2012 in paleomammalogy

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This paleomammalogy list records new fossil mammal taxa that were described during the year 2012, as well as notes other significant paleomammalogy discoveries and events which occurred during that year.

Non-eutherian mammals

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Abderites aisenense{{cite journal |author=María Alejandra Abello |author2=David Rubilar Rogers |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Revisión del género Abderites Ameghino, 1887 (Marsupialia, Paucituberculata) |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=164–184 |url=http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/408 |doi=10.5710/amgh.v49i2(408)|s2cid=86264583}}

|Sp. nov

|Valid

|Abello & Rubilar Rogers

|Middle Miocene

| Collón Cura Formation
Río Frías Formation

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

{{Flag|Chile}}

|A marsupial, a member of Paucituberculata, a species of Abderites.

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Condorodon{{cite journal |author=Leandro C. Gaetano |author2=Guillermo W. Rougier |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=First Amphilestid from South America: A Molariform from the Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Patagonia, Argentina |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=235–248 |doi=10.1007/s10914-012-9194-1 |hdl=11336/68489 |s2cid=16988665 |hdl-access=free}}

|Gen. et sp. nov

|Valid

|Gaetano & Rougier

|Middle Jurassic

|Cañadón Asfalto Formation

|{{Flag|Argentina}}

|An amphilestid. The type species is Condorodon spanios.

|

?Ectypodus riansensis{{cite journal |author=Bernard Marandat |author2=Sylvain Adnet |author3=Laurent Marivaux |author4=Alain Martinez |author5=Monique Vianey-Liaud |author6=Rodolphe Tabuce |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=A new mammalian fauna from the earliest Eocene (Ilerdian) of the Corbières (Southern France): palaeobiogeographical implications |journal=Swiss Journal of Geosciences |volume=105 |issue=3 |pages=417–434 |doi=10.1007/s00015-012-0113-5 |s2cid=140167197 |doi-access=free}}

|Sp. nov

|Valid

|Vianey-Liaud in Marandat et al.

|Earliest Eocene

|

|{{Flag|France}}

|A neoplagiaulacid multituberculate, possibly a species of Ectypodus.

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Greniodon{{cite journal |author=Francisco J. Goin |author2=Marcelo F. Tejedor |author3=Laura Chornogubsky|author4=Guillermo M. López |author5=Javier N. Gelfo |author6=Mariano Bond |author7=Michael O. Woodburne |author8=Yamila Gurovich |author9=Marcelo Reguero |year=2012 |title=Persistence of a Mesozoic, non-therian mammalian lineage (Gondwanatheria) in the mid-Paleogene of Patagonia |journal=Naturwissenschaften |volume=99 |issue=6 |pages=449–463 |doi=10.1007/s00114-012-0919-z |pmid=22584426|bibcode=2012NW.....99..449G |s2cid=14077735}}

|Gen. et sp. nov

|Valid

|Goin et al.

|Eocene (early Lutetian)

| Andesitas Huancache Formation

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|A gondwanatherian. The type species is Greniodon sylvaticus.

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Kouriogenys

|Gen. et comb. nov

|Valid

|Davis

|Berriasian

|

|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|A peramuran mammal, a new genus for the species originally named Spalacotherium minus Owen 1871.

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Peramuroides{{cite journal |author=Brian M. Davis |year=2012 |title=Micro-computed tomography reveals a diversity of Peramuran mammals from the Purbeck Group (Berriasian) of England |journal=Palaeontology |volume=55 |issue=4 |pages=789–817 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01161.x |doi-access=free}}

|Gen. et sp. nov

|Valid

|Davis

|Berriasian

|

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|A peramuran mammal. The type species is Peramuroides tenuiscus.

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Priscakoala{{Cite journal|author1=Karen H. Black |author2=Michael Archer |author3=Suzanne J. Hand |year=2012 |title=New Tertiary koala (Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae) from Riversleigh, Australia, with a revision of phascolarctid phylogenetics, paleoecology, and paleobiodiversity |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=125–138 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.626825|s2cid=86152273}}

|Gen. et sp. nov

|Valid

|Black, Archer, & Hand

|Miocene

|Riversleigh World Heritage Area fossil deposit

|{{Flag|Australia}}

|A phascolarctid.

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Thylacodon montanensis{{cite journal |author=Thomas E. Williamson |author2=Stephen L. Brusatte |author3=Thomas D. Carr |author4=Anne Weil |author5=Barbara R. Standhardt |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=The phylogeny and evolution of Cretaceous–Palaeogene metatherians: cladistic analysis and description of new early Palaeocene specimens from the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=625–651 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2011.631592 |s2cid=83996185}}

|Sp. nov

|Valid

|Williamson et al.

|Palaeocene

|

|{{Flag|United States}}

|A metatherian closely related to Swaindelphys and Herpetotheriidae, a species of Thylacodon.

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Tjukuru{{Cite journal|author1=Gavin J. Prideaux |author2=Richard H. Tedford |year=2012 |title=Tjukuru wellsi, gen. et sp. nov., a lagostrophine kangaroo (Diprotodontia, Macropodidae) from the Pliocene (Tirarian) of northern South Australia |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=717–721 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.652323|s2cid=84569000}}

|Gen. et sp. nov

|Valid

|Prideaux & Tedford

|Pliocene

|Tirari Formation

|{{Flag|Australia}}

|A lagostrophine kangaroo. The type species is Tjukuru wellsi.

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Eutherians

=Research=

  • A phylogenetic analysis of living and fossil members of Carnivoramorpha is published by Michelle Spaulding and John J. Flynn (2012).{{cite journal |author=Michelle Spaulding |author2=John J. Flynn |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Phylogeny of the Carnivoramorpha: The impact of postcranial characters |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=653–677 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2011.630681 |s2cid=83695399}}
  • A study of fossil giant deers is published by I. A. Vislobokova (2012).{{cite journal |author=I. A. Vislobokova |year=2012 |title=Giant deer: Origin, evolution, role in the biosphere |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=46 |issue=7 |pages=643–775 |doi=10.1134/S0031030112070027 |s2cid=85385952}}
  • A study of the anatomy of skull and teeth of the proboscidean Eritherium azzouzorum is published by Emmanuel Gheerbrant, Baadi Bouya and Mbarek Amaghzaz (2012).{{cite journal |author1=Emmanuel Gheerbrant |author2=Baadi Bouya |author3=Mbarek Amaghzaz |year=2012 |title=Dental and cranial anatomy of Eritherium azzouzorum from the Paleocene of Morocco, earliest known proboscidean mammal |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung A |volume=297 |issue=5–6 |pages=151–183 |url=http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/pala/detail/297/79218/Dental_and_cranial_anatomy_of_Eritherium_azzouzoru |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217070324/http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/pala/detail/297/79218/Dental_and_cranial_anatomy_of_Eritherium_azzouzoru |url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-17 |doi=10.1127/pala/297/2012/151}}

=New taxa=

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Acritophiomys{{Cite journal|author1=Hesham M. Sallam |author2=Erik R. Seiffert |author3=Elwyn L. Simons |year=2012 |title=A basal phiomorph (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the late Eocene of the Fayum Depression, Egypt |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=283–301 |doi=10.1007/s13358-012-0039-6|s2cid=84516606}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Sallam, Seiffert & Simons

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Late Eocene

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{{Flag|Egypt}}

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A phiomorph. The type species is Acritophiomys bowni.

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Adjidaumo lophatus{{Cite journal|author =William W. Korth |year=2012 |title=Two new eomyid rodents (Mammalia) from the Chadronian (latest Eocene) of Montana and Wyoming |journal=Paludicola |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=7–12}}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Korth

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Eocene (Chadronian)

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{{Flag|United States}}

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An eomyid rodent, a species of Adjidaumo.

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Aepyceros datoadeni{{Cite journal |last1=Geraads |first1=Denis |last2=Bobe |first2=René |last3=Reed |first3=Kaye |author-link3=Kaye Reed |year=2012 |title=Pliocene Bovidae (Mammalia) from the Hadar Formation of Hadar and Ledi-Geraru, Lower Awash, Ethiopia |url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1666/13062 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=180–197 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.632046 |s2cid=86230742}}

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sp nov

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Valid

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Geraads, Bobe & Reed

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Pliocene

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Hadar Formation

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{{Flag|Ethiopia}}

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A species of impala.

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Afrasia{{cite journal |author1=Y. Chaimanee |author2=O. Chavasseau |author3=K. C. Beard |author4=Aung Aung Kyaw |author5=Aung Naing Soe |author6=Chit Sein |author7=V. Lazzari |author8=L. Marivaux |author9=B. Marandat |author10=Myat Swe |author11=Mana Rugbumrung |author12=Thit Lwin |author13=X. Valentin |author14=Zin-Maung -Maung-Thein |author15=J.-J. Jaeger | year = 2012 | title =Late Middle Eocene primate from Myanmar and the initial anthropoid colonization of Africa | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | volume=109 | issue=26 | pages=10293–10297| doi = 10.1073/pnas.1200644109 | pmid=22665790 | pmc=3387043 | bibcode=2012PNAS..10910293C|doi-access=free}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Chaimanee et al.

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Eocene

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Pondaung Formation

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A primitive anthropoid. The type species is Afrasia djijidae.

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Afrodon gheerbranti{{cite journal |author=Eric De Bast |author2=Bernard Sigé |author3=Thierry Smith |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Diversity of the adapisoriculid mammals from the early Palaeocene of Hainin, Belgium |url=http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20100115.html |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=35–52 |doi=10.4202/app.2010.0115 |doi-access=free}}

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sp nov

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Valid

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De Bast, Sigé & Smith

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Early Palaeocene

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Hainin Formation

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{{Flag|Belgium}}

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An adapisoriculid, a species of Afrodon.

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Aguascalientia minuta{{Cite journal|author1=Aldo F. Rincon |author2=Jonathan I. Bloch |author3=Catalina Suarez |author4=Bruce J. MacFadden |author5=Carlos A. Jaramillo |year=2012 |title=New floridatragulines (Mammalia, Camelidae) from the early Miocene Las Cascadas Formation, Panama |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=456–475 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.635736|s2cid=85984250}}

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sp nov

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Valid

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Rincon, Bloch, Suarez, MacFadden & Jaramillo

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Early Miocene

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Las Cascadas Formation

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{{Flag|Panama}}

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A floridatraguline camelid, a species of Aguascalientia.

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Aguascalientia panamaensis

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sp nov

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Valid

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Rincon, Bloch, Suarez, MacFadden & Jaramillo

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Early Miocene

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Las Cascadas Formation

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{{Flag|Panama}}

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A floridatraguline camelid, a species of Aguascalientia.

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Ailuravus subita{{Cite journal|author1=Bernard Comte |author2=Maurice Sabatier |author3=Monique Vianey-Liaud |year=2012 |title=Les rongeurs de Chéry-Chartreuve et Rocourt-Saint-Martin (est du bassin de Paris; Aisne, France). Leur place parmi les faunes de l'Eocène Moyen d'Europe |journal=Palæovertebrata |volume=37 |issue=4–5 |pages=167–271 |url=http://palaeovertebrata.com/Articles/view/10}}

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sp nov

|

Valid

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Compte, Sabatier & Vianey-Liaud

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Eocene (Bartonian)

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{{Flag|France}}

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A pseudosciurid rodent. Originally described as a species of Ailuravus, but subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Auroremys.{{Cite journal|author1=Monique Vianey-Liaud |author2=Laurent Marivaux |title=The beginning of the adaptive radiation of Theridomorpha (Rodentia) in Western Europe: morphological and phylogenetic analyses of early and middle Eocene taxa; implications for systematics |year=2021 |journal=Palæovertebrata |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=e2 |doi=10.18563/pv.44.2.e2 |s2cid=240578879 |url=https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-03354449/file/Vianey-Liaud-%26-Marivaux_2021_Palaeovertebrata_Early-radiation-Theridomorpha.pdf}}

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Alloptox (Mizuhoptox) japonicus{{Cite journal|author =Yukimitsu Tomida |year=2012 |title=New Species of Alloptox (Lagomorpha, Ochotonidae), First Record of the Genus in Japan, and Subgeneric Distinction |journal=Paleontological Research |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=19–25 |doi=10.2517/1342-8144-16.1.019|s2cid=86696886}}

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Subgen. and sp. nov

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Valid

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Tomida

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Early Miocene

|

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{{Flag|Japan}}

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A pika, a species of Alloptox.

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Alloptox katinkae{{cite journal |last1=Angelone |first1=Chiara |last2=Hír |first2=János |year=2012 |title=Alloptox katinkae sp. nov. (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae), westernmost Eurasian record of the genus from the early Middle Miocene vertebrate fauna of Litke 2 (N Hungary) |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie |volume=264 |issue=1 |pages=1–10 |doi=10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0227}}

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sp nov

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Valid

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Angelone & Hír

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Early Middle Miocene

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{{Flag|Hungary}}

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A pika, a species of Alloptox.

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Anchilophus (Paranchilophus) jeanteti{{Cite journal|author =Jean-Albert Remy |year=2012 |title=Révision systématique des Anchilophini (Palaeotheriidae, Perissodactyla, Mammalia) |journal=Palæovertebrata |volume=37 |issue=1–3 |pages=1–165 |doi=10.18563/pv.37.1-3.1-165}}

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sp nov

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Valid

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Remy

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Eocene (Bartonian)

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{{Flag|France}}

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A member of Palaeotheriidae, a species of Anchilophus.

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Ancylotherium hellenicum{{Cite journal|author =George Dimitrios Koufos |year=2012 |title=New material of Chalicotheriidae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Axios Valley, Macedonia (Greece) with the description of a new species |journal=Annales de Paléontologie |volume=98 |issue=3 |pages=203–224 |doi=10.1016/j.annpal.2012.06.002}}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Koufos

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Late Miocene

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{{Flag|Greece}}

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A chalicothere, a species of Ancylotherium.

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Andemys{{Cite journal|author1=Ornella C. Bertrand |author2=John J. Flynn |author3=Darin A. Croft |author4=André R. Wyss |year=2012 |title=Two new taxa (Caviomorpha, Rodentia) from the early Oligocene Tinguiririca fauna (Chile) |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3750 |pages=1–36 |doi=10.1206/3750.2|hdl=2246/6319 |s2cid=56474645 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/166287}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Bertrand et al.

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Tinguirirican

| Abanico Formation

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{{Flag|Chile}}

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A caviomorph rodent related to dasyproctids. The type species is Andemys termasi.

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Apterodon langebadreae{{Cite journal|author1=Camille Grohé |author2=Michael Morlo |author3=Yaowalak Chaimanee |author4=Cécile Blondel |author5=Pauline Coster |author6=Xavier Valentin |author7=Mustapha Salem |author8=Awad A. Bilal |author9=Jean-Jacques Jaeger |author10=Michel Brunet |year=2012 |title=New Apterodontinae (Hyaenodontida) from the Eocene Locality of Dur At-Talah (Libya): Systematic, Paleoecological and Phylogenetical Implications |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=7 |issue=11 |pages=e49054 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0049054 |pmid=23185292 |pmc=3504055|bibcode=2012PLoSO...749054G |doi-access=free}}

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sp nov

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Valid

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Grohé et al.

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Eocene (late Bartonian)

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{{Flag|Libya}}

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A hyaenodontid, a species of Apterodon.

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Archaeophocaena{{cite journal |author=Mizuki Murakami |author2=Chieko Shimada |author3=Yoshinori Hikida |author4=Hiromichi Hirano |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Two new extinct basal phocoenids (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinoidea), from the upper Miocene Koetoi Formation of Japan and their phylogenetic significance |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=5 |pages=1172–1185 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.694337|s2cid=84268028}}

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Gen. et sp. nov.

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Valid

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Murakami et al.

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Late Miocene

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Koetoi Formation

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{{Flag|Japan}}

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A porpoise. The type species is Archaeophocaena teshioensis.

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Asilifelis{{Cite journal |last=Werdelin |first=Lars |date=2012 |title=A new genus and species of Felidae (Mammalia) from Rusinga Island, Kenya, with notes on early Felidae of Africa |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274410078 |journal=Estudios Geológicos}}

|Gen. et sp. nov.

|Valid

|Werdelin

|Early Miocene

|Hiwegi Formation

|{{Flag|Kenya}}

|A felid. The type species is Asilifelis cotae.

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Babameryx{{cite journal |author=Bastien Mennecart |author2=Laureline Scherler |author3=Florent Hiard |author4=Damien Becker |author5=Jean-Pierre Berger |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Large mammals from Rickenbach (Switzerland, reference locality MP29, Late Oligocene): biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental implications |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |volume=131 |issue=1 |pages=161–181 |doi=10.1007/s13358-011-0031-6 |s2cid=59327414 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/29118/files/ber_lmr.pdf}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Mennecart et al.

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Late Oligocene

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{{Flag|Switzerland}}

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A ruminant. The type species is Babameryx engesseri.

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Bagacricetodon{{Cite journal|author1=Helder Gomes Rodrigues |author2=Laurent Marivaux |author3=Monique Vianey-Liaud |year=2012 |title=The Cricetidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Ulantatal area (Inner Mongolia, China): New data concerning the evolution of Asian cricetids during the Oligocene |journal=Journal of Asian Earth Sciences |volume=56 |pages=160–179 |doi=10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.05.007 |bibcode=2012JAESc..56..160G}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Rodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-Liaud

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Oligocene

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{{Flag|China}}

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A cricetid rodent. The type species is Bagacricetodon tongi.

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Barberapithecus{{Cite journal|author1=David M. Alba |author2=Salvador Moyà-Solà |year=2012 |title=A new pliopithecid genus (Primates: Pliopithecoidea) from Castell de Barberà (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain) |journal=American Journal of Physical Anthropology |volume=147 |issue=1 |pages=88–112 |doi=10.1002/ajpa.21630 |pmid=22101732}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Alba & Moyà-Solà

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Middle to Late Miocene

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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A crouzeliine pliopithecid. The type species is Barberapithecus huerzeleri.

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Bartelsia{{cite journal |author=Gregg F. Gunnell |year=2012 |title=New Uintasoricine (?Primates, Plesiadapiformes) from the Earliest Bridgerian, Latest Early Eocene of Wyoming |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=86 |issue=6 |pages=973–978 |doi=10.1666/12-022R.1|s2cid=129858182}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Gunnell

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Early Eocene (earliest Bridgerian)

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A plesiadapiform, a relative of Uintasorex. The type species is Bartelsia pentadactyla.

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Berrulestes{{Cite journal|author1=Jerry J. Hooker |author2=Donald E. Russell |year=2012 |title=Early Palaeogene Louisinidae (Macroscelidea, Mammalia), their relationships and north European diversity |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=164 |issue=4 |pages=856–936 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00787.x|doi-access=free}}

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Gen. et 3 sp. nov

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Valid

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Hooker & Russell

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Paleocene

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{{Flag|France}}

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A macroscelidean. The type species is Berrulestes phelizoni; the other species are B. pellouini and B. poirieri.

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Bohaskaia{{Cite journal|author1=Jorge Vélez-Juarbe|author2-link=Nicholas Pyenson |author2=Nicholas D. Pyenson |year=2012 |title=Bohaskaia monodontoides, a new monodontid (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinoidea) from the Pliocene of the western North Atlantic Ocean |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=476–484 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.641705|s2cid=55606151}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Vélez-Juarbe & Pyenson

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Early Pliocene

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Yorktown Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A monodontid. The type species is Bohaskaia monodontoides.

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Bomburodon{{cite journal |author1=Thomas E. Williamson |author2=Thomas D. Carr |year=2012 |title=Bomburodon, A New Name for the Paleocene Mammal Bomburia Van Valen, 1978 |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=86 |issue=3 |pages=567 |doi=10.1666/12-013.1|s2cid=129558800}}

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Nom. nov.

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Valid

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Williamson & Carr

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Paleocene

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A replacement name for the condylarth genus Bomburia Van Valen, 1978.

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Borisodon{{Cite journal|author1=J. David Archibald |author2=Alexander Averianov |year=2012 |title=Phylogenetic analysis, taxonomic revision, and dental ontogeny of the Cretaceous Zhelestidae (Mammalia: Eutheria) |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=164 |issue=2 |pages=361–426 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00771.x|doi-access=free}}

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Gen. et comb. nov

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Valid

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Archibald & Averianov

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Turonian

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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

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A zhelestid, a new genus for "Sorlestes" kara (Nessov, 1993).

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Bustylus folieae

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sp nov

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Valid

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De Bast, Sigé, & Smith

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Early Palaeocene

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Hainin Formation

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{{Flag|Belgium}}

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An adapisoriculid, a species of Bustylus.

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Cachiyacuy{{Cite journal|author1=Pierre-Olivier Antoine |author2=Laurent Marivaux |author3=Darin A. Croft |author4=Guillaume Billet |author5=Morgan Ganerød |author6=Carlos Jaramillo |author7=Thomas Martin |author8=Maëva J. Orliac |author9=Julia Tejada |author10=Ali J. Altamirano |author11=Francis Duranthon |author12=Grégory Fanjat |author13=Sonia Rousse |author14=Rodolfo Salas Gismondi |year=2012 |title=Middle Eocene rodents from Peruvian Amazonia reveal the pattern and timing of caviomorph origins and biogeography |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=279 |issue=1732 |pages=1319–1326 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2011.1732 |pmid=21993503 |pmc=3282368}}

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Gen. and 2 sp. nov

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Valid

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Antoine et al.

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Eocene (latest Lutetian, approx. 41 Ma)

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Yahuarango Formation

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{{Flag|Peru}}

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A caviomorph rodent. Genus contains two species: Cachiyacuy contamanensis and Cachiyacuy kummeli.

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Canaanimys

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Gen. and sp. nov

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Valid

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Antoine et al.

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Eocene (latest Lutetian, approx. 41 Ma)

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Yahuarango Formation

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{{Flag|Peru}}

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A caviomorph rodent. The type species is Canaanimys maquiensis.

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Canis arnensis kudarensis{{Cite journal|author =Gennady F. Baryshnikov |year=2012 |title=Pleistocene Canidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Paleolithic Kudaro caves in the Caucasus |journal=Russian Journal of Theriology |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=77–120 |url=http://zmmu.msu.ru/rjt/articles/ther11_2%20077_120%20Baryshnikov%20for%20Inet.pdf}}

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Subsp. nov

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Valid

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Baryshnikov

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Middle Pleistocene

|

|

South Ossetia

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A small coyote-like canid, a subspecies of Canis arnensis.

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Canis lupus maximus{{cite journal |author=Myriam Boudadi-Maligne |year=2012 |title=Une nouvelle sous-espèce de loup (Canis lupus maximus nov. subsp.) dans le Pléistocène supérieur d'Europe occidentale |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=11 |issue=7 |pages=475–484 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2012.04.003}}

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Subsp. nov.

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Valid

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Boudadi-Maligne

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Late Pleistocene

|

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{{Flag|France}}

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A subspecies of gray wolf.

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Carposorex burkarti{{cite journal |author=Marguerite Hugueney |author2=Pierre Mein |author3=Olivier Maridet |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Revision and new data on the Early and Middle Miocene soricids (Soricomorpha, Mammalia) from Central and South-Eastern France |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |volume=131 |issue=1 |pages=23–49 |doi=10.1007/s13358-011-0036-1 |s2cid=129316552 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/3643760}}

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sp nov

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Valid

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Hugueney, Mein & Maridet

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Miocene

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{{Flag|France}}

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A shrew, a species of Carposorex.

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Centimanomys gigantus

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Korth

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Eocene (Chadronian)

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{{Flag|United States}}

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An eomyid rodent, a species of Centimanomys.

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Chubutomys navaensis{{Cite journal|author1=María Encarnación Pérez |author2=Marcelo Krause |author3=María Guiomar Vucetich |year=2012 |title=A new species of Chubutomys (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the late Oligocene of Patagonia and its implications on the early evolutionary history of Cavioidea sensu stricto |journal=Geobios |volume=45 |issue=6 |pages=573–580 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2012.06.001}}

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Pérez, Krause & Vucetich

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Late Oligocene

| Sarmiento Formation

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{{Flag|Argentina}}

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A member of Hystricognathi, a cavioid rodent; a species of Chubutomys.

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Colpodon antucoensis{{Cite journal|author1=Bruce J. Shockey |author2=John J. Flynn |author3=Darin A. Croft |author4=Phillip Gans |author5=André R. Wyss |year=2012 |title=New leontiniid Notoungulata (Mammalia) from Chile and Argentina : comparative anatomy, character analysis, and phylogenetic hypotheses |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3737 |pages=1–64 |hdl=2246/6161 |doi=10.1206/3737.2|s2cid=84627536 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/itempdf/276603}}

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sp nov

|

Valid

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Shockey et al.

|

Miocene

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Cura-Mallín Formation

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{{Flag|Chile}}

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A leontiniid notoungulate, a species of Colpodon.

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Coryphodon pisuqti{{cite journal | author = Mary R. Dawson | year = 2012 | title = Coryphodon, the northernmost Holarctic Paleogene pantodont (Mammalia), and its global wanderings | journal = Swiss Journal of Palaeontology | volume=131 | issue=1 | pages=11–22| doi =10.1007/s13358-011-0028-1 | s2cid = 128962314 | doi-access = free}}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Dawson

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Wasatchian

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Margaret Formation

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{{Flag|Canada}}

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A pantodont, a species of Coryphodon.

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Cristadjidaumo skinneri{{Cite journal|author1=Robert J. Emry |author2=William W. Korth |year=2012 |title=Early Chadronian (late Eocene) rodents from the Flagstaff Rim area, central Wyoming |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=419–432 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.649329|s2cid=128773831}}

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sp nov

|

Valid

|

Emry & Korth

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Late Eocene

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White River Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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An eomyid, a species of Cristadjidaumo.

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Dakotallomys whitei{{Cite journal|author =William W. Korth |year=2012 |title=Aplodontid rodents (Mammalia) from the Orellan (early Oligocene) Canyon Ferry fauna of Montana |journal=Paludicola |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=1–6 |url=https://www.academia.edu/23663295}}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

|

Korth

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Oligocene (Orellan)

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Dunbar Creek Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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An aplodontiid rodent belonging to the subfamily Prosciurinae.

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Damalborea grayi

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sp nov

|

Valid

|

Geraads, Bobe & Reed

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Pliocene

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Hadar Formation

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{{Flag|Ethiopia}}

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A member of Alcelaphini.

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Damaliscus hypsodon{{Cite journal|author =J. Tyler Faith|author2 =Richard Potts|author3 =Thomas W. Plummer|author4 =Laura C. Bishop|author5 =Curtis W. Marean|author6 =Christian A. Tryon |year=2012 |title=New perspectives on middle Pleistocene change in the large mammal faunas of East Africa: Damaliscus hypsodon sp. nov. (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Lainyamok, Kenya |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=361–362 |pages=84–93 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.08.005 |bibcode =2012PPP...361...84F}}

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Faith et al.

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Middle Pleistocene

|

|

{{Flag|Kenya}}

{{Flag|Tanzania}}

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An alcelaphine bovid, a species of Damaliscus.

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Dasychoerus natrunensis{{Cite journal|author =Martin Pickford |year=2012 |title=Ancestors of Broom's pigs |journal=Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa |volume=67 |issue=1 |pages=17–35 |doi=10.1080/0035919X.2012.689265 |s2cid=84395483}}

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Pickford

|

Late Miocene to early Pliocene

|

|

{{Flag|Egypt}}

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A suid, a species of Dasychoerus (considered by some authors to be a subgenus of the genus Sus).

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Dryomomys dulcifer{{cite journal |author=Stephen G. B. Chester |author2=K. Christopher Beard |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=New Micromomyid Plesiadapiforms (Mammalia, Euarchonta) from the Late Paleocene of Big Multi Quarry, Washakie Basin, Wyoming |journal=Annals of Carnegie Museum |volume=80 |issue=2 |pages=159–172 |doi=10.2992/007.080.0204 |s2cid=84338884}}

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Chester & Beard

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Late Paleocene

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Big Multi Quarry

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A micromomyid plesiadapiform, a species of Dryomomys.

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Dushimys{{Cite journal|author =Jelle S. Zijlstra |year=2012 |title=A new oryzomyine (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from the Quaternary of Curaçao (West Indies) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3534 |pages=61–68 |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03534p068f.pdf|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3534.1.5}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zijlstra

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Quaternary, probably middle Pleistocene

|

|

{{Flag|Curaçao}}

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An oryzomyine sigmodontine rodent. The type species is Dushimys larsi.

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Elmerriggsia

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Shockey et al.

|

Late Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

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A leontiniid notoungulate. The type species is Elmerriggsia fieldia.

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Eotheroides clavigerum{{Cite journal|author1=Iyad S. Zalmout |author2=Philip D. Gingerich |year=2012 |title=Late Eocene Sea Cows (Mammalia, Sirenia) From Wadi Al Hitan In The Western Desert of Fayum, Egypt |journal=University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology |volume=37 |pages=1–158 |hdl=2027.42/94568}}

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Zalmout & Gingerich

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Eocene (Priabonian)

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Birket Qarun Formation

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{{Flag|Egypt}}

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A dugongid sirenian, a species of Eotheroides.

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Eotheroides sandersi

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sp nov

|

Valid

|

Zalmout & Gingerich

|

Eocene (Priabonian)

|

Birket Qarun Formation

|

{{Flag|Egypt}}

|

A dugongid sirenian, a species of Eotheroides.

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Eotmantsoius{{Cite journal|author1=Rodolphe Tabuce |author2=Jean-Jacques Jaeger |author3=Laurent Marivaux |author4=Mustapha Salem |author5=Awad Abolhassan Bilal |author6=Mouloud Benammi |author7=Yaowalak Chaimanee |author8=Pauline Coster |author9=Bernard Marandat |author10=Xavier Valentin |author11=Michel Brunet |year=2012 |title=New stem elephant-shrews (Mammalia, Macroscelidea) from the Eocene of Dur At-Talah, Libya |journal=Palaeontology |volume=55 |issue=5 |pages=945–955 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01163.x |bibcode=2012Palgy..55..945T |s2cid=86687336}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Tabuce et al.

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Middle or Late Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|Libya}}

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A member of Macroscelidea. The type species is Eotmantsoius perseverans.

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Eoviscaccia frassinettii

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bertrand et al.

|

Tinguirirican

| Abanico Formation

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{{Flag|Chile}}

|

A caviomorph rodent related to chinchillids, a species of Eoviscaccia.

|

Epipeltephilus kanti{{Cite journal|author1=Laureano R. González Ruiz |author2=Gustavo J. Scillato-Yané |author3=Cecilia M. Krmpotic |author4=Alfredo A. Carlini |year=2012 |title=A new species of Peltephilidae (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Cingulata) from the late Miocene (Chasicoan SALMA) of Argentina |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3359 |pages=55–64 |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03359p064f.pdf|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3359.1.5 |hdl=11336/196599}}

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

González Ruiz et al.

|

Late Miocene (Chasicoan)

| Arroyo Chasicó Formation

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A peltephilid cingulate, a species of Epipeltephilus.

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Eptenonnus{{cite journal |last1=Rosina |first1=Valentina V. |last2=Semenov |first2=Yuriy A. |year=2012 |title=New taxa of vespertilionid bats (Chiroptera, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Ukraine |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie |volume=264 |issue=3 |pages=191–203 |doi=10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0236}}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Rosina & Semenov

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Late Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|

A vesper bat. The type species is Eptenonnus gritsevensis.

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Eucricetodon bagus

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Rodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-Liaud

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Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

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A cricetid rodent, a species of Eucricetodon.

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Eucricetodon jilantaiensis

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

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Rodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-Liaud

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Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

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A cricetid rodent, a species of Eucricetodon.

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Gandheralophus{{cite journal |author=Pieter Missiaen |author2=Philip D. Gingerich |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=New early Eocene tapiromorph perissodactyls from the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan, with implications for mammalian biochronology in Asia |url=http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20100093.html |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=21–34 |doi=10.4202/app.2010.0093 |doi-access=free}}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Missiaen & Gingerich

|

Early Eocene

|

Ghazij Formation

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{{Flag|Pakistan}}

|

An isectolophid tapiromorph. Its species are G. minor and G. robustus.

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Gazella harmonae

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sp nov

|

Valid

|

Geraads, Bobe & Reed

|

Pliocene

|

Hadar Formation

|

{{Flag|Ethiopia}}

|

A species of gazelle.

|

Geotrypus minor{{cite journal |author=Reinhard Ziegler |year=2012 |title=Moles (Talpidae, Mammalia) from Early Oligocene karstic fissure fillings in South Germany |journal=Geobios |volume=45 |issue=5 |pages=501–513 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2011.11.017 |bibcode=2012Geobi..45..501Z}}

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Ziegler

|

Early Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A talpid. Originally described as a species of Geotrypus; subsequently transferred to the separate genus Tegulariscaptor.{{Cite journal|author1=G. Sansalone |author2=T. Kotsakis |author3=A. H. Schwermann |author4=L. W. Van den Hoek Ostende |author5=P. Piras |year=2017 |title=When moles became diggers: Tegulariscaptor gen. nov., from the early Oligocene of south Germany, and the evolution of talpid fossoriality |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=16 |issue= 8|pages= 645–657|doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1329235 |hdl=11380/1318329 |s2cid=90554706 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/When_moles_became_diggers_i_Tegulariscaptor_i_gen_nov_from_the_early_Oligocene_of_south_Germany_and_the_evolution_of_talpid_fossoriality/5104846|hdl-access=free }}

|

Gigarton

|

Gen. et 3 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Hooker & Russell

|

Paleocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A macroscelidean. The type species is Gigarton meyeri; the other species are G. sigogneauae and G. louisi.

|

Gobiolagus aliwusuensis{{cite journal |author=Łucja Fostowicz-Frelik |author2=Chuan-kui Li |author3=Jin Meng |author4=Yuan-Qing Wang |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=New Gobiolagus (Mammalia: Lagomorpha) material from the Middle Eocene of Erden Obo (Nei Mongol, China) |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201208/P020120803328679037201.pdf |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=219–236 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2012.03.003}}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fostowicz-Frelik et al.

|

Middle Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A palaeolagid lagomorph, a species of Gobiolagus.

|

Hanakia agadjaniani{{cite journal |author=Valentina V. Rosina |author2=Michael Rummel |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=The bats (Chiroptera, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Petersbuch (Bavaria, Southern Germany) |journal=Geobios |volume=45 |issue=5 |pages=463–478 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2011.10.015 |bibcode=2012Geobi..45..463R}}

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Rosina & Rummel

|

Early Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A vesper bat, a species of Hanakia.

|

Hesperogaulus shotwelli{{Cite journal|author1=Jonathan J. M. Calede |author2=Samantha S. B. Hopkins |year=2012 |title=Intraspecific versus interspecific variation in Miocene Great Basin mylagaulids: implications for systematics and evolutionary history |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=164 |issue=2 |pages=427–450 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00765.x|doi-access=free}}

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Calede & Hopkins

|

Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A mylagaulid, a species of Hesperogaulus.

|

Holmesina rondoniensis{{Cite journal|author1=Flávio Góis |author2=Gustavo Juan Scillato-Yané |author3=Alfredo Armando Carlini |author4=Martín Ubilla |year=2012 |title=Una nueva especie de Holmesina Simpson (Xenarthra, Cingulata, Pampatheriidae) del Pleistoceno de Rondônia, sudoeste de la Amazonia, Brasil |journal=Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=211–227 |doi=10.4072/rbp.2012.2.09|doi-access=free}}

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Góis et al.

|

Late Pleistocene

|

Rio Madeira Formation

|

{{Flag|Brazil}}

|

A pampatheriid cingulate, a species of Holmesina.

|

Indusomys{{Cite journal|author1=Gregg F. Gunnell |author2=Philip D. Gingerich |author3=Jonathan I. Bloch |author4=William C. Clyde |year=2012 |title=Sulaimanius, gen. nov., and Indusomys, gen. nov., replacement names for Sulaimania and Indusius Gunnell, Gingerich, Ul-Haw, Bloch, Kahn, and Clyde, 2008, preoccupied names |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=975 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.670180|bibcode=2012JVPal..32..975G |s2cid=84428644}}

|

Nom. nov

|

Valid

|

Gunnell et al.

|

Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|Pakistan}}

|

A replacement name for the primate genus Indusius Gunnell, Gingerich, Ul-Haw, Bloch, Kahn and Clyde, 2008.

|

Kretzoiartcos{{Cite journal|author1=Juan Abella |author2=David M. Alba |author3=Josep M. Robles |author4=Alberto Valenciano |author5=Cheyenn Rotgers |author6=Raül Carmona |author7=Plinio Montoya |author8=Jorge Morales |year=2012 |title=Kretzoiarctos gen. nov., the Oldest Member of the Giant Panda Clade |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0048985 |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=7 |issue=11 |pages=e48985 |pmid=23155439 |pmc=3498366|bibcode=2012PLoSO...748985A |doi-access=free}}

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Abella et al.

|

Middle Miocene

|

Calatayud-Daroca Basin

|

{{Flag|Spain}}

|

An ailuropodine bear, a new genus for "Agriarctos" beatrix Abella, Montoya & Morales (2011).

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Kurdalagonus{{Cite journal|author1=K. K. Tarasenko |author2=A. V. Lopatin |year=2012 |title=New baleen whale genera (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the miocene of the northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 1. Kurdalagonus gen. nov. from the middle-late Sarmatian of Adygea |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=46 |issue=5 |pages=531–542 |doi=10.1134/S0031030112050115 |s2cid=85334152}}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Tarasenko & Lopatin

|

Miocene

|

Blinovo Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A baleen whale belonging to the family Cetotheriidae. The type species is Kurdalagonus mchedlidzei. Tarasenko & Lopatin (2012) originally assigned the new species K. adygeicus, as well as the species "Cetotherium" maicopicum Spasskii, 1951 to the genus Kurdalagonus as well; however, Gol'din & Startsev (2016) excluded K. adygeicus from the genus and stated that "C." maicopicum requires further research to determine its phylogenetic affinities.{{Cite journal|author1=Pavel Gol'din |author2=Dmitry Startsev |year=2016 |title=A systematic review of cetothere baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the Late Miocene of Crimea and Caucasus, with a new genus |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |volume=3 |pages= 49–68|doi=10.1002/spp2.1066 |s2cid=88690543}}

|

Lainodon ragei{{cite journal |author=Emmanuel Gheerbrant |author2=Humberto Astibia |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Addition to the Late Cretaceous Laño mammal faunule (Spain) and to the knowledge of European "Zhelestidae" (Lainodontinae nov.) |journal=Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France |volume=183 |issue=6 |pages=537–546 |doi=10.2113/gssgfbull.183.6.537}}

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Gheerbrant & Astibia

|

Late Cretaceous (Campanian or Maastrichtian)

|

|

{{Flag|Spain}}

|

A zhelestid, a species of Lainodon.

|

Leptacodon donkroni{{Cite journal|author1=Kenneth D. Rose |author2=Amy E. Chew |author3=Rachel H. Dunn |author4=Mary J. Kraus |author5=Henry C. Fricke |author6=Shawn P. Zack |year=2012 |title=Earliest Eocene mammalian fauna from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum at Sand Creek Divide, southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming |journal=University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology |volume=36 |pages=1–122 |hdl=2027.42/89881}}

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Rose et al.

|

Earliest Eocene

|

Willwood Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A nyctitheriid soricomorph, a species of Leptacodon.

|

Leptophoca amphiatlantica{{cite journal |author=Irina A. Koretsky |author2=Clayton E. Ray |author3=Noud Peters |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=A new species of Leptophoca (Carnivora, Phocidae, Phocinae) from both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean (Miocene seals of the Netherlands, part I) |url=http://www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl/fileadmin/user_upload/documents-nmr/Publicaties/Deinsea/Deinsea_15/01_DSA15_Koret_et_al__online.pdf |journal=Deinsea |volume=15 |pages=1–12}}

|

sp nov

|

Disputed

|

Koretsky, Ray & Peters

|

Miocene

|

Breda Formation

Calvert Formation

St Mary's Formation

|

{{Flag|Netherlands}}

{{Flag|United States}}

|

An earless seal. Dewaele, Lambert & Louwye (2017) considered this species to be nomen dubium.{{Cite journal|author1=Leonard Dewaele |author2=Olivier Lambert |author3=Stephen Louwye |year=2017 |title=On Prophoca and Leptophoca (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from the Miocene of the North Atlantic realm: redescription, phylogenetic affinities and paleobiogeographic implications |journal=PeerJ |doi=10.7717/peerj.3024 |pmid=28243538 |pmc=5322758 |volume=5 |pages=e3024 |doi-access=free}}

|

Litolophus ghazijensis

|

Species

|

Valid

|

Missiaen & Gingerich

|

Early Eocene

|

Ghazij Formation

|

{{Flag|Pakistan}}

|

An eomoropid chalicotherioid, a species of Litolophus.

|

Louisina marci

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Hooker & Russell

|

Paleocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

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A macroscelidean, a species of Louisina.

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Megaleptictis{{cite journal |author=Tj Meehan |author2=Larry D. Martin |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=New large leptictid insectivore from the Late Paleogene of South Dakota, USA |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=509–518 |doi=10.4202/app.2011.0035 |doi-access=free}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Meehan & Martin

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Chadronian/?Orellan

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White River Group

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A large leptictid.

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Megalomys georginae{{Cite journal|author1=Samuel T. Turvey |author2=Selina Brace |author3=Marcelo Weksler |year=2012 |title=A new species of recently extinct rice rat (Megalomys) from Barbados |journal=Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde |volume=77 |issue=6 |pages=404–413 |doi=10.1016/j.mambio.2012.03.005}}

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Turvey, Brace & Weksler

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?Late Pleistocene–late Holocene

|

|

{{Flag|Barbados}}

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A rice rat, a species of Megalomys.

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Meherrinia{{Cite journal|author1=Jonathan H. Geisler |author2=Stephen J. Godfrey |author3=Olivier Lambert |year=2012 |title=A new genus and species of late Miocene inioid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Meherrin River, North Carolina, U.S.A. |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=198–211 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.629016|bibcode=2012JVPal..32..198G |s2cid=85886880}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Geisler, Godfrey 7 Lambert

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Late Miocene

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Eastover Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

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A river dolphin.

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Melaneremia schrevei{{cite journal |author =Jerry J. Hooker |year=2012 |title=A new omomyid primate from the earliest Eocene of southern England: First phase of microchoerine evolution |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=449–462 |doi=10.4202/app.2011.0017 |doi-access=free}}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Hooker

|

Eocene (earliest Ypresian)

|

Woolwich Formation

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

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A microchoerine omomyid primate, a species of Melaneremia.

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Mellalechinus{{Cite journal|author=Jelle S. Zijlstra |year=2012 |title=A nomen novum for Protechinus Lavocat, 1961 (Mammalia, Erinaceidae), a junior homonym of the valid name Protechinus Noetling, 1897 (Echinoidea, Arbacioida) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3233 |issue=1 |pages=67–68 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3233.1.5 |url=https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3233.1.5}}

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Nom. nov

|

|

Zijlstra

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Miocene

|

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{{Flag|Morocco}}

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An erinaceid; a replacement name for Protechinus Lavocat (1961).

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Mesonyx nuhetingensis{{cite journal |author=Xun Jin |year=2012 |title=New mesonychid (Mammalia) material from the Lower Paleogene of the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201208/P020120803322394521641.pdf |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=245–257 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2012.03.005}}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jin

|

Early Eocene

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Arshanto Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A mesonychid, a species of Mesonyx.

|

Metanchilophus

|

Gen. et comb. et 2 sp. et. subsp. nov

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Valid

|

Remy

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Eocene

|

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{{Flag|France}}

{{Flag|Switzerland}}

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

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A member of Palaeotheriidae. A new genus for "Anchilophus" dumasi; genus also contains "Anchilophus" radegondensis, "Anchilophus" gaudini (including new subspecies Metanchilophus gaudini fontensis) and "Anchilophus" depereti, as well as new species Metanchilophus castrensis and Metanchilophus chaubeti.

|

Metanoiamys paradoxus

|

Species

|

Valid

|

Emry & Korth

|

Late Eocene

|

White River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

An eomyid, a species of Metanoiamys.

|

Miocaperea{{Cite journal|author =Michelangelo Bisconti |year=2012 |title=Comparative osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Miocaperea pulchra, the first fossil pygmy right whale genus and species (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Neobalaenidae) |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=166 |issue=4 |pages=876–911 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00862.x|doi-access=free}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

|

Bisconti

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Miocene

| Pisco Formation

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{{Flag|Peru}}

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A neobalaenid (a relative of pygmy right whale). The type species is Miocaperea pulchra.

|

Miophocaena

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Gen. et sp. nov.

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Valid

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Murakami et al.

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Late Miocene

|

Koetoi Formation

|

{{Flag|Japan}}

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A porpoise. The type species is Miophocaena nishinoi.

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Miostrellus petersbuchensis

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Rosina & Rummel

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Early Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A vesper bat, a species of Miostrellus.

|

Morlodon{{cite journal |author=Floréal Solé |year=2013 |title=New proviverrine genus from the Early Eocene of Europe and the first phylogeny of Late Palaeocene–Middle Eocene hyaenodontidans (Mammalia) |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=375–398 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2012.686927 |s2cid=84734979}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

|

Solé

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Early Eocene

|

|

Europe

|

A proviverrine hyaenodontid. The type species is Morlodon vellerei.

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Mylagaulus cornusaulax{{Cite journal|author =Nicholas J. Czaplewski |year=2012 |title=A Mylagaulus (Mammalia, Rodentia) with nasal horns from the Miocene (Clarendonian) of western Oklahoma |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=139–150 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.620677|bibcode=2012JVPal..32..139C |s2cid=86163790}}

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Czaplewski

|

Late Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|United States}}

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A mylagaulid rodent.

|

Myotis korotkevichae

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Sp. nov

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Valid

|

Rosina & Semenov

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Late Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Ukraine}}

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A mouse-eared bat.

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Namatomys erythrus

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sp nov

|

Valid

|

Emry & Korth

|

Late Eocene

|

White River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

An eomyid, a species of Namatomys.

|

Nanomomys

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Rose et al.

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Earliest Eocene

|

Willwood Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A plesiadapiform, a possible member of Microsyopidae. The type species is Nanomomys thermophilus.

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Nementchatherium rathbuni

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Tabuce et al.

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Middle or Late Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|Libya}}

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A member of Macroscelidea, a species of Nementchatherium.

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Neophiomys{{Cite journal|author1=Pauline Coster |author2=Mouloud Benammi |author3=Mustafa Salem |author4=Awad Abolhassan Bilal |author5=Yaowalak Chaimanee |author6=Xavier Valentin |author7=Michel Brunet |author8=Jean-Jacques Jaeger |year=2012 |title=New Hystricognathous Rodents from the Early Oligocene of Central Libya (Zallah Oasis, Sahara Desert): Systematic, Phylogenetic, and Biochronologic Implications |journal=Annals of Carnegie Museum |volume=80 |issue=3 |pages=239–259 |doi=10.2992/007.080.0304|s2cid=129328649}}

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Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Coster et al.

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Early Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|Libya}}

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A rodent, a member of Hystricognathi; a new genus for "Phiomys" paraphiomyoides Wood, 1968.

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Nesiotites rafelinensis{{cite journal |author=Juan Rofes |author2=Pere Bover |author3=Gloria Cuenca-Bescós |author4=Josep Antoni Alcover |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Nesiotites rafelinensis sp. nov., the earliest shrew (Mammalia, Soricidae) from the Balearic Islands, Spain |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 15.1.8A |url=http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2012-issue-1-articles/185-shrew-from-spain}}

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Rofes et al.

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Early Pliocene

|

|

{{Flag|Spain}}

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A shrew, a species of Nesiotites. Argued by different authors to be either a probable junior synonym of Nesiotites ponsi{{cite journal |author=Marc Furió |author2=Guillem Pons-Monjo |name-list-style=amp |year=2013 |title=The use of the species concept in paleontology. Comment on "Nesiotites rafelinensis sp. nov., the earliest shrew (Mammalia, Soricidae) from the Balearic Islands, Spain" by Rofes et al., 2012 |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=Article number 16.2.16A |url=http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2013/439-species-concept-in-nesiotites}} or a valid and distinct species.{{cite journal |author=Juan Rofes |author2=Pere Bover |author3=Gloria Cuenca-Bescós |author4=Josep Antoni Alcover |name-list-style=amp |year=2013 |title=Proportions, characters and chronologies: their contribution to systematic paleontology. A rebuttal to Furió and Pons-Monjo |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=Article number 16.2.20A |url=http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2013/507-rebuttal-to-furio-and-pons-monjo}}

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Nestoritherium linxiaense{{cite journal |author=Chen Shao-Kun |author2=Deng Tao |author3=He Wen |author4=Chen Shan-Qin |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=A new species of Chalicotheriinae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene in the Linxia Basin of Gansu, China |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201202/P020120209568989758790.pdf |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=53–73 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2012.01.007}}

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Chen, Deng, He & Chen

|

Early Late Miocene

|

Liushu Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

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A chalicothere, a species of Nestoritherium.

|

Omanitherium{{Cite journal|author1=Erik R. Seiffert |author2=Sobhi Nasir |author3=Abdulrahman Al-Harthy |author4=Joseph R. Groenke |author5=Brian P. Kraatz |author6=Nancy J. Stevens |author7=Abdul Razak Al-Sayigh |year=2012 |title=Diversity in the later Paleogene proboscidean radiation: a small barytheriid from the Oligocene of Dhofar Governorate, Sultanate of Oman |journal=Naturwissenschaften |volume=99 |issue=2 |pages=133–141 |doi=10.1007/s00114-011-0878-9 |pmid=22230880|bibcode=2012NW.....99..133S |s2cid=7864573}}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Seiffert et al.

|

Earliest Oligocene (earliest Rupelian)

|

Ashawq Formation

|

{{Flag|Oman}}

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A proboscidean, a relative of Barytherium. The type species is Omanitherium dhofarensis.

|

Pappocricetodon neimongolensis{{cite journal |author=Qian Li |year=2012 |title=Middle Eocene cricetids (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201208/P020120803328088429969.pdf |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=237–244 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2012.03.004}}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li

|

Middle Eocene

|

Irdin Manha Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A cricetid rodent, a species of Pappocricetodon.

|

Parastegosimpsonia{{cite journal |author1=Martín Ricardo Ciancio |author2=Alfredo A. Carlini |author3=Kenneth E. Campbell |author4=Gustavo J. Scillato-Yané |year=2013 |title=New Palaeogene cingulates (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from Santa Rosa, Perú and their importance in the context of South American faunas |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=11 |issue=6 |pages=727–741 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2012.704949|hdl=11336/23283 |s2cid=86574213|hdl-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ciancio et al.

|

Paleogene (?Eocene)

|

|

{{Flag|Peru}}

|

An astegotheriine dasypodid armadillo. The type species is Parastegosimpsonia peruana; genus might contain a second, yet-unnamed species.

|

Pardinamys{{Cite journal|author1=Pablo E. Ortiz |author2=J. Pablo Jayat |author3=Scott J. Steppan |year=2012 |title=A New fossil phyllotine (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) from the late Pliocene in the Andes of northern Argentina |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=6 |pages=1429–1441 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.707998|bibcode=2012JVPal..32.1429O |hdl=11336/10594 |s2cid=17726787|hdl-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ortiz, Jayat & Steppan

|

Late Pliocene (Uquian)

|

Uquía Formation

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A phyllotine sigmodontine rodent. The type species is Pardinamys humahuaquensis.

|

Paromomys libedianus{{Cite journal|author1=Mary T. Silcox |author2=Thomas E. Williamson |year=2012 |title=New discoveries of early Paleocene (Torrejonian) primates from the Nacimiento Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico |journal=Journal of Human Evolution |volume=63 |issue=6 |pages=805–833 |doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.09.002 |pmid=23084622}}

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Silcox & Williamson

|

Early Paleocene (Torrejonian)

|

Nacimiento Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A paromomyid plesiadapiform, a species of Paromomys.

|

Paschatherium levei

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Hooker & Russell

|

Early Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A macroscelidean, a species of Paschatherium.

|

Phiocricetomys atavus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Coster et al.

|

Early Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|Libya}}

|

A rodent, a member of Hystricognathi; a species of Phiocricetomys.

|

Plagioctenoides tombowni

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Rose et al.

|

Earliest Eocene

|

Willwood Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A nyctitheriid soricomorph, a species of Plagioctenoides.

|

Platychoerops antiquus{{Cite journal|author1=Doug M. Boyer |author2=Loïc Costeur |author3=Yaron Lipman |year=2012 |title=First Paleocene record of Platychoerops (Primates, Plesiadapidae), a new species from Mouras Quarry, Mont de Berru, France |journal=American Journal of Physical Anthropology |volume=149 |issue=3 |pages=329–346 |doi=10.1002/ajpa.22119 |pmid=22926965|doi-access=free}}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Boyer, Costeur & Lipman

|

Paleocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A plesiadapid, a species of Platychoerops.

|

Platygonus pollenae{{cite journal |author=Donald R. Prothero |author2=Jessica Grenader |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=A New Primitive Species of the Flat-Headed Peccary Platygonus (Tayassuidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of the High Plains |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=86 |issue=6 |pages=1021–1031 |doi=10.1666/12-050R.1|bibcode=2012JPal...86.1021P |s2cid=128776045}}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Prothero & Grenader

|

Late Miocene (Hemphillian)

|

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A peccary, a species of Platygonus.

|

Plecotus schoepfelii

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Rosina & Rummel

|

Early Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A vesper bat, a species of Plecotus.

|

Plesiodipus wangae

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Rodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-Liaud

|

Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A cricetid rodent, a species of Plesiodipus.

|

Plesiotypotherium casirense{{Cite journal|author1=Esperanza Cerdeño |author2=Bárbara Vera |author3=Gabriela Inés Schmidt |author4=François Pujos |author5=Bernardino Mamaní Quispe |year=2012 |title=An almost complete skeleton of a new Mesotheriidae (Notoungulata) from the Late Miocene of Casira, Bolivia |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=341–360 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2011.569576|hdl=11336/60297 |s2cid=85749884 |hdl-access=free}}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Cerdeño et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Bolivia}}

|

A mesotheriid notoungulatan, a species of Plesiotypotherium.

|

Pristifelis

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Salesa et al.

|

Miocene

|

|

Western Eurasia

|

A feline felid, a new genus for Felis attica.

|

Prodendrogale engesseri{{cite journal |author=Xijun Ni |author2=Zhuding Qiu |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Tupaiine tree shrews (Scandentia, Mammalia) from the Yuanmou Lufengpithecus locality of Yunnan, China |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |volume=131 |issue=1 |pages=51–60 |doi=10.1007/s13358-011-0029-0 |s2cid=85271080 |doi-access=free}}

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Ni & Qiu

|

Late Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A treeshrew, a species of Prodendrogale.

|

Proeggysodon{{cite journal |author=Bin Bai |author2=Yuan-Qing Wang |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Proeggysodon gen. nov., a primitive Eocene eggysodontine (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Erden Obo, Siziwangqi, Nei Mongol, China |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201208/P020120803329202916764.pdf |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=204–218 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2012.03.002}}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bai & Wang

|

Late Eocene

|

Possibly Ulan Gochu Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

An odd-toed ungulate, an eggysodontine rhinocerotoid. The type species is Proeggysodon qiui.

|

Prolouisina

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Hooker & Russell

|

Paleocene

|

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A macroscelidean, a new genus for "Louisina" atavella (Russell, 1964).

|

Proremiculus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

De Bast, Sigé & Smith

|

Early Palaeocene

|

Hainin Formation

|

{{Flag|Belgium}}

|

An adapisoriculid. Its type species is Proremiculus lagnauxi.

|

Protictitherium thessalonikensis{{cite journal |author =George D. Koufos |year=2012 |title=A new protictithere from the late Miocene hominoid locality Ravin de la Pluie of Axios Valley (Macedonia, Greece) |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=86 |issue=2 |pages=219–229 |doi=10.1007/s12542-011-0126-9 |s2cid=129434416}}

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Koufos

|

Late Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Greece}}

|

An ictitheriine hyena, a species of Protictitherium.

|

Pseudocricetops

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Rodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-Liaud

|

Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A cricetid rodent. The type species is Pseudocricetops matthewi.

|

Pseudoloris cuestai{{Cite journal|author1=Raef Minwer-Barakat |author2=Judit Marigó |author3=Salvador Moyà-Solà |year=2012 |title=Pseudoloris cuestai, a new microchoerine (Primates, Omomyidae) from the middle Eocene of the Iberian Peninsula |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=407–418 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.643330|bibcode=2012JVPal..32..407M |s2cid=130216501}}

|

sp nov

|

Valid

|

Minwer-Barakat, Marigó & Moyà-Solà

|

Middle Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|Spain}}

|

A microchoerine omomyid, a species of Pseudoloris.

|

Pterophocaena{{cite journal |author=Mizuki Murakami |author2=Chieko Shimada |author3=Yoshinori Hikida |author4=Hiromichi Hirano |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=A new basal porpoise, Pterophocaena nishinoi (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinoidea), from the upper Miocene of Japan and its phylogenetic relationships |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=5 |pages=1157–1171 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.677299|bibcode=2012JVPal..32.1157M |s2cid=86825231}}

|

Gen. et sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Murakami et al.

|

Late Miocene

|

Wakkanai Formation

|

{{Flag|Japan}}

|

A porpoise. The type species is Pterophocaena nishinoi.

|

Pucatherium{{Cite journal|author1=Claudia M. Herrera |author2=Jaime E. Powell |author3=Cecilia Del Papa |year=2012 |title=Un Nuevo Dasypodidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra) de la Formación Casa Grande (Eoceno) de la Provincia de Jujuy, Argentina |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=267–271 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.v49i2(502) |hdl=11336/137610 |s2cid=130246829|hdl-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Herrera, Powell & Del Papa

|

Middle–late Eocene

|

Casa Grande Formation

Geste Formation

Lumbrera Formation

Quebrada de los Colorados Formation

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

An armadillo of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Pucatherium parvum.{{cite journal |author=Martín R. Ciancio |author2=Claudia Herrera |author3=Alejandro Aramayo |author4=Patricio Payrola |author5=María J. Babot |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |title=Diversity of cingulate xenarthrans in the middle-late Eocene of Northwestern Argentina |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=61 |issue=3 |pages=575–590 |doi=10.4202/app.00208.2015 |doi-access=free|hdl=11336/49016 |hdl-access=free }}

|

Remys major

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Compte, Sabatier & Vianey-Liaud

|

Eocene (Bartonian)

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

{{Flag|Switzerland}}

|

A theridomyid rodent, a species of Remys.

|

Sinomastodon jiangnanensis{{cite journal |author=Yuan Wang |author2=ChangZhu Jin |author3=ChengLong Deng |author4=GuangBiao Wei |author5=YaLing Yan |year=2012 |title=The first Sinomastodon (Gomphotheriidae, Proboscidea) skull from the Quaternary in China |doi=10.1007/s11434-012-5519-y |journal=Chinese Science Bulletin |volume=57 |issue=36 |pages=4726–4734 |bibcode=2012ChSBu..57.4726W |doi-access=free}}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wang et al.

|

Early Pleistocene

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

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A gomphothere, a species of Sinomastodon.

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Skouraia{{Cite journal|author1=Denis Geraads |author2=Siham El Boughabi |author3=Samir Zouhri |year=2012 |title=A new caprin bovid (Mammalia) from the late Miocene of Morocco |journal=Palaeontologia Africana |volume=47 |pages=19–24 |url=http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/13286}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Geraads, El Boughabi & Zouhri

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Late Miocene

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Aït Kandoula Formation

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{{Flag|Morocco}}

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A caprin bovid. The type species is Skouraia helicoides.

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Styriofelis vallesiensis{{Cite journal|author1=Manuel J. Salesa |author2=Mauricio Antón |author3=Jorge Morales |author4=Stéphane Peigné |year=2012 |title=Systematics and phylogeny of the small felines (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Late Miocene of Europe: a new species of Felinae from the Vallesian of Batallones (MN 10, Madrid, Spain) |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=87–102 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2011.566584|s2cid=84912711}}

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sp nov

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Valid

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Salesa et al.

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Late Miocene

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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A feline felid. Originally described as a species of Styriofelis, but subsequently transferred to the separate genus Leptofelis.{{Cite journal|author1=Manuel J. Salesa |author2=Gema Siliceo |author3=Mauricio Antón |author4=Stéphane Peigné |author5=Jorge Morales |year=2019 |title=Functional and systematic implications of the postcranial anatomy of a late Miocene feline (Carnivora, Felidae) from Batallones-1 (Madrid, Spain) |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=101–131 |doi=10.1007/s10914-017-9414-9 |s2cid=19719645 |hdl=10261/225344 |hdl-access=free}}

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Sulaimanius

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Nom. nov

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Valid

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Gunnell et al.

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Eocene

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{{Flag|Pakistan}}

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A replacement name for the primate genus Sulaimania Gunnell, Gingerich, Ul-Haw, Bloch, Kahn and Clyde, 2008.

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Sylvochoerus{{cite journal |author=Carl David Frailey |author2=Kenneth E. Campbell Jr. |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Two New Genera of Peccaries (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Tayassuidae) from Upper Miocene Deposits of the Amazon Basin |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=86 |issue=5 |pages=852–877 |doi=10.1666/12-012.1|bibcode=2012JPal...86..852F |s2cid=85961848}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Disputed

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Frailey & Campbell

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Late Miocene or Quaternary

| Madre de Dios Formation

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Western Amazon Basin

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A peccary. The type species is Sylvochoerus woodburnei. Gasparini et al. (2021) considered S. woodburnei to be a junior synonym of the white-lipped peccary.{{Cite journal|author1=Germán M. Gasparini |author2=Rodrigo Parisi Dutra |author3=Fernando A. Perini |author4=Darin A. Croft |author5=Mario A. Cozzuol |author6=Rafaela V. Missagia |author7=Spencer G. Lucas |year=2021 |title=On the supposed presence of Miocene Tayassuidae and Dromomerycinae (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla) in South America |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3968 |pages=1–27 |doi=10.1206/3968.1 |hdl=2246/7259 |s2cid=232341391 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/177230 |hdl-access=free}}

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Tachyoryctoides engesseri{{cite journal |author=Ban-Yue Wang |author2=Zhan-Xiang Qiu |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Tachyoryctoides (Muroidea, Rodentia) fossils from Early Miocene of Lanzhou Basin, Gansu Province, China |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |volume=131 |issue=1 |pages=107–126 |doi=10.1007/s13358-011-0038-z |s2cid=128753249 |doi-access=free}}

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sp nov

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Valid

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Wang & Qiu

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Early Miocene

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Lanzhou Basin

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{{Flag|China}}

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A muroid rodent, a species of Tachyoryctoides.

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Tachyoryctoides minor

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sp nov

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Valid

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Wang & Qiu

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Early Miocene

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Lanzhou Basin

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{{Flag|China}}

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A muroid rodent, a species of Tachyoryctoides.

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Tardenomys

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Compte, Sabatier & Vianey-Liaud

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Eocene (Bartonian)

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{{Flag|France}}

{{Flag|Switzerland}}

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A theridomyid rodent. The type species is Tardenomys chartreuvensis.

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Teilhardimys brisswalteri

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sp nov

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Valid

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Hooker & Russell

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Paleocene

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{{Flag|France}}

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A macroscelidean, a species of Teilhardimys.

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Teilhardina gingerichi

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Sp. nov

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Disputed

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Rose et al.

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Earliest Eocene

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Willwood Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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An omomyid primate, a species of Teilhardina. Considered to be a junior synonym of Teilhardina brandti by Morse et al. (2019).{{Cite journal|author1=Paul E. Morse |author2=Stephen G.B. Chester |author3=Doug M. Boyer |author4=Thierry Smith |author5=Richard Smith |author6=Paul Gigase |author7=Jonathan I. Bloch |year=2019 |title=New fossils, systematics, and biogeography of the oldest known crown primate Teilhardina from the earliest Eocene of Asia, Europe, and North America |journal=Journal of Human Evolution |volume=128 |pages=103–131 |doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.08.005 |pmid=30497682 |s2cid=54167483}}

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Thryptodon

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Hooker & Russell

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Paleocene

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{{Flag|France}}

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A macroscelidean. The type species is Thryptodon brailloni.

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Tinimomys tribos

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sp nov

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Valid

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Chester & Beard

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Late Paleocene

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Big Multi Quarry

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A micromomyid plesiadapiform, a species of Tinimomys.

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Tragomys{{Cite journal|author1=Jordi Agusti |author2=Pere Bover |author3=Josep Antoni Alcover |year=2012 |title=A new genus of endemic cricetid (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the late Neogene of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=722–726 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.652322|bibcode=2012JVPal..32..722A |s2cid=85814789}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Agusti, Bover & Alcover

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Pliocene

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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A cricetid rodent. The type species is Tragomys macpheei.

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Tupaia storchi

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sp nov

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Valid

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Ni & Qiu

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Late Miocene

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{{Flag|China}}

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A treeshrew, a species of Tupaia.

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Turkanamys{{Cite journal|author1=Laurent Marivaux |author2=Fabrice Lihoreau |author3=Fredrick Kyalo Manthi |author4=Stéphane Ducrocq |year=2012 |title=A new basal phiomorph (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the late Oligocene of Lokone (Turkana Basin, Kenya) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=646–657 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.657318|bibcode=2012JVPal..32..646M |s2cid=130994065}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Marivaux et al.

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Late Oligocene

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{{Flag|Kenya}}

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A phiomorph rodent. The type species is Turkanamys hexalophus.

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Tuscahomys walshi{{Cite journal|author1=Robert L. Anemone |author2=Mary R. Dawson |author3=K. Christopher Beard |year=2012 |title=The Early Eocene Rodent Tuscahomys (Cylindrodontidae) from the Great Divide Basin, Wyoming: Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Paleoecology |journal=Annals of Carnegie Museum |volume=80 |issue=3 |pages=187–205 |doi=10.2992/007.080.0302|s2cid=84115747}}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Anemone, Dawson & Beard

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Early Eocene (late early Wasatchian)

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A cylindrodontid rodent, a species of Tuscahomys.

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Tuscahomys worlandensis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Rose et al.

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Earliest Eocene

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Willwood Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A cylindrodontid rodent, a species of Tuscahomys.

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Vampalus{{Cite journal|author1=K. K. Tarasenko |author2=A. V. Lopatin |year=2012 |title=New baleen whale genera (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 2. Vampalus gen. nov. from the Middle-Late Miocene of Chechnya and Krasnodar Region |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=46 |issue=6 |pages=620–629 |doi=10.1134/S003103011206010X |s2cid=85122480}}

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Gen. et sp. et comb. nov

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Valid

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Tarasenko & Lopatin

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Miocene

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A cetotheriid baleen whale belonging to the subfamily Herpetocetinae. The type species is Vampalus sayasanicus from Chechnya; genus also contains "Cetotherium" helmerseni Brandt, 1871 from Krasnodar Krai.

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Vasseuromys cristinae{{cite journal |author=Francisco J. Ruiz-Sánchez |author2=Xabier Murelaga |author3=Matthijs Freudenthal |author4=Juan C. Larrasoaña |author5=Miguel Garcés |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=A new species of glirid rodent Vasseuromys from the Aragonian (Miocene) of the Ebro Basin (north−eastern Spain) |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=225–239 |url=http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20100081.html |doi=10.4202/app.2010.0081 |doi-access=free}}

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sp nov

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Valid

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Ruiz-Sánchez et al.

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Middle Miocene

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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A dormouse, a species of Vasseuromys.

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Vasseuromys rambliensis{{cite journal |author=Francisco J. Ruiz-Sánchez |author2=Xabier Murelaga |author3=Matthijs Freudenthal |author4=Juan C. Larrasoaña |author5=Miguel Garcés |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Vasseuromys rambliensis sp. nov. (Gliridae, Mammalia) from the Ramblian (Lower Miocene) of the Tudela Formation (Ebro basin, Spain) |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=15 |issue=1 |url=http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2012-issue-1-articles/173-fossil-glirid-from-spain}}

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sp nov

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Valid

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Ruiz-Sánchez et al.

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Lower Miocene

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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A dormouse, a species of Vasseuromys.

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Victoriaceros{{cite journal |author1=Geraads, D. |author2=McCrossin, M. |author3=Benefit, B. |year=2012 |title=A New Rhinoceros, Victoriaceros kenyensis gen. et sp. nov., and Other Perissodactyla from the Middle Miocene of Maboko, Kenya |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=57–75 |doi=10.1007/s10914-011-9183-9 |s2cid=1547306}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Geraads, McCrossin & Benefit

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Middle Miocene

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Makobo beds

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{{Flag|Kenya}}

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An elasmotheriine rhinoceros. Type species is Victoriaceros kenyensis.

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Victoriamys{{cite journal |author=Robert A. Martin |year=2012 |title=Victoriamys, a new generic name for Chaline's vole from the Pleistocene of Western Europe |journal=Geobios |volume=45 |issue=5 |pages=445–450 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2012.01.001 |bibcode=2012Geobi..45..445M}}

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Gen. et comb. nov

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Valid

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Martin

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Pleistocene

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{{Flag|Italy}}

{{Flag|Spain}}

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A vole, a new genus for the species "Allophaiomys" chalinei.

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Viretia

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Gen. et comb. nov

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Valid

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Hugueney, Mein and Maridet

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Miocene

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{{Flag|France}}

{{Flag|Slovakia}}

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A shrew, a new genus for "Sorex" gracilidens.

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Walbeckodon

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Gen. et 2 sp. nov

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Valid

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Hooker & Russell

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Paleocene

|

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{{Flag|France}}

{{Flag|Germany}}

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A macroscelidean. The type species is Walbeckodon krumbiegeli; the second species is Walbeckodon girardi.

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Waldochoerus

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Disputed

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Frailey & Campbell

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Late Miocene or Quaternary

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Western Amazon Basin

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A peccary. The type species is Waldochoerus bassleri. Gasparini et al. (2021) considered W. bassleri to be a junior synonym of the collared peccary.

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Witenia yolua

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Rodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-Liaud

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Oligocene

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{{Flag|China}}

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A cricetid rodent, a species of Witenia.

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Witwatia sigei{{Cite journal|author1=Anthony Ravel |author2=Laurent Marivaux |author3=Rodolphe Tabuce |author4=Mustapha Ben Haj Ali |author5=El Mabrouk Essid |author6=Monique Vianey-Liaud |year=2012 |title=A new large philisid (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionoidea) from the late Early Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia |journal=Palaeontology |volume=55 |issue=5 |pages=1035–1041 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01160.x |bibcode=2012Palgy..55.1035R |doi-access=free}}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Ravel et al.

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Early Eocene

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{{Flag|Tunisia}}

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A philisid bat, a species of Witwatia.

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Yamatocetus{{Cite journal|author =Yoshihiko Okazaki |year=2012 |title=A new mysticete form the upper Oligocene Ashiya Group, Kyushu, Japan and its significance to mysticete evolution |journal=Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History Series A (Natural History) |volume=10 |pages=129–152 |url=http://www.kmnh.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/A10-129-E-Okazaki.pdf}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Okazaki

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Late Oligocene

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Jinnobaru Formation

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{{Flag|Japan}}

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An eomysticetid baleen whale. The type species is Yamatocetus canaliculatus.

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Yuruatherium

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Gen. et sp. et comb. nov

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Valid

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Ciancio et al.

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Paleogene (including Eocene)

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{{Flag|Argentina}}

{{Flag|Peru}}

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A member of Cingulata of uncertain phylogenetic placement, similar to Machlydotherium and Eocoleophorus. The type species is Paleogene (?Eocene) Yuruatherium tropicalis; genus also contains Eocene (Mustersan) "Machlydotherium" intortum Ameghino.

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