Английская Википедия:2008 in paleontology

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Important finds in 2008

Protozoa

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Paleoleishmania neotropicum	sp nov	Valid	Poinar	Burdigalian	Dominican amber		second record, and youngest, of the extinct genus Paleoleishmania	Файл:Paleoleishmania neotropicum amastigotes in proboscis of Lutzomyia adiketis.jpg Paleoleishmania neotropicum

Plants

Angiosperms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Dillhoffia	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Manchester & Pigg	Ypresian	Unnamed Formation, Kamloops Group			Файл:Dillhoffia cachensis SR 92-17-20 1.jpg Dillhoffia cachensis
Pluricarpellatia	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Mohr, Bernardes-de-Oliveira & Taylor	Early Cretaceous	Crato Formation

Monocots

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Montrichardia aquatica	sp nov	Valid	Herrera et al	Middle to late Paleocene	Cerrejón Formation		only fossil record of the genus Montrichardia
Petrocardium	gen et sp nov	Valid	Herrera et al	Middle to late Paleocene	Cerrejón Formation		Two named species Petrocardium cerrejonense and Petrocardium wayuuorum

Arthropoda

Arachnomorphs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Dicranocaris	Gen et sp nov	valid	Briggs, Lieberman, Hendricks, Halgedahl & Jarrard	Middle Cambrian	Wheeler Formation Marjum Formation		An arachnormorph of uncertain classification. Type species D. guntherorum
Nettapezoura	Gen et sp nov	valid	Briggs, Lieberman, Hendricks, Halgedahl & Jarrard	Middle Cambrian	Marjum Formation		An arachnormorph of uncertain classification. Type species N. basilika
Palaeosiro	Gen et sp nov	valid	Poinar	Cenomanian	Burmese amber		A stylocellid harvestman. Type species P. burmanicum

Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Cataglyphoides	Gen et sp et comb nov	Valid	Dlussky	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber		Fossil formicine ant, two species C. constrictus (Mayr, 1868) & C. intermedius Dlussky, 2008	Файл:Cataglyphoides constrictus NHMW1984-31-137 head.jpg Cataglyphoides constrictus
Dolichoderus punctatus	Sp nov	Valid	Dlussky	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber		Fossil dolichoderine ant	Файл:Dolichoderus punctatus BMNHP-II1101 profile.jpg Dolichoderus punctatus
Electropodagrion	Gen et sp nov	valid	Azar & Nel	Middle Eocene	Baltic Amber		A Megapodagrionidae damselfly
Elektroepyris	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Perrichot & Nel	Eocene	Oise amber		A bethylid wasp	Файл:Elektroepyris magnificus holotype MNHN.F.A30298 dorsal.jpg Elektroepyris magnificus
Formosibittacus	gen et sp nov	Valid	Li, Ren & Shih	Middle Jurassic	Jiulongshan Formation		A bittacid
Haidomyrmodes	gen et sp nov	Valid	Perrichot et al	Middle Cretaceous	Charentese amber		A Sphecomyrminae ant, type species H. mammuthus	Файл:MNHNA30163 Haidomyrmodes mammuthus 01.jpg Haidomyrmodes mammuthus
Jurahylobittacus	gen et sp nov	Valid	Li, Ren & Shih	Middle Jurassic	Jiulongshan Formation		A bittacid
Lutzomyia adiketis	sp nov	Valid	Poinar	Burdigalian	Dominican amber		Vector for the extinct Trypanosomatidae species Paleoleishmania neotropicum	Файл:Lutzomyia adiketis.jpg Lutzomyia adiketis
Proraphidia gomezi	sp nov	Valid	Jarzembowski	Lower Cretaceous	Lower Weald Clay
Proraphidia hopkinsi	sp nov	Valid	Jarzembowski	Barremian
Proteroscelio gravatus	Sp nov	valid	Johnson, Musetti & Masner	Early Cretaceous (Aptian)	Lebanese Amber		A member of Platygastroidea.
Rhabdepyris gallicus	Sp nov	Valid	Perrichot & Nel	Eocene	Oise amber		A bethylid wasp	Файл:Rhabdepyris gallicus holotype MNHN.F.A30297 dorsal.jpg Rhabdepyris gallicus
Sinomeganeura	gen et sp nov	Valid	Ren, Nel, & Prokop	Namurian	Tupo Formation		Third Namurian age Meganeuridae griffenfly described.
Sinoprotelenomus	Nom nov	valid	Zhang in Johnson, Musetti & Masner	Miocene			A member of Platygastroidea; replacement name for Protelenomus Zhang (1989).
Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis	Sp nov	jr syn	Perrichot et al	Middle Cretaceous	Charentese amber		A stem group ant jr synonym of Gerontoformica occidentalis	Файл:Gerontoformica occidentalis MNHNA30165.jpg Gerontoformica occidentalis
Syndesus ambericus	Sp nov	Valid	Woodruff	Burdigalian	Dominican amber		A stag beetle
Termitaradus avitinquilinus	Sp nov	Valid	Grimaldi & Engel	Burdigalian	Dominican amber		A termite bug

Xiphosurans

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Lunataspis	gen et sp nov	Valid taxon	Nowlan, Rudkin, & Young	Late Ordovician	Churchill River Group?

Fishes

Bony fish

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Arquatichthys		Valid	Lu & Zhu	Devonian (Pragian)	Posongchong Formation		A basal member of Dipnomorpha. The type species is A. porosus.
Donnrosenia		Valid	Long, Choo, & Young	Devonian (Givetian)	Aztec Siltstone		A basal member of Actinopterygii. Genus includes new species D. schaefferi.
Genyonemus whistleri		Valid	Takeuchi & Huddleston	Late Miocene	Puente Formation		A relative of the white croaker.
Hiodon woodruffi	Comb nov	valid	(Wilson)	Ypresian	Klondike Mountain Formation	Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag	A mooneye, Moved from Eohiodon woodruffi Wilson 1978	Файл:Hiodon woodruffi 2007-05-26 img2.jpg Hiodon woodruffi
Tarachomylax multicostatus		Valid	Qiao & Zhu	Devonian (Emsian)	Chuandong Formation		A lungfish.

Cartilaginous fish

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Thrinacoselache	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Jr. synonym	Grogan & Lund	Carboniferous (Serpukhovian)	Bear Gulch Limestone		Type species is T. gracia. Genus now a junior synonym of Thrinacodus.

Placoderms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Gavinaspis	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Valid	Dupret & Zhu	Early Devonian (Lochkovian)	Xitun Formation		A phyllolepid.
Materpiscis	gen et sp nov	Valid	Long, Trinajstic, Young, & Senden	Late Devonian	Gogo Formation		discovered with fossilized embryo.	Файл:FINAL FISH ANIM (00200).jpg Materpiscis embryo features

General research

• Hilton & Grande redescribe the fossil mooneyes of western North America synonymizing the genus Eohiodon with Hiodon.
• Cicimurri, Paris, & Everhart describe a partial dentition from a Holocephali chimaeroid fish found in the Niobrara Chalk.

Amphibians

Jenkins, F. A., jr, Shubin, N. H., Gatesy, S. M., and Warren, A., 2008, Gerrothorax pulcherrimus from the Upper Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of East Greenland and a reassessment of head lifting in temnospondyl feeding: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 4, p. 935-950.

Newly named amphibians

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Beelzebufo	Valid taxon	Evans Jones Krause	Late Cretaceous (70 mya)	Maevarano Formation	Шаблон:Flag		Файл:Beelzebufo BW.jpg An artist's depiction of Beelzebufo
Gerobatrachus	Valid taxon	Anderson Reisz Scott Fröbisch Sumida	Early Permian (290 mya)		Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag)
Oumtkoutia	Valid taxon	Rage Dutheil	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Kem Kem Beds	Шаблон:Flag	A pipid anuran.

Archosaurs

Newly named pseudosuchians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Acynodon adriaticus	Sp. nov	Valid	Delfino, Martin & Buffetaut	Late Cretaceous
Dakosaurus carpenteri	Sp. nov	Valid	Wilkinson, Young & Benton	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)	Kimmeridge Clay Formation		A metriorhynchid crocodyliform. Originally described as a species of Dakosaurus, subsequently transferred to the separate genus Torvoneustes.
Gryposuchus croizati	Sp. nov	Valid	Riff & Aguilera	Late Miocene	Urumaco Formation
Guarinisuchus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Barbosa, Kellner & Viana	Early Paleocene (Danian)	Maria Farinha Formation		A dyrosaurid crocodyliform. Genus includes new species G. munizi.
Ocepesuchus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Jouve et al.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Ouled Abdoun Basin		A member of Gavialoidea. Genus includes new species O. eoafricanus.
Postosuchus alisonae	Sp. nov	Valid	Peyer et al.	Late Triassic	Newark Supergroup	Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag)
Sierritasuchus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Parker, Stocker & Irmis	Late Triassic	Tecovas Formation	Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag)	An aetosaur Genus includes new species S. macalpini.
Sphagesaurus montealtensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Andrade & Bertini	Late Cretaceous	Adamantina Formation		A sphagesaurid crocodyliform. Originally described as a species of Sphagesaurus, but subsequently transferred to the genus Caipirasuchus.
Wargosuchus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Martinelli & Pais	Late Cretaceous	Bajo de La Carpa Formation		A baurusuchid crocodyliform. Genus includes new species W. australis.

Newly named pterosaurs

Name Status Location Authors Notes Elanodactylus Valid Шаблон:Flag Andres Ji, Q. Hongshanopterus Valid Шаблон:Flag Xiaolin Wang de Almeida et al. Mythunga Valid Шаблон:Flag Molnar Thulborn, R.A. Nemicolopterus Valid Шаблон:Flag Wang Kellner et al. Raeticodactylus Junior synonym Шаблон:Flag Stecher Jr. synonym of Caviramus Shenzhoupterus Valid Шаблон:Flag2 Lü J. Unwin et al. Volgadraco Valid Шаблон:Flag Averianov Arkhangelsky Pervushov

Dinosaurs

• Oviraptorosaurian eggs with embryonic skeletons are discovered for the first time in China.
• Mongolian Late Jurassic theropod fossils are found for the first time.
• A new study on morphological variation in shed theropod teeth from the Mil River Formation is published.

Newly named dinosaurs

28 new dinosaur genera were erected in 2008. Data courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Austroraptor	Valid	Novas Pol et al.	Campanian–Maastrichtian	Allen Formation	Шаблон:Flag	The largest dromaeosaurid yet discovered in the Southern Hemisphere.	Файл:Austroraptor Restoration.png Austroraptor
Dakotadon	Valid	Paul	Barremian	Lakota Formation	Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag)	A new genus for "Iguanodon" lakotaensis (Weishampel and Bjork, 1989).
Daxiatitan	Valid	You Li et al.	Lower Cretaceous	Lanzhou Basin	Шаблон:Flag	A basal titanosaur.	Файл:Daxiatitan.jpg Daxiatitan
Diceratus	Junior synonym	Mateus	Late Cretaceous			Objective junior synonym of Nedoceratops; possible junior synonym of Triceratops.
Dollodon	Valid	Paul	Barremian	Bernissart	Шаблон:Flag	An iguanodontian.	Файл:Dollodon bampingi Steveoc86.jpg Dollodon
Dongyangosaurus	Valid	Lü Azuma et al.	early Late Cretaceous	Fangyang Formation	Шаблон:Flag	A titanosauriform.
Duriavenator	Valid	Benson	Bajocian	Dorset	Шаблон:Flag	A megalosaurid.	Файл:Duriavenator NT.jpg Duriavenator
Eocarcharia	Valid	Sereno Brusatte	Aptian/Albian	Elrhaz Formation	Шаблон:Flag	A carcharodontosaurid.	Файл:Eocarcharia BW.jpg Eocarcharia
Eomamenchisaurus	Valid	Lü Li et al.	Middle Jurassic	Zhanghe Formation	Шаблон:Flag	A mamenchisaurid.
Epidexipteryx	Valid	Zhang Zhou et al.	Late Jurassic	Daohugou Beds	Шаблон:Flag	An avialian.	Файл:Epidexipteryx NT.jpg Epidexipteryx
Gobiceratops	Valid	Alifanov	Late Cretaceous	Baruungoyot Formation	Шаблон:Flag	Possible junior synonym of Bagaceratops.
Kryptops	Valid	Sereno Brusatte	Aptian/Albian	Elrhaz Formation	Шаблон:Flag	An abelisaurid.	Файл:Kryptops BW.jpg Kryptops
Loricatosaurus	Valid	Maidment Norman et al.	Callovian		Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag	A stegosaurid.
Microceratus	Nomen dubium	Mateus	Campanian		Шаблон:Flag
Orkoraptor	Valid	Novas Ezcurra Lecuona	Maastrichtian	Pari Aike Formation	Шаблон:Flag	A neovenatorid.	Файл:Orkoraptor drawing.jpg Orkoraptor
Peloroplites	Valid	Carpenter Bartlett et al.	Lower Cretaceous	Cedar Mountain Formation	Шаблон:Flag	A nodosaurid ankylosaur.
Pitekunsaurus	Valid	Filippi Garrido	Campanian	Anacleto Formation	Шаблон:Flag	A titanosaur.
Qingxiusaurus	Valid	Mo Huang et al.	Late Cretaceous		Шаблон:Flag	A titanosaur.
Sahaliyania	Valid	Godefroit Hai et al.	Maastrichtian	Yuliangze Formation	Шаблон:Flag	A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid.
Similicaudipteryx	Valid	He Wang Zhou	Aptian	Jiufotang Formation	Шаблон:Flag	A caudipterid oviraptorosaur.	Файл:Similicaudipteryx.jpg Similicaudipteryx
Tastavinsaurus	Valid	Canudo Royo-Torres Cuenca-Bescós	Aptian	Xert Formation	Шаблон:Flag	A titanosauriform. Lurasiformes.	Файл:Tastavinsaurus BW.jpg Tastavinsaurus
Uberabatitan	Valid	Salgado Carvalho	Upper Cretaceous	Marília Formation	Шаблон:Flag	A titanosaur.	Tethyshadros
Wulagasaurus	Valid	Godefroit Hai et al.	Maastrichtian	Yuliangze Formation	Шаблон:Flag	A saurolophine hadrosaurid.

Newly named birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aegolius martae	Sp. nov.	Valid	Marco Pavia	Early/Middle Pleistocene	Sicily	Шаблон:Flag:	A Strigidae.
Bermuteo avivorus	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Storrs L. Olson	Late Pleistocene			An Accipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Bountyphaps obsoleta	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Trevor H. Worthy Graham M. Wragg	Subrecent	Henderson Island		A Columbidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Calonectris wingatei	Sp. nov.	Valid	Storrs L. Olson	Middle Pleistocene			A Procellariidae.
Caracara tellustris	Sp. nov.	Valid	Storrs L. Olson	Holocene			A Falconidae.
Cathayornis chabuensis	Sp. nov.	Valid	Li Jianjun Li Zhiheng Zhang Yuguang Zhou Zhonghe Bai Zhiqiang Zhang Lifu Ba Tuya	Early Cretaceous	Jinchuan Formation		A Cathayornithidae Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 2006, Enantiornithes Walker, 1981.
Certhiops rummeli	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Albrecht Manegold	Early Miocene	MN 3	Шаблон:Flag:	A Certhioidea, this is the type species of the new genus.
Didactylornis jii	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Yuan Chongxi	Lower Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation		Basal pygostylia, Sapeornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Enantiophoenix electrophyla	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Andrea Cau Paolo Arduini	Upper Cretaceous			An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Avisauridae Brett-Surman et Paul, 1985, this is the type species of the new genus.
Eoconfuciusornis zhengi	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Fucheng Zhang Zhonghe Zhou Michael Benton	Lower Cretaceous	Dabeigou Formation		A Primitive Confuciusornithidae Hou, Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995, this is the type species of the new genus.
Ephippiorhynchus tchoufour	Sp. nov.	Valid	Antoine Louchart Yohannes Haile-Selassie Patrick Vignaud Androssa Likius Michel Brunet	Late Miocene	ca 7 Ma		A Ciconiidae.
Eurotrochilus noniewiczi	Sp. nov.	Valid	Zygmunt Bochenski Zbigniew Bochenski	Early Oligocene	Late Rupelian		A new European species of the Trochilidae.
Foudia delloni	Sp. nov.	Valid	Anthony S. Cheke Julian P. Hume	Subrecent	Not seen since 1672		The original Foudia from Réunion.
Hokkaidornis abashiriensis	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Kazuhiko Sakurai Masaichi Kimura Takayuki Katoh	Late Oligocene	Tokoro Formation		A Plotopteridae Howard, 1969, this is the type species of the new genus.
Jabiru codorensis	Sp. nov.	Valid	Stig A. Walsh Rodolfo Sánchez	Early Pliocene	Codore Formation, Middle El Jebe Member		A Ciconiidae.
Leptoptilos patagonicus	Sp. nov.	Valid	Jorge I. Noriega Gerardo Cladera	Late Miocene	Puerto Madryn Formation		A Ciconiidae.
Manuherikia douglasi	Sp. nov.	Valid	Trevor H. Worthy Alan J. D. Tennyson Suzanne J. Hand R. Paul Scofield	Early-Middle Miocene	Bannockburn Formation		An Anatidae, Anserinae.
Megadyptes waitaha	Sp. nov.	Valid	Sanne Boessenkool Jeremy J. Austin Trevor H. Worthy R. Paul Scofield Alan Cooper Philip J. Seddon Jonathan M. Waters	Late Holocene	Subrecent		A Spheniscidae, when it became extinct it made room for Megadyptes antipodes.
Mopsitta tanta	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	David W. Waterhouse Bent E. K, Lindow Nikita V. Zelenkov Gareth J. Dyke	Early Eocene, Ypresian	Fur Formation		Described in the Psittaciformes, Gerald Mayr, 2009 sees no reasons to place the species in Psittaciformes.
Palaeortyx volans	Sp. nov.	Valid	Ursula B. Göhlich Marco Pavia	Neogene	Gargano		A Phasianidae.
Pelagornis mauretanicus	Sp. nov.	Valid	Cécille Mourer-Chauviré Denis Geraads	Late Pliocene	Ahl al Oughlam		A Pelagornithidae Fürbringer, 1888.
Pengornis houi	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Zhou Zhonghe Julia A. Clarke Zhang Fucheng	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation		An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus and the type genus of the new family Pengornithidae Wang, O’Connor, Zheng, Wang, Hu et Zhou, 2014.
Phaethusavis pelagicus	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Estelle Bourdon Mbarek Amaghzaz Baâdi Bouya	Early Eocene	Early Ypresian		A Phaethontidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Pleistovultur nevesi	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga Guilherme R. R. Brito Rafael Migotto Alex Hubbe Elizabeth Höfling	Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene			A Cathartidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Thomasococcyx philohippus	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	David W. Steadman	Early Miocene	Hemingfordian LMA	Шаблон:Flag:	A Cuculidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Tirarinetta kanunka	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Trevor H. Worthy	Pliocene	Tirari Formation		An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Zhongornis haoae	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Gao Chunling Luis M. Chiappe Meng Qinjing Jingmai O'Connor Wang Xuri Cheng Xiaodong Liu Jinyuan	Lower Cretaceous	Yixian Formation		Basal Aves, this is the type species of the new genus.
Zygodactylus luberonensis	Sp. nov.	Valid	Gerald Mayr	Early Oligocene	MP 23-24		A Zygodactylidae Brodkorb, 1971, ?Piciformes.

Other publications

• Hutchinson, J.R., Miller, C., Fritsch, G., and Hildebrandt, T. 2008. The anatomical foundation for multidisciplinary studies of animal limb function: examples from dinosaur and elephant limb imaging studies; pp. 23–38 in Endo, H. and Frey, R. (eds.), Anatomical Imaging: Towards a New Morphology. Springer Verlag, Tokyo.
• Witmer, L.M., Ridgely, R.C., Dufeau, D.L., and Semones, M.C. 2008. Using CR to peer into the past: 3D visualization of the brain and ear regions of birds, crocodiles, and nonavian dinosaurs; pp. 67–88 in Endo, H. and Frey, R. (eds.), Anatomical Imaging: Towards a New Morphology. Springer Verlag, Tokyo.

Turtles

Newly named turtles

Currently valid turtle genera named in 2008
Name	Status	Location	Authors	Images
Condorchelys	Valid taxon	Шаблон:Flag	Sterli
Kharakhutulia	Valid taxon	Шаблон:Flag	Sukhanov, Danilov & Syromyatnikova
Odontochelys	Valid taxon	Шаблон:Flag	Li et al.	Файл:Odontochelys semitestacea.jpg Odontochelys

Squamates

new taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Itaboraiophis	gen et sp nov	Valid	Rage	Middle Paleocene			A "booid"-grade snake of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Itaboraiophis depressus.
Kuwajimalla	gen et sp nov	Valid	Evans & Manabe	Early Cretaceous (Valanginian to Hauterivian)	Kuwajima Formation		A polyglyphanodontian lizard. The type species is Kuwajimalla kagaensis.
Merkurosaurus	gen et sp nov	Valid	Klembara	Early Miocene			A member of Anguimorpha, might be related to the Chinese crocodile lizard. The type species is Merkurosaurus ornatus.
Ovoo	gen et sp nov	Valid	Norell, Gao, & Conrad	Late Cretaceous	near Ukhaa Tolgod		one of the oldest monitor lizards
Paraungaliophis	gen et sp nov	Valid	Rage	Middle Paleocene			A snake related to members of the genus Ungaliophis. The type species is Paraungaliophis pricei.
Paulacoutophis	gen et sp nov	Valid	Rage	Middle Paleocene			A booid-grade snake of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Paulacoutophis perplexus.
Prognathodon kianda	sp nov	Valid	Schulp et al.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)			A mosasaur.
Selmasaurus johnsoni	sp nov	Valid	Polcyn & Everhart	Late Cretaceous (early Santonian)	Niobrara Chalk		A mosasaur.
Taniwhasaurus mikasaensis	sp nov	Valid	Caldwell, Konishi, Obata, & Muramoto	upper Santonian-lower Campanian			Third identified species for the genus Taniwhasaurus
Tianyusaurus	gen et sp nov	Valid	Lü et al.	Late Cretaceous	Qiupa Formation		A polyglyphanodontian lizard. The type species is Tianyusaurus zhengi.
Tinosaurus indicus	Sp nov	Valid	Prasad & Bajpai	Early Eocene	Cambay Shale		An agamid lizard, a species of Tinosaurus.
Vallecillosaurus	gen et sp nov	Valid	Smith & Buchy	Late Cretaceous (early Turonian)	Agua Nueva Formation		A member of Mosasauroidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Vallecillosaurus donrobertoi.
Vastanagama	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Prasad & Bajpai	Early Eocene	Cambay Shale		An agamid lizard. The type species is Vastanagama susani.

New papers

• Шаблон:Cite journal
• Everhart, M.J. 2008. The mosasaurs of George F. Sternberg, paleontologist and fossil photographer. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 37–46.
• Polcyn, M.J. and Everhart, M.J. 2008. Description and phylogenetic analysis of a new species of Selmasaurus (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 13–28.
• Polcyn, M.J., Bell, G.L., Jr., Shimada, K. and Everhart, M.J. 2008. The oldest North American mosasaurs (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Kansas and Texas with comments on the radiation of major mosasaur clades. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 137–155.
• Everhart, M.J. 2008. Rare occurrence of a Globidens sp. (Reptilia; Mosasauridae) dentary in the Sharon Springs Member of the Pierre Shale (Middle Campanian) of Western Kansas. p. 23-29 in Farley G. H. and Choate, J.R. (eds.), Unlocking the Unknown; Papers Honoring Dr. Richard Zakrzewski, Fort Hays Studies, Special Issue No. 2, 153 p., Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS.

Sauropterygians

New taxa

Name Status Authors Notes Glyphoderma Valid Zhao et al. Nichollsia renamed Druckenmiller Russell Nichollsia preoccupied by a genus of isopod, renamed in 2009 to Nichollssaura Occitanosaurus Synonym Bardet Fernandez Garcia-Ramos Superbiola Pinuela Ruiz-Omenaca Vincent Junior Synonym of Microcleidus. Wumengosaurus Valid Jiang et al.

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Alrausuchus	Valid	Ivakhnenko	Middle Permian			A new genus for "Biarmosuchus" tagax
Megawhaitsia	Valid	Ivakhnenko	Upper Permian

Mammal

Newly named mammals
Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Albireo savagei	Valid	Barnes	Late Pliocene	Pismo Formation	Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag)	A member of Delphinoidea belonging to the family Albireonidae, a species of Albireo.
Cantalera	Valid	Badiola Canudo Cuenca‐Bescós	Early Cretaceous (late Hauterivian‐early Barremian)		Шаблон:Flag	A multituberculate belonging to the family Pinheirodontidae. The type species is C. abadi.
Crenatocetus	Valid	McLeod Barnes	Eocene		Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag)	A member of Protocetidae. The type species is Crenatocetus rayi.
Cynarctoides whistleri	Valid	Wang Tedford	Hemingfordian		Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag and Шаблон:Flag)	A member of Canidae belonging to the subfamily Borophaginae, a species of Cynarctoides.
Diceratherium radtkei	Valid	Prothero Rasmussen	Arikareean	Cabbage Patch beds Harrison Formation Sharps Formation	Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag, Шаблон:Flag and Шаблон:Flag)
Djourabus	Valid	Peigné et al.	Late Miocene		Шаблон:Flag	A member of Mustelidae belonging to the subfamily Lutrinae. The type species is D. dabba.
Floridameryx	Valid	Webb	Late Miocene to earliest Pliocene		Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag and Шаблон:Flag)	A member of Gelocidae belonging to the subfamily Pseudoceratinae. The type species is F. floridanus; genus also includes "Pseudoceras" klausi Frick (1937).
Fossendorhinus	Valid	Mihlbachler	Uintan			A member of Brontotheriidae; a new genus for "Telmatherium" diploconus Osborn (1895)
Fredszalaya	Valid	Shockey Anaya	Late Oligocene		Шаблон:Flag	A member of Borhyaenidae. The type species is Fredszalaya hunteri.
Glibia namibiesis	Valid	Pickford Senut Morales Mein Sanchez	Eocene (Lutetian)		Шаблон:Flag	A rodent belonging to the family Zegdoumyidae, a species of Glibia.
Merycopotamus thachangensis	Valid	Hanta Ratanasthien Kunimatsu Saegusa Nakaya Nagaoka Jintasakul	Late Miocene		Шаблон:Flag
Metalopex	Valid	Tedford Wang	Late Clarendonian to early Hemphillian	Ash Hollow Formation Kern River Formation Rattlesnake Formation Thousand Creek Formation	Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag, Шаблон:Flag, Шаблон:Flag, Шаблон:Flag, Шаблон:Flag, Шаблон:Flag and Шаблон:Flag)	A fox. The type species is Metalopex merriami.
Mioheteromys crowderensis	Valid	Lindsay Reynolds	Late Hemingfordian to Barstovian	Barstow Formation Crowder Formation	Шаблон:Flag	A rodent belonging to the family Heteromyidae, a species of Mioheteromys.
Namahyrax	Valid	Pickford Senut Morales Mein Sanchez	Eocene (Lutetian)		Шаблон:Flag	A hyrax. The type species is Namahyrax corvus.
Namaia	Valid	Pickford Senut Morales Mein Sanchez	Eocene (Lutetian)		Шаблон:Flag	Probably a member of the family Adapidae. The type species is Namaia bogenfelsi. The generic name turned out to be preoccupied; Pickford and Uhen (2014) created a replacement name Notnamaia.
Namalestes	Valid	Pickford Senut Morales Mein Sanchez	Eocene (Lutetian)		Шаблон:Flag	A member of Cimolesta belonging to the family Todralestidae. The type species is Namalestes gheerbranti.
Namatherium	Valid	Pickford Senut Morales Mein Sanchez	Eocene (Lutetian)		Шаблон:Flag	An embrithopod. The type species is Namatherium blackcrowense.
Nasamplus	Valid	Mihlbachler	Late Eocene (Ulangochuian)			A member of Brontotheriidae; a new genus for "Metatitan" progressus Granger and Gregory (1943).
Pollyosbornia	Valid	Mihlbachler	Uintan	Uinta Formation	Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag)	A member of Brontotheriidae; a new genus for "Telmatherium" altidens Osborn (1908).
Prepomonomys	Valid	Pickford Senut Morales Mein Sanchez	Eocene (Lutetian)		Шаблон:Flag	A rodent belonging to the family Diamantomyidae. The type species is Prepomonomys bogenfelsi.
Proadinotherium saltoni	Valid	Shockey Anaya	Late Oligocene		Шаблон:Flag	A member of Toxodontidae, a species of Proadinotherium.
Siamoadapis	Valid	Chaimanee Yamee Tian Chavasseau Jaeger	Middle Miocene		Шаблон:Flag
Silicamys	Valid	Pickford Senut Morales Mein Sanchez	Eocene (Lutetian)		Шаблон:Flag	A rodent belonging to the family Myophiomyidae. The type species is Silicamys cingulatus.
Sivaonyx beyi	Valid	Peigné et al.	Late Miocene		Шаблон:Flag	A member of Mustelidae belonging to the subfamily Lutrinae.
Stenomylus taylori	Valid	Cassiliano	Miocene (Hemingfordian)	Zia Formation	Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag)	A camelid.
Teilhardina magnoliana	Valid	Beard	Early Eocene	Tuscahoma Formation	Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag)
Wickia	Valid	Mihlbachler	Uintan	Sand Wash Basin Washakie Formation	Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag)	A member of Brontotheriidae. The type species is Wickia brevirhinus.

Footnotes

Complete author list

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