2014 in archosaur paleontology

none 2014 archosaur paleontology science paleontology paleobotany arthropod paleontology paleoentomology paleomalacology paleoichthyology reptile paleontology mammal paleontology This article records new taxa of fossil archosaurs of every kind that are scheduled described during the year 2014, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of archosaurs that are scheduled to occur in the year 2014. Paleontology History of science dinosaurs Pseudosuchians Research A study of anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum, Turfanosuchus dabanensis and Yonghesuchus sangbiensis is published by Butler et al. (2014).Richard J Butler Corwin Sullivan Martín D Ezcurra Jun Liu Agustina Lecuona Roland B Sookias 2014 New clade of enigmatic early archosaurs yields insights into early pseudosuchian phylogeny and the biogeography of the archosaur radiation BMC Evolutionary Biology 14 1 128 10.1186/1471-2148-14-128 24916124 4061117 2014BMCEE..14..128B free A study on the impact of sea level variations and sea surface temperatures on the evolution of marine crocodylomorphs is published by Martin et al. (2014).Jeremy E. Martin Romain Amiot Christophe Lécuyer Michael J. Benton 2014 Sea surface temperature contributes to marine crocodylomorph evolution Nature Communications 5 4658 10.1038/ncomms5658 25130564 2014NatCo...5.4658M 205328896 free 1983/32ec65d4-bc2b-40dc-933a-2bfa9d12e5a1 free A study of jaw mechanism and dental function in heterodont crocodyliforms is published by Ősi (2014).Attila Ősi 2014 The evolution of jaw mechanism and dental function in heterodont crocodyliforms Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 26 3 279–414 10.1080/08912963.2013.777533 2014HBio...26..279O 85707749 http://real.mtak.hu/29977/1/The_evolution_of_jaw_mechanism_Hist_Bio_2014.pdf A study on the types of serration in the teeth of members of the genus Machimosaurus is published by Young et al. (2014).Mark T. Young Lorna Steel Stephen L. Brusatte Davide Foffa Yves Lepage 2014 Tooth serration morphologies in the genus Machimosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Late Jurassic of Europe Royal Society Open Science 1 3 140269 10.1098/rsos.140269 free 4448848 26064563 2014RSOS....140269Y The atoposaurid crocodyliform genus Alligatorellus is revised by Tennant and Mannion (2014).Jonathan P. Tennant Philip D. Mannion 2014 Revision of the Late Jurassic crocodyliform Alligatorellus, and evidence for allopatric speciation driving high diversity in western European atoposaurids PeerJ 2 e599 10.7717/peerj.599 25279270 4179893 free New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAllodaposuchus palustrisAlejandro Blanco Eduardo Puértolas-Pascual Josep Marmi Bernat Vila Albert G. Sellés 2014 Allodaposuchus palustris sp. nov. from the Upper Cretaceous of Fumanya (South-Eastern Pyrenees, Iberian Peninsula): Systematics, Palaeoecology and Palaeobiogeography of the Enigmatic Allodaposuchian Crocodylians PLOS ONE 9 12 e115837 10.1371/journal.pone.0115837 25551630 4281157 2014PLoSO...9k5837B free Sp. nov ValidBlanco et al.Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian)Tremp FormationSpainA eusuchian crocodylomorph, a species of Allodaposuchus.framelessAnthracosuchusAlexander K. Hastings Jonathan I. Bloch Carlos A. Jaramillo 2014 A new blunt-snouted dyrosaurid, Anthracosuchus balrogus gen. et sp. nov. (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia), from the Palaeocene of Colombia Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 27 8 998–1020 10.1080/08912963.2014.918968 86315462 https://www.stri.si.edu/sites/publications/PDFs/Hasting_2014_anthracosuchus_Cerrejon.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidHastings, Bloch & JaramilloPaleoceneCerrejón FormationColombiaA dyrosaurid crocodyliform. The type species is Anthracosuchus balrogus.framelessAplestosuchusPedro L. Godoy Felipe C. Montefeltro Mark A. Norell Max C. Langer 2014 An Additional Baurusuchid from the Cretaceous of Brazil with Evidence of Interspecific Predation among Crocodyliformes PLOS ONE 9 5 e97138 10.1371/journal.pone.0097138 24809508 4014547 2014PLoSO...997138G free Gen. et sp. nov ValidGodoy et al.Late CretaceousAdamantina FormationBrazilA baurusuchid crocodylomorph. The type species is Aplestosuchus sordidus.framelessCaipirasuchus stenognathusDiego Pol Paulo M. Nascimento Alberto B. Carvalho Claudio Riccomini Ricardo A. Pires-Domingues Hussam Zaher 2014 A New Notosuchian from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil and the Phylogeny of Advanced Notosuchians PLOS ONE 9 4 e93105 10.1371/journal.pone.0093105 24695105 3973723 2014PLoSO...993105P free Sp. nov ValidPol et al.Late CretaceousAdamantina FormationBrazilA sphagesaurid crocodylomorph, a species of Caipirasuchus.framelessDiplocynodon remensisJeremy E. Martin Thierry Smith France de Lapparent de Broin Francois Escuillié Massimo Delfino 2014 Late Palaeocene eusuchian remains from Mont de Berru, France, and the origin of the alligatoroid Diplocynodon Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172 4 867–891 10.1111/zoj.12195 Sp. nov ValidMartin et al.Late PaleoceneFranceA member of Alligatoroidea, a species of Diplocynodon.Machimosaurus buffetautiMark T. Young Stéphane Hua Lorna Steel Davide Foffa Stephen L. Brusatte Silvan Thüring Octávio Mateus José Ignacio Ruiz-Omeñaca Philipe Havlik Yves Lepage Marco Brandalise De Andrade 2014 Revision of the Late Jurassic teleosaurid genus Machimosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) Royal Society Open Science 1 2 140222 10.1098/rsos.140222 free 4448888 26064545 2014RSOS....140222Y Sp. nov ValidYoung et al.Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)France Germany Poland? United Kingdom?A teleosaurid crocodylomorph, a species of Machimosaurus. Considered to be a junior synonym of Machimosaurus hugii by Martin, Vincent & Falconnet (2015).Jeremy E. Martin Peggy Vincent Jocelyn Falconnet 2015 The taxonomic content of Machimosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) Comptes Rendus Palevol 14 4 305–310 10.1016/j.crpv.2015.03.006 free 2015CRPal..14..305M framelessNundasuchusSterling J. Nesbitt Christian A. Sidor Kenneth D. Angielczyk Roger M. H. Smith Linda A. Tsuji 2014 A new archosaur from the Manda beds (Anisian, Middle Triassic) of southern Tanzania and its implications for character state optimizations at Archosauria and Pseudosuchia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 6 1357–1382 10.1080/02724634.2014.859622 2014JVPal..34.1357N 129558756 Gen. et sp. nov ValidNesbitt et al.Middle Triassic (Anisian)Manda BedsTanzaniaA member of Archosauriformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a pseudosuchian. The type species is Nundasuchus songeaensis.framelessPolesinesuchusLúcio Roberto-da-Silva Julia B. Desojo Sérgio F. Cabreira Alex S. S. Aires Rodrigo T. Müller Cristian P. Pacheco Sérgio Dias-da-Silva 2014 A new aetosaur from the Upper Triassic of the Santa Maria Formation, southern Brazil Zootaxa 3764 3 240–278 10.11646/zootaxa.3764.3.1 24870635 11336/20729 free Gen. et sp. nov DisputedRoberto-da-Silva et al.Late TriassicSanta Maria FormationBrazilAn aetosaur. The type species is Polesinesuchus aurelioi. Paes-Neto et al. (2021) proposed that P. aurelioi is a junior synonym of Aetosauroides scagliai.Voltaire D. Paes-Neto Julia Brenda Desojo Ana Carolina B. Brust Cesar Leandro Schultz Átila Augusto S. Da-Rosa Marina B. Soares Intraspecific variation in the axial skeleton of Aetosauroides scagliai (Archosauria: Aetosauria) and its implications for the aetosaur diversity of the Late Triassic of Brazil Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 93 suppl 2 e20201239 2021 10.1590/0001-3765202120201239 34468486 11336/150258 237372648 https://www.scielo.br/j/aabc/a/XqCg3ZtjR9DwXbrz85KbJDQ/?lang=en free RukwasuchusJoseph J. W. Sertich Patrick M. O'Connor 2014 A new crocodyliform from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 3 576–596 10.1080/02724634.2013.819808 2014JVPal..34..576S 16644660 Gen. et sp. nov ValidSertich & O'ConnorCretaceous (Aptian to Cenomanian)Galula FormationTanzaniaA peirosaurid crocodyliform. The type species is Rukwasuchus yajabalijekundu.SahitisuchusAlexander W. A. Kellner André E. P. Pinheiro Diogenes A. Campos 2014 A New Sebecid from the Paleogene of Brazil and the Crocodyliform Radiation after the K–Pg Boundary PLOS ONE 9 1 e81386 10.1371/journal.pone.0081386 24454686 3893294 2014PLoSO...981386K free Gen. et sp. nov ValidKellner, Pinheiro & CamposPaleocene (Itaboraian) Itaboraí FormationBrazilA sebecid crocodylomorph. The type species is Sahitisuchus fluminensis.framelessWannchampsusThomas L. Adams 2014 Small crocodyliform from the Lower Cretaceous (late Aptian) of central Texas and its systematic relationship to the evolution of Eusuchia Journal of Paleontology 88 5 1031–1049 10.1666/12-089 2014JPal...88.1031A 84776430 Gen. et sp. nov ValidAdamsEarly Cretaceous (late Aptian)Twin Mountains FormationUnited StatesA paralligatorid neosuchian crocodylomorph. The type species is Wannchampsus kirpachi.frameless Non-avian dinosaurs Research A study on the patterns of body size evolution in dinosaurs is published by Benson et al. (2014).Roger B. J. Benson Nicolás E. Campione Matthew T. Carrano Philip D. Mannion Corwin Sullivan Paul Upchurch David C. Evans 2014 Rates of dinosaur body mass evolution indicate 170 million years of sustained ecological innovation on the avian stem lineage PLOS Biology 12 5 e1001853 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001853 24802911 4011683 free A study of size changes and rates of anatomical innovation in the theropod lineage ancestral to birds is published by Lee et al. (2014).Michael S. Y. Lee Andrea Cau Darren Naish Gareth J. Dyke 2014 Sustained miniaturization and anatomical innovation in the dinosaurian ancestors of birds Science 345 6196 562–566 10.1126/science.1252243 2014Sci...345..562L 25082702 37866029 A study of evolution of body size and forelimb length in birds and nov-avian coelurosaurian theropods is published by Puttick, Thomas and Benton (2014).Mark N. Puttick Gavin H. Thomas Michael J. Benton 2014 High rates of evolution preceded the origin of birds Evolution 68 5 1497–1510 10.1111/evo.12363 24471891 4289940 A phylogenetic analysis of bird and non-avian coelurosaurian theropod relationships and a study of rates of morphological evolution and changes in morphological disparity across the dinosaur-bird transition is published by Brusatte et al. (2014).Stephen L. Brusatte Graeme T. Lloyd Steve C. Wang Mark A. Norell 2014 Gradual assembly of avian body plan culminated in rapid rates of evolution across the dinosaur-bird transition Current Biology 24 20 2386–2392 10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.034 25264248 8879023 free 2014CBio...24.2386B A description of abelisaurid teeth from the Late Jurassic Lourinhã Formation of Portugal and a phylogenetic analysis of theropod relationships based on dental characters is published by Hendrickx and Mateus (2014).Christophe Hendrickx Octávio Mateus 2014 Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal and dentition-based phylogeny as a contribution for the identification of isolated theropod teeth Zootaxa 3759 1 1–74 10.11646/zootaxa.3759.1.1 24869965 A study of theropod diversity in the Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) of Tunisia is published by Fanti et al. (2014).Federico Fanti Andrea Cau Agnese Martinelli Michela Contessi 2014 Integrating palaeoecology and morphology in theropod diversity estimation: A case from the Aptian-Albian of Tunisia Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 410 39–57 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.05.033 2014PPP...410...39F A juvenile specimen of Megaraptor namunhuaiquii is described by Porfiri et al. (2014).Juan D. Porfiri Fernando E. Novas Jorge O. Calvo Federico L. Agnolín Martín D. Ezcurra Ignacio A. Cerda 2014 Juvenile specimen of Megaraptor (Dinosauria, Theropoda) sheds light about tyrannosauroid radiation Cretaceous Research 51 35–55 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.04.007 2014CrRes..51...35P 11336/12129 free A study of European fossil record of Ornithomimosauria is published by Allain et al. (2014).R. Allain R. Vullo J. Le Loeuff J.-F. Tournepiche 2014 European ornithomimosaurs (Dinosauria, Theropoda): an undetected record Geologica Acta 12 2 127–135 10.1344/105.000002083 free A study on the morphological variability and function of manual claws in theropod dinosaurs, especially in therizinosaurs, is published by Lautenschlager (2014).Stephan Lautenschlager 2014 Morphological and functional diversity in therizinosaur claws and the implications for theropod claw evolution Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 1785 20140497 10.1098/rspb.2014.0497 24807260 4024305 A study of flight ability in some non-avian paravian theropods is published by Sorkin (2014).Boris Sorkin 2014 Aerial ability in basal Deinonychosauria Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 18 21–34 https://www.gmnh.pref.gunma.jp/wp-content/uploads/bulletin18_4.pdf "Saurornitholestes" robustus, initially thought to be a dromaeosaurid, is reinterpreted as a troodontid by Evans et al. (2014).David C. Evans Derek W. Larson Thomas M. Cullen Robert M. Sullivan 2014 "Saurornitholestes" robustus is a troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 51 7 730–734 10.1139/cjes-2014-0073 2014CaJES..51..730E A well-preserved specimen of Microraptor zhaoianus is described by Pei et al. (2014).Rui Pei Quanguo Li Qingjin Meng Ke-Qin Gao Mark A. Norell amp 2014 A new specimen of Microraptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China American Museum Novitates 3821 1–28 10.1206/3821.1 2246/6570 38984583 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/271733 A study of anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Antetonitrus ingenipes is published by McPhee et al. (2014).Blair W. McPhee Adam M. Yates Jonah N. Choiniere Fernando Abdala 2014 The complete anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Antetonitrus ingenipes (Sauropodiformes, Dinosauria): implications for the origins of Sauropoda Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171 1 151–205 10.1111/zoj.12127 82631097 A study on the differences in skull anatomy of Diplodocus and Camarasaurus, and on their implications for inferring possible niche partitioning between Late Jurassic sauropod taxa known from the Morrison Formation, is published by Button, Rayfield & Barrett (2014).David J. Button Emily J. Rayfield Paul M. Barrett 2014 Cranial biomechanics underpins high sauropod diversity in resource-poor environments Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 1795 20142114 10.1098/rspb.2014.2114 25297869 4213629 Fragmentary partial skeleton of a small sauropod belonging to the genus Haplocanthosaurus collected from the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado is described by Foster & Wedel (2014).John R. Foster Mathew J. Wedel 2014 Haplocanthosaurus (Saurischia: Sauropoda) from the lower Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) near Snowmass, Colorado Volumina Jurassica 12 2 197–210 10.5604/17313708.1130144 http://www.voluminajurassica.org/volumina/article/view/172 2014-12-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20141217071029/https://www.voluminajurassica.org/volumina/article/view/172 2014-12-17 4 July 2025 The purported size of the holotype vertebra of Amphicoelias fragillimus is reevaluated by Woodruff and Foster (2014).D. Cary Woodruff John R. Foster 2014 The fragile legacy of Amphicoelias fragillimus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda; Morrison Formation – latest Jurassic) Volumina Jurassica 12 2 211–220 10.5604/17313708.1130144 http://www.voluminajurassica.org/volumina/article/view/173 2014-12-27 https://archive.today/20141227151757/http://www.voluminajurassica.org/volumina/article/view/173 2014-12-27 4 July 2025 A study of phylogenetic relationships of Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis is published by Mocho, Royo-Torres and Ortega (2014).Pedro Mocho Rafael Royo-Torres Francisco Ortega 2014 Phylogenetic reassessment of Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis, a basal Macronaria (Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170 4 875–916 10.1111/zoj.12113 A study of anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Aragosaurus ischiaticus is published by Royo-Torres et al. (2014).Rafael Royo-Torres Paul Upchurch Philip D. Mannion Ramón Mas Alberto Cobos Francisco Gascó Luis Alcalá José Luis Sanz 2014 The anatomy, phylogenetic relationships, and stratigraphic position of the Tithonian–Berriasian Spanish sauropod dinosaur Aragosaurus ischiaticus Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171 3 623–655 10.1111/zoj.12144 A study of titanosaur osteoderms from the Upper Cretaceous Lo Hueco site in Cuenca, Spain is published by Vidal, Ortega and Sanz (2014).Daniel Vidal Francisco Ortega José Luis Sanz 2014 Titanosaur Osteoderms from the Upper Cretaceous of Lo Hueco (Spain) and Their Implications on the Armor of Laurasian Titanosaurs PLOS ONE 9 8 e102488 10.1371/journal.pone.0102488 25118985 4131861 2014PLoSO...9j2488V free A study of species richness of South American titanosaur assemblages during the Late Cretaceous is published by Vieira et al. (2014).Washington Luiz Silva Vieira Kleber Silva Vieira Rômulo Pantoja Nóbrega Paulo Fernandes Guedes Pereira Montenegro Gentil Alves Pereira Filho Gindomar Gomes Santana Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves Waltécio Oliveira Almeida Alexandre Vasconcellos amp 2014 Species Richness and Evidence of Random Patterns in Assemblages of South American Titanosauria during the Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian) PLOS ONE 9 9 e108307 10.1371/journal.pone.0108307 25247998 4172772 2014PLoSO...9j8307V free A study of the effect of intervertebral cartilage on neck posture of sauropod dinosaurs is published by Taylor (2014).Michael P. Taylor 2014 Quantifying the effect of intervertebral cartilage on neutral posture in the necks of sauropod dinosaurs PeerJ 2 e712 10.7717/peerj.712 25551027 4277489 free A study of the dentition of Manidens condorensis is published by Becerra et al. (2014).Marcos G. Becerra Diego Pol Claudia A. Marsicano Oliver W.M. Rauhut 2014 The dentition of Manidens condorensis (Ornithischia; Heterodontosauridae) from the Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Patagonia: morphology, heterodonty and the use of statistical methods for identifying isolated teeth Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 26 4 480–492 10.1080/08912963.2013.794227 2014HBio...26..480B 11336/5409 84862489 free A study of the postcranial anatomy of Heterodontosaurus tucki is published by Galton (2014).Peter M. Galton 2014 Notes on the postcranial anatomy of the heterodontosaurid dinosaur Heterodontosaurus tucki, a basal ornithischian from the Lower Jurassic of South Africa Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 33 1 97–141 http://www.ville-ge.ch/mhng/paleo/paleo-pdf/33-1/pal_33_1_05.pdf A study of the impact of osteoderm placement on the centre of mass of stegosaurs is published by Mallison (2014).H. Mallison 2014 Osteoderm distribution has low impact on the centre of mass of stegosaurs Fossil Record 17 1 33–39 10.5194/fr-17-33-2014 2014FossR..17...33M free A study of Early Cretaceous Spanish iguanodont ornithopod diversity and a description of new remains referrable to Delapparentia is published by Gasca, Canudo and Moreno-Azanza (2014).José Manuel Gasca José Ignacio Canudo Miguel Moreno-Azanza 2014 On the diversity of Iberian iguanodont dinosaurs: New fossils from the lower Barremian, Teruel province, Spain Cretaceous Research 50 264–272 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.009 2014CrRes..50..264G A specimen of Edmontosaurus regalis with remains of a soft-tissue cranial crest is described by Bell et al. (2014).Phil R. Bell Federico Fanti Philip J. Currie Victoria M. Arbour 2014 A Mummified Duck-Billed Dinosaur with a Soft-Tissue Cock's Comb Current Biology 24 1 70–75 10.1016/j.cub.2013.11.008 24332547 16303617 free 2014CBio...24...70B A juvenile specimen of Edmontosaurus annectens is described by Prieto-Márquez (2014).Albert Prieto-Márquez 2014 A juvenile Edmontosaurus from the late Maastrichtian (Cretaceous) of North America: Implications for ontogeny and phylogenetic inference in saurolophine dinosaurs Cretaceous Research 50 282–303 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.003 2014CrRes..50..282P An assemblage of Psittacosaurus juveniles associated with a larger specimen from the Lujiatun beds of the Yixian Formation in Liaoning, China is described by Hedrick et al. (2014).Brandon P. Hedrick Gao Chunling Gomaa I. Omar Zhang Fengjiao Shen Caizhi Peter Dodson 2014 The osteology and taphonomy of a Psittacosaurus bonebed assemblage of the Yixian Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Liaoning, China Cretaceous Research 51 321–340 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.06.015 2014CrRes..51..321H An aggregation of four juveniles of Protoceratops andrewsi from the Tugrikin Shire locality of the Djadokhta Formation in Central Gobi region, Mongolia and two associated subadults of the same species from the same locality are described by Hone et al. (2014).David W. E. Hone Andrew A. Farke Mahito Watabe Suzuki Shigeru Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar 2014 A New Mass Mortality of Juvenile Protoceratops and Size-Segregated Aggregation Behaviour in Juvenile Non-Avian Dinosaurs PLOS ONE 9 11 e113306 10.1371/journal.pone.0113306 25426957 4245121 2014PLoSO...9k3306H free A study of ontogenetic changes in the craniofacial skeleton of Centrosaurus apertus is published by Frederickson and Tumarkin-Deratzian (2014).Joseph A. Frederickson Allison R. Tumarkin-Deratzian 2014 Craniofacial ontogeny in Centrosaurus apertus PeerJ 2 e252 10.7717/peerj.252 24688836 3933270 free A new specimen attributable to Arrhinoceratops brachyops is described by Mallon et al. (2014).Jordan C. Mallon Robert Holmes Jason S. Anderson Andrew A. Farke David C. Evans 2014 New information on the rare horned dinosaur Arrhinoceratops brachyops (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 51 6 618–634 10.1139/cjes-2014-0028 2014CaJES..51..618M A study on the evolution of species belonging to the genus Triceratops, as indicated by their morphological variation and stratigraphic data from the Hell Creek Formation (Montana, United States), is published by Scannella et al. (2014).John B. Scannella Denver W. Fowler Mark B. Goodwin John R. Horner 2014 Evolutionary trends in Triceratops from the Hell Creek Formation, Montana Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111 28 10245–10250 10.1073/pnas.1313334111 24982159 4104892 2014PNAS..11110245S free A new specimen of Spinosaurus is described by Ibrahim et al., with a controversial reconstruction of Spinosaurus as a quadrupedal semi-aquatic genus. 10.1126/science.1258750 Semiaquatic adaptations in a giant predatory dinosaur Science 345 6204 1613–1616 2014 Ibrahim N. Sereno P. C. Dal Sasso C. Maganuco S. Fabbri M. Martill D. M. Zouhri S. Myhrvold N. Iurino D. A. 25213375 2014Sci...345.1613I 34421257 https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/semiaquatic-adaptations-in-a-giant-predatory-dinosaur(8f11a1ce-3265-4b3b-8c81-6f576856a87f).html free Two new specimens of the previous enigma Deinocheirus are described and analysed by Lee et al. (2014).Lee Yuong-Nam Barsbold Rinchen Currie Philip J. Kobayashi Yoshitsugu Lee Hang-Jae Godefroit Pascal Escuillié Chinzorig Tsotbaatar Resolving the long-standing enigmas of a giant ornithomimosaur Deinocheirus mirificus https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature13874.html Nature 515 7526 257–260 2014 10.1038/nature13874 25337880 2014Natur.515..257L 2986017 subscription A tiny theropod was found in the South Korea. (2014) New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAdelolophusTerry A. Gates Zubair Jinnah Carolyn Levitt Michael A. Getty 2014 New hadrosaurid (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) specimens from the lower-middle Campanian Wahweap Formation of southern Utah David A. Eberth David C. Evans Hadrosaurs: Proceedings of the International Hadrosaur Symposium Indiana University Press 156–173 978-0-253-01385-9 Gen. et sp. novValidGates et al.Late Cretaceous (Campanian)Wahweap FormationUnited StatesA lambeosaurine hadrosaurid. The type species is Adelolophus hutchisoni.framelessAllosaurus lucasiSebastian G. Dalman 2014 Osteology of a large allosauroid theropod from the Upper Jurassic (Tithonian) Morrison Formation of Colorado, USA Volumina Jurassica 12 2 159–180 https://www.voluminajurassica.org/volumina/article/view/170 10.5604/17313708.1130141 https://web.archive.org/web/20141217093247/https://www.voluminajurassica.org/volumina/article/view/170 2014-12-17 4 July 2025 Sp. novDisputedDalmanLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Morrison FormationUnited StatesAn allosauroid theropod, a species of Allosaurus. Study in 2020 considered this species invalid.Chure Daniel J. Loewen Mark A. 2020-01-24 Cranial anatomy of Allosaurus jimmadseni, a new species from the lower part of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Western North America PeerJ en 8 e7803 10.7717/peerj.7803 free 2167-8359 6984342 32002317AmargastegosUlansky, R. E., 2014. Evolution of the stegosaurs (Dinosauria; Ornithischia). Dinologia, 35 pp. [in Russian]. PDF.Gen. et sp. novDisputedUlanskyEarly Cretaceous (Barremian-early Aptian)La Amarga FormationArgentinaA stegosaur. The type species is Amargastegos brevicollus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.Peter M. Galton Kenneth Carpenter 2016 The plated dinosaur Stegosaurus longispinus Gilmore, 1914 (Dinosauria: Ornithischia; Upper Jurassic, western USA), type species of Alcovasaurus n. gen. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 279 2 185–208 10.1127/njgpa/2016/0551 2016NJGPA.279..185G AndhrasaurusGen. et. sp. novDisputedUlanskyEarly Jurassic (Pliensbachian-Toarcian)Kota FormationIndiaA basal thyreophoran. The type species is Andhrasaurus indicus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.AnzuMatthew C. Lamanna Hans-Dieter Sues Emma R. Schachner Tyler R. Lyson 2014 A New Large-Bodied Oviraptorosaurian Theropod Dinosaur from the Latest Cretaceous of Western North America PLOS ONE 9 3 e92022 10.1371/journal.pone.0092022 24647078 3960162 2014PLoSO...992022L free Gen. et sp. novValidLamanna et al.Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)Hell Creek FormationUnited StatesA caenagnathid theropod. The type species is Anzu wyliei.framelessAquilopsAndrew A. Farke W. Desmond Maxwell Richard L. Cifelli Mathew J. Wedel 2014 A Ceratopsian Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Western North America, and the Biogeography of Neoceratopsia PLOS ONE 9 12 e112055 10.1371/journal.pone.0112055 2014PLoSO...9k2055F 25494182 4262212 free Gen. et sp. novValidFarke et al.Early Cretaceous (Albian)Cloverly FormationUnited StatesA basal member of Neoceratopsia. The type species is Aquilops americanus.framelessArcovenatorThierry Tortosa Eric Buffetaut Nicolas Vialle Yves Dutour Eric Turini Gilles Cheylan 2014 A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of southern France: Palaeobiogeographical implications Annales de Paléontologie 100 1 63–86 10.1016/j.annpal.2013.10.003 2014AnPal.100...63T Gen. et sp. novValidTortosa et al.Late Cretaceous (late Campanian)FranceAn abelisaurid theropod. The type species is Arcovenator escotae.framelessCamarillasaurusBárbara Sánchez-Hernández Michael J. Benton 2014 Filling the ceratosaur gap: A new ceratosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous of Spain Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59 3 581–600 10.4202/app.2011.0144 67824775 free Gen. et sp. novValidSánchez-Hernández & BentonEarly Cretaceous (early Barremian)Camarillas FormationSpainA theropod dinosaur; originally described as a basal ceratosaurian, but subsequently reinterpreted as a spinosaurid.Adun Samathi P. 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Barrett 2014 A New Basal Ankylosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning Province, China PLOS ONE 9 8 e104551 10.1371/journal.pone.0104551 25118986 4131922 2014PLoSO...9j4551H free Gen. et sp. nov ValidHan et al.Early Cretaceous (Aptian)Jiufotang FormationChinaAn ankylosaurid. The type species is Chuanqilong chaoyangensis.Chungkingosaurus giganticusSp. novDisputedUlanskyLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)Shangshaximiao FormationChinaA huayangosaurid, a species of Chungkingosaurus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.Chungkingosaurus magnusSp. novDisputedUlanskyLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)Shangshaximiao FormationChinaA huayangosaurid, a species of Chungkingosaurus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.DatanglongJinyou Mo Fusheng Zhou Guangning Li Zhen Huang Chenyun Cao 2014 A New Carcharodontosauria (Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Guangxi, Southern China Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 88 4 1051–1059 10.1111/1755-6724.12272 129386301 free 2014AcGlS..88.1051M Gen. et sp. novValidMo et al.Early CretaceousXinlong FormationChinaA carcharodontosaur theropod. The type species is Datanglong guangxiensis.DreadnoughtusKenneth J. Lacovara Matthew C. Lamanna Lucio M. Ibiricu Jason C. Poole Elena R. Schroeter Paul V. Ullmann Kristyn K. Voegele Zachary M. Boles Aja M. Carter Emma K. Fowler Victoria M. Egerton Alison E. Moyer Christopher L. Coughenour Jason P. Schein Jerald D. Harris Rubén D. Martínez Fernando E. 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The type species is Fosterovenator churei.framelessGobivenatorTakanobu Tsuihiji Rinchen Barsbold Mahito Watabe Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig Yoshito Fujiyama Shigeru Suzuki 2014 An exquisitely preserved troodontid theropod with new information on the palatal structure from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia Naturwissenschaften 101 2 131–142 10.1007/s00114-014-1143-9 24441791 2014NW....101..131T 13920021 Gen. et sp. novValidTsuihiji et al.Late Cretaceous (Campanian)Djadochta FormationMongoliaA troodontid theropod. The type species is Gobivenator mongoliensis.framelessGongpoquansaurusHai-lu You Da-Qing Li Peter Dodson 2014 Gongpoquansaurus mazongshanensis (Lü, 1997) comb. nov. (Ornithischia: Hadrosauroidea) from the Early Cretaceous of Gansu Province, northwestern China David A. Eberth David C. 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Benton Paul Spagna 2014 A Jurassic ornithischian dinosaur from Siberia with both feathers and scales Science 345 6195 451–455 10.1126/science.1253351 2014Sci...345..451G 25061209 1983/a7ae6dfb-55bf-4ca4-bd8b-a5ea5f323103 206556907 https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/a-jurassic-ornithischian-dinosaur-from-siberia-with-both-feathers-and-scales(a7ae6dfb-55bf-4ca4-bd8b-a5ea5f323103).html free Gen. et sp. novValidGodefroit et al.Middle or Late Jurassic (Bajocian to Tithonian)Ukureyskaya FormationRussiaA non-cerapodan neornithischian. The type species is Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus.framelessLaquintasauraPaul M. Barrett Richard J. Butler Roland Mundil Torsten M. Scheyer Randall B. Irmis Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra 2014 A palaeoequatorial ornithischian and new constraints on early dinosaur diversification Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 1791 20141147 10.1098/rspb.2014.1147 25100698 4132680 Gen. et sp. novValidBarrett et al.Early JurassicLa Quinta FormationVenezuelaA basal ornithischian. The type species is Laquintasaura venezuelae.framelessLeinkupalPablo A. Gallina Sebastián Apesteguía Alejandro Haluza Juan I. Canale 2014 A Diplodocid Sauropod Survivor from the Early Cretaceous of South America PLOS ONE 9 5 e97128 10.1371/journal.pone.0097128 24828328 4020797 2014PLoSO...997128G free Gen. et sp. novValidGallina et al.Early Cretaceous (late Berriasian to Valanginian)Bajada Colorada FormationArgentinaA diplodocine diplodocid sauropod. The type species is Leinkupal laticauda.framelessMercuriceratopsMichael J. Ryan David C. Evans Philip J. Currie Mark A. Loewen 2014 A new chasmosaurine from northern Laramidia expands frill disparity in ceratopsid dinosaurs Naturwissenschaften 101 6 505–512 10.1007/s00114-014-1183-1 24859020 2014NW....101..505R 13957187 Gen. et sp. novValidRyan et al.Late Cretaceous (Campanian)Dinosaur Park Formation Judith River FormationCanada United StatesA chasmosaurine ceratopsid. The type species is Mercuriceratops gemini.framelessNanuqsaurusAnthony R. Fiorillo Ronald S. Tykoski 2014 A Diminutive New Tyrannosaur from the Top of the World PLOS ONE 9 3 e91287 10.1371/journal.pone.0091287 24621577 3951350 2014PLoSO...991287F free Gen. et sp. novValidFiorillo & TykoskiLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Prince Creek FormationUnited StatesA tyrannosaurid theropod. The type species is Nanuqsaurus hoglundi.framelessNatronasaurusGen. et comb. novDisputedUlanskyLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian)Morrison FormationUnited StatesA stegosaurid; a new genus for "Stegosaurus" longispinus Gilmore (1914). According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature; Galton and Carpenter made "S." longispinus the type species of a new genus Alcovasaurus.PanguraptorHai-Lu You Yoichi Azuma Tao Wang Ya-Ming Wang Zhi-Ming Dong 2014 The first well-preserved coelophysoid theropod dinosaur from Asia Zootaxa 3873 3 233–249 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.3.3 25544219 Gen. et sp. novValidYou et al.Early JurassicLufeng FormationChinaA coelophysoid theropod. The type species is Panguraptor lufengensis.Pentaceratops aquiloniusNicholas R. Longrich 2014 The horned dinosaurs Pentaceratops and Kosmoceratops from the upper Campanian of Alberta and implications for dinosaur biogeography Cretaceous Research 51 292–308 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.06.011 2014CrRes..51..292L Sp. novValidLongrichLate Cretaceous (late Campanian)Dinosaur Park FormationCanadaA ceratopsid, a species of Pentaceratops.framelessPlesiohadrosKhishigjav Tsogtbaatar David B. Weishampel David C. Evans Mahito Watabe 2014 A new hadrosauroid (Plesiohadros djadokhtaensis) from the Late Cretaceous Djadokhtan fauna of southern Mongolia David A. Eberth David C. Evans Hadrosaurs: Proceedings of the International Hadrosaur Symposium Indiana University Press 108–135 978-0-253-01385-9 Gen. et sp. novValidTsogtbaatar et al.Late Cretaceous (probably late Campanian)Djadochta Formation Beds of Alag TeegMongoliaA non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroid. The type species is Plesiohadros djadokhtaensis.QianzhousaurusJunchang Lü Laiping Yi Stephen L. Brusatte Ling Yang Hua Li Liu Chen 2014 A new clade of Asian Late Cretaceous long-snouted tyrannosaurids Nature Communications 5 3788 10.1038/ncomms4788 24807588 2014NatCo...5.3788L 1746531 free Gen. et sp. novValidLü et al.Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)ChinaA tyrannosaurid theropod. The type species is Qianzhousaurus sinensis.framelessQuetecsaurusBernardo Javier González Riga Leandro Ortiz David 2014 A new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cerro Lisandro Formation) of Mendoza Province, Argentina Ameghiniana 51 1 3–25 10.5710/amgh.24.12.2013.1889 11336/3819 free Gen. et sp. novValidGonzález Riga & Ortiz DavidLate Cretaceous (Turonian)Cerro Lisandro FormationArgentinaA titanosaur sauropod related to Mendozasaurus and Futalognkosaurus. The type species is Quetecsaurus rusconii.framelessRhinorexTerry A. Gates Rodney Scheetz 2014 A new saurolophine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Campanian of Utah, North America Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13 8 711–725 10.1080/14772019.2014.950614 129231015 Gen. et sp. novValidGates & ScheetzLate Cretaceous (Campanian)Neslen FormationUnited StatesA saurolophine hadrosaurid. The type species is Rhinorex condrupus.frameless|RhinorexRukwatitanEric Gorscak Patrick M. O'Connor Nancy J. Stevens Eric M. Roberts 2014 The basal titanosaurian Rukwatitan bisepultus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 5 1133–1154 10.1080/02724634.2014.845568 2014JVPal..34.1133G 677002 Gen. et sp. novValidGorscak et al.Cretaceous (Aptian to Cenomanian)Galula FormationTanzaniaA titanosaur sauropod. The type species is Rukwatitan bisepultus.frameless|RukwatitanSaldamosaurusGen. et sp. novDisputedUlanskyLate JurassicSaldam FormationRussiaA stegosaur. The type species is Saldamosaurus tuvensis. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.Scelidosaurus arizonensisSp. novDisputedUlanskyEarly Jurassic (?Sinemurian-Pliensbachian)Kayenta FormationUnited StatesA basal thyreophoran, a species of Scelidosaurus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.SiamodraconGen. et sp. novDisputedUlanskyLate JurassicPhu Kradung FormationThailandA stegosaur. The type species is Siamodracon altispinus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.SinopeltosaurusGen. et sp. novDisputedUlanskyEarly Jurassic (Hettangian-Pliensbachian)Lufeng FormationChinaA basal thyreophoran. The type species is Sinopeltosaurus minimus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. TachiraptorMax C. Langer Ascanio D. Rincón Jahandar Ramezani Andrés Solórzano Oliver W. M. Rauhut 2014 New dinosaur (Theropoda, stem-Averostra) from the earliest Jurassic of the La Quinta formation, Venezuelan Andes Royal Society Open Science 1 2 140184 10.1098/rsos.140184 free 26064540 4448901 2014RSOS....140184LGen. et sp. novValidLanger et al.Earliest JurassicLa Quinta FormationVenezuelaA stem-averostran theropod. The type species is Tachiraptor admirabilis.framelessTambatitanisHaruo Saegusa Tadahiro Ikeda 2014 A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Hyogo, Japan Zootaxa 3848 1 1–66 10.11646/zootaxa.3848.1.1 25112425 24441680 free Gen. et sp. novValidSaegusa and IkedaEarly Cretaceous (probably early Albian)Ohyamashimo FormationJapanA titanosauriform sauropod, a member of Somphospondyli. The type species is Tambatitanis amicitiae.framelessTorvosaurus gurneyiChristophe Hendrickx Octávio Mateus 2014 Torvosaurus gurneyi n. sp., the Largest Terrestrial Predator from Europe, and a Proposed Terminology of the Maxilla Anatomy in Nonavian Theropods PLOS ONE 9 3 e88905 10.1371/journal.pone.0088905 24598585 3943790 2014PLoSO...988905H free Sp. novValidHendrickx & MateusLate Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian)Lourinhã FormationPortugalA megalosauroid theropod, a species of Torvosaurus.frameless|TorvosaurusVahinyKristina Curry Rogers Jeffrey A. Wilson 2014 Vahiny depereti, gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Maevarano Formation, Madagascar Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 3 606–617 10.1080/02724634.2013.822874 2014JVPal..34..606R 85674576 Gen. et sp. novValidCurry Rogers & WilsonLate CretaceousMaevarano FormationMadagascarA titanosaur sauropod. 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Tennyson Dalice Sim 2014 Island Differentiation of New Zealand's Extinct Mergansers (Anatidae: Mergini), with Description of a New Species from Chatham Island Wildfowl 64 3–34 https://wildfowl.wwt.org.uk/index.php/wildfowl/article/download/2579/1701 Sp. nov.ValidMurray Williams Alan J. D. TennysonHoloceneChatham IslandNew ZealandA member of the Anatidae.framelessNectornis africanus Gerald Mayr 2014 On the middle Miocene avifauna of Maboko Island, Kenya Geobios 47 3 133–146 10.1016/j.geobios.2014.03.001 2014Geobi..47..133M Sp. nov. ValidGerald MayrMiddle MioceneMN 5KenyaA cormorant, Phalacrocoracidae, a species of Nectornis Cheneval, 1984.Nestor chathamensisJamie R. Wood Kieren J. Mitchell R. Paul Scofield Alan J. D. Tennyson Andrew E. Fidler Janet M. Wilmshurst Bastien Llamas Alan Cooper 2014 An Extinct Nestorid Parrot (Aves, Psittaciformes, Nestoridae) from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172 1 185–199 10.1111/zoj.12164 free Sp. nov. 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