2014 in paleomammalogy

none 2014 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 2014, as well as notes other significant paleomammalogy discoveries and events which occurred during that year. Non-eutherian mammals Metatherians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAustralohyaenaAnalía M. Forasiepi M. Judith Babot Natalia Zimicz 2014 Australohyaena antiqua (Mammalia, Metatheria, Sparassodonta), a large predator from the Late Oligocene of Patagonia Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13 6 503–525 10.1080/14772019.2014.926403 83669335 11336/59430 free Gen. et comb. novValidForasiepi, Babot & ZimiczLate Oligocene (Deseadan) Deseado FormationArgentinaA borhyaenid; a new genus for "Borhyaena" antiqua Ameghino (1894).Balbaroo nalimaKaren H. Black Kenny J. Travouillon Wendy Den Boer Benjamin P. Kear Bernard N. Cooke Michael Archer 2014 A New Species of the Basal "Kangaroo" Balbaroo and a Re-Evaluation of Stem Macropodiform Interrelationships PLOS ONE 9 11 e112705 10.1371/journal.pone.0112705 25409233 4237356 2014PLoSO...9k2705B free Sp. novValidBlack et al.Middle MioceneRiversleigh World Heritage AreaAustraliaA balbarid macropodiform, a species of Balbaroo.thumb|center|150px|B. nalima skullContrerascynusÁlvaro Mones 2014 Contrerascynus, new name for Simpsonia Contreras, 1990 (Mammalia, Sparassodonta, Hathlyacynidae), non Rochebrune, 1904 (Bivalvia, Unionidae), non Baker, 1911 (Gastropoda, Lymnaeidae) Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 17 3 435–436 10.4072/rbp.2014.3.12 Álvaro Mones free Nom. novValidMonesMiocene (Chasicoan) Loma de las Tapias FormationArgentinaA hathlyacynid sparassodont; a replacement name for Simpsonia Contreras (1990) (preoccupied).CrashK. J. Travouillon S. J. Hand M. Archer K. H. Black 2014 Earliest modern bandicoot and bilby (Marsupialia, Peramelidae and Thylacomyidae) from the Miocene of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland, Australia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 2 375–382 10.1080/02724634.2013.799071 2014JVPal..34..375T 85622058 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Earliest_modern_bandicoot_and_bilby_Marsupialia_Peramelidae_and_Thylacomyidae_from_the_Miocene_of_the_Riversleigh_World_Heritage_Area_northwestern_Queensland_Australia/963509 1959.4/unsworks_36968 free Gen. et sp. novValidTravouillon et al.Middle MioceneRiversleigh World Heritage AreaAustraliaA peramelid bandicoot. The type species is Crash bandicoot.thumb|center|150px|Life restoration of Crash bandicootGanguroo bitesK.J. Travouillon B.N. Cooke M. Archer S.J. Hand 2014 Revision of basal macropodids from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area with descriptions of new material of Ganguroo bilamina Cooke, 1997 and a new species Palaeontologia Electronica 17 1 20A 10.26879/402 http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:335641/UQ335641_OA.pdf free Sp. novValidTravouillon et al.Early MioceneRiversleigh World Heritage AreaAustraliaA basal member of Macropodidae, a species of Ganguroo.GolerdelphysThomas E. Williamson Donald L. Lofgren 2014 Late Paleocene (Tiffanian) metatherians from the Goler Formation, California Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 2 477–482 10.1080/02724634.2013.804413 2014JVPal..34..477W 86018367 Gen. et sp. novValidWilliamson & LofgrenLate Paleocene (Tiffanian)Goler FormationUnited StatesA herpetotheriid metatherian. The type species is Golerdelphys stocki.Hypsiprymnodon dennisiH. Bates K. J. Travouillon B. Cooke R. M. D. Beck S. J. Hand M. Archer 2014 Three new Miocene species of musky rat-kangaroos (Hypsiprymnodontidae, Macropodoidea): description, phylogenetics and paleoecology Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 2 383–396 10.1080/02724634.2013.812098 2014JVPal..34..383B 86139768 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/963517 Sp. novValidBates et al.MioceneRiversleigh World Heritage AreaAustraliaA relative of the musky rat-kangaroo.Hypsiprymnodon karenblackaeSp. novValidBates et al.MioceneRiversleigh World Heritage AreaAustraliaA relative of the musky rat-kangaroo.Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseriSp. novValidBates et al.MioceneRiversleigh World Heritage AreaAustraliaA relative of the musky rat-kangaroo.LiyamayiGen. et sp. novValidTravouillon et al.Middle MioceneRiversleigh World Heritage AreaAustraliaA relative of bilbies. The type species is Liyamayi dayi.Protolambda mcgilliThomas S. Kelly 2014 Preliminary report on the mammals from Lane's Little Jaw Site Quarry: a latest Cretaceous (earliest Puercan?) local fauna, Hell Creek Formation, southeastern Montana Paludicola 10 1 50–91 https://paludicolavertpaleo.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/10-1-kelly-2014.pdf Sp. novValidKellyLatest Cretaceous?Hell Creek FormationUnited StatesA pediomyid, a species of Protolambda. Others Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAliagaGloria Cuenca-Bescós José I. Canudo José M. Gasca Miguel Moreno-Azanza Richard L. Cifelli 2014 Spalacotheriid 'symmetrodonts' from the Early Cretaceous of Spain Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 6 1427–1436 10.1080/02724634.2014.866574 2014JVPal..34.1427C 83884987 Gen. et sp. et comb. novValidCuenca-Bescós et al.Early CretaceousSpainA spalacotheriid "symmetrodont". The type species is Aliaga molinensis; genus might also contain "Spalacotherium" henkeli Krebs (1985).AnthracolestesAlexander O. Averianov Thomas Martin Alexey Lopatin 2014 The oldest dryolestid mammal from the Middle Jurassic of Siberia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 4 924–931 10.1080/02724634.2014.837471 2014JVPal..34..924A 85070390 Gen. et sp. novValidAverianov, Martin & LopatinMiddle Jurassic (Bathonian)Itat FormationRussiaA member of Dryolestidae. The type species is Anthracolestes sergeii.Barbatodon oardaensisVlad Aurel Codrea Alexandru Adrian Solomon Márton Venczel Thierry Smith 2014 A new kogaionid multituberculate mammal from the Maastrichtian of the Transylvanian Basin, Romania Comptes Rendus Palevol 13 6 489–499 10.1016/j.crpv.2014.01.003 free 2014CRPal..13..489C Sp. novValidCodrea et al.Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Haţeg BasinRomaniaA kogaionid multituberculate, a species of Barbatodon.Bolodon hydeiRichard L. Cifelli Brian M. Davis Benjamin Sames 2014 Earliest Cretaceous mammals from the western United States Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59 1 31–52 10.4202/app.2012.0089 55702508 free Sp. novValidCifelli, Davis & SamesLate Berriasian or ValanginianLakota FormationUnited StatesA plagiaulacid multituberculate, a species of Bolodon.ChaoyangodensShilin Hou Jin Meng 2014 A new eutriconodont mammal from the early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of Liaoning, China Chinese Science Bulletin 59 5–6 546–553 10.1007/s11434-013-0088-2 2014ChSBu..59..546H 129366743 Gen. et sp. novValidHou & MengEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA member of Eutriconodonta of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Chaoyangodens lii.Ectypodus arctosK. Christopher Beard Mary R. Dawson 2014 Northernmost global record for Multituberculata from the Eocene of Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 6 1476–1480 10.1080/02724634.2014.875032 2014JVPal..34.1476B 129523970 Sp. novValidBeard & DawsonLate early EoceneMargaret FormationCanadaA neoplagiaulacid multituberculate, a species of Ectypodus.InfernolestesGen. et sp. novValidCifelli, Davis & SamesLate Berriasian or ValanginianLakota FormationUnited StatesA spalacotheriid symmetrodontan. The type species is Infernolestes rougieri.LakotalestesGen. et sp. novValidCifelli, Davis & SamesLate Berriasian or ValanginianLakota FormationUnited StatesA mammal of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally described as a dryolestid trechnotherian, but subsequently argued to be a possible member of Meridiolestida.Thomas Martin Alexander O. Averianov Julia A. Schultz Achim H. Schwermann Oliver Wings A derived dryolestid mammal indicates possible insular endemism in the Late Jurassic of Germany 2021 The Science of Nature 108 3 23 10.1007/s00114-021-01719-z free 33993371 8126546 2021SciNa.108...23M The type species is Lakotalestes luoi.Megazostrodon chenaliM. Debuysschere E. Gheerbrant R. Allain 2014 Earliest known European mammals: a review of the Morganucodonta from Saint-Nicolas-de-Port (Upper Triassic, France) Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13 10 825–855 10.1080/14772019.2014.960486 84966194 Sp. novValidDebuysschere, Gheerbrant & AllainLate Triassic (Rhaetian)FranceA morganucodont, a species of Megazostrodon.PassumysGen. et sp. novValidCifelli, Davis & SamesLate Berriasian or ValanginianLakota FormationUnited StatesAn allodontoid multituberculate. The type species is Passumys angelli.RosierodonGen. et sp. novValidDebuysschere, Gheerbrant & AllainLate Triassic (Rhaetian)FranceA morganucodont. The type species is Rosierodon anceps.ShenshouShundong Bi Yuanqing Wang Jian Guan Xia Sheng Jin Meng 2014 Three new Jurassic euharamiyidan species reinforce early divergence of mammals Nature 514 7524 579–584 10.1038/nature13718 25209669 2014Natur.514..579B 4471574 Gen. et sp. novValidBi et al.Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)Tiaojishan FormationChinaA euharamiyidan allotherian of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Shenshou lui.thumb|center|150px|Life restoration of S. luiVintanaDavid W. Krause Simone Hoffmann John R. Wible E. Christopher Kirk Julia A. Schultz Wighart von Koenigswald Joseph R. Groenke James B. Rossie Patrick M. O'Connor Erik R. Seiffert Elizabeth R. Dumont Waymon L. Holloway Raymond R. Rogers Lydia J. Rahantarisoa Addison D. Kemp Haingoson Andriamialison 2014 First cranial remains of a gondwanatherian mammal reveal remarkable mosaicism Nature 515 7528 512–517 10.1038/nature13922 25383528 2014Natur.515..512K 4395258 Gen. et sp. novValidKrause et al.Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Maevarano FormationMadagascarA sudamericid gondwanatherian. The type species is Vintana sertichi.thumb|center|150px|Life restoration of V. sertichiXianshouGen. et 2 sp. novValidBi et al.Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)Tiaojishan FormationChinaAn eleutherodontid euharamiyidan allotherian. Genus contains two species: Xianshou linglong and Xianshou songae.thumb|center|150px|Skull reconstruction of X. linglong Newly named eutherians Xenarthrans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesLakukullusFrançois Pujos Gerardo De Iuliis Bernardino Mamani Quispe Ruben Andrade Flores 2014 Lakukullus anatisrostratus, gen. et sp. nov., a new massive nothrotheriid sloth (Xenarthra, Pilosa) from the middle Miocene of Bolivia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 5 1243–1248 10.1080/02724634.2014.849716 2014JVPal..34.1243P 11336/32146 86724719 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265606232 free Gen. et sp. nov ValidPujos et al.Middle Miocene (Laventan) Honda GroupBoliviaA nothrotheriid sloth. The type species is Lakukullus anatisrostratus.MesopotamocnusDiego Brandoni 2014 A new genus of Megalonychidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Late Miocene of Argentina Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 17 1 33–42 10.4072/rbp.2014.1.04 free 11336/18955 free Gen. et comb. nov ValidBrandoniMiocene (Tortonian)Ituzaingó FormationArgentinaA megalonychid sloth; a new genus for "Ortotherium" brevirostrum" Bordas, 1942.PliodasypusMariela C. Castro Alfredo A. Carlini Rodolfo Sánchez Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra 2014 A new Dasypodini armadillo (Xenarthra: Cingulata) from San Gregorio Formation, Pliocene of Venezuela: affinities and biogeographic interpretations Naturwissenschaften 101 2 77–86 10.1007/s00114-013-1131-5 24414134 2014NW....101...77C 12924318 http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/134786 Gen. et sp. nov ValidCastro et al.Middle PlioceneSan Gregorio FormationVenezuelaAn armadillo related to the species assigned to the genus Dasypus. The type species is Pliodasypus vergelianus. Afrotherians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnancus arvernensis mencalensisGuiomar Garrido Alfonso Arribas 2014 The last Iberian gomphothere (Mammalia, Proboscidea): Anancus arvernensis mencalensis nov. ssp. from the earliest Pleistocene of the Guadix Basin (Granada, Spain) Palaeontologia Electronica 17 1 4A 10.26879/387 free Subsp. nov ValidGarrido & ArribasEarly PleistoceneSpainA gomphothere, a subspecies of Anancus arvernensis.BrevirhynchocyonB. Senut G.L. Georgalis 2014 Brevirhynchocyon gen. nov., a new name for the genus Brachyrhynchocyon Senut, 2008 (Mammalia, Macroscelidea) preoccupied by Brachyrhynchocyon Loomis, 1936 (Mammalia, Carnivora) Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 15 69 http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/217_Senut_Georgalis-Brevirhynchocyon%20gen.%20nov.pdf Nom. nov ValidSenut & GeorgalisMioceneNamibiaAn elephant shrew; a replacement name for Brachyrhynchocyon Senut, 2008 (preoccupied).Metaxytherium albifontanumJorge Vélez-Juarbe Daryl P. Domning 2014 Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. Ix. Metaxytherium albifontanum, sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 2 444–464 10.1080/02724634.2013.799072 2014JVPal..34..444V 86498351 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Fossil_Sirenia_of_the_West_Atlantic_and_Caribbean_region_Ix_i_Metaxytherium_albifontanum_i_sp_nov_/963516 subscription Sp. nov ValidVélez-Juarbe & DomningLate OligoceneUnited StatesA halitheriine dugongid, a species of Metaxytherium.thumb|center|150px|Neogene dugongs, including M. albifontanumOcepeia grandisEmmanuel Gheerbrant Mbarek Amaghzaz Baadi Bouya Florent Goussard Charlène Letenneur 2014 Ocepeia (Middle Paleocene of Morocco): The Oldest Skull of an Afrotherian Mammal PLOS ONE 9 2 e89739 10.1371/journal.pone.0089739 24587000 3935939 2014PLoSO...989739G free Sp. nov Fam. nov. ValidGheerbrant in Gheerbrant et al.Paleocene (Thanetian)Ouled Abdoun BasinMoroccoAn afrotherian of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably related to the clade Paenungulata. With description of new material of O. daouiensis and erection of the monotypic family Ocepeiidae, Ocepeia becomes the oldest known Afrotherian skull and best-known African mammal of the Paleocene. thumb|center|150px|O. grandis dentaryPalaeoloxodon lomolinoiAlexandra A.E. van der Geer George A. Lyras Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende John de Vos Hara Drinia 2014 A dwarf elephant and a rock mouse on Naxos (Cyclades, Greece) with a revision of the palaeozoogeography of the Cycladic Islands (Greece) during the Pleistocene Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 404 133–144 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.04.003 2014PPP...404..133V http://repository.edulll.gr/3263 10795/3263 free Sp. nov Validvan der Geer et al.Late PleistoceneGreeceA member of Elephantidae, a species of Palaeoloxodon.PriscosirenJorge Vélez-Juarbe Daryl P. Domning 2014 Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region: X. Priscosiren atlantica, gen. et sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 4 951–964 10.1080/02724634.2013.815192 2014JVPal..34..951V 85297028 Gen. et sp. nov ValidVélez-Juarbe & DomningEarly OligoceneUnited States (Puerto Rico and South Carolina)A halitheriine dugongid. The type species is Priscosiren atlantica. Bats Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCorbarhinaBernard Sigé Pierre Mein Hélène Jousse Jean-Pierre Aguilar 2014 Un nouveau Rhinopomatidae (Chiroptera) du Paléokarst miocène de Baixas (Pyrénées-Orientales, France); apport zoogéographique Geodiversitas 36 2 257–281 10.5252/g2014n2a3 128898787 https://zenodo.org/record/5375846 Gen. et sp. nov ValidSigé et al.Early MioceneFranceA rhinopomatid bat. The type species is Corbarhina handae.Cuvierimops legendreiElodie Maitre 2014 Western European middle Eocene to early Oligocene Chiroptera: systematics, phylogeny and palaeoecology based on new material from the Quercy (France) Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 133 2 141–242 10.1007/s13358-014-0069-3 84066785 free 2014SwJP..133..141M Sp. novValidMaitreEarly OligoceneFranceA free-tailed bat, a species of Cuvierimops.Cuvierimops parisiensis intermediusSubsp. novValidMaitreLate EoceneFranceA free-tailed bat, a subspecies of Cuvierimops parisiensis.Cuvierimops parisiensis priscusSubsp. novValidMaitreLate EoceneFranceA free-tailed bat, a subspecies of Cuvierimops parisiensis.Hipposideros (Pseudorhinolophus) majorSp. novValidMaitreLate Eocene to early OligoceneFranceA member of Hipposideridae, a species of Hipposideros.Hipposideros (Pseudorhinolophus) morloti sequensSubsp. novValidMaitreLate Eocene to early OligoceneFranceA member of Hipposideridae, a subspecies of Hipposideros morloti.Hipposideros (Pseudorhinolophus) russelliSp. novValidMaitreLate EoceneFranceA member of Hipposideridae, a species of Hipposideros.Hipposideros (Pseudorhinolophus) schlosseri salemensisSubsp. novValidMaitreLate EoceneFranceA member of Hipposideridae, a subspecies of Hipposideros schlosseri.Hipposideros (Pseudorhinolophus) tenuisSp. novValidMaitreLate EoceneFranceA member of Hipposideridae, a species of Hipposideros.Palaeophyllophora novaSp. novValidMaitreEarly OligoceneFranceA member of Hipposideridae, a species of Palaeophyllophora.Palaeophyllophora parvaSp. novValidMaitreLate Eocene to early OligoceneFranceA member of Hipposideridae, a species of Palaeophyllophora.Palaeophyllophora rosierensisSp. novValidMaitreLate Eocene to early OligoceneFranceA member of Hipposideridae, a species of Palaeophyllophora.PhasmatonycterisGregg F. Gunnell Nancy B. Simmons Erik R. Seiffert 2014 New Myzopodidae (Chiroptera) from the Late Paleogene of Egypt: Emended Family Diagnosis and Biogeographic Origins of Noctilionoidea PLOS ONE 9 2 e86712 10.1371/journal.pone.0086712 24504061 3913578 2014PLoSO...986712G free Gen. et 2 sp. novGunnell, Simmons & SeiffertLate Eocene (Priabonian) to early Oligocene (Rupelian)Birket Qarun Formation Jebel Qatrani FormationEgyptA myzopodid bat. Genus contains two species: Phasmatonycteris phiomensis and Phasmatonycteris butleri (the type species was not designated).Pipistrellus semenoviValentina V. Rosina Maxim V. Sinitsa 2014 Bats (Chiroptera, Mammalia) from the Turolian of the Ukraine: phylogenetic and biostratigraphic considerations Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 272 2 147–166 10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0403 Sp. nov ValidRosina & SinitsaMiocene (early Turolian)UkraineA vesper bat, a species of Pipistrellus.ProtorhinolophusAnthony Ravel Laurent Marivaux Tao Qi Yuan-Qing Wang K. Christopher Beard 2014 New chiropterans from the middle Eocene of Shanghuang (Jiangsu Province, Coastal China): new insight into the dawn horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae) in Asia Zoologica Scripta 43 1 1–23 10.1111/zsc.12027 85352090 Gen. et sp. nov ValidRavel et al.Middle EoceneChinaA horseshoe bat. The type species is Protorhinolophus shanghuangensis.Stehlinia aliaSp. novValidMaitreMiddle EoceneFranceA member of Palaeochiropterygidae, a species of Stehlinia.Stehlinia gracilis mutansSubsp. novValidMaitreLate Eocene to OligoceneFranceA member of Palaeochiropterygidae, a subspecies of Stehlinia gracilis.Stehlinia revilliodiSp. novValidMaitreMiddle EoceneFrance SwitzerlandA member of Palaeochiropterygidae, a species of Stehlinia.Vaylatsia astruciSp. novValidMaitreLate EoceneFranceA member of Hipposideridae, a species of Vaylatsia.Vaylatsia cregolensisSp. novValidMaitreLate EoceneFranceA member of Hipposideridae, a species of Vaylatsia.Vaylatsia frequensSp. novValidMaitreLate Eocene to early OligoceneFranceA member of Hipposideridae, a species of Vaylatsia.Vaylatsia pelissieiSp. novValidMaitreEarly OligoceneFranceA member of Hipposideridae, a species of Vaylatsia.Vaylatsia valetteiSp. novValidMaitreLate EoceneFranceA member of Hipposideridae, a species of Vaylatsia.Vespertiliavus disjunctusSp. et 2 subsp. novValidMaitreEocene to OligoceneFranceA sac-winged bat, a species of Vespertiliavus. The species contains two subspecies: Vespertiliavus disjunctus disjunctus and Vespertiliavus disjunctus nauzensis.Vespertiliavus (Sigeia) lizierensisSubgen. et sp. novValidMaitreLate EoceneFranceA sac-winged bat, a species of Vespertiliavus.Vespertiliavus (Sigeia) recensSp. novValidMaitreEarly OligoceneFranceA sac-winged bat, a species of Vespertiliavus. Odd-toed ungulates Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcerorhinus neleusAthanssios Athanassiou Socrates J. Roussiakis Ioannis X. Giaourtsakis George E. Theodorou George Iliopoulos 2014 A new hornless rhinoceros of the genus Acerorhinus (Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotidae) from the Upper Miocene of Kerassiá (Euboea, Greece), with a revision of related forms Palaeontographica Abteilung A 303 1–3 23–59 http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/pala/detail/303/84435/A_new_hornless_rhionceros_of_the_genus_Acerorhinus_Perissodactyla_Rhinocerotidae_from_the_Upper_Miocene_of_Kerassia_Euboea_Greece_with_a_revision_of_related_forms 10.1127/pala/303/2014/23 2014PalAA.303...23A 2014-11-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095958/http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/pala/detail/303/84435/A_new_hornless_rhionceros_of_the_genus_Acerorhinus_Perissodactyla_Rhinocerotidae_from_the_Upper_Miocene_of_Kerassia_Euboea_Greece_with_a_revision_of_related_forms 2015-09-24 subscription Sp. novValidAthanassiou et al.Late MioceneGreeceA rhinoceros, a species of Acerorhinus.Epiaceratherium naduongenseMadelaine Böhme Manuela Aiglstorfer Pierre-Olivier Antoine Erwin Appel Philipe Havlik Grégoire Métais Laq The Phuc Simon Schneider Fabian Setzer Ralf Tappert Dang Ngoc Tran Dieter Uhl Jérôme Prieto. 2014 Na Duong (northern Vietnam) – an exceptional window into Eocene ecosystems from Southeast Asia. Zitteliana A 53 120–167 http://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/19019/1/zitteliana_2013_53_10.pdfSp. novValidBöhme et al.Late EoceneVietnamA member of Rhinocerotidae, a species of Epiceratherium.Equus cedralensisMaría Teresa Alberdi Joaquín Arroyo-Cabrales Alejandro H. Marín-Leyva Oscar J. Polaco 2014 Study of Cedral Horses and their place in the Mexican Quaternary Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 31 2 221–237 http://satori.geociencias.unam.mx/31-2/%2806%2931-2-Alberdi.pdf Sp. nov.DisputedAlberdi et al.Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean)MexicoA member of Equidae. Originally described as a species of Equus; considered to be a junior synonym of Haringtonhippus francisci by Jiménez-Hidalgo & Díaz-Sibaja (2020).Eduardo Jiménez-Hidalgo Roberto Díaz-Sibaja 2020 Was Equus cedralensis a non-stilt legged horse? Taxonomical implications for the Mexican Pleistocene horses Ameghiniana 57 3 284–288 10.5710/AMGH.06.01.2020.3262 213232576 GhazijhippusPieter Missiaen Philip D. Gingerich 2014 New Basal Perissodactyla (Mammalia) From The Lower Eocene Ghazij Formation of Pakistan Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 32 9 139–160 2027.42/109436 Gen. et sp. novValidMissiaen & GingerichEocene (Ypresian)Ghazij FormationPakistanAn odd-toed ungulate of uncertain phylogenetic placement; considered to be a basal member of the family Equidae by Bai, Wang & Meng (2018).Bin Bai Yuan-Qing Wang Jin Meng 2018 The divergence and dispersal of early perissodactyls as evidenced by early Eocene equids from Asia Communications Biology 1 115 10.1038/s42003-018-0116-5 free 30271995 6123789 The type species is Ghazijhippus talibhasani.Hipparion phlegraeGeorgios Lazaridis Evangelia Tsoukala 2014 Hipparion phlegrae, sp. nov. (Mammalia, Perissodactyla): a new species from the Turolian locality of Kryopigi (Kassandra, Chalkidiki, Greece) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 1 164–178 10.1080/02724634.2013.781033 2014JVPal..34..164L 85748561 Sp. novValidLazaridis & TsoukalaTurolianGreeceA member of Equidae, a species of Hipparion.MeridiolophusBin Bai Yuanqing Wang Jin Meng Qian Li Xun Jin 2014 New Early Eocene basal tapiromorph from southern China and its phylogenetic implications PLOS ONE 9 10 e110806 10.1371/journal.pone.0110806 25353987 4212989 2014PLoSO...9k0806B free Gen. et sp. nov.ValidBai et al.Early EoceneHuayong FormationChinaA member of (probably non-monophyletic) family 'Isectolophidae'; a basal member of Tapiromorpha. The type species is Meridiolophus expansus.Nestoritherium fuguenseXiang-Xu Xue Tao Deng Margery C. Coombs Yun-Xiang Zhang 2014 New chalicothere materials from the Late Miocene of Fugu, Shaanxi, China Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52 4 401–426 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201411/P020141119430122530710.pdf 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2014.04.006 Sp. novValidXue et al.Late MioceneLamagou FormationChinaA chalicothere, a species of Nestoritherium.PerissobuneGen. et 2 sp. novValidMissiaen & GingerichEocene (Ypresian)Ghazij FormationPakistanAn odd-toed ungulate of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Perissobune intizarkhani; genus also contains Perissobune munirulhaqi.Pliohippus potosinusIsmael Ferrusquía-Villafranca José E. 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Originally described as a species of Afromeryx, but subsequently transferred to the genus Masrimeryx.Martin Pickford Mohamed Abdel Gawad 2025 Revision of Large Anthracotheres from the Early Miocene of Moghara, Egypt Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe A: Geologie und Paläontologie 54 1–96 978-3-89937-300-4 Antilope intermediaM. A. Khan M. Akhtar 2014 Antelopes (Mammalia, Ruminantia, Bovidae) from the Upper Siwaliks of Tatrot, Pakistan, with description of a new species Paleontological Journal 48 1 79–89 10.1134/S0031030114010055 2014PalJ...48...79K 84227895 Sp. nov ValidKhan & AkhtarLate PlioceneTatrot FormationPakistanAn antelope related to the blackbuck.Bakalovia orientalisSp. novValidBöhme et al.Middle Eocene to Late EoceneVietnamA member of Anthracotheriidae, a species of Bakalovia.Bubalus brevicornis chowiWei Dong Jin-yi Liu Li-min Zhang Qin-qi Xu 2014 The Early Pleistocene water buffalo associated with Gigantopithecus from Chongzuo in southern China Quaternary International 354 86–93 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.12.054 2014QuInt.354...86D Subsp. nov ValidDong et al.Early PleistoceneChinaA bovine, a subspecies of Bubalus brevicornis.Camelus grattardiDenis Geraads 2014 Camelus grattardi, sp. nov., a new camel from the Shungura Formation, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, and the relationships of African fossil Camelidae (Mammalia) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 6 1481–1485 10.1080/02724634.2014.880447 2014JVPal..34.1481G 83872851 Sp. novValidGeraadsEarly PleistoceneShungura FormationEthiopiaA camel.Chleuastochoerus linxiaensisSukuan Hou Tao Deng 27520348 2014 A new species of Chleuastochoerus (Artiodactyla: Suidae) from the Linxia Basin, Gansu Province, China Zootaxa 3872 5 401–439 10.11646/zootaxa.3872.5.1 25544095 Sp. novValidHou & DengLate MioceneLiushu FormationChinaA member of Suidae, a species of Chleuastochoerus.Eostyloceros hezhengensisTao Deng Shi-Qi Wang Qin-Qin Shi Yi-Kun Li Yu Li 40643492 2014 A new species of Eostyloceros (Cervidae, Artiodactyla) from the Late Miocene of the Linxia Basin in Gansu, China Zootaxa 3893 3 363–381 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.3.3 25544527 Sp. novValidDeng et al.Late MioceneLiushu FormationChinaA deer, a species of Eostyloceros.GagadonRichard K. 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Pickford & Gawad (2025) considered J. naida to be synonymous with "Brachyodus" africanus Andrews (1899), resulting in a new combination Jaggermeryx africanus.thumb|center|150px|Life restoration of Jaggermeryx naidaLagomeryx manaiKantapon Suraprasit Yaowalak Chaimanee Herve Bocherens Olivier Chavasseau Jean-Jacques Jaeger 2014 Systematics and phylogeny of middle Miocene Cervidae (Mammalia) from Mae Moh Basin (Thailand) and a paleoenvironmental estimate using enamel isotopy of sympatric herbivore species Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 1 179–194 10.1080/02724634.2013.789038 2014JVPal..34..179S 86784035 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/963534 Sp. novValidSuraprasit et al.Late middle MioceneMae Moh BasinThailandA lagomerycine deer, a species of Lagomeryx.Libycosaurus bahriF. Lihoreau J.-R. Boisserie C. Blondel L. Jacques A. Likius H. T. Mackaye P. Vignaud M. 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Flores-Trujillo Francisco J. 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Peters 2014 Rare Late Miocene Seal Taxa (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the North Sea Basin Vestnik Zoologii 48 5 419–432 10.2478/vzoo-2014-0050 86558045 free Sp. nov ValidKoretsky, Rahmat & PetersLate Miocene to early PlioceneDenmark NetherlandsA phocine earless seal, a species of Gryphoca.Metailurus ultimusYu Li 2014 Restudy of Metailurus major from Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province reported by Teilhard de Chardin and Leroy Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52 4 467–485 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201411/P020141119437345518622.pdf 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2014.04.010 Sp. novValidLiLate PlioceneMazegou FormationChinaA member of Felidae, a species of Metailurus.Panthera blytheaeZ. Jack Tseng Xiaoming Wang Graham J. Slater Gary T. Takeuchi Qiang Li Juan Liu Guangpu Xie 2014 Himalayan fossils of the oldest known pantherine establish ancient origin of big cats Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281 1774 20132686 10.1098/rspb.2013.2686 24225466 3843846Sp. nov ValidTseng et al.Late Miocene to early PlioceneZanda FormationChinaA pantherine felid. Originally described as a species of Panthera; Hemmer (2023) transferred it to the genus Palaeopanthera.Helmut Hemmer The evolution of the palaeopantherine cats, Palaeopanthera gen. nov. blytheae (Tseng et al., 2014) and Palaeopanthera pamiri (Ozansoy, 1959) comb. nov. (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 2023 103 4 827–839 10.1007/s12549-023-00571-5 2023PdPe..103..827H 257842190 Platyphoca danicaSp. nov ValidKoretsky, Rahmat & PetersMiocene (early-middle Tortonian)Gram FormationDenmarkA phocine earless seal, a species of Platyphoca.Pontophoca jutlandicaSp. nov ValidKoretsky, Rahmat & PetersMiocene (early-middle Tortonian)Gram FormationDenmarkA monachine earless seal, a species of Pontophoca.Ursavus tedfordiZhan-Xiang Qiu Tao Deng Ban-Yue Wang 2014 A Late Miocene Ursavus skull from Guanghe, Gansu, China Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52 3 265–302 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201408/P020140808551230473870.pdf 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2014.03.001 Sp. novValidQiu, Deng & WangLate Miocene (late Bahean)Liushu FormationChinaAn ursine bear, a species of Ursavus.Vulpes qiuzhudingiXiaoming Wang Zhijie Jack Tseng Qiang Li Gary T. Takeuchi Guangpu Xie 2014 From 'third pole' to north pole: a Himalayan origin for the arctic fox Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 1787 20140893 10.1098/rspb.2014.0893 24920475 4071559Sp. nov ValidWang et al.Early PlioceneKunlun Pass Basin Zanda BasinChinaA fox related to the Arctic fox.YunnanotheriumGuoqin Qi 2014 Melinae Fossils from the Lufengpithecus Locality, Yunnan Acta Anthropologica Sinica 33 3 389–400 10.16359/j.cnki.cn11-1963/q.2014.03.004 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/rlxxb/xbwzxz/201409/P020140903499832133065.pdf Gen. et sp. et comb. novJunior homonymQiLate MioceneChinaOriginally described as a meline mustelid. The type species is Yunnanotherium lufengense; genus also contains "Trochotherium" yuanmouense Zong (1997). The generic name is preoccupied by Yunnanotherium Han (1986); Deshmukh & Valenciano (2022) coined a replacement name Neoyunnanotherium, and reinterpreted is as a member of the family Mephitidae.Umakant Bhoopati Deshmukh Alberto Valenciano 2022 Neoyunnanotherium nom. nov., a replacement name for the genus Yunnanotherium Qi, 2014 (Carnivora, Mephitidae) non Han, 1986 (Tragulidae) Zootaxa 5222 3 298–300 10.11646/zootaxa.5222.3.7 37044523 254922038 Rodents Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcrolophomysThomas S. Kelly David P. Whistler 2014 New late Miocene (latest Clarendonian to early Hemphillian) cricetid rodents from the upper part of the Dove Spring Formation, Mojave Desert, California Paludicola 10 1 1–48 https://paludicolavertpaleo.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/10-1-kelly-and-whistler-2014.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidKelly & WhistlerLate MioceneDove Spring FormationUnited StatesA cricetid rodent. The type species is Acrolophomys rhodopetros.Antecalomys coxaeSp. novValidKelly & WhistlerLate MioceneDove Spring FormationUnited StatesA cricetid rodent, a species of Antecalomys.ChangquinMaría G. Vucetich María E. Pérez Martín R. Ciancio Alfredo A. Carlini Richard H. Madden Matthew J. Kohn 2014 A new acaremyid rodent (Caviomorpha, Octodontoidea) from Scarritt Pocket, Deseadan (late Oligocene) of Patagonia (Argentina) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 3 689–698 10.1080/02724634.2013.804414 2014JVPal..34..689V 85649544 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/A_new_acaremyid_rodent_Caviomorpha_Octodontoidea_from_Scarritt_Pocket_Deseadan_late_Oligocene_of_Patagonia_Argentina_/1017336 11336/17973 free Gen. et sp. nov ValidVucetich et al.Late Oligocene (Deseadan) Sarmiento FormationArgentinaAn acaremyid octodontoid caviomorph. The type species is Changquin woodi.ComtiaMonique Vianey-Liaud Bernard Comte Bernard Marandat Stéphane Peigné Jean-Claude Rage Jean Sudre 2014 A new early late Oligocene (MP 26) continental vertebrate fauna from Saint-Privat-des-Vieux (Alès Basin, Gard, Southern France) Geodiversitas 36 4 565–622 10.5252/g2014n4a4 85908676 https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01324886/file/g2014n4a4-low.pdf Gen. et sp. et comb. novValidVianey-Liaud in Vianey-Liaud et al.Oligocene (early Chattian), possibly also early MioceneFrance Germany?A member of Sciuridae. The type species is Comtia bernardi Vianey-Liaud in Vianey-Liaud et al. (2014); genus might also contain "Sciurus" giganteus Freudenberg (1941).CordimusJelle S. Zijlstra Donald A. McFarlane Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende Joyce Lundberg 2014 New rodents (Cricetidae) from the Neogene of Curaçao and Bonaire, Dutch Antilles Palaeontology 57 5 895–908 10.1111/pala.12091 2014Palgy..57..895Z 22539800 Gen. et 3 sp. nov ValidZijlstra et al.Late Pliocene or early Pleistocene to HoloceneBonaire CuraçaoA cricetid rodent. Genus contains three species: Cordimus hooijeri, Cordimus debuisonjei and Cordimus raton.Cricetodon nieveiPaloma López-Guerrero M. Ángeles Álvarez-Sierra Israel García-Paredes Pablo Peláez-Campomanes 2014 New Cricetodontini from the middle Miocene of Europe: an example of mosaic evolution Bulletin of Geosciences 89 3 573–592 10.3140/bull.geosci.1480 free 10261/100374 free Sp. nov ValidLópez-Guerrero et al.Middle MioceneSpainA cricetodontine cricetid, a species of Cricetodon.Douglassciurus bjorkiWilliam W. Korth 2014 Rodents (Mammalia) from the Whitneyan (Middle Oligocene) Cedar Pass Fauna of South Dakota Annals of Carnegie Museum 82 4 373–398 10.2992/007.082.0404 85796492 Sp. nov ValidKorthOligocene (Whitneyan)United StatesA sciurid rodent, a species of Douglassciurus.DudumusMichelle Arnal Alejandro G. Kramarz M. Guiomar Vucetich E. Carolina Vieytes 2014 A new early Miocene octodontoid rodent (Hystricognathi, Caviomorpha) from Patagonia (Argentina) and a reassessment of the early evolution of Octodontoidea Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 2 397–406 10.1080/02724634.2013.808203 2014JVPal..34..397A 11336/29748 83652841 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/A_new_early_Miocene_octodontoid_rodent_Hystricognathi_Caviomorpha_from_Patagonia_Argentina_and_a_reassessment_of_the_early_evolution_of_Octodontoidea/963515 free Gen. et sp. nov ValidArnal et al.Early MioceneSarmiento FormationArgentinaAn octodontoid caviomorph rodent. The type species is Dudumus ruigomezi.Eospalax lingtaiensisLi-Ping Liu Shao-Hua Zheng Ning Cui Li-Hua Wang 2014 Rootless myospalacines from Upper Pliocene to Lower Pleistocene of Wenwanggou section, Lingtai, Gansu Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52 4 440–466 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201411/P020141119434153032164.pdf 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2014.04.009 Sp. novValidLiu et al.Late Pliocene to Early PleistoceneChinaA zokor, a species of Eospalax.Eospalax simplicidensSp. novValidLiu et al.Late Pliocene to Early PleistoceneChinaA zokor, a species of Eospalax.Heosminthus borraeGudrun Daxner-Höck Demchig Badamgarav Olivier Maridet 2014 Dipodidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Oligocene and Early Miocene of Mongolia Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 116 131–213 http://olivier.maridet.pagesperso-orange.fr/files/Daxner_Hoeck_et_al_2014-Dipodidae.pdf 43923073 Sp. novValidDaxner-Höck, Badamgarav & MaridetOligocene to early MioceneHsanda Gol FormationMongoliaA dipodid rodent, a species of Heosminthus.Heosminthus chimidaeSp. nov ValidDaxner-Höck, Badamgarav & MaridetOligoceneHsanda Gol FormationMongoliaA dipodid rodent, a species of Heosminthus.LindsaymysGen. et sp. novValidKelly & WhistlerLate MioceneDove Spring FormationUnited StatesA cricetid rodent. The type species is Lindsaymys takeuchii.Lophocricetus cimishliensisAndrian Delinschi 2014 A new Turolian species Lophocricetus cimishliensis (Rodentia, Zapodidae) from the Republic of Moldova Palaeontologia Electronica 17 3 35A http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2014/923-new-dipodid-from-moldova 10.26879/423 free Sp. nov ValidDelinschiLate Miocene (middle Turolian)Balta FormationMoldovaA member of Dipodidae, a species of Lophocricetus.Maxomys pliosuriferYuichiro Nishioka Masanaru Takai Takeshi Nishimura Thaung Htike Zin-Maung Maung-Thein Naoko Egi Takehisa Tsubamoto Maung Maung 2015 Late Pliocene rodents from the Irrawaddy sediments of central Myanmar and their palaeogeographical significance Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13 4 287–314 10.1080/14772019.2014.909537 2015JSPal..13..287N 2433/198843 54735063 free Sp. nov ValidNishioka et al.Late PlioceneMyanmarA murid; a species of Maxomys.Megacricetodon yenicekentensisHüseyin Erten Sevket Sen Muhi̇tti̇n Görmüş 2014 Middle and late Miocene Cricetidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Denizli Basin (southwestern Turkey) and a new species of Megacricetodon Journal of Paleontology 88 3 504–518 10.1666/13-060 2014JPal...88..504E 129824242 Sp. nov ValidErten, Sen & GörmüşMioceneTurkeyA cricetid, a species of Megacricetodon.NiedemysLeonardo Kerber Elver Luiz Mayer Ana Maria Ribeiro Maria Guiomar Vucetich 2014 Late Quaternary caviomorph rodents (Rodentia: Hystricognathi) from the Serra da Capivara, northeastern Brazil, with description of a new taxon Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 28 4 439–458 10.1080/08912963.2014.967766 85194254 Gen. et sp. novValidKerber et al.Late QuaternaryBrazilA chinchilloid caviomorph, possibly a dinomyid.Leonardo Kerber Elver Luiz Mayer Anny Caroliny Gomes Norma Nasif 2018 On the morphological, taxonomic, and phylogenetic status of South American Quaternary dinomyid rodents (Rodentia: Dinomyidae) PalZ 94 1 167–178 10.1007/s12542-018-0435-3 91735420 The type species is Niedemys piauiensis.OnjosminthusGen. et sp. nov ValidDaxner-Höck, Badamgarav & MaridetEarly OligoceneHsanda Gol FormationMongoliaA dipodid rodent. The type species is Onjosminthus baindi.Paciculus cedrusSp. nov ValidKorthOligocene (Whitneyan)United StatesA cricetid rodent, a species of Paciculus.Plesiosminthus olziSp. nov ValidDaxner-Höck, Badamgarav & MaridetEarly MioceneLoh FormationMongoliaA dipodid rodent, a species of Plesiosminthus.PrimoprismusOlivier Maridet Wenyu Wu Jie Ye Jin Meng Shundong Bi Xijun Ni 2014 An Early Miocene microtoid cricetid (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang, China Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59 1 1–7 10.4202/app.2012.0007 55899360 Gen. et sp. novValidMaridet et al.Early MioceneChinaA microtoid cricetid. The type species is Primoprismus fejfari.Protophiomys tunisiensisLaurent Marivaux El M. Essid Wissem Marzougui Hayet Khayati Ammar Sylvain Adnet Bernard Marandat Gilles Merzeraud Rodolphe Tabuce Monique Vianey-Liaud 2014 A new and primitive species of Protophiomys (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the late middle Eocene of Djebel el Kébar, Central Tunisia Palæovertebrata 38-1 2034 http://palaeovertebrata.com/Articles/view/43 Sp. nov ValidMarivaux et al.Eocene (Bartonian)TunisiaA member of Hystricognathi, a species of Protophiomys.QaidamomysQiang Li Xiao-Ming Wang 2014 Qaidamomys fortelii, a New Late Miocene Murid from Qaidam Basin, North Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China Annales Zoologici Fennici 51 1–2 17–26 10.5735/086.051.0203 85139366 Gen. et sp. nov ValidLi & WangLate MioceneChinaA murid. The type species is Qaidamomys forteliiReigechimys simplexRenata Sostillo Claudia I. Montalvo Diego H. Verzi 2014 A new species of Reigechimys (Rodentia, Echimyidae) from the Late Miocene of central Argentina and the evolutionary pattern of the lineage Ameghiniana 51 4 284–294 http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/2718 10.5710/amgh.24.04.2014.2741 129867730 Sp. nov ValidSostillo, Montalvo & VerziLate Miocene (Huayquerian)Cerro Azul FormationArgentinaAn echimyid, a species of Reigechimys.ReigomysLeonardo F. Machado Yuri L. R. Leite Alexandre U. Christoff Lilian G. Giugliano 2014 Phylogeny and biogeography of tetralophodont rodents of the tribe Oryzomyini (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) Zoologica Scripta 43 2 119–130 10.1111/zsc.12041 84742911 Gen. et comb. nov ValidMachado et al.Pleistocene Tarija FormationBoliviaAn oryzomyine rodent; a new genus for "Holochilus" primigenus Steppan (1996).Rotundomys intimusRaquel López-Antoñanzas Pablo Peláez-Campomanes Ángeles Álvarez-Sierra 2014 New Species of Rotundomys (Cricetinae) from the Late Miocene of Spain and Its Bearing on the Phylogeny of Cricetulodon and Rotundomys PLOS ONE 9 11 e112704 10.1371/journal.pone.0112704 25389967 4229238 2014PLoSO...9k2704L free Sp. novValidLópez-Antoñanzas, Peláez-Campomanes & Álvarez-SierraLate MioceneSpainA cricetid rodent, a species of Rotundomys.Vasseuromys bergasensisFrancisco Javier Ruiz-Sánchez Jose Ignacio Lacomba-Andueza Matthijs Freudenthal Mari Ángeles Álvarez-Sierra 2014 A new species of Vasseuromys (Gliridae, Mammalia) from the Upper Oligocene of the Ebro Basin (Spain) Paläontologische Zeitschrift 88 1 73–84 10.1007/s12542-013-0177-1 2014PalZ...88...73R 129289566 https://eprints.ucm.es/26265/1/art_10.1007_s12542-013-0177-1_01.pdf Sp. novValidRuiz-Sánchez et al.Late OligoceneSpainA dormouse, a species of Vasseuromys. Primates and plesiadapiforms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAmamriaLaurent Marivaux El Mabrouk Essid Wissem Marzougui Hayet Khayati Ammar Sylvain Adnet Bernard Marandat Gilles Merzeraud Anusha Ramdarshan Rodolphe Tabuce Monique Vianey-Liaud Johan Yans 2014 A morphological intermediate between eosimiiform and simiiform primates from the late middle Eocene of Tunisia: Macroevolutionary and paleobiogeographic implications of early anthropoids American Journal of Physical Anthropology 154 3 387–401 10.1002/ajpa.22523 24782403Gen. et sp. novValidMarivaux et al.Eocene (Bartonian)TunisiaAn early simian or a relative of simians. The type species is Amamria tunisiensis.Nannodectes lynasiDonald Lofgren Malcolm McKenna James Honey Randall Nydam Christine Wheaton Bryan Yokote Lexington Henn Whitney Hanlon Stephen Manning Carter McGee 2014 New records of eutherian mammals from the Goler Formation (Tiffanian, Paleocene) of California and their biostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic implications American Museum Novitates 3797 1–57 10.1206/3797.1 2246/6470 84787345 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/272708 Sp. novValidLofgren et al.PaleoceneGoler FormationUnited StatesA plesiadapid, a species of Nannodectes.NotnamaiaM. Pickford M. D. Uhen 2014 Namaia Pickford et al., 2008, preoccupied by Namaia Green, 1963: proposal of a replacement name Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 15 91 http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/75b_Pickford_Uhen_Namaia%20Pickford%20et%20al.,%202008.pdf 2022-07-30 2018-06-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20220730183027/https://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/75b_Pickford_Uhen_Namaia%20Pickford%20et%20al.%2C%202008.pdf dead Nom. novValidPickford & UhenEocene (Lutetian)NamibiaProbably a member of the family Adapidae;Marc Godinot Brigitte Senut Martin Pickford 2018 Primitive Adapidae from Namibia sheds light on the early primate radiation in Africa Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 20 140–162 http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/8c3_AA8%20Godinot,%20Senut,%20Pickford2018_%20Adapidae.pdf 2021-08-31 2018-12-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20210831103109/http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/8c3_AA8%20Godinot%2C%20Senut%2C%20Pickford2018_%20Adapidae.pdf dead a replacement name for Namaia Pickford et al., 2008 (preoccupied).Pandemonium hibernalisRichard C. Fox Brian D. Rankin Craig S. Scott Arthur R. Sweet 2014 Second known occurrence of the early Paleocene plesiadapiform Pandemonium (Mammalia: Primates), with description of a new species Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 51 12 1059–1066 10.1139/cjes-2014-0113 2014CaJES..51.1059F Sp. novValidFox et al.Paleocene (Puercan)Scollard FormationCanadaA plesiadapiform, a species of Pandemonium.UrsolestesRichard C. Fox Craig S. Scott Gregory A. Buckley 2015 A 'giant' purgatoriid (Plesiadapiformes) from the Paleocene of Montana, USA: mosaic evolution in the earliest primates Palaeontology 58 2 277–291 10.1111/pala.12141 2015Palgy..58..277F 129115422 Gen. et sp. novValidFox, Scott & BuckleyPaleocene (middle/late Puercan)United StatesA plesiadapiform related to Purgatorius. The type species is Ursolestes perpetior. Others Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAatotomusBrian D. Rankin 2014 New pantolestids (Mammalia, Eutheria) from the late Paleocene (late middle Tiffanian) Roche Percée local fauna, southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada Journal of Paleontology 88 6 1199–1211 10.1666/13-157 2014JPal...88.1199R 129925253 Gen. et sp. novValidRankinLate PaleoceneRavenscrag FormationCanadaA member of Pantolestidae. The type species is Aatotomus placochton.AceroryctesBrian D. Rankin Patricia A. Holroyd 2014 Aceroryctes dulcis, a new palaeoryctid (Mammalia, Eutheria) from the early Eocene of the Wasatch Formation of southwestern Wyoming, USA Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 51 10 919–926 10.1139/cjes-2014-0101 2014CaJES..51..919R Gen. et sp. novValidRankin & HolroydEocene (early Wasatchian)Wasatch FormationUnited StatesA member of Palaeoryctidae. The type species is Aceroryctes dulcis.AfrophocaIrina A. Koretsky Daryl P. Domning 2014 One of the oldest seals (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the Old World Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 1 224–229 10.1080/02724634.2013.787428 2014JVPal..34..224K 84260099 Gen. et sp. nov DisputedKoretsky & DomningEarly to middle MioceneMarada FormationLibyaA placental mammal of uncertain affinities. The type species is Afrophoca libyca. Originally described as a monachine earless seal; Pickford & De Muizon (2024) reinterpreted its holotype as a bone of the anthracothere Afromeryx zelteni.Martin Pickford Christian De Muizon 2024 The affinities of Afrophoca libyca from basal Middle Miocene of Gebel Zelten, Libya Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 69 2 243–247 10.4202/app.01152.2024 free AntofagastiaD. A. García-López M. J. Babot 2014 Notoungulate faunas of north-western Argentina: new findings of early-diverging forms from the Eocene Geste Formation Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13 7 557–579 10.1080/14772019.2014.930527 85395963 Gen. et sp. nov ValidGarcía-López & BabotLate EoceneGeste FormationArgentinaAn interatheriid notoungulate. The type species is Antofagastia turneri.Asmodeus petrasnerusFederico Seoane Esperanza Cerdeño 2014 First extra-Patagonian record of Asmodeus Ameghino (Notoungulata, Homalodotheriidae) in the Late Oligocene of Mendoza Province, Argentina Ameghiniana 51 5 373–384 http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/2735 10.5710/amgh.07.07.2014.2735 140721677 Sp. novValidSeoane & CerdeñoLate Oligocene (Deseadan) Agua de la Piedra FormationArgentinaA homalodotheriid notoungulate, a species of Asmodeus.Bessoecetor krauseiSp. novValidRankinLate PaleoceneRavenscrag FormationCanadaA member of Pantolestidae, a species of Bessoecetor.BoritiaFloréal Solé Jocelyn Falconnet Laurent Yves 2014 New proviverrines (Hyaenodontida) from the early Eocene of Europe; phylogeny and ecological evolution of the Proviverrinae Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171 4 878–917 10.1111/zoj.12155 free Gen. et sp. nov ValidSolé, Falconnet & YvesEarly EoceneFranceA proviverrine hyaenodontid. The type species is Boritia duffaudi.DepaulacoutoiaRichard L. Cifelli Edgardo Ortiz-Jaureguizar 2014 Depaulacoutoia, a replacement name for Paulacoutoia Cifelli, 1983, a preoccupied name Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 3 730 10.1080/02724634.2013.820194 2014JVPal..34..730C 11336/31419 84883001 free Nom. nov Junior homonymCifelli & Ortiz-JaureguizarPaleogene (Itaboraian) Itaboraí FormationBrazilA didolodontid "condylarth"; a replacement name for Paulacoutoia Cifelli, 1983 (preoccupied). The replacement name itself is a junior homonym of Depaulacoutoia Kretzoi & Kretzoi (2000); Mones (2015) coined a new replacement name Ricardocifellia.Alvaro Mones 2015 Ricardocifellia, a replacement name for Paulacoutoia Cifelli, 1983, and Depaulacoutoia Cifelli and Ortiz-Jaureguizar, 2014 (Mammalia, 'Condylarthra,' Didolodontidae), and the status of Depaulacoutoia Kretzoi and Kretzoi, 2000 (Mammalia, Australidelphia, Polydolopimorphia) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 5 e973571 10.1080/02724634.2015.973571 2015JVPal..35E3571M 84044078 Álvaro Mones Desmanodon larsiMarc Furió Jan van Dam Ferhat Kaya 2014 New insectivores (Lipotyphla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of the Sivas Basin, Central Anatolia Bulletin of Geosciences 89 1 163–181 10.3140/bull.geosci.1472 free Sp. nov ValidFurió, van Dam & KayaLate MioceneTurkeyA member of Talpidae, a species of Desmanodon.DormaalocyonFloréal Solé Richard Smith Tiphaine Coillot Eric de Bast Thierry Smith 2014 Dental and tarsal anatomy of Miacis latouri and a phylogenetic analysis of the earliest carnivoraforms (Mammalia, Carnivoramorpha) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 1 1–21 10.1080/02724634.2013.793195 2014JVPal..34....1S 86207013 Gen. et comb. nov ValidSolé et al.Earliest EoceneTienen FormationBelgiumA member of Carnivoramorpha and Carnivoraformes; a new genus for "Miacis" latouri Quinet, 1966.thumb|center|150px|Life restoration of D. latouriEoproviverraGen. et comb. novValidSolé, Falconnet & YvesEarly EoceneFranceA proviverrine hyaenodontid; a new genus for "Proviverra" eisenmanni Godinot (1981).ErenlagusŁucja Fostowicz-Frelik Qian Li 54823256 2014 A new genus of stem lagomorph (Mammalia: Glires) from the Middle Eocene of the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 57 1–2 29–42 10.3409/azc.57_1-2.29 Gen. et sp. nov ValidFostowicz-Frelik & LiMiddle EoceneIrdin Manha FormationChinaAn early member of Lagomorpha. The type species is Erenlagus anielae.FurodonSolé F. Lhuillier J. Adaci M. Bensalah M. Mahboubi M. Tabuce R. The hyaenodontidans from the Gour Lazib area (?Early Eocene, Algeria): implications concerning the systematics and the origin of the Hyainailourinae and Teratodontinae Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12 3 2013-07-16 303–322 10.1080/14772019.2013.795196 84475034Gen. et sp. nov ValidSolé et al.Eocene (late Ypresian or middle Lutetian)AlgeriaA hyainailourine hyaenodontid. The type species is Furodon crocheti.GualtaEsperanza Cerdeño Bárbara Vera 2014 A new Leontiniidae (Notoungulata) from the Late Oligocene beds of Mendoza Province, Argentina Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13 11 943–962 10.1080/14772019.2014.982727 11336/59428 83798693 free Gen. et sp. novValidCerdeño & VeraLate Oligocene (Deseadan) Agua de la Piedra FormationArgentinaA leontiniid notoungulate. The type species is Gualta cuyana.thumb|center|150px|Tibiae of G. cuyanaLeonhardtina godinotiSp. nov ValidSolé, Falconnet & YvesEarly EoceneFranceA proviverrine hyaenodontid, a species of Leonhardtina.MinimovellentodonGen. et sp. novValidSolé, Falconnet & YvesEarly EoceneFranceA proviverrine hyaenodontid. The type species is Minimovellentodon russelli.ObergfelliaLisa Noelle Cooper Erik R. Seiffert Mark Clementz Sandra I. Madar Sunil Bajpai S. Taseer Hussain J. G. M. Thewissen 2014 Anthracobunids from the Middle Eocene of India and Pakistan Are Stem Perissodactyls PLOS ONE 9 10 e109232 10.1371/journal.pone.0109232 25295875 4189980 2014PLoSO...9j9232C free Gen. et sp. novValidCooper et al.Middle EoceneIndiaPakistanA member of Anthracobunidae (a group of placental mammals of uncertain phylogenetic placement; might be stem-perissodactyls or relatives of proboscideans and sirenians). The type species is Obergfellia occidentalis.thumb|center|150px|Mandible of O. occidentalisPalaeosinopa reclusumSp. novValidRankinLate PaleoceneRavenscrag FormationCanadaA member of Pantolestidae, a species of Palaeosinopa.PaleoungulatumGen. et sp. novValidKellyLatest Cretaceous?Hell Creek FormationUnited StatesA "condylarth", possibly a member of the family Periptychidae. The type species is Paleoungulatum hooleyi.ParvavorodonGen. et sp. novValidSolé et al.Eocene (late Ypresian or middle Lutetian)AlgeriaA hyainailourine hyaenodontid. The type species is Parvavorodon gheerbranti.Promioclaenus walshiSp. novValidLofgren et al.PaleoceneGoler FormationUnited StatesA hyopsodontid, a species of Promioclaenus.Protoselene ashtoniSp. novValidLofgren et al.PaleoceneGoler FormationUnited StatesA hyopsodontid, a species of Protoselene.Quercygale smithiFloréal Solé 2014 New carnivoraforms from the early Eocene of Europe and their bearing on the evolution of the Carnivoraformes Palaeontology 57 5 963–978 10.1111/pala.12097 2014Palgy..57..963S 129314381 Sp. nov ValidSoléEarly EoceneFranceA member of Carnivoramorpha and Carnivoraformes, a species of Quercygale.Quyania europaeaBarbara Rzebik-Kowalska 2014 Review of the Pliocene and Pleistocene Talpidae (Soricomorpha, Mammalia) of Poland Palaeontologia Electronica 17 2 26A 10.26879/457 free Sp. nov ValidRzebik-KowalskaEarly Pliocene to early PleistocenePolandA neurotrichine talpid, a species of Quyania.SilvacolaJaelyn J. Eberle Natalia Rybczynski David R. Greenwood 2014 Early Eocene mammals from the Driftwood Creek beds, Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park, northern British Columbia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 4 739–746 10.1080/02724634.2014.838175 2014JVPal..34..739E 130316011 Gen. et sp. nov ValidEberle, Rybczynski & GreenwoodEarly EoceneDriftwood Creek bedsCanadaAn erinaceid. The type species is Silvacola acares.Sinopa jiliniaMichael Morlo Katharina Bastl Wu Wenhao Stephan F. K. Schaal 2014 The first species of Sinopa (Hyaenodontida, Mammalia) from outside of North America: implications for the history of the genus in the Eocene of Asia and North America Palaeontology 57 1 111–125 10.1111/pala.12052 129633205 free 2014Palgy..57..111M Sp. nov ValidMorlo et al.EoceneHuadian FormationChinaA hyaenodontid, a species of Sinopa.SkoczeniaGen. et comb. nov ValidRzebik-KowalskaEarly PleistocenePolandA talpine talpid; a new genus for "Geotrypus" copernici Skoczeń (1980).Uintacyon hookeriSp. nov ValidSoléEarly EoceneFranceA member of Carnivoramorpha and Carnivoraformes, a species of Uintacyon.ZhalmouziaAlexander Averianov J. David Archibald Gareth J. Dyke 2014 A new eutherian mammal from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59 3 537–542 10.4202/app.2011.0143 12967320 free Gen. et sp. novValidAverianov & Archibald in Averianov, Archibald & DykeSantonian or CampanianBostobe FormationKazakhstanA zhelestid. The type species is Zhalmouzia bazhanovi. 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