2014 in paleontology

Plants

Cnidarians

Newly described cnidarians

Arthropods

Bryozoans

Newly described bryozoans

Brachiopods

Molluscs

Echinoderms

Conodonts

Newly described conodonts

Fishes

Amphibians

Basalmost tetrapods

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).
• Redescription of Mahavisaurus dentatus and Lyrosaurus australis and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of the rhytidosteids is published by Maganuco, Pasini & Auditore (2014).

New taxa

Chroniosuchians

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.

New taxa

Reptiles

Synapsids

Non-mammalian synapsids

Research

• A study on the diel activity patterns of non-mammalian synapsids is published by Angielczyk & Schmitz (2014).
• 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).
• A study of the anatomy of nasal cavity of Brasilitherium riograndensis is published by Ruf et al. (2014).
• 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).

New taxa

Mammals

Other animals

Other organisms

References