# 2014 in reptile paleontology

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

## Ichthyopterygians
### Research

* Anatomy, taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of Cretaceous ophthalmosaurids Simbirskiasaurus birjukovi and Pervushovisaurus bannovkensis are reevaluated by Fischer et al. (2014).

### New taxa

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Janusaurus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Roberts et al. | Late Jurassic | Agardhfjellet Formation | Norway | An ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur. The type species is Janusaurus lundi. Zverkov & Prilepskaya (2019) considered Janusaurus to be a junior synonym of the genus Arthropterygius, though the authors maintained J. lundi as a distinct species within the latter genus; Delsett et al. (2019) rejected this synonymy. |
| Leninia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fischer et al. | Early Cretaceous (early Aptian) | | Russia | An ophthalmosaurine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur. The type species is Leninia stellans. |
| Sisteronia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fischer et al. | Cretaceous (early Albian to early Cenomanian) | Cambridge Greensand Gault Formation Marnes Bleues Formation | France  United Kingdom | A platypterygiine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur. The type species is Sisteronia seeleyi. |
| Undorosaurus trautscholdi | Sp. nov | Valid | Arkhangelsky & Zverkov | Late Jurassic | | Russia | An ophthalmosaurine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur, a species of Undorosaurus. |

## Sauropterygians

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Aristonectes quiriquinensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Otero et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | Quiriquina Formation | Chile | A plesiosaur, a species of Aristonectes. |
| Cymatosaurus erikae | Sp. nov | Valid | Maisch | Middle Triassic (earliest Anisian) | Röt Formation | Germany | A species of Cymatosaurus. |
| Majiashanosaurus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jiang et al. | Early Triassic (Olenekian) | Nanlinghu Formation | China | A basal member of Eosauropterygia. The type species is Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis. |
| Nothosaurus zhangi | Sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | Guanling Formation | China | A nothosaur, a species of Nothosaurus. |
| Odoiporosaurus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Renesto, Binelli & Hagdorn | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | Besano Formation | Italy | A pachypleurosaur. The type species is Odoiporosaurus teruzzii. |
| Pararcus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Klein & Scheyer | Middle Triassic (early Anisian) | Vossenveld Formation | Netherlands | A placodont. The type species is Pararcus diepenbroeki. |
| Pliosaurus patagonicus | Sp. nov | Valid | Gasparini & O'Gorman | Late Jurassic (middle Tithonian) | Vaca Muerta Formation | Argentina | A species of Pliosaurus. |

## Lepidosaurs
### Newly named rhynchocephalians

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Kawasphenodon peligrensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Apesteguia, Gómez & Rougier | Palaeocene | Salamanca Formation | Argentina | An opisthodontian sphenodontid, a species of Kawasphenodon. | |
| Priosphenodon minimus | Sp. nov | Valid | Apesteguia & Carballido | Early Cretaceous | Cerro Barcino Formation | Argentina | An eilenodontine sphenodontid, a species of Priosphenodon. | |

### Newly named lizards

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Blanus mendezi | Sp. nov | Valid | Bolet et al. | Miocene (11.6 Mya) | Vallès-Penedès Basin | Spain | An amphisbaenian, a species of Blanus. |
| Blanus thomaskelleri | Sp. nov | Valid | Čerňanský, Rage & Klembara | Early Miocene | | Germany | An amphisbaenian, a species of Blanus. |
| Calanguban | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Simões, Caldwell & Kellner | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | Brazil | A scleroglossan lizard with scincomorph affinities. The type species is Calanguban alamoi. |
| Dakotaseps | Nom. nov | Valid | Nydam | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Dakota Formation | United States | A member of Scincomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement, assigned by Nydam (2013) to an informal paramacellodid-cordylid grade; a replacement name for Dakotasaurus Nydam (2013) (preoccupied). |
| Funiusaurus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Xu et al. | Late Cretaceous | Qiupa Formation | China | A member of Polyglyphanodontidae. The type species is Funiusaurus luanchuanensis. |
| Maioricalacerta | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bailon et al. | Early Pliocene (Zanclean) | | Spain | A member of Lacertidae. The type species is Maioricalacerta rafelinensis. |
| Pyrenasaurus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bolet & Augé | Late Eocene | | France  Spain | A member of Scincoidea, possibly a skink. The type species is Pyrenasaurus evansae. |

### Newly named snakes

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Adinophis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pritchard et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Maevarano Formation | Madagascar | A member of Madtsoiidae. The type species is Adinophis fisaka. |
| Indophis fanambinana | Sp. nov | Valid | Pritchard et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Maevarano Formation | Madagascar | A member of Nigerophiidae, a species of Indophis. |
| Rukwanyoka | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | McCartney et al. | Oligocene | Nsungwe Formation | Tanzania | The most ancient booid snake and boa from Africa. The type species is Rukwanyoka holmani. |
| Seismophis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hsiou et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Alcântara Formation | Brazil | A snake of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a relative of Najash rionegrina. The type species is Seismophis septentrionalis. |

## Turtles
### Research

* Redescription of the rediscovered holotype of the Jurassic turtle Plesiochelys etalloni is published by Anquetin, Deschamps & Claude (2014).

### Newly named turtles

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Alienochelys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | de Lapparent de Broin et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Oulad Abdoun Basin | Morocco | A sea turtle, a member of Dermochelyoidae. The type species is Alienochelys selloumi. |
| Allaeochelys libyca | Sp. nov | Valid | Havlik, Joyce & Böhme | Miocene (Langhian) | | Libya | A relative of the pig-nosed turtle, a species of the (possibly paraphyletic) genus Allaeochelys. |
| Ashleychelys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Weems & Sanders | Oligocene | | United States | A pancheloniid sea turtle. The type species is Ashleychelys palmeri. |
| Atolchelys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Romano et al. | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | Morro do Chaves Formation | Brazil | A bothremydid pleurodiran. The type species is Atolchelys lepida. |
| Brodiechelys royoi | Sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-García, Gasulla & Ortega | Early Aptian | Arcillas de Morella Formation | Spain | A xinjiangchelyid, a species of Brodiechelys. |
| Cheirogaster bacharidisi | Sp. nov | Valid | Vlachos, Tsoukala & Corsini | Pliocene | Gonia Formation | Greece | A tortoise, originally described as a species belonging to the genus Cheirogaster. Subsequently, transferred by Pérez-García & Vlachos (2014) to the genus Titanochelon. |
| Eodortoka | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-García, Gasulla & Ortega | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | Arcillas de Morella Formation | Spain | A dortokid, a member of the clade Pan-Pleurodira (containing living pleurodirans and all turtles that are more closely related to them than to cryptodirans). The type species is Eodortoka morellana. |
| Gobiapalone | Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Danilov et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Maastrichtian) | Barun Goyot Formation Bayan Shireh Formation Nemegt Formation | Mongolia | A trionychine trionychid. The type species is "Amyda" orlovi Khosatzky (1976); genus also contains new species Gobiapalone breviplastra. The genus Gobiapalone was considered to be a junior synonym of the genus Kuhnemys by Georgalis & Joyce (2017), though the authors maintained G. orlovi and G. breviplastra as distinct species within the latter genus. |
| Hylaeochelys kappa | Sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-García & Ortega | Late Jurassic (Tithonian) | Freixial Formation | Portugal | A basal member of Eucryptodira, a species of Hylaeochelys. |
| Judithemys kranzi | Sp. nov | Valid | Weems | Paleocene (early Thanetian) | Aquia Formation | United States | A member of (likely paraphyletic) group "Macrobaenidae", a species of Judithemys. |
| Nemegtemys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Danilov et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Nemegt Formation | Mongolia | A cyclanorbine trionychid. The type species is Nemegtemys conflata. |
| Osonachelus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | de Lapparent de Broin et al. | Eocene (late Bartonian) | Vic-Manlleu Marls Formation | Spain | A cheloniid sea turtle. The type species is Osonachelus decorata. |
| Procolpochelys charlestonensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Weems & Sanders | Oligocene | | United States | A pancheloniid sea turtle; a species of Procolpochelys. |
| Riodevemys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-García, Royo-Torres & Cobos | Late Jurassic | | Spain | A pleurosternid paracryptodiran. The type species is Riodevemys inumbragigas. |
| Tacuarembemys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Perea et al. | Late Jurassic or earliest Cretaceous | Tacuarembó Formation | Uruguay | A turtle of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Tacuarembemys kusterae. |
| Titanochelon | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Pérez-García & Vlachos | Early Miocene to early Pleistocene | | Austria  Bulgaria  France  Germany  Greece  Portugal  Spain  Switzerland  Turkey  Malta? | A tortoise; a new genus for "Testudo" bolivari Hernández-Pacheco (1917). Genus also contains "Testudo" eurysternum Gervais (1848–1852), "Testudo" ginsburgi de Broin (1977), "Testudo" vitodurana Biedermann (1862), "Cheirogaster" steinbacheri Karl (1996), "Testudo" leberonensis Depéret (1890), "Testudo" schafferi Szalai (1931), "Testudo" perpiniana Depéret (1885) and "Cheirogaster" bacharidisi Vlachos et al. (2014). Genus might also contain "Testudo" gymnesicus Bate (1914). |
| ‘Trionyx’ baynshirensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Danilov et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Santonian) | Bayan Shireh Formation | Mongolia | A trionychine trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato. |
| ‘Trionyx’ dissolutus | Sp. nov | Valid | Vitek & Danilov | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | | Uzbekistan | A trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato. |
| ‘Trionyx’ gilbentuensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Danilov et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Nemegt Formation | Mongolia | A trionychine trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato. |
| ‘Trionyx’ gobiensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Danilov et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Nemegt Formation | Mongolia | A trionychine trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato. |
| ‘Trionyx’ shiluutulensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Danilov et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | | Mongolia | A trionychine trionychid, a species of Trionyx sensu lato. |

## Archosauromorphs
### Basal archosauromorphs
#### Research

* A redescription of Tasmaniosaurus triassicus is published by Ezcurra (2014).
* A revision of anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of the archosauriform Dorosuchus neoetus is published by Sookias et al. (2014).
* A revision of putative euparkeriids from the Triassic of China is published by Sookias et al. (2014).

#### New taxa

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Aenigmastropheus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ezcurra, Scheyer & Bulter | Late Permian (Wuchiapingian) | Usili Formation | Tanzania | A non-archosauriform archosauromorph, probably a protorosaurian. The type species is Aenigmastropheus parringtoni. |
| Garjainia madiba | Sp. nov | Valid | Gower et al. | Early Triassic (late Olenekian) | Burgersdorp Formation | South Africa | An erythrosuchid archosauriform, a species of Garjainia. |
| Hyperodapedon tikiensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Mukherjee & Ray | Late Triassic | Tiki Formation | India | A rhynchosaur, a species of Hyperodapedon. |
| Proterosuchus goweri | Sp. nov | Valid | Ezcurra & Butler | Early Triassic | | South Africa | A proterosuchid archosauriform, a species of Proterosuchus. |
| Pseudochampsa | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Trotteyn & Ezcurra | Late Triassic (late Carnian or earliest Norian) | Ischigualasto Formation | Argentina | A proterochampsid archosauriform; a new genus for "Chanaresuchus" ischigualastensis Trotteyn, Martínez & Alcober (2012). |

## Other reptiles

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Abyssomedon | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Macdougall & Reisz | Early Permian | Garber Formation | United States | A nyctiphruretid parareptile. The type species is Abyssomedon williamsi. |
| Atopodentatus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cheng et al. | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | Guanling Formation | China | A marine reptile, probably a relative of sauropterygians. The type species is Atopodentatus unicus. |
| Delorhynchus cifellii | Sp. nov | Valid | Reisz, Macdougall & Modesto | Early Permian | Garber Formation | United States | A parareptile relative of lanthanosuchoids, a species of Delorhynchus. |
| Eohupehsuchus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chen et al. | Early Triassic | Jialingjiang Formation | China | A hupehsuchian. The type species is Eohupehsuchus brevicollis. |
| Horaffia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Klein & Hagdorn | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | Erfurt Formation | Germany | A marine diapsid reptile of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Horaffia kugleri. |
| Largocephalosaurus qianensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Triassic | Guanling Formation | China | A member of Saurosphargidae, a species of Largocephalosaurus. |
| Parahupehsuchus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chen et al. | Early Triassic | Jialingjiang Formation | China | A hupehsuchian. The type species is Parahupehsuchus longus. |