Les Ostracodes de la falunière de Grignon (Lutétien du Bassin de Paris): implications stratigraphiques Geodiversitas 34 4 909–959 http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/34/4/les-ostracodes-de-la-faluniere-de-grignon-lutetien-du-bassin-de-paris-implications-stratigraphiques 10.5252/g2012n4a12 140615269 subscription Sp. nov ValidGuernet et al.Eocene (Lutetian)Paris BasinFranceA trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Grinioneis.GrolamaiaGen. et sp. novValidBeschin et al.Eocene (Lutetian)ItalyA crab belonging to the subfamily Pisinae. The type species is G. vicariottoi.HadrocarcinusCarrle E. Schweitzer Rodney M. Feldmann Matthew C. Lamanna 2012 New Genus of Crab (Brachyura: Raninoida: Necrocarcinidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of West Antarctica, with Description of a New Species Annals of Carnegie Museum 80 2 147–158 10.2992/007.080.0203 84001607 gen et comb et sp novValidSchweitzer, Feldmann & LamannaLate CretaceousAntarcticaA necrocarcinid crab, a new genus for "Necrocarcinus" wrighti. The genus also contains "Necrocarcinus" carinatus and a new species Hadrocarcinus tectilacus.Harbinia altaLucas Silveira Antonietto Silvia Regina Gobbo Dermeval Aparecido Do Carmo Mário Luiz Assine Maria Alice Morgado Castanheira Cordeiro Fernandes José Eduardo Lima E Silva 2012 Taxonomy, Ontogeny and Paleoecology of Two Species of Harbinia TSAO, 1959 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Northeastern Brazil Journal of Paleontology 86 4 659–668 http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/content/86/4/659.abstract 10.1666/11-012R.1 2012JPal...86..659A 86564268 subscription Sp. nov ValidAntonietto et al.Aptian or early AlbianSantana FormationBrazilAn ostracod crustacean, a species of Harbinia.HeadonipusGen. et sp. nov ValidQuayle & CollinsLate EoceneHeadon BedsUnited KingdomA hexapodid. The type species is Headonipus tuberculatus.Hemiparacytheridea exquisitaSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA paracytherideid ostracod, a species of Hemiparacytheridea.HispanigalatheaGen. et 2 sp. nov ValidKlompmaker et al.Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian)SpainA galatheoid. Genus contains two species: Hispanigalathea pseudolaevis and H. tuberosa.Huanghestheria linxiensisYong-sheng Zhang Shao-wu Niu Shu-gang Tian En-yuan Xing Kui Su Jie Cao Jun-tao Wang 2012 The discovery of conchostracan fossils in the Upper Permian Linxi Formation of Linxi area, Inner Mongolia, and its geological significance Geological Bulletin of China 31 9 1394–1403 http://dzhtb.cgs.cn/gbc/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=20120904 Sp. nov ValidNiu in Zhang et al.Late PermianLinxi FormationChinaA vertexiine lioestheriid spinicaudatan clam shrimp, a species of Huanghestheria.JoeraninaGen. et comb. et sp. nov ValidVan Bakel et al.Cretaceous (Albian to early Campanian)Canada France Greenland Japan Madagascar Spain Switzerland Syria United Kingdom United StatesA palaeocorystid crab. The type species is "Corystes" broderipii Mantell (1844). According to the authors of its description genus also contains "Palaeocorystes" harveyi Woodward (1896), "Eucorystes" japonicus Jimbô (1894), "Notopocorystes" paututensis Collins & Wienberg Rasmussen (1992), "Eucorystes" platys Schweitzer & Feldmann (2002) and "Notopocorystes" syriacus Withers (1928), as well as the new species Joeranina gaspari. On the other hand, Karasawa et al. (2014) transferred "P." harveyi, E. platys and "N." paututensis to the genus Eucorystes; the authors also transferred the species "Notopocorystes" xizangensis Wang (1981) to the genus Joeranina.Hiroaki Karasawa Carrie E. Schweitzer Rodney M. Feldmann Javier Luque 2014 Phylogeny and classification of Raninoida (Decapoda: Brachyura) Journal of Crustacean Biology 34 2 216–272 10.1163/1937240X-00002216 free JuracristaC.M. Robins R.M. Feldmann C.E. Schweitzer 2012 The oldest Munididae (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheoidea) from Ernstbrunn, Austria (Tithonian) Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 114 289–300 http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_114A_0289-0300.pdf 41702112 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidRobins, Feldmann & SchweitzerLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Ernstbrunn LimestoneAustriaA munidid. The type species is Juracrista perculta; genus also contains Juracrista costaspinosa.Jurapylocheles iwonaeSp. nov ValidFraaije et al.Middle OxfordianPolandA pylochelid, a species of Jurapylocheles.Kinkelinella circumcostataSp. novValidLuppoldMiddle JurassicGermanyAn ostracod, a species of Kinkelinella.Kloedenella poschmanniSp. novValidBecker & FrankeDevonianGermanyAn ostracod.KoryncheirosRodney M. Feldmann Carrie E. Schweitzer Shixue Hu Qiyue Zhang Changyoing Zhou Tao Xie Jinyuan Huang Wen Wen 2012 Macrurous Decapoda from the Luoping Biota (Middle Triassic) of China Journal of Paleontology 86 3 425–441 http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/content/86/3/425.abstract 10.1666/11-113.1 2012JPal...86..425F 86360640 subscription Gen. et sp. nov ValidFeldmann et al.Middle or late AnisianGuanling FormationChinaA decapod crustacean; a clytiopsid erymoid. The type species is Koryncheiros luopingensis.KroemmelbeincyprisStephen F. Poropat Jean-Paul Colin 2012 Reassessment of the Early Cretaceous Non-Marine Ostracod Genera Hourcqia Krömmelbein, 1965 and Pattersoncypris Bate, 1972 with the Description of a New Genus, Kroemmelbeincypris Journal of Paleontology 86 4 699–719 http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/content/86/4/699.abstract 10.1666/11-140R.1 2012JPal...86..699P 129770828 subscription Gen. et comb. nov ValidPoropat & ColinAptianAn ostracod crustacean, a new genus for the species "Hourcqia" symmetrica Krömmelbein & Weber and "Hourcqia" angulata Krömmelbein & Weber.Langdaia meesookiSp. nov ValidChitnarin in Chitnarin et al.Late Early to Middle PermianTak Fa FormationThailandA knoxitid palaeocopidan ostracod, a species of Langdaia.LeiocythereisGen. et sp. novValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA trachyleberidid ostracod. The type species is Leiocythereis polita.Lepas sattmanniMathias Harzhauser Jan Schlögl 2012 Lepadiform and scalpelliform barnacles from the Oligocene and Miocene of the Paratethys sea Palaeontology 55 5 923–936 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01155.x 2012Palgy..55..923H free Sp. nov ValidHarzhauser & SchlöglEarly MioceneEbelsberg FormationAustriaA lepadid barnacle, a species of Lepas.LessinicarcinusAntonio De Angeli 2012 Lessinicarcinus n. gen., nuovo genere per Titanocorcinus euglyphos Bittner, 1875 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Pilumnidae) dell'Eocene del Veneto (Italia settentrionale) Natura Vicentina 15 75–84 http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/38790/38790.pdf Gen. et comb. novValidDe AngeliEoceneCroatiaVasja Mikuž 2015 Nekaj novih najdb eocenskih rakovic iz najdišča ]opi v Istri Geologija 58 1 63–70 10.5474/geologija.2015.005 free ItalyA crab belonging to the family Pilumnidae. The type species is "Titanocarcinus" euglyphos Bittner (1875).LessinipagurusClaudio Beschin Antonio De Angeli Andrea Checchi Giannino Zarantonello 2012 Crostacei del giacimento eocenico di Grola presso Spagnago di Cornedo Vicentino (Vicenza, Italia Settentrionale) (Decapoda, Stomapoda, Isopoda) Museo di Archeologia e Scienze Naturali “G. Zannato”, Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza 1–100 978-88-900625-2-0 http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/38771/38771.pdf Gen. et sp. nov ValidBeschin et al.Eocene (Lutetian)ItalyA hermit crab. Originally assigned to the family Paguridae, subsequently transferred to the separate family Xylopaguridae by Gašparič et al. (2016).Rok Gašparič René Fraaije Ninon Robin Antonio De Angeli 2016 The first record of paguroids from the Eocene of Istria (Croatia) and further phylogenetic refinement of the Paguroidea (Crustacea, Anomura) Bulletin of Geosciences 91 3 467–480 10.3140/bull.geosci.1616 free The type species is L. granulatus.LienenklausicythereHenning Uffenorde Miklós Monostori Emöke Tóth 2012 The acuticosta-group (Ostracoda, Cytheroidea) in the Mid-European Eocene and Oligocene, with description of Lienenklausicythere n. gen. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 266 3 337–358 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0286 Gen. et comb. nov ValidUffenorde, Monostori & TóthEocene to OligoceneEuropeAn ostracod, a new genus for "Hermanites" acuticosta and "Hermanites" camela; genus also contains a new, yet-unnamed species.Ljubimovella debilicostatusSp. novValidLuppoldMiddle JurassicGermanyAn ostracod, a species of Ljubimovella.Lobonotus beschiniAntonio De Angeli Andrea Checchi 2012 Lobonotus beschini n. sp., nuovo brachiuro eocenico della Valle del Chiampo (Monti Lessini, Vicenza, Italia nordorientale) Lavori – Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 37 33–41 https://www.academia.edu/25294584 Sp. novValidDe Angeli & ChecchiEocene (Lutetian)ItalyA crab belonging to the family Tumidocarcinidae.Loxoconcha pindarsensisSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA loxoconchid ostracod, a species of Loxoconcha.MarylyreidusGen. et comb. novValidVan Bakel et al.Cretaceous (late Albian–early Cenomanian)Pawpaw FormationUnited StatesA lyreidid crab. The type species is "Notopocorystes" punctatus Rathbun (1935).Megokkos patagoniensisCarrie E. Schweitzer Rodney M. Feldmann Silvio Casadío Martin Rodriguez Raising 2012 Eocene Decapod Crustacea (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from Patagonia, Argentina Annals of Carnegie Museum 80 3 173–186 10.2992/007.080.0301 86083986 Sp. nov ValidSchweitzer et al.EoceneRio Turbio FormationArgentinaA crab, a species of Megokkos.Mesoparapylochelesgen et sp novValidFraaije, Klompmaker, & ArtalAlbian or Cenomanian SpainA hermit crab. The type species is Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni.Microcheilinella subovataSp. nov ValidTanaka & Maeda in Tanaka et al.Early PermianJapanAn ostracod, a species of Microcheilinella.Microcheilinella tsubogawensisSp. nov ValidTanaka & Ichida in Tanaka et al.Early PermianJapanAn ostracod, a species of Microcheilinella.Microcoelonella takfaensisSp. nov ValidChitnarin in Chitnarin et al.Middle PermianTak Fa FormationThailandA coelonellid palaeocopidan ostracod, a species of Microcoelonella.Microcoelonella takliensisSp. nov ValidChitnarin in Chitnarin et al.Middle PermianTak Fa FormationThailandA coelonellid palaeocopidan ostracod, a species of Microcoelonella.Munida deangeliiC.M. Robins R.M. Feldmann C.E. Schweitzer 2012 Clarification of the South American genus Austromunida Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), with the establishment of a new species Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 114 301–306 http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_114A_0301-0306.pdf 41702113 Sp. nov ValidRobins, Feldmann & SchweitzerLate Oligocene to early MioceneRío Foyel FormationArgentinaA munidid, a species of Munida.Myra guriiSp. nov ValidVega et al.Miocene (Burdigalian or Langhian)Mishan FormationIranA leucosiid decapod crustacean, a species of Myra.NavarradromitesGen. et sp. nov ValidKlompmaker, Feldmann & SchweitzerCretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian)SpainA goniodromitid crab. The type species is Navarradromites pedroartali.NavarrahomolaPedro Artal Barry W.M. Van Bakel René H.B. Fraaije John W.M. Jagt Adiël A. Klompmaker 2012 New Albian-Cenomanian crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Podotremata) from Monte Orobe, Navarra, northern Spain Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 29 2 398–410 http://satori.geociencias.unam.mx/29-2/%2808%29Artal.pdf 2013-01-11 2014-02-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20140223050956/http://satori.geociencias.unam.mx/29-2/%2808%29Artal.pdf dead Gen. et sp. nov.ValidArtal et al.Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian)SpainA homolid crab. The type species is Navarrahomola hispanica.Neocallichirus bacatusAlessandra Busulini Claudio Beschin Giuliano Tessier 2012 Nuovo contributo alla conoscenza dei crostacei decapodi della marna di Possagno (eocene superiore – Italia settentrionale) Lavori – Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 37 43–72 Sp. novValidBusulini, Beschin & TessierEocene (Priabonian)ItalyA member of Callianassidae.Neocytherideis labyrinthoideaSp. nov ValidGuernet et al.Eocene (Lutetian)Paris BasinFranceA neocytherideid ostracod, a species of Neocytherideis.Neocytheromorpha priscipacificaSp. nov ValidYamaguchi, Mashiba & KamiyaMioceneOsaki FormationJapanAn ostracod, a species of Neocytheromorpha.Neurocythere jakovlevaeEkaterina M. Tesakova Stephan M. Demidov Alexander V. Guzhov Mikhail A. Rogov Dmitry N. Kiselev 131174165 2012 Middle Oxfordian – Lower Kimmeridgian ostracod zones from the Mikhalenino section (Kostroma region) and their comparison with synchronous strata of the Eastern and Western Europe Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 266 3 239–249 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0281Sp. nov ValidKolpenskaya in Tesakova et al.Late Jurassic (Early Kimmeridgian)RussiaAn ostracod, a species of Neurocythere.Nitotacarcinus antipodesSp. nov ValidSchweitzer et al.EoceneRio Turbio FormationArgentinaA crab, a species of Nitotacarcinus.NodosculdaOvidiu D. Franţescu 2012 Nodosculda fisherorum, New Genus and New Species of Mantis Shrimp (Stomatopoda: Sculdidae) from the Cretaceous (Late Albian) of Texas, USA Journal of Crustacean Biology 32 5 774–779 10.1163/193724012X637221 free Gen. et sp. nov ValidFranţescuEarly Cretaceous (late Albian)United StatesA mantis shrimp. The type species is Nodosculda fisherorum.Noetlingocarcinus messinaiSp. nov ValidBeschin et al.Eocene (Lutetian)ItalyA crab belonging to the superfamily Dromioidea and the family Basinotopidae, a species of Noetlingocarcinus.NogarhomolaAntonio De Angeli Riccardo Alberti 2012 Nogarhomola aurorae n. gen., n. sp. (Decapoda, Brachyura, Homolidae) dell'Eocene medio dei Monti Lessini orientali (Vicenza, Italia settentrionale) Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali 92 63–70 http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/38791/38791.pdf Gen. et sp. nov ValidDe Angeli & AlbertiEocene (Lutetian)ItalyA homolid crab. The type species is Nogarhomola aurorae.Notopocorystes kerriJavier Luque Rodney M. Feldmann Carrie E. Schweitzer Carlos Jaramillo Christopher B. Cameron 2012 The oldest frog crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Raninoida) from the Aptian of northern South America Journal of Crustacean Biology 32 3 405–420 10.1163/193724012X626539 free Sp. nov ValidLuque et al.Early Cretaceous (late Aptian)Paja FormationColombiaA palaeocorystid raninoid crab. Initially described as a species of Notopocorystes, but subsequently reassigned to the genus Joeranina.Hermann D. Bermúdez Arley de J. Gómez-Cruz Matúš Hyžný Josep A. Moreno-Bedmar Ricardo Barragán Mario Moreno Sánchez Francisco J. Vega 2013 Decapod crustaceans from the Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) San Gil Group in the Villa de Leyva section, central Colombia Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 267 3 255–272 10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0308 NykteripteryxGen. et sp. nov ValidKlompmaker et al.Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian)SpainA galatheoid. The type species is Nykteripteryx rostrata.Ochtholambrus gambillaraiSp. novValidBusulini, Beschin & TessierEocene (Priabonian)ItalyA crab belonging to the family Parthenopidae.Odontodactylus italicusSp. novValidBeschin et al.Eocene (Lutetian)ItalyA mantis shrimp belonging to the family Odontodactylidae; a species of Odontodactylus.OmmaciriaGen. et comb. novValidBeschin et al.EoceneItalyA crab belonging to the family Majidae. The type species is "Micromaia" mainensis Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier (1985).Orthobairdia jeanlouisiSp. nov ValidForelEarly Triassic (Griesbachian)Daye FormationChinaA bairdiid ostracod, a species of Orthobairdia.Ovocytheridea rotundaSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA cytherideid ostracod, a species of Ovocytheridea.Paguristes gagnaisoniCyril Gagnaison 2012 Des bernard-l'hermites dans les faluns miocènes de Channay-sur-Lathan (Indre-et-Loire, France) Cossmanniana 14 67–72 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278022787 Sp. novValidGagnaisonMioceneFranceA species of Paguristes.Pagurus valdagnensisSp. nov ValidBeschin et al.Eocene (Lutetian)ItalyA hermit crab belonging to the family Paguridae, a species of Pagurus.Palaega picenaGiovanni Pasini Alessandro Garassino 2012 Palaega picena n. sp. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from the Miocene of Arcevia, Ancona (Marche, central Italy) Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Milano 153 1 21–26 10.4081/nhs.2012.21 free Sp. novValidPasini & GarassinoMioceneItalyA cirolanid isopod, a species of Palaega.Palaega pisanaGiovanni Pasini Alessandro Garassino 2012 Palaega pisana n. sp. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from the Pliocene of Orciano Pisano, Pisa (Toscana, central Italy) Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Milano 153 1 3–11 10.4081/nhs.2012.3 free Sp. novJunior synonymPasini & GarassinoPlioceneItalyA cirolanid isopod. Originally described as a species of Palaega; considered to be a junior synonym of Bathynomus sismondai (Ristori, 1891) by Hyžný, Pasini & Garassino (2019).Matúš Hyžný Giovanni Pasini Alessandro Garassino 2019 Supergiants in Europe: on the cirolanid isopod Bathynomus A. MILNE EDWARDS, 1879 (Malacostraca, Peracarida) from the Plio-Pleistocene of Italy Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 291 3 283–298 10.1127/njgpa/2019/0802 243239986 Palaega steatopigiaGiovanni Pasini Alessandro Garassino 2012 First record of cirolanids (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from the Middle Pliocene of Parma and Reggio Emilia Province (Emilia Romagna, N Italy) Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Milano 153 1 13–20 10.4081/nhs.2012.13 free Sp. novNomen dubiumPasini & GarassinoPlioceneItalyA cirolanid isopod. Originally described as a species of Palaega; Hyžný, Pasini & Garassino (2019) considered this species to be a nomen dubium and reassigned it to the genus Bathynomus.Palaeohomarus pacificusBeatriz Aguirre-Urreta Darío G. Lazo Peter F. Rawson 2012 Decapod Crustacea from the Agrio Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina Palaeontology 55 5 1091–1103 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01175.x 2012Palgy..55.1091A 128517109 11336/68260 free Sp. nov ValidAguirre-Urreta, Lazo & RawsonLate Hauterivian or early BarremianAgrio FormationArgentinaA decapod crustacean, a species of Palaeohomarus.Paracypris keijiSp. nov ValidGuernet et al.Eocene (Lutetian)Paris BasinFranceA candonid ostracod, a species of Paracypris.Paranecrocarcinus ballaSp. nov ValidVan Bakel et al.Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)FranceA necrocarcinid crab, a species of Paranecrocarcinus.PeriosocyprisR. C. Whatley S. C. Khosla A. S. Rathore 2012 Periosocypris megistus n. gen. and n. sp. : a new gigantic non-marine cyprid ostracod from the Maastrichtian Lameta Formation of India Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 57 2 113–117 10.1177/0552936020120203 http://palaeontologicalsociety.in/volume_57_2_Dec_12/3-whatleyKhosla.pdf Gen. et sp. nov ValidWhatley, Khosla & RathoreLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Lameta FormationIndiaA cypridid ostracod. The type species is Periosocypris megistus.Petrochirus saviiSp. nov ValidBeschin et al.Eocene (Lutetian)ItalyA hermit crab belonging to the family Diogenidae, a species of Petrochirus.PhrixocythereGen. et sp. novValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA hemicytherid ostracod. The type species is Phrixocythere unionensis.PlanocarcinusGen. et comb. nov ValidLuque et al.Early Cretaceous (late Aptian)Paja FormationColombiaA necrocarcinid raninoid crab, a new genus for "Dakoticancer" olssoni Rathbun (1937).Podocallichirus laepaensisMatúš Hyžný Fernando Muñiz 2012 Podocallichirus laepaensis, a New Ghost Shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Callianassidae) from the Late Miocene of Southwest Spain Journal of Paleontology 86 4 616–625 http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/content/86/4/616.abstract 10.1666/12-016R.1 2012JPal...86..616H 51901804 Sp. novValidHyžný & MuñizLate MioceneSpainA callianassid ghost shrimp. Originally described as a species of Podocallichirus; subsequently transferred to the genus Balsscallichirus by Hyžný (2016).Matúš Hyžný 2016 Balsscallichirus Sakai, 2011 (Decapoda: Axiidea: Callianassidae) in the fossil record: systematics and palaeobiogeography Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 118 39–63 Protobuntonia waroreiSp. nov ValidSarrPaleocene to YpresianSenegal TogoA trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Buntonia.Pterygocythereis babinotiSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Pterygocythereis.PylochelitergitesRené H.B. Fraaije Wiesław Krzemiski Barry W.M Van Bakel Ewa Krzemiska John W.M. Jagt 2012 The sixth abdominal tergites of paguroid anomurans – a newly recognized crustacean macrofossil type Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 266 2 115–122 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0273Gen. et 2 sp. nov ValidFraaije et al.Oxfordian to KimmeridgianGermany PolandA pylochelid hermit crab. Genus contains two species: P. westerbergensis (the type species) and P. gelasinus.Quasilaeviranina minusculaSp. novValidBeschin et al.Eocene (Lutetian)ItalyA crab belonging to the family Raninidae, a species of Quasilaeviranina.Raninoides rioturbiensisSp. nov ValidSchweitzer et al.EoceneRio Turbio FormationArgentinaA crab, a species of Raninoides.Rhinolambrus elongatusSp. novValidBeschin et al.Eocene (Lutetian)ItalyA crab belonging to the family Parthenopidae; a species of Rhinolambrus.RistoriaGen. et comb. nov ValidGarassino, Pasini, De Angeli & Charbonnier in Garassino et al.Early PlioceneItalyA leucosiid crab, a new genus for "Ilia" pliocaenica Ristori, 1891.Samarella soneiSp. nov ValidChitnarin in Chitnarin et al.Middle PermianTak Fa FormationThailandA paraparchitid palaeocopidan ostracod, a species of Samarella.Samarella viscusformaSp. nov ValidChitnarin in Chitnarin et al.Early to Middle PermianPha Nok Khao Formation Tak Fa FormationThailandA paraparchitid palaeocopidan ostracod, a species of Samarella.Sargentina chantarameeiSp. nov ValidChitnarin in Chitnarin et al.Early to Middle PermianPha Nok Khao Formation Tak Fa FormationThailandA knoxitid palaeocopidan ostracod, a species of Sargentina.Scalpellum paratethyianumSp. nov ValidHarzhauser & SchlöglEarly MioceneLakšárska Nová Ves FormationSlovakiaA scalpellid barnacle, a species of Scalpellum.Schizoptocythere nanaSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Schizoptocythere.Schizoptocythere pinnaSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Schizoptocythere.Schuleridea exiguaSp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)JamaicaA cytherideid ostracod, a species of Schuleridea.Semicytherura cariouiSp. nov ValidSarrYpresian to LutetianSenegalA cytherurid ostracod, a species of Semicytherura.SinerugaVincent Perrier 2012 An atypical Silurian myodocope ostracod from the Armorican Massif, France Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 2 363–373 http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20100006.html 10.4202/app.2010.0006 free gen et sp novValid PerrierSilurian (uppermost Ludlow to lower Pridoli) Le Val FormationFrancemyodocope ostracod. type species is Sineruga insolita.Southcavea (Saxosouthcavea)Subgen. et 3 sp. nov ValidLuppoldMiddle JurassicGermanyAn ostracod, a subgenus of Southcavea containing three new species: Southcavea (Saxosouthcavea) extendata, Southcavea (Saxosouthcavea) bartenbrandi and Southcavea (Saxosouthcavea) malzi (with two subspecies: S. (S.) malzi malzi and S. (S.) malzi reticulata).SpinicytherideaGen. et sp. nov ValidPuckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & MitchellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Jamaica MexicoA cytherideid ostracod. The type species is Spinicytheridea compta from Jamaica; genus also includes a second, unnamed species from the Maastrichtian Ocozocoautla Formation of Chiapas, Mexico.SpinirostrimaiaGen. et comb. novValidBeschin et al.EoceneItaly SpainA crab belonging to the family Majidae. The type species is "Micromaia" margaritata Fabiani (1910).Stagmacaris adielklompmakeriSp. nov ValidFraaije et al.Early late KimmeridgianGermanyA pylochelid hermit crab, a species of Stagmacaris.Stagmacaris biarcusSp. nov ValidFraaije et al.Middle OxfordianPolandA pylochelid hermit crab, a species of Stagmacaris.Steorrosiagen et comb nov ValidSchweitzer et al.Late Albian to CenomanianUnited StatesCrab, New genus for "Xanthosia" aspera. Other species S. pawpawensis and S. reidi.StyracocarcinusGen. et comb. nov ValidSchweitzer & FeldmannLate Cretaceous (Senonian)MoroccoA tumidocarcinid decapod, a new genus for "Titanocarcinus" meridionalis Secretan, 1961.SuperpendicythereGen. et sp. novValidLuppoldMiddle JurassicGermanyAn ostracod. The type species is S. binodosa.SymethoidesGen. et sp. novValidVan Bakel et al.Paleocene (early Danian)Tinton FormationUnited StatesA raninid crab. The type species is Symethoides monmouthorum.Szaboa deppermanniRené H. B. Fraaije Barry W. M. van Bakel John W.M. Jagt Stefan Polkowsky 2012 A new Oligocene record of Szaboa (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Matutidae) from northern Germany Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 38 29–31 http://www.city.mizunami.lg.jp/docs/2014092922865/files/2014092922865_bull38_04.pdf Sp. nov ValidFraaije et al.OligoceneRatzeburg FormationGermanyA matutid crab, a species of Szaboa.Thalamita italicaSp. nov ValidGarassino, Pasini, De Angeli & Charbonnier in Garassino et al.Early PlioceneItalyA portunid crab, a species of Thalamita.TridactylastacusGen. et sp. nov ValidFeldmann et al.Middle or late AnisianGuanling FormationChinaA decapod crustacean; a glypheoid belonging to the family Litogastridae.Carrie E. Schweitzer Rodney M. Feldmann Hiroaki Karasawa Neil A. Wells Shixue Hu Qiyue Zhang Jinyuan Huang Wen Wen Changyoing Zhou Tao Xie 2016 Morphology, systematics, and paleoecology of Tridactylastacus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Glypheidea, Litogastridae) Journal of Paleontology 90 6 1112–1117 10.1017/jpa.2016.116 2016JPal...90.1112S 133029927 The type species is Tridactylastacus sinensis.TurbiocheirGen. et sp. nov DisputedSchweitzer et al.EoceneRio Turbio FormationArgentina Chile VenezuelaCarrie E. Schweitzer Matúš Hyžný Rodney M. Feldmann 2021 New Paleogene and Neogene decapod crustaceans (Axiidea, Brachyura) from Venezuela Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 300 3 245–266 10.1127/njgpa/2021/0988 236264488 A thalassinidean. The type species is Turbiocheir minutospinata. Hyžný et al. (2020) considered the genus Turbiocheir to be a junior synonym of the genus Anacalliax, creating a new combination Anacalliax minutospinata.Matúš Hyžný Patricio Zambrano Fernando Muñiz Juan Carlos Aragón 2020 Ghost shrimp genus Turbiocheir from the Palaeogene of Argentina and Chile revisited: the first fossil record of Anacalliax (Decapoda: Anacalliacidae) Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 33 11 2794–2803 10.1080/08912963.2020.1828403 228990968 VecticallichirusGen. et sp. nov ValidQuayle & CollinsLate Eocene and OligoceneHeadon BedsUnited KingdomA callichirid ghost shrimp. The type species is Vecticallichirus abditus. Hyžný (2020) considered V. abditus to be a junior synonym of "Callianassa" batei Woodward (1869), resulting in a new combination Vecticallichirus batei.Matúš Hyžný 2020 Vecticallichirus batei (WOODWARD, 1869) n. comb. – a remarkable Paleogene ghost shrimp (Decapoda, Axiidea, Callichiridae) from the Isle of Wight, southern England Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 296 1–2 119–128 10.1127/njgpa/2020/0894 219657868 VegaraninaGen. et comb. novValidVan Bakel et al.Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian)Cuba France Mexico United States (Puerto Rico)A raninid crab. The type species is "Lophoranina" precocious Feldmann, Vega, Tucker, García-Barrera & Avendaño (1996).Vernoniella tenuiporaSp. novValidLuppoldMiddle JurassicGermanyAn ostracod, a species of Vernoniella.ViaiaGen. et sp. nov.ValidArtal et al.Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian)SpainA viaiid glaessneropsoid crab. The type species is Viaia robusta.YunnanopalinuraGen. et sp. nov ValidFeldmann et al.Middle or late AnisianGuanling FormationChinaA decapod crustacean; a spiny lobster. The type species is Yunnanopalinura schrami. Insects 2012 in paleoentomology Eurypterids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAdelophthalmus dubiusE. S. Shpinev 2012 New species of the genus Adelophthalmus (Eurypterida, Chelicerata) found in the Middle Devonian of Khakassia Paleontological Journal 46 5 470–475 10.1134/S0031030112050103 2012PalJ...46..470S 84097923 Sp. novValidShpinevMiddle DevonianRussiaA eurypterid, a species of Adelophthalmus.Adelophthalmus kamyshtensisSp. novValidShpinevMiddle DevonianRussiaA eurypterid, a species of Adelophthalmus.Drepanopterus odontospathusJames C. Lamsdell 2012 Redescription of Drepanopterus pentlandicus Laurie, 1892, the earliest known mycteropoid (Chelicerata: Eurypterida) from the early Silurian (Llandovery) of the Pentland Hills, Scotland Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103 1 77–103 10.1017/S1755691012000072 2012EESTR.103...77L 84151264 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259432658 Sp. nov ValidLamsdellEarly DevonianCanadaA eurypterid.Nanahughmilleria notosibiricaE. S. Shpinev 2012 On some eurypterids (Eurypterida, Chelicerata) from the Devonian of South Siberia Paleontological Journal 46 4 370–377 10.1134/S0031030112040119 2012PalJ...46..370S 128903698 Sp. nov ValidShpinevDevonianRussiaA eurypterid, a species of Nanahughmilleria.Parahughmilleria longaSp. nov ValidShpinevDevonianRussiaA eurypterid, a species of Parahughmilleria.Stylonuroides orientalisSp. nov ValidShpinevDevonianRussiaA eurypterid, a species of Stylonuroides. Trilobites Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAbanomocarellaJ.-L. Yuan Y. Li X.-N. Mu J.-P. Lin X.-J. Zhu 2012 Trilobite fauna of the Changhia Formation (Cambrian Series 3) from Shandong and adjacent area, North China Palaeontologia Sinica 197, New Series B35 1–758 978-7030358080 Gen. et sp. et comb. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of Ptychopariida belonging to the family Anomocarellidae. Genus includes new species A. quadrata, as well as A. humilis (Resser & Endo in Endo & Resser, 1937) and A. pyriformis (Resser & Endo in Endo & Resser, 1937).Acmarhachis kindleiStephen R. Westrop Jennifer D. Eoff 2012 Late Cambrian (Furongian; Paibian, Steptoean) Agnostoid Arthropods from the Cow Head Group, Western Newfoundland Journal of Paleontology 86 2 201–237 http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/content/86/2/201.abstract 10.1666/11-034.1 2012JPal...86..201W 128401877 subscription Sp nov ValidWestrop & EoffLate CambrianCow Head GroupCanadaAn agnostid, a species of Acmarhachis.Acmarhachis whittingtoniSp nov ValidWestrop & EoffLate CambrianCow Head GroupCanadaAn agnostid, a species of Acmarhachis.Angsiduoa jiulongshanensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of Ptychopariida belonging to the family Ignotogregatidae.Angsiduoa shanxiensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of Ptychopariida belonging to the family Ignotogregatidae.Angsiduoa transversaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of Ptychopariida belonging to the family Ignotogregatidae.Anomocarella? antiquaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of Ptychopariida belonging to the family Anomocarellidae.Anomocarella jiulongshanensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of Ptychopariida belonging to the family Anomocarellidae.Anomocarella similisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of Ptychopariida belonging to the family Anomocarellidae.Aponileus aaseiJonathan M. Adrain Neo E. B. McAdams 2012 The Lower Ordovician (upper Floian) bathyurid trilobite Aponileus Hu, with species from Utah, Texas, and Greenland Zootaxa 3293 1–67 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03293p067f.pdf 10.11646/zootaxa.3293.1.1 Sp nov ValidAdrain & McAdamsEarly Ordovician (late Floian)Fillmore FormationUnited StatesA bathyurid trilobite, a species of Aponileus.Aponileus belkaaeSp nov ValidAdrain & McAdamsEarly Ordovician (late Floian)Wah Wah FormationUnited StatesA bathyurid trilobite, a species of Aponileus.Aponileus laikaaeSp nov ValidAdrain & McAdamsEarly Ordovician (late Floian)Fillmore FormationUnited StatesA bathyurid trilobite, a species of Aponileus.Aponileus strelkaaeSp nov ValidAdrain & McAdamsEarly Ordovician (late Floian)Wah Wah FormationUnited StatesA bathyurid trilobite, a species of Aponileus.Aponileus ugolekaeSp nov ValidAdrain & McAdamsEarly Ordovician (late Floian)Wah Wah FormationUnited StatesA bathyurid trilobite, a species of Aponileus.Aponileus? veterokaeSp nov ValidAdrain & McAdamsEarly Ordovician (late Floian)Wah Wah FormationUnited StatesA bathyurid trilobite, a possible species of Aponileus.Archaeagnostus typicusSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Peronopsidae.Archegonus (Phillibole) nehdenensis africanusGerhard Hahn Peter Müller R. Thomas Becker 2012 Unter-karbonische Trilobiten aus dem Anti-Atlas (S-Marokko) Geologica et Palaeontologica 44 37–74 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262708871 Subsp. novValidHahn, Müller & BeckerCarboniferous (Mississippian)MoroccoA member of Phillipsiidae belonging to the subfamily Archegoninae, a subspecies of Archegonus nehdenensis.Asaphellus cuervoaeJoan Corbacho Francisco J. López-Soriano 2012 A new asaphid trilobite from the Lower Ordovician (Arenig) of Morocco Batalleria 17 3–12 Sp. novDisputedCorbacho & López-SorianoOrdovician (Floian)Upper Fezouata FormationMoroccoA member of Asaphidae, a species of Asaphellus. Gutiérrez-Marco et al. (2017) considered this species to be likely based on poorly preserved and probably retouched specimens of Asaphellus stubbsi.Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Marco Artur Abreu Sá Diego C. García-Bellido César A. Chacaltana 2017 Recent Geoethical Issues in Moroccan and Peruvian Paleontology Annals of Geophysics 60 Fast Track 7 1–11 10.4401/ag-7475 free 20.500.12544/1804 free Astycoryphe arduinnaeAllart P. van Viersen Alfer van Rossum Harald Prescher 2012 New data on Astycoryphe, Dohmiella, Longiproetus and Quadratoproetus (Trilobita, Proetidae) from the Middle Devonian in the Ardennes, Belgium Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 264 1 77–87 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0233 Sp nov ValidVan Viersen, van Rossum & PrescherMiddle DevonianBelgiumA member of Proetida.Australoscutellum iotaD. J. Holloway P. D. Lane 2012 Scutelluid trilobites from the Silurian of New South Wales Palaeontology 55 2 413–490 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01132.x 2012Palgy..55..413H free sp novValidHolloway and LaneSilurian AustraliaA scutelluid trilobite, a species of Australoscutellum.Australoscutellum micropssp novValidHolloway and LaneSilurian AustraliaA scutelluid trilobite, a species of Australoscutellum.Australoscutellum pulexsp novValidHolloway and LaneSilurian AustraliaA scutelluid trilobite, a species of Australoscutellum.Australoscutellum tricasp novValidHolloway and LaneSilurian AustraliaA scutelluid trilobite, a species of Australoscutellum.Baltagnostus yaojiayuensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Diplagnostidae.Baojingia (Eobaojingia)Subgen. et 2 sp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Lisaniidae. The subgenus includes Baojingia (Eobaojingia) dubia and Baojingia (Eobaojingia) ezhuangensis, as well as Baojingia miaogouensis Mong in Zhou et al. (1977).Borenoriagen et sp novValidHolloway and LaneSilurian AustraliaA scutelluid trilobite. The type species is Borenoria cirrita.Bumastoides graffhamiJesse R. Carlucci Stephen R. Westrop Lisa Amati Jonathan M. Adrain Robert E. Swisher 2012 A systematic revision of the Upper Ordovician trilobite genus Bumastoides (Illaenidae), with new species from Oklahoma, Virginia and Missouri Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 4 679–723 10.1080/14772019.2011.637518 2012JSPal..10..679C 85916505 Sp nov ValidCarlucci et al.OrdovicianUnited StatesAn illaenid trilobite, a species of Bumastoides.Bumastoides kimmswickensisSp nov ValidCarlucci et al.OrdovicianUnited StatesAn illaenid trilobite, a species of Bumastoides.Bumastoides moundensisSp nov ValidCarlucci et al.OrdovicianUnited StatesAn illaenid trilobite, a species of Bumastoides.Calymene harringtoniM. Franco Tortello Norberto J. Uriz Marta B. Alfaro Carlos A. Cingolani Andrea R. Bidone Julio C. Galeano Inchausti 2012 Trilobites and graptolites from the Vargas Peña Formation (early Silurian), Paraná Basin, eastern Paraguay Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève spécial 11 279–298 http://www.ville-ge.ch/mhng/paleo/paleo-pdf/spec-11/pal-spec-11-19.pdf Sp. novValidTortello in Tortello et al.Early SilurianVargas Peña FormationParaguayA species of Calymene.Chlupacula (Chlupacula) erfoudensisSp. novValidHahn, Müller & BeckerCarboniferous (Mississippian)MoroccoA member of Phillipsiidae belonging to the subfamily Archegoninae, a species of Chlupacula.Crepicephalina exsculptaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaCrepicephalina obscuraSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaCrepicephalina pulchraSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaCrepicephalina? raraSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaCrepicephalina woqishanensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaCummingella boikoiE. V. Mychko 2012 A new species of trilobites from Sakmarian Reefs of Bashkortostan Paleontological Journal 46 1 44–48 10.1134/S0031030112010108 2012PalJ...46...44M 128766337 sp novValidMychkoSakmarian RussiaA phillipsiid, a species of Cummingella.Cyrtoproetus (Crassibole) acropsSp. novValidHahn, Müller & BeckerCarboniferous (Mississippian)MoroccoA member of Phillipsiidae belonging to the subfamily Archegoninae, a species of Cyrtoproetus.Dalejeproetus owensiRobert G. Johnson Richard A. Fortey Richard A. Fortey 2012 Proetid Trilobites from the Lower Devonian (Pragian) Ihandar Formation, Anti-Atlas, Morocco Journal of Paleontology 86 6 1032–1050 10.1666/12-021R.1 2012JPal...86.1032J 140187271 Sp nov ValidJohnson & ForteyEarly Devonian (Pragian)Ihandar FormationMoroccoA proetid trilobite, a species of Dalejeproetus.Dalejeproetus sagaouiiSp nov ValidJohnson & ForteyEarly Devonian (Pragian)Ihandar FormationMoroccoA proetid trilobite, a species of Dalejeproetus.DameselloidesGen. et sp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Damesellidae. Genus includes new species D. sinensis.Danjiangella shandongensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaDechenelloides tazoultensisSp. novValidHahn, Müller & BeckerCarboniferous (Mississippian)MoroccoA member of Phillipsiidae belonging to the subfamily Archegoninae, a species of Dechenelloides.Decoroscutellum planessp novValidHolloway and LaneSilurian AustraliaA scutelluid trilobite, a species of Decoroscutellum.Derikaspis conicusSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaDerikaspis ruichengensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaDiacoryphe (Archaeocoryphe) maiderensisSp. novValidHahn, Müller & BeckerCarboniferous (Mississippian)MoroccoA member of Phillipsiidae belonging to the subfamily Archegoninae, a species of Diacoryphe.Dindymene whittingtoniAlan W. Owen David L. Bruton 2012 The only known cyclopygid–'atheloptic' trilobite fauna from North America: the upper Ordovician fauna of the Pyle Mountain Argillite and its palaeoenvironmental significance Geological Magazine 149 6 964–988 10.1017/S0016756812000015 2012GeoM..149..964O 130787327 http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/72945/1/72945.pdf Sp nov ValidOwen & BrutonLate OrdovicianUnited StatesA species of Dindymene.Dorypyge cylindricaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaDorypyge zhangxianensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaDunopyge seibertiMartin Basse Peter Müller 2012 Drei Arten der Asteropyginae aus den Seifen-Schichten, Westerwald (Trilobita; Mittel-Siegen-Unterstufe, Unter-Devon; Rheinisches Schiefergebirge) Geologica et Palaeontologica 44 9–26 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270160020 Sp. nov ValidBasse & MüllerEarly DevonianSeifen BedsGermanyA member of Acastidae belonging to the subfamily Asteropyginae, a species of Dunopyge.Eilura trapezialisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaElaphraella? taebaeksanensisTae-Yoon Park Duck K. Choi 2012 Middle Furongian (late Cambrian) shumardiids from the Sesong Formation, Taebaek Group, Korea Journal of Paleontology 86 1 51–59 10.1666/10-107.1 2012JPal...86...51P 128415221 Sp. novValidPark & ChoiCambrian (middle Furongian)Sesong FormationSouth KoreaA member of the family Shumardiidae.Emmrichella punctataSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Ptychopariidae.EokoldiniaGen. et sp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Plethopeltidae. Genus includes new species E. porifera.EomapaniaGen. et sp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Mapaniidae. Genus includes new species E. subquadrata.Eoscutellum annosumsp novValidHolloway and LaneSilurian AustraliaA scutelluid trilobite, a species of Eoscutellum.Eymekops pristinaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaEymekops transversaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaGrandioculus macroculusSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaGrandioculus (Protohedinia) quadraticephalaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaGumunsoiaTae-Yoon Park Jang Won Sohn Duck K. Choi 2012 Middle Furongian (late Cambrian) polymerid trilobites from the upper part of the Sesong Formation, Taebaeksan Basin, Korea Geosciences Journal 16 4 381–398 10.1007/s12303-012-0037-0 2012GescJ..16..381P 140669692 Gen. et sp. nov ValidPark, Sohn & ChoiCambrian (middle Furongian)Sesong FormationSouth KoreaA member of Leiostegioidea belonging to the family Kaolishaniidae. Genus includes new species G. triangularis.GushanellaGen. et 2 sp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Solenopleuridae. Genus includes new species G. quadrata and G. truncata.Heyelingella crassaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaHonania poriferaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaHuayuanaspis angustilimbataSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaIdioura brevispinaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaIllaenoscutellum tryosp novValidHolloway and LaneSilurian AustraliaA scutelluid trilobite, a species of Illaenoscutellum.Inouyella raraSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaInouyella shiliuyuanensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaInouyia (Bulbinouyia)Subgen. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Inouyiidae. The subgenus includes Inouyia kangzhuangensis (Zhang & Wang, 1985) and I. lubrica (Zhou in Zhou et al., 1982).Inouyia latilimbataSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaIranoleesia pustulosaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaIranoleesia (Proasaphiscina) rogosaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaJaponoscutellum borenorensesp novValidHolloway and LaneSilurian AustraliaA scutelluid trilobite, a species of Japonoscutellum.Japonoscutellum crassumsp novValidHolloway and LaneSilurian AustraliaA scutelluid trilobite, a species of Japonoscutellum.Japonoscutellum diascetumsp novValidHolloway and LaneSilurian AustraliaA scutelluid trilobite, a species of Japonoscutellum.Japonoscutellum gephyricumsp novValidHolloway and LaneSilurian AustraliaA scutelluid trilobite, a species of Japonoscutellum.Japonoscutellum guttulatumsp novValidHolloway and LaneSilurian AustraliaA scutelluid trilobite, a species of Japonoscutellum.Japonoscutellum serangicumsp novValidHolloway and LaneSilurian AustraliaA scutelluid trilobite, a species of Japonoscutellum.Japonoscutellum strabosp novValidHolloway and LaneSilurian AustraliaA scutelluid trilobite, a species of Japonoscutellum.Jiulongshania shandongensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Diceratocephalidae.Koptura (Eokoptura)Subgen. et sp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Anomocaridae. The subgenus includes new species Koptura (Eokoptura) bella, as well as Koptura quadrata (Resser & Endo in Endo & Resser, 1937).Koptura intermediaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Anomocaridae.Kosovopeltis trepidasp novValidHolloway and LaneSilurian AustraliaA scutelluid trilobite, a species of Kosovopeltis.Kosovopeltis xynonsp novValidHolloway and LaneSilurian AustraliaA scutelluid trilobite, a species of Kosovopeltis.Lepidoproetus lahceniSp nov ValidJohnson & ForteyEarly Devonian (Pragian)Ihandar FormationMoroccoA proetid trilobite, a species of Lepidoproetus.Lepidoproetus maharchianusSp nov ValidJohnson & ForteyEarly Devonian (Pragian)Ihandar FormationMoroccoA proetid trilobite, a species of Lepidoproetus.Lepidoproetus splendensSp nov ValidJohnson & ForteyEarly Devonian (Pragian)Ihandar FormationMoroccoA proetid trilobite, a species of Lepidoproetus.Liowutaishania laevigataSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaLisania ellipticaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaLongiproetus meiopsifiusSp nov ValidVan Viersen, van Rossum & PrescherMiddle DevonianBelgiumA member of Proetida.LunaniaGen. novJunior homonymYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Menocephalidae. The generic name is preoccupied by Lunania Chow (1957).Maotunia transversaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaMapania (Mapanella)Subgen. et 2 sp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Mapaniidae. The subgenus includes new species M. (Mapanella) transversa and M. (Mapanella) prisca, as well as Mapania blackwelderi (Resser & Endo in Endo & Resser, 1937).Mapania subcylindricaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaMapanopsis conicusSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaMaurotarion megacephalumJuan José Rustán N. Emilio Vaccari 2012 The trilobite Maurotarion megacephalum sp. nov. (Aulacopleuridae) in the Lower Devonian of Argentina: phylogenetic and paleobiogeographic remarks Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 29 2 346–354 http://satori.geociencias.unam.mx/29-2/%2805%29Rustan.pdf 2013-01-11 2014-02-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20140223050953/http://satori.geociencias.unam.mx/29-2/%2805%29Rustan.pdf dead Sp. nov.ValidRustán & VaccariEarly Devonian (Pragian)Talacasto FormationArgentinaAn otarionine aulacopleurid, a species of Maurotarion.Megagraulos similisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaMenocephalinaGen. et sp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Menocephalidae. Genus includes new species M. longispinosa.Menocephalites (Hutoushania)Subgen. et 2 sp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Menocephalidae. The subgenus includes Menocephalites (Hutoushania) triangulata and M. (Hutoushania) zaozhuangansis.Menocephalites porosusSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaMenocephalites primitivusSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaMenocephalites simplexSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaMetanomocarella primitivaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaMicagnostus semicircularisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaMirrabookagen et sp novValidHolloway and LaneSilurian AustraliaA scutelluid trilobite. The type species is Mirrabooka harryi.Monkaspis conicaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaOhleum magreaniPeter G. Taghon Enrico Bonino Bernard Mottequin 2012 A new representative of the lichid genus Ohleum (Trilobita) from the Eifelian (Middle Devonian) of southern Belgium Geologica Belgica 15 3 120–125 http://popups.ulg.ac.be/1374-8505/index.php?id=3573 Sp nov ValidTaghon, Bonino & MottequinDevonian (Eifelian)Jemelle FormationBelgiumA member of Lichida belonging to the family Lichidae.Pagetides qianensisXi-Guang Zhang Euan N.K. Clarkson 2012 Phosphatized eodiscoid trilobites from the Cambrian of China Palaeontographica Abteilung A 297 1–4 1–121 http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/pala/detail/297/78369/Phosphatized_eodiscoid_trilobites_from_the_Cambria https://archive.today/20130211183349/http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/pala/detail/297/78369/Phosphatized_eodiscoid_trilobites_from_the_Cambria dead 2013-02-11 10.1127/pala/297/2012/1 2012PalAA.297....1Z subscription Sp nov ValidZhang & ClarksonCambrianChinaAn eodiscoid trilobite, a species of Pagetides.Paleonelsonia granulosaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Ptychopariidae.Paleonelsonia sulcataSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Ptychopariidae.Paracoosia langgongsiensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Anomocaridae.Paralevisia subglobosaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaParayujinia pulchraSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaPeishania abnormisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaPeishania obscuraSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaPeronopsis jiulongshanensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaPeronopsis universalisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaPersiaRudy Lerosey-Aubril 2012 The Late Palaeozoic trilobites of Iran and Armenia and their palaeogeographical significance Geological Magazine 149 6 1023–1045 10.1017/S0016756812000179 2012GeoM..149.1023L 128673068 Gen. et sp. nov Junior homonymLerosey-AubrilCarboniferous (Tournaisian)IranThe type species is Persia praecox. The generic name is preoccupied by Persia Repin (1996); Lerosey-Aubril & Deshmukh (2022) coined a replacement name Persiax.Rudy Lerosey-Aubril Umakant Boopati Deshmukh 2022 Persiax, a replacement name for Persia Lerosey-Aubril, 2012 (Trilobita) non Repin, 1996 (Bivalvia), preoccupied Zootaxa 5178 4 400 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.4.7 36095720 251913383 free thumb|center|upright|Persiax praecoxPilletina seifenensisSp. nov ValidBasse & MüllerEarly DevonianSeifen BedsGermanyA member of Acastidae belonging to the subfamily Asteropyginae, a species of Pilletina.Pingluia granulosaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaPlectrocrania elegansSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaPlectrocrania intermediaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaPlesigangderria latilimbataSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaPodoliproetus mirdaniSp nov ValidJohnson & ForteyEarly Devonian (Pragian)Ihandar FormationMoroccoA proetid trilobite, a species of Podoliproetus.Podoliproetus sinespinaSp nov ValidJohnson & ForteyEarly Devonian (Pragian)Ihandar FormationMoroccoA proetid trilobite, a species of Podoliproetus.PraeymekopsGen. et sp. et comb. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Proasaphiscidae. Genus includes new species P. minutus, as well as P. sinensis (Mansuy, 1916).Proasaphiscus laiwuensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaProetina ihamadiiSp nov ValidJohnson & ForteyEarly Devonian (Pragian)Ihandar FormationMoroccoA proetid trilobite, a species of Proetina.Pseudoolenoides fossilmountainensisJonathan M. Adrain Neo E. B. McAdams Talia S. Karim 2012 The Middle Ordovician bathyurid trilobite Pseudoolenoides, with a revised trilobite biostratigraphy of the Dapingian and lower Darriwilian of western Laurentia Zootaxa 3467 1–97 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03467p097f.pdf 10.11646/zootaxa.3467.1.1 Sp nov ValidAdrain, McAdams & KarimMiddle OrdovicianKanosh FormationUnited StatesA bathyurid, a species of Pseudoolenoides.Pseudoolenoides oilcreekensisSp nov ValidAdrain, McAdams & KarimMiddle OrdovicianOil Creek FormationUnited StatesA bathyurid, a species of Pseudoolenoides.Pseudoolenoides pogonipensisSp nov ValidAdrain, McAdams & KarimMiddle OrdovicianKanosh FormationUnited StatesA bathyurid, a species of Pseudoolenoides.PseudopeishaniaGen. et 3 sp. et comb. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of Ptychopariida belonging to the family Anomocarellidae. Genus includes new species P. brevis, P. similis and P. woqishanensis, as well as P. angustata (Endo, 1944).Pseudoperonopsis elegansSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaPseudophillipsia parviziiSp. nov ValidLerosey-AubrilPermianIranA species of Pseudophillipsia sensu lato.Pseudotaitzuia angustilimbataSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of Asaphida belonging to the family Ordosiidae.Pseudotaitzuia raraSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of Asaphida belonging to the family Ordosiidae.Pudoproetus zhoraeSp. novValidHahn, Müller & BeckerCarboniferous (Mississippian)MoroccoA member of Proetidae, a species of Pudoproetus.Raragnostus intermediusSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaRaymondaspis grandigenaMartin Stein Jan Bergström 2012 A complete styginid trilobite from the Ordovician of Sweden Paläontologische Zeitschrift 86 3 275–280 10.1007/s12542-012-0132-6 2012PalZ...86..275S 140583817 sp nov ValidStein & BergströmMiddle OrdovicianSwedenA styginid, a species of Raymondaspis.Reediella mitchelli tafilaltensisSubsp. novValidHahn, Müller & BeckerCarboniferous (Mississippian)MoroccoA member of Phillipsiidae belonging to the subfamily Bollandiinae, a subspecies of Reediella mitchelli.RuichengocephalusGen. et sp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Ptychopariidae. Genus includes new species R. typicus.Saimachia yichangensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaSchopfaspis? graciaiJorge Esteve Frederick A. Sundberg Samuel Zamora Rodolfo Gozalo 2012 A new Alokistocaridae Resser, 1939 (Trilobita) from the middle Cambrian of Spain Geobios 45 3 275–283 10.1016/j.geobios.2011.10.003 2012Geobi..45..275E sp nov ValidEsteve et al..Middle CambrianSpainAn alokistocarid, possibly a species of Schopfaspis.Sdzuyella conicaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of Ptychopariida belonging to the family Holocephalidae.Securifronsgen et comb novValidHolloway and LaneOrdovician to Silurian Scutelluid trilobite. species- S. borealis, S. cunctatum, S. major and ?S. umbonatus.ShiliuyuaniaGen. et 2 sp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Crepicephalidae. Genus includes new species S. cylindrica and S. quadrata.Solenoparia zhangxianensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaSolenoparina bellaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaSphaerophthalmus arcusMagne Høyberget David L. Bruton 2012 Revision of the trilobite genus Sphaerophthalmus and relatives from the Furongian (Cambrian) Alum Shale Formation, Oslo Region, Norway Norwegian Journal of Geology 92 4 433–450 http://njg.geologi.no/vol-91-100/details/1/69-69 Sp novValidHøyberget & BrutonCambrian (Furongian)Alum Shale FormationNorwayA member of the family Olenidae.Spiniscabrella albertiiPeter Müller Christian Franke 2012 Neue Daten zu Spiniscabrella und Scabrella (Scabrella) aus dem Unter-Devon von Deutschland, Luxemburg und Marokko Ferrantia 68 117–132 https://ps.mnhn.lu/ferrantia/publications/Ferrantia68.pdf Sp. novValidMüller & FrankeDevonianGermanyA member of the family Homalonotidae.Sudanomocarina ellipticaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaSudanomocarina hutoushanensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaSymphysops stevaninaeFrancisco J. López-Soriano Joan Corbacho 2012 A new species of Symphysops from the Upper Ordovician of Morocco Batalleria 17 13–20 Sp. novValidLópez-Soriano & CorbachoLate OrdovicianLower Ktaoua FormationMoroccoA member of Cyclopygidae, a species of Symphysops.Szeaspis (Pseudoszeaspis)Subgen. et sp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of Ptychopariida belonging to the family Anomocarellidae. The subgenus includes new species Szeaspis (Pseudoszeaspis) conicus, as well as Szeaspis huananensis Peng, Babcock & Lin (2004) and Szeaspis pustulosa (Resser & Endo in Endo & Resser, 1937).Szeaspis crassusSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of Ptychopariida belonging to the family Anomocarellidae.Taitzehoia huolianzhaiensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Damesellidae.Teinistion jiulongshanenseSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Damesellidae.Teinistion quadratumSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Damesellidae.Teinistion yangjiazhuangenseSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Damesellidae.Tomagnostus (Paratomagnostus)Subgen. et sp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Ptychagnostidae. The subgenus includes Tomagnostus (Paratomagnostus) ezhuangensis.Trachoparia elongataSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaTrachoparia intermediaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaTrachoparia spinosaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaTriangulopygeGen. et comb. novValidHøyberget & BrutonCambrianNorway Sweden United KingdomA member of the family Olenidae. The type species is "Olenus" humilis Phillips (1848); genus also includes "Sphaerophthalmus" majusculus Linnarsson (1880) and T. major (Lake, 1913).Tsunyidiscus pengshuiensisSp nov ValidZhang & ClarksonCambrianChinaAn eodiscoid trilobite, a species of Tsunyidiscus.Ulania concavaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaUtagnostus primitivusSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Clavagnostidae.Utagnostus sulcatusSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Clavagnostidae.WoqishanaspisGen. et comb. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Ignotogregatidae. Genus includes W. trapezoidalis (Lin, 1984).Wutaishanaspis yangjiazhuangensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaXenolorenzella granulosaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaYichengocephalusGen. et sp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Solenopleuridae. Genus includes new species Y. latus.Yongwolia quadrataSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaYushugouia ezhuangensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaZhangxiaspisGen. et sp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Ptychopariidae. Genus includes new species Z. subcylindrica.ZhongtiaoshanellaGen. et sp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Crepicephalidae. Genus includes new species Z. brevispinosa.Zhongweia convexaSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaZhujia yangjiazhuangensisSp. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of Ptychopariida belonging to the family Anomocarellidae.ZichuanaspisGen. et 2 sp. et comb. novValidYuan et al.CambrianChanghia FormationChinaA member of the family Leiostegiidae. Genus includes Zichuanaspis acerius (Walcott, 1905) and Z. catinus (Resser & Endo in Endo & Resser, 1937), as well as new species Z. yangjiazhuangensis and possibly Z? latilimbata. Others Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAustralimicolaJohn R. Paterson Diego C. García-Bellido Gregory D. Edgecombe 2012 New Artiopodan Arthropods from the Early Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Konservat-Lagerstätte of South Australia Journal of Paleontology 86 2 340–357 http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/content/86/2/340.abstract 10.1666/11-077.1 2012JPal...86..340P 87520649 subscription Gen. et sp.ValidPaterson, García-Bellido and EdgecombeEarly Cambrian The Emu Bay Shale Konservat-LagerstätteAustraliaAn artiopodan arthropod. The type species is Australimicola spriggi.Kangacaris shuiXingliang Zhang Dongjing Fu Tao Dai 2012 A new species of Kangacaris (Arthropoda) from the Chengjiang lagerstätte, lower Cambrian, southwest China Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 36 1 23–25 10.1080/03115518.2011.576532 2012Alch...36...23Z 129804458 Sp. novValidZhang, Fu & DaiLower CambrianChengjiang lagerstätteChinaA species of Kangacaris.LuohuilinellaXingliang Zhang Dongjing Fu Tao Dai 2012 A new xandarellid arthropod from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte, Lower Cambrian of Southwest China Geobios 45 3 335–338 10.1016/j.geobios.2011.09.001 2012Geobi..45..335Z Gen. et sp. nov ValidZhang, Fu & DaiLower CambrianChengjiang LagerstätteChinaA possible member of Xandarellida. The type species is Luohuilinella rarus.thumb|center|upright|LuohuilinellaNereocarisDavid A. Legg Mark D. Sutton Gregory D. Edgecombe Jean-Bernard Caron 2012 Cambrian bivalved arthropod reveals origin of arthrodization Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279 1748 4699–4704 10.1098/rspb.2012.1958 23055069 3497099Gen. et sp. novValidLegg et al.CambrianBurgess Shale FormationCanadaA bivalved arthropod, one of the basalmost known arthropods. The type species is Nereocaris exilis.thumb|center|upright|Nereocaris exilisPleuralataVictoria E. McCoy Paul K. Strother Derek E. G. Briggs Derek E. G. Briggs 2012 A Possible Tracemaker for Arthrophycus alleghaniensis Journal of Paleontology 86 6 996–1001 10.1666/11-133R1.1 2012JPal...86..996M 130029528 Gen. et sp. novValidMcCoy, Strother and BriggsSilurian (Llandovery) Tuscarora FormationUnited StatesAn arthropod of uncertain phylogenetic affinities, a probable tracemaker of Arthrophycus alleghaniensis trace fossils. The type species is Pleuralata spinosa.Scolopocryptops simojovelensisGregory D. Edgecombe Varpu Vahtera Stuart R. Stock Aki Kallonen Xianghui Xiao Alexander Rack Gonzalo Giribet 2012 A scolopocryptopid centipede (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from Mexican amber: synchrotron microtomography and phylogenetic placement using a combined morphological and molecular data set Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166 4 768–786 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00860.x http://publication.plazi.org/id/5F4BFFCE7F543848FFB3FFB7FFA8FFE7 Sp. novValidEdgecombe et al.MioceneMexicoA scolopocryptopid scolopendromorph centipede, a species of Scolopocryptops.Sinoleperditia hamadaiGengo Tanaka Teruo Ono Haruyoshi Maeda 2012 A New Early Devonian Leperditicopid Arthropod: Sinoleperditia hamadai Sp. Nov., from Fukuji District, Gifu Prefecture, Central Japan Paleontological Research 16 3 260–263 10.2517/1342-8144-16.3.260 131281627 free Sp. novValidTanaka, Ono and MaedaEarly DevonianJapanA member of Leperditicopida (a group of arthropods of uncertain affinities, classified as ostracods or excluded from this group by different authors), a species of Sinoleperditia.Sinoleperditia huyeniGengo Tanaka Nguyen Duc Phong Toshifumi Komatsu 2012 A New Lower Devonian Leperditicopid Arthropod: Sinoleperditia huyeni sp. nov. from Northern Vietnam Paleontological Research 16 1 70–73 10.2517/1342-8144-16.1.070 130217789 free Sp. novValidTanaka, Phong and KomatsuEarly DevonianVietnamA member of Leperditicopida, a species of Sinoleperditia.Squamacula buckorumSpeciesValidPaterson, García-Bellido and EdgecombeEarly Cambrian The Emu Bay Shale Konservat-LagerstätteAustraliaAn artiopodan arthropod, a species of Squamacula. 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