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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.^[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2012.

Plants

Gymnosperms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Calocedrus huashanensis^[2]	Sp. nov	Valid	Shi, Zhou, & Xie	Oligocene	Ningming Formation	China	An extinct species in the modern genus Calocedrus

Arthropods

Marrellomorphs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Austromarrella^[3]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Haug Castellani et al.^{[CAL 1]}	Cambrian (Late Templetonian to Early Floran)	Monastery Creek Phosphorite Formation	Australia	The type species is Austromarrella klausmuelleri.

Trilobites

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Ceraurinus zhuzhaiensis^[4]	Species	In press	Lee	Late Ordovician	Xiazhen Formation	China	A cheirurid, a species of Ceraurinus.
Cummingella boikoi^[5]	Species	Valid	Mychko	Sakmarian		Russia	A phillipsiid, a species of Cummingella.
Hibbertia aodiensis^[4]	Species	In press	Lee	Late Ordovician	Xiazhen Formation	China	A harpetid, a species of Hibbertia.
Pliomerina tashanensis^[4]	Species	In press	Lee	Late Ordovician	Xiazhen Formation	China	A pliomerid, a species of Pliomerina.
Remopleurides xiazhenensis^[4]	Species	In press	Lee	Late Ordovician	Xiazhen Formation	China	A remopleurid, a species of Remopleurides.
Vietnamia yushanensis^[4]	Species	In press	Lee	Late Ordovician	Xiazhen Formation	China	A calymenid, a species of Vietnamia.

Arachnids

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Orchestina gappi^[6]	Species	Valid	Saupe Pérez-de la Fuente et al.^{[CAL 2]}	Latest Albian or earliest Cenomanian		France	An oonopid, a species of Orchestina.
Orchestina rabagensis^[6]	Species	Valid	Saupe Pérez-de la Fuente et al.	Early Albian		Spain	An oonopid, a species of Orchestina.

Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Alexandrinia^[7]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Sinitshenkova Vassilenko	Permian		Russia USA	A mayfly. Its type species is Alexandrinia gigantea, known from the Upper Permian Poldarsa Formation (Russia). "Protereisma" directum (Carpenter, 1979), known from the Early Permian of Oklahoma, is a second species of Alexandrinia.
Archaboilus musicus^[8]	Species	In press	Gu Montealegre-Z et al.^{[CAL 3]}	Bathonian to Callovian	Jiulongshan Formation	China	A haglid, a species of Archaboilus.
Cretorhyssalus^[9]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Belokobylskij	Cenomanian	Ola Formation	Russia	A braconid wasp. The type species is Cretorhyssalus brevis.
Cucullistriga^[10]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Aristov Rasnitsyn	Kungurian		Russia	An idelinellid eoblattidan. Its type species is Cucullistriga cucullata.
Darekia sanguinea^[11]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Prokop Krzemiński Krzemińska Wojciechowski	Upper Carboniferous	Upper Silesian Coal Basin	Poland	A stem winged insect.
Kararhynchus gratshevi^[12]	Species	Valid	Legalov	Middle-Late Jurassic	Karabastau Formation	Kazakhstan	An obrieniid beetle, a species of Kararhynchus.
Kararhynchus jurassicus^[12]	Species	Valid	Legalov	Middle-Late Jurassic	Karabastau Formation	Kazakhstan	An obrieniid beetle, a species of Kararhynchus.
Magadanobracon^[9]	Gen. et 2 sp.	In press	Belokobylskij	Cenomanian	Ola Formation	Russia	A braconid wasp. The type species is Magadanobracon rasnitsyni; a second species is Magadanobracon zherikhini.
Misthodotes tshernovae^[7]	Species	Valid	Sinitshenkova Vassilenko	Upper Permian	Poldarsa Formation	Russia	A mayfly, a species of Misthodotes.
Praeichneumon dzhidensis^[13]	Species	Valid	Kopylov	Lower Cretaceous		Russia	A praeichneumonid ichneumonoid, a species of Praeichneumon.
Praeichneumon khamardabanicus^[13]	Species	Valid	Kopylov	Lower Cretaceous		Russia	A praeichneumonid ichneumonoid, a species of Praeichneumon.
Praeichneumon zakhaaminicus^[13]	Species	Valid	Kopylov	Lower Cretaceous		Russia	A praeichneumonid ichneumonoid, a species of Praeichneumon.
Prosolierius^[14]	Gen. et 3 sp.	Valid	Thayer Newton Chatzimanolis	Barremian to Albian		Lebanon Myanmar	A rove beetle.
Pseudobrienia^[12]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Legalov	Middle-Late Jurassic	Karabastau Formation	Kazakhstan	An obrieniid beetle. Its type species is Pseudobrienia rasnitsyni.
Rasstriga^[10]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Aristov Rasnitsyn	Upper Carboniferous (Desmoinesian)		USA	A probable idelinellid eoblattidan. Its type species is Rasstriga americana.
Scutistriga^[10]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Aristov Rasnitsyn	Kungurian		Russia	An idelinellid eoblattidan. Its type species is Scutistriga scutata.
Strigulla^[10]	Gen. et comb.	Valid	Aristov Rasnitsyn	Kungurian		Russia	An idelinellid eoblattidan, a new genus for "Euryptilon" cuculiophoris (Aristov, 2002).
Zdenekia silesiensis^[11]	Species	In press	Prokop Krzemiński Krzemińska Wojciechowski	Upper Carboniferous	Upper Silesian Coal Basin	Poland	A stem winged insect.

Bryozoans

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Basyaylella^[15]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Zágoršek Gordon	Late Tortonian	Mut Basin	Turkey	An ascophoran bryozoan. Its type species is Basyaylella elsae.
Ostrovskia^[15]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Zágoršek Gordon	Late Tortonian	Mut Basin	Turkey	An ascophoran bryozoan. Its type species is Ostrovskia triforamina.

Brachiopods

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Gracianella paulula^[16]	Species	In press	Baliński	Early Devonian	Khudykivtsi Beds	Ukraine	An atrypinid brachiopod, a species of Gracianella.
Plectodonta mariae pantherae^[16]	Subspecies	In press	Baliński	Early Devonian	Khudykivtsi Beds	Ukraine	A sowerbyellid brachiopod, a subspecies of Plectodonta mariae.
Skenidioides tatyanae^[16]	Species	In press	Baliński	Early Devonian	Khudykivtsi Beds	Ukraine	A skenidiid brachiopod, a species of Skenidioides.

Molluscs

Newly named ammonites

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Craspedites sachsi^[17]	Species	Valid	Igolnikov	Berriasian		Russia	A species of Craspedites.

Newly named gastropods

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Anulifera chubutensis^[18]	Species	In press	Ferrari	Late Pliensbachian to early Toarcian	Mulanguiñeu Formation	Argentina	A protorculid, a species of Anulifera.
Pseudomelania feruglioi^[18]	Species	In press	Ferrari	Late Pliensbachian to early Toarcian	Mulanguiñeu Formation	Argentina	A pseudomelaniid, a species of Pseudomelania.

Echinoderms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Rhenopyrgus piojoensis^[19]	Species	In press	Sumrall Heredia et al.^{[CAL 4]}	Silurian (lower Ludlow)	Los Espejos Formation	Argentina	A rhenopyrgid edrioasteroid, a species of Rhenopyrgus.

Ascidians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Burykhia^[20]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Fedonkin Vickers-Rich et al.^{[CAL 5]}	Vendian	Verkhovka Formation or Ust-Pinega Formation	Russia	An ausiid, a possible ascidian (but see Ausia (animal) for alternative interpretations). Its type species is Burykhia hunti.

Fishes

Newly named jawless vertebrates

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Dunyu^[21]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Zhu Liu et al.^{[CAL 6]}	Silurian	Kuanti Formation	China	A eugaleaspidiform galeaspid. Its type species is Dunyu longiforus.

Newly named acanthodians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Podoliacanthus^[22]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Voichyshyn Szaniawski	Early Devonian, possibly also late Silurian.		Ukraine Greenland	An ischnacanthiform, possibly an ischnacanthid. The type species is Podoliacanthus zychi; the genus also contains three other, yet unnamed species.

Newly named cartilaginous fishes

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Eosqualiolus skrovinai^[23]	Species	In press	Underwood Schlogl	Miocene	Lakšárska Nová Ves Formation	Slovakia	A dalatiid, a species of Eosqualiolus.
Nanocetorhinus^[23]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Underwood Schlogl	Miocene	Lakšárska Nová Ves Formation	Slovakia	A neoselachian of uncertain affinities. The type species is Nanocetorhinus tuberculatus.
Paraetmopterus horvathi^[23]	Species	In press	Underwood Schlogl	Miocene	Lakšárska Nová Ves Formation	Slovakia	An etmopterid, a species of Paraetmopterus.
Pristiophorus striatus^[23]	Species	In press	Underwood Schlogl	Miocene	Lakšárska Nová Ves Formation	Slovakia	A sawshark, a species of Pristiophorus
Scyliorhinotheca^[24]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Kiel Peckmann Simon	Late Eocene		USA	Catshark egg capsules. The type species is Scyliorhinotheca goederti.

Newly named bony fishes

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Aglyptorhynchus hakataramea^[25]	Species	Valid	Gottfried Fordyce Rust	Late Oligocene		New Zealand	A billfish.
Bawitius^[26]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Grandstaff Smith et al.^{[CAL 7]}	Cenomanian	Bahariya Formation	Egypt	A polypterid actinopterygian.
Galaxias angustiventris^[27]	Species	In press	Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.	Early Miocene	Bannockburn Formation	New Zealand	A galaxiid, a species of Galaxias.
Galaxias brevicauda^[27]	Species	In press	Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.	Early Miocene	Bannockburn Formation	New Zealand	A galaxiid, a species of Galaxias.
Galaxias bobmcdowalli^[27]	Species	In press	Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.	Early Miocene	Bannockburn Formation	New Zealand	A galaxiid, a species of Galaxias.
Galaxias papilionis^[27]	Species	In press	Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.	Early Miocene	Bannockburn Formation	New Zealand	A galaxiid, a species of Galaxias.
Galaxias parvirostris^[27]	Species	In press	Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.	Early Miocene	Bannockburn Formation	New Zealand	A galaxiid, a species of Galaxias.
Galaxias tabidus^[27]	Species	In press	Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.	Early Miocene		New Zealand	A galaxiid, a species of Galaxias.
Kyphosichthys^[28]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Xu Wu	Middle Anisian	Guanling Formation	China	A ginglymodian actinopterygian.
Luoxiongichthys^[29]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Wen Zhang et al.^{[CAL 8]}	Middle Anisian	Guanling Formation	China	A basal actinopterygian.
Mataichthys^[27]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Schwarzhans Scofield et al.^{[CAL 9]}	Early Miocene	Bannockburn Formation	New Zealand	An eleotrid. The type species is Mataichthys bictenatus.
Mataichthys procerus^[27]	Species	In press	Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.	Early Miocene	Bannockburn Formation	New Zealand	An eleotrid, a second species of Mataichthys.
Mataichthys rhinoceros^[27]	Species	In press	Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.	Early Miocene	Bannockburn Formation	New Zealand	An eleotrid, a third species of Mataichthys.
Mataichthys taurinus^[27]	Species	In press	Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.	Early Miocene	Bannockburn Formation	New Zealand	An eleotrid, a fourth species of Mataichthys.
Parawenzichthys^[30]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	de Figueiredo Gallo Delarmelina	Turonian	Atlântida Formation	Brazil	A protacanthopterygian.
Prototroctes modestus^[27]	Species	In press	Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.	Early Miocene	Bannockburn Formation	New Zealand	A retropinnid, a species of Prototroctes.
Prototroctes vertex^[27]	Species	In press	Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al.	Early Miocene	Bannockburn Formation	New Zealand	A retropinnid, a species of Prototroctes.
Rhinodipterus kimberleyensis^[31]	Species	Valid	Clement	Late Devonian	Gogo Formation	Australia	A lungfish, a species of Rhinodipterus.

Amphibians

Newly named stem tetrapods

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Ymeria^[32]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Clack Ahlberg Blom Finney	Famennian	Celsius Bjerg Group	Greenland	A stem tetrapod closely related to Ichthyostega.

Newly named temnospondyls

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Arachana^[33]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Piñeiro Ramos Marsicano	? Late Permian	Buena Vista Formation	Uruguay	A rhinesuchid-like stereospondyl.
Cacops woehri^[34]	Sp.	Valid	Fröbisch Reisz	Leonardian		USA	A dissorophid.
Parotosuchus ptaszynskii^[35]	Species	In press	Sulej Niedźwiedzki	Late Olenekian		Poland	A species of Parotosuchus.

Newly named lissamphibians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Bakonybatrachus^[36]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Szentesi Venczel	Santonian	Csehbánya Formation	Hungary	A discoglossine discoglossid.
Eobarbourula^[37]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Folie Rana et al.^{[CAL 10]}	Early Eocene	Cambay Shale Formation	India	A bombinatorid. Its type species is Eobarbourula delfinoi.
Indorana^[37]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Folie Rana et al.	Early Eocene	Cambay Shale Formation	India	A possible rhacophorid. Its type species is Indorana prasadi.
Seminobatrachus^[38]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Skutschas Gubin	late Paleocene - early Eocene		Ukraine	A urodelan salamander.
Wesserpeton^[39]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Sweetman Gardner	Barremian	Wessex Formation	England	An albanerpetontid.

Anapsids

Newly named turtles

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Bashuchelys^[40]	Gen. et comb.	In press	Tong Danilov et al.^{[CAL 11]}	Middle Jurassic	Xiashaximiao Formation	China	A bashuchelyid cryptodiran, a new genus for "Chengyuchelys" zigongensis (Ye, 1982).
Bashuchelys youngi^[40]	Species	In press	Tong Danilov et al.	Middle Jurassic	Xiashaximiao Formation	China	A bashuchelyid cryptodiran, a second species of Bashuchelys.
Chuannanchelys^[40]	Gen. et comb.	In press	Tong Danilov et al.	Middle Jurassic	Xiashaximiao Formation	China	A bashuchelyid cryptodiran, a new genus for "Chengyuchelys" dashanpuensis (Fang, 1987).
Foxemys trabanti^[41]	Species	In press	Rabi Tong Botfalvai	Santonian	Csehbánya Formation	Hungary	A bothremydid, a species of Foxemys.
Hoyasemys^[42]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Pérez-García Fuente Ortega	Late Barremian	Calizas de La Huérguina Formation	Spain	A basal eucryptodiran.
Kinosternon pojoaque^[43]	Species	Valid	Bourque	Middle Miocene		USA	A species of Kinosternon.
Protoxinjiangchelys^[40]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Tong Danilov et al.	Middle Jurassic	Xiashaximiao Formation	China	A xinjiangchelyid cryptodiran.

Diapsids

Newly named ichthyosaurs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Acamptonectes^[44]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Fischer Maisch Naish et al.	Hauterivian–Cenomanian	Cambridge Greensand Formation	United Kingdom	An ophthalmosaurid. Type species is Acamptonectes densus.	Skull roof of Acamptonectes densus.

Lepidosauromorphs

Newly named sauropterygians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Cryonectes^[45]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Vincent Bardet Mattioli	Pliensbachian		France	A pliosaurid. The type species is Cryonectes neustriacus
Dolichorhynchops tropicensis^[46]	Species	Valid	McKean	Early Turonian	Tropic Shale	USA	Third species of Dolichorhynchops.
Largocephalosaurus^[47]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Cheng Chen et al.^{[CAL 12]}	Middle Triassic	Guanling Formation	China	A relative of Wumengosaurus, pachypleurosaurs and nothosauroids.
Lusonectes^[48]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Smith Araújo Mateus	Toarcian	São Gião Formation	Portugal	A plesiosaurid plesiosaur.

Newly named lizards

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Eremiasaurus^[49]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Leblanc Caldwell Bardet	Maastrichtian		Morocco	A mosasaur.

Archosauromorphs

Newly named basal archosauromorphs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Smok^[50]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Niedźwiedzki Sulej Dzik	Latest Norian/Early Rhaetian	Lipie Śląskie clay-pit	Poland	The largest known predatory archosaur from the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic of central Europe.

Newly named crurotarsans

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Aegisuchus^[51]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Holliday Gardner	Cenomanian	Kem Kem Formation	Morocco	An aegyptosuchid eusuchian.
Aetobarbakinoides^[52]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Desojo Ezcurra Kischlat	Late Carnian or early Norian	Santa Maria Formation	Brazil	An aetosaur.
Borealosuchus threeensis^[53]	Sp.	Valid	Brochu Parris et al.^{[CAL 13]}	Maastrichtian or Danian		USA	A crocodilian from New Jersey.

Newly named basal dinosauriforms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Diodorus^[54]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Kammerer Nesbitt Shubin	?Carnian-Norian	Timezgadiouine Formation	Morocco	A silesaurid.

Newly named non-avian dinosaurs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Bonapartenykus^[55]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Agnolin Powell Novas Kundrát	Campanian/Maastrichtian	Allen Formation	Argentina	An alvarezsaurid.
Gryphognathus^[56]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Ryan Evans et al.^{[CAL 14]}	Late Santonian	Milk River Formation	Canada	A leptoceratopsid ceratopsian.
Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum^[57]	Species	In press	Fiorillo Tykoski	Maastrichtian	Prince Creek Formation	USA	Third known species of Pachyrhinosaurus.
Saurolophus morrisi^[58]	Species	In press	Prieto-Márquez Wagner	Maastrichtian	Moreno Formation	USA	A species of Saurolophus.
Unescoceratops^[56]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Ryan Evans et al.^{[CAL 14]}	Late Campanian	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada	A leptoceratopsid ceratopsian.
Yueosaurus^[59]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Zheng Jin et al.^{[CAL 15]}	Aptian-Cenomanian	Liangtoutang Formation	China	A basal ornithopod.

Newly named birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Aegypius jinniushanensis^[60]	Species	Valid	Zhang Huang et al.^{[CAL 16]}	Middle Pleistocene		China	An Old World vulture.
Asphaltoglaux^[61]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Campbell Bocheński	Late Pleistocene	La Brea Tar Pits	USA	A miniature true owl. The type species is Asphaltoglaux cecileae.
Glaucidium kurochkini^[61]	Species	In press	Campbell Bocheński	Late Pleistocene	La Brea Tar Pits	USA	A pygmy owl.
Jeholornis palmapenis^[62]	Species	Valid	O'Connor Sun et al.^{[CAL 17]}	Early Aptian	Jiufotang Formation	China	A species of Jeholornis.
Samrukia^[63]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Naish Dyke et al.^{[CAL 18]}	Late Cretaceous	Kyzylorda District	Kazakhstan	A basal ornithuromorph.
Sanshuiornis^[64]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Wang Mayr et al.^{[CAL 19]}	Middle Eocene	Huayong Formation	China
Schizooura^[65]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Zhou Zhou O’Connor	Aptian	Jiufotang Formation	China	A basal ornithuromorph. The type species is Schizooura lii.

Newly named pterosaurs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Cuspicephalus^[66]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Martill Etches	Kimmeridgian	Kimmeridge Clay Formation	England	A basal monofenestratan.
Gladocephaloideus^[67]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Lü Ji et al.^{[CAL 20]}	Barremian	Yixian Formation	China	A gallodactylid ctenochasmatoid.
Jianchangnathus^[68]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Cheng Wang et al.^{[CAL 21]}	Middle Jurassic	Tiaojishan Formation	China	A scaphognathid.
Qinglongopterus^[69]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Lü Unwin et al.^{[CAL 22]}	Middle Jurassic	Tiaojishan Formation	China	A rhamphorhynchid.

Synapsids

Newly named non-mammalian synapsids

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Pampaphoneus^[70]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Cisneros Abdala et al^{[CAL 23]}	Guadalupian, Middle Permian	Rio do Rasto Formation	Brazil	An anteosaurid dinocephalian.	File:Pampaphoneus biccai cranium2.png Skull of Pampaphoneus biccai.
Purbeckodon^[71]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Butler Sigogneau-Russell Ensom	Early Cretaceous	Purbeck Limestone Group	United Kingdom	A possible morganucodontan.

Newly named non-eutherian mammals

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Priscakoala^[72]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Black Archer Hand	Miocene		Australia	A phascolarctid.

Newly named eutherians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Aepyceros datoadeni^[73]	Species	Valid	Geraads Bobe Reed	Pliocene	Hadar Formation	Ethiopia	A species of impala.
Afrodon gheerbranti^[74]	Species	In press	De Bast Sigé Smith	Early Palaeocene	Hainin Formation	Belgium	An adapisoriculid, a species of Afrodon.
Borisodon^[75]	Gen. et comb.	Valid	Archibald Averianov	Turonian		Kazakhstan	A zhelestid, a new genus for "Sorlestes" kara (Nessov, 1993).
Bustylus folieae^[74]	Species	In press	De Bast Sigé Smith	Early Palaeocene	Hainin Formation	Belgium	An adapisoriculid, a species of Bustylus.
Gandheralophus^[76]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Missiaen Gingerich	Early Eocene	Ghazij Formation	Pakistan	An isectolophid tapiromorph. Its type species is Gandheralophus minor.
Gandheralophus robustus^[76]	Species	In press	Missiaen Gingerich	Early Eocene	Ghazij Formation	Pakistan	A second species of Gandheralophus.
Gazella harmonae^[73]	Species	Valid	Geraads Bobe Reed	Pliocene	Hadar Formation	Ethiopia	A species of gazelle.
Leptophoca amphiatlantica^[77]	Species	Valid	Koretsky Ray Peters	Miocene	Calvert Formation, Breda Formation, St Mary’s Formation	USA Netherlands	An earless seal.
Litolophus ghazijensis^[76]	Species	In press	Missiaen Gingerich	Early Eocene	Ghazij Formation	Pakistan	An eomoropid chalicotherioid, a species of Litolophus.
Megaleptictis^[78]	Gen. et sp.	In press	Meehan Martin	Chadronian/?Orellan	White River Group	USA	A large leptictid.
Meherrinia^[79]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Geisler Godfrey Lambert	Late Miocene	Eastover Formation	USA	A river dolphin.
Mylagaulus cornusaulax^[80]	Species	Valid	Czaplewski	Late Miocene		USA	A mylagaulid rodent.
Nestoritherium linxiaense^[81]	Species	Valid	Chen Deng et al.^{[CAL 24]}	Early Late Miocene	Liushu Formation	China	A chalicothere, a species of Nestoritherium.
Proremiculus^[74]	Gen. et sp.	In press	De Bast Sigé Smith	Early Palaeocene	Hainin Formation	Belgium	An adapisoriculid. Its type species is Proremiculus lagnauxi.
Victoriaceros^[82]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Geraads McCrossin Benefit	Middle Miocene	Makobo beds	Kenya	An elasmotheriine rhinoceros. Type species is Victoriaceros kenyensis.

Footnotes

Complete author list

As science becomes more collaborative, papers with large numbers of authors are becoming more common. To prevent the deformation of the tables, these footnotes list the contributors to papers that erect new genera and have many authors.

^ Haug, Castellani, Haug, Waloszek and Maas.
^ Saupe, Pérez-de la Fuente, Selden, Delclòs, Tafforeau and Soriano.
^ Gu, Montealegre-Z, Robert, Engel, Qiao and Ren.
^ Sumrall, Heredia, Rodríguez and Mestre.
^ Fedonkin, Vickers-Rich, Swalla, Trusler and Hall.
^ Zhu, Liu, Jia and Gai.
^ Grandstaff, Smith, Lamanna, Lacovara, Abdel-Ghani.
^ Wen, Zhang, Zhou, Huang, Chen, Benton.
^ Schwarzhans, Scofield, Tennyson and T. Worthy in Schwarzhans et al.
^ Folie, Rana, Rose, Sahni, Kumar, Singh and Smith.
^ Tong, Danilov, Ye, Ouyang and Peng.
^ Cheng, Chen, Zeng and Cai.
^ Brochu, Parris, Grandstaff, Denton, Gallagher.
^ ^a ^b Ryan, Evans, Currie, Brown, Brinkman.
^ Zheng, Jin, Shibata, Azuma, Yu.
^ Zhang, Huang, James and Hou
^ O'Connor, Sun, Xu, Wang and Zhou
^ Naish, Dyke, Cau, Escuillié, Godefroit.
^ Wang, Mayr, Zhang, Zhou.
^ Lü, Ji, Wei, Liu.
^ Cheng, Wang, Jiang, Kellner.
^ Zhao, Gao, Shen.
^ Cisneros, Abdala, Atayman-Güven, Rubidge, Şengör and Schultz.
^ Chen, Deng, He and Chen.

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[Austromarrella-authors-4] Haug, Castellani, Haug, Waloszek and Maas.

[Orchestina-authors-8] Saupe, Pérez-de la Fuente, Selden, Delclòs, Tafforeau and Soriano.

[Amusicus-authors-11] Gu, Montealegre-Z, Robert, Engel, Qiao and Ren.

[Rpiojoensis-authors-23] Sumrall, Heredia, Rodríguez and Mestre.

[Burykhia-authors-25] Fedonkin, Vickers-Rich, Swalla, Trusler and Hall.

[Dunyu-authors-27] Zhu, Liu, Jia and Gai.

[Bawitius-authors-33] Grandstaff, Smith, Lamanna, Lacovara, Abdel-Ghani.

[luoxiongichthys-authors-37] Wen, Zhang, Zhou, Huang, Chen, Benton.

[otoliths-authors-38] Schwarzhans, Scofield, Tennyson and T. Worthy in Schwarzhans et al.

[Eocenefrogs-authors-47] Folie, Rana, Rose, Sahni, Kumar, Singh and Smith.

[Sichuanturtlesauthors-51] Tong, Danilov, Ye, Ouyang and Peng.

[Largocephalosaurus-authors-59] Cheng, Chen, Zeng and Cai.

[borealosuchusthreeensis-authors-66] Brochu, Parris, Grandstaff, Denton, Gallagher.

[leptoceratopsids-authors-70] Ryan, Evans, Currie, Brown, Brinkman.

[yueosaurus-authors-74] Zheng, Jin, Shibata, Azuma, Yu.

[jvpvultures-authors-76] Zhang, Huang, James and Hou

[jpalmapenis-authors-79] O'Connor, Sun, Xu, Wang and Zhou

[samrukia-authors-81] Naish, Dyke, Cau, Escuillié, Godefroit.

[sanshuiornis-authors-83] Wang, Mayr, Zhang, Zhou.

[gladocephaloideus-authors-87] Lü, Ji, Wei, Liu.

[jianchangnathus-authors-89] Cheng, Wang, Jiang, Kellner.

[Qinglongopterus-authors-91] Zhao, Gao, Shen.

[Pampaphoneus-authors-93] Cisneros, Abdala, Atayman-Güven, Rubidge, Şengör and Schultz.

[Nestoritherium-authors-105] Chen, Deng, He and Chen.

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[Cacopswoehri-43] Fröbisch, N.B. (2012). "A new species of dissorophid (Cacops woehri) from the Lower Permian Dolese Quarry, near Richards Spur, Oklahoma". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (1): 35–44. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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[Bakonybatrachus-45] Zoltán Szentesi and Márton Venczel (2012). "A new discoglossid frog from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) of Hungary". Cretaceous Research. 34: 327–333. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.11.012.

[Eocenefrogs-46] "Early Eocene frogs from Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat, India". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. 2012. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0063. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

[Seminobatrachus-48] Pavel P. Skutschas and Yuri M. Gubin (2012). "A new salamander from the late Paleocene–early Eocene of Ukraine". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0101.

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[Hoyasemys-53] "Hoyasemys jimenezi gen. et sp. nov., a freshwater basal eucryptodiran turtle from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. 2012. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0031. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

[54] "An extinct mud turtle of the Kinosternon flavescens group (Testudines, Kinosternidae) from the middle Miocene (late Barstovian) of New Mexico". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (1): 68–81. 2012. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.626824. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

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[Eremiasaurus-61] Leblanc, A.R.H. (2012). "A new mosasaurine from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) phosphates of Morocco and its implications for mosasaurine systematics". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (1): 82–104. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.624145. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[Smok-62] Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki, Tomasz Sulej and Jerzy Dzik (2012). "A large predatory archosaur from the Late Triassic of Poland" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0045.

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[agnolinetal2012-68] Agnolin, F.L., Powell, J.E., Novas F.E., and Kundrát, M. (2012). "New alvarezsaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from uppermost Cretaceous of north-western Patagonia with associated eggs." Cretaceous Research, advance online publication. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.11.014

[twoLepto-69] Michael J. Ryan, David C. Evans, Philip J. Currie, Caleb M. Brown and Don Brinkman (2012). "New leptoceratopsids from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada". Cretaceous Research. in press. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.11.018.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[P.perotorum-71] "A new species of the centrosaurine ceratopsid Pachyrhinosaurus from the North Slope (Prince Creek Formation: Maastrichtian) of Alaska". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. 2012. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0033. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

[72] Prieto-Márquez, A. (2012). "Saurolophus morrisi, a new species of hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of the Pacific coast of North America". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0049. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[Yueosaurus-73] Zheng, Wenjie (2012). "A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Cretaceous Liangtoutang Formation of Tiantai, Zhejiang Province, China". Cretaceous Research. 34: 208–219. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.11.001. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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[Sanshuiornis-82] "New bird remains from the Middle Eocene of Guangdong, China". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. 2012. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0061. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

[84] Zhou Shuang, Zhou Zhong-He and Jingmai K. O’Connor (2012). "A new basal beaked ornithurine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, China" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 50 (1): 9–24.

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[Gladocephaloideus-86] Lü Junchang, Ji Qiang, Wei Xuefang and Liu Yongqing (2012). "A new ctenochasmatoid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China". Cretaceous Research. 34: 26–30. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.09.010.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Jianchangnathus-88] Xin Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, Shunxing Jiang and Alexander W.A. Kellner (2012). "A new scaphognathid pterosaur from western Liaoning, China". Historical Biology. 24 (1): 101–111. doi:10.1080/08912963.2011.635423.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[Purbeckodon-94] "Possible persistence of the morganucodontans in the Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group (Dorset, England)". Cretaceous Research. 33 (1): 135–145. 2012. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.09.007. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

[95] Karen H. Black, Michael Archer and Suzanne J. Hand (2012). "New Tertiary koala (Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae) from Riversleigh, Australia, with a revision of phascolarctid phylogenetics, paleoecology, and paleobiodiversity". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (1): 125–138. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.626825.

[PlioceneBovidae-96] Denis Geraads, René Bobe and Kaye Reed (2012). "Pliocene Bovidae (Mammalia) from the Hadar Formation of Hadar and Ledi-Geraru, Lower Awash, Ethiopia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (1): 180–197. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.632046.

[Belgianadapisoriculids-97] "Diversity of the adapisoriculid mammals from the early Palaeocene of Hainin, Belgium". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. 2012. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0115. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

[98] J. David Archibald and Alexander Averianov (2012). "Phylogenetic analysis, taxonomic revision, and dental ontogeny of the Cretaceous Zhelestidae (Mammalia: Eutheria)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 164 (2): 361–426. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00771.x.

[tapiromorphs-99] "New early Eocene tapiromorph perissodactyls from the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan, with implications for mammalian biochronology in Asia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. 2012. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0093. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

[100] "A new species of Leptophoca (Carnivora, Phocidae, Phocinae) from both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean (Miocene seals of the Netherlands, part I)". Deinsea. 15: 1–12. 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

[Megaleptictis-101] "New large leptictid insectivore from the Late Paleogene of South Dakota, USA" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. 2012. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0035. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

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 |
 A [[Rhenopyrgidae|rhenopyrgid]] [[Edrioasteroidea|edrioasteroid]], a species of ''Rhenopyrgus''.
+|-
+|}
+==Ascidians==
+{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
+|-
+! Name
+! Novelty
+! Status
+! Authors
+! Age
+! Unit
+! Location
+! Notes
+! Images
+|-
+|
+''[[Burykhia]]<ref>{{Cite journal|author=M. A. Fedonkin, P. Vickers-Rich, B. J. Swalla, P. Trusler and M. Hall |year=2012 |title=A new metazoan from the Vendian of the White Sea, Russia, with possible affinities to the ascidians |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=1-11 |url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/kn740j6r18453210/ |doi=10.1134/S0031030112010042 }}</ref>
+|
+Gen. et sp.
+|
+Valid
+|
+* Fedonkin
+* Vickers-Rich
+* et al.<ref name="Burykhia-authors" group="CAL">Fedonkin, Vickers-Rich, Swalla, Trusler and Hall.</ref>
+|
+[[Vendian]]
+|
+[[Verkhovka Formation]] or [[Ust-Pinega Formation]]
+|
+{{Flag|Russia}}
+|
+An [[Ausiidae|ausiid]], a possible ascidian (but see [[Ausia (animal)]] for alternative interpretations). Its type species is ''Burykhia hunti''.
 |-
 |}