2015 in paleomammalogy

none 2015 paleomammalogy paleontology paleobotany arthropod paleontology paleoentomology paleoichthyology paleomalacology reptile paleontology archosaur paleontology This paleomammalogy list records new fossil mammal taxa that were described during the year 2015, as well as notes other significant paleomammalogy discoveries and events which occurred during that year. General research Description of exceptionally preserved specimens of the pantodont species Alcidedorbignya inopinata and a study of its phylogenetic relationships is published by De Muizon et al. (2015).Christian De Muizon Guillaume Billet Christine Argot Sandrine Ladevèze Florent Goussard 2015 Alcidedorbignya inopinata, a basal pantodont (Placentalia, Mammalia) from the early Palaeocene of Bolivia: anatomy, phylogeny and palaeobiology Geodiversitas 37 4 397–634 10.5252/g2015n4a1 131556174 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01455642/file/Muizon_EtAl_2015_Alcidedorbignya.pdf A study on the phylogenetic relationships of the family Nyctitheriidae based on new fossil remains of Plagioctenodon rosei and Plagioctenodon thewisseni is published by Manz et al. (2015).Carly L. Manz Stephen G. B. Chester Jonathan I. Bloch Mary T. Silcox Eric J. Sargis 2015 New partial skeletons of Palaeocene Nyctitheriidae and evaluation of proposed euarchontan affinities Biology Letters 11 1 20140911 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0911 4321154 25589486 Studies of the phylogenetic relationships of litopterns and notoungulates within Placentalia, indicating that their closest living relatives are odd-toed ungulates, are published by Welker et al. (2015)Frido Welker Matthew J. Collins Jessica A. Thomas Marc Wadsley Selina Brace Enrico Cappellini Samuel T. Turvey Marcelo Reguero Javier N. Gelfo Alejandro Kramarz Joachim Burger Jane Thomas-Oates David A. Ashford Peter D. Ashton Keri Rowsell Duncan M. Porter Benedikt Kessler Roman Fischer Carsten Baessmann Stephanie Kaspar Jesper V. Olsen Patrick Kiley James A. Elliott Christian D. Kelstrup Victoria Mullin Michael Hofreiter Eske Willerslev Jean-Jacques Hublin Ludovic Orlando Ian Barnes Ross D. E. MacPhee 2015 Ancient proteins resolve the evolutionary history of Darwin's South American ungulates Nature 522 7554 81–84 10.1038/nature14249 25799987 2015Natur.522...81W 11336/14769 4467386 http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/91438/1/Welker_postprint.docx and Buckley (2015).Michael Buckley 2015 Ancient collagen reveals evolutionary history of the endemic South American 'ungulates' Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 1806 20142671 10.1098/rspb.2014.2671 25833851 4426609 A study of the phylogenetic relationships of the Pleistocene camelid genus Camelops, based on genomic data extracted from its bones, is published by Heintzman et al. (2015).Peter D. Heintzman Grant D. Zazula James A. Cahill Alberto V. Reyes Ross D.E. MacPhee Beth Shapiro 2015 Genomic Data from Extinct North American Camelops Revise Camel Evolutionary History Molecular Biology and Evolution 32 9 2433–2440 10.1093/molbev/msv128 26037535 free A study on the feeding habits of extant and fossil members of the family Canidae belonging to the tribe Canini, as indicated by skull size and shape, is published by Meloro, Hudson & Hook (2015).C. Meloro A. Hudson L. Rook 2015 Feeding habits of extant and fossil canids as determined by their skull geometry Journal of Zoology 295 3 178–188 10.1111/jzo.12196 53470754 http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/7670/1/Meloro_etal_jzo_12196.pdf A study on the population dynamics of the cave lion (Panthera spelaea) during the Late Pleistocene is published by Ersmark et al. (2015).Erik Ersmark Ludovic Orlando Edson Sandoval-Castellanos Ian Barnes Ross Barnett Anthony Stuart Adrian Lister Love Dalén 2015 Population Demography and Genetic Diversity in the Pleistocene Cave Lion Open Quaternary 1 1 Art. 4 10.5334/oq.aa free Description of tarsals attributed to Purgatorius and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of this mammal is published by Chester et al. (2015).Stephen G. B. Chester Jonathan I. Bloch Doug M. Boyer William A. Clemens 2015 Oldest known euarchontan tarsals and affinities of Paleocene Purgatorius to Primates Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112 5 1487–1492 10.1073/pnas.1421707112 25605875 4321231 2015PNAS..112.1487C free A study on the age of the holotype specimen of Darwinius masillae at the time of death and on the life history of the species is published by López-Torres, Schillaci & Silcox (2015).Sergi López-Torres Michael A. Schillaci Mary T. Silcox 2015 Life history of the most complete fossil primate skeleton: exploring growth models for Darwinius Royal Society Open Science 2 9 150340 10.1098/rsos.150340 free 26473056 4593690 2015RSOS....250340L Cranial endocast of Victoriapithecus macinessi is reconstructed by Gonzales et al. (2015).Lauren A. Gonzales Brenda R. Benefit Monte L. McCrossin Fred Spoor 2015 Cerebral complexity preceded enlarged brain size and reduced olfactory bulbs in Old World monkeys Nature Communications 6 7580 10.1038/ncomms8580 free 26138795 4506532 2015NatCo...6.7580G A study evaluating the evidence of association between extinctions or replacements of large mammals in the Northern Hemisphere in the Late Pleistocene with warming events is published by Cooper et al. (2015).Alan Cooper Chris Turney Konrad A. Hughen Barry W. Brook H. Gregory McDonald Corey J. A. Bradshaw 2015 Abrupt warming events drove Late Pleistocene Holarctic megafaunal turnover Science 349 6248 602–606 10.1126/science.aac4315 26250679 2015Sci...349..602C 31686497 A hominin Penghu 1, recovered sometime before 2008 by fishermen working in the Penghu Channel (between the Penghu Islands and mainland Taiwan) is described by Chang et al. (2015).Chang Chun-Hsiang Kaifu Yousuke Takai Masanaru Kono Reiko T. Grün Rainer Matsu'Ura Shuji Kinsley Les Lin Liang-Kong 2015-01-01 The first archaic Homo from Taiwan Nature Communications 6 6037 10.1038/ncomms7037 free 25625212 4316746 2015NatCo...6.6037C 2041-1723 Metatherians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAntawallathentesAscanio D. Rincón Bruce J. Shockey Federico Anaya Andrés Solórzano 2015 Palaeothentid Marsupials of the Salla Beds of Bolivia (Late Oligocene): Two New Species and Insights into the Post-Eocene Radiation of Palaeothentoids Journal of Mammalian Evolution 22 4 455–471 10.1007/s10914-015-9295-8 2940122 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidRincón et al.Oligocene (Deseadan) Salla FormationBoliviaA palaeothentid marsupial (a relative of the shrew opossums). Genus contains two species: Antawallathentes illimani and Antawallathentes quimsacruza.ArchaeonothosRobin M.D. Beck 2015 A peculiar faunivorous metatherian from the early Eocene of Australia Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 1 123–129 10.4202/app.2013.0011 free Gen. et sp. novValidBeckEarly EoceneMurgon fossil siteAustraliaA metatherian of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Archaeonothos henkgodthelpi.Ganguroo robustiterBernard N. Cooke Kenny J. Travouillon Michael Archer Suzanne J. Hand 2015 Ganguroo robustiter, sp. nov. (Macropodoidea, Marsupialia), a middle to early late Miocene basal macropodid from Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 4 e956879 10.1080/02724634.2015.956879 2015JVPal..35E6879C 83999569 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/_i_Ganguroo_robustiter_i_sp_nov_Macropodoidea_Marsupialia_a_middle_to_early_late_Miocene_basal_macropodid_from_Riversleigh_World_Heritage_Area_Australia/1456234 Sp. novValidCooke et al.MioceneRiversleigh World Heritage AreaAustraliaA basal member of Macropodidae, a species of Ganguroo.Gaylordia materÉdison Vicente de Oliveira Francisco J. Goin 2015 A new species of Gaylordia Paula Couto (Mammalia, Metatheria) from Itaboraí, Brazil Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 18 1 97–108 10.4072/rbp.2015.1.07 free Sp. novValidDe Oliveira & GoinItaboraianItaboraí FormationBrazilA metatherian of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a relative of Pucadelphys; a species of Gaylordia.LotheridiumShundong Bi Xingsheng Jin Shuo Li Tianming Du 2015 A new Cretaceous Metatherian mammal from Henan, China PeerJ 3 e896 10.7717/peerj.896 25893149 4400878 free Gen. et sp. novValidBi et al.Late CretaceousQiupa FormationChinaA member of Deltatheridiidae. The type species is Lotheridium mengi.200px|Lycopsis padillaiCatalina Suarez AnalÍa M. Forasiepi Francisco J. Goin Carlos Jaramillo 2015 Insights into the Neotropics Prior to the Great American Biotic Interchange: new evidence of mammalian predators from the Miocene of Northern Colombia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36 1 e1029581 10.1080/02724634.2015.1029581 11336/53653 86264178 Sp. novValidhttp://zoobank.org/References/B3127EDA-B4BB-4972-81B9-4447CC44EE79 Archived copy 2021-01-02 2019-09-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20190904032558/http://zoobank.org/References/B3127EDA-B4BB-4972-81B9-4447CC44EE79 Suarez et al.MioceneCastilletes FormationColombiaA member of Sparassodonta, a species of Lycopsis.MadjuKenny J. Travouillon Michael Archer Suzanne J. Hand Jeanette Muirhead 2015 Sexually Dimorphic Bandicoots (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia) From the Oligo-Miocene of Australia, First Cranial Ontogeny for Fossil Bandicoots and New Species Descriptions Journal of Mammalian Evolution 22 2 141–167 10.1007/s10914-014-9271-8 14643777 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidTravouillon et al.Late Oligocene to early late MioceneAustraliaA bandicoot. Genus contains two species: Madju variae and Madju encorensis.NimbavombatusPhilippa Brewer Michael Archer Suzanne J. Hand Richard Abel 2015 New genus of primitive wombat (Vombatidae, Marsupialia) from Miocene deposits in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area (Queensland, Australia) Palaeontologia Electronica 18 1 Article number 18.1.9A 10.26879/472 free Gen. et sp. novValidBrewer et al.Early MioceneRiversleigh World Heritage AreaAustraliaA wombat. The type species is Nimbavombatus boodjamullensis.Oklatheridium wibleiRichard L. Cifelli Brian M. Davis 2015 Tribosphenic mammals from the Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of Montana and Wyoming Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 3 e920848 10.1080/02724634.2014.920848 2015JVPal..35E0848C 128942735 Sp. novValidCifelli & DavisEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Cloverly FormationUnited StatesA member of Deltatheroida, a species of Oklatheridium.SedophascolomysJulien Louys 2015 Wombats (Vombatidae: Marsupialia) from the Pliocene Chinchilla Sand, southeast Queensland, Australia Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 3 394–406 10.1080/03115518.2015.1014737 2015Alch...39..394L 129092884 Gen. et comb. novValidLouysPliocene to PleistoceneAustraliaA wombat; a new genus for "Phascolomys" medius Owen (1872).Sparassocynus maimaraiMaría Alejandra Abello Martín de los Reyes Adriana Magdalena Candela Francois Pujos Damián Voglino Bernardino Mamani Quispe 2015 Description of a new species of Sparassocynus (Marsupialia: Didelphoidea: Sparassocynidae) from the late Miocene of Jujuy (Argentina) and taxonomic review of Sparassocynus heterotopicus from the Pliocene of Bolivia Zootaxa 3937 1 147–160 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.1.7 25947465 11336/48565 Sp. novValidAbello et al.Late MioceneMaimará FormationArgentinaA sparassocynid didelphoid (a relative of the opossums), a species of Sparassocynus.Thylacinus yorkellusAdam M. Yates 2015 Thylacinus (Marsupialia: Thylacinidae) from the Mio-Pliocene boundary and the diversity of Late Neogene thylacinids in Australia PeerJ 3 e931 10.7717/peerj.931 26019996 4435473 free Sp. novValidYatesLate Miocene or early PlioceneCorra-Lynn CaveAustraliaA relative of the thylacine.200px|TsagandeltaGuillermo W. Rougier Brian M. Davis Michael J. Novacek 2015 A deltatheroidan mammal from the Upper Cretaceous Baynshiree Formation, eastern Mongolia Cretaceous Research 52, Part A 167–177 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.09.009 2015CrRes..52..167R Gen. et sp. novValidRougier, Davis & NovacekLate CretaceousBaynshiree FormationMongoliaA member of Deltatheroida. The type species is Tsagandelta dashzevegi.200px|Wabularoo prideauxiKenny J. Travouillon Michael Archer Suzanne J. Hand 2015 Revision of Wabularoo, an early macropodid kangaroo from mid-Cenozoic deposits of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 2 274–286 10.1080/03115518.2015.994115 2015Alch...39..274T 83976717 Sp. novValidTravouillon, Archer & HandEarly MioceneRiversleigh World Heritage AreaAustraliaA member of Macropodoidea, a species of Wabularoo. Eutherians Xenarthrans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEionaletheriumAscanio D. Rincón H. Gregory McDonald Andrés Solórzano Mónica Núñez Flores Damián Ruiz-Ramoni 2015 A new enigmatic Late Miocene mylodontoid sloth from northern South America Royal Society Open Science 2 2 140256 10.1098/rsos.140256 free 26064594 4448802 2015RSOS....240256R Gen. et sp. nov.ValidRincón et al.Late MioceneUrumaco FormationVenezuelaA mylodontoid sloth. The type species is Eionaletherium tanycnemius.200px|TonnicinctusFlávio Góis Laureano Raúl González Ruiz Gustavo Juan Scillato-Yané Esteban Soibelzon 2015 A Peculiar New Pampatheriidae (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Cingulata) from the Pleistocene of Argentina and Comments on Pampatheriidae Diversity PLOS ONE 10 6 e0128296 10.1371/journal.pone.0128296 26083486 4470999 2015PLoSO..1028296G free Gen. et sp. nov.ValidGóis et al.Pleistocene (Ensenadan to Lujanian)ArgentinaA member of Pampatheriidae. The type species is Tonnicinctus mirus.200px| Afrotherians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArenagaleMartin Pickford 2015 Late Eocene Potamogalidae and Tenrecidae (Mammalia) from the Sperrgebiet, Namibia Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 16 114–152 http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/407_Comms%20GSN%2016,%202015%20Pickford%20Tenrecoidea,114-152.pdf 2020-09-07 2021-01-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20200907171550/http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/407_Comms%20GSN%2016,%202015%20Pickford%20Tenrecoidea,114-152.pdf dead Gen. et sp. novValidPickfordEocene (Bartonian)Eocliff LimestoneNamibiaA tenrec. The type species is A. calcareus.CallistosirenJorge Vélez-Juarbe Daryl P. Domning 2015 Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. XI. Callistosiren boriquensis, gen. et sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 1 e885034 10.1080/02724634.2014.885034 2015JVPal..35E5034V 84600341 Gen. et sp. nov.ValidVélez-Juarbe & DomningLate OligoceneLares LimestoneUnited States (Puerto Rico)A dugong. The type species is Callistosiren boriquensis.DiamantochlorisMartin Pickford 2015 Chrysochloridae (Mammalia) from the Lutetian (Middle Eocene) of Black Crow, Namibia Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 16 105–113 http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/8f1_Comms%20GSN%2016,%202015%20Pickford%20Chrysochloridae%20BC,105-113.pdf 2017-01-18 2021-01-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20170118041226/http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/8f1_Comms%20GSN%2016,%202015%20Pickford%20Chrysochloridae%20BC,105-113.pdf dead Gen. et sp. novValidPickfordEocene (Lutetian)Black Crow LimestoneNamibiaA golden mole. The type species is D. inconcessus.NamachlorisMartin Pickford 2015 Late Eocene Chrysochloridae (Mammalia) from the Sperrgebiet, Namibia Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 16 153–193 http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/97a_Comms%20GSN%2016,%202015%20Pickford%20Chrysochloridae%20Eocliff,153-193.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidPickfordEocene (Bartonian)Eocliff LimestoneNamibiaA golden mole. The type species is N. arenatans.NamagaleGen. et sp. novValidPickfordEocene (Bartonian)Eocliff LimestoneNamibiaA member of Potamogalidae. The type species is N. grandis.Palaeoloxodon xylophagouAthanassios Athanassiou Victoria Herridge David S. Reese George Iliopoulos Socrates Roussiakis Vassiliki Mitsopoulou Efthymios Tsiolakis George Theodorou 2015 Cranial evidence for the presence of a second endemic elephant species on Cyprus Quaternary International 379 47–57 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.05.065 2015QuInt.379...47A Sp. novValidAthanassiou et al.Late middle PleistoceneCyprusA member of Elephantidae, a species of Palaeoloxodon.Protanancus brevirostrisShiqi Wang Tao Deng Tao Tang Guangpu Xie Yuguang Zhang Duoqing Wang 2015 Evolution of Protoanancus (Proboscidea, Mammalia) in East Asia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 1 e881830 10.1080/02724634.2014.881830 2015JVPal..35E1830W 85952877 Sp. nov.ValidWang et al.Early MioceneLinxia BasinChinaAn amebelodont proboscidean. Originally described as a species of Protanancus, but subsequently transferred to the genus Saegusaia.Shi-Qi Wang Chunxiao Li Xiaoxiao Zhang Yongtao Quan 2025 A new genus of amebelodonts from the Miocene of China and a re-examination of the phylogeny of the Amebelodontidae Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 205 1 zlaf116 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf116 RupestrohyraxMartin Pickford 2015 New Titanohyracidae (Hyracoidea: Afrotheria) from the Late Eocene of Namibia Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 16 200–214 http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/6d9_Comms%20GSN%2016,%202015%20Pickford%20Hyracoidea,200-214.pdf 2025-06-08 2021-01-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20250608135652/https://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/6d9_Comms%20GSN%2016,%202015%20Pickford%20Hyracoidea,200-214.pdf dead Gen. et sp. novValidPickfordEocene (Bartonian)Eoridge LimestoneNamibiaA hyrax related to Titanohyrax. The type species is R. palustris.SperrgaleGen. et sp. novValidPickfordEocene (Bartonian)Eocliff LimestoneNamibiaA tenrec. The type species is S. minutus.Thyrohyrax libycusPauline M.C. Coster K. Christopher Beard Mustafa Salem Yaowalak Chaimanee Michel Brunet Jean-Jacques Jaeger 2015 A new early Oligocene mammal fauna from the Sirt Basin, central Libya: biostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic implications Journal of African Earth Sciences 104 43–55 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.01.006 2015JAfES.104...43C Sp. nov ValidCoster et al.Early OligoceneLibyaA saghatheriid hyracoid, a species of Thyrohyrax. Bats Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCardioderma leakeyiGregg F. Gunnell Percy M. Butler Marjorie Greenwood Nancy B. Simmons 2015 Bats (Chiroptera) from Olduvai Gorge, Early Pleistocene, Bed I (Tanzania) American Museum Novitates 3846 1–36 10.1206/3846.1 2246/6628 86236038 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/270023 free Sp. novValidGunnell et al.Early PleistoceneOlduvai Gorge localityTanzaniaA member of Megadermatidae related to the heart-nosed bat.MarnenycterisSuzanne J. Hand Bernard Sigé Michael Archer Gregg F. Gunnell Nancy B. Simmons 2015 A New Early Eocene (Ypresian) Bat from Pourcy, Paris Basin, France, with Comments on Patterns of Diversity in the Earliest Chiropterans Journal of Mammalian Evolution 22 3 343–354 10.1007/s10914-015-9286-9 18267639 Gen. et sp. nov ValidHand et al.Eocene (Ypresian)FranceA bat related to Onychonycteris. The type species is Marnenycteris michauxi.Mystacina miocenalisSuzanne J. Hand Daphne E. Lee Trevor H. Worthy Michael Archer Jennifer P. Worthy Alan J. D. Tennyson Steven W. Salisbury R. Paul Scofield Dallas C. Mildenhall Elizabeth M. Kennedy Jon K. Lindqvist 2015 Miocene Fossils Reveal Ancient Roots for New Zealand's Endemic Mystacina (Chiroptera) and Its Rainforest Habitat PLOS ONE 10 6 e0128871 10.1371/journal.pone.0128871 26083758 4470663 2015PLoSO..1028871H free Sp. nov.ValidHand, Lee, Worthy & Archer in Hand et al.Early Miocene (Altonian, 19–16 Ma)New ZealandA New Zealand short-tailed bat.Myzopoda africanaSp. novValidGunnell et al.Early PleistoceneOlduvai Gorge localityTanzaniaA species of Myzopoda.Nycticeinops serengetiensisSp. novValidGunnell et al.Early PleistoceneOlduvai Gorge localityTanzaniaA vesper bat related to the Schlieffen's bat.Otonycteris rummeliValentina V. Rosina 2015 First Neogene Otonycteris (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Ukraine: its biostratigraphic and paleogeographic significance Palæovertebrata 39 1 e2 10.18563/pv.39.1.e2Sp. nov ValidRosinaLate MioceneUkraineA vesper bat related to the desert long-eared bat.Scotoecus olduvensisSp. novValidGunnell et al.Early PleistoceneOlduvai Gorge localityTanzaniaA vesper bat, a species of Scotoecus. Odd-toed ungulates Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBoreohippidionLeonardo Dos Santos Avilla Camila Bernardes Dimila Mothé 2015 A new genus for Onohippidium galushai Macfadden and Skinner, 1979 (Mammalia, Equidae), from the late Hemphillian of North America Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 3 e925909 10.1080/02724634.2014.925909 2015JVPal..35E5909S 84050697 Gen. et comb. nov.ValidAvilla, Bernardes & MothéEarly Pliocene (late Hemphillian)United StatesA member of Equidae; a new genus for "Onohippidium" galushai Macfadden & Skinner (1979).CambaylophusVivesh V. Kapur Sunil Bajpai 2015 Oldest South Asian tapiromorph (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Cambay Shale Formation, western India, with comments on its phylogenetic position and biogeographic implications The Palaeobotanist 64 1 95–103 10.54991/jop.2015.104 free 252301155 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284228849 Gen. et sp. nov.ValidKapur & BajpaiEarly EoceneCambay ShaleIndiaA member of Tapiroidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is C. vastanensis.Chasmotherium deperetiJean-Albert Remy 2015 Les Périssodactyles (Mammalia) du gisement Bartonien supérieur de Robiac (Éocène moyen du Gard, Sud de la France) Palæovertebrata 39 1 e3 10.18563/pv.39.1.e3 Sp. novValidRemyEocene (Bartonian)FranceA relative of Hyrachyus, a species of Chasmotherium.EolophiodonCéline Robinet Jean Albert Rémy Yves Laurent Laure Danilo Fabrice Lihoreau 2015 A new genus of Lophiodontidae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the early Eocene of La Borie (Southern France) and the origin of the genus Lophiodon Cuvier, 1822 Geobios 48 1 25–38 10.1016/j.geobios.2014.11.003 2015Geobi..48...25R Gen. et sp. nov.ValidRobinet et al.Early EoceneFranceA relative of Lophiodon. The type species is Eolophiodon laboriense.Pachynolophus gayteiSp. novValidRemyEocene (Bartonian)FranceA member of Palaeotheriidae, a species of Pachynolophus.PersiatheriumLuca Pandolfi 2015 Persiatherium rodleri, gen. et sp. nov. (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from the upper Miocene of Maragheh (northwestern Iran) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36 1 e1040118 10.1080/02724634.2015.1040118 86106116 Gen. et sp. et comb. nov ValidPandolfiLate MioceneChina IranA rhinoceros related to Aceratherium. The type species is P. rodleri; genus also includes"Aceratherium" huadeensis Qiu (1979).Plesiohipparion shanxienseR.L. Bernor B. Sun Y. Chen 2015 Plesiohipparion shanxiense n. sp. from the Early Pleistocene (Nihowanian) of E Shanxi, China Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 54 3 197–210 Sp. nov.ValidBernor, Sun & ChenEarly PleistoceneChinaA member of Equidae related to Hipparion; a species of Plesiohipparion.VastanolophusThierry Smith Floréal Solé Pieter Missiaen Rajendra Rana Kishor Kumar Ashok Sahni Kenneth D. Rose 2015 First early Eocene tapiroid from India and its implication for the paleobiogeographic origin of perissodactyls Palæovertebrata 39 2 e5 10.18563/pv.39.2.e5 Gen. et sp. novValidSmith et al.Eocene (Ypresian)Cambay Shale FormationIndiaA member of Tapiroidea, possibly a member of Helaletidae. The type species is Vastanolophus holbrooki. Even-toed ungulates Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnthracokeryx naduongensisStéphane Ducrocq Mouloud Benammi Olivier Chavasseau Yaowalak Chaimanee Kantapon Suraprasit Phan dong Pha Vu le Phuong Phung van Phach Jean-jacques Jaeger amp 2015 New anthracotheres (Cetartiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Paleogene of northeastern Vietnam: biochronological implications Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 3 e929139 10.1080/02724634.2014.929139 2015JVPal..35E9139D 128991949 Sp. novValidDucrocq et al.EoceneNa Duong Formation Youganwo FormationAlexander Averianov Ekaterina Obraztsova Igor Danilov Jianhua Jin 2019 Anthracotheriid artiodactyl Anthracokeryx and an upper Eocene age for the Youganwo Formation of southern China Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 31 9 1115–1122 10.1080/08912963.2017.1421639 90645448 China VietnamAn anthracothere, a species of Anthracokeryx.Bothriogenys langsonensisSp. novValidDucrocq et al.EoceneNa Duong FormationVietnamAn anthracothere, a species of Bothriogenys.Bothriogenys vietnamensisSp. novValidDucrocq et al.EoceneNa Duong FormationVietnamAn anthracothere, a species of Bothriogenys.Eotragus lampangensisKantapon Suraprasit Yaowalak Chaimanee Olivier Chavasseau Jean-Jacques Jaeger amp 2015 Middle Miocene bovids from Mae Moh Basin, Northern Thailand: The first record of the genus Eotragus from Southeast Asia Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 1 67–78 10.4202/app.2012.0061 free Sp. novValidSuraprasit et al.Late Middle Miocene (13.4-13.2 Ma)Nakhaem FormationThailandA bovid, a species of Eotragus.EpirigenysFabrice Lihoreau Jean-Renaud Boisserie Fredrick Kyalo Manthi Stéphane Ducrocq 2015 Hippos stem from the longest sequence of terrestrial cetartiodactyl evolution in Africa Nature Communications 6 6264 10.1038/ncomms7264 25710445 2015NatCo...6.6264L free Gen. et sp. novValidLihoreau et al.OligoceneLokone Sandstone FormationKenyaA relative of hippopotamuses. The type species is Epirigenys lokonensis.Eucladoceros montenegrensisJan van der Made Vesna Dimitrijević amp 2015 Eucladoceros montenegrensis n. sp. and other Cervidae from the Lower Pleistocene of Trlica (Montenegro) Quaternary International 389 90–118 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.058 2015QuInt.389...90V Sp. novValidVan der Made & DimitrijevićEarly PleistoceneMontenegroA deer, a species of Eucladoceros.Euprox grandisSukuan Hou 2015 A new species of Euprox (Cervidae, Artiodactyla) from the upper Miocene of the Linxia Basin, Gansu Province, China, with interpretation of its paleoenvironment Zootaxa 3911 1 43–62 10.11646/zootaxa.3911.1.2 25661595 Sp. novValidHouLate MioceneLiushu FormationChinaA member of Cervidae related to muntjacs, a species of Euprox.KachchhchoerusAnsuya Bhandari Martin Pickford Brahma Nand Tiwari 2015 Basal Late Miocene Mammal Fauna from Tapar and Pasuda, Kachchh Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe A: Geologie und Paläontologie 43 1–40 978-3-89937-199-4 Gen. et comb. nov ValidBhandari, Pickford & TiwariLate MioceneIndiaA member of Suidae. Genus includes K. salinus (Pilgrim, 1926).Kolpochoerus phillipiAntoine Souron Jean-Renaud Boisserie Tim D. White 2015 A new species of the suid genus Kolpochoerus from Ethiopia Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 1 79–96 10.4202/app.2012.0083 free Sp. nov ValidSouron, Boisserie & WhiteLate Pliocene or early Pleistocene (ca. 2.5 Ma)Middle AwashEthiopiaA suid, a species of Kolpochoerus.LucashyusDonald R. Prothero 2015 Evolution of the early miocene hesperhyine peccaries New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 67 235–255 http://www.donaldprothero.com/files/102919031.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidProtheroLate early ArikareeanUnited StatesA peccary. The type species is Lucashyus coombsae.MarshochoerusGen. et comb. novValidProtheroLate Arikareean to late HemingfordianUnited StatesA peccary; a new genus for "Thinohyus" socialis Marsh (1875).Muntiacus ? huangiWei Dong Shao-kun Chen 2015 An extraordinary pattern of ruminant molars and associated cervids from the Pleistocene of Wushan, Central China Vertebrata PalAsiatica 53 3 207–218 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201507/t20150715_4393961.html 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2015.03.004 Sp. novValidDong & ChenPleistoceneChinaA member of Cervidae, possibly a muntjac.Nguruwe ? galaticumMaëva J. Orliac Levent Karadenizli Pierre-Olivier Antoine Sevket Sen 2015 Small hyotheriine suids (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the late early Miocene of Turkey and a short overview of early Miocene small suoids in the Old World Palaeontologia Electronica 18 2 Article number 18.2.30A 10.26879/547 free Sp. nov ValidOrliac et al.Late early MioceneKumartaş FormationTurkeyA hyotheriine suid, possibly a species of Nguruwe.Paratoceras coatesiAldo F. Rincon Jonathan I. Bloch Bruce J. Macfadden Carlos A. Jaramillo amp 2015 New early Miocene protoceratids (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Panama Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 5 e970688 10.1080/02724634.2015.970688 2015JVPal..35E0688R 12659384 Sp. novValidRincon et al.Miocene (early Hemingfordian)Cucaracha FormationPanamaA member of Protoceratidae, a species of Paratoceras.Paratoceras orariusSp. novValidRincon et al.Early MioceneCulebra FormationPanamaA member of Protoceratidae, a species of Paratoceras.Sivacobus sankaliaiElisabeth S. 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The type species is "Ontocetus" oxymycterus Kellogg (1925).200px|AshleycetusAlbert E. Sanders Jonathan H. Geisler 2015 A new basal odontocete from the upper Rupelian of South Carolina, U.S.A., with contributions to the systematics of Xenorophus and Mirocetus (Mammalia, Cetacea) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 1 e890107 10.1080/02724634.2014.890107 2015JVPal..35E0107S 85040115 Gen. et sp. nov ValidSanders & GeislerOligocene (late Rupelian)Ashley FormationUnited StatesA basal odontocete. The type species is Ashleycetus planicapitis.BrabocetusWouter Colpaert Mark Bosselaers Olivier Lambert 2015 Out of the Pacific: a second fossil porpoise from the Pliocene of the North Sea Basin Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 1 1–10 10.4202/app.00115.2014 free Gen. et sp. nov ValidColpaert, Bosselaers & LambertPliocene (Zanclean)Kattendijk FormationBelgiumA porpoise. The type species is Brabocetus gigasei.ChilcacetusOlivier Lambert Christian De Muizon Giovanni Bianucci 2015 A new archaic homodont toothed cetacean (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the early Miocene of Peru Geodiversitas 37 1 79–108 10.5252/g2015n1a4 11568/773624 53635118 http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/37/1/un-nouveau-cetace-dents-mammalia-cetacea-odontoceti-archaique-homodonte-du-miocene-inferieur-du-perou Gen. et sp. nov ValidLambert, De Muizon & BianucciEarly MioceneChilcatay FormationPeruA toothed whale of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly related to Argyrocetus and Macrodelphinus. The type species is Chilcacetus cavirhinus.Chrysocetus fouadassiiPhilip D. Gingerich Samir Zouhri 2015 New fauna of archaeocete whales (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Bartonian middle Eocene of southern Morocco Journal of African Earth Sciences 111 273–286 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.08.006 2015JAfES.111..273G Sp. novValidGingerich & ZouhriEocene (Bartonian)Aridal FormationWestern SaharaA basilosaurid, a species of Chrysocetus.200px|FucaiaFelix G. Marx Cheng-Hsiu Tsai R. Ewan Fordyce 2015 A new Early Oligocene toothed 'baleen' whale (Mysticeti: Aetiocetidae) from western North America: one of the oldest and the smallest Royal Society Open Science 2 12 150476 10.1098/rsos.150476 free 27019734 4807455 2015RSOS....250476M Gen. et sp. et comb. nov ValidMarx, Tsai & FordyceOligoceneMakah Formation Pysht FormationUnited StatesA member of Aetiocetidae. The type species is Fucaia buelli; genus also includes "Chonecetus" goedertorum Barnes & Furusawa in Barnes et al. (1994).HoropetaCheng-Hsiu Tsai R. Ewan Fordyce 2015 The Earliest Gulp-Feeding Mysticete (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from the Oligocene of New Zealand Journal of Mammalian Evolution 22 4 535–560 10.1007/s10914-015-9290-0 14418707 Gen. et sp. novValidhttp://zoobank.org/References/43A7AAD3-1E12-4648-A4A2-38C7B605048D Archived copy 2021-01-02 2019-08-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20190826212352/http://zoobank.org/References/43A7AAD3-1E12-4648-A4A2-38C7B605048D Tsai & FordyceOligocene (early Chattian)Kokoamu GreensandNew ZealandAn early baleen whale. The type species is Horopeta umarere.200px|IsthminiaNicholas D. Pyenson Jorge Vélez-Juarbe Carolina S. Gutstein Holly Little Dioselina Vigil Aaron O'Dea 2015 Isthminia panamensis, a new fossil inioid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Chagres Formation of Panama and the evolution of 'river dolphins' in the Americas PeerJ 3 e1227 10.7717/peerj.1227 26355720 4562255 free Gen. et sp. nov ValidPyenson et al.Miocene (Messinian)Chagres FormationPanamaAn inioid river dolphin. The type species is Isthminia panamensis.200px|NanokogiaJorge Velez-Juarbe Aaron R. Wood Carlos De Gracia Austin J. W. Hendy 2015 Evolutionary Patterns among Living and Fossil Kogiid Sperm Whales: Evidence from the Neogene of Central America PLOS ONE 10 4 e0123909 10.1371/journal.pone.0123909 25923213 4414568 2015PLoSO..1023909V free Gen. et sp. nov ValidVelez-Juarbe et al.Late MioceneChagres FormationPanamaA member of Kogiidae. The type species is Nanokogia isthmia.200px|Otekaikea huataYoshihiro Tanaka R. Ewan Fordyce 2015 A new Oligo-Miocene dolphin from New Zealand: Otekaikea huata expands diversity of the early Platanistoidea Palaeontologia Electronica 18 2 Article number 18.2.23A 10.26879/518 free Sp. nov ValidTanaka & FordyceOligo/Miocene boundary (Waitakian)Otekaike LimestoneNew ZealandA relative of the South Asian river dolphin, a species of Otekaikea.200px|Platyosphys aithaiSp. novValidGingerich & ZouhriEocene (Bartonian)Aridal FormationWestern SaharaA basilosaurid. Originally described as a species of Platyosphys, but subsequently made the type species of the separate genus Antaecetus.Philip D. Gingerich Ayoub Amane Samir Zouhri Skull and partial skeleton of a new pachycetine genus (Cetacea, Basilosauridae) from the Aridal Formation, Bartonian middle Eocene, of southwestern Morocco 2022 PLOS ONE 17 10 e0276110 10.1371/journal.pone.0276110 36288346 9604876 2022PLoSO..1776110G free 200px|TokarahiaRobert W. Boessenecker R. Ewan Fordyce 2015 A new genus and species of eomysticetid (Cetacea: Mysticeti) and a reinterpretation of Mauicetus lophocephalus Marples, 1956: Transitional baleen whales from the upper Oligocene of New Zealand Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175 3 607–660 10.1111/zoj.12297 free Gen. et sp. et comb. novValidhttp://zoobank.org/References/682C4FE8-304A-4990-BA23-7B8B873671DE Archived copy 2021-01-02 2019-08-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20190828082137/http://zoobank.org/References/682C4FE8-304A-4990-BA23-7B8B873671DE Boessenecker & FordyceLate OligoceneKokoamu Greensand Otekaike LimestoneNew ZealandAn eomysticetid baleen whale. The type species is Tokarahia kauaeroa; genus also contains "Mauicetus" lophocephalus Marples (1956).TranatocetusPavel Gol'din Mette Elstrup Steeman 2015 From Problem Taxa to Problem Solver: A New Miocene Family, Tranatocetidae, Brings Perspective on Baleen Whale Evolution PLOS ONE 10 9 e0135500 10.1371/journal.pone.0135500 26331471 4558012 2015PLoSO..1035500G free Gen. et comb. nov ValidGol'din & SteemanMiocene (Tortonian)Gram FormationDenmarkA baleen whale, of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a relative of rorquals and gray whales or a member of the family Cetotheriidae;Felix G. Marx Klaas Post Mark Bosselaers Dirk K. Munsterman 2019 A large Late Miocene cetotheriid (Cetacea, Mysticeti) from the Netherlands clarifies the status of Tranatocetidae PeerJ 7 e6426 10.7717/peerj.6426 30783574 6377596 free a new genus for "Mesocetus" argillarius Roth (1978).thumb|Holotype of Tranatocetus argillariusWaharoaRobert W. Boessenecker R. Ewan Fordyce 2015 Anatomy, feeding ecology, and ontogeny of a transitional baleen whale: a new genus and species of Eomysticetidae (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Oligocene of New Zealand PeerJ 3 e1129 10.7717/peerj.1129 26380800 4570844 free Gen. et sp. nov ValidBoessenecker & FordyceLate OligoceneOtekaike LimestoneNew ZealandAn eomysticetid baleen whale. The type species is Waharoa ruwhenua.200px| Carnivorans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArchaeodobenusYoshihiro Tanaka Naoki Kohno 2015 A New Late Miocene Odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan Suggests Rapid Diversification of Basal Miocene Odobenids PLOS ONE 10 8 e0131856 10.1371/journal.pone.0131856 26244784 4526471 2015PLoSO..1031856T free Gen. et sp. nov ValidTanaka & KohnoLate MioceneIchibangawa FormationJapanA member of Odobenidae (a relative of the walrus). The type species is Archaeodobenus akamatsui.200px|AustralophocaAna M. Valenzuela-Toro Nicholas D. Pyenson Carolina S. Gutstein Mario E. Suárez 2015 A new dwarf seal from the late Neogene of South America and the evolution of pinnipeds in the southern hemisphere Papers in Palaeontology 2 1 101–115 10.1002/spp2.1033 54082356 Gen. et sp. nov Validhttp://zoobank.org/References/C6E5BC04-1F2D-4068-89C4-50DDBB6F546B Archived copy 2021-01-02 2019-08-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20190827184231/http://zoobank.org/References/C6E5BC04-1F2D-4068-89C4-50DDBB6F546B Valenzuela-Toro et al.Late MioceneBahía Inglesa Formation Pisco FormationChile PeruAn earless seal belonging to the subfamily Monachinae. The type species is Australophoca changorum.Cynelos malasiRobert M. Hunt JR. Ellen Stepleton 2015 A skull of the immigrant Eurasian beardog Cynelos (Carnivora, Amphicyonidae) from the early Miocene of southern California Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 1 e891229 10.1080/02724634.2014.891229 2015JVPal..35E1229H 129654383 Sp. nov ValidHunt & StepletonEarly MioceneUnited StatesAn amphicyonid, a species of Cynelos.Cynotherium malatestaiJoan Madurell-Malapeira Maria Rita Palombo Marina Sotnikova 2015 Cynotherium malatestai, sp. nov. (Carnivora, Canidae) from the early middle Pleistocene deposits of Grotta dei Fiori (Sardinia, Western Mediterranean) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 4 e943400 10.1080/02724634.2014.943400 2015JVPal..35E3400M 129741290 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/1456235 Sp. nov ValidMadurell-Malapeira, Palombo & SotnikovaEarly middle PleistoceneItalyA relative of the Sardinian dhole.Devinophoca emryiIrina A. Koretsky Sulman J. 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The type species is Eotaria crypta.Lutra hearstiDenis Geraads Zeresenay Alemseged René Bobe Denné Reed 2015 Pliocene Carnivora (Mammalia) from the Hadar Formation at Dikika, Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia Journal of African Earth Sciences 107 28–35 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.03.020 2015JAfES.107...28G Sp. nov ValidGeraads et al.PlioceneHadar FormationEthiopiaAn otter, a species of Lutra.Praepusa boeskaI. A. Koretsky N. Peters S. Rahmat 2015 New species of Praepusa (Carnivora, Phocidae, Phocinae) from the Netherlands supports east to west Neogene dispersal of true seals Vestnik Zoologii 49 1 57–66 10.1515/vzoo-2015-0006 free Sp. nov ValidKoretsky, Peters & RahmatLate Miocene—PlioceneBelgium NetherlandsAn earless seal, a species of Praepusa.Vulpes mathisoniDenis Geraads Michelle S. M. Drapeau René Bobe John G. Fleagle 2015 Vulpes mathisoni, sp. nov., a new fox from the Pliocene Mursi Formation of southern Ethiopia and its contribution to the origin of African foxes Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 4 e943765 10.1080/02724634.2014.943765 2015JVPal..35E3765G 83577970 Sp. novValidGeraads et al.PlioceneMursi FormationEthiopiaA fox, a species of Vulpes.YoshiNikolai Spassov Denis Geraads 2015 A New Felid from the Late Miocene of the Balkans and the Contents of the Genus Metailurus Zdansky, 1924 (Carnivora, Felidae) Journal of Mammalian Evolution 22 1 45–56 10.1007/s10914-014-9266-5 14261386 Gen. et sp. et comb. nov ValidSpassov & GeraadsLate MioceneGreece MacedoniaA felid. The type species is Yoshi garevskii; genus also contains "Metailurus" parvulus (Hensel, 1862) (nomen dubium) and "Metailurus" minor Zdansky, 1924. Rodents Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcarechimys leucotheaeM.G. Vucetich M.T. Dozo M. Arnal M.E. Pérez 2015 New rodents (Mammalia) from the late Oligocene of Cabeza Blanca (Chubut) and the first rodent radiation in Patagonia Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 27 2 236–257 10.1080/08912963.2014.883506 2015HBio...27..236V 84157246 http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/127608 Sp. novValidVucetich et al.Late OligoceneSarmiento FormationArgentinaAn octodontoid caviomorph of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally described as a species of Acarechimys; subsequently removed from the genus and transferred to the family Octodontidae by Verzi, Olivares and Morgan (2017).Diego H. Verzi A. Itatí Olivares Cecilia C. 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The type species is Allotypomys pictus.Apeomys whistleriSp. novValidKorth & SamuelsArikareeanJohn Day FormationUnited StatesA member of Eomyidae, a species of Apeomys.BursagnathusGen. et sp. novValidKorth & SamuelsArikareeanJohn Day FormationUnited StatesA member of Heteromyidae. The type species is Bursagnathus aterosseus.Cedromus woodiWilliam W. Korth 2015 A new species of the sciurid rodent Cedromus Wilson, 1949 (Mammalia) from the Whitneyan (middle Oligocene) of South Dakota Paludicola 10 3 145–148 https://paludicolavertpaleo.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/10-3-korth-2015a.pdf Sp. novValidKorthOligocene (Whitneyan)Brule FormationUnited StatesA member of the family Sciuridae.Cephalomys ceciaeSp. novValidVucetich et al.Late OligoceneSarmiento FormationArgentinaA cephalomyid, a species of Cephalomys.ChenomysQian Li Jin Meng 2015 New ctenodactyloid rodents from the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China, and the phylogenetic relationships of Eocene Asian ctenodactyloids American Museum Novitates 3828 1–58 10.1206/3828.1 2246/6583 83847222 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/271775 Gen. et sp. novValidLi & MengEarliest EoceneNomogen FormationChinaA ctenodactyloid rodent. The type species is Chenomys orientalis.DoryperimysAlejandro G. Kramarz Mariano Bond Michelle Arnal 2015 Systematic description of three new mammals (Notoungulata and Rodentia) from the early Miocene Cerro Bandera Formation, northern Patagonia, Argentina Ameghiniana 52 6 585–597 10.5710/AMGH.27.06.2015.2906 131217158 http://naturalis.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar/repositorio/_documentos/sipcyt/bfa005267.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidKramarz, Bond & ArnalEarly MioceneCerro Bandera FormationArgentinaA member of Neoepiblemidae. The type species is Doryperimys olsacheri.Eliomys yevesiSamuel Mansino Antonio García-Alix Francisco J. 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The type species is Argaliatherium robustum.CarinalestesGen. et sp. novValidCifelli & DavisEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Cloverly FormationUnited StatesA basal member of Tribosphenida. The type species is Carinalestes murensis.Docodon apoxysGuillermo W. Rougier Amir S. Sheth Kenneth Carpenter Lucas Appella-Guiscafre Brian M. Davis 2015 A New Species of Docodon (Mammaliaformes: Docodonta) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation and a Reassessment of Selected Craniodental Characters in Basal Mammaliaforms Journal of Mammalian Evolution 22 1 1–16 10.1007/s10914-014-9263-8 15845185 Sp. novValidRougier et al.Late JurassicMorrison FormationUnited StatesA docodont, a species of Docodon.DocofossorZhe-Xi Luo Qing-Jin Meng Qiang Ji Di Liu Yu-Guang Zhang April I. 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