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This article records new taxa of fossil mammals of every kind that have been described during the year 2014, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of mammals that occurred in the year 2014.

Newly named non-eutherian mammals

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Archaeonothos[1]

Gen. et sp. nov

In press

Beck

Early Eocene

Murgon fossil site

 Australia

A metatherian of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Archaeonothos henkgodthelpi.

Barbatodon oardaensis[2]

Sp. nov

In press

Codrea et al.

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

Haţeg Basin

 Romania

A kogaionid multituberculate, a species of Barbatodon.

Bolodon hydei[3]

Sp. nov

Valid

Cifelli, Davis & Sames

Late Berriasian or Valanginian

Lakota Formation

 United States

A plagiaulacid multituberculate, a species of Bolodon.

Chaoyangodens[4]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Hou & Meng

Early Cretaceous

Yixian Formation

 China

A member of Eutriconodonta of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Chaoyangodens lii.

Crash[5]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Travouillon et al.

Middle Miocene

Riversleigh World Heritage Area

 Australia

A peramelid bandicoot. The type species is Crash bandicoot.

Golerdelphys[6]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Williamson & Lofgren

Late Paleocene (Tiffanian)

Goler Formation

 United States

A herpetotheriid metatherian. The type species is Golerdelphys stocki.

Hypsiprymnodon dennisi[7]

Sp. nov

Valid

Bates et al.

Miocene

Riversleigh World Heritage Area

 Australia

A relative of the musky rat-kangaroo.

Hypsiprymnodon karenblackae[7]

Sp. nov

Valid

Bates et al.

Miocene

Riversleigh World Heritage Area

 Australia

A relative of the musky rat-kangaroo.

Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseri[7]

Sp. nov

Valid

Bates et al.

Miocene

Riversleigh World Heritage Area

 Australia

A relative of the musky rat-kangaroo.

Infernolestes[3]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Cifelli, Davis & Sames

Late Berriasian or Valanginian

Lakota Formation

 United States

A spalacotheriid symmetrodontan. The type species is Infernolestes rougieri.

Lakotalestes[3]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Cifelli, Davis & Sames

Late Berriasian or Valanginian

Lakota Formation

 United States

A dryolestid trechnotherian. The type species is Lakotalestes luoi.

Liyamayi[5]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Travouillon et al.

Middle Miocene

Riversleigh World Heritage Area

 Australia

A relative of bilbies. The type species is Liyamayi dayi.

Passumys[3]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Cifelli, Davis & Sames

Late Berriasian or Valanginian

Lakota Formation

 United States

An allodontoid multituberculate. The type species is Passumys angelli.

Newly named eutherians

Xenarthrans

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Anadasypus aequatorianus[8]

Sp. nov

In press

Carlini et al.

Late Miocene

Letrero Formation

 Ecuador

An armadillo, a species of Anadasypus.

Pliodasypus[9]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Castro et al.

Middle Pliocene

San Gregorio Formation

 Venezuela

An armadillo related to the species assigned to the genus Dasypus. The type species is Pliodasypus vergelianus.

Afrotherians

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Anancus arvernensis mencalensis[10]

Subsp. nov

Valid

Garrido & Arribas

Early Pleistocene

 Spain

A gomphothere, a subspecies of Anancus arvernensis.

Metaxytherium albifontanum[11]

Sp. nov

Valid

Vélez-Juarbe & Domning

Late Oligocene

 United States

A halitheriine dugongid, a species of Metaxytherium.

Ocepeia grandis[12]

Sp. nov
Fam. nov.

Valid

Gheerbrant in Gheerbrant et al.

Paleocene (Thanetian)

Ouled Abdoun Basin

 Morocco

An afrotherian of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably related to the clade Paenungulata. With description of new material of O. daouiensis and erection of the monotypic family Ocepeiidae, Ocepeia becomes the oldest known Afrotherian skull and best-known African mammal of the Paleocene.[12]

O. grandis dentary

Odd-toed ungulates

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Bakalovia orientalis[13]

Sp. nov

Valid

Böhme et al.

Middle Eocene to Late Eocene

 Vietnam

A member of Anthracotheriidae, a species of Bakalovia.

Epiceratherium naduongense[14]

Sp. nov

Valid

Böhme et al.

Late Eocene

 Vietnam

A member of Rhinocerotidae, a species of Epiceratherium.

Hipparion phlegrae[15]

Sp. nov

Valid

Lazaridis & Tsoukala

Turolian

 Greece

A member of Equidae, a species of Hipparion.

Rhinoceros fusuiensis[16]

Sp. nov

In press

Yan et al.

Early Pleistocene

 China

A rhinoceros, a species of Rhinoceros.

Even-toed ungulates

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Antilope intermedia[17]

Sp. nov

Valid

Khan & Akhtar

Late Pliocene

Tatrot Formation

 Pakistan

An antelope related to the blackbuck.

Bubalus brevicornis chowi[18]

Subsp. nov

In press

Dong et al.

Early Pleistocene

 China

A bovine, a subspecies of Bubalus brevicornis.

Eotragus lampangensis[19]

Sp. nov

In press

Suraprasit et al.

Late Middle Miocene (13.4-13.2 Ma)

Nakhaem Formation

 Thailand

A bovid, a species of Eotragus.

Kolpochoerus phillipi[20]

Sp. nov

In press

Souron, Boisserie & White

Late Pliocene or early Pleistocene (ca. 2.5 Ma)

Middle Awash

 Ethiopia

A suid, a species of Kolpochoerus.

Lagomeryx manai[21]

Sp. nov

Valid

Suraprasit et al.

Late middle Miocene

Mae Moh Basin

 Thailand

A lagomerycine deer, a species of Lagomeryx.

Libycosaurus bahri[22]

Sp. nov

Valid[23]

Lihoreau et al.

Late Miocene

 Chad

A member of Anthracotheriidae, a species of Libycosaurus.

Cetaceans

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Brandtocetus[24]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Gol’din & Startsev

Late Miocene

 Ukraine

A cetotheriid baleen whale. The type species is Brandtocetus chongulek.

Cotylocara[25]

Gen. et sp. nov

In press

Geisler, Colbert & Carew

Oligocene

 United States

An odontocete. The type species is Cotylocara macei.

Herpetocetus morrowi[26]

Sp. nov

Valid

El Adli, Deméré & Boessenecker

Late Pliocene

 United States

A cetotheriid baleen whale, a species of Herpetocetus.

Papahu[27]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Aguirre-Fernández & Fordyce

Early Miocene

Kaipuke Formation

 New Zealand

A dolphin. The type species is Papahu taitapu.

Semirostrum[28]

Gen. et sp. nov

In press

Racicot, Deméré, Beatty & Boessenecker

Pliocene

 United States

A porpoise. The type species is Semirostrum ceruttii.

Semirostrum cerruttii rostrum
Semirostrum cerruttii rostrum

Togocetus[29]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Gingerich & Cappetta

Eocene (middle Lutetian)

 Togo

A protocetid cetacean. The type species is Togocetus traversei.

Carnivorans

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Afrophoca[30]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Koretsky & Domning

Early to middle Miocene

Marada Formation

 Libya

A monachine earless seal. The type species is Afrophoca libyca.

Panthera blytheae[31]

Sp. nov

Valid

Tseng et al.

Late Miocene to early Pliocene

Zanda Formation

 China

A pantherine felid, a species of Panthera.

Rodents

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Acarechimys leucotheae[32]

Sp. nov

In press

Vucetich et al.

Late Oligocene

 Argentina

An octodontoid caviomorph of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Acarechimys.

Cephalomys ceciae[32]

Sp. nov

In press

Vucetich et al.

Late Oligocene

 Argentina

A cephalomyid, a species of Cephalomys.

Cordimus[33]

Gen. et 3 sp. nov

Valid[34]

Zijlstra et al.

Late Pliocene or early Pleistocene to Holocene

 Bonaire
 Curaçao

A cricetid rodent. Genus contains three species: Cordimus hooijeri, Cordimus debuisonjei and Cordimus raton.

Dudumus[35]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Arnal et al.

Early Miocene

Sarmiento Formation

 Argentina

An octodontoid caviomorph rodent. The type species is Dudumus ruigomezi.

Eliomys yevesi[36]

Sp. nov

In press

Mansino et al.

Late Miocene (late Turolian)

Villatoya-Venta del Moro Formation

 Spain

A dormouse, a species of Eliomys.

Ethelomys[32]

Gen. et comb. nov

In press

Vucetich et al.

Late Oligocene

 Argentina

An octodontoid caviomorph of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "Deseadomys" loomisi Wood & Patterson (1959).

Galileomys baios[32]

Sp. nov

In press

Vucetich et al.

Late Oligocene

 Argentina

An acaremyid octodontoid caviomorph, a species of Galileomys.

Heosminthus borrae[37]

Sp. nov

Valid

Daxner-Höck, Badamgarav & Maridet

Oligocene to early Miocene

Hsanda Gol Formation

 Mongolia

A dipodid rodent, a species of Heosminthus.

Heosminthus chimidae[37]

Sp. nov

Valid

Daxner-Höck, Badamgarav & Maridet

Oligocene

Hsanda Gol Formation

 Mongolia

A dipodid rodent, a species of Heosminthus.

Incamys menniorum[32]

Sp. nov

In press

Vucetich et al.

Late Oligocene

 Argentina

A chinchilloid caviomorph of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Incamys.

Leucokephalos[32]

Gen. et sp. nov

In press

Vucetich et al.

Late Oligocene

 Argentina

A caviomorph of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Leucokephalos zeffiae.

Llitun[32]

Gen. et sp. nov

In press

Vucetich et al.

Late Oligocene

 Argentina

A caviomorph of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Llitun notuca.

Loncolicu[32]

Gen. et sp. nov

In press

Vucetich et al.

Late Oligocene

 Argentina

A chinchilloid caviomorph of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Loncolicu tretos.

Omboomys[38]

Gen. et sp. nov

In press

Maridet et al.

Late Miocene

 Mongolia

An eomyid rodent. The type species is Omboomys builstynensis.

Onjosminthus[37]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Daxner-Höck, Badamgarav & Maridet

Early Oligocene

Hsanda Gol Formation

 Mongolia

A dipodid rodent. The type species is Onjosminthus baindi.

Plesiosminthus olzi[37]

Sp. nov

Valid

Daxner-Höck, Badamgarav & Maridet

Early Miocene

Loh Formation

 Mongolia

A dipodid rodent, a species of Plesiosminthus.

Primoprismus[39]

Gen. et sp. nov

In press

Maridet et al.

Early Miocene

 China

A microtoid cricetid. The type species is Primoprismus fejfari.

Protacaremys? adilos[32]

Sp. nov

In press

Vucetich et al.

Late Oligocene

 Argentina

An octodontoid caviomorph of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a species of Protacaremys.

Pseudoacaremys[40]

Gen. et sp. nov

In press

Arnal & Vucetich

Miocene

 Argentina

An acaremyid octodontoid caviomorph rodent. The type species is Pseudoacaremys kramarzi.

Reigomys[41]

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Machado et al.

Pleistocene

 Bolivia

An oryzomyine rodent; a new genus for "Holochilus" primigenus Steppan (1996).

Vasseuromys bergasensis[42]

Sp. nov

Valid

Ruiz-Sánchez et al.

Late Oligocene

 Spain

A dormouse, a species of Vasseuromys.

Primates and plesiadapiforms

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Nannodectes lynasi[43]

Sp. nov

Valid

Lofgren et al.

Paleocene

Goler Formation

 United States

A plesiadapid, a species of Nannodectes.

Others

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Desmanodon larsi[44]

Sp. nov

Valid

Furió, van Dam & Kaya

Late Miocene

 Turkey

A member of Talpidae, a species of Desmanodon.

Dormaalocyon[45]

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Solé et al.

Earliest Eocene

Tienen Formation

 Belgium

A member of Carnivoramorpha and Carnivoraformes; a new genus for "Miacis" latouri Quinet, 1966.

Furodon[46]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Solé et al.

Eocene (late Ypresian or middle Lutetian)

 Algeria

A hyainailourine hyaenodontid. The type species is Furodon crocheti.

Parvavorodon[46]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Solé et al.

Eocene (late Ypresian or middle Lutetian)

 Algeria

A hyainailourine hyaenodontid. The type species is Parvavorodon gheerbranti.

Promioclaenus walshi[43]

Sp. nov

Valid

Lofgren et al.

Paleocene

Goler Formation

 United States

A hyopsodontid, a species of Promioclaenus.

Protorhinolophus[47]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Ravel et al.

Middle Eocene

 China

A horseshoe bat. The type species is Protorhinolophus shanghuangensis.

Protoselene ashtoni[43]

Sp. nov

Valid

Lofgren et al.

Paleocene

Goler Formation

 United States

A hyopsodontid, a species of Protoselene.

Quercygale smithi[48]

Sp. nov

In press

Solé

Early Eocene

 France

A member of Carnivoramorpha and Carnivoraformes, a species of Quercygale.

Sinopa jilinia[49]

Sp. nov

Valid

Morlo et al.

Eocene

Huadian Formation

 China

A hyaenodontid, a species of Sinopa.

Uintacyon hookeri[48]

Sp. nov

In press

Solé

Early Eocene

 France

A member of Carnivoramorpha and Carnivoraformes, a species of Uintacyon.

Zhalmouzia[50]

Gen. et sp. nov

In press

Averianov & Archibald in Averianov, Archibald & Dyke

Santonian or Campanian

Bostobe Formation

 Kazakhstan

A zhelestid. The type species is Zhalmouzia bazhanovi.

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