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Revision as of 18:10, 12 March 2014

List of years in paleontology (table)
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This list of fossil fishes described in 2014 is a list of new taxa of placoderms, fossil cartilaginous fishes and bony fishess of every kind that have been described during the year 2014. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.

Newly named jawless vertebrates

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Dentapelta[1]

Gen. et sp. nov

In press

Scott & Wilson

Early Devonian (Lochkovian)

 Canada

An osteostracan related to Superciliaspis. The type species is Dentapelta loefflerae.

Glabrapelta[1]

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

In press

Scott & Wilson

Early Devonian (Lochkovian)

 Canada

An osteostracan related to Superciliaspis. Genus contains two species: G. cristata and G. minima.

Newly named placoderms

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Grossilepis rikiki[2]

Sp. nov

In press

Olive

Devonian (late Famennian)

 Belgium

A member of Antiarchi, a species of Grossilepis.

Remigolepis durnalense[2]

Sp. nov

In press

Olive

Devonian (Famennian)

 Belgium

A member of Antiarchi, a species of Remigolepis.

Newly named cartilaginous fishes

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Acanthorhachis[3]

Gen. et comb. nov

In press

Martill, Del Strother & Gallien

Carboniferous (Westphalian)

 United Kingdom

A shark, possibly a relative of Listracanthus. A new genus for "Listracanthus" spinatus Bolton (1896).

Acrodus kalasinensis[4]

Sp. nov

In press

Cuny et al.

Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous

Phu Kradung Formation

 Thailand

An acrodontine hybodontid, a species of Acrodus.

Antarctilamna ultima[5]

Sp. nov

In press

Gess & Coates

Devonian (Famennian)

Witpoort Formation

 South Africa

A species of Antarctilamna.

Antrigoulia[6]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)

 France

A palaeospinacid synechodontiform neoselachian. The type species is Antrigoulia circumplicata.

Archaeogaleus[6]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)

 France

A requiem shark. The type species is Archaeogaleus lengadocensis.

Cadiera[6]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)

 France

A catshark. The type species is Cadiera camboensis.

Chlamydoselachus landinii[7]

Sp. nov

Valid

Carrillo-Briceño, Aguilera & Rodriguez

Middle to late Miocene

Angostura Formation

 Ecuador

A species of Chlamydoselachus.

Cretalamna catoxodon[8]

Sp. nov

In press

Siverson et al.

Late Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian)

 Australia

An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna.

Cretalamna deschutteri[8]

Sp. nov

In press

Siverson et al.

Late Cretaceous (early Turonian)

 France

An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna.

Cretalamna ewelli[8]

Sp. nov

In press

Siverson et al.

Late Cretaceous (late Coniacian)

 United States

An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna.

Cretalamna gertericorum[8]

Sp. nov

In press

Siverson et al.

Late Cretaceous (early Turonian)

 France

An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna.

Cretalamna hattini[8]

Sp. nov

In press

Siverson et al.

Late Cretaceous (early Campanian)

 United States

An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna.

Cretalamna sarcoportheta[8]

Sp. nov

In press

Siverson et al.

Late Cretaceous (early Campanian)

 Sweden

An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna.

Echinorhinus vielhus[6]

Sp. nov

Valid

Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)

 France

A species of Echinorhinus.

Garrigascyllium[6]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)

 France

A carpet shark of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Garrigascyllium aganticensis.

Gladioserratus dentatus[6]

Sp. nov

Valid

Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)

 France

A cow shark, a species of Gladioserratus.

Kenolamna[8]

Gen. et comb. nov

In press

Siverson et al.

Late Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian)

 Australia

An otodontid, a new genus for "Cretolamna" gunsoni Siverson (1996).

Magistrauia[6]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)

 France

A carpet shark of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Magistrauia unicaplicata.

Megachasma applegatei[9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Shimada, Welton & Long

Late Oligocene to early Miocene (late Chattian to Aquitanian)

 United States

A relative of the megamouth shark.

Myledaphus pustulosus[10]

Sp. nov

Valid

Cook et al.

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) and Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

Bug Creek Anthills
Hell Creek Formation
Scollard Formation

 Canada
 United States

A member of Rajiformes related to guitarfishes, a species of Myledaphus.

Occitanodus[6]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)

 France

An orthacodontid hexanchiform. The type species is Occitanodus sudrei.

Ornatoscyllium rugasimulatum[6]

Sp. nov

Valid

Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)

 France

A carpet shark of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Ornatoscyllium.

Paracestracion pectinatus[6]

Sp. nov

Valid

Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)

 France

A bullhead shark, a species of Paracestracion.

Parahemiscyllium[6]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)

 France

A carpet shark of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Parahemiscyllium underwoodwardi.

Portalodus mannoliniae[11]

Sp. nov

In press

Potvin-Leduc et al.

Devonian (Givetian)

Plattekill Formation

 United States

A member of Elasmobranchii, an omalodontid omalodontiform; a species of Portalodus.

Potamotrygon ucayalensis[12]

Sp. nov

Valid

Adnet, Gismondi & Antoine

Middle Eocene

Yahuarango Formation

 Peru

A river stingray, a species of Potamotrygon.

Pseudorhina crocheti[6]

Sp. nov

Valid

Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)

 France

A relative of angel sharks, a species of Pseudorhina.

Restesia[10]

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Cook et al.

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) and Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

Bug Creek Anthills
Hell Creek Formation
Lance Formation

 United States

A wobbegong, a new genus for "Squatirhina" americana Estes (1964).

Thiesus[6]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet

Middle Jurassic? (Bathonian) to Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)

 France
 United Kingdom?

A catshark. The type species is Thiesus concavus from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) of France; genus might also contain a second, yet unnamed species from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of the United Kingdom.

Newly named bony fishes

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Cladocyclus geddesi[13]

Sp. nov

In press

Berrell et al.

Early Cretaceous (late Albian)

Winton Formation

 Australia

A cladocyclid, a species of Cladocyclus.

Errachidia[14]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Murray & Wilson

Early Late Cretaceous

Akrabou Formation

 Morocco

An acanthomorph related to Aipichthys. The type species is Errachidia pentaspinosa.

Homalopagus[14]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Murray & Wilson

Early Late Cretaceous

Akrabou Formation

 Morocco

An acanthomorph related to Aipichthys. The type species is Homalopagus multispinosus.

Isanichthys lertboosi[15]

Sp. nov

In press

Deesri et al.

Probably Late Jurassic

Phu Kradung Formation

 Thailand

A relative of gars, a species of Isanichthys.

Jinjuichthys[16]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Kim et al.

Early Cretaceous

Jinju Formation

 South Korea

An ichthyodectiform. The type species is Jinjuichthys cheongi.

Magrebichthys[14]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Murray & Wilson

Early Late Cretaceous

Akrabou Formation

 Morocco

An acanthomorph related to the beardfishes. The type species is Magrebichthys nelsoni.

Mamulichthys[17]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Minikh

Middle Permian

 Russia

A discordichthyid actinopterygian. The type species is Mamulichthys ignotus.

Pirskenius radoni[18]

Sp. nov

In press

Přikryl

Oligocene

 Czech Republic

An eleotrid, a species of Pirskenius.

References

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  2. ^ a b Sébastien Olive (2014). "Devonian antiarch placoderms from Belgium revisited". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. doi:10.4202/app.00015.2013.
  3. ^ David M. Martill, Peter J. A. Del Strother and Florence Gallien (2014). "Acanthorhachis, a new genus of shark from the Carboniferous (Westphalian) of Yorkshire, England". Geological Magazine. in press. doi:10.1017/S0016756813000447.
  4. ^ Gilles Cuny, Romain Liard, Uthumporn Deesri, Tida Liard, Suchada Khamha and Varavudh Suteethorn (2014). "Shark faunas from the Late Jurassic—Early Cretaceous of northeastern Thailand". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. in press. doi:10.1007/s12542-013-0206-0.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Robert W. Gess and Michael I. Coates (2014). "High-latitude Chondrichthyans from the Late Devonian (Famennian) Witpoort formation of South Africa". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. in press. doi:10.1007/s12542-014-0221-9.
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  7. ^ Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño, Orangel A. Aguilera and Félix Rodriguez (2014). "Fossil Chondrichthyes from the Central Eastern Pacific Ocean and their Paleoceanographic Significance". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 51: 76–90. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2014.01.001.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g Mikael Siverson, Johan Lindgren, Michael G. Newbrey, Peter Cederström and Todd D. Cook (2014). "Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Campanian) mid-palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. doi:10.4202/app.2012.0137.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Kenshu Shimada, Bruce J. Welton and Douglas J. Long (2014). "A new fossil megamouth shark (Lamniformes, Megachasmidae) from the Oligocene-Miocene of the western United States". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (2): 281–290. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.803975.
  10. ^ a b Todd D. Cook, Michael G. Newbrey, Donald B. Brinkman and James I. Kirkland (2014). "Euselachians from the freshwater deposits of the Hell Creek Formation of Montana". GSA Special Papers. 503: 229–246. doi:10.1130/2014.2503(08).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Daniel Potvin-Leduc, Richard Cloutier, Ed Landing, Linda Van Aller Hernick and Frank Mannolini (2014). "Middle Devonian (Givetian) sharks from Cairo, New York (USA): Evidence of early cosmopolitanism". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. doi:10.4202/app.2012.0101.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Sylvain Adnet, Rodolfo Salas Gismondi and Pierre-Olivier Antoine (2014). "Comparisons of dental morphology in river stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) with new fossils from the middle Eocene of Peruvian Amazonia rekindle debate on their evolution". Naturwissenschaften. 101 (1): 33–45. doi:10.1007/s00114-013-1127-1.
  13. ^ "First record of the ichthyodectiform fish Cladocyclus from eastern Gondwana: An articulated skeleton from the Early Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. 2014. doi:10.4202/app.2012.0019. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  14. ^ a b c Alison M. Murray and Mark V. H. Wilson (2014). "Four new basal acanthomorph fishes from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (1): 34–48. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.791693.
  15. ^ Uthumporn Deesri, Komsorn Lauprasert, Varavudh Suteethorn, Kamonlak Wongko, and Lionel Cavin (2014). "A new species of the ginglymodian fish Isanichthys (Actinopterygii, Holostei) from the Late Jurassic Phu Kradung Formation, northeastern Thailand". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. doi:10.4202/app.2012.0013.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Haang-Mook Kim, Mee-Mann Chang, Feixiang Wu and Yang-Hee Kim (2014). "A new ichthyodectiform (Pisces, Teleostei) from the Lower Cretaceous of South Korea and its paleobiogeographic implication". Cretaceous Research. 47: 117–130. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2013.11.007.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ A. V. Minikh (2014). "Mamulichthys ignotus gen. et sp. nov. – novaya lucheperaya ryba iz srednei permi yugo-vostoka Vostochno-Evropeiskoi platformy". Paleontologicheskii zhurnal. 48 (2): 99–104.
  18. ^ Tomáš Přikryl (2014). "A new species of the sleeper goby (Gobioidei, Eleotridae) from the České Středohoří Mountains (Czech Republic, Oligocene) and analysis of the validity of the family Pirskeniidae". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. in press. doi:10.1007/s12542-013-0188-y.