2012 in paleomammalogy

none 2012 paleomammalogy paleontology paleobotany arthropod paleontology paleoentomology paleoichthyology paleomalacology reptile paleontology archosaur paleontology This paleomammalogy list records new fossil mammal taxa that were described during the year 2012, as well as notes other significant paleomammalogy discoveries and events which occurred during that year. Non-eutherian mammals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit LocationNotesImagesAbderites aisenenseMaría Alejandra Abello David Rubilar Rogers amp 2012 Revisión del género Abderites Ameghino, 1887 (Marsupialia, Paucituberculata) Ameghiniana 49 2 164–184 http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/408 10.5710/amgh.v49i2(408) 86264583Sp. novValidAbello & Rubilar RogersMiddle Miocene Collón Cura FormationRío Frías FormationArgentina ChileA marsupial, a member of Paucituberculata, a species of Abderites.CondorodonLeandro C. Gaetano Guillermo W. Rougier amp 2012 First Amphilestid from South America: A Molariform from the Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Patagonia, Argentina Journal of Mammalian Evolution 19 4 235–248 10.1007/s10914-012-9194-1 11336/68489 16988665 freeGen. et sp. novValidGaetano & RougierMiddle JurassicCañadón Asfalto FormationArgentinaAn amphilestid. The type species is Condorodon spanios.?Ectypodus riansensisBernard Marandat Sylvain Adnet Laurent Marivaux Alain Martinez Monique Vianey-Liaud Rodolphe Tabuce amp 2012 A new mammalian fauna from the earliest Eocene (Ilerdian) of the Corbières (Southern France): palaeobiogeographical implications Swiss Journal of Geosciences 105 3 417–434 10.1007/s00015-012-0113-5 140167197 freeSp. novValidVianey-Liaud in Marandat et al.Earliest EoceneFranceA neoplagiaulacid multituberculate, possibly a species of Ectypodus.GreniodonFrancisco J. Goin Marcelo F. Tejedor Laura Chornogubsky Guillermo M. López Javier N. Gelfo Mariano Bond Michael O. Woodburne Yamila Gurovich Marcelo Reguero 2012 Persistence of a Mesozoic, non-therian mammalian lineage (Gondwanatheria) in the mid-Paleogene of Patagonia Naturwissenschaften 99 6 449–463 10.1007/s00114-012-0919-z 22584426 2012NW.....99..449G 14077735 11336/272154 free Gen. et sp. novValidGoin et al.Eocene (early Lutetian) Andesitas Huancache FormationArgentinaA gondwanatherian. The type species is Greniodon sylvaticus.KouriogenysGen. et comb. novValidDavisBerriasianUnited KingdomA peramuran mammal, a new genus for the species originally named Spalacotherium minus Owen 1871.PeramuroidesBrian M. Davis 2012 Micro-computed tomography reveals a diversity of Peramuran mammals from the Purbeck Group (Berriasian) of England Palaeontology 55 4 789–817 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01161.x freeGen. et sp. novValidDavisBerriasianUnited KingdomA peramuran mammal. The type species is Peramuroides tenuiscus.PriscakoalaKaren H. Black Michael Archer Suzanne J. Hand 2012 New Tertiary koala (Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae) from Riversleigh, Australia, with a revision of phascolarctid phylogenetics, paleoecology, and paleobiodiversity Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 1 125–138 10.1080/02724634.2012.626825 86152273Gen. et sp. novValidBlack, Archer, & HandMioceneRiversleigh World Heritage Area fossil depositAustraliaA phascolarctid.Thylacodon montanensisThomas E. Williamson Stephen L. Brusatte Thomas D. Carr Anne Weil Barbara R. Standhardt amp 2012 The phylogeny and evolution of Cretaceous–Palaeogene metatherians: cladistic analysis and description of new early Palaeocene specimens from the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 4 625–651 10.1080/14772019.2011.631592 83996185Sp. novValidWilliamson et al.PalaeoceneUnited StatesA metatherian closely related to Swaindelphys and Herpetotheriidae, a species of Thylacodon.TjukuruGavin J. Prideaux Richard H. Tedford 2012 Tjukuru wellsi, gen. et sp. nov., a lagostrophine kangaroo (Diprotodontia, Macropodidae) from the Pliocene (Tirarian) of northern South Australia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 3 717–721 10.1080/02724634.2012.652323 84569000Gen. et sp. novValidPrideaux & TedfordPlioceneTirari FormationAustraliaA lagostrophine kangaroo. The type species is Tjukuru wellsi. Eutherians Research A phylogenetic analysis of living and fossil members of Carnivoramorpha is published by Michelle Spaulding and John J. Flynn (2012).Michelle Spaulding John J. Flynn amp 2012 Phylogeny of the Carnivoramorpha: The impact of postcranial characters Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 4 653–677 10.1080/14772019.2011.630681 83695399 A study of fossil giant deers is published by I. A. Vislobokova (2012).I. A. Vislobokova 2012 Giant deer: Origin, evolution, role in the biosphere Paleontological Journal 46 7 643–775 10.1134/S0031030112070027 85385952 A study of the anatomy of skull and teeth of the proboscidean Eritherium azzouzorum is published by Emmanuel Gheerbrant, Baadi Bouya and Mbarek Amaghzaz (2012).Emmanuel Gheerbrant Baadi Bouya Mbarek Amaghzaz 2012 Dental and cranial anatomy of Eritherium azzouzorum from the Paleocene of Morocco, earliest known proboscidean mammal Palaeontographica Abteilung A 297 5–6 151–183 http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/pala/detail/297/79218/Dental_and_cranial_anatomy_of_Eritherium_azzouzoru https://archive.today/20130217070324/http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/pala/detail/297/79218/Dental_and_cranial_anatomy_of_Eritherium_azzouzoru 2013-02-17 10.1127/pala/297/2012/151 subscription New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcritophiomysHesham M. Sallam Erik R. Seiffert Elwyn L. Simons 2012 A basal phiomorph (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the late Eocene of the Fayum Depression, Egypt Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 131 2 283–301 10.1007/s13358-012-0039-6 84516606Gen. et sp. novValidSallam, Seiffert & SimonsLate EoceneEgyptA phiomorph. The type species is Acritophiomys bowni.Adjidaumo lophatusWilliam W. Korth 2012 Two new eomyid rodents (Mammalia) from the Chadronian (latest Eocene) of Montana and Wyoming Paludicola 9 1 7–12Sp. novValidKorthEocene (Chadronian)United StatesAn eomyid rodent, a species of Adjidaumo.Aepyceros datoadeniGeraads Denis Bobe René Reed Kaye Kaye Reed 2012 Pliocene Bovidae (Mammalia) from the Hadar Formation of Hadar and Ledi-Geraru, Lower Awash, Ethiopia http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1666/13062 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 1 180–197 10.1080/02724634.2012.632046 86230742 subscription sp novValidGeraads, Bobe & ReedPlioceneHadar FormationEthiopiaA species of impala.AfrasiaY. Chaimanee O. Chavasseau K. C. Beard Aung Aung Kyaw Aung Naing Soe Chit Sein V. Lazzari L. Marivaux B. Marandat Myat Swe Mana Rugbumrung Thit Lwin X. Valentin Zin-Maung -Maung-Thein J.-J. Jaeger 2012 Late Middle Eocene primate from Myanmar and the initial anthropoid colonization of Africa Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 26 10293–10297 10.1073/pnas.1200644109 22665790 3387043 2012PNAS..10910293C freeGen. et sp. novValidChaimanee et al.EocenePondaung FormationMyanmarA primitive anthropoid. The type species is Afrasia djijidae.Afrodon gheerbrantiEric De Bast Bernard Sigé Thierry Smith amp 2012 Diversity of the adapisoriculid mammals from the early Palaeocene of Hainin, Belgium http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20100115.html Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 1 35–52 10.4202/app.2010.0115 freesp novValidDe Bast, Sigé & SmithEarly PalaeoceneHainin FormationBelgiumAn adapisoriculid, a species of Afrodon.Aguascalientia minutaAldo F. Rincon Jonathan I. Bloch Catalina Suarez Bruce J. MacFadden Carlos A. Jaramillo 2012 New floridatragulines (Mammalia, Camelidae) from the early Miocene Las Cascadas Formation, Panama Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 2 456–475 10.1080/02724634.2012.635736 85984250sp novValidRincon, Bloch, Suarez, MacFadden & JaramilloEarly MioceneLas Cascadas FormationPanamaA floridatraguline camelid, a species of Aguascalientia.Aguascalientia panamaensissp novValidRincon, Bloch, Suarez, MacFadden & JaramilloEarly MioceneLas Cascadas FormationPanamaA floridatraguline camelid, a species of Aguascalientia.Ailuravus subitaBernard Comte Maurice Sabatier Monique Vianey-Liaud 2012 Les rongeurs de Chéry-Chartreuve et Rocourt-Saint-Martin (est du bassin de Paris; Aisne, France). Leur place parmi les faunes de l'Eocène Moyen d'Europe Palæovertebrata 37 4–5 167–271 http://palaeovertebrata.com/Articles/view/10sp novValidCompte, Sabatier & Vianey-LiaudEocene (Bartonian)FranceA pseudosciurid rodent. Originally described as a species of Ailuravus, but subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Auroremys.Monique Vianey-Liaud Laurent Marivaux The beginning of the adaptive radiation of Theridomorpha (Rodentia) in Western Europe: morphological and phylogenetic analyses of early and middle Eocene taxa; implications for systematics 2021 Palæovertebrata 44 2 e2 10.18563/pv.44.2.e2 240578879 https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-03354449/file/Vianey-Liaud-%26-Marivaux_2021_Palaeovertebrata_Early-radiation-Theridomorpha.pdfAlloptox (Mizuhoptox) japonicusYukimitsu Tomida 2012 New Species of Alloptox (Lagomorpha, Ochotonidae), First Record of the Genus in Japan, and Subgeneric Distinction Paleontological Research 16 1 19–25 10.2517/1342-8144-16.1.019 86696886 free Subgen. and sp. novValidTomidaEarly MioceneJapanA pika, a species of Alloptox.Alloptox katinkaeAngelone Chiara Hír János 2012 Alloptox katinkae sp. nov. (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae), westernmost Eurasian record of the genus from the early Middle Miocene vertebrate fauna of Litke 2 (N Hungary) Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 264 1 1–10 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0227sp novValidAngelone & HírEarly Middle MioceneHungaryA pika, a species of Alloptox.Anchilophus (Paranchilophus) jeantetiJean-Albert Remy 2012 Révision systématique des Anchilophini (Palaeotheriidae, Perissodactyla, Mammalia) Palæovertebrata 37 1–3 1–165 10.18563/pv.37.1-3.1-165sp novValidRemyEocene (Bartonian)FranceA member of Palaeotheriidae, a species of Anchilophus.Ancylotherium hellenicumGeorge Dimitrios Koufos 2012 New material of Chalicotheriidae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Axios Valley, Macedonia (Greece) with the description of a new species Annales de Paléontologie 98 3 203–224 10.1016/j.annpal.2012.06.002Sp. novValidKoufosLate MioceneGreeceA chalicothere, a species of Ancylotherium.AndemysOrnella C. Bertrand John J. Flynn Darin A. Croft André R. Wyss 2012 Two new taxa (Caviomorpha, Rodentia) from the early Oligocene Tinguiririca fauna (Chile) American Museum Novitates 3750 1–36 10.1206/3750.2 2246/6319 56474645 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/166287Gen. et sp. novValidBertrand et al.Tinguirirican Abanico FormationChileA caviomorph rodent related to dasyproctids. The type species is Andemys termasi.Apterodon langebadreaeCamille Grohé Michael Morlo Yaowalak Chaimanee Cécile Blondel Pauline Coster Xavier Valentin Mustapha Salem Awad A. Bilal Jean-Jacques Jaeger Michel Brunet 2012 New Apterodontinae (Hyaenodontida) from the Eocene Locality of Dur At-Talah (Libya): Systematic, Paleoecological and Phylogenetical Implications PLOS ONE 7 11 e49054 10.1371/journal.pone.0049054 23185292 3504055 2012PLoSO...749054G freesp novValidGrohé et al.Eocene (late Bartonian)LibyaA hyaenodontid, a species of Apterodon.ArchaeophocaenaMizuki Murakami Chieko Shimada Yoshinori Hikida Hiromichi Hirano amp 2012 Two new extinct basal phocoenids (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinoidea), from the upper Miocene Koetoi Formation of Japan and their phylogenetic significance Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 5 1172–1185 10.1080/02724634.2012.694337 84268028Gen. et sp. nov.ValidMurakami et al.Late MioceneKoetoi FormationJapanA porpoise. The type species is Archaeophocaena teshioensis.AsilifelisWerdelin Lars 2012 A new genus and species of Felidae (Mammalia) from Rusinga Island, Kenya, with notes on early Felidae of Africa https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274410078 Estudios GeológicosGen. et sp. nov.ValidWerdelinEarly MioceneHiwegi FormationKenyaA felid. The type species is Asilifelis cotae.BabameryxBastien Mennecart Laureline Scherler Florent Hiard Damien Becker Jean-Pierre Berger amp 2012 Large mammals from Rickenbach (Switzerland, reference locality MP29, Late Oligocene): biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental implications Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 131 1 161–181 10.1007/s13358-011-0031-6 59327414 http://doc.rero.ch/record/29118/files/ber_lmr.pdfGen. et sp. novValidMennecart et al.Late OligoceneSwitzerlandA ruminant. The type species is Babameryx engesseri.BagacricetodonHelder Gomes Rodrigues Laurent Marivaux Monique Vianey-Liaud 2012 The Cricetidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Ulantatal area (Inner Mongolia, China): New data concerning the evolution of Asian cricetids during the Oligocene Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 56 160–179 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.05.007 2012JAESc..56..160GGen. et sp. novValidRodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-LiaudOligoceneChinaA cricetid rodent. The type species is Bagacricetodon tongi.BarberapithecusDavid M. Alba Salvador Moyà-Solà 2012 A new pliopithecid genus (Primates: Pliopithecoidea) from Castell de Barberà (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain) American Journal of Physical Anthropology 147 1 88–112 10.1002/ajpa.21630 22101732Gen. et sp. novValidAlba & Moyà-SolàMiddle to Late MioceneSpainA crouzeliine pliopithecid. The type species is Barberapithecus huerzeleri.BartelsiaGregg F. Gunnell 2012 New Uintasoricine (?Primates, Plesiadapiformes) from the Earliest Bridgerian, Latest Early Eocene of Wyoming Journal of Paleontology 86 6 973–978 10.1666/12-022R.1 129858182Gen. et sp. novValidGunnellEarly Eocene (earliest Bridgerian)United StatesA plesiadapiform, a relative of Uintasorex. The type species is Bartelsia pentadactyla.BerrulestesJerry J. Hooker Donald E. Russell 2012 Early Palaeogene Louisinidae (Macroscelidea, Mammalia), their relationships and north European diversity Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164 4 856–936 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00787.x freeGen. et 3 sp. novValidHooker & RussellPaleoceneFranceA macroscelidean. The type species is Berrulestes phelizoni; the other species are B. pellouini and B. poirieri.BohaskaiaJorge Vélez-Juarbe Nicholas Pyenson Nicholas D. Pyenson 2012 Bohaskaia monodontoides, a new monodontid (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinoidea) from the Pliocene of the western North Atlantic Ocean Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 2 476–484 10.1080/02724634.2012.641705 55606151Gen. et sp. novValidVélez-Juarbe & PyensonEarly PlioceneYorktown FormationUnited StatesA monodontid. The type species is Bohaskaia monodontoides.BomburodonThomas E. Williamson Thomas D. Carr 2012 Bomburodon, A New Name for the Paleocene Mammal Bomburia Van Valen, 1978 Journal of Paleontology 86 3 567 10.1666/12-013.1 129558800Nom. nov.ValidWilliamson & CarrPaleoceneUnited StatesA replacement name for the condylarth genus Bomburia Van Valen, 1978.BorisodonJ. David Archibald Alexander Averianov 2012 Phylogenetic analysis, taxonomic revision, and dental ontogeny of the Cretaceous Zhelestidae (Mammalia: Eutheria) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164 2 361–426 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00771.x freeGen. et comb. novValidArchibald & AverianovTuronianKazakhstanA zhelestid, a new genus for "Sorlestes" kara (Nessov, 1993).Bustylus folieaesp novValidDe Bast, Sigé, & SmithEarly PalaeoceneHainin FormationBelgiumAn adapisoriculid, a species of Bustylus.CachiyacuyPierre-Olivier Antoine Laurent Marivaux Darin A. Croft Guillaume Billet Morgan Ganerød Carlos Jaramillo Thomas Martin Maëva J. Orliac Julia Tejada Ali J. Altamirano Francis Duranthon Grégory Fanjat Sonia Rousse Rodolfo Salas Gismondi 2012 Middle Eocene rodents from Peruvian Amazonia reveal the pattern and timing of caviomorph origins and biogeography Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 1732 1319–1326 10.1098/rspb.2011.1732 21993503 3282368Gen. and 2 sp. novValidAntoine et al.Eocene (latest Lutetian, approx. 41 Ma)Yahuarango FormationPeruA caviomorph rodent. Genus contains two species: Cachiyacuy contamanensis and Cachiyacuy kummeli.CanaanimysGen. and sp. novValidAntoine et al.Eocene (latest Lutetian, approx. 41 Ma)Yahuarango FormationPeruA caviomorph rodent. The type species is Canaanimys maquiensis.Canis arnensis kudarensisGennady F. Baryshnikov 2012 Pleistocene Canidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Paleolithic Kudaro caves in the Caucasus Russian Journal of Theriology 11 2 77–120 http://zmmu.msu.ru/rjt/articles/ther11_2%20077_120%20Baryshnikov%20for%20Inet.pdfSubsp. novValidBaryshnikovMiddle PleistoceneSouth OssetiaA small coyote-like canid, a subspecies of Canis arnensis.Canis lupus maximusMyriam Boudadi-Maligne 2012 Une nouvelle sous-espèce de loup (Canis lupus maximus nov. subsp.) dans le Pléistocène supérieur d'Europe occidentale Comptes Rendus Palevol 11 7 475–484 10.1016/j.crpv.2012.04.003Subsp. nov.ValidBoudadi-MaligneLate PleistoceneFranceA subspecies of gray wolf.Carposorex burkartiMarguerite Hugueney Pierre Mein Olivier Maridet amp 2012 Revision and new data on the Early and Middle Miocene soricids (Soricomorpha, Mammalia) from Central and South-Eastern France Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 131 1 23–49 10.1007/s13358-011-0036-1 129316552 https://zenodo.org/record/3643760sp novValidHugueney, Mein & MaridetMioceneFranceA shrew, a species of Carposorex.Centimanomys gigantusSp. novValidKorthEocene (Chadronian)United StatesAn eomyid rodent, a species of Centimanomys.Chubutomys navaensisMaría Encarnación Pérez Marcelo Krause María Guiomar Vucetich 2012 A new species of Chubutomys (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the late Oligocene of Patagonia and its implications on the early evolutionary history of Cavioidea sensu stricto Geobios 45 6 573–580 10.1016/j.geobios.2012.06.001sp novValidPérez, Krause & VucetichLate Oligocene Sarmiento FormationArgentinaA member of Hystricognathi, a cavioid rodent; a species of Chubutomys.Colpodon antucoensisBruce J. Shockey John J. Flynn Darin A. Croft Phillip Gans André R. Wyss 2012 New leontiniid Notoungulata (Mammalia) from Chile and Argentina: comparative anatomy, character analysis, and phylogenetic hypotheses American Museum Novitates 3737 1–64 2246/6161 10.1206/3737.2 84627536 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/itempdf/276603sp novValidShockey et al.MioceneCura-Mallín FormationChileA leontiniid notoungulate, a species of Colpodon.Coryphodon pisuqti Mary R. Dawson 2012 Coryphodon, the northernmost Holarctic Paleogene pantodont (Mammalia), and its global wanderings Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 131 1 11–22 10.1007/s13358-011-0028-1 128962314 freeSp. novValidDawsonWasatchianMargaret FormationCanadaA pantodont, a species of Coryphodon.Cristadjidaumo skinneriRobert J. Emry William W. Korth 2012 Early Chadronian (late Eocene) rodents from the Flagstaff Rim area, central Wyoming Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 2 419–432 10.1080/02724634.2012.649329 128773831sp novValidEmry & KorthLate EoceneWhite River FormationUnited StatesAn eomyid, a species of Cristadjidaumo.Dakotallomys whiteiWilliam W. Korth 2012 Aplodontid rodents (Mammalia) from the Orellan (early Oligocene) Canyon Ferry fauna of Montana Paludicola 9 1 1–6 https://www.academia.edu/23663295Sp. novValidKorthOligocene (Orellan)Dunbar Creek FormationUnited StatesAn aplodontiid rodent belonging to the subfamily Prosciurinae.Damalborea grayisp novValidGeraads, Bobe & ReedPlioceneHadar FormationEthiopiaA member of Alcelaphini.Damaliscus hypsodonJ. Tyler Faith Richard Potts Thomas W. Plummer Laura C. Bishop Curtis W. Marean Christian A. Tryon 2012 New perspectives on middle Pleistocene change in the large mammal faunas of East Africa: Damaliscus hypsodon sp. nov. (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Lainyamok, Kenya Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 361–362 84–93 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.08.005 2012PPP...361...84FSp. novValidFaith et al.Middle PleistoceneKenya TanzaniaAn alcelaphine bovid, a species of Damaliscus.Dasychoerus natrunensisMartin Pickford 2012 Ancestors of Broom's pigs Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 67 1 17–35 10.1080/0035919X.2012.689265 84395483Sp. novValidPickfordLate Miocene to early PlioceneEgyptA suid, a species of Dasychoerus (considered by some authors to be a subgenus of the genus Sus).Dryomomys dulciferStephen G. B. Chester K. Christopher Beard amp 2012 New Micromomyid Plesiadapiforms (Mammalia, Euarchonta) from the Late Paleocene of Big Multi Quarry, Washakie Basin, Wyoming Annals of Carnegie Museum 80 2 159–172 10.2992/007.080.0204 84338884sp novValidChester & BeardLate PaleoceneBig Multi QuarryUnited StatesA micromomyid plesiadapiform, a species of Dryomomys.DushimysJelle S. Zijlstra 2012 A new oryzomyine (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from the Quaternary of Curaçao (West Indies) Zootaxa 3534 61–68 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03534p068f.pdf 10.11646/zootaxa.3534.1.5Gen. et sp. novValidZijlstraQuaternary, probably middle PleistoceneCuraçaoAn oryzomyine sigmodontine rodent. The type species is Dushimys larsi.ElmerriggsiaGen. et sp. novValidShockey et al.Late OligoceneArgentinaA leontiniid notoungulate. The type species is Elmerriggsia fieldia.Eotheroides clavigerumIyad S. Zalmout Philip D. Gingerich 2012 Late Eocene Sea Cows (Mammalia, Sirenia) From Wadi Al Hitan In The Western Desert of Fayum, Egypt University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 37 1–158 2027.42/94568sp novValidZalmout & GingerichEocene (Priabonian)Birket Qarun FormationEgyptA dugongid sirenian, a species of Eotheroides.Eotheroides sandersisp novValidZalmout & GingerichEocene (Priabonian)Birket Qarun FormationEgyptA dugongid sirenian, a species of Eotheroides.EotmantsoiusRodolphe Tabuce Jean-Jacques Jaeger Laurent Marivaux Mustapha Salem Awad Abolhassan Bilal Mouloud Benammi Yaowalak Chaimanee Pauline Coster Bernard Marandat Xavier Valentin Michel Brunet 2012 New stem elephant-shrews (Mammalia, Macroscelidea) from the Eocene of Dur At-Talah, Libya Palaeontology 55 5 945–955 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01163.x 2012Palgy..55..945T 86687336Gen. et sp. novValidTabuce et al.Middle or Late EoceneLibyaA member of Macroscelidea. The type species is Eotmantsoius perseverans.Eoviscaccia frassinettiiSp. novValidBertrand et al.Tinguirirican Abanico FormationChileA caviomorph rodent related to chinchillids, a species of Eoviscaccia.Epipeltephilus kantiLaureano R. González Ruiz Gustavo J. Scillato-Yané Cecilia M. Krmpotic Alfredo A. Carlini 2012 A new species of Peltephilidae (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Cingulata) from the late Miocene (Chasicoan SALMA) of Argentina Zootaxa 3359 55–64 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03359p064f.pdf 10.11646/zootaxa.3359.1.5 11336/196599sp novValidGonzález Ruiz et al.Late Miocene (Chasicoan) Arroyo Chasicó FormationArgentinaA peltephilid cingulate, a species of Epipeltephilus.EptenonnusRosina Valentina V. Semenov Yuriy A. 2012 New taxa of vespertilionid bats (Chiroptera, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Ukraine Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 264 3 191–203 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0236Gen. et sp. novValidRosina & SemenovLate MioceneUkraineA vesper bat. The type species is Eptenonnus gritsevensis.Eucricetodon bagusSp. novValidRodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-LiaudOligoceneChinaA cricetid rodent, a species of Eucricetodon.Eucricetodon jilantaiensisSp. novValidRodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-LiaudOligoceneChinaA cricetid rodent, a species of Eucricetodon.GandheralophusPieter Missiaen Philip D. Gingerich amp 2012 New early Eocene tapiromorph perissodactyls from the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan, with implications for mammalian biochronology in Asia http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20100093.html Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 1 21–34 10.4202/app.2010.0093 freeGen. et sp. novValidMissiaen & GingerichEarly EoceneGhazij FormationPakistanAn isectolophid tapiromorph. Its species are G. minor and G. robustus.Gazella harmonaesp novValidGeraads, Bobe & ReedPlioceneHadar FormationEthiopiaA species of gazelle.Geotrypus minorReinhard Ziegler 2012 Moles (Talpidae, Mammalia) from Early Oligocene karstic fissure fillings in South Germany Geobios 45 5 501–513 10.1016/j.geobios.2011.11.017 2012Geobi..45..501Zsp novValidZieglerEarly OligoceneGermanyA talpid. Originally described as a species of Geotrypus; subsequently transferred to the separate genus Tegulariscaptor.G. Sansalone T. Kotsakis A. H. Schwermann L. W. Van den Hoek Ostende P. Piras 2017 When moles became diggers: Tegulariscaptor gen. nov., from the early Oligocene of south Germany, and the evolution of talpid fossoriality Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16 8 645–657 10.1080/14772019.2017.1329235 11380/1318329 90554706 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/When_moles_became_diggers_i_Tegulariscaptor_i_gen_nov_from_the_early_Oligocene_of_south_Germany_and_the_evolution_of_talpid_fossoriality/5104846 free GigartonGen. et 3 sp. novValidHooker & RussellPaleoceneFranceA macroscelidean. 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Lopatin 2012 New baleen whale genera (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the miocene of the northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 1. Kurdalagonus gen. nov. from the middle-late Sarmatian of Adygea Paleontological Journal 46 5 531–542 10.1134/S0031030112050115 85334152Gen. et sp. novValidTarasenko & LopatinMioceneBlinovo FormationRussiaA baleen whale belonging to the family Cetotheriidae. The type species is Kurdalagonus mchedlidzei. Tarasenko & Lopatin (2012) originally assigned the new species K. adygeicus, as well as the species "Cetotherium" maicopicum Spasskii, 1951 to the genus Kurdalagonus as well; however, Gol'din & Startsev (2016) excluded K. adygeicus from the genus and stated that "C." maicopicum requires further research to determine its phylogenetic affinities.Pavel Gol'din Dmitry Startsev 2016 A systematic review of cetothere baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the Late Miocene of Crimea and Caucasus, with a new genus Papers in Palaeontology 3 49–68 10.1002/spp2.1066 88690543Lainodon rageiEmmanuel Gheerbrant Humberto Astibia amp 2012 Addition to the Late Cretaceous Laño mammal faunule (Spain) and to the knowledge of European "Zhelestidae" (Lainodontinae nov.) Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 183 6 537–546 10.2113/gssgfbull.183.6.537Sp. nov.ValidGheerbrant & AstibiaLate Cretaceous (Campanian or Maastrichtian)SpainA zhelestid, a species of Lainodon.Leptacodon donkroniKenneth D. 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Lucas 2021 On the supposed presence of Miocene Tayassuidae and Dromomerycinae (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla) in South America American Museum Novitates 3968 1–27 10.1206/3968.1 2246/7259 232341391 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/177230 freeTachyoryctoides engesseriBan-Yue Wang Zhan-Xiang Qiu amp 2012 Tachyoryctoides (Muroidea, Rodentia) fossils from Early Miocene of Lanzhou Basin, Gansu Province, China Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 131 1 107–126 10.1007/s13358-011-0038-z 128753249 freesp novValidWang & QiuEarly MioceneLanzhou BasinChinaA muroid rodent, a species of Tachyoryctoides.Tachyoryctoides minorsp novValidWang & QiuEarly MioceneLanzhou BasinChinaA muroid rodent, a species of Tachyoryctoides.TardenomysGen. et sp. novValidCompte, Sabatier & Vianey-LiaudEocene (Bartonian)France SwitzerlandA theridomyid rodent. The type species is Tardenomys chartreuvensis.Teilhardimys brisswalterisp novValidHooker & RussellPaleoceneFranceA macroscelidean, a species of Teilhardimys.Teilhardina gingerichiSp. novDisputedRose et al.Earliest EoceneWillwood FormationUnited StatesAn omomyid primate, a species of Teilhardina. Considered to be a junior synonym of Teilhardina brandti by Morse et al. (2019).Paul E. Morse Stephen G.B. Chester Doug M. Boyer Thierry Smith Richard Smith Paul Gigase Jonathan I. Bloch 2019 New fossils, systematics, and biogeography of the oldest known crown primate Teilhardina from the earliest Eocene of Asia, Europe, and North America Journal of Human Evolution 128 103–131 10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.08.005 30497682 54167483ThryptodonGen. et sp. novValidHooker & RussellPaleoceneFranceA macroscelidean. The type species is Thryptodon brailloni.Tinimomys tribossp novValidChester & BeardLate PaleoceneBig Multi QuarryUnited StatesA micromomyid plesiadapiform, a species of Tinimomys.TragomysJordi Agusti Pere Bover Josep Antoni Alcover 2012 A new genus of endemic cricetid (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the late Neogene of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 3 722–726 10.1080/02724634.2012.652322 2012JVPal..32..722A 85814789Gen. et sp. novValidAgusti, Bover & AlcoverPlioceneSpainA cricetid rodent. The type species is Tragomys macpheei.Tupaia storchisp novValidNi & QiuLate MioceneChinaA treeshrew, a species of Tupaia.TurkanamysLaurent Marivaux Fabrice Lihoreau Fredrick Kyalo Manthi Stéphane Ducrocq 2012 A new basal phiomorph (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the late Oligocene of Lokone (Turkana Basin, Kenya) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 3 646–657 10.1080/02724634.2012.657318 2012JVPal..32..646M 130994065Gen. et sp. novValidMarivaux et al.Late OligoceneKenyaA phiomorph rodent. The type species is Turkanamys hexalophus.Tuscahomys walshiRobert L. Anemone Mary R. Dawson K. Christopher Beard 2012 The Early Eocene Rodent Tuscahomys (Cylindrodontidae) from the Great Divide Basin, Wyoming: Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Paleoecology Annals of Carnegie Museum 80 3 187–205 10.2992/007.080.0302 84115747Sp. novValidAnemone, Dawson & BeardEarly Eocene (late early Wasatchian)United StatesA cylindrodontid rodent, a species of Tuscahomys.Tuscahomys worlandensisSp. novValidRose et al.Earliest EoceneWillwood FormationUnited StatesA cylindrodontid rodent, a species of Tuscahomys.VampalusK. K. Tarasenko A. V. Lopatin 2012 New baleen whale genera (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 2. Vampalus gen. nov. from the Middle-Late Miocene of Chechnya and Krasnodar Region Paleontological Journal 46 6 620–629 10.1134/S003103011206010X 85122480Gen. et sp. et comb. novValidTarasenko & LopatinMioceneRussiaA cetotheriid baleen whale belonging to the subfamily Herpetocetinae. The type species is Vampalus sayasanicus from Chechnya; genus also contains "Cetotherium" helmerseni Brandt, 1871 from Krasnodar Krai.Vasseuromys cristinaeFrancisco J. Ruiz-Sánchez Xabier Murelaga Matthijs Freudenthal Juan C. Larrasoaña Miguel Garcés amp 2012 A new species of glirid rodent Vasseuromys from the Aragonian (Miocene) of the Ebro Basin (north−eastern Spain) Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 2 225–239 http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20100081.html 10.4202/app.2010.0081 freesp novValidRuiz-Sánchez et al.Middle MioceneSpainA dormouse, a species of Vasseuromys.Vasseuromys rambliensisFrancisco J. Ruiz-Sánchez Xabier Murelaga Matthijs Freudenthal Juan C. Larrasoaña Miguel Garcés amp 2012 Vasseuromys rambliensis sp. nov. (Gliridae, Mammalia) from the Ramblian (Lower Miocene) of the Tudela Formation (Ebro basin, Spain) Palaeontologia Electronica 15 1 http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2012-issue-1-articles/173-fossil-glirid-from-spainsp novValidRuiz-Sánchez et al.Lower MioceneSpainA dormouse, a species of Vasseuromys.VictoriacerosGeraads, D. McCrossin, M. Benefit, B. 2012 A New Rhinoceros, Victoriaceros kenyensis gen. et sp. nov., and Other Perissodactyla from the Middle Miocene of Maboko, Kenya Journal of Mammalian Evolution 19 1 57–75 10.1007/s10914-011-9183-9 1547306Gen. et sp. novValidGeraads, McCrossin & BenefitMiddle MioceneMakobo bedsKenyaAn elasmotheriine rhinoceros. Type species is Victoriaceros kenyensis.VictoriamysRobert A. Martin 2012 Victoriamys, a new generic name for Chaline's vole from the Pleistocene of Western Europe Geobios 45 5 445–450 10.1016/j.geobios.2012.01.001 2012Geobi..45..445MGen. et comb. novValidMartinPleistoceneItaly SpainA vole, a new genus for the species "Allophaiomys" chalinei.ViretiaGen. et comb. novValidHugueney, Mein and MaridetMioceneFrance SlovakiaA shrew, a new genus for "Sorex" gracilidens.WalbeckodonGen. et 2 sp. novValidHooker & RussellPaleoceneFrance GermanyA macroscelidean. The type species is Walbeckodon krumbiegeli; the second species is Walbeckodon girardi.WaldochoerusGen. et sp. novDisputedFrailey & CampbellLate Miocene or QuaternaryWestern Amazon BasinA peccary. The type species is Waldochoerus bassleri. Gasparini et al. (2021) considered W. bassleri to be a junior synonym of the collared peccary.Witenia yoluaSp. novValidRodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-LiaudOligoceneChinaA cricetid rodent, a species of Witenia.Witwatia sigeiAnthony Ravel Laurent Marivaux Rodolphe Tabuce Mustapha Ben Haj Ali El Mabrouk Essid Monique Vianey-Liaud 2012 A new large philisid (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionoidea) from the late Early Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia Palaeontology 55 5 1035–1041 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01160.x 2012Palgy..55.1035R freeSp. novValidRavel et al.Early EoceneTunisiaA philisid bat, a species of Witwatia.YamatocetusYoshihiko Okazaki 2012 A new mysticete form the upper Oligocene Ashiya Group, Kyushu, Japan and its significance to mysticete evolution Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History Series A (Natural History) 10 129–152 http://www.kmnh.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/A10-129-E-Okazaki.pdf 2018-11-05 2017-11-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20181105160424/http://www.kmnh.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/A10-129-E-Okazaki.pdf dead Gen. et sp. novValidOkazakiLate OligoceneJinnobaru FormationJapanAn eomysticetid baleen whale. The type species is Yamatocetus canaliculatus.YuruatheriumGen. et sp. et comb. novValidCiancio et al.Paleogene (including Eocene)Argentina PeruA member of Cingulata of uncertain phylogenetic placement, similar to Machlydotherium and Eocoleophorus. The type species is Paleogene (?Eocene) Yuruatherium tropicalis; genus also contains Eocene (Mustersan) "Machlydotherium" intortum Ameghino. References 20em Category:2010s in paleontology Paleontology Category:2012 in paleontology Category:Prehistoric mammals