2015 in paleontology

none 2015 paleontology paleobotany arthropod paleontology paleoentomology paleomalacology paleoichthyology reptile paleontology archosaur paleontology mammal paleontology Plants 2015 in paleobotany Cnidarians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcropora darrellaeNadiezhda Santodomingo Carden C. Wallace Kenneth G. Johnson 2015 Fossils reveal a high diversity of the staghorn coral genera Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Neogene of Indonesia Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175 4 677–763 10.1111/zoj.12295 free Sp. novValidSantodomingo, Wallace & JohnsonMioceneIndonesiaA staghorn coral, a species of Acropora.Acropora elenaeSp. novValidSantodomingo, Wallace & JohnsonMioceneIndonesiaA staghorn coral, a species of Acropora.Acropora emanuelaeSp. novValidSantodomingo, Wallace & JohnsonMioceneIndonesiaA staghorn coral, a species of Acropora.Acropora hasibuaniSp. novValidSantodomingo, Wallace & JohnsonMioceneIndonesiaA staghorn coral, a species of Acropora.Acropora lauraeSp. novValidSantodomingo, Wallace & JohnsonLate OligoceneMalaysiaA staghorn coral, a species of Acropora.Acropora renemaiSp. novValidSantodomingo, Wallace & JohnsonMioceneIndonesiaA staghorn coral, a species of Acropora.Actinaraea michoacanensisHarry F. Filkorn Jerjes Pantoja-Alor 2015 Mexican Cretaceous coral species (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia) described as new by Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor (2009), but deemed 'unpublished' under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: republication of data necessary for nomenclatural availability Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 72 1 93–101 http://iczn.org/sites/iczn.org/files/19%20-%20Filkorn_Pantoja-Alor_2015_Mexican%20Cretaceous%20coral%20species.pdf 10.21805/bzn.v72i1.a5 87954034 Sp. novValidFilkorn & Pantoja-AlorEarly Cretaceous (early Aptian)Cumburindio FormationMexicoA stony coral belonging to the family Actinacididae, a species of Actinaraea.Actinastrea chumbitaroensisSp. novValidFilkorn & Pantoja-AlorEarly Cretaceous (late Albian)Mal Paso FormationMexicoA stony coral belonging to the family Actinastraeidae, a species of Actinastrea.AustralastraeaJulien Denayer Gregory E. Webb 2015 Cionodendron and related lithostrotionid genera from the Mississippian of eastern Australia: systematics, stratigraphy and evolution Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 3 315–376 10.1080/03115518.2015.1001218 2015Alch...39..315D 84711514 Gen. et comb. et 2 sp. novValidDenayer & WebbCarboniferous (Mississippian)AustraliaA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Lithostrotionidae. A new genus for "Lithostrotion" columnare Etheridge (1900); genus also contains "Orionastraea" columellaris Pickett (1966), "Lithostrotion" parvicolumnare Pickett (1966), "Lithostrotion" wilkinsoni Pickett (1966) and "Orionastraea" flemingi Webb (1990), as well as new species Australastraea arcifera and Australastraea carinata.Axisvacuus tenerusJerzy Fedorowski 2015 Serpukhovian (Early Carboniferous) Rugosa (Anthozoa) from the Lublin Basin, eastern Poland Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 85 221–270 10.14241/asgp.2014.007 Sp. novValidFedorowskiCarboniferous (early Serpukhovian)PolandA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Antiphyllidae, a species of Axisvacuus.BirkenmajeritesGen. et sp. novValidFedorowskiCarboniferous (early Serpukhovian)PolandA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Ostravaiaidae. The type species is Birkenmajerites primus.CairnsipsammiaRosemarie C. Baron-Szabo 2015 A new dendrophylliid coral genus Cairnsipsammia from the Lower Cretaceous of western Austria (Anthozoa; Scleractinia; Vorarlberg; Schrattenkalk Formation [upper Barremian-lower Aptian]) Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 128 4 216–226 10.2988/0006-324X-128.4.216 85709658 Gen. et sp. novValidBaron-SzaboEarly Cretaceous (late Barremian–early Aptian)Schrattenkalk FormationAustriaA stony coral belonging to the family Dendrophylliidae. The type species is C. merbeleri.ChekhovichiaAlexander B. Doweld 2015 Chekhovichia, a new generic replacement name for Rotalites Leleshus 1970 (Anthozoa: Heliolitoidea) non Lamarck 1801 (Protista: Foraminifera) Zootaxa 4034 2 399–400 10.11646/zootaxa.4034.2.11 26624450 Nom. novValidDoweldLate SilurianKyrgyzstan Russia UzbekistanAn anthozoan belonging to the group Heliolitoidea and the family Innaporidae; a replacement name for Rotalites Leleshus (1970).ChelmiaGen. et sp. novValidFedorowskiCarboniferous (early Serpukhovian)PolandA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida. The type species is Chelmia radiata.Cionodendron smithiSp. novValidDenayer & WebbCarboniferous (early Viséan)AustraliaA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Lithostrotionidae; a species of Cionodendron.Craspedophyllia japonicaGeorge D. Stanley Jr. Tetsuji Onoue 2015 Upper Triassic reef corals from the Sambosan Accretionary Complex, Kyushu, Japan Facies 61 2 1 10.1007/s10347-014-0425-1 2015Faci...61....1S 129889380 Sp. novValidStanley & OnoueLate TriassicJapanA stony coral belonging to the family Reimaniphylliidae, a species of Craspedophyllia.Crassialveolites niigataensisShuji Niko Yousuke Ibaraki Jun-ichi Tazawa 2015 Devonian tabulate corals from pebbles in Mesozoic conglomerate, Kotaki, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan Part 2: Alveolitina Science Reports of Niigata University. (Geology) 30 15–25 10191/32232 Sp. novValidNiko, Ibaraki & TazawaDevonianJapanA tabulate coral belonging to the family Alveolitidae.Crateroseris stefaniHelena Eliášová 2015 Genres nouveaux et peu connus de coraux Scléractiniaires des calcaires de Štramberk (Jurassique supérieur de République tchèque) Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 34 1 59–76 http://institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/mhn/documents/Museum/Revue_de_Paleo/59_76_Eliasova.pdf Sp. novValidEliášováLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Štramberk LimestoneCzech RepublicA stony coral belonging to the family Synastraeidae, a species of Crateroseris.CryptoseptaMélanie Gretz Bernard Lathuilière Rossana Martini 2015 A new coral with simplified morphology from the oldest known Hettangian (Early Jurassic) reef in southern France Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 2 277–286 10.4202/app.00012.2013 2015AcPaP..60..277G free https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:72649/ATTACHMENT01 Gen. et sp. novValidGretz, Lathuilière & MartiniEarly Jurassic (Hettangian)FranceA zardinophyllid coral. The type species is Cryptosepta nuda.Dendrophyllia okamotoiShuji Niko Shigeyuki Suzuki Eiji Taguchi 2015 Dendrophyllia okamotoi, a new Miocene species of scleractinian coral from the Katsuta Group in the Tsuyama area, Okayama Prefecture, Southwest Japan Bulletin of the Akiyoshi-dai Museum of Natural History 50 5–9 Sp. novValidNiko, Suzuki & TaguchiMioceneKatsuta GroupJapanA species of Dendrophyllia.Echinophyllia sassellensisSp. novValidBudd & BoselliniOligoceneItalyEocolumastreaHannes Löser Patrick Zell 2015 Revision of the Cretaceous coral family Columastraeidae (Scleractinia) Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 277 2 153–166 10.1127/njgpa/2015/0510 2015NJGPA.277..153L Gen. et comb. novValidLöser & ZellCretaceousRomaniaA stony coral belonging to the group Faviina and the family Columastraeidae. A new genus for "Columnocoenia" ksiazkiewiczi bucovinensis Morycowa (1971) (raised to the rank of a separate species Eocolumastrea bucovinensis)Eokoninckocarinia gemminaJulien Denayer 2015 Rugose corals at the Tournaisian–Viséan transition in the Central Taurides (S Turkey) – Palaeobiogeography and palaeoceanography of the Asian Gondwana margin Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 98 371–398 10.1016/j.jseaes.2014.11.008 2015JAESc..98..371D Sp. novValidDenayerCarboniferous (Mississippian)Yaricak FormationTurkeyA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida, possibly a member of the family Koninckocariniidae.Goniophyllum osloenseAnthony J. Wright 2015 A new species of the early Silurian operculate coral Goniophyllum from Norway GFF 137 3 195–196 10.1080/11035897.2015.1006138 2015GFF...137..195W 129370479 Sp. novValidJohannessen in WrightSilurian (late Telychian)Vik FormationNorwayAn operculate coral, a species of Goniophyllum.Guembelastraea kanmeraeSp. novValidStanley & OnoueLate TriassicJapanA stony coral belonging to the family Guembelastraeidae, a species of Guembelastraea.HalucinophylliaGen. et sp. novValidEliášováLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Štramberk LimestoneCzech RepublicA stony coral belonging to the family Latomeandridae. The type species is Halucinophyllia subridens.Heteropistophyllum carchensisHannes Löser Consuelo Arias Lorenzo Vilas 2015 Aptian-Albian coral faunas from the Sierra de Carche (Prebetic, Murcia, southern Spain) Spanish Journal of Palaeontology 30 1 43–64 http://www.sepaleontologia.es/revista/anteriores/REP%20%282015%29%20vol.%2030/04%20Loser%20et%20al%20bn%20web-.pdf Sp. novValidLöser, Arias & VilasEarly Cretaceous (Aptian and Albian)Mexico SpainA stony coral belonging to the family Elasmocoeniidae, a species of Heteropistophyllum.Isopora matahariSp. novValidSantodomingo, Wallace & JohnsonMioceneIndonesiaA staghorn coral, a species of Isopora.Latiphyllia mexicanaSp. novValidFilkorn & Pantoja-AlorEarly Cretaceous (late Albian)Mal Paso FormationMexicoA stony coral belonging to the family Montlivaltiidae, a species of Latiphyllia.LeleshusiaAlexander B. Doweld 2015 Leleshusia, a new replacement name for Granulina Leleshus, 1975 (Anthozoa: Heliolitoidea) nec Jousseaume, 1888 (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Marginellidae) Zootaxa 3986 5 588–590 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.5.6 26250211 Nom. novValidDoweldLate OrdovicianChina Kazakhstan Russia Tajikistan UzbekistanAn anthozoan belonging to the group Heliolitoidea; a replacement name for Granulina Leleshus (1975).Margarosmilia mizukamiaSp. novValidStanley & OnoueLate TriassicJapanA stony coral belonging to the family Margarophylliidae, a species of Margarosmilia.Mycetophyllopsis aztecaSp. novValidFilkorn & Pantoja-AlorEarly Cretaceous (late Albian)Mal Paso FormationMexicoA stony coral belonging to the family Montlivaltiidae, a species of Mycetophyllopsis.MunusculumGen. et sp. novValidEliášováLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Štramberk LimestoneCzech RepublicA stony coral belonging to the suborder Microsolenina. The type species is Munusculum martinaseki.Nervophyllum lukoviensisSp. novValidFedorowskiCarboniferous (early Serpukhovian)PolandA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Aulophyllidae, a species of Nervophyllum.NudacolumastreaGen. et sp. novValidLöser & ZellCretaceousSpainA stony coral belonging to the group Faviina and the family Columastraeidae. The type species is Nudacolumastrea stefani.OcculogermenGen. et sp. novValidFedorowskiCarboniferous (early Serpukhovian)PolandA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Lithostrotionidae. The type species is Occulogermen luciae.Orbignygyra? incognitaSp. novValidFilkorn & Pantoja-AlorEarly Cretaceous (late Albian)Mal Paso FormationMexicoA stony coral belonging to the family Dendrogyridae, possibly a species of Orbignygyra.Ovalastrea malpasoSp. novValidFilkorn & Pantoja-AlorEarly Cretaceous (late Albian)Mal Paso FormationMexicoA stony coral belonging to the family Latomeandridae, a species of Ovalastrea.Paraclausastrea vorarlbergensisRosemarie C. Baron-Szabo 2015 Paraclausastrea vorarlbergensis sp. nov.; a new coral from the Lower Cretaceous of western Austria (Scleractinia; upper Barremian-lower Aptian; Schrattenkalk Fm.; Vorarlberg) Zootaxa 4032 3 327–332 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.3.9 26624368 Sp. novValidBaron-SzaboEarly Cretaceous (late Barremian-early Aptian)Schrattenkalk FormationAustriaA montlivaltiid stony coral, a species of Paraclausastrea.Paracycloseris effrenatusSp. novValidFilkorn & Pantoja-AlorEarly Cretaceous (late Albian)Mal Paso FormationMexicoA stony coral belonging to the family Cunnolitidae, a species of Paracycloseris.ParaleptoriaBudd Ann F. Bosellini Francesca R. Revision of Oligocene Mediterranean meandroid corals in the scleractinian families Mussidae, Merulinidae and Lobophylliidae Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 9 2016-09-01 1477-2019 10.1080/14772019.2015.1102171 771–798 2016JSPal..14..771B 11380/1105059 87033166 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/1613772 Gen. et comb. novValidhttps://zoobank.org/References/A5731291-9792-464D-87CF-E1DED0C9057E ZooBank.org zoobank.orgBudd & BoselliniEocene (Lutetian) to Oligocene (Rupelian)ItalyA new genus for "Meandrina" polygonalis Catullo (1856); genus also includes "Diploria" flexuosissima d'Achiardi (1868).Parascolymia brachertiMarkus Reuter Thomas Wiedl Werner E. Piller 2015 Parascolymia (Scleractinia: Lobophylliidae) in the Central Paratethys Sea (Vienna Basin, Austria) and its possible biogeographic implications PLOS ONE 10 7 e0132243 10.1371/journal.pone.0132243 26201071 4511765 2015PLoSO..1032243R free Sp. novValidReuter in Reuter, Wiedl & PillerMiocene (Langhian‒early Serravallian)Leitha LimestoneAustriaA stony coral belonging to the family Lobophylliidae, a species of Parascolymia.PickettodendronGen. et comb. et sp. novValidDenayer & WebbCarboniferous (Tournaisian)AustraliaA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Lithostrotionidae. A new genus for "Lithostrotion" williamsi Pickett (1966); genus also contains "Schoenophyllum" dalmaensis Webb (1990), as well as new species Pickettodendron nudum.Preverastraea coatlicueaeSp. novValidFilkorn & Pantoja-AlorEarly Cretaceous (late Albian)Mal Paso FormationMexicoA stony coral belonging to the family Rhipidogyridae, a species of Preverastraea.Preverastraea tociaeSp. novValidFilkorn & Pantoja-AlorEarly Cretaceous (late Albian)Mal Paso FormationMexicoA stony coral belonging to the family Rhipidogyridae, a species of Preverastraea.Pseudoroemeripora sugimuraiShuji Niko Masayuki Fujikawa Takehiko Haikawa 2015 Pseudoroemeripora sugimurai, a new Permian species of auloporid tabulate coral from the Akiyoshi Limestone Group, Yamaguchi Prefecture Bulletin of the Akiyoshi-dai Museum of Natural History 50 1–4 Sp. novValidNiko, Fujikawa & HaikawaPermianAkiyoshi Limestone GroupJapanA tabulate coral.Retiophyllia tosaensisSp. novValidStanley & OnoueLate TriassicJapanA stony coral belonging to the family Reimaniphylliidae, a species of Retiophyllia.Rotiphyllum plumeumSp. novValidFedorowskiCarboniferous (early Serpukhovian)PolandA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Antiphyllidae, a species of Rotiphyllum.Sakalavastraea perturbataHannes Lösser Jan Sklenář 2015 The scleractinian coral genus Glenarea (Bohemian Cretaceous Basin) Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B, Historia Naturalis 71 3–4 365–376 http://actab.nm.cz/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sbB_c3_4_loser_sklenar_web.pdf 10.14446/AMNP.2015.365 4 July 2025 2016-07-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20160718022220/http://actab.nm.cz/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sbB_c3_4_loser_sklenar_web.pdf 2016-07-18 Sp. novValidLösser & SklenářLate Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)Peruc-Korycany FormationCzech RepublicA stony coral belonging to the group Faviina.Saltocyathus cumburindioensisSp. novValidFilkorn & Pantoja-AlorEarly Cretaceous (early Aptian)Cumburindio FormationMexicoA stony coral. Originally assigned to the family Rhipidogyridae and to the genus Saltocyathus, but subsequently transferred to the family Rayasmiliidae and to the genus Rayasmilia.Hannes Löser A new coral family and three new genera from the Lower Cretaceous of Puebla and Sonora (Scleractinia; Mexico) 2022 Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 39 3 220–229 10.22201/cgeo.20072902e.2022.3.1698 2022RMxCG..39..220L 254387480 http://rmcg.geociencias.unam.mx/index.php/rmcg/article/view/1698 free SclerangiaRosemarie Christine Baron-Szabo Stephen Douglas Cairns 2015 A new rhizangiid genus from the Miocene of North America (Sclerangia n. gen.; Florida, USA) Paleontological Contributions 13 1–3 1808/17552 Gen. et sp. novValidBaron-Szabo & CairnsMioceneChipola FormationUnited StatesA rhizangiid stony coral. The type species is Sclerangia floridana.?Sochkineophyllum symmetricumSp. novValidFedorowskiCarboniferous (early Serpukhovian)PolandA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Polycoeliidae, possibly a species of Sochkineophyllum.SylviellaGen. et comb. et 4 sp. novValidEliášováLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Štramberk LimestoneCzech RepublicA stony coral belonging to the suborder Caryophylliina. The type species is "Haplaraea" columnaris Ogilvie (1897); genus also contains new species Sylviella exquisita, Sylviella multisepta, Sylviella noveni and Sylviella benjamin.SylviellopsisGen. et sp. novValidEliášováLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Štramberk LimestoneCzech RepublicA stony coral belonging to the suborder Caryophylliina. The type species is Sylviellopsis erici.TegocoeniaGen. et comb. novValidEliášováLate Jurassic (Tithonian)Štramberk LimestoneCzech RepublicA stony coral belonging to the family Placophylliidae. The type species is "Diplocoenia" jasenica Frajová (1960).Thalamocaeniopsis mexicanensisSp. novValidFilkorn & Pantoja-AlorEarly Cretaceous (late Albian)Mal Paso FormationMexicoA stony coral belonging to the family Thamnasteriidae, a species of Thalamocaeniopsis.Thamnarea hornosensisSp. novValidFilkorn & Pantoja-AlorEarly Cretaceous (early Aptian)Cumburindio FormationMexicoA stony coral belonging to the family Actinacididae, a species of Thamnarea.Thamnasteria tonantzinaeSp. novValidFilkorn & Pantoja-AlorEarly Cretaceous (late Albian)Mal Paso FormationMexicoA stony coral belonging to the family Thamnasteriidae, a species of Thamnasteria.Thamnasteriamorpha okudaiSp. novValidStanley & OnoueLate TriassicJapanA stony coral belonging to the family Tropiastraeidae, a species of Thamnasteriamorpha.Thecosmilia guerreroensisSp. novValidFilkorn & Pantoja-AlorEarly Cretaceous (late Albian)Mal Paso FormationMexicoA stony coral belonging to the family Montlivaltiidae, a species of Thecosmilia.Variabilifavia ausuganensisSp. novValidBudd & BoselliniOligocene (late Rupelian–early Chattian)ItalyYakunopora mabutiiShuji Niko 2015 Yakunopora mabutii, a New Species of Tabulate Coral from the Permian Iwaizaki Limestone, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series C 41 25–28 https://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/geology/download/41/L_BNMNS_C41_25-28.pdf Sp. novValidNikoPermian (Wordian)Iwaizaki LimestoneJapanA tabulate coral belonging to the group Favositida and the family Pachyporidae.Zaphrentites rotiphylloidesSp. novValidFedorowskiCarboniferous (early Serpukhovian)PolandA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Stereophrentidae, a species of Zaphrentites.Zaphriphyllum dalekiJulien Denayer 2015 Taxonomy, biostratigraphy and palaeobiogeography of the late Tournaisian rugose corals of north-western Turkey Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89 3 313–333 10.1007/s12542-014-0245-1 2015PalZ...89..313D 129718645 Sp. novValidDenayerCarboniferous (late Tournaisian)Yılanlı FormationTurkeyA rugose coral belonging to the family Ekvasophyllidae, a species of Zaphriphyllum.Zaphrufimia ancepsSp. novValidFedorowskiCarboniferous (early Serpukhovian)PolandA rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Stereophrentidae, a species of Zaphrufimia. Arthropods 2015 in arthropod paleontology Bryozoans 2015 in bryozoan paleontology Brachiopods Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlaskothyrisRobert B. Blodgett Valeryi V. Baranov Vincent L. Santucci 2015 Alaskothyris new genus (family Stringocephalidae, subfamily Rensselandiinae) from the Givetian (upper Middle Devonian) of the northwestern Brooks Range, northern Alaska New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 67 5–8 https://npshistory.com/publications/paleontology/nmmnhs-67-5.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidBlodgett, Baranov & SantucciDevonian (Givetian)United StatesA stringocephalid terebratulid brachiopod. The type species is Alaskothyris frosti.AlbaspheAdam T. Halamski Maria Aleksandra Bitner Andrzej Kaim Tea Kolar-Jurkovšek Bogdan Jurkovšek 2015 Unusual brachiopod fauna from the Middle Triassic algal meadows of Mt. Svilaja (Outer Dinarides, Croatia) Journal of Paleontology 89 4 553–575 10.1017/jpa.2015.34 2015JPal...89..553H 131380210 Gen. et sp. novValidHalamski et al.Middle Triassic (Ladinian)CroatiaA member of Terebratulida. The type species is Albasphe albertimagni.Alexenia? delepineiM. Luisa Martínez Chacón Cor F. Winkler Prins 2015 Late Bashkirian-early Moscovian (Pennsylvanian) Productidae (Brachiopoda) from the Cantabrian Mountains (NW Spain) Geobios 48 6 459–477 10.1016/j.geobios.2015.07.007 2015Geobi..48..459M 10651/36953 Sp. novValidChacón & Winkler PrinsCarboniferous (Pennsylvanian)SpainA member of Productidae, possibly a species of Alexenia.Ambikella bundellaensisSp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Asselian)Bundella FormationAustraliaA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Ingelarellidae.Amictocracens? brockiLeonid E. Popov Lars E. Holmer Nigel C. Hughes Mansoureh Ghobadi Pour Paul M. Myrow 2015 Himalayan Cambrian brachiopods Papers in Palaeontology 1 4 345–399 10.1002/spp2.1017 2015PPal....1..345P 128766012 http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:823588/FULLTEXT01 Sp. novValidPopov et al.CambrianParahio FormationIndiaA member of Acrotretida belonging to the family Acrotretidae, possibly a species of Amictocracens.Anidanthia apliniJohn Bruce Waterhouse Paul E. Balfe Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the South Curra Limestone 2015 John Bruce Waterhouse The Permian faunal sequence at Gympie, south-east Queensland, Australia Earthwise 12 74–123 https://gsnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Shop/Products/Earthwise/Earthwise-12-Permian-Faunal-Sequence-at-Gimpie-Queensland.pdf Sp. novValidWaterhouse & BalfePermian (Changhsingian)South Curra LimestoneAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the superfamily Paucispiniferoidea and the family Anidanthidae.Aphelotreta khemangarensisSp. novValidPopov et al.CambrianParahio FormationIndiaA member of Acrotretida belonging to the family Acrotretidae, a species of Aphelotreta.Auriculispina kanmeraiJun-ichi Tazawa Tomohiko Shintani 2015 Early Permian (Sakmarian) brachiopods from the Nagaiwa‒Sakamotozawa area, South Kitakami Belt, northeastern Japan, Part 3: Productidina Science Reports of Niigata University. (Geology) 30 39–55 10191/32234 Sp. novValidTazawa & ShintaniPermian (Sakmarian)Sakamotozawa FormationJapanA member of Productida belonging to the family Kansuellidae.Betaneospirifer gigoomganensisJohn Bruce Waterhouse The Permian faunas of the Gigoomgan area 2015 The Permian faunal sequence at Gympie, south-east Queensland, Australia Earthwise 12 124–162 https://gsnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Shop/Products/Earthwise/Earthwise-12-Permian-Faunal-Sequence-at-Gimpie-Queensland.pdf Sp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Changhsingian)Gigoomgan LimestoneAustraliaA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Georginakingiidae. Originally described as a species of Betaneospirifer, subsequently transferred to the genus Neilotreta.Bifida raraV. V. Baranov 2015 New atrypids (Brachiopoda) from the Emsian (Lower Devonian) of Northeast Eurasia Paleontological Journal 49 5 464–473 10.1134/S0031030115050044 2015PalJ...49..464B 88424919 Sp. novValidBaranovDevonian (Emsian)RussiaA member of Atrypidae, a species of Bifida.Bockelia canalisSp. novValidBenedettoOrdovician (Darriwilian)Los Azules FormationArgentinaA member of Strophomenida belonging to the superfamily Plectambonitoidea and the family Taffidae; a species of Bockelia.BookeriaGen. et 2 sp. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermianTiverton FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the superfamily Proboscidelloidea and the family Paucispinauriidae. The type species is B. sparsispinosa; genus also includes new species B. drysdalei, as well as "Terrakea" pollex Hill (1950) and "Paucispinauria" geniculata Waterhouse (1986).BriggsiaJohn Bruce Waterhouse Supplement: new Permian brachiopod genera and species from east Australia 2015 The Permian faunal sequence at Gympie, south-east Queensland, Australia Earthwise 12 167–172 https://gsnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Shop/Products/Earthwise/Earthwise-12-Permian-Faunal-Sequence-at-Gimpie-Queensland.pdf Gen. et comb. novJunior homonymWaterhousePermian (possibly Asselian)AustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the superfamily Proboscidelloidea and the family Auriculispinidae. The type species is "Bandoproductus" hastingsensis Briggs (1998); genus also includes "Bandoproductus" youdalensis Briggs (1998). The generic name is preoccupied by Briggsia Craig & Randall (2009).CastrilloniaJenaro L. García-Alcalde 2015 La sucesión del Emsiense más alto-Eifeliense basal (Devónico) en el Dominio Astur-Leonés de la Zona Cantábrica (N de España) y su fauna de braquiópodos Trabajos de Geología 35 41–98 https://www.unioviedo.es/reunido/index.php/TDG/article/view/11883 Gen. et sp. novValidGarcía-AlcaldeDevonianSpainA member of Orthida belonging to the family Rhipidomellidae. The type species is C. vivaldiana.ChilcorthisGen. et sp. novValidBenedettoOrdovician (Darriwilian)Los Azules FormationArgentinaA member of Orthida belonging to the superfamily Plectorthoidea. The type species is Chilcorthis huarpe.Chonetinetes elongatusG. A. Afanasjeva Tazawa Jun-ichi Shintani Tomohiko 2015 Brachiopods of the order Chonetida from the Lower and Middle Permian of the South Kitakami Mountains, Northeast Japan Paleontological Journal 49 1 19–25 10.1134/S0031030115010013 2015PalJ...49...19A 129760733 Sp. novValidAfanasjeva, Jun-ichi & TomohikoPermianJapanA member of Chonetida belonging to the family Rugosochonetidae, a species of Chonetinetes.ChopiniaJenaro L. García-Alcalde Zarela A. Herrera 2015 Braquiópodos del Devónico Inferior (Lochkoviense-Praguiense) de la región Cántabro- Celtibérica (España) Trabajos de Geología 35 99–138 https://www.unioviedo.es/reunido/index.php/TDG/article/view/11884 Gen. et sp. novJunior homonymGarcía-Alcalde & HerreraDevonian (late Lochkovian or the early Pragian)SpainA member of Athyridida belonging to the family Athyrididae. The type species is C. petercarlsi. The generic name is preoccupied by Chopinia d'Abrera (2001).Chynithele intermediaMichal Mergl Andrea Jiménez-Sánchez 2015 Lingulate brachiopods from the Suchomasty Limestone (upper Emsian) of the Barrandian, Czech Republic Bulletin of Geosciences 90 1 173–193 10.3140/bull.geosci.1533 free Sp. novValidMergl & Jiménez-SánchezDevonian (late Emsian)Daleje-Třebotov FormationCzech RepublicA member of Discinidae, a species of Chynithele.CopperellaGen. et sp. novValidBaranovDevonian (Emsian)RussiaA member of Atrypidae. The type species is Copperella kaskevichi.Cyrtella papulaSp. novValidWaterhouse & BalfePermian (Changhsingian)South Curra LimestoneAustraliaA member of Spiriferinida belonging to the family Syringothyridae.Cyrtonotreta vasculataJuan L. Benedetto 2015 A Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) Dysaerobic Brachiopod Assemblage from the Precordillera Terrane of Argentina: Implications for Early Colonization of Deep Waters Ameghiniana 52 1 69–106 10.5710/AMGH.05.08.2014.2752 2015Amegh..52...69B 129540546 11336/10514 free Sp. novValidBenedettoOrdovician (Darriwilian)Los Azules FormationArgentinaA member of Acrotretida belonging to the family Acrotretidae; a species of Cyrtonotreta.DagyssiaMaurizio Gaetani Nadia Mantovani 2015 Middle Triassic spiriferoid mentzeliids (Brachiopoda) from Alpine and Mediterranean areas Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 121 2 163–194 10.13130/2039-4942/6512Gen. et comb. novValidGaetani & MantovaniTriassic (Anisian)Croatia Hungary Italy China?A mentzeliine mentzeliid brachiopod. The type species is "Spiriferina" palaeotypus Loretz (1875); genus might also contain "Mentzelia" multicostata Yang & Xu (1966).Dalejina telemanniSp. novValidGarcía-AlcaldeDevonianSpainA member of Orthida belonging to the family Rhipidomellidae.Drahanorhynchus gleniffensisBernard Mottequin George Sevastopulo Eric Simon 2015 Micromorph brachiopods from the late Asbian (Mississippian, Visean) from northwest Ireland (Gleniff, County Sligo) Bulletin of Geosciences 90 2 307–330 10.3140/bull.geosci.1512 free Sp. novValidMottequin, Sevastopulo & SimonCarboniferous (Viséan)Meenymore FormationIrelandA member of Orthotetida belonging to the family Schuchertellidae.Duartea latoresensisSp. novValidChacón & Winkler PrinsCarboniferous (Pennsylvanian)SpainA member of Productidae, possibly a species of Duartea.Echinalosia cenulaJohn Bruce Waterhouse 2015 Early Permian Conulariida, Brachiopoda and Mollusca from Homevale, central Queensland Earthwise 11 1–391 https://gsnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Shop/Products/Earthwise/Earthwise-11-Homevale-Fauna.pdf Sp. novValidWaterhousePermianTiverton FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the group Strophalosiidina and the family Dasyalosiidae.Echinalosia denmeadiSp. novValidWaterhouse & BalfePermian (Changhsingian)South Curra LimestoneAustraliaA member of Strophalosiidina belonging to the superfamily Dasyalosioidea and the family Mingenewiidae. Originally described as a species of Echinalosia, subsequently transferred to the genus Capillaria.Echinalosia curtosa sulcataSsp. novValidWaterhousePermianTiverton FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the group Strophalosiidina and the family Dasyalosiidae. Subsequently raised to the rank of the species Echinalosia? (Echinalosia) sulcata.John Bruce Waterhouse 2024 Permian genera and species of Strophalosiidina (Brachiopoda) from east Australia and New Zealand 147–198 Earthwise 23 https://gsnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Shop/Products/Earthwise/Earthwise-23-Permian-Strophalosiidina-from-East-Australia-and-New-Zealand.pdf Eodmitria sezginiRémy Gourvennec İzzet Hoşgör 2015 Brachiopods and crinoids from the Middle-Upper Devonian boundary beds in the Darende-Gürün and Van-Zincirkıran areas (Eastern Taurus, Turkey) Bulletin of Geosciences 90 3 577–600 10.3140/bull.geosci.1526 free Sp. novValidGourvennec & HoşgörDevonian (latest Givetian to early Frasnian)Gümüșali FormationTurkeyA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Cyrtospiriferidae, a species of Eodmitria.Eohadrotreta haydeniSp. novValidPopov et al.CambrianParahio FormationIndiaA member of Acrotretida belonging to the family Acrotretidae, a species of Eohadrotreta.Eremithyris? longiquincusSp. novValidWaterhousePermianTiverton FormationAustraliaA member of Terebratulida belonging to the family Cranaenidae.Eucharitina bultynckiSp. novValidGarcía-Alcalde & HerreraDevonian (early Lochkovian)SpainA member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Uncinulidae.Eucharitina carlsiSp. novValidGarcía-Alcalde & HerreraDevonian (early Pragian)SpainA member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Uncinulidae.Eurytreta harringtoniMichal Mergl Zarela Herrera Enrique Villas Gladys Ortega 2015 Lingulate brachiopods from the Lampazar Formation (late Cambrian) of the Cordillera Oriental of northwestern Argentina Journal of Paleontology 89 4 537–552 10.1017/jpa.2015.42 2015JPal...89..537M 131302273 Sp. novValidMergl & Herrera in Mergl et al.Late CambrianLampazar FormationArgentinaEvanidisinurostrum saouraenseBernard Mottequin Fatima Zohra Malti Madani Benyoucef Catherine Crônier Louisa Samar Carine Randon Denise Brice 2015 Famennian rhynchonellides (Brachiopoda) from deep-water facies of the Ougarta Basin (Saoura Valley, Algeria) Geological Magazine 152 6 1009–1024 10.1017/S0016756814000697 2015GeoM..152.1009M 130753334 Sp. novValidMottequin et al.Devonian (Famennian)AlgeriaA rhynchonellid brachiopod, a species of Evanidisinurostrum.Fletcherithyris burdenaeSp. novValidWaterhousePermianTiverton FormationAustraliaA member of Terebratulida belonging to the family Dielasmidae.Fletcherithyris runnegariSp. novValidWaterhouse & BalfePermian (Changhsingian)South Curra LimestoneAustraliaA member of Terebratulida belonging to the family Dielasmidae.Geothomasia simplicatasSp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Asselian)Wasp Head FormationAustraliaA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Ingelarellidae.Grantonia murrayiJohn Bruce Waterhouse Brachiopoda and bivalve from the upper Rammutt Formation 2015 The Permian faunal sequence at Gympie, south-east Queensland, Australia Earthwise 12 44–65 https://gsnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Shop/Products/Earthwise/Earthwise-12-Permian-Faunal-Sequence-at-Gimpie-Queensland.pdf Sp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Asselian)Rammutt FormationAustraliaA member of the family Trigonotretidae. Originally described as a species of Grantonia, subsequently tentatively assigned to the genus Trigonotreta.John Bruce Waterhouse 2024 Brachiopod species of Spiriferidina from the Permian faunas of east Australia and New Zealand 1–167 Earthwise 26 https://gsnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Shop/Products/Earthwise/Earthwise-26-Brachiopod-species-of-Spiriferidina-from-the-Permian-faunas-of-East-Australia-and-New-Zealand.pdf GympietesJohn Bruce Waterhouse Early Permian Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the middle Rammutt Formation, Gympie 2015 The Permian faunal sequence at Gympie, south-east Queensland, Australia Earthwise 12 8–43 https://gsnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Shop/Products/Earthwise/Earthwise-12-Permian-Faunal-Sequence-at-Gimpie-Queensland.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Asselian)Rammutt FormationAustraliaA member of the family Rugosochonetidae. The type species is G. aseptus.Hadrotreta timchristiorumSp. novValidPopov et al.CambrianParahio FormationIndiaA member of Acrotretida belonging to the family Acrotretidae, a species of Hadrotreta.Hibernodonta lakhensisLeonid E. Popov Vachik Hairapetian David H. Evans Mansoureh Ghobadi Pour Lars E. Holmer Christian Baars 2015 Review of the Ordovician stratigraphy and fauna of the Anarak Region in Central Iran Acta Geologica Polonica 65 4 403–435 10.1515/agp-2015-0019 2015AcGeP..65..403P http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-269049 free Sp. novValidPopov, Holmer & Baars in Popov et al.Ordovician (Katian)Chahgonbad FormationIranA rafinesquinid strophomenid brachiopod; a species of Hibernodonta.Hindella primaSp. novValidPopov, Holmer & Baars in Popov et al.Ordovician (Katian)Chahgonbad FormationIranA meristellid athyridid brachiopod; a species of Hindella.Hoskingia glabraSp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Asselian)Rammutt FormationAustraliaA member of Terebratulida belonging to the family Dielasmidae.Inflatia ovetensisSp. novValidChacón & Winkler PrinsCarboniferous (Pennsylvanian)SpainA member of Productidae, possibly a species of Inflatia.Ingelarella alteplicaSp. novValidWaterhouse & BalfePermian (Changhsingian)South Curra LimestoneAustraliaA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Ingelarellidae.Ingelarella fergusoniSp. novValidWaterhouse & BalfePermian (Changhsingian)South Curra LimestoneAustraliaA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Ingelarellidae.JafarirhynchusLeonid E. Popov Vachik Hairapetian Mansoureh Ghobadi Pour Tatiana L. Modzalevskaya 2015 A new, unusual rhynchonellide with a strophic shell from the Silurian of Iran Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 3 747–754 10.4202/app.00030.2013 free Gen. et sp. novValidPopov et al.Silurian (Telychian)Niur FormationIranA rhynchotrematoid rhynchonellid brachiopod. The type species is Jafarirhynchus alatus.KerberellusLea Devaere Lars Holmer Sebastien Clausen Daniel Vachard 2015 Oldest mickwitziid brachiopod from the Terreneuvian of southern France Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 3 755–768 10.4202/app.00021.2013 2015AcPaP..60..755D http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:691076/FULLTEXT02 free Gen. et sp. novValidDevaere, Holmer & Clausen in Devaere et al.Cambrian (Terreneuvian)Marcou FormationFranceA mickwitziid-like stem-group brachiopod. The type species is Kerberellus marcouensis.KirkirhynchusValeryi V. Baranov Robert B. Blodgett 2015 Revision of the rhynchonellid and atrypid brachiopods from the lower Pragian (Devonian) of Southeast Alaska (Heceta Island) Bulletin of Geosciences 90 1 21–32 10.3140/bull.geosci.1494 free Gen. et comb. novValidBaranov & BlodgettDevonian (early Pragian)United StatesA trigonirhynchiid rhynchonellid brachiopod; a new genus for "Camarotoechia" reesidei Kirk & Amsden (1952).Koenigoria browniSp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Changhsingian)Gundiah Bridge GreywackeAustraliaA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Georginakingiidae. Originally described as a species of Koenigoria, subsequently tentatively assigned to the genus Neilotreta.Kosagittella robustaSp. novValidMergl & Jiménez-SánchezDevonian (late Emsian)Daleje-Třebotov FormationCzech RepublicA member of Obolidae, a species of Kosagittella.KtenopotamorhynchusPaul Sartenaer 2015 Revision of the family Hebetoechiidae Havlíček, 1960, and proposal of three new rhynchonellid (brachiopod) families Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 121 3 267–283 10.13130/2039-4942/6518 Gen. et comb. novValidSartenaerDevonian (Lochkovian)Czech Republic UkraineA member of Rhynchonellida. The type species is "Rhynchonella" borealiformis Siemiradzki (1906); genus also includes "Plethorhyncha" altera (Barrande, 1879).Kutorgina songshanensisYu-juan Liu Yuan-long Zhao Yu-ying Liu Yong-qin Mao 2015 A preliminary study of Kutorgina Billings, 1861 from the Cambrian "Tsinghsutung Formation" of Guizhou, China Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 54 3 342–350 http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=13&CurRec=4&filename=GSWX201503004&dbname=CJFDTEMP Sp. novValidLiu et al.CambrianChinaA species of Kutorgina.Lakismatia sulcataSp. novValidWaterhousePermianTiverton FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the group Strophalosiidina and the family Aulostegidae. Originally described as a species of Lakismatia, subsequently tentatively assigned to the genus Lipanteris.Leptembolon argentinumJuan L. Benedetto Diego F. Muñoz 2015 Linguloidean brachiopods from the Lower Ordovician (Tremadocian) of northwestern Argentina Bulletin of Geosciences 90 2 417–430 10.3140/bull.geosci.1539 11336/43850 free Sp. novValidBenedetto & MuñozOrdovician (Tremadocian)Santa Rosita FormationArgentinaA member of Obolidae, a species of Leptembolon.Libecoviella lenticularisSp. novValidMergl & Herrera in Mergl et al.Late CambrianLampazar FormationArgentinaLibecoviella tilcarensisSp. novValidBenedetto & MuñozOrdovician (Tremadocian)Santa Rosita FormationArgentinaA member of Obolidae, a species of Libecoviella.Lingularia salymicaT. N. Smirnova G. T. Ushatinskaya E. A. Zhegallo I. V. Panchenko 2015 Lingularia Biernat et Emig, 1993 from the Upper Jurassic of western Siberia: Larval and embryonic shells and shell microstructure Paleontological Journal 49 2 125–133 10.1134/S0031030115020100 2015PalJ...49..125S 128683942 Sp. novValidSmirnova in Smirnova et al.Late JurassicRussiaA member of Lingulida, a species of Lingularia.Lingulella? melonicaSp. novValidMergl & Herrera in Mergl et al.Late CambrianLampazar FormationArgentinaLochkothele rugellataSp. novValidMergl & Jiménez-SánchezDevonian (late Emsian)Daleje-Třebotov Formation Zlíchov FormationCzech RepublicA member of Discinidae, a species of Lochkothele.Lomatorthis? multilamellosaSp. novValidPopov, Holmer & Baars in Popov et al.Ordovician (Darriwilian)Chahgonbad FormationIranA glyptorthid orthid brachiopod; possibly a species of Lomatorthis.Magniplicatina cranfieldiSp. novValidWaterhouse & BalfePermian (Changhsingian)South Curra LimestoneAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the superfamily Proboscidelloidea and the family Paucispinauriidae.Magniplicatina dunstaniSp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Asselian)Rammutt FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the superfamily Proboscidelloidea and the family Paucispinauriidae.MaisorthinaGen. et sp. novValidGarcía-AlcaldeDevonian (late Emsian)SpainA member of Orthida belonging to the family Platyorthidae. The type species is M. saroyani.Maorielasma balfeiSp. novValidWaterhousePermianTiverton FormationAustraliaA member of Terebratulida belonging to the family Gilledidae.MariyaspiriferellaValeryi V. Baranov Robert B. Blodgett 2015 Раннедевонские спирифериды (Brachiopoda) Северо-Востока Евразии и Северной Америки Otechestvennaya Geologiya 5/2015 77–82 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285581514 Gen. et sp. et comb. novValidBaranov & BlodgettEarly DevonianCanada Russia United StatesA cyrtinid brachiopod. The type species is M. sibirica; genus also includes "Cyrtina" impressio Perry (1984).Maxwellosia bryaniSp. novValidWaterhousePermianTiverton FormationAustraliaA member of Productida belonging to the group Strophalosiidina and the family Dasyalosiidae.MisensiaGen. et sp. novValidBaranovDevonian (Emsian)RussiaA member of Atrypidae. The type species is Misensia gracilis.Monklandia mcclungiSp. novValidWaterhousePermian (Sakmarian)Rutherford FormationAustraliaA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Notospiriferidae.Neochonetes (Zhongyingia) transversaYang Zhang Wei-Hong He G.R. Shi Ke-Xin Zhang Hui-Ting Wu 2015 A new Changhsingian (Late Permian) brachiopod fauna from the Zhongzhai section (South China) Part 3: Productida Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 3 295–314 10.1080/03115518.2015.1001186 2015Alch...39..295Z 128770202 Sp. novValidZhang et al.Permian (Lopingian)Longtan Formation Yanshi FormationChinaA member of Productida belonging to the family Rugosochonetidae.Notospirifer triplicataSp. novValidWaterhousePermianTiverton FormationAustraliaA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Notospiriferidae.Notostrophia laticostataSp. novValidWaterhousePermianTiverton FormationAustraliaA member of Strophomenata belonging to the superfamily Orthotetoidea and the family Schuchertellidae.OceaniaVladyslav Poletaev Novyy rod i semeystvo kamennougol'nykh spiriferid Yevropy 2015 P. F. Gozhyk Stratotypoví ta oporní rozrízy fanerozois'kykh vídkladív Ukraíny: suchasnyi stan ta perspektyvy podal'shykh doslídzhen'. Materíaly 36 sesií Paleontologichnogo tovarustva Ukraíny 17–18 Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 978-966-02-7700-7 Gen. et comb. novJunior homonymPoletaevCarboniferousBelgium RussiaA member of Spiriferida belonging to the superfamily Paeckelmanelloidea. The type species is "Spirifer" oceani d'Orbigny (1850). The generic name is preoccupied by Oceania Péron & Lesueur (1810); Poletaev (2024) coined a replacement name Johnsoniana.Vladyslav Poletaev New and revised taxa of Carboniferous spiriferides (Brachiopoda, Spiriferida) from the Donets Basin (Ukraine) and South Urals (Russia) 2024 European Journal of Taxonomy 968 132–155 10.5852/ejt.2024.968.2723 2024EJTax.968.2723P free Ogilviella gerensisSp. novValidBaranovDevonian (Emsian)RussiaA member of Atrypidae, a species of Ogilviella.OviformiaJohn Bruce Waterhouse An Early Permian brachiopod faunule from the upper Rammutt Formation 2015 The Permian faunal sequence at Gympie, south-east Queensland, Australia Earthwise 12 66–73 https://gsnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Shop/Products/Earthwise/Earthwise-12-Permian-Faunal-Sequence-at-Gimpie-Queensland.pdf Gen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermianMuree FormationAustraliaA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Ingelarellidae. The type species is "Spirifera (Brachythyris)" oviformis M'Coy (1847); genus also includes new species O. sweeti.Paillettia menaeSp. novValidGourvennec & HoşgörDevonian (latest Givetian to early Frasnian)Gümüșali FormationTurkeyA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Adolfiidae, a species of Paillettia.Palaeoglossa minimaSp. novValidBenedettoOrdovician (Darriwilian)Los Azules FormationArgentinaA member of Obolidae; a species of Palaeoglossa.Papulinella wilsoniSp. novValidWaterhousePermianTiverton FormationAustraliaA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Notospiriferidae.Parmorthina gozonicaSp. novValidGarcía-AlcaldeDevonianSpainA member of Orthida belonging to the family Dalmanellidae.Paryphella acutulaSp. novValidZhang et al.Permian (Lopingian)Dalong Formation Longtan FormationChinaA member of Productida belonging to the family Productellidae.PelmanotretaChristian B. Skovsted Galina Ushatinskaya Lars E. Holmer Leonid E. Popov Artem Kouchinsky 2015 Taxonomy, morphology, shell structure and early ontogeny of Pelmanotreta nom. nov. from the lower Cambrian of Siberia GFF 137 1 1–8 10.1080/11035897.2014.982700 2015GFF...137....1S 129175873 http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:765882/FULLTEXT01 Nom. novValidSkovsted et al.Early CambrianRussiaA replacement name for Cryptotreta Pelman (1977) (preoccupied).Permasyrinx archboldiSp. novValidWaterhousePermianTiverton FormationAustraliaA member of Spiriferinida belonging to the family Syringothyridae.Philhedra pauciradiataSp. novValidBenedettoOrdovician (Darriwilian)Los Azules FormationArgentinaA member of Craniidae; a species of Philhedra.Plekonella whitehouseiSp. novValidWaterhousePermianTiverton FormationAustraliaA member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the superfamily Wellerelloidea and the family Wellerellidae.PortraniaL. Robin M. Cocks 2015 The relationships and diversification of Ordovician and Silurian chilidiopsoidean brachiopods Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 8 703–729 10.1080/14772019.2015.1084655 85721844 Gen. et sp. novValidhttps://zoobank.org/References/630E7168-319F-40ED-9CFD-81096FF10811 ZooBank.org zoobank.orgCocksOrdovician (late Katian)Portrane LimestoneIrelandA chilidiopsoidean brachiopod. The type species is Portrania wrighti Cocks & Harper in Cocks (2015).Praeoehlertella lukesiSp. novValidMergl & Jiménez-SánchezDevonian (late Emsian)Daleje-Třebotov FormationCzech RepublicA member of Discinidae, a species of Praeoehlertella.Prototreta? sumnaensisSp. novValidPopov et al.CambrianParahio FormationIndiaA member of Acrotretida belonging to the family Acrotretidae, possibly a species of Prototreta.Psilothyris corbachoiSebastián Calzada Eduvigis Moreno 2015 Una nueva especie del género Psilothyris Scripta Musei Geologici Seminarii Barcinonensis [Ser. palaeontologica] XVIII 10–22 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283517162 Sp. novValidCalzada & MorenoEarly Cretaceous (Aptian)SpainA member of Terebratellidina belonging to the family Laqueidae and the subfamily Terebrataliopsinae, a species of Psilothyris.PtychomentzeliaGen. et comb. et sp. novValidGaetani & MantovaniMiddle TriassicAustria Bosnia and Herzegovina Hungary Italy Romania TurkeyA tethyspirine mentzeliid brachiopod. The type species is "Spiriferina" propontica Toula (1896); genus also contains "Spiriferina" ptychitiphila Bittner (1890), as well as the new species Ptychomentzelia ritensis.RaisiyaGen. et sp. novValidBaranovDevonian (Emsian)RussiaA member of Atrypidae. The type species is Raisiya solonchanensis.Rhipidomella cervantesiSp. novValidGarcía-AlcaldeDevonianSpainA member of Orthida belonging to the family Rhipidomellidae.Rugaria semicircularisSp. novValidAfanasjeva, Jun-ichi & TomohikoPermianJapanA member of Chonetida belonging to the family Rugosochonetidae, a species of Rugaria.RukavischnikoviaAlexander B. Doweld 2015 Rukavisсhnikovia, a new replacement name for preoccupied Iliella Rukavishnikova, 1980 (Brachiopoda) non Tschernyshev, 1940 (Crustacea) Zootaxa 4052 4 478 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.4.5 26701444 free Nom. novValidDoweldOrdovician (Katian)KazakhstanA member of Spiriferida; a replacement name for Iliella Rukavischnikova (1980).SaltaiaGen. et sp. novValidMergl & Herrera in Mergl et al.Late CambrianLampazar FormationArgentinaA member of Elkaniidae. The type species is Saltaia lampazarensisSavagerhynchusGen. et sp. novValidBaranov & BlodgettDevonian (early Pragian)United StatesA trigonirhynchiid rhynchonellid brachiopod. The type species is Savagerhynchus hecetaensis.ScalenomenaGen. et comb. novValidCocksOrdovician (early KatianCraighead LimestoneUnited KingdomA chilidiopsoidean brachiopod. A new genus for "Fardenia" scalena Williams (1962).Schizambon cardonalisSp. novValidMergl & Herrera in Mergl et al.Late CambrianLampazar FormationArgentinaSchizobolus pilasiensisPierre Morzadec Michal Mergl Carlos Villarroel Philippe Janvier Patrick R. Racheboeuf 2015 Trilobites and inarticulate brachiopods from the Devonian Floresta Formation of Colombia: a review Bulletin of Geosciences 90 2 331–358 10.3140/bull.geosci.1515 free Sp. novValidMergl in Morzadec et al.Devonian (Givetian)Floresta FormationColombiaA member of the family Trematidae.SillakkudirhynchiaBarbara V. Radulović Wagih Ayoub-Hannaa Vladan J. Radulović Nenad J. Banjac 2015 Sillakkudirhynchia gen. nov. (Rhynchonellida, Brachiopoda) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of the Cauvery Basin, southern India: Taxonomy, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 276 1 63–78 10.1127/njgpa/2015/0475 2015NJGPA.276...63R Gen. et comb. novValidRadulović et al.Late Cretaceous (Coniacian to early Maastrichtian)Sillakkudi FormationIndiaA member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Tetrarhynchiidae. A new genus for "Rhynchonella" plicatiloides Stoliczka (1872); genus also contains "Cretirhynchia" sahnii Radulović & Ramamoorthy (1992).Sivorthis precordilleranaSp. novValidBenedettoOrdovician (Darriwilian)Los Azules Formation San Juan FormationArgentinaA member of Orthida belonging to the family Orthidae; a species of Sivorthis.Svalbardia armstrongiSp. novValidWaterhousePermianTiverton FormationAustraliaA member of the family Rugosochonetidae. Originally described as a species of Svalbardia, subsequently transferred to the genus Capillonia.John Bruce Waterhouse 2023 A summary of Chonetidina (Brachiopoda) from the Permian faunas of east Australia and New Zealand 37–64 Earthwise 21 https://gsnz.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Shop/Products/Earthwise/Earthwise-21-Lingulida-Strophomenida-Chonetidina-and-Productida-from-Permian-of-East-Australia-and-New-Zealand.pdf Svalbardia saeptataSp. novValidWaterhousePermianFarley FormationAustraliaA member of the family Rugosochonetidae. Originally described as a species of Svalbardia, subsequently transferred to the genus Capillonia.TalexirhynchiaHoward R. Feldman Mena Schemm-Gregory Mark A. Wilson Fayez Ahmad 2015 Talexirhynchia, a new rhynchonellid genus from the Jurassic Ethiopian Province of Jordan Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89 1 25–35 10.1007/s12542-013-0216-y 2015PalZ...89...25F 129095918 Gen. et sp. novValidFeldman et al.Middle Jurassic (Callovian)Mughanniyya FormationJordanA rhynchonellid brachiopod. The type species is Talexirhynchia kadishi.Tethyochonetes minorSp. novValidZhang et al.Permian (Changhsingian)Longtan FormationChinaA member of Productida belonging to the family Rugosochonetidae.Thecocyrtella dagysiiSp. novValidHalamski et al.Middle Triassic (Ladinian)CroatiaA member of Spiriferida; a species of Thecocyrtella.Theodossia kagarmanoviD.V. Bezgodova 2015 A new species of Theodossia Nalivkin (Brachiopoda: Sprirferida) from the Frasnian of Novaya Zemlya Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 319 4 465–479 http://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_319_4/TZ_319_4_Bezgodova.pdf Sp. novValidBezgodovaDevonian (Frasnian)RussiaA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Theodossiidae, a species of Theodossia.Theodossia novosemelicaSp. novValidBezgodovaDevonian (Frasnian)RussiaA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Theodossiidae, a species of Theodossia.Theodossia tcherkesovaeSp. novValidBezgodovaDevonian (Frasnian)RussiaA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Theodossiidae, a species of Theodossia.TorobolusGen. et sp. novValidBenedetto & MuñozOrdovician (Tremadocian)Devendeus FormationArgentinaA member of Obolidae. The type species is Torobolus subplanus.Trigonirhynchia celtibericaSp. novValidGarcía-Alcalde & HerreraDevonian (early Pragian)SpainA member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Trigonirhynchiidae.Trigonirhynchia palentinaSp. novValidGarcía-Alcalde & HerreraDevonian (early Pragian)SpainA member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Trigonirhynchiidae.TumulosulcusGen. et comb. novValidWaterhousePermian (Roadian)Moonlight SandstoneAustraliaA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Ingelarellidae. The type species is "Ingelarella" magna Campbell (1959).ValidiferaGen. et comb. et sp. novValidWaterhousePermianTiverton FormationAustraliaA member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Ingelarellidae. The type species is "Ingelarella" valida Campbell (1961); genus includes new species V. prima.Yangtzeella chupananicaSp. novValidPopov, Holmer & Baars in Popov et al.Ordovician (Darriwilian)Chahgonbad FormationIranA clarkellid pentamerid brachiopod; a species of Yangtzeella. Molluscs 2015 in molluscan paleontology Echinoderms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAegyptiarisMarouf A.M. Abdelhamid Medhat S. Abdelghany 2015 Notatudiadema and Aegyptiaris: Two new regular echinoids genera with two new species from the Cenomanian of north Sinai, Egypt Cretaceous Research 55 129–140 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.01.003 2015CrRes..55..129A Gen. et sp. et comb. novValidAbdelhamid & AbdelghanyCretaceous (Aptian to Cenomanian)EgyptAn emiratiid sea urchin. The type species is Aegyptiaris halalensis; genus also contains "Trochodiadema" isidis Fourtau (1921).Marouf A.M. Abdelhamid Gamal M.E. El Qot Medhat S. Abdelghany 2016 Revision of the Cretaceous echinoids Heterodiadema and Trochodiadema, and description of two new genera from the Middle East and Arabian Peninsula Cretaceous Research 57 1–18 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.07.006 2016CrRes..57....1A Aganaster jagiellonicusBen Thuy Manfred Kutscher Bartosz J. Płachno 2015 A new brittle star from the Early Carboniferous of Poland and its implications on Paleozoic modern-type ophiuroid systematics Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 4 923–929 10.4202/app.00093.2014 2015AcPaP..60..923T free Sp. novValidThuy, Kutscher & PłachnoCarboniferous (late Tournaisian)Mazurowe Doły FormationPolandA brittle star belonging to the suborder Ophiurina, a species of Aganaster.Archaeocidaris marmorcataractensisJeffrey R. Thompson Jennie Crittenden Chris L. Schneider David J. Bottjer 2015 Lower Pennsylvanian (Bashkirian) echinoids from the Marble Falls Formation, San Saba, Texas, USA Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 276 1 79–89 10.1127/njgpa/2015/0479 2015NJGPA.276...79T Sp. novValidThompson et al.Carboniferous (early Pennsylvanian)Marble Falls FormationUnited StatesA sea urchin, a species of Archaeocidaris.BaficrinusRudolf J. Prokop Martina Nohejlová 2015 Baficrinus gen. nov. (Crinoidea, Inadunata) from the Bohemian Early Devonian (the Czech Republic) Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B-Historia Naturalis 71 1–2 25–30 http://actab.nm.cz/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sbB_c1_2_2015_prokop_nohejlova_baficrinus_web.pdf 2016-01-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081318/http://actab.nm.cz/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sbB_c1_2_2015_prokop_nohejlova_baficrinus_web.pdf 2016-03-04 Gen. et sp. novValidProkop & NohejlováDevonian (late Emsian)Daleje-Třebotov FormationCzech RepublicA crinoid belonging to the group Disparida and the family Zophocrinidae. The type species is Baficrinus vigilis.BaudicrinusTatsuo Oji Richard J. Twitchett 2015 The Oldest Post-Palaeozoic Crinoid and Permian-Triassic Origins of the Articulata (Echinodermata) Zoological Science 32 2 211–215 10.2108/zs140240 25826072 22200155 Gen. et sp. novValidOji & TwitchettEarly TriassicAI Jil FormationOmanA dadocrinid articulate crinoid, a relative of encrinids. The type species is Baudicrinus krystyni.BizarroglobusColin D. Sumrall James Sprinkle 2015 Unusual ambulacral branching pattern in a new Ordovician giant edrioasteroid, Bizarroglobus Journal of Paleontology 89 2 353–359 10.1017/jpa.2014.30 2015JPal...89..353S 128761846 Gen. et sp. novValidSumrall & SprinkleOrdovicianKanosh ShaleUnited StatesAn edrioasteroid. The type species is Bizarroglobus medusae.BrowerocrinusWilliam I. Ausich Mark E. Peter Frank R. Ettensohn 2015 Echinoderms from the lower Silurian Brassfield Formation of east-central Kentucky Journal of Paleontology 89 2 245–256 10.1017/jpa.2014.20 2015JPal...89..245A 130463772 Gen. et sp. novValidAusich, Peter & EttensohnSilurian (Rhuddanian)Brassfield FormationUnited StatesA crinoid. The type species is Browerocrinus arthrikos.Callocystites frestiChristopher R. C. Paul 2015 Callocystites fresti sp. nov., and the significance of ambulacral branching in the Callocystitidae (Echinodermata, Glyptocystitoida) Geological Journal 50 2 189–209 10.1002/gj.2545 2015GeolJ..50..189P 82008911 Sp. novValidPaulSilurianMassie FormationUnited StatesA callocystitid cystoid, a species of Callocystites.'Cidaris' labergensisJohn-Paul Zonneveld Carolyn M. Furlong Shelby C. Sanders 2015 Triassic echinoids (Echinodermata) from the Aksala Formation, north Lake Laberge, Yukon Territory, Canada Papers in Palaeontology 2 1 87–100 10.1002/spp2.1032 140199457 Sp. novValidhttp://zoobank.org/References/0E9DA092-4DFF-4745-B76F-A731EA019C4D Archived copy 2015-11-11 2020-03-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20200317190609/http://zoobank.org/References/0E9DA092-4DFF-4745-B76F-A731EA019C4D Zonneveld, Furlong & SandersLate TriassicAksala FormationCanadaA sea urchin. Zonneveld, Furlong & Sanders (2015) assign it to the form genus 'Cidaris', stressing that it does not imply affinity with the extant genus Cidaris.Conollia sporranoidesImran A. Rahman Sarah E. Stewart Samuel Zamora 2015 The youngest ctenocystoids from the Upper Ordovician of the United Kingdom and the evolution of the bilateral body plan in echinoderms (Echinodermata, Glyptocystitoida) Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 1 39–48 10.4202/app.00048.2013 53397800 http://research-information.bristol.ac.uk/files/34853747/Rahman_et_al._2015_Ordovician_ctenocystoids.pdf Sp. nov ValidRahman, Stewart & ZamoraOrdovician (Sandbian)Balclatchie FormationUnited KingdomA member of Ctenocystoidea, a species of Conollia.Deltoblastus beaveriRyan FitzGerald Morgan 2015 Three New Species of Deltoblastus Fay from the Permian of Timor PLOS ONE 10 6 e0127727 10.1371/journal.pone.0127727 26061737 4465186 2015PLoSO..1027727M free Sp. novValidMorganPermianTimorA blastoid belonging to the family Schizoblastidae.Deltoblastus elevatusSp. novValidMorganPermianTimorA blastoid belonging to the family Schizoblastidae.Deltoblastus ewiniSp. novValidMorganPermianTimorA blastoid belonging to the family Schizoblastidae.Dimerocrinites (Dimerocrinites) cheilobathronSp. novValidClement & BrettEarly Devonian (Lochkovian)Birdsong ShaleUnited StatesA camerate crinoid belonging to the group Diplobathrida.Echinanthus callosensisJosé Francisco Carrasco 2015 Echinanthus callosensis (Echinoidea, Eocene) nomen novum pro Echinanthus dorsalis Cotteau, 1889 nomen praeoccupatum Batalleria 22 5–6 http://mgsb.es/publications/index_archivos/Echinanthus%20callosensis%20nomen%20novum.pdf Nom. novValidCarrascoEocene (Lutetian)SpainA sea urchin; a replacement name for Echinanthus dorsalis Cotteau (1889).EkmelocrinusG.D. Webster Stephen K. Donovan 2016 Review and revision of the West Timor Permian Graphiocrinus species of Johannes Wanner Palaeoworld 24 4 497–522 10.1016/j.palwor.2015.10.003 Gen. et comb. novValidWebster & DonovanPermianIndonesiaA crinoid. Genus includes Ekmelocrinus amplior (Wanner, 1924), Ekmelocrinus subamplior (Wanner, 1949), Ekmelocrinus ovoides (Wanner, 1949), Ekmelocrinus verbeeki (Wanner, 1916) and Ekmelocrinus vermistriatus (Wanner, 1916).EnakomusiumGen. et comb. novValidThuyJurassic (Toarcian to Oxfordian)France Germany Switzerland United KingdomA brittle star. A new genus for "Ophioderma" weymouthiense Damon (1880); genus also contains "Ophiomusium" ferrugineum Boehm (1889), "Ophiolepis" leckenbyi Wright (1880), "Ophiomusium" geisingense Kutscher (1992), "Ophiomusium" mammillatum Hess (1966) and "Ophiura" gagnebini Thurmann (1851).EodevonocystisGen. et sp. novValidClement & BrettEarly Devonian (Lochkovian)Birdsong ShaleUnited StatesA mitrate belonging to the group Anomalocystitida. The type species is E. marilynni.EodolatocrinusGen. et sp. et comb. novValidClement & BrettLate Silurian-early DevonianBob Limestone (Brownsport Group) Lower Birdsong ShaleUnited StatesA crinoid belonging to the group Monobathrida. The type species is E. hlabsei; genus also includes "Technocrinus" niagarensis Springer (1921).EohadroblastusGen. et sp. novValidClement & BrettEarly Devonian (Lochkovian)Birdsong ShaleUnited StatesA blastoid belonging to the group Fissiculata. The type species is E. inexpectatus.Eohalysiocrinus broweriSp. novValidClement & BrettEarly Devonian (Lochkovian)Birdsong Shale Rockhouse LimestoneUnited StatesA disparid crinoid belonging to the group Calceocrinida.Eohalysiocrinus gibsoniSp. novValidClement & BrettEarly Devonian (Lochkovian)Birdsong Shale Rockhouse LimestoneUnited StatesA disparid crinoid belonging to the group Calceocrinida.Eudimerocrinus hlabseiSp. novValidClement & BrettLate Silurian (Pridoli)-early Devonian (Lochkovian)Decatur Limestone Rockhouse LimestoneUnited StatesA camerate crinoid belonging to the group Diplobathrida.Exaesiodiscus derbyiSandro Marcelo Scheffler Vera Maria Medina da Fonseca Antonio Carlos Sequeira Fernandes 2015 New crinoids from the Maecuru formation (Middle Eifelian; Amazon Basin, State of Pará, Brazil) Geobios 48 1 57–69 10.1016/j.geobios.2014.11.002 2015Geobi..48...57S Sp. nov ValidScheffler, da Fonseca & FernandesDevonian (middle Eifelian)Maecuru FormationBrazilA crinoid, a species of Exaesiodiscus.FrasericrinusWilliam I. Ausich Charles R. Stelck A. Guy Plint Robin A. Buckley Piotr J. Angiel 2015 Early Cretaceous (?early late Albian) echinoderms from northeastern British Columbia, Canada Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52 4 235–243 10.1139/cjes-2014-0218 2015CaJES..52..235A Gen. et sp. novValidAusich et al.Early Cretaceous (probably early late Albian)Peace River FormationCanadaAn isocrinid crinoid. The type species is Frasericrinus mauricensis.Globoeocrinus zhaoyuanlongensisZai-Chun Yang Jih-Pai Lin Yao-Ping Zhang Yi-Shan Wu Xue-Yuan Meng 2015 A new eocrinoid fauna (Cambrian Series 2) from Guizhou Province, South China Palaeoworld 24 4 430–437 10.1016/j.palwor.2015.03.007 Sp. nov ValidYang et al.CambrianBalang FormationChinaAn eocrinoid, a species of Globoeocrinus.GuangxicrinusG.D. Webster Xiu-Qin Chen 2015 Lower Middle Devonian, Eifelian, crinoids from central Guangxi, South China Palaeoworld 24 4 454–459 10.1016/j.palwor.2015.09.001 Gen. et sp. nov ValidWebster & ChenDevonian (Eifelian)Yingtang FormationChinaA marsupiocrinid crinoid. The type species is Guangxicrinus xiangzhouensis.Hemidiadema batalleriArnaud Clément 2015 Révision des espèces du genre Hemidiadema Agassiz, 1846 (Euechinoidea, Camaradonta, Glyphocyphidae), de l'Aptien (Crétacé inférieur) d'Espagne Carnets de Géologie 15 20 279–330 10.4267/2042/58204 http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/1520/index.html free 2015-12-25 2015-12-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20151225112322/http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/1520/index.html dead Sp. novValidClémentEarly Cretaceous (Aptian)SpainA sea urchin belonging to the family Glyphocyphidae, a species of Hemidiadema.Hemidiadema forcallensisSp. novValidClémentEarly Cretaceous (Aptian)SpainA sea urchin belonging to the family Glyphocyphidae, a species of Hemidiadema.Hemidiadema malladaiSp. novValidClémentEarly Cretaceous (Aptian)SpainA sea urchin belonging to the family Glyphocyphidae, a species of Hemidiadema.Heviacrinus tromeliniBertrand Lefebvre William I. Ausich Sébastien Clausen Philippe Courville Jean-Paul Kundura Xavier Legrain Serge Régnault Philippe Roussel 2015 A review of Ordovician crinoids from France: New data from the Darriwilian of the Armorican Massif and palaeobiogeographic implications Annales de Paléontologie 101 4 301–313 10.1016/j.annpal.2015.10.004 2015AnPal.101..301L Sp. novValidLefebvre et al.Ordovician (late Darriwilian)FranceA crinoid, a species of Heviacrinus.Icthyocrinus erugatusSp. novValidClement & BrettEarly Devonian (Lochkovian)Rockhouse LimestoneUnited StatesA cladid crinoid belonging to the group Sagenocrinida.Iocrinus africanusSamuel Zamora Imran A. Rahman William I. Ausich 2015 Palaeogeographic implications of a new iocrinid crinoid (Disparida) from the Ordovician (Darriwillian) of Morocco PeerJ 3 e1450 10.7717/peerj.1450 26664800 4675106 free Sp. novValidZamora, Rahman & AusichOrdovician (Darriwilian)Taddrist FormationMoroccoAn iocrinid crinoid, a species of Iocrinus.Lanxocolumnus (col.) chaleurensisStephen K. Donovan David G. Keighley 2015 A 'British' Silurian crinoid from Quinn Point, New Brunswick, eastern Canada Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 126 2 226–231 10.1016/j.pgeola.2015.01.006 free 2015PrGA..126..226D Sp. nov ValidDonovan & KeighleySilurian (Telychian)CanadaA crinoid, a species of Lanxocolumnus.Lapidaster hellersiLea D. Numberger-Thuy Ben Thuy 2015 An unusual echinoderm assemblage from the earliest Bajocian (middle Jurassic) of Luxembourg, with special emphasis on the ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) Robert Weis Ben Thuy Le Jurassique au Luxembourg (1) - Vertébrés, échinodermes et céphalopodes du Bajocien. Ferrantia 71 Ferrantia: Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle de Luxembourg Musée national d'histoire naturelle, Luxembourg 39–52 1682-5519 https://ps.mnhn.lu/ferrantia/publications/Ferrantia71.pdf Sp. novValidNumberger-Thuy & ThuyMiddle Jurassic (earliest Bajocian)LuxembourgA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae, a species of Lapidaster.Laudonomphalus ferreiraiSp. nov ValidScheffler, da Fonseca & FernandesDevonian (middle Eifelian)Maecuru FormationBrazilA crinoid, a species of Laudonomphalus.LlanocystisSamuel Zamora Colin D. Sumrall James Sprinkle 2015 New long-stemmed eocrinoid from the Furongian Point Peak Shale Member of the Wilberns Formation, central Texas Journal of Paleontology 89 1 189–193 10.1017/jpa.2014.16 2015JPal...89..189Z 130793961 Gen. et sp. novValidZamora, Sumrall & SprinkleCambrian (Furongian)Wilberns FormationUnited StatesAn eocrinoid of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Llanocystis wilbernsensis.Lovenicystis kopfiChristopher R. C. Paul 2015 A cystoid with two left facets: the significance of Tetracystis in the evolution and classification of the Callocystitidae (Echinodermata, Glyptocystitoida) Geological Journal 50 5 607–633 10.1002/gj.2578 2015GeolJ..50..607P 86155820 Sp. novValidPaulSilurianUnited StatesA callocystitid cystoid, a species of Lovenicystis.Marettocrinus harttiSp. nov ValidScheffler, da Fonseca & FernandesDevonian (middle Eifelian)Maecuru FormationBrazilA crinoid, a species of Marettocrinus.Marettocrinus katzeriSp. nov ValidScheffler, da Fonseca & FernandesDevonian (middle Eifelian)Maecuru FormationBrazilA crinoid, a species of Marettocrinus.MarginixSergio Martínez Claudia del Río 2015 Fossil Asterozoa (Echinodermata) of Argentina Revista de Biología Tropical 63 Suppl. 2 1–6 https://www.academia.edu/13565253 Nom. novValidMartínez & del RíoDevonianTalacasto FormationArgentinaA brittle star belonging to the order Oegophiurida and the family Encrinasteridae; a replacement name for Marginaster Haude (1995) and Marginura Haude (1999) (both preoccupied).200px|Macrostylocrinus tertibrachialisSp. novValidClement & BrettEarly Devonian (Lochkovian)Rockhouse LimestoneUnited StatesA camerate crinoid belonging to the group Monobathrida.Marsupiocrinus (Amarsupiocrinus) devonicusSp. novValidClement & BrettEarly Devonian (Lochkovian)Birdsong ShaleUnited StatesA camerate crinoid belonging to the group Monobathrida.NotatudiademaGen. et sp. novValidAbdelhamid & AbdelghanyLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)EgyptA diadematoid sea urchin. The type species is Notatudiadema rekeibensis.OphiocantabriaD.B. Blake S. Zamora J.L. García-Alcalde 2015 A new Devonian asteroid-like ophiuroid from Spain Geologica Acta 13 4 335–343 http://www.geologica-acta.com/pdf/vol1304a06.pdf 10.1344/GeologicaActa2015.13.4.6 Gen. et sp. nov ValidBlake, Zamora & García-AlcaldeDevonian (Lochkovian)Furada FormationSpainA brittle star belonging to the order Oegophiurida, suborder Lysophiurina and the family Encrinasteridae. The type species is Ophiocantabria elegans.200px|Ophiodoris reconciliatorBen Thuy 2015 A peri-reefal brittle-star (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) assemblage from the Middle Jurassic of the northeast Paris Basin Robert Weis Ben Thuy Le Jurassique au Luxembourg (1) - Vertébrés, échinodermes et céphalopodes du Bajocien. Ferrantia 71 Ferrantia: Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle de Luxembourg Musée national d'histoire naturelle, Luxembourg 87–106 1682-5519 https://ps.mnhn.lu/ferrantia/publications/Ferrantia71.pdf Sp. novValidThuyMiddle Jurassic (early Bajocian)Longwy FormationFranceA brittle star belonging to the family Ophionereididae, a species of Ophiodoris.Ophiotitanos aschmannicorSp. novValidThuyMiddle Jurassic (early Bajocian)Longwy FormationFranceA brittle star belonging to the family Ophiodermatidae, a species of Ophiotitanos.Paracidaris (Anisocidaris) eluveitieBernhard Hostettler Ursula Menkveld-Gfeller 2015 Die Cidariden (Echinoidea, Echinodermata) der Wildegg-Formation (mittleres Oxfordien, Schweizer Jura) Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 34 2 195–233 http://institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/mhn/documents/Museum/Revue_de_Paleo/195-233_Hostettler_Menkveld.pdf Sp. novValidHostettler & Menkveld-GfellerLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)Wildegg FormationSwitzerlandA member of Cidaroida, a species of Paracidaris.ParahormocrinusGen. et sp. novValidClement & BrettLate Silurian (Pridoli)Decatur LimestoneUnited StatesA cladid crinoid belonging to the group Sagenocrinida. The type species is P. decaturensis.ParamarsupiocrinusGen. et sp. novValidClement & BrettLate Silurian (Pridoli)United StatesA camerate crinoid belonging to the group Monobathrida. The type species is P. broadheadi.ParapatelliocrinusGen. et sp. novValidClement & BrettDevonian (Lochkovian)Lower Rockhouse LimestoneUnited StatesA crinoid belonging to the group Monobathrida. The type species is P. broweri.Pentaridica mendesiSp. nov ValidScheffler, da Fonseca & FernandesDevonian (middle Eifelian)Maecuru FormationBrazilA crinoid, a species of Pentaridica.Polycidaris gygiiSp. novValidHostettler & Menkveld-GfellerLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)Lochen Formation Wildegg FormationGermany SwitzerlandA member of Cidaroida, a species of Polycidaris.PorosublastusJames Sprinkle Colin D. Sumrall 2015 New edrioasterine and astrocystitid (Echinodermata: Edrioasteroidea) from the Ninemile Shale (Lower Ordovician), central Nevada Journal of Paleontology 89 2 346–352 10.1017/jpa.2014.29 2015JPal...89..346S 129561179 Gen. et sp. novValidSprinkle & SumrallEarly OrdovicianNinemile ShaleUnited StatesAn edrioasteroid. The type species is Porosublastus inexpectus.ProbalocrinusCraig R. Clement Carlton E. Brett 2015 Echinoderm faunas of the Decatur Limestone and Ross Formation (Upper Silurian to Lower Devonian) of west-central Tennessee Bulletins of American Paleontology 388 1–111 https://www.priweb.org/downloads/pubs/item_pdf_5800.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20180723212508/https://www.priweb.org/downloads/pubs/item_pdf_5800.pdf 2018-07-23Gen. et comb. novValidClement & BrettLate Silurian (Ludlovian)-early Devonian (Lochkovian)Birdsong Shale Henryhouse FormationUnited StatesA camerate crinoid belonging to the group Diplobathrida. The type species is "Siphonocrinus" dignis Strimple (1963).ProtogloboeocrinusYuanlong Zhao Jin Peng Mengyin Wu Xiuchun Luo Rongqin Wen Yujuan Liu 2015 A new type eocrinoids of echinoderms from the Balang Formation in Cambrian at Xiasi Town, Majiang County, Guizhou Province, China Earth Science — Journal of China University of Geosciences 40 2 249–260 10.3799/dqkx.2015.018 4 July 2025 Gen. et sp. novValidZhao et al.CambrianBalang FormationChinaA member of Eocrinoidea. Genus includes new species P. yini Zhao, Peng & Wu in Zhao et al. (2015).PseudedriophusGen. et sp. novValidSprinkle & SumrallEarly OrdovicianNinemile ShaleUnited StatesAn edrioasteroid. The type species is Pseudedriophus guensburgi.QuechuacrinusThomas E. Guensburg Beatriz G. Waisfeld 2015 South America's earliest (Ordovician, Floian) crinoids Journal of Paleontology 89 4 622–630 10.1017/jpa.2015.49 2015JPal...89..622G 131565136 11336/43469 free Gen. et sp. nov ValidGuensburg & WaisfeldOrdovician (Floian)ArgentinaA crinoid. The type species is Quechuacrinus ticsa.Ramseyocrinus argentinusSp. nov ValidGuensburg & WaisfeldOrdovician (Floian)ArgentinaA crinoid, a species of Ramseyocrinus.RautscholdticrinusGen. et comb. novValidWebster & DonovanPermianIndonesiaA crinoid. Genus includes Rautscholdticrinus indicus (Wanner, 1916) and Rautscholdticrinus weidnerii (Wanner, 1937).Rhabdocidaris deubelbeissiSp. novValidHostettler & Menkveld-GfellerLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)Wildegg FormationSwitzerlandA member of Cidaroida, a species of Rhabdocidaris.Ristnacrinus oepikiW. I. Ausich S. V. Rozhnov T. W. Kammer 2015 Iocrinid crinoids from the Ordovician of the Baltic Region, Estonia Paleontological Journal 49 2 145–152 10.1134/S0031030115020069 2015PalJ...49..145A 85510047 Sp. novValidAusich, Rozhnov & KammerOrdovician (Katian)EstoniaA crinoid related to Iocrinus, a species of Ristnacrinus.SalamonicrinusDawid Trzęsiok 2015 Crinoids (Crinoidea, Echinodermata) from the Štramberk-type limestones of Poland Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 276 2 155–172 10.1127/njgpa/2015/0472 2015NJGPA.276..155T Gen. et sp. novValidTrzęsiokLate Jurassic (Tithonian)PolandA cyrtocrinid crinoid. The type species is Salamonicrinus prodigiosum.SalirocystisGen. et comb. novValidPaulSilurianUnited StatesA callocystitid cystoid; a new genus for "Apiocystites" anna Safford (1869).Temnocrinus americanusSp. novValidAusich, Peter & EttensohnSilurian (Rhuddanian)Brassfield FormationUnited StatesA crinoid, a species of Temnocrinus.VelocrinusWilliam I. Ausich Mark A. Wilson Olev Vinn Olev Vinn 2015 Wenlock and Pridoli (Silurian) crinoids from Saaremaa, western Estonia (Phylum Echinodermata) Journal of Paleontology 89 1 72–81 10.1017/jpa.2014.6 free 2015JPal...89...72A Gen. et sp. novValidAusich, Wilson & VinnLate SilurianKaugatuma FormationEstoniaA crotalocrinitid crinoid. The type species is Velocrinus coniculus. Conodonts Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArianagnathusPeep Männik C. Giles Miller Vachik Hairapetian 2015 A new early Silurian prioniodontid conodont with three P elements from Iran and associated species Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 3 733–746 10.4202/app.00003.2013 2015AcPaP..60..733M 10141/622016 free Gen. et sp. novValidMännik, Miller & HairapetianSilurianNiur FormationIranA member of Prioniodontida, possibly a balognathid. The type species is Arianagnathus jafariani.Dichognathus zhaoiJian-fei Xiong Tao Wu Jun-qi Wang 2015 Biostratigraphy and correlation of Ordovician conodonts from drilling sites of the northern area of Tarim Basin Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 54 1 120–139 http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=56&CurRec=10&filename=GSWX201501010&dbname=CJFDLAST2015 2018-01-15 2018-01-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20180115124735/http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=56&CurRec=10&filename=GSWX201501010&dbname=CJFDLAST2015 dead Sp. novValidXiong, Wu & WangOrdovicianTarim BasinChinaEolinguipolygnathus radulaZhor Sarah Aboussalam Ralph Thomas Becker Pierre Bultynck 2015 Emsian (Lower Devonian) conodont stratigraphy and correlation of the Anti-Atlas (Southern Morocco) Bulletin of Geosciences 90 4 893–980 10.3140/bull.geosci.1534 free Sp. novValidAboussalam & Becker in Aboussalam, Becker & BultynckDevonian (early Emsian)MoroccoEoplacognathus aisangensisSp. novValidXiong, Wu & WangOrdovicianTarim BasinChinaGapparodus gapparitesBen Yang Michael Steiner Helmut Keupp 2015 Early Cambrian palaeobiogeography of the Zhenba–Fangxian Block (South China): Independent terrane or part of the Yangtze Platform? Gondwana Research 28 4 1543–1565 10.1016/j.gr.2014.09.020 2015GondR..28.1543Y Sp. novValidYang, Steiner & KeuppEarly CambrianShuijingtuo FormationChinaA member of Furnishinidae; a species of Gapparodus.HayashiellaAli Murat Kiliç Pablo Plasencia Keisuke Ishida Francis Hirsch 2015 The case of the Carnian (Triassic) conodont genus Metapolygnathus Hayashi Journal of Earth Science 26 2 219–223 10.1007/s12583-015-0534-y 2015JEaSc..26..219K 84609412 Gen. et comb. novValidKiliç et al.Late TriassicCanada Italy Japan SlovakiaA member of Gondolellidae. A new genus for "Metapolygnathus" nodosus Hayashi (1968); genus also includes "Gondolella" carpathica Mock (1979), H. lindae (Orchard) and H. permica (Hayashi).Hindeodus capitanensisBruce R. Wardlaw Merlynd K. Nestell 2015 Conodont faunas from a complete basinal succession of the upper part of the Wordian (Middle Permian, Guadalupian, West Texas) Micropaleontology 61 4–5 257–292 10.47894/mpal.61.4.02 2015MiPal..61..257W 132061177 Sp. novValidWardlaw & NestellPermianUnited StatesIcriodus ovalisSp. novValidBultynck in Aboussalam, Becker & BultynckDevonian (late Emsian)Mdâouer-el-Kbîr FormationMoroccoIcriodus praerectirostratusSp. novValidBultynck in Aboussalam, Becker & BultynckDevonian (late Emsian)Timrhanrhart FormationMoroccoMazzaellaGen. et comb. novValidKiliç et al.Late TriassicGermany Hungary Italy TurkeyA member of Gondolellidae. A new genus for "Epigondolella" carnica Krystyn (1975); genus also includes "Metapolygnathus" baloghi Kovacs (1977).MoskalenkodusJerzy Dzik 2015 Evolutionary roots of the conodonts with increased number of elements in the apparatus Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 106 1 29–53 10.1017/S1755691015000195 2015EESTR.106...29D 55985923 Gen. et comb. novValidDzikLate OrdovicianKrivaya Luka Formation Makarovo Formation Tunguz BasinRussiaA member of Prioniodontida belonging to the family Distomodontidae. A new genus for "Amorphognathus" quinquiradiatus Moskalenko in Kanygin et al. (1977). Genus also includes Moskalenkodus cruciformis (Moskalenko, 1970).Neostreptognathodus costatusChengyuan Wang Fang Zhang 2015 A new Early Permian conodont species from the Amushan Formation in Xiwuzhumuqin Qi, Inner Mongolia, China Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 32 2 209–218 http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=WSGT201502010&DBName=cjfqtotal&dbcode=cjfq 2016-03-04 2015-12-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090823/http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=WSGT201502010&DBName=cjfqtotal&dbcode=cjfq dead Sp. novValidWang & ZhangEarly PermianAmushan FormationChinaOzarkodina derenjalensisSp. novValidMännik, Miller & HairapetianSilurianNiur FormationIranA member of Ozarkodinida, a spathognathodontid; a species of Ozarkodina.Polygnathus bicristatusAngelo Mossoni Nicola Carta Carlo Corradini Claudia Spalletta 2015 Conodonts across the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary in SE Sardinia (Italy) Bulletin of Geosciences 90 2 371–388 10.3140/bull.geosci.1524 https://iris.unica.it/bitstream/11584/72434/4/164.Mossoni%20et%20al%202014%20-%20Bruncu%20Bullai%20DCB%20-%20BullGeosci.pdf 11584/72434 free Sp. novValidMossoni et al.Late Devonian or Early CarboniferousItalyA member of Ozarkodinida belonging to the family Polygnathidae, a species of Polygnathus.Polygnathus nuragicusSp. novValidMossoni et al.Late Devonian or Early CarboniferousItalyA member of Ozarkodinida belonging to the family Polygnathidae, a species of Polygnathus.PostoistodusGen. et 2 sp. novValidXiong, Wu & WangOrdovicianTarim BasinChinaGenus includes new species P. elongatus and P. tridens.Pseudohindeodus brevisSp. novValidWardlaw & NestellPermianUnited StatesPseudopolygnathus granulobatusSp. novValidMossoni et al.Late Devonian or Early CarboniferousItalyA member of Ozarkodinida belonging to the family Polygnathidae, a species of Pseudopolygnathus.Pygodus serrus ambonisSubsp. novValidXiong, Wu & WangOrdovicianTarim BasinChinaSpathogondolellaYanlong Chen Haishui Jiang Xulong Lai Chunbo Yan Sylvain Richoz Xiaodan Liu Lina Wang 2015 Early Triassic conodonts of Jiarong, Nanpanjiang Basin, southern Guizhou Province, South China Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 105 104–121 10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.03.014 2015JAESc.105..104C Gen. et sp. novValidJiang in Chen et al.Early TriassicChinaThe type species is Spathogondolella jiarongensis.Vjalovognathus nicolliDong-xun Yuan Yi-chun Zhang Shu-zhong Shen Charles M. Henderson Yu-jie Zhang Tong-xing Zhu Xian-yin An Hong-zhen Feng 2015 Early Permian conodonts from the Xainza area, central Lhasa Block, Tibet, and their palaeobiogeographical and palaeoclimatic implications Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 5 365–383 10.1080/14772019.2015.1052027 140132543 Sp. novValidhttps://zoobank.org/References/35EFEF79-315E-4CCE-A72E-5BE27CFAFBF5 ZooBank.org zoobank.orgYuan, Shen & Henderson in Yuan et al.Early PermianXiala FormationChinaA species of Vjalovognathus. Fishes 2015 in fish paleontology Reptiles 2015 in reptile paleontology 2015 in archosaur paleontology Amphibians Research A study of the anatomy of the skull of Acanthostega gunnari is published by Porro, Rayfield & Clack (2015).Laura B. Porro Emily J. Rayfield Jennifer A. Clack 2015 Descriptive Anatomy and Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of the Skull of the Early Tetrapod Acanthostega gunnari Jarvik, 1952 PLOS ONE 10 3 e0118882 10.1371/journal.pone.0118882 25760343 4356540 2015PLoSO..1018882P free A study of the skeletal morphogenesis of the lepospondyls Microbrachis pelikani and Hyloplesion longicostatum is published by Olori (2015).Jennifer C. Olori 2015 Skeletal Morphogenesis of Microbrachis and Hyloplesion (Tetrapoda: Lepospondyli), and Implications for the Developmental Patterns of Extinct, Early Tetrapods PLOS ONE 10 6 e0128333 10.1371/journal.pone.0128333 26083733 4470922 2015PLoSO..1028333O free A study of the anatomy of the skull of the lepospondyl Quasicaecilia texana is published by Pardo, Szostakiwskyj & Anderson (2015).Jason D. Pardo Matt Szostakiwskyj Jason S. Anderson 2015 Cranial Morphology of the Brachystelechid 'Microsaur' Quasicaecilia texana Carroll Provides New Insights into the Diversity and Evolution of Braincase Morphology in Recumbirostran 'Microsaurs' PLOS ONE 10 6 e0130359 10.1371/journal.pone.0130359 26107260 4479878 2015PLoSO..1030359P free New taxa Temnospondyls Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEocyclotosaurus appetolatusLarry F. Rinehart Spencer G. Lucas Rainer R. Schoch 2015 Eocyclotosaurus appetolatus, a new cyclotosaurid amphibian from the Middle Triassic (Perovkan) Moenkopi Formation of New Mexico, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 3 e929140 10.1080/02724634.2014.929140 2015JVPal..35E9140R 140694709 Sp. nov ValidRinehart, Lucas & SchochMiddle TriassicMoenkopi FormationUnited StatesA capitosaur, a species of Eocyclotosaurus.Metoposaurus algarvensisStephen L. Brusatte Richard J. Butler Octávio Mateus J. Sébastien Steyer 2015 A new species of Metoposaurus from the Late Triassic of Portugal and comments on the systematics and biogeography of metoposaurid temnospondyls Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 3 e912988 10.1080/02724634.2014.912988 2015JVPal..35E2988B 84007744 Sp. nov ValidBrusatte et al.Late TriassicPortugalA species of Metoposaurus.ParapytangaAdriana Strapasson Felipe L. Pinheiro Marina B. Soares 2015 On a new stereospondylomorph temnospondyl from the Middle/Late Permian of Southern Brazil Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 4 843–855 10.4202/app.00059.2014 2015AcPaP..60..843S free Gen. et sp. nov ValidStrapasson, Pinheiro & SoaresMiddle or late PermianRio do Rasto FormationBrazilA basal member of Stereospondylomorpha. The type species is Parapytanga catarinensis.200px|ProcuhyJuan C. Cisneros Claudia Marsicano Kenneth D. Angielczyk Roger M. H. Smith Martha Richter Jörg Fröbisch Christian F. Kammerer Rudyard W. Sadleir 2015 New Permian fauna from tropical Gondwana Nature Communications 6 8676 10.1038/ncomms9676 free 26537112 4659833 2015NatCo...6.8676C Gen. et sp. nov ValidCisneros et al.Permian (Cisuralian)Lower Pedra de Fogo FormationBrazilA member of Trimerorhachidae. The type species is Procuhy nazariensis.200px|TimonyaGen. et sp. nov ValidCisneros et al.Permian (Cisuralian)Lower Pedra de Fogo FormationBrazilA member of Dvinosauria. The type species is Timonya anneae.200px| Lepospondyls Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAletrimytiMatt Szostakiwskyj Jason D. Pardo Jason S. Anderson 2015 Micro-CT Study of Rhynchonkos stovalli (Lepospondyli, Recumbirostra), with Description of Two New Genera PLOS ONE 10 6 e0127307 10.1371/journal.pone.0127307 26061187 4465623 2015PLoSO..1027307S free Gen. et sp. nov ValidSzostakiwskyj, Pardo & AndersonPermian (Kungurian)Fairmont ShaleUnited StatesA member of Recumbirostra. The type species is Aletrimyti gaskillae.Batropetes appelensisSabine Glienke 2015 Two new species of the genus Batropetes (Tetrapoda, Lepospondyli) from the Central European Rotliegend (basal Permian) in Germany Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 2 e918041 10.1080/02724634.2014.918041 2015JVPal..35E8041G 83855041 Sp. nov ValidGlienkeEarly PermianSaar–Nahe BasinGermanyA species of Batropetes.Batropetes palatinusSp. nov ValidGlienkeEarly PermianSaar–Nahe BasinGermanyA species of Batropetes.DvellecanusGen. et sp. nov ValidSzostakiwskyj, Pardo & AndersonPermian (Kungurian)Fairmont ShaleUnited StatesA member of Recumbirostra. The type species is Dvellecanus carrolli. Lissamphibians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBufo mirusElena V. Syromyatnikova 2015 A new species of Bufo (Amphibia, Anura) from the Miocene of Russia Russian Journal of Herpetology 22 4 281–288 http://rjh.folium.ru/index.php/rjh/article/view/1026 Sp. novValidSyromyatnikovaLate Early – early Middle MioceneKhalagay FormationRussiaA true toad of uncertain phylogenetic placement, most similar and possibly related to the Mongolian toad.HensonbatrachusJames D. Gardner Donald B. Brinkman 2015 A new frog (Lissamphibia, Anura) from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada O.R.P. Bininda-Emonds G.L. Powell H.A. Jamniczky A.M. Bauer J. Theodor All animals are interesting: a Festschrift in honour of Anthony P. Russell BIS Verlag 35–105 978-3-8142-2324-7 Gen. et sp. nov ValidGardner & BrinkmanLate Cretaceous (Campanian)Dinosaur Park Formation Oldman FormationCanadaA frog. The type species is Hensonbatrachus kermiti.Lepidobatrachus australisLaura Nicoli 2015 New fossil species of the extant genus Lepidobatrachus (Anura, Ceratophryidae) from the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene of central Argentina Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 5 e981636 10.1080/02724634.2015.981636 2015JVPal..35E1636N 11336/46258 83574417 free Sp. novValidNicoliLate Miocene to Early PlioceneMonte Hermoso FormationArgentinaA frog belonging to the family Ceratophryidae, a species of Lepidobatrachus.PalaeoplethodonGeorge Poinar Jr. David B. Wake 2015 Palaeoplethodon hispaniolae gen. n., sp. n. (Amphibia: Caudata), a fossil salamander from the Caribbean Palaeodiversity 8 21–29 http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/08/03Palaeodiversity_8-15_Poinar-Wake_4.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidPoinar & WakeEocene or MioceneDominican RepublicA lungless salamander found in Dominican amber. The type species is Palaeoplethodon hispaniolae.200px|TyrrellbatrachusJames D. Gardner 2015 An edentulous frog (Lissamphibia; Anura) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Dinosaur Park Formation of southeastern Alberta, Canada Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52 8 569–580 10.1139/cjes-2014-0176 2015CaJES..52..569G Gen. et sp. novValidGardnerLate Cretaceous (Campanian)Dinosaur Park FormationCanadaA frog of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Tyrrellbatrachus brinkmani.VaribatrachusDennis Parmley Robert Chandler Linda Chandler 2015 Fossil Frogs of the Late Clarendonian (Late Miocene) Pratt Slide Local Fauna of Nebraska, with the Description of a New Genus Journal of Herpetology 49 1 143–149 10.1670/13-171 85671201 Gen. et sp. novValidParmley, Chandler & ChandlerMiocene (late Clarendonian)Ash Hollow FormationUnited StatesA frog of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Varibatrachus abraczinskasae. Diadectomorphs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlveusdectesJun Liu Gabe S. Bever 2015 The last diadectomorph sheds light on Late Palaeozoic tetrapod biogeography Biology Letters 11 5 20150100 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0100 25948572 4455737Gen. et sp. novValidLiu & BeverLate Permian (Wuchiapingian, roughly 256 Ma)Shangshihezi FormationChinaA diadectid. The type species is Alveusdectes fenestralis. Synapsids Non-mammalian synapsids Research Redescription of the anatomy of Tiarajudens eccentricus is published by Cisneros et al. (2015), who compare the species with Anomocephalus africanus.Juan Carlos Cisneros Fernando Abdala Tea Jashashvili Ana de Oliveira Bueno Paula Dentzien-Dias 2015 Tiarajudens eccentricus and Anomocephalus africanus, two bizarre anomodonts (Synapsida, Therapsida) with dental occlusion from the Permian of Gondwana Royal Society Open Science 2 7 150090 10.1098/rsos.150090 free 26587266 4632579 2015RSOS....250090C New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEndothiodon tolaniC.B. Cox Kenneth D. Angielczyk 2015 A new endothiodont dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Permian Ruhuhu Formation (Songea Group) of Tanzania and its feeding system Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 4 e935388 10.1080/02724634.2014.935388 2015JVPal..35E5388C 128730997 Sp. novValidCox & AngielczykPermianRuhuhu FormationTanzaniaA dicynodont, a species of Endothiodon.IchibengopsAdam K. Huttenlocker Christian A. Sidor Kenneth D. Angielczyk 2015 A new eutherocephalian (Therapsida, Therocephalia) from the upper Permian Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Luangwa Basin) of Zambia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 5 e969400 10.1080/02724634.2015.969400 2015JVPal..35E9400H 83554630 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/1488656 Gen. et sp. novValidHuttenlocker, Sidor & AngielczykLate PermianMadumabisa Mudstone FormationZambiaA therocephalian. The type species is Ichibengops munyamadziensis.LendeAshley Kruger Bruce S. Rubidge Fernando Abdala Elizabeth Gomani Chindebvu Louis L. Jacobs 2015 Lende chiweta, a new therapsid from Malawi, and its influence on burnetiamorph phylogeny and biogeography Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 6 e1008698 10.1080/02724634.2015.1008698 2015JVPal..35E8698K 83725100 Gen. et sp. novValidKruger et al.Late PermianChiweta BedsMalawiA burnetiamorph biarmosuchian therapsid. The type species is Lende chiweta.200px|Nothogomphodon sanjiaoensisJun Liu Fernando Abdala 2015 New discoveries from the Sinokannemeyeria-Shansisuchus Assemblage Zone: 2. A new species of Nothogomphodon (Therapsida: Therocephalia) from the Ermaying Formation of Shanxi, China Vertebrata PalAsiatica 53 2 123–132 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201501/P020150420388968668307.pdf 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2015.02.003 Sp. novValidLiu & AbdalaMiddle TriassicErmaying FormationChinaA therocephalian, a species of Nothogomphodon.RuberodonSanghamitra Ray 2015 A new Late Triassic traversodontid cynodont (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from India Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 3 e930472 10.1080/02724634.2014.930472 2015JVPal..35E0472R 86368800 Gen. et sp. novValidRayLate TriassicTiki FormationIndiaA traversodontid cynodont. The type species is Ruberodon roychowdhurii.Sinokannemeyeria baidaoyuensisJun Liu 2015 New discoveries from the Sinokannemeyeria-Shansisuchus Assemblage Zone: 1. Kannemeyeriiformes from Shanxi, China Vertebrata PalAsiatica 53 1 16–28 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201501/P020150112585713877414.pdf 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2015.01.002 Sp. novValidLiuMiddle TriassicTongchuan FormationChinaA kannemeyeriiform dicynodont, a species of Sinokannemeyeria. Mammals 2015 in mammal paleontology Other animals Research A study of phylogenetic relationships of the Ediacaran animal Namacalathus, interpreting it as a member of Lophotrochozoa related to bryozoans and brachiopods, is published by Zhuravlev, Wood & Penny (2015).A. Yu. Zhuravlev R. A. Wood A. M. Penny 2015 Ediacaran skeletal metazoan interpreted as a lophophorate Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 1818 20151860 10.1098/rspb.2015.1860 26538593 4650157 New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAegirocassisPeter Van Roy Allison C. Daley Derek E. G. Briggs 2015 Anomalocaridid trunk limb homology revealed by a giant filter-feeder with paired flaps Nature 522 7554 77–80 10.1038/nature14256 25762145 2015Natur.522...77V 205242881 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/6852277/file/6879971 subscription https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/11/8191763/yale-nature-study-giant-lobster-aegirocassis-benmoulae This giant lobster ancestor was once the biggest animal on Earth 2015-03-11Gen. et sp. novValidVan Roy, Daley & BriggsEarly OrdovicianMoroccoA hurdiid radiodont. The type species is Aegirocassis benmoulae.200px|Allonnia tintinopsisStefan Bengtson Desmond Collins 2015 Chancelloriids of the Cambrian Burgess Shale Palaeontologia Electronica 18 1 Article number 18.1.6A 10.26879/498 free Sp. novValidBengtson & CollinsCambrianBurgess Shale El Gavilán FormationMatilde S. Beresi Blanca Buitrón-Sánchez Francisco J. Cuen-Romero Juan J. Palafox 2019 Escleritomos de Chancelloria eros y escleritos del Cámbrico medio (Serie 3, Piso 5) de Sonora central, México Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 36 1 54–63 10.22201/cgeo.20072902e.2019.1.928 2019RMxCG..36...54B free Canada MexicoA chancelloriid, a species of Allonnia.Anguispongia sicilianaSp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicItalyA demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida and the family Auriculospongiidae.Archiasterella coriaceaSp. novValidBengtson & CollinsCambrianBurgess ShaleCanadaA chancelloriid, a species of Archiasterella.Atrochaetetes conicusSp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicItalyA demosponge.Banffia episomaSimon Conway Morris Susan L. Halgedahl Susan Halgedahl Paul Selden Richard D. Jarrard 2015 Rare primitive deuterostomes from the Cambrian (Series 3) of Utah Journal of Paleontology 89 4 631–636 10.1017/jpa.2015.40 2015JPal...89..631C 3962956 Sp. novValidConway Morris et al.CambrianSpence ShaleUnited StatesAn early deuterostome, a species of Banffia.200px|Carterina burgioiSp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicItaly TurkeyA demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida and the family Disjectoporidae.CollinsiumJie Yang Javier Ortega-Hernández Sylvain Gerber Nicholas J. Butterfield Jin-bo Hou Tian Lan Xi-guang Zhang 2015 A superarmored lobopodian from the Cambrian of China and early disparity in the evolution of Onychophora Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112 28 8678–8683 10.1073/pnas.1505596112 26124122 4507230 2015PNAS..112.8678Y free Gen. et sp. novValidYang et al.Early CambrianXiaoshiba LagerstätteChinaA lobopodian belonging to the lineage leading to the velvet worms. The type species is Collinsium ciliosum.Colospongia cribriferaB. Senowbari-Daryan M. Link P. Riedel 2015 Colospongia cribrifera nov. sp. and Parastylothalamia minima nov. sp. ("Sphinctozoa", Porifera) from the Norian of Taurus Mountains, Turkey Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 34 1 1–9 http://institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/mhn/documents/Museum/Revue_de_Paleo/1_9_Senow_etal.pdf Sp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Link & RiedelLate Triassic (Norian)TurkeyA sponge, a species of Colospongia.ConochaetetesGen. et sp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicItalyA demosponge. Genus includes new species C. magnitubus.Costatulites kimiMohammad Ghavidel-Syooki David H. Evans Mansoureh Ghobadi Pour Leonid E. Popov J. Javier Álvaro Utkyr Rakhmonov Inna A. Klishevich Mohammad H. Ehsani 2015 Late Ordovician cephalopods, tentaculitides, machaeridians and echinoderms from Kuh-e Faraghan, High Zagros, Iran Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 4 530–549 10.1080/03115518.2015.1052677 2015Alch...39..530G 127003665 Sp. novValidGhavidel-Syooki et al.Ordovician (Katian)IranA member of Tentaculita (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Costatulites.Cyrtograptus fuiJian Wang Petr Štorch Xin Wang Ju Zhang 2015 A new graptolite species of Cyrtograptus from the uppermost Llandovery of Ziyang, Shaanxi Province, China Palaeoworld 24 1–2 215–220 10.1016/j.palwor.2015.01.002 Sp. novValidWang et al.Silurian (Llandovery)ChinaA graptolite, a species of Cyrtograptus.Dailyatia bacataChristian B. Skovsted Marissa J. Betts Timothy P. Topper Glenn A. Brock 2015 The early Cambrian tommotiid genus Dailyatia from South Australia Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 48 48 1–117 2015ectg.book.....S https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=698833717454522;res=IELNZC Sp. novValidSkovsted et al.CambrianAustraliaA tommotiid.Dailyatia helicaSp. novValidSkovsted et al.CambrianAustraliaA tommotiid.Disjectopora gaetaniiSp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicAustria Italy Oman TurkeyA demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida and the family Disjectoporidae.EocyathispongiaZongjun Yin Maoyan Zhu Eric H. Davidson David J. Bottjer Fangchen Zhao Paul Tafforeau 2015 Sponge grade body fossil with cellular resolution dating 60 Myr before the Cambrian Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112 12 E1453–E1460 10.1073/pnas.1414577112 25775601 4378401 2015PNAS..112E1453Y free Gen. et sp. novValidYin et al.Precambrian (Ediacaran)Doushantuo FormationChinaA sponge. The type species is Eocyathispongia qiania.200px|EokinorhynchusHuaqiao Zhang Shuhai Xiao Yunhuan Liu Xunlai Yuan Bin Wan A. D. Muscente Tiequan Shao Hao Gong Guohua Cao 2015 Armored kinorhynch-like scalidophoran animals from the early Cambrian Scientific Reports 5 16521 10.1038/srep16521 free 26610151 4660871 2015NatSR...516521Z Gen. et sp. novValidZhang et al.Cambrian (Fortunian)Dengying FormationChinaA kinorhynch-like scalidophoran. The type species is Eokinorhynchus rarus.200px|EolarvaHuaqiao Zhang Xi-Ping Dong 2015 The oldest known larva and its implications for the plesiomorphy of metazoan development Science Bulletin 60 22 1947–1953 10.1007/s11434-015-0886-9 2015SciBu..60.1947Z free Gen. et sp. novValidZhang & DongCambrian (Fortunian)Kuanchuanpu FormationChinaAn animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a cnidarian-grade animal. The type species is Eolarva kuanchuanpuensis.GaleactenaQiang Ou Shuhai Xiao Jian Han Ge Sun Fang Zhang Zhifei Zhang Degan Shu 2015 A vanished history of skeletonization in Cambrian comb jellies Science Advances 1 6 e1500092 10.1126/sciadv.1500092 26601209 4646772 2015SciA....1E0092O Gen. et sp. novValidOu et al.Early CambrianHeilinpu FormationChinaA comb jelly. The type species is Galeactena hemispherica.Gamascolex vanroyiJuan C. Gutiérrez-Marco Diego C. García-Bellido 2015 Micrometric detail in palaeoscolecid worms from Late Ordovician sandstones of the Tafilalt Konservat-Lagerstätte, Morocco Gondwana Research 28 2 875–881 10.1016/j.gr.2014.04.006 2015GondR..28..875G 10261/98917 free Sp. novValidGutiérrez-Marco & García-BellidoLate OrdovicianMoroccoA palaeoscolecid worm, a species of Gamascolex.GemmactenaGen. et sp. novValidOu et al.Early CambrianHeilinpu FormationChinaA comb jelly. The type species is Gemmactena actinala.GlobucatenulaGen. et sp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicItalyA demosponge. Genus includes new species G. siciliana.Glyptograptus perneriPetr Štorch 2015 Graptolites from the Rhuddanian-Aeronian boundary interval (Silurian), Prague Synform, Czech Republic Bulletin of Geosciences 90 4 841–891 10.3140/bull.geosci.1568 free Sp. novValidŠtorchSilurianCzech RepublicA graptolite belonging to the family Retiolitidae, a species of Glyptograptus.GuanshanchaetaJianni Liu Qiang Ou Jian Han Jinshu Li Yichen Wu Guoxiang Jiao Tongjiang He 2015 Lower Cambrian polychaete from China sheds light on early annelid evolution The Science of Nature 102 5–6 34 10.1007/s00114-015-1285-4 26017277 4446521 2015SciNa.102...34L Gen. et sp. novValidLiu et al.Early CambrianWulongqing FormationChinaA polychaete annelid. The type species is Guanshanchaeta felicia.Hindenites parkheadensisMats E. Eriksson Peter H. von Bitter 2015 Jaw-bearing polychaetes of the Silurian Eramosa Lagerstätte, Ontario, Canada Journal of Paleontology 89 2 222–235 10.1017/jpa.2014.18 2015JPal...89..222E 128586407 Sp. novValidEriksson & von BitterSilurian (Wenlock)Eramosa Lagerstätte CanadaA polychaete, a species of Hindenites.IncertuspongiaGen. et sp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicItalyA demosponge. Genus includes new species I. maxima.IrregulaspongiaGen. et 2 sp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicItaly TurkeyA demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida and the family Auriculospongiidae. Genus includes I. magna and I. parva.MagnicanaliferaGen. et sp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicItalyA demosponge. Genus includes new species M. lupensis.MultilaticanaliaGen. et 2 sp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicItalyA demosponge. Genus includes new species M. panormitana and M. reticulata.Neomonograptus aequabilis latusXu Chen Yunan Ni Alfred C. Lenz Linna Zhang Zhongyang Chen Lan Tang 2015 Early Devonian graptolites from the Qinzhou–Yulin region, southeast Guangxi, China Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52 11 1000–1013 10.1139/cjes-2015-0025 2015CaJES..52.1000C Subsp. novValidChen et al.Early DevonianChinaA graptolite, a subspecies of Neomonograptus aequabilis.NoritubispongiaBaba Senowbari-Daryan Pietro di Stefano Benedetto Abate 2015 Hypercalcified sponges from the Late Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) of Sicily Quaderni del Museo Geologico Gemmellaro 10 1–300 https://pure.unipa.it/it/publications/hypercalcified-sponges-from-the-upper-triassic-norian-rhaetian-re-2 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicGreece Italy TurkeyBaba Senowbari-Daryan Michael Link 2016 Hypercalcified inozoan sponges from the Norian reef carbonates of Turkey Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 35 1 279–339 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305374639 10.5281/zenodo.51882 A demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida. The type species is N. chaetetiformis; genus also includes N. arcularia.Normalograptus frydaiSp. novValidŠtorchSilurianCzech RepublicA graptolite belonging to the family Normalograptidae, a species of Normalograptus.Normalograptus parvusSp. novValidŠtorchSilurianCzech RepublicA graptolite belonging to the family Normalograptidae, a species of Normalograptus.Ottoia tricuspidaMartin R. Smith Thomas H. P. Harvey Nicholas J. Butterfield 2015 The macro- and microfossil record of the Cambrian priapulid Ottoia Palaeontology 58 4 705–721 10.1111/pala.12168 2015Palgy..58..705S 55337080 http://dro.dur.ac.uk/18218/1/18218.pdf Sp. novValidSmith, Harvey & ButterfieldCambrianBurgess ShaleCanadaA stem-group priapulid, a species of Ottoia.200px|OymuraniaArtem Kouchinsky Lars E. Holmer Michael Steiner Galina T. Ushatinskaya 2015 The new stem-group brachiopod Oymurania from the lower Cambrian of Siberia Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 4 963–980 10.4202/app.00037.2013 2015AcPaP..60..963K free Gen. et sp. novValidUshatinskaya in Kouchinsky et al.CambrianRussia Morocco?A stem-group brachiopod. The type species is Oymurania gravestocki from Siberian Platform; genus might also contain a second, yet-unnamed species from Morocco.Parastylothalamia minimaSp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Link & RiedelLate Triassic (Norian)TurkeyA sponge, a species of Parastylothalamia.Pauxillites thaddeiMartin Valent Joan Carbacho 2015 Pauxillites thaddei a new Lower Ordovician hyolith from Morocco Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B-Historia Naturalis 71 1–2 51–54 http://actab.nm.cz/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sbB_c1_2_2015_valent_corbacho_web.pdf 2016-01-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094918/http://actab.nm.cz/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sbB_c1_2_2015_valent_corbacho_web.pdf 2016-03-04 Sp. novValidValent & CarbachoOrdovician (Floian)Upper Fezouata FormationMoroccoA member of Hyolitha (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Pauxillites.Pernerograptus pribyliSp. novValidŠtorchSilurianCzech RepublicA graptolite belonging to the family Monograptidae, a species of Pernerograptus.PolytubithalamiaGen. et sp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicItalyA demosponge. Genus includes new species P. perforata.Preperonidella tabulataSp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicItaly TurkeyA demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida and the family Preperonidellidae.Protopholoe colombianaJavier Luque Stéphane Hourdez Olev Vinn Olev Vinn 2015 A new fossil bristle worm (Annelida: Polychaeta: Aphroditiformia) from the late Cretaceous of tropical America Journal of Paleontology 89 2 257–261 10.1017/jpa.2014.22 2015JPal...89..257L 43867766 Sp. novValidLuque, Hourdez & VinnLate Cretaceous (Coniacian)ColombiaAn aphroditiform polychaete, a species of Protopholoe.Pseudorthograptus mitchelliSp. novValidŠtorchSilurianCzech RepublicA graptolite belonging to the family Retiolitidae, a species of Pseudorthograptus.PustulispongiaGen. et sp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicItalyA demosponge. Genus includes new species P. anulifera.Pyrgopolon (Septenaria) nekvasilovaeTomáš Kočí Manfred Jäger 2015 Sabellid and serpulid worms (Polychaeta, Canalipalpata, Sabellida, Sabellidae, Serpulidae) from the rocky coast facies (Late Cenomanian) at Předboj near Prague Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B-Historia Naturalis 71 1–2 31–50 http://actab.nm.cz/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sbB_c1_2_2015_koci_jager_web1.pdf 2016-01-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20160604044041/http://actab.nm.cz/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sbB_c1_2_2015_koci_jager_web1.pdf 2016-06-04 Sp. novValidKočí & JägerLate Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)Bohemian Cretaceous BasinCzech RepublicA polychaete belonging to the family Serpulidae, a species of Pyrgopolon.Pyrgopolon (Septenaria) zittiSp. novValidKočí & JägerLate Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)Bohemian Cretaceous BasinCzech RepublicA polychaete belonging to the family Serpulidae, a species of Pyrgopolon.QuasimolitesMartin Valent Oldřich Fatka Michal Szabad Václav Micka Ladislav Marek 2015 Skryjelites auritus gen. et sp. nov. and Quasimolites quasimodo gen. et sp. nov.—two new middle Cambrian hyolithids (?Mollusca) from the Czech Republic Zootaxa 4007 3 419–426 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.3.8 26623820 Gen. et sp. novValidValent et al.CambrianBuchava FormationCzech RepublicA member of Hyolitha (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs). The type species is Quasimolites quasimodo.RollinschaetaLuke A. Parry Paul Wilson Dan Sykes Gregory D. Edgecombe Jakob Vinther 2015 A new fireworm (Amphinomidae) from the Cretaceous of Lebanon identified from three-dimensionally preserved myoanatomy BMC Evolutionary Biology 15 1 256 10.1186/s12862-015-0541-8 26577802 4650273 free 2015BMCEE..15..256P Gen. et sp. novValidParry et al.Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)LebanonA polychaete belonging to the family Amphinomidae. The type species is Rollinschaeta myoplena.RostrospongiaGen. et sp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicItalyA demosponge. Genus includes new species R. magna.Sarmentofascis? digitatusFelix Schlagintweit Marcin Krajewski 2015 Sarmentofascis? digitatus n. sp., a new cladocoropsid stromatoporoid from the Tithonian-early Berriasian (Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous) of the Ay-Petri massif (Crimea Peninsula) Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 277 2 141–151 10.1127/njgpa/2015/0508 2015NJGPA.277..141S Sp. novValidSchlagintweit & KrajewskiLate Jurassic-Early Cretaceous (Tithonian-early Berriasian)Crimean PeninsulaA cladocoropsid stromatoporoid sponge, possibly a species of Sarmentofascis.ScathascolexMartin R. Smith 2015 A palaeoscolecid worm from the Burgess Shale Palaeontology 58 6 973–979 10.1111/pala.12210 86747103 free 2015Palgy..58..973S Gen. et sp. novValidhttps://zoobank.org/References/B24B1FAF-AB0A-4829-B316-10F53280E6DB ZooBank.org zoobank.orgSmithCambrianBurgess ShaleCanadaA palaeoscolecid worm. The type species is Scathascolex minor.200px|SemiuvanellaGen. et sp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicItalyA demosponge. Genus includes new species S. siciliana.SkryjelitesGen. et sp. novValidValent et al.CambrianBuchava FormationCzech RepublicA member of Hyolitha (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs). The type species is Skryjelites auritus.Sphenoecium wheelerensisJörg Maletz Michael Steiner 2015 Graptolite (Hemichordata, Pterobranchia) preservation and identification in the Cambrian Series 3 Palaeontology 58 6 1073–1107 10.1111/pala.12200 129341868 free 2015Palgy..58.1073M Sp. novValidhttps://zoobank.org/References/D3744422-1AC6-4240-A534-3BE3A30BDDF8 ZooBank.org zoobank.orgMaletz & SteinerCambrianWheeler ShaleUnited StatesA graptolite, a species of Sphenoecium.StipesiaEwa Świerczewska-Gładysz 2015 Early Campanian (Late Cretaceous) Pleromidae and Isoraphiniidae (lithistid Demospongiae) from the Łódź-Miechów Synclinorium (central and southern Poland): new data and taxonomic revision Papers in Palaeontology 2 2 189–233 10.1002/spp2.1037 130761343 Gen. et sp. novValidhttp://zoobank.org/References/C65BCFC8-65D8-4D92-88EA-13D039516312 Archived copy 2015-12-17 2020-03-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20200317185106/http://zoobank.org/References/C65BCFC8-65D8-4D92-88EA-13D039516312 Świerczewska-GładyszLate Cretaceous (early Campanian)PolandA lithistid demosponge belonging to the family Pleromidae. The type species is Stipesia belchatowiensis.TenuipariespongiaGen. et sp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicItalyA demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida. The type species is T. conica.ThaumactenaGen. et sp. novValidOu et al.Early CambrianHeilinpu FormationChinaA comb jelly. The type species is Thaumactena ensis.ThylacocercusGen. et sp. novValidConway Morris et al.CambrianWheeler FormationUnited StatesA vetulicystid deuterostome. The type species is Thylacocercus ignota.TrinakrispongiaGen. et sp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicItalyA demosponge. Genus includes new species T. gracilis.Triplicatella papilioArtem Kouchinsky Stefan Bengtson Sébastien Clausen Michael J. Vendrasco 2015 An early Cambrian fauna of skeletal fossils from the Emyaksin Formation, northern Siberia Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 2 421–512 10.4202/app.2012.0004 2015AcPaP..60..421K free Sp. novValidKouchinsky in Kouchinsky et al.Early CambrianEmyaksin FormationRussiaA member of Hyolitha (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Triplicatella.Uncinatograptus jadaeSp. novValidChen et al.Early DevonianChinaA graptolite, a species of Uncinatograptus.VesicotubispongiaGen. et sp. novValidSenowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & AbateLate TriassicItalyA demosponge. Genus includes new species V. triasica.Wiwaxia herkaSimon Conway Morris Paul A. Selden Glade Gunther Paul G. Jamison Richard A. Robison 2015 New records of Burgess Shale-type taxa from the middle Cambrian of Utah Journal of Paleontology 89 3 411–423 10.1017/jpa.2015.26 free 2015JPal...89..411C Sp. novValidConway Morris et al.CambrianSpence ShaleUnited StatesA stem-lophotrochozoan, a species of Wiwaxia.200px|Wiwaxia papilioZhang Zhifei Smith Martin R. Shu Degan 2015-10-07 New reconstruction of the Wiwaxia scleritome, with data from Chengjiang juveniles Scientific Reports en 5 1 14810 10.1038/srep14810 free 2045-2322 4595806 26443243 2015NatSR...514810Z Sp. novValidZhang et al.CambrianMaotianshan ShalesChinaA stem-lophotrochozoan, a species of Wiwaxia.200px|Yuknessia stephenensisSteven T. LoDuca Jean-Bernard Caron James D. Schiffbauer Shuhai Xiao Anthony Kramer 2015 A reexamination of Yuknessia from the Cambrian of British Columbia and Utah Journal of Paleontology 89 1 82–95 10.1017/jpa.2014.7 free 2015JPal...89...82L Sp. novValidLoDuca et al.CambrianBurgess Shale Pierson Cove Formation Spence Shale Wheeler ShaleCanada United StatesA species of Yuknessia (originally thought to be an alga, reinterpreted as a member of Pterobranchia by LoDuca et al., 2015). Other organisms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesActinella goodwiniiPeter A. Siver Jordan Bishop Anne Lott Alexander P. Wolfe 2015 Heteropolar eunotioid diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) were common in the North American Arctic during the middle Eocene Journal of Micropalaeontology 34 2 151–163 10.1144/jmpaleo2014-005 free 2015JMicP..34..151S Sp. novValidSiver et al.EoceneCanadaA diatom, a species of Actinella.Actinella hickeyiSp. novValidSiver et al.EoceneCanadaA diatom, a species of Actinella.Actinella kimberliticaSp. novValidSiver et al.EoceneCanadaA diatom, a species of Actinella.AdeliesphaeraPeter K. Bijl Henk Brinkhuis 2015 A new genus and two new species of dinoflagellate cysts from lower Eocene marine sediments of the Wilkes Land Margin, Antarctica Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 220 88–97 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.05.004 2015RPaPa.220...88B 1874/329918 free Gen. et sp. novValidBijl & BrinkhuisEarly EoceneAntarcticaA dinoflagellate. The type species is Adeliesphaera ohanlonii.AnnulatubusCalla A. Carbone Guy M. Narbonne Francis A. Macdonald Thomas H. Boag 2015 New Ediacaran fossils from the uppermost Blueflower Formation, northwest Canada: disentangling biostratigraphy and paleoecology Journal of Paleontology 89 2 281–291 10.1017/jpa.2014.25 2015JPal...89..281C 131344652 Gen. et sp. novValidCarbone et al.EdiacaranBlueflower FormationCanadaA tubular organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Annulatubus flexuosus.CaledonicratisMikołaj K. Zapalski Euan N. K. Clarkson 2015 Enigmatic Fossils from the Lower Carboniferous Shrimp Bed, Granton, Scotland PLOS ONE 10 12 e0144220 10.1371/journal.pone.0144220 26701306 4689481 2015PLoSO..1044220Z free Gen. et sp. novValidZapalski & ClarksonCarboniferous (Viséan)Gullane FormationUnited KingdomAn organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement; possibly an animal belonging to the cnidarian family Solanderiidae (the possibility considered to be more probable by the authors of its description) or an alga similar to Perissothallus. The type species is Caledonicratis caridum.Callimothallus semicircularisHukam Singh Mahesh Prasad Kishor Kumar Sanjai K. Singh 2015 Early Eocene macroflora and associated palynofossils from the Cambay Shale Formation, western India: Phytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications Palaeoworld 24 3 293–323 10.1016/j.palwor.2015.05.002 Sp. novValidSingh et al.Early EoceneCambay Shale FormationIndiaA fungal thallus similar to thalli of members of Microthyriaceae.CasparyotorulaElina Kettunen Heinrich Grabenhorst Carsten Gröhn Heinrich Dörfelt Eva-Maria Sadowski Jouko Rikkinen Alexander R. Schmidt 2015 The enigmatic hyphomycete Torula sensu Caspary revisited Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 219 183–193 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.03.010 2015RPaPa.219..183K Gen. et comb et sp. novValidRikkinen, Schmidt & Kettunen in Kettunen et al.EoceneGermany Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A hyphomycete fungus known from Baltic amber and Bitterfeld amber. A new genus for "Torula" globulifera Caspary (1886); genus also contains "Torula" heteromorpha Caspary (1886), as well as the new species Casparyotorula arnoldii.Circulodinium? laeveJinhui Cheng Chunmei Zhou Chengquan He Tianming Shi Aliya Amuti 2015 New Eocene dinoflagellate cysts from the southern edge of the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China Grana 54 4 294–304 10.1080/00173134.2015.1096300 2015Grana..54..294C 85637116 Sp. novValidCheng et al.EoceneAnjihaihe FormationChinaA dinoflagellate, possibly a species of Circulodinium.Cyclostephanos nepalensisTatsuya Hayashi Yoshihiro Tanimura 2015 Two new Cyclostephanos species, C. nepalensis and C. pseudonepalensis (Bacillariophyta), from middle Pleistocene sediments of the Paleo-Kathmandu Lake, Nepal Nova Hedwigia 101 1–2 191–204 10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2015/0264 2015NovaH.101..191H Sp. novValidHayashi in Hayashi & TanimuraPleistoceneNepalA diatom, a species of Cyclostephanos.Cyclostephanos pseudonepalensisSp. novValidHayashi in Hayashi & TanimuraPleistoceneNepalA diatom, a species of Cyclostephanos.Cyclostephanos ramosusTatsuya Hayashi Yoshihiro Tanimura 2015 Morphological variability of Cyclostephanos ramosus sp. nov. from Pleistocene sediments of the Paleo-Kathmandu Lake, Nepal Diatom 31 1–11 10.11464/diatom.31.1 Sp. novValidHayashi & TanimuraPleistoceneNepalA diatom, a species of Cyclostephanos.Cyclotella paleo-ocellataHannah Vossel Jane M. Reed Václav Houk Aleksandra Cvetkoska Bart Van de Vijver 2015 Cyclotella paleo-ocellata, a new centric diatom (Bacillariophyta) from Lake Kinneret (Israel) Fottea 15 1 63–75 10.5507/fot.2015.006 2015Fotte..15...63V free 10067/1263890151162165141 free Sp. novValidVossel & Van de Vijver in Vossel et al.HoloceneIsraelA diatom. Originally described as a species of Cyclotella; transferred to the genus Lindavia by Nakov et al. (2015).Teofil Nakov Wilson Guillory Matthew Julius Edward Theriot Andrew Alverson 2015 Towards a phylogenetic classification of species belonging to the diatom genus Cyclotella (Bacillariophyceae): Transfer of species formerly placed in Puncticulata, Handmannia, Pliocaenicus and Cyclotella to the genus Lindavia Phytotaxa 217 3 249–264 10.11646/phytotaxa.217.3.2 2015Phytx.217..249N http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFBED16FE530FFB0C93AFFA4FFEEFFA8 Dictyosphaera tacitaQing Tang Ke Pang Xunlai Yuan Bin Wan Shuhai Xiao 2015 Organic-walled microfossils from the Tonian Gouhou Formation, Huaibei region, North China Craton, and their biostratigraphic implications Precambrian Research 266 296–318 10.1016/j.precamres.2015.05.025 2015PreR..266..296T Sp. novValidTang et al.TonianGouhou FormationChinaAn acritarch.DonskinicaN. I. Strelnikova T. F. Kozyrenko 2015 Donskinica gen. nov., a new biddulphioid fossil diatom genus Jakub Witkowski David Williams J. Patrick Kociolek Diatoms and the continuing relevance of morphology to studies on taxonomy, systematics and biogeography. Celebrating the work and impact of Patricia A. Sims on the occasion of her 80th birthday J. Cramer in der Gebr. Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung 133–142 978-3-443-51066-4 Gen. novValidStrelnikova & KozyrenkoA diatom.Elatera minorNatalya G. Vorob'eva Vladimir N. Sergeev Peter Yu. Petrov 2015 Kotuikan Formation assemblage: A diverse organic-walled microbiota in the Mesoproterozoic Anabar succession, northern Siberia Precambrian Research 256 201–222 10.1016/j.precamres.2014.11.011 2015PreR..256..201V Sp. novValidVorob'eva & Sergeev in Vorob'eva, Sergeev & PetrovEarly MesoproterozoicKotuikan FormationRussiaA probable eukaryotic microorganism of uncertain phylogenetic placementEosolena minutaSp. novValidVorob'eva & Sergeev in Vorob'eva, Sergeev & PetrovEarly MesoproterozoicKotuikan FormationRussiaA probable eukaryotic microorganism of uncertain phylogenetic placement.GigantosphaeridiumHeda Agić Małgorzata Moczydłowska Lei-Ming Yin 2015 Affinity, life cycle, and intracellular complexity of organic-walled microfossils from the Mesoproterozoic of Shanxi, China Journal of Paleontology 89 1 28–50 10.1017/jpa.2014.4 free 2015JPal...89...28A Gen. et sp. novValidAgić, Moczydłowska & YinLate MesoproterozoicBaicaoping FormationChinaA microfossil belonging to the stem group of Chloroplastida. Genus includes new species G. fibratum.Haslea antiquaJuliane M. Fenner 2015 Description of a new fossil diatom species, Haslea antiqua (Bacillariophyceae), with comments on its valve structure, and habitat Jakub Witkowski David Williams J. Patrick Kociolek Diatoms and the continuing relevance of morphology to studies on taxonomy, systematics and biogeography. Celebrating the work and impact of Patricia A. Sims on the occasion of her 80th birthday J. Cramer in der Gebr. Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung 107–124 978-3-443-51066-4 Sp. novValidFennerPaleoceneSouthwestern Pacific Ocean (Campbell Plateau)A diatom, a species of Haslea.HirudiformaGen. et 2 sp. novValidVorob'eva & Sergeev in Vorob'eva, Sergeev & PetrovEarly MesoproterozoicKotuikan FormationRussiaA eukaryotic microorganism, possibly a green alga. The type species is H. simmetrica; genus also includes H. lancetica.Kaiwaradinium abbreviatumSp. novValidCheng et al.EoceneAnjihaihe FormationChinaA dinoflagellate, a species of Kaiwaradinium.KuckaraukiaA. A. Razumovskiy A. Yu. Ivantsov I. A. Novikov A. V. Korochantsev 2015 Kuckaraukia multituberculata: A New Vendian Fossil from the Basa Formation of the Asha Group in the South Urals Paleontological Journal 49 5 449–456 10.1134/S0031030115050111 2015PalJ...49..449R 129965088 Gen. et sp. novValidIvantsov, Novikov & Razumovskiy in Razumovskiy et al.Late VendianBasa FormationRussiaAn organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, might be a unitary organism or as a colony of motionless benthic organisms. The type species is Kuckaraukia multituberculata.LineaformaGen. et sp. novDisputedVorob'eva & Sergeev in Vorob'eva, Sergeev & PetrovEarly MesoproterozoicBelt Supergroup Kotuikan Formation Roper GroupAustraliaEmmanuelle J. Javaux Andrew H. Knoll 2017 Micropaleontology of the lower Mesoproterozoic Roper Group, Australia, and implications for early eukaryotic evolution Journal of Paleontology 91 2 199–229 10.1017/jpa.2016.124 free 2017JPal...91..199J Russia United StatesA probable eukaryotic microorganism of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is L. elongata. Possibly a junior synonym of Jixiania lineata.Lanyun Miao Małgorzata Moczydłowska Maoyan Zhu 2021 A diverse organic-walled microfossil assemblage from the Mesoproterozoic Xiamaling Formation, North China Precambrian Research 360 106235 10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106235 2021PreR..36006235M 236235509 Mallomonas schumachiiPeter A. Siver 2015 Mallomonas schumachii sp. nov., a fossil Synurophyte bearing large scales described from an Eocene maar lake in Northern Canada Nova Hedwigia 101 3–4 285–298 10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2015/0270 2015NovaH.101..285S Sp. novValidSiverEoceneCanadaA synurophyte, a species of Mallomonas.MatrisWei Du Xun Lian Wang Tsuyoshi Komiya 2015 Potential Ediacaran sponge gemmules from the Yangtze Gorges area in South China Gondwana Research 28 3 1246–1254 10.1016/j.gr.2014.08.012 2015GondR..28.1246D Gen. et sp. novDu, Wang & KomiyaEdiacaranDoushantuo FormationChinaAn organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Its fossil were originally interpreted as a probable sponge gemmules; this interpretation was criticized by Pronzato, Pisera & Manconi (2017), who stated that the fossils resemble some arcellid testate amoebae.Roberto Pronzato Andrzej Pisera Renata Manconi 2017 Fossil freshwater sponges: taxonomy, geographic distribution, and critical review Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62 3 467–495 10.4202/app.00354.2017 free Genus includes new species M. gemmuleanalogi.Meliolinites buxiFujun Ma Bai-Nian Sun Qiujun Wang Junling Dong Guolin Yang Yi Yang 2015 A new species of Meliolinites associated with Buxus leaves from the Oligocene of Guangxi, southern China Mycologia 107 3 505–511 10.3852/14-270 25724995 33248739 Sp. novValidMa & Sun in Ma et al.OligoceneNingming FormationChinaA fungus belonging to the family Meliolaceae; a species of Meliolinites.Notothyrites undulatusSp. novValidSingh et al.Early EoceneCambay Shale FormationIndiaA fungal thallus similar to thalli of members of Microthyriaceae.OligosphaeropsisGen. et 3 sp. novValidCheng et al.EoceneAnjihaihe FormationChinaA dinoflagellate. The type species is Oligosphaeropsis accreta; genus also contains Oligosphaeropsis complex and Oligosphaeropsis megaprocessa.PalaeoborreliaGeorge Poinar Jr. 2015 Spirochete-like cells in a Dominican amber Ambylomma tick (Arachnida: Ixodidae) Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 27 5 565–570 10.1080/08912963.2014.897699 2015HBio...27..565P 73668526 Gen. et sp. novValidPoinarMioceneDominican RepublicA spirochaete belonging to the family Spirochaetaceae known from Dominican amber. The type species is Palaeoborrelia dominicana.PalaeoclavicepsGeorge Poinar Jr. Stephen Alderman Joerg Wunderlich 2015 One hundred million year old ergot: psychotropic compounds in the Cretaceous? Palaeodiversity 8 13–19 http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/08/02Palaeodiversity_8-15_Poinar-et-al_1.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidPoinar, Alderman & WunderlichCretaceous (roughly 100 million years ago)MyanmarA fungus belonging to the family Clavicipitaceae (a relative of ergots). The type species is Palaeoclaviceps parasiticus.PalaeorickettsiaGeorge Poinar Jr. 2015 Rickettsial-like cells in the Cretaceous tick, Cornupalpatum burmanicum (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 623–627 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.007 2015CrRes..52..623P Gen. et sp. novValidPoinarEarly Cretaceous (late Albian)MyanmarProbably a member of Rickettsiales. The type species is Palaeorickettsia protera.PalaeozoosporitesChristine Strullu-Derrien Zuzanna Wawrzyniak Tomasz Góral Paul Kenrick 2015 Fungal colonization of the rooting system of the early land plant Asteroxylon mackiei from the 407-Myr-old Rhynie Chert (Scotland, UK) Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 179 1 201–213 10.1111/boj.12307 free Gen. et sp. novValidStrullu-Derrien in Strullu-Derrien et al.Devonian (approximately 407 Mya)United KingdomA chytrid-like (i.e. similar to members of Blastocladiomycota and Chytridiomycota) fungus of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Palaeozoosporites renaultii.RajkanellaFelix Schlagintweit Sylvain Rigaud 2015 Rajkanella hottingerinaformis n. gen., n. sp., a new larger benthic foraminifer from the middle-upper Cenomanian of Kosovo Cretaceous Research 56 193–199 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.04.012 2015CrRes..56..193S Gen. et sp. novValidSchlagintweit & RigaudLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)KosovoA foraminifer. Genus includes new species R. hottingerinaformis.Rhoicosphenia gandhiiEvan W. Thomas J. Patrick Kociolek Balasubramanian Karthick 2015 Four new Rhoicosphenia species from fossil deposits in India and North America Diatom Research 30 1 35–54 10.1080/0269249X.2014.961554 2015DiaRe..30...35T 83982051 Sp. novValidThomas, Karthick & Kociolek in Thomas, Kociolek & KarthickProbably Pliocene or PleistoceneIndiaA diatom, a species of Rhoicosphenia.Rhoicosphenia indicaSp. novValidThomas, Karthick & Kociolek in Thomas, Kociolek & KarthickProbably Pliocene or PleistoceneIndiaA diatom, a species of Rhoicosphenia.Rhoicosphenia patrickaeSp. novValidThomas & Kociolek in Thomas, Kociolek & KarthickProbably Pliocene or PleistoceneUnited StatesA diatom, a species of Rhoicosphenia.Rhoicosphenia reimeriSp. novValidThomas & Kociolek in Thomas, Kociolek & KarthickProbably Pliocene or PleistoceneUnited StatesA diatom, a species of Rhoicosphenia.RhyniosarcinaThomas N. Taylor Michael Krings 2015 A colony-forming microorganism with probable affinities to the Chroococcales (cyanobacteria) from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 219 147–156 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.04.003 2015RPaPa.219..147T Gen. et sp. novValidTaylor & KringsEarly DevonianUnited KingdomA member of Cyanobacteria, probably a member or a relative of Chroococcales. The type species is Rhyniosarcina devonica.ScepasmatocarpionMichael Krings Thomas N. Taylor 2015 A fungal reproductive unit from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) that demonstrates an unusual hyphal investment pattern Scottish Journal of Geology 51 2 131–139 10.1144/sjg2014-026 2015ScJG...51..131K 131224600 Gen. et sp. novValidKrings & TaylorEarly DevonianUnited KingdomA fungus of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Scepasmatocarpion fenestrulatum.SekwitubulusGen. et sp. novValidCarbone et al.EdiacaranBlueflower FormationCanadaA tubular organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Sekwitubulus annulatus.Sinotubulites hexagonusYaoping Cai Shuhai Xiao Hong Hua Xunlai Yuan 2015 New material of the biomineralizing tubular fossil Sinotubulites from the late Ediacaran Dengying Formation, South China Precambrian Research 261 12–24 10.1016/j.precamres.2015.02.002 2015PreR..261...12C Sp. novValidCai et al.Late EdiacaranDengying FormationChinaA tubular organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, of probable animal affinities; a species of Sinotubulites.Sinotubulites pentacarinalisSp. novValidCai et al.Late EdiacaranDengying FormationChinaA tubular organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, of probable animal affinities; a species of Sinotubulites.Sinotubulites triangularisSp. novValidCai et al.Late EdiacaranDengying FormationChinaA tubular organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, of probable animal affinities; a species of Sinotubulites.Spiniferites adnatus latispinusSubsp. novValidCheng et al.EoceneAnjihaihe FormationChinaA dinoflagellate, a subspecies of Spiniferites adnatus.SquamosphaeraGen. et comb. novValidTang et al.Mesoproterozoic and NeoproterozoicGouhou Formation Kwagunt Formation Zigazino-Komarovsk BedsAustralia China Russia United StatesAn acritarch. The type species is "Satka" colonialica Jankauskas (1979).Tertiarius juriljiiNadja Ognjanova-Rumenova Elena Jovanovska Aleksandra Cvetkoska Zlatko Levkov 2015 Two new Tertiarius (Bacillariophyta, Coscinodiscophyceae) species from Mariovo Neogene Basin, Macedonia Fottea 15 1 51–62 10.5507/fot.2015.005 2015Fotte..15...51O free Sp. novValidOgnjanova-Rumenova et al.PlioceneVitacevo FormationMacedoniaA diatom; a species of Tertiarius.Tertiarius mariovensisSp. novValidOgnjanova-Rumenova et al.PlioceneVitacevo FormationMacedoniaA diatom; a species of Tertiarius.TianshandiniumGen. et sp. novValidCheng et al.EoceneAnjihaihe FormationChinaA dinoflagellate. The type species is Tianshandinium biconicum.Turbiosphaera guersteinaeSp. novValidBijl & BrinkhuisEarly EoceneAntarcticaA dinoflagellate, a species of Turbiosphaera. See also Dawn of Humanity (2015 PBS film) References 30em Category:2010s in paleontology Category:2015 in science