2015 in arthropod paleontology

none 2015 arthropod paleontology paleontology science reptile paleontology paleobotany paleoentomology paleomalacology archosaur paleontology mammal paleontology paleoichthyology Paleontology History of science This list of fossil arthropods described in 2015 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods of every kind that have been described during the year 2015. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species. Newly named arachnids Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArchaelagonops propinquusJörg Wunderlich 2015 On the evolution and the classification of spiders, the Mesozoic spider faunas, and descriptions of new Cretaceous taxa mainly in amber from Myanmar (Burma) (Arachnida: Araneae) Jörg Wunderlich Beiträge zur Araneologie, 9: Mesozoic spiders and other fossil arachnids 21–408 http://joergwunderlich.de/Downloads/Beitr._Araneol._Band_9_(2015).pdf Sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae belonging to the family Lagonomegopidae, a species of Archaelagonops.Archaelagonops scorsumSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae belonging to the family Lagonomegopidae, a species of Archaelagonops.ArchaeoscorpiopsWilson R. Lourenço 2015 A new subfamily, genus and species of fossil scorpions from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Scorpiones: Palaeoeuscorpiidae) Jörg Wunderlich Beiträge zur Araneologie, 9: Mesozoic spiders and other fossil arachnids 457–464 http://joergwunderlich.de/Downloads/Beitr._Araneol._Band_9_(2015).pdf Gen. et sp. novValidLourençoCretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA scorpion belonging to the superfamily Chactoidea and the family Palaeoeuscorpiidae. The type species is Archaeoscorpiops cretacicus.AutotomianaGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae belonging to the family Praeterleptonetidae or Pholcochyroceridae.Paul A. Selden Dong Ren 2017 A review of Burmese amber arachnids Journal of Arachnology 45 3 324–343 10.1636/JoA-S-17-029 90983791 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/289917 The type species is Autotomiana hirsutipes.BetaburmesebuthusWilson R. Lourenço Alex Beigel 2015 A new genus and species of Palaeoburmesebuthinae Lourenço, 2015 (Scorpiones: Archaeobuthidae) from Cretaceous amber of Burmese Jörg Wunderlich Beiträge zur Araneologie, 9: Mesozoic spiders and other fossil arachnids 476–480 http://joergwunderlich.de/Downloads/Beitr._Araneol._Band_9_(2015).pdf Gen. et 3 sp. novValidLourenço & BeigelCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA scorpion belonging to the superfamily Buthoidea and the family Palaeoburmesebuthidae.Wilson R. Lourenço 2016 A preliminary synopsis on amber scorpions with special reference to Burmite species: an extraordinary development of our knowledge in only 20 years ZooKeys 600 75–87 10.3897/zookeys.600.8913 27408601 4926682 2016ZooK..600...75L free The type species is Betaburmesebuthus kobberti Lourenço & Beigel (2015); genus also includes B. bidentatus Lourenço (2015) and B. muelleri Lourenço (2015).Wilson R. Lourenço 2015 New contribution to the knowledge of Cretaceous Burmese amber scorpions: descriptions of two new species of Betaburmesebuthus Lourenço, 2015 (Scorpiones: Archaeobuthidae: Palaeoburmesebuthinae) Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 3 27–36 BiapophysesGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae belonging to the family Praeterleptonetidae. The type species is Biapophyses beate.BicalamistrumGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Uloboridae. The type species is Bicalamistrum mixtum.BicornoculusGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Tetrablemmidae. The type species is Bicornoculus levis.Burmadictyna clavaSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of the family Salticoididae (related to the net-casting spiders and the cribellate orb weavers), a species of Burmadictyna.Burmadictyna excavataSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of the family Salticoididae (related to the net-casting spiders and the cribellate orb weavers), a species of Burmadictyna.BurmathelyphoniaJörg Wunderlich 2015 New and rare fossil Arachnida in Cretaceous Burmese Amber (Amblypygi, Ricinulei and Uropygi: Thelephonida) Jörg Wunderlich Beiträge zur Araneologie, 9: Mesozoic spiders and other fossil arachnids 409–436 http://joergwunderlich.de/Downloads/Beitr._Araneol._Band_9_(2015).pdf Gen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA whip scorpion of uncr. The type species is Burmathelyphonia prima.Burmesiola daviesiSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA tree trunk spider, a species of Burmesiola.BurmorsolusGen. et 2 sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarProbably a relative of trogloraptorids. The type species is Burmorsolus nonplumosus; genus also includes Burmorsolus crassus (this species was subsequently transferred to the genus Pseudorsolus, but later it was transferred back to the genus Burmorsolus).Burmuloborus antefixusSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Uloboridae, a species of Burmuloborus.?Burmuloborus prolongatusSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Uloboridae, possibly a species of Burmuloborus.Chaerilobuthus birmanicusWilson R. Lourenço 2015 Clarification of the familiar status of the genus Palaeoburmesebuthus Lourenço, 2002 from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Scorpiones: Archaeobuthidae: Palaeoburmesebuthinae) Jörg Wunderlich Beiträge zur Araneologie, 9: Mesozoic spiders and other fossil arachnids 465–475 http://joergwunderlich.de/Downloads/Beitr._Araneol._Band_9_(2015).pdf Sp. novValidLourençoCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA chaerilobuthid scorpion.Chaerilobuthus bruckschiSp. novValidLourençoCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA chaerilobuthid scorpion.Chaerilobuthus enigmaticusWilson R. Lourenço 2015 An unusual new species of Chaerilobuthus Lourenço & Beigel, 2011 (Scorpiones: Chaerilobuthidae) from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Burma) Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 5 44–48 Sp. novValidLourençoCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA chaerilobuthid scorpion.Chaerilobuthus schwarziWilson R. Lourenço Jürgen Velten 2015 Another new species of Chaerilobuthus Lourenço & Beigel, 2011 (Scorpiones: Chaerilobuthidae) from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Burma) Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 5 2–8 Sp. novValidLourenço in Lourenço & VeltenCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA chaerilobuthid scorpion.CrassitibiaGen. et 2 sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae; originally assigned to the family Praeterleptonetidae, subsequently transferred to the araneoid family Zarqaraneidae. The type species is Crassitibia longispina; genus also contains Crassitibia tenuimana.CretaceotheleGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Mesothelae. Originally assigned to the family Liphistiidae, but subsequently transferred to the separate family Cretaceothelidae.Jörg Wunderlich 2017 New and rare fossil spiders (Araneae) in mid Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma), including the description of new extinct families of the suborders Mesothelae and Opisthothelae as well as notes on the taxonomy, the evolution and the biogeography of the Mesothelae Jörg Wunderlich Beiträge zur Araneologie, 10 72–279 http://joergwunderlich.de/Downloads/Beitr._Araneol._Band_10_(2017).pdf The type species is Cretaceothele lata.CretotheridionGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Theridiidae. The type species is Cretotheridion inopinatum.CurvitibiaGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae; originally assigned to the family Praeterleptonetidae, subsequently transferred to the araneoid family Zarqaraneidae. The type species is Curvitibia curima.CushingiaJason A. Dunlop Tharina L. Bird Jack O. Brookhart Günter Bechly 2015 A camel spider from Cretaceous Burmese amber Cretaceous Research 56 265–273 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.05.003 2015CrRes..56..265D Gen. et sp. nov ValidDunlop et al.CenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA camel spider of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Cushingia ellenbergeri.CymbiolagonopsGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae belonging to the family Lagonomegopidae. The type species is Cymbiolagonops cymbiocalcar.DenticulsegestriaGen. et sp. novJunior synonymWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA tube-dwelling spider, a member of the stem group of Segestriidae or a stem dysderoid.Ivan L. F. Magalhaes Guilherme H. F. Azevedo Peter Michalik Martín J. Ramírez 2020 The fossil record of spiders revisited: implications for calibrating trees and evidence for a major faunal turnover since the Mesozoic Biological Reviews 95 1 184–217 10.1111/brv.12559 31713947 The type species is Denticulsegestria rugosa. Wunderlich & Müller (2020) considered the genus Denticulsegestria to be a junior synonym of the genus Parvosegestria, though the authors maintained the species D. rugosa as a distinct species within the latter genus.Jörg Wunderlich Patrick Müller 2020 New and already described fossil spiders (Araneae) of 20 families in mid and Late Cretaceous Burmese ambers, with notes on spider phylogeny, evolution and classification Jörg Wunderlich Beiträge zur Araneologie, 13 978-3-931473-19-8 22–164 Self published http://www.joergwunderlich.de/Downloads/Beitr._Araneol._Band_13_(2020).pdf Dissorhina nudaLadislav Miko 2015 Oribatid mite fossils from pre-Quaternary sediments in Slovenian caves III. Two new species of Dissorhina (Oppiidae) from the Pliocene Acarologia 55 4 449–457 10.1051/acarologia/20152184 55774492 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01548617/file/Acarologia-2015-55-449-457.pdf Sp. nov ValidMikoPlioceneSloveniaAn oribatid mite belonging to the family Oppiidae, a species of Dissorhina.Dissorhina paleokrasicaSp. nov ValidMikoPlioceneSloveniaAn oribatid mite belonging to the family Oppiidae, a species of Dissorhina.EdwaRobert J. Raven Peter A. Jell Robert A. Knezour 2015 Edwa maryae gen. et sp. nov. in the Norian Blackstone Formation of the Ipswich Basin—the first Triassic spider (Mygalomorphae) from Australia Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 2 259–263 10.1080/03115518.2015.993300 2015Alch...39..259R 131277819 Gen. et sp. nov ValidRaven, Jell & KnezourLate Triassic (Norian)Blackstone FormationAustraliaA masteriine diplurid mygalomorph spider. The type species is Edwa maryae.?Eogamasomorpha claraSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Tetrablemmidae, possibly a species of Eogamasomorpha.Eopsiloderces serenitasSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae belonging to the family Eopsilodercidae, a species of Eopsiloderces.EramoscorpiusJanet Waddington David M. Rudkin Jason A. Dunlop 2015 A new mid-Silurian aquatic scorpion—one step closer to land? Biology Letters 11 1 20140815 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0815 25589484 4321148Gen. et sp. nov ValidWaddington, Rudkin & DunlopSilurianEramosa FormationCanadaAn aquatic scorpion. The type species is Eramoscorpius brucensis.200px|Eunicolina glaesiMichel Bertrand Ekaterina Sidorchuk C. Hoffeins 2015 Before the summer turns to winter: the third labidostommatid genus from Baltic amber has subtropical kin Acarologia 55 3 321–336 10.1051/acarologia/20152170 free Sp. nov ValidBertrand, Sidorchuk & HoffeinsEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A mite belonging to the family Labidostommatidae found in Baltic amber, a species of Eunicolina.Fessonia grabenhorstiChristian Bartel Marta Konikiewicz Joanna Mąkol Andreas Wohltmann Jason A. Dunlop 2015 Smaridid Mites in Baltic and Bitterfeld Amber, with Notes on the Fossil Record of Terrestrial Parasitengona (Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) Annales Zoologici 65 4 641–659 10.3161/00034541ANZ2015.65.4.009 88131434 Sp. nov ValidBartel et al.Eocene to OligoceneEuropeA mite belonging to the family Smarididae found in Baltic amber (Europe, Baltic Sea coast) and Bitterfeld amber (Germany), a species of Fessonia.Fessonia groehniSp. nov ValidBartel et al.EoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A mite belonging to the family Smarididae found in Baltic amber, a species of Fessonia.Fessonia wunderlichiSp. nov ValidBartel et al.Eocene to OligoceneEuropeA mite belonging to the family Smarididae found in Baltic amber (Europe, Baltic Sea coast) and Bitterfeld amber (Germany), a species of Fessonia.FossilcalcarGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Mygalomorphae. The type species is Fossilcalcar praeteritus.GroehnianusGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae; originally assigned to the family Praeterleptonetidae, subsequently transferred to the araneoid family Zarqaraneidae. The type species is Groehnianus burmensis.Hypotheridiosoma falcataSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae. Initially considered to be a member of the family Praeterleptonetidae and a species of Hypotheridiosoma; subsequently transferred to the araneoid family Zarqaraneidae and to the genus Spinicymbium.JordansegestriaGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCretaceousJordanA tube-dwelling spider, a member of the stem group of Segestriidae or a stem dysderoid. The type species is Jordansegestria detruneo.JordariadnaGen. et comb. novValidWunderlichCretaceousJordanA tube-dwelling spider, a member of the stem group of Segestriidae or a stem dysderoid; a new genus for "Ariadna" amissiocoli Wunderlich (2008).Kronocharon engeliSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA whip spider (originally assigned to Neoamblypygi, but excluded from this group by Garwood et al., 2017Russell J. Garwood Jason A. Dunlop Brian J. Knecht Thomas A. Hegna 2017 The phylogeny of fossil whip spiders BMC Evolutionary Biology 17 1 105 10.1186/s12862-017-0931-1 28431496 5399839 2017BMCEE..17..105G free ), a species of Kronocharon.200px|Kronocharon longicalcarisSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA whip spider (originally assigned to Neoamblypygi, but excluded from this group by Garwood et al., 2017), a species of Kronocharon.200px|Lacinius bizleyiP. G. Mitov J. A. Dunlop D. Penney 2015 A new species of Lacinius in amber (Arachnida: Opiliones) Fossil Record 18 1 37–42 10.5194/fr-18-37-2015 free Sp. nov ValidMitov, Dunlop & PenneyPaleogene (Eocene-Oligocene?)Germany Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A member of Opiliones found in Baltic amber and Bitterfeld amber, a species of Lacinius.Lacunauchenius longissipesSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Archaeidae. Originally described as a species of Lacunauchenius, but subsequently transferred to the genus Eomysmauchenius.Lacunauchenius pilosusSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Archaeidae. Originally described as a species of Lacunauchenius, but subsequently transferred to the genus Planarchaea.?Lagonomegops tuberSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae belonging to the family Lagonomegopidae, possibly a species of Lagonomegops.Leclercera ellenbergeriSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Psilodercidae. Originally described as a species of Leclercera, but subsequently transferred to the genus Priscaleclercera.Leclercera sexaculeataSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Psilodercidae. Originally described as a species of Leclercera, but subsequently transferred to the genus Priscaleclercera.LineaburmopsGen. et 2 sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae belonging to the family Lagonomegopidae. The type species is Lineaburmops beigeli; genus also contains Lineaburmops hirsutipes.LongissipalpusGen. et 3 sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA relative of Mongolarachne. The type species is Longissipalpus minor; genus also contains Longissipalpus magnus and Longissipalpus maior.MicrouloborusGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Uloboridae. The type species is Microuloborus birmanicus.MyansegestriaGen. et 2 sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA tube-dwelling spider, a member of the stem group of Segestriidae or a stem dysderoid. The type species is Myansegestria engin; genus also contains Myansegestria caederens.NasutiacarusEkaterina A. Sidorchuk Vincent Perrichot Evert E. Lindquist 2015 A new fossil mite from French Cretaceous amber (Acari: Heterostigmata: Nasutiacaroidea superfam. nov.), testing evolutionary concepts within the Eleutherengona (Acariformes) Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 4 297–317 10.1080/14772019.2015.1046512 82764842 Gen. et sp. nov ValidZooBank.org http://zoobank.org/References/F6CF7838-126F-4196-BE38-77791299240E 2022-01-05 zoobank.org en-usSidorchuk & Lindquist in Sidorchuk, Perrichot & LindquistLate Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian to early Santonian)FranceA mite belonging to the group Heterostigmata. The type species is Nasutiacarus perplexus.Nephila burmanicaDunlop Jason A. Penney David Jekel Denise A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives https://wsc.nmbe.ch/resources/fossils/Fossils18.5.pdf live https://web.archive.org/web/20211027205227/https://wsc.nmbe.ch/resources/fossils/Fossils18.5.pdf October 27, 2021 5 January 2022 World Spider Catalog Natural History Museum Bern 171 2018Comb nov. valid(Poinar)Early CretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA nephiline. a new combination for "Geratonephila" burmanicathumb|center|upright|Nephila burmanicaPalaeoburmesebuthus ohlhoffiSp. novValidLourençoCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA palaeoburmesebuthid scorpion.Paramiagrammopes longiclypeusSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Uloboridae, a species of Paramiagrammopes.Paramiagrammopes patellidensSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Uloboridae, a species of Paramiagrammopes.ParviburmopsGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae belonging to the family Lagonomegopidae. The type species is Parviburmops brevipalpus.ParvispinaGen. et comb. novJunior homonymWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae; originally assigned to the family Praeterleptonetidae, subsequently transferred to the araneoid family Zarqaraneidae. A new genus for "Praeterleptoneta" tibialis Wunderlich (2011). The generic name is preoccupied by Parvispina Kornicker & Imbrie (1958); Wunderlich (2025) coined a replacement name Parvispinina.Wunderlich J. 2025 Corrections Jörg Wunderlich Papers on Taxonomy and Evolution of Fossil and Extant Spiders (Araneida) Beiträge zur Araneologie 18 122–123 Jörg Wunderlich https://www.joergwunderlich.de/Downloads/Beitr._Araneol._Band_18_(2025).pdf ParvosegestriaGen. et 4 sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA tube-dwelling spider, a member of the stem group of Segestriidae or a stem dysderoid. The type species is Parvosegestria obscura; genus also contains Parvosegestria longitibialis, Parvosegestria pintgu and Parvosegestria triplex.PaxillomegopsGen. et 2 sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae belonging to the family Lagonomegopidae. The type species is Paxillomegops longipes; genus might also contain a second species ?Paxillomegops brevipes.PedipalparaneusGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA relative of Mongolarachne. The type species is Pedipalparaneus seldeni.PhyxioschemoidesGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA spider of uncertain affinities, originally described as a member of Dipluridae. The type species is Phyxioschemoides collembola.PicturmegopsGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae belonging to the family Lagonomegopidae. The type species is Picturmegops signatus.PlanarchaeaGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Archaeidae. The type species is Planarchaea kopp.PraeterpacullaGen. et 5 sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Tetrablemmidae. The type species is Praeterpaculla tuberosa; genus also contains Praeterpaculla armatura, Praeterpaculla biacuta, Praeterpaculla dissolata and Praeterpaculla equester.PrimoricinuleusGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Ricinulei. The type species is Primoricinuleus pugio.PropterpsilodercesGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA spider belonging to the family Eopsilodercidae. The type species is Propterpsiloderces longisetae.RetrooecobiusGen. et 2 sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Oecobiidae. The type species is Retrooecobius chomskyi; genus also contains Retrooecobius convexus.SeldischnopluraGen. et sp. nov ValidRaven, Jell & KnezourEarly CretaceousCrato FormationBrazilA spider of uncertain affinities, originally described as a euagrine diplurid mygalomorph spider. The type species is Seldischnoplura seldeni.Spatiator putescensSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae belonging to the family Spatiatoridae, a species of Spatiator.SpinasiliaGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA tree trunk spider. The type species is Spinasilia dissoluta.SpinicreberGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae belonging to the family Pholcochyroceridae. The type species is Spinicreber antiquus.SpinipalpitibiaGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarOriginally described as a member of Araneomorphae belonging to the family Praeterleptonetidae; subsequently transferred to the leptonetoid family Protoaraneoididae.Jörg Wunderlich Patrick Müller 2018 Reflections on the origin of the orb web, on the evolution and the relationships of selected spiders (Araneae): the RTA-clade, the superfamily Leptonetoidea as well as on the orb-weaving spiders (Araneoidea and Deinopoidea), based on "missing links" in Cretaceous Burmese amber; descriptions of new taxa, and notes on the spider fauna in Burmite Jörg Wunderlich Beiträge zur Araneologie, 11. Fossil spiders (Araneae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber 1–177 Publishing House Joerg Wunderlich 978-3-931473-16-7 http://joergwunderlich.de/Downloads/Beitr._Araneol._Band_11_(2018).pdf The type species is Spinipalpitibia maior.SpinipalpusGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae belonging to the family Pholcochyroceridae. The type species is Spinipalpus vetus.SucinlourencousAndrea Rossi 2015 A new family, genus and species of scorpion from the burmite of Burmese amber (Scorpiones: Sucinlourencoidae) Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 1 3–21 Gen. et sp. nov ValidRossiCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA scorpion belonging to the superfamily Buthoidea and the family Sucinlourencoidae. The type species is Sucinlourencous adrianae.Syphax secedensJörg Wunderlich 2015 Description of an unusual fossil crab spider (Araneae: Thomisidae s. l.: Stephanopinae) in Eocene Baltic Amber Jörg Wunderlich Beiträge zur Araneologie, 9: Mesozoic spiders and other fossil arachnids 7–14 http://joergwunderlich.de/Downloads/Beitr._Araneol._Band_9_(2015).pdf Sp. novValidWunderlichEoceneEuropeA crab spider found in Baltic amber, a species of Syphax.Tityus apozonalliRiquelme F. Villegas-Guzmán G. González-Santillán E. Córdova-Tabares V. Francke O. F. Piedra-Jiménez D. Estrada-Ruiz E. Luna-Castro B. 2015 New Fossil Scorpion from the Chiapas Amber Lagerstätte PLOS ONE 10 8 1–20 10.1371/journal.pone.0133396 26244974 4526686 2015PLoSO..1033396R free Sp. nov ValidRiquelme, Villegas & González in Riquelme et al.Early-Middle MioceneMexican amberMexicoA Buthidae scorpionthumb|center|150px|Tityus apozonalliUniscutosomaGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Tetrablemmidae. The type species is Uniscutosoma aberrans.VetiatorGen. et sp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Araneomorphae. Originally assigned to the family Spatiatoridae, but subsequently transferred to the separate family Vetiatoridae. The type species is Vetiator gracilipes.Zamilia aculeopectensSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Oecobiidae, a species of Zamilia.Zamilia quattuormammillaeSp. novValidWunderlichCenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA member of Oecobiidae, a species of Zamilia.ZhizhuPaul A. Selden Dong Ren ChungKun Shih 2015 Mesozoic cribellate spiders (Araneae: Deinopoidea) from China Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 1 49–74 10.1080/14772019.2014.991906 129497579 Gen. et 2 sp. nov ValidZooBank.org http://www.zoobank.org/References/53C1BDD0-C9A9-4E9D-8515-A57BE437581F 2022-01-05 www.zoobank.org en-usSelden, Ren & ShihMiddle Jurassic to Early CretaceousJiulongshan Formation Yixian FormationChinaA cribellate spider related to net-casting spiders and cribellate orb weavers. Genus contains two species: Zhizhu daohugouensis and Zhizhu jeholensis. Newly named crustaceans Malacostracans Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBlaculla haugiNorbert Winkler 2015 Revision of the fossil crustacean Blaculla brevipes, and description of a new caridean shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata) from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Lithographic Limestones of Schernfeld (Germany) Zitteliana A 55 31–39 http://www.palmuc.de/bspg/images/pdf/zitteliana55/2_winkler.pdf 2015-09-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20160201071831/http://www.palmuc.de/bspg/images/pdf/zitteliana55/2_winkler.pdf 2016-02-01 Sp. novValidWinklerLate Jurassic (early Tithonian)Eichstätt FormationGermanyA caridean shrimp, possibly a member of the superfamily Alpheoidea; a species of Blaculla.BraggicarpiliusClaudio Beschin Alessandra Busulini Giuliano Tessier 2015 Nuova segnalazione di crostacei associati a coralli nell'Eocene inferiore dei Lessini orientali (Vestenanova – Verona) Lavori – Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 40 47–109 http://www.ace-sap.it/UploadDocs/12412_L6_Beschin__Busulini__Tessier.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidBeschin, Busulini & TessierEocene (Ypresian)ItalyA crab belonging to the family Carpiliidae. The type species is B. marginatus.Caloxanthus britannicusJoe S. H. Collins 2015 Caloxanthus britannicus sp. nov. (Decapoda, Brachyura, Feldmanniidae) from the Cenomanian of England and France Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 41 15–17 http://www.city.mizunami.lg.jp/docs/2015031900036/files/003BMFM41.pdf Sp. novValidCollinsLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)France United KingdomA feldmanniid crab, a relative of etyiids; a species of Caloxanthus.Caloxanthus thompsonorumAdiël A. Klompmaker Matúš Hyžný Sten L. Jakobsen 2015 Taphonomy of decapod crustacean cuticle and its effect on the appearance as exemplified by new and known taxa from the Cretaceous–Danian crab Caloxanthus Cretaceous Research 55 141–151 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.11.011 2015CrRes..55..141K Sp. nov ValidKlompmaker, Hyžný & JakobsenLate Cretaceous (Santonian)AustriaA crab, a species of Caloxanthus.Caloxanthus vignyensisSp. nov ValidKlompmaker, Hyžný & JakobsenPaleocene (Danian)FranceA crab, a species of Caloxanthus.Capsulapagurus brochetiRené H.B. Fraaije Barry W.M. van Bakel John W.M. Jagt 2015 A new Albian hermit crab (Anomura, Paguroidea) from France – another example of capsulated setae in an extinct form Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 277 3 353–359 10.1127/njgpa/2015/0511 Sp. novValidFraaije, van Bakel & JagtEarly Cretaceous (early Albian)FranceA hermit crab belonging to the family Paguridae, a species of Capsulapagurus.Cenomanocarcinus boedekeriÀlex Ossó John Jackson Francisco J. Vega 2015 Two new species of Cenomanocarcinus Van Straelen, 1936 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Paleocorystoidea) from the Lower and Middle Cretaceous of Texas, USA, with remarks on intraspecific variation in Cenomanocarcinus Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 278 2 229–243 10.1127/njgpa/2015/0530 Sp. novValidOssó, Jackson & VegaLate Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian)Woodbine FormationUnited StatesA palaeocorystoid crab, a species of Cenomanocarcinus.Cenomanocarcinus cookseyiSp. novValidOssó, Jackson & VegaEarly Cretaceous (Albian)Walnut FormationUnited StatesA palaeocorystoid crab, a species of Cenomanocarcinus.Chlorodiella elenaeAntonio De Angeli Riccardo Alberti 2015 Chlorodiella elenae n. sp., nuovo crostaceo brachiuro (Decapoda, Xanthidae) dell'Eocene di San Bovo (Bassano del Grappa, Vicenza, Italia settentrionale) Lavori – Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 40 111–118 http://www.ace-sap.it/UploadDocs/12413_L7_De_Angeli__Alberti.pdf Sp. novValidDe Angeli & AlbertiEocene (Lutetian)ItalyA crab belonging to the family Xanthidae, a species of Chlorodiella.CorallicarpiliusAntonio De Angeli Loris Ceccon 2015 Nuovi crostacei brachiuri dell'Eocene di Monte Magrè (Vicenza, Italia settentrionale) Lavori – Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 40 119–138 Gen. et sp. novValidDe Angeli & CecconEarly EoceneItalyA crab belonging to the family Carpiliidae. The type species is C. arcuatus.Corallomursia pauciornataSp. novValidBeschin, Busulini & TessierEocene (Ypresian)ItalyA crab belonging to the family Calappidae.Daira vestenanovensisSp. novValidBeschin, Busulini & TessierEocene (Ypresian)ItalyA crab belonging to the family Dairidae.Dardanus braggensisSp. novValidBeschin, Busulini & TessierEocene (Ypresian)ItalyA species of Dardanus.Diaulax rosablancaArley de Jesús Gómez-Cruz Hermann D. Bermúdez Francisco J. Vega 2015 A new species of Diaulax Bell, 1863 (Brachyura: Dialucidae) in the Early Cretaceous of the Rosablanca Formation, Colombia Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 67 1 103–112 http://boletinsgm.igeolcu.unam.mx/bsgm/index.php/component/content/article/248-sitio/articulos/cuarta-epoca/6701/1225-6701-8-gomez 10.18268/BSGM2015v67n1a8 free Sp. novValidGómez-Cruz, Bermúdez & VegaEarly Cretaceous (early Valanginian)Rosablanca FormationColombiaA dromioid crab, a species of Diaulax. Announced in 2015; validated in 2023.Arley de Jesús Gómez-Cruz Hermann D. Bermúdez Francisco J. Vega Validation of Diaulax rosablanca Gómez-Cruz, Bermúdez & Vega (Brachyura: Dialucidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Rosablanca Formation, Colombia 2023 Zootaxa 5315 4 396–398 10.11646/zootaxa.5315.4.7 37518592 259838457 Eodromites guenteriNatalia Starzyk 2015 Reappraisal of the primitive crab Eodromites, with description of three new species from European localities (Decapoda: Brachyura: Goniodromitidae) Palaeontologia Electronica 18 3 Article number 18.3.50A 10.26879/513 free Sp. novDisputedStarzykLate Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian)GermanyA crab belonging to the superfamily Homolodromioidea and the family Goniodromitidae; a species of Eodromites. Klompmaker et al. (2020) considered this species to be a junior synonym of Eodromites grandis (von Meyer, 1857).Adiël A. Klompmaker Natalia Starzyk René H. B. Fraaije Günter Schweigert 2020 Systematics and convergent evolution of multiple reef-associated Jurassic and Cretaceous crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) Palaeontologia Electronica 23 2 Article number 23(2):a32 10.26879/1045 free Eodromites hyznyiSp. novValidStarzykLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)PolandA crab belonging to the superfamily Homolodromioidea and the family Goniodromitidae; a species of Eodromites.Eodromites rotundusSp. novValidStarzykLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)PolandA crab belonging to the superfamily Homolodromioidea and the family Goniodromitidae; a species of Eodromites.Erymastacus lagardetteiMatúš Hyžný Ján Schlögl Sylvain Charbonnier Günter Schweigert Louis Rulleau Michel Gouttenoire 2015 Intraspecific variation and taphonomy of a new erymid lobster (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Belmont (Beaujolais, France) Geobios 48 5 371–384 10.1016/j.geobios.2015.07.006 2015Geobi..48..371H Sp. novValidHyžný et al.Middle Jurassic (Aalenian)FranceA member of Erymidae, a species of Erymastacus.Gastrodorus bzowiensisEwa Krzemińska Wiesław Krzemiński René H. B. Fraaije Barry W. M. van Bakel John W. M. Jagt 2015 Allometric ontogenetic changes in two Late Jurassic gastrodorid hermit crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) from central Europe Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 2 139–148 10.1080/14772019.2015.1018968 86223722 Sp. novValidZooBank.org http://zoobank.org/References/E64D2515-BD0D-4A78-83A7-D35C5F9FA3E5 2022-01-05 zoobank.org en-usKrzemińska et al.Late JurassicPolandA gastrodorid hermit crab, a species of Gastrodorus.GigantosculdaCarolin Haug Joris H. Wiethase Joachim T. Haug 2015 New records of Mesozoic mantis shrimp larvae and their implications on modern larval traits in stomatopods Palaeodiversity 8 121–133 http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/08/10Palaeodiversity_8-15_Haug_2-2.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidHaug, Wiethase & HaugLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Solnhofen limestone (Altmühltal Group, Eichstätt Subformation)GermanyA mantis shrimp. The type species is Gigantosculda ehrlichfeckei.Glypturus panamacanalensisAdiël A. Klompmaker Matúš Hyžný Roger W. Portell Michał Kowalewski 2015 Growth, inter- and intraspecific variation, palaeobiogeography, taphonomy and systematics of the Cenozoic ghost shrimp Glypturus Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 2 99–126 10.1080/14772019.2015.1009505 26819570 4724948 Sp. novValidZooBank.org http://zoobank.org/References/C7F0C071-F2AD-4684-B277-037B6F91BF0E 2022-01-05 zoobank.org en-usKlompmaker et al.Pleistocene to HoloceneBermont Formation Jaimanitas FormationCuba Panama United StatesA member of Callianassidae, a species of Glypturus.Glypturus sikesiSp. novValidKlompmaker et al.Late MioceneChoctawhatchee FormationUnited StatesA member of Callianassidae, a species of Glypturus.Graptocarcinus moosleitneriMatúš Hyžný Andreas Kroh 2015 Barremian decapod crustaceans from Serre de Bleyton (Drôme, SE France) Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 117 121–152 http://verlag.nhm-wien.ac.at/pdfs/117A_121152_Hyzny.pdf 43923086 Sp. nov ValidHyžný & KrohEarly Cretaceous (Barremian)FranceA dynomenid dromioid crab, a species of Graptocarcinus.Jabaloya polonicaRodney M. Feldmann Carrie E. Schweitzer Błażej Błażejowski 2015 A new species of lobster (Glypheoidea: Mecochiridae) from the Late Jurassic (late Tithonian) Lagerstätte from central Poland Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 275 1 107–114 10.1127/njgpa/2015/0457 Sp. novValidFeldmann, Schweitzer & BłażejowskiLate Jurassic (late Tithonian)PolandA member of Mecochiridae, a species of Jabaloya.LatuxanthidesGen. et sp. novValidDe Angeli & CecconEarly EoceneItalyA crab belonging to the family Palaeoxanthopsidae. The type species is L. dentatus.LessinithalamitaGen. et sp. novValidDe Angeli & CecconEarly EoceneItalyA crab belonging to the family Portunidae. The type species is L. gioiae.Mesolambrus ypresianusSp. novValidBeschin, Busulini & TessierEocene (Ypresian)ItalyA crab belonging to the family Parthenopidae.Metadynomene veronensisSp. novValidBeschin, Busulini & TessierEocene (Ypresian)ItalyA crab belonging to the family Dynomenidae.Mithrax arawakumAdiël A. Klompmaker Roger W. Portell Aaron T. Klier Vanessa Prueter Alyssa L. Tucker 2015 Spider crabs of the Western Atlantic with special reference to fossil and some modern Mithracidae PeerJ 3 e1301 10.7717/peerj.1301 26557432 4636416 free Sp. novValidKlompmaker et al.Early MioceneMontpelier FormationJamaicaA spider crab, a species of Mithrax.MontemagrechirusGen. et sp. novValidDe Angeli & CecconEarly EoceneItalyA crab. Originally described as a species of Cryptochiridae; Klompmaker, Portell & van der Meij (2016) transferred it to the separate family Montemagrechiridae.Adiël A. Klompmaker Roger W. Portell Sancia E.T. van der Meij 2016 Trace fossil evidence of coral-inhabiting crabs (Cryptochiridae) and its implications for growth and paleobiogeography Scientific Reports 6 23443 10.1038/srep23443 free 27009806 4806305 2016NatSR...623443K The type species is M. tethysianus.Munida brantiTorrey G. Nyborg Alessandro Garassino 2015 New fossil squat lobsters (Crustacea: Anomura: Munididae) from the Eastern Pacific Palaeodiversity 8 95–101 http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/08/07Palaeodiversity_8-15_Nyborg-Garassino_2.pdf Sp. novValidNyborg & GarassinoMioceneAstoria FormationUnited StatesA member of Munididae, a species of Munida.Munida grossetanaAlessandro Garassino Giovanni Pasini 2015 A new squat lobster (Crustacea, Anomura, Munididae) from the Pliocene of Monterotondo Marittimo (Tuscany, Italy) Natural History Sciences 2 1 39–41 10.4081/nhs.2015.239 free Sp. novValidGarassino & PasiniPlioceneItalyA member of Munididae, a species of Munida.Munida prolataRodney M. Feldmann Carrie E. Schweitzer Robert W. Boessenecker 2015 A New Squat Lobster (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheoidea) from the Pliocene Purisima Formation, California Annals of Carnegie Museum 83 2 85–93 10.2992/007.083.0202 85924975 Sp. novValidFeldmann, Schweitzer & BoesseneckerPliocenePurisima FormationUnited StatesA member of Munididae, a species of Munida.Munida witteaeSp. novValidNyborg & GarassinoOligoceneMakah FormationUnited StatesA member of Munididae, a species of Munida.Munidopsis canadensisTorrey G. Nyborg Alessandro Garassino Antonio De Angeli Richard L.M. Ross 2015 A new squat lobster (Crustacea, Anomura, Munidopsidae) from the Middle-Late Eocene of British Columbia (Canada) Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 275 3 357–361 10.1127/njgpa/2015/0470 Sp. novValidNyborg et al.EoceneCanadaA squat lobster, a species of Munidopsis.MyanmariscusPierre Broly Sébastien Maillet Andrew J. Ross 2015 The first terrestrial isopod (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Cretaceous Burmese amber of Myanmar Cretaceous Research 55 220–228 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.02.012 2015CrRes..55..220B Gen. et sp. novValidBroly, Maillet & RossCretaceousMyanmarA woodlouse. The type species is Myanmariscus deboiseae.Nemausa windsoraeSp. novValidKlompmaker et al.Early MioceneMontpelier FormationJamaicaA spider crab, a species of Nemausa.Neoliomera minutaSp. novValidBeschin, Busulini & TessierEocene (Ypresian)ItalyA crab belonging to the family Xanthidae, a species of Neoliomera.Neptocarcinus dezancheiSp. novValidBeschin, Busulini & TessierEocene (Ypresian)ItalyA crab belonging to the family Portunidae.Paguristes liwinskiiRené H. B. Fraaije Barry W. M. van Bakel John W. M. Jagt Marcin Machalski 2015 A new hermit crab (Anomura, Paguroidea) from the upper Albian (Cretaceous) of Annopol, Poland Zootaxa 3955 4 588–594 10.11646/zootaxa.3955.4.9 25947874 Sp. novValidFraaije et al.Early Cretaceous (late Albian)PolandA diogenid hermit crab, a species of Paguristes.ParadistefaniaGen. et sp. novValidBeschin, Busulini & TessierEocene (Ypresian)ItalyA crab belonging to the superfamily Homolodromioidea and the family Goniodromitidae. The type species is P. piccolii.?Paranecrocarcinus schloegliSp. nov ValidHyžný & KrohEarly Cretaceous (Barremian)FranceA necrocarcinid crab, possibly a species of Paranecrocarcinus.PeedeehomolaAlessandro Garassino Don Clements Francisco J. Vega 2015 A new homolid crab, Peedeehomola deanbogani n. gen., n. sp., from the Peedee Formation (late Maastrichtian), Rocky Point Member, North Carolina, USA Paleontología Mexicana 4 2 25–29 http://www.ojs-igl.unam.mx/index.php/Paleontologia/article/view/194 Gen. et sp. nov ValidGarassino, Clements & VegaLate Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)Peedee FormationUnited StatesA member of Homolidae. The type species is P. deanbogani.PleovideolanaRok Gašparič René H.B. Fraaije Barry W.M. Van Bakel John W.M. Jagt Petr Skupien 2015 Mesozoic-Cenozoic crustaceans preserved within echinoid tests and bivalve shells Bulletin of Geosciences 90 3 601–611 10.3140/bull.geosci.1551 free 10084/110535 free Gen. et sp. novValidGašparič et al.Middle JurassicFranceA cirolanid isopod. The type species is Pleovideolana gijsberti.Portunus (Portunus) pankowskiorumCarrie E. Schweitzer Rodney M. Feldmann 2015 New Miocene crab (Brachyura: Portunidae) from southern California, USA Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 41 7–14 http://www.city.mizunami.lg.jp/docs/2015031900036/files/003BMFM41.pdf Sp. novValidSchweitzer & FeldmannMiddle-late MioceneMonterey FormationUnited StatesA portunid crab, a species of Portunus.PrealpicarcinusGen. et sp. novDisputedDe Angeli & CecconEarly EoceneItalyA crab belonging to the family Pilumnidae. The type species is P. dallagoi. Beschin et al. (2018) considered P. dallagoi to be junior synonym of "Titanocarcinus" kochi Lőrenthey (1898), creating a new combination Prealpicarcinus kochi.Claudio Beschin Alessandra Busulini Eliana Fornaciari Cesare Andrea Papazzoni Giuliano Tessier 2018 La fauna di crostacei associati a coralli dell'Eocene superiore di Campolongo di Val Liona (Monti Berici, Vicenza, Italia nordorientale) Bollettino del Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia 69 129–215 Ptychocaris sheldoniDawid Mazurek Marek Dec Magdalena Łukowiak 2015 A new echinocaridid phyllocaridan from the Lower Devonian of central-eastern Poland Journal of Crustacean Biology 35 6 785–788 10.1163/1937240X-00002384 free Sp. novValidMazurek, Dec & ŁukowiakEarly DevonianPolandAn echinocaridid phyllocaridan, a species of Ptychocaris.SchramocarisNeil D. L. Clark Rollo Gillespie Sam F. Morris Geoffrey Clayton 2015 A new early Carboniferous crustacean from the Forest of Dean, England Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 9 799–807 10.1080/14772019.2015.1096848 86148093 Gen. et sp. novValidZooBank.org http://zoobank.org/References/7B8D687C-B09D-4198-B234-6F74C55C0E3B 2022-01-05 zoobank.org en-usClark et al.Early CarboniferousUnited KingdomA eumalacostracan crustacean similar to Tealliocaris and Pseudogalathea. The type species is Schramocaris gilljonesorum.SosiocarisWade T. Jones Rodney M. Feldmann Carrie E. Schweitzer Agatino Reitano Gianni Insacco 2015 New pygocephalomorph (Peracarida) from the Permian of the Sosio Valley (Sicily, Italy) Journal of Crustacean Biology 35 5 627–632 10.1163/1937240X-00002367 free Gen. et sp. novValidJones et al.PermianLercara FormationItalyA member of Peracarida belonging to the group Pygocephalomorpha.Squilla eriniCarolin Haug Torrey Nyborg Gregory Kovalchuk Brant Nyborg Joachim T. Haug 2015 Pushing the limits to the north – a fossil mantis shrimp from Oregon, USA Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 278 3 281–290 10.1127/njgpa/2015/0528 Sp. novValidHaug et al.Late Oligocene to early MioceneNye MudstoneUnited StatesA mantis shrimp, a species of Squilla.Tanidromites alexandraeNatalia Starzyk 2015 New species of the genus Tanidromites (Decapoda: Brachyura: Tanidromitidae) from the Oxfordian of Poland Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 58 2 129–136 10.3409/azc.58_2.129 http://db.isez.pan.krakow.pl/AZC/pdf/azc/58%282%29/58%282%29_01.pdf 2015-12-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191439/http://db.isez.pan.krakow.pl/AZC/pdf/azc/58(2)/58(2)_01.pdf 2016-03-04 Sp. novValidStarzykLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)PolandA tanidromitid crab, a relative of homolodromiids; a species of Tanidromites.Tanidromites raboeufiNinon Robin Barry W.M van Bakel Jean-Loup d'Hondt Sylvain Charbonnier 2015 A new early brachyuran (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Middle Jurassic of northwest France, epibionts and ecological considerations Contributions to Zoology 84 3 179–191 http://www.contributionstozoology.nl/vol84/nr03/a01 10.1163/18759866-08403001 free Sp. novValidRobin et al.Middle Jurassic (late Bathonian)FranceA tanidromitid crab, a relative of homolodromiids; a species of Tanidromites.VestenanoviaGen. et sp. novDisputedBeschin, Busulini & TessierEocene (Ypresian)ItalyA crab belonging to the family Macropipidae. The type species is V. carinata. De Angeli, Garassino & Ceccon (2020) considered this species to be a junior synonym of Caprocancer altus Müller & Collins (1991).Antonio De Angeli Alessandro Garassino Loris Ceccon 2020 Caprocancer altus MÜLLER & COLLINS, 1991 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Xanthoidea) from the Eocene of Vicenza, northeast Italy Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 296 1–2 73–78 10.1127/njgpa/2020/0898 219654328 VicetiulitaGen. et sp. novValidDe Angeli & CecconEarly EoceneItalyA crab belonging to the family Inachoididae. The type species is V. granulata. Ostracods Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAbyssocythere scottiMoriaki Yasuhara Gene Hunt Hisayo Okahashi Simone N. Brandão 2015 Taxonomy of deep-sea trachyleberidid, thaerocytherid, and hemicytherid genera (Ostracoda) Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 96 96 1–216 10.5479/si.1943-6688.96 10722/222931 https://figshare.com/articles/book/Taxonomy_of_Deep-sea_Trachyleberidid_Thaerocytherid_and_Hemicytherid_Genera_Ostracoda_/9761906 free Sp. novValidYasuhara et al.Late Cretaceous (late Campanian and Maastrichtian) to MioceneSouthwestern Atlantic OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Abyssocythere.Acratia? pervagataMarie-Béatrice Forel Sylvie Crasquin Anisong Chitnarin Lucia Angiolini Maurizio Gaetani 2015 Precocious sexual dimorphism and the Lilliput effect in Neo-Tethyan Ostracoda (Crustacea) through the Permian–Triassic boundary Palaeontology 58 3 409–454 10.1111/pala.12151 2015Palgy..58..409F 2434/354270 140198533 free Sp. novValidZooBank.org http://zoobank.org/References/0EAFA7F8-3612-4EE5-AB0D-D1A813EBDE37 2022-01-05 zoobank.orgForel in Forel et al.Permian-Triassic boundaryIranAn ostracod, possibly a species of Acratia.Agrenocythere ciampoiNom. novValidKempfLate OligoceneItalyA member of Podocopida belonging to the family Trachyleberididae; a replacement name for Agrenocythere bensoni Ciampo (1981).AleisocythereisDaiane Ceolin Robin Whatley Gerson Fauth Andrea Concheyro 2015 New genera and species of Ostracoda from the Maastrichtian and Danian of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina Papers in Palaeontology 1 4 425–495 10.1002/spp2.1023 2015PPal....1..425C 11336/20541 129527830 free Gen. et sp. novValidZooBank.org http://zoobank.org/References/B77D1DE1-DB15-4AE1-8173-43C8DCEA1C59 2022-01-05 zoobank.orgCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the family Trachyleberididae. The type species is Aleisocythereis polikothonus.Ameghinocythere archaiosSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Paleocene (Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Pectocytheridae; a species of AmeghinocythereApatoleberisGen. et comb. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Neuquén BasinArgentina South Africa?A member of the family Trachyleberididae. A new genus for "Trachyleberis" noviprinceps Bertels (1975); genus also contains "Trachyleberis" princeps Bertels (1969) and possibly "Trachyleberis" schizospinosa Dingle (1981).Argilloecia abnormalisSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary (Maastrichtian and Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the superfamily Cypridoidea and the family Pontocyprididae, a species of ArgilloeciaArgilloecia concludusSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the superfamily Cypridoidea and the family Pontocyprididae, a species of ArgilloeciaArgilloecia hydrodynamicusSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Paleocene (Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the superfamily Cypridoidea and the family Pontocyprididae, a species of ArgilloeciaArgilloecia labriMoriaki Yasuhara Hisayo Okahashi 2015 Late Quaternary deep-sea ostracod taxonomy of the eastern North Atlantic Ocean Journal of Micropalaeontology 34 1 21–49 10.1144/jmpaleo2013-022 2015JMicP..34...21Y free Sp. novValidYasuhara & OkahashiLate QuaternaryNorth Atlantic Ocean (Rockall Plateau)A pontocypridid podocopid ostracod, a species of Argilloecia.Atlanticythere bensoniSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Late Cretaceous (Campanian– Maastrichtian) to early EoceneSouthwestern Atlantic OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Atlanticythere.Atlanticythere oculiSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Late EoceneSoutheastern Atlantic OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Atlanticythere.Aversovalva glochinosSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary (Maastrichtian and Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentina BrazilA member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytheruridae; a species of AversovalvaBairdia biforisWolfgang Mette Avi Honigstein Sylvie Crasquin 2015 Deep-water ostracods from the Middle Anisian (Reifling Formation) of the Northern Calcareous Alps (Austria) Journal of Micropalaeontology 34 1 71–91 10.1144/jmpaleo2014-009 2015JMicP..34...71M free Sp. novValidMette, Honigstein & CrasquinMiddle Triassic (middle Anisian)Reifling FormationAustriaA bairdiid podocopid ostracod, a species of Bairdia.Bairdia chaotianensisSindbad Zazzali Sylvie Crasquin Jean-François Deconinck Qinglai Feng 2015 Biodiversity across the Guadalupian-Lopingian Boundary: first results on the ostracod (Crustacea) fauna, Chaotian section (Sichuan Province, South China) Geodiversitas 37 3 283–313 10.5252/g2015n3a1 128473981 https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01260450/file/g2015n3a1-hd-pdfa.pdf Sp. novValidZazzali in Zazzali et al.Permian (middle Capitanian to early Wuchiapingian)Maokou Formation Wujiaping FormationChinaA bairdiid podocopid ostracod, a species of Bairdia.Bairdia schneebergianaSp. novValidMette, Honigstein & CrasquinMiddle Triassic (middle Anisian)Reifling FormationAustriaA bairdiid podocopid ostracod, a species of Bairdia.Bairdiacypris aequisymmetricaSp. novValidMette, Honigstein & CrasquinMiddle Triassic (middle Anisian)Reifling FormationAustriaA bairdiid podocopid ostracod, a species of Bairdiacypris.Basslerella superarellaSp. novValidCrasquin in Forel et al.Permian-Triassic boundaryIranAn ostracod, a species of Basslerella.BensonocostaGen. et sp. novValidYasuhara et al.Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Maastrichtian) to late MioceneSouthwestern Atlantic Ocean Indian OceanA member of Trachyleberididae. The type species is Bensonocosta bensoni; genus also contains two additional, unnamed species.BensonodutoitellaGen. et sp. novValidYasuhara et al.Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) to late MioceneSouthwestern Atlantic OceanA member of Trachyleberididae. The type species is Bensonodutoitella bicornigeri from late Miocene; genus also contains second, unnamed species from Late Cretaceous.Bicornucythere concentricaTatsuhiko Yamaguchi Hisashi Suzuki Aung-Naing Soe Thaung Htike Ritsuo Nomura Masanaru Takai 2015 A new late Eocene Bicornucythere species (Ostracoda, Crustacea) from Myanmar, and its significance for the evolutionary history of the genus Zootaxa 3919 2 306–326 10.11646/zootaxa.3919.2.4 25781129 Sp. novValidYamaguchi et al.Eocene (Priabonian)Yaw FormationMyanmarAn ostracod belonging to the family Trachyleberididae, a species of Bicornucythere.Bythoceratina cheleutosSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Paleocene (Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Bythocytheridae, a species of BythoceratinaBythoceratina nudaSp. novValidYasuhara & OkahashiLate QuaternaryNorth Atlantic Ocean (Rockall Plateau)A bythocytherid podocopid ostracod, a species of Bythoceratina.Caspiocypris amiterniMarco Spadi Elsa Gliozzi Domenico Cosentino Marco Nocentini 2015 Late Piacenzian–Gelasian freshwater ostracods (Crustacea) from the L'Aquila Basin (central Apennines, Italy) Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 7 617–642 10.1080/14772019.2015.1079561 86407331 Sp. novValidZooBank.org http://zoobank.org/References/881D73C7-E62E-460A-A465-363DAE20A8D5 2022-01-05 zoobank.org en-usSpadi & Gliozzi in Spadi et al.Pliocene-Pleistocene (Piacenzian–Gelasian)L'Aquila BasinItalyAn ostracod, a species of Caspiocypris.Caspiocypris bosiiSp. novValidSpadi & Gliozzi in Spadi et al.Pliocene-Pleistocene (Piacenzian–Gelasian)L'Aquila BasinItalyAn ostracod, a species of Caspiocypris.Caspiocypris nicandroiSp. novValidSpadi & Gliozzi in Spadi et al.Pliocene-Pleistocene (Piacenzian–Gelasian)L'Aquila BasinItalyAn ostracod, a species of Caspiocypris.Caspiocypris vestinaeSp. novValidSpadi & Gliozzi in Spadi et al.Pliocene-Pleistocene (Piacenzian–Gelasian)L'Aquila BasinItalyAn ostracod, a species of Caspiocypris.CastillocythereisGen. et 2 sp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary (Maastrichtian and Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaThe type species is Castillocythereis multicastrum; genus also contains Castillocythereis albertoriccardii.Cavellina nesenensisSp. novValidCrasquin in Forel et al.Permian-Triassic boundaryIranAn ostracod, a species of Cavellina.Croninocythereis tridentiferiSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Middle Eocene to early MioceneSouthern Atlantic Ocean Northwestern Pacific OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Croninocythereis.Cryptophyllus piusKarin Truuver Tõnu Meidla 2015 A Hirnantian deep-water refuge for warm-water ostracods in Baltoscandia Geological Quarterly 59 4 738–749 10.7306/gq.1258 free Sp. novValidTruuver & MeidlaOrdovician (Hirnantian)PolandA member of Beyrichiocopida belonging to the family Cryptophyllidae, a species of Cryptophyllus.Cypria bikeratiaSp. novValidSpadi & Gliozzi in Spadi et al.Pliocene-Pleistocene (Piacenzian–Gelasian)L'Aquila BasinItalyAn ostracod, a species of Cypria.Cythereis clibanariusSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Paleocene (Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the family Trachyleberididae, a species of Cythereis.Cythereis dingleiSp. novValidYasuhara et al.MioceneSouthwestern Atlantic OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Cythereis.Cythereis funginaSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Early Oligocene to late MioceneSouthwestern Pacific Ocean Southern OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Cythereis.Cythereis guernetiSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Late Eocene and OligoceneSouthwestern Atlantic OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Cythereis.Cythereis johnnealeiSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Early OligoceneSouthern OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Cythereis.Cythereis legitimoformisSp. novValidYasuhara et al.QuaternaryNorth Pacific OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Cythereis.Cythereis neoanteplanaSp. novValidYasuhara et al.MioceneSoutheastern Atlantic OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Cythereis.Cythereis oviSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Oligocene and early MioceneSouthwestern Atlantic OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Cythereis.Cythereis parajohnnealeiSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Middle Eocene to early OligoceneSouthern OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Cythereis.Cythereis puriiSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Early MioceneIndian OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Cythereis.Cythereis richardbensoniSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Late Miocene and PlioceneSouthwestern Atlantic OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Cythereis.Cythereis stratiosSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary (Maastrichtian and Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the family Trachyleberididae, a species of Cythereis.Cythereis swansoniSp. novValidYasuhara et al.MioceneSouthern OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Cythereis.Cythereis sylvesterbradleyiSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Late Eocene to MioceneIndian OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Cythereis.Cythereis tomcroniniSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Oligocene and MioceneSouthern Atlantic Ocean Northwestern Pacific OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Cythereis.Cythereis trajectionesSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary (Maastrichtian and Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the family Trachyleberididae, a species of Cythereis.Cytherella carmelaFrancesco Sciuto 2015 Palaeoenviromental and palaeogeographical traits on deep-water ostracod assemblages from the Lower Pleistocene sediments along the Ionian side of Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy) Carnets de Géologie 15 14 179–197 http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/1514/index.html 10.4267/2042/57945 free Sp. novValidSciutoEarly PleistoceneItalyA member of Cytherellidae, a species of Cytherella.Cytherella pelotensisRaquel de Mattos Manica Cristianini Trescastro Bergue João Carlos Coimbra 2015 The Lower Miocene cytherellids (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from the Pelotas Basin and their significance for the South Atlantic Paleozoogeography Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 18 2 217–224 10.4072/rbp.2015.2.03 free Sp. novValidManica, Bergue & CoimbraEarly MiocenePelotas BasinSouth Atlantic Ocean (Brazilian margin)A member of Cytherellidae, a species of CytherellaCytherella saraballentaeSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Late Cretaceous to Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary (Maastrichtian and Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentina NigerA member of Cytherellidae, a species of CytherellaCytherella semicatillusSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary (Maastrichtian and Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of Cytherellidae, a species of CytherellaCytheropteron bidentinosSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Paleocene (Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytheruridae; a species of CytheropteronCytheropteron colesoabyssorumSp. novValidYasuhara & OkahashiLate QuaternaryNorth Atlantic Ocean (Rockall Plateau)A cytherurid podocopid ostracod, a species of Cytheropteron.Cytheropteron colesopunctatumSp. novValidYasuhara & OkahashiLate QuaternaryNorth Atlantic Ocean (Rockall Plateau)A cytherurid podocopid ostracod, a species of Cytheropteron.Cytheropteron hyperdictyonSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Paleocene (Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentina BrazilA member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytheruridae; a species of CytheropteronCytheropteron paramediotumidumSp. novValidYasuhara & OkahashiLate QuaternaryNorth Atlantic Ocean (Rockall Plateau)A cytherurid podocopid ostracod, a species of Cytheropteron.Cytheropteron translimitaresSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary (Maastrichtian and Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytheruridae; a species of CytheropteronDutoitella atlantiformisSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Late Cretaceous (Santonian)Indian OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Dutoitella.Dutoitella ayressiSp. novValidYasuhara et al.MioceneSoutheastern Atlantic OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Dutoitella.Dutoitella colesiSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Late Cretaceous (late Campanian)Southwestern Atlantic OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Dutoitella.Dutoitella mazziniaeSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Late Miocene and early PlioceneSouthern Atlantic OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Dutoitella.Dutoitella paradingleiSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Middle MioceneSouthern OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Dutoitella.Dutoitella spinosaSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) to late MioceneSouthwestern Atlantic OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Dutoitella.Dutoitella symmetricaSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Late EoceneIndian OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Dutoitella.Dutoitella whatleyiSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) to middle PaleoceneSouthwestern Atlantic OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Dutoitella.Eucythere dinetosSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary (Maastrichtian and Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytherideidae; a species of EucythereEucytherura stibarosSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary (Maastrichtian and Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentina BrazilCecília de Lima Barros Enelise Katia Piovesan Sonia Maria Oliveira Agostinho 2018 Cretaceous-Paleogene ostracods from the Paraíba Basin, northeastern Brazil Journal of South American Earth Sciences 83 117–136 10.1016/j.jsames.2018.02.001 2018JSAES..83..117D A member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytheruridae; a species of EucytheruraHeinia prostratopleuricosSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Paleocene (Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Loxoconchidae; a species of HeiniaHemingwayella verrucosusSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Paleocene (Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytheruridae; a species of HemingwayellaHenryhowella (Wichmannella) praealtusSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Paleocene (Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the family Trachyleberididae, a species of Henryhowella.HysterocythereisGen. et 3 sp. et comb. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary (Maastrichtian and Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the family Trachyleberididae. The type species is Hysterocythereis paredros; genus also contains Hysterocythereis coinotes and Hysterocythereis diversotuberculatus, as well as "Anticythereis" inconnexa Bertels (1973) and "Anticythereis" attenuata Bertels (1975).Ilyocypris ilaeSp. novValidSpadi & Gliozzi in Spadi et al.Pliocene-Pleistocene (Piacenzian–Gelasian)L'Aquila BasinItalyAn ostracod, a species of Ilyocypris.Inversacytherella atlanticaSp. novValidManica, Bergue & CoimbraEarly MiocenePelotas BasinSouth Atlantic Ocean (Brazilian margin)A member of Cytherellidae, a species of InversacytherellaKeijia circulodictyonSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Paleocene (Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Pectocytheridae; a species of KeijiaKeijia kratistosSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Paleocene (Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Pectocytheridae; a species of KeijiaKlieana? coimbraensisLuis V. Duarte M. Cristina Cabral Jean-Paul Colin Ana C. Azeredo Ricardo L. Silva 2015 Brackish and marine ostracode assemblages from the Sinemurian of western Portugal, with descriptions of new species Micropaleontology 61 1–2 3–24 10.47894/mpal.61.1.02 2015MiPal..61....3C Sp. novValidCabral & Colin in Duarte et al.Early Jurassic (Sinemurian)Coimbra FormationPortugal"Klinglerella" roselinaeSp. novValidCabral & Colin in Duarte et al.Early Jurassic (Sinemurian)Coimbra FormationPortugalKrithe crepidusSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary (Maastrichtian and Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentina BrazilA member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytherideidae; a species of KritheKunluniacyprisNom. novValidKempfLate PermianTarim BasinChinaA member of the family Cyprididae; a replacement name for Kunlunia Jiang & Lin (1995).Leguminocythereis? buzasiSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Late EoceneSoutheastern Atlantic OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, possibly a species of Leguminocythereis.Limnocythere katuCristianini T. Bergue Maria Da Saudade A. S. Maranhão Gerson Fauth 2015 Paleolimnological inferences based on Oligocene ostracods (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from Tremembé Formation, Southeast Brazil Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 87 3 1531–1544 10.1590/0001-3765201520140366 26221982 free Sp. novValidBergue, Maranhão & FauthOligoceneTremembé FormationBrazilA member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Limnocytheridae, a species of Limnocythere.Limnocythere mandubiSp. novValidBergue, Maranhão & FauthOligoceneTremembé FormationBrazilA member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Limnocytheridae, a species of Limnocythere.Looneyellopsis multiornataAna Paula Carignano Gabriela Catalina Cusminsky 2015 New Upper Cretaceous Limnocytheridae (Ostracoda, Crustacea) from Argentina Micropaleontology 61 1–2 25–36 10.47894/mpal.61.1.03 2015MiPal..61...25C 11336/44967 248510161 free Sp. novValidCarignano & CusminskyLate CretaceousArgentinaA member of Limnocytheridae.Loxoconcha (s.l.) posterocostaSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Paleocene (Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Loxoconchidae of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a species of Loxoconcha (sensu lato).Microcheilinella alborzellaSp. novValidForel in Forel et al.Permian-Triassic boundaryIranAn ostracod, a species of Microcheilinella.Microcheilinella istanbulensisEwa Olempska Atike Nazik Şenol Çapkinoğlu Dilek Gülnur Saydam-Demiray 2015 Lower Devonian ostracods from the Istanbul area, Western Pontides (NW Turkey): Gondwanan and peri-Gondwanan affinities Geological Magazine 152 2 298–315 10.1017/S0016756814000296 2015GeoM..152..298O 130582393 Sp. novValidOlempska & NazikEarly DevonianPendik FormationTurkeyAn ostracod, a species of Microcheilinella.Microcheilinella pagodaensisSp. novValidZazzali in Zazzali et al.Permian (middle Capitanian to early Wuchiapingian)Maokou Formation Wujiaping FormationChinaA microcheilinellid podocopid ostracod, a species of Microcheilinella.Microcheilinella wujiapingensisSp. novValidZazzali in Zazzali et al.Permian (early Wuchiapingian)Wujiaping FormationChinaA microcheilinellid podocopid ostracod, a species of Microcheilinella.MimicocythereisGen. et comb. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the family Trachyleberididae. A new genus for "Bradleya" attilai Bertels (1975); genus also contains "Bradleya" patagonica Bertels (1975).Mirabairdia plurispinosaSp. novValidMette, Honigstein & CrasquinMiddle Triassic (middle Anisian)Reifling FormationAustriaA bairdiid podocopid ostracod, a species of Mirabairdia.Mirabairdia praepsychrosphaericaSp. novValidMette, Honigstein & CrasquinMiddle Triassic (middle Anisian)Reifling FormationAustriaA bairdiid podocopid ostracod, a species of Mirabairdia.Munseyella costaevermiculatusSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Pectocytheridae; a species of MunseyellaOligocythereis sylvesterbradleyiSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Middle EoceneIndian OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Oligocythereis.OmerliellaGen. et sp. novValidOlempska & NazikEarly DevonianPendik FormationTurkeyAn ostracod. The type species is Omerliella rectangulata.OrthrocostaGen. et 3 sp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary (Maastrichtian and Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the family Trachyleberididae. The type species is Orthrocosta decores; genus also contains Orthrocosta atopos and Orthrocosta phantasia.Paracypris bertelsaeSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Paleocene (Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA cypridoid ostracod belonging to the family Paracyprididae, a species of ParacyprisParacypris imagunculaSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary (Maastrichtian to Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA cypridoid ostracod belonging to the family Paracyprididae, a species of ParacyprisParalimnocythere aucamahuevoensisSp. novValidCarignano & CusminskyLate CretaceousArgentinaA member of Limnocytheridae.Paralimnocythere musacchioiSp. novValidCarignano & CusminskyLate CretaceousArgentinaA member of Limnocytheridae.Paramunseyella epaphroditusSp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Pectocytheridae; a species of ParamunseyellaPellucistoma curupiraMartin Gross Maria Ines F. Ramos Werner E. Piller 2015 A minute ostracod (Crustacea: Cytheromatidae) from the Miocene Solimões Formation (western Amazonia, Brazil): evidence for marine incursions? Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 7 581–602 10.1080/14772019.2015.1078850 27453692 4936381 Sp. novValidGross, Ramos & PillerMioceneSolimões FormationBrazilA member of the family Cytheromatidae, a species of Pellucistoma.Perissocytheridea tunisiatlasicaKhaled Trabelsi Benjamin Sames Amal Salmouna Enelise Katia Piovesan Soumaya Ben Rouina Yassin Houla Jamel Touir Mohamed Soussi 2015 Ostracods from the marginal coastal Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) of the Central Tunisian Atlas (North Africa): Paleoenvironment, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography Revue de Micropaléontologie 58 4 309–331 10.1016/j.revmic.2015.09.002 2015RvMic..58..309T Sp. novValidTrabelsi et al.Early Cretaceous (Aptian)Kebar FormationTunisiaA species of Perissocytheridea.PetalocythereisGen. et comb. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary (Maastrichtian and Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the family Trachyleberididae. A new genus for "Anticythereis" schilleri Bertels (1973); genus also contains "Anticythereis" venusta Bertels (1975).Phacorhabdotus nudusSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian)Southwestern Atlantic OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Phacorhabdotus.Phacorhabdotus slipperiSp. novValidYasuhara et al.Middle PaleoceneSoutheastern Atlantic OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Phacorhabdotus.PhelocyprideisGen. et sp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Paleocene (Danian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the superfamily Cytheroidea and the family Cytherideidae. The type species is Phelocyprideis acardomesido.Phraterfabanella boomeriSp. novValidCabral & Colin in Duarte et al.Early Jurassic (Sinemurian)Coimbra FormationPortugalPolycope lunarisSp. novValidYasuhara & OkahashiLate QuaternaryNorth Atlantic Ocean (Rockall Plateau)A polycopid ostracod, a species of Polycope (sensu lato).Procytherura erichbrandiNom. novValidKempfMiddle Jurassic (Bathonian)GermanyA member of Podocopida belonging to the family Cytheruridae; a replacement name for Procytherura reticulata Brand (1990).Reticulocosta edrianaeLucas Silveira Antonietto Dermeval Aparecido do Carmo Marta Claudia Viviers Rodrigo Rodrigues Adôrno 2015 Biostratigraphic and paleozoogeographic review of the upper Aptian-Albian ostracods of Riachuelo Formation, Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Northeastern Brazil Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 18 3 355–368 10.4072/rbp.2015.3.02 free Sp. novValidAntonietto et al.Early Cretaceous (Albian)Riachuelo FormationBrazilA member of Podocopida belonging to the family Cytherettidae, a species of ReticulocostaRoundyella goekchenaeSp. novValidOlempska & NazikEarly DevonianPendik FormationTurkeyAn ostracod, a species of Roundyella.RyugucivisGen. et sp. novValidYasuhara et al.Cretaceous (late Albian to Maastrichtian) to late MioceneSouthwestern Atlantic Ocean Northwestern Pacific OceanA member of Trachyleberididae. The type species is Ryugucivis jablonskii; genus also contains Ryugucivis acuminata and Ryugucivis obtusa.Shivaella elertensisClive Burrett Mongkol Udchachon Hathaithip Thassanapak Anisong Chitnarin 2015 Conodonts, radiolarians and ostracodes in the Permian E-Lert Formation, Loei Fold Belt, Indochina Terrane, Thailand Geological Magazine 152 1 106–142 10.1017/S001675681400017X 2015GeoM..152..106B 130926796 Sp. novValidChitnarinPermianE-Lert FormationThailandAn ostracod, a species of Shivaella.SthenarocythereisGen. et comb. et sp. novValidCeolin & Whatley in Ceolin et al.Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Neuquén BasinArgentinaA member of the family Trachyleberididae. A new genus for "Anticythereis" arcana Bertels (1975); genus also contains the new species Sthenarocythereis erymnos.TabukicyprisWing-Tung Ruby Chiu Moriaki Yasuhara Hokuto Iwatani Akihisa Kitamura Kazuhiko Fujita 2015 An enigmatic Holocene podocopid ostracod from a submarine cave, Okinawa, Japan: 'living fossil' or adaptive morphotype? Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 8 643–652 10.1080/14772019.2015.1094754 130312233 Gen. et sp. novValidZooBank.org http://zoobank.org/References/25E37E49-C0A0-4A49-A8D8-E4AE9D85DB74 2022-01-05 zoobank.org en-usChiu et al.HoloceneJapanThe type species is Tabukicypris decoris.Taracythere thalassoformisSp. novValidYasuhara et al.OligoceneNorthwestern Pacific OceanA member of Trachyleberididae, a species of Taracythere.Trachyleberis abkhazianaNom. novValidKempfLate PlioceneAbkhaziaA member of Podocopida belonging to the family Trachyleberididae; a replacement name for Trachyleberis quadrata Imnadze in Vekua (1975).UralinovaEugen Karl Kempf 2015 Substitutional names and new combinations for taxa of Ostracoda (Arthropoda: Crustacea) Munis Entomology & Zoology 10 2 506–517 https://www.munisentzool.org/?page=abstract&jid=23&id=953 Nom. novValidKempfDevonianRussiaA member of Kloedenellocopida belonging to the family Gotlandellidae; a replacement name for Uralina Rozhdestvenskaya (1962).VanalabiaNom. novValidKempfLate SilurianCzech RepublicA member of Kloedenellocopida, possibly belonging to the family Kloedenellitinidae; a replacement name for Vania Kruta & Siveter (1998).Vecticypris punctataSp. novValidCarignano & CusminskyLate CretaceousArgentinaA member of Limnocytheridae.Wolburgiopsis ballentaeSp. novValidCarignano & CusminskyLate CretaceousArgentinaA member of Limnocytheridae. Other crustaceans Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArcoscalpellum scaniensisAndy S. Gale Anne M. Sørensen 2015 Taxonomy and palaeoecology of thoracican cirripedes (Crustacea) from a Campanian rocky shoreline at Ivö Klack, southern Sweden Cretaceous Research 54 212–242 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.09.004 2015CrRes..54..212G Sp. novValidGale in Gale & SørensenLate Cretaceous (Campanian)SwedenA scalpellid goose barnacle, a species of Arcoscalpellum.BosquetlepasGen. et comb. novValidGale in Gale & SørensenLate CretaceousBelgium France Netherlands Sweden UkraineA goose barnacle. A new genus for "Mitella" darwiniana Bosquet (1854). Genus also contains "Pollicipes" valida Steenstrup (1839), "Pollicipes" gracilis Roemer (1841), "Pollicipes" zeidleri Reuss (1864), "Calantica" (Scillaelepas) subplena Collins (1983) and "Calantica" (Scillaelepas) contigua Collins (1983). Genus might also contain "Calantica" (Scillaelepas) brydonei Withers (1935) and "Calantica" (Scillaelepas) turonica Withers (1935).Capitulum sklenariMartina Koová Veselská Tomáš Koí Joe S.H. Collins Andrew S. Gale 2015 A new species of scalpelliform cirripede (Crustacea, Cirripedia) from the Upper Cenomanian–Lower Turonian shallow-water facies at Velim (Bohemian Cretaceous Basin) and its palaeoecological implications Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 278 2 201–211 10.1127/njgpa/2015/0525 Sp. novValidVeselská et al.Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian–early Turonian)Bohemian Cretaceous BasinCzech RepublicA scalpelliform barnacle, a species of Capitulum.Cratostracus? tunisiaensisKamel Boukhalfa Gang Li Walid Ben Ali Mohamed Soussi 2015 Early Cretaceous spinicaudatans ("conchostracans") from lacustrine strata of the Sidi Aïch Formation in the northern Chotts range, southern Tunisia: Taxonomy, biostratigraphy and stratigraphic implication Cretaceous Research 56 482–490 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.06.006 2015CrRes..56..482B Sp. novValidBoukhalfa et al.Early Cretaceous (Barremian)Sidi Aïch FormationTunisiaA clam shrimp, possibly a species of Cratostracus.Estheriellites zavattieriaeLara Vaz Tassi Ana M. Zavattieri Oscar F. Gallego 2015 Triassic spinicaudatan fauna from the Cerro de Las Cabras Formation (Cuyo Basin), Mendoza Province (Argentina): description of new species and revision of previous records Ameghiniana 52 2 241–264 10.5710/AMGH.29.11.2014.2823 free 11336/26186 free Sp. novValidTassi, Zavattieri & GallegoMiddle TriassicCerro de Las Cabras FormationArgentinaA clam shrimp, a species of Estheriellites.Euestheria menendeziSp. novValidTassi, Zavattieri & GallegoMiddle TriassicCerro de Las Cabras FormationArgentinaA clam shrimp, a species of Euestheria.InvavitaDavid J. Siveter Derek E.G. Briggs Derek J. Siveter Mark D. Sutton 2015 A 425-Million-Year-Old Silurian Pentastomid Parasitic on Ostracods Current Biology 25 12 1632–1637 10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.035 26004764 Derek E.G. Briggs free 2015CBio...25.1632S 10044/1/23597 free Gen. et sp. novValidSiveter et al.Silurian (about 425 mya)Herefordshire LagerstätteUnited KingdomA tongue worm, possibly a member of Cephalobaenida. The type species is Invavita piratica.200px|IvoelepasGen. et sp. et comb. novValidGale in Gale & SørensenLate CretaceousFrance Peru SwedenA goose barnacle. The type species is Ivoelepas nielseni. Genus also contains "Calantica" (Titanolepas) ambigua Babinot, Collins & Tronchetti (1979), "Zeugmatolepas" ischna Pilsbry & Olsson (1951), "Zeugmatolepas" broggii Pilsbry & Olsson (1951), "Zeugmatolepas" withersi Pilsbry & Olsson (1951) and "Zeugmatolepas" rectibasis Pilsbry & Olsson (1951).LevelepasGen. et sp. novValidGale in Gale & SørensenLate Cretaceous (Campanian)SwedenA goose barnacle. The type species is Levelepas roeperi.LeweslepasAndrew Scott Gale 2015 Origin and phylogeny of the Cretaceous thoracican cirripede family Stramentidae Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 8 653–702 10.1080/14772019.2015.1091149 16422530 https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/origin-and-phylogeny-of-the-cretaceous-thoracican-cirripede-family-stramentidae(74760e76-e8f3-49d0-a2c3-c21a5cd6b885).html Gen. et 3 sp. et comb. novValidZooBank.org http://zoobank.org/References/E01B7F39-6C1B-4AF3-B79A-E2D5972D3E28 2022-01-05 zoobank.org en-usGaleLate Cretaceous (early Cenomanian to early Turonian)Germany United KingdomA thoracican barnacle belonging to the family Stramentidae. The type species is Leweslepas hattini; genus also includes new species L. hauschkei and L. wrightorum, as well as "Pollicipes" acuminatus Darwin (1851) and "Scalpellum" obsoletum Geinitz (1875).Loriculina ifrimaeSp. novValidGaleLate Cretaceous (Coniacian)MexicoA thoracican barnacle belonging to the family Stramentidae, a species of Loriculina.LoriolepasGen. et comb. novValidGaleLate Jurassic and Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)France Germany United KingdomA thoracican barnacle related to members of the family Stramentidae. The type species is "Pollicipes" suprajurensis de Loriol in de Loriol & Pellat (1867); genus also includes "Archaeolepas" decora Harbort (1905) and "Pollicipes" planulatus Morris (1845).MetaloriculinaGen. et 2 sp. novValidGaleLate Cretaceous (Coniacian to Campanian)Mexico United KingdomA thoracican barnacle belonging to the family Stramentidae. The type species is Metaloriculina stramentioides; genus also includes Metaloriculina norvicensis.MyolepasGen. et comb. novValidGale in Gale & SørensenLate Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian)Sweden United StatesA goose barnacle. A new genus for "Calantica" (Scillaelepas) scanica Withers (1935); genus also contains Brachylepas solida Zullo (1987).ParastramentumGen. et 3 sp. et comb. novValidGaleLate Cretaceous (Turonian to Campanian)Canada Germany United KingdomA thoracican barnacle belonging to the family Stramentidae. The type species is Parastramentum peakei; genus also includes new species Parastramentum albertaensis and P. brydonei, as well as "Loricula" expansa Withers (1911).Pollicipes (?) striatumSp. novValidGale in Gale & SørensenLate Cretaceous (Campanian)SwedenA pollicipedid goose barnacle, possibly a species of Pollicipes.Pollicipes vansyociSp. novValidGale in Gale & SørensenLate Cretaceous (Campanian)SwedenA pollicipedid goose barnacle, a species of Pollicipes.PorobalanusJohn Buckeridge 2015 Revision of Southern Hemisphere taxa referred to Fosterella Buckeridge, 1983 (Crustacea: Cirripedia), and their extinction in response to Pleistocene cooling Integrative Zoology 10 6 555–571 10.1111/1749-4877.12161 26331637 Gen. et comb. novValidBuckeridgeEarly PlioceneAntarctica (Cockburn Island)A barnacle; a new genus for "Notomegabalanus" hennigi Newman (1979).Stramentum alekseeviSp. novValidGaleLate Cretaceous (late Turonian)KazakhstanA thoracican barnacle belonging to the family Stramentidae, a species of Stramentum.Stramentum praecursorSp. novValidGaleLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)France United KingdomA thoracican barnacle belonging to the family Stramentidae, a species of Stramentum.StrudopsLinda Lagebro Pierre Gueriau Thomas A. Hegna Nicolas Rabet Aodhán D. Butler Graham E. Budd 2015 The oldest notostracan (Upper Devonian Strud locality, Belgium) Palaeontology 58 3 497–509 10.1111/pala.12155 2015Palgy..58..497L 129231634 free Gen. et sp. novValidZooBank.org http://zoobank.org/References/9D91DB87-FDC7-4E71-9AED-424A729BA405 2022-01-05 zoobank.orgLagebro et al.Late DevonianBelgiumA notostracan. The type species is Strudops goldenbergi.200px|Titanolepas spiniferSp. novValidGale in Gale & SørensenLate Cretaceous (Campanian)SwedenA goose barnacle, a species of Titanolepas.TitobustillobalanusRené-Pierre Carriol Esteban Álvarez-Fernández 2015 Balanomorphs from late Upper Pleistocene and Holocene caves in northern Spain, with a new genus and species, and their palaeoclimatological implications Annales de Paléontologie 101 1 21–27 10.1016/j.annpal.2014.09.001 2015AnPal.101...21C Gen. et sp. novValidCarriol in Carriol & Álvarez-FernándezLate PleistoceneSpainA balanid barnacle. The type species is Titobustillobalanus tubutubulus.ToarcolepasAndy Gale Günter Schweigert 2015 A new phosphatic-shelled cirripede (Crustacea, Thoracica) from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Germany – the oldest epiplanktonic barnacle Palaeontology 59 1 59–70 10.1111/pala.12207 128383968 free Gen. et sp. et comb. novValidZooBank.org http://zoobank.org/References/B542068E-26E4-4F3C-9798-49B7CF04FFB0 2022-01-05 zoobank.org en-usGale & SchweigertEarly JurassicFrance Germany United KingdomAn eolepadid barnacle. The type species is Toarcolepas mutans; genus also includes T. gaveyi (Withers, 1920) and T. lotharingica (Méchin, 1901).Wannerestheria kozuriRobert E. Weems Spencer G. Lucas 2015 A revision of the Norian Conchostracan Zonation in North America and its implications for Late Triassic North American tectonic history New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 67 303–318 http://www.ecphora.net/mgs/articles/40-Weems%20and%20Lucas%20Norian%20conchostracans.pdf Sp. novValidWeems & LucasLate Triassic (Norian)Bull Run FormationUnited StatesA clam shrimp. Insects 2015 in insect paleontology Trilobites Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcanthophillipsia felicitaeRichard A. Fortey Alan P. Heward 2015 A new, morphologically diverse Permian trilobite fauna from Oman Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 1 201–216 10.4202/app.00106.2014 free Sp. novValidFortey & HewardPermian (Kungurian–Roadian)OmanA phillipsiid, a species of Acanthophillipsia.Acadoparadoxides deaniGerd Geyer Tony Vincent 2015 The Paradoxides puzzle resolved: the appearance of the oldest paradoxidines and its bearing on the Cambrian Series 3 lower boundary Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89 3 335–398 10.1007/s12542-014-0225-5 2015PalZ...89..335G 140609821 Sp. novValidGeyer & VincentCambrianTurkeyA paradoxidid, a species of Acadoparadoxides.Acadoparadoxides levisettiiSp. novDisputedGeyer & VincentCambrianMoroccoA paradoxidid, a species of Acadoparadoxides. Suggested to be a junior synonym of Acadoparadoxides mureroensis by Álvaro, Esteve & Zamora (2018),J. Javier Álvaro Jorge Esteve Samuel Zamora 2018 Morphological assessment of the earliest paradoxidid trilobites (Cambrian Series 3) from Morocco and Spain Geological Magazine 155 7 1566–1595 10.1017/S0016756817000449 2018GeoM..155.1566A 134666180 but this interpretation was rejected by Geyer et al. (2019).Gerd Geyer Jakub Nowicki Anna Żylińska Ed Landing 2019 Comment on: Álvaro, J. J., Esteve, J. & Zamora, S. 2019. Morphological assessment of the earliest paradoxidid trilobites (Cambrian Series 3) from Morocco and Spain [Geological Magazine] Geological Magazine 156 10 1691–1707 10.1017/S0016756818000961 2019GeoM..156.1691G 135316974 Acadoparadoxides ovatopygeSp. novDisputedGeyer & VincentCambrianMoroccoA paradoxidid, a species of Acadoparadoxides. Suggested to be a junior synonym of Acadoparadoxides mureroensis by Álvaro, Esteve & Zamora (2018), but this interpretation was rejected by Geyer et al. (2019).Acadoparadoxides pampaliusSp. novDisputedGeyer & VincentCambrianMoroccoA paradoxidid, a species of Acadoparadoxides. Suggested to be a junior synonym of Acadoparadoxides mureroensis by Álvaro, Esteve & Zamora (2018), but this interpretation was rejected by Geyer et al. (2019).Akoldinioidia latusTae-Yoon S. Park Ji-Hoon Kihm 2015 Furongian (late Cambrian) trilobites from the Asioptychaspis subglobosa Zone of the Hwajeol Formation, Korea Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 2 181–199 10.1080/03115518.2015.965546 2015Alch...39..181P 129303388 Sp. novValidPark & KihmCambrian (Furongian)Hwajeol FormationSouth KoreaA member of the family Shumardiidae, a species of Akoldinioidia.AlumenellaGerd Geyer Joan Corbacho 2015 The Burlingiidae (Trilobita): revised generic composition, stratigraphy, and the first species from the early Middle Cambrian of West Gondwana GFF 137 3 212–225 10.1080/11035897.2015.1027266 2015GFF...137..212G 129920717 Gen. et comb. novValidZooBank.org http://zoobank.org/References/E3444BFA-E03D-4D46-9222-F8766D7B7D30 2022-01-05 zoobank.org en-usGeyer & CorbachoCambrianSwedenA burlingiid; a new genus for "Schmalenseeia" jagoi Whittington (1994).Amphoton kruseiPatrick M. Smith John R. Paterson Glenn A. Brock 2015 Trilobites from the Giles Creek Dolostone (Cambrian Series 3, Stage 5; Templetonian) Amadeus Basin, central Australia Papers in Palaeontology 1 2 167–200 10.1002/spp2.1011 2015PPal....1..167S 130196534 free Sp. novValidZooBank.org http://zoobank.org/References/FE6EE206-0B06-4A0D-B1EC-1732D3E829EA 2022-01-05 zoobank.org en-usSmith, Paterson & BrockCambrian (Templetonian)Giles Creek DolostoneAustraliaA member of Dolichometopidae, a species of Amphoton.Asaphellus isabelaeFacundo René Meroi Arcerito Beatriz Waisfeld Diego Balseiro 2015 Diversification of Asaphellus Callaway, 1877 (Asaphidae: Trilobita) during the Tremadocian in South West Gondwana (Cordillera Oriental, Argentina) Geodiversitas 37 2 131–150 10.5252/g2015n2a1 11336/43463 130055893 https://zenodo.org/record/5210219 free Sp. novValidMeroi Arcerito, Waisfeld & BalseiroOrdovician (Tremadocian)Cardonal Formation Santa Rosita FormationArgentinaA member of Asaphidae belonging to the subfamily Isotelinae, a species of Asaphellus.BrachymetaspisJosef Gandl Enric Ferrer Josep Magrans Javier Sanz López 2015 Trilobiten aus dem Unter-Karbon des Katalonischen Küstengebirges (NE-Spanien) Abhandlungen der Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung 571 1–83 978-3-510-61403-5 Gen. et sp. novValidGandl et al.Early CarboniferousSpainA member of the family Proetidae belonging to the subfamily Drevermanniinae. The type species is B. coniceps.Burlingia balangensisJin-Liang Yuan Jorge Esteve 2015 The earliest species of Burlingia Walcott, 1908 (Trilobita) from South China: biostratigraphical and palaeogeographical significance Geological Magazine 152 2 358–366 10.1017/S0016756814000417 2015GeoM..152..358Y 128429659 Sp. novValidYuan & EsteveEarly CambrianChinaA species of Burlingia.CambroproteusGerd Geyer 2015 Exotic trilobites from the Lower–Middle Cambrian boundary interval in Morocco and their bearing on the Cambrian Series 3 lower boundary Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89 4 749–781 10.1007/s12542-014-0254-0 2015PalZ...89..749G 129442851 Gen. et sp. novValidGeyerMiddle CambrianJbel Wawrmast FormationMoroccoA member of Ptychopariida and Ptychoparioidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Cambroproteus lemdadensis.200px|Caznaia coreaensisSp. novValidPark & KihmCambrian (Furongian)Hwajeol FormationSouth KoreaA member of the family Saukiidae, a species of Caznaia.Chlupacula (Avenconia)Subgen et 2 sp. novValidGandl et al.Early CarboniferousSpainA member of the family Proetidae belonging to the subfamily Cyrtosymbolinae. The subgenus includes new species Chlupacula (Avenconia) avenconis and Chlupacula (Avenconia) canpuigensis.Chlupacula (Chlupacula) greilingiSp. novValidGandl et al.Early CarboniferousSpainA member of the family Proetidae belonging to the subfamily Cyrtosymbolinae.ColombianaspisPierre Morzadec Michal Mergl Carlos Villarroel Philippe Janvier Patrick R. Racheboeuf 2015 Trilobites and inarticulate brachiopods from the Devonian Floresta Formation of Colombia: a review Bulletin of Geosciences 90 2 331–358 10.3140/bull.geosci.1515 free Gen. et sp. novValidMorzadec in Morzadec et al.Devonian (late Emsian)Floresta FormationColombiaA calmoniid. The type species is Colombianaspis carvalhoae.Dactylocephalus levificatusMohammad-Reza Kebria-ee Zadeh Mansoureh Ghobadi Pour Leonid E. Popov Christian Baars Hadi Jahangir 2015 First record of the Ordovician fauna in Mila-Kuh, eastern Alborz, northern Iran Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 64 2 121–139 10.3176/earth.2015.22 free Sp. novValidGhobadi Pour & Popov in Kebria-ee Zadeh et al.Ordovician (Tremadocian)Mila FormationIranA dikelokephalinid asaphid, a species of Dactylocephalus.Dalmanitina (Dalmanitina) dargazensisMansoureh Ghobadi Pour Mohammad Ghavidel-Syooki J. Javier Álvaro Leonid E. Popov Mohammad H. Ehsani 2015 First reported Late Ordovician trilobites from the High Zagros Ranges, Iran: A biogeographic link between Gondwanan Chinese and Mediterranean faunas Geobios 48 5 351–369 10.1016/j.geobios.2015.07.005 2015Geobi..48..351G Sp. novValidFortey & HewardLate OrdovicianSeyahou FormationIranA species of Dalmanitina.Diademaproetus dianaeAllart P. Van Viersen 2015 Trilobites du Dévonien des Ardennes (zone rhéno-hercynienne): biostratigraphie, évolution et événements Fossiles. Revue française de paléontologie 24 5–24 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284633644 Sp. novValidVan ViersenDevonian (Eifelian)BelgiumA member of Proetidae belonging to the subfamily Cornuproetinae.Drevermannia (Paradrevermannia)Subgen. et sp. novValidGandl et al.Early CarboniferousSpainA member of the family Proetidae belonging to the subfamily Drevermanniinae. The type species is Drevermannia (Paradrevermannia) fastigata.Drevermannia (Pseudodrevermannia) manevilaiSp. novValidGandl et al.Early CarboniferousSpainA member of the family Proetidae belonging to the subfamily Drevermanniinae.Eoptychoparia tafilaltensisSp. novValidGeyerCambrianJbel Wawrmast FormationMoroccoA member of Ptychopariidae, a species of Eoptychoparia.Goldius endelsiSp. novValidVan ViersenDevonian (Eifelian)BelgiumA member of Styginidae belonging to the subfamily Scutelluinae.Granularaspis bommeliSp. novValidGeyerMiddle CambrianJbel Wawrmast FormationMoroccoA member of Corynexochida, a species of Granularaspis.Gudralisium rossumiSp. novValidVan ViersenDevonian (Eifelian-Givetian)Hanonet FormationBelgiumA member of Acastidae belonging to the subfamily Asteropyginae.Gunnia favaPatrick M. Smith Glenn A. Brock John R. Paterson 2015 Fauna and biostratigraphy of the Cambrian (Series 2, Stage 4; Ordian) Tempe Formation (Pertaoorrta Group), Amadeus Basin, Northern Territory Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 1 40–70 10.1080/03115518.2014.951917 2015Alch...39...40S 140573081 Sp. novValidSmith, Brock & PatersonCambrianTempe FormationAustraliaA ptychopariid, a species of Gunnia.HeliopeltisRaimund Feist Brian D. E. Chatterton 2015 Kolihapeltine trilobites, the spiniest scutelluids from the eastern Anti-Atlas (Morocco, Early Devonian): evolution, environment and classification Papers in Palaeontology 1 3 255–287 10.1002/spp2.1015 2015PPal....1..255F 83536434 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidZooBank.org http://zoobank.org/References/35ABACF8-2D44-4E6E-833C-CA38353548ED 2022-01-05 zoobank.org en-usFeist & ChattertonEarly DevonianMoroccoA kolihapeltine scutelluid. Genus contains two species: H. ihmadii and H. johnsoni.Hentigia ornataSp. novValidFortey & HewardPermian (Kungurian–Roadian)OmanA phillipsiid, a species of Hentigia.Iranaspidion elephasSp. novValidFortey & HewardPermian (Kungurian–Roadian)OmanA phillipsiid, a species of Iranaspidion.Kettneraspis? prescheriAllart P. van Viersen Horst Heising 2015 Description of Kettneraspis? prescheri sp. nov. (Trilobita, Odontopleuridae) from the "couche rouge" (Pragian, Lower Devonian) in Morocco Geologica Belgica 18 1 15–20 http://popups.ulg.ac.be/1374-8505/index.php?id=4780 Sp. novValidVan Viersen & HeisingDevonian (Pragian)Ihandar FormationMoroccoA member of Odontopleuridae, possibly a species of Kettneraspis.Koldinioidia choiiSp. novValidPark & KihmCambrian (Furongian)Hwajeol FormationSouth KoreaA member of the family Shumardiidae, a species of Koldinioidia.Kolihapeltis basseiSp. novValidFeist & ChattertonEarly DevonianMoroccoA kolihapeltine scutelluid, a species of Kolihapeltis.Kolihapeltis tafilaltensisSp. novValidFeist & ChattertonEarly DevonianMoroccoA kolihapeltine scutelluid, a species of Kolihapeltis.Liobole (Liobole ?) angustigenaSp. novValidGandl et al.Early CarboniferousSpainA member of the family Proetidae belonging to the subfamily Mirabolinae.Liobole (Quadratibole)Subgen et sp. novValidGandl et al.Early CarboniferousSpainA member of the family Proetidae belonging to the subfamily Mirabolinae. The subgenus includes new species Liobole (Quadratibole) quadraticeps.LunagraulosEladio Liñán José Antonio Gámez Vintaned Rodolfo Gozalo 2015 The middle lower Cambrian (Ovetian) Lunagraulos n. gen. from Spain and the oldest trilobite records Geological Magazine 152 6 1123–1136 10.1017/S0016756815000084 2015GeoM..152.1123L 131147014 Gen. et comb. et sp. novValidLiñán, Vintaned & GozaloCambrian (Ovetian)La Herrería Formation Tamames SandstoneSpainA new genus for "Agraulos" antiquus Sdzuy (1961); genus also includes new species Lunagraulos tamamensis.Menorcaspis ? arcanensisSp. novValidGandl et al.Early CarboniferousSpainA member of the family Proetidae belonging to the subfamily Drevermanniinae.Menorcaspis calamicensis brevicaudaSubsp. novValidGandl et al.Early CarboniferousSpainA member of the family Proetidae belonging to the subfamily Drevermanniinae.Menorcaspis papiolensisSp. novValidGandl et al.Early CarboniferousSpainA member of the family Proetidae belonging to the subfamily Drevermanniinae.Menorcaspis tiedti antecedensSubsp. novValidGandl et al.Early CarboniferousSpainA member of the family Proetidae belonging to the subfamily Drevermanniinae.Menorcaspis weisflogiSp. novValidGandl et al.Early CarboniferousSpainA member of the family Proetidae belonging to the subfamily Drevermanniinae.Nepea ommacradaSp. novValidSmith, Paterson & BrockCambrian (Templetonian)Giles Creek DolostoneAustraliaA member of Nepeidae, a species of Nepea.NiordilobitesGen. et comb. novValidGeyer & CorbachoCambrianSwedenA burlingiid; a new genus for "Schmalenseeia" acutangula Westergård (1948).Ovatoryctocara sinensisYuanlong Zhao Jinliang Yuan Jin Peng Xinglian Yang Jorge Esteve 2015 Restudy of Ovatoryctocara Tchernysheva, 1962 from the Kaili Formation, Jianhe County, Guizhou, South China Annales de Paléontologie 101 3 193–198 10.1016/j.annpal.2015.06.001 2015AnPal.101..193Z Sp. novValidZhao et al.CambrianKaili FormationChinaAn oryctocephalid trilobite, a species of Ovatoryctocara.Penarosa oepikiSp. novValidSmith, Paterson & BrockCambrian (Templetonian)Giles Creek DolostoneAustraliaA member of Nepeidae, a species of Penarosa.PengiaGen. et comb. novValidGeyer & CorbachoCambrianChinaA burlingiid; a new genus for "Schmalenseeia" fusilis Peng, Babcock & Lin (2004).Phaetonellus lelubreiSp. novValidVan ViersenDevonian (Eifelian)BelgiumA member of Tropidocoryphidae belonging to the subfamily Eremiproetinae.Pudoproetus (Belgiproetus)Peter Müller Gerhard Hahn 2015 Pudoproetus (Belgiproetus) n. subg., eine neue Untergattung der Proetinae (Trilobita) aus mittlerem Mississippium Clausthaler Geowissenschaften 10 11–33 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294090825 Subgen. et 2 sp. et comb. novValidMüller & HahnCarboniferous (Mississippian)Afghanistan 2013 Belgium Iran Russia Turkey Germany?A member of Proetidae, a subgenus of Pudoproetus. The type species is Pudoproetus (Belgiproetus) lelubrei; the subgenus also includes new species P. (B). praedicatus, as well as P. (B.) albiorix (Hahn, Hahn & Brauckmann, 1980), P. (B.) cellesensis (Hahn, Hahn & Brauckmann, 1980), P. (B.) damghanensis (Hahn, Müller & Aghababalou, 2013), P. (B.) incertus (Hahn, Hahn & Brauckmann, 1980), P. (B.) teutates (Hahn, Hahn & Brauckmann, 1980), P. (B.) toutiorix (Hahn, Hahn & Brauckmann, 1980) and P. (B.) ussuilensis (Nalivkin, in Weber, 1937).Radnoria guyiSofia Pereira Carlos Marques da Silva Miguel Pires Artur Abreu Sá 2015 The oldest brachymetopid trilobite record from the European peri-Gondwana Bulletin of Geosciences 90 3 543–553 10.3140/bull.geosci.1535 free Sp. novValidPereira et al.Late OrdovicianCabeço do Peão FormationPortugalA member of Brachymetopidae, a species of Radnoria.RozoviaAlexander B. Doweld 2015 Rozovia, a replacement name for Nordia Rozova, 1968 (Trilobita) non Jairajpuri and Siddiqi, 1964 (Nematoda), preoccupied Zootaxa 4059 3 598 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.3.10 26701581 free Nom. novValidDoweldLate CambrianRussiaA replacement name for Nordia Rozova (1968) (preoccupied).Sagittapeltis belkaiSp. novValidFeist & ChattertonEarly DevonianMoroccoA kolihapeltine scutelluid, a species of Sagittapeltis.Schopfaspis shergoldiSp. novValidSmith, Paterson & BrockCambrian (Templetonian)Giles Creek DolostoneAustraliaA member of Alokistocaridae, a species of Schopfaspis.Semiproetus (Brevibole) trigonifronsSp. novValidGandl et al.Early CarboniferousSpainA member of the family Proetidae belonging to the subfamily Cyrtosymbolinae.SimulopaladinGen. et sp. novValidFortey & HewardPermian (Kungurian–Roadian)OmanA phillipsiid. The type species is Simulopaladin tridentifer.StruvephacopsMansoureh Ghobadi Pour 2015 Name change for the Devonian trilobite Cultrops Struve, 1995 Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89 3 669–670 10.1007/s12542-015-0266-4 2015PalZ...89..669G 186233180 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276139060 Nom. novValidGhobadi PourEarly DevonianHeisdorf FormationGermanyA member of Phacopida; a replacement name for Cultrops Struve (1995) (preoccupied).Triproetus bonbonSp. novValidFortey & HewardPermian (Kungurian–Roadian)OmanA member of Proetidae, a species of Triproetus.200px|Weyeraspis (Canovesia)Subgen et sp. novValidGandl et al.Early CarboniferousSpainA member of the family Proetidae belonging to the subfamily Cyrtosymbolinae. The subgenus includes new species Weyeraspis (Canovesia) canovesensis. Other arthropods Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnkitokazocaris bandoiMasayuki Ehiro Osamu Sasaki Harumasa Kano Jun Nemoto Hisayoshi Kato 2015 Thylacocephala (Arthropoda) from the Lower Triassic of the South Kitakami Belt, Northeast Japan Paleontological Research 19 4 269–282 10.2517/2015PR010 129907994 Sp. novValidEhiro & Kato in Ehiro et al.Early Triassic (Olenekian)Osawa FormationJapanA member of Thylacocephala (a group of arthropods of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly crustaceans), a species of Ankitokazocaris.DytikosiculaSimon Conway Morris Paul A. Selden Glade Gunther Paul G. Jamison Richard A. Robison 2015 New records of Burgess Shale-type taxa from the middle Cambrian of Utah Journal of Paleontology 89 3 411–423 10.1017/jpa.2015.26 2015JPal...89..411C free Gen. et sp. novValidConway Morris et al.CambrianMarjum FormationUnited StatesA putative megacheiran. The type species is Dytikosicula desmatae.EtainiaDavid A. Legg Thomas W. Hearing 2015 A late surviving xenopod (Arthropoda) from the Ordovican y Period, Wales Geological Magazine 152 5 942–948 10.1017/S001675681400065X 2015GeoM..152..942L 133374686 Gen. et sp. novValidLegg & HearingMiddle OrdovicianLlanfallteg FormationUnited KingdomAn arthropod of xenopod affinities. The type species is Etainia howellsorum.FlumenoglaciesJohn S. Peel Michael Streng 2015 A new middle Cambrian bradoriid arthropod from Greenland and western Canada Journal of Paleontology 89 1 96–102 10.1017/jpa.2014.8 2015JPal...89...96P 131668462 Gen. et sp. novValidPeel & StengCambrianEkspedition Brae Formation Stephen FormationCanada GreenlandA member of Bradoriida. The type species is Flumenoglacies groenlandica.HouiaPaul A. Selden James C. Lamsdell Liu Qi 2015 An unusual euchelicerate linking horseshoe crabs and eurypterids, from the Lower Devonian (Lochkovian) of Yunnan, China Zoologica Scripta 44 6 645–652 10.1111/zsc.12124 55264483 free Gen. et comb. novValidSelden, Lamsdell & QiDevonian (Lochkovian)Xiaxishancun FormationChinaA chelicerate belonging to the lineage that branched from the main euchelicerate lineage prior to the divergence of Eurypterida, Arachnida and Chasmataspidida; a new genus for "Kasibelinurus" yueya Lamsdell, Xue & Selden (2013).200px|Isoxys mackenziensisJulien Kimmig Brian R. Pratt 2015 Soft-bodied biota from the middle Cambrian (Drumian) Rockslide Formation, Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern Canada Journal of Paleontology 89 1 51–71 10.1017/jpa.2014.5 2015JPal...89...51K 130268424 Sp. novValidKimmig & PrattCambrian (Drumian)Rockslide FormationCanadaAn arthropod of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Isoxys.KitakamicarisGen. et sp. novDisputedEhiro & Kato in Ehiro et al.Early Triassic (Olenekian)Osawa FormationJapanA member of Thylacocephala (a group of arthropods of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly crustaceans). The type species is Kitakamicaris utatsuensis. Laville et al. (2021) transferred K. utatsuensis to the genus Ankitokazocaris,Thomas Laville Christopher P. A. Smith Marie-Béatrice Forel Arnaud Brayard Sylvain Charbonnier 2021 Review of Early Triassic Thylacocephala Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 127 1 73–101 10.13130/2039-4942/15188 while Ehiro and Kano (2024) denied that.Ehiro M. Kano H. 2024 A new species of Parisicaris (Microcarididae, Thylacocephala) from the upper Olenekian (Lower Triassic) Osawa Formation in the South Kitakami Belt, Northeast Japan http://www.museum.tohoku.ac.jp/pdf/press_info/bulletin/No23/bulletin_23_04.pdf Bulletin of the Tohoku University Museum 23 23–34200px|NotchiaRudy Lerosey-Aubril 2015 Notchia weugi gen. et sp. nov.: a new short-headed arthropod from the Weeks Formation Konservat-Lagerstätte (Cambrian; Utah) Geological Magazine 152 2 351–357 10.1017/S0016756814000375 2015GeoM..152..351L 83671216 Gen. et sp. novValidLerosey-AubrilCambrian (late Guzhangian)Weeks FormationUnited StatesAn arthropod of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Notchia weugi.PentecopterusJames C. Lamsdell Derek E. G. Briggs Huaibao P. Liu Brian J. Witzke Robert M. McKay 2015 The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa BMC Evolutionary Biology 15 1 169 10.1186/s12862-015-0443-9 26324341 4556007 2015BMCEE..15..169L free Gen. et sp. novValidLamsdell et al.Ordovician (Darriwilian)Winneshiek Shale FormationUnited StatesA megalograptid eurypterid. The type species is Pentecopterus decorahensis.200px|SurusicarisCédric Aria Jean-Bernard Caron 2015 Cephalic and Limb Anatomy of a New Isoxyid from the Burgess Shale and the Role of "Stem Bivalved Arthropods" in the Disparity of the Frontalmost Appendage PLOS ONE 10 6 e0124979 10.1371/journal.pone.0124979 26038846 4454494 2015PLoSO..1024979A free Gen. et sp. novValidAria & Caron CambrianStephen FormationCanadaA relative of Isoxys. The type species is Surusicaris elegans.200px|Tanglangia rangatangaJohn R. Paterson Gregory D. Edgecombe James B. Jago 2015 The 'great appendage' arthropod Tanglangia: Biogeographic connections between early Cambrian biotas of Australia and South China Gondwana Research 27 4 1667–1672 10.1016/j.gr.2014.02.008 2015GondR..27.1667P Sp. novValidPaterson, Edgecombe & JagoCambrian Emu Bay ShaleAustraliaA member of (possibly paraphyletic) group Megacheira, a species of Tanglangia.WiedopterusMarkus Poschmann 2015 Sea scorpions (Chelicerata, Eurypterida) from the Lower Devonian (Siegenian) of the Lahrbach Valley/Westerwald area (SW Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate) Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89 4 783–793 10.1007/s12542-015-0261-9 2015PalZ...89..783P 128555537 Gen. et sp. novValidPoschmannEarly DevonianGermanyA eurypterid. The type species is Wiedopterus noctua.200px|WinneshiekiaJames C. Lamsdell Derek E. G. Briggs Huaibao P. Liu Brian J. Witzke Robert M. McKay 2015 A new Ordovician arthropod from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa (USA) reveals the ground plan of eurypterids and chasmataspidids The Science of Nature 102 9–10 63 10.1007/s00114-015-1312-5 26391849 2015SciNa.102...63L 8153035 Gen. et sp. novValidLamsdell et al.Ordovician (Darriwilian)Winneshiek LagerstätteUnited StatesA chelicerate sister to the clade comprising chasmataspidids, eurypterids, arachnids and Houia. The type species is Winneshiekia youngae.YawunikCédric Aria Jean-Bernard Caron Robert Gaines 2015 A large new leanchoiliid from the Burgess Shale and the influence of inapplicable states on stem arthropod phylogeny Palaeontology 58 4 629–660 10.1111/pala.12161 2015Palgy..58..629A 86443516 free Gen. et sp. novValidAria, Caron & GainesMiddle CambrianBurgess ShaleCanadaA relative of Leanchoilia. The type species is Yawunik kootenayi.200px|Yohoia utahanaSp. novValidConway Morris et al.CambrianUnited States References 30em Category:Arthropod paleontology Category:Lists of arthropods Category:2015 in paleontology