View source for Biology:2012 in paleomammalogy

This [[Biology:Mammalogy|paleomammalogy]] list records new  [[Biology:Fossil|fossil]] [[Biology:Mammal|mammal]] taxa that were [[Biology:Binomial nomenclature|described]] during the year 2012, as well as notes other significant paleomammalogy discoveries and events which occurred during that year.

==Non-eutherian mammals==
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''Abderites aisenense''<ref>{{cite journal |author=María Alejandra Abello |author2=David Rubilar Rogers |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Revisión del género ''Abderites'' Ameghino, 1887 (Marsupialia, Paucituberculata) |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=164–184 |url=http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/408 |doi=10.5710/amgh.v49i2(408)|s2cid=86264583 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Abello & Rubilar Rogers
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Middle Miocene
| Collón Cura Formation<br />[[Earth:Río Frías Formation|Río Frías Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}<br />
{{Flag|Chile}}
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A marsupial, a member of [[Biology:Paucituberculata|Paucituberculata]], a species of ''Abderites''.
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''[[Biology:Condorodon|Condorodon]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Leandro C. Gaetano |author2=Guillermo W. Rougier |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=First Amphilestid from South America: A Molariform from the Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Patagonia, Argentina |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=235–248 |doi=10.1007/s10914-012-9194-1 |hdl=11336/68489 |s2cid=16988665 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Gaetano & Rougier
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Middle Jurassic
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[[Earth:Cañadón Asfalto Formation|Cañadón Asfalto Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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An [[Biology:Amphilestidae|amphilestid]]. The type species is ''Condorodon spanios''.
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''?Ectypodus riansensis''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Bernard Marandat |author2=Sylvain Adnet |author3=Laurent Marivaux |author4=Alain Martinez |author5=Monique Vianey-Liaud |author6=Rodolphe Tabuce |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=A new mammalian fauna from the earliest Eocene (Ilerdian) of the Corbières (Southern France): palaeobiogeographical implications |journal=Swiss Journal of Geosciences |volume=105 |issue=3 |pages=417–434 |doi=10.1007/s00015-012-0113-5 |s2cid=140167197 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Vianey-Liaud ''in'' Marandat ''et al.''
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Earliest Eocene
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{{Flag|France}}
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A [[Biology:Neoplagiaulacidae|neoplagiaulacid]] [[Biology:Multituberculata|multituberculate]], possibly a species of ''Ectypodus''.
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''[[Biology:Greniodon|Greniodon]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Francisco J. Goin |author2=Marcelo F. Tejedor |author3=Laura Chornogubsky|author4=Guillermo M. López |author5=Javier N. Gelfo |author6=Mariano Bond |author7=Michael O. Woodburne |author8=Yamila Gurovich |author9=Marcelo Reguero |year=2012 |title=Persistence of a Mesozoic, non-therian mammalian lineage (Gondwanatheria) in the mid-Paleogene of Patagonia |journal=Naturwissenschaften |volume=99 |issue=6 |pages=449–463 |doi=10.1007/s00114-012-0919-z |pmid=22584426|bibcode=2012NW.....99..449G |s2cid=14077735 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Goin ''et al.''
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Eocene (early [[Earth:Lutetian|Lutetian]])
| Andesitas Huancache Formation
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A [[Biology:Gondwanatheria|gondwanatheria]]n. The type species is ''Greniodon sylvaticus''.
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''[[Biology:Kouriogenys|Kouriogenys]]''<ref name=DavisPalaeontology />
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Davis
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Berriasian
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A peramuran mammal, a new genus for the species originally named ''[[Biology:Spalacotherium|Spalacotherium]] minus'' Owen 1871.
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''[[Biology:Peramuroides|Peramuroides]]''<ref name=DavisPalaeontology>{{cite journal |author=Brian M. Davis |year=2012 |title=Micro-computed tomography reveals a diversity of Peramuran mammals from the Purbeck Group (Berriasian) of England |journal=Palaeontology |volume=55 |issue=4 |pages=789–817 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01161.x |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Davis
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Berriasian
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A peramuran mammal. The type species is ''Peramuroides tenuiscus''.
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''[[Biology:Priscakoala|Priscakoala]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Karen H. Black |author2=Michael Archer |author3=Suzanne J. Hand |year=2012 |title=New Tertiary koala (Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae) from Riversleigh, Australia, with a revision of phascolarctid phylogenetics, paleoecology, and paleobiodiversity |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=125–138 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.626825|s2cid=86152273 }}</ref> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Black, Archer, & Hand
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Miocene
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Riversleigh World Heritage Area fossil deposit
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{{Flag|Australia}}
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A [[Biology:Phascolarctidae|phascolarctid]].
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''[[Biology:Thylacodon|Thylacodon montanensis]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Thomas E. Williamson |author2=Stephen L. Brusatte |author3=Thomas D. Carr |author4=Anne Weil |author5=Barbara R. Standhardt |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=The phylogeny and evolution of Cretaceous–Palaeogene metatherians: cladistic analysis and description of new early Palaeocene specimens from the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=625–651 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2011.631592 |s2cid=83996185 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Williamson ''et al.''
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Palaeocene
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Biology:Metatheria|metatheria]]n closely related to ''Swaindelphys'' and [[Biology:Herpetotheriidae|Herpetotheriidae]], a species of ''[[Biology:Thylacodon|Thylacodon]]''.
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''Tjukuru''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Gavin J. Prideaux |author2=Richard H. Tedford |year=2012 |title=''Tjukuru wellsi'', gen. et sp. nov., a lagostrophine kangaroo (Diprotodontia, Macropodidae) from the Pliocene (Tirarian) of northern South Australia |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=717–721 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.652323|s2cid=84569000 }}</ref> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Prideaux & Tedford
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Pliocene
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Tirari Formation
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{{Flag|Australia}}
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A lagostrophine [[Biology:Kangaroo|kangaroo]]. The type species is ''Tjukuru wellsi''.
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==Eutherians==

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

===New taxa===
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''Acritophiomys''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Hesham M. Sallam |author2=Erik R. Seiffert |author3=Elwyn L. Simons |year=2012 |title=A basal phiomorph (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the late Eocene of the Fayum Depression, Egypt |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=283–301 |doi=10.1007/s13358-012-0039-6|s2cid=84516606 }}</ref> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Sallam, Seiffert & Simons
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Late Eocene
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{{Flag|Egypt}}
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A [[Biology:Phiomorpha|phiomorph]]. The type species is ''Acritophiomys bowni''.
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''Adjidaumo lophatus''<ref name=Paludicola91eomyids>{{Cite journal|author =William W. Korth |year=2012 |title=Two new eomyid rodents (Mammalia) from the Chadronian (latest Eocene) of Montana and Wyoming |journal=Paludicola |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=7–12 }}</ref> 
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Korth
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Eocene ([[Earth:Chadronian|Chadronian]])
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{{Flag|United States}}
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An [[Biology:Eomyidae|eomyid]] rodent, a species of ''Adjidaumo''.
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''[[Biology:Aepyceros datoadeni|Aepyceros datoadeni]]''<ref name=PlioceneBovidae>{{Cite journal|author1=Denis Geraads |author2=René Bobe |author3=Kaye Reed |year=2012 |title=Pliocene Bovidae (Mammalia) from the Hadar Formation of Hadar and Ledi-Geraru, Lower Awash, Ethiopia |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=180–197 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.632046|s2cid=86230742 |url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1666/13062 }}</ref> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Geraads, Bobe & Reed
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Pliocene
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Hadar Formation
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{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
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A species of [[Biology:Impala|impala]].
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''[[Biology:Afrasia djijidae|Afrasia]]''<ref name=Afrasia>{{cite journal |author1=Y. Chaimanee |author2=O. Chavasseau |author3=K. C. Beard |author4=Aung Aung Kyaw |author5=Aung Naing Soe |author6=Chit Sein |author7=V. Lazzari |author8=L. Marivaux |author9=B. Marandat |author10=Myat Swe |author11=Mana Rugbumrung |author12=Thit Lwin |author13=X. Valentin |author14=Zin-Maung -Maung-Thein |author15=J.-J. Jaeger | year = 2012 | title =Late Middle Eocene primate from Myanmar and the initial anthropoid colonization of Africa | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | volume=109 | issue=26 | pages=10293–10297| doi = 10.1073/pnas.1200644109 | pmid=22665790 | pmc=3387043 | bibcode=2012PNAS..10910293C|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Chaimanee et al.
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[[Earth:Eocene|Eocene]]
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Pondaung Formation
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{{Flag|Myanmar}}
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A primitive anthropoid. The type species is ''Afrasia djijidae''.
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''[[Biology:Afrodon|Afrodon gheerbranti]]''<ref name=Belgianadapisoriculids>{{cite journal |author=Eric De Bast |author2=Bernard Sigé |author3=Thierry Smith |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Diversity of the adapisoriculid mammals from the early Palaeocene of Hainin, Belgium |url=http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20100115.html |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=35–52 |doi=10.4202/app.2010.0115 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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sp nov
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Valid
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De Bast, Sigé & Smith
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Early Palaeocene
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Hainin Formation
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{{Flag|Belgium}}
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An [[Biology:Adapisoriculidae|adapisoriculid]], a species of ''Afrodon''.
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''[[Biology:Aguascalientia|Aguascalientia minuta]]''<ref name=floridatragulines>{{Cite journal|author1=Aldo F. Rincon |author2=Jonathan I. Bloch |author3=Catalina Suarez |author4=Bruce J. MacFadden |author5=Carlos A. Jaramillo |year=2012 |title=New floridatragulines (Mammalia, Camelidae) from the early Miocene Las Cascadas Formation, Panama |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=456–475 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.635736|s2cid=85984250 }}</ref> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Rincon, Bloch, Suarez, MacFadden & Jaramillo
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Early Miocene
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Las Cascadas Formation
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{{Flag|Panama}}
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A floridatraguline camelid, a species of ''Aguascalientia''.
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''[[Biology:Aguascalientia|Aguascalientia panamaensis]]''<ref name=floridatragulines /> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Rincon, Bloch, Suarez, MacFadden & Jaramillo
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Early Miocene
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Las Cascadas Formation
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{{Flag|Panama}}
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A floridatraguline camelid, a species of ''Aguascalientia''.
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''Ailuravus subita''<ref name=PV3745>{{Cite journal|author1=Bernard Comte |author2=Maurice Sabatier |author3=Monique Vianey-Liaud |year=2012 |title=Les rongeurs de Chéry-Chartreuve et Rocourt-Saint-Martin (est du bassin de Paris; Aisne, France). Leur place parmi les faunes de l'Eocène Moyen d'Europe |journal=Palæovertebrata |volume=37 |issue=4–5 |pages=167–271 |url=http://palaeovertebrata.com/Articles/view/10 }}</ref> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Compte, Sabatier & Vianey-Liaud
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Eocene (Bartonian)
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{{Flag|France}}
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A pseudosciurid [[Biology:Rodent|rodent]]. Originally described as a species of ''[[Biology:Ailuravus|Ailuravus]]'', but subsequently made the [[Biology:Type species|type species]] of a separate genus ''Auroremys''.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Monique Vianey-Liaud |author2=Laurent Marivaux |title=The beginning of the adaptive radiation of Theridomorpha (Rodentia) in Western Europe: morphological and phylogenetic analyses of early and middle Eocene taxa; implications for systematics |year=2021 |journal=Palæovertebrata |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=e2 |doi=10.18563/pv.44.2.e2 |s2cid=240578879 |url=https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-03354449/file/Vianey-Liaud-%26-Marivaux_2021_Palaeovertebrata_Early-radiation-Theridomorpha.pdf }}</ref>
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''Alloptox (Mizuhoptox) japonicus''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Yukimitsu Tomida |year=2012 |title=New Species of ''Alloptox'' (Lagomorpha, Ochotonidae), First Record of the Genus in Japan, and Subgeneric Distinction |journal=Paleontological Research |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=19–25 |doi=10.2517/1342-8144-16.1.019|s2cid=86696886 }}</ref> 
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Subgen. and sp. nov
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Valid
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Tomida
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Early Miocene
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{{Flag|Japan}}
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A pika, a species of ''Alloptox''.
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''Alloptox katinkae''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Angelone |first1=Chiara |last2=Hír |first2=János |year=2012 |title=''Alloptox katinkae'' sp. nov. (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae), westernmost Eurasian record of the genus from the early Middle Miocene vertebrate fauna of Litke 2 (N Hungary) |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie |volume=264 |issue=1 |pages=1–10 |doi=10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0227}}</ref>
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sp nov
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Valid
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Angelone & Hír
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Early Middle Miocene
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{{Flag|Hungary}}
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A pika, a species of ''Alloptox''.
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''Anchilophus (Paranchilophus) jeanteti''<ref name=PV3713>{{Cite journal|author =Jean-Albert Remy |year=2012 |title=Révision systématique des Anchilophini (Palaeotheriidae, Perissodactyla, Mammalia) |journal=Palæovertebrata |volume=37 |issue=1–3 |pages=1–165 |doi=10.18563/pv.37.1-3.1-165 }}</ref> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Remy
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Eocene (Bartonian)
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{{Flag|France}}
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A member of [[Biology:Palaeotheriidae|Palaeotheriidae]], a species of ''Anchilophus''.
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''[[Biology:Ancylotherium|Ancylotherium hellenicum]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =George Dimitrios Koufos |year=2012 |title=New material of Chalicotheriidae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Axios Valley, Macedonia (Greece) with the description of a new species |journal=Annales de Paléontologie |volume=98 |issue=3 |pages=203–224 |doi=10.1016/j.annpal.2012.06.002}}</ref> 
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Koufos
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Late Miocene
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{{Flag|Greece}}
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A [[Biology:Chalicothere|chalicothere]], a species of ''Ancylotherium''.
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''Andemys''<ref name=BertrandetalAMN>{{Cite journal|author1=Ornella C. Bertrand |author2=John J. Flynn |author3=Darin A. Croft |author4=André R. Wyss |year=2012 |title=Two new taxa (Caviomorpha, Rodentia) from the early Oligocene Tinguiririca fauna (Chile) |journal=American Museum Novitates  |issue=3750 |pages=1–36 |doi=10.1206/3750.2|hdl=2246/6319 |s2cid=56474645 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/166287 }}</ref> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Bertrand ''et al.''
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[[Biology:Tinguirirican|Tinguirirican]]
| [[Earth:Abanico Formation|Abanico Formation]]
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{{Flag|Chile}}
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A [[Biology:Caviomorpha|caviomorph]] rodent related to [[Biology:Dasyproctidae|dasyproctids]]. The type species is ''Andemys termasi''.
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''[[Biology:Apterodon|Apterodon langebadreae]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Camille Grohé |author2=Michael Morlo |author3=Yaowalak Chaimanee |author4=Cécile Blondel |author5=Pauline Coster |author6=Xavier Valentin |author7=Mustapha Salem |author8=Awad A. Bilal |author9=Jean-Jacques Jaeger |author10=Michel Brunet |year=2012 |title=New Apterodontinae (Hyaenodontida) from the Eocene Locality of Dur At-Talah (Libya): Systematic, Paleoecological and Phylogenetical Implications |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=7 |issue=11 |pages=e49054 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0049054 |pmid=23185292 |pmc=3504055|bibcode=2012PLoSO...749054G |doi-access=free }}</ref> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Grohé ''et al.''
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[[Earth:Eocene|Eocene]] (late [[Earth:Bartonian|Bartonian]])
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{{Flag|Libya}}
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A [[Biology:Hyaenodontidae|hyaenodontid]], a species of ''Apterodon''.
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''Archaeophocaena''<ref name=JVPMurakamietal>{{cite journal |author=Mizuki Murakami |author2=Chieko Shimada |author3=Yoshinori Hikida |author4=Hiromichi Hirano |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Two new extinct basal phocoenids (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinoidea), from the upper Miocene Koetoi Formation of Japan and their phylogenetic significance |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=5 |pages=1172–1185 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.694337|s2cid=84268028 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov.
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Valid
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Murakami ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
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Koetoi Formation
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{{Flag|Japan}}
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A [[Biology:Porpoise|porpoise]]. The type species is ''Archaeophocaena teshioensis''.
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|''Asilifelis<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Werdelin |first=Lars |date=2012 |title=A new genus and species of Felidae (Mammalia) from Rusinga Island, Kenya, with notes on early Felidae of Africa |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274410078 |journal=Estudios Geológicos}}</ref>''
|Gen. et sp. nov.
|Valid
|Werdelin
|Early Miocene
|Hiwegi Formation
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|A [[Biology:Felidae|felid]]. The type species is ''Asilifelis cotae.''
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''Babameryx''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Bastien Mennecart |author2=Laureline Scherler |author3=Florent Hiard |author4=Damien Becker |author5=Jean-Pierre Berger |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Large mammals from Rickenbach (Switzerland, reference locality MP29, Late Oligocene): biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental implications |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |volume=131 |issue=1 |pages=161–181 |doi=10.1007/s13358-011-0031-6 |s2cid=59327414 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/29118/files/ber_lmr.pdf }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Mennecart ''et al.''
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Late Oligocene
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{{Flag|Switzerland}}
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A [[Biology:Ruminant|ruminant]]. The type species is ''Babameryx engesseri''.
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''Bagacricetodon''<ref name=Bagacricetodon>{{Cite journal|author1=Helder Gomes Rodrigues |author2=Laurent Marivaux |author3=Monique Vianey-Liaud |year=2012 |title=The Cricetidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Ulantatal area (Inner Mongolia, China): New data concerning the evolution of Asian cricetids during the Oligocene |journal=Journal of Asian Earth Sciences |volume=56 |pages=160–179 |doi=10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.05.007 |bibcode=2012JAESc..56..160G }}</ref> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Rodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-Liaud
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Oligocene
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Biology:Cricetidae|cricetid]] [[Biology:Rodent|rodent]]. The type species is ''Bagacricetodon tongi''.
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''Barberapithecus''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=David M. Alba |author2=Salvador Moyà-Solà |year=2012 |title=A new pliopithecid genus (Primates: Pliopithecoidea) from Castell de Barberà (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain) |journal=American Journal of Physical Anthropology |volume=147 |issue=1 |pages=88–112 |doi=10.1002/ajpa.21630 |pmid=22101732}}</ref> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Alba & Moyà-Solà
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Middle to Late Miocene
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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A [[Biology:Crouzeliinae|crouzeliine]] [[Biology:Pliopithecidae|pliopithecid]]. The type species is ''Barberapithecus huerzeleri''.
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''Bartelsia''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Gregg F. Gunnell |year=2012 |title=New Uintasoricine (?Primates, Plesiadapiformes) from the Earliest Bridgerian, Latest Early Eocene of Wyoming |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=86 |issue=6 |pages=973–978 |doi=10.1666/12-022R.1|s2cid=129858182 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Gunnell
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Early Eocene (earliest [[Earth:Bridgerian North American Stage|Bridgerian]])
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Biology:Plesiadapiformes|plesiadapiform]], a relative of ''[[Biology:Uintasorex|Uintasorex]]''. The type species is ''Bartelsia pentadactyla''.
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''Berrulestes''<ref name=Louisinidae>{{Cite journal|author1=Jerry J. Hooker |author2=Donald E. Russell |year=2012 |title=Early Palaeogene Louisinidae (Macroscelidea, Mammalia), their relationships and north European diversity |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=164 |issue=4 |pages=856–936 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00787.x|doi-access=free }}</ref> 
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Gen. et 3 sp. nov
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Valid
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Hooker & Russell
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Paleocene
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{{Flag|France}}
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A [[Biology:Macroscelidea|macroscelidea]]n. The type species is ''Berrulestes phelizoni''; the other species are ''B. pellouini'' and ''B. poirieri''.
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''[[Biology:Bohaskaia|Bohaskaia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jorge Vélez-Juarbe|author2=Nicholas D. Pyenson |year=2012 |title=''Bohaskaia monodontoides'', a new monodontid (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinoidea) from the Pliocene of the western North Atlantic Ocean |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=476–484 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.641705|s2cid=55606151 }}</ref> 
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Gen. et sp. nov 
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Valid
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Vélez-Juarbe & Pyenson
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Early Pliocene
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Yorktown Formation
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Biology:Monodontidae|monodontid]]. The type species is ''Bohaskaia monodontoides''.
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''Bomburodon''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Thomas E. Williamson |author2=Thomas D. Carr |year=2012 |title=''Bomburodon'', A New Name for the Paleocene Mammal ''Bomburia'' Van Valen, 1978 |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=86 |issue=3 |pages=567 |doi=10.1666/12-013.1|s2cid=129558800 }}</ref>
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Nom. nov.
| 
Valid
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Williamson & Carr
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Paleocene
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A replacement name for the [[Biology:Condylarth|condylarth]] genus ''Bomburia'' Van Valen, 1978.
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''[[Biology:Borisodon|Borisodon]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=J. David Archibald |author2=Alexander Averianov |year=2012 |title=Phylogenetic analysis, taxonomic revision, and dental ontogeny of the Cretaceous Zhelestidae (Mammalia: Eutheria) |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=164 |issue=2 |pages=361–426 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00771.x|doi-access=free }}</ref> 
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Archibald & Averianov
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Turonian
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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
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A [[Biology:Zhelestidae|zhelestid]], a new genus for ''"Sorlestes" kara'' (Nessov, 1993).
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|-
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''[[Biology:Bustylus|Bustylus folieae]]''<ref name=Belgianadapisoriculids />
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sp nov
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Valid
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De Bast, Sigé, & Smith
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Early Palaeocene
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Hainin Formation
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{{Flag|Belgium}}
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An adapisoriculid, a species of ''Bustylus''.
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|-
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''[[Biology:Cachiyacuy|Cachiyacuy]]''<ref name=EocenerodentsPeruvianAmazonia>{{Cite journal|author1=Pierre-Olivier Antoine |author2=Laurent Marivaux |author3=Darin A. Croft |author4=Guillaume Billet |author5=Morgan Ganerød |author6=Carlos Jaramillo |author7=Thomas Martin |author8=Maëva J. Orliac |author9=Julia Tejada |author10=Ali J. Altamirano |author11=Francis Duranthon |author12=Grégory Fanjat |author13=Sonia Rousse |author14=Rodolfo Salas Gismondi |year=2012 |title=Middle Eocene rodents from Peruvian Amazonia reveal the pattern and timing of caviomorph origins and biogeography |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=279 |issue=1732 |pages=1319–1326 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2011.1732 |pmid=21993503 |pmc=3282368}}</ref> 
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Gen. and 2 sp. nov
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Valid
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Antoine ''et al.''
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Eocene (latest Lutetian, approx. 41 Ma)
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Yahuarango Formation
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{{Flag|Peru}}
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A [[Biology:Caviomorpha|caviomorph]] rodent. Genus contains two species: ''Cachiyacuy contamanensis'' and ''Cachiyacuy kummeli''.
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''[[Biology:Canaanimys|Canaanimys]]''<ref name=EocenerodentsPeruvianAmazonia /> 
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Gen. and sp. nov
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Valid
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Antoine ''et al.''
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Eocene (latest Lutetian, approx. 41 Ma)
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Yahuarango Formation
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{{Flag|Peru}}
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A [[Biology:Caviomorpha|caviomorph]] rodent. The type species is ''Canaanimys maquiensis''.
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''[[Biology:Canis arnensis|Canis arnensis kudarensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Gennady F. Baryshnikov |year=2012 |title=Pleistocene Canidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Paleolithic Kudaro caves in the Caucasus |journal=Russian Journal of Theriology |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=77–120 |url=http://zmmu.msu.ru/rjt/articles/ther11_2%20077_120%20Baryshnikov%20for%20Inet.pdf }}</ref> 
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Subsp. nov
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Valid
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Baryshnikov
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Middle Pleistocene
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[[Place:South Ossetia|South Ossetia]]
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A small coyote-like [[Biology:Canidae|canid]], a subspecies of ''Canis arnensis''.
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|-
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''Canis lupus maximus''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Myriam Boudadi-Maligne |year=2012 |title=Une nouvelle sous-espèce de loup (''Canis lupus maximus'' nov. subsp.) dans le Pléistocène supérieur d'Europe occidentale |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=11 |issue=7 |pages=475–484 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2012.04.003 }}</ref>
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Subsp. nov.
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Valid
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Boudadi-Maligne
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Late Pleistocene
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{{Flag|France}}
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A subspecies of gray wolf.
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''Carposorex burkarti''<ref name=soricids>{{cite journal |author=Marguerite Hugueney |author2=Pierre Mein |author3=Olivier Maridet |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Revision and new data on the Early and Middle Miocene soricids (Soricomorpha, Mammalia) from Central and South-Eastern France |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |volume=131 |issue=1 |pages=23–49 |doi=10.1007/s13358-011-0036-1 |s2cid=129316552 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/3643760 }}</ref>
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sp nov
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Valid
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Hugueney, Mein & Maridet
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Miocene
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{{Flag|France}}
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A shrew, a species of ''Carposorex''.
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''Centimanomys gigantus''<ref name=Paludicola91eomyids /> 
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Korth
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Eocene ([[Earth:Chadronian|Chadronian]])
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{{Flag|United States}}
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An [[Biology:Eomyidae|eomyid]] rodent, a species of ''Centimanomys''.
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|-
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''Chubutomys navaensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=María Encarnación Pérez |author2=Marcelo Krause |author3=María Guiomar Vucetich |year=2012 |title=A new species of ''Chubutomys'' (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the late Oligocene of Patagonia and its implications on the early evolutionary history of Cavioidea sensu stricto |journal=Geobios |volume=45 |issue=6 |pages=573–580 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2012.06.001}}</ref> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Pérez, Krause & Vucetich
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Late Oligocene
| [[Earth:Sarmiento Formation|Sarmiento Formation]]
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A member of [[Biology:Hystricognathi|Hystricognathi]], a cavioid rodent; a species of ''Chubutomys''.
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|-
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''Colpodon antucoensis''<ref name=leontiniids>{{Cite journal|author1=Bruce J. Shockey |author2=John J. Flynn |author3=Darin A. Croft |author4=Phillip Gans |author5=André R. Wyss |year=2012 |title=New leontiniid Notoungulata (Mammalia) from Chile and Argentina : comparative anatomy, character analysis, and phylogenetic hypotheses |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3737 |pages=1–64 |hdl=2246/6161 |doi=10.1206/3737.2|s2cid=84627536 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/itempdf/276603 }}</ref> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Shockey ''et al.''
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Miocene
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Cura-Mallín Formation
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{{Flag|Chile}}
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A [[Biology:Leontiniidae|leontiniid]] [[Biology:Notoungulata|notoungulate]], a species of ''Colpodon''.
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|-
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''[[Biology:Coryphodon|Coryphodon pisuqti]]''<ref>{{cite journal | author = Mary R. Dawson | year = 2012 | title = ''Coryphodon'', the northernmost Holarctic Paleogene pantodont (Mammalia), and its global wanderings | journal = Swiss Journal of Palaeontology | volume=131 | issue=1 | pages=11–22| doi =10.1007/s13358-011-0028-1 | s2cid = 128962314 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Dawson
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[[Earth:Wasatchian|Wasatchian]]
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Margaret Formation
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{{Flag|Canada}}
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A [[Biology:Pantodonta|pantodont]], a species of ''Coryphodon''.
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''Cristadjidaumo skinneri''<ref name=Chadronianrodents>{{Cite journal|author1=Robert J. Emry |author2=William W. Korth |year=2012 |title=Early Chadronian (late Eocene) rodents from the Flagstaff Rim area, central Wyoming |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=419–432 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.649329|s2cid=128773831 }}</ref> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Emry & Korth
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Late Eocene
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[[Earth:White River Formation|White River Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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An [[Biology:Eomyidae|eomyid]], a species of ''Cristadjidaumo''.
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|-
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''Dakotallomys whitei''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =William W. Korth |year=2012 |title=Aplodontid rodents (Mammalia) from the Orellan (early Oligocene) Canyon Ferry fauna of Montana |journal=Paludicola |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=1–6 |url=https://www.academia.edu/23663295 }}</ref> 
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Korth
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Oligocene ([[Biology:Orellan|Orellan]])
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Dunbar Creek Formation
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{{Flag|United States}}
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An [[Biology:Aplodontiidae|aplodontiid]] rodent belonging to the subfamily Prosciurinae.
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|-
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''[[Biology:Damalborea|Damalborea grayi]]''<ref name=PlioceneBovidae /> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Geraads, Bobe & Reed
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Pliocene
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Hadar Formation
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{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
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A member of Alcelaphini.
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|-
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''[[Biology:Damaliscus hypsodon|Damaliscus hypsodon]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =J. Tyler Faith|author2 =Richard Potts|author3 =Thomas W. Plummer|author4 =Laura C. Bishop|author5 =Curtis W. Marean|author6 =Christian A. Tryon |year=2012 |title=New perspectives on middle Pleistocene change in the large mammal faunas of East Africa: ''Damaliscus hypsodon'' sp. nov. (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Lainyamok, Kenya |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=361–362 |pages=84–93 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.08.005 |bibcode =2012PPP...361...84F}}</ref> 
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Faith ''et al.''
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Middle Pleistocene
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{{Flag|Kenya}}<br />
{{Flag|Tanzania}}
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An [[Biology:Alcelaphinae|alcelaphine]] [[Biology:Bovidae|bovid]], a species of ''[[Biology:Damaliscus|Damaliscus]]''.
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|-
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''Dasychoerus natrunensis''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Martin Pickford |year=2012 |title=Ancestors of Broom's pigs |journal=Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa |volume=67 |issue=1 |pages=17–35 |doi=10.1080/0035919X.2012.689265 |s2cid=84395483 }}</ref> 
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Pickford
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Late Miocene to early Pliocene
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{{Flag|Egypt}}
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A [[Biology:Suidae|suid]], a species of ''Dasychoerus'' (considered by some authors to be a subgenus of the genus ''Sus'').
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|-
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''Dryomomys dulcifer''<ref name=micromomyids>{{cite journal |author=Stephen G. B. Chester |author2=K. Christopher Beard |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=New Micromomyid Plesiadapiforms (Mammalia, Euarchonta) from the Late Paleocene of Big Multi Quarry, Washakie Basin, Wyoming |journal=Annals of Carnegie Museum |volume=80 |issue=2 |pages=159–172 |doi=10.2992/007.080.0204 |s2cid=84338884 }}</ref>
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sp nov
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Valid
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Chester & Beard
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Late Paleocene
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Big Multi Quarry
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Biology:Micromomyidae|micromomyid]] [[Biology:Plesiadapiformes|plesiadapiform]], a species of ''Dryomomys''.
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|-
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''Dushimys''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Jelle S. Zijlstra |year=2012 |title=A new oryzomyine (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from the Quaternary of Curaçao (West Indies) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3534 |pages=61–68 |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03534p068f.pdf|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3534.1.5 }}</ref> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Zijlstra
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Quaternary, probably middle Pleistocene
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{{Flag|Curaçao}}
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An [[Biology:Oryzomyini|oryzomyine]] [[Biology:Sigmodontinae|sigmodontine]] rodent. The type species is ''Dushimys larsi''.
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|-
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''Elmerriggsia''<ref name=leontiniids /> 
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Gen. et sp. nov 
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Valid
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Shockey ''et al.''
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Late Oligocene
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A leontiniid notoungulate. The type species is ''Elmerriggsia fieldia''.
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|-
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''[[Biology:Eotheroides|Eotheroides clavigerum]]''<ref name=LateEoceneSeaCowsFayumEgypt>{{Cite journal|author1=Iyad S. Zalmout |author2=Philip D. Gingerich |year=2012 |title=Late Eocene Sea Cows (Mammalia, Sirenia) From Wadi Al Hitan In The Western Desert of Fayum, Egypt |journal=University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology |volume=37 |pages=1–158 |hdl=2027.42/94568 }}</ref> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Zalmout & Gingerich
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Eocene ([[Earth:Priabonian|Priabonian]])
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Birket Qarun Formation
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{{Flag|Egypt}}
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A [[Biology:Dugongidae|dugongid]] [[Biology:Sirenia|sirenia]]n, a species of ''Eotheroides''.
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|-
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''[[Biology:Eotheroides|Eotheroides sandersi]]''<ref name=LateEoceneSeaCowsFayumEgypt /> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Zalmout & Gingerich
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Eocene ([[Earth:Priabonian|Priabonian]])
|
Birket Qarun Formation
|
{{Flag|Egypt}}
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A [[Biology:Dugongidae|dugongid]] [[Biology:Sirenia|sirenia]]n, a species of ''Eotheroides''.
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|-
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''Eotmantsoius''<ref name=TabuceetalPalaeontology>{{Cite journal|author1=Rodolphe Tabuce |author2=Jean-Jacques Jaeger |author3=Laurent Marivaux |author4=Mustapha Salem |author5=Awad Abolhassan Bilal |author6=Mouloud Benammi |author7=Yaowalak Chaimanee |author8=Pauline Coster |author9=Bernard Marandat |author10=Xavier Valentin |author11=Michel Brunet |year=2012 |title=New stem elephant-shrews (Mammalia, Macroscelidea) from the Eocene of Dur At-Talah, Libya |journal=Palaeontology |volume=55 |issue=5 |pages=945–955 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01163.x |bibcode=2012Palgy..55..945T |s2cid=86687336 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov 
|
Valid
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Tabuce ''et al.''
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Middle or Late Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|Libya}}
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A member of [[Biology:Macroscelidea|Macroscelidea]]. The type species is ''Eotmantsoius perseverans''.
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|-
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''Eoviscaccia frassinettii''<ref name=BertrandetalAMN /> 
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Bertrand ''et al.''
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[[Biology:Tinguirirican|Tinguirirican]]
| [[Earth:Abanico Formation|Abanico Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Chile}}
|
A [[Biology:Caviomorpha|caviomorph]] rodent related to [[Biology:Chinchillidae|chinchillids]], a species of ''[[Biology:Eoviscaccia|Eoviscaccia]]''.
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|-
|
''[[Biology:Epipeltephilus|Epipeltephilus kanti]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Laureano R. González Ruiz |author2=Gustavo J. Scillato-Yané |author3=Cecilia M. Krmpotic |author4=Alfredo A. Carlini |year=2012 |title=A new species of Peltephilidae (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Cingulata) from the late Miocene (Chasicoan SALMA) of Argentina |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3359 |pages=55–64 |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03359p064f.pdf|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3359.1.5 |hdl=11336/196599 }}</ref> 
|
sp nov
|
Valid
|
González Ruiz ''et al.''
|
Late Miocene ([[Earth:Chasicoan|Chasicoan]])
| Arroyo Chasicó Formation
|
{{Flag|Argentina}}
|
A [[Biology:Peltephilidae|peltephilid]] [[Biology:Cingulata|cingulate]], a species of ''Epipeltephilus''.
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|-
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''Eptenonnus''<ref name=RosinaandSemenov>{{cite journal |last1=Rosina |first1=Valentina V. |last2=Semenov |first2=Yuriy A. |year=2012 |title=New taxa of vespertilionid bats (Chiroptera, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Ukraine |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie |volume=264 |issue=3 |pages=191–203 |doi=10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0236}}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
|
Rosina & Semenov
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Late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|
A vesper bat. The type species is ''Eptenonnus gritsevensis''.
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|-
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''Eucricetodon bagus''<ref name=Bagacricetodon /> 
|
Sp. nov
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Valid
|
Rodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-Liaud
|
Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
|
A [[Biology:Cricetidae|cricetid]] [[Biology:Rodent|rodent]], a species of ''Eucricetodon''.
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|-
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''Eucricetodon jilantaiensis''<ref name=Bagacricetodon /> 
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Sp. nov
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Valid
|
Rodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-Liaud
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Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Biology:Cricetidae|cricetid]] [[Biology:Rodent|rodent]], a species of ''Eucricetodon''.
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|-
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''Gandheralophus''<ref name=tapiromorphs>{{cite journal |author=Pieter Missiaen |author2=Philip D. Gingerich |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=New early Eocene tapiromorph perissodactyls from the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan, with implications for mammalian biochronology in Asia |url=http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20100093.html |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=21–34 |doi=10.4202/app.2010.0093 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Missiaen & Gingerich
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Early Eocene
|
Ghazij Formation
|
{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|
An [[Biology:Isectolophidae|isectolophid]] tapiromorph. Its species are ''G. minor'' and ''G. robustus''.
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|-
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''[[Biology:Gazella harmonae|Gazella harmonae]]''<ref name=PlioceneBovidae /> 
|
sp nov
|
Valid
|
Geraads, Bobe & Reed
|
Pliocene
|
Hadar Formation
|
{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
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A species of [[Biology:Gazelle|gazelle]].
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|-
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''Geotrypus minor''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Reinhard Ziegler |year=2012 |title=Moles (Talpidae, Mammalia) from Early Oligocene karstic fissure fillings in South Germany |journal=Geobios |volume=45 |issue=5 |pages=501–513 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2011.11.017 |bibcode=2012Geobi..45..501Z }}</ref>
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sp nov
|
Valid
|
Ziegler
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Early Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
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A [[Biology:Talpidae|talpid]]. Originally described as a species of ''Geotrypus''; subsequently transferred to the separate genus ''Tegulariscaptor''.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=G. Sansalone |author2=T. Kotsakis |author3=A. H. Schwermann |author4=L. W. Van den Hoek Ostende |author5=P. Piras |year=2017 |title=When moles became diggers: ''Tegulariscaptor'' gen. nov., from the early Oligocene of south Germany, and the evolution of talpid fossoriality |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=16 |issue= 8|pages= 645–657|doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1329235 |s2cid=90554706 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/When_moles_became_diggers_i_Tegulariscaptor_i_gen_nov_from_the_early_Oligocene_of_south_Germany_and_the_evolution_of_talpid_fossoriality/5104846 }}</ref>
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|-
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''Gigarton''<ref name=Louisinidae /> 
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Gen. et 3 sp. nov
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Valid
|
Hooker & Russell
|
Paleocene
|
|
{{Flag|France}}
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A [[Biology:Macroscelidea|macroscelidea]]n. The type species is ''Gigarton meyeri''; the other species are ''G. sigogneauae'' and ''G. louisi''.
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|-
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''Gobiolagus aliwusuensis''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Łucja Fostowicz-Frelik |author2=Chuan-kui Li |author3=Jin Meng |author4=Yuan-Qing Wang |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=New ''Gobiolagus'' (Mammalia: Lagomorpha) material from the Middle Eocene of Erden Obo (Nei Mongol, China) |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201208/P020120803328679037201.pdf |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=219–236 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2012.03.003 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Fostowicz-Frelik ''et al.''
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Middle Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|China}}
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A palaeolagid [[Biology:Lagomorpha|lagomorph]], a species of ''Gobiolagus''.
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''Hanakia agadjaniani''<ref name=RosinaandRummel>{{cite journal |author=Valentina V. Rosina |author2=Michael Rummel |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=The bats (Chiroptera, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Petersbuch (Bavaria, Southern Germany) |journal=Geobios |volume=45 |issue=5 |pages=463–478 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2011.10.015 |bibcode=2012Geobi..45..463R }}</ref>
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sp nov
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Valid
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Rosina & Rummel
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Early Miocene
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{{Flag|Germany}}
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A vesper bat, a species of ''Hanakia''.
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''Hesperogaulus shotwelli''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jonathan J. M. Calede |author2=Samantha S. B. Hopkins |year=2012 |title=Intraspecific versus interspecific variation in Miocene Great Basin mylagaulids: implications for systematics and evolutionary history |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=164 |issue=2 |pages=427–450 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00765.x|doi-access=free }}</ref> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Calede & Hopkins
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Miocene
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Biology:Mylagaulidae|mylagaulid]], a species of ''Hesperogaulus''.
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''[[Biology:Holmesina|Holmesina rondoniensis]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Flávio Góis |author2=Gustavo Juan Scillato-Yané |author3=Alfredo Armando Carlini |author4=Martín Ubilla |year=2012 |title=Una nueva especie de ''Holmesina'' Simpson (Xenarthra, Cingulata, Pampatheriidae) del Pleistoceno de Rondônia, sudoeste de la Amazonia, Brasil |journal=Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=211–227 |doi=10.4072/rbp.2012.2.09|doi-access=free }}</ref> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Góis ''et al.''
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Late Pleistocene
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Rio Madeira Formation
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{{Flag|Brazil}}
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A [[Biology:Pampatheriidae|pampatheriid]] [[Biology:Cingulata|cingulate]], a species of ''Holmesina''.
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|-
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''Indusomys''<ref name=Gunnelletal>{{Cite journal|author1=Gregg F. Gunnell |author2=Philip D. Gingerich |author3=Jonathan I. Bloch |author4=William C. Clyde |year=2012 |title=''Sulaimanius'', gen. nov., and ''Indusomys'', gen. nov., replacement names for ''Sulaimania'' and ''Indusius'' Gunnell, Gingerich, Ul-Haw, Bloch, Kahn, and Clyde, 2008, preoccupied names |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=975 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.670180|bibcode=2012JVPal..32..975G |s2cid=84428644 }}</ref> 
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Nom. nov
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Valid
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Gunnell ''et al.''
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Eocene
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{{Flag|Pakistan}}
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A replacement name for the primate genus ''Indusius'' Gunnell, Gingerich, Ul-Haw, Bloch, Kahn and Clyde, 2008.
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''[[Biology:Kretzoiarctos beatrix|Kretzoiartcos]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Juan Abella |author2=David M. Alba |author3=Josep M. Robles |author4=Alberto Valenciano |author5=Cheyenn Rotgers |author6=Raül Carmona |author7=Plinio Montoya |author8=Jorge Morales |year=2012 |title=''Kretzoiarctos'' gen. nov., the Oldest Member of the Giant Panda Clade |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0048985 |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=7 |issue=11 |pages=e48985 |pmid=23155439 |pmc=3498366|bibcode=2012PLoSO...748985A |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Abella ''et al.''
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Middle Miocene
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Calatayud-Daroca Basin
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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An [[Biology:Ailuropodinae|ailuropodine]] bear, a new genus for ''"Agriarctos" beatrix'' Abella, Montoya & Morales (2011).
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''[[Biology:Kurdalagonus|Kurdalagonus]]''<ref name=Kurdalagonus>{{Cite journal|author1=K. K. Tarasenko |author2=A. V. Lopatin |year=2012 |title=New baleen whale genera (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the miocene of the northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 1. ''Kurdalagonus'' gen. nov. from the middle-late Sarmatian of Adygea |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=46 |issue=5 |pages=531–542 |doi=10.1134/S0031030112050115 |s2cid=85334152 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Tarasenko & Lopatin
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Miocene
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Blinovo Formation
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{{Flag|Russia}}
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A [[Biology:Baleen whale|baleen whale]] belonging to the family [[Biology:Cetotheriidae|Cetotheriidae]]. The type species is ''Kurdalagonus mchedlidzei''. Tarasenko & Lopatin (2012) originally assigned the new species ''K. adygeicus'', as well as the species ''"[[Biology:Cetotherium|Cetotherium]]" maicopicum'' Spasskii, 1951 to the genus ''Kurdalagonus'' as well;<ref name=Kurdalagonus /> however, Gol'din & Startsev (2016) excluded ''K. adygeicus'' from the genus and stated that ''"C." maicopicum'' requires further research to determine its phylogenetic affinities.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Pavel Gol'din |author2=Dmitry Startsev |year=2016 |title=A systematic review of cetothere baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the Late Miocene of Crimea and Caucasus, with a new genus |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |volume=3 |pages= 49–68|doi=10.1002/spp2.1066 |s2cid=88690543 }}</ref>
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''Lainodon ragei''<ref name=BSGFLainodon>{{cite journal |author=Emmanuel Gheerbrant |author2=Humberto Astibia |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Addition to the Late Cretaceous Laño mammal faunule (Spain) and to the knowledge of European "Zhelestidae" (Lainodontinae nov.)  |journal=Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France |volume=183 |issue=6 |pages=537–546 |doi=10.2113/gssgfbull.183.6.537 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov.
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Valid
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Gheerbrant & Astibia
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Late Cretaceous (Campanian or Maastrichtian)
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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A [[Biology:Zhelestidae|zhelestid]], a species of ''Lainodon''.
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''Leptacodon donkroni''<ref name=RoseetalEocenemammals>{{Cite journal|author1=Kenneth D. Rose |author2=Amy E. Chew |author3=Rachel H. Dunn |author4=Mary J. Kraus |author5=Henry C. Fricke |author6=Shawn P. Zack |year=2012 |title=Earliest Eocene mammalian fauna from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum at Sand Creek Divide, southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming |journal=University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology |volume=36 |pages=1–122 |hdl=2027.42/89881 }}</ref> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Rose ''et al.''
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Earliest Eocene
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[[Earth:Willwood Formation|Willwood Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Biology:Nyctitheriidae|nyctitheriid]] [[Biology:Soricomorpha|soricomorph]], a species of ''Leptacodon''.
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|-
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''Leptophoca amphiatlantica''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Irina A. Koretsky |author2=Clayton E. Ray |author3=Noud Peters |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=A new species of ''Leptophoca'' (Carnivora, Phocidae, Phocinae) from both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean (Miocene seals of the Netherlands, part I) |url=http://www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl/fileadmin/user_upload/documents-nmr/Publicaties/Deinsea/Deinsea_15/01_DSA15_Koret_et_al__online.pdf |journal=Deinsea |volume=15 |pages=1–12 }}</ref>
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sp nov
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Disputed
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Koretsky, Ray & Peters
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Miocene
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[[Earth:Breda Formation|Breda Formation]]<br />
Calvert Formation<br />
St Mary's Formation
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{{Flag|Netherlands}}<br/>
{{Flag|United States}}
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An [[Biology:Earless seal|earless seal]]. Dewaele, Lambert & Louwye (2017) considered this species to be ''[[Biology:Nomen dubium|nomen dubium]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Leonard Dewaele |author2=Olivier Lambert |author3=Stephen Louwye |year=2017 |title=On ''Prophoca'' and ''Leptophoca'' (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from the Miocene of the North Atlantic realm: redescription, phylogenetic affinities and paleobiogeographic implications |journal=PeerJ |doi=10.7717/peerj.3024 |pmid=28243538 |pmc=5322758 |volume=5 |pages=e3024 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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|-
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''Litolophus ghazijensis''<ref name=tapiromorphs />
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Species
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Valid
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Missiaen & Gingerich
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Early Eocene
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Ghazij Formation
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{{Flag|Pakistan}}
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An [[Biology:Eomoropidae|eomoropid]] [[Biology:Chalicotherioidea|chalicotherioid]], a species of ''Litolophus''.
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|-
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''Louisina marci''<ref name=Louisinidae />
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sp nov
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Valid
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Hooker & Russell
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Paleocene
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|
{{Flag|France}}
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A [[Biology:Macroscelidea|macroscelidea]]n, a species of ''Louisina''.
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|-
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''[[Biology:Megaleptictis|Megaleptictis]]''<ref name=Megaleptictis>{{cite journal |author=Tj Meehan |author2=Larry D. Martin |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=New large leptictid insectivore from the Late Paleogene of South Dakota, USA |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=509–518 |doi=10.4202/app.2011.0035 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Meehan & Martin
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Chadronian/?Orellan
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White River Group
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A large [[Biology:Leptictida|leptictid]].
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|-
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''[[Biology:Megalomys georginae|Megalomys georginae]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Samuel T. Turvey |author2=Selina Brace |author3=Marcelo Weksler |year=2012 |title=A new species of recently extinct rice rat (''Megalomys'') from Barbados |journal=Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde |volume=77 |issue=6 |pages=404–413 |doi=10.1016/j.mambio.2012.03.005 }}</ref> 
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Turvey, Brace & Weksler
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?Late [[Earth:Pleistocene|Pleistocene]]–late [[Earth:Holocene|Holocene]]
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{{Flag|Barbados}}
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A [[Biology:Oryzomyini|rice rat]], a species of ''[[Biology:Megalomys|Megalomys]]''.
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|-
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''[[Biology:Meherrinia|Meherrinia]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jonathan H. Geisler |author2=Stephen J. Godfrey |author3=Olivier Lambert |year=2012 |title=A new genus and species of late Miocene inioid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Meherrin River, North Carolina, U.S.A. |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=198–211 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.629016|bibcode=2012JVPal..32..198G |s2cid=85886880 }}</ref> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Geisler, Godfrey 7 Lambert
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Late Miocene
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Eastover Formation
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Biology:River dolphin|river dolphin]].
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|-
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''Melaneremia schrevei''<ref>{{cite journal |author =Jerry J. Hooker |year=2012 |title=A new omomyid primate from the earliest Eocene of southern England: First phase of microchoerine evolution |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=449–462 |doi=10.4202/app.2011.0017 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Hooker
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Eocene (earliest [[Earth:Ypresian|Ypresian]])
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Woolwich Formation
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{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A microchoerine [[Biology:Omomyidae|omomyid]] primate, a species of ''Melaneremia''.
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|-
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''Mesonyx nuhetingensis''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Xun Jin |year=2012 |title=New mesonychid (Mammalia) material from the Lower Paleogene of the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201208/P020120803322394521641.pdf |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=245–257 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2012.03.005 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Jin
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Early Eocene
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Arshanto Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Biology:Mesonychidae|mesonychid]], a species of ''Mesonyx''.
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|-
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''Metanchilophus''<ref name=PV3713 />
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Gen. et comb. et 2 sp. et. subsp. nov
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Valid
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Remy
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Eocene
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{{Flag|France}}<br />
{{Flag|Switzerland}}<br />
{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
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A member of [[Biology:Palaeotheriidae|Palaeotheriidae]]. A new genus for ''"Anchilophus" dumasi''; genus also contains ''"Anchilophus" radegondensis'', ''"Anchilophus" gaudini'' (including new subspecies ''Metanchilophus gaudini fontensis'') and ''"Anchilophus" depereti'', as well as new species ''Metanchilophus castrensis'' and ''Metanchilophus chaubeti''.
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|-
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''Metanoiamys paradoxus''<ref name=Chadronianrodents /> 
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Species
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Valid
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Emry & Korth
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Late Eocene
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[[Earth:White River Formation|White River Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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An eomyid, a species of ''Metanoiamys''.
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|-
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''[[Biology:Miocaperea|Miocaperea]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Michelangelo Bisconti |year=2012 |title=Comparative osteology and phylogenetic relationships of ''Miocaperea pulchra'', the first fossil pygmy right whale genus and species (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Neobalaenidae) |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=166 |issue=4 |pages=876–911 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00862.x|doi-access=free }}</ref> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Bisconti
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Miocene
| [[Earth:Pisco Formation|Pisco Formation]]
|
{{Flag|Peru}}
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A [[Biology:Neobalaenidae|neobalaenid]] (a relative of [[Biology:Pygmy right whale|pygmy right whale]]). The type species is ''Miocaperea pulchra''.
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|-
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''Miophocaena''<ref name=JVPMurakamietal />
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Gen. et sp. nov.
| 
Valid
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Murakami ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
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Koetoi Formation
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{{Flag|Japan}}
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A [[Biology:Porpoise|porpoise]]. The type species is ''Miophocaena nishinoi''.
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|-
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''Miostrellus petersbuchensis''<ref name=RosinaandRummel />
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sp nov
|
Valid
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Rosina & Rummel
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Early Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Germany}}
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A vesper bat, a species of ''Miostrellus''.
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|-
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''Morlodon''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Floréal Solé |year=2013 |title=New proviverrine genus from the Early Eocene of Europe and the first phylogeny of Late Palaeocene–Middle Eocene hyaenodontidans (Mammalia) |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=375–398 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2012.686927 |s2cid=84734979 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
|
Valid<ref>http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:450D4FAB-42F0-4824-9DE0-DEED591C0D14 {{Dead link|date=May 2022}}</ref>
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Solé
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Early Eocene
|
|
Europe
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A [[Biology:Proviverrinae|proviverrine]] [[Biology:Hyaenodontidae|hyaenodontid]]. The type species is ''Morlodon vellerei''.
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|-
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''[[Biology:Mylagaulus|Mylagaulus cornusaulax]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Nicholas J. Czaplewski |year=2012 |title=A ''Mylagaulus'' (Mammalia, Rodentia) with nasal horns from the Miocene (Clarendonian) of western Oklahoma |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=139–150 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.620677|bibcode=2012JVPal..32..139C |s2cid=86163790 }}</ref> 
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sp nov
|
Valid
|
Czaplewski
|
Late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Biology:Mylagaulidae|mylagaulid]] [[Biology:Rodent|rodent]].
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|-
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''Myotis korotkevichae''<ref name=RosinaandSemenov />
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
|
Rosina & Semenov
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Late Miocene
|
|
{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|
A [[Biology:Mouse-eared bat|mouse-eared bat]].
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|-
|
''Namatomys erythrus''<ref name=Chadronianrodents /> 
|
sp nov
|
Valid
|
Emry & Korth
|
Late Eocene
|
[[Earth:White River Formation|White River Formation]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}
|
An eomyid, a species of ''Namatomys''.
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|-
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''Nanomomys''<ref name=RoseetalEocenemammals /> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
|
Rose ''et al.''
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Earliest Eocene
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[[Earth:Willwood Formation|Willwood Formation]]
|
{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Biology:Plesiadapiformes|plesiadapiform]], a possible member of Microsyopidae. The type species is ''Nanomomys thermophilus''.
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|-
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''Nementchatherium rathbuni''<ref name=TabuceetalPalaeontology />
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Sp. nov 
|
Valid
|
Tabuce ''et al.''
|
Middle or Late Eocene
|
|
{{Flag|Libya}}
|
A member of [[Biology:Macroscelidea|Macroscelidea]], a species of ''Nementchatherium''.
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|-
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''Neophiomys''<ref name=CosteretalACM>{{Cite journal|author1=Pauline Coster |author2=Mouloud Benammi |author3=Mustafa Salem |author4=Awad Abolhassan Bilal |author5=Yaowalak Chaimanee |author6=Xavier Valentin |author7=Michel Brunet |author8=Jean-Jacques Jaeger |year=2012 |title=New Hystricognathous Rodents from the Early Oligocene of Central Libya (Zallah Oasis, Sahara Desert): Systematic, Phylogenetic, and Biochronologic Implications |journal=Annals of Carnegie Museum |volume=80 |issue=3 |pages=239–259 |doi=10.2992/007.080.0304|s2cid=129328649 }}</ref> 
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
|
Coster ''et al.''
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Early Oligocene
|
|
{{Flag|Libya}}
|
A rodent, a member of [[Biology:Hystricognathi|Hystricognathi]]; a new genus for ''"Phiomys" paraphiomyoides'' Wood, 1968.
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|-
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''Nesiotites rafelinensis''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Juan Rofes |author2=Pere Bover |author3=Gloria Cuenca-Bescós |author4=Josep Antoni Alcover |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=''Nesiotites rafelinensis'' sp. nov., the earliest shrew (Mammalia, Soricidae) from the Balearic Islands, Spain |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 15.1.8A |url=http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2012-issue-1-articles/185-shrew-from-spain }}</ref>
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sp nov
| 
Valid
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Rofes ''et al.''
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Early Pliocene
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|
{{Flag|Spain}}
|
A shrew, a species of ''[[Biology:Nesiotites|Nesiotites]]''. Argued by different authors to be either a probable junior synonym of ''Nesiotites ponsi''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Marc Furió |author2=Guillem Pons-Monjo |name-list-style=amp |year=2013 |title=The use of the species concept in paleontology. Comment on "''Nesiotites rafelinensis'' sp. nov., the earliest shrew (Mammalia, Soricidae) from the Balearic Islands, Spain" by Rofes et al., 2012 |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=Article number 16.2.16A |url=http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2013/439-species-concept-in-nesiotites }}</ref> or a valid and distinct species.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Juan Rofes |author2=Pere Bover |author3=Gloria Cuenca-Bescós |author4=Josep Antoni Alcover |name-list-style=amp |year=2013 |title=Proportions, characters and chronologies: their contribution to systematic paleontology. A rebuttal to Furió and Pons-Monjo |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=Article number 16.2.20A |url=http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2013/507-rebuttal-to-furio-and-pons-monjo }}</ref>
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|-
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''Nestoritherium linxiaense''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Chen Shao-Kun |author2=Deng Tao |author3=He Wen |author4=Chen Shan-Qin |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=A new species of Chalicotheriinae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene in the Linxia Basin of Gansu, China |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201202/P020120209568989758790.pdf |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=53–73 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2012.01.007 }}</ref>
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sp nov
|
Valid
|
Chen, Deng, He & Chen
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Early Late Miocene
|
Liushu Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Biology:Chalicothere|chalicothere]], a species of ''Nestoritherium''.
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|-
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''[[Biology:Omanitherium|Omanitherium]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Erik R. Seiffert |author2=Sobhi Nasir |author3=Abdulrahman Al-Harthy |author4=Joseph R. Groenke |author5=Brian P. Kraatz |author6=Nancy J. Stevens |author7=Abdul Razak Al-Sayigh |year=2012 |title=Diversity in the later Paleogene proboscidean radiation: a small barytheriid from the Oligocene of Dhofar Governorate, Sultanate of Oman |journal=Naturwissenschaften |volume=99 |issue=2 |pages=133–141 |doi=10.1007/s00114-011-0878-9 |pmid=22230880|bibcode=2012NW.....99..133S |s2cid=7864573 }}</ref> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
|
Seiffert ''et al.''
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Earliest Oligocene (earliest [[Earth:Rupelian|Rupelian]])
|
Ashawq Formation
|
{{Flag|Oman}}
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A [[Biology:Proboscidea|proboscidea]]n, a relative of ''[[Biology:Barytherium|Barytherium]]''. The type species is ''Omanitherium dhofarensis''.
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|-
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''Pappocricetodon neimongolensis''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Qian Li |year=2012 |title=Middle Eocene cricetids (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201208/P020120803328088429969.pdf |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=237–244 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2012.03.004 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
|
Valid
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Li
|
Middle Eocene
|
Irdin Manha Formation
|
{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Biology:Cricetidae|cricetid]] rodent, a species of ''Pappocricetodon''.
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|-
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''Parastegosimpsonia''<ref name=JSPCiancoetalcingulates>{{cite journal |author1=Martín Ricardo Ciancio |author2=Alfredo A. Carlini |author3=Kenneth E. Campbell |author4=Gustavo J. Scillato-Yané |year=2013 |title=New Palaeogene cingulates (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from Santa Rosa, Perú and their importance in the context of South American faunas |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=11 |issue=6 |pages=727–741 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2012.704949|hdl=11336/23283 |s2cid=86574213 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid<ref name=ZoobankJSPCiancoetalcingulates>http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:37CAEF7C-3CCC-4C3C-9869-D584FD73323C {{Dead link|date=May 2022}}</ref>
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Ciancio ''et al.''
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Paleogene (?Eocene)
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{{Flag|Peru}}
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An astegotheriine [[Biology:Dasypodidae|dasypodid]] [[Biology:Armadillo|armadillo]]. The type species is ''Parastegosimpsonia peruana''; genus might contain a second, yet-unnamed species.
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''Pardinamys''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Pablo E. Ortiz |author2=J. Pablo Jayat |author3=Scott J. Steppan |year=2012 |title=A New fossil phyllotine (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) from the late Pliocene in the Andes of northern Argentina |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=6 |pages=1429–1441 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.707998|bibcode=2012JVPal..32.1429O |s2cid=17726787 }}</ref> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Ortiz, Jayat & Steppan
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Late Pliocene ([[Earth:Uquian|Uquian]])
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Uquía Formation
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A phyllotine [[Biology:Sigmodontinae|sigmodontine]] rodent. The type species is ''Pardinamys humahuaquensis''.
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''Paromomys libedianus''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Mary T. Silcox |author2=Thomas E. Williamson |year=2012 |title=New discoveries of early Paleocene (Torrejonian) primates from the Nacimiento Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico |journal=Journal of Human Evolution |volume=63 |issue=6 |pages=805–833 |doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.09.002 |pmid=23084622}}</ref> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Silcox & Williamson
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Early Paleocene ([[Biology:Torrejonian|Torrejonian]])
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Nacimiento Formation
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Biology:Paromomyidae|paromomyid]] [[Biology:Plesiadapiformes|plesiadapiform]], a species of ''Paromomys''.
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''Paschatherium levei''<ref name=Louisinidae />
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sp nov
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Valid
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Hooker & Russell
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Early Eocene
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{{Flag|France}}
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A [[Biology:Macroscelidea|macroscelidea]]n, a species of ''[[Biology:Paschatherium|Paschatherium]]''.
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''[[Biology:Phiocricetomys|Phiocricetomys atavus]]''<ref name=CosteretalACM /> 
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Coster ''et al.''
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Early Oligocene
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{{Flag|Libya}}
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A rodent, a member of [[Biology:Hystricognathi|Hystricognathi]]; a species of ''Phiocricetomys''.
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''Plagioctenoides tombowni''<ref name=RoseetalEocenemammals /> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Rose ''et al.''
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Earliest Eocene
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[[Earth:Willwood Formation|Willwood Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A [[Biology:Nyctitheriidae|nyctitheriid]] [[Biology:Soricomorpha|soricomorph]], a species of ''Plagioctenoides''.
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|-
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''Platychoerops antiquus''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Doug M. Boyer |author2=Loïc Costeur |author3=Yaron Lipman |year=2012 |title=First Paleocene record of ''Platychoerops'' (Primates, Plesiadapidae), a new species from Mouras Quarry, Mont de Berru, France |journal=American Journal of Physical Anthropology |volume=149 |issue=3 |pages=329–346 |doi=10.1002/ajpa.22119 |pmid=22926965|doi-access=free }}</ref> 
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Boyer, Costeur & Lipman
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[[Earth:Paleocene|Paleocene]]
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{{Flag|France}}
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A [[Biology:Plesiadapidae|plesiadapid]], a species of ''Platychoerops''.
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''[[Biology:Platygonus|Platygonus pollenae]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Donald R. Prothero |author2=Jessica Grenader |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=A New Primitive Species of the Flat-Headed Peccary ''Platygonus'' (Tayassuidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of the High Plains |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=86 |issue=6 |pages=1021–1031 |doi=10.1666/12-050R.1|bibcode=2012JPal...86.1021P |s2cid=128776045 }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Prothero & Grenader
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Late Miocene ([[Biology:Hemphillian|Hemphillian]])
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A peccary, a species of ''Platygonus''.
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''Plecotus schoepfelii''<ref name=RosinaandRummel />
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sp nov
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Valid
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Rosina & Rummel
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Early Miocene
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{{Flag|Germany}}
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A vesper bat, a species of ''[[Biology:Plecotus|Plecotus]]''.
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''Plesiodipus wangae''<ref name=Bagacricetodon /> 
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Rodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-Liaud
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Oligocene
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Biology:Cricetidae|cricetid]] [[Biology:Rodent|rodent]], a species of ''Plesiodipus''.
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''Plesiotypotherium casirense''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Esperanza Cerdeño |author2=Bárbara Vera |author3=Gabriela Inés Schmidt |author4=François Pujos |author5=Bernardino Mamaní Quispe |year=2012 |title=An almost complete skeleton of a new Mesotheriidae (Notoungulata) from the Late Miocene of Casira, Bolivia |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=341–360 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2011.569576|hdl=11336/60297 |s2cid=85749884 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> 
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Cerdeño ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
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{{Flag|Bolivia}}
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A [[Biology:Mesotheriidae|mesotheriid]] [[Biology:Notoungulata|notoungulata]]n, a species of ''Plesiotypotherium''.
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''[[Biology:Pristifelis|Pristifelis]]''<ref name=Salesaetal /> 
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Salesa ''et al.''
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Miocene
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Western Eurasia
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A [[Biology:Felinae|feline]] [[Biology:Felidae|felid]], a new genus for ''[[Biology:Felis attica|Felis attica]]''.
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''Prodendrogale engesseri''<ref name=treeshrews>{{cite journal |author=Xijun Ni |author2=Zhuding Qiu |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Tupaiine tree shrews (Scandentia, Mammalia) from the Yuanmou ''Lufengpithecus'' locality of Yunnan, China |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |volume=131 |issue=1 |pages=51–60 |doi=10.1007/s13358-011-0029-0 |s2cid=85271080 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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sp nov
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Valid
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Ni & Qiu
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Late Miocene
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{{Flag|China}}
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A treeshrew, a species of ''Prodendrogale''.
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|-
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''Proeggysodon''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Bin Bai |author2=Yuan-Qing Wang |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=''Proeggysodon'' gen. nov., a primitive Eocene eggysodontine (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Erden Obo, Siziwangqi, Nei Mongol, China |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201208/P020120803329202916764.pdf |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=204–218 |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2012.03.002 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Bai & Wang
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Late Eocene
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Possibly Ulan Gochu Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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An [[Biology:Odd-toed ungulate|odd-toed ungulate]], an eggysodontine [[Biology:Rhinocerotoidea|rhinocerotoid]]. The type species is ''Proeggysodon qiui''.
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''Prolouisina''<ref name=Louisinidae />
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Hooker & Russell
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Paleocene
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{{Flag|Germany}}
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A [[Biology:Macroscelidea|macroscelidea]]n, a new genus for ''"Louisina" atavella'' (Russell, 1964).
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''[[Biology:Proremiculus|Proremiculus]]''<ref name=Belgianadapisoriculids />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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De Bast, Sigé & Smith
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Early Palaeocene
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Hainin Formation
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{{Flag|Belgium}}
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An adapisoriculid. Its type species is ''Proremiculus lagnauxi''.
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''[[Biology:Protictitherium|Protictitherium thessalonikensis]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author =George D. Koufos |year=2012 |title=A new protictithere from the late Miocene hominoid locality Ravin de la Pluie of Axios Valley (Macedonia, Greece) |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=86 |issue=2 |pages=219–229 |doi=10.1007/s12542-011-0126-9 |s2cid=129434416 }}</ref>
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sp nov
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Valid
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Koufos
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Late Miocene
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{{Flag|Greece}}
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An ictitheriine [[Biology:Hyena|hyena]], a species of ''Protictitherium''.
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|-
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''Pseudocricetops''<ref name=Bagacricetodon /> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Rodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-Liaud
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Oligocene
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Biology:Cricetidae|cricetid]] [[Biology:Rodent|rodent]]. The type species is ''Pseudocricetops matthewi''.
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|-
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''Pseudoloris cuestai''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Raef Minwer-Barakat |author2=Judit Marigó |author3=Salvador Moyà-Solà |year=2012 |title=''Pseudoloris cuestai'', a new microchoerine (Primates, Omomyidae) from the middle Eocene of the Iberian Peninsula |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=407–418 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.643330|bibcode=2012JVPal..32..407M |s2cid=130216501 }}</ref> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Minwer-Barakat, Marigó  & Moyà-Solà
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Middle Eocene
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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A microchoerine omomyid, a species of ''Pseudoloris''.
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''Pterophocaena''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Mizuki Murakami |author2=Chieko Shimada |author3=Yoshinori Hikida |author4=Hiromichi Hirano |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=A new basal porpoise, ''Pterophocaena nishinoi'' (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinoidea), from the upper Miocene of Japan and its phylogenetic relationships |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=5 |pages=1157–1171 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.677299|bibcode=2012JVPal..32.1157M |s2cid=86825231 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov.
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Valid
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Murakami ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
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Wakkanai Formation
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{{Flag|Japan}}
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A [[Biology:Porpoise|porpoise]]. The type species is ''Pterophocaena nishinoi''.
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|-
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''Pucatherium''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Claudia M. Herrera |author2=Jaime E. Powell |author3=Cecilia Del Papa |year=2012 |title=Un Nuevo Dasypodidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra) de la Formación Casa Grande (Eoceno) de la Provincia de Jujuy, Argentina |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=267–271 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.v49i2(502) |s2cid=130246829 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov 
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Valid
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Herrera, Powell & Del Papa
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Middle–late Eocene
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Casa Grande Formation<br />
[[Earth:Geste Formation|Geste Formation]]<br />
Lumbrera Formation<br />
Quebrada de los Colorados Formation
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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An [[Biology:Armadillo|armadillo]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is ''Pucatherium parvum''.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Martín R. Ciancio |author2=Claudia Herrera |author3=Alejandro Aramayo |author4=Patricio Payrola |author5=María J. Babot |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |title=Diversity of cingulate xenarthrans in the middle-late Eocene of Northwestern Argentina |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=61 |issue=3 |pages=575–590 |doi=10.4202/app.00208.2015 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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''Remys major''<ref name=PV3745 /> 
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Compte, Sabatier & Vianey-Liaud
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Eocene (Bartonian)
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{{Flag|France}}<br />
{{Flag|Switzerland}}
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A theridomyid [[Biology:Rodent|rodent]], a species of ''Remys''.
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|-
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''[[Biology:Sinomastodon|Sinomastodon jiangnanensis]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Yuan Wang |author2=ChangZhu Jin |author3=ChengLong Deng |author4=GuangBiao Wei |author5=YaLing Yan |year=2012 |title=The first ''Sinomastodon'' (Gomphotheriidae, Proboscidea) skull from the Quaternary in China |doi=10.1007/s11434-012-5519-y |journal=Chinese Science Bulletin |volume=57 |issue=36 |pages=4726–4734 |bibcode=2012ChSBu..57.4726W |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Wang ''et al.''
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Early Pleistocene
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Biology:Gomphothere|gomphothere]], a species of ''Sinomastodon''.
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|-
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''Skouraia''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Denis Geraads |author2=Siham El Boughabi |author3=Samir Zouhri |year=2012 |title=A new caprin bovid (Mammalia) from the late Miocene of Morocco |journal=Palaeontologia Africana |volume=47 |pages=19–24 |url=http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/13286 }}</ref> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Geraads, El Boughabi & Zouhri
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Late Miocene
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Aït Kandoula Formation
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{{Flag|Morocco}}
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A caprin bovid. The type species is ''Skouraia helicoides''.
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''[[Biology:Leptofelis|Styriofelis vallesiensis]]''<ref name=Salesaetal>{{Cite journal|author1=Manuel J. Salesa |author2=Mauricio Antón |author3=Jorge Morales |author4=Stéphane Peigné |year=2012 |title=Systematics and phylogeny of the small felines (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Late Miocene of Europe: a new species of Felinae from the Vallesian of Batallones (MN 10, Madrid, Spain) |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=87–102 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2011.566584|s2cid=84912711 }}</ref> 
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sp nov
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Valid
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Salesa ''et al.''
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Late Miocene
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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A [[Biology:Felinae|feline]] [[Biology:Felidae|felid]]. Originally described as a species of ''[[Biology:Styriofelis|Styriofelis]]'', but subsequently transferred to the separate genus ''Leptofelis''.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Manuel J. Salesa |author2=Gema Siliceo |author3=Mauricio Antón |author4=Stéphane Peigné |author5=Jorge Morales |year=2019 |title=Functional and systematic implications of the postcranial anatomy of a late Miocene feline (Carnivora, Felidae) from Batallones-1 (Madrid, Spain) |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=101–131 |doi=10.1007/s10914-017-9414-9 |s2cid=19719645 |hdl=10261/225344 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
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|-
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''[[Biology:Sulaimanius|Sulaimanius]]''<ref name=Gunnelletal /> 
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Nom. nov
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Valid
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Gunnell ''et al.''
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Eocene
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{{Flag|Pakistan}}
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A replacement name for the primate genus ''Sulaimania'' Gunnell, Gingerich, Ul-Haw, Bloch, Kahn and Clyde, 2008.
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''Sylvochoerus''<ref name=FraileyandCampbell>{{cite journal |author=Carl David Frailey |author2=Kenneth E. Campbell Jr. |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=Two New Genera of Peccaries (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Tayassuidae) from Upper Miocene Deposits of the Amazon Basin |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=86 |issue=5 |pages=852–877 |doi=10.1666/12-012.1|bibcode=2012JPal...86..852F |s2cid=85961848 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Disputed
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Frailey & Campbell
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Late Miocene or Quaternary<ref name=AMM2021 />
| Madre de Dios Formation
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Western Amazon Basin
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A peccary. The type species is ''Sylvochoerus woodburnei''. Gasparini ''et al.'' (2021) considered ''S. woodburnei'' to be a [[Biology:Synonym (taxonomy)|junior synonym]] of the white-lipped peccary.<ref name=AMM2021>{{Cite journal|author1=Germán M. Gasparini |author2=Rodrigo Parisi Dutra |author3=Fernando A. Perini |author4=Darin A. Croft |author5=Mario A. Cozzuol |author6=Rafaela V. Missagia |author7=Spencer G. Lucas |year=2021 |title=On the supposed presence of Miocene Tayassuidae and Dromomerycinae (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla) in South America |journal=American Museum Novitates  |issue=3968 |pages=1–27 |doi=10.1206/3968.1 |hdl=2246/7259 |s2cid=232341391 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/177230 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> 
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''Tachyoryctoides engesseri''<ref name=Tachyoryctoides>{{cite journal |author=Ban-Yue Wang |author2=Zhan-Xiang Qiu |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=''Tachyoryctoides'' (Muroidea, Rodentia) fossils from Early Miocene of Lanzhou Basin, Gansu Province, China |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |volume=131 |issue=1 |pages=107–126 |doi=10.1007/s13358-011-0038-z |s2cid=128753249 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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sp nov
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Valid
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Wang & Qiu
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Early Miocene
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Lanzhou Basin
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{{Flag|China}}
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A [[Biology:Muroidea|muroid]] rodent, a species of ''Tachyoryctoides''.
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|-
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''Tachyoryctoides minor''<ref name=Tachyoryctoides />
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sp nov
|
Valid
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Wang & Qiu
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Early Miocene
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Lanzhou Basin
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{{Flag|China}}
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A muroid rodent, a species of ''Tachyoryctoides''.
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|-
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''Tardenomys''<ref name=PV3745 /> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Compte, Sabatier & Vianey-Liaud
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Eocene (Bartonian)
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{{Flag|France}}<br />
{{Flag|Switzerland}}
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A theridomyid [[Biology:Rodent|rodent]]. The type species is ''Tardenomys chartreuvensis''.
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|-
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''Teilhardimys brisswalteri''<ref name=Louisinidae />
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sp nov
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Valid
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Hooker & Russell
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Paleocene
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|
{{Flag|France}}
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A [[Biology:Macroscelidea|macroscelidea]]n, a species of ''Teilhardimys''.
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|-
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''[[Biology:Teilhardina|Teilhardina gingerichi]]''<ref name=RoseetalEocenemammals /> 
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Sp. nov
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Disputed
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Rose ''et al.''
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Earliest Eocene
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[[Earth:Willwood Formation|Willwood Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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An [[Biology:Omomyidae|omomyid]] primate, a species of ''Teilhardina''. Considered to be a [[Biology:Synonym (taxonomy)|junior synonym]] of ''Teilhardina brandti'' by Morse ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Paul E. Morse |author2=Stephen G.B. Chester |author3=Doug M. Boyer |author4=Thierry Smith |author5=Richard Smith |author6=Paul Gigase |author7=Jonathan I. Bloch |year=2019 |title=New fossils, systematics, and biogeography of the oldest known crown primate ''Teilhardina'' from the earliest Eocene of Asia, Europe, and North America |journal=Journal of Human Evolution |volume=128 |pages=103–131 |doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.08.005 |pmid=30497682 |s2cid=54167483 }}</ref>
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|-
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''Thryptodon''<ref name=Louisinidae />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Hooker & Russell
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Paleocene
|
|
{{Flag|France}}
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A [[Biology:Macroscelidea|macroscelidea]]n. The type species is ''Thryptodon brailloni''.
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|-
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''Tinimomys tribos''<ref name=micromomyids />
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sp nov
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Valid
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Chester & Beard
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Late Paleocene
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Big Multi Quarry
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A micromomyid plesiadapiform, a species of ''Tinimomys''.
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|-
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''Tragomys''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Jordi Agusti |author2=Pere Bover |author3=Josep Antoni Alcover |year=2012 |title=A new genus of endemic cricetid (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the late Neogene of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=722–726 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.652322|bibcode=2012JVPal..32..722A |s2cid=85814789 }}</ref> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Agusti, Bover & Alcover
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Pliocene
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|
{{Flag|Spain}}
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A [[Biology:Cricetidae|cricetid]] rodent. The type species is ''Tragomys macpheei''.
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|-
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''Tupaia storchi''<ref name=treeshrews />
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sp nov
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Valid
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Ni & Qiu
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Late Miocene
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{{Flag|China}}
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A treeshrew, a species of ''[[Biology:Tupaia (genus)|Tupaia]]''.
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|-
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''Turkanamys''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Laurent Marivaux |author2=Fabrice Lihoreau |author3=Fredrick Kyalo Manthi |author4=Stéphane Ducrocq |year=2012 |title=A new basal phiomorph (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the late Oligocene of Lokone (Turkana Basin, Kenya) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=646–657 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.657318|bibcode=2012JVPal..32..646M |s2cid=130994065 }}</ref> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Marivaux ''et al.''
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Late Oligocene
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|
{{Flag|Kenya}}
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A [[Biology:Phiomorpha|phiomorph]] rodent. The type species is ''Turkanamys hexalophus''.
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|-
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''Tuscahomys walshi''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Robert L. Anemone |author2=Mary R. Dawson |author3=K. Christopher Beard |year=2012 |title=The Early Eocene Rodent ''Tuscahomys'' (Cylindrodontidae) from the Great Divide Basin, Wyoming: Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Paleoecology |journal=Annals of Carnegie Museum |volume=80 |issue=3 |pages=187–205 |doi=10.2992/007.080.0302|s2cid=84115747 }}</ref> 
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Anemone, Dawson & Beard
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Early Eocene (late early [[Earth:Wasatchian|Wasatchian]])
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A cylindrodontid rodent, a species of ''Tuscahomys''.
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|-
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''Tuscahomys worlandensis''<ref name=RoseetalEocenemammals /> 
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Sp. nov
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Valid
|
Rose ''et al.''
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Earliest Eocene
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[[Earth:Willwood Formation|Willwood Formation]]
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A cylindrodontid rodent, a species of ''Tuscahomys''.
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|-
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''[[Biology:Vampalus|Vampalus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=K. K. Tarasenko |author2=A. V. Lopatin |year=2012 |title=New baleen whale genera (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 2. ''Vampalus'' gen. nov. from the Middle-Late Miocene of Chechnya and Krasnodar Region |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=46 |issue=6 |pages=620–629 |doi=10.1134/S003103011206010X |s2cid=85122480 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Tarasenko & Lopatin
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Miocene
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A [[Biology:Cetotheriidae|cetotheriid]] [[Biology:Baleen whale|baleen whale]] belonging to the subfamily Herpetocetinae. The type species is ''Vampalus sayasanicus'' from Chechnya; genus also contains ''"[[Biology:Cetotherium|Cetotherium]]" helmerseni'' Brandt, 1871 from [[Place:Krasnodar Krai|Krasnodar Krai]].
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''Vasseuromys cristinae''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Francisco J. Ruiz-Sánchez |author2=Xabier Murelaga |author3=Matthijs Freudenthal |author4=Juan C. Larrasoaña |author5=Miguel Garcés |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=A new species of glirid rodent ''Vasseuromys'' from the Aragonian (Miocene) of the Ebro Basin (north−eastern Spain) |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=225–239 |url=http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20100081.html |doi=10.4202/app.2010.0081 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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sp nov
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Valid
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Ruiz-Sánchez ''et al.''
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Middle Miocene
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A dormouse, a species of ''Vasseuromys''.
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''Vasseuromys rambliensis''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Francisco J. Ruiz-Sánchez |author2=Xabier Murelaga |author3=Matthijs Freudenthal |author4=Juan C. Larrasoaña |author5=Miguel Garcés |name-list-style=amp |year=2012 |title=''Vasseuromys rambliensis'' sp. nov. (Gliridae, Mammalia) from the Ramblian (Lower Miocene) of the Tudela Formation (Ebro basin, Spain) |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=15 |issue=1 |url=http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2012-issue-1-articles/173-fossil-glirid-from-spain }}</ref>
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sp nov
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Valid
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Ruiz-Sánchez ''et al.''
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Lower Miocene
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A dormouse, a species of ''Vasseuromys''.
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''Victoriaceros''<ref name=Victoriaceros>{{cite journal |author1=Geraads, D. |author2=McCrossin, M. |author3=Benefit, B. |year=2012 |title=A New Rhinoceros, ''Victoriaceros kenyensis'' gen. et sp. nov., and Other Perissodactyla from the Middle Miocene of Maboko, Kenya |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=57–75 |doi=10.1007/s10914-011-9183-9 |s2cid=1547306 }}</ref>
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Geraads, McCrossin & Benefit
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Middle Miocene
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Makobo beds
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An elasmotheriine rhinoceros. Type species is ''Victoriaceros kenyensis''.
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''Victoriamys''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Robert A. Martin |year=2012 |title=''Victoriamys'', a new generic name for Chaline's vole from the Pleistocene of Western Europe |journal=Geobios |volume=45 |issue=5 |pages=445–450 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2012.01.001 |bibcode=2012Geobi..45..445M }}</ref>
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Martin
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[[Earth:Pleistocene|Pleistocene]]
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{{Flag|Italy}}<br/>
{{Flag|Spain}}
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A [[Biology:Vole|vole]], a new genus for the species ''"Allophaiomys" chalinei''.
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''Viretia''<ref name=soricids />
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Hugueney, Mein and Maridet
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Miocene
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{{Flag|Slovakia}}
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A shrew, a new genus for ''"[[Biology:Sorex|Sorex]]" gracilidens''.
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''Walbeckodon''<ref name=Louisinidae />
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov
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Valid
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Hooker & Russell
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Paleocene
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{{Flag|Germany}}
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A [[Biology:Macroscelidea|macroscelidea]]n. The type species is ''Walbeckodon krumbiegeli''; the second species is ''Walbeckodon girardi''.
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''Waldochoerus''<ref name=FraileyandCampbell />
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Disputed
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Frailey & Campbell
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Late Miocene or Quaternary<ref name=AMM2021 />
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Western Amazon Basin
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A peccary. The type species is ''Waldochoerus bassleri''. Gasparini ''et al.'' (2021) considered ''W. bassleri'' to be a junior synonym of the collared peccary.<ref name=AMM2021 />
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''Witenia yolua''<ref name=Bagacricetodon /> 
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Rodrigues, Marivaux & Vianey-Liaud
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Oligocene
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A [[Biology:Cricetidae|cricetid]] [[Biology:Rodent|rodent]], a species of ''Witenia''.
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''[[Biology:Witwatia|Witwatia sigei]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Anthony Ravel |author2=Laurent Marivaux |author3=Rodolphe Tabuce |author4=Mustapha Ben Haj Ali |author5=El Mabrouk Essid |author6=Monique Vianey-Liaud |year=2012 |title=A new large philisid (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionoidea) from the late Early Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia |journal=Palaeontology |volume=55 |issue=5 |pages=1035–1041 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01160.x |bibcode=2012Palgy..55.1035R |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Sp. nov 
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Valid
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Ravel ''et al.''
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Early Eocene
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A [[Biology:Philisidae|philisid]] [[Biology:Bat|bat]], a species of ''Witwatia''.
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''[[Biology:Yamatocetus|Yamatocetus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|author =Yoshihiko Okazaki |year=2012 |title=A new mysticete form the upper Oligocene Ashiya Group, Kyushu, Japan and its significance to mysticete evolution |journal=Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History Series A (Natural History) |volume=10 |pages=129–152 |url=http://www.kmnh.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/A10-129-E-Okazaki.pdf }}</ref> 
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Okazaki
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Late Oligocene
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Jinnobaru Formation
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{{Flag|Japan}}
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An [[Biology:Eomysticetidae|eomysticetid]] [[Biology:Baleen whale|baleen whale]]. The type species is ''Yamatocetus canaliculatus''.
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''Yuruatherium''<ref name=JSPCiancoetalcingulates />
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Gen. et sp. et comb. nov
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Valid<ref name=ZoobankJSPCiancoetalcingulates />
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Ciancio ''et al.''
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Paleogene (including Eocene)
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{{Flag|Peru}}
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A member of [[Biology:Cingulata|Cingulata]] of uncertain phylogenetic placement, similar to ''[[Biology:Machlydotherium|Machlydotherium]]'' and ''Eocoleophorus''. The type species is Paleogene (?Eocene) ''Yuruatherium tropicalis''; genus also contains Eocene ([[Earth:Mustersan|Mustersan]]) ''"Machlydotherium" intortum'' Ameghino.
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==References==
{{Reflist|20em}}

[[Category:Prehistoric mammals]]

{{Sourceattribution|2012 in paleomammalogy}}