2014 in reptile paleontology

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This list of fossil reptiles described in 2014 is a list of new taxa of fossil reptiles that were described during the year 2014, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to reptile paleontology that occurred in 2014.

Ichthyopterygians

=Research=

  • Anatomy, taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of Cretaceous ophthalmosaurids Simbirskiasaurus birjukovi and Pervushovisaurus bannovkensis are reevaluated by Fischer et al. (2014).{{cite journal |author=Valentin Fischer |author2=Maxim S. Arkhangelsky |author3=Darren Naish|author4=Ilya M. Stenshin |author5=Gleb N. Uspensky |author6=Pascal Godefroit |name-list-style=amp |year=2014 |title=Simbirskiasaurus and Pervushovisaurus reassessed: implications for the taxonomy and cranial osteology of Cretaceous platypterygiine ichthyosaurs |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=171 |issue=4 |pages=822–841 |doi=10.1111/zoj.12158 |s2cid=67765108 |url=http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/346572.pdf }}

=New taxa=

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Janusaurus{{cite journal |author=Aubrey Jane Roberts |author2=Patrick Scott Druckenmiller |author3=Glenn-Peter Sætre |author4=Jørn Harald Hurum |name-list-style=amp |year=2014 |title=A New Upper Jurassic Ophthalmosaurid Ichthyosaur from the Slottsmøya Member, Agardhfjellet Formation of Central Spitsbergen |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=9 |issue=8 |pages=e103152 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0103152 |pmid=25084533 |pmc=4118863 |bibcode=2014PLoSO...9j3152R|doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Roberts et al.

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Late Jurassic

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Agardhfjellet Formation

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{{Flag|Norway}}

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An ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur. The type species is Janusaurus lundi. Zverkov & Prilepskaya (2019) considered Janusaurus to be a junior synonym of the genus Arthropterygius, though the authors maintained J. lundi as a distinct species within the latter genus;{{cite journal |author1=Nikolay G. Zverkov |author2=Natalya E. Prilepskaya |year=2019 |title=A prevalence of Arthropterygius (Ichthyosauria: Ophthalmosauridae) in the Late Jurassic—earliest Cretaceous of the Boreal Realm |journal=PeerJ |volume=7 |pages=e6799 |doi=10.7717/peerj.6799 |pmid=31106052 |pmc=6497043 |doi-access=free }} Delsett et al. (2019) rejected this synonymy.{{cite journal |author1=Lene L. Delsett |author2=Aubrey J. Roberts |author3=Patrick S. Druckenmiller |author4=Jørn H. Hurum |year=2019 |title=Osteology and phylogeny of Late Jurassic ichthyosaurs from the Slottsmøya Member Lagerstätte (Spitsbergen, Svalbard) |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=64 |issue=4 |pages=717–743 |doi=10.4202/app.00571.2018 |s2cid=210294877 |doi-access=free |hdl=10852/76089 |hdl-access=free }}

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Leninia{{cite journal |author=Valentin Fischer |author2=Maxim S. Arkhangelsky |author3=Gleb N. Uspensky|author4=Ilya M. Stenshin |author5=Pascal Godefroit |author5-link=Pascal Godefroit |name-list-style=amp |year=2014 |title=A new Lower Cretaceous ichthyosaur from Russia reveals skull shape conservatism within Ophthalmosaurinae |journal=Geological Magazine |volume=151 |issue=1 |pages=60–70 |doi=10.1017/S0016756812000994 |bibcode=2014GeoM..151...60F |hdl=2268/137853 |s2cid=49470362 |url=http://osf.io/t3j7q/ |hdl-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Fischer et al.

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Early Cretaceous (early Aptian)

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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An ophthalmosaurine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur. The type species is Leninia stellans.

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Sisteronia{{cite journal |author=Valentin Fischer |author2=Nathalie Bardet |author3=Myette Guiomar |author4=Pascal Godefroit |name-list-style=amp |year=2014 |title=High Diversity in Cretaceous Ichthyosaurs from Europe Prior to Their Extinction |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=e84709 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0084709 |pmid=24465427 |pmc=3897400 |bibcode=2014PLoSO...984709F|doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Fischer et al.

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Cretaceous (early Albian to early Cenomanian)

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Cambridge Greensand

Gault Formation

Marnes Bleues Formation

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{{Flag|France}}

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

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A platypterygiine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur. The type species is Sisteronia seeleyi.

|File:Sisteronia.png

Undorosaurus trautscholdi{{cite journal |author=M.S. Arkhangelsky |author2=N.G. Zverkov |name-list-style=amp |year=2014 |title=On a new ichthyosaur of the genus Undorosaurus |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences |volume=318 |issue=3 |pages=187–196 |url=http://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_318_3/TZ_318_3_Arkhangelsky.pdf }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Arkhangelsky & Zverkov

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Late Jurassic

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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An ophthalmosaurine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur, a species of Undorosaurus.

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Sauropterygians

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Aristonectes quiriquinensis{{Cite journal|author1=Rodrigo A. Otero |author2=Sergio Soto-Acuña |author3=Frank Robin O'Keefe |author4=José P. O’Gorman |author5=Wolfgang Stinnesbeck |author6=Mario E. Suárez |author7=David Rubilar-Rogers |author8=Christian Salazar |author9=Luis Arturo Quinzio-Sinn |year=2014 |title=Aristonectes quiriquinensis, sp. nov., a new highly derived elasmosaurid from the upper Maastrichtian of central Chile |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=34 |issue=1 |pages=100–125 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2013.780953 |hdl=11336/79718 |s2cid=84729992 |url=http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/128448 |hdl-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Otero et al.

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Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian)

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Quiriquina Formation

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{{Flag|Chile}}

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A plesiosaur, a species of Aristonectes.

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Cymatosaurus erikae{{Cite journal|author =Michael W. Maisch |year=2014 |title=A well preserved skull of Cymatosaurus (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the uppermost Buntsandstein (Middle Triassic) of Germany |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=272 |issue=2 |pages=213–224 |doi=10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0407 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Maisch

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Middle Triassic (earliest Anisian)

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Röt Formation

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{{Flag|Germany}}

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A species of Cymatosaurus.

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Majiashanosaurus{{Cite journal|author1=Da-Yong Jiang |author2=Ryosuke Motani |author3=Andrea Tintori |author4=Olivier Rieppel |author5=Guan-Bao Chen |author6=Jian-Dong Huang |author7=Rong Zhang |author8=Zuo-Yu Sun |author9=Cheng Ji |year=2014 |title=The Early Triassic eosauropterygian Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis, gen. et sp. nov. (Reptilia, Sauropterygia), from Chaohu, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=34 |issue=5 |pages=1044–1052 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.846264 |s2cid=129828376 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Jiang et al.

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Early Triassic (Olenekian)

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Nanlinghu Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A basal member of Eosauropterygia. The type species is Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis.

|File:Majiashanosaurus_Holotype_NGMC.jpg

Nothosaurus zhangi{{cite journal |author1=Jun Liu |author2=Shi-xue Hu |author3=Olivier Rieppel |author4=Da-yong Jiang |author5=Michael J. Benton |author6=Neil P. Kelley |author7=Jonathan C. Aitchison |author8=Chang-yong Zhou |author9=Wen Wen |author10=Jin-yuan Huang |author11=Tao Xie |author12=Tao Lv |year=2014 |title=A gigantic nothosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of SW China and its implication for the Triassic biotic recovery |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=4 |pages=Article number 7142 |doi=10.1038/srep07142 |pmid=25429609 |pmc=4245812 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Liu et al.

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Middle Triassic (Anisian)

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Guanling Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A nothosaur, a species of Nothosaurus.

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Odoiporosaurus{{Cite journal|author1=Silvio Renesto |author2=Giorgio Binelli |author3=Hans Hagdorn |year=2014 |title=A new pachypleurosaur from the Middle Triassic Besano Formation of Northern Italy |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=271 |issue=2 |pages=151–168 |doi=10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0382 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Renesto, Binelli & Hagdorn

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Middle Triassic (Anisian)

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Besano Formation

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{{Flag|Italy}}

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A pachypleurosaur. The type species is Odoiporosaurus teruzzii.

|File:Odoiporosaurus_teruzzii_skull.JPG

Pararcus{{cite journal |author=Nicole Klein |author2=Torsten M. Scheyer |name-list-style=amp |year=2014 |title=A new placodont sauropterygian from the Middle Triassic of the Netherlands |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=59 |issue=4 |pages=887–902 |doi=10.4202/app.2012.0147 |s2cid=54714765 |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Klein & Scheyer

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Middle Triassic (early Anisian)

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Vossenveld Formation

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{{Flag|Netherlands}}

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A placodont. The type species is Pararcus diepenbroeki.

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Pliosaurus patagonicus{{Cite journal|author1=Zulma Gasparini |author2=José P. O'Gorman |year=2014 |title=A new species of Pliosaurus (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Upper Jurassic of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=51 |issue=4 |pages=269–283 |url=http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/2225 |doi=10.5710/amgh.03.04.2014.2225|s2cid=130194647 |hdl=11336/9372 |hdl-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Gasparini & O'Gorman

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Late Jurassic (middle Tithonian)

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Vaca Muerta Formation

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{{Flag|Argentina}}

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A species of Pliosaurus.

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Lepidosaurs

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Kawasphenodon peligrensis{{Cite journal|author1=Sebastian Apesteguia |author2=Raúl O. Gómez |author3=Guillermo W. Rougier |year=2014 |title=The youngest South American rhynchocephalian, a survivor of the K/Pg extinction |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=281 |issue=1792 |pages=20140811 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2014.0811 |pmid=25143041 |pmc=4150314}}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Apesteguia, Gómez & Rougier

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Palaeocene

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Salamanca Formation

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{{Flag|Argentina}}

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An opisthodontian sphenodontid, a species of Kawasphenodon.

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Priosphenodon minimus{{Cite journal|author1=Sebastian Apesteguia |author2=Jose L. Carballido |year=2014 |title=A new eilenodontine (Lepidosauria, Sphenodontidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of central Patagonia |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=303–317 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2013.803974 |hdl=11336/6524 |s2cid=130381621 |hdl-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Apesteguia & Carballido

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Early Cretaceous

| Cerro Barcino Formation

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{{Flag|Argentina}}

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An eilenodontine sphenodontid, a species of Priosphenodon.

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=Newly named lizards=

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Blanus mendezi{{Cite journal|author1=Arnau Bolet |author2=Massimo Delfino |author3=Josep Fortuny |author4=Sergio Almécija |author5=Josep M. Robles |author6=David M. Alba |year=2014 |title=An Amphisbaenian Skull from the European Miocene and the Evolution of Mediterranean Worm Lizards |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=9 |issue=6 |page=e98082 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0098082 |pmid=24896828 |pmc=4045672|bibcode=2014PLoSO...998082B |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Bolet et al.

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Miocene (11.6 Mya)

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Vallès-Penedès Basin

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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An amphisbaenian, a species of Blanus.

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Blanus thomaskelleri{{Cite journal|author1=Andrej Čerňanský |author2=Jean-Claude Rage |author3=Jozef Klembara |year=2014 |title=The Early Miocene squamates of Amöneburg (Germany): the first stages of modern squamates in Europe |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=97–128 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2014.897266 |s2cid=140170242 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Čerňanský, Rage & Klembara

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Early Miocene

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{{Flag|Germany}}

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An amphisbaenian, a species of Blanus.

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Calanguban{{Cite journal|author1=Tiago R. Simões |author2=Michael W. Caldwell |author3=Alexander W. A. Kellner |year=2014 |title=A new Early Cretaceous lizard species from Brazil, and the phylogenetic position of the oldest known South American squamates |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=13 |issue=7 |pages=601–614 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2014.947342 |s2cid=84446189 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Simões, Caldwell & Kellner

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Early Cretaceous

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Crato Formation

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{{Flag|Brazil}}

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Originally described as a scleroglossan lizard with scincomorph affinities; subsequently argued to be a borioteiioid.{{cite journal |author1=Ednalva da Silva Santos |author2=Samuel Cardozo Ribeiro |author3=Antônio Álamo Feitosa Saraiva |author4=Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner |author5=Tiago R. Simões |title=A neotype and reassessment of phylogenetic relationships of the fossil lizard Calanguban alamoi from the Crato Formation (Early Cretaceous, Brazil) |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |year=2025 |volume=23 |issue=1 |at=2496536 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2025.2496536 }} The type species is Calanguban alamoi.

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Dakotaseps{{Cite journal|author =Randall L. Nydam |year=2014 |title=Dakotaseps gen. nov., a replacement name for the lizard genus Dakotasaurus Nydam 2013, a junior homonym of the ichnotaxon Dakotasaurus Branson and Mehl 1932 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3900 |issue=1 |page=150 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3900.1.11 |pmid=25543731 |doi-access=free }}

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Nom. nov

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Valid

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Nydam

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Dakota Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A member of Scincomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement, assigned by Nydam (2013) to an informal paramacellodid-cordylid grade;{{cite book |author =Randall L. Nydam |year=2013 |chapter=Lizards and Snakes from the Cenomanian through Campanian of Southern Utah: Filling the Gap in the Fossil Record of Squamata from the Late Cretaceous of the Western Interior of North America |editor1=Alan L. Titus |editor2=Mark A. Loewen |title=At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah |publisher=Indiana University Press |pages=370–423 |isbn=978-0-253-00896-1 }} a replacement name for Dakotasaurus Nydam (2013) (preoccupied).

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Funiusaurus{{Cite journal|author1=Li Xu |author2=Xiaochun Wu |author3=Junchang Lü |author4=Songhai Jia |author5=Jiming Zhang |author6=Hanyong Pu |author7=Xingliao Zhang |year=2014 |title=A New Lizard (Lepidosauria: Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous of Henan, China |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition |volume=88 |issue=4 |pages=1041–1050 |doi=10.1111/1755-6724.12271 |s2cid=128552980 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Xu et al.

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Late Cretaceous

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Qiupa Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A member of Polyglyphanodontidae. The type species is Funiusaurus luanchuanensis.

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Maioricalacerta{{Cite journal|author1=Salvador Bailon |author2=Renaud Boistel |author3=Pere Bover |author4=Josep Antoni Alcover |year=2014 |title=Maioricalacerta rafelinensis, gen. et sp. nov. (Squamata, Lacertidae), from the early Pliocene of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean Sea) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=318–326 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2013.799481 |s2cid=49559770 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Bailon et al.

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Early Pliocene (Zanclean)

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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A member of Lacertidae. The type species is Maioricalacerta rafelinensis.

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Pyrenasaurus{{Cite journal|author1=Arnau Bolet |author2=Marc Augé |year=2014 |title=A New Miniaturized Lizard From the Late Eocene of France and Spain |journal=The Anatomical Record |volume=297 |issue=3 |pages=505–515 |doi=10.1002/ar.22855 |pmid=24482323|s2cid=205411659 |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Bolet & Augé

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Late Eocene

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{{Flag|France}}

{{Flag|Spain}}

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A member of Scincoidea, possibly a skink. The type species is Pyrenasaurus evansae.

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=Newly named snakes=

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Adinophis{{Cite journal|author1=Adam C. Pritchard |author2=Jacob A. McCartney |author3=David W. Krause |author4=Nathan J. Kley |year=2014 |title=New snakes from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Maevarano Formation, Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=34 |issue=5 |pages=1080–1093 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.841706 |s2cid=84867457 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Pritchard et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

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Maevarano Formation

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{{Flag|Madagascar}}

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A member of Madtsoiidae. The type species is Adinophis fisaka.

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Indophis fanambinana

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Pritchard et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

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Maevarano Formation

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{{Flag|Madagascar}}

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A member of Nigerophiidae, a species of Indophis.

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Rukwanyoka{{Cite journal|author1=Jacob A. McCartney |author2=Nancy J. Stevens |author3=Patrick M. O’Connor |year=2014 |title=The Earliest Colubroid-Dominated Snake Fauna from Africa: Perspectives from the Late Oligocene Nsungwe Formation of Southwestern Tanzania |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=e90415 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0090415 |pmid=24646522 |pmc=3960104|bibcode=2014PLoSO...990415M |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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McCartney et al.

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Oligocene

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Nsungwe Formation

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{{Flag|Tanzania}}

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The most ancient booid snake and boa from Africa. The type species is Rukwanyoka holmani.

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Seismophis{{Cite journal|author1=Annie S. Hsiou |author2=Adriana M. Albino |author3=Manuel A. Medeiros |author4=Ronny A.B. Santos |year=2014 |title=The oldest Brazilian snakes from the early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=59 |issue=3 |pages=635–642 |doi=10.4202/app.2012.0091 |s2cid=55266958 |doi-access=free |hdl=11336/99860 |hdl-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Hsiou et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Alcântara Formation

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{{Flag|Brazil}}

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A snake of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a relative of Najash rionegrina. The type species is Seismophis septentrionalis.

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Turtles

=Research=

  • Redescription of the rediscovered holotype of the Jurassic turtle Plesiochelys etalloni is published by Anquetin, Deschamps & Claude (2014).{{Cite journal|author1=Jérémy Anquetin |author2=Sylvie Deschamps |author3=Julien Claude |year=2014 |title=The rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of the Late Jurassic turtle Plesiochelys etalloni |journal=PeerJ |volume=2 |pages=e258 |doi=10.7717/peerj.258 |pmid=24688842 |pmc=3932733 |doi-access=free }}

=Newly named turtles=

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Alienochelys{{Cite journal|author =France de Lapparent de Broin |author2=Nathalie Bardet |author3=Mbarek Amaghzaz |author4=Saïd Meslouh |year=2014 |title=A strange new chelonioid turtle from the Latest Cretaceous Phosphates of Morocco |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=87–95 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2013.07.008 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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de Lapparent de Broin et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

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Oulad Abdoun Basin

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{{Flag|Morocco}}

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A sea turtle, a member of Dermochelyoidae. The type species is Alienochelys selloumi.

|File:Alienochelys_skull.jpg

Allaeochelys libyca{{Cite journal|author1=Philipe E. Havlik |author2=Walter G. Joyce |author3=Madelaine Böhme |year=2014 |title=Allaeochelys libyca, a New Carettochelyine Turtle from the Middle Miocene (Langhian) of Libya |journal=Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=201–214 |doi=10.3374/014.055.0207 |s2cid=56023005 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/233166/files/joy_aln.pdf }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Havlik, Joyce & Böhme

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Miocene (Langhian)

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{{Flag|Libya}}

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A relative of the pig-nosed turtle, a species of the (possibly paraphyletic) genus Allaeochelys.

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Ashleychelys{{Cite journal|author1=Robert E. Weems |author2=Albert E. Sanders |year=2014 |title=Oligocene pancheloniid sea turtles from the vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=34 |issue=1 |pages=80–99 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2013.792826 |s2cid=128543145 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/963533 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Weems & Sanders

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Oligocene

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A pancheloniid sea turtle. The type species is Ashleychelys palmeri.

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Atolchelys{{Cite journal|author1=Pedro S. R. Romano |author2=Valéria Gallo |author3=Renato R. C. Ramos |author4=Luzia Antonioli |year=2014 |title=Atolchelys lepida, a new side-necked turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil and the age of crown Pleurodira |journal=Biology Letters |volume=10 |issue=7 |pages=20140290 |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2014.0290 |pmid=25079494 |pmc=4126622}}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Romano et al.

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Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

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Morro do Chaves Formation

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{{Flag|Brazil}}

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A bothremydid pleurodiran. The type species is Atolchelys lepida.

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Brodiechelys royoi{{Cite journal|author1=Adán Pérez-García |author2=José Miguel Gasulla |author3=Francisco Ortega |year=2014 |title=A new species of Brodiechelys (Testudines, Pan-Cryptodira) from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: Systematic and palaeobiogeographic implications |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=59 |issue=2 |pages=333–342 |doi=10.4202/app.2012.0059|s2cid=56200636 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Pérez-García, Gasulla & Ortega

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Early Aptian

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Arcillas de Morella Formation

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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A xinjiangchelyid, a species of Brodiechelys.

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Cheirogaster bacharidisi{{Cite journal|author1=Evangelos Vlachos |author2=Evangelia Tsoukala |author3=Joseph Corsini |year=2014 |title=Cheirogaster bacharidisi, sp. nov., a new species of a giant tortoise from the Pliocene of Thessaloniki (Macedonia, Greece) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=560–575 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2013.821409 |s2cid=85589576 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/1017334 |url-access=subscription }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Vlachos, Tsoukala & Corsini

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Pliocene

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Gonia Formation

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{{Flag|Greece}}

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A tortoise, originally described as a species belonging to the genus Cheirogaster. Subsequently, transferred by Pérez-García & Vlachos (2014) to the genus Titanochelon.

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Eodortoka{{Cite journal|author1=A. Pérez-García |author2=J.M. Gasulla |author3=F. Ortega |year=2014 |title=Eodortoka morellana gen. et sp. nov., the first pan-pleurodiran turtle (Dortokidae) defined in the Lower Cretaceous of Europe |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=48 |pages=130–138 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2013.12.004 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Pérez-García, Gasulla & Ortega

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Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

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Arcillas de Morella Formation

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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A dortokid, a member of the clade Pan-Pleurodira (containing living pleurodirans and all turtles that are more closely related to them than to cryptodirans). The type species is Eodortoka morellana.

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Gobiapalone

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Gen. et comb. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Danilov et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Maastrichtian)

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Barun Goyot Formation

Bayan Shireh Formation

Nemegt Formation

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{{Flag|Mongolia}}

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A trionychine trionychid. The type species is "Amyda" orlovi Khosatzky (1976); genus also contains new species Gobiapalone breviplastra. The genus Gobiapalone was considered to be a junior synonym of the genus Kuhnemys by Georgalis & Joyce (2017), though the authors maintained G. orlovi and G. breviplastra as distinct species within the latter genus.{{cite journal |author1=Georgios L. Georgalis |author2=Walter G. Joyce |year=2017 |title=A Review of the Fossil Record of Old World Turtles of the Clade Pan-Trionychidae |journal=Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=115–208 |doi=10.3374/014.058.0106 |s2cid=89732695 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/288660/files/joy_rfr.pdf }}

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Hylaeochelys kappa{{Cite journal|author1=Adán Pérez-García |author2=Francisco Ortega |year=2014 |title=A new species of the turtle Hylaeochelys (Eucryptodira) outside its known geographic and stratigraphic ranges of distribution |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=183–188 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2013.10.009 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Pérez-García & Ortega

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Late Jurassic (Tithonian)

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Freixial Formation

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{{Flag|Portugal}}

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A basal member of Eucryptodira, a species of Hylaeochelys.

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Judithemys kranzi{{Cite journal|author =Robert E. Weems |year=2014 |title=Paleogene chelonians from Maryland and Virginia |journal=PaleoBios |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=1–32 |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7253p3tf }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Weems

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Paleocene (early Thanetian)

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Aquia Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A member of (likely paraphyletic) group "Macrobaenidae", a species of Judithemys.

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Nemegtemys{{Cite journal|author1=Igor G. Danilov |author2=Ren Hirayama |author3=Vladimir B. Sukhanov |author4=Shigeru Suzuki |author5=Mahito Watabe |author6=Natasha S. Vitek |year=2014 |title=Cretaceous soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) of Mongolia: new diversity, records and a revision |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=12 |issue=7 |pages=799–832 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2013.847870 |s2cid=86304259 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Danilov et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

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Nemegt Formation

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{{Flag|Mongolia}}

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A cyclanorbine trionychid. The type species is Nemegtemys conflata.

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Osonachelus{{Cite journal|author =France de Lapparent de Broin |author2=Xabier Murelaga |author3=Francesc Farrés |author4=Jacint Altimiras |year=2014 |title=An exceptional cheloniid turtle, Osonachelus decorata nov. gen., nov. sp., from the Eocene (Bartonian) of Catalonia (Spain) |journal=Geobios |volume=47 |issue=3 |pages=111–132 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2014.02.002 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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de Lapparent de Broin et al.

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Eocene (late Bartonian)

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Vic-Manlleu Marls Formation

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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A cheloniid sea turtle. The type species is Osonachelus decorata.

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Procolpochelys charlestonensis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Weems & Sanders

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Oligocene

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A pancheloniid sea turtle; a species of Procolpochelys.

|File:Procolpochelys_charlestonensis_skull_and_shell.jpg

Riodevemys{{Cite journal|author1=Adán Pérez-García |author2=Rafael Royo-Torres |author3=Alberto Cobos |year=2015 |title=A new European Late Jurassic pleurosternid (Testudines, Paracryptodira) and a new hypothesis of paracryptodiran phylogeny |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=351–369 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2014.911212 |s2cid=83768369 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Pérez-García, Royo-Torres & Cobos

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Late Jurassic

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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A pleurosternid paracryptodiran. The type species is Riodevemys inumbragigas.

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Tacuarembemys{{cite journal |author1=Daniel Perea |author2=Matías Soto |author3=Juliana Sterli |author4=Valeria Mesa |author5=Pablo Toriño |author6=Guillermo Roland |author7=Jorge Da Silva |year=2014 |title=Tacuarembemys kusterae, gen. et sp. nov., a new Late Jurassic–?earliest Cretaceous continental turtle from western Gondwana |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=34 |issue=6 |pages=1329–1341 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.859620 |hdl=11336/21191 |s2cid=129848452 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/_i_Tacuarembemys_kusterae_i_gen_et_sp_nov_a_new_Late_Jurassic_earliest_Cretaceous_continental_turtle_from_western_Gondwana/1228037 |hdl-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Perea et al.

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Late Jurassic or earliest Cretaceous

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Tacuarembó Formation

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{{Flag|Uruguay}}

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A turtle of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Tacuarembemys kusterae.

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Titanochelon{{Cite journal|author1=Adán Pérez-García |author2=Evangelos Vlachos |year=2014 |title=New generic proposal for the European Neogene large testudinids (Cryptodira) and the first phylogenetic hypothesis for the medium and large representatives of the European Cenozoic record |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=172 |issue=3 |pages=653–719 |doi=10.1111/zoj.12183 |s2cid=86295621 }}

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Gen. et comb. nov

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Valid

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Pérez-García & Vlachos

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Early Miocene to early Pleistocene

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{{Flag|Austria}}

{{Flag|Bulgaria}}

{{Flag|France}}

{{Flag|Germany}}

{{Flag|Greece}}

{{Flag|Portugal}}

{{Flag|Spain}}

{{Flag|Switzerland}}

{{Flag|Turkey}}

{{Flag|Malta}}?

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A tortoise; a new genus for "Testudo" bolivari Hernández-Pacheco (1917). Genus also contains "Testudo" eurysternum Gervais (1848–1852), "Testudo" ginsburgi de Broin (1977), "Testudo" vitodurana Biedermann (1862), "Cheirogaster" steinbacheri Karl (1996), "Testudo" leberonensis Depéret (1890), "Testudo" schafferi Szalai (1931), "Testudo" perpiniana Depéret (1885) and "Cheirogaster" bacharidisi Vlachos et al. (2014). Genus might also contain "Testudo" gymnesicus Bate (1914).

|File:Titanochelon_perpiniana_full.jpg

‘Trionyx’ baynshirensis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Danilov et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Santonian)

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Bayan Shireh Formation

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{{Flag|Mongolia}}

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A trionychine trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato.

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‘Trionyx’ dissolutus{{Cite journal|author1=Natasha S. Vitek |author2=Igor G. Danilov |year=2014 |title=Soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the Cenomanian of Uzbekistan |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=49 |pages=1–12 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2014.01.004 |hdl=2152/41076 |hdl-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Vitek & Danilov

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}

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A trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato.

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‘Trionyx’ gilbentuensis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Danilov et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

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Nemegt Formation

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{{Flag|Mongolia}}

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A trionychine trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato.

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‘Trionyx’ gobiensis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Danilov et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

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Nemegt Formation

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{{Flag|Mongolia}}

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A trionychine trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato.

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‘Trionyx’ shiluutulensis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Danilov et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Campanian)

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{{Flag|Mongolia}}

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A trionychine trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato.

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Archosauromorphs

= Archosaurs =

{{Main|2014 in archosaur paleontology}}

=Basal archosauromorphs=

==Research==

  • A redescription of Tasmaniosaurus triassicus is published by Ezcurra (2014).{{cite journal |author =Martín D. Ezcurra |year=2014 |title=The Osteology of the Basal Archosauromorph Tasmaniosaurus triassicus from the Lower Triassic of Tasmania, Australia |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=e86864 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0086864 |pmid=24497988 |pmc=3907582|bibcode=2014PLoSO...986864E |doi-access=free }}
  • A revision of anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of the archosauriform Dorosuchus neoetus is published by Sookias et al. (2014).{{cite journal |author1=Roland B. Sookias |author2=Andrey G. Sennikov |author3=David J. Gower |author4=Richard J. Butler |year=2014 |title=The monophyly of Euparkeriidae (Reptilia: Archosauriformes) and the origins of Archosauria: a revision of Dorosuchus neoetus from the Mid-Triassic of Russia |journal=Palaeontology |volume=57 |issue=6 |pages=1177–1202 |doi=10.1111/pala.12110 |s2cid=84365059 |doi-access=free }}
  • A revision of putative euparkeriids from the Triassic of China is published by Sookias et al. (2014).{{cite journal |author1=Roland B. Sookias |author2=Corwin Sullivan |author3=Jun Liu |author4=Richard J. Butler |year=2014 |title=Systematics of putative euparkeriids (Diapsida: Archosauriformes) from the Triassic of China |journal=PeerJ |volume=2 |pages=e658 |doi=10.7717/peerj.658 |pmid=25469319 |pmc=4250070 |doi-access=free }}

==New taxa==

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Aenigmastropheus{{cite journal |author1=Martín D. Ezcurra |author2=Torsten M. Scheyer |author3=Richard J. Butler |year=2014 |title=The Origin and Early Evolution of Sauria: Reassessing the Permian Saurian Fossil Record and the Timing of the Crocodile-Lizard Divergence |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=9 |issue=2 |page=e89165 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0089165 |pmid=24586565 |pmc=3937355 |bibcode=2014PLoSO...989165E|doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Ezcurra, Scheyer & Bulter

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Late Permian (Wuchiapingian)

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Usili Formation

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{{Flag|Tanzania}}

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A non-archosauriform archosauromorph, probably a protorosaurian. The type species is Aenigmastropheus parringtoni.

|File:Aenigmastropheus.png

Garjainia madiba{{cite journal |author1=David J. Gower |author2=P. John Hancox |author3=Jennifer Botha-Brink |author4=Andrey G. Sennikov |author5=Richard J. Butler |year=2014 |title=A New Species of Garjainia Ochev, 1958 (Diapsida: Archosauriformes: Erythrosuchidae) from the Early Triassic of South Africa |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=9 |issue=11 |page=e111154 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0111154 |pmid=25386937 |pmc=4227673|bibcode=2014PLoSO...9k1154G |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Gower et al.

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Early Triassic (late Olenekian)

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Burgersdorp Formation

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{{Flag|South Africa}}

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An erythrosuchid archosauriform, a species of Garjainia.

|File:Garjainia_madiba.png

Hyperodapedon tikiensis{{cite journal |author1=Debarati Mukherjee |author2=Sanghamitra Ray |year=2014 |title=A new Hyperodapedon (Archosauromorpha, Rhynchosauria) from the Upper Triassic of India: implications for rhynchosaur phylogeny |journal=Palaeontology |volume=57 |issue=6 |pages=1241–1276 |doi=10.1111/pala.12113 |s2cid=86195905 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Mukherjee & Ray

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Late Triassic

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Tiki Formation

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{{Flag|India}}

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A rhynchosaur, a species of Hyperodapedon.

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Proterosuchus goweri{{cite journal |author1=Martín D. Ezcurra |author2=Richard J. Butler |year=2015 |title=Taxonomy of the proterosuchid archosauriforms (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the earliest Triassic of South Africa, and implications for the early archosauriform radiation |journal=Palaeontology |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=141–170 |doi=10.1111/pala.12130 |s2cid=84348015 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Ezcurra & Butler

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Early Triassic

|

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{{Flag|South Africa}}

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A proterosuchid archosauriform, a species of Proterosuchus.

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Pseudochampsa{{cite journal |author1=María Jimena Trotteyn |author2=Martín D. Ezcurra |year=2014 |title=Osteology of Pseudochampsa ischigualastensis gen. et comb. nov. (Archosauriformes: Proterochampsidae) from the Early Late Triassic Ischigualasto Formation of Northwestern Argentina |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=9 |issue=11 |page=e111388 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0111388 |pmid=25426846 |pmc=4245112 |bibcode=2014PLoSO...9k1388T|doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et comb. nov

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Valid

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Trotteyn & Ezcurra

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Late Triassic (late Carnian or earliest Norian)

|

Ischigualasto Formation

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{{Flag|Argentina}}

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A proterochampsid archosauriform; a new genus for "Chanaresuchus" ischigualastensis Trotteyn, Martínez & Alcober (2012).

|File:Pseudochampsa.png

Other reptiles

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! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Abyssomedon{{Cite journal|author1=Mark J. MacDougall |author2=Robert R. Reisz |year=2014 |title=The first record of a nyctiphruretid parareptile from the Early Permian of North America, with a discussion of parareptilian temporal fenestration |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=172 |issue=3 |pages=616–630 |doi=10.1111/zoj.12180 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Macdougall & Reisz

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Early Permian

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Garber Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

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A nyctiphruretid parareptile. The type species is Abyssomedon williamsi.

|File:Abyssomedon_fossil_illustration.png

Atopodentatus{{cite journal |author=Long Cheng |author2=Xiao-Hong Chen |author3=Qing-Hua Shang |author4=Xiao-Chun Wu |name-list-style=amp |year=2014 |title=A new marine reptile from the Triassic of China, with a highly specialized feeding adaptation |journal=Naturwissenschaften |volume=101 |issue=3 |pages=251–259 |doi=10.1007/s00114-014-1148-4 |pmid=24452285|bibcode=2014NW....101..251C |s2cid=7770583 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

|

Cheng et al.

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Middle Triassic (Anisian)

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Guanling Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A marine reptile, probably a relative of sauropterygians. The type species is Atopodentatus unicus.

|File:Atopodentosaurus_small.jpg

Delorhynchus cifellii{{Cite journal|author1=Robert R. Reisz |author2=Mark J. Macdougall |author3=Sean P. Modesto |year=2014 |title=A new species of the parareptile genus Delorhynchus, based on articulated skeletal remains from Richards Spur, Lower Permian of Oklahoma |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=34 |issue=5 |pages=1033–1043 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2013.829844 |s2cid=128459194 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Reisz, Macdougall & Modesto

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Early Permian

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Garber Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A parareptile relative of lanthanosuchoids, a species of Delorhynchus.

|File:Delorhynchus_cifellii_skulls.png

Eohupehsuchus{{cite journal |author=Xiao-hong Chen |author2=Ryosuke Motani |author3=Long Cheng |author4=Da-yong Jiang |author5=Olivier Rieppel |name-list-style=amp |year=2014 |title=A Small Short-Necked Hupehsuchian from the Lower Triassic of Hubei Province, China |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=9 |issue=12 |pages=e115244 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0115244 |pmid=25517113 |pmc=4269458|bibcode=2014PLoSO...9k5244C |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Chen et al.

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Early Triassic

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Jialingjiang Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

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A hupehsuchian. The type species is Eohupehsuchus brevicollis.

|

Horaffia{{cite journal |author=Nicole Klein |author2=Hans Hagdorn |name-list-style=amp |year=2014 |title=Humerus morphology and histology of a new marine reptile (Diapsida) from the Muschelkalk-Keuper-Grenzbonebed (Middle Triassic, Ladinian) of Southwest Germany |journal=Palaeodiversity |volume=7 |pages=23–38 |url=http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/07/02Palaeodiversity_7-14_Klein_3.pdf }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Klein & Hagdorn

|

Middle Triassic (Ladinian)

|

Erfurt Formation

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A marine diapsid reptile of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Horaffia kugleri.

|

Largocephalosaurus qianensis{{cite journal |author=Chun Li |author2=Da-Yong Jiang |author3=Long Cheng |author4=Xiao-Chun Wu |author5=Olivier Rieppel |name-list-style=amp |year=2014 |title=A new species of Largocephalosaurus (Diapsida: Saurosphargidae), with implications for the morphological diversity and phylogeny of the group |journal=Geological Magazine |volume=151 |issue=1 |pages=100–120 |doi=10.1017/S001675681300023X |bibcode=2014GeoM..151..100L |s2cid=84534618 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li et al.

|

Triassic

|

Guanling Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Saurosphargidae, a species of Largocephalosaurus.

|

Parahupehsuchus{{cite journal |author=Xiao-hong Chen |author2=Ryosuke Motani |author3=Long Cheng |author4=Da-yong Jiang |author5=Olivier Rieppel |name-list-style=amp |year=2014 |title=A Carapace-Like Bony 'Body Tube' in an Early Triassic Marine Reptile and the Onset of Marine Tetrapod Predation |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=e94396 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0094396 |pmid=24718682 |pmc=3981804|bibcode=2014PLoSO...994396C |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Chen et al.

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Early Triassic

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Jialingjiang Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A hupehsuchian. The type species is Parahupehsuchus longus.

|

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