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none 2014 paleontology paleobotany arthropod paleontology paleoentomology paleomalacology reptile paleontology archosaur paleontology mammal paleontology paleoichthyology thumb|Species described in 2014 Plants 2014 in paleobotany Cnidarians Newly described cnidarians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcanthophyllia indicaRatan Lal Jain 2014 Neogene fossils from Kathiawar, Gujarat, India with special emphasis on taxonomic description of molluscs and corals Palaeontologia Indica New Series 55 1–470 0970-0528 Sp nov ValidJainNeogeneIndiaA stony coral.Acanthophyllia patellataSp nov ValidJainNeogeneIndiaA stony coral.Acropora macrocalyxCarden C. Wallace Francesca R. Bosellini 2014 Acropora (Scleractinia) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Europe: species longevity, origination and turnover following the Eocene–Oligocene transition Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13 6 447–469 10.1080/14772019.2014.930525 11380/1071886 128879139 free Sp. novValidhttp://zoobank.org/References/CF79D0FC-86C8-4898-B4C0-82C570045F52 May 2022Wallace & BoselliniEarly Miocene (Burdigalian)ItalyA stony coral, a species of Acropora.Acropora piedmontensisSp. novValidWallace & BoselliniEarly Miocene (Burdigalian)ItalyA stony coral, a species of Acropora.Acropora salentinaSp. novValidWallace & BoselliniOligocene (Chattian)ItalyA stony coral, a species of Acropora.Acropora slovenicaSp. novValidWallace & BoselliniOligocene (Rupelian)Gornji Grad bedsSloveniaA stony coral, a species of Acropora.Anisocoenia bhimpuraensisSp nov ValidJainNeogeneIndiaA stony coral.Antillia kathiawarensisSp nov ValidJainNeogeneIndiaA stony coral.Antillocyathus gopiaeSp nov ValidJainNeogeneIndiaA stony coral.ArctistrotionJ. Fedorowski C. H. Stevens 2014 Late Carboniferous colonial Rugosa (Anthozoa) from Alaska Geologica Acta 12 3 239–267 10.1344/GeologicaActa2014.12.3.6 free Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. novValidFedorowski & StevensCarboniferous (Bashkirian)United StatesA colonial coral belonging to the subclass Rugosa and the family Lithostrotionidae. The type species is Arctistrotion variabilis; genus also contains "Lithostrotionella" wahooensis Armstrong (1972) and Arctistrotion simplex.Axophyllum cozariSergio Rodríguez Ian D. Somerville 2014 The Axophyllinae from SW Spain: a review Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Sección Geológica 108 81–137 0583-7510 Sp. novValidRodríguez & SomervilleCarboniferous (Viséan)SpainA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Axophyllidae.Axophyllum julianaenseSp. novValidRodríguez & SomervilleCarboniferous (Serpukhovian)SpainA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Axophyllidae.Axophyllum spinosumSp. novValidRodríguez & SomervilleCarboniferous (Serpukhovian)SpainA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Axophyllidae.Axophyllum spiralumSp. novValidRodríguez & SomervilleCarboniferous (Viséan)SpainA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Axophyllidae.Balanophyllia feddeniSp nov ValidJainNeogeneIndiaA stony coral, a species of Balanophyllia.Cambroctoconus kyrgyzstanicusGerd Geyer John S. Peel Michael Streng Sebastian Voigt Jan Fischer Marvin Preuße 2014 A remarkable Amgan (Middle Cambrian, Stage 5) fauna from the Sauk Tanga, Madygen region, Kyrgyzstan Bulletin of Geosciences 89 2 375–400 10.3140/bull.geosci.1434 free Sp. novValidPeel in Geyer et al.Cambrian (Amgan)KyrgyzstanA stem-cnidarian, a species of Cambroctoconus.Caryophyllia octameralaSp nov ValidJainNeogeneIndiaA stony coral, a species of Caryophyllia.Cyathoceras miocenicaSp nov ValidJainNeogeneIndiaA stony coral.Cyphastrea stellataSp nov ValidJainNeogeneIndiaA stony coral.Dendrophyllia gajaensisSp nov ValidJainNeogeneIndiaA stony coral, a species of Dendrophyllia.Diploastrea gajaensisSp nov ValidJainNeogeneIndiaA stony coral, a species of Diploastrea.Diploastrea khatumbaensisSp nov ValidJainNeogeneIndiaA stony coral, a species of Diploastrea.Favia satyanarayanaiSp nov ValidJainNeogeneIndiaA stony coral, a species of Favia.Galaxea indicaSp nov ValidJainNeogeneIndiaA stony coral, a species of Galaxea.HaootiaAlexander G. Liu Jack J. Matthews Latha R. Menon Duncan McIlroy Martin D. Brasier 2014 Haootia quadriformis n. gen., n. sp., interpreted as a muscular cnidarian impression from the Late Ediacaran period (approx. 560 Ma) Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 1793 20141202 10.1098/rspb.2014.1202 25165764 4173675Gen. et sp. novValidLiu et al.Late EdiacaranFermeuse FormationCanadaA probable cnidarian, possibly related to Medusozoa. The type species is Haootia quadriformis.200px|Halysites miyazakiensisShuji Niko Tomio Adachi 2014 Halysites miyazakiensis, a New Species of Silurian Halysitids (Coelenterata: Tabulata) from the Gionyama Formation, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series C 40 11–13 https://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/geology/download/40/BNMNS_C40_11-13.pdf Sp. novValidNiko & AdachiSilurian (Ludlow)Gionyama FormationJapanA tabulate coral belonging to the order Halysitida and the family Halysitidae.Leptastrea lowraliensisSp nov ValidJainNeogeneIndiaA stony coral.Montastrea pandeyiSp nov ValidJainNeogeneIndiaA stony coral.MorenaphyllumGen. et 2 sp. et comb. novValidRodríguez & SomervilleCarboniferousKazakhstan SpainA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Axophyllidae. The type species is M. antolinense; genus also includes new species M. boyerense, as well as "Carcinophyllum lonsdaleiforme" pauciseptata Bykova (1966) (raised to the rank of a distinct species).Multithecopora tobinosuensisShuji Niko Takehiko Haikawa Masayuki Fujikawa 2014 Early Carboniferous tabulate corals from the Nagatophyllum satoi zone (middle Visean) of the Akiyoshi Limestone Group, Yamaguchi Prefecture Bulletin of the Akiyoshi-dai Museum of Natural History 49 1–6 Sp. novValidNiko, Haikawa & FujikawaCarboniferous (Viséan)Akiyoshi Limestone GroupJapanA tabulate coral.Paraheritschioides compositusSp. novValidFedorowski & StevensCarboniferous (Bashkirian)Wahoo LimestoneUnited StatesA colonial coral belonging to the subclass Rugosa and the family Kleopatrinidae, a species of Paraheritschioides.Paraheritschioides katvalaeSp. novValidFedorowski & StevensCarboniferous (Moscovian)Saginaw Bay FormationUnited StatesA colonial coral belonging to the subclass Rugosa and the family Kleopatrinidae, a species of Paraheritschioides.Pareynia viacrucenseSp. novValidRodríguez & SomervilleCarboniferous (Serpukhovian)SpainA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Axophyllidae.SinobryonAndrzej Baliński Yuanlin Sun Jerzy Dzik 2014 Probable advanced hydroid from the Early Ordovician of China Paläontologische Zeitschrift 88 1 1–10 10.1007/s12542-013-0169-1 130210739 free 2014PalZ...88....1B Gen. et sp. novValidBaliński, Sun & DzikOrdovician (early Floian)Fenxiang FormationChinaA hydrozoan, a member of Hydroidolina. The type species is Sinobryon elongatum.Thamnopora itoaeShuji Niko Yousuke Ibaraki Jun-ichi Tazawa 2014 Devonian tabulate corals from pebbles in Mesozoic conglomerate, Kotaki, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. Part 1: Favositina Science Reports of Niigata University. (Geology) 29 53–66 10191/27148 Sp. novValidNiko, Ibaraki & TazawaDevonianJapanA tabulate coral belonging to the group Favositida and the family Pachyporidae.ThurispinaDieter Weyer 2014 Thurispina nov. gen. (Anthozoa, Rugosa) from the Upper Famennian of Thuringia (Germany) Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (22), Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 548 109–151 Gen. et sp. novValidWeyerDevonian (late Famennian)GermanyA member of Rugosa. The type species is Thurispina jogi.TriadufimiaJerzy Fedorowski Iwona Machłajewska 2014 Rugosa (Anthozoa) of the Serpukhovian from the Upper Silesian Coal Basin Acta Geologica Polonica 64 1 13–45 10.2478/agp-2014-0002 free Gen. et sp. novValidFedorowski & MachłajewskaCarboniferous (Serpukhovian)PolandA member of Rugosa belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Stereophrentidae. The type species is T. coepta.Trochocyathus (Platycyathus) kaliaeSp nov ValidJainNeogeneIndiaA stony coral. Arthropods 2014 in arthropod paleontology Bryozoans Newly described bryozoans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCupuladria collyridaAmalia Herrera-Cubilla Jeremy B. C. Jackson 2014 Phylogeny of Genus Cupuladria (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) in the Neogene of Tropical America Journal of Paleontology 88 5 851–894 10.1017/S0022336000057553 Sp. novValidHerrera-Cubilla & JacksonPlioceneBowden FormationJamaicaA species of Cupuladria.ErnstiporaJuan Luis Suárez-Andrés Patrick N. Wyse Jackson 2014 Ernstipora mackinneyi, a new unique fenestrate bryozoan genus and species with an encrusting growth habit from the Emsian (Devonian) of NW Spain Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 271 3 229–242 10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0384 2014NJGPA.271..229S Gen. et sp. novValidSuárez-Andrés & Wyse JacksonDevonian (Emsian)SpainA bryozoan belonging to the group Fenestrata. Genus includes new species E. mackinneyi.PirabasoporellaKamil Zágoršek Laís V. Ramalho Björn Berning Vladimir de Araújo Távora 2014 A new genus of the family Jaculinidae (Cheilostomata, Bryozoa) from the Miocene of the tropical western Atlantic Zootaxa 3838 1 98–112 10.11646/zootaxa.3838.1.5 25081761 Gen. et 3 sp. novValidZágoršek et al.MioceneBaitoa Formation Chipola Formation Pirabas FormationBrazil Dominican Republic United StatesAn ascophoran belonging to the family Jaculinidae. The type species is P. atalaiaensis; genus also includes P. baitoae and P. chipolae.PseudokololophosMartha Silviu O. Taylor Paul D. Matsuyama Kei Scholz Joachim 2014 A brief history of misidentification and missing links: the Jurassic cyclostome Kololophos Gregory, 1896 and a new genus from the Cretaceous Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali 94 169–179 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264542465 Gen. et sp. nov.ValidMartha, Taylor, Matsuyama & ScholzEarly CenomanianEssen Greensand FormationGermanyA cyclostome bryozoan. Genus includes new species P. radioporides. Brachiopods Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcanthocrania elusaL. Robin M. Cocks 2014 The Late Ordovician brachiopods of southern Pembrokeshire and adjacent south-western Wales Special Papers in Palaeontology 91 1–90 10.1111/pala.12092 4 July 2025 https://www.palass.org/publications/special-papers-palaeontology/archive/91/article_pp1-90Sp. novValidCocksLate OrdovicianUnited KingdomAkmolina? tubulusIan G. Percival Yong Yi Zhen John E. Simes Roger A. Cooper 2014 Furongian (late Cambrian) brachiopods and associated conodonts from the Takaka Terrane in the Springs Junction – Maruia area, South Island, New Zealand Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 45 55–70 https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=343378210951975;res=IELNZC Sp. novValidPercival et al.Cambrian (Furongian)Sluice Box FormationNew ZealandA brachiopod belonging to the group Acrotretida and the family Ephippelasmatidae.Aksarinaia subtilicrustaIan G. Percival Peter D. Kruse 2014 Middle Cambrian brachiopods from the Southern Georgina basin of central Australia Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 45 349–402 https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.345055178365213 Sp. novValidPercival & KruseCambrian Series 2AustraliaA brachiopod belonging to the family Obolidae.AlpeisGen. et comb. novValidPopov & CocksLate OrdovicianAkdombak FormationKazakhstanA member of Orthida belonging to the family Wangyuiidae. The type species is "Mimella" tolenensis Borissiak (1972).AshinaorthisGen. et comb. novValidPopov & CocksLate OrdovicianTaldyboi FormationKazakhstanA member of Orthida belonging to the family Plectorthidae. The type species is "Mimella" recta Klenina (1984).Athyris africanaMena Schemm-Gregory 2014 A New Givetian Athyridid Species from Northwest Africa Discovered By Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Shell Morphology of Internal Molds Journal of Paleontology 88 4 708–718 10.1666/13-086 2014JPal...88..708S 130094253 Sp. novValidSchemm-GregoryDevonian (late Givetian)Western SaharaAn athyridid brachiopod, a species of Athyris.BeethoveniaJenaro L. García-Alcalde 2014 Beethovenia n. gen. y Plicostropheodonta Sokolskaya, 1960 (Strophodontidae Caster, 1939), del Devónico Inferior de Europa occidental Trabajos de Geología 34 19–60 http://www.unioviedo.es/reunido/index.php/TDG/article/view/10679 Gen. et 3 sp. et comb. novValidGarcía-AlcaldeDevonian (Pragian and Emsian)Belgium France Spain Germany?A strophodontid brachiopod. The type species is Beethovenia beethoveni; genus also includes new species B. bachi and B. brahmsi, as well as B. acutiplicata (Oehlert & Davoust, 1879) and possibly "Stropheodonta" steiningeri Drevermann (1907).Bokotorthis minutaSp. novValidPopov & CocksLate OrdovicianAkdombak FormationKazakhstanA member of the family Plaesiomyidae.Boreadorthis sheehaniSp. novValidCocksLate OrdovicianUnited KingdomA brachiopod.BuminomenaGen. et comb. novValidPopov & CocksLate OrdovicianTaldyboi FormationKazakhstanA member of Strophomenoidea belonging to the family Glyptomenidae. The type species is "Oepikina" abayi Klenina (1984).?Chakassilingula undulataSp. novValidPercival & KruseCambrianAustraliaChaohochonetesWeihong He G. R. Shi Yang Zhang Tinglu Yang Kexin Zhang Shunbao Wu Zhijun Niu Zongyan Zhang 2014 Changhsingian (latest Permian) deep-water brachiopod fauna from South China Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12 8 907–960 10.1080/14772019.2013.846945 2014JSPal..12..907H 129099746 Gen. et sp. novValidHe & Shi in He et al.Permian (Changhsingian) to Early TriassicTalung Formation or Yinkeng FormationChinaA brachiopod belonging the group Chonetidina and to the family Rugosochonetidae. The type species is C. triangusinuata.Chonetoidea enbektenensisSp. novValidPopov & CocksLate OrdovicianAkdombak FormationKazakhstanA member of Plectambonitoidea belonging to the family Xenambonitidae.Christiania nilssoni sholeshookensisSubsp. novValidCocksLate OrdovicianUnited KingdomCirpa alkayaeAttila Vörös 2014 Early Jurassic brachiopods from diverse localities of northern Anatolia (Turkey) Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 31 7–49 10.17111/FragmPalHung.2014.31.7 http://real.mtak.hu/22026/1/Fragm_paleont_hung_2014_Vol_31_7.pdf Sp. novValidVörösEarly Jurassic (Pliensbachian)TurkeyA wellerellid rhynchonellid brachiopod, a species of Cirpa.Craniops pristinaSp. novValidPopov & CocksLate OrdovicianAkdombak FormationKazakhstanCryptothyris magnificaSp. novValidCocksLate OrdovicianUnited KingdomDalmanella kotyrzhalicaSp. novValidPopov & CocksLate OrdovicianAkdombak FormationKazakhstanA member of Orthida belonging to the family Dalmanellidae.Dedzetina majorSp. novValidCocksLate OrdovicianUnited KingdomDiambonioidea koknaiensisSp. novValidPopov & CocksLate OrdovicianAkdombak FormationKazakhstanA member of Plectambonitoidea belonging to the family Hesperomenidae.EnbektenorthisGen. et sp. novValidPopov & CocksLate OrdovicianAkdombak FormationKazakhstanA member of Orthida belonging to the family Wangyuiidae. The type species is E. molesta.Eostropheodonta portfieldensisSp. novValidCocksLate OrdovicianUnited KingdomFardenia gwaliaeSp. novValidCocksLate OrdovicianUnited KingdomFoliomena xinjiangensisRen Bin Zhan Jia Yu Rong Ji Suo Jin Yan Liang Wen Wei Yuan Yuan Dong Zhang Yi Wang 2014 Discovery of a Late Ordovician Foliomena fauna in the Tarim desert, Northwest China Palaeoworld 23 2 125–142 10.1016/j.palwor.2013.11.002 Sp. novValidZhan et al.Ordovician (late Katian)Yinpingshan FormationChinaGibbodouvillinaGen et comb. novValidJansenDevonianGermany Morocco Spain United KingdomA member of family Douvillinidae. The type species is "Strophomena" taeniolata G. & F. Sandberger (1856); genus also includes "Orthis" interstrialis Phillips (1841). Announced in 2013; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2014.GigastropheodontaUlrich Jansen 2014 Strophomenid brachiopods from the Rhenish Lower Devonian (Germany) Bulletin of Geosciences 89 1 113–136 1443 10.3140/bull.geosci.1443 free Gen et comb. novValidJansenDevonianFrance Germany Morocco Spain United KingdomA member of family Strophodontidae. The type species is "Leptaena (Strophomena)" gigas McCoy (1852); genus also includes "Boucotstrophia" minor Jahnke (1981), "Boucotstrophia" velica García-Alcalde (1992) and "Boucotstrophia" jahnkei Aït-Malek, Racheboeuf & Lazreq (2000). Announced in 2013; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2014.Glyptorthis splendensSp. novValidCocksLate OrdovicianUnited KingdomGunnarella mcdermottiSp. novValidCocksLate OrdovicianUnited KingdomHarknessella stevensorumSp. novValidCocksLate OrdovicianUnited KingdomHolmerglossaLeonid E. Popov L. Robin M. Cocks 2014 Late Ordovician brachiopods from the Chingiz Terrane, Kazakhstan, and their palaeogeography Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12 6 687–758 10.1080/14772019.2013.837844 2014JSPal..12..687P 129936972 Gen. et comb. novValidPopov & CocksOrdovicianTaldyboi Formation Weston FormationKazakhstan United KingdomA member of the family Obolidae. The type species is "Pseudolingula" spatula Williams (1974).Karathele quadrituberculumSp. novValidPercival & KruseCambrianAustraliaSubsequently transferred to the genus Schizopholis.Marissa J. Betts Patrick M. Smith John R. Paterson Evelyn M. Mervine Daniel A. Stirling James D. Holmes 2025 Biostratigraphy and correlation of the Cambrian Series 2 (Stage 4) to Miaolingian (Wuliuan) Thorntonia Limestone, south-eastern Georgina Basin (Queensland, Australia) Papers in Palaeontology 11 5 e70028 10.1002/spp2.70028 2025PPal...1170028B free Kassinella kasbalensisSp. novValidPopov & CocksLate OrdovicianAkdombak FormationKazakhstanA member of Plectambonitoidea belonging to the family Hesperomenidae.Kassinella tarimensisSp. novValidZhan et al.Ordovician (late Katian)Yinpingshan FormationChinaKostjubella robustaSp. novValidPercival & KruseCambrianAustraliaA brachiopod belonging to the family Acrotretidae.Kozlowskites botobaicusSp. novValidPopov & CocksLate OrdovicianAkdombak FormationKazakhstanA member of Plectambonitoidea belonging to the family Sowerbyellidae.Kullervo grandisSp. novValidCocksLate OrdovicianUnited KingdomLambdarina jugowiensisJolanta Muszer 2014 A new species of Lambdarina (Rhynchonellida, Brachiopoda) from the Viséan of central Sudetes (Poland) and its phylogenetic position Acta Geologica Polonica 64 1 1–12 10.2478/agp-2014-0001 2014AcGeP..64....1M free Sp. novValidMuszerCarboniferous (Viséan)Sokolec BedsPolandA member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Lambdarinidae.Leangella (Leangella) bakanasensisSp. novValidPopov & CocksLate OrdovicianAkdombak FormationKazakhstanA member of Plectambonitoidea belonging to the family Leptestiidae.Leoniorthis rubeliLinda Hints 2014 Revision of the concept of the orthide brachiopod Cyrtonotella in the Middle Ordovician of the East Baltic Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 63 2 63–70 10.3176/earth.2014.05 2014EsJES..63...63H free Sp. novValidHintsOrdovicianEstonia RussiaA brachiopod belonging to the group Orthida and the family Orthidae.Mackerrovia? jineiSp. novValidCocksLate OrdovicianUnited KingdomMaruiaGen. et sp. novValidPercival et al.Cambrian (Furongian)Sluice Box FormationNew ZealandA brachiopod, possibly a member of Acrotretida. The type species is M. castellum.Meekella? sparsiplicataSp. novValidHe & Shi in He et al.Permian (Changhsingian)Talung FormationChinaA brachiopod belonging the group Orthotetida and to the family Meekellidae.Micromitra georginaensisSp. novValidPercival & KruseCambrianAustraliaMirilingula antipodesSp. novValidPercival et al.Cambrian (Furongian)Sluice Box FormationNew ZealandA brachiopod belonging to the group Linguloidea and the family Lingulellotretidae.Neochonetes (Huangichonetes?) wufengensisSp. novValidHe & Shi in He et al.Permian (Changhsingian)Talung FormationChinaA brachiopod belonging the group Chonetidina and to the family Rugosochonetidae.Neochonetes (Zhongyingia?) liaoiSp. novValidHe & Shi in He et al.Permian (Wuchiapingian to Changhsingian)Talung FormationChinaA brachiopod belonging the group Chonetidina and to the family Rugosochonetidae.Neoplatystrophia deaniSp. novValidCocksLate OrdovicianUnited KingdomNeotreta circularisSp. novValidPercival & KruseCambrianAustraliaNicolella crabbiSp. novValidCocksLate OrdovicianUnited KingdomNisusia granosaYong-qin Mao Cheng-wen Wang Yuan-long Zhao 2014 A new species of Nususia from the Kaili Formation at Balang village, Jianhe County, Guizhou Province Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 53 2 223–232 http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=161&CurRec=9&filename=GSWX201402009&dbname=CJFD2014 2016-02-07 2016-02-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20160207050914/http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=161&CurRec=9&filename=GSWX201402009&dbname=CJFD2014 dead Sp. novValidMao, Wang & ZhaoCambrianKaili FormationChinaA brachiopod, a species of Nisusia.Orbiculoidea liaoiYang Zhang G.R. Shi Wei-Hong He Ke-Xin Zhang Hui-Ting Wu 2014 A new Changhsingian (Late Permian) brachiopod fauna from the Zhongzhai section (South China), Part 2: Lingulida, Orthida, Orthotetida and Spiriferida Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 38 4 480–503 10.1080/03115518.2014.906167 2014Alch...38..480Z 129926929 Sp. novValidZhang et al.Permian (Lopingian)ChinaA brachiopod belonging to the family Discinidae.ParapygmochonetesGen. et comb. novValidHe & Shi in He et al.Permian (Changhsingian)Changxing Formation Talung FormationChinaA brachiopod belonging the group Chonetidina and to the family Anopliidae. The type species is "Fusiproductus" baoqingensis Liao in Zhao et al. (1981); genus also includes new species P. parvulus He & Shi in He et al..Paryphella majiashanensisSp. novValidHe & Shi in He et al.Permian (Changhsingian)Talung FormationChinaA brachiopod belonging the group Productidina and to the family Productellidae.Paryphella minutaSp. novValidHe & Shi in He et al.Permian (Changhsingian)–earliest TriassicYinkeng FormationChinaA brachiopod belonging the group Productidina and to the family Productellidae.Phragmorthis eximiaSp. novValidPopov & CocksLate OrdovicianAkdombak FormationKazakhstanA member of Orthida belonging to the family Phragmorthidae.Picnotreta leptorhachisSp. novValidPercival & KruseCambrianAustraliaPlicostropheodonta crassicostaSp. novValidGarcía-AlcaldeDevonian (Emsian)SpainA strophodontid brachiopod, a species of Plicostropheodonta.Plicostropheodonta latronensisSp. novValidGarcía-AlcaldeDevonian (Emsian)SpainA strophodontid brachiopod, a species of Plicostropheodonta.RhenostropheodontaGen et sp. et comb. novValidJansenDevonianEmsquarzit Formation Hohenrhein Formation Wiltz FormationGermanyA member of family Strophodontidae. The type species is R. rhenana; genus also includes "Strophomena" piligera G. & F. Sandberger (1856). Announced in 2013; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2014.RogorthisGen. et comb. novValidHintsOrdovician (Darriwilian)Kandle Formation Pakri FormationEstoniaA brachiopod belonging to the group Orthida and the family Orthidae. The type species is "Cyrtonotella" pakriensis Rubel (1961).RongatrypaGen. et comb. novValidPopov & CocksLate OrdovicianDulankara Formation Liujiapo Formation Namas Formation Shiyanbe Formation Taldyboi Formation Tauken FormationChina KazakhstanA member of Atrypoidea belonging to the family Atrypinidae. The type species is "Nalivkinia (Pronalivkinia)" zvontsovi Nikitin, Popov & Bassett (2003); genus also includes "Rhynchotrema" instabilis Klenina (1984), "Rhynchotrema" rudis Rukavishnikova (1956) and "Nalivkinia (Anabaria)" xichuanensis Xu (1997).Salopia posteriorSp. novValidCocksLate OrdovicianUnited KingdomSampo transversaSp. novValidCocksLate OrdovicianUnited KingdomSericoidea minutaSp. novValidZhan et al.Ordovician (late Katian)Yinpingshan FormationChinaSpiriferellina fredericksiJun-ichi Tazawa 2014 Antitropical brachiopods from the middle Permian (Wordian) of the southern Kitakami Mountains, northeast Japan Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 68 1 15–22 http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110009688562 Sp. novValidTazawaPermian (Wordian)Japan RussiaA spiriferellinid spiriferinid brachiopod.Strophomena (Tetraphalerella) namasensisSp. novValidPopov & CocksLate OrdovicianTaldyboi FormationKazakhstanTethyochonetes rectangularisSp. novValidHe & Shi in He et al.Permian (Changhsingian)Talung FormationChinaA brachiopod belonging the group Chonetidina and to the family Rugosochonetidae.Tethyochonetes? sinuataSp. novValidHe & Shi in He et al.Permian (Changhsingian)ChinaA brachiopod belonging the group Chonetidina and to the family Rugosochonetidae.TolenLars E. Holmer Leonid Popov Michael G. Bassett 2014 Ordovician–Silurian Chileida—first post-Cambrian records of an enigmatic group of Brachiopoda Journal of Paleontology 88 3 488–496 10.1666/13-104 2014JPal...88..488H 129188767 http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:716324/FULLTEXT01 Gen. et sp. novValidHolmer, Popov & BassettOrdovician (Katian)Akdombak FormationKazakhstanA brachiopod belonging to the class Chileata and the order Chileida. The type species is T. multicostatus.TrifissuraGen. et comb et sp. novValidHolmer, Popov & BassettSilurianCoalbrookdale FormationSweden United KingdomA brachiopod belonging to the class Chileata and the order Chileida. The type species is "Obolus" davidsoni var. transversus Salter in Davidson (1866) (raised to the rank of the separate species Trifissura transversa); genus also includes new species T. rigida.Triplesia hintsaeSp. novValidCocksLate OrdovicianUnited KingdomWrightiopsGen. et comb. novValidPopov & CocksLate OrdovicianTaldyboi FormationKazakhstanA member of the family Craniopsidae. The type species is "Paracraniops" nikitini Goriansky (1972). Molluscs 2014 in molluscan paleontology Echinoderms 2014 in echinoderm paleontology Conodonts Newly described conodonts Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcodus? chingizicusTatiana Yu. Tolmacheva 2014 Biostratigrafiya i biogeografiya konodontov ordovika zapadnoy chasti centralno-aziatskogo skladchatogo poyasa 1–264 978-59-376-1218-2 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311739137 Sp. nov ValidTolmachevaOrdovician (Tremadocian)KazakhstanAcuminatella binodosaMichael J. Orchard 2014 Conodonts from the Carnian-Norian Boundary (Upper Triassic) of Black Bear Ridge, Northeastern British Columbia, Canada New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 64 1–139 Sp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Acuminatella constrictaSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Acuminatella curvataSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Acuminatella denticulataSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Acuminatella? extensaSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Acuminatella longicarinataSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Acuminatella? primaSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Acuminatella sagittaleSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Acuminatella sinuosaSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Belodina longxianensis minorXiyao Cai Xiaohong Yuan Yasheng Wu 2014 Conodonts from the Upper Ordovician in Well Z2 of the central Tarim Basin and the age of conodont-bearing reefal beds Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 31 3 285–293 http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=WSGT201403008&DBName=cjfqtotal&dbcode=cjfq 2015-12-27 2015-12-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20151227022324/http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=WSGT201403008&DBName=cjfqtotal&dbcode=cjfq dead Subsp. novValidCai, Yuan & WuLate OrdovicianLianglitag FormationChinaA subspecies of Belodina longxianensis.Carnepigondolella anitaeSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicLudington FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Carnepigondolella gibsoniSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicLudington FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Carnepigondolella milanaeSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Carnepigondolella postsamueliSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Carnepigondolella spenceriSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.ChiganodusGen. et sp. nov ValidTolmachevaOrdovician (Tremadocian)KazakhstanThe type species is C. parilis.CruxodusGen. et sp. nov ValidTolmachevaEarly OrdovicianKyrgyzstanThe type species is C. tretiakovi.Furnishina holmiGabriella Bagnoli Svend Stouge 2014 Upper Furongian (Cambrian) conodonts from the Degerhamn quarry road section, southern Öland, Sweden GFF 136 3 436–458 10.1080/11035897.2013.858768 2014GFF...136..436B 128813831 Sp. novValidBagnoli & StougeCambrian (late Furongian)Alum Shale FormationSwedenA species of Furnishina.GobduntaulepisAlexander B. Doweld 2014 Gobduntaulepis, a new generic name for Acantholepis Pianovskij, 1989 (Conodonta) non Krøyer, 1846 (Actinopterygii) Zootaxa 3793 4 499–500 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.8 24870188 free Nom. novValidDoweldEarly OrdovicianUzbekistanA replacement name for Acantholepis Pianovskij in Pianovskij, Pianovskaja & Aleksandrova, 1989 (preoccupied).Hindeodus microdentatusGuichun Wu Zhansheng Ji Julie A. Trotter Jianxin Yao Liqin Zhou 2014 Conodont biostratigraphy of a new Permo-Triassic boundary section at Wenbudangsang, north Tibet Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 411 188–207 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.06.016 2014PPP...411..188W Sp. novValidWu et al.Permian–Triassic boundaryChinaA species of Hindeodus.Histiodella levisSp. nov ValidTolmachevaOrdovician (Darriwilian)KazakhstanIcriodella rhodesiStig M. Bergström Annalisa Ferretti 2015 Conodonts in the Upper Ordovician Keisley Limestone of northern England: taxonomy, biostratigraphical significance and biogeographical relationships Papers in Palaeontology 1 1 1–32 10.1002/spp2.1003 2015PPal....1....1B 11380/1063494 140140921 Sp. novValidhttp://zoobank.org/References/BF8B02F1-D98D-4335-86FC-5A02F145F71A Archived copy 2014-10-25 2020-03-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20200318015247/http://zoobank.org/References/BF8B02F1-D98D-4335-86FC-5A02F145F71A Bergström & FerrettiLate OrdovicianKeisley LimestoneUnited KingdomA species of Icriodella.Kraussodontus ludingtonensisSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicLudington Formation Pardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Kraussodontus margaretaeSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Kraussodontus robertiSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Kraussodontus rosiaeSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Kraussodontus urbanaeSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Kraussodontus vancouverenseSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Kraussodontus wendaeSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Metapolygnathus dylaniSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Neogondolella prediscretaSp. novValidWu et al.Earliest TriassicChinaA species of Neogondolella.Norigondolella noricaSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.ParafurnishiusBo Yang Dong-Xun Yuan Charles M. Henderson Shu-Zhong Shen 2014 Parafurnishius, an Induan (Lower Triassic) conodont new genus from northeastern Sichuan Province, Southwest China and its evolutionary implications Palaeoworld 23 3–4 263–275 10.1016/j.palwor.2014.10.003 Gen. et sp. novValidYang et al.Early Triassic (Induan)Feixianguan FormationChinaA member of Ellisoniidae. The type species is Parafurnishius xuanhanensis.Parapetella beattyiSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Parapetella broatchaeSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Parapetella clareaeSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Parapetella columbienseSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Parapetella cordillerenseSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Parapetella destinaeSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Parapetella elegantulaSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Parapetella hillaraeSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Parapetella irwiniSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Parapetella johnpauliSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Parapetella laneiSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Parapetella posterolataSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Parapetella prominens angulareSubsp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Parapetella prominens circulareSubsp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Parapetella prominens prominensSubsp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Parapetella pumilioSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Parapetella riteriSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Parapetella rubaeSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Parapetella willifordiSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Polygnathus alkhovikovaeValeryi V. Baranov Ladislav Slavík Robert B. Blodgett 2014 Early Devonian polygnathids of Northeast Asia and correlation of Pragian/Emsian strata of the marginal seas of Angarida Bulletin of Geosciences 89 3 645–678 10.3140/bull.geosci.1483 free Sp. novValidBaranov, Slavík & BlodgettDevonian (early Emsian)RussiaA polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus.Polygnathus aragonensisC. Martínez-Pérez J. I. Valenzuela-Ríos 2014 New Lower Devonian Polygnathids (Conodonta) from the Spanish Central Pyrenees, with comments on the early radiation of the group Journal of Iberian Geology 40 1 141–155 http://pendientedemigracion.ucm.es/info/estratig/JIG/vol_content/vol%2040_1/JIG_40_1_Martinez_perez_141_155.pdf 10.5209/rev_JIGE.2014.v40.n1.44095 September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Sp. novValidMartínez-Pérez & Valenzuela-RíosEarly DevonianBasibé FormationSpainA polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus.Polygnathus arthuriSp. novValidBaranov, Slavík & BlodgettDevonian (early Emsian)RussiaA polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus.Polygnathus bardasheviSp. novValidBaranov, Slavík & BlodgettDevonian (early Emsian)RussiaA polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus.Polygnathus carlsiSp. novValidMartínez-Pérez & Valenzuela-RíosEarly DevonianBasibé FormationSpainA polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus.Polygnathus communis longanensisWenkun Qie Xionghua Zhang Yuansheng Du Bing Yang Wenting Ji Genming Luo 2014 Conodont biostratigraphy of Tournaisian shallow-water carbonates in central Guangxi, South China Geobios 47 6 389–401 10.1016/j.geobios.2014.09.005 2014Geobi..47..389Q Subsp. novValidQie et al.Carboniferous (latest Tournaisian)Long'an FormationChinaA polygnathid, a subspecies of Polygnathus communis.Polygnathus dujieensisSp. novValidQie et al.Carboniferous (latest Tournaisian)Long'an FormationChinaA polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus.Polygnathus ivanowskyiiSp. novValidBaranov, Slavík & BlodgettDevonian (early Emsian)RussiaA polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus.Polygnathus karsteniSp. novValidBaranov, Slavík & BlodgettDevonian (early Emsian)RussiaA polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus.Polygnathus lezhoeviSp. novValidBaranov, Slavík & BlodgettDevonian (early Emsian)RussiaA polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus.Polygnathus michaelmurphyiSp. novValidBaranov, Slavík & BlodgettDevonian (early Emsian)RussiaA polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus.Polygnathus ramoniSp. novValidMartínez-Pérez & Valenzuela-RíosEarly DevonianBasibé FormationSpainA polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus.Polygnathus settedabanicusSp. novValidBaranov, Slavík & BlodgettDevonian (early Emsian)RussiaA polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus.Polygnathus yakutensisSp. novValidBaranov, Slavík & BlodgettDevonian (early Emsian)RussiaA polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus.Primatella bifidaSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Primatella circulareSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Primatella elongataSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Primatella mclearniSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Primatella oblongaSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Primatella ovaleSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Primatella posteroglobosaSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Primatella rectangulareSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Primatella rhomboidaleSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Primatella rotundaSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Primatella stanleyiSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Primatella subquadrataSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Primatella triangulareSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Primatella vanlieraeSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Quadralella deflectaSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Quadralella karenaeSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Quadralella kathleenaeSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Quadralella mcrobertsiSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Quadralella pardonetiSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Quadralella posteroexpansaSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicLudington FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Quadralella postlobataSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Quadralella praecommunisti curvataSubsp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Quadralella praecommunisti ornataSubsp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Quadralella roysiSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Quadralella sigmoidaleSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Quadralella willistonenseSp. novValidOrchardLate TriassicPardonet FormationCanadaA member of Gondolellidae.Siphonodella nandongensisZhihong Li Zhongqin Peng Long Cheng Chuanshang Wang Baozhong Wang 2014 New material of the Early Carboniferous conodonts from the lower member of the Baping Formation in Nandong, Guangxi, China Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 31 3 271–284 http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=WSGT201403007&DBName=cjfqtotal&dbcode=cjfq 2015-12-27 2015-12-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20151227062402/http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=WSGT201403007&DBName=cjfqtotal&dbcode=cjfq dead Sp. novValidLi et al.Early CarboniferousBaping FormationChinaA species of Siphonodella.Westergaardodina asininaSp. novValidBagnoli & StougeCambrian (late Furongian)Alum Shale FormationSwedenA species of Westergaardodina. Fishes 2014 in fish paleontology Amphibians Basalmost tetrapods Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesWebererpetonG. Clément O. Lebedev 2014 Revision of the early tetrapod Obruchevichthys Vorobyeva, 1977 from the Frasnian (Upper Devonian) of the North-western East European Platform Paleontological Journal 48 10 1082–1091 10.1134/S0031030114100037 2014PalJ...48.1082C 129908361 Gen. et sp. novValidClément & LebedevLate Devonian (late Frasnian)Probably Smota-Lovat' FormationRussiaA member of Elginerpetontidae. The type species is Weberepeton sondalensis. Temnospondyls Research Specimens of Micromelerpeton crederni with abnormalities in their limbs interpreted as a result of limb regeneration are described by Fröbisch, Bickelmann and Witzmann (2014).Nadia B. Fröbisch Constanze Bickelmann Florian Witzmann 2014 Early evolution of limb regeneration in tetrapods: evidence from a 300-million-year-old amphibian Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 1794 20141550 10.1098/rspb.2014.1550 25253458 4211449 Redescription of Mahavisaurus dentatus and Lyrosaurus australis and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of the rhytidosteids is published by Maganuco, Pasini & Auditore (2014).Simone Maganuco Giovanni Pasini Marco Auditore 2014 A revision of the short-faced stereospondyls Mahavisaurus dentatus and Lyrosaurus australis from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar: cranial anatomy, ontogenetic remarks, palaeoecology and rhytidosteid phylogeny Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano XXXIX 3–64 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270820763 New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAntarctosuchusChristian A. Sidor J. Sébastien Steyer William R. Hammer 2014 A new capitosauroid temnospondyl from the Middle Triassic upper Fremouw Formation of Antarctica Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 3 539–548 10.1080/02724634.2013.808205 2014JVPal..34..539S 86010469 Gen. et sp. nov ValidSidor, Steyer & HammerMiddle TriassicFremouw FormationAntarcticaA capitosauroid. The type species is Antarctosuchus polyodon.200px|Leptorophus raischiRainer R. Schoch 2014 First evidence of the branchiosaurid temnospondyl Leptorophus in the Early Permian of the Saar-Nahe Basin (SW Germany) Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 272 2 225–236 10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0401 2014NJGPA.272..225S Sp. nov ValidSchochEarly PermianSaar–Nahe BasinGermanyA branchiosaurid, a species of Leptorophus.MegalophthalmaRainer R. Schoch Andrew R. Milner Florian Witzmann 2014 Skull morphology and phylogenetic relationships of a new Middle Triassic plagiosaurid temnospondyl from Germany, and the evolution of plagiosaurid eyes Palaeontology 57 5 1045–1058 10.1111/pala.12101 130014545 free 2014Palgy..57.1045S Gen. et sp. nov Validhttp://zoobank.org/References/D0318B76-8359-4DD2-BA0F-38ED7A7B09D5 Archived copy 2014-02-27 2019-09-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20190904153012/http://zoobank.org/References/D0318B76-8359-4DD2-BA0F-38ED7A7B09D5 Schoch, Milner & WitzmannMiddle Triassic (late Ladinian)Erfurt FormationGermanyA plagiosaurid. The type species is Megalophthalma ockerti.200px|NanobamusRainer R. Schoch Andrew R. Milner Handbook of Paleoherpetology. Part 3A2. Temnospondyli I Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil 60 978-3-89937-170-3 2014 Gen. et sp. novValidSchoch & MilnerEarly PermianArroyo FormationUnited StatesAn amphibamid. The type species is Nanobamus macrorhinus. Chroniosuchians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDromotectum abditumM. A. Shishkin I. V. Novikov J. Fortuny 2014 New bystrowianid chroniosuchians (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) from the Triassic of Russia and diversification of Bystrowianidae Paleontological Journal 48 5 512–522 http://www.maik.ru/cgi-perl/search.pl?type=abstract&name=paleng&number=5&year=14&page=512 10.1134/S0031030114050098 2014PalJ...48..512S 84098369 Sp. novValidShishkin, Novikov & FortunyEarly TriassicRussiaA bystrowianid chroniosuchian, a species of Dromotectum.Dromotectum largumJun Liu Li Xu Song-Hai Jia Han-Yong Pu Xiao-Ling Liu 2014 The Jiyuan tetrapod fauna of the Upper Permian of China—2. stratigraphy, taxonomical review, and correlation Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52 3 328–339 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201408/P020140811539429597755.pdf 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2014.03.005 Sp. nov ValidLiu et al.Late PermianShangshihezi FormationChinaA bystrowianid chroniosuchian, a species of Dromotectum.JiyuanitectumGen. et sp. nov ValidLiu et al.Late PermianShangshihezi FormationChinaA bystrowianid chroniosuchian. The type species is Jiyuanitectum flatum.VyushkovianaGen. et sp. nov ValidShishkin, Novikov & FortunyEarly TriassicRussiaA bystrowianid chroniosuchian. The type species is Vyushkoviana operta. Lissamphibians Research The humerus bone of a large calyptocephalellid anuran, apparently one of the largest fossil anurans known to date, is described by Otero et al. (2014) from the Eocene of Chile.Rodrigo A. Otero Paulina Jimenez-Huidobro Sergio Soto-Acuña Roberto E. Yury-Yáñez 2014 Evidence of a giant helmeted frog (Australobatrachia, Calyptocephalellidae) from Eocene levels of the Magallanes Basin, southernmost Chile Journal of South American Earth Sciences 55 133–140 10.1016/j.jsames.2014.06.010 2014JSAES..55..133O New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEopelobates deaniZbyněk Roček Michael Wuttke James D. Gardner Bhart-Anjan Singh Bhullar 2014 The Euro-American genus Eopelobates, and a re-definition of the family Pelobatidae (Amphibia, Anura) Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 94 4 529–567 10.1007/s12549-014-0169-5 2014PdPe...94..529R 86195679 Sp. novValidRoček et al.Early middle EoceneGreen River FormationUnited StatesA relative of the European spadefoot toads, a species of Eopelobates. Reptiles 2014 in reptile paleontology 2014 in archosaur paleontology Synapsids Non-mammalian synapsids Research A study on the diel activity patterns of non-mammalian synapsids is published by Angielczyk & Schmitz (2014).K. D. Angielczyk L. Schmitz 2014 Nocturnality in synapsids predates the origin of mammals by over 100 million years Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 1793 20141642 10.1098/rspb.2014.1642 25186003 4173690 The presence of plicidentine (infolded dentine around the base of the tooth root) is reported in the maxillary and dentary teeth of Ianthodon, Sphenacodon, Secodontosaurus and Dimetrodon by Brink, LeBlanc & Reisz (2014).Kirstin S. Brink Aaron R. H. LeBlanc Robert R. Reisz 2014 First record of plicidentine in Synapsida and patterns of tooth root shape change in Early Permian sphenacodontians Naturwissenschaften 101 11 883–892 10.1007/s00114-014-1228-5 25179435 2014NW....101..883B 7531460 A study of the anatomy of nasal cavity of Brasilitherium riograndensis is published by Ruf et al. (2014).Irina Ruf Wolfgang Maier Pablo G. Rodrigues Cesar L. Schultz 2014 Nasal Anatomy of the Non-mammaliaform Cynodont Brasilitherium riograndensis (Eucynodontia, Therapsida) Reveals New Insight into Mammalian Evolution The Anatomical Record 297 11 2018–2030 10.1002/ar.23022 25312362 22177053 free A study of the anatomy of the therocephalian Simorhinella baini and a taxonomic re-evaluation of the family Lycosuchidae is published by Abdala et al. (2014).Fernando Abdala Christian F. Kammerer Michael O. Day Sifelani Jirah Bruce S. Rubidge 2014 Adult morphology of the therocephalian Simorhinella baini from the middle Permian of South Africa and the taxonomy, paleobiogeography, and temporal distribution of the Lycosuchidae Journal of Paleontology 88 6 1139–1153 10.1666/13-186 2014JPal...88.1139A 129323281 New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAbajudonKenneth D. Angielczyk Sébastien Huertas Roger M. H. Smith Neil J. Tabor Christian A. Sidor Jean-Sébastien Steyer Linda A. Tsuji Neil J. Gostling 2014 New dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and updated tetrapod stratigraphy of the Permian Ruhuhu Formation (Songea Group, Ruhuhu Basin) of southern Tanzania Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 6 1408–1426 10.1080/02724634.2014.880448 2014JVPal..34.1408A 130441838 Gen. et sp. novValidAngielczyk et al.PermianMadumabisa MudstoneSavannah L. Olroyd Christian A. Sidor Kenneth D. Angielczyk 2018 New materials of the enigmatic dicynodont Abajudon kaayai (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the lower Madumabisa Mudstone Formation, middle Permian of Zambia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37 6 e1403442 10.1080/02724634.2017.1403442 89986797 Ruhuhu FormationTanzania ZambiaA dicynodont of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Abajudon kaayai.AlierasaurusMarco Romano Umberto Nicosia 2014 Alierasaurus ronchii, gen. et sp. nov., a caseid from the Permian of Sardinia, Italy Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 4 900–913 10.1080/02724634.2014.837056 2014JVPal..34..900R 85743001 Gen. et sp. nov ValidRomano & NicosiaPermianCala del Vino FormationItalyA caseid. The type species is Alierasaurus ronchii.200px|BotucaraitheriumMarina B. Soares Agustín G. Martinelli Téo V. De Oliveira 2014 A new prozostrodontian cynodont (Therapsida) from the Late Triassic Riograndia Assemblage Zone (Santa Maria Supersequence) of Southern Brazil Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 86 4 1673–1691 10.1590/0001-3765201420140455 25590707 free 10183/119079 free Gen. et sp. nov ValidSoares, Martinelli & De OliveiraLate Triassic (possibly early Norian)Riograndia Assemblage Zone of the Candelária Sequence (Caturrita Formation)BrazilA prozostrodontian cynodont. The type species is Botucaraitherium belarminoi.200px|EocaseaRobert R. Reisz Jörg Fröbisch 2014 The Oldest Caseid Synapsid from the Late Pennsylvanian of Kansas, and the Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates PLOS ONE 9 4 e94518 10.1371/journal.pone.0094518 24739998 3989228 2014PLoSO...994518R free Gen. et sp. novValidReisz & FröbischCarboniferous (late Pennsylvanian)Calhoun ShaleUnited StatesA member of Caseidae . The type species is Eocasea martini.200px|SungeodonMichael W. Maisch Andreas T. Matzke 2014 Sungeodon kimkraemerae n. gen. n. sp., the oldest kannemeyeriiform (Therapsida, Dicynodontia) and its implications for the early diversification of large herbivores after the P/T boundary Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 272 1 1–12 10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0394 2014NJGPA.272....1M Gen. et sp. novValidMaisch & MatzkeEarly TriassicJiucaiyuan FormationChinaA kannemeyeriiform dicynodont . The type species is Sungeodon kimkraemerae. Mammals 2014 in mammal paleontology Other animals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArchiasterella charmaJohn L. Moore Guoxiang Li Susannah M. Porter 2014 Chancelloriid sclerites from the Lower Cambrian (Meishucunian) of eastern Yunnan, China, and the early history of the group Palaeontology 57 4 833–878 10.1111/pala.12090 86013062 free 2014Palgy..57..833M Sp. nov ValidMoore, Li & PorterEarly CambrianPuerto Blanco FormationLéa Devaere Sébastien Clausen Jesús Porfirio Sosa-Leon Juan José Palafox-Reyes Blanca Estela Buitrón-Sánchez Daniel Vachard 2019 Early Cambrian Small Shelly Fossils from northwest Mexico: Biostratigraphic implications for Laurentia Palaeontologia Electronica 22 2 Article number 22.2.41 10.26879/880 2019PalEl..22..880D 199100840 free Shiyantou FormationChina MexicoA member of Chancelloriida.Ascarites rufferiPriscilla A. Da Silva Victor H. Borba Juliana M.F. Dutra Daniela Leles Atila A.S. Da-Rosa Luiz F. Ferreira Adauto Araujo 2014 A new ascarid species in cynodont coprolite dated of 240 million years Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 86 1 265–270 10.1590/0001-3765201320130036 24519010 27876602 free Sp. novValidDa Silva et al.Middle Triassic (Ladinian) Sítio Cortado siteBrazilAn ascaridid nematode found in a cynodont coprolite, a species of Ascarites.AshetscolexLucy A. Muir Tin-Wai Ng Xiang-Feng Li Yuan-Dong Zhang Jih-Pai Lin 2014 Palaeoscolecidan worms and a possible nematode from the Early Ordovician of South China Palaeoworld 23 1 15–24 10.1016/j.palwor.2013.06.003 Gen. et sp. novValidMuir et al.Ordovician (earliest Floian)Tonggao FormationChinaA palaeoscolecid worm. The type species is Ashetscolex nuppus.Atraktoprion podolicusHubert Szaniawski Daniel Drygant 2014 Early Devonian scolecodonts from Podolia, Ukraine Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59 4 967–983 10.4202/app.2012.0120 2014AcPaP..59..967S 55511236 free Sp. novValidSzaniawski & DrygantEarly Devonian (middle Lochkovian to Pragian)UkraineAn atraktoprionid polychaete, a species of Atraktoprion.AttenuellaJohn M. Malinky 2014 Cambrian Hyolitha and problematica from West Laurentian North America: taxonomy and palaeobiogeography Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 38 3 338–363 10.1080/03115518.2014.874715 2014Alch...38..338M 129104104 Gen. et comb. novValidMalinkyCambrian (Furongian)Mendha FormationUnited StatesA member of Hyolitha. The type species is "Hyolithes" attenuatus Walcott (1890).Bicoelia corticiferaBaba Senowbari-Daryan Michael Link 2014 Bicoelia corticifera, a new inozoid sponge from the Upper Triassic (Norian) reef boulders of the Central Taurids (southern Turkey) Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 23 5 575–579 10.3906/yer-1306-9 2014TJES...23..575S free Sp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan & LinkLate Triassic (Norian)Kasımlar FormationTurkeyA demosponge belonging to the order Agelasida and the family Preperonidellidae.BrevaspidellaFreek Rhebergen 2014 A new Late Ordovician erratic anthaspidellid sponge (Porifera) originating from Baltica Scripta Geologica 146 1–15 http://www.scriptageologica.nl/15/nr146/a01 May 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes Gen. et sp. novValidRhebergenLate OrdovicianGermany Netherlands SwedenA demosponge belonging to the family Anthaspidellidae. The type species is B. dispersa.BubiitesBen Yang Michael Steiner Guoxiang Li Helmut Keupp 2014 Terreneuvian small shelly faunas of East Yunnan (South China) and their biostratigraphic implications Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 398 28–58 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.07.003 2014PPP...398...28Y Gen. et sp. novValidYang et al.Cambrian (Terreneuvian)Zhujiaqing FormationChinaA sclerite of an animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is B. simplex.CambroskiadeionJohn L. Moore Susannah M. Porter Guoxiang Li 2014 Two Unusual Small Shelly Fossils from the Lower Cambrian of Southeastern Shaanxi Province, China Journal of Paleontology 88 2 348–358 10.1666/13-065 130728765 Gen. et sp. novValidMoore, Porter & LiEarly CambrianDengying FormationChinaAn animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement with a cap-shaped shell. The type species is Cambroskiadeion xiaowanense.ClaviconchellaGen. et sp. novValidYang et al.Cambrian (Terreneuvian)Zhujiaqing FormationChinaA sclerite of an animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is C. qianyii.Conchicolites crispisulcansOlev Vinn Olev Vinn Emilia Jarochowska Axel Munnecke 2014 A new species of Conchicolites (Cornulitida, Tentaculita) from the Wenlock of Gotland, Sweden Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 63 3 181–185 10.3176/earth.2014.16 2014EsJES..63..181V free Sp. novValidVinn, Jarochowska & MunneckeSilurian (Wenlock)Halla FormationSwedenA member of Cornulitida (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Conchicolites.EklexibellaHelmut Keupp Joachim Gründel Robert Wiese 2014 New agglutinated polychaete worm-tubes from the Lower Jurassic (Late Pliensbachian) of Southern Germany Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 273 3 241–251 10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0426 2014NJGPA.273..241K Gen. et 2 sp. novValidKeupp, Gründel & WieseEarly Jurassic (late Pliensbachian)GermanyA terebellid polychaete. Genus contains two species: Eklexibella buttenheimensis and Eklexibella johanni.EnalikterDerek J. Siveter Derek E. G. Briggs David J. Siveter Mark D. Sutton David Legg Sarah Joomun 2014 A Silurian short-great-appendage arthropod Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281 1778 20132986 10.1098/rspb.2013.2986 24452026 3906945Gen. et sp. novValidSiveter et al.Silurian Herefordshire LagerstätteUnited KingdomAn animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement; it might be a megacheiran arthropodDerek J. Siveter Derek E. G. Briggs David J. Siveter Mark D. Sutton David Legg Sarah Joomun 2015 Enalikter aphson is an arthropod: a reply to Struck et al. (2014) Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282 1804 20142663 10.1098/rspb.2014.2663 4375861 or an annelid.Torsten H. Struck Carolin Haug Gerhard Haszprunar Nikola-Michael Prpic Joachim T. Haug 2015 Enalikter aphson is more likely an annelid than an arthropod: a comment to Siveter et al. (2014) Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282 1804 20140946 10.1098/rspb.2014.0946 25716792 4375853 The type species is Enalikter aphson.200px|EopriapulitesYunhuan Liu Shuhai Xiao Tiequan Shao Jesse Broce Huaqiao Zhang 2014 The oldest known priapulid-like scalidophoran animal and its implications for the early evolution of cycloneuralians and ecdysozoans Evolution & Development 16 3 155–165 10.1111/ede.12076 24754444 205095219 Gen. et sp. novValidLiu & Xiao in Liu et al.Cambrian (Fortunian)Kuanchuanpu FormationChinaA priapulid-like scalidophoran. The type species is Eopriapulites sphinx.EximipriapulusXiaoya Ma Richard J. Aldridge David J. Siveter Derek J. Siveter Xianguang Hou Gregory D. Edgecombe 2014 A New Exceptionally Preserved Cambrian Priapulid From The Chengjiang Lagerstätte Journal of Paleontology 88 2 371–384 10.1666/13-082 2014JPal...88..371M 85627132 Gen. et sp. novValidMa et al.CambrianChengjiang LagerstätteChinaA member of Priapulida. The type species is Eximipriapulus globocaudatus.200px|FilihernodiaLinda Frey Carole Naglik Richard Hofmann Mena Schemm-Gregory Jiří Frýda Björn Kröger Paul D. Taylor Mark A. Wilson Christian Klug 2014 Diversity and palaeoecology of Early Devonian invertebrate associations in the Tafilalt (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) Bulletin of Geosciences 89 1 75–112 10.3140/bull.geosci.1459 12237062 free Gen. et sp. novValidTaylor & Wilson in Frey et al.Early Devonian (Pragian)MoroccoA reptariid hederellid. The type species is Filihernodia buccina.Haplistion toftanumFreek Rhebergen Joseph Botting 2014 Fossils and Strata, Number 60, A New Silurian (Llandovery, Telychian) Sponge Assemblage from Gotland, Sweden Wiley-Blackwell 1–88 978-1-118-90662-0 10.1002/9781118906651Sp. nov ValidRhebergen & BottingSilurian (Telychian)SwedenA haplistiid spirosclerophorid demosponge, a species of Haplistion.HaydenoconusGen. et comb. novValidMalinkyCambrian (Miaolingian and Furongian)United StatesA member of Hyolitha belonging to the family Angusticornidae. The type species is "Hyolithes" gallatinensis Resser (1938); genus also includes "Hyolithes" prolixus Resser (1939).Hyalonema vetteriDorte Janussen 2014 The second fossil Hyalonema species (Porifera: Hexactinellida), from the Late Cretaceous Arnager limestone, Bornholm, Denmark Frank Wiese Mike Reich Gernot Arp "Spongy, slimy, cosy & more". Commemorative volume in celebration of the 60th birthday of Joachim Reitner. Göttingen Contributions to Geosciences 77 Frank Wiese Mike Reich and Gernot Arp Eds Universitätsverlag Göttingen 57–62 978-3-86395-165-8 10.3249/webdoc-3917 Sp. novValidJanussenLate Cretaceous (Coniacian)Arnager FormationDenmarkA hexactinellid sponge, a species of Hyalonema.LindstroemispongiaGen. et sp. nov ValidRhebergen & BottingSilurian (Telychian)SwedenAn astylospongiid streptosclerophorid demosponge. The type species is Lindstroemispongia cylindrata.LyrarapaxPeiyun Cong Xiaoya Ma Xianguang Hou Gregory D. Edgecombe Nicholas J. Strausfeld 2014 Brain structure resolves the segmental affinity of anomalocaridid appendages Nature 513 7519 538–542 10.1038/nature13486 25043032 2014Natur.513..538C 4451239 Gen. et sp. novValidCong et al.Early CambrianChinaA member of Anomalocarididae (a group of animals with uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly stem-arthropods). The type species is Lyrarapax unguispinus.200px|Multistella leipnitzaeSp. nov ValidRhebergen & BottingSilurian (Telychian)SwedenAn anthaspidellid orchocladine demosponge, a species of Multistella.NesonektrisDiego C. García-Bellido Michael S. Y. Lee Gregory D. Edgecombe James B. Jago James G. Gehling John R. Paterson 2014 A new vetulicolian from Australia and its bearing on the chordate affinities of an enigmatic Cambrian group BMC Evolutionary Biology 14 1 214 10.1186/s12862-014-0214-z 25273382 4203957 free 2014BMCEE..14..214G Gen. et sp. novValidGarcía-Bellido et al.CambrianEmu Bay ShaleAustraliaA member of Vetulicolida. The type species is Nesonektris aldridgei.200px|NidelricXianguang Hou Mark Williams David J. Siveter Derek J. Siveter Sarah Gabbott David Holwell Thomas H. P. Harvey 2014 A chancelloriid-like metazoan from the early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte, China Scientific Reports 4 7340 10.1038/srep07340 free 25487514 4260403 2014NatSR...4.7340H Gen. et sp. novValidHou et al.Early CambrianHeilinpu FormationChinaAn animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a member of Chancelloriida or a chancelloriid-like animal. The type species is Nidelric pugio.NorvegiograptusLi-xia Li Hong-zhen Feng Wen-hui Wang Wen-jian Chen 2014 A new graptolite genus Norvegiograptus from the Ningkuo Formation (Lower Ordovician) of Hunan Province, China Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 53 2 172–179 http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=141&CurRec=3&filename=GSWX201402003&dbname=CJFD2014 2016-02-07 2016-02-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20160207055237/http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=141&CurRec=3&filename=GSWX201402003&dbname=CJFD2014 dead Gen. et comb. novValidLi et al.Early OrdovicianChina NorwayA graptolite belonging to the family Dichograptidae. A new genus for "Didymograptus" liber Monsen (1937); genus also includes "Didymograptus" enshiensis Ni in Mu et al. (1979).Oikozetetes mountiSarah M. Jacquet Glenn A. Brock John R. Paterson 2014 New data on Oikozetetes (Mollusca, Halkieriidae) from the lower Cambrian of South Australia Journal of Paleontology 88 5 1072–1084 10.1666/13-137 2014JPal...88.1072J 130926677 Sp. novValidJacquet, Brock & PatersonEarly CambrianMernmerna FormationAustraliaA member of Halkieriidae (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Oikozetetes.Opetionella incomptaSp. nov ValidRhebergen & BottingSilurian (Telychian)SwedenA demosponge, possibly a member of the group Hadromerida; a species of Opetionella.PaleoxyurisJean-Pierre Hugot Scott L. Gardner Victor Borba Priscilla Araujo Daniela Leles Átila Augusto Stock Da-Rosa Juliana Dutra Luiz Fernando Ferreira Adauto Araújo 2014 Discovery of a 240 million year old nematode parasite egg in a cynodont coprolite sheds light on the early origin of pinworms in vertebrates Parasites & Vectors 7 486 10.1186/s13071-014-0486-6 25495824 4236488 free Gen. et sp. novValidHugot et al.Triassic Sítio Cortado siteBrazilA heteroxynematid oxyurid nematode known from an egg found in a cynodont coprolite. The type species is Paleoxyuris cockburni.Phragmodictya jinshaensisYang Xinglian Zhao Yuanlong Wu Weiyi Zheng Haolin Zhu Yajie 2014 Phragmodictya jinshaensis sp. nov., a hexactinellid dictyosponge from the Cambrian of Jinsha, south China GFF 136 1 309–313 10.1080/11035897.2014.880509 2014GFF...136..309X 129658102 Sp. novValidXinglian et al.CambrianChinaA hexactinellid sponge, a species of Phragmodictya.Polychaetaspis kozlowskiiSp. novValidSzaniawski & DrygantEarly Devonian (early Lochkovian)UkraineA polychaetaspid polychaete, a species of Polychaetaspis.PostperissocoeliaGen. et comb. et sp. nov ValidRhebergen & BottingSilurianCanada SwedenA streptosolenid orchocladine demosponge. A new genus for "Perissocoelia" spinosa Rigby & Chatterton (1989); genus also contains new species Postperissocoelia gnisvardensis.PseudoperipatusJoachim T. Haug Carolin Haug 2014 A new cycloneuralian from the Burgess Shale with a palaeoscolecid-type terminal end Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 274 1 73–79 10.1127/njgpa/2014/0441 2014NJGPA.274...73H Gen. et sp. novValidHaug & HaugCambrianBurgess ShaleCanadaA cycloneuralian worm. The type species is Pseudoperipatus hintelmannae.SanduscolexGen. et sp. novValidMuir et al.Ordovician (earliest Floian)Tonggao FormationChinaA palaeoscolecid worm. The type species is Sanduscolex regularis.UrphaenomenospongiaGen. et sp. nov ValidRhebergen & BottingSilurian (Telychian)SwedenA glass sponge, possibly a member of Lyssacinosida. The type species is Urphaenomenospongia euplectelloides.WaflascolexWenhui Wang Lucy A. Muir Joseph P. Botting Hongzhen Feng Thomas Servais Lixia Li 2014 A Tremadocian (Early Ordovician) palaeoscolecidan worm from graptolitic shales in Hunan Province, South China Palaeontology 57 3 657–671 10.1111/pala.12083 140658199 free 2014Palgy..57..657W Gen. et sp. novValidWang et al.Ordovician (Tremadocian)ChinaA palaeoscolecid worm. The type species is Waflascolex changdensis.Wiwaxia foliosaJie Yang Martin R. Smith Tian Lan Jin-bo Hou Xi-guang Zhang 2014 Articulated Wiwaxia from the Cambrian Stage 3 Xiaoshiba Lagerstätte Scientific Reports 4 4643 10.1038/srep04643 free 24717918 3982170 2014NatSR...4.4643YSp. novValidYang et al.CambrianHongjingshao FormationChinaAn animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Wiwaxia.YuganothecaZ.-F. Zhang G.-X. Li L. E. Holmer G. A. Brock U. Balthasar C. B. Skovsted D.-J. Fu X.-L. Zhang H.-Z. Wang A. Butler Z.-L. Zhang C.-Q. Cao J. Han J.-N. Liu D.-G. Shu 2014 An early Cambrian agglutinated tubular lophophorate with brachiopod characters Scientific Reports 4 4682 10.1038/srep04682 free 24828016 4021322 2014NatSR...4.4682Z Gen. et sp. novValidZhang, Li & Holmer in Zhang et al.CambrianHeilinpu FormationChinaA member of Lophophorata of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Yuganotheca elegans. Other organisms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCyathus dominicanusGeorge Poinar Jr. 2014 Bird's nest fungi (Nidulariales: Nidulariaceae) in Baltic and Dominican amber Fungal Biology 118 3 325–329 10.1016/j.funbio.2014.01.004 24607356 2014FunB..118..325P Sp. novValidPoinarEocene or MioceneDominican amberDominican RepublicA fungus, a species of Cyathus.ElainabellaStephen M. Rowland Margarita G. Rodriguez 2014 A multicellular alga with exceptional preservation from the Ediacaran of Nevada Journal of Paleontology 88 2 263–268 10.1666/13-075 2014JPal...88..263R 129796477 Gen. et sp. novValidRowland & RodriguezEdiacaranDeep Spring FormationUnited StatesA multicellular alga of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species E. deepspringensis.200px|EopalaeoaplysinaKaylee D. Anderson Benoit Beauchamp 2014 Paleobiology and paleoecology of Palaeoaplysina and Eopalaeoaplysina new genus in Arctic Canada Journal of Paleontology 88 5 1056–1071 10.1666/13-049 129407237 Gen. et sp. novValidAnderson & BeauchampCarboniferous (Moscovian to Kasimovian)Belcourt Formation Ely Limestone Nansen FormationCanada United StatesA red alga, a relative of Palaeoaplysina. Genus includes new species E. daviesi.HelmutellaMichael Krings Thomas N. Taylor 2014 A mantled fungal reproductive unit from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert that demonstrates Carboniferous "sporocarp" morphology and development Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 273 2 197–205 10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0423 2014NJGPA.273..197K Gen. et sp. novValidKrings & TaylorEarly DevonianRhynie chertUnited KingdomA fungus described on the basis of a reproductive unit. Genus includes new species H. devonica.Nidula balticaSp. novValidPoinarEoceneBaltic amberRussia(Kaliningrad Oblast)A fungus, a species of Nidula.NilpeniaMary L. Droser James G. Gehling Mary E. Dzaugis Martin J. Kennedy Dennis Rice Michael F. Allen 2014 A New Ediacaran Fossil with a Novel Sediment Displacive Life Habit Journal of Paleontology 88 1 145–151 10.1666/12-158 2014JPal...88..145D 59608504 Gen. et sp. novValidDroser et al.PrecambrianEdiacara Fossil Site at Nilpena, Flinders RangesAustralia"An organism of unknown affinities with a growth pattern convergent on that of extant fungi, lichens and encrusting algae". The type species is Nilpenia rossi.PalaeogasterGeorge O. Poinar, Jr. Dônis da Silva Alfredo Iuri Goulart Baseia 2014 A gasteroid fungus, Palaeogaster micromorpha gen. & sp. nov. (Boletales) in Cretaceous Myanmar amber Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8 1 139–143 https://www.academia.edu/7926072 Gen. et sp. novValidPoinar, Alfredo & BaseiaEarly Cretaceous (late Albian)MyanmarA fungus belonging to the group Sclerodermatineae. The type species is Palaeogaster micromorpha.PlexusLucas V. Joel Mary L. Droser James G. Gehling 2014 A New Enigmatic, Tubular Organism from the Ediacara Member, Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia Journal of Paleontology 88 2 253–262 10.1666/13-058 2014JPal...88..253J 131446358 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9g06g1gw Gen. et sp. novValidJoel, Droser & GehlingPrecambrianAustraliaA tubular, serially divided organism with a bilateral morphology of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Plexus ricei.200px|WutubusZhe Chen Chuanming Zhou Shuhai Xiao Wei Wang Chengguo Guan Hong Hua Xunlai Yuan 2014 New Ediacara fossils preserved in marine limestone and their ecological implications Scientific Reports 4 4180 10.1038/srep04180 free 24566959 3933909 2014NatSR...4.4180CGen. et sp. novValidChen et al.PrecambrianDengying FormationChinaAn annulated tubular organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Wutubus annularis.Xylaria antiquaGeorge O. Poinar Jr. 2014 Xylaria antiqua sp. nov. (Ascomycota: Xylariaceae) in Dominican amber Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8 1 145–149 Sp. novValidPoinarEocene or MioceneDominican RepublicA fungus belonging to the family Xylariaceae found in Dominican amber, a species of Xylaria. References 2 Category:2010s in paleontology Paleontology