View source for 2015 in paleomammalogy

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This [[mammalogy|paleomammalogy]] list records new  [[fossil]] [[mammal]] [[taxa]] that were [[binomial nomenclature|described]] during the year 2015, as well as notes other significant paleomammalogy discoveries and events which occurred during that year.

==General research==
* Description of exceptionally preserved specimens of the [[Pantodonta|pantodont]] species ''[[Alcidedorbignya]] inopinata'' and a study of its [[Phylogenetics|phylogenetic]] relationships is published by De Muizon ''et al.'' (2015).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Christian De Muizon |author2=Guillaume Billet |author3=Christine Argot |author4=Sandrine Ladevèze |author5=Florent Goussard |year=2015 |title=''Alcidedorbignya inopinata'', a basal pantodont (Placentalia, Mammalia) from the early Palaeocene of Bolivia: anatomy, phylogeny and palaeobiology |journal=Geodiversitas |volume=37 |issue=4 |pages=397–634 |doi=10.5252/g2015n4a1 |s2cid=131556174 |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01455642/file/Muizon_EtAl_2015_Alcidedorbignya.pdf }}</ref>
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of the family [[Nyctitheriidae]] based on new fossil remains of ''[[Plagioctenodon]] rosei'' and ''Plagioctenodon thewisseni'' is published by Manz ''et al.'' (2015).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Carly L. Manz |author2=Stephen G. B. Chester |author3=Jonathan I. Bloch |author4=Mary T. Silcox |author5=Eric J. Sargis |year=2015 |title=New partial skeletons of Palaeocene Nyctitheriidae and evaluation of proposed euarchontan affinities |journal=Biology Letters |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=20140911 |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2014.0911 |pmc=4321154 |pmid=25589486 }}</ref> 
* Studies of the phylogenetic relationships of [[Litopterna|litopterns]] and [[Notoungulata|notoungulates]] within [[Placentalia]], indicating that their closest living relatives are [[odd-toed ungulate]]s, are published by Welker ''et al.'' (2015)<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Frido Welker |author2=Matthew J. Collins |author3=Jessica A. Thomas |author4=Marc Wadsley |author5=Selina Brace |author6=Enrico Cappellini |author7=Samuel T. Turvey |author8=Marcelo Reguero |author9=Javier N. Gelfo |author10=Alejandro Kramarz |author11=Joachim Burger |author12=Jane Thomas-Oates |author13=David A. Ashford |author14=Peter D. Ashton |author15=Keri Rowsell |author16=Duncan M. Porter |author17=Benedikt Kessler |author18=Roman Fischer |author19=Carsten Baessmann |author20=Stephanie Kaspar |author21=Jesper V. Olsen |author22=Patrick Kiley |author23=James A. Elliott |author24=Christian D. Kelstrup |author25=Victoria Mullin |author26=Michael Hofreiter |author27=Eske Willerslev |author28=Jean-Jacques Hublin |author29=Ludovic Orlando |author30=Ian Barnes |author31=Ross D. E. MacPhee |year=2015 |title=Ancient proteins resolve the evolutionary history of Darwin's South American ungulates |journal=Nature |volume=522 |issue=7554 |pages=81–84 |doi=10.1038/nature14249 |pmid=25799987|bibcode=2015Natur.522...81W |hdl=11336/14769 |s2cid=4467386 |url=http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/91438/1/Welker_postprint.docx }}</ref> and Buckley (2015).<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Michael Buckley |year=2015 |title=Ancient collagen reveals evolutionary history of the endemic South American 'ungulates' |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=282 |issue=1806 |pages=20142671 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2014.2671 |pmid=25833851 |pmc=4426609}}</ref>
* 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).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Peter D. Heintzman |author2=Grant D. Zazula |author3=James A. Cahill |author4=Alberto V. Reyes |author5=Ross D.E. MacPhee |author6=Beth Shapiro |year=2015 |title=Genomic Data from Extinct North American ''Camelops'' Revise Camel Evolutionary History |journal=Molecular Biology and Evolution |volume=32 |issue=9 |pages=2433–2440 |doi=10.1093/molbev/msv128 |pmid=26037535|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A study on the feeding habits of extant and fossil members of the family [[Canidae]] belonging to the tribe [[Canini (tribe)|Canini]], as indicated by skull size and shape, is published by Meloro, Hudson & Hook (2015).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=C. Meloro |author2=A. Hudson |author3=L. Rook |year=2015 |title=Feeding habits of extant and fossil canids as determined by their skull geometry |journal=Journal of Zoology |volume=295 |issue=3 |pages=178–188 |doi=10.1111/jzo.12196 |s2cid=53470754 |url=http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/7670/1/Meloro_etal_jzo_12196.pdf }}</ref>
* A study on the population dynamics of the cave lion (''[[Panthera leo spelaea|Panthera spelaea]]'') during the Late [[Pleistocene]] is published by Ersmark ''et al.'' (2015).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Erik Ersmark |author2=Ludovic Orlando |author3=Edson Sandoval-Castellanos |author4=Ian Barnes |author5=Ross Barnett |author6=Anthony Stuart |author7=Adrian Lister |author8=Love Dalén |year=2015 |title=Population Demography and Genetic Diversity in the Pleistocene Cave Lion |journal=Open Quaternary |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=Art. 4 |doi=10.5334/oq.aa |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Description of [[Tarsus (skeleton)|tarsals]] attributed to ''[[Purgatorius]]'' and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of this mammal is published by Chester ''et al.'' (2015).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Stephen G. B. Chester |author2=Jonathan I. Bloch |author3=Doug M. Boyer |author4=William A. Clemens |year=2015 |title=Oldest known euarchontan tarsals and affinities of Paleocene ''Purgatorius'' to Primates |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=112 |issue=5 |pages=1487–1492 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1421707112 |pmid=25605875 |pmc=4321231 |bibcode=2015PNAS..112.1487C |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* A study on the age of the [[holotype]] specimen of ''[[Darwinius]] masillae'' at the time of death and on the life history of the species is published by López-Torres, Schillaci & Silcox (2015).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Sergi López-Torres |author2=Michael A. Schillaci |author3=Mary T. Silcox |year=2015 |title=Life history of the most complete fossil primate skeleton: exploring growth models for ''Darwinius'' |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=2 |issue=9 |pages=150340 |doi=10.1098/rsos.150340 |pmid=26473056 |pmc=4593690 |bibcode=2015RSOS....250340L }}</ref>
* [[Skull|Cranial]] [[endocast]] of ''[[Victoriapithecus]] macinessi'' is reconstructed by Gonzales ''et al.'' (2015).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Lauren A. Gonzales |author2=Brenda R. Benefit |author3=Monte L. McCrossin |author4=Fred Spoor |year=2015 |title=Cerebral complexity preceded enlarged brain size and reduced olfactory bulbs in Old World monkeys |journal=Nature Communications |volume=6 |pages=Article number 7580 |doi=10.1038/ncomms8580 |pmid=26138795 |pmc=4506532|bibcode=2015NatCo...6.7580G }}</ref>
* A study evaluating the evidence of association between extinctions or replacements of large mammals in the [[Northern Hemisphere]] in the Late [[Pleistocene]] with warming events is published by Cooper ''et al.'' (2015).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Alan Cooper |author2=Chris Turney |author3=Konrad A. Hughen |author4=Barry W. Brook |author5=H. Gregory McDonald |author6=Corey J. A. Bradshaw |year=2015 |title=Abrupt warming events drove Late Pleistocene Holarctic megafaunal turnover |journal=Science |volume=349 |issue=6248 |pages=602–606 |doi=10.1126/science.aac4315 |pmid=26250679 |bibcode=2015Sci...349..602C |s2cid=31686497 }}</ref>

==Metatherians==
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''[[Antawallathentes]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ascanio D. Rincón |author2=Bruce J. Shockey |author3=Federico Anaya |author4=Andrés Solórzano |year=2015 |title=Palaeothentid Marsupials of the Salla Beds of Bolivia (Late Oligocene): Two New Species and Insights into the Post-Eocene Radiation of Palaeothentoids |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=455–471 |doi=10.1007/s10914-015-9295-8 |s2cid=2940122 }}</ref>
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov
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Valid
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Rincón ''et al.''
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Oligocene ([[Deseadan]])
| [[Salla Formation]]
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{{Flag|Bolivia}}
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A [[Palaeothentidae|palaeothentid]] marsupial (a relative of the [[shrew opossum]]s). Genus contains two species: ''Antawallathentes illimani'' and ''Antawallathentes quimsacruza''.
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''Archaeonothos''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Robin M.D. Beck |year=2015 |title=A peculiar faunivorous metatherian from the early Eocene of Australia |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=60 |issue=1 |pages=123–129 |doi=10.4202/app.2013.0011 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Beck
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Early Eocene
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[[Murgon fossil site]]
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{{Flag|Australia}}
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A [[metatheria]]n of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is ''Archaeonothos henkgodthelpi''.
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''[[Ganguroo|Ganguroo robustiter]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Bernard N. Cooke |author2=Kenny J. Travouillon |author3=Michael Archer |author4=Suzanne J. Hand |year=2015 |title=''Ganguroo robustiter'', sp. nov. (Macropodoidea, Marsupialia), a middle to early late Miocene basal macropodid from Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=e956879 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.956879 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E6879C |s2cid=83999569 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/_i_Ganguroo_robustiter_i_sp_nov_Macropodoidea_Marsupialia_a_middle_to_early_late_Miocene_basal_macropodid_from_Riversleigh_World_Heritage_Area_Australia/1456234 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Cooke ''et al.''
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Miocene
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[[Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh)|Riversleigh]] World Heritage Area
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{{Flag|Australia}}
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A basal member of [[Macropodidae]], a species of ''Ganguroo''.
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''[[Gaylordia|Gaylordia mater]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Édison Vicente de Oliveira |author2=Francisco J. Goin |year=2015 |title=A new species of ''Gaylordia'' Paula Couto (Mammalia, Metatheria) from Itaboraí, Brazil |journal=Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=97–108 |doi=10.4072/rbp.2015.1.07 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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De Oliveira & Goin
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[[Itaboraian]]
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[[Itaboraí Formation]]
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{{Flag|Brazil}}
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A [[metatheria]]n of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a relative of ''[[Pucadelphys]]''; a species of ''Gaylordia''.
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''[[Lotheridium]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Shundong Bi |author2=Xingsheng Jin |author3=Shuo Li |author4=Tianming Du |year=2015 |title=A new Cretaceous Metatherian mammal from Henan, China |journal=PeerJ |volume=3 |pages=e896 |doi=10.7717/peerj.896 |pmid=25893149 |pmc=4400878 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Bi ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous
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[[Qiupa Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of [[Deltatheridiidae]]. The type species is ''Lotheridium mengi''.
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''[[Lycopsis|Lycopsis padillai]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Catalina Suarez |author2=AnalÍa M. Forasiepi |author3=Francisco J. Goin |author4=Carlos Jaramillo |year=2015 |title=Insights into the Neotropics Prior to the Great American Biotic Interchange: new evidence of mammalian predators from the Miocene of Northern Colombia |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=e1029581 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.1029581 |s2cid=86264178 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zoobank.org/References/B3127EDA-B4BB-4972-81B9-4447CC44EE79 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-01-02 |archive-date=2019-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904032558/http://zoobank.org/References/B3127EDA-B4BB-4972-81B9-4447CC44EE79 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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Suarez ''et al.''
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Miocene
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[[Castilletes Formation]]
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{{Flag|Colombia}}
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A member of [[Sparassodonta]], a species of ''Lycopsis''.
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''[[Madju]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Kenny J. Travouillon |author2=Michael Archer |author3=Suzanne J. Hand |author4=Jeanette Muirhead |year=2015 |title=Sexually Dimorphic Bandicoots (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia) From the Oligo-Miocene of Australia, First Cranial Ontogeny for Fossil Bandicoots and New Species Descriptions |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=141–167 |doi=10.1007/s10914-014-9271-8 |s2cid=14643777 }}</ref>
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov
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Valid
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Travouillon ''et al.''
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Late Oligocene to early late Miocene
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{{Flag|Australia}}
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A [[bandicoot]]. Genus contains two species: ''Madju variae'' and ''Madju encorensis''.
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''[[Nimbavombatus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Philippa Brewer |author2=Michael Archer |author3=Suzanne J. Hand |author4=Richard Abel |year=2015 |title=New genus of primitive wombat (Vombatidae, Marsupialia) from Miocene deposits in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area (Queensland, Australia) |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 18.1.9A |doi=10.26879/472 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Brewer ''et al.''
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Early Miocene
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[[Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh)|Riversleigh]] World Heritage Area
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{{Flag|Australia}}
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A [[wombat]]. The type species is ''Nimbavombatus boodjamullensis''.
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''[[Oklatheridium|Oklatheridium wiblei]]''<ref name=JVPTribosphenicmammals>{{Cite journal|author1=Richard L. Cifelli |author2=Brian M. Davis |year=2015 |title=Tribosphenic mammals from the Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of Montana and Wyoming |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=e920848 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.920848 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E0848C |s2cid=128942735 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Cifelli & Davis
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Early Cretaceous (Albian)
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[[Cloverly Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of [[Deltatheroida]], a species of ''Oklatheridium''.
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''[[Sedophascolomys]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Julien Louys |year=2015 |title=Wombats (Vombatidae: Marsupialia) from the Pliocene Chinchilla Sand, southeast Queensland, Australia |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=394–406 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2015.1014737 |bibcode=2015Alch...39..394L |s2cid=129092884 }}</ref>
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Louys
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Pliocene to Pleistocene
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{{Flag|Australia}}
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A [[wombat]]; a new genus for ''"Phascolomys" medius'' Owen (1872).
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''[[Sparassocynus|Sparassocynus maimarai]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=María Alejandra Abello |author2=Martín de los Reyes |author3=Adriana Magdalena Candela |author4=Francois Pujos |author5=Damián Voglino |author6=Bernardino Mamani Quispe |year=2015 |title=Description of a new species of ''Sparassocynus'' (Marsupialia: Didelphoidea: Sparassocynidae) from the late Miocene of Jujuy (Argentina) and taxonomic review of ''Sparassocynus heterotopicus'' from the Pliocene of Bolivia |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3937 |issue=1 |pages=147–160 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3937.1.7 |pmid=25947465 |hdl=11336/48565 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Abello ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
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[[Maimará Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A [[Sparassocynidae|sparassocynid]] [[Didelphoidea|didelphoid]] (a relative of the [[opossum]]s), a species of ''Sparassocynus''.
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''[[Thylacinus yorkellus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Adam M. Yates |year=2015 |title=''Thylacinus'' (Marsupialia: Thylacinidae) from the Mio-Pliocene boundary and the diversity of Late Neogene thylacinids in Australia |journal=PeerJ |volume=3 |pages=e931 |doi=10.7717/peerj.931 |pmid=26019996 |pmc=4435473 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Yates
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Late [[Miocene]] or early [[Pliocene]]
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Corra-Lynn Cave
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{{Flag|Australia}}
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A relative of the [[thylacine]].
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''[[Tsagandelta]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Guillermo W. Rougier |author2=Brian M. Davis |author3=Michael J. Novacek |year=2015 |title=A deltatheroidan mammal from the Upper Cretaceous Baynshiree Formation, eastern Mongolia |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=52, Part A |pages=167–177 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2014.09.009 |bibcode=2015CrRes..52..167R }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Rougier, Davis & Novacek
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Late Cretaceous
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[[Baynshiree Formation]]
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{{Flag|Mongolia}}
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A member of [[Deltatheroida]]. The type species is ''Tsagandelta dashzevegi''.
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''[[Wabularoo|Wabularoo prideauxi]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Kenny J. Travouillon |author2=Michael Archer |author3=Suzanne J. Hand |year=2015 |title=Revision of ''Wabularoo'', an early macropodid kangaroo from mid-Cenozoic deposits of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=39 |issue=2 |pages=274–286 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2015.994115 |bibcode=2015Alch...39..274T |s2cid=83976717 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Travouillon, Archer & Hand
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Early Miocene
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[[Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh)|Riversleigh]] World Heritage Area
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{{Flag|Australia}}
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A member of [[Macropodiformes|Macropodoidea]], a species of ''Wabularoo''.
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==Eutherians==
===Xenarthrans===
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''[[Eionaletherium]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ascanio D. Rincón |author2=H. Gregory McDonald |author3=Andrés Solórzano |author4=Mónica Núñez Flores |author5=Damián Ruiz-Ramoni |year=2015 |title=A new enigmatic Late Miocene mylodontoid sloth from northern South America |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=140256 |doi=10.1098/rsos.140256 |pmid=26064594 |pmc=4448802 |bibcode=2015RSOS....240256R }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov.
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Valid
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Rincón ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
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[[Urumaco Formation]]
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{{Flag|Venezuela}}
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A [[Mylodontoidea|mylodontoid]] [[sloth]]. The type species is ''Eionaletherium tanycnemius''.
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''[[Tonnicinctus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Flávio Góis |author2=Laureano Raúl González Ruiz |author3=Gustavo Juan Scillato-Yané |author4=Esteban Soibelzon |year=2015 |title=A Peculiar New Pampatheriidae (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Cingulata) from the Pleistocene of Argentina and Comments on Pampatheriidae Diversity |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=6 |pages=e0128296 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0128296 |pmid=26083486 |pmc=4470999|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1028296G |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov.
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Valid
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Góis ''et al.''
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Pleistocene ([[Ensenadan]] to [[Lujanian]])
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A member of [[Pampatheriidae]]. The type species is ''Tonnicinctus mirus''.
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===Afrotherians===
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''[[Arenagale]]''<ref name=Arenagale>{{Cite journal|author=Martin Pickford |year=2015 |title=Late Eocene Potamogalidae and Tenrecidae (Mammalia) from the Sperrgebiet, Namibia |journal=Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia |volume=16 |pages=114–152 |url=http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/407_Comms%20GSN%2016,%202015%20Pickford%20Tenrecoidea,114-152.pdf }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Pickford
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Eocene ([[Bartonian]])
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Eocliff Limestone
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{{Flag|Namibia}}
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A [[tenrec]]. The type species is ''A. calcareus''.
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''[[Callistosiren]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jorge Vélez-Juarbe |author2=Daryl P. Domning |year=2015 |title=Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. XI. ''Callistosiren boriquensis'', gen. et sp. nov. |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=e885034 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.885034 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E5034V |s2cid=84600341 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov.
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Valid
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Vélez-Juarbe & Domning
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Late Oligocene
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[[Lares Limestone]]
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{{Flag|United States}} ({{Flag|Puerto Rico}})
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A [[dugong]]. The type species is ''Callistosiren boriquensis''.
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''[[Diamantochloris]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Martin Pickford |year=2015 |title=Chrysochloridae (Mammalia) from the Lutetian (Middle Eocene) of Black Crow, Namibia |journal=Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia |volume=16 |pages=105–113 |url=http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/8f1_Comms%20GSN%2016,%202015%20Pickford%20Chrysochloridae%20BC,105-113.pdf }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Pickford
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Eocene ([[Lutetian]])
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Black Crow Limestone
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{{Flag|Namibia}}
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A [[golden mole]]. The type species is ''D. inconcessus''.
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''[[Namachloris]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Martin Pickford |year=2015 |title=Late Eocene Chrysochloridae (Mammalia) from the Sperrgebiet, Namibia |journal=Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia |volume=16 |pages=153–193 |url=http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/97a_Comms%20GSN%2016,%202015%20Pickford%20Chrysochloridae%20Eocliff,153-193.pdf }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Pickford
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Eocene ([[Bartonian]])
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Eocliff Limestone
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{{Flag|Namibia}}
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A [[golden mole]]. The type species is ''N. arenatans''.
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''[[Namagale]]''<ref name=Arenagale />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Pickford
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Eocene ([[Bartonian]])
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Eocliff Limestone
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{{Flag|Namibia}}
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A member of [[Potamogalinae|Potamogalidae]]. The type species is ''N. grandis''.
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''[[Palaeoloxodon xylophagou]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Athanassios Athanassiou |author2=Victoria Herridge |author3=David S. Reese |author4=George Iliopoulos |author5=Socrates Roussiakis |author6=Vassiliki Mitsopoulou |author7=Efthymios Tsiolakis |author8=George Theodorou |year=2015 |title=Cranial evidence for the presence of a second endemic elephant species on Cyprus |journal=Quaternary International |volume=379 |pages=47–57 |doi=10.1016/j.quaint.2015.05.065 |bibcode=2015QuInt.379...47A }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Athanassiou ''et al.''
|
Late middle Pleistocene
|
|
{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|
A member of [[Elephantidae]], a species of ''[[Palaeoloxodon]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Protanancus|Protanancus brevirostris]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Shiqi Wang |author2=Tao Deng |author3=Tao Tang |author4=Guangpu Xie |author5=Yuguang Zhang |author6=Duoqing Wang |year=2015 |title=Evolution of ''Protoanancus'' (Proboscidea, Mammalia) in East Asia |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=e881830 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.881830 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E1830W |s2cid=85952877 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Wang ''et al.''
|
Early Miocene
|
Linxia Basin
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A [[gomphothere]], a species of ''Protanancus''.
|
|-
|
''[[Rupestrohyrax]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Martin Pickford |year=2015 |title=New Titanohyracidae (Hyracoidea: Afrotheria) from the Late Eocene of Namibia |journal=Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia |volume=16 |pages=200–214 |url=http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/6d9_Comms%20GSN%2016,%202015%20Pickford%20Hyracoidea,200-214.pdf }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Pickford
|
Eocene ([[Bartonian]])
|
Eoridge Limestone
|
{{Flag|Namibia}}
|
A [[hyrax]] related to ''[[Titanohyrax]]''. The type species is ''R. palustris''.
|
|-
|
''[[Sperrgale]]''<ref name=Arenagale />
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Pickford
|
Eocene ([[Bartonian]])
|
Eocliff Limestone
|
{{Flag|Namibia}}
|
A [[tenrec]]. The type species is ''S. minutus''.
|
|-
|
''[[Thyrohyrax|Thyrohyrax libycus]]''<ref name=JAESSirtBasin>{{Cite journal|author1=Pauline M.C. Coster |author2=K. Christopher Beard |author3=Mustafa Salem |author4=Yaowalak Chaimanee |author5=Michel Brunet |author6=Jean-Jacques Jaeger |year=2015 |title=A new early Oligocene mammal fauna from the Sirt Basin, central Libya: biostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic implications |journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences |volume=104 |pages=43–55 |doi=10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.01.006 |bibcode=2015JAfES.104...43C }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Coster ''et al.''
|
Early Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Libya}}
|
A [[Saghatheriidae|saghatheriid]] [[Hyrax|hyracoid]], a species of ''Thyrohyrax''.
|
|-
|}

===Bats===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Cardioderma leakeyi]]''<ref name=AMN3846>{{Cite journal|author1=Gregg F. Gunnell |author2=Percy M. Butler |author3=Marjorie Greenwood |author4=Nancy B. Simmons |year=2015 |title=Bats (Chiroptera) from Olduvai Gorge, Early Pleistocene, Bed I (Tanzania) |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3846 |pages=1–36 |doi=10.1206/3846.1 |hdl=2246/6628 |s2cid=86236038 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/270023 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Gunnell ''et al.''
|
Early Pleistocene
|
[[Olduvai Gorge]] locality
|
{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|
A member of [[Megadermatidae]] related to the [[heart-nosed bat]].
|
|-
|
''[[Marnenycteris]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Suzanne J. Hand |author2=Bernard Sigé |author3=Michael Archer |author4=Gregg F. Gunnell |author5=Nancy B. Simmons |year=2015 |title=A New Early Eocene (Ypresian) Bat from Pourcy, Paris Basin, France, with Comments on Patterns of Diversity in the Earliest Chiropterans |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=343–354 |doi=10.1007/s10914-015-9286-9 |s2cid=18267639 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Hand ''et al.''
|
Eocene ([[Ypresian]])
|
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A [[bat]] related to ''[[Onychonycteris]]''. The type species is ''Marnenycteris michauxi''.
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|-
|
''[[Mystacina miocenalis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Suzanne J. Hand |author2=Daphne E. Lee |author3=Trevor H. Worthy |author4=Michael Archer |author5=Jennifer P. Worthy |author6=Alan J. D. Tennyson |author7=Steven W. Salisbury |author8=R. Paul Scofield |author9=Dallas C. Mildenhall |author10=Elizabeth M. Kennedy |author11=Jon K. Lindqvist |year=2015 |title=Miocene Fossils Reveal Ancient Roots for New Zealand's Endemic ''Mystacina'' (Chiroptera) and Its Rainforest Habitat |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=6 |pages=e0128871 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0128871 |pmid=26083758 |pmc=4470663|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1028871H |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Hand, Lee, Worthy & Archer ''in'' Hand ''et al.''
|
Early Miocene (Altonian, 19–16 Ma)
|
|
{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|
A [[Mystacinidae|New Zealand short-tailed bat]].
|
|-
|
''[[Myzopoda africana]]''<ref name=AMN3846 />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Gunnell ''et al.''
|
Early Pleistocene
|
[[Olduvai Gorge]] locality
|
{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|
A species of ''[[Myzopoda]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Nycticeinops serengetiensis]]''<ref name=AMN3846 />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Gunnell ''et al.''
|
Early Pleistocene
|
[[Olduvai Gorge]] locality
|
{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|
A [[vesper bat]] related to the [[Schlieffen's bat]].
|
|-
|
''Otonycteris rummeli''<ref>{{cite journal |author =Valentina V. Rosina |year=2015 |title=First Neogene ''Otonycteris'' (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Ukraine: its biostratigraphic and paleogeographic significance |journal=Palæovertebrata |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=e2 |doi=10.18563/pv.39.1.e2}}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Rosina
|
Late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|
A [[vesper bat]] related to the [[desert long-eared bat]].
|
|-
|
''[[Scotoecus olduvensis]]''<ref name=AMN3846 />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Gunnell ''et al.''
|
Early Pleistocene
|
[[Olduvai Gorge]] locality
|
{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|
A [[vesper bat]], a species of ''[[Scotoecus]]''.
|
|-
|}

===Odd-toed ungulates===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Boreohippidion]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Leonardo Dos Santos Avilla |author2=Camila Bernardes |author3=Dimila Mothé |year=2015 |title=A new genus for ''Onohippidium galushai'' Macfadden and Skinner, 1979 (Mammalia, Equidae), from the late Hemphillian of North America |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=e925909 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.925909 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E5909S |s2cid=84050697 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et comb. nov.
|
Valid
|
Avilla, Bernardes & Mothé
|
Early Pliocene (late [[Hemphillian]])
|
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A member of [[Equidae]]; a new genus for ''"[[Onohippidium]]" galushai'' Macfadden & Skinner (1979).
|
|-
|
''[[Cambaylophus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Vivesh V. Kapur |author2=Sunil Bajpai |year=2015 |title=Oldest South Asian tapiromorph (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Cambay Shale Formation, western India, with comments on its phylogenetic position and biogeographic implications |journal=The Palaeobotanist |volume=64 |issue=1 |pages=95–103 |doi=10.54991/jop.2015.104 |s2cid=252301155 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284228849 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Kapur & Bajpai
|
Early Eocene
|
Cambay Shale
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of [[Tapiroidea]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is ''C. vastanensis''.
|
|-
|
''Chasmotherium depereti''<ref name=PVRemy>{{cite journal |author =Jean-Albert Remy |year=2015 |title=Les Périssodactyles (Mammalia) du gisement Bartonien supérieur de Robiac (Éocène moyen du Gard, Sud de la France) |journal=Palæovertebrata |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=e3 |doi=10.18563/pv.39.1.e3 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Remy
|
Eocene ([[Bartonian]])
|
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A relative of ''[[Hyrachyus]]'', a species of ''[[Chasmotherium]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Eolophiodon]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Céline Robinet |author2=Jean Albert Rémy |author3=Yves Laurent |author4=Laure Danilo |author5=Fabrice Lihoreau |year=2015 |title=A new genus of Lophiodontidae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the early Eocene of La Borie (Southern France) and the origin of the genus ''Lophiodon'' Cuvier, 1822 |journal=Geobios |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=25–38 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2014.11.003 |bibcode=2015Geobi..48...25R }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Robinet ''et al.''
|
Early Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A relative of ''[[Lophiodon]]''. The type species is ''Eolophiodon laboriense''.
|
|-
|
''Pachynolophus gaytei''<ref name=PVRemy />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Remy
|
Eocene ([[Bartonian]])
|
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A member of [[Palaeotheriidae]], a species of ''[[Pachynolophus]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Persiatherium]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author =Luca Pandolfi |year=2015 |title=''Persiatherium rodleri'', gen. et sp. nov. (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from the upper Miocene of Maragheh (northwestern Iran) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=e1040118 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.1040118 |s2cid=86106116 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov
| 
Valid
|
Pandolfi
|
Late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}<br />
{{Flag|Iran}}
|
A [[rhinoceros]] related to ''[[Aceratherium]]''. The type species is ''P. rodleri''; genus also includes''"Aceratherium" huadeensis'' Qiu (1979).
|
|-
|
''[[Plesiohipparion|Plesiohipparion shanxiense]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=R.L. Bernor |author2=B. Sun |author3=Y. Chen |year=2015 |title=''Plesiohipparion shanxiense'' n. sp. from the Early Pleistocene (Nihowanian) of E Shanxi, China |journal=Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=197–210 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov.
|
Valid
|
Bernor, Sun & Chen
|
Early Pleistocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Equidae]] related to ''[[Hipparion]]''; a species of ''Plesiohipparion''.
|
|-
|
''[[Vastanolophus]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Thierry Smith |author2=Floréal Solé |author3=Pieter Missiaen |author4=Rajendra Rana |author5=Kishor Kumar |author6=Ashok Sahni |author7=Kenneth D. Rose |year=2015 |title=First early Eocene tapiroid from India and its implication for the paleobiogeographic origin of perissodactyls |journal=Palæovertebrata |volume=39 |issue=2 |pages=e5 |doi=10.18563/pv.39.2.e5 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Smith ''et al.''
|
Eocene ([[Ypresian]])
|
[[Cambay Shale Formation]]
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of [[Tapiroidea]], possibly a member of [[Helaletidae]]. The type species is ''Vastanolophus holbrooki''.
|
|-
|}

===Even-toed ungulates===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Anthracokeryx|Anthracokeryx naduongensis]]''<ref name=JVPanthracotheresVietnam>{{cite journal |author=Stéphane Ducrocq |author2=Mouloud Benammi |author3=Olivier Chavasseau |author4=Yaowalak Chaimanee |author5=Kantapon Suraprasit |author6=Phan dong Pha |author7=Vu le Phuong|author8=Phung van Phach |author9=Jean-jacques Jaeger |name-list-style=amp |year=2015 |title=New anthracotheres (Cetartiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Paleogene of northeastern Vietnam: biochronological implications |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=e929139 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.929139 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E9139D |s2cid=128991949 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Ducrocq ''et al.''
|
Eocene
|
Na Duong Formation<br />
Youganwo Formation<ref name=HBAnthracokeryx>{{cite journal |author1=Alexander Averianov |author2=Ekaterina Obraztsova |author3=Igor Danilov |author4=Jianhua Jin |year=2019 |title=Anthracotheriid artiodactyl ''Anthracokeryx'' and an upper Eocene age for the Youganwo Formation of southern China |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=31 |issue=9 |pages=1115–1122 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1421639 |s2cid=90645448 }}</ref>
|
{{Flag|China}}<ref name=HBAnthracokeryx /><br />
{{Flag|Vietnam}}
|
An [[Anthracotheriidae|anthracothere]], a species of ''Anthracokeryx''.
|
|-
|
''[[Bothriogenys|Bothriogenys langsonensis]]''<ref name=JVPanthracotheresVietnam />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Ducrocq ''et al.''
|
Eocene
|
Na Duong Formation
|
{{Flag|Vietnam}}
|
An [[Anthracotheriidae|anthracothere]], a species of ''Bothriogenys''.
|
|-
|
''[[Bothriogenys|Bothriogenys vietnamensis]]''<ref name=JVPanthracotheresVietnam />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Ducrocq ''et al.''
|
Eocene
|
Na Duong Formation
|
{{Flag|Vietnam}}
|
An [[Anthracotheriidae|anthracothere]], a species of ''Bothriogenys''.
|
|-
|
''[[Eotragus|Eotragus lampangensis]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Kantapon Suraprasit |author2=Yaowalak Chaimanee |author3=Olivier Chavasseau |author4=Jean-Jacques Jaeger |name-list-style=amp |year=2015 |title=Middle Miocene bovids from Mae Moh Basin, Northern Thailand: The first record of the genus ''Eotragus'' from Southeast Asia |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=60 |issue=1 |pages=67–78 |doi=10.4202/app.2012.0061 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Suraprasit ''et al.''
|
Late Middle Miocene (13.4-13.2 Ma)
|
Nakhaem Formation
|
{{Flag|Thailand}}
|
A [[bovid]], a species of ''Eotragus''.
|
|-
|
''[[Epirigenys]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Fabrice Lihoreau |author2=Jean-Renaud Boisserie |author3=Fredrick Kyalo Manthi |author4=Stéphane Ducrocq |year=2015 |title=Hippos stem from the longest sequence of terrestrial cetartiodactyl evolution in Africa |journal=Nature Communications |volume=6 |pages=Article number 6264 |doi=10.1038/ncomms7264 |pmid=25710445|bibcode=2015NatCo...6.6264L |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Lihoreau ''et al.''
|
Oligocene
|
[[Lokone Sandstone Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Kenya}}
|
A relative of [[Hippopotamidae|hippopotamuses]]. The type species is ''Epirigenys lokonensis''.
|
|-
|
''[[Eucladoceros|Eucladoceros montenegrensis]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Jan van der Made |author2=Vesna Dimitrijević |name-list-style=amp |year=2015 |title=''Eucladoceros montenegrensis'' n. sp. and other Cervidae from the Lower Pleistocene of Trlica (Montenegro) |journal=Quaternary International |volume=389 |pages=90–118 |doi=10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.058 |bibcode=2015QuInt.389...90V }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Van der Made & Dimitrijević
|
Early Pleistocene
|
|
{{Flag|Montenegro}}
|
A [[deer]], a species of ''Eucladoceros''.
|
|-
|
''[[Euprox|Euprox grandis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Sukuan Hou |year=2015 |title=A new species of ''Euprox'' (Cervidae, Artiodactyla) from the upper Miocene of the Linxia Basin, Gansu Province, China, with interpretation of its paleoenvironment |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3911 |issue=1 |pages=43–62 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3911.1.2 |pmid=25661595 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Hou
|
Late Miocene
|
[[Liushu Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Deer|Cervidae]] related to [[muntjac]]s, a species of ''Euprox''.
|
|-
|
''[[Kachchhchoerus]]''<ref>{{Cite book|author1=Ansuya Bhandari |author2=Martin Pickford |author3=Brahma Nand Tiwari |year=2015 |title=Basal Late Miocene Mammal Fauna from Tapar and Pasuda, Kachchh |journal=Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe A: Geologie und Paläontologie |volume=43 |pages=1–40 |isbn=978-3-89937-199-4 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et comb. nov
| 
Valid
|
Bhandari, Pickford & Tiwari
|
Late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|India}}
|
A member of [[Suidae]]. Genus includes ''K. salinus'' (Pilgrim, 1926).
|
|-
|
''[[Kolpochoerus|Kolpochoerus phillipi]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Antoine Souron |author2=Jean-Renaud Boisserie |author3=Tim D. White |year=2015 |title=A new species of the suid genus ''Kolpochoerus'' from Ethiopia |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=60 |issue=1 |pages=79–96 |doi=10.4202/app.2012.0083 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Souron, Boisserie & White
|
Late Pliocene or early Pleistocene (ca. 2.5 Ma)
|
[[Middle Awash]]
|
{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|
A [[Suidae|suid]], a species of ''Kolpochoerus''.
|
|-
|
''[[Lucashyus]]''<ref name=NMMNHSpeccaries>{{Cite journal|author =Donald R. Prothero |year=2015 |title=Evolution of the early miocene hesperhyine peccaries |journal=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin |volume=67 |pages=235–255 |url=http://www.donaldprothero.com/files/102919031.pdf }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Prothero
|
Late early [[Arikareean]]
|
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A [[peccary]]. The type species is ''Lucashyus coombsae''.
|
|-
|
''[[Marshochoerus]]''<ref name=NMMNHSpeccaries />
|
Gen. et comb. nov
|
Valid
|
Prothero
|
Late [[Arikareean]] to late [[Hemingfordian]]
|
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A [[peccary]]; a new genus for ''"Thinohyus" socialis'' Marsh (1875).
|
|-
|
''[[Muntiacus huangi|Muntiacus ? huangi]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Wei Dong |author2=Shao-kun Chen |year=2015 |title=An extraordinary pattern of ruminant molars and associated cervids from the Pleistocene of Wushan, Central China |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=53 |issue=3 |pages=207–218 |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201507/t20150715_4393961.html |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2015.03.004 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Dong & Chen
|
Pleistocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Deer|Cervidae]], possibly a [[muntjac]].
|
|-
|
''Nguruwe ? galaticum''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Maëva J. Orliac |author2=Levent Karadenizli |author3=Pierre-Olivier Antoine |author4=Sevket Sen |year=2015 |title=Small hyotheriine suids (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the late early Miocene of Turkey and a short overview of early Miocene small suoids in the Old World |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=Article number 18.2.30A |doi=10.26879/547 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Orliac ''et al.''
|
Late early Miocene
|
[[Kumartaş Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Turkey}}
|
A [[Hyotheriinae|hyotheriine]] [[Suidae|suid]], possibly a species of ''[[Nguruwe]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Paratoceras|Paratoceras coatesi]]''<ref name=JVPprotoceratids>{{cite journal |author=Aldo F. Rincon |author2=Jonathan I. Bloch |author3=Bruce J. Macfadden |author4=Carlos A. Jaramillo |name-list-style=amp |year=2015 |title=New early Miocene protoceratids (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Panama |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=e970688 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.970688 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E0688R |s2cid=12659384 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Rincon ''et al.''
|
Miocene (early [[Hemingfordian North American Stage|Hemingfordian]])
|
[[Cucaracha Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Panama}}
|
A member of [[Protoceratidae]], a species of ''Paratoceras''.
|
|-
|
''[[Paratoceras|Paratoceras orarius]]''<ref name=JVPprotoceratids />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Rincon ''et al.''
|
Early Miocene
|
[[Culebra Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Panama}}
|
A member of [[Protoceratidae]], a species of ''Paratoceras''.
|
|-
|
''[[Sivacobus sankaliai]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Elisabeth S. Vrba |author2=Faysal Bibi |author3=August G. Costa |name-list-style=amp |year=2015 |title=First Asian record of a late Pleistocene reduncine (Artiodactyla, Bovidae, Reduncini), ''Sivacobus sankaliai'', sp. nov., from Gopnath (Miliolite Formation) Gujarat, India, and a revision of the Asian genus ''Sivacobus'' Pilgrim, 1939 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=e943399 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.943399 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E3399V |s2cid=83914701 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Vrba, Bibi & Costa
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Late Pleistocene
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{{Flag|India}}
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A member of [[Bovidae]] belonging to the subfamily [[Reduncinae]], a species of ''[[Sivacobus]]''.
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''[[Stuckyhyus]]''<ref name=NMMNHSpeccaries />
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Prothero
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Late [[Arikareean]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[peccary]]; a new genus for ''"Thinohyus" siouxensis'' Peterson (1905).
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''[[Wrightohyus]]''<ref name=NMMNHSpeccaries />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Prothero
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Late [[Arikareean]] to early [[Hemingfordian]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[peccary]]. The type species is ''Wrightohyus yatkolai''.
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''[[Xenokeryx]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Israel M. Sánchez |author2=Juan L. Cantalapiedra |author3=María Ríos |author4=Victoria Quiralte |author5=Jorge Morales |year=2015 |title=Systematics and Evolution of the Miocene Three-Horned Palaeomerycid Ruminants (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla) |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=12 |pages=e0143034 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0143034 |pmid=26630174 |pmc=4668073|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1043034S |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Sánchez ''et al.''
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Miocene (middle Aragonian)
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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A member of [[Palaeomerycidae]]. The type species is ''Xenokeryx amidalae''.
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===Cetaceans===
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! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
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''[[Albicetus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Alexandra T. Boersma|author2-link=Nicholas Pyenson |author2=Nicholas D. Pyenson |year=2015 |title=''Albicetus oxymycterus'', a New Generic Name and Redescription of a Basal Physeteroid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Miocene of California, and the Evolution of Body Size in Sperm Whales |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=12 |pages=e0135551 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0135551 |pmid=26651027 |pmc=4674121|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1035551B |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Boersma & Pyenson
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Miocene ([[Langhian]])
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[[Monterey Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] member of [[Physeteroidea]]. The type species is ''"[[Ontocetus]]" oxymycterus'' [[Remington Kellogg|Kellogg]] (1925).
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''[[Ashleycetus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Albert E. Sanders |author2=Jonathan H. Geisler |year=2015 |title=A new basal odontocete from the upper Rupelian of South Carolina, U.S.A., with contributions to the systematics of ''Xenorophus'' and ''Mirocetus'' (Mammalia, Cetacea) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=e890107 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.890107 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E0107S |s2cid=85040115 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
| 
Valid
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Sanders & Geisler
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Oligocene (late [[Rupelian]])
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[[Ashley Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] [[Toothed whale|odontocete]]. The type species is ''Ashleycetus planicapitis''.
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''[[Brabocetus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Wouter Colpaert |author2=Mark Bosselaers |author3=Olivier Lambert |year=2015 |title=Out of the Pacific: a second fossil porpoise from the Pliocene of the North Sea Basin |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=60 |issue=1 |pages=1–10 |doi=10.4202/app.00115.2014 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
| 
Valid
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Colpaert, Bosselaers & Lambert
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Pliocene ([[Zanclean]])
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[[Kattendijk Formation]]
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{{Flag|Belgium}}
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A [[porpoise]]. The type species is ''Brabocetus gigasei''.
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''[[Chilcacetus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Olivier Lambert |author2=Christian De Muizon |author3=Giovanni Bianucci |year=2015 |title=A new archaic homodont toothed cetacean (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the early Miocene of Peru |journal=Geodiversitas |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=79–108 |doi=10.5252/g2015n1a4 |hdl=11568/773624 |s2cid=53635118 |url=http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/37/1/un-nouveau-cetace-dents-mammalia-cetacea-odontoceti-archaique-homodonte-du-miocene-inferieur-du-perou }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Lambert, De Muizon & Bianucci
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Early Miocene
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[[Chilcatay Formation]]
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{{Flag|Peru}}
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A [[toothed whale]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly related to ''[[Argyrocetus]]'' and ''[[Macrodelphinus]]''. The type species is ''Chilcacetus cavirhinus''.
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''[[Chrysocetus|Chrysocetus fouadassii]]''<ref name=JAESArchaeoceti>{{Cite journal|author1=Philip D. Gingerich |author2=Samir Zouhri |year=2015 |title=New fauna of archaeocete whales (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Bartonian middle Eocene of southern Morocco |journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences |volume=111 |pages=273–286 |doi=10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.08.006 |bibcode=2015JAfES.111..273G }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Gingerich & Zouhri
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Eocene ([[Bartonian]])
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[[Aridal Formation]]
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[[Western Sahara]]
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A [[Basilosauridae|basilosaurid]], a species of ''Chrysocetus''.
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''[[Fucaia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Felix G. Marx |author2=Cheng-Hsiu Tsai |author3=R. Ewan Fordyce |year=2015 |title=A new Early Oligocene toothed 'baleen' whale (Mysticeti: Aetiocetidae) from western North America: one of the oldest and the smallest |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=2 |issue=12 |pages=150476 |doi=10.1098/rsos.150476 |pmid=27019734 |pmc=4807455|bibcode=2015RSOS....250476M }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Marx, Tsai & Fordyce
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Oligocene
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[[Makah Formation]]<br />
[[Pysht Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of [[Aetiocetidae]]. The type species is ''Fucaia buelli''; genus also includes ''"[[Chonecetus]]" goedertorum'' Barnes & Furusawa ''in'' Barnes ''et al.'' (1994).
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''[[Horopeta]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Cheng-Hsiu Tsai |author2=R. Ewan Fordyce |year=2015 |title=The Earliest Gulp-Feeding Mysticete (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from the Oligocene of New Zealand |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=535–560 |doi=10.1007/s10914-015-9290-0 |s2cid=14418707 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zoobank.org/References/43A7AAD3-1E12-4648-A4A2-38C7B605048D |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-01-02 |archive-date=2019-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826212352/http://zoobank.org/References/43A7AAD3-1E12-4648-A4A2-38C7B605048D |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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Tsai & Fordyce
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Oligocene (early [[Chattian]])
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[[Kokoamu Greensand]]
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{{Flag|New Zealand}}
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An early [[baleen whale]]. The type species is ''Horopeta umarere''.
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''[[Isthminia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Nicholas D. Pyenson |author2=Jorge Vélez-Juarbe |author3=Carolina S. Gutstein |author4=Holly Little |author5=Dioselina Vigil |author6=Aaron O'Dea |year=2015 |title=''Isthminia panamensis'', a new fossil inioid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Chagres Formation of Panama and the evolution of 'river dolphins' in the Americas |journal=PeerJ |volume=3 |pages=e1227 |doi=10.7717/peerj.1227 |pmid=26355720 |pmc=4562255 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Pyenson ''et al.''
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Miocene ([[Messinian]])
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[[Chagres Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Panama}}
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An [[Inioidea|inioid]] [[river dolphin]]. The type species is ''Isthminia panamensis''.
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|-
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''[[Nanokogia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jorge Velez-Juarbe |author2=Aaron R. Wood |author3=Carlos De Gracia |author4=Austin J. W. Hendy |year=2015 |title=Evolutionary Patterns among Living and Fossil Kogiid Sperm Whales: Evidence from the Neogene of Central America |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=e0123909 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0123909 |pmid=25923213 |pmc=4414568 |bibcode=2015PLoSO..1023909V |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Velez-Juarbe ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene
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[[Chagres Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Panama}}
|
A member of [[Kogiidae]]. The type species is ''Nanokogia isthmia''.
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|-
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''[[Otekaikea|Otekaikea huata]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yoshihiro Tanaka |author2=R. Ewan Fordyce |year=2015 |title=A new Oligo-Miocene dolphin from New Zealand: ''Otekaikea huata'' expands diversity of the early Platanistoidea |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=Article number 18.2.23A |doi=10.26879/518 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Tanaka & Fordyce
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Oligo/Miocene boundary (Waitakian)
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Otekaike Limestone
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{{Flag|New Zealand}}
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A relative of the [[South Asian river dolphin]], a species of ''Otekaikea''.
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|-
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''[[Antaecetus|Platyosphys aithai]]''<ref name=JAESArchaeoceti />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Gingerich & Zouhri
|
Eocene ([[Bartonian]])
|
[[Aridal Formation]]
|
[[Western Sahara]]
|
A [[Basilosauridae|basilosaurid]]. Originally described as a species of ''[[Platyosphys]]'', but subsequently made the type species of the separate genus ''Antaecetus''.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Philip D. Gingerich |author2=Ayoub Amane |author3=Samir Zouhri |title=Skull and partial skeleton of a new pachycetine genus (Cetacea, Basilosauridae) from the Aridal Formation, Bartonian middle Eocene, of southwestern Morocco |year=2022 |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=17 |issue=10 |pages=e0276110 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0276110 |pmid=36288346 |pmc=9604876 |bibcode=2022PLoSO..1776110G |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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|-
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''[[Tokarahia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Robert W. Boessenecker |author2=R. Ewan Fordyce |year=2015 |title=A new genus and species of eomysticetid (Cetacea: Mysticeti) and a reinterpretation of ''{{' }}Mauicetus{{' }} lophocephalus'' Marples, 1956: Transitional baleen whales from the upper Oligocene of New Zealand |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=175 |issue=3 |pages=607–660 |doi=10.1111/zoj.12297 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. et comb. nov
|
Valid<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zoobank.org/References/682C4FE8-304A-4990-BA23-7B8B873671DE |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-01-02 |archive-date=2019-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828082137/http://zoobank.org/References/682C4FE8-304A-4990-BA23-7B8B873671DE |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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Boessenecker & Fordyce
|
Late Oligocene
|
[[Kokoamu Greensand]]<br />
Otekaike Limestone
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{{Flag|New Zealand}}
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An [[Eomysticetidae|eomysticetid]] [[baleen whale]]. The type species is ''Tokarahia kauaeroa''; genus also contains ''"[[Mauicetus]]" lophocephalus'' Marples (1956).
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|-
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''[[Tranatocetus]]''<ref name=Tranatocetus>{{Cite journal|author =Pavel Gol'din |author2=Mette Elstrup Steeman |year=2015 |title=From Problem Taxa to Problem Solver: A New Miocene Family, Tranatocetidae, Brings Perspective on Baleen Whale Evolution |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=9 |pages=e0135500 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0135500 |pmid=26331471 |pmc=4558012|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1035500G |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et comb. nov
| 
Valid
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Gol’din & Steeman
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Miocene ([[Tortonian]])
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[[Gram Formation]]
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{{Flag|Denmark}}
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A [[baleen whale]], of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a relative of [[rorqual]]s and [[Eschrichtiidae|gray whales]]<ref name=Tranatocetus /> or a member of the family [[Cetotheriidae]];<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Felix G. Marx |author2=Klaas Post |author3=Mark Bosselaers |author4=Dirk K. Munsterman |year=2019 |title=A large Late Miocene cetotheriid (Cetacea, Mysticeti) from the Netherlands clarifies the status of Tranatocetidae |journal=PeerJ |volume=7 |pages=e6426 |doi=10.7717/peerj.6426 |pmid=30783574 |pmc=6377596 |doi-access=free }}</ref> a new genus for ''"[[Mesocetus]]" argillarius'' Roth (1978).
|[[File:Mesocetus.jpg|thumb|Holotype of Tranatocetus argillarius]]
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''[[Waharoa (whale)|Waharoa]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Robert W. Boessenecker |author2=R. Ewan Fordyce |year=2015 |title=Anatomy, feeding ecology, and ontogeny of a transitional baleen whale: a new genus and species of Eomysticetidae (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Oligocene of New Zealand |journal=PeerJ |volume=3 |pages=e1129 |doi=10.7717/peerj.1129 |pmid=26380800 |pmc=4570844 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Boessenecker & Fordyce
|
Late Oligocene
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Otekaike Limestone
|
{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|
An [[Eomysticetidae|eomysticetid]] [[baleen whale]]. The type species is ''Waharoa ruwhenua''.
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===Carnivorans===
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! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
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''[[Archaeodobenus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yoshihiro Tanaka |author2=Naoki Kohno |year=2015 |title=A New Late Miocene Odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan Suggests Rapid Diversification of Basal Miocene Odobenids |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=8 |pages=e0131856 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0131856 |pmid=26244784 |pmc=4526471 |bibcode=2015PLoSO..1031856T |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
| 
Valid
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Tanaka & Kohno
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Late Miocene
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[[Ichibangawa Formation]]
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{{Flag|Japan}}
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A member of [[Odobenidae]] (a relative of the [[walrus]]). The type species is ''Archaeodobenus akamatsui''.
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''[[Australophoca]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ana M. Valenzuela-Toro |author2=Nicholas D. Pyenson |author3=Carolina S. Gutstein |author4=Mario E. Suárez |year=2015 |title=A new dwarf seal from the late Neogene of South America and the evolution of pinnipeds in the southern hemisphere |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=101–115 |doi=10.1002/spp2.1033 |s2cid=54082356 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
| 
Valid<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zoobank.org/References/C6E5BC04-1F2D-4068-89C4-50DDBB6F546B |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-01-02 |archive-date=2019-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827184231/http://zoobank.org/References/C6E5BC04-1F2D-4068-89C4-50DDBB6F546B |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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Valenzuela-Toro ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
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[[Bahía Inglesa Formation]]<br />
[[Pisco Formation]]
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{{Flag|Chile}}<br />
{{Flag|Peru}}
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An [[earless seal]] belonging to the subfamily [[Earless seal#Taxonomy|Monachinae]]. The type species is ''Australophoca changorum''.
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|-
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''[[Cynelos|Cynelos malasi]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Robert M. Hunt JR. |author2=Ellen Stepleton |year=2015 |title=A skull of the immigrant Eurasian beardog ''Cynelos'' (Carnivora, Amphicyonidae) from the early Miocene of southern California |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=e891229 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.891229 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E1229H |s2cid=129654383 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
| 
Valid
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Hunt & Stepleton
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Early Miocene
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{{Flag|United States}}
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An [[Bear dog|amphicyonid]], a species of ''Cynelos''.
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|-
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''[[Cynotherium malatestai]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Joan Madurell-Malapeira |author2=Maria Rita Palombo |author3=Marina Sotnikova |year=2015 |title=''Cynotherium malatestai'', sp. nov. (Carnivora, Canidae) from the early middle Pleistocene deposits of Grotta dei Fiori (Sardinia, Western Mediterranean) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=e943400 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.943400 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E3400M |s2cid=129741290 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/1456235 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Madurell-Malapeira, Palombo & Sotnikova
|
Early middle Pleistocene
|
|
{{Flag|Italy}}
|
A relative of the [[Sardinian dhole]].
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|-
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''Devinophoca emryi''<ref>{{Cite journal |author1=Irina A. Koretsky |author2=Sulman J. Rahmat |year=2015 |title=A new species of the subfamily Devinophocinae (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the central Paratethys |journal=Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |volume=121 |issue=1 |pages=31–47 |url=http://www.rivistaitalianadipaleontologia.it/pub/index.php/contents-1996-2015/79-abstracts/145-abstracts-vol-121-1-2015 |doi=10.13130/2039-4942/6399 |access-date=2015-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924091419/http://www.rivistaitalianadipaleontologia.it/pub/index.php/contents-1996-2015/79-abstracts/145-abstracts-vol-121-1-2015 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
| 
Valid
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Koretsky & Rahmat
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Early Middle Miocene (early Badenian)
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{{Flag|Slovakia}}
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A [[Devinophocinae|devinophocine]] [[earless seal]], a species of ''[[Devinophoca]]''.
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|-
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''[[Eotaria]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Robert W. Boessenecker |author2=Morgan Churchill |year=2015 |title=The oldest known fur seal |journal=Biology Letters |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=20140835 |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2014.0835 |pmid=25672999 |pmc=4360102}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Boessenecker & Churchill
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Miocene (Burdigalian–Langhian)
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|
{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[fur seal]]. The type species is ''Eotaria crypta''.
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|-
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''[[Lutra hearsti]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Denis Geraads |author2=Zeresenay Alemseged |author3=René Bobe |author4=Denné Reed |year=2015 |title=Pliocene Carnivora (Mammalia) from the Hadar Formation at Dikika, Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia |journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences |volume=107 |pages=28–35 |doi=10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.03.020 |bibcode=2015JAfES.107...28G }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
| 
Valid
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Geraads ''et al.''
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Pliocene
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[[Hadar Formation]]
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{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
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An [[otter]], a species of ''[[Lutra]]''.
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|-
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''Praepusa boeska''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=I. A. Koretsky |author2=N. Peters |author3=S. Rahmat |year=2015 |title=New species of ''Praepusa'' (Carnivora, Phocidae, Phocinae) from the Netherlands supports east to west Neogene dispersal of true seals |journal=Vestnik Zoologii |volume=49 |issue=1 |pages=57–66 |doi=10.1515/vzoo-2015-0006 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
| 
Valid
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Koretsky, Peters & Rahmat
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Late Miocene—Pliocene
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{{Flag|Belgium}}<br />
{{Flag|Netherlands}}
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An [[earless seal]], a species of ''Praepusa''.
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|-
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''[[Vulpes mathisoni]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Denis Geraads |author2=Michelle S. M. Drapeau |author3=René Bobe |author4=John G. Fleagle |year=2015 |title=''Vulpes mathisoni'', sp. nov., a new fox from the Pliocene Mursi Formation of southern Ethiopia and its contribution to the origin of African foxes |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=e943765 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.943765 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E3765G |s2cid=83577970 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
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Geraads ''et al.''
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Pliocene
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[[Mursi Formation]]
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{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
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A [[fox]], a species of ''[[Vulpes]]''.
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''[[Yoshi (genus)|Yoshi]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Nikolai Spassov |author2=Denis Geraads |year=2015 |title=A New Felid from the Late Miocene of the Balkans and the Contents of the Genus ''Metailurus'' Zdansky, 1924 (Carnivora, Felidae) |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=45–56 |doi=10.1007/s10914-014-9266-5 |s2cid=14261386 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. et comb. nov
| 
Valid
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Spassov & Geraads
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Late Miocene
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<br />{{Flag|Greece}}<br />
{{Flag|Macedonia}}
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A [[Felidae|felid]]. The type species is ''Yoshi garevskii''; genus also contains ''"[[Metailurus]]" parvulus'' (Hensel, 1862) (''[[nomen dubium]]'') and ''"Metailurus" minor'' Zdansky, 1924.
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===Rodents===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
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''[[Acarechimys leucotheae]]''<ref name=HBCabezaBlancarodents>{{Cite journal|author1=M.G. Vucetich |author2=M.T. Dozo |author3=M. Arnal |author4=M.E. Pérez |year=2015 |title=New rodents (Mammalia) from the late Oligocene of Cabeza Blanca (Chubut) and the first rodent radiation in Patagonia |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=236–257 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2014.883506 |bibcode=2015HBio...27..236V |s2cid=84157246 |url=http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/127608 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Vucetich ''et al.''
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Late Oligocene
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[[Sarmiento Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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An octodontoid [[Caviomorpha|caviomorph]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally described as a species of ''[[Acarechimys]]'';<ref name=HBCabezaBlancarodents /> subsequently removed from the genus and transferred to the family [[Octodontidae]] by Verzi, Olivares and Morgan (2017).<ref name=HBAbrocomidae>{{Cite journal|author1=Diego H. Verzi |author2=A. Itatí Olivares |author3=Cecilia C. Morgan |year=2017 |title=Systematics and evolutionary significance of the small Abrocomidae from the early Miocene of southern South America |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=411–422 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2016.1168410 |bibcode=2017HBio...29..411V |s2cid=87180597 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Systematics_and_evolutionary_significance_of_the_small_Abrocomidae_from_the_early_Miocene_of_southern_South_America/3159589 }}</ref>
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''[[Allotypomys]]''<ref name=ACM831rodents>{{Cite journal|author1=William W. Korth |author2=Joshua X. Samuels |year=2015 |title=New Rodent Material from the John Day Formation (Arikareean, Middle Oligocene to Early Miocene) of Oregon |journal=Annals of Carnegie Museum |volume=83 |issue=1 |pages=19–84 |doi=10.2992/007.083.0102 |s2cid=85780261 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
|
Korth & Samuels
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[[Arikareean]]
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[[John Day Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of [[Eutypomyidae]]. The type species is ''Allotypomys pictus''.
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|-
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''[[Apeomys|Apeomys whistleri]]''<ref name=ACM831rodents />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Korth & Samuels
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[[Arikareean]]
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[[John Day Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
|
A member of [[Eomyidae]], a species of ''Apeomys''.
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|-
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''[[Bursagnathus]]''<ref name=ACM831rodents />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Korth & Samuels
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[[Arikareean]]
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[[John Day Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of [[Heteromyidae]]. The type species is ''Bursagnathus aterosseus''.
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|-
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''[[Cedromus|Cedromus woodi]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =William W. Korth |year=2015 |title=A new species of the sciurid rodent ''Cedromus'' Wilson, 1949 (Mammalia) from the Whitneyan (middle Oligocene) of South Dakota |journal=Paludicola |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=145–148 |url=https://paludicolavertpaleo.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/10-3-korth-2015a.pdf }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
|
Korth
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Oligocene ([[Whitneyan]])
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[[Brule Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of the family [[Squirrel|Sciuridae]].
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|-
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''[[Cephalomys|Cephalomys ceciae]]''<ref name=HBCabezaBlancarodents />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Vucetich ''et al.''
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Late Oligocene
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[[Sarmiento Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A [[Cephalomyidae|cephalomyid]], a species of ''Cephalomys''.
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|-
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''[[Chenomys]]''<ref name=AMN3828>{{Cite journal|author1=Qian Li |author2=Jin Meng |year=2015 |title=New ctenodactyloid rodents from the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China, and the phylogenetic relationships of Eocene Asian ctenodactyloids |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3828 |pages=1–58 |doi=10.1206/3828.1 |hdl=2246/6583 |s2cid=83847222 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/271775 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Li & Meng
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Earliest Eocene
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[[Nomogen Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Ctenodactyloidea|ctenodactyloid]] rodent. The type species is ''Chenomys orientalis''.
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|-
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''[[Doryperimys]]''<ref name=AmeghinianaCerroBanderaFm>{{Cite journal|author1=Alejandro G. Kramarz |author2=Mariano Bond |author3=Michelle Arnal |year=2015 |title=Systematic description of three new mammals (Notoungulata and Rodentia) from the early Miocene Cerro Bandera Formation, northern Patagonia, Argentina |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=52 |issue=6 |pages=585–597 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.27.06.2015.2906 |s2cid=131217158 |url=http://naturalis.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar/repositorio/_documentos/sipcyt/bfa005267.pdf }}</ref> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Kramarz, Bond & Arnal
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Early Miocene
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[[Cerro Bandera Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A member of [[Neoepiblemidae]]. The type species is ''Doryperimys olsacheri''.
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|-
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''[[Eliomys yevesi]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Samuel Mansino |author2=Antonio García-Alix |author3=Francisco J. Ruiz-Sánchez |author4=Plinio Montoya |year=2015 |title=A new ''Eliomys'' from the Late Miocene of Spain, and its implications for the phylogeny of the genus |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=577–588 |doi=10.4202/app.00014.2013 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
| 
Valid
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Mansino ''et al.''
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Late Miocene (late [[Turolian]])
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[[Villatoya-Venta del Moro Formation]]
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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A [[dormouse]], a species of ''[[Eliomys]]''.
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|-
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''[[Ethelomys]]''<ref name=HBCabezaBlancarodents />
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Vucetich ''et al.''
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Late Oligocene
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[[Sarmiento Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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An octodontoid [[Caviomorpha|caviomorph]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for ''"Deseadomys" loomisi'' Wood & Patterson (1959).
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|-
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''[[Eumysops|Eumysops marplatensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=A.I. Olivares |author2=D.H. Verzi |year=2015 |title=Systematics, phylogeny and evolutionary pattern of the hystricognath rodent ''Eumysops'' (Echimyidae) from the Plio–Pleistocene of southern South America |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=27 |issue=8 |pages=1042–1061 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2014.929672 |bibcode=2015HBio...27.1042O |s2cid=84432337 |url=http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/147649 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Olivares & Verzi
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Late Pliocene to early Pleistocene
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[[San Andrés Formation, Argentina|San Andrés Formation]]<br />
[[Vorohué Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A member of [[Echimyidae]], a species of ''Eumysops''.
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|-
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''[[Galileomys|Galileomys baios]]''<ref name=HBCabezaBlancarodents />
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
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Vucetich ''et al.''
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Late Oligocene
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[[Sarmiento Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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An [[Acaremyidae|acaremyid]] octodontoid [[Caviomorpha|caviomorph]], a species of ''Galileomys''.
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|-
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''[[Heterotamias]]''<ref name=VP533sciurids>{{cite journal |author =Zhu-Ding Qiu |year=2015 |title=Revision and supplementary note on Miocene sciurid fauna of Sihong, China |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=53 |issue=3 |pages=219–237 |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201507/t20150715_4393958.html |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2015.03.005 }}</ref>
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Gen. et comb. nov
|
Valid
|
Qiu
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Early Miocene
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[[Xiacaowan Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[chipmunk]]; a new genus for ''"[[Eutamias]]" sihongensis'' Qiu & Lin (1986).
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|-
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''[[Incamys|Incamys menniorum]]''<ref name=HBCabezaBlancarodents />
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
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Vucetich ''et al.''
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Late Oligocene
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[[Sarmiento Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A [[Chinchilloidea|chinchilloid]] [[Caviomorpha|caviomorph]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of ''Incamys''.
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|-
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''[[Kabirmys prius]]''<ref name=Prozenkerella>{{Cite journal|author1=Pauline M. C. Coster |author2=K. Christopher Beard |author3=Mustafa J. Salem |author4=Yaowalak Chaimanee |author5=Jean-Jacques Jaeger |year=2015 |title=New fossils from the Paleogene of central Libya illuminate the evolutionary history of endemic African anomaluroid rodents |journal=Frontiers in Earth Science |volume=3 |pages=56 |doi=10.3389/feart.2015.00056 |bibcode=2015FrEaS...3...56C |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Coster ''et al.''
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Eocene
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{{Flag|Libya}}
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A [[Nementchamyidae|nementchamyid]] [[Anomaluromorpha|anomaluromorph]], a species of ''[[Kabirmys]]''.
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|-
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''[[Lamugaulus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=A. S. Tesakov |author2=A. V. Lopatin |year=2015 |title=First record of Mylagaulid rodents (Rodentia, mammalia) from the Miocene of Eastern Siberia (Olkhon island, Baikal Lake, Irkutsk Region, Russia) |journal=Doklady Biological Sciences |volume=460 |issue=1 |pages=23–26 |doi=10.1134/S0012496615010032 |pmid=25773245 |s2cid=3023977 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Tesakov & Lopatin
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Early Miocene
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[[Khalagay Formation]]
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{{Flag|Russia}}
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A promylagauline [[Mylagaulidae|mylagaulid]]. The type species is ''Lamugaulus olkhonensis''.
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|-
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''[[Leggadina gregoriensis]]''<ref name=PeerJLeggadina>{{Cite journal|author1=Ada J. Klinkhamer |author2=Henk Godthelp |year=2015 |title=Two new species of fossil ''Leggadina'' (Rodentia: Muridae) from Northwestern Queensland |journal=PeerJ |volume=3 |pages=e1088 |doi=10.7717/peerj.1088 |pmid=26207193 |pmc=4511818 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
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Klinkhamer & Godthelp
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Early Pleistocene
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[[Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh)|Riversleigh]] World Heritage Area
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{{Flag|Australia}}
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A [[Murinae|murine]] [[Muridae|murid]], a species of ''[[Leggadina]]''.
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|-
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''[[Leggadina macrodonta]]''<ref name=PeerJLeggadina />
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
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Klinkhamer & Godthelp
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Pliocene or Pleistocene
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|
{{Flag|Australia}}
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A [[Murinae|murine]] [[Muridae|murid]], a species of ''[[Leggadina]]''.
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|-
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''[[Leucokephalos]]''<ref name=HBCabezaBlancarodents />
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Vucetich ''et al.''
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Late Oligocene to early Miocene
|
[[Cerro Bandera Formation]]<br />
[[Sarmiento Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A [[Caviomorpha|caviomorph]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is ''Leucokephalos zeffiae'' Vucetich ''et al.'' (2015);<ref name=HBCabezaBlancarodents /> genus also contains ''Leucokephalos maior'' Kramarz, Bond & Arnal (2015).<ref name=AmeghinianaCerroBanderaFm />
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|-
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''[[Llitun]]''<ref name=HBCabezaBlancarodents />
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Vucetich ''et al.''
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Late Oligocene
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[[Sarmiento Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A [[Caviomorpha|caviomorph]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is ''Llitun notuca''.
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|-
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''[[Loncolicu]]''<ref name=HBCabezaBlancarodents />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
|
Vucetich ''et al.''
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Late Oligocene
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[[Sarmiento Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A [[Chinchilloidea|chinchilloid]] [[Caviomorpha|caviomorph]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is ''Loncolicu tretos''.
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|-
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''[[Metaphiomys|Metaphiomys zallahensis]]''<ref name=JAESSirtBasin />
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Sp. nov
| 
Valid
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Coster ''et al.''
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Early Oligocene
|
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{{Flag|Libya}}
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A [[Hystricognathi|hystricognathous]] rodent, a species of ''Metaphiomys''.
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|-
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''[[Microtheriomys]]''<ref name=ACM831rodents />
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Korth & Samuels
|
[[Arikareean]]
|
[[John Day Formation]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}
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An [[Anchitheriomyini|anchitheriomyine]] [[Castoridae|castorid]]. The type species is ''Microtheriomys brevirhinus''.
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|-
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''[[Miosciurus|Miosciurus covensis]]''<ref name=ACM831rodents />
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Korth & Samuels
|
[[Arikareean]]
|
[[John Day Formation]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Sciurinae|sciurine]] [[Squirrel|sciurid]], a species of ''Miosciurus''.
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|-
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''[[Mus denizliensis]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Hüseyin Erten |author2=Sevket Sen |author3=Enis K. Sagular |year=2015 |title=Miocene and early Pleistocene rodents (Mammalia) from Denizli Basin (southwestern Turkey) and a new species of fossil ''Mus'' |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=e1054036 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.1054036 |s2cid=130497550 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Erten, Sen & Sagular
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Early Pleistocene
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Denizli Basin
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{{Flag|Turkey}}
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A [[mouse]].
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|-
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''[[Neoadjidaumo|Neoadjidaumo arctozophus]]''<ref name=ACM831rodents />
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Korth & Samuels
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[[Arikareean]]
|
[[John Day Formation]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A member of [[Eomyidae]], a species of ''Neoadjidaumo''.
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|-
|
''[[Neophiomys|Neophiomys dawsonae]]''<ref name=JAESSirtBasin />
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Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Coster ''et al.''
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Early Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Libya}}
|
A relative of the [[cane rat]]s, a species of ''Neophiomys''.
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|-
|
''Omboomys''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Olivier Maridet |author2=Gudrun Daxner-Höck |author3=Demchig Badamgarav |author4=Ursula B. Göhlich |year=2015 |title=The eomyid rodents (Mammalia) from the Oligocene and Miocene of the Valley of Lakes (Central Mongolia) |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=89 |issue=2 |pages=207–228 |doi=10.1007/s12542-014-0224-6 |bibcode=2015PalZ...89..207M |s2cid=128544694 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Maridet ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|
An [[Eomyidae|eomyid]] [[rodent]]. The type species is ''Omboomys builstynensis''.
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|-
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''[[Palaeosciurus|Palaeosciurus jiangi]]''<ref name=VP533sciurids />
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Qiu
|
Early Miocene
|
[[Xiacaowan Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A [[ground squirrel]], a species of ''Palaeosciurus''.
|
|-
|
''[[Plesiosminthus|Plesiosminthus fremdi]]''<ref name=ACM831rodents />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Korth & Samuels
|
[[Arikareean]]
|
[[John Day Formation]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A [[Dipodidae|dipodid]] related to the [[Birch mouse|birch mice]], a species of ''Plesiosminthus''.
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|-
|
''[[Proafricanomys]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Raquel López-Antoñanzas |author2=Fabien Knoll |author3=Sibelle Maksoud |author4=Dany Azar |year=2015 |title=First Miocene rodent from Lebanon provides the 'missing link' between Asian and African gundis (Rodentia: Ctenodactylidae) |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=5 |pages=Article number 12871 |doi=10.1038/srep12871 |pmid=26250050 |pmc=4528195|bibcode=2015NatSR...512871L }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
López-Antoñanzas ''et al.''
|
Miocene ([[Tortonian]])
|
|
{{Flag|Lebanon}}
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A [[gundi]]. The type species is ''Proafricanomys libanensis''.
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|-
|
''[[Proapeomys]]''<ref name=ACM831rodents />
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Korth & Samuels
|
[[Arikareean]]
|
[[John Day Formation]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A member of [[Eomyidae]]. The type species is ''Proapeomys condoni''; genus might also contain the species ''"[[Florentiamys]]" lulli'' Wood (1936).
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|-
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''[[Proheteromys|Proheteromys latidens]]''<ref name=ACM831rodents />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Korth & Samuels
|
[[Arikareean]]
|
[[John Day Formation]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A member of [[Heteromyidae]], a species of ''Proheteromys''.
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|-
|
''[[Promimomys|Promimomys enginae]]''<ref>{{cite book |author =Fadime Suata-Alpaslan |year=2015 |chapter=''Promimomys enginae'' nov. sp. (Arvicolidae, Mammalia) from the Early Pliocene locality Dinar-Akçaköy (Afyon, Turkey) |title=15th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2015 |publisher=Sofia: Surveying Geology & mining Ecology Management |volume=1 |pages=385–394 |isbn=978-1-5108-1002-0 |doi=10.5593/SGEM2015/B11/S1.049 |chapter-url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324039548 |series=15th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM2015, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES IN GEOLOGY, EXPLORATION AND MINING }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Suata-Alpaslan
|
Early Pliocene
|
|
{{Flag|Turkey}}
|
A member of [[Arvicolinae|Arvicolidae]], a species of ''Promimomys''.
|
|-
|
''Protacaremys? adilos''<ref name=HBCabezaBlancarodents />
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Vucetich ''et al.''
|
Late Oligocene
|
[[Sarmiento Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
An octodontoid [[Caviomorpha|caviomorph]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a species of ''Protacaremys''.
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|-
|
''[[Prozenkerella]]''<ref name=Prozenkerella />
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Coster ''et al.''
|
Early Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Libya}}
|
An [[anomalure]]. The type species is ''Prozenkerella saharaensis''.
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|-
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''[[Pseudoacaremys]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=M. Arnal |author2=M.G. Vucetich |year=2015 |title=Revision of the fossil rodent ''Acaremys'' Ameghino, 1887 (Hystricognathi, Octodontoidea, Acaremyidae) from the Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina) and the description of a new acaremyid |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=42–59 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2013.863881 |bibcode=2015HBio...27...42A |s2cid=84284137 |url=http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/127547 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Arnal & Vucetich
|
Miocene ([[Santacrucian]])
| [[Santa Cruz Formation, Argentina|Santa Cruz Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
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An [[Acaremyidae|acaremyid]] octodontoid [[Caviomorpha|caviomorph]] [[rodent]]. The type species is ''Pseudoacaremys kramarzi''.
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|-
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''[[Simplicimys]]''<ref name=AMN3828 />
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Li & Meng
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Early-middle Eocene
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[[Arshanto Formation]]<br />
[[Irdin Manha Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Ctenodactyloidea|ctenodactyloid]] rodent. The type species is ''Simplicimys bellus''.
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|-
|
''[[Subathumys]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Smita Gupta |author2=Kishor Kumar |year=2015 |title=Early Eocene rodents (Mammalia) from the Subathu Formation of type area (Himachal Pradesh), NW sub-Himalaya, India: Palaeobiogeographic implications |journal=Journal of Earth System Science |volume=124 |issue=6 |pages=1201–1221 |doi=10.1007/s12040-015-0607-4 |bibcode=2015JESS..124.1201G |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Gupta & Kumar
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Early Eocene ([[Ypresian]])
|
[[Subathu Formation]]
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{{Flag|India}}
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A relative of [[gundi]]s. The type species is ''Subathumys solanorius''; genus also contains ''Subathumys globulus''.
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|-
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''Tachyoryctoides bayarmae''<ref name=AnnalenTachyoryctoidinae>{{Cite journal|author1=Gudrun Daxner-Höck |author2=Demchig Badamgarav |author3=Olivier Maridet |year=2015 |title=Evolution of Tachyoryctoidinae (Rodentia, Mammalia): evidences of the Oligocene and Early Miocene of Mongolia |journal=Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A |volume=117 |pages=161–195 |url=http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/verlag/wissenschaftliche_publikationen/annalen_serie_a/117_2015 |jstor=43923088 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Daxner-Höck, Badamgarav & Maridet
|
Late Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|
A subterranean rodent belonging to the subfamily [[Tachyorytoidinae]], a species of ''[[Tachyoryctoides]]''.
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|-
|
''Tachyoryctoides radnai''<ref name=AnnalenTachyoryctoidinae />
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Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Daxner-Höck, Badamgarav & Maridet
|
Late Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|
A subterranean rodent belonging to the subfamily [[Tachyorytoidinae]], a species of ''[[Tachyoryctoides]]''.
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|-
|
''Tamquammys fractus''<ref name=AMN3828 />
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Li & Meng
|
Middle Eocene
|
[[Irdin Manha Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A [[Ctenodactyloidea|ctenodactyloid]] rodent, a species of ''[[Tamquammys]]''.
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|-
|
''Tamquammys longus''<ref name=AMN3828 />
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Li & Meng
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Early Eocene
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[[Arshanto Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Ctenodactyloidea|ctenodactyloid]] rodent, a species of ''[[Tamquammys]]''.
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|-
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''Tamquammys robustus''<ref name=AMN3828 />
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Li & Meng
|
Early Eocene
|
[[Arshanto Formation]]<br />
[[Nomogen Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A [[Ctenodactyloidea|ctenodactyloid]] rodent, a species of ''[[Tamquammys]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Trogomys|Trogomys oregonensis]]''<ref name=ACM831rodents />
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
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Korth & Samuels
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[[Arikareean]]
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[[John Day Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of [[Heteromyidae]], a species of ''Trogomys''.
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|-
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''[[Yongshengomys]]''<ref name=AMN3828 />
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
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Li & Meng
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Middle Eocene
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[[Irdin Manha Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Ctenodactyloidea|ctenodactyloid]] rodent. The type species is ''Yongshengomys extensus''.
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|-
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''Yuomys huheboerhensis''<ref name=AMN3828 />
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
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Li & Meng
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Middle Eocene
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[[Irdin Manha Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Ctenodactyloidea|ctenodactyloid]] rodent, a species of ''[[Yuomys]]''.
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|-
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===Primates===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
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''[[Australopithecus deyiremeda]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Yohannes Haile-Selassie |author2=Luis Gibert |author3=Stephanie M. Melillo |author4=Timothy M. Ryan |author5=Mulugeta Alene |author6=Alan Deino |author7=Naomi E. Levin |author8=Gary Scott |author9=Beverly Z. Saylor |year=2015 |title=New species from Ethiopia further expands Middle Pliocene hominin diversity |journal=Nature |volume=521 |issue=7553 |pages=483–488 |doi=10.1038/nature14448 |pmid=26017448|bibcode=2015Natur.521..483H |s2cid=4455029 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Haile-Selassie ''et al.''
|
Pliocene
|
|
{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
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A species of ''[[Australopithecus]]''.
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|-
|
''[[Ekembo]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Kieran P. McNulty |author2=David R. Begun |author3=Jay Kelley |author4=Fredrick K. Manthi |author5=Emma N. Mbua |year=2015 |title=A systematic revision of ''Proconsul'' with the description of a new genus of early Miocene hominoid |journal=Journal of Human Evolution |volume=84 |pages=42–61 |doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.03.009 |pmid=25962549|hdl=2286/R.I.35702 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et comb. nov
|
Valid
|
McNulty ''et al.''
|
Early Miocene
|
[[Hiwegi Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Kenya}}
|
An [[ape]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement. A new genus for ''"[[Proconsul (mammal)|Proconsul]]" nyanzae'' Le Gros Clark & Leakey (1950); genus also contains ''"Proconsul" heseloni'' Walker ''et al.'' (1993).
|
|-
|
''[[Ekgmowechashala|Ekgmowechashala zancanellai]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Joshua X. Samuels |author2=L. Barry Albright |author3=Theodore J. Fremd |year=2015 |title=The last fossil primate in North America, new material of the enigmatic ''Ekgmowechashala'' from the Arikareean of Oregon |journal=American Journal of Physical Anthropology |volume=158 |issue=1 |pages=43–54 |doi=10.1002/ajpa.22769 |pmid=26118778}}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Samuels, Albright & Fremd
|
[[Arikareean]]
|
[[John Day Formation]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A primate of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably an [[Adapiformes|adapiform]]; a species of ''Ekgmowechashala''.
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|-
|
''[[Homo naledi]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Lee R. Berger |author2=John Hawks |author3=Darryl J. de Ruiter |author4=Steven E. Churchill |author5=Peter Schmid |author6=Lucas K. Delezene |author7=Tracy L. Kivell |author8=Heather M. Garvin |author9=Scott A. Williams |author10=Jeremy M. DeSilva |author11=Matthew M. Skinner |author12=Charles M. Musiba |author13=Noel Cameron |author14=Trenton W. Holliday |author15=William Harcourt-Smith |author16=Rebecca R. Ackermann |author17=Markus Bastir |author18=Barry Bogin |author19=Debra Bolter |author20=Juliet Brophy |author21=Zachary D. Cofran |author22=Kimberly A. Congdon |author23=Andrew S. Deane |author24=Mana Dembo |author25=Michelle Drapeau |author26=Marina C. Elliott |author27=Elen M. Feuerriegel |author28=Daniel Garcia-Martinez |author29=David J. Green |author30=Alia Gurtov |author31=Joel D. Irish |author32=Ashley Kruger |author33=Myra F. Laird |author34=Damiano Marchi |author35=Marc R. Meyer |author36=Shahed Nalla |author37=Enquye W. Negash |author38=Caley M. Orr |author39=Davorka Radovcic |author40=Lauren Schroeder |author41=Jill E. Scott |author42=Zachary Throckmorton |author43=Matthew W. Tocheri |author44=Caroline VanSickle |author45=Christopher S. Walker |author46=Pianpian Wei |author47=Bernhard Zipfel |year=2015 |title=''Homo naledi'', a new species of the genus ''Homo'' from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa |journal=eLife |volume=4 |pages=e09560 |doi=10.7554/eLife.09560 |pmid=26354291 |pmc=4559886 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Berger ''et al.''
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Mid- to late-[[Middle Pleistocene]]<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Paul H.G.M. Dirks |author2=Eric M. Roberts |author3=Hannah Hilbert-Wolf |author4=Jan D. Kramers |author5=John Hawks |author6=Anthony Dosseto |author7=Mathieu Duval |author8=Marina Elliott |author9=Mary Evans |author10=Rainer Grün |author11=John Hellstrom |author12=Andy I.R. Herries |author13=Renaud Joannes-Boyau |author14=Tebogo V. Makhubela |author15=Christa J. Placzek |author16=Jessie Robbins |author17=Carl Spandler |author18=Jelle Wiersma |author19=Jon Woodhead |author20=Lee R. Berger |year=2017 |title=The age of ''Homo naledi'' and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa |journal=eLife |volume=6 |pages=e24231 |doi=10.7554/eLife.24231 |pmid=28483040 |pmc=5423772 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
[[Rising Star Cave]]
|
{{Flag|South Africa}}
|
A species of ''[[Homo]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Homo tsaichangensis]]''
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
McMenamin ''et al.''
|
[[Late Pleistocene]]
|
|
{{Flag|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]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Masanaru Takai |author2=Thaung-Htike |author3=Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein |author4=Aung Naing Soe |author5=Maung Maung |author6=Takehisa Tsubamoto |author7=Naoko Egi |author8=Takeshi D. Nishimura |author9=Yuichiro Nishioka |year=2015 |title=First discovery of colobine fossils from the Late Miocene/Early Pliocene in central Myanmar |journal=Journal of Human Evolution |volume=84 |pages=1–15 |doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.04.003 |pmid=25978976}}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Takai ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene to early Pliocene
|
|
{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|
A member of [[Colobinae]]. The type species is ''Myanmarcolobus yawensis''.
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|-
|
''[[Namaloris]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Martin Pickford |year=2015 |title=Late Eocene Lorisiform Primate from Eocliff, Sperrgebiet, Namibia |journal=Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia |volume=16 |pages=194–199 |url=http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/9a6_Comms%20GSN%2016,%202015%20Pickford%20Primates,194-199.pdf }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Pickford
|
Eocene ([[Bartonian]])
|
[[Eocliff Limestone]]
|
{{Flag|Namibia}}
|
A member of [[Lorisidae]]. The type species is ''N. rupestris''.
|
|-
|
''[[Necrolemur|Necrolemur anadoni]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Raef Minwer-Barakat |author2=Judit Marigó |author3=Salvador Moyà-Solà |year=2015 |title=''Necrolemur anadoni'', a new species of Microchoerinae (Omomyidae, Primates) from the Middle Eocene of Sant Jaume de Frontanyà (Pyrenees, Northeastern Spain) |journal=American Journal of Physical Anthropology |volume=158 |issue=4 |pages=730–744 |doi=10.1002/ajpa.22867 |pmid=26390097}}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Minwer-Barakat, Marigó & Moyà-Solà
|
Middle Eocene (Robiacian)
|
|
{{Flag|Spain}}
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A member of [[Omomyidae]] belonging to the subfamily [[Microchoerinae]]; a species of ''Necrolemur''.
|
|-
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''[[Perupithecus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Mariano Bond |author2=Marcelo F. Tejedor |author3=Kenneth E. Campbell Jr |author4=Laura Chornogubsky |author5=Nelson Novo |author6=Francisco Goin |year=2015 |title=Eocene primates of South America and the African origins of New World monkeys |journal=Nature |volume=520 |issue=7548 |pages=538–541 |doi=10.1038/nature14120 |pmid=25652825 |bibcode=2015Natur.520..538B |hdl=11336/79088 |s2cid=4456556 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Bond ''et al.''
|
Probably late Eocene
|
[[Yahuarango Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Peru}}
|
A member of [[Simian|Anthropoidea]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a member of [[New World monkey|Platyrrhini]]. The type species is ''Perupithecus ucayaliensis''.
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|-
|
''[[Pliobates]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =David M. Alba|author2 =Sergio Almécija|author3 =Daniel DeMiguel|author4 =Josep Fortuny|author5 =Miriam Pérez de los Ríos|author6 =Marta Pina|author7 =Josep M. Robles|author8 =Salvador Moyà-Solà|name-list-style =amp |year=2015 |title=Miocene small-bodied ape from Eurasia sheds light on hominoid evolution |journal=Science |volume=350 |issue=6260 |pages= aab2625|doi=10.1126/science.aab2625 |pmid=26516285|bibcode =2015Sci...350.2625A|doi-access =free}}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Alba ''et al.''
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Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Spain}}
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Originally described as an [[ape]]; Bouchet ''et al.'' (2024) subsequently reinterpreted it as a member of [[Pliopithecoidea]] belonging to the family [[Crouzeliinae|Crouzeliidae]].<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Florian Bouchet |author2=Clément Zanolli |author3=Alessandro Urciuoli |author4=Sergio Almécija |author5=Josep Fortuny |author6=Josep M. Robles |author7=Amélie Beaudet |author8=Salvador Moyà-Solà |author9=David M. Alba |year=2024 |title=The Miocene primate ''Pliobates'' is a pliopithecoid |journal=Nature Communications |volume=15 |issue=1 |at=2822 |doi=10.1038/s41467-024-47034-9 |pmid=38561329 |pmc=10984959 |doi-access=free }}</ref> The type species is ''Pliobates cataloniae''.
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|-
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===Other eutherians===
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
|-
! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
|-
|
''[[Altacreodus]]''<ref name=CJESCimolestes>{{Cite journal|author =Richard C. Fox |year=2015 |title=A revision of the Late Cretaceous–Paleocene eutherian mammal ''Cimolestes'' Marsh, 1889 |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=52 |issue=12 |pages=1137–1149 |doi=10.1139/cjes-2015-0113 |bibcode=2015CaJES..52.1137F }}</ref>
|
Gen. et comb. nov
| 
Valid
|
Fox
|
Late Cretaceous
|
|
{{Flag|Canada}}<br />
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A basal member of Eutheria; a new genus for ''"[[Cimolestes]]" magnus'' Clemens & Russell (1965).
|
|-
|
''[[Ambilestes]]''<ref name=CJESCimolestes />
|
Gen. et comb. nov
| 
Valid
|
Fox
|
Late Cretaceous
|
|
{{Flag|Canada}}
|
A basal member of Eutheria; a new genus for ''"[[Cimolestes]]" cerberoides'' Lillegraven (1969).
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|-
|
''[[Carodnia|Carodnia inexpectans]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Pierre-Olivier Antoine |author2=Guillaume Billet |author3=Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi |author4=Julia Tejada Lara |author5=Patrice Baby |author6=Stéphane Brusset |author7=Nicolas Espurt |year=2015 |title=A New ''Carodnia'' Simpson, 1935 (Mammalia, Xenungulata) from the Early Eocene of Northwestern Peru and a Phylogeny of Xenungulates at Species Level |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=129–140 |doi=10.1007/s10914-014-9278-1 |s2cid=15272216 |url=http://americanae.aecid.es/americanae/es/registros/registro.do?tipoRegistro=MTD&idBib=551964 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Antoine ''et al.''
|
Early Eocene
|
[[Mogollón Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Peru}}
|
A member of [[Xenungulata]], a species of ''Carodnia''.
|
|-
|
''[[Chilestylops]]''<ref name=Chilestylops>{{cite journal |author1=Jennifer Bradham |author2=John J. Flynn |author3=Darin A. Croft |author4=Andre R. Wyss |year=2015 |title=New notoungulates (Notostylopidae and basal toxodontians) from the early Oligocene Tinguiririca fauna of the Andean Main Range, central Chile |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3841 |pages=1–24 |doi=10.1206/3841.1 |hdl=2246/6621 |s2cid=54978626 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/161890 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Bradham ''et al.''
|
[[Tinguirirican]]
|
[[Abanico Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Chile}}
|
A [[Notostylopidae|notostylopid]] [[Notoungulata|notoungulate]]. The type species is ''Chilestylops davidsoni''.
|
|-
|
''[[Galerix wesselsae]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jelle Zijlstra |author2=Lawrence J. Flynn |year=2015 |title=Hedgehogs (Erinaceidae, Lipotyphla) from the Miocene of Pakistan, with description of a new species of ''Galerix'' |journal=Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments |volume=95 |issue=3 |pages=477–495 |doi=10.1007/s12549-015-0190-3 |bibcode=2015PdPe...95..477Z |s2cid=129865371 |url=http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:26507533 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Zijlstra & Flynn
|
Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|
A member of [[Erinaceidae]] (a relative of [[gymnure]]s and [[hedgehogs]]); a species of ''[[Galerix]]''.
|
|-
|
''[[Hilarcotherium]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=M. C. Vallejo-Pareja |author2=J. D. Carrillo |author3=J. W. Moreno-Bernal |author4=M. Pardo-Jaramillo |author5=D. F. Rodriguez-Gonzalez |author6=J. Muñoz-Duran |year=2015 |title=''Hilarcotherium castanedaii'', gen. et sp. nov., a new Miocene astrapothere (Mammalia, Astrapotheriidae) from the Upper Magdalena Valley, Colombia |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=e903960 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.903960 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E3960V |s2cid=130728894 |url=http://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/109178/2/Vallejo_Pareja_etal_SD-1.pdf }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Vallejo-Pareja ''et al.''
|
Miocene
|
[[La Victoria Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Colombia}}
|
An [[Astrapotheriidae|astrapotheriid]] [[Astrapotheria|astrapothere]]. The type species is ''Hilarcotherium castanedaii''.
|
|-
|
''[[Kerberos (mammal)|Kerberos]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Floréal Solé |author2=Eli Amson |author3=Matthew Borths |author4=Dominique Vidalenc |author5=Michael Morlo |author6=Katharina Bastl |year=2015 |title=A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia) |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=9 |pages=e0135698 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0135698 |pmid=26398622 |pmc=4580617 |bibcode=2015PLoSO..1035698S |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Solé ''et al.''
|
Eocene (Bartonian)
|
Formation des Molasses de Saix et de Lautrec
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A [[Hyainailourinae|hyainailourine]] [[Hyaenodonta|hyaenodont]]. The type species is ''Kerberos langebadreae''.
|
|-
|
''[[Lacrimodon]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende |author2=Oldrich Fejfar |year=2015 |title=All time high: Dimylidae (Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) diversity in the early Miocene locality of Ahníkov 1 (Czech Republic, MN 3) |journal=Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments |volume=95 |issue=3 |pages=453–464 |doi=10.1007/s12549-015-0210-3 |bibcode=2015PdPe...95..453V |s2cid=127749211 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Van den Hoek Ostende and Fejfar
|
Early Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|
A member of [[Eulipotyphla]] related to ''[[Dimylus]]''. The type species is ''Lacrimodon vandermeuleni''.
|
|-
|
''[[Mimolagus|Mimolagus aurorae]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Łucja Fostowicz-Frelik |author2=Chuankui Li |author3=Fangyuan Mao |author4=Jin Meng |author5=Yuanqing Wang |year=2015 |title=A large mimotonid from the Middle Eocene of China sheds light on the evolution of lagomorphs and their kin |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=5 |pages=Article number 9394 |doi=10.1038/srep09394 |pmid=25818513 |pmc=4377629|bibcode=2015NatSR...5E9394F }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Fostowicz-Frelik ''et al.''
|
Early Middle Eocene
|
[[Irdin Manha Formation]]
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A member of [[Glires]] belonging to the family [[Mimotonidae]], a species of ''Mimolagus''.
|
|-
|
''[[Nesodon|Nesodon taweretus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Analía M. Forasiepi |author2=Esperanza Cerdeño |author3=Mariano Bond |author4=Gabriela I. Schmidt |author5=Maximiliano Naipauer |author6=Fiona R. Straehl |author7=Agustín G. Martinelli |author8=Alberto C. Garrido |author9=Mark D. Schmitz |author10=James L. Crowley |year=2015 |title=New toxodontid (Notoungulata) from the Early Miocene of Mendoza, Argentina |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=89 |issue=3 |pages=611–634 |doi=10.1007/s12542-014-0233-5 |bibcode=2015PalZ...89..611F |s2cid=129293436 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/331461/files/12542_2014_Article_233.pdf }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Forasiepi ''et al.''
|
Early Miocene
|
[[Aisol Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A [[Toxodontidae|toxodontid]], a species of ''Nesodon''.
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|-
|
''[[Paedotherium|Paedotherium kakai]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Marcelo A. Reguero |author2=Adriana M. Candela |author3=Claudia I. Galli |author4=Ricardo Bonini |author5=Damián Voglino |year=2015 |title=A new Hypsodont Notoungulate (Hegetotheriidae, Pachyrukhinae) from the late Miocene of the Eastern Cordillera, Salta province, Northwest of Argentina |journal=Andean Geology |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=56–70 |doi=10.5027/andgeoV42n1-a04 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Reguero ''et al.''
|
Miocene ([[Huayquerian]])
|
[[Palo Pintado Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A [[Hegetotheriidae|hegetotheriid]] [[Notoungulata|notoungulate]], a species of ''Paedotherium''.
|
|-
|
''[[Pampahippus|Pampahippus secundus]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Virginia Deraco |author2=Daniel A. García-López |year=2015 |title=A new Eocene Toxodontia (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from northwestern Argentina |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=e1037884 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.1037884 |s2cid=86320674 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Deraco & García-López
|
Eocene
|
[[Lumbrera Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A member of [[Toxodontia]], a species of ''Pampahippus''.
|
|-
|
''[[Periphragnis|Periphragnis vicentei]]''<ref name=Chilestylops />
|
Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Bradham ''et al.''
|
[[Tinguirirican]]
|
[[Abanico Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Chile}}
|
A member of [[Toxodontia]] belonging or related to the family [[Homalodotheriidae]]; a species of ''Periphragnis''.
|
|-
|
''[[Plagioctenodon|Plagioctenodon thewisseni]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Carly L. Manz |author2=Jonathan I. Bloch |year=2015 |title=Systematics and Phylogeny of Paleocene-Eocene Nyctitheriidae (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla?) with Description of a new Species from the Late Paleocene of the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming, USA |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=307–342 |doi=10.1007/s10914-014-9284-3 |s2cid=15369336 }}</ref>
|
Sp. nov
| 
Valid
|
Manz & Bloch
|
Paleocene ([[Clarkforkian]])
|
[[Willwood Formation]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
A member of [[Nyctitheriidae]], a species of ''Plagioctenodon''.
|
|-
|
''[[Preregidens]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Floréal Solé |author2=Jocelyn Falconnet |author3=Dominique Vidalenc |year=2015 |title=New fossil Hyaenodonta (Mammalia, Placentalia) from the Ypresian and Lutetian of France and the evolution of the Proviverrinae in southern Europe |journal=Palaeontology |volume=58 |issue=6 |pages=1049–1072 |doi=10.1111/pala.12198 |bibcode=2015Palgy..58.1049S |s2cid=131475135 }}</ref>
|
Gen. et sp. nov
| 
Valid<ref>http://zoobank.org/References/DEA27366-0A76-4D4C-8193-899ECC8C1C6A {{Dead link|date=May 2022}}</ref>
|
Solé, Falconnet & Vidalenc
|
Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|France}}
|
A member of [[Hyaenodonta]]. The type species is ''Preregidens langebadrae''.
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''[[Prohegetotherium|Prohegetotherium malalhuense]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Esperanza Cerdeño |author2=Marcelo Reguero |year=2015 |title=The Hegetotheriidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) assemblage from the late Oligocene of Mendoza, central-western Argentina |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=e907173 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.907173 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E7173C |hdl=11336/48566 |s2cid=86457089 |url=http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/100640 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Cerdeño & Reguero
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Oligocene ([[Deseadan]])
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A [[Hegetotheriidae|hegetotheriid]] [[Notoungulata|notoungulate]], a species of ''Prohegetotherium''.
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''[[Prolagus latiuncinatus]]''<ref name=PZProlagusHungary>{{Cite journal|author1=Chiara Angelone |author2=Stanislav Čermák |year=2015 |title=Two new species of ''Prolagus'' (Lagomorpha, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Hungary: taxonomy, biochronology, and palaeobiogeography |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=89 |issue=4 |pages=1023–1038 |doi=10.1007/s12542-014-0247-z |bibcode=2015PalZ...89.1023A |s2cid=84114380 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Angelone & Čermák
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Late Miocene
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{{Flag|Hungary}}
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A member of [[Lagomorpha]], a species of ''[[Prolagus]]''.
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''[[Prolagus pannonicus]]''<ref name=PZProlagusHungary />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Angelone & Čermák
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Late Miocene
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{{Flag|Hungary}}
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A member of [[Lagomorpha]], a species of ''[[Prolagus]]''.
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''[[Protypotherium|Protypotherium sinclairi]]''<ref name=AmeghinianaCerroBanderaFm /> 
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Kramarz, Bond & Arnal
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Early Miocene
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[[Cerro Bandera Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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An [[Interatheriidae|interatheriid]] [[Notoungulata|notoungulate]], a species of ''Protypotherium''.
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''[[Ricardocifellia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Alvaro Mones |year=2015 |title=''Ricardocifellia'', a replacement name for ''Paulacoutoia'' Cifelli, 1983, and ''Depaulacoutoia'' Cifelli and Ortiz-Jaureguizar, 2014 (Mammalia, 'Condylarthra,' Didolodontidae), and the status of ''Depaulacoutoia'' Kretzoi and Kretzoi, 2000 (Mammalia, Australidelphia, Polydolopimorphia) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=e973571 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.973571 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E3571M |s2cid=84044078 }}</ref>
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Nom. nov
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Valid
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Mones
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Paleogene ([[Itaboraian]])
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{{Flag|Brazil}}
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A [[Didolodontidae|didolodontid]] "[[condylarth]]"; a replacement name for ''Paulacoutoia'' Cifelli, 1983 and ''Depaulacoutoia'' Cifelli & Ortiz-Jaureguizar, 2014 (both preoccupied).
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''[[Scollardius]]''<ref name=CJESCimolestes />
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Fox
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Late Cretaceous
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{{Flag|Canada}}<br />
{{Flag|United States}}
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A basal member of Eutheria; a new genus for ''"[[Cimolestes]]" propalaeoryctes'' Lillegraven (1969).
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''[[Seuku]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Brian Lee Beatty |author2=Thomas C. Cockburn |year=2015 |title=New insights on the most primitive desmostylian from a partial skeleton of ''Behemotops'' (Desmostylia, Mammalia) from Vancouver Island, British Columbia |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=e979939 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.979939 |bibcode=2015JVPal..35E9939B |s2cid=129905948 }}</ref>
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Beatty & Cockburn
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Oligocene
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[desmostylia]]n; a new genus for ''"[[Behemotops]]" emlongi'' Domning, Ray & McKenna (1986).
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''[[Sigynorum]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Katie M. McComas |author2=Jaelyn J. Eberle |year=2015 |title=A new earliest Paleocene (Puercan) arctocyonid mammal from the Fort Union Formation, Great Divide Basin, Wyoming, and its phylogenetic position among early 'condylarths' |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=14 |issue=6 |pages=445–459 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2015.1066886 |s2cid=127411164 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid<ref>http://zoobank.org/References/4BF2E9D5-1803-43E9-82FF-EC4723203A87 {{Dead link|date=May 2022}}</ref>
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McComas & Eberle
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Paleocene (early [[Puercan]])
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[[Fort Union Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of [[Arctocyonidae]]. The type species is ''Sigynorum magnadivisus''.
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''[[Sinclairella|Sinclairella simplicidens]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Nicholas J. Czaplewski |author2=Gary S. Morgan |year=2015 |title=A late-surviving apatemyid (Mammalia: Apatotheria) from the latest Oligocene of Florida, USA |journal=PeerJ |volume=3 |pages=e1509 |doi=10.7717/peerj.1509 |pmid=26713254 |pmc=4690398 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Czaplewski & Morgan
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Late Oligocene ([[Arikareean]])
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[[Crystal River Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of [[Apatemyidae]], a species of ''Sinclairella''.
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==Other mammals==
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
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! Name
! Novelty
! Status
! Authors
! Age
! Unit
! Location
! Notes
! Images
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''[[Agilodocodon]]''<ref name=Agilodocodon>{{Cite journal|author1=Qing-Jin Meng |author2=Qiang Ji |author3=Yu-Guang Zhang |author4=Di Liu |author5=David M. Grossnickle |author6=Zhe-Xi Luo |year=2015 |title=An arboreal docodont from the Jurassic and mammaliaform ecological diversification |journal=Science |volume=347 |issue=6223 |pages=764–768 |doi=10.1126/science.1260879 |pmid=25678661|bibcode=2015Sci...347..764M |s2cid=206562565 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Meng ''et al.''
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Middle Jurassic
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"Daohugou site in [[Tiaojishan Formation]] (...), also known as [[Jiulongshan Formation]]"<ref name=Agilodocodon />
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Docodonta|docodont]]. The type species is ''[[Agilodocodon scansorius]]''.
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''[[Argaliatherium]]''<ref name=JVPTribosphenicmammals />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Cifelli & Davis
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Early Cretaceous (Albian)
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[[Cloverly Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A basal member of [[Tribosphenida]]. The type species is ''Argaliatherium robustum''.
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''[[Carinalestes]]''<ref name=JVPTribosphenicmammals />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Cifelli & Davis
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Early Cretaceous (Albian)
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[[Cloverly Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A basal member of [[Tribosphenida]]. The type species is ''Carinalestes murensis''.
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''[[Docodon|Docodon apoxys]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Guillermo W. Rougier |author2=Amir S. Sheth |author3=Kenneth Carpenter |author4=Lucas Appella-Guiscafre |author5=Brian M. Davis |year=2015 |title=A New Species of ''Docodon'' (Mammaliaformes: Docodonta) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation and a Reassessment of Selected Craniodental Characters in Basal Mammaliaforms |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=1–16 |doi=10.1007/s10914-014-9263-8 |s2cid=15845185 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Rougier ''et al.''
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Late Jurassic
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[[Morrison Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Docodonta|docodont]], a species of ''Docodon''.
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''[[Docofossor]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Zhe-Xi Luo |author2=Qing-Jin Meng |author3=Qiang Ji |author4=Di Liu |author5=Yu-Guang Zhang |author6=April I. Neander |year=2015 |title=Evolutionary development in basal mammaliaforms as revealed by a docodontan |journal=Science |volume=347 |issue=6223 |pages=760–764 |doi=10.1126/science.1260880 |pmid=25678660|bibcode=2015Sci...347..760L |s2cid=206562572 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Luo ''et al.''
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Late Jurassic
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[[Tiaojishan Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Docodonta|docodont]]. The type species is ''Docofossor brachydactylus''.
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''[[Gobiconodon|Gobiconodon haizhouensis]]''<ref name=HBGobiconodon>{{Cite journal|author1=Nao Kusuhashi |author2=Yuan-Qing Wang |author3=Chuan-Kui Li |author4=Xun Jin |year=2015 |title=Two new species of ''Gobiconodon'' (Mammalia, Eutriconodonta, Gobiconodontidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Shahai and Fuxin formations, northeastern China |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=28 |issue=1–2 |pages=14–26 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2014.977881 |s2cid=128731256 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Kusuhashi ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous
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[[Fuxin Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Gobiconodontidae|gobiconodontid]], a species of ''Gobiconodon''.
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''[[Gobiconodon|Gobiconodon tomidai]]''<ref name=HBGobiconodon />
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Kusuhashi ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous
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[[Shahai Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Gobiconodontidae|gobiconodontid]], a species of ''Gobiconodon''.
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''[[Kimbetopsalis]]''<ref name=Kimbetopsalis>{{Cite journal|author1=Thomas E. Williamson |author2=Stephen L. Brusatte |author3=Ross Secord |author4=Sarah Shelley |year=2015 |title=A new taeniolabidoid multituberculate (Mammalia) from the middle Puercan of the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico, and a revision of taeniolabidoid systematics and phylogeny |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=177 |issue=1 |pages=183–208 |doi=10.1111/zoj.12336 |url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1449&context=geosciencefacpub |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Williamson ''et al.''
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Early Paleocene ([[Puercan]])
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[[Nacimiento Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Taeniolabididae|taeniolabidid]] [[Multituberculata|multituberculate]]. The type species is ''Kimbetopsalis simmonsae''.
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''[[Spinolestes]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Thomas Martin |author2=Jesús Marugán-Lobón |author3=Romain Vullo |author4=Hugo Martín-Abad |author5=Zhe-Xi Luo |author6=Angela D. Buscalioni |year=2015 |title=A Cretaceous eutriconodont and integument evolution in early mammals |journal=Nature |volume=526 |issue=7573 |pages=380–384 |doi=10.1038/nature14905 |pmid=26469049|bibcode=2015Natur.526..380M |hdl=10486/710730 |s2cid=205245235 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Martin ''et al.''
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Early Cretaceous (latest Barremian)
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[[Calizas de La Huergina Formation]]
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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A [[Gobiconodontidae|gobiconodontid]]. The type species is ''Spinolestes xenarthrosus''.
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''[[Tirotherium]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Marisol Montellano-Ballesteros |author2=Richard C. Fox |year=2015 |title=A new tribotherian (Mammalia, Boreosphenida) from the late Santonian to early Campanian upper Milk River Formation, Alberta |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=52 |issue=1 |pages=77–83 |doi=10.1139/cjes-2014-0144 |bibcode=2015CaJES..52...77M }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Montellano-Ballesteros & Fox
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Late Cretaceous (late Santonian to early Campanian)
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[[Milk River Formation]]
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{{Flag|Canada}}
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An early member of [[Boreosphenida]], probably a member of [[Picopsidae]]. The type species is ''Tirotherium aptum''.
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''[[Valenopsalis]]''<ref name=Kimbetopsalis />
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Williamson ''et al.''
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Early Paleocene ([[Puercan]])
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Bug Creek Anthills and Bug Creek West
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Taeniolabidoidea|taeniolabidoid]] [[Multituberculata|multituberculate]]; a new genus for ''"[[Catopsalis]]" joyneri'' Sloan & Van Valen (1965).
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''[[Yubaatar]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Li Xu |author2=Xingliao Zhang |author3=Hanyong Pu |author4=Songhai Jia |author5=Jiming Zhang |author6=Junchang Lü |author7=Jin Meng |year=2015 |title=Largest known Mesozoic multituberculate from Eurasia and implications for multituberculate evolution and biology |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=5 |pages=Article number 14950 |doi=10.1038/srep14950 |pmid=26492455 |pmc=4615031|bibcode=2015NatSR...514950X }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Xu ''et al.''
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Late Cretaceous
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[[Qiupa Formation]]
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Cimolodonta|cimolodont]] [[Multituberculata|multituberculate]]. The type species is ''Yubaatar zhongyuanensis''.
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==References==
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