Plants

Cnidarians

Newly described cnidarians

Arthropods

Bryozoans

Newly described bryozoans

Brachiopods

Molluscs

Echinoderms

Conodonts

Newly described conodonts

Fishes

Amphibians

Basalmost tetrapods

Temnospondyls

Research

* Specimens of ''

Micromelerpeton ''Micromelerpeton'' is an extinct genus of dissorophoidean euskelian temnospondyl within the family Micromelerpetontidae Micromelerpetontidae (also spelled Micromelerpetidae) is an extinct family of dissorophoid temnospondyl amphibians that li ...

crederni'' with abnormalities in their limbs interpreted as a result of

limb regeneration In biology, regeneration is the process of renewal, restoration, and tissue growth that makes genomes, cells, organisms, and ecosystems resilient to natural fluctuations or events that cause disturbance or damage. Every species is capable of reg ...

are described by Fröbisch, Bickelmann and Witzmann (2014). * Redescription of '' Mahavisaurus dentatus'' and '' Lyrosaurus australis'' and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of the rhytidosteids is published by Maganuco, Pasini & Auditore (2014).

New taxa

Chroniosuchians

Lissamphibians

Research

* The

humerus The humerus (; ) is a long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow. It connects the scapula and the two bones of the lower arm, the radius and ulna, and consists of three sections. The humeral upper extremity consists of a roun ...

bone of a large calyptocephalellid

anuran A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

, apparently one of the largest fossil anurans known to date, is described by Otero ''et al.'' (2014) from the Eocene of Chile.

New taxa

Reptiles

Synapsids

Non-mammalian synapsids

Research

* A study on the diel activity patterns of non-mammalian synapsids is published by Angielczyk & Schmitz (2014). * The presence of plicidentine (infolded dentine around the base of the tooth root) is reported in the maxillary and dentary teeth of '' Ianthodon'', ''

Sphenacodon ''Sphenacodon'' (meaning "wedge point tooth") is an extinct genus of synapsid that lived from about 300 to about 280 million years ago (Ma) during the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian periods. Like the closely related '' Dimetrodon'', ''Sphen ...

'', ''

Secodontosaurus ''Secodontosaurus'' (meaning "cutting-tooth lizard") is an extinct genus of "pelycosaur" synapsids that lived from between about 285 to 272 million years ago during the Early Permian. Like the well known ''Dimetrodon'', ''Secodontosaurus'' is a c ...

'' and ''

Dimetrodon ''Dimetrodon'' ( or ,) meaning "two measures of teeth,” is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid that lived during the Cisuralian (Early Permian), around 295–272 million years ago (Mya). It is a member of the family Sphenacodontid ...

'' by Brink, LeBlanc & Reisz (2014). * A study of the anatomy of nasal cavity of ''

Brasilitherium ''Brasilodon'' ("tooth from Brazil") is an extinct genus of small, mammal-like cynodonts that lived in what is now Brazil during the Norian age of the Late Triassic epoch, about 225.42 million years ago. While no complete skeletons have been fo ...

riograndensis'' is published by Ruf ''et al.'' (2014). * A study of the anatomy of the

therocephalia Therocephalia is an extinct suborder of eutheriodont therapsids (mammals and their close relatives) from the Permian and Triassic. The therocephalians ("beast-heads") are named after their large skulls, which, along with the structure of their te ...

n '' Simorhinella baini'' and a taxonomic re-evaluation of the family Lycosuchidae is published by Abdala ''et al.'' (2014).

New taxa

Mammals

Other animals

Other organisms

References

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