2011 in paleomammalogy

none 2011 paleomammalogy paleontology paleobotany arthropod paleontology paleoentomology paleoichthyology paleomalacology reptile paleontology archosaur paleontology This paleomammalogy list records new fossil mammal taxa that were described during the year 2011, as well as notes other significant paleomammalogy discoveries and events which occurred during that year. Newly named taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCronopioGuillermo W. Rougier Sebastián Apesteguía Leandro C. Gaetano amp 2011 Highly specialized mammalian skulls from the Late Cretaceous of South America Nature 479 98–102 10.1038/nature10591 7371 2011Natur.479...98R 22051679 4380850 Supplementary informationGen. et sp.Valid Rougier Apesteguía GaetanoCenomanianCandeleros Formation ArgentinaA "saber-toothed" dryolestoid.Crusafontia amoaeGloria Cuenca-Bescós Ainara Badiola Josė I.Canudo Josė M. Gasca Miguel Moreno-Azanza 2011 New dryolestidan mammal from the Hauterivian–Barremian transition of the Iberian Peninsula Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 2 257–267 10.4202/app.2009.0157 free SpeciesDisputed Cuenca-Bescós Badiola et al.Cuenca-Bescós, Badiola, Canudo, Gasca and Moreno-Azanza.Hauterivian to Barremian SpainA dryolestidan mammal. Martin et al. (2021) considered it a junior synonym of Crusafontia cuencana.Thomas Martin Alexander O. Averianov Julia A. Schultz Achim H. Schwermann Oliver Wings A derived dryolestid mammal indicates possible insular endemism in the Late Jurassic of Germany 2021 The Science of Nature 108 3 23 10.1007/s00114-021-01719-z 33993371 8126546 2021SciNa.108...23M free Guggenheimia crochetiÉdison V. Oliveira Francisco J. Goin 2011 A reassessment of bunodont metatherians from the Paleogene of Itaboraí (Brazil): systematics and age of the Itaboraian SALMA Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 14 2 105–136 10.4072/rbp.2011.2.01 http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/84173 free Sp. novValid Oliveira & GoinItaboraianItaboraí Basin BrazilA protodidelphid "ameridelphian", a species of Guggenheimia.IbericaAinara Badiola José Ignacio Canudo Gloria Cuenca-Bescós 2011 A systematic reassessment of Early Cretaceous multituberculates from Galve (Teruel, Spain) Cretaceous Research 32 1 45–57 10.1016/j.cretres.2010.10.003 2011CrRes..32...45B Gen. et sp.Valid Badiola Canudo Cuenca-BescósHauterivian/BarremianGalve SpainA eobaatarid or a possible plagiaulacid multituberculate.InvictokoalaGilbert J. Price Scott A. Hocknull 2011 Invictokoala monticola gen. et sp. nov. (Phascolarctidae, Marsupialia), a Pleistocene plesiomorphic koala holdover from Oligocene ancestors Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9 2 327–335 10.1080/14772019.2010.504079 2011JSPal...9..327P 84316375 Gen. et sp.Valid Price HocknullMiddle Pleistocene AustraliaA Koala.LiaoconodonJin Meng Yuanqing Wang Chuankui Li 2011 Transitional mammalian middle ear from a new Cretaceous Jehol eutriconodont Nature 472 7342 181–185 10.1038/nature09921 21490668 2011Natur.472..181M 4428972 Gen. et sp.Valid Meng Wang LiAptianJiufotang Formation ChinaAn "eutriconodont".Lutreolina materdeiFrancisco J. Goin Martín de los Reyes 2011 Contribución al conocimiento de los representantes extintos de Lutreolina Thomas, 1910 (Mammalia, Marsupialia, Didelphidae) http://www.fundacionazara.org.ar/img/revista-historia-natural/tomo-02/historia-natural-2011-2-art-02.pdf Historia Natural, Tercera Serie 1 2 15–25SpeciesValid Goin & de los ReyesLate Miocene (Huayquerian) PeruA relative of lutrine opossum.MalleodectesDerrick A. Arena Michael Archer Henk Godthelp Suzanne J. Hand Scott Hocknull 2011 Hammer-toothed 'marsupial skinks' from the Australian Cenozoic Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 1724 3529–3533 10.1098/rspb.2011.0486 21508033 3189376Gen. et 2 sp.Valid Arena et al.MioceneRiversleigh World Heritage Area AustraliaA member of Dasyuromorphia of uncertain phylogenetic placement.M. Archer S. J. Hand K. H. Black R. M. D. Beck D. A. Arena L. A. B. Wilson S. Kealy T.-t. Hung 2016 A new family of bizarre durophagous carnivorous marsupials from Miocene deposits in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland Scientific Reports 6 26911 10.1038/srep26911 free 27229325 4882580 2016NatSR...626911A The type species is M. mirabilis; genus also includes M. moenia.Naraboryctes2011 Australia's first fossil marsupial mole (Notoryctemorphia) resolves controversies about their evolution and palaeoenvironmental origins Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278 1711 1498–1506 10.1098/rspb.2010.1943 Michael Archer Robin Beck Miranda Gott Suzanne Hand Henk Godthelp Karen Black 21047857 3081751Gen. et sp.Valid Archer Beck et al.Archer, Beck, Gott, Hand, Godthelp, Black.Early Miocene AustraliaA marsupial mole.Oklatheridium minaxBrian M. Davis Richard L. Cifelli 2011 Reappraisal of the tribosphenidan mammals from the Trinity Group (Aptian-Albian) of Texas and Oklahoma Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 3 441–462 10.4202/app.2011.0037 free SpeciesValid Davis CifelliAptian-AlbianAntlers Formation USAA deltatheroidan mammal.Peradectes coprexechesThomas E. Williamson Louis H. Taylor 2011 New species of Peradectes and Swaindelphys (Mammalia: Metatheria) from the Early Paleocene (Torrejonian) Nacimiento Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA http://palaeo-electronica.org/2011_3/21_williamson/index.html Palaeontologia Electronica 14 3 23A SpeciesValid Williamson TaylorEarly PaleoceneNacimiento Formation United StatesA peradectid metatherian, a species of Peradectes.PeriprotodidelphisGen. et sp. novValid Oliveira & GoinItaboraianItaboraí Basin BrazilA protodidelphid "ameridelphian". The type species is Periprotodidelphis bergqvistae.SairadelphysÉdison Vicente Oliveira Patricia Villa Nova Francisco J. Goin Leonardo dos Santos Avilla 2011 A new hyladelphine marsupial (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from cave deposits of northern Brazil http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z03041p062f.pdf Zootaxa 3041 51–62 10.11646/zootaxa.3041.1.3 11336/95953 Gen. et sp. novValid Oliveira et al.Pleistocene BrazilA relative of Kalinowski's mouse opossum. The type species is Sairadelphys tocantinensis.Sineleutherus issedonicusA. O. Averianov A. V. Lopatin S. A. Krasnolutskii 2011 The first Haramiyid (Mammalia, Allotheria) from the Jurassic of Russia Doklady Biological Sciences 437 1 103–106 10.1134/S0012496611020074 21562957 31481732 SpeciesValid Averianov Lopatin KrasnolutskiiBathonianItat Formation RussiaA haramiyidan allotherian.Swaindelphys encinensisSpeciesValid Williamson TaylorEarly PaleoceneNacimiento Formation United StatesA herpetotheriid metatherian, a species of Swaindelphys.Swaindelphys johansoniSpeciesValid Williamson TaylorEarly PaleoceneNacimiento Formation United StatesA herpetotheriid metatherian, a species of Swaindelphys. Newly named eutherians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAdelpharctos ginsburgiL. de Bonis 2011 A new species of Adelpharctos (Mammalia, Carnivora, Ursidae) from the late Oligocene of the "Phosphorites du Quercy" (France) 10.3989/egeol.40553.181 Estudios Geológicos 67 2 179–186 free Sp. novValid de BonisLate Oligocene FranceA hemicyonine bear, a species of Adelpharctos.AegyptocetusGiovanni Bianucci Philip D. Gingerich 2011 Aegyptocetus tarfa, n. gen. et sp. (Mammalia, Cetacea), from the middle Eocene of Egypt: clinorhynchy, olfaction, and hearing in a protocetid whale Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 6 1173–1188 10.1080/02724634.2011.607985 2011JVPal..31.1173B 85995809 Gen. et sp.Valid Bianucci GingerichMiddle EoceneGebel Hof Formation EgyptA protocetid cetacean.Agriarctos beatrixJ. Abella P. Montoya J. Morales 2011 A New species of Agriarctos (Ailuropodinae, Ursidae, Carnivora) in the locality of Nombrevilla 2 (Zaragoza, Spain) 10.3989/egeol.40714.182 Estudios Geológicos 67 2 187–191 free Sp. novValid Abella, Montoya & MoralesMiddle MioceneCalatayud-Daroca Basin SpainAn ailuropodine bear, originally described as a species of Agriarctos. It was later made the type species of the genus Kretzoiarctos.Juan Abella David M. Alba Josep M. Robles Alberto Valenciano Cheyenn Rotgers Raül Carmona Plinio Montoya Jorge Morales 2012 Kretzoiarctos gen. nov., the Oldest Member of the Giant Panda Clade 10.1371/journal.pone.0048985 PLOS ONE 7 11 e48985 2012PLoSO...748985A 23155439 3498366 free Agriotherium myanmarensisShintaro Ogino Naoko Egi Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein Thaung-Htike Masanaru Takai 2011 New species of Agriotherium (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the late Miocene to early Pliocene of central Myanmar 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.05.017 Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 42 3 408–414 2011JAESc..42..408O Sp. novValid Ogino et al.Late Miocene to early Pliocene MyanmarA bear, a species of Agriotherium.Alilepus elongatusAlisa J. Winkler Lawrence J. Flynn Yukimitsu Tomida 2011 Fossil lagomorphs from the Potwar Plateau, northern Pakistan http://palaeo-electronica.org/2011_3/17_winkler/index.html Palaeontologia Electronica 14 3 Article Number 14.3.38A Sp. novValid Winkler Flynn TomidaLate MioceneDhok Pathan Formation PakistanA leporid lagomorph, a species of Alilepus.Alilepus meiniChiara Angelone Lorenzo Rook 2011 Alilepus meini nov. sp. (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) from the Early Messinian of Tuscany (central-western Italy) 10.1016/j.geobios.2010.11.003 Geobios 44 2–3 151–156 2011Geobi..44..151A Sp. novValid Angelone RookMiocene (early Messinian) ItalyA leporid lagomorph, a species of Alilepus.AntarctodonMariano Bond Alejandro Kramarz Ross D. E. MacPhee Marcelo Reguero 2011 A new astrapothere (Mammalia, Meridiungulata) from La Meseta Formation, Seymour (Marambio) Island, and a reassessment of previous records of Antarctic astrapotheres http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/6118/1/N3718.pdf American Museum Novitates 3718 1–16 10.1206/3718.2 2246/6118 58908785 Gen. et sp.Valid Bond Kramarz et al.Bond, Kramarz, MacPhee, Reguero.Late YpresianLa Meseta Formation AntarcticaAn astrapotherian.ArazamysAndrés Rinderknecht Enrique Bostelmann T. Martín Ubilla 2011 New genus of giant Dinomyidae (Rodentia: Hystricognathi: Caviomorpha) from the late Miocene of Uruguay 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-099.1 Journal of Mammalogy 92 1 169–178 free Gen. et sp. novValid Rinderknecht, Bostelmann & UbillaLate Miocene (Huayquerian)Camacho Formation UruguayA dinomyid rodent. The type species is Arazamys castiglionii.AsilifelisL. Werdelin 2011 A new genus and species of Felidae (Mammalia) from Rusinga Island, Kenya, with notes on early Felidae of Africa 10.3989/egeol.40480.185 Estudios Geológicos 67 2 217–222 free Gen. et sp. novValid WerdelinLower MioceneHiwegi Formation KenyaA felid. The type species is Asilifelis coteae.Basirepomys romensisWilliam W. Korth 2011 New Species of Cricetid Rodents (Mammalia) from the Late Miocene (Hemphillian) Previously Referred to Peromyscus pliocenicus Wilson 10.2992/007.079.0205 Annals of Carnegie Museum 79 2 137–147 86180158 Sp. novValid KorthLate Miocene (Hemphillian) United StatesA cricetid rodent, a species of Basirepomys.BetonniaThomas E. Williamson Anne Weil Barbara Standhardt 2011 Cimolestids (Mammalia) from the early Paleocene (Puercan) of New Mexico Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 1 162–180 10.1080/02724634.2011.539649 2011JVPal..31..162W 83935653 Gen. et sp.Valid Williamson Weil StandhardtMiddle/Late PuercanNacimiento Formation USAA cimolestid cimolesta.BalochititanopsPieter Missiaen Gregg F. Gunnell Philip D. Gingerich amp 2011 New Brontotheriidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Early and Middle Eocene of Pakistan with Implications for Mammalian Paleobiogeography Journal of Paleontology 85 4 665–677 10.1666/10-087.1 2011JPal...85..665M 129473193 Gen. et sp.Valid Missiaen Gunnell GingerichYpresianGhazij Formation PakistanA brontotheriid.BrachygaulusWilliam W. Korth Alan R. Tabrum 2011 A New Aplodontoid Rodent (Mammalia) from the Early Oligocene (Orellan) of Montana and a Suggested Origin for the Family Mylagaulidae 10.2992/007.080.0107 Annals of Carnegie Museum 80 1 67–81 86672276 Gen. et 3 sp. novValid Korth TabrumEarly Oligocene (Orellan) United StatesA rodent related to mylagaulids and the mountain beaver. The type species is Brachygaulus nicholsi; genus also contains Brachygaulus leistneri and Brachygaulus xerobothrus.Caviodon cuyanoMaría Guiomar Vucetich Cecilia M. Deschamps Cecilia C. Morgan Analía M. Forasiepi 2011 A new species of Cardiomyinae (Rodentia, Hydrochoeridae) from western Argentina. Its age and considerations on ontogeny and diversity of the subfamily http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/459 Ameghiniana 48 4 556–567 10.5710/amgh.v48i4(459) 11336/98359 130118821 SpeciesValid Vucetich Deschamps et al.Vucetich, Deschamps, Morgan and Forasiepi.Late Miocene or Pliocene.Aisol Formation ArgentinaA cardiomyine rodent, a species of Caviodon.Cernictis repenningiJon A. Baskin 2011 A new species of Cernictis (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the Late Miocene Bidahochi Formation of Arizona, USA http://palaeo-electronica.org/2011_3/2_baskin/index.html Palaeontologia Electronica 14 3 Article Number 14.3.26A Sp. novValid BaskinMiocene (middle Hemphillian)Bidahochi Formation United StatesA galictine mustelid, a species of Cernictis.ChacomylusThomas E. Williamson Anne Weil 2011 A new early Paleocene (Puercan) hyopsodontid "condylarth" from New Mexico Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 2 247–255 10.4202/app.2009.0147 54639945 http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20090147.pdf Gen. et sp.Valid Williamson WeilPaleoceneNacimiento Formation USAA hyopsodontid condylarth.ChacopterygusGen. et sp.Valid Williamson Weil StandhardtMiddle PuercanNacimiento Formation USAA cimolestid cimolesta.Coelodonta thibetana Deng, T. Wang, X. Fortelius, M. Li, Q. Wang, Y. Tseng, Z.J. Takeuchi, G.T. Saylor, J.E. Säilä, L.K. Xie, G. 8913866 2011 Out of Tibet: Pliocene Woolly Rhino Suggests High-Plateau Origin of Ice Age Megaherbivores Science 333 6047 1285–1288 10.1126/science.1206594 2011Sci...333.1285D 21885780SpeciesValid Deng Wang et al.Deng, Wang, Fortelius, Li, Wang, Tseng, Takeuchi, Saylor, Säilä, XieMiddle Pliocene ChinaWoolly rhinoceros.ComahuetheriumAlejandro Kramarz Mariano Bond 2011 A new early Miocene astrapotheriid (Mammalia, Astrapotheria) from Northern Patagonia, Argentina Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 260 3 277–287 10.1127/0077-7749/2011/0132 11336/68995 Gen. et sp.Valid Kramarz BondColhuehuapianCerro Bandera Formation ArgentinaAn astrapotheriid.CryptobuneBernard Sigé 2011 Cryptobune nov. gen., chiroptère carnivore des phosphorites du Quercy, SW France Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 147 47–54 Gen. et sp. novValid SigéPaleogeneQuercy Phosphorites Formation FranceA bat. Genus includes new species C. thevenini.Cynthiacetus peruvianusMartínez-Cáceres M. Muizon, C. de 2011 A new basilosaurid (Cetacea, Pelagiceti) from the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene Otuma Formation of Peru Comptes Rendus Palevol 10 7 517–526 10.1016/j.crpv.2011.03.006 2011CRPal..10..517M SpeciesValid Martínez-Cáceres MuizonLate Eocene-Early OligoceneOtuma Formation PeruA basilosaurid cetacean.thumb|center|150px|CynthiacetusDelotrochanterRobert M. Hunt Jr. 2011 Evolution of large carnivores during the mid-Cenozoic of North America : the temnocyonine radiation (Mammalia, Amphicyonidae) Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 358 1–153 10.1206/358.1 2246/6139 85991489 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1285&context=museummammalogy Gen. et 3 sp. nov.Valid HuntArikareean USAA temnocyonine. The type species is Delotrochanter oryktes; genus also contains D. petersoni and D. majorDemocricetodon suiOlivier Maridet Wen-Yu Wu Jie Ye Shun-Dong Bi Xi-Jun Ni Jin Meng 2011 Earliest occurrence of Democricetodon in China, in the Early Miocene of the Junggar Basin (Xinjiang), and comparison with the genus Spanocricetodon http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201110/t20111031_3387681.html 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2011.04.003 Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49 4 393–405 Sp. novValid Maridet et al.Early MioceneJunggar Basin ChinaA rodent belonging to the family Cricetidae.Diplacodon giganMatthew C. Mihlbachler 2011 A new uintan horned brontothere from Wyoming and the evolution of canine size and sexual dimorphism in the Brontotheriidae (Perissodactyla: Mammalia) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 1 202–214 10.1080/02724634.2011.539653 2011JVPal..31..202M 84879982 SpeciesValid MihlbachlerMiddle EoceneWiggins Formation USAA brontotheriid.Enhydriodon dikikaeDenis Geraads Zeresenay Alemseged René Bobe Denné Reed 2011 Enhydriodon dikikae, sp. nov. (Carnivora: Mammalia), a gigantic otter from the Pliocene of Dikika, Lower Awash, Ethiopia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 2 447–453 10.1080/02724634.2011.550356 2011JVPal..31..447G 84797296 Sp. novValid Geraads et al.Pliocene EthiopiaAn otter.Eoconodon hutchisoniWilliam A. Clemens 2011 Eoconodon ("Triisodontidae," Mammalia) from the Early Paleocene (Puercan) of northeastern Montana, USA http://palaeo-electronica.org/2011_3/3_clemens/index.html Palaeontologia Electronica 14 3 Article Number 14.3.22A Sp. novValid ClemensEarly Paleocene (Puercan)Tullock Formation United StatesA triisodontid, a species of Eoconodon.Eotitanops pakistanensisSpeciesValid Missiaen Gunnell GingerichYpresianGhazij Formation PakistanA brontotheriid.thumb|center|150px|EotitanopsEquus (Sussemionus) ovodoviVéra Eisenmann Vasiliev Sergej 2011 Unexpected finding of a new Equus species (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) belonging to a supposedly extinct subgenus in late Pleistocene deposits of Khakassia (Southwestern Siberia) 10.5252/g2011n3a5 Geodiversitas 33 3 519–530 128625427 https://zenodo.org/record/5373568 Sp. novValid Eisenmann SergejLate Pleistocene ChinaJun-Xia Yuan Xin-Dong Hou Axel Barlow Michaela Preick Ulrike H. Taron Federica Alberti Nikolas Basler Tao Deng Xu-Long Lai Michael Hofreiter Gui-Lian Sheng 2019 Molecular identification of late and terminal Pleistocene Equus ovodovi from northeastern China PLOS ONE 14 5 e0216883 10.1371/journal.pone.0216883 31095634 6522033 2019PLoSO..1416883Y free RussiaA species of Equus.Eumys euryodusWilliam W. Korth 2011 Review of the Species of Eumys Leidy, 1856 (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from the Oligocene (Orellan to Arikareean) of North America 10.2992/007.079.0201 Annals of Carnegie Museum 79 2 79–90 86665483 Sp. novValid KorthOligocene (Whitneyan) United StatesA cricetid rodent, a species of Eumys.Euprox altusLi-Hua Wang Zhao-Qun Zhang J. Morales 2011 A new species of Euprox (Cervidae, Mammalia) from the Middle Miocene of Damiao, Nei Mongol, China http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201110/t20111031_3387687.html 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2011.04.001 Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49 4 365–376 Sp. novValid Wang ZhangMiddle MioceneDamiao Formation ChinaA deer.Gobicricetodon filippoviSevket Sen Margarita A. Erbajeva 2011 A new species of Gobicricetodon Qiu, 1996 (Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae) from the Middle Miocene Aya Cave, Lake Baikal http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201108/t20110812_3321864.html 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2011.03.002 Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49 3 257–274 Sp. novValid Sen ErbajevaMiddle Miocene RussiaA rodent belonging to the family Cricetidae and the subfamily Cricetodontinae.GriphotherionLópez D.A.G. Powell, J.E. amp 2011 Griphotherion peiranoi, gen. et sp. nov., a new Eocene Notoungulata (Mammalia, Meridiungulata) from northwestern Argentina Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 5 1117–1130 10.1080/02724634.2011.599464 2011JVPal..31.1117G 11336/70202 86427261 Gen. et sp.Valid López PowellEocene ArgentinaA rodent-like notoungulate.HiskatheriumPujos F. Iuliis, G. de. Quispe, B.M. 2011 Hiskatherium saintandrei, gen. et sp. nov.: an unusual sloth from the Santacrucian of Quebrada Honda (Bolivia) and an overview of middle Miocene, small megatherioids Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 3 1131–1149 10.1080/02724634.2011.599463 2011JVPal..31.1131P 86755668 Gen. et sp.Valid Pujos Iuliis QuispeSantacrucian BoliviaA small ground sloth.Homotherium venezuelensisAscanio D. Rincón Francisco J. Prevosti Gilberto E. Parra amp 2011 New saber-toothed cat records (Felidae: Machairodontinae) for the Pleistocene of Venezuela, and the Great American Biotic Interchange Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 2 468–478 10.1080/02724634.2011.550366 2011JVPal..31..468R 11336/69016 129693331 Sp. novValid Rincón Prevosti ParraPleistoceneMesa Formation VenezuelaA machairodontine felid, a species of Homotherium.Hystrix paukensisYuichiro Nishioka Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein Naoko Egi Takehisa Tsubamoto Takeshi Nishimura Tsuyoshi Ito Thaung-Htike Masanaru Takai 2011 New Hystrix (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the late Miocene/early Pliocene of Myanmar Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 4 919–924 10.1080/02724634.2011.580809 2011JVPal..31..919N 85575782 SpeciesValid Yuichiro Nishioka Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein et al.Naoko Egi, Takehisa Tsubamoto, Takeshi Nishimura, Tsuyoshi Ito, Thaung-Htike and Masanaru Takai.late Miocene/early Pliocene Burmanew species in the genus Hystrix (Old World porcupine).Jacobsomys dailyiSteven R. May Michael O. Woodburne Everett H. Lindsay L. Barry Albright Andrei Sarna-Wojcicki Elmira Wan David B. Wahl 2011 Geology and mammalian paleontology of the Horned Toad Hills, Mojave Desert, California, USA http://palaeo-electronica.org/2011_3/11_may/index.html Palaeontologia Electronica 14 3 Article Number 14.3.28A Sp. novValid May et al.Miocene (late Hemphillian)Horned Toad Formation United StatesA cricetid rodent. Originally described as species of Jacobsomys; Rincón et al. (2016) transferred it to the genus Postcopemys.Ascanio D. Rincón Nicholas J. Czaplewski Marisol Montellano-Ballesteros Mouloud Benammi 2016 New species of Postcopemys (Cricetidae: Rodentia) from the early Pliocene of Lago de Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico The Southwestern Naturalist 61 2 108–118 10.1894/15-00082R2.1 88805111 JuramaiaZhe-Xi Luo Chong-Xi Yuan Qing-Jin Meng Qiang Ji amp A Jurassic eutherian mammal and divergence of marsupials and placentals Nature 476 25 August 2011 442–445 10.1038/nature10291 7361 2011Natur.476..442L 21866158 205225806 Electronic supplementary materialGen. et sp.Valid Luo Yuan et al.Luo, Yuan, Meng, Ji.Callovian to BathonianTiaojishan Formation ChinaA basal eutherian. The type species is Juramaia sinensis.Karydomys debruijniOlivier Maridet Wen-Yu Wu Jie Ye Shun-Dong Bi Xi-Jun Ni Jin Meng amp 2011 Early Miocene cricetids (Rodentia) from the Junggar basin (Xinjiang, China) and their biochronological implications Geobios 44 5 445–459 10.1016/j.geobios.2010.09.004 2011Geobi..44..445M https://zenodo.org/record/6325104 SpeciesValid Maridet et al.Early Miocene ChinaA cricetid, a species of Karydomys.Khoratpithecus ayeyarwadyensisJ.-J. Jaeger A. N. Soe O. Chavasseau P. Coster E.-G. Emonet F. Guy R. Lebrun A. A. Maung H. Shwe S. T. Tun K. L. Oo M. Rugbumrung H. Bocherens M. Benammi K. Chaivanich P. Tafforeau Y. Chaimanee 2011 First Hominoid from the Late Miocene of the Irrawaddy Formation (Myanmar) PLOS ONE 6 4 1–14 10.1371/journal.pone.0017065 2011PLoSO...617065J 21533131 3080362 free SpeciesValid Jaeger Soe et al.Jaeger, Soe, Chavasseau, Coster, Emonet, Guy, Lebrum, Maung, Shwe, Tun, Rugbumrung, Bocherens, Benammi, Chaivanich, Tafforeau, Chaimanee.Late MioceneIrrawaddy Formation MyanmarA hominoid.thumb|center|150px|KhoratpithecusKuntinaruGuillaume Billet Lionel Hautier Christian de Muizon Xavier Valentin 2011 Oldest cingulate skulls provide congruence between morphological and molecular scenarios of armadillo evolution Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278 1719 2791–2797 10.1098/rspb.2010.2443 21288952 3145180Gen. et sp.Valid Billet Hautier et al.Billet, Hautier, de Muizon, Valentin.Deseadan BoliviaA dasypodid armadillo.LazibemysLaurent Marivaux Mohammed Adaci Mustapha Bensalah Helder Gomes Rodrigues Lionel Hautier M'hammed Mahboubi Fateh Mebrouk Rodolphe Tabuce Monique Vianey-Liaud 55989532 amp 2011 Zegdoumyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia), stem anomaluroid rodents from the Early to Middle Eocene of Algeria (Gour Lazib, Western Sahara): new dental evidence Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9 4 563–588 10.1080/14772019.2011.562555 2011JSPal...9..563M Gen. et sp.Valid Marivaux et al.EoceneGlib Zegdou Formation AlgeriaA zegdoumyid anomaluromorph rodent. The type species is Lazibemys zegdouensis.LycophocyonSusumu Tomiya 2011 A new basal caniform (Mammalia: Carnivora) from the Middle Eocene of North America and remarks on the phylogeny of early carnivorans PLoS ONE 6 9 e24146 10.1371/journal.pone.0024146 2011PLoSO...624146T 21935380 3173397 free Gen. et sp.Valid Tomiya?Uintan-DuchesneanSantiago Formation USAA caniformian carnivoran.thumb|center|150px|LycophocyonMammacyon ferociorSp. nov.Valid HuntMid- or early late ArikareeanArikaree Group USAA temnocyonine, a species of MammacyonMartes ginsburgiP. Montoya J. Morales J. Abella 2011 Musteloidea (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Venta del Moro (Valencia, Spain) 10.3989/egeol.40576.183 Estudios Geológicos 67 2 193–206 free Sp. novValid Montoya, Morales & AbellaUpper Miocene SpainA marten.Megacricetodon beijiangensisSpeciesValid Maridet et al.Early Miocene ChinaA cricetid, a species of Megacricetodon.Megapeomys repenningiYukimitsu Tomida 2011 A new species of the genus Megapeomys (Mammalia, Rodentia, Eomyidae) from the Early Miocene of Japan http://palaeo-electronica.org/2011_3/16_tomida/index.html Palaeontologia Electronica 14 3 Article Number 14.3.25A Sp. novValid TomidaEarly MioceneNakamura Formation JapanAn apeomyine eomyid rodent, a species of Megapeomys.MescalerolemurE. Christopher Kirk Blythe A. Williams 2011 https://webspace.utexas.edu/kirkec/www/Kirk_pubs/Kirk_Williams_JHE_2011.pdf New adapiform primate of Old World affinities from the Devil's Graveyard Formation of Texas Journal of Human Evolution 61 2 156–168 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.02.014 21571354 2011JHumE..61..156K 2015-04-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404151515/https://webspace.utexas.edu/kirkec/www/Kirk_pubs/Kirk_Williams_JHE_2011.pdf 2012-04-04 dead Gen. et sp.Valid Kirk WilliamsUintanDevil's Graveyard Formation USAAn adapiform strepsirrhini.MesolambdolophusLuke T. Holbrook Joshua Lapergola 2011 A new genus of perissodactyl (Mammalia) from the Bridgerian of Wyoming, with comments on basal perissodactyl phylogeny Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 4 895–901 10.1080/02724634.2011.579669 2011JVPal..31..895H 84351811 Gen. et sp.Valid Holbrook LapergolaBridgerian North American StageBridger Formation USAA small odd-toed ungulate of uncertain phylogenetic position, possibly related to Tapiromorpha. The type species is Mesolambdolophus setoni.MesoproctaDarin A. Croft Jennifer M. H. Chick Federico Anaya amp 2011 New Middle Miocene Caviomorph Rodents from Quebrada Honda, Bolivia Journal of Mammalian Evolution 18 4 245–268 10.1007/s10914-011-9164-z 28905695 Gen. et sp. novValidCroft, Chick & AnayaMiddle Miocene BoliviaA dasyproctid rodent. The type species is Mesoprocta hypsodus.MicrocardiodonMaría Encarnación Pérez María Guiomar Vucetich amp 2011 A New Extinct Genus of Cavioidea (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina) and the Evolution of Cavioid Mandibular Morphology Journal of Mammalian Evolution 18 3 163–183 10.1007/s10914-011-9154-1 11336/152907 2362797 Gen. et sp. novValidPérez & VucetichMiddle Miocene ArgentinaA member of Hystricognathi, a cavioid rodent. The type species is Microcardiodon williensis.Microtus (Pedomys) parmaleeiRobert A. Martin Pablo Peláez-Campomanes James G. Honey 2011 Preliminary study of rodents from the Golliher B Assemblage of Meade County, Kansas, USA indicates an intense cold period near the end of the Pleistocene http://palaeo-electronica.org/2011_3/10_martin/index.html Palaeontologia Electronica 14 3 Article Number 14.3.35A Sp. novValid Martin Peláez-Campomanes HoneyLatest Pleistocene United StatesAn arvicoline rodent, a species of Microtus.MinchenoletesYuan-Qing Wang Jin Meng Xun Jin K. Christopher Beard Bin Bai Ping Li Xi-Jun Ni Qian Li Daniel L. Gebo 2011 Early Eocene perissodactyls (Mammalia) from the upper Nomogen Formation of the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201102/t20110216_3071690.html 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2011.01.007 Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49 1 123–140 Gen. et sp. novValid Wang et al.Early EoceneNomogen Formation ChinaA member of Tapiroidea belonging to the family Lophialetidae. The type species is M. erlianensis.MionothropusGerardo De Iuliis Timothy J. Gaudin Matthew J. 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The type species is Miotomodon mayi.MondegodonRodolphe Tabuce Julien Clavel Miguel Telles Antunes 2011 A structural intermediate between triisodontids and mesonychians (Mammalia, Acreodi) from the earliest Eocene of Portugal Naturwissenschaften 98 2 145–155 10.1007/s00114-010-0747-y 21181109 2011NW.....98..145T 22526630 Gen. et sp.Valid Tabuce Clavel AntunesEarliest EoceneSilveirinha Formation PortugalA mesonychian. The type species is M. eutrigonus.MyaingtheriumTakehisa Tsubamoto Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein Naoko Egi Takeshi Nishimura Thaung-Htike Masanaru Takai 2011 A new anthracotheriid artiodactyl from the Eocene Pondaung Formation of Myanmar http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201102/t20110216_3071696.html 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2011.01.005 Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49 1 85–113 Gen. et sp. novValid Tsubamoto et al.Late Middle EocenePondaung Formation MyanmarA member of the family Anthracotheriidae. The type species is M. kenyapotamoides.Nannocricetus wuaeZhao-Qun Zhang Li-Hua Wang Yan Liu Li-Ping Liu 2011 A new species of Late Miocene hamster (Cricetidae, Rodentia) from Damiao, Nei Mongol http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201105/t20110530_3144233.html 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2011.02.006 Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49 2 201–209 Sp. novValid Zhang et al.Late Miocene ChinaA hamster.NevadomysYun Mou 2011 Cricetid rodents from the Pliocene Panaca Formation, southeastern Nevada, USA http://palaeo-electronica.org/2011_3/19_mou/index.html Palaeontologia Electronica 14 3 Article Number 14.3.31A Gen. et 3 sp. novValid MouPliocene (Blancan)Panaca Formation United StatesA relative of the long-clawed mole vole. The type species is Nevadomys fejfari; genus also contains Nevadomys lindsayi and Nevadomys downsi.NuralagusJosep Quintana Meike Köhler Salvador Moyà-Solà 2011 Nuralagus rex, gen. et sp. nov., an endemic insular giant rabbit from the Neogene of Minorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 2 231–240 10.1080/02724634.2011.550367 2011JVPal..31..231Q 83649921 Gen. et sp.Valid Quintana Köhler Moyà-SolàEarly Pliocene SpainA leporid rabbit.thumb|center|150px|NuralagusOcucajeaMark D. Uhen Nicholas Pyenson Nicholas D. Pyenson Thomas J. Devries Mario Urbina Paul R. Renne amp 2011 New Middle Eocene Whales from the Pisco Basin of Peru Journal of Paleontology 85 5 955–969 10.1666/10-162.1 2011JPal...85..955U 115130412 Gen. et sp.Valid Uhen Pyenson et al.Uhen, Pyenson, Devries, Urbina, Renne.BartonianParacas Formation PeruA basilosaurid cetacean.OldrichpedetesM. Pickford P. Mein 2011 New Pedetidae (Rodentia: Mammalia) from the Mio-Pliocene of Africa 10.3989/egeol.40714.202 Estudios Geológicos 67 2 455–469 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00684514/document/ free Gen. et comb. et 3 sp. novValid Pickford & MeinEarly Miocene to early Pliocene Kenya Namibia TunisiaA pedetid rodent, a new genus for "Megapedetes" pickfordi (Mein & Senut, 2003). Genus also contains 3 new species: Oldrichpedetes fejfari, O. brigitteae and O. praecursor.ParanotiosorexYun Mou 2011 Shrews, lagomorphs, and rodents (excluding Cricetidae) from the Pliocene Panace Formation, southeastern Nevada, USA http://palaeo-electronica.org/2011_3/23_mou/index.html Palaeontologia Electronica 14 3 Article Number 14.3.32A Gen. et sp. novValid MouPliocenePanaca Formation United StatesA shrew. The type species is Paranotiosorex panacaensis.Paronychomys shotwelliSp. novValid KorthLate Miocene (Hemphillian) United StatesA cricetid rodent. Originally described as a species of Paronychomys; transferred to the separate genus Tsaphanomys by Martin & Zakrzewski (2019).Robert A. Martin Richard J. Zakrzewski 2019 On the ancestry of woodrats Journal of Mammalogy 100 5 1564–1582 10.1093/jmammal/gyz105 PhoxomylusRichard C. Fox 2011 An unusual early primate from the Paleocene Paskapoo Formation, Alberta, Canada http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20090079.pdf Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 1 1–10 10.4202/app.2009.0079 56082969 Gen. et sp.Valid FoxEarly TiffanianPaskapoo Formation CanadaA palaechthonid plesiadapiform.Pliosaccomys prowitteorumJames E. Martin V. 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Czaplewski 2011 New rodents (Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae) from the Verde Fauna of Arizona and the Maxum Fauna of California, USA, early Blancan Land Mammal Age http://palaeo-electronica.org/2011_3/5_lindsay/index.html Palaeontologia Electronica 14 3 Article Number 14.3.29A Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. novValid Lindsay CzaplewskiPliocene (late Hemphillian and early Blancan) Mexico? United StatesA cricetid rodent. The type species is Postcopemys repenningi; genus also contains Postcopemys maxumensis, as well as "Peromyscus" valensis Shotwell (1967) and "Copemys" vasquezi Jacobs (1977).ProthomomysGen. et sp. novValid May et al.Miocene (late Hemphillian)Horned Toad Formation United StatesA gopher. The type species is Prothomomys warrenensis.Protoryx tuvaensisE. L. Dmitrieva N. V. Serdyuk 2011 Hippotraginae (Bovidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Tuva Paleontological Journal 45 6 665–673 10.1134/S0031030111060050 2011PalJ...45..665D 129456351 SpeciesValid Dmitrieva SerdyukLate Miocene RussiaA bovid.Protungulatum coombsiJ. David Archibald Yue Zhang Tony Harper Richard L. Cifelli 2011 Protungulatum, confirmed Cretaceous occurrence of an otherwise Paleocene eutherian (placental?) mammal Journal of Mammalian Evolution 18 3 153–161 10.1007/s10914-011-9162-1 16724836 SpeciesValid Archibald Zhang et al.Archibald, Zhang, Harper and CifelliMaastrichtianHell Creek Formation USAA species of Protungulatum.QuebradahondomysGen. et sp. novValidCroft, Chick & AnayaMiddle Miocene BoliviaAn adelphomyine spiny rat. The type species is Quebradahondomys potosiensis.Repomys minorSp. novValid MouPliocene (early Blancan)Panaca Formation United StatesA cricetid rodent, a species of Repomys.RobertschochiaSpencer G. Lucas 2011 Robertschochia, a new name for the Paleocene mammal Schochia Lucas and Williamson, 1993 10.1666/11-006.1 Journal of Paleontology 85 6 1216–1217 2011JPal...85.1216L 128401699 Nom. novValid LucasPaleocene United StatesOriginally described as a genus of taeniodonts and replacement name for Schochia Lucas & Williamson (1993); T. Williamson (2013) reinterpreted this fossil material as remains of taeniodont genus Wortmania.Williamson T. E. Brusatte S. L. Viriot Laurent New Specimens of the Rare Taeniodont Wortmania (Mammalia: Eutheria) from the San Juan Basin of New Mexico and Comments on the Phylogeny and Functional Morphology of "Archaic" Mammals PLOS ONE 2013 8 9 e75886 10.1371/journal.pone.0075886 24098738 3786969 2013PLoSO...875886W freeRudiocyonGen. et sp. nov.Valid HuntArikareeanJohn Day Formation USAA temnocyonine. The type species is Rudiocyon amplidensRusingapedetesGen. et sp. novValid Pickford & MeinEarly Miocene KenyaA pedetid rodent. The type species is Rusingapedetes tsujikawai.Rytiodus healiDaryl P. Domning Silvia Sorbi 2011 Rytiodus heali, sp. nov., a new sirenian (Mammalia, Dugonginae) from the Miocene of Libya http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2011.602778 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 6 1338–1355 10.1080/02724634.2011.550367 2011JVPal..31..231Q 83649921 SpeciesValid Domning SorbiMiocene Libya MadagascarKaren E. Samonds Rebekah A. Ernat Tsiory Andrianavalona Daryl P. Domning 2019 New Miocene sirenians from Nosy Makamby, northwestern Madagascar Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39 1 e1570223 10.1080/02724634.2019.1570223 2019JVPal..39E0223S 132496360 A dugongid sirenian, a species of Rytiodus.Sicista primusYuri Kimura 2011 The earliest record of birch mice from the Early Miocene Nei Mongol, China Naturwissenschaften 98 1 87–95 10.1007/s00114-010-0744-1 2011NW.....98...87K 21113569 523210 Sp. novValid KimuraEarly Miocene (~17 Ma) ChinaA birch mouse.Sinapospalax berdikensisSp. nov.Valid Şen SaricaMiocene TurkeyA spalacid rodent, a species of Sinapospalax.SupayacetusGen. et sp.Valid Uhen Pyenson et al.BartonianParacas Formation PeruA basilosaurid cetacean.Tapirus rondoniensisElizete C. Holanda Jorge Ferigolo Ana Maria Ribeiro 2011 New Tapirus species (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) from the upper Pleistocene of Amazonia, Brazil 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-144.1 Journal of Mammalogy 92 1 111–120 free Sp. novValid Holanda, Ferigolo & RibeiroLate PleistoceneRio Madeira Formation BrazilA tapir.Tarsius sirindhornaeYaowalak Chaimanee Renaud Lebrun Chotima Yamee Jean-Jacques Jaeger 2011 A new Middle Miocene tarsier from Thailand and the reconstruction of its orbital morphology using a geometric–morphometric method 10.1098/rspb.2010.2062 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 1714 1956–1963 21123264 3107645Sp. novValid Chaimanee et al.Middle MioceneNa Khaem Formation ThailandA tarsier.Temnocyon fingerutiSp. nov.Valid HuntLatest Oligocene, late mid-ArikareeanJohn Day Formation USAA temnocyonine, a species of TemnocyonTemnocyon macrogenysSp. nov.Valid HuntLatest ArikareeanAnderson Ranch Formation USAA temnocyonine, a species of TemnocyonTemnocyon subferoxSp. nov.Valid HuntEarly ArikareeanJohn Day Formation USAA temnocyonine, a species of TemnocyonTragelaphus lockwoodiReed Kaye E. Kaye Reed Bibi Faysal 2011 Fossil Tragelaphini (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) from the late Pliocene Hadar Formation, Afar Regional State, Ethiopia Journal of Mammalian Evolution 18 1 57–69 10.1007/s10914-010-9146-6 24082702Sp. nov.Valid Reed BibiPlioceneHadar Formation EthiopiaA species of Tragelaphus.TuriasorexJan A. van Dam Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende Jelle W. F. Reumer 2011 A new short-snouted shrew from the Miocene of Spain Geobios 44 2–3 299–307 10.1016/j.geobios.2010.11.007 2011Geobi..44..299V Gen. et sp.Valid van Dam van den Hoek Ostende ReumerMiddle - Late Miocene SpainA short-snouted shrew.UmayodusJavier N. Gelfo Bernard Sigé 2011 A new didolodontid mammal from the late Paleocene–earliest Eocene of Laguna Umayo, Peru http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100067.pdf Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 4 665–678 10.4202/app.2010.0067 58903833 Gen. et sp.Valid Gelfo SigéLate Paleocene/Earliest EoceneMuñami Formation PeruA didolodontid "condylarth". 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