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Plants

Cnidarians

=Newly described cnidarians=

Name ! Novelty ! Status ! Authors ! Age ! Unit ! Location ! Notes ! Images
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Acanthophyllia indica{{cite journal \|author=Ratan Lal Jain \|year=2014 \|title=Neogene fossils from Kathiawar, Gujarat, India with special emphasis on taxonomic description of molluscs and corals \|journal=Palaeontologia Indica \|series=New Series \|volume=55 \|pages=1–470 \|issn=0970-0528 }} \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Jain \| Neogene \| \| {{Flag\|India}} \| A stony coral. \|
Acanthophyllia patellata \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Jain \| Neogene \| \| {{Flag\|India}} \| A stony coral. \|
Acropora macrocalyx{{cite journal \|author1=Carden C. Wallace \|author2=Francesca R. Bosellini \|year=2014 \|title=Acropora (Scleractinia) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Europe: species longevity, origination and turnover following the Eocene–Oligocene transition \|journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology \|volume=13 \|issue=6 \|pages=447–469 \|doi=10.1080/14772019.2014.930525 \|hdl=11380/1071886 \|s2cid=128879139 \|hdl-access=free }} \| Sp. nov \| Validhttp://zoobank.org/References/CF79D0FC-86C8-4898-B4C0-82C570045F52 {{Dead link\|date=May 2022}} \| Wallace & Bosellini \| Early Miocene (Burdigalian) \| \| {{Flag\|Italy}} \| A stony coral, a species of Acropora. \|
Acropora piedmontensis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Wallace & Bosellini \| Early Miocene (Burdigalian) \| \| {{Flag\|Italy}} \| A stony coral, a species of Acropora. \|
Acropora salentina \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Wallace & Bosellini \| Oligocene (Chattian) \| \| {{Flag\|Italy}} \| A stony coral, a species of Acropora. \|
Acropora slovenica \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Wallace & Bosellini \| Oligocene (Rupelian) \| Gornji Grad beds \| {{Flag\|Slovenia}} \| A stony coral, a species of Acropora. \|
Anisocoenia bhimpuraensis \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Jain \| Neogene \| \| {{Flag\|India}} \| A stony coral. \|
Antillia kathiawarensis \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Jain \| Neogene \| \| {{Flag\|India}} \| A stony coral. \|
Antillocyathus gopiae \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Jain \| Neogene \| \| {{Flag\|India}} \| A stony coral. \|
Arctistrotion{{cite journal \|author1=J. Fedorowski \|author2=C. H. Stevens \|year=2014 \|title=Late Carboniferous colonial Rugosa (Anthozoa) from Alaska \|journal=Geologica Acta \|volume=12 \|issue=3 \|pages=239–267 \|doi=10.1344/GeologicaActa2014.12.3.6 \|doi-access=free }} \| Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov \| Valid \| Fedorowski & Stevens \| Carboniferous (Bashkirian) \| \| {{Flag\|United States}} \| A colonial coral belonging to the subclass Rugosa and the family Lithostrotionidae. The type species is Arctistrotion variabilis; genus also contains "Lithostrotionella" wahooensis Armstrong (1972) and Arctistrotion simplex. \|
Axophyllum cozari{{cite journal \|author1=Sergio Rodríguez \|author2=Ian D. Somerville \|year=2014 \|title=The Axophyllinae from SW Spain: a review \|journal=Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Sección Geológica \|volume=108 \|pages=81–137 \|issn=0583-7510 }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Rodríguez & Somerville \| Carboniferous (Viséan) \| \| {{Flag\|Spain}} \| A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Axophyllidae. \|
Axophyllum julianaense \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Rodríguez & Somerville \| Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) \| \| {{Flag\|Spain}} \| A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Axophyllidae. \|
Axophyllum spinosum \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Rodríguez & Somerville \| Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) \| \| {{Flag\|Spain}} \| A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Axophyllidae. \|
Axophyllum spiralum \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Rodríguez & Somerville \| Carboniferous (Viséan) \| \| {{Flag\|Spain}} \| A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Axophyllidae. \|
Balanophyllia feddeni \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Jain \| Neogene \| \| {{Flag\|India}} \| A stony coral, a species of Balanophyllia. \|
Cambroctoconus kyrgyzstanicus{{cite journal \|author1=Gerd Geyer \|author2=John S. Peel \|author3=Michael Streng \|author4=Sebastian Voigt \|author5=Jan Fischer \|author6=Marvin Preuße \|year=2014 \|title=A remarkable Amgan (Middle Cambrian, Stage 5) fauna from the Sauk Tanga, Madygen region, Kyrgyzstan \|journal=Bulletin of Geosciences \|volume=89 \|issue=2 \|pages=375–400 \|doi=10.3140/bull.geosci.1434 \|doi-access=free }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Peel in Geyer et al. \| Cambrian (Amgan) \| \| {{Flag\|Kyrgyzstan}} \| A stem-cnidarian, a species of Cambroctoconus. \|
Caryophyllia octamerala \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Jain \| Neogene \| \| {{Flag\|India}} \| A stony coral, a species of Caryophyllia. \|
Cyathoceras miocenica \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Jain \| Neogene \| \| {{Flag\|India}} \| A stony coral. \|
Cyphastrea stellata \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Jain \| Neogene \| \| {{Flag\|India}} \| A stony coral. \|
Dendrophyllia gajaensis \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Jain \| Neogene \| \| {{Flag\|India}} \| A stony coral, a species of Dendrophyllia. \|
Diploastrea gajaensis \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Jain \| Neogene \| \| {{Flag\|India}} \| A stony coral, a species of Diploastrea. \|
Diploastrea khatumbaensis \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Jain \| Neogene \| \| {{Flag\|India}} \| A stony coral, a species of Diploastrea. \|
Favia satyanarayanai \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Jain \| Neogene \| \| {{Flag\|India}} \| A stony coral, a species of Favia. \|
Galaxea indica \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Jain \| Neogene \| \| {{Flag\|India}} \| A stony coral, a species of Galaxea. \|
Haootia{{cite journal \|author1=Alexander G. Liu \|author2=Jack J. Matthews \|author3=Latha R. Menon \|author4=Duncan McIlroy \|author5=Martin D. Brasier \|year=2014 \|title=Haootia quadriformis n. gen., n. sp., interpreted as a muscular cnidarian impression from the Late Ediacaran period (approx. 560 Ma) \|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences \|volume=281 \|issue=1793 \|pages=20141202 \|doi=10.1098/rspb.2014.1202 \|pmid=25165764 \|pmc=4173675}} \| Gen. et sp. nov \| Valid \| Liu et al. \| Late Ediacaran \| Fermeuse Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A probable cnidarian, possibly related to Medusozoa. The type species is Haootia quadriformis. \|File:Haootia reconstruction 2024.jpg
Halysites miyazakiensis{{Cite journal\|author1=Shuji Niko \|author2=Tomio Adachi \|year=2014 \|title=Halysites miyazakiensis, a New Species of Silurian Halysitids (Coelenterata: Tabulata) from the Gionyama Formation, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan \|journal=Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series C \|volume=40 \|pages=11–13 \|url=https://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/geology/download/40/BNMNS_C40_11-13.pdf }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Niko & Adachi \| Silurian (Ludlow) \| Gionyama Formation \| {{Flag\|Japan}} \| A tabulate coral belonging to the order Halysitida and the family Halysitidae. \|
Leptastrea lowraliensis \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Jain \| Neogene \| \| {{Flag\|India}} \| A stony coral. \|
Montastrea pandeyi \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Jain \| Neogene \| \| {{Flag\|India}} \| A stony coral. \|
Morenaphyllum \| Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov \| Valid \| Rodríguez & Somerville \| Carboniferous \| \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} {{Flag\|Spain}} \| A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Axophyllidae. The type species is M. antolinense; genus also includes new species M. boyerense, as well as "Carcinophyllum lonsdaleiforme" pauciseptata Bykova (1966) (raised to the rank of a distinct species). \|
Multithecopora tobinosuensis{{Cite journal\|author1=Shuji Niko \|author2=Takehiko Haikawa \|author3=Masayuki Fujikawa \|year=2014 \|title=Early Carboniferous tabulate corals from the Nagatophyllum satoi zone (middle Visean) of the Akiyoshi Limestone Group, Yamaguchi Prefecture \|journal=Bulletin of the Akiyoshi-dai Museum of Natural History \|volume=49 \|pages=1–6 }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Niko, Haikawa & Fujikawa \| Carboniferous (Viséan) \| Akiyoshi Limestone Group \| {{Flag\|Japan}} \| A tabulate coral. \|
Paraheritschioides compositus \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Fedorowski & Stevens \| Carboniferous (Bashkirian) \| Wahoo Limestone \| {{Flag\|United States}} \| A colonial coral belonging to the subclass Rugosa and the family Kleopatrinidae, a species of Paraheritschioides. \|
Paraheritschioides katvalae \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Fedorowski & Stevens \| Carboniferous (Moscovian) \| Saginaw Bay Formation \| {{Flag\|United States}} \| A colonial coral belonging to the subclass Rugosa and the family Kleopatrinidae, a species of Paraheritschioides. \|
Pareynia viacrucense \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Rodríguez & Somerville \| Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) \| \| {{Flag\|Spain}} \| A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Axophyllidae. \|
Sinobryon{{cite journal \|author1=Andrzej Baliński \|author2=Yuanlin Sun \|author3=Jerzy Dzik \|year=2014 \|title=Probable advanced hydroid from the Early Ordovician of China \|journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift \|volume=88 \|issue=1 \|pages=1–10 \|doi=10.1007/s12542-013-0169-1 \|s2cid=130210739 \|doi-access=free \|bibcode=2014PalZ...88....1B }} \| Gen. et sp. nov \| Valid \| Baliński, Sun & Dzik \| Ordovician (early Floian) \| Fenxiang Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A hydrozoan, a member of Hydroidolina. The type species is Sinobryon elongatum. \|
Thamnopora itoae{{Cite journal\|author1=Shuji Niko \|author2=Yousuke Ibaraki \|author3=Jun-ichi Tazawa \|year=2014 \|title=Devonian tabulate corals from pebbles in Mesozoic conglomerate, Kotaki, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. Part 1: Favositina \|journal=Science Reports of Niigata University. (Geology) \|volume=29 \|pages=53–66 \|hdl=10191/27148 }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Niko, Ibaraki & Tazawa \| Devonian \| \| {{Flag\|Japan}} \| A tabulate coral belonging to the group Favositida and the family Pachyporidae. \|
Thurispina{{cite journal \|author =Dieter Weyer \|year=2014 \|title=Thurispina nov. gen. (Anthozoa, Rugosa) from the Upper Famennian of Thuringia (Germany) \|journal=Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies \|volume=(22), Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 548 \|pages=109–151 }} \| Gen. et sp. nov \| Valid \| Weyer \| Devonian (late Famennian) \| \| {{Flag\|Germany}} \| A member of Rugosa. The type species is Thurispina jogi. \|
Triadufimia{{Cite journal\|author1=Jerzy Fedorowski \|author2=Iwona Machłajewska \|year=2014 \|title=Rugosa (Anthozoa) of the Serpukhovian from the Upper Silesian Coal Basin \|journal=Acta Geologica Polonica \|volume=64 \|issue=1 \|pages=13–45 \|doi=10.2478/agp-2014-0002 \|doi-access=free }} \| Gen. et sp. nov \| Valid \| Fedorowski & Machłajewska \| Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) \| \| {{Flag\|Poland}} \| A member of Rugosa belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Stereophrentidae. The type species is T. coepta. \|
Trochocyathus (Platycyathus) kaliae \| Sp nov \| Valid \| Jain \| Neogene \| \| {{Flag\|India}} \| A stony coral. \|

Arthropods

Bryozoans

=Newly described bryozoans=

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Cupuladria collyrida{{Cite journal|author1=Amalia Herrera-Cubilla |author2=Jeremy B. C. Jackson |year=2014 |title=Phylogeny of Genus Cupuladria (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) in the Neogene of Tropical America |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=88 |issue=5 |pages=851–894 |doi=10.1017/S0022336000057553 }}

Sp. nov

Valid

Herrera-Cubilla & Jackson

Pliocene

Bowden Formation

A species of Cupuladria.

Ernstipora{{Cite journal|author1=Juan Luis Suárez-Andrés |author2=Patrick N. Wyse Jackson |year=2014 |title=Ernstipora mackinneyi, a new unique fenestrate bryozoan genus and species with an encrusting growth habit from the Emsian (Devonian) of NW Spain |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=271 |issue=3 |pages=229–242 |doi=10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0384 }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Suárez-Andrés & Wyse Jackson

Devonian (Emsian)

A bryozoan belonging to the group Fenestrata. Genus includes new species E. mackinneyi.

Pirabasoporella{{Cite journal|author1=Kamil Zágoršek |author2=Laís V. Ramalho |author3=Björn Berning |author4=Vladimir de Araújo Távora |year=2014 |title=A new genus of the family Jaculinidae (Cheilostomata, Bryozoa) from the Miocene of the tropical western Atlantic |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3838 |issue=1 |pages=98–112 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3838.1.5 |pmid=25081761 }}

Gen. et 3 sp. nov

Valid

Zágoršek et al.

An ascophoran belonging to the family Jaculinidae. The type species is P. atalaiaensis; genus also includes P. baitoae and P. chipolae.

Pseudokololophos{{Cite journal|last1=Martha|first1=Silviu O.|last2=Taylor|first2=Paul D.|last3=Matsuyama|first3=Kei|last4=Scholz|first4=Joachim|date=2014|title=A brief history of misidentification and missing links: the Jurassic cyclostome Kololophos Gregory, 1896 and a new genus from the Cretaceous |journal=Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali|volume=94|pages=169–179|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264542465 }}

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Martha, Taylor, Matsuyama & Scholz

Early Cenomanian

Essen Greensand Formation

A cyclostome bryozoan. Genus includes new species P. radioporides.

Brachiopods

Name ! Novelty ! Status ! Authors ! Age ! Unit ! Location ! Notes ! Images
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Acanthocrania elusa{{cite journal \|author=L. Robin M. Cocks \|year=2014 \|title=The Late Ordovician brachiopods of southern Pembrokeshire and adjacent south-western Wales \|journal=Special Papers in Palaeontology \|volume=91 \|pages=1–90 \|doi=10.1111/pala.12092 \|doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 \|url=https://www.palass.org/publications/special-papers-palaeontology/archive/91/article_pp1-90}} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| \|
Akmolina? tubulus{{Cite journal\|author1=Ian G. Percival \|author2=Yong Yi Zhen \|author3=John E. Simes \|author4=Roger A. Cooper \|year=2014 \|title=Furongian (late Cambrian) brachiopods and associated conodonts from the Takaka Terrane in the Springs Junction – Maruia area, South Island, New Zealand \|journal=Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists \|volume=45 \|pages=55–70 \|url=https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=343378210951975;res=IELNZC }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Percival et al. \| Cambrian (Furongian) \| Sluice Box Formation \| {{Flag\|New Zealand}} \| A brachiopod belonging to the group Acrotretida and the family Ephippelasmatidae. \|
Alpeis \| Gen. et comb. nov \| Valid \| Popov & Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| Akdombak Formation \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| A member of Orthida belonging to the family Wangyuiidae. The type species is "Mimella" tolenensis Borissiak (1972). \|
Ashinaorthis \| Gen. et comb. nov \| Valid \| Popov & Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| Taldyboi Formation \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| A member of Orthida belonging to the family Plectorthidae. The type species is "Mimella" recta Klenina (1984). \|
Athyris africana{{Cite journal\|author =Mena Schemm-Gregory \|year=2014 \|title=A New Givetian Athyridid Species from Northwest Africa Discovered By Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Shell Morphology of Internal Molds \|journal=Journal of Paleontology \|volume=88 \|issue=4 \|pages=708–718 \|doi=10.1666/13-086 \|bibcode=2014JPal...88..708S \|s2cid=130094253 }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Schemm-Gregory \| Devonian (late Givetian) \| \| Western Sahara \| An athyridid brachiopod, a species of Athyris. \|
Beethovenia{{Cite journal\|author =Jenaro L. García-Alcalde \|year=2014 \|title=Beethovenia n. gen. y Plicostropheodonta Sokolskaya, 1960 (Strophodontidae Caster, 1939), del Devónico Inferior de Europa occidental \|journal=Trabajos de Geología \|volume=34 \|pages=19–60 \|url=http://www.unioviedo.es/reunido/index.php/TDG/article/view/10679 }} \| Gen. et 3 sp. et comb. nov \| Valid \| García-Alcalde \| Devonian (Pragian and Emsian) \| \| {{Flag\|Belgium}} {{Flag\|France}} {{Flag\|Spain}} {{Flag\|Germany}}? \| A strophodontid brachiopod. The type species is Beethovenia beethoveni; genus also includes new species B. bachi and B. brahmsi, as well as B. acutiplicata (Oehlert & Davoust, 1879) and possibly "Stropheodonta" steiningeri Drevermann (1907). \|
Bokotorthis minuta \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Popov & Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| Akdombak Formation \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| A member of the family Plaesiomyidae. \|
Boreadorthis sheehani \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| A brachiopod. \|
Buminomena \| Gen. et comb. nov \| Valid \| Popov & Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| Taldyboi Formation \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| A member of Strophomenoidea belonging to the family Glyptomenidae. The type species is "Oepikina" abayi Klenina (1984). \|
Chaohochonetes{{cite journal \|author1=Weihong He \|author2=G. R. Shi \|author3=Yang Zhang \|author4=Tinglu Yang \|author5=Kexin Zhang \|author6=Shunbao Wu \|author7=Zhijun Niu \|author8=Zongyan Zhang \|year=2014 \|title=Changhsingian (latest Permian) deep-water brachiopod fauna from South China \|journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology \|volume=12 \|issue=8 \|pages=907–960 \|doi=10.1080/14772019.2013.846945 \|bibcode=2014JSPal..12..907H \|s2cid=129099746 }} \| Gen. et sp. nov \| Valid \| He & Shi in He et al. \| Permian (Changhsingian) to Early Triassic \| Talung Formation or Yinkeng Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A brachiopod belonging the group Chonetidina and to the family Rugosochonetidae. The type species is C. triangusinuata. \|
Chonetoidea enbektenensis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Popov & Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| Akdombak Formation \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| A member of Plectambonitoidea belonging to the family Xenambonitidae. \|
Christiania nilssoni sholeshookensis \| Subsp. nov \| Valid \| Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| \|
Cirpa alkayae{{Cite journal\|author =Attila Vörös \|year=2014 \|title=Early Jurassic brachiopods from diverse localities of northern Anatolia (Turkey) \|journal=Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica \|volume=31 \|pages=7–49 \|doi=10.17111/FragmPalHung.2014.31.7 \|url=http://real.mtak.hu/22026/1/Fragm_paleont_hung_2014_Vol_31_7.pdf }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Vörös \| Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) \| \| {{Flag\|Turkey}} \| A wellerellid rhynchonellid brachiopod, a species of Cirpa. \|
Craniops pristina \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Popov & Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| Akdombak Formation \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| \|
Cryptothyris magnifica \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| \|
Dalmanella kotyrzhalica \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Popov & Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| Akdombak Formation \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| A member of Orthida belonging to the family Dalmanellidae. \|
Dedzetina major \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| \|
Diambonioidea koknaiensis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Popov & Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| Akdombak Formation \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| A member of Plectambonitoidea belonging to the family Hesperomenidae. \|
Enbektenorthis \| Gen. et sp. nov \| Valid \| Popov & Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| Akdombak Formation \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| A member of Orthida belonging to the family Wangyuiidae. The type species is E. molesta. \|
Eostropheodonta portfieldensis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| \|
Fardenia gwaliae \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| \|
Foliomena xinjiangensis{{Cite journal\|author1=Ren Bin Zhan \|author2=Jia Yu Rong \|author3=Ji Suo Jin \|author4=Yan Liang \|author5=Wen Wei Yuan \|author6=Yuan Dong Zhang \|author7=Yi Wang \|year=2014 \|title=Discovery of a Late Ordovician Foliomena fauna in the Tarim desert, Northwest China \|journal=Palaeoworld \|volume=23 \|issue=2 \|pages=125–142 \|doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2013.11.002 }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Zhan et al. \| Ordovician (late Katian) \| Yinpingshan Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| \|
Gibbodouvillina \| Gen et comb. nov \| Valid \| Jansen \| Devonian \| \| {{Flag\|Germany}} {{Flag\|Morocco}} {{Flag\|Spain}} {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| A member of family Douvillinidae. The type species is "Strophomena" taeniolata G. & F. Sandberger (1856); genus also includes "Orthis" interstrialis Phillips (1841). Announced in 2013; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2014. \|
Gigastropheodonta{{Cite journal\|author=Ulrich Jansen \|year=2014 \|title=Strophomenid brachiopods from the Rhenish Lower Devonian (Germany) \|journal=Bulletin of Geosciences \|volume=89 \|issue=1 \|pages=113–136 \|doi=10.3140/bull.geosci.1443 \|doi-access=free }} \| Gen et comb. nov \| Valid \| Jansen \| Devonian \| \| {{Flag\|France}} {{Flag\|Germany}} {{Flag\|Morocco}} {{Flag\|Spain}} {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| A member of family Strophodontidae. The type species is "Leptaena (Strophomena)" gigas McCoy (1852); genus also includes "Boucotstrophia" minor Jahnke (1981), "Boucotstrophia" velica García-Alcalde (1992) and "Boucotstrophia" jahnkei Aït-Malek, Racheboeuf & Lazreq (2000). Announced in 2013; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2014. \|
Glyptorthis splendens \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| \|
Gunnarella mcdermotti \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| \|
Harknessella stevensorum \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| \|
Holmerglossa{{cite journal \|author1=Leonid E. Popov \|author2=L. Robin M. Cocks \|year=2014 \|title=Late Ordovician brachiopods from the Chingiz Terrane, Kazakhstan, and their palaeogeography \|journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology \|volume=12 \|issue=6 \|pages=687–758 \|doi=10.1080/14772019.2013.837844 \|bibcode=2014JSPal..12..687P \|s2cid=129936972 }} \| Gen. et comb. nov \| Valid \| Popov & Cocks \| Ordovician \| Taldyboi Formation Weston Formation \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| A member of the family Obolidae. The type species is "Pseudolingula" spatula Williams (1974). \|
Kassinella kasbalensis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Popov & Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| Akdombak Formation \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| A member of Plectambonitoidea belonging to the family Hesperomenidae. \|
Kassinella tarimensis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Zhan et al. \| Ordovician (late Katian) \| Yinpingshan Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| \|
Kozlowskites botobaicus \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Popov & Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| Akdombak Formation \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| A member of Plectambonitoidea belonging to the family Sowerbyellidae. \|
Kullervo grandis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| \|
Lambdarina jugowiensis{{Cite journal\|author =Jolanta Muszer \|year=2014 \|title=A new species of Lambdarina (Rhynchonellida, Brachiopoda) from the Viséan of central Sudetes (Poland) and its phylogenetic position \|journal=Acta Geologica Polonica \|volume=64 \|issue=1 \|pages=1–12 \|doi=10.2478/agp-2014-0001 \|bibcode=2014AcGeP..64....1M \|doi-access=free }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Muszer \| Carboniferous (Viséan) \| Sokolec Beds \| {{Flag\|Poland}} \| A member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Lambdarinidae. \|
Leangella (Leangella) bakanasensis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Popov & Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| Akdombak Formation \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| A member of Plectambonitoidea belonging to the family Leptestiidae. \|
Leoniorthis rubeli{{Cite journal\|author=Linda Hints \|year=2014 \|title=Revision of the concept of the orthide brachiopod Cyrtonotella in the Middle Ordovician of the East Baltic \|journal=Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences \|volume=63 \|issue=2 \|pages=63–70 \|doi=10.3176/earth.2014.05 \|doi-access=free }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Hints \| Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|Estonia}} {{Flag\|Russia}} \| A brachiopod belonging to the group Orthida and the family Orthidae. \|
Mackerrovia? jinei \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| \|
Maruia \| Gen. et sp. nov \| Valid \| Percival et al. \| Cambrian (Furongian) \| Sluice Box Formation \| {{Flag\|New Zealand}} \| A brachiopod, possibly a member of Acrotretida. The type species is M. castellum. \|
Meekella? sparsiplicata \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| He & Shi in He et al. \| Permian (Changhsingian) \| Talung Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A brachiopod belonging the group Orthotetida and to the family Meekellidae. \|
Mirilingula antipodes \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Percival et al. \| Cambrian (Furongian) \| Sluice Box Formation \| {{Flag\|New Zealand}} \| A brachiopod belonging to the group Linguloidea and the family Lingulellotretidae. \|
Neochonetes (Huangichonetes?) wufengensis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| He & Shi in He et al. \| Permian (Changhsingian) \| Talung Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A brachiopod belonging the group Chonetidina and to the family Rugosochonetidae. \|
Neochonetes (Zhongyingia?) liaoi \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| He & Shi in He et al. \| Permian (Wuchiapingian to Changhsingian) \| Talung Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A brachiopod belonging the group Chonetidina and to the family Rugosochonetidae. \|
Neoplatystrophia deani \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| \|
Nicolella crabbi \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| \|
Nisusia granosa{{Cite journal\|author1=Yong-qin Mao \|author2=Cheng-wen Wang \|author3=Yuan-long Zhao \|year=2014 \|title=A new species of Nususia from the Kaili Formation at Balang village, Jianhe County, Guizhou Province \|journal=Acta Palaeontologica Sinica \|volume=53 \|issue=2 \|pages=223–232 \|url=http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=161&CurRec=9&filename=GSWX201402009&dbname=CJFD2014 }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Mao, Wang & Zhao \| Cambrian \| Kaili Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A brachiopod, a species of Nisusia. \|
Orbiculoidea liaoi{{Cite journal\|author1=Yang Zhang \|author2=G.R. Shi \|author3=Wei-Hong He \|author4=Ke-Xin Zhang \|author5=Hui-Ting Wu \|year=2014 \|title=A new Changhsingian (Late Permian) brachiopod fauna from the Zhongzhai section (South China), Part 2: Lingulida, Orthida, Orthotetida and Spiriferida \|journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology \|volume=38 \|issue=4 \|pages=480–503 \|doi=10.1080/03115518.2014.906167 \|bibcode=2014Alch...38..480Z \|s2cid=129926929 }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Zhang et al. \| Permian (Lopingian) \| \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A brachiopod belonging to the family Discinidae. \|
Parapygmochonetes \| Gen. et comb. nov \| Valid \| He & Shi in He et al. \| Permian (Changhsingian) \| Changxing Formation Talung Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A brachiopod belonging the group Chonetidina and to the family Anopliidae. The type species is "Fusiproductus" baoqingensis Liao in Zhao et al. (1981); genus also includes new species P. parvulus He & Shi in He et al.. \|
Paryphella majiashanensis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| He & Shi in He et al. \| Permian (Changhsingian) \| Talung Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A brachiopod belonging the group Productidina and to the family Productellidae. \|
Paryphella minuta \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| He & Shi in He et al. \| Permian (Changhsingian)–earliest Triassic \| Yinkeng Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A brachiopod belonging the group Productidina and to the family Productellidae. \|
Phragmorthis eximia \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Popov & Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| Akdombak Formation \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| A member of Orthida belonging to the family Phragmorthidae. \|
Plicostropheodonta crassicosta \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| García-Alcalde \| Devonian (Emsian) \| \| {{Flag\|Spain}} \| A strophodontid brachiopod, a species of Plicostropheodonta. \|
Plicostropheodonta latronensis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| García-Alcalde \| Devonian (Emsian) \| \| {{Flag\|Spain}} \| A strophodontid brachiopod, a species of Plicostropheodonta. \|
Rhenostropheodonta \| Gen et sp. et comb. nov \| Valid \| Jansen \| Devonian \| Emsquarzit Formation Hohenrhein Formation Wiltz Formation \| {{Flag\|Germany}} \| A member of family Strophodontidae. The type species is R. rhenana; genus also includes "Strophomena" piligera G. & F. Sandberger (1856). Announced in 2013; the final version of the article naming it was published in 2014. \|
Rogorthis \| Gen. et comb. nov \| Valid \| Hints \| Ordovician (Darriwilian) \| Kandle Formation Pakri Formation \| {{Flag\|Estonia}} \| A brachiopod belonging to the group Orthida and the family Orthidae. The type species is "Cyrtonotella" pakriensis Rubel (1961). \|
Rongatrypa \| Gen. et comb. nov \| Valid \| Popov & Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| Dulankara Formation Liujiapo Formation Namas Formation Shiyanbe Formation Taldyboi Formation Tauken Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| A member of Atrypoidea belonging to the family Atrypinidae. The type species is "Nalivkinia (Pronalivkinia)" zvontsovi Nikitin, Popov & Bassett (2003); genus also includes "Rhynchotrema" instabilis Klenina (1984), "Rhynchotrema" rudis Rukavishnikova (1956) and "Nalivkinia (Anabaria)" xichuanensis Xu (1997). \|
Salopia posterior \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| \|
Sampo transversa \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| \|
Sericoidea minuta \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Zhan et al. \| Ordovician (late Katian) \| Yinpingshan Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| \|
Spiriferellina fredericksi{{Cite journal\|author=Jun-ichi Tazawa \|year=2014 \|title=Antitropical brachiopods from the middle Permian (Wordian) of the southern Kitakami Mountains, northeast Japan \|journal=Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) \|volume=68 \|issue=1 \|pages=15–22 \|url=http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110009688562 }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Tazawa \| Permian (Wordian) \| \| {{Flag\|Japan}} {{Flag\|Russia}} \| A spiriferellinid spiriferinid brachiopod. \|
Strophomena (Tetraphalerella) namasensis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Popov & Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| Taldyboi Formation \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| \|
Tethyochonetes rectangularis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| He & Shi in He et al. \| Permian (Changhsingian) \| Talung Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A brachiopod belonging the group Chonetidina and to the family Rugosochonetidae. \|
Tethyochonetes? sinuata \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| He & Shi in He et al. \| Permian (Changhsingian) \| \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A brachiopod belonging the group Chonetidina and to the family Rugosochonetidae. \|
Tolen{{Cite journal\|author1=Lars E. Holmer \|author2=Leonid Popov \|author3=Michael G. Bassett \|year=2014 \|title=Ordovician–Silurian Chileida—first post-Cambrian records of an enigmatic group of Brachiopoda \|journal=Journal of Paleontology \|volume=88 \|issue=3 \|pages=488–496 \|doi=10.1666/13-104 \|bibcode=2014JPal...88..488H \|s2cid=129188767 \|url=http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:716324/FULLTEXT01 }} \| Gen. et sp. nov \| Valid \| Holmer, Popov & Bassett \| Ordovician (Katian) \| Akdombak Formation \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| A brachiopod belonging to the class Chileata and the order Chileida. The type species is T. multicostatus. \|
Trifissura \| Gen. et comb et sp. nov \| Valid \| Holmer, Popov & Bassett \| Silurian \| Coalbrookdale Formation \| {{Flag\|Sweden}} {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| A brachiopod belonging to the class Chileata and the order Chileida. The type species is "Obolus" davidsoni var. transversus Salter in Davidson (1866) (raised to the rank of the separate species Trifissura transversa); genus also includes new species T. rigida. \|
Triplesia hintsae \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| \|
Wrightiops \| Gen. et comb. nov \| Valid \| Popov & Cocks \| Late Ordovician \| Taldyboi Formation \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| A member of the family Craniopsidae. The type species is "Paracraniops" nikitini Goriansky (1972). \|

Molluscs

Echinoderms

Conodonts

=Newly described conodonts=

Name ! Novelty ! Status ! Authors ! Age ! Unit ! Location ! Notes ! Images
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Acodus? chingizicus{{cite book \|author=Tatiana Yu. Tolmacheva \|year=2014 \|title=Biostratigrafiya i biogeografiya konodontov ordovika zapadnoy chasti centralno-aziatskogo skladchatogo poyasa \|pages=1–264 \|isbn=978-59-376-1218-2 \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311739137 }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Tolmacheva \| Ordovician (Tremadocian) \| \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| \|
Acuminatella binodosa{{Cite journal\|author=Michael J. Orchard \|year=2014 \|title=Conodonts from the Carnian-Norian Boundary (Upper Triassic) of Black Bear Ridge, Northeastern British Columbia, Canada \|journal=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin \|volume=64 \|pages=1–139 }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Acuminatella constricta \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Acuminatella curvata \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Acuminatella denticulata \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Acuminatella? extensa \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Acuminatella longicarinata \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Acuminatella? prima \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Acuminatella sagittale \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Acuminatella sinuosa \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Belodina longxianensis minor{{Cite journal\|author1=Xiyao Cai \|author2=Xiaohong Yuan \|author3=Yasheng Wu \|year=2014 \|title=Conodonts from the Upper Ordovician in Well Z2 of the central Tarim Basin and the age of conodont-bearing reefal beds \|journal=Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica \|volume=31 \|issue=3 \|pages=285–293 \|url=http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=WSGT201403008&DBName=cjfqtotal&dbcode=cjfq }} \| Subsp. nov \| Valid \| Cai, Yuan & Wu \| Late Ordovician \| Lianglitag Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A subspecies of Belodina longxianensis. \|
Carnepigondolella anitae \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Ludington Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Carnepigondolella gibsoni \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Ludington Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Carnepigondolella milanae \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Carnepigondolella postsamueli \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Carnepigondolella spenceri \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Chiganodus \| Gen. et sp. nov \| Valid \| Tolmacheva \| Ordovician (Tremadocian) \| \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| The type species is C. parilis. \|
Cruxodus \| Gen. et sp. nov \| Valid \| Tolmacheva \| Early Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|Kyrgyzstan}} \| The type species is C. tretiakovi. \|
Furnishina holmi{{Cite journal\|author1=Gabriella Bagnoli \|author2=Svend Stouge \|year=2014 \|title=Upper Furongian (Cambrian) conodonts from the Degerhamn quarry road section, southern Öland, Sweden \|journal=GFF \|volume=136 \|issue=3 \|pages=436–458 \|doi=10.1080/11035897.2013.858768 \|bibcode=2014GFF...136..436B \|s2cid=128813831 }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Bagnoli & Stouge \| Cambrian (late Furongian) \| Alum Shale Formation \| {{Flag\|Sweden}} \| A species of Furnishina. \|
Gobduntaulepis{{Cite journal\|author =Alexander B. Doweld \|year=2014 \|title=Gobduntaulepis, a new generic name for Acantholepis Pianovskij, 1989 (Conodonta) non Krøyer, 1846 (Actinopterygii) \|journal=Zootaxa \|volume=3793 \|issue=4 \|pages=499–500 \|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.8 \|pmid=24870188 \|doi-access=free }} \| Nom. nov \| Valid \| Doweld \| Early Ordovician \| \| {{Flag\|Uzbekistan}} \| A replacement name for Acantholepis Pianovskij in Pianovskij, Pianovskaja & Aleksandrova, 1989 (preoccupied). \|
Hindeodus microdentatus{{Cite journal\|author1=Guichun Wu \|author2=Zhansheng Ji \|author3=Julie A. Trotter \|author4=Jianxin Yao \|author5=Liqin Zhou \|year=2014 \|title=Conodont biostratigraphy of a new Permo-Triassic boundary section at Wenbudangsang, north Tibet \|journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology \|volume=411 \|pages=188–207 \|doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.06.016 \|bibcode=2014PPP...411..188W }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Wu et al. \| Permian–Triassic boundary \| \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A species of Hindeodus. \|
Histiodella levis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Tolmacheva \| Ordovician (Darriwilian) \| \| {{Flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| \|
Icriodella rhodesi{{Cite journal\|author1=Stig M. Bergström \|author2=Annalisa Ferretti \|year=2015 \|title=Conodonts in the Upper Ordovician Keisley Limestone of northern England: taxonomy, biostratigraphical significance and biogeographical relationships \|journal=Papers in Palaeontology \|volume=1 \|issue=1 \|pages=1–32 \|doi=10.1002/spp2.1003 \|bibcode=2015PPal....1....1B \|s2cid=140140921 }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid{{Cite web \|url=http://zoobank.org/References/BF8B02F1-D98D-4335-86FC-5A02F145F71A \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2014-10-25 \|archive-date=2020-03-18 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318015247/http://zoobank.org/References/BF8B02F1-D98D-4335-86FC-5A02F145F71A \|url-status=dead }} \| Bergström & Ferretti \| Late Ordovician \| Keisley Limestone \| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}} \| A species of Icriodella. \|
Kraussodontus ludingtonensis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Ludington Formation Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Kraussodontus margaretae \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Kraussodontus roberti \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Kraussodontus rosiae \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Kraussodontus urbanae \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Kraussodontus vancouverense \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Kraussodontus wendae \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Metapolygnathus dylani \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Neogondolella prediscreta \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Wu et al. \| Earliest Triassic \| \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A species of Neogondolella. \|
Norigondolella norica \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parafurnishius{{Cite journal\|author1=Bo Yang \|author2=Dong-Xun Yuan \|author3=Charles M. Henderson \|author4=Shu-Zhong Shen \|year=2014 \|title=Parafurnishius, an Induan (Lower Triassic) conodont new genus from northeastern Sichuan Province, Southwest China and its evolutionary implications \|journal=Palaeoworld \|volume=23 \|issue=3–4 \|pages=263–275 \|doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2014.10.003 }} \| Gen. et sp. nov \| Valid \| Yang et al. \| Early Triassic (Induan) \| Feixianguan Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A member of Ellisoniidae. The type species is Parafurnishius xuanhanensis. \|
Parapetella beattyi \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parapetella broatchae \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parapetella clareae \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parapetella columbiense \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parapetella cordillerense \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parapetella destinae \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parapetella elegantula \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parapetella hillarae \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parapetella irwini \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parapetella johnpauli \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parapetella lanei \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parapetella posterolata \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parapetella prominens angulare \| Subsp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parapetella prominens circulare \| Subsp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parapetella prominens prominens \| Subsp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parapetella pumilio \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parapetella riteri \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parapetella rubae \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Parapetella willifordi \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Polygnathus alkhovikovae{{Cite journal\|author1=Valeryi V. Baranov \|author2=Ladislav Slavík \|author3=Robert B. Blodgett \|year=2014 \|title=Early Devonian polygnathids of Northeast Asia and correlation of Pragian/Emsian strata of the marginal seas of Angarida \|journal=Bulletin of Geosciences \|volume=89 \|issue=3 \|pages=645–678 \|doi=10.3140/bull.geosci.1483 \|doi-access=free }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett \| Devonian (early Emsian) \| \| {{Flag\|Russia}} \| A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. \|
Polygnathus aragonensis{{Cite journal \|author1=C. Martínez-Pérez \|author2=J. I. Valenzuela-Ríos \|year=2014 \|title=New Lower Devonian Polygnathids (Conodonta) from the Spanish Central Pyrenees, with comments on the early radiation of the group \|journal=Journal of Iberian Geology \|volume=40 \|issue=1 \|pages=141–155 \|url=http://pendientedemigracion.ucm.es/info/estratig/JIG/vol_content/vol%2040_1/JIG_40_1_Martinez_perez_141_155.pdf \|doi=10.5209/rev_JIGE.2014.v40.n1.44095 }}{{Dead link\|date=September 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Martínez-Pérez & Valenzuela-Ríos \| Early Devonian \| Basibé Formation \| {{Flag\|Spain}} \| A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. \|
Polygnathus arthuri \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett \| Devonian (early Emsian) \| \| {{Flag\|Russia}} \| A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. \|
Polygnathus bardashevi \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett \| Devonian (early Emsian) \| \| {{Flag\|Russia}} \| A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. \|
Polygnathus carlsi \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Martínez-Pérez & Valenzuela-Ríos \| Early Devonian \| Basibé Formation \| {{Flag\|Spain}} \| A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. \|
Polygnathus communis longanensis{{Cite journal\|author1=Wenkun Qie \|author2=Xionghua Zhang \|author3=Yuansheng Du \|author4=Bing Yang \|author5=Wenting Ji \|author6=Genming Luo \|year=2014 \|title=Conodont biostratigraphy of Tournaisian shallow-water carbonates in central Guangxi, South China \|journal=Geobios \|volume=47 \|issue=6 \|pages=389–401 \|doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2014.09.005 \|bibcode=2014Geobi..47..389Q }} \| Subsp. nov \| Valid \| Qie et al. \| Carboniferous (latest Tournaisian) \| Long’an Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A polygnathid, a subspecies of Polygnathus communis. \|
Polygnathus dujieensis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Qie et al. \| Carboniferous (latest Tournaisian) \| Long’an Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. \|
Polygnathus ivanowskyii \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett \| Devonian (early Emsian) \| \| {{Flag\|Russia}} \| A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. \|
Polygnathus karsteni \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett \| Devonian (early Emsian) \| \| {{Flag\|Russia}} \| A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. \|
Polygnathus lezhoevi \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett \| Devonian (early Emsian) \| \| {{Flag\|Russia}} \| A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. \|
Polygnathus michaelmurphyi \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett \| Devonian (early Emsian) \| \| {{Flag\|Russia}} \| A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. \|
Polygnathus ramoni \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Martínez-Pérez & Valenzuela-Ríos \| Early Devonian \| Basibé Formation \| {{Flag\|Spain}} \| A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. \|
Polygnathus settedabanicus \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett \| Devonian (early Emsian) \| \| {{Flag\|Russia}} \| A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. \|
Polygnathus yakutensis \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Baranov, Slavík & Blodgett \| Devonian (early Emsian) \| \| {{Flag\|Russia}} \| A polygnathid, a species of Polygnathus. \|
Primatella bifida \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Primatella circulare \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Primatella elongata \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Primatella mclearni \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Primatella oblonga \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Primatella ovale \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Primatella posteroglobosa \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Primatella rectangulare \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Primatella rhomboidale \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Primatella rotunda \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Primatella stanleyi \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Primatella subquadrata \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Primatella triangulare \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Primatella vanlierae \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Quadralella deflecta \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Quadralella karenae \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Quadralella kathleenae \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Quadralella mcrobertsi \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Quadralella pardoneti \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Quadralella posteroexpansa \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Ludington Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Quadralella postlobata \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Quadralella praecommunisti curvata \| Subsp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Quadralella praecommunisti ornata \| Subsp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Quadralella roysi \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Quadralella sigmoidale \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Quadralella willistonense \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Orchard \| Late Triassic \| Pardonet Formation \| {{Flag\|Canada}} \| A member of Gondolellidae. \|
Siphonodella nandongensis{{Cite journal\|author1=Zhihong Li \|author2=Zhongqin Peng \|author3=Long Cheng \|author4=Chuanshang Wang \|author5=Baozhong Wang \|year=2014 \|title=New material of the Early Carboniferous conodonts from the lower member of the Baping Formation in Nandong, Guangxi, China \|journal=Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica \|volume=31 \|issue=3 \|pages=271–284 \|url=http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=WSGT201403007&DBName=cjfqtotal&dbcode=cjfq }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Li et al. \| Early Carboniferous \| Baping Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A species of Siphonodella. \|
Westergaardodina asinina \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Bagnoli & Stouge \| Cambrian (late Furongian) \| Alum Shale Formation \| {{Flag\|Sweden}} \| A species of Westergaardodina. \|

Fishes

Amphibians

=Basalmost tetrapods=

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Weberepeton{{cite journal |author1=G. Clément |author2=O. Lebedev |year=2014 |title=Revision of the early tetrapod Obruchevichthys Vorobyeva, 1977 from the Frasnian (Upper Devonian) of the North-western East European Platform |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=48 |issue=10 |pages=1082–1091 |doi=10.1134/S0031030114100037 |bibcode=2014PalJ...48.1082C |s2cid=129908361 }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Clément & Lebedev

Late Devonian (late Frasnian)

Probably Smota-Lovat' Formation

A member of Elginerpetontidae. The type species is Weberepeton sondalensis.

=Temnospondyls=

==Research==

Specimens of Micromelerpeton crederni with abnormalities in their limbs interpreted as a result of limb regeneration are described by Fröbisch, Bickelmann and Witzmann (2014).{{cite journal |author1=Nadia B. Fröbisch |author2=Constanze Bickelmann |author3=Florian Witzmann |year=2014 |title=Early evolution of limb regeneration in tetrapods: evidence from a 300-million-year-old amphibian |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=281 |issue=1794 |pages=20141550 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2014.1550 |pmid=25253458 |pmc=4211449}}
Redescription of Mahavisaurus dentatus and Lyrosaurus australis and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of the rhytidosteids is published by Maganuco, Pasini & Auditore (2014).{{cite journal |author1=Simone Maganuco |author2=Giovanni Pasini |author3=Marco Auditore |year=2014 |title=A revision of the short-faced stereospondyls Mahavisaurus dentatus and Lyrosaurus australis from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar: cranial anatomy, ontogenetic remarks, palaeoecology and rhytidosteid phylogeny |journal=Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano |volume=XXXIX |pages=3–64 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270820763 }}

==New taxa==

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Antarctosuchus{{cite journal |author1=Christian A. Sidor |author2=J. Sébastien Steyer |author3=William R. Hammer |year=2014 |title=A new capitosauroid temnospondyl from the Middle Triassic upper Fremouw Formation of Antarctica |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=539–548 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2013.808205 |bibcode=2014JVPal..34..539S |s2cid=86010469 }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Sidor, Steyer & Hammer

Middle Triassic

Fremouw Formation

Antarctica

A capitosauroid. The type species is Antarctosuchus polyodon.

|File:Antarctosuchus_(43288383991).jpg

Leptorophus raischi{{cite journal |author =Rainer R. Schoch |year=2014 |title=First evidence of the branchiosaurid temnospondyl Leptorophus in the Early Permian of the Saar-Nahe Basin (SW Germany) |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=272 |issue=2 |pages=225–236 |doi=10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0401 }}

Sp. nov

Valid

Schoch

Early Permian

Saar–Nahe Basin

A branchiosaurid, a species of Leptorophus.

Megalophthalma{{cite journal |author1=Rainer R. Schoch |author2=Andrew R. Milner |author3=Florian Witzmann |year=2014 |title=Skull morphology and phylogenetic relationships of a new Middle Triassic plagiosaurid temnospondyl from Germany, and the evolution of plagiosaurid eyes |journal=Palaeontology |volume=57 |issue=5 |pages=1045–1058 |doi=10.1111/pala.12101 |s2cid=130014545 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2014Palgy..57.1045S }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid{{Cite web |url=http://zoobank.org/References/D0318B76-8359-4DD2-BA0F-38ED7A7B09D5 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-02-27 |archive-date=2019-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904153012/http://zoobank.org/References/D0318B76-8359-4DD2-BA0F-38ED7A7B09D5 |url-status=dead }}

Schoch, Milner & Witzmann

Middle Triassic (late Ladinian)

Erfurt Formation

A plagiosaurid. The type species is Megalophthalma ockerti.

|File:Megalophthalma.png

Nanobamus{{cite book |author1=Rainer R. Schoch |author2=Andrew R. Milner |title=Handbook of Paleoherpetology. Part 3A2. Temnospondyli I |publisher=Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil |page=60 |isbn=978-3-89937-170-3 |year=2014 }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Schoch & Milner

Early Permian

Arroyo Formation

An amphibamid. The type species is Nanobamus macrorhinus.

=Chroniosuchians=

Name ! Novelty ! Status ! Authors ! Age ! Unit ! Location ! Notes ! Images
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Dromotectum abditum{{cite journal \|author1=M. A. Shishkin \|author2=I. V. Novikov \|author3=J. Fortuny \|year=2014 \|title=New bystrowianid chroniosuchians (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) from the Triassic of Russia and diversification of Bystrowianidae \|journal=Paleontological Journal \|volume=48 \|issue=5 \|pages=512–522 \|url=http://www.maik.ru/cgi-perl/search.pl?type=abstract&name=paleng&number=5&year=14&page=512 \|doi=10.1134/S0031030114050098 \|bibcode=2014PalJ...48..512S \|s2cid=84098369 }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Shishkin, Novikov & Fortuny \| Early Triassic \| \| {{Flag\|Russia}} \| A bystrowianid chroniosuchian, a species of Dromotectum. \|
Dromotectum largum{{cite journal \|author1=Jun Liu \|author2=Li Xu \|author3=Song-Hai Jia \|author4=Han-Yong Pu \|author5=Xiao-Ling Liu \|year=2014 \|title=The Jiyuan tetrapod fauna of the Upper Permian of China—2. stratigraphy, taxonomical review, and correlation \|journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica \|volume=52 \|issue=3 \|pages=328–339 \|url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201408/P020140811539429597755.pdf \|doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2014.03.005 }} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Liu et al. \| Late Permian \| Shangshihezi Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A bystrowianid chroniosuchian, a species of Dromotectum. \|
Jiyuanitectum \| Gen. et sp. nov \| Valid \| Liu et al. \| Late Permian \| Shangshihezi Formation \| {{Flag\|China}} \| A bystrowianid chroniosuchian. The type species is Jiyuanitectum flatum. \|
Vyushkoviana \| Gen. et sp. nov \| Valid \| Shishkin, Novikov & Fortuny \| Early Triassic \| \| {{Flag\|Russia}} \| A bystrowianid chroniosuchian. The type species is Vyushkoviana operta. \|

=Lissamphibians=

==Research==

The humerus bone of a large calyptocephalellid anuran, apparently one of the largest fossil anurans known to date, is described by Otero et al. (2014) from the Eocene of Chile.{{cite journal |author1=Rodrigo A. Otero |author2=Paulina Jimenez-Huidobro |author3=Sergio Soto-Acuña |author4=Roberto E. Yury-Yáñez |year=2014 |title=Evidence of a giant helmeted frog (Australobatrachia, Calyptocephalellidae) from Eocene levels of the Magallanes Basin, southernmost Chile |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |volume=55 |pages=133–140 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2014.06.010 |bibcode=2014JSAES..55..133O }}

==New taxa==

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Eopelobates deani{{cite journal |author1=Zbyněk Roček |author2=Michael Wuttke |author3=James D. Gardner |author4=Bhart-Anjan Singh Bhullar |year=2014 |title=The Euro-American genus Eopelobates, and a re-definition of the family Pelobatidae (Amphibia, Anura) |journal=Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments |volume=94 |issue=4 |pages=529–567 |doi=10.1007/s12549-014-0169-5 |bibcode=2014PdPe...94..529R |s2cid=86195679 }}

Sp. nov

Valid

Roček et al.

Early middle Eocene

Green River Formation

A relative of the European spadefoot toads, a species of Eopelobates.

Reptiles

{{Main|2014 in reptile paleontology|2014 in archosaur paleontology}}

Synapsids

=Non-mammalian synapsids=

==Research==

A study on the diel activity patterns of non-mammalian synapsids is published by Angielczyk & Schmitz (2014).{{cite journal |author1=K. D. Angielczyk |author2=L. Schmitz |year=2014 |title=Nocturnality in synapsids predates the origin of mammals by over 100 million years |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=281 |issue=1793 |pages=20141642 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2014.1642 |pmid=25186003 |pmc=4173690 }}
The presence of plicidentine (infolded dentine around the base of the tooth root) is reported in the maxillary and dentary teeth of Ianthodon, Sphenacodon, Secodontosaurus and Dimetrodon by Brink, LeBlanc & Reisz (2014).{{cite journal |author1=Kirstin S. Brink |author2=Aaron R. H. LeBlanc |author3=Robert R. Reisz |year=2014 |title=First record of plicidentine in Synapsida and patterns of tooth root shape change in Early Permian sphenacodontians |journal=Naturwissenschaften |volume=101 |issue=11 |pages=883–892 |doi=10.1007/s00114-014-1228-5 |pmid=25179435 |bibcode=2014NW....101..883B |s2cid=7531460 }}
A study of the anatomy of nasal cavity of Brasilitherium riograndensis is published by Ruf et al. (2014).{{cite journal |author1=Irina Ruf |author2=Wolfgang Maier |author3=Pablo G. Rodrigues |author4=Cesar L. Schultz |year=2014 |title=Nasal Anatomy of the Non-mammaliaform Cynodont Brasilitherium riograndensis (Eucynodontia, Therapsida) Reveals New Insight into Mammalian Evolution |journal=The Anatomical Record |volume=297 |issue=11 |pages=2018–2030 |doi=10.1002/ar.23022 |pmid=25312362 |s2cid=22177053 |doi-access=free }}
A study of the anatomy of the therocephalian Simorhinella baini and a taxonomic re-evaluation of the family Lycosuchidae is published by Abdala et al. (2014).{{cite journal |author1=Fernando Abdala |author2=Christian F. Kammerer |author3=Michael O. Day |author4=Sifelani Jirah |author5=Bruce S. Rubidge |year=2014 |title=Adult morphology of the therocephalian Simorhinella baini from the middle Permian of South Africa and the taxonomy, paleobiogeography, and temporal distribution of the Lycosuchidae |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=88 |issue=6 |pages=1139–1153 |doi=10.1666/13-186 |bibcode=2014JPal...88.1139A |s2cid=129323281 }}

==New taxa==

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Abajudon{{cite journal |author1=Kenneth D. Angielczyk |author2=Sébastien Huertas |author3=Roger M. H. Smith |author4=Neil J. Tabor |author5=Christian A. Sidor |author6=Jean-Sébastien Steyer |author7=Linda A. Tsuji |author8=Neil J. Gostling |year=2014 |title=New dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and updated tetrapod stratigraphy of the Permian Ruhuhu Formation (Songea Group, Ruhuhu Basin) of southern Tanzania |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=34 |issue=6 |pages=1408–1426 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.880448 |bibcode=2014JVPal..34.1408A |s2cid=130441838 }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Angielczyk et al.

Permian

Madumabisa Mudstone{{cite journal |author1=Savannah L. Olroyd |author2=Christian A. Sidor |author3=Kenneth D. Angielczyk |year=2018 |title=New materials of the enigmatic dicynodont Abajudon kaayai (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the lower Madumabisa Mudstone Formation, middle Permian of Zambia |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=37 |issue=6 |pages=e1403442 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2017.1403442 |s2cid=89986797 }}

Ruhuhu Formation

A dicynodont of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Abajudon kaayai.

Alierasaurus{{cite journal |author1=Marco Romano |author2=Umberto Nicosia |year=2014 |title=Alierasaurus ronchii, gen. et sp. nov., a caseid from the Permian of Sardinia, Italy |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=900–913 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.837056 |bibcode=2014JVPal..34..900R |s2cid=85743001 }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Romano & Nicosia

Permian

Cala del Vino Formation

A caseid. The type species is Alierasaurus ronchii.

|File:Alierasaurus_reconstruction.jpg

Botucaraitherium{{cite journal |author1=Marina B. Soares |author2=Agustín G. Martinelli |author3=Téo V. De Oliveira |year=2014 |title=A new prozostrodontian cynodont (Therapsida) from the Late Triassic Riograndia Assemblage Zone (Santa Maria Supersequence) of Southern Brazil |journal=Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |volume=86 |issue=4 |pages=1673–1691 |doi=10.1590/0001-3765201420140455 |pmid=25590707 |doi-access=free |hdl=10183/119079 |hdl-access=free }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Soares, Martinelli & De Oliveira

Late Triassic (possibly early Norian)

Riograndia Assemblage Zone of the Candelária Sequence (Caturrita Formation)

A prozostrodontian cynodont. The type species is Botucaraitherium belarminoi.

|File:Botucaraitherium.jpg

Eocasea{{Cite journal|author1=Robert R. Reisz |author2=Jörg Fröbisch |year=2014 |title=The Oldest Caseid Synapsid from the Late Pennsylvanian of Kansas, and the Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=e94518 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0094518 |pmid=24739998 |pmc=3989228 |bibcode=2014PLoSO...994518R|doi-access=free }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Reisz & Fröbisch

Carboniferous (late Pennsylvanian)

Calhoun Shale

A member of Caseidae . The type species is Eocasea martini.

|File:Eocasea.png

Sungeodon{{Cite journal|author1=Michael W. Maisch |author2=Andreas T. Matzke |year=2014 |title=Sungeodon kimkraemerae n. gen. n. sp., the oldest kannemeyeriiform (Therapsida, Dicynodontia) and its implications for the early diversification of large herbivores after the P/T boundary |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=272 |issue=1 |pages=1–12 |doi=10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0394 }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Maisch & Matzke

Early Triassic

Jiucaiyuan Formation

A kannemeyeriiform dicynodont . The type species is Sungeodon kimkraemerae.

=Mammals=

Other animals

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Archiasterella charma{{cite journal |author1=John L. Moore |author2=Guoxiang Li |author3=Susannah M. Porter |year=2014 |title=Chancelloriid sclerites from the Lower Cambrian (Meishucunian) of eastern Yunnan, China, and the early history of the group |journal=Palaeontology |volume=57 |issue=4 |pages=833–878 |doi=10.1111/pala.12090 |s2cid=86013062 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2014Palgy..57..833M }}

Sp. nov

Valid

Moore, Li & Porter

Early Cambrian

Puerto Blanco Formation{{cite journal |author1=Léa Devaere |author2=Sébastien Clausen |author3=Jesús Porfirio Sosa-Leon |author4=Juan José Palafox-Reyes |author5=Blanca Estela Buitrón-Sánchez |author6=Daniel Vachard |year=2019 |title=Early Cambrian Small Shelly Fossils from northwest Mexico: Biostratigraphic implications for Laurentia |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=Article number 22.2.41 |doi=10.26879/880 |s2cid=199100840 |doi-access=free }}

Shiyantou Formation

A member of Chancelloriida.

Ascarites rufferi{{Cite journal |author1=Priscilla A. Da Silva |author2=Victor H. Borba |author3=Juliana M.F. Dutra |author4=Daniela Leles |author5=Atila A.S. Da-Rosa |author6=Luiz F. Ferreira |author7=Adauto Araujo |year=2014 |title=A new ascarid species in cynodont coprolite dated of 240 million years |journal=Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |volume=86 |issue=1 |pages=265–270 |doi=10.1590/0001-3765201320130036 |pmid=24519010 |s2cid=27876602 |doi-access=free }}

Sp. nov

Valid

Da Silva et al.

Middle Triassic (Ladinian)

| Sítio Cortado site

An ascaridid nematode found in a cynodont coprolite, a species of Ascarites.

Ashetscolex{{Cite journal|author1=Lucy A. Muir |author2=Tin-Wai Ng |author3=Xiang-Feng Li |author4=Yuan-Dong Zhang |author5=Jih-Pai Lin |year=2014 |title=Palaeoscolecidan worms and a possible nematode from the Early Ordovician of South China |journal=Palaeoworld |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=15–24 |doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2013.06.003 }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Muir et al.

Ordovician (earliest Floian)

Tonggao Formation

A palaeoscolecid worm. The type species is Ashetscolex nuppus.

Atraktoprion podolicus{{Cite journal|author1=Hubert Szaniawski |author2=Daniel Drygant |year=2014 |title=Early Devonian scolecodonts from Podolia, Ukraine |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=59 |issue=4 |pages=967–983 |doi=10.4202/app.2012.0120 |s2cid=55511236 |doi-access=free }}

Sp. nov

Valid

Szaniawski & Drygant

Early Devonian (middle Lochkovian to Pragian)

An atraktoprionid polychaete, a species of Atraktoprion.

Attenuella{{cite journal |author=John M. Malinky |year=2014 |title=Cambrian Hyolitha and problematica from West Laurentian North America: taxonomy and palaeobiogeography |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=338–363 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2014.874715 |bibcode=2014Alch...38..338M |s2cid=129104104 }}

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Malinky

Cambrian (Furongian)

Mendha Formation

A member of Hyolitha. The type species is "Hyolithes" attenuatus Walcott (1890).

Bicoelia corticifera{{cite journal |author1=Baba Senowbari-Daryan |author2=Michael Link |year=2014 |title=Bicoelia corticifera, a new inozoid sponge from the Upper Triassic (Norian) reef boulders of the Central Taurids (southern Turkey) |journal=Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=23 |issue=5 |pages=575–579 |doi=10.3906/yer-1306-9 |url=https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/tbtkearth/issue/12040/143907 |doi-access=free }}

Sp. nov

Valid

Senowbari-Daryan & Link

Late Triassic (Norian)

Kasımlar Formation

A demosponge belonging to the order Agelasida and the family Preperonidellidae.

Brevaspidella{{Cite journal |author=Freek Rhebergen |year=2014 |title=A new Late Ordovician erratic anthaspidellid sponge (Porifera) originating from Baltica |journal=Scripta Geologica |volume=146 |pages=1–15 |url=http://www.scriptageologica.nl/15/nr146/a01 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Rhebergen

Late Ordovician

A demosponge belonging to the family Anthaspidellidae. The type species is B. dispersa.

Bubiites{{cite journal |author1=Ben Yang |author2=Michael Steiner |author3=Guoxiang Li |author4=Helmut Keupp |year=2014 |title=Terreneuvian small shelly faunas of East Yunnan (South China) and their biostratigraphic implications |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=398 |pages=28–58 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.07.003 |bibcode=2014PPP...398...28Y }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Yang et al.

Cambrian (Terreneuvian)

Zhujiaqing Formation

A sclerite of an animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is B. simplex.

Cambroskiadeion{{Cite journal|author1=John L. Moore |author2=Susannah M. Porter |author3=Guoxiang Li |year=2014 |title=Two Unusual Small Shelly Fossils from the Lower Cambrian of Southeastern Shaanxi Province, China |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=88 |issue=2 |pages=348–358 |doi=10.1666/13-065 |s2cid=130728765 }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Moore, Porter & Li

Early Cambrian

Dengying Formation

An animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement with a cap-shaped shell. The type species is Cambroskiadeion xiaowanense.

Claviconchella

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Yang et al.

Cambrian (Terreneuvian)

Zhujiaqing Formation

A sclerite of an animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is C. qianyii.

Conchicolites crispisulcans{{Cite journal|author =Olev Vinn|author-link =Olev Vinn|author2=Emilia Jarochowska |author3= Axel Munnecke |year=2014 |title=A new species of Conchicolites (Cornulitida, Tentaculita) from the Wenlock of Gotland, Sweden |journal=Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=181–185 |doi=10.3176/earth.2014.16

|doi-access=free }}

Sp. nov

Valid

Vinn, Jarochowska & Munnecke

Silurian (Wenlock)

Halla Formation

A member of Cornulitida (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Conchicolites.

Eklexibella{{Cite journal|author1=Helmut Keupp |author2=Joachim Gründel |author3=Robert Wiese |year=2014 |title=New agglutinated polychaete worm-tubes from the Lower Jurassic (Late Pliensbachian) of Southern Germany |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=273 |issue=3 |pages=241–251 |doi=10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0426 }}

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

Valid

Keupp, Gründel & Wiese

Early Jurassic (late Pliensbachian)

A terebellid polychaete. Genus contains two species: Eklexibella buttenheimensis and Eklexibella johanni.

Enalikter{{Cite journal|author1=Derek J. Siveter |author2=Derek E. G. Briggs |author3=David J. Siveter |author4=Mark D. Sutton |author5=David Legg |author6=Sarah Joomun |year=2014 |title=A Silurian short-great-appendage arthropod |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B |volume=281 |issue=1778 |pages=20132986 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2013.2986 |pmid=24452026 |pmc=3906945}}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Siveter et al.

Silurian

Herefordshire Lagerstätte

An animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement; it might be a megacheiran arthropod{{Cite journal|author1=Derek J. Siveter |author2=Derek E. G. Briggs |author3=David J. Siveter |author4=Mark D. Sutton |author5=David Legg |author6=Sarah Joomun |year= 2015 | title = Enalikter aphson is an arthropod: a reply to Struck et al. (2014) | journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society B | volume = 282 | issue = 1804 | pages = 20142663 | doi = 10.1098/rspb.2014.2663 |pmc=4375861 }} or an annelid.{{Cite journal|author1=Torsten H. Struck |author2=Carolin Haug |author3=Gerhard Haszprunar |author4=Nikola-Michael Prpic |author5=Joachim T. Haug |year= 2015 | title = Enalikter aphson is more likely an annelid than an arthropod: a comment to Siveter et al. (2014) | journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society B | volume = 282 | issue = 1804 | pages = 20140946 | doi = 10.1098/rspb.2014.0946 | pmid=25716792 | pmc=4375853}} The type species is Enalikter aphson.

|File:Enalikter_aphson_reconstruction_as_arthropod.png

Eopriapulites{{Cite journal|author1=Yunhuan Liu |author2=Shuhai Xiao |author3=Tiequan Shao |author4=Jesse Broce |author5=Huaqiao Zhang |year=2014 |title=The oldest known priapulid-like scalidophoran animal and its implications for the early evolution of cycloneuralians and ecdysozoans |journal=Evolution & Development |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=155–165 |doi=10.1111/ede.12076 |pmid=24754444 |s2cid=205095219 }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Liu & Xiao in Liu et al.

Cambrian (Fortunian)

Kuanchuanpu Formation

A priapulid-like scalidophoran. The type species is Eopriapulites sphinx.

Eximipriapulus{{Cite journal|author1=Xiaoya Ma |author2=Richard J. Aldridge |author3=David J. Siveter |author4=Derek J. Siveter |author5=Xianguang Hou |author6=Gregory D. Edgecombe |year=2014 |title=A New Exceptionally Preserved Cambrian Priapulid From The Chengjiang Lagerstätte |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=88 |issue=2 |pages=371–384 |doi=10.1666/13-082 |bibcode=2014JPal...88..371M |s2cid=85627132 }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Ma et al.

Cambrian

Chengjiang Lagerstätte

A member of Priapulida. The type species is Eximipriapulus globocaudatus.

|File:Eximipriapulus.jpg

Filihernodia{{Cite journal|author1=Linda Frey |author2=Carole Naglik |author3=Richard Hofmann |author4=Mena Schemm-Gregory |author5=Jiří Frýda |author6=Björn Kröger |author7=Paul D. Taylor |author8=Mark A. Wilson |author9=Christian Klug |year=2014 |title=Diversity and palaeoecology of Early Devonian invertebrate associations in the Tafilalt (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) |journal=Bulletin of Geosciences |volume=89 |issue=1 |pages=75–112 |doi=10.3140/bull.geosci.1459 |s2cid=12237062 |doi-access=free }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Taylor & Wilson in Frey et al.

Early Devonian (Pragian)

A reptariid hederellid. The type species is Filihernodia buccina.

Haplistion toftanum{{cite book |author1=Freek Rhebergen |author2=Joseph Botting |year=2014 |title=Fossils and Strata, Number 60, A New Silurian (Llandovery, Telychian) Sponge Assemblage from Gotland, Sweden |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |pages=1–88 |isbn=978-1-118-90662-0 |doi=10.1002/9781118906651}}

Sp. nov

Valid

Rhebergen & Botting

Silurian (Telychian)

A haplistiid spirosclerophorid demosponge, a species of Haplistion.

Haydenoconus

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Malinky

Cambrian (Miaolingian and Furongian)

A member of Hyolitha belonging to the family Angusticornidae. The type species is "Hyolithes" gallatinensis Resser (1938); genus also includes "Hyolithes" prolixus Resser (1939).

Hyalonema vetteri{{cite book |author =Dorte Janussen |year=2014 |chapter=The second fossil Hyalonema species (Porifera: Hexactinellida), from the Late Cretaceous Arnager limestone, Bornholm, Denmark |editor1=Frank Wiese |editor2=Mike Reich |editor3=Gernot Arp |title="Spongy, slimy, cosy & more". Commemorative volume in celebration of the 60th birthday of Joachim Reitner. Göttingen Contributions to Geosciences 77 |journal=Frank Wiese |volume=Mike Reich and Gernot Arp |issue=Eds |publisher=Universitätsverlag Göttingen |pages=57–62 |isbn=978-3-86395-165-8 |doi=10.3249/webdoc-3917 }}

Sp. nov

Valid

Janussen

Late Cretaceous (Coniacian)

Arnager Formation

A hexactinellid sponge, a species of Hyalonema.

Lindstroemispongia

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Rhebergen & Botting

Silurian (Telychian)

An astylospongiid streptosclerophorid demosponge. The type species is Lindstroemispongia cylindrata.

Lyrarapax{{Cite journal|author1=Peiyun Cong |author2=Xiaoya Ma |author3=Xianguang Hou |author4=Gregory D. Edgecombe |author5=Nicholas J. Strausfeld |year=2014 |title=Brain structure resolves the segmental affinity of anomalocaridid appendages |journal=Nature |volume=513 |issue=7519 |pages=538–542 |doi=10.1038/nature13486 |pmid=25043032|bibcode=2014Natur.513..538C |s2cid=4451239 }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Cong et al.

Early Cambrian

A member of Anomalocarididae (a group of animals with uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly stem-arthropods). The type species is Lyrarapax unguispinus.

|File:20191018_Lyrarapax_unguispinus.png

Multistella leipnitzae

Sp. nov

Valid

Rhebergen & Botting

Silurian (Telychian)

An anthaspidellid orchocladine demosponge, a species of Multistella.

Nesonektris{{Cite journal|author1=Diego C. García-Bellido |author2=Michael S. Y. Lee |author3=Gregory D. Edgecombe |author4=James B. Jago |author5=James G. Gehling |author6=John R. Paterson |year=2014 |title=A new vetulicolian from Australia and its bearing on the chordate affinities of an enigmatic Cambrian group |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=14 |issue=1 |page=214 |doi=10.1186/s12862-014-0214-z |pmid=25273382 |pmc=4203957 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2014BMCEE..14..214G }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

García-Bellido et al.

Cambrian

Emu Bay Shale

A member of Vetulicolida. The type species is Nesonektris aldridgei.

|File:Nesonektris_aldridgei.gif

Nidelric{{Cite journal|author1=Xianguang Hou |author2=Mark Williams |author3=David J. Siveter |author4=Derek J. Siveter |author5=Sarah Gabbott |author6=David Holwell |author7=Thomas H. P. Harvey |year=2014 |title=A chancelloriid-like metazoan from the early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte, China |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=4 |pages=Article number 7340 |doi=10.1038/srep07340 |pmid=25487514 |pmc=4260403|bibcode=2014NatSR...4.7340H }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Hou et al.

Early Cambrian

Heilinpu Formation

An animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a member of Chancelloriida or a chancelloriid-like animal. The type species is Nidelric pugio.

Norvegiograptus{{Cite journal|author1=Li-xia Li |author2=Hong-zhen Feng |author3=Wen-hui Wang |author4=Wen-jian Chen |year=2014 |title=A new graptolite genus Norvegiograptus from the Ningkuo Formation (Lower Ordovician) of Hunan Province, China |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Sinica |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=172–179 |url=http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=141&CurRec=3&filename=GSWX201402003&dbname=CJFD2014 }}

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Li et al.

Early Ordovician

A graptolite belonging to the family Dichograptidae. A new genus for "Didymograptus" liber Monsen (1937); genus also includes "Didymograptus" enshiensis Ni in Mu et al. (1979).

Oikozetetes mounti{{Cite journal|author1=Sarah M. Jacquet |author2=Glenn A. Brock |author3=John R. Paterson |year=2014 |title=New data on Oikozetetes (Mollusca, Halkieriidae) from the lower Cambrian of South Australia |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=88 |issue=5 |pages=1072–1084 |doi=10.1666/13-137 |bibcode=2014JPal...88.1072J |s2cid=130926677 }}

Sp. nov

Valid

Jacquet, Brock & Paterson

Early Cambrian

Mernmerna Formation

A member of Halkieriidae (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Oikozetetes.

Opetionella incompta

Sp. nov

Valid

Rhebergen & Botting

Silurian (Telychian)

A demosponge, possibly a member of the group Hadromerida; a species of Opetionella.

Paleoxyuris{{Cite journal|author1=Jean-Pierre Hugot |author2=Scott L. Gardner |author3=Victor Borba |author4=Priscilla Araujo |author5=Daniela Leles |author6=Átila Augusto Stock Da-Rosa |author7=Juliana Dutra |author8=Luiz Fernando Ferreira |author9=Adauto Araújo |year=2014 |title=Discovery of a 240 million year old nematode parasite egg in a cynodont coprolite sheds light on the early origin of pinworms in vertebrates |journal=Parasites & Vectors |volume=7 |page=486 |doi=10.1186/s13071-014-0486-6 |pmid=25495824 |pmc=4236488 |doi-access=free }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Hugot et al.

Triassic

| Sítio Cortado site

A heteroxynematid oxyurid nematode known from an egg found in a cynodont coprolite. The type species is Paleoxyuris cockburni.

Phragmodictya jinshaensis{{Cite journal|author1=Yang Xinglian |author2=Zhao Yuanlong |author3=Wu Weiyi |author4=Zheng Haolin |author5=Zhu Yajie |year=2014 |title=Phragmodictya jinshaensis sp. nov., a hexactinellid dictyosponge from the Cambrian of Jinsha, south China |journal=GFF |volume=136 |issue=1 |pages=309–313 |doi=10.1080/11035897.2014.880509 |bibcode=2014GFF...136..309X |s2cid=129658102 }}

Sp. nov

Valid

Xinglian et al.

Cambrian

A hexactinellid sponge, a species of Phragmodictya.

Polychaetaspis kozlowskii

Sp. nov

Valid

Szaniawski & Drygant

Early Devonian (early Lochkovian)

A polychaetaspid polychaete, a species of Polychaetaspis.

Postperissocoelia

Gen. et comb. et sp. nov

Valid

Rhebergen & Botting

Silurian

A streptosolenid orchocladine demosponge. A new genus for "Perissocoelia" spinosa Rigby & Chatterton (1989); genus also contains new species Postperissocoelia gnisvardensis.

Pseudoperipatus{{Cite journal|author1=Joachim T. Haug |author2=Carolin Haug |year=2014 |title=A new cycloneuralian from the Burgess Shale with a palaeoscolecid-type terminal end |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=274 |issue=1 |pages=73–79 |doi=10.1127/njgpa/2014/0441 }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Haug & Haug

Cambrian

Burgess Shale

A cycloneuralian worm. The type species is Pseudoperipatus hintelmannae.

Sanduscolex

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Muir et al.

Ordovician (earliest Floian)

Tonggao Formation

A palaeoscolecid worm. The type species is Sanduscolex regularis.

Urphaenomenospongia

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Rhebergen & Botting

Silurian (Telychian)

A glass sponge, possibly a member of Lyssacinosida. The type species is Urphaenomenospongia euplectelloides.

Waflascolex{{Cite journal|author1=Wenhui Wang |author2=Lucy A. Muir |author3=Joseph P. Botting |author4=Hongzhen Feng |author5=Thomas Servais |author6=Lixia Li |year=2014 |title=A Tremadocian (Early Ordovician) palaeoscolecidan worm from graptolitic shales in Hunan Province, South China |journal=Palaeontology |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=657–671 |doi=10.1111/pala.12083 |s2cid=140658199 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2014Palgy..57..657W }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Wang et al.

Ordovician (Tremadocian)

A palaeoscolecid worm. The type species is Waflascolex changdensis.

Wiwaxia foliosa{{Cite journal|author1=Jie Yang |author2=Martin R. Smith |author3=Tian Lan |author4=Jin-bo Hou |author5=Xi-guang Zhang |year=2014 |title=Articulated Wiwaxia from the Cambrian Stage 3 Xiaoshiba Lagerstätte |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=4 |pages=Article number 4643 |doi=10.1038/srep04643 |pmid=24717918 |pmc=3982170 |bibcode=2014NatSR...4.4643Y}}

Sp. nov

Valid

Yang et al.

Cambrian

Hongjingshao Formation

An animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Wiwaxia.

Yuganotheca{{Cite journal|author1=Z.-F. Zhang |author2=G.-X. Li |author3=L. E. Holmer |author4=G. A. Brock |author5=U. Balthasar |author6=C. B. Skovsted |author7=D.-J. Fu |author8=X.-L. Zhang |author9=H.-Z. Wang |author10=A. Butler |author11=Z.-L. Zhang |author12=C.-Q. Cao |author13=J. Han |author14=J.-N. Liu |author15=D.-G. Shu |year=2014 |title=An early Cambrian agglutinated tubular lophophorate with brachiopod characters |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=4 |pages=Article number 4682 |doi=10.1038/srep04682 |pmid=24828016 |pmc=4021322|bibcode=2014NatSR...4.4682Z }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Zhang, Li & Holmer in Zhang et al.

Cambrian

Heilinpu Formation

A member of Lophophorata of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Yuganotheca elegans.

Other organisms

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Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Cyathus dominicanus{{Cite journal|author=George Poinar Jr. |year=2014 |title=Bird's nest fungi (Nidulariales: Nidulariaceae) in Baltic and Dominican amber |journal=Fungal Biology |volume=118 |issue=3 |pages=325–329 |doi=10.1016/j.funbio.2014.01.004 |pmid=24607356 |bibcode=2014FunB..118..325P }}

Sp. nov

Valid

Poinar

Eocene or Miocene

Dominican amber

A fungus, a species of Cyathus.

Elainabella{{Cite journal|author1=Stephen M. Rowland |author2=Margarita G. Rodriguez |year=2014 |title=A multicellular alga with exceptional preservation from the Ediacaran of Nevada |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=88 |issue=2 |pages=263–268 |doi=10.1666/13-075 |bibcode=2014JPal...88..263R |s2cid=129796477 }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Rowland & Rodriguez

Ediacaran

Deep Spring Formation

A multicellular alga of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species E. deepspringensis.

|File:ElainabellaReconstruction.jpg

Eopalaeoaplysina{{Cite journal|author1=Kaylee D. Anderson |author2=Benoit Beauchamp |year=2014 |title=Paleobiology and paleoecology of Palaeoaplysina and Eopalaeoaplysina new genus in Arctic Canada |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=88 |issue=5 |pages=1056–1071 |doi=10.1666/13-049 |s2cid=129407237 }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Anderson & Beauchamp

Carboniferous (Moscovian to Kasimovian)

Belcourt Formation

Ely Limestone

Nansen Formation

A red alga, a relative of Palaeoaplysina. Genus includes new species E. daviesi.

Helmutella{{cite journal |author1=Michael Krings |author2=Thomas N. Taylor |year=2014 |title=A mantled fungal reproductive unit from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert that demonstrates Carboniferous "sporocarp" morphology and development |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=273 |issue=2 |pages=197–205 |doi=10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0423 }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Krings & Taylor

Early Devonian

Rhynie chert

A fungus described on the basis of a reproductive unit. Genus includes new species H. devonica.

Nidula baltica

Sp. nov

Valid

Poinar

Eocene

Baltic amber

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(Kaliningrad Oblast)

A fungus, a species of Nidula.

Nilpenia{{Cite journal|author1=Mary L. Droser |author2=James G. Gehling |author3=Mary E. Dzaugis |author4=Martin J. Kennedy |author5=Dennis Rice |author6=Michael F. Allen |year=2014 |title=A New Ediacaran Fossil with a Novel Sediment Displacive Life Habit |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=88 |issue=1 |pages=145–151 |doi=10.1666/12-158 |bibcode=2014JPal...88..145D |s2cid=59608504 }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Droser et al.

Precambrian

Ediacara Fossil Site at Nilpena, Flinders Ranges

"An organism of unknown affinities with a growth pattern convergent on that of extant fungi, lichens and encrusting algae". The type species is Nilpenia rossi.

Palaeogaster{{Cite journal|author1=George O. Poinar, Jr. |author2=Dônis da Silva Alfredo |author3=Iuri Goulart Baseia |year=2014 |title=A gasteroid fungus, Palaeogaster micromorpha gen. & sp. nov. (Boletales) in Cretaceous Myanmar amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=139–143 |url=https://www.academia.edu/7926072 }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Poinar, Alfredo & Baseia

Early Cretaceous (late Albian)

A fungus belonging to the group Sclerodermatineae. The type species is Palaeogaster micromorpha.

Plexus{{Cite journal|author1=Lucas V. Joel |author2=Mary L. Droser |author3=James G. Gehling |year=2014 |title=A New Enigmatic, Tubular Organism from the Ediacara Member, Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=88 |issue=2 |pages=253–262 |doi=10.1666/13-058 |bibcode=2014JPal...88..253J |s2cid=131446358 |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9g06g1gw }}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Joel, Droser & Gehling

Precambrian

A tubular, serially divided organism with a bilateral morphology of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Plexus ricei.

|File:Plexus_ricei_paleoart.png

Wutubus{{Cite journal|author1=Zhe Chen |author2=Chuanming Zhou |author3=Shuhai Xiao |author4=Wei Wang |author5=Chengguo Guan |author6=Hong Hua |author7=Xunlai Yuan |year=2014 |title=New Ediacara fossils preserved in marine limestone and their ecological implications |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=4 |pages=Article number 4180 |doi=10.1038/srep04180 |pmid=24566959 |pmc=3933909 |bibcode=2014NatSR...4.4180C}}

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Chen et al.

Precambrian

Dengying Formation

An annulated tubular organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Wutubus annularis.

Xylaria antiqua{{Cite journal|author =George O. Poinar Jr. |year=2014 |title=Xylaria antiqua sp. nov. (Ascomycota: Xylariaceae) in Dominican amber |journal=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=145–149 }}

Sp. nov

Valid

Poinar

Eocene or Miocene

A fungus belonging to the family Xylariaceae found in Dominican amber, a species of Xylaria.

References

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