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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. 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 2015.

Plants

Main article: 2015 in paleobotany

Cnidarians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Actinaraea michoacanensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (early Aptian)	Cumburindio Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Actinacididae, a species of Actinaraea.
Actinastrea chumbitaroensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Actinastraeidae, a species of Actinastrea.
Australastraea	Gen. et comb. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Denayer & Webb	Carboniferous (Mississippian)		Australia	A 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 tenerus	Sp. nov	Valid	Fedorowski	Carboniferous (early Serpukhovian)		Poland	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Antiphyllidae, a species of Axisvacuus.
Birkenmajerites	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Fedorowski	Carboniferous (early Serpukhovian)		Poland	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Ostravaiaidae. The type species is Birkenmajerites primus.
Chelmia	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Fedorowski	Carboniferous (early Serpukhovian)		Poland	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida. The type species is Chelmia radiata.
Cionodendron smithi	Sp. nov	Valid	Denayer & Webb	Carboniferous (early Viséan)		Australia	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Lithostrotionidae; a species of Cionodendron.
Craspedophyllia japonica	Sp. nov	Valid	Stanley & Onoue	Late Triassic		Japan	A stony coral belonging to the family Reimaniphylliidae, a species of Craspedophyllia.
Crateroseris stefani	Sp. nov	Valid	Eliášová	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Štramberk Limestone	Czech Republic	A stony coral belonging to the family Synastraeidae, a species of Crateroseris.
Cryptosepta	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gretz, Lathuilière & Martini	Early Jurassic (Hettangian)		France	A zardinophyllid coral. The type species is Cryptosepta nuda.
Eocolumastrea	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Löser & Zell	Cretaceous		Romania	A 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)
Goniophyllum osloense	Sp. nov	Valid	Johannessen in Wright	Silurian (late Telychian)	Vik Formation	Norway	An operculate coral, a species of Goniophyllum.
Guembelastraea kanmerae	Sp. nov	Valid	Stanley & Onoue	Late Triassic		Japan	A stony coral belonging to the family Guembelastraeidae, a species of Guembelastraea.
Halucinophyllia	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Eliášová	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Štramberk Limestone	Czech Republic	A stony coral belonging to the family Latomeandridae. The type species is Halucinophyllia subridens.
Latiphyllia mexicana	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Montlivaltiidae, a species of Latiphyllia.
Margarosmilia mizukamia	Sp. nov	Valid	Stanley & Onoue	Late Triassic		Japan	A stony coral belonging to the family Margarophylliidae, a species of Margarosmilia.
Mycetophyllopsis azteca	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Montlivaltiidae, a species of Mycetophyllopsis.
Munusculum	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Eliášová	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Štramberk Limestone	Czech Republic	A stony coral belonging to the suborder Microsolenina. The type species is Munusculum martinaseki.
Nervophyllum lukoviensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Fedorowski	Carboniferous (early Serpukhovian)		Poland	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Aulophyllidae, a species of Nervophyllum.
Nudacolumastrea	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Löser & Zell	Cretaceous		Spain	A stony coral belonging to the group Faviina and the family Columastraeidae. The type species is Nudacolumastrea stefani.
Occulogermen	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Fedorowski	Carboniferous (early Serpukhovian)		Poland	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Lithostrotionidae. The type species is Occulogermen luciae.
Orbignygyra? incognita	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Dendrogyridae, possibly a species of Orbignygyra.
Ovalastrea malpaso	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Latomeandridae, a species of Ovalastrea.
Paraclausastrea vorarlbergensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Baron-Szabo	Early Cretaceous (late Barremian-early Aptian)	Schrattenkalk Formation	Austria	A montlivaltiid stony coral, a species of Paraclausastrea.
Paracycloseris effrenatus	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Cunnolitidae, a species of Paracycloseris.
Parascolymia bracherti	Sp. nov	Valid	Reuter in Reuter, Wiedl & Piller	Miocene (Langhian‒early Serravallian)	Leitha Limestone	Austria	A stony coral belonging to the family Lobophylliidae, a species of Parascolymia.
Pickettodendron	Gen. et comb. et sp. nov	Valid	Denayer & Webb	Carboniferous (Tournaisian)		Australia	A 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 coatlicueae	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Rhipidogyridae, a species of Preverastraea.
Preverastraea tociae	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Rhipidogyridae, a species of Preverastraea.
Retiophyllia tosaensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Stanley & Onoue	Late Triassic		Japan	A stony coral belonging to the family Reimaniphylliidae, a species of Retiophyllia.
Rotiphyllum plumeum	Sp. nov	Valid	Fedorowski	Carboniferous (early Serpukhovian)		Poland	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Antiphyllidae, a species of Rotiphyllum.
Saltocyathus cumburindioensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (early Aptian)	Cumburindio Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Rhipidogyridae, a species of Saltocyathus.
Sclerangia	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Baron-Szabo & Cairns	Miocene	Chipola Formation	United States	A rhizangiid stony coral. The type species is Sclerangia floridana.
?Sochkineophyllum symmetricum	Sp. nov	Valid	Fedorowski	Carboniferous (early Serpukhovian)		Poland	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Polycoeliidae, possibly a species of Sochkineophyllum.
Sylviella	Gen. et comb. et 4 sp. nov	Valid	Eliášová	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Štramberk Limestone	Czech Republic	A 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.
Sylviellopsis	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Eliášová	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Štramberk Limestone	Czech Republic	A stony coral belonging to the suborder Caryophylliina. The type species is Sylviellopsis erici.
Tegocoenia	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Eliášová	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Štramberk Limestone	Czech Republic	A stony coral belonging to the family Placophylliidae. The type species is "Diplocoenia" jasenica Frajová (1960).
Thalamocaeniopsis mexicanensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Thamnasteriidae, a species of Thalamocaeniopsis.
Thamnarea hornosensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (early Aptian)	Cumburindio Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Actinacididae, a species of Thamnarea.
Thamnasteria tonantzinae	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Thamnasteriidae, a species of Thamnasteria.
Thamnasteriamorpha okudai	Sp. nov	Valid	Stanley & Onoue	Late Triassic		Japan	A stony coral belonging to the family Tropiastraeidae, a species of Thamnasteriamorpha.
Thecosmilia guerreroensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Montlivaltiidae, a species of Thecosmilia.
Zaphrentites rotiphylloides	Sp. nov	Valid	Fedorowski	Carboniferous (early Serpukhovian)		Poland	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Stereophrentidae, a species of Zaphrentites.
Zaphriphyllum daleki	Sp. nov	Valid	Denayer	Carboniferous (late Tournaisian)	Yılanlı Formation	Turkey	A rugose coral belonging to the family Ekvasophyllidae, a species of Zaphriphyllum.
Zaphrufimia anceps	Sp. nov	Valid	Fedorowski	Carboniferous (early Serpukhovian)		Poland	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Stereophrentidae, a species of Zaphrufimia.

Arthropods

Main article: 2015 in arthropod paleontology

Bryozoans

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Acantholunaria	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Munnecke & Oswald	Silurian (early Wenlock)		Sweden	A cystoporate bryozoan. The type species is Acantholunaria expansa.
Adeonellopsis incompta	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An adeonid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Adeonellopsis.
Amphiblestrum paleogenicum	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A calloporid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Amphiblestrum.
Amplexopora crassiparietum	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst & Nakrem	Silurian (Wenlock)	Steinsfjorden Formation	Norway	An amplexoporid trepostome bryozoan, a species of Amplexopora.
Amplexopora evae	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst & Nakrem	Silurian (Wenlock)	Steinsfjorden Formation	Norway	An amplexoporid trepostome bryozoan, a species of Amplexopora.
Andreella dubia	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A microporid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Andreella.
Anaphragma undulata	Sp. nov	Valid	Jiménez-Sánchez, Vennin & Villas	Ordovician (late Katian)		Morocco	A trepostomate bryozoan, a species of Anaphragma.
Aostipora elongata	Sp. nov	Valid	Jiménez-Sánchez in Jiménez-Sánchez, Villas & Vennin	Ordovician (late Katian)	Khabt-el-Hajar Formation	Morocco	A trepostomate bryozoan, a species of Aostipora.
Arachnopusia dimorpha	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An arachnopusiid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Arachnopusia.
Arthropoma renipora	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A lacernid schizoporelloid bryozoan, a species of Arthropoma.
Aspidostoma clava	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An aspidostomatid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Aspidostoma.
Aspidostoma gelasinus	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An aspidostomatid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Aspidostoma.
Aspidostoma twinn	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An aspidostomatid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Aspidostoma.
Atactoporella moroccoensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Jiménez-Sánchez, Vennin & Villas	Ordovician (late Katian)		Morocco	A trepostomate bryozoan, a species of Atactoporella.
Bryopesanser bragai	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian to Serravallian)		Indonesia	An escharinid schizoporelloid bryozoan, a species of Bryopesanser.
Bryopesanser sanfilippoae	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (Burdigalian-Langhian boundary to Serravallian)		Indonesia	An escharinid schizoporelloid bryozoan, a species of Bryopesanser.
Buffonellaria sagittaria	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A celleporid celleporoid bryozoan, a species of Buffonellaria.
Caberoides gordoni	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A catenicellid bryozoan, a species of Caberoides.
Celiopsis	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Zágoršek, Gordon & Vávra	Eocene to Oligocene		Austria Hungary Italy Poland Slovakia Spain	A chlidoniopsid cheilostome bryozoan. The type species is Celiopsis vici; genus also contains "Crisidia" vindobonensis Reuss (1847) and "Chlidoniopsis" vavrai Zágoršek (2003).
Cellaria bicuspidata	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A cellariid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Cellaria.
Cellaria gigas	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A cellariid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Cellaria.
Cellaria inarticulata	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A cellariid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Cellaria.
Cellaria palatum	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A cellariid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Cellaria.
Chaperiopsis cookae	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A chaperiid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Chaperiopsis.
Chataimulosia revelator	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A lepraliellid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Chataimulosia.
Cladobryopastor	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A bryopastorid cheilostome bryozoan. The type species is Cladobryopastor philipi.
Conopeum stamenocelloides	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An electrid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Conopeum.
Curvipora	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Munnecke & Oswald	Silurian (early Wenlock)		Sweden	A cystoporate bryozoan. The type species is Curvipora monostylata.
Cyphotrypa regularis	Sp. nov	Valid	Jiménez-Sánchez in Jiménez-Sánchez, Villas & Vennin	Ordovician (late Katian)	Khabt-el-Hajar Formation	Morocco	A trepostomate bryozoan, a species of Cyphotrypa.
Dactylostega spiralis	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A foveolariid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Dactylostega.
Diedropora	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An adeonoid cheilostome bryozoan. The type species is Diedropora gravabilis.
Dyscritella ornata	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova, Ernst & Poty	Carboniferous (Tournaisian)	Namur-Dinant Basin	Belgium
Dyscritella perforata	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova et al.	Devonian (latest Famennian)	Comblain-au-Pont Formation	Belgium	A dyscritellid trepostome bryozoan, a species of Dyscritella.
Exechonella chathamensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An exechonellid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Exechonella.
Exochella abigailae	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A romancheinid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Exochella.
Exochella linearis	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A romancheinid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Exochella.
Exochella reidae	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A romancheinid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Exochella.
Exochella woodae	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A romancheinid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Exochella.
?Filaguria kalimantanensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (Serravallian)		Indonesia	A cribrilinid bryozoan, possibly a species of Filaguria.
Floridina elegans	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An onychocellid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Floridina.
Gigantopora milenae	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (Serravallian)		Indonesia	A gigantoporid schizoporelloid bryozoan, a species of Gigantopora.
Gigantopora grandis	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A gigantoporid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Gigantopora.
Gigantopora modesta	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A gigantoporid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Gigantopora.
Hemicyclopora dissidens	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A romancheinid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Hemicyclopora.
Hemicyclopora ventricosa	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A romancheinid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Hemicyclopora.
Heminematopora gaetula	Sp. nov	In press	Ernst, Jiménez-Sánchez & Baidder	Ordovician (Katian)		Morocco	A species of Heminematopora.
Heteropora scholzi	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A cerioporid cyclostome bryozoan, a species of Heteropora.
Heterotrypa ringerikense	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst & Nakrem	Silurian (Wenlock)	Steinsfjorden Formation	Norway	A heterotrypid trepostome bryozoan, a species of Heterotrypa.
?Hippomenella devatasae	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A romancheinid lepralielloid bryozoan, possibly a species of Hippomenella.
?Hippomenella uniserialis	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A romancheinid lepralielloid bryozoan, possibly a species of Hippomenella.
Hippopleurifera barbosae	Sp. nov	Valid	Ramalho et al.	Miocene	Pirabas Formation	Brazil	A cheilostome bryozoan belonging to the superfamily Lepralielloidea and the family Romancheneidae, a species of Hippopleurifera.
Hippopleurifera confusa	Sp. nov	Valid	Ramalho et al.	Miocene	Pirabas Formation	Brazil	A cheilostome bryozoan belonging to the superfamily Lepralielloidea and the family Romancheneidae, a species of Hippopleurifera.
Hippopodina indicata	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian to Langhian)		Indonesia	A hippopodinid schizoporelloid bryozoan, a species of Hippopodina.
Hyporosopora nana	Sp. nov	Valid	Wilson, Bosch & Taylor	Middle Jurassic (Callovian)	Matmor Formation	Israel	A plagioeciid cyclostome bryozoan, a species of Hyporosopora.
Hyporosopora negevensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Wilson, Bosch & Taylor	Middle Jurassic (Callovian)	Matmor Formation	Israel	A plagioeciid cyclostome bryozoan, a species of Hyporosopora.
Idmonea snehi	Sp. nov	Valid	Wilson, Bosch & Taylor	Middle Jurassic (Callovian)	Matmor Formation	Israel	A multisparsid cyclostome bryozoan, a species of Idmonea.
Illusiopora	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A schizoporelloid cheilostome bryozoan. The type species is Illusiopora bifax; genus also contains Illusiopora recta.
Isostylus veserensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Tolokonnikova & Denayer	Devonian (late Frasnian)		Belgium	A species of Isostylus.
Lacerna ordinaria	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A lacernid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Lacerna.
Lagenipora sciutoi	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A celleporid celleporoid bryozoan, a species of Lagenipora.
Lenapora gurievensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Mesentseva	Devonian		Russia	A rhabdomesid bryozoan, a species of Lenapora.
Leptotrypa enodis	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Munnecke & Oswald	Silurian (early Wenlock)		Sweden	A trepostome bryozoan, a species of Leptotrypa.
Leptotrypa hexagona	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova, Ernst & Poty	Carboniferous (Tournaisian)	Namur-Dinant Basin	Belgium
Leptotrypa perforata	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Munnecke & Oswald	Silurian (early Wenlock)		Sweden	A trepostome bryozoan, a species of Leptotrypa.
Macrocamera obesa	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An eminooeciid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Macrocamera.
Margaretta amitabhae	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (Burdigalian-Langhian boundary to Serravallian)		Indonesia	A margarettid schizoporelloid bryozoan, a species of Margaretta.
Marssonopora connexa	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A calloporid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Marssonopora.
Mediaporina kiaeri	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst & Nakrem	Silurian (Wenlock)	Steinsfjorden Formation	Norway	An arthrostylid cryptostome bryozoan, a species of Mediaporina.
Melychocella bilamellata	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An aspidostomatid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Melychocella.
Melychocella obliqua	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An aspidostomatid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Melychocella.
Mesenteripora jamesi	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A plagioeciid cyclostome bryozoan, a species of Mesenteripora.
Microeciella yoavi	Sp. nov	Valid	Wilson, Bosch & Taylor	Middle Jurassic (Callovian)	Matmor Formation	Israel	An oncousoeciid cyclostome bryozoan, a species of Microeciella.
Micropora chathamica	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A microporid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Micropora.
Monticulipora globulata	Sp. nov	Valid	Jiménez-Sánchez, Vennin & Villas	Ordovician (late Katian)		Morocco	A trepostomate bryozoan, a species of Monticulipora.
Monticulipora irregularis	Sp. nov	Valid	Jiménez-Sánchez, Vennin & Villas	Ordovician (late Katian)		Morocco	A trepostomate bryozoan, a species of Monticulipora.
Moyanopora	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An arachnopusiid cheilostome bryozoan. The type species is Moyanopora hugoi.
Multescharellina pisiformis	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A lepraliellid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Multescharellina.
Nematopora rara	Sp. nov	Valid	Mesentseva	Devonian		Russia	A rhabdomesid bryozoan, a species of Nematopora.
Nikiforovastylus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova et al.	Devonian (latest Famennian)	Comblain-au-Pont Formation	Belgium	A nikiforovellid cryptostome bryozoan. The type species is Nikiforovastylus ourthensis.
Nikiforovella dinantia	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova et al.	Devonian (latest Famennian)	Comblain-au-Pont Formation	Belgium	A nikiforovellid cryptostome bryozoan, a species of Nikiforovella.
Onychocella exilis	Sp. nov	Valid	Koromyslova & Shcherbinina	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Uzbekistan	An onychocellid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Onychocella.
Onychocella subtriangulata	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An onychocellid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Onychocella.
Orthopora worsleyi	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst & Nakrem	Silurian (Wenlock)	Steinsfjorden Formation	Norway	A rhabdomesid cryptostome bryozoan, a species of Orthopora.
Osthimosia aurora	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A celleporid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Osthimosia.
Osthimosia curiosa	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A celleporid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Osthimosia.
Oviexechonella	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (Serravallian)		Indonesia	An exechonellid arachnopusioid bryozoan. The type species is Oviexechonella digeronimoi.
Paracuneatopora egregia	Sp. nov	Valid	Mesentseva	Devonian		Russia	A rhabdomesid bryozoan, a species of Paracuneatopora.
Paracuneatopora kuvaschensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Mesentseva	Devonian		Russia	A rhabdomesid bryozoan, a species of Paracuneatopora.
Paranicklesopora ornaisa	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova, Ernst & Poty	Carboniferous (Tournaisian)	Namur-Dinant Basin	Belgium
Parvohallopora cystata	Sp. nov	Valid	Jiménez-Sánchez in Jiménez-Sánchez, Villas & Vennin	Ordovician (late Katian)	Khabt-el-Hajar Formation	Morocco	A trepostomate bryozoan, a species of Parvohallopora.
Perkhurovella	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gorjunova	Carboniferous		Russia	A diploporariine acanthocladiid bryozoan. The type species is Perkhurovella clara.
Phonicosia sinuosa	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A lacernid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Phonicosia.
Plagioecia zatoni	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A plagioeciid cyclostome bryozoan, a species of Plagioecia.
Platonea dilatata	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A tubuliporid cyclostome bryozoan, a species of Platonea.
Porella tiorioriensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A bryocryptellid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Porella.
Porina turrita	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A porinid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Porina.
Prophyllodictya simplex	Sp. nov	Valid	Ma et al.	Ordovician (early Tremadocian)	Nantzinkuan Formation	China	A cryptostome bryozoan, a species of Prophyllodictya.
Pseudobatostomella parva	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova et al.	Devonian (latest Famennian)	Comblain-au-Pont Formation	Belgium	A dyscritellid trepostome bryozoan, a species of Pseudobatostomella.
Pseudothyracella campbelli	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A bryopastorid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Pseudothyracella.
Puellina bontangensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A cribrilinid bryozoan, a species of Puellina.
Pyrisinella primazelandiae	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A pyrisinellid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Pyrisinella.
Quasitrilaminopora	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	An arachnopusiid cheilostome bryozoan. The type species is Quasitrilaminopora curiosa.
Radiotrypa alnifensis	Sp. nov	In press	Ernst, Jiménez-Sánchez & Baidder	Ordovician (Katian)		Morocco	A species of Radiotrypa.
Reptadeonella curvabilis	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	An adeonid bryozoan, a species of Reptadeonella.
Reptadeonella toddi	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian or early Langhian to Serravallian)		Indonesia	An adeonid bryozoan, a species of Reptadeonella.
Reteporella mediocris	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A phidoloporid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Reteporella.
Revalotrypa ramosa	Sp. nov	In press	Ernst, Jiménez-Sánchez & Baidder	Ordovician (Katian)		Morocco	A species of Revalotrypa.
Saevitella renemai	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A hippopodinid schizoporelloid bryozoan, a species of Saevitella.
Saffordotaxis spinigerus	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova, Ernst & Poty	Carboniferous (Tournaisian)	Namur-Dinant Basin	Belgium
Salairella	Gen. et 5 sp. nov	Junior homonym	Mesentseva	Devonian		Russia	A rhabdomesid bryozoan. Genus contains five species: S. petaloida, S. variabilis, S. maculata, S. baskuskanensis and S. recta. The generic name is a junior homonym of Salairella Khalfina (1961) and Salairella Severgina (1984).
Schizoretepora tamagawensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Zágoršek, Takashima & Hirose	Miocene	Tanosawa Formation	Japan	A member of Phidoloporidae, a species of Schizoretepora.
Sendinopora	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (Serravallian)		Indonesia	A tessaradomid lepralielloid bryozoan. The type species is Sendinopora prima.
Siphonicytara litotes	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A siphonicytarid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Siphonicytara.
Siphonicytara primitiva	Sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A siphonicytarid cheilostome bryozoan, a species of Siphonicytara.
Spinofenestella nodosa	Sp. nov	Valid	Tolokonnikova, Ernst & Poty	Carboniferous (Tournaisian)	Namur-Dinant Basin	Belgium
Stellatotrypa	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Munnecke & Oswald	Silurian (early Wenlock)		Sweden	A trepostome bryozoan. The type species is Stellatotrypa hirsuta.
Terepennipora	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Gorjunova	Carboniferous		Russia	A diploporariine acanthocladiid bryozoan. A new genus for "Pinnatopora" longicellata Morozova (1955); genus also contains "Pinnatopora" volgensis Shishova (1959), "Pinnatopora" inconstans Shishova (1959), "Pinnatopora" subpunctata Shishova (1959) and "Pinnatopora" distincta Shishova (1950).
Trematopora maculata	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst & Nakrem	Silurian (Wenlock)	Steinsfjorden Formation	Norway	A trematoporid trepostome bryozoan, a species of Trematopora.
Triznotrypa potii	Sp. nov	Valid	Ernst, Tolokonnikova & Denayer	Devonian (late Frasnian)		Belgium	A species of Triznotrypa.
Trypostega hasibuani	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A trypostegid hippothooid bryozoan, a species of Trypostega.
Tubiporella magnipora	Sp. nov	Valid	Di Martino & Taylor	Miocene (late Burdigalian)		Indonesia	A didymosellid didymoselloid bryozoan, a species of Tubiporella.
Tumaiella	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	New Zealand	A calloporid cheilostome bryozoan. The type species is Tumaiella dieffenbachi.
Zagorsekia	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Gordon & Taylor	Early Eocene	Tumaio Limestone	Australia New Zealand	A tubuliporid cyclostome bryozoan; a new genus for "Heteropora" nodulosa MacGillivray (1895).

Brachiopods

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Alaskothyris	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Blodgett, Baranov & Santucci	Devonian (Givetian)		United States	A stringocephalid terebratulid brachiopod. The type species is Alaskothyris frosti.
Alexenia? delepinei	Sp. nov	In press	Chacón & Winkler Prins	Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)		Spain	A member of Productidae, possibly a species of Alexenia.
Amictocracens? brocki	Sp. nov	Valid	Popov et al.	Cambrian	Parahio Formation	India	A member of Acrotretida belonging to the family Acrotretidae, possibly a species of Amictocracens.
Aphelotreta khemangarensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Popov et al.	Cambrian	Parahio Formation	India	A member of Acrotretida belonging to the family Acrotretidae, a species of Aphelotreta.
Bifida rara	Sp. nov	Valid	Baranov	Devonian (Emsian)		Russia	A member of Atrypidae, a species of Bifida.
Chonetinetes elongatus	Sp. nov	Valid	Afanasjeva, Jun-ichi & Tomohiko	Permian		Japan	A member of Chonetida belonging to the family Rugosochonetidae, a species of Chonetinetes.
Copperella	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Baranov	Devonian (Emsian)		Russia	A member of Atrypidae. The type species is Copperella kaskevichi.
Dagyssia	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Gaetani & Mantovani	Triassic (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).
Duartea latoresensis	Sp. nov	In press	Chacón & Winkler Prins	Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)		Spain	A member of Productidae, possibly a species of Duartea.
Eodmitria sezgini	Sp. nov	Valid	Gourvennec & Hoşgör	Devonian (latest Givetian to early Frasnian)	Gümüșali Formation	Turkey	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Cyrtospiriferidae, a species of Eodmitria.
Eohadrotreta haydeni	Sp. nov	Valid	Popov et al.	Cambrian	Parahio Formation	India	A member of Acrotretida belonging to the family Acrotretidae, a species of Eohadrotreta.
Evanidisinurostrum saouraense	Sp. nov	Valid	Mottequin et al.	Devonian (Famennian)		Algeria	A rhynchonellid brachiopod, a species of Evanidisinurostrum.
Hadrotreta timchristiorum	Sp. nov	Valid	Popov et al.	Cambrian	Parahio Formation	India	A member of Acrotretida belonging to the family Acrotretidae, a species of Hadrotreta.
Inflatia ovetensis	Sp. nov	In press	Chacón & Winkler Prins	Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)		Spain	A member of Productidae, possibly a species of Inflatia.
Jafarirhynchus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Popov et al.	Silurian (Telychian)	Niur Formation	Iran	A rhynchotrematoid rhynchonellid brachiopod. The type species is Jafarirhynchus alatus.
Kerberellus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Devaere, Holmer & Clausen in Devaere et al.	Cambrian (Terreneuvian)	Marcou Formation	France	A mickwitziid-like stem-group brachiopod. The type species is Kerberellus marcouensis.
Kirkirhynchus	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Baranov & Blodgett	Devonian (early Pragian)		United States	A trigonirhynchiid rhynchonellid brachiopod; a new genus for "Camarotoechia" reesidei Kirk & Amsden (1952).
Kutorgina songshanensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Liu et al.	Cambrian		China	A species of Kutorgina.
Lingularia salymica	Sp. nov	Valid	Smirnova in Smirnova et al.	Late Jurassic		Russia	A member of Lingulida, a species of Lingularia.
Misensia	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Baranov	Devonian (Emsian)		Russia	A member of Atrypidae. The type species is Misensia gracilis.
Ogilviella gerensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Baranov	Devonian (Emsian)		Russia	A member of Atrypidae, a species of Ogilviella.
Paillettia menae	Sp. nov	Valid	Gourvennec & Hoşgör	Devonian (latest Givetian to early Frasnian)	Gümüșali Formation	Turkey	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Adolfiidae, a species of Paillettia.
Pelmanotreta	Nom. nov	Valid	Skovsted et al.	Early Cambrian		Russia	A replacement name for Cryptotreta Pelman (1977) (preoccupied).
Portrania	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Cocks	Ordovician (late Katian	Portrane Limestone	Ireland	A chilidiopsoidean brachiopod. The type species is Portrania wrighti Cocks & Harper in Cocks (2015).
Prototreta? sumnaensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Popov et al.	Cambrian	Parahio Formation	India	A member of Acrotretida belonging to the family Acrotretidae, possibly a species of Prototreta.
Ptychomentzelia	Gen. et comb. et sp. nov	Valid	Gaetani & Mantovani	Middle Triassic		Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Hungary Italy Romania Turkey	A 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.
Raisiya	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Baranov	Devonian (Emsian)		Russia	A member of Atrypidae. The type species is Raisiya solonchanensis.
Rugaria semicircularis	Sp. nov	Valid	Afanasjeva, Jun-ichi & Tomohiko	Permian		Japan	A member of Chonetida belonging to the family Rugosochonetidae, a species of Rugaria.
Savagerhynchus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Baranov & Blodgett	Devonian (early Pragian)		United States	A trigonirhynchiid rhynchonellid brachiopod. The type species is Savagerhynchus hecetaensis.
Scalenomena	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Cocks	Ordovician (early Katian	Craighead Limestone	United Kingdom	A chilidiopsoidean brachiopod. A new genus for "Fardenia" scalena Williams (1962).
Sillakkudirhynchia	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Radulović et al.	Late Cretaceous (Coniacian to early Maastrichtian)	Sillakkudi Formation	India	A member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Tetrarhynchiidae. A new genus for "Rhynchonella" plicatiloides Stoliczka (1872); genus also contains "Cretirhynchia" sahnii Radulović & Ramamoorthy (1992).
Talexirhynchia	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Feldman et al.	Middle Jurassic (Callovian)	Mughanniyya Formation	Jordan	A rhynchonellid brachiopod. The type species is Talexirhynchia kadishi.

Molluscs

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Echinoderms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aegyptiaris	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Abdelhamid & Abdelghany	Cretaceous (Aptian to Cenomanian)		Egypt	An emiratiid sea urchin. The type species is Aegyptiaris halalensis; genus also contains "Trochodiadema" isidis Fourtau (1921).
Aganaster jagiellonicus	Sp. nov	In press	Thuy, Kutscher & Płachno	Carboniferous (late Tournaisian)	Mazurowe Doły Formation	Poland	A brittle star belonging to the suborder Ophiurina, a species of Aganaster.
Archaeocidaris marmorcataractensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Thompson et al.	Carboniferous (early Pennsylvanian)	Marble Falls Formation	United States	A sea urchin, a species of Archaeocidaris.
Baudicrinus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Oji & Twitchett	Early Triassic	AI Jil Formation	Oman	A dadocrinid articulate crinoid, a relative of encrinids. The type species is Baudicrinus krystyni.
Bizarroglobus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Sumrall & Sprinkle	Ordovician	Kanosh Shale	United States	An edrioasteroid. The type species is Bizarroglobus medusae.
Browerocrinus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ausich, Peter & Ettensohn	Silurian (Rhuddanian)	Brassfield Formation	United States	A crinoid. The type species is Browerocrinus arthrikos.
Callocystites fresti	Sp. nov	Valid	Paul	Silurian	Massie Formation	United States	A callocystitid cystoid, a species of Callocystites.
‘Cidaris’ labergensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Zonneveld, Furlong & Sanders	Late Triassic	Aksala Formation	Canada	A sea urchin, possibly a species of Cidaris.
Conollia sporranoides	Sp. nov	Valid	Rahman, Stewart & Zamora	Ordovician (Sandbian)	Balclatchie Formation	United Kingdom	A member of Ctenocystoidea, a species of Conollia.
Enakomusium	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Thuy	Jurassic (Toarcian to Oxfordian)		France Germany Switzerland United Kingdom	A 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).
Eotiaris guadalupensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Thompson in Thompson et al.	Permian (Roadian-Capitanian)	Bell Canyon Formation Road Canyon Formation Word Formation	United States	A cidaroid sea urchin, a species of Eotiaris.
Exaesiodiscus derbyi	Sp. nov	Valid	Scheffler, da Fonseca & Fernandes	Devonian (middle Eifelian)	Maecuru Formation	Brazil	A crinoid, a species of Exaesiodiscus.
Frasericrinus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ausich et al.	Early Cretaceous (probably early late Albian)	Peace River Formation	Canada	An isocrinid crinoid. The type species is Frasericrinus mauricensis.
Guangxicrinus	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Webster & Chen	Devonian (Eifelian)	Yingtang Formation	China	A marsupiocrinid crinoid. The type species is Guangxicrinus xiangzhouensis.
Heviacrinus tromelini	Sp. nov	In press	Lefebvre et al.	Ordovician (late Darriwilian)		France	A crinoid, a species of Heviacrinus.
Lanxocolumnus (col.) chaleurensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Donovan & Keighley	Silurian (Telychian)		Canada	A crinoid, a species of Lanxocolumnus.
Lapidaster hellersi	Sp. nov	Valid	Numberger-Thuy & Thuy	Middle Jurassic (earliest Bajocian)		Luxembourg	A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae, a species of Lapidaster.
Laudonomphalus ferreirai	Sp. nov	Valid	Scheffler, da Fonseca & Fernandes	Devonian (middle Eifelian)	Maecuru Formation	Brazil	A crinoid, a species of Laudonomphalus.
Llanocystis	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zamora, Sumrall & Sprinkle	Cambrian (Furongian)	Wilberns Formation	United States	An eocrinoid of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Llanocystis wilbernsensis.
Lovenicystis kopfi	Sp. nov	Valid	Paul	Silurian		United States	A callocystitid cystoid, a species of Lovenicystis.
Marettocrinus hartti	Sp. nov	Valid	Scheffler, da Fonseca & Fernandes	Devonian (middle Eifelian)	Maecuru Formation	Brazil	A crinoid, a species of Marettocrinus.
Marettocrinus katzeri	Sp. nov	Valid	Scheffler, da Fonseca & Fernandes	Devonian (middle Eifelian)	Maecuru Formation	Brazil	A crinoid, a species of Marettocrinus.
Marginix	Nom. nov	Valid	Martínez & del Río	Devonian	Talacasto Formation	Argentina	A brittle star belonging to the order Oegophiurida and the family Encrinasteridae; a replacement name for Marginaster Haude (1995) and Marginura Haude (1999) (both preoccupied).
Notatudiadema	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Abdelhamid & Abdelghany	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)		Egypt	A diadematoid sea urchin. The type species is Notatudiadema rekeibensis.
Ophiocantabria	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Blake, Zamora & García-Alcalde	Devonian (Lochkovian)	Furada Formation	Spain	A brittle star belonging to the order Oegophiurida, suborder Lysophiurina and the family Encrinasteridae. The type species is Ophiocantabria elegans.
Ophiodoris reconciliator	Sp. nov	Valid	Thuy	Middle Jurassic (early Bajocian)	Longwy Formation	France	A brittle star belonging to the family Ophionereididae, a species of Ophiodoris.
Ophiotitanos aschmannicor	Sp. nov	Valid	Thuy	Middle Jurassic (early Bajocian)	Longwy Formation	France	A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiodermatidae, a species of Ophiotitanos.
Pentaridica mendesi	Sp. nov	Valid	Scheffler, da Fonseca & Fernandes	Devonian (middle Eifelian)	Maecuru Formation	Brazil	A crinoid, a species of Pentaridica.
Porosublastus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Sprinkle & Sumrall	Early Ordovician	Ninemile Shale	United States	An edrioasteroid. The type species is Porosublastus inexpectus.
Pseudedriophus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Sprinkle & Sumrall	Early Ordovician	Ninemile Shale	United States	An edrioasteroid. The type species is Pseudedriophus guensburgi.
Ristnacrinus oepiki	Sp. nov	Valid	Ausich, Rozhnov & Kammer	Ordovician (Katian)		Estonia	A crinoid related to Iocrinus, a species of Ristnacrinus.
Salamonicrinus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Trzęsiok	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)		Poland	A cyrtocrinid crinoid. The type species is Salamonicrinus prodigiosum.
Salirocystis	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Paul	Silurian		United States	A callocystitid cystoid; a new genus for "Apiocystites" anna Safford (1869).
Temnocrinus americanus	Sp. nov	Valid	Ausich, Peter & Ettensohn	Silurian (Rhuddanian)	Brassfield Formation	United States	A crinoid, a species of Temnocrinus.
Velocrinus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ausich, Wilson & Vinn	Late Silurian	Kaugatuma Formation	Estonia	A crotalocrinitid crinoid. The type species is Velocrinus coniculus.

Conodonts

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Arianagnathus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Männik, Miller & Hairapetian	Silurian	Niur Formation	Iran	A member of Prioniodontida, possibly a balognathid. The type species is Arianagnathus jafariani.
Ozarkodina derenjalensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Männik, Miller & Hairapetian	Silurian	Niur Formation	Iran	A member of Ozarkodinida, a spathognathodontid; a species of Ozarkodina.
Polygnathus bicristatus	Sp. nov	Valid	Mossoni et al.	Late Devonian or Early Carboniferous		Italy	A member of Ozarkodinida belonging to the family Polygnathidae, a species of Polygnathus.
Polygnathus nuragicus	Sp. nov	Valid	Mossoni et al.	Late Devonian or Early Carboniferous		Italy	A member of Ozarkodinida belonging to the family Polygnathidae, a species of Polygnathus.
Pseudopolygnathus granulobatus	Sp. nov	Valid	Mossoni et al.	Late Devonian or Early Carboniferous		Italy	A member of Ozarkodinida belonging to the family Polygnathidae, a species of Pseudopolygnathus.
Spathogondolella	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Jiang in Chen et al.	Early Triassic		China	The type species is Spathogondolella jiarongensis.
Vjalovognathus nicolli	Sp. nov	Valid	Yuan, Shen & Henderson in Yuan et al.	Early Permian	Xiala Formation	China	A species of Vjalovognathus.

Fishes

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Amphibians

Research

• A study of the anatomy of the skull of Acanthostega gunnari is published by Porro, Rayfield & Clack (2015).
• A study of the skeletal morphogenesis of the lepospondyls Microbrachis pelikani and Hyloplesion longicostatum is published by Olori (2015).
• A study of the anatomy of the skull of the lepospondyl Quasicaecilia texana is published by Pardo, Szostakiwskyj & Anderson (2015).

New taxa

Temnospondyls

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Eocyclotosaurus appetolatus	Sp. nov	Valid	Rinehart, Lucas & Schoch	Middle Triassic	Moenkopi Formation	United States	A capitosaur, a species of Eocyclotosaurus.
Metoposaurus algarvensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Brusatte et al.	Late Triassic		Portugal	A species of Metoposaurus.
Procuhy	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Cisneros et al.	Permian (Cisuralian)	Lower Pedra de Fogo Formation	Brazil	A member of Trimerorhachidae. The type species is Procuhy nazariensis.
Timonya	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Cisneros et al.	Permian (Cisuralian)	Lower Pedra de Fogo Formation	Brazil	A member of Dvinosauria. The type species is Timonya anneae.

Lepospondyls

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aletrimyti	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Szostakiwskyj, Pardo & Anderson	Permian (Kungurian)	Fairmont Shale	United States	A member of Recumbirostra. The type species is Aletrimyti gaskillae.
Batropetes appelensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Glienke	Early Permian	Saar–Nahe Basin	Germany	A species of Batropetes.
Batropetes palatinus	Sp. nov	Valid	Glienke	Early Permian	Saar–Nahe Basin	Germany	A species of Batropetes.
Dvellecanus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Szostakiwskyj, Pardo & Anderson	Permian (Kungurian)	Fairmont Shale	United States	A member of Recumbirostra. The type species is Dvellecanus carrolli.

Lissamphibians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Hensonbatrachus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gardner & Brinkman	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Dinosaur Park Formation Oldman Formation	Canada	A frog. The type species is Hensonbatrachus kermiti.
Kiyatriton krasnolutskii	Sp. nov	In press	Skutschas	Middle Jurassic (Bathoniam)	Itat Formation	Russia	A salamander, a species of Kiyatriton.
Lepidobatrachus australis	Sp. nov	Valid	Nicoli	Late Miocene to Early Pliocene	Monte Hermoso Formation	Argentina	A frog belonging to the family Ceratophryidae, a species of Lepidobatrachus.
Palaeoplethodon	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Poinar & Wake	Eocene or Miocene		Dominican Republic	A lungless salamander found in Dominican amber. The type species is Palaeoplethodon hispaniolae.
Tyrrellbatrachus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gardner	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada	A frog of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Tyrrellbatrachus brinkmani.
Varibatrachus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Parmley, Chandler & Chandler	Miocene (late Clarendonian)	Ash Hollow Formation	United States	A frog of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Varibatrachus abraczinskasae.

Diadectomorphs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Alveusdectes	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Liu & Bever	Late Permian (Wuchiapingian, roughly 256 Ma)	Shangshihezi Formation	China	A diadectid. The type species is Alveusdectes fenestralis.

Ichthyosauromorphs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Cartorhynchus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Motani et al.	Early Triassic (Olenekian)	Nanlinghu Formation	China	A relative of ichthyopterygians. The type species is Cartorhynchus lenticarpus.
Dearcmhara	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Brusatte et al.	Jurassic (Toarcian–Bajocian)		United Kingdom	A basal member of Neoichthyosauria. The type species is Dearcmhara shawcrossi.
Eretmorhipis	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Chen et al.	Early Triassic (late Spathian)	Jialingjiang Formation	China	A hupehsuchian. The type species is Eretmorhipis carrolldongi.
Ichthyosaurus anningae	Sp. nov	Valid	Lomax & Massare	Early Jurassic (Hettangian/Sinemurian–Pliensbachian)		United Kingdom	A species of Ichthyosaurus.
Muiscasaurus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Maxwell et al.	Early Cretaceous (Barremian–Aptian)	Paja Formation	Colombia	A member of Ophthalmosauridae. The type species is Muiscasaurus catheti.

Sauropterygians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Anguanax	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Cau & Fanti	Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)	Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation	Italy	A pliosaurid. The type species is Anguanax zignoi.
Atychodracon	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Smith	Early Jurassic		United Kingdom	A rhomaleosaurid plesiosaur; a new genus for "Plesiosaurus" megacephalus Stutchbury (1846).
Cardiocorax	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Araújo et al.	Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian)	Mocuio Formation	Angola	An elasmosaurid plesiosaur. The type species is Cardiocorax mukulu.
Vegasaurus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	O’Gorman et al.	Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian)	Snow Hill Island Formation	Antarctica (Vega Island)	An elasmosaurid plesiosaur. The type species is Vegasaurus molyi.
Wangosaurus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ma et al.	Middle Triassic (Ladinian)	Falang Formation	China	A pistosauroid. The type species is Wangosaurus brevirostris.

Lepidosaurs

Research

• A phylogenetic analysis of living and fossil squamate relationships, based on morphological and molecular data, is published by Reeder et al. (2015).
• Miocene anoles from the Dominican amber, showing the habitat specializations also present in the extant Caribbean anoles, are described by Sherratt et al. (2015).

New taxa

Rhynchocephalians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Clevosaurus sectumsemper	Sp. nov	Valid	Klein et al.	Late Triassic (Rhaetian)		United Kingdom	A clevosaurid sphenodontian, a species of Clevosaurus.

Lizards

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Archaerhineura	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Longrich et al.	Late Palaeocene	Polecat Bench Formation	United States	A rhineurid amphisbaenian. The type species is Archaerhineura mephitis.
Asagaolacerta	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Evans & Matsumoto	Early Cretaceous	Kuwajima Formation	Japan	A lizard of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Asagaolacerta tricuspidens.
Asprosaurus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Park, Evans & Huh	Late Cretaceous		South Korea	A member of Anguimorpha, probably a member of Monstersauria. The type species is Asprosaurus bibongriensis.
Babibasiliscus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Conrad	Eocene (approximately 48 Ma)	Bridger Formation	United States	A member of Corytophanidae. The type species is Babibasiliscus alxi.
Barbatteius	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Venczel & Codrea	Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian)	Haţeg Basin	Romania	A member of Teiidae. The type species is Barbatteius vremiri.
Cadurcogekko verus	Sp. nov	Valid	Bolet et al.	Eocene		France	A gekkotan lizard, a species of Cadurcogekko.
Chromatogenys	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Makádi & Nydam	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)		Hungary	A member of Scincomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Chromatogenys tiliquoides.
Chthonophis	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Longrich et al.	Probably early Palaeocene	Bug Creek Anthills, Fort Union Formation	United States	An amphisbaenian, the only member of the new family Chthonophidae. The type species is Chthonophis subterraneus.
Cuvieribaena	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Čerňanský, Augéc & Rage	Eocene (Bartonian)		France	A blanid amphisbaenian. The type species is Cuvieribaena carlgansi.
Dryadissector	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wick, Lehman & Brink	Late Cretaceous (early Campanian)	Aguja Formation	United States	A member of Varanoidea. The type species is Dryadissector shilleri.
Gekkomimus	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Bolet et al.	Eocene		France	A skink; a new genus for "Cadurcogekko" rugosus Augé (2005).
Gueragama	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Simões et al.	Late Cretaceous (Turonian-Campanian)	Goio-Erê Formation	Brazil	The first member of Acrodonta (a relative of agamids and chameleons) described from South America. The type species is Gueragama sulamericana.
Hakuseps	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Evans & Matsumoto	Early Cretaceous		Japan	A squamate of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Hakuseps imberis.
Kuroyuriella	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Evans & Matsumoto	Early Cretaceous	Kuwajima Formation	Japan	A lizard of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Kuroyuriella mikikoi.
Norellius	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Conrad & Daza	Early Cretaceous (probably approximately 130 Mya)	Öösh Basin	Mongolia	A member of Gekkonomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Norellius nyctisaurops.
Ophisaurus holeci	Sp. nov	Valid	Klembara	Early Miocene		Czech Republic	A glass lizard.
Pachygenys adachii	Sp. nov	Valid	Ikeda, Ota & Saegusa	Early Cretaceous	Sasayama Group	Japan	A squamate of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Pachygenys.
Plioplatecarpus peckensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Cuthbertson & Holmes	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Bearpaw Formation	United States	A mosasaur, a species of Plioplatecarpus.
Pseudopus rugosus	Sp. nov	Valid	Klembara	Early Miocene		Czech Republic	A relative of the sheltopusik.

Snakes

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Diablophis	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Caldwell et al.	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation	United States	A basal snake; a new genus for "Parviraptor" gilmorei Evans (1996).
Eophis	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Caldwell et al.	Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)	Forest Marble	United Kingdom	A basal snake. The type species is Eophis underwoodi.
Portugalophis	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Caldwell et al.	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)	Camadas de Guimarota	Portugal	A basal snake. The type species is Portugalophis lignites.
Tetrapodophis	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Martill, Tischlinger & Longrich	Early Cretaceous (Aptian)	Crato Formation	Brazil	An early, four-legged snake. The type species is Tetrapodophis amplectus.

Turtles

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Adocus sengokuensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Sonoda et al.	Early Cretaceous	Sengoku Formation	Japan	A species of Adocus.
Arvinachelys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Lively	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Kaiparowits Formation	United States	A member of Baenidae. The type species is Arvinachelys goldeni.
Bairdemys thalassica	Sp. nov	Valid	Ferreira et al.	Miocene	Capadare Formation	Venezuela	A podocnemidid belonging to the clade Stereogenyina, a species of Bairdemys.
Desmatochelys padillai	Sp. nov	Valid	Cadena & Parham	Early Cretaceous (late Barremian-early Aptian)	Paja Formation	Colombia	A member of Protostegidae, species of Desmatochelys.
Gaffneylania	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Sterli, de la Fuente & Krause	Middle Eocene	Sarmiento Formation	Argentina	A member of Meiolaniidae. The type species is Gaffneylania auricularis.
Gobiapalone palaeocenica	Sp. nov	Valid	Danilov et al.	Paleocene	Bugin Tsav Basin	Mongolia	A member of Trionychidae, a species of Gobiapalone.
Gomphochelys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bourque et al.	Early Wasatchian	Willwood Formation	United States	A member of Dermatemydidae. The type species is Gomphochelys nanus.
Judithemys russelli	Sp. nov	Valid	Brinkman	Late Cretaceous		Canada	A member of (likely non-monophyletic) Macrobaenidae, a species of Judithemys.
Jurassichelon	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Pérez-García	Late Jurassic (early Tithonian)		France	A basal member of Eucryptodira. The type species is Jurassichelon oleronensis.
Khunnuchelys lophorhothon	Sp. nov	Valid	Danilov et al.	Late Cretaceous (Santonian or early Campanian)	Bostobe Formation	Kazakhstan	A trionychine trionychid, a species of Khunnuchelys.
Kimurachelys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Brinkman et al.	Late Cretaceous (late Campanian)	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada	A chelonioid turtle. The type species is Kimurachelys slobodae.
Mauremys oshiroi	Sp. nov.	Valid	Takahashi et al.	Late Pleistocene	Tomori Amaga Cave	Japan	A pond turtle.
Perochelys	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Li, Joyce & Liu	Early Cretaceous (Aptian)	Jiufotang Formation	China	A soft-shelled turtle of uncertain phylogenetic placement; it might be a stem- or a crown-trionychid. The type species is Perochelys lamadongensis.
Phunoichelys	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Tong et al.	Late Jurassic	Phu Kradung Formation	Thailand	A xinjiangchelyid eucryptodiran. The type species is Phunoichelys thirakhupti.
Portlandemys gracilis	Sp. nov.	Valid	Anquetin, Püntener & Billon-Bruyat	Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian)	Reuchenette Formation	Switzerland	A plesiochelyid eucryptodiran, a species of Portlandemys.
Sternotherus bonevalleyensis	Sp. nov.	Valid	Bourque & Schubert	Late Hemphillian		United States	A musk turtle.
Sternotherus palaeodorus	Sp. nov.	Valid	Bourque & Schubert	Late Hemphillian		United States	A musk turtle.
Testudo brevitesta	Sp. nov	Valid	Vlachos & Tsoukala	Late Pliocene (early Villafranchian)		Greece	A tortoise, a species of Testudo.
Thalassemys bruntrutana	Sp. nov	Valid	Püntener, Anquetin & Billon-Bruyat	Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian)	Reuchenette Formation	Switzerland	A basal member of Pancryptodira, a species of Thalassemys.
Toremys	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Pérez-García et al.	Early Cretaceous (early Albian)		Spain	A pleurosternid paracryptodiran. The type species is Toremys cassiopeia.
“Trionyx” jixiensis	Sp. nov.	Valid	Li et al.	Early Cretaceous	Chengzihe Formation	China	A member of Trionychinae of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
Xiaochelys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zhou & Rabi	Early Cretaceous (Barremian-early Aptian)	Yixian Formation	China	A member of Sinemydidae. The type species is Xiaochelys ningchengensis.

Archosauriformes

Pseudosuchians

Research

• Revision of the type material of Rauisuchus tiradentes is published by Lautenschlager and Rauhut (2015).
• A study of the evolutionary history of the clade Crocodyliformes is published by Bronzati, Montefeltro and Langer (2015).
• A study on the phylogenetic position of thalattosuchians within Crocodylomorpha is published by Wilberg (2015).

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Albertosuchus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wu & Brinkman	Latest Cretaceous	Scollard Formation	Canada	A crocodylian, probably a crocodyloid. The type species is Albertosuchus knudsenii.
Allodaposuchus hulki	Sp. nov	Valid	Blanco et al.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Tremp Formation	Spain	An eusuchian crocodylomorph, a species of Allodaposuchus.
Bayomesasuchus	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Barrios, Paulina-Carabajal & Bona	Late Cretaceous	Cerro Lisandro Formation	Argentina	A peirosaurid crocodyliform. The type species is Bayomesasuchus hernandezi.
Caiman wannlangstoni	Sp. nov	Valid	Salas-Gismondi et al.	Late Middle Miocene	Pebas Formation	Peru	A caiman, a species of Caiman.
Carnufex	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zanno et al.	Late Triassic (Carnian)	Pekin Formation	United States	An early member of Crocodylomorpha. The type species is Carnufex carolinensis.
Dagasuchus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Lacerda, Schultz & Bertoni-Machado	Triassic (late Ladinian/early Carnian)	Santa Maria Formation	Brazil	A non-crocodylomorph loricatan. The type species is Dagasuchus santacruzensis.
Gnatusuchus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Salas-Gismondi et al.	Late Middle Miocene	Pebas Formation	Peru	A caiman. The type species is Gnatusuchus pebasensis.
Gorgetosuchus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Heckert et al.	Late Triassic	Pekin Formation	United States	An aetosaur. The type species is Gorgetosuchus pekinensis.
Koumpiodontosuchus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Sweetman, Pedreira-Segade & Vidovic	Early Cretaceous (Barremian)	Wessex Formation	United Kingdom	A crocodyliform related to Bernissartia. The type species is Koumpiodontosuchus aprosdokiti.
Kuttanacaiman	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Salas-Gismondi et al.	Late Middle Miocene	Pebas Formation	Peru	A caiman. The type species is Kuttanacaiman iquitosensis.
Lohuecosuchus	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Narváez et al.	Late Cretaceous (late Campanian-early Maastrichtian)		France Spain	An eusuchian crocodyliform related to Allodaposuchus. The type species is Lohuecosuchus megadontos; genus also contains Lohuecosuchus mechinorum.
Zoneait	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wilberg	Middle Jurassic (Aalenian–Bajocian)	Snowshoe Formation	United States	A thalattosuchian crocodylomorph. The type species is Zoneait nargorum.

Basal dinosauromorphs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Dromomeron gigas	Sp. nov	In press	Martínez et al.	Late Triassic (Norian)	Quebrada del Barro Formation	Argentina	A lagerpetid dinosauromorph, a species of Dromomeron.

Non-avian dinosaurs

Research

• Brontosaurus is reestablished as a genus distinct from Apatosaurus.

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Augustynolophus	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Prieto-Márquez et al.	Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)	Moreno Formation	United States	A hadrosaurid; a new genus for "Saurolophus" morrisi Prieto-Márquez & Wagner (2013).
Chilesaurus	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Novas et al.	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Toqui Formation	Chile	A theropod dinosaur, a basal member of Tetanurae. The type species is Chilesaurus diegosuarezi.
Crichtonpelta	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Arbour & Currie	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian)	Sunjiawan Formation	China	An ankylosaurine ankylosaurid; a new genus for "Crichtonsaurus" benxiensis Lü, Ji, Gao & Li (2007).
Dakotaraptor	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	DePalma et al.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation	United States	A member of Dromaeosauridae. The type species is Dakotaraptor steini.
Eucnemesaurus entaxonis	Sp. nov	Valid	McPhee et al.	Late Triassic	Lower Elliot Formation	South Africa	A non-sauropod sauropodomorph, a species of Eucnemesaurus.
Galeamopus	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Tschopp, Mateus & Benson	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)	Morrison Formation	United States	A diplodocid sauropod; a new genus for "Diplodocus" hayi Holland (1924).
Haestasaurus	Gen. et comb. nov.	Valid	Upchurch, Mannion & Taylor	Early Cretaceous (late Berriasian—Valanginian)	Hastings Beds	United Kingdom	A macronarian sauropod of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "Pelorosaurus" becklesii Mantell (1852).
Horshamosaurus	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Blows	Early Cretaceous		United Kingdom	A new genus for "Polacanthus" rudgwickensis Blows (1996).
Huanansaurus	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Lü et al.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)	Nanxiong Formation	China	An oviraptorid theropod. The type species is Huanansaurus ganzhouensis.
Iguanodon galvensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Verdú et al.	Early Cretaceous (early Barremian)	Galve, Teruel	Spain	An ornithopod, a species of Iguanodon.
Koshisaurus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Shibata & Azuma	Early Cretaceous	Kitadani Formation	Japan	A non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroid. The type species is Koshisaurus katsuyama.
Lepidus	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Nesbitt & Ezcurra	Late Triassic	Dockum Group	United States	A coelophysoid theropod. The type species is Lepidus praecisio.
Mosaiceratops	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zheng, Jin & Xu	Late Cretaceous (early-middle Turonian—middle Campanian)	Xiaguan Formation	China	A basal neoceratopsian. The type species is Mosaiceratops azumai.
Nebulasaurus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Xing et al.	Middle Jurassic (Aalenian or Bajocian)	Zhanghe Formation	China	An eusauropod sauropod. The type species is Nebulasaurus taito.
Padillasaurus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Carballido et al.	Early Cretaceous (Barremian)	Paja Formation	Colombia	A brachiosaurid sauropod. The type species is Padillasaurus leivaensis.
Probrachylophosaurus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Freedman Fowler & Horner	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Judith River Formation	United States	A hadrosaurid. The type species is Probrachylophosaurus bergei.
Pulanesaura	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	McPhee et al.	Early Jurassic (probably late Hettangian to Sinemurian)	Upper Elliot Formation	South Africa	A basal sauropod. The type species is Pulanesaura eocollum.
Qijianglong	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Xing et al.	Late Jurassic	Suining Formation	China	A mamenchisaurid sauropod. The type species is Qijianglong guokr.
Regaliceratops	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Brown & Henderson	Late Cretaceous (probably middle Maastrichtian)	St. Mary River Formation	Canada	A chasmosaurine ceratopsid. The type species is Regaliceratops peterhewsi.
Riabininohadros	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Ulansky	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Unnamed unit	Crimean Peninsuka	A hadrosaurid of uncertain placement; new genus for "Orthomerus" weberi Riabinin, 1945.
Saurornitholestes sullivani	Sp. nov	Valid	Jasinski	Late Cretaceous (late Campanian)	Kirtland Formation	United States	A member of Dromaeosauridae, a species of Saurornitholestes.
Sefapanosaurus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Otero et al.	Late Triassic or Early Jurassic	Elliot Formation	South Africa	A non-sauropod sauropodomorph. The type species is Sefapanosaurus zastronensis.
Ugrunaaluk	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Mori, Druckenmiller & Erickson	Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian)	Prince Creek Formation	United States	A saurolophine hadrosaurid. The type species is Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis.
Wendiceratops	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Evans & Ryan	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Oldman Formation	Canada	A centrosaurine ceratopsid. The type species is Wendiceratops pinhornensis.
Yi	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Xu et al.	Jurassic (Callovian or Oxfordian)	Tiaojishan Formation	China	A scansoriopterygid theropod. The type species is Yi qi.
Zhenyuanlong	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Lü & Brusatte	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	A dromaeosaurid theropod. The type species is Zhenyuanlong suni.

Birds

Research

• New cranial material of the Oligo-Miocene relative of flamingos, Harrisonavis croizeti, is described by Torres et al. (2015).
• New specimens of the Eocene relative of swifts, Scaniacypselus szarskii, are described by Mayr (2015).
• A specimen of a stem-coliiform Masillacolius brevidactylus with preserved skull is described by Mayr (2015).
• A study of the phylogenetic relationships of Psittacopes, Pumiliornis and Morsoravis, indicating their close relationship to the passerines and extinct family Zygodactylidae, is published by Mayr (2015); the author also introduced a new name, Parapasseres, for the clade containg Passeriformes and Zygodactylidae but not Psittacopes.
• A study of preserved specimens of the Puerto Rican conure (previously considered to be an extinct subspecies of the Hispaniolan parakeet) is published by Olson (2015), who raises it to the rank of a separate species Psittacara maugei.
• A Dwarf Emu was found in the Miocene of Alcoota in Central Australia.
• Jones et al. (2015) describe a distal end of the left tibiotarsus of a member of the genus Caracara of uncertain specific assignment from the late Pleistocene of Argentina, estimated to be the largest member of the family Falconidae described thus far.

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aegypius tugarinovi	Sp. nov.	Valid	Manegold & Zelenkov	Early Pliocene, Ruscinian		Moldova	An Old World vulture, Accipitridae, related to the cinereous vulture.
Alopecoenas norfolkensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Forshaw	Holocene		Australia	A new scientific name for the Norfolk ground dove. The previous name used to refer to this species, Columba norfolciensis Latham (1801), was suppressed by ICZN in 2010.
Anas kurochkini	Sp. nov.	Valid	Zelenkov & Panteleyev	Late Miocene		Russia	An Anatidae.
Archaeornithura	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Wang et al.	Hauterivian	Huajiying Formation	China	A Hongshanornithidae. Type species A. meemannae.
Athene inexpectata	Sp. nov.	In press	Pavia, Manegold, & Haarhoff	Early Pliocene	Varswater Formation	South Africa	A Strigidae
Circaetus haemusensis	Sp. nov.	Valid	Boev	Early Pleistocene		Bulgaria	A snake eagle
Cratoavis	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Carvalho et al.	Aptian	Crato Member, Santana Formation	Brazil	A member of Euenantiornithes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is C. cearensis.
Dunhuangia	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Wang et al.	Early Cretaceous	Xiagou Formation	China	A member of Enantiornithes. The type species is D. cuii.
Eopachypteryx	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Mayr	Eocene	Messel Formation	Germany	A bird of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Type species E. praeterita.
Foshanornis	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Zhao et al.	Early Eocene	Buxin Formation	China	A bird of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a relative of trogons. Type species F. songi.
Fumicollis	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Bell & Chiappe	Late Cretaceous (late Coniacian—early Campanian)	The Smoky Hill Member of the Niobrara Chalk	United States	A member of Hesperornithiformes. The type species is Fumicollis hoffmani.
Gallinago azovica	Sp. nov.	Valid	Zelenkov & Panteleyev	Middle Turolian		Russia	A snipe, Scolopacidae.
Hakawai	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	De Pietri et al.	Early Miocene (19–16 Ma)	Bannockburn Formation	New Zealand	A member of Scolopaci of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Hakawai melvillei.
Holbotia	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Zelenkov & Averianov	Early Cretaceous		Mongolia	A member of Enantiornithes, probably a relative of Gobipteryx. Type species H. ponomarenkoi.
Houornis	Gen. et comb. nov.	Valid	Wang & Liu	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation	China	A member of Enantiornithes of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "Cathayornis" caudatus Hou (1997).
Hypsipetes cowlesi	Sp. nov.	Valid	Hume	Holocene		Rodrigues	A bulbul, Pycnonotidae
Juehuaornis	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Wang, Wang & Hu	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation	China	A basal member of Ornithuromorpha. Type species J. zhangi.
Kuntur	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Stucchi et al.	Late Miocene	Pisco Formation	Peru	A condor. Type species K. cardenasi.
Lavadytis	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Stidham & Hilton	Miocene (16.1–14.6 Ma)		United States	A member of Anatidae; a member or a relative of members of the subfamily Oxyurinae. The type species is Lavadytis pyrenae.
Llallawavis	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Degrange et al.	Late Pliocene	Playa Los Lobos Allo Formation	Argentina	A mesembriornithine phorusrhacid. Type species L. scagliai.
Makahala	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Mayr	Latest Eocene or early Oligocene	Makah Formation	United States	A member of Procellariiformes. Type species M. mirae.
Miobaptus huzhiricus	Sp. nov	Valid	Zelenkov	Miocene		Russia	A grebe
Mioporphyrula	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Zelenkov in Zelenkov & Kurochkin	Late Miocene		Moldova	A member of Rallidae. A new genus for "Tertiariaporphyrula" lungi Kurochkin & Ganea (1972).
Mwalau	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Worthy et al.	Holocene		Vanuatu	A megapode. The type species is M. walterlinii.
Namapsitta	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Mourer-Chauviré, Pickford, & Senut	Middle Eocene		Namibia	A Psittaciformes incertae sedis. Type species N. praeruptorum.
Nyctisoma	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Elżanowski & Zelenkov	Middle Miocene	Öoshin Formation	Mongolia	An Ardeidae. Type species N. robusta.
Oligonomus	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	De Pietri, Camens, & Worthy	Late Oligocene		Australia	A member of Charadriiformes related to the plains-wanderer. Type species O. milleri.
Opisthodactylus horacioperezi	Sp. nov.	Valid	Agnolin & Chafrat	Early Miocene	Chichinales Formation	Argentina	A rheid ratite
Parapengornis	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Hu, O’Connor & Zhou	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation	China	A member of Enantiornithes, a relative of Pengornis. Type species P. eurycaudatus.
Patagorhacos	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Agnolin & Chafrat	Early Miocene	Chichinales Formation	Argentina	A member of Phorusrhacidae. Type species P. terrificus.
Petrosushkinia	Nom. nov	Valid	Zelenkov in Zelenkov & Kurochkin	Late Miocene		Kazakhstan	A member of Falconidae. A replacement name for Sushkinia Tugarinov (1935) (preoccupied).
Porzana botunensis	Sp. nov.	Valid	Boev	Early Pleistocene		Bulgaria	A member of Rallidae, a species of crake.
Pterodroma imberi	Sp. nov.	Valid	Tennyson, Cooper & Shepherd	Holocene		New Zealand	A member of Procellariidae, a species of gadfly petrel.
Pterygornis	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Wang, Hu & Li	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation	China	A member of Enantiornithes. Type species P. dapingfangensis.
Ramphastosula aguirrei	Sp. nov.	Valid	Stucchi, Varas-Malca & Urbina-Schmitt	Miocene	Pisco Formation	Peru	A member of Sulidae, a species of Ramphastosula.
Scolopax brachycarpa	Sp. nov.	Valid	Takano & Steadman	Late Holocene		Haiti	A woodcock.
Scopelortyx	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Mourer-Chauviré, Pickford, & Senut	Middle Eocene		Namibia	A Paraortygidae, Galliformes. Type species S. klinghardtensis.
Shiriyanetta	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Watanabe & Matsuoka	Pleistocene		Japan	A duck. The type species is Shiriyanetta hasegawai.
Sula brandi	Sp. nov.	Valid	Stucchi, Varas-Malca & Urbina-Schmitt	Miocene	Pisco Formation	Peru	A booby.
Sula figueroae	Sp. nov.	Valid	Stucchi, Varas-Malca & Urbina-Schmitt	Miocene	Pisco Formation	Peru	A booby.
Tyto cravesae	Sp. nov.	Valid	Suárez & Olson	Quaternary		Cuba	A barn-owl, a species of Tyto.
Tyto richae	Sp. nov	In press	Pavia, Manegold, & Haarhoff	Early Pliocene	Varswater Formation	South Africa	A Tytonidae barn-owl.
Yuanjiawaornis	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Hu et al.	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation	China	A member of Enantiornithes. Type species Yuanjiawaornis viriosus.

Pterosaurs

Research

• A study on the terrestrial locomotion of non-pterodactyloid pterosaurs is published by Witton (2015).
• A specimen of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri with preserved soft tissues or impressions of soft tissues, stomach contents and possibly a coprolite is described by Hone et al. (2015).

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Arcticodactylus	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Kellner	Late Triassic (?Norian-Rhaetian)	Fleming Fjord Formation	Greenland	A non-pterodactyloid pterosaur of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "Eudimorphodon" cromptonellus Jenkins et al. (2001).
Austriadraco	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Kellner	Late Triassic (late Norian)	Seefeld Formation	Austria	A non-pterodactyloid pterosaur of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Austriadraco dallavecchiai.
Banguela	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Headden & Campos	Early Cretaceous	Romualdo Formation	Brazil	A dsungaripterid. The type species is Banguela oberlii.
Bergamodactylus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Kellner	Late Triassic (Alaunian)	Calcari di Zorzino Formation	Italy	A relative of Campylognathoides. The type species is Bergamodactylus wildi.
Cimoliopterus dunni	Sp. nov	Valid	Myers	Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)	Britton Formation	United States	A member of Pterodactyloidea, probably a pteranodontoid; a species of Cimoliopterus.
Daohugoupterus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Cheng et al.	Late Jurassic	Daohugou Beds	China	A non-pterodactyloid pterosaur. The type species is Daohugoupterus delicatus.
Linlongopterus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Rodrigues et al.	Early Cretaceous (Aptian)	Jiufotang Formation	China	A member of Pteranodontoidea, possibly related to anhanguerians. The type species is Linlongopterus jennyae.
Orientognathus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Lü et al.	Late Jurassic	Tuchengzi Formation	China	A rhamphorhynchid. The type species is Orientognathus chaoyngensis.
Rhamphorhynchus etchesi	Sp. nov	Valid	O'Sullivan & Martill	Late Jurassic	Kimmeridge Clay Formation	United Kingdom	A species of Rhamphorhynchus.

Other reptiles

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Eohyosaurus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Butler et al.	Middle Triassic (early Anisian)	Burgersdorp Formation	South Africa	A basal rhynchosaur. The type species is Eohyosaurus wolvaardti.
Erpetonyx	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Modesto et al.	Carboniferous (Gzhelian)	Egmont Bay Formation	Canada	A relative of bolosaurids. The type species is Erpetonyx arsenaultorum.
Opisthodontosaurus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Reisz et al.	Early Permian	Garber Formation	United States	A member of Captorhinidae. The type species is Opisthodontosaurus carrolli.
Pappochelys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Schoch & Sues	Middle Triassic (Ladinian)	Erfurt Formation	Germany	A stem-turtle. The type species is Pappochelys rosinae.
"Thalassodromeus" sebesensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Grellet-Tinner & Codrea	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Romania	A reptile of uncertain phylogenetic placement; initially classified as a pterosaur and a species of Thalassodromeus, but subsequently argued to be a turtle and a junior synonym of Kallokibotion bajazidi.

Synapsids

Newly named non-mammalian synapsids

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Endothiodon tolani	Sp. nov	Valid	Cox & Angielczyk	Permian	Ruhuhu Formation	Tanzania	A dicynodont, a species of Endothiodon.
Ichibengops	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Huttenlocker, Sidor & Angielczyk	Late Permian	Madumabisa Mudstone Formation	Zambia	A therocephalian. The type species is Ichibengops munyamadziensis.
Lende	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Kruger et al.	Late Permian	Chiweta Beds	Malawi	A burnetiamorph biarmosuchian therapsid. The type species is Lende chiweta.
Nothogomphodon sanjiaoensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Liu & Abdala	Middle Triassic	Ermaying Formation	China	A therocephalian, a species of Nothogomphodon.
Ruberodon	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ray	Late Triassic	Tiki Formation	India	A traversodontid cynodont. The type species is Ruberodon roychowdhurii.
Sinokannemeyeria baidaoyuensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Liu	Middle Triassic	Tongchuan Formation	China	A kannemeyeriiform dicynodont, a species of Sinokannemeyeria.

Mammals

Research

• A study of the phylogenetic relationships of the Pleistocene camelid genus Camelops, based on genomic data extracted from its bones, is published by Heintzman et al. (2015).

New taxa

Newly named non-eutherian mammals

Metatherians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Antawallathentes	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Rincón et al.	Oligocene (Deseadan)		Bolivia	A palaeothentid marsupial (a relative of the shrew opossums). Genus contains two species: Antawallathentes illimani and Antawallathentes quimsacruza.
Archaeonothos	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Beck	Early Eocene	Murgon fossil site	Australia	A metatherian of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Archaeonothos henkgodthelpi.
Ganguroo robustiter	Sp. nov	Valid	Cooke et al.	Miocene	Riversleigh World Heritage Area	Australia	A basal member of Macropodidae, a species of Ganguroo.
Gaylordia mater	Sp. nov	Valid	Oliveira & Goin	Itaboraian	Itaboraí Basin	Brazil	A metatherian of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a relative of Pucadelphys; a species of Gaylordia.
Lotheridium	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bi et al.	Late Cretaceous	Qiupa Formation	China	A member of Deltatheridiidae. The type species is Lotheridium mengi.
Lycopsis padillai	Sp. nov	Valid	Suarez et al.	Miocene	Castilletes Formation	Colombia	A member of Sparassodonta, a species of Lycopsis.
Madju	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Travouillon et al.	Late Oligocene to early late Miocene		Australia	A bandicoot. Genus contains two species: Madju variae and Madju encorensis.
Nimbavombatus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Brewer et al.	Early Miocene	Riversleigh World Heritage Area	Australia	A wombat. The type species is Nimbavombatus boodjamullensis.
Oklatheridium wiblei	Sp. nov	Valid	Cifelli & Davis	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	Cloverly Formation	United States	A member of Deltatheroida, a species of Oklatheridium.
Sedophascolomys	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Louys	Pliocene to Pleistocene		Australia	A wombat; a new genus for "Phascolomys" medius Owen (1872).
Sparassocynus maimarai	Sp. nov	Valid	Abello et al.	Late Miocene	Maimará Formation	Argentina	A sparassocynid didelphoid (a relative of the opossums), a species of Sparassocynus.
Tsagandelta	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Rougier, Davis & Novacek	Late Cretaceous	Baynshiree Formation	Mongolia	A member of Deltatheroida. The type species is Tsagandelta dashzevegi.
Wabularoo prideauxi	Sp. nov	Valid	Travouillon, Archer & Hand	Early Miocene	Riversleigh World Heritage Area	Australia	A member of Macropodoidea, a species of Wabularoo.

Others

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Agilodocodon	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Meng et al.	Middle Jurassic	"Daohugou site in Tiaojishan Formation (...), also known as Jiulongshan Formation"	China	A docodont. The type species is Agilodocodon scansorius.
Argaliatherium	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Cifelli & Davis	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	Cloverly Formation	United States	A basal member of Tribosphenida. The type species is Argaliatherium robustum.
Carinalestes	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Cifelli & Davis	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	Cloverly Formation	United States	A basal member of Tribosphenida. The type species is Carinalestes murensis.
Docodon apoxys	Sp. nov	Valid	Rougier et al.	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation	United States	A docodont, a species of Docodon.
Docofossor	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Luo et al.	Late Jurassic	Tiaojishan Formation	China	A docodont. The type species is Docofossor brachydactylus.
Gobiconodon haizhouensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Kusuhashi et al.	Early Cretaceous	Fuxin Formation	China	A gobiconodontid, a species of Gobiconodon.
Gobiconodon tomidai	Sp. nov	Valid	Kusuhashi et al.	Early Cretaceous	Shahai Formation	China	A gobiconodontid, a species of Gobiconodon.
Kimbetopsalis	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Williamson et al.	Early Paleocene (Puercan)	Nacimiento Formation	United States	A taeniolabidid multituberculate. The type species is Kimbetopsalis simmonsae.
Spinolestes	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Martin et al.	Early Cretaceous (latest Barremian)	Calizas de la Huérgina Formation	Spain	A gobiconodontid. The type species is Spinolestes xenarthrosus.
Tirotherium	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Montellano-Ballesteros & Fox	Late Cretaceous (late Santonian to early Campanian)	Milk River Formation	Canada	An early member of Boreosphenida, probably a member of Picopsidae. The type species is Tirotherium aptum.
Valenopsalis	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Williamson et al.	Early Paleocene (Puercan)	Bug Creek Anthills and Bug Creek West	United States	A taeniolabidoid multituberculate; a new genus for "Catopsalis" joyneri Sloan & Van Valen (1965).
Yubaatar	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Xu et al.	Late Cretaceous	Qiupa Formation	China	A cimolodont multituberculate. The type species is Yubaatar zhongyuanensis.

Eutherians

Xenarthrans

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Eionaletherium	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Rincón et al.	Late Miocene	Urumaco Formation	Venezuela	A mylodontoid sloth. The type species is Eionaletherium tanycnemius.
Tonnicinctus	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Góis et al.	Pleistocene (Ensenadan to Lujanian)		Argentina	A member of Pampatheriidae. The type species is Tonnicinctus mirus.

Afrotherians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Callistosiren	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Vélez-Juarbe & Domning	Late Oligocene	Lares Limestone	United States (Puerto Rico)	A dugong. The type species is Callistosiren boriquensis.
Palaeoloxodon xylophagou	Sp. nov	Valid	Athanassiou et al.	Late middle Pleistocene		Cyprus	A member of Elephantidae, a species of Palaeoloxodon.
Protanancus brevirostris	Sp. nov.	Valid	Wang et al.	Early Miocene	Linxia Basin	China	A gomphothere, a species of Protanancus.
Thyrohyrax libycus	Sp. nov	Valid	Coster et al.	Early Oligocene		Libya	A saghatheriid hyracoid, a species of Thyrohyrax.

Odd-toed ungulates

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Boreohippidion	Gen. et comb. nov.	Valid	Avilla, Bernardes & Mothé	Early Pliocene (late Hemphillian)		United States	A member of Equidae; a new genus for "Onohippidium" galushai Macfadden & Skinner (1979).
Chasmotherium depereti	Sp. nov	Valid	Remy	Eocene (Bartonian)		France	A relative of Hyrachyus, a species of Chasmotherium.
Eolophiodon	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Robinet et al.	Early Eocene		France	A relative of Lophiodon. The type species is Eolophiodon laboriense.
Pachynolophus gaytei	Sp. nov	Valid	Remy	Eocene (Bartonian)		France	A member of Palaeotheriidae, a species of Pachynolophus.
Vastanolophus	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Smith et al.	Eocene (Ypresian)	Cambay Shale Formation	India	A member of Tapiroidea, possibly a member of Helaletidae. The type species is Vastanolophus holbrooki.

Even-toed ungulates

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Anthracokeryx naduongensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Ducrocq et al.	Eocene		Vietnam	An anthracothere, a species of Anthracokeryx.
Bothriogenys langsonensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Ducrocq et al.	Eocene		Vietnam	An anthracothere, a species of Bothriogenys.
Bothriogenys vietnamensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Ducrocq et al.	Eocene		Vietnam	An anthracothere, a species of Bothriogenys.
Eotragus lampangensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Suraprasit et al.	Late Middle Miocene (13.4-13.2 Ma)	Nakhaem Formation	Thailand	A bovid, a species of Eotragus.
Epirigenys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Lihoreau et al.	Oligocene	Lokone Sandstone Formation	Kenya	A relative of hippopotamuses. The type species is Epirigenys lokonensis.
Eucladoceros montenegrensis	Sp. nov	In press	Van der Made & Dimitrijević	Early Pleistocene		Montenegro	A deer, a species of Eucladoceros.
Euprox grandis	Sp. nov	Valid	Hou	Late Miocene	Liushu Formation	China	A member of Cervidae related to muntjacs, a species of Euprox.
Kolpochoerus phillipi	Sp. nov	Valid	Souron, Boisserie & White	Late Pliocene or early Pleistocene (ca. 2.5 Ma)	Middle Awash	Ethiopia	A suid, a species of Kolpochoerus.
Lucashyus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Prothero	Late early Arikareean		United States	A peccary. The type species is Lucashyus coombsae.
Marshochoerus	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Prothero	Late Arikareean to late Hemingfordian		United States	A peccary; a new genus for "Thinohyus" socialis Marsh (1875).
Muntiacus ? huangi	Sp. nov	Valid	Dong & Chen	Pleistocene		China	A member of Cervidae, possibly a muntjac.
Nguruwe ? galaticum	Sp. nov	Valid	Orliac et al.	Late early Miocene	Kumartaş Formation	Turkey	A hyotheriine suid, possibly a species of Nguruwe.
Paratoceras coatesi	Sp. nov	Valid	Rincon et al.	Miocene (early Hemingfordian)	Cucaracha Formation	Panama	A member of Protoceratidae, a species of Paratoceras.
Paratoceras orarius	Sp. nov	Valid	Rincon et al.	Early Miocene	Culebra Formation	Panama	A member of Protoceratidae, a species of Paratoceras.
Sivacobus sankaliai	Sp. nov	Valid	Vrba, Bibi & Costa	Late Pleistocene		India	A member of Bovidae belonging to the subfamily Reduncinae, a species of Sivacobus.
Stuckyhyus	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Prothero	Late Arikareean		United States	A peccary; a new genus for "Thinohyus" siouxensis Peterson (1905).
Wrightohyus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Prothero	Late Arikareean to early Hemingfordian		United States	A peccary. The type species is Wrightohyus yatkolai.

Cetaceans

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Ashleycetus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Sanders & Stepleton	Oligocene (late Rupelian)	Ashley Formation	United States	A basal odontocete. The type species is Ashleycetus planicapitis.
Brabocetus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Colpaert, Bosselaers & Lambert	Pliocene (Zanclean)	Kattendijk Formation	Belgium	A porpoise. The type species is Brabocetus gigasei.
Chilcacetus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Lambert, De Muizon & Bianucci	Early Miocene	Chilcatay Formation	Peru	A toothed whale of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly related to Argyrocetus and Macrodelphinus. The type species is Chilcacetus cavirhinus.
Chrysocetus fouadassii	Sp. nov	Valid	Gingerich & Zouhri	Eocene (Bartonian)	Aridal Formation	Western Sahara	A basilosaurid, a species of Chrysocetus.
Horopeta	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Tsai & Fordyce	Oligocene (early Chattian)	Kokoamu Greensand	New Zealand	An early baleen whale. The type species is Horopeta umarere.
Isthminia	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Pyenson et al.	Miocene (Messinian)	Chagres Formation	Panama	An inioid river dolphin. The type species is Isthminia panamensis.
Nanokogia	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Velez-Juarbe et al.	Late Miocene	Chagres Formation	Panama	A member of Kogiidae. The type species is Nanokogia isthmia.
Otekaikea huata	Sp. nov	Valid	Tanaka & Fordyce	Oligo/Miocene boundary (Waitakian)	Otekaike Limestone	New Zealand	A relative of the South Asian river dolphin, a species of Otekaikea.
Platyosphys aithai	Sp. nov	Valid	Gingerich & Zouhri	Eocene (Bartonian)	Aridal Formation	Western Sahara	A basilosaurid, a species of Platyosphys.
Tokarahia	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Boessenecker & Fordyce	Late Oligocene	Kokoamu Greensand Otekaike Limestone	New Zealand	An eomysticetid baleen whale. The type species is Tokarahia kauaeroa; genus also contains "Mauicetus" lophocephalus Marples (1956).
Tranatocetus	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Gol’din & Steeman	Miocene (Tortonian)	Gram Formation	Denmark	A baleen whale related to rorquals and gray whales; a new genus for "Mesocetus" argillarius Roth (1978).	Holotype of Tranatocetus argillarius
Waharoa	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Boessenecker & Fordyce	Late Oligocene	Otekaike Limestone	New Zealand	An eomysticetid baleen whale. The type species is Waharoa ruwhenua.

Carnivorans

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Archaeodobenus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Tanaka & Kohno	Late Miocene	Ichibangawa Formation	Japan	A member of Odobenidae (a relative of the walrus). The type species is Archaeodobenus akamatsui.
Cynelos malasi	Sp. nov	Valid	Hunt & Stepleton	Early Miocene		United States	An amphicyonid, a species of Cynelos.
Cynotherium malatestai	Sp. nov	Valid	Madurell-Malapeira, Palombo & Sotnikova	Early middle Pleistocene		Italy	A relative of the Sardinian dhole.
Devinophoca emryi	Sp. nov	Valid	Koretsky & Rahmat	Early Middle Miocene (early Badenian)		Slovakia	A devinophocine earless seal, a species of Devinophoca.
Eotaria	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Boessenecker & Churchill	Miocene (Burdigalian–Langhian)		United States	A fur seal. The type species is Eotaria crypta.
Lutra hearsti	Sp. nov	Valid	Geraads et al.	Pliocene	Hadar Formation	Ethiopia	An otter, a species of Lutra.
Megantereon microta	Sp. nov	In press	Zhu et al.	Early Pleistocene		China	A machairodontine felid, a species of Megantereon.
Praepusa boeska	Sp. nov	Valid	Koretsky, Peters & Rahmat	Late Miocene—Pliocene		Belgium Netherlands	An earless seal, a species of Praepusa.
Vulpes mathisoni	Sp. nov	Valid	Geraads et al.	Pliocene	Mursi Formation	Ethiopia	A fox, a species of Vulpes.
Yoshi	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Spassov & Geraads	Late Miocene		China Greece Macedonia	A felid. The type species is Yoshi garevskii; genus also contains "Metailurus" parvulus (Hensel, 1862) (nomen dubium) and "Metailurus" minor Zdansky, 1924.

Rodents

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Acarechimys leucotheae	Sp. nov	Valid	Vucetich et al.	Late Oligocene		Argentina	An octodontoid caviomorph of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Acarechimys.
Allotypomys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Korth & Samuels	Arikareean	John Day Formation	United States	A member of Eutypomyidae. The type species is Allotypomys pictus.
Apeomys whistleri	Sp. nov	Valid	Korth & Samuels	Arikareean	John Day Formation	United States	A member of Eomyidae, a species of Apeomys.
Bursagnathus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Korth & Samuels	Arikareean	John Day Formation	United States	A member of Heteromyidae. The type species is Bursagnathus aterosseus.
Cephalomys ceciae	Sp. nov	Valid	Vucetich et al.	Late Oligocene		Argentina	A cephalomyid, a species of Cephalomys.
Chenomys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Li & Meng	Earliest Eocene	Nomogen Formation	China	A ctenodactyloid rodent. The type species is Chenomys orientalis.
Doryperimys	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Kramarz, Bond & Arnal	Early Miocene	Cerro Bandera Formation	Argentina	A member of Neoepiblemidae. The type species is Doryperimys olsacheri.
Eliomys yevesi	Sp. nov	Valid	Mansino et al.	Late Miocene (late Turolian)	Villatoya-Venta del Moro Formation	Spain	A dormouse, a species of Eliomys.
Ethelomys	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Vucetich et al.	Late Oligocene		Argentina	An octodontoid caviomorph of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "Deseadomys" loomisi Wood & Patterson (1959).
Eumysops marplatensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Olivares & Verzi	Late Pliocene to early Pleistocene	San Andrés Formation Vorohué Formation	Argentina	A member of Echimyidae, a species of Eumysops.
Galileomys baios	Sp. nov	Valid	Vucetich et al.	Late Oligocene		Argentina	An acaremyid octodontoid caviomorph, a species of Galileomys.
Heterotamias	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Qiu	Early Miocene	Xiacaowan Formation	China	A chipmunk; a new genus for "Eutamias" sihongensis Qiu & Lin (1986).
Incamys menniorum	Sp. nov	Valid	Vucetich et al.	Late Oligocene		Argentina	A chinchilloid caviomorph of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Incamys.
Kabirmys prius	Sp. nov	Valid	Coster et al.	Eocene		Libya	A nementchamyid anomaluromorph, a species of Kabirmys.
Lamugaulus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Tesakov & Lopatin	Early Miocene	Khalagay Formation	Russia	A promylagauline mylagaulid. The type species is Lamugaulus olkhonensis.
Leggadina gregoriensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Klinkhamer & Godthelp	Early Pleistocene	Riversleigh World Heritage Area	Australia	A murine murid, a species of Leggadina.
Leggadina macrodonta	Sp. nov	Valid	Klinkhamer & Godthelp	Pliocene or Pleistocene		Australia	A murine murid, a species of Leggadina.
Leucokephalos	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Vucetich et al.	Late Oligocene to early Miocene		Argentina	A caviomorph of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Leucokephalos zeffiae Vucetich et al. (2015); genus also contains Leucokephalos major Kramarz, Bond & Arnal (2015).
Llitun	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Vucetich et al.	Late Oligocene		Argentina	A caviomorph of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Llitun notuca.
Loncolicu	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Vucetich et al.	Late Oligocene		Argentina	A chinchilloid caviomorph of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Loncolicu tretos.
Metaphiomys zallahensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Coster et al.	Early Oligocene		Libya	A hystricognathous rodent, a species of Metaphiomys.
Microtheriomys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Korth & Samuels	Arikareean	John Day Formation	United States	An anchitheriomyine castorid. The type species is Microtheriomys brevirhinus.
Miosciurus covensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Korth & Samuels	Arikareean	John Day Formation	United States	A sciurine sciurid, a species of Miosciurus.
Neoadjidaumo arctozophus	Sp. nov	Valid	Korth & Samuels	Arikareean	John Day Formation	United States	A member of Eomyidae, a species of Neoadjidaumo.
Neophiomys dawsonae	Sp. nov	Valid	Coster et al.	Early Oligocene		Libya	A relative of the cane rats, a species of Neophiomys.
Omboomys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Maridet et al.	Late Miocene		Mongolia	An eomyid rodent. The type species is Omboomys builstynensis.
Palaeosciurus jiangi	Sp. nov	Valid	Qiu	Early Miocene	Xiacaowan Formation	China	A ground squirrel, a species of Palaeosciurus.
Plesiosminthus fremdi	Sp. nov	Valid	Korth & Samuels	Arikareean	John Day Formation	United States	A dipodid related to the birch mice, a species of Plesiosminthus.
Proafricanomys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	López-Antoñanzas et al.	Miocene (Tortonian)		Lebanon	A gundi. The type species is Proafricanomys libanensis.
Proapeomys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Korth & Samuels	Arikareean	John Day Formation	United States	A member of Eomyidae. The type species is Proapeomys condoni; genus might also contain the species "Florentiamys" lulli Wood (1936).
Proheteromys latidens	Sp. nov	Valid	Korth & Samuels	Arikareean	John Day Formation	United States	A member of Heteromyidae, a species of Proheteromys.
Promimomys enginae	Sp. nov	Valid	Suata-Alpaslan	Early Pliocene		Turkey	A member of Arvicolidae, a species of Promimomys.
Protacaremys? adilos	Sp. nov	Valid	Vucetich et al.	Late Oligocene		Argentina	An octodontoid caviomorph of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a species of Protacaremys.
Prozenkerella	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Coster et al.	Early Oligocene		Libya	An anomalure. The type species is Prozenkerella saharaensis.
Pseudoacaremys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Arnal & Vucetich	Miocene		Argentina	An acaremyid octodontoid caviomorph rodent. The type species is Pseudoacaremys kramarzi.
Simplicimys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Li & Meng	Early-middle Eocene	Arshanto Formation Irdin Manha Formation	China	A ctenodactyloid rodent. The type species is Simplicimys bellus.
Subathumys	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Gupta & Kumar	Early Eocene (Ypresian)	Subathu Formation	India	A relative of gundis. The type species is Subathumys solanorius; genus also contains Subathumys globulus.
Tachyoryctoides bayarmae	Sp. nov	Valid	Daxner-Höck, Badamgarav & Maridet	Late Oligocene		Mongolia	A subterranean rodent belonging to the subfamily Tachyorytoidinae, a species of Tachyoryctoides.
Tachyoryctoides radnai	Sp. nov	Valid	Daxner-Höck, Badamgarav & Maridet	Late Oligocene		Mongolia	A subterranean rodent belonging to the subfamily Tachyorytoidinae, a species of Tachyoryctoides.
Tamquammys fractus	Sp. nov	Valid	Li & Meng	Middle Eocene	Irdin Manha Formation	China	A ctenodactyloid rodent, a species of Tamquammys.
Tamquammys longus	Sp. nov	Valid	Li & Meng	Early Eocene	Arshanto Formation	China	A ctenodactyloid rodent, a species of Tamquammys.
Tamquammys robustus	Sp. nov	Valid	Li & Meng	Early Eocene	Arshanto Formation Nomogen Formation	China	A ctenodactyloid rodent, a species of Tamquammys.
Trogomys oregonensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Korth & Samuels	Arikareean	John Day Formation	United States	A member of Heteromyidae, a species of Trogomys.
Yongshengomys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Li & Meng	Middle Eocene	Irdin Manha Formation	China	A ctenodactyloid rodent. The type species is Yongshengomys extensus.
Yuomys huheboerhensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Li & Meng	Middle Eocene	Irdin Manha Formation	China	A ctenodactyloid rodent, a species of Yuomys.

Primates

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Australopithecus deyiremeda	Sp. nov	Valid	Haile-Selassie et al.	Pliocene		Ethiopia	A species of Australopithecus.
Ekembo	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	McNulty et al.	Early Miocene	Hiwegi Formation	Kenya	An ape of uncertain phylogenetic placement. A new genus for "Proconsul" nyanzae Le Gros Clark & Leakey (1950); genus also contains "Proconsul" heseloni Walker et al. (1993).
Ekgmowechashala zancanellai	Sp. nov	Valid	Samuels, Albright & Fremd	Arikareean	John Day Formation	United States	A primate of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably an adapiform; a species of Ekgmowechashala.
Homo naledi	Sp. nov	Valid	Berger et al.	Uncertain	Rising Star Cave	South Africa	A species of Homo.
Homo tsaichangensis	Sp. nov	Valid	McMenamin et al.	Late Pleistocene		Taiwan	A species of hominin recovered sometime before 2008 by fishermen working in the Penghu Channel (between the Penghu Islands and mainland Taiwan) and described in 2015 by an international team of Japanese, Taiwanese, and Australian scientists.
Myanmarcolobus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Takai et al.	Late Miocene to early Pliocene		Myanmar	A member of Colobinae. The type species is Myanmarcolobus yawensis.
Necrolemur anadoni	Sp. nov	Valid	Minwer-Barakat, Marigó & Moyà-Solà	Middle Eocene (Robiacian)		Spain	A member of Omomyidae belonging to the subfamily Microchoerinae; a species of Necrolemur.
Perupithecus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bond et al.	Probably late Eocene	Yahuarango Formation	Peru	A member of Anthropoidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a member of Platyrrhini. The type species is Perupithecus ucayaliensis.
Pliobates	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Alba et al.	Miocene		Spain	An ape. The type species is Pliobates cataloniae.

Other eutherians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Altacreodus	Gen. et comb. nov	In press	Fox	Late Cretaceous		Canada United States	A basal member of Eutheria; a new genus for "Cimolestes" magnus Clemens & Russell (1965).
Ambilestes	Gen. et comb. nov	In press	Fox	Late Cretaceous		Canada	A basal member of Eutheria; a new genus for "Cimolestes" cerberoides Lillegraven (1969).
Carodnia inexpectans	Sp. nov	Valid	Antoine et al.	Early Eocene	Mogollón Formation	Peru	A member of Xenungulata, a species of Carodnia.
Galerix wesselsae	Sp. nov	Valid	Zijlstra & Flynn	Miocene		Pakistan	A member of Erinaceidae (a relative of gymnures and hedgehogs); a species of Galerix.
Hilarcotherium	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Vallejo-Pareja et al.	Miocene	La Victoria Formation	Colombia	An astrapotheriid astrapothere. The type species is Hilarcotherium castanedaii.
Kerberos	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Solé et al.	Eocene (Bartonian)	Formation des Molasses de Saix et de Lautrec	France	A hyainailourine hyaenodont. The type species is Kerberos langebadreae.
Lacrimodon	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Van den Hoek Ostende and Fejfar	Early Miocene		Czech Republic	A member of Eulipotyphla related to Dimylus. The type species is Lacrimodon vandermeuleni.
Marnenycteris	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Hand et al.	Eocene (Ypresian)		France	A bat related to Onychonycteris. The type species is Marnenycteris michauxi.
Mimolagus aurorae	Sp. nov	Valid	Fostowicz-Frelik et al.	Early Middle Eocene	Irdin Manha Formation	China	A member of Glires belonging to the family Mimotonidae, a species of Mimolagus.
Mystacina miocenalis	Sp. nov.	Valid	Hand, Lee, Worthy & Archer in Hand et al.	Early Miocene (Altonian, 19–16 Ma)		New Zealand	A New Zealand short-tailed bat.
Nesodon taweretus	Sp. nov	Valid	Forasiepi et al.	Early Miocene	Aisol Formation	Argentina	A toxodontid, a species of Nesodon.
Otonycteris rummeli	Sp. nov	Valid	Rosina	Late Miocene		Ukraine	A vesper bat related to the desert long-eared bat.
Paedotherium kakai	Sp. nov	Valid	Reguero et al.	Miocene (Huayquerian)	Palo Pintado Formation	Argentina	A hegetotheriid notoungulate, a species of Paedotherium.
Plagioctenodon thewisseni	Sp. nov	Valid	Manz & Bloch	Paleocene (Clarkforkian)	Willwood Formation	United States	A member of Nyctitheriidae, a species of Plagioctenodon.
Preregidens	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Solé, Falconnet & Vidalenc	Eocene		France	A member of Hyaenodonta. The type species is Preregidens langebadrae.
Prohegetotherium malalhuense	Sp. nov	Valid	Cerdeño & Reguero	Oligocene (Deseadan)		Argentina	A hegetotheriid notoungulate, a species of Prohegetotherium.
Prolagus latiuncinatus	Sp. nov	In press	Angelone & Čermák	Late Miocene		Hungary	A member of Lagomorpha, a species of Prolagus.
Prolagus pannonicus	Sp. nov	In press	Angelone & Čermák	Late Miocene		Hungary	A member of Lagomorpha, a species of Prolagus.
Protypotherium sinclairi	Sp. nov	In press	Kramarz, Bond & Arnal	Early Miocene	Cerro Bandera Formation	Argentina	An interatheriid notoungulate, a species of Protypotherium.
Ricardocifellia	Nom. nov	Valid	Mones	Paleogene (Itaboraian)		Brazil	A didolodontid "condylarth"; a replacement name for Paulacoutoia Cifelli, 1983 and Depaulacoutoia Cifelli & Ortiz-Jaureguizar, 2014 (both preoccupied).
Scollardius	Gen. et comb. nov	In press	Fox	Late Cretaceous		Canada United States	A basal member of Eutheria; a new genus for "Cimolestes" propalaeoryctes Lillegraven (1969).
Seuku	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Beatty & Cockburn	Oligocene		United States	A desmostylian; a new genus for "Behemotops" emlongi Domning, Ray & McKenna (1986).
Sigynorum	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	McComas & Eberle	Paleocene (early Puercan)	Fort Union Formation	United States	A member of Arctocyonidae. The type species is Sigynorum magnadivisus.

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).

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aegirocassis	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Van Roy, Daley & Briggs	Early Ordovician		Morocco	A member of Anomalocarididae (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, most likely stem-arthropods). The type species is Aegirocassis benmoulae.
Allonnia tintinopsis	Sp. nov	Valid	Bengtson & Collins	Cambrian	Burgess Shale	Canada	A chancelloriid, a species of Allonnia.
Archiasterella coriacea	Sp. nov	Valid	Bengtson & Collins	Cambrian	Burgess Shale	Canada	A chancelloriid, a species of Archiasterella.
Collinsium	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Yang et al.	Early Cambrian	Xiaoshiba Lagerstätte	China	A lobopodian belonging to the lineage leading to the velvet worms. The type species is Collinsium ciliosum.
Colospongia cribrifera	Sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Link & Riedel	Late Triassic (Norian)		Turkey	A sponge, a species of Colospongia.
Costatulites kimi	Sp. nov	Valid	Ghavidel-Syooki et al.	Ordovician (Katian)		Iran	A member of Tentaculita (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Costatulites.
Cyrtograptus fui	Sp. nov	Valid	Wang et al.	Silurian (Llandovery)		China	A graptolite, a species of Cyrtograptus.
Eocyathispongia	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Yin et al.	Precambrian (Ediacaran)	Doushantuo Formation	China	A sponge. The type species is Eocyathispongia qiania.
Eolarva	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Zhang & Dong	Cambrian (Fortunian)	Kuanchuanpu Formation	China	An animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a cnidarian-grade animal. The type species is Eolarva kuanchuanpuensis.
Galeactena	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ou et al.	Early Cambrian	Heilinpu Formation	China	A comb jelly. The type species is Galeactena hemispherica.
Gamascolex vanroyi	Sp. nov	Valid	Gutiérrez-Marco & García-Bellido	Late Ordovician		Morocco	A palaeoscolecid worm, a species of Gamascolex.
Gemmactena	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ou et al.	Early Cambrian	Heilinpu Formation	China	A comb jelly. The type species is Gemmactena actinala.
Glyptograptus perneri	Sp. nov	In press	Štorch	Silurian		Czech Republic	A graptolite belonging to the family Retiolitidae, a species of Glyptograptus.
Guanshanchaeta	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Liu et al.	Early Cambrian	Wulongqing Formation	China	A polychaete annelid. The type species is Guanshanchaeta felicia.
Hindenites parkheadensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Eriksson & von Bitter	Silurian (Wenlock)	Eramosa Lagerstätte	Canada	A polychaete, a species of Hindenites.
Neomonograptus aequabilis latus	Subsp. nov	Valid	Chen et al.	Early Devonian		China	A graptolite, a subspecies of Neomonograptus aequabilis.
Normalograptus frydai	Sp. nov	In press	Štorch	Silurian		Czech Republic	A graptolite belonging to the family Normalograptidae, a species of Normalograptus.
Normalograptus parvus	Sp. nov	In press	Štorch	Silurian		Czech Republic	A graptolite belonging to the family Normalograptidae, a species of Normalograptus.
Ottoia guizhouensis	Sp. nov	In press	Yang, Zhao & Zhang	Cambrian	Kaili Formation	Canada	A stem-group priapulid, a species of Ottoia.
Ottoia tricuspida	Sp. nov	Valid	Smith, Harvey & Butterfield	Cambrian	Burgess Shale	Canada	A stem-group priapulid, a species of Ottoia.
Oymurania	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Ushatinskaya in Kouchinsky et al.	Cambrian		Russia 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 minima	Sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Link & Riedel	Late Triassic (Norian)		Turkey	A sponge, a species of Parastylothalamia.
Pernerograptus pribyli	Sp. nov	In press	Štorch	Silurian		Czech Republic	A graptolite belonging to the family Monograptidae, a species of Pernerograptus.
Protopholoe colombiana	Sp. nov	Valid	Luque, Hourdez & Vinn	Late Cretaceous (Coniacian)		Colombia	An aphroditiform polychaete, a species of Protopholoe.
Pseudorthograptus mitchelli	Sp. nov	In press	Štorch	Silurian		Czech Republic	A graptolite belonging to the family Retiolitidae, a species of Pseudorthograptus.
Quasimolites	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Valent et al.	Cambrian	Buchava Formation	Czech Republic	A member of Hyolitha (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs). The type species is Quasimolites quasimodo.
Rollinschaeta	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Parry et al.	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)		Lebanon	A polychaete belonging to the family Amphinomidae. The type species is Rollinschaeta myoplena.
Sarmentofascis? digitatus	Sp. nov	Valid	Schlagintweit & Krajewski	Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous (Tithonian-early Berriasian)		Crimean Peninsula	A cladocoropsid stromatoporoid sponge, possibly a species of Sarmentofascis.
Scathascolex	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Smith	Cambrian	Burgess Shale	Canada	A palaeoscolecid worm. The type species is Scathascolex minor.
Skryjelites	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Valent et al.	Cambrian	Buchava Formation	Czech Republic	A member of Hyolitha (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs). The type species is Skryjelites auritus.
Sphenoecium wheelerensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Maletz & Steiner	Cambrian	Wheeler Shale	United States	A graptolite, a species of Sphenoecium.
Thaumactena	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ou et al.	Early Cambrian	Heilinpu Formation	China	A comb jelly. The type species is Thaumactena ensis.
Triplicatella papilio	Sp. nov	Valid	Kouchinsky in Kouchinsky et al.	Early Cambrian	Emyaksin Formation	Russia	A member of Hyolitha (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Triplicatella.
Uncinatograptus jadae	Sp. nov	Valid	Chen et al.	Early Devonian		China	A graptolite, a species of Uncinatograptus.
Wiwaxia herka	Sp. nov	Valid	Conway Morris et al.	Cambrian	Spence Shale	United States	A stem-lophotrochozoan, a species of Wiwaxia.
Yuknessia stephenensis	Sp. nov	Valid	LoDuca et al.	Cambrian	Burgess Shale Pierson Cove Formation Spence Shale Wheeler Shale	Canada United States	A species of Yuknessia (originally thought to be an alga, reinterpreted as a member of Pterobranchia by LoDuca et al., 2015).

Other organisms

Main article: List of species described in 2015

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Adeliesphaera	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bijl & Brinkhuis	Early Eocene		Antarctica	A dinoflagellate. The type species is Adeliesphaera ohanlonii.
Annulatubus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Carbone et al.	Ediacaran	Blueflower Formation	Canada	A tubular organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Annulatubus flexuosus.
Casparyotorula	Gen. et comb et sp. nov	Valid	Rikkinen, Schmidt & Kettunen in Kettunen et al.	Eocene		Germany 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? laeve	Sp. nov	Valid	Cheng et al.	Eocene	Anjihaihe Formation	China	A dinoflagellate, possibly a species of Circulodinium.
Cyclotella paleo-ocellata	Sp. nov	Valid	Vossel & Van de Vijver in Vossel et al.	Holocene		Israel	A diatom. Originally described as a species of Cyclotella; transferred to the genus Lindavia by Nakov et al. (2015).
Donskinica	Gen. nov	Valid	Strelnikova & Kozyrenko				A diatom.
Haslea antiqua	Sp. nov	Valid	Fenner	Paleocene		Southwestern Pacific Ocean (Campbell Plateau)	A diatom, a species of Haslea.
Kaiwaradinium abbreviatum	Sp. nov	Valid	Cheng et al.	Eocene	Anjihaihe Formation	China	A dinoflagellate, a species of Kaiwaradinium.
Kuckaraukia	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Razumovskiy et al.	Late Vendian	Basa Formation	Russia	An organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, might be a unitary organism or as a colony of motionless benthic organisms. The type species is Kuckaraukia multituberculata.
Mallomonas schumachii	Sp. nov	Valid	Siver	Eocene		Canada	A synurophyte, a species of Mallomonas.
Meliolinites buxi	Sp. nov	Valid	Ma & Sun in Ma et al.	Oligocene	Ningming Formation	China	A fungus belonging to the family Meliolaceae; a species of Meliolinites.
Oligosphaeropsis	Gen. et 3 sp. nov	Valid	Cheng et al.	Eocene	Anjihaihe Formation	China	A dinoflagellate. The type species is Oligosphaeropsis accreta; genus also contains Oligosphaeropsis complex and Oligosphaeropsis megaprocessa.
Palaeoclaviceps	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Poinar, Alderman & Wunderlich	Cretaceous (roughly 100 million years ago)		Myanmar	A fungus belonging to the family Clavicipitaceae (a relative of ergots). The type species is Palaeoclaviceps parasiticus.
Palaeorickettsia	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Poinar	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)		Myanmar	Probably a member of Rickettsiales. The type species is Palaeorickettsia protera.
Palaeozoosporites	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Strullu-Derrien in Strullu-Derrien et al.	Devonian (approximately 407 Mya)		United Kingdom	A chytrid-like (i.e. similar to members of Blastocladiomycota and Chytridiomycota) fungus of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Palaeozoosporites renaultii.
Rhyniosarcina	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Taylor & Krings	Early Devonian		United Kingdom	A member of Cyanobacteria, probably a member or a relative of Chroococcales. The type species is Rhyniosarcina devonica.
Scepasmatocarpion	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Krings & Taylor	Early Devonian		United Kingdom	A fungus of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Scepasmatocarpion fenestrulatum.
Sekwitubulus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Carbone et al.	Ediacaran	Blueflower Formation	Canada	A tubular organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Sekwitubulus annulatus.
Sinotubulites hexagonus	Sp. nov	Valid	Cai et al.	Late Ediacaran	Dengying Formation	China	A tubular organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, of probable animal affinities; a species of Sinotubulites.
Sinotubulites pentacarinalis	Sp. nov	Valid	Cai et al.	Late Ediacaran	Dengying Formation	China	A tubular organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, of probable animal affinities; a species of Sinotubulites.
Sinotubulites triangularis	Sp. nov	Valid	Cai et al.	Late Ediacaran	Dengying Formation	China	A tubular organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, of probable animal affinities; a species of Sinotubulites.
Spiniferites adnatus latispinus	Subsp. nov	Valid	Cheng et al.	Eocene	Anjihaihe Formation	China	A dinoflagellate, a subspecies of Spiniferites adnatus.
Tertiarius juriljii	Sp. nov	Valid	Ognjanova-Rumenova et al.	Pliocene	Vitacevo Formation	Macedonia	A diatom; a species of Tertiarius.
Tertiarius mariovensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Ognjanova-Rumenova et al.	Pliocene	Vitacevo Formation	Macedonia	A diatom; a species of Tertiarius.
Tianshandinium	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Cheng et al.	Eocene	Anjihaihe Formation	China	A dinoflagellate. The type species is Tianshandinium biconicum.
Turbiosphaera guersteinae	Sp. nov	Valid	Bijl & Brinkhuis	Early Eocene		Antarctica	A dinoflagellate, a species of Turbiosphaera.

See also

• Dawn of Humanity (2015 PBS film)