# 2014 in archosaur paleontology

This article records new taxa of fossil archosaurs of every kind that are scheduled described during the year 2014, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of archosaurs that are scheduled to occur in the year 2014.
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## Pseudosuchians
### Research

* A study of anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum, Turfanosuchus dabanensis and Yonghesuchus sangbiensis is published by Butler et al. (2014).
* A study on the impact of sea level variations and sea surface temperatures on the evolution of marine crocodylomorphs is published by Martin et al. (2014).
* A study of jaw mechanism and dental function in heterodont crocodyliforms is published by Ősi (2014).
* A study on the types of serration in the teeth of members of the genus Machimosaurus is published by Young et al. (2014).
* The atoposaurid crocodyliform genus Alligatorellus is revised by Tennant and Mannion (2014).

### New taxa

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Allodaposuchus palustris | Sp. nov | Valid | Blanco et al. | Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian) | Tremp Formation | Spain | A eusuchian crocodylomorph, a species of Allodaposuchus. |
| Anthracosuchus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hastings, Bloch & Jaramillo | Paleocene | Cerrejón Formation | Colombia | A dyrosaurid crocodyliform. The type species is Anthracosuchus balrogus. |
| Aplestosuchus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Godoy et al. | Late Cretaceous | Adamantina Formation | Brazil | A baurusuchid crocodylomorph. The type species is Aplestosuchus sordidus. |
| Caipirasuchus stenognathus | Sp. nov | Valid | Pol et al. | Late Cretaceous | Adamantina Formation | Brazil | A sphagesaurid crocodylomorph, a species of Caipirasuchus. |
| Diplocynodon remensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Martin et al. | Late Paleocene | | France | A member of Alligatoroidea, a species of Diplocynodon. |
| Machimosaurus buffetauti | Sp. nov | Valid | Young et al. | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | | France  Germany  Poland?  United Kingdom? | A teleosaurid crocodylomorph, a species of Machimosaurus. Considered to be a junior synonym of Machimosaurus hugii by Martin, Vincent & Falconnet (2015). |
| Nundasuchus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nesbitt et al. | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | Manda Beds | Tanzania | A member of Archosauriformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a pseudosuchian. The type species is Nundasuchus songeaensis. |
| Polesinesuchus | Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Roberto-da-Silva et al. | Late Triassic | Santa Maria Formation | Brazil | An aetosaur. The type species is Polesinesuchus aurelioi. Paes-Neto et al. (2021) proposed that P. aurelioi is a junior synonym of Aetosauroides scagliai. |
| Rukwasuchus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sertich & O’Connor | Cretaceous (Aptian to Cenomanian) | Galula Formation | Tanzania | A peirosaurid crocodyliform. The type species is Rukwasuchus yajabalijekundu. |
| Sahitisuchus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kellner, Pinheiro & Campos | Paleocene (Itaboraian) | Itaboraí Formation | Brazil | A sebecid crocodylomorph. The type species is Sahitisuchus fluminensis. |
| Wannchampsus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Adams | Early Cretaceous (late Aptian) | Twin Mountains Formation | United States | A paralligatorid neosuchian crocodylomorph. The type species is Wannchampsus kirpachi. |

## Non-avian dinosaurs
### Research

* A study on the patterns of body size evolution in dinosaurs is published by Benson et al. (2014).
* A study of size changes and rates of anatomical innovation in the theropod lineage ancestral to birds is published by Lee et al. (2014).
* A study of evolution of body size and forelimb length in birds and nov-avian coelurosaurian theropods is published by Puttick, Thomas and Benton (2014).
* A phylogenetic analysis of bird and non-avian coelurosaurian theropod relationships and a study of rates of morphological evolution and changes in morphological disparity across the dinosaur-bird transition is published by Brusatte et al. (2014).
* A description of abelisaurid teeth from the Late Jurassic Lourinhã Formation of Portugal and a phylogenetic analysis of theropod relationships based on dental characters is published by Hendrickx and Mateus (2014).
* A study of theropod diversity in the Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) of Tunisia is published by Fanti et al. (2014).
* A juvenile specimen of Megaraptor namunhuaiquii is described by Porfiri et al. (2014).
* A study of European fossil record of Ornithomimosauria is published by Allain et al. (2014).
* A study on the morphological variability and function of manual claws in theropod dinosaurs, especially in therizinosaurs, is published by Lautenschlager (2014).
* A study of flight ability in some non-avian paravian theropods is published by Sorkin (2014).
* "Saurornitholestes" robustus, initially thought to be a dromaeosaurid, is reinterpreted as a troodontid by Evans et al. (2014).
* A well-preserved specimen of Microraptor zhaoianus is described by Pei et al. (2014).
* A study of anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Antetonitrus ingenipes is published by McPhee et al. (2014).
* A study on the differences in skull anatomy of Diplodocus and Camarasaurus, and on their implications for inferring possible niche partitioning between Late Jurassic sauropod taxa known from the Morrison Formation, is published by Button, Rayfield & Barrett (2014).
* Fragmentary partial skeleton of a small sauropod belonging to the genus Haplocanthosaurus collected from the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado is described by Foster & Wedel (2014).
* The purported size of the holotype vertebra of Amphicoelias fragillimus is reevaluated by Woodruff and Foster (2014).
* A study of phylogenetic relationships of Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis is published by Mocho, Royo-Torres and Ortega (2014).
* A study of anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Aragosaurus ischiaticus is published by Royo-Torres et al. (2014).
* A study of titanosaur osteoderms from the Upper Cretaceous Lo Hueco site in Cuenca, Spain is published by Vidal, Ortega and Sanz (2014).
* A study of species richness of South American titanosaur assemblages during the Late Cretaceous is published by Vieira et al. (2014).
* A study of the effect of intervertebral cartilage on neck posture of sauropod dinosaurs is published by Taylor (2014).
* A study of the dentition of Manidens condorensis is published by Becerra et al. (2014).
* A study of the postcranial anatomy of Heterodontosaurus tucki is published by Galton (2014).
* A study of the impact of osteoderm placement on the centre of mass of stegosaurs is published by Mallison (2014).
* A study of Early Cretaceous Spanish iguanodont ornithopod diversity and a description of new remains referrable to Delapparentia is published by Gasca, Canudo and Moreno-Azanza (2014).
* A specimen of Edmontosaurus regalis with remains of a soft-tissue cranial crest is described by Bell et al. (2014).
* A juvenile specimen of Edmontosaurus annectens is described by Prieto-Márquez (2014).
* An assemblage of Psittacosaurus juveniles associated with a larger specimen from the Lujiatun beds of the Yixian Formation in Liaoning, China is described by Hedrick et al. (2014).
* An aggregation of four juveniles of Protoceratops andrewsi from the Tugrikin Shire locality of the Djadokhta Formation in Central Gobi region, Mongolia and two associated subadults of the same species from the same locality are described by Hone et al. (2014).
* A study of ontogenetic changes in the craniofacial skeleton of Centrosaurus apertus is published by Frederickson and Tumarkin-Deratzian (2014).
* A new specimen attributable to Arrhinoceratops brachyops is described by Mallon et al. (2014).
* A study on the evolution of species belonging to the genus Triceratops, as indicated by their morphological variation and stratigraphic data from the Hell Creek Formation (Montana, United States), is published by Scannella et al. (2014).
* A new specimen of Spinosaurus is described by Ibrahim et al., with a controversial reconstruction of Spinosaurus as a quadrupedal semi-aquatic genus.
* Two new specimens of the previous enigma Deinocheirus are described and analysed by Lee et al. (2014).
* A tiny theropod was found in the South Korea. (2014)

### New taxa

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Adelolophus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gates et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Wahweap Formation | United States | A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid. The type species is Adelolophus hutchisoni. |
| Allosaurus lucasi | Sp. nov | Disputed | Dalman | Late Jurassic (Tithonian) | Morrison Formation | United States | An allosauroid theropod, a species of Allosaurus. Study in 2020 considered this species invalid. |
| Amargastegos | Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Ulansky | Early Cretaceous (Barremian-early Aptian) | La Amarga Formation | Argentina | A stegosaur. The type species is Amargastegos brevicollus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. |
| Andhrasaurus | Gen. et. sp. nov | Disputed | Ulansky | Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian-Toarcian) | Kota Formation | India | A basal thyreophoran. The type species is Andhrasaurus indicus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. |
| Anzu | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lamanna et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | Hell Creek Formation | United States | A caenagnathid theropod. The type species is Anzu wyliei. |
| Aquilops | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Farke et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Cloverly Formation | United States | A basal member of Neoceratopsia. The type species is Aquilops americanus. |
| Arcovenator | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tortosa et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | | France | An abelisaurid theropod. The type species is Arcovenator escotae. |
| Camarillasaurus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sánchez-Hernández & Benton | Early Cretaceous (early Barremian) | Camarillas Formation | Spain | A theropod dinosaur; originally described as a basal ceratosaurian, but subsequently reinterpreted as a spinosaurid. The type species is Camarillasaurus cirugedae. |
| Changyuraptor | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Han et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | China | A microraptorine dromaeosaurid theropod. The type species is Changyuraptor yangi. |
| Chuanqilong | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Han et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | Jiufotang Formation | China | An ankylosaurid. The type species is Chuanqilong chaoyangensis. |
| Chungkingosaurus giganticus | Sp. nov | Disputed | Ulansky | Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) | Shangshaximiao Formation | China | A huayangosaurid, a species of Chungkingosaurus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. |
| Chungkingosaurus magnus | Sp. nov | Disputed | Ulansky | Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) | Shangshaximiao Formation | China | A huayangosaurid, a species of Chungkingosaurus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. |
| Datanglong | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mo et al. | Early Cretaceous | Xinlong Formation | China | A carcharodontosaur theropod. The type species is Datanglong guangxiensis. |
| Dreadnoughtus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lacovara et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian or Maastrichtian) | Cerro Fortaleza Formation | Argentina | A titanosaurian sauropod. The type species is Dreadnoughtus schrani. |
| Eoplophysis | Gen. et comb. nov | Disputed | Ulansky | Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) | Cornbrash Formation | England | A stegosaur; a new genus for "Omosaurus" vetustus von Huene (1910). According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. |
| Eousdryosaurus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Escaso et al. | Late Jurassic | Alcobaça Formation | Portugal | A dryosaurid ornithopod. The type species is Eousdryosaurus nanohallucis. |
| Ferganastegos | Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Ulansky | Middle Jurassic (Callovian) | Balabansai Formation | Kyrgyzstan | A stegosaur. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. |
| Fosterovenator | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Dalman | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian/Tithonian) | Morrison Formation | United States | A theropod dinosaur. The type species is Fosterovenator churei. |
| Gobivenator | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tsuihiji et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Djadochta Formation | Mongolia | A troodontid theropod. The type species is Gobivenator mongoliensis. |
| Gongpoquansaurus | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | You, Li & Dodson | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Zhonggou Formation | China | A non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroid; a new genus for "Probactrosaurus" mazongshanensis Lü (1997). |
| Huangshanlong | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Huang et al. | Middle Jurassic | Hongqin Formation | China | A mamenchisaurid sauropod. The type species is Huangshanlong anhuiensis. |
| Kulindadromeus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Godefroit et al. | Middle or Late Jurassic (Bajocian to Tithonian) | Ukureyskaya Formation | Russia | A non-cerapodan neornithischian. The type species is Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus. |
| Laquintasaura | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Barrett et al. | Early Jurassic | La Quinta Formation | Venezuela | A basal ornithischian. The type species is Laquintasaura venezuelae. |
| Leinkupal | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gallina et al. | Early Cretaceous (late Berriasian to Valanginian) | Bajada Colorada Formation | Argentina | A diplodocine diplodocid sauropod. The type species is Leinkupal laticauda. |
| Mercuriceratops | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ryan et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Dinosaur Park Formation Judith River Formation | Canada  United States | A chasmosaurine ceratopsid. The type species is Mercuriceratops gemini. |
| Nanuqsaurus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fiorillo & Tykoski | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Prince Creek Formation | United States | A tyrannosaurid theropod. The type species is Nanuqsaurus hoglundi. |
| Natronasaurus | Gen. et comb. nov | Disputed | Ulansky | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) | Morrison Formation | United States | A stegosaurid; a new genus for "Stegosaurus" longispinus Gilmore (1914). According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature; Galton and Carpenter made "S." longispinus the type species of a new genus Alcovasaurus. |
| Panguraptor | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | You et al. | Early Jurassic | Lufeng Formation | China | A coelophysoid theropod. The type species is Panguraptor lufengensis. |
| Pentaceratops aquilonius | Sp. nov | Valid | Longrich | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | Dinosaur Park Formation | Canada | A ceratopsid, a species of Pentaceratops. |
| Plesiohadros | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tsogtbaatar et al. | Late Cretaceous (probably late Campanian) | Djadochta Formation Beds of Alag Teeg | Mongolia | A non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroid. The type species is Plesiohadros djadokhtaensis. |
| Qianzhousaurus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lü et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | | China | A tyrannosaurid theropod. The type species is Qianzhousaurus sinensis. |
| Quetecsaurus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | González Riga & Ortiz David | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | Cerro Lisandro Formation | Argentina | A titanosaur sauropod related to Mendozasaurus and Futalognkosaurus. The type species is Quetecsaurus rusconii. |
| Rhinorex | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gates & Scheetz | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Neslen Formation | United States | A saurolophine hadrosaurid. The type species is Rhinorex condrupus. |
| Rukwatitan | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gorscak et al. | Cretaceous (Aptian to Cenomanian) | Galula Formation | Tanzania | A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is Rukwatitan bisepultus. |
| Saldamosaurus | Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Ulansky | Late Jurassic | Saldam Formation | Russia | A stegosaur. The type species is Saldamosaurus tuvensis. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. |
| Scelidosaurus arizonensis | Sp. nov | Disputed | Ulansky | Early Jurassic (?Sinemurian-Pliensbachian) | Kayenta Formation | United States | A basal thyreophoran, a species of Scelidosaurus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. |
| Siamodracon | Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Ulansky | Late Jurassic | Phu Kradung Formation | Thailand | A stegosaur. The type species is Siamodracon altispinus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. |
| Sinopeltosaurus | Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Ulansky | Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Pliensbachian) | Lufeng Formation | China | A basal thyreophoran. The type species is Sinopeltosaurus minimus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. |
| Tachiraptor | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Langer et al. | Earliest Jurassic | La Quinta Formation | Venezuela | A stem-averostran theropod. The type species is Tachiraptor admirabilis. |
| Tambatitanis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Saegusa and Ikeda | Early Cretaceous (probably early Albian) | Sasayama Group | Japan | A titanosauriform sauropod, a member of Somphospondyli. The type species is Tambatitanis amicitiae. |
| Torvosaurus gurneyi | Sp. nov | Valid | Hendrickx & Mateus | Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian) | Lourinhã Formation | Portugal | A megalosauroid theropod, a species of Torvosaurus. |
| Vahiny | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Curry Rogers & Wilson | Late Cretaceous | Maevarano Formation | Madagascar | A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is Vahiny depereti. |
| Wuerhosaurus mongoliensis | Sp. nov. | Disputed | Ulansky | Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) | Khukhtyk Formation | Mongolia | A stegosaur, a species of Wuerhosaurus. According to Galton and Carpenter (2016) it did not meet the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. |
| Yongjinglong | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Early Cretaceous | Hekou Group | China | A titanosaur sauropod. The type species is Yongjinglong datangi. |
| Zaraapelta | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Arbour, Currie & Badamgarav | Late Cretaceous | Barun Goyot Formation | Mongolia | A member of Ankylosauridae. The type species is Zaraapelta nomadis. |
| Zby | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mateus, Mannion & Upchurch | Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian) | Lourinhã Formation | Portugal | A turiasaurian sauropod. The type species is Zby atlanticus. |
| Zhanghenglong | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Xing et al. | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | Majiacun Formation | China | A non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroid ornithopod. The type species is Zhanghenglong yangchengensis. |
| Ziapelta | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Arbour et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | Kirtland Formation | United States | An ankylosaurid. The type species is Ziapelta sanjuanensis. |

## Birds
### Research

* A study on the antiquity of birds is published by Lee et al. (2014).
* A new specimen of Archaeopteryx is described by Foth, Tischlinger and Rauhut (2014).
* Zhongornis haoae, initially thought to be a bird, is argued to be a non-avian maniraptoran by O'Connor and Sullivan (2014).
* A study of ecological disparity in Early Cretaceous birds is published by Mitchell and Makovicky (2014).
* A subadult specimen of Zhouornis hani is described by Zhang et al. (2014).
* New specimen of Hongshanornis longicresta, providing new information on the anatomy, trophic ecology and aerodynamics of this species is described from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (China) by Chiappe et al. (2014).
* A study of the species status of the moa from the genus Euryapteryx is published by Huynen and Lambert (2014).
* A study of growth in the moa from the genus Euryapteryx is published by Huynen et al. (2014).
* A study of tbx5 gene of the moa from the genus Dinornis is published by Huynen et al. (2014).
* New samples of Miocene ratite eggs are described from Namibia by Pickford (2014), who names new ootaxa Tsondabornis psammoides, Tsondabornis minor and Namornis elimensis.
* Fossil remains of a relative of the hoatzin, possibly a species belonging to the genus Namibiavis, from the middle Miocene of Kenya, are described by Mayr (2014).
* A specimen of Pumiliornis tessellatus with preserved stomach contents including pollen grains is described by Mayr and Wilde (2014).
* A Late Pleistocene specimen of griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) with exceptionally well preserved fossilized soft tissues is described from the Alban Hills volcanic region, Italy by Iurino et al. (2014).

### New taxa

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Aegypius varswaterensis | Sp nov. | Valid | Albrecht Manegold, Marco Pavia, Pippa Haarhoff | Early Pliocene | Varswater Formation | South Africa | An Aegypius sp. related to the cinereous vulture |
| Anser djuktaiensis | Sp nov. | Valid | Zelenkov & Kurochkin | Late Pleistocene | | Russia | A species of Anser. |
| Australornis lovei | Gen. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Mayr & R. Paul Scofield | Early Paleocene | Waipara Greensand | New Zealand | An incertae sedis Neognathae, Monotypic with A. lovei. |
| Bambolinetta lignitifila | Gen. et Comb. nov. | Valid | Mayr & Pavia | Miocene | | Italy | An Anatinae genus, Comb. nov. for "Anas" lignitifila |
| Baselrallus intermedius | Gen. et Sp. nov. | Valid | De Pietri, Gerald Mayr | Early Miocene | | France | A member of the Rallidae. The type species of the new genus. |
| Caracara seymouri | Sp. nov. | Valid | Suarez & Olson | Quaternary | La Carolina Talara Tar Seeps | Ecuador  Peru | A Caracara, Falconidae. |
| Cryptopsar ischyrhynchus | Gen. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Hume | Holocene | | Mauritius | A member of the Sturnidae, it is the type species of the new genus. |
| Eopengornis martini | Gen. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Wang, O'Connor, Zheng, Wang, Hu, Zhou | Early Cretaceous, | Huajiying Formation | China | A member of the Enantiornithes, it is the type species of the new genus. |
| Eudyptes calauina | Sp. nov. | Valid | Hoffmeister, Carrillo Briceño, & Nielsen | Pliocene | Horcón Formation | Chile | An extinct crested penguin. |
| Evgenavis nobilis | Gen. et Sp. nov. | Valid | O’Connor, Averianov, & Zelenkov | Barremian-Aptian | Ilek Formation | Russia | Aves incertae sedis. it is the type species of the new genus. |
| Falco hezhengensis | Sp. nov. | Valid | Zhiheng, Zhonghe, Tao, Qiang, & Clarke | Late Miocene | Linxia Basin | China | A member of the Falconidae. |
| Fortunguavis xiaotaizicus | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Wang Min Jingmai K. O'Connor Zhou Zhonghe | Early Cretaceous | Jiufotang Formation | China | A member of Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. This is the type species of the new genus. |
| Gansus zheni | Sp. nov. | Valid | Di Liu Luis M. Chiappe Yuguang Zhang Alyssa Bell Qingjin Meng Qiang Ji Xuri Wang | Early Cretaceous | Jiufotang Formation | China | An early member of Ornithuromorpha Chiappe, 2002, a species of Gansus. |
| Garganornis ballmanni | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Hanneke J. M. Meijer | Miocene | Fissure fillings | Italy | A member of the Anseriformes, this is the type species of the new genus. |
| Genucrassum bransatensis | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Vanesa L. De Pietri R. Paul Scofield | Late Oligocene | MP 30; 23.03 Mya | France | A stone-curlew, Burhinidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
| Grabauornis lingyuanensis | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Johan Dalsätt Per G.P. Ericson Zhou Zhonghe | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | China | A member of Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. This is the type species of the new genus. |
| ?Ibidopodia chavrochensis | Sp. nov. | Valid | Vanesa L. De Pietri Gerald Mayr | Early Miocene | Chavroches MN 2 | France | An Idiornithid, Idiornithidae Cariamiformes, possibly a species of Ibidopodia Milne-Edwards, 1868. |
| ?Ibidopodia minuta | Sp. nov. | Valid | Vanesa L. De Pietri Gerald Mayr | Early Miocene | Saulcet | France | An Idiornithid, Idiornithidae Cariamiformes, possibly a species of Ibidopodia Milne-Edwards, 1868. |
| Iteravis huchzermeyeri | Gen. nov. et sp. nov. | Valid | Shuang Zhou Jingmai K. O'Connor Min Wang | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | China | A basal member of the Ornithuromorpha Chiappe, 2002. This is the type species of the new genus. |
| Jeholornis curvipes | Sp. nov. | Valid | Ulysse Lefèvre Dongyu Hu François Escuillié Gareth Dyke Pascal Godefroit | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | China | A member of Avialae Gauthier, 1986, a species of Jeholornis Zhou et Zhang, 2002. |
| Limnofregata hutchisoni | Sp. nov. | Valid | Thomas A. Stidham | Early Eocene | Wasatch Formation | United States:  Wyoming | A member of Fregatidae, a species of Limnofregata. |
| Longusunguis kurochkini | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Wang Min Zhou Zhonghe Jingmai K. O'Connor Nikita V. Zelenkov | Early Cretaceous | Jiufotang Formation | China | A member of Enantiornithes Walker, 1981 related to Bohaiornis. This is the type species of new genus. |
| Mergellus mochanovi | Sp. nov. | Valid | Nikita V. Zelenkov Evgeny N. Kurochkin | Late Pleistocene | | Russia | A member of the Anatidae related to the smew, a species of Mergellus. |
| Mergus milleneri | Sp. nov. | Valid | Murray Williams Alan J. D. Tennyson | Holocene | Chatham Island | New Zealand | A member of the Anatidae. |
| Nectornis africanus | Sp. nov. | Valid | Gerald Mayr | Middle Miocene | MN 5 | Kenya | A cormorant, Phalacrocoracidae, a species of Nectornis Cheneval, 1984. |
| Nestor chathamensis | Sp. nov. | Valid | Jamie R. Wood Kieren J. Mitchell R. Paul Scofield Alan J. D. Tennyson in Wood et al. | Holocene | Chatham Islands | New Zealand | A New Zealand parrot belonging to the family Nestoridae Bonaparte, 1849, a species of Nestor. |
| ?Nupharanassa mabokoensis | Sp. nov. | Valid | Gerald Mayr | Middle Miocene | MN 5 | Kenya | A jacana, Jacanidae, possibly a species of Nupharanassa Rasmussen, Olson et Simons, 1987. |
| Parabohaiornis martini | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Wang Min Zhou Zhonghe Jingmai K. O'Connor Nikita V. Zelenkov | Early Cretaceous | Jiufotang Formation | China | A member of Enantiornithes Walker, 1981 related to Bohaiornis. The type species of the new genus, placed in the family Bohaiornithidae Wang, Zhou, O’Connor et Zelenkov, 2014 with de genera Shenqiornis Wang, O’Connor, Zhao, Chiappe, Gao et Cheng, 2010, Sulcavis O’Connor, Zhang, Chiappe, Meng, Quanguo et Di, 2013, Zhouornis Zhang, Chiappe, Han et Chinsamy, 2013, Longusunguis Wang, Zhou, O’Connor et Zelenkov, 2014 and Bohaiornis Hu, Hou L. H. et Xu, 2011. |
| Parvavis chuxiongensis | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Wang Min Zhou Zhonghe Xu Guanghui | Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Santonian | Jiangdihe Formation | China | A member of Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. The type species of the new genus. |
| Pelagornis sandersi | Sp. nov. | Valid | Daniel T. Ksepka | Late Oligocene | Chandler Bridge Formation, Early Chattian | USA:  South Carolina | A member of the Pelagornithidae Fürbringer, 1888, a species of Pelagornis Lartet, 1857; the bird with the biggest wingspan known up to now. |
| Piscivoravis lii | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Zhou Shuang Zhou Zhonghe Jingmai K. O'Connor | Early Cretaceous | Jiufotang Formation | China | A basal member of the Ornithuromorpha Chiappe, 2002. This is the type species the new genus. |
| Plotornis graculoides | Comb. nov. | Valid | Gerald Mayr Marco Pavia | Miocene | MN 1–2 | Italy | A member of the Diomedeidae, a new name for "Chenornis" graculoides Portis 1884, creating a Comb. nov. |
| Protoazin parisiensis | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Gerald Mayr Vanesa L. De Pietri | Late Eocene | Priabonian, MP 20 | France | A relative of the hoatzin, Opisthocomidae. This is the type species of the new genus. |
| Sobniogallus albinojamrozi | Gen. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Tomek, Bocheński, Wertz, & Świdnicka | Rupelian | Krosno Formation | Poland | Galliformes incertae sedis. This is the type species of the new genus. |
| Tianyuornis cheni | Gen. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Xiao-Ting, O'Connor, Xiao-Li, Xiao-Mei, & Yan | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | China | A member of the Hongshanornithidae, the type species of the new genus. |

## Pterosaurs
### Research

* A study of pneumaticity of pterosaur wing bones is published by Martin and Palmer (2014).
* A complete and fully articulated juvenile specimen of Scaphognathus crassirostris is described by Bennett (2014).
* Partial 3D egg of Pterodaustro guinazui is described by Grellet-Tinner et al. (2014).
* Cearadactylus atrox is redescribed by Vila Nova et al. (2014).
* The taxonomy and distribution of the family Azhdarchidae is reviewed by Averianov (2014).
* A reevaluation of the fossil material attributed to Bakonydraco galaczi, indicating that the fossils actually represent at least two pterosaur taxa, is published by Prondvai, Bodor and Ősi (2014).
* A study of medullary bone-like tissue in the mandibular symphyses of Bakonydraco galaczi is published by Prondvai and Stein (2014).
* New postcranial remains belonging to thalassodromine pterosaurs from the Romualdo Formation in the Araripe Basin of Brazil are described by Aires et al. (2014).
* The morphology and evolution of the pelvis in pterosaurs is reviewed by Hyder et al. (2014), who also find significant differences that correlate well with several pterosaur clades.
* Bantim et al. (2014) analyze the skull variation and the shape of the sagittal premaxillary crests in anhanguerid pterosaurs using bidimensional geometric morphometrics.
* Costa et al. (2014) perform the myological reconstruction of the pelvic girdle and hindlimb of the pterosaur species Anhanguera piscator using three-dimensional virtual animation.
* Based on a digital three-dimensional osteological model of the species Anhanguera piscator, Costa et al. (2014) demonstrate that these types pterosaurs were quadrupedal animals.

### New taxa

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Aerodactylus | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Vidovic & Martill | Late Jurassic | Solnhofen Limestone | Germany | A member of Pterodactyloidea related to Gladocephaloideus, Cycnorhamphus, Ardeadactylus and Aurorazhdarcho; a new genus for "Pterodactylus" scolopaciceps Meyer (1860). |
| Boreopterus giganticus | Sp. nov | Valid | Jiang et al. | Early Cretaceous | | China | A species of Boreopterus. |
| Caiuajara | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Manzig et al. | Late Cretaceous | Bauru Basin, Caiuá Group, Goio-Erê Formation | Brazil | A tapejarid. The type species is Caiuajara dobruskii. |
| Hamipterus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Early Cretaceous | Tugulu Group | China | A member of Pteranodontoidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Hamipterus tianshanensis. |
| Ikrandraco | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | Jiufotang Formation | China | A non-anhanguerian pteranodontoid. The type species is Ikrandraco avatar. Announced in 2014; the correction including evidence of registration in ZooBank within the work itself was published in 2020. |
| Kryptodrakon | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Andres, Clark & Xu | Middle-Late Jurassic boundary | | China | An early member of Pterodactyloidea. The type species is Kryptodrakon progenitor. |
| Maaradactylus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bantim et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian or Albian) | Romualdo Formation | Brazil | A member of Anhangueridae. The type species is Maaradactylus kellneri. |