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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study ofprehistoric life forms onEarth through the examination of plant and animalfossils.^[1] This includes the study of body fossils,tracks (ichnites),burrows, cast-off parts, fossilisedfeces (coprolites),palynomorphs andchemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as ascience. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2008.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymy	Notes
Calcaropteris^[3]	Gen et 2 sp nov	valid	Miller & Hickey	Cretaceous Late Albian	Winthrop Formation	USA Washington		Amatoniaceous morphogenus. The type species isC. boeselii Also includesC. bifurcata
Cladophlebis baja-beeceensis^[3]	Sp nov	valid	Miller & Hickey	Cretaceous Late Albian	Winthrop Formation	USA Washington		Aosmundaceous foliage morphospecies.
Cladophlebis methowensis^[3]	Sp nov	valid	Miller & Hickey	Cretaceous Late Albian	Winthrop Formation	USA Washington		Aosmundaceous foliage morphospecies.
Furcillopteris^[3]	Gen, sp, et comb nov	valid	(R.W. Brown) Miller & Hickey	Paleocene Danian	Fort Union Formation	USA Colorado		Afern morphogenus of uncertain affinity. The type species isDryopteris serrata (1962) Also includesF. oblongata
Microphyllopteris delicata^[3]	Sp nov	valid	Miller & Hickey	Cretaceous Late Albian	Winthrop Formation	USA Washington		Agleicheniaceous morphospecies.
Microphyllopteris gieseckiana^[3]	Comb nov	valid	(Heer) Miller & Hickey	Cretaceous Late Albian	Winthrop Formation	USA Washington	Gleichenites nordenskioldiauct. non (Heer) Seward nee Bell,1956)	Agleicheniaceous morphospecies. Moved fromGleichenia gieseckiana (1868)
Neocalamites vaganta^[3]	Sp nov	valid	Miller & Hickey	Cretaceous Late Albian	Winthrop Formation	USA Washington		Anapocalamitaceous morphospecies.
Paramatonia^[3]	Gen et sp nov	valid	Miller & Hickey	Cretaceous Late Albian	Winthrop Formation	USA Washington		Amatoniaceous morphogenus. The type species isP. linearis
Sectilopteris^[3]	Gen et 3 comb nov	valid	(Fontaine) Miller & Hickey	Cretaceous Aptian	Patuxent Formation	USA Virginia		Afern morphogenus of uncertain affinity. The type species isSphenopteris latiloba (1886) Also includesSphenopteris newberryi (1956) &Hymenopteris psilotoides (1824)
Winthropteris^[3]	Gen et sp nov	valid	Miller & Hickey	Cretaceous Late Albian	Winthrop Formation	USA Washington		Ablechnaceous morphogenus. The type species isW. ovalis

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Dillhoffia^[4]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Manchester &Pigg	Ypresian	Unnamed Formation, Kamloops Group	Canada		Dillhoffia cachensis
Pluricarpellatia^[5]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Mohr, Bernardes-de-Oliveira & Taylor	Early Cretaceous	Crato Formation	Brazil

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Montrichardia aquatica^[6]	sp nov	Valid	Herreraet al	Middle to late Paleocene	Cerrejón Formation	Colombia	only fossil record of the genusMontrichardia
Petrocardium^[6]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Herreraet al	Middle to late Paleocene	Cerrejón Formation	Colombia	Two named speciesPetrocardium cerrejonense andPetrocardium wayuuorum

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Dicranocaris^[7]	Gen et sp nov	valid	Briggs, Lieberman, Hendricks, Halgedahl & Jarrard	Middle Cambrian	Wheeler Formation Marjum Formation	United States	Anarachnormorph of uncertain classification. Type speciesD. guntherorum
Nettapezoura^[7]	Gen et sp nov	valid	Briggs, Lieberman, Hendricks, Halgedahl & Jarrard	Middle Cambrian	Marjum Formation	United States	Anarachnormorph of uncertain classification. Type speciesN. basilika
Palaeosiro^[8]	Gen et sp nov	valid	Poinar	Cenomanian	Burmese amber	Myanmar	Astylocellid harvestman. Type speciesP. burmanicum

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Cataglyphoides^[10]	Gen et sp et comb nov	Valid	Dlussky	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	Fossilformicine ant, two species C. constrictus (Mayr, 1868) &C. intermedius Dlussky, 2008	Cataglyphoides constrictus
Dolichoderus punctatus^[11]	Sp nov	Valid	Dlussky	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	Fossildolichoderine ant	Dolichoderus punctatus
Electropodagrion^[12]	Gen et sp nov	valid	Azar & Nel	Middle Eocene	Baltic Amber	Europe	AMegapodagrionidae damselfly
Elektroepyris^[13]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Perrichot & Nel	Eocene	Oise amber	France	Abethylid wasp	Elektroepyris magnificus
Formosibittacus^[14]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Li,Ren &Shih	Middle Jurassic	Jiulongshan Formation	China	Abittacid
Haidomyrmodes^[15]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Perrichotet al	Middle Cretaceous	Charentese amber	France	ASphecomyrminae ant, type speciesH. mammuthus	Haidomyrmodes mammuthus
Jurahylobittacus^[14]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Li,Ren &Shih	Middle Jurassic	Jiulongshan Formation	China	Abittacid
Lutzomyia adiketis^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Poinar	Burdigalian	Dominican amber	Dominican Republic	Vector for the extinctTrypanosomatidae speciesPaleoleishmania neotropicum	Lutzomyia adiketis
Proraphidia gomezi^[16]	sp nov	Valid	Jarzembowski	Lower Cretaceous	Lower Weald Clay	England
Proraphidia hopkinsi^[16]	sp nov	Valid	Jarzembowski	Barremian		Spain
Proteroscelio gravatus^[17]	Sp nov	valid	Johnson, Musetti & Masner	Early Cretaceous (Aptian)	Lebanese Amber	Lebanon	A member ofPlatygastroidea.
Rhabdepyris gallicus^[13]	Sp nov	Valid	Perrichot & Nel	Eocene	Oise amber	France	Abethylid wasp	Rhabdepyris gallicus
Sinomeganeura^[18]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Ren, Nel, & Prokop	Namurian	Tupo Formation	China	Third Namurian ageMeganeuridae griffenfly described.
Sinoprotelenomus^[17]	Nom nov	valid	Zhangin Johnson, Musetti & Masner	Miocene		China	A member ofPlatygastroidea; replacement name forProtelenomus Zhang (1989).
Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis^[15]	Sp nov	jr syn	Perrichotet al	Middle Cretaceous	Charentese amber	France	A stem group ant jr synonym ofGerontoformica occidentalis	Gerontoformica occidentalis
Syndesus ambericus^[19]	Sp nov	Valid	Woodruff	Burdigalian	Dominican amber	Dominican Republic	Astag beetle
Termitaradus avitinquilinus^[20]	Sp nov	Valid	Grimaldi &Engel	Burdigalian	Dominican amber	Dominican Republic	Atermite bug

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Arquatichthys^[21]		Valid	Lu & Zhu	Devonian (Pragian)	Posongchong Formation	China	Abasal member ofDipnomorpha. The type species isA. porosus.
Donnrosenia^[22]		Valid	Long, Choo, & Young	Devonian (Givetian)	Aztec Siltstone	Antarctica	Abasal member ofActinopterygii. Genus includes new speciesD. schaefferi.
Genyonemus whistleri^[23]		Valid	Takeuchi & Huddleston	Late Miocene	Puente Formation	United States	A relative of thewhite croaker.
Hiodon woodruffi^[24]	Comb nov	valid	(Wilson)	Ypresian	Klondike Mountain Formation	United States Washington	Amooneye, Moved fromEohiodon woodruffi Wilson1978	Hiodon woodruffi
Tarachomylax multicostatus^[25]		Valid	Qiao & Zhu	Devonian (Emsian)	Chuandong Formation	China	Alungfish.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Gavinaspis^[27]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Valid	Dupret & Zhu	Early Devonian (Lochkovian)	Xitun Formation	China	Aphyllolepid.
Materpiscis^[28]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Long, Trinajstic, Young, & Senden	Late Devonian	Gogo Formation	Australia	discovered with fossilized embryo.	Materpiscis embryo features

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Beelzebufo^[30]	Valid taxon	Evans Jones Krause	Late Cretaceous (70 mya)	Maevarano Formation	Madagascar		An artist's depiction ofBeelzebufo
Gerobatrachus^[31]	Valid taxon	Anderson Reisz Scott Fröbisch Sumida	Early Permian (290 mya)		USA ( Texas)
Oumtkoutia^[32]	Valid taxon	Rage Dutheil	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Kem Kem Beds	Morocco	Apipid anuran.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Acynodon adriaticus^[33]	Sp. nov	Valid	Delfino, Martin & Buffetaut	Late Cretaceous		Italy
Dakosaurus carpenteri^[34]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wilkinson, Young &Benton	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)	Kimmeridge Clay Formation	United Kingdom	Ametriorhynchid crocodyliform. Originally described as a species ofDakosaurus, subsequently transferred to the separate genusTorvoneustes.^[35]
Gryposuchus croizati^[36]	Sp. nov	Valid	Riff & Aguilera	LateMiocene	Urumaco Formation	Venezuela
Guarinisuchus^[37]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Barbosa,Kellner & Viana	EarlyPaleocene (Danian)	Maria Farinha Formation	Brazil	Adyrosaurid crocodyliform. Genus includes new speciesG. munizi.
Ocepesuchus^[38]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Jouveet al.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Ouled Abdoun Basin	Morocco	A member ofGavialoidea. Genus includes new speciesO. eoafricanus.
Postosuchus alisonae^[39]	Sp. nov	Valid	Peyeret al.	Late Triassic	Newark Supergroup	United States ( North Carolina)
Sierritasuchus^[40]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Parker, Stocker & Irmis	Late Triassic	Tecovas Formation	United States ( Texas)	Anaetosaur Genus includes new speciesS. macalpini.
Sphagesaurus montealtensis^[41]	Sp. nov	Valid	Andrade & Bertini	Late Cretaceous	Adamantina Formation	Brazil	Asphagesaurid crocodyliform. Originally described as a species ofSphagesaurus, but subsequently transferred to the genusCaipirasuchus.^[42]
Wargosuchus^[43]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Martinelli & Pais	Late Cretaceous	Bajo de La Carpa Formation	Argentina	Abaurusuchid crocodyliform. Genus includes new speciesW. australis.

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Austroraptor^[48]	Valid	Novas Pol et al.^{[CAL 1]}	Campanian–Maastrichtian	Allen Formation	Argentina	The largestdromaeosaurid yet discovered in the Southern Hemisphere.	Austroraptor
Dakotadon^[49]	Valid	Paul	Barremian	Lakota Formation	USA ( South Dakota)	A new genus for"Iguanodon" lakotaensis (Weishampel and Bjork, 1989).
Daxiatitan^[50]	Valid	You Li et al.^{[CAL 2]}	Lower Cretaceous	Lanzhou Basin	China	A basaltitanosaur.	Daxiatitan
Diceratus^[51]	Junior synonym	Mateus	Late Cretaceous			Objective junior synonym ofNedoceratops; possible junior synonym ofTriceratops.
Dollodon^[49]	Valid	Paul	Barremian	Bernissart	Belgium	Aniguanodontian.	Dollodon
Dongyangosaurus^[52]	Valid	Lü Azuma et al.^{[CAL 3]}	early Late Cretaceous	Fangyang Formation	China	Atitanosauriform.
Duriavenator^[53]	Valid	Benson	Bajocian	Dorset	United Kingdom	Amegalosaurid.	Duriavenator
Eocarcharia^[54]	Valid	Sereno Brusatte	Aptian/Albian	Elrhaz Formation	Niger	Acarcharodontosaurid.	Eocarcharia
Eomamenchisaurus^[55]	Valid	Lü Li et al.^{[CAL 4]}	Middle Jurassic	Zhanghe Formation	China	Amamenchisaurid.
Epidexipteryx^[56]	Valid	Zhang Zhou et al.^{[CAL 5]}	Late Jurassic	Daohugou Beds	China	Anavialian.	Epidexipteryx
Gobiceratops^[57]	Valid	Alifanov	Late Cretaceous	Baruungoyot Formation	Mongolia	Possible junior synonym ofBagaceratops.
Kryptops^[54]	Valid	Sereno Brusatte	Aptian/Albian	Elrhaz Formation	Niger	Anabelisaurid.	Kryptops
Loricatosaurus^[58]	Valid	Maidment Norman et al.^{[CAL 6]}	Callovian		England France	Astegosaurid.
Microceratus^[51]	Nomen dubium	Mateus	Campanian		China
Orkoraptor^[59]	Valid	Novas Ezcurra Lecuona	Maastrichtian	Pari Aike Formation	Argentina	Aneovenatorid.	Orkoraptor
Peloroplites^[60]	Valid	Carpenter Bartlett et al.^{[CAL 7]}	Lower Cretaceous	Cedar Mountain Formation	USA	Anodosaurid ankylosaur.
Pitekunsaurus^[61]	Valid	Filippi Garrido	Campanian	Anacleto Formation	Argentina	A titanosaur.
Qingxiusaurus^[62]	Valid	Mo Huang et al.^{[CAL 8]}	Late Cretaceous		China	A titanosaur.
Sahaliyania^[63]	Valid	Godefroit Hai et al.^{[CAL 9]}	Maastrichtian	Yuliangze Formation	China	Alambeosaurine hadrosaurid.
Similicaudipteryx^[64]	Valid	He Wang Zhou	Aptian	Jiufotang Formation	China	Acaudipterid oviraptorosaur.	Similicaudipteryx
Tastavinsaurus^[65]	Valid	Canudo Royo-Torres Cuenca-Bescós	Aptian	Xert Formation	Spain	A titanosauriform.Lurasiformes.	Tastavinsaurus
Uberabatitan^[66]	Valid	Salgado Carvalho	Upper Cretaceous	Marília Formation	Brazil	A titanosaur.	Tethyshadros
Wulagasaurus^[63]	Valid	Godefroit Hai et al.^{[CAL 9]}	Maastrichtian	Yuliangze Formation	China	Asaurolophine hadrosaurid.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Aegolius martae^[67]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Marco Pavia	Early/MiddlePleistocene	Sicily	Italy: Sicily	AStrigidae.
Bermuteo avivorus^[68]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Storrs L. Olson	LatePleistocene		Bermuda	AnAccipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Bountyphaps obsoleta^[69]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Trevor H. Worthy Graham M. Wragg	Subrecent	Henderson Island	Pitcairn	AColumbidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Calonectris wingatei^[70]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Storrs L. Olson	MiddlePleistocene		Bermuda	AProcellariidae.
Caracara tellustris^[71]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Storrs L. Olson	Holocene		Jamaica	AFalconidae.
Cathayornis chabuensis^[72]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Li Jianjun Li Zhiheng Zhang Yuguang Zhou Zhonghe Bai Zhiqiang Zhang Lifu Ba Tuya	EarlyCretaceous	Jinchuan Formation	China	ACathayornithidae Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 2006,Enantiornithes Walker, 1981.
Certhiops rummeli^[73]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Albrecht Manegold	EarlyMiocene	MN 3	Germany: Bavaria	ACerthioidea, this is the type species of the new genus.
Didactylornis jii^[74]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Yuan Chongxi	LowerCretaceous	Jiufotang Formation	China	Basalpygostylia,Sapeornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Enantiophoenix electrophyla^[75]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Andrea Cau Paolo Arduini	UpperCretaceous		Lebanon	AnEnantiornithes Walker, 1981,Avisauridae Brett-Surman et Paul, 1985, this is the type species of the new genus.
Eoconfuciusornis zhengi^[76]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Fucheng Zhang Zhonghe Zhou Michael Benton	Lower Cretaceous	Dabeigou Formation	China	A PrimitiveConfuciusornithidae Hou, Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995, this is the type species of the new genus.
Ephippiorhynchus tchoufour^[77]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Antoine Louchart Yohannes Haile-Selassie Patrick Vignaud Androssa Likius Michel Brunet	LateMiocene	ca 7Ma	Chad	ACiconiidae.
Eurotrochilus noniewiczi^[78]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Zygmunt Bochenski Zbigniew Bochenski	EarlyOligocene	LateRupelian	Poland	A new European species of theTrochilidae.
Foudia delloni^[79]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Anthony S. Cheke Julian P. Hume	Subrecent	Not seen since 1672	Réunion	The originalFoudia fromRéunion.
Hokkaidornis abashiriensis^[80]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Kazuhiko Sakurai Masaichi Kimura Takayuki Katoh	LateOligocene	Tokoro Formation	Japan	APlotopteridae Howard, 1969, this is the type species of the new genus.
Jabiru codorensis^[81]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Stig A. Walsh Rodolfo Sánchez	EarlyPliocene	Codore Formation, Middle El Jebe Member	Venezuela	ACiconiidae.
Leptoptilos patagonicus^[82]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Jorge I. Noriega Gerardo Cladera	LateMiocene	Puerto Madryn Formation	Argentina	ACiconiidae.
Manuherikia douglasi^[83]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Trevor H. Worthy Alan J. D. Tennyson Suzanne J. Hand R. Paul Scofield	Early-MiddleMiocene	Bannockburn Formation	New Zealand	AnAnatidae, Anserinae.
Megadyptes waitaha^[84]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Sanne Boessenkool Jeremy J. Austin Trevor H. Worthy R. Paul Scofield Alan Cooper Philip J. Seddon Jonathan M. Waters	LateHolocene	Subrecent	New Zealand	ASpheniscidae, when it became extinct it made room forMegadyptes antipodes.
Mopsitta tanta^[85]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	David W. Waterhouse Bent E. K, Lindow Nikita V. Zelenkov Gareth J. Dyke	EarlyEocene, Ypresian	Fur Formation	Denmark	Described in thePsittaciformes, Gerald Mayr, 2009 sees no reasons to place the species inPsittaciformes.
Palaeortyx volans^[86]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Ursula B. Göhlich Marco Pavia	Neogene	Gargano	Italy	APhasianidae.
Pelagornis mauretanicus^[87]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Cécille Mourer-Chauviré Denis Geraads	LatePliocene	Ahl al Oughlam	Morocco	APelagornithidae Fürbringer, 1888.
Pengornis houi^[88]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Zhou Zhonghe Julia A. Clarke Zhang Fucheng	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation	China	AnEnantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus and the type genus of the new family Pengornithidae Wang, O'Connor, Zheng, Wang, Hu et Zhou, 2014.
Phaethusavis pelagicus^[89]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Estelle Bourdon Mbarek Amaghzaz Baâdi Bouya	EarlyEocene	EarlyYpresian	Morocco	APhaethontidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Pleistovultur nevesi^[90]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga Guilherme R. R. Brito Rafael Migotto Alex Hubbe Elizabeth Höfling	LatePleistocene-EarlyHolocene		Brazil	ACathartidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Thomasococcyx philohippus^[91]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	David W. Steadman	EarlyMiocene	Hemingfordian LMA	USA: Florida	ACuculidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Tirarinetta kanunka^[92]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Trevor H. Worthy	Pliocene	Tirari Formation	Australia South Australia	AnAnatidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Zhongornis haoae^[93]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Gao Chunling Luis M. Chiappe Meng Qinjing Jingmai O'Connor Wang Xuri Cheng Xiaodong Liu Jinyuan	Lower Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	BasalAves, this is the type species of the new genus.
Zygodactylus luberonensis^[94]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Gerald Mayr	EarlyOligocene	MP 23-24	France	AZygodactylidae Brodkorb, 1971, ?Piciformes.

Newly named mammals
Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Albireo savagei^[112]	Valid	Barnes	Late Pliocene	Pismo Formation	United States ( California)	A member ofDelphinoidea belonging to the familyAlbireonidae, a species ofAlbireo.
Cantalera^[113]	Valid	Badiola Canudo Cuenca-Bescós	Early Cretaceous (lateHauterivian-earlyBarremian)		Spain	Amultituberculate belonging to the familyPinheirodontidae. The type species isC. abadi.
Crenatocetus^[114]	Valid	McLeod Barnes	Eocene		United States ( North Carolina)	A member ofProtocetidae. The type species isCrenatocetus rayi.
Cynarctoides whistleri^[115]	Valid	Wang Tedford	Hemingfordian		United States ( California and Texas)	A member ofCanidae belonging to the subfamilyBorophaginae, a species ofCynarctoides.
Diceratherium radtkei^[116]	Valid	Prothero Rasmussen	Arikareean	Cabbage Patch beds Harrison Formation Sharps Formation	United States ( South Dakota, Montana and Nebraska)
Djourabus^[117]	Valid	Peignéet al.	LateMiocene		Chad	A member ofMustelidae belonging to the subfamilyLutrinae. The type species isD. dabba.
Floridameryx^[118]	Valid	Webb	Late Miocene to earliest Pliocene		United States ( Florida and New Mexico)	A member ofGelocidae belonging to the subfamilyPseudoceratinae. The type species isF. floridanus; genus also includes"Pseudoceras" klausi Frick (1937).
Fossendorhinus^[119]	Valid	Mihlbachler	Uintan			A member ofBrontotheriidae; a new genus for"Telmatherium" diploconus Osborn (1895)
Fredszalaya^[120]	Valid	Shockey Anaya	Late Oligocene		Bolivia	A member ofBorhyaenidae. The type species isFredszalaya hunteri.
Glibia namibiesis^[121]	Valid	Pickford Senut Morales Mein Sanchez	Eocene (Lutetian)		Namibia	Arodent belonging to the familyZegdoumyidae, a species ofGlibia.
Merycopotamus thachangensis^[122]	Valid	Hanta Ratanasthien Kunimatsu Saegusa Nakaya Nagaoka Jintasakul	Late Miocene		Thailand
Metalopex^[123]	Valid	Tedford Wang	LateClarendonian to earlyHemphillian	Ash Hollow Formation Kern River Formation Rattlesnake Formation Thousand Creek Formation	United States ( Arizona, California, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas, Idaho and Oregon)	Afox. The type species isMetalopex merriami.
Mioheteromys crowderensis^[124]	Valid	Lindsay Reynolds	LateHemingfordian toBarstovian	Barstow Formation Crowder Formation	United States	Arodent belonging to the familyHeteromyidae, a species ofMioheteromys.
Namahyrax^[121]	Valid	Pickford Senut Morales Mein Sanchez	Eocene (Lutetian)		Namibia	Ahyrax. The type species isNamahyrax corvus.
Namaia^[121]	Valid	Pickford Senut Morales Mein Sanchez	Eocene (Lutetian)		Namibia	Probably a member of the familyAdapidae.^[125] The type species isNamaia bogenfelsi. The generic name turned out to be preoccupied; Pickford and Uhen (2014) created a replacement nameNotnamaia.^[126]
Namalestes^[121]	Valid	Pickford Senut Morales Mein Sanchez	Eocene (Lutetian)		Namibia	A member ofCimolesta belonging to the familyTodralestidae. The type species isNamalestes gheerbranti.
Namatherium^[121]	Valid	Pickford Senut Morales Mein Sanchez	Eocene (Lutetian)		Namibia	Anembrithopod. The type species isNamatherium blackcrowense.
Nasamplus^[119]	Valid	Mihlbachler	Late Eocene (Ulangochuian)			A member ofBrontotheriidae; a new genus for"Metatitan" progressus Granger and Gregory (1943).
Pollyosbornia^[119]	Valid	Mihlbachler	Uintan	Uinta Formation	United States ( Wyoming)	A member ofBrontotheriidae; a new genus for"Telmatherium" altidens Osborn (1908).
Prepomonomys^[121]	Valid	Pickford Senut Morales Mein Sanchez	Eocene (Lutetian)		Namibia	Arodent belonging to the familyDiamantomyidae. The type species isPrepomonomys bogenfelsi.
Proadinotherium saltoni^[120]	Valid	Shockey Anaya	Late Oligocene		Bolivia	A member ofToxodontidae, a species ofProadinotherium.
Siamoadapis^[127]	Valid	Chaimanee Yamee Tian Chavasseau Jaeger	Middle Miocene		Thailand
Silicamys^[121]	Valid	Pickford Senut Morales Mein Sanchez	Eocene (Lutetian)		Namibia	Arodent belonging to the familyMyophiomyidae. The type species isSilicamys cingulatus.
Sivaonyx beyi^[117]	Valid	Peignéet al.	LateMiocene		Chad	A member ofMustelidae belonging to the subfamilyLutrinae.
Stenomylus taylori^[128]	Valid	Cassiliano	Miocene (Hemingfordian)	Zia Formation	United States ( New Mexico)	Acamelid.
Teilhardina magnoliana^[129]	Valid	Beard	EarlyEocene	Tuscahoma Formation	United States ( Mississippi)
Wickia^[119]	Valid	Mihlbachler	Uintan	Sand Wash Basin Washakie Formation	United States ( Colorado)	A member ofBrontotheriidae. The type species isWickia brevirhinus.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Itaboraiophis^[98]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Rage	Middle Paleocene		Brazil	A "booid"-grade snake of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species isItaboraiophis depressus.
Kuwajimalla^[99]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Evans & Manabe	Early Cretaceous (Valanginian to Hauterivian)	Kuwajima Formation	Japan	Apolyglyphanodontian lizard. The type species isKuwajimalla kagaensis.
Merkurosaurus^[100]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Klembara	Early Miocene		Czech Republic	A member ofAnguimorpha, might be related to theChinese crocodile lizard. The type species isMerkurosaurus ornatus.
Ovoo^[101]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Norell, Gao, & Conrad	Late Cretaceous	near Ukhaa Tolgod	Mongolia	one of the oldest monitor lizards
Paraungaliophis^[98]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Rage	Middle Paleocene		Brazil	A snake related to members of the genusUngaliophis. The type species isParaungaliophis pricei.
Paulacoutophis^[98]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Rage	Middle Paleocene		Brazil	Abooid-grade snake of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species isPaulacoutophis perplexus.
Prognathodon kianda^[102]	sp nov	Valid	Schulpet al.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Angola	Amosasaur.
Selmasaurus johnsoni^[103]	sp nov	Valid	Polcyn & Everhart	Late Cretaceous (earlySantonian)	Niobrara Chalk	United States	Amosasaur.
Taniwhasaurus mikasaensis^[104]	sp nov	Valid	Caldwell, Konishi, Obata, & Muramoto	upper Santonian-lower Campanian		Japan	Third identified species for the genusTaniwhasaurus
Tianyusaurus^[105]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Lüet al.	Late Cretaceous	Qiupa Formation	China	Apolyglyphanodontian lizard. The type species isTianyusaurus zhengi.
Tinosaurus indicus^[106]	Sp nov	Valid	Prasad & Bajpai	Early Eocene	Cambay Shale	India	Anagamid lizard, a species ofTinosaurus.
Vallecillosaurus^[107]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Smith & Buchy	Late Cretaceous (early Turonian)	Agua Nueva Formation	Mexico	A member ofMosasauroidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species isVallecillosaurus donrobertoi.
Vastanagama^[106]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Prasad & Bajpai	Early Eocene	Cambay Shale	India	Anagamid lizard. The type species isVastanagama susani.

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Alrausuchus^[110]	Valid	Ivakhnenko	Middle Permian		Russia	A new genus for"Biarmosuchus"tagax
Megawhaitsia^[111]	Valid	Ivakhnenko	Upper Permian		Russia

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