2015 in paleontology

Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.^[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2015.

Plants

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Cnidarians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Acropora darrellae[2]	Sp. nov	Valid	Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson	Miocene		Indonesia	A staghorn coral, a species of Acropora.
Acropora elenae[2]	Sp. nov	Valid	Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson	Miocene		Indonesia	A staghorn coral, a species of Acropora.
Acropora emanuelae[2]	Sp. nov	Valid	Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson	Miocene		Indonesia	A staghorn coral, a species of Acropora.
Acropora hasibuani[2]	Sp. nov	Valid	Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson	Miocene		Indonesia	A staghorn coral, a species of Acropora.
Acropora laurae[2]	Sp. nov	Valid	Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson	Late Oligocene		Malaysia	A staghorn coral, a species of Acropora.
Acropora renemai[2]	Sp. nov	Valid	Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson	Miocene		Indonesia	A staghorn coral, a species of Acropora.
Actinaraea michoacanensis[3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (early Aptian)	Cumburindio Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Actinacididae, a species of Actinaraea.
Actinastrea chumbitaroensis[3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Actinastraeidae, a species of Actinastrea.
Australastraea[4]	Gen. et comb. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Denayer & Webb	Carboniferous (Mississippian)		Australia	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Lithostrotionidae. A new genus for "Lithostrotion" columnare Etheridge (1900); genus also contains "Orionastraea" columellaris Pickett (1966), "Lithostrotion" parvicolumnare Pickett (1966), "Lithostrotion" wilkinsoni Pickett (1966) and "Orionastraea" flemingi Webb (1990), as well as new species Australastraea arcifera and Australastraea carinata.
Axisvacuus tenerus[5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Fedorowski	Carboniferous (early Serpukhovian)		Poland	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Antiphyllidae, a species of Axisvacuus.
Birkenmajerites[5]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Fedorowski	Carboniferous (early Serpukhovian)		Poland	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Ostravaiaidae. The type species is Birkenmajerites primus.
Cairnsipsammia[6]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Baron-Szabo	Early Cretaceous (late Barremian–early Aptian)	Schrattenkalk Formation	Austria	A stony coral belonging to the family Dendrophylliidae. The type species is C. merbeleri.
Chekhovichia[7]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Late Silurian		Kyrgyzstan Russia Uzbekistan	An anthozoan belonging to the group Heliolitoidea and the family Innaporidae; a replacement name for Rotalites Leleshus (1970).
Chelmia[5]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Fedorowski	Carboniferous (early Serpukhovian)		Poland	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida. The type species is Chelmia radiata.
Cionodendron smithi[4]	Sp. nov	Valid	Denayer & Webb	Carboniferous (early Viséan)		Australia	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Lithostrotionidae; a species of Cionodendron.
Craspedophyllia japonica[8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Stanley & Onoue	Late Triassic		Japan	A stony coral belonging to the family Reimaniphylliidae, a species of Craspedophyllia.
Crassialveolites niigataensis[9]	Sp. nov	Valid	Niko, Ibaraki & Tazawa	Devonian		Japan	A tabulate coral belonging to the family Alveolitidae.
Crateroseris stefani[10]	Sp. nov	Valid	Eliášová	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Štramberk Limestone	Czech Republic	A stony coral belonging to the family Synastraeidae, a species of Crateroseris.
Cryptosepta[11]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gretz, Lathuilière & Martini	Early Jurassic (Hettangian)		France	A zardinophyllid coral. The type species is Cryptosepta nuda.
Dendrophyllia okamotoi[12]	Sp. nov	Valid	Niko, Suzuki & Taguchi	Miocene	Katsuta Group	Japan	A species of Dendrophyllia.
Echinophyllia sassellensis[13]	Sp. nov	Valid[14]	Budd & Bosellini	Oligocene		Italy
Eocolumastrea[15]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Löser & Zell	Cretaceous		Romania	A stony coral belonging to the group Faviina and the family Columastraeidae. A new genus for "Columnocoenia" ksiazkiewiczi bucovinensis Morycowa (1971) (raised to the rank of a separate species Eocolumastrea bucovinensis)
Eokoninckocarinia gemmina[16]	Sp. nov	Valid	Denayer	Carboniferous (Mississippian)	Yaricak Formation	Turkey	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida, possibly a member of the family Koninckocariniidae.
Goniophyllum osloense[17]	Sp. nov	Valid	Johannessen in Wright	Silurian (late Telychian)	Vik Formation	Norway	An operculate coral, a species of Goniophyllum.
Guembelastraea kanmerae[8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Stanley & Onoue	Late Triassic		Japan	A stony coral belonging to the family Guembelastraeidae, a species of Guembelastraea.
Halucinophyllia[10]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Eliášová	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Štramberk Limestone	Czech Republic	A stony coral belonging to the family Latomeandridae. The type species is Halucinophyllia subridens.
Heteropistophyllum carchensis[18]	Sp. nov	Valid	Löser, Arias & Vilas	Early Cretaceous (Aptian and Albian)		Mexico Spain	A stony coral belonging to the family Elasmocoeniidae, a species of Heteropistophyllum.
Isopora matahari[2]	Sp. nov	Valid	Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson	Miocene		Indonesia	A staghorn coral, a species of Isopora.
Latiphyllia mexicana[3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Montlivaltiidae, a species of Latiphyllia.
Leleshusia[19]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Late Ordovician		China Kazakhstan Russia Tajikistan Uzbekistan	An anthozoan belonging to the group Heliolitoidea; a replacement name for Granulina Leleshus (1975).
Margarosmilia mizukamia[8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Stanley & Onoue	Late Triassic		Japan	A stony coral belonging to the family Margarophylliidae, a species of Margarosmilia.
Mycetophyllopsis azteca[3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Montlivaltiidae, a species of Mycetophyllopsis.
Munusculum[10]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Eliášová	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Štramberk Limestone	Czech Republic	A stony coral belonging to the suborder Microsolenina. The type species is Munusculum martinaseki.
Nervophyllum lukoviensis[5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Fedorowski	Carboniferous (early Serpukhovian)		Poland	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Aulophyllidae, a species of Nervophyllum.
Nudacolumastrea[15]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Löser & Zell	Cretaceous		Spain	A stony coral belonging to the group Faviina and the family Columastraeidae. The type species is Nudacolumastrea stefani.
Occulogermen[5]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Fedorowski	Carboniferous (early Serpukhovian)		Poland	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Lithostrotionidae. The type species is Occulogermen luciae.
Orbignygyra? incognita[3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Dendrogyridae, possibly a species of Orbignygyra.
Ovalastrea malpaso[3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Latomeandridae, a species of Ovalastrea.
Paraclausastrea vorarlbergensis[20]	Sp. nov	Valid	Baron-Szabo	Early Cretaceous (late Barremian-early Aptian)	Schrattenkalk Formation	Austria	A montlivaltiid stony coral, a species of Paraclausastrea.
Paracycloseris effrenatus[3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Cunnolitidae, a species of Paracycloseris.
Paraleptoria[13]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid[14]	Budd & Bosellini	Eocene (Lutetian) to Oligocene (Rupelian)		Italy	A new genus for "Meandrina" polygonalis Catullo (1856); genus also includes "Diploria" flexuosissima d'Achiardi (1868).
Parascolymia bracherti[21]	Sp. nov	Valid	Reuter in Reuter, Wiedl & Piller	Miocene (Langhian‒early Serravallian)	Leitha Limestone	Austria	A stony coral belonging to the family Lobophylliidae, a species of Parascolymia.
Pickettodendron[4]	Gen. et comb. et sp. nov	Valid	Denayer & Webb	Carboniferous (Tournaisian)		Australia	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Lithostrotionidae. A new genus for "Lithostrotion" williamsi Pickett (1966); genus also contains "Schoenophyllum" dalmaensis Webb (1990), as well as new species Pickettodendron nudum.
Preverastraea coatlicueae[3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Rhipidogyridae, a species of Preverastraea.
Preverastraea tociae[3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Rhipidogyridae, a species of Preverastraea.
Pseudoroemeripora sugimurai[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Niko, Fujikawa & Haikawa	Permian	Akiyoshi Limestone Group	Japan	A tabulate coral.
Retiophyllia tosaensis[8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Stanley & Onoue	Late Triassic		Japan	A stony coral belonging to the family Reimaniphylliidae, a species of Retiophyllia.
Rotiphyllum plumeum[5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Fedorowski	Carboniferous (early Serpukhovian)		Poland	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Antiphyllidae, a species of Rotiphyllum.
Sakalavastraea perturbata[23]	Sp. nov	Valid	Lösser & Sklenář	Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)	Peruc-Korycany Formation	Czech Republic	A stony coral belonging to the group Faviina.
Saltocyathus cumburindioensis[3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (early Aptian)	Cumburindio Formation	Mexico	A stony coral. Originally assigned to the family Rhipidogyridae and to the genus Saltocyathus, but subsequently transferred to the family Rayasmiliidae and to the genus Rayasmilia.[24]
Sclerangia[25]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Baron-Szabo & Cairns	Miocene	Chipola Formation	United States	A rhizangiid stony coral. The type species is Sclerangia floridana.
?Sochkineophyllum symmetricum[5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Fedorowski	Carboniferous (early Serpukhovian)		Poland	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Polycoeliidae, possibly a species of Sochkineophyllum.
Sylviella[10]	Gen. et comb. et 4 sp. nov	Valid	Eliášová	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Štramberk Limestone	Czech Republic	A stony coral belonging to the suborder Caryophylliina. The type species is "Haplaraea" columnaris Ogilvie (1897); genus also contains new species Sylviella exquisita, Sylviella multisepta, Sylviella noveni and Sylviella benjamin.
Sylviellopsis[10]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Eliášová	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Štramberk Limestone	Czech Republic	A stony coral belonging to the suborder Caryophylliina. The type species is Sylviellopsis erici.
Tegocoenia[10]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Eliášová	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)	Štramberk Limestone	Czech Republic	A stony coral belonging to the family Placophylliidae. The type species is "Diplocoenia" jasenica Frajová (1960).
Thalamocaeniopsis mexicanensis[3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Thamnasteriidae, a species of Thalamocaeniopsis.
Thamnarea hornosensis[3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (early Aptian)	Cumburindio Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Actinacididae, a species of Thamnarea.
Thamnasteria tonantzinae[3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Thamnasteriidae, a species of Thamnasteria.
Thamnasteriamorpha okudai[8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Stanley & Onoue	Late Triassic		Japan	A stony coral belonging to the family Tropiastraeidae, a species of Thamnasteriamorpha.
Thecosmilia guerreroensis[3]	Sp. nov	Valid	Filkorn & Pantoja-Alor	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)	Mal Paso Formation	Mexico	A stony coral belonging to the family Montlivaltiidae, a species of Thecosmilia.
Variabilifavia ausuganensis[13]	Sp. nov	Valid[14]	Budd & Bosellini	Oligocene (late Rupelian–early Chattian)		Italy
Yakunopora mabutii[26]	Sp. nov	Valid	Niko	Permian (Wordian)	Iwaizaki Limestone	Japan	A tabulate coral belonging to the group Favositida and the family Pachyporidae.
Zaphrentites rotiphylloides[5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Fedorowski	Carboniferous (early Serpukhovian)		Poland	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Stereophrentidae, a species of Zaphrentites.
Zaphriphyllum daleki[27]	Sp. nov	Valid	Denayer	Carboniferous (late Tournaisian)	Yılanlı Formation	Turkey	A rugose coral belonging to the family Ekvasophyllidae, a species of Zaphriphyllum.
Zaphrufimia anceps[5]	Sp. nov	Valid	Fedorowski	Carboniferous (early Serpukhovian)		Poland	A rugose coral belonging to the group Stauriida and the family Stereophrentidae, a species of Zaphrufimia.

Arthropods

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Bryozoans

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Brachiopods

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Alaskothyris[28]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Blodgett, Baranov & Santucci	Devonian (Givetian)		United States	A stringocephalid terebratulid brachiopod. The type species is Alaskothyris frosti.
Albasphe[29]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Halamski et al.	Middle Triassic (Ladinian)		Croatia	A member of Terebratulida. The type species is Albasphe albertimagni.
Alexenia? delepinei[30]	Sp. nov	Valid	Chacón & Winkler Prins	Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)		Spain	A member of Productidae, possibly a species of Alexenia.
Ambikella bundellaensis[31]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian (Asselian)	Bundella Formation	Australia	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Ingelarellidae.
Amictocracens? brocki[32]	Sp. nov	Valid	Popov et al.	Cambrian	Parahio Formation	India	A member of Acrotretida belonging to the family Acrotretidae, possibly a species of Amictocracens.
Anidanthia aplini[33]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse & Balfe	Permian (Changhsingian)	South Curra Limestone	Australia	A member of Productida belonging to the superfamily Paucispiniferoidea and the family Anidanthidae.
Aphelotreta khemangarensis[32]	Sp. nov	Valid	Popov et al.	Cambrian	Parahio Formation	India	A member of Acrotretida belonging to the family Acrotretidae, a species of Aphelotreta.
Auriculispina kanmerai[34]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tazawa & Shintani	Permian (Sakmarian)	Sakamotozawa Formation	Japan	A member of Productida belonging to the family Kansuellidae.
Betaneospirifer gigoomganensis[35]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian (Changhsingian)	Gigoomgan Limestone	Australia	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Georginakingiidae.[36] Originally described as a species of Betaneospirifer, subsequently transferred to the genus Neilotreta.[36]
Bifida rara[37]	Sp. nov	Valid	Baranov	Devonian (Emsian)		Russia	A member of Atrypidae, a species of Bifida.
Bockelia canalis[38]	Sp. nov	Valid	Benedetto	Ordovician (Darriwilian)	Los Azules Formation	Argentina	A member of Strophomenida belonging to the superfamily Plectambonitoidea and the family Taffidae; a species of Bockelia.
Bookeria[39]	Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian	Tiverton Formation	Australia	A member of Productida belonging to the superfamily Proboscidelloidea and the family Paucispinauriidae. The type species is B. sparsispinosa; genus also includes new species B. drysdalei, as well as "Terrakea" pollex Hill (1950) and "Paucispinauria" geniculata Waterhouse (1986).
Briggsia[31]	Gen. et comb. nov	Junior homonym	Waterhouse	Permian (possibly Asselian)		Australia	A member of Productida belonging to the superfamily Proboscidelloidea and the family Auriculispinidae. The type species is "Bandoproductus" hastingsensis Briggs (1998); genus also includes "Bandoproductus" youdalensis Briggs (1998). The generic name is preoccupied by Briggsia Craig & Randall (2009).
Castrillonia[40]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	García-Alcalde	Devonian		Spain	A member of Orthida belonging to the family Rhipidomellidae. The type species is C. vivaldiana.
Chilcorthis[38]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Benedetto	Ordovician (Darriwilian)	Los Azules Formation	Argentina	A member of Orthida belonging to the superfamily Plectorthoidea. The type species is Chilcorthis huarpe.
Chonetinetes elongatus[41]	Sp. nov	Valid	Afanasjeva, Jun-ichi & Tomohiko	Permian		Japan	A member of Chonetida belonging to the family Rugosochonetidae, a species of Chonetinetes.
Chopinia[42]	Gen. et sp. nov	Junior homonym	García-Alcalde & Herrera	Devonian (late Lochkovian or the early Pragian)		Spain	A member of Athyridida belonging to the family Athyrididae. The type species is C. petercarlsi. The generic name is preoccupied by Chopinia d'Abrera (2001).
Chynithele intermedia[43]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mergl & Jiménez-Sánchez	Devonian (late Emsian)	Daleje-Třebotov Formation	Czech Republic	A member of Discinidae, a species of Chynithele.
Copperella[37]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Baranov	Devonian (Emsian)		Russia	A member of Atrypidae. The type species is Copperella kaskevichi.
Cyrtella papula[33]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse & Balfe	Permian (Changhsingian)	South Curra Limestone	Australia	A member of Spiriferinida belonging to the family Syringothyridae.
Cyrtonotreta vasculata[38]	Sp. nov	Valid	Benedetto	Ordovician (Darriwilian)	Los Azules Formation	Argentina	A member of Acrotretida belonging to the family Acrotretidae; a species of Cyrtonotreta.
Dagyssia[44]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Gaetani & Mantovani	Triassic (Anisian)		Croatia Hungary Italy China?	A mentzeliine mentzeliid brachiopod. The type species is "Spiriferina" palaeotypus Loretz (1875); genus might also contain "Mentzelia" multicostata Yang & Xu (1966).
Dalejina telemanni[40]	Sp. nov	Valid	García-Alcalde	Devonian		Spain	A member of Orthida belonging to the family Rhipidomellidae.
Drahanorhynchus gleniffensis[45]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mottequin, Sevastopulo & Simon	Carboniferous (Viséan)	Meenymore Formation	Ireland	A member of Orthotetida belonging to the family Schuchertellidae.
Duartea latoresensis[30]	Sp. nov	Valid	Chacón & Winkler Prins	Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)		Spain	A member of Productidae, possibly a species of Duartea.
Echinalosia cenula[39]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian	Tiverton Formation	Australia	A member of Productida belonging to the group Strophalosiidina and the family Dasyalosiidae.
Echinalosia denmeadi[33]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse & Balfe	Permian (Changhsingian)	South Curra Limestone	Australia	A member of Strophalosiidina belonging to the superfamily Dasyalosioidea and the family Mingenewiidae.[46] Originally described as a species of Echinalosia, subsequently transferred to the genus Capillaria.[46]
Echinalosia curtosa sulcata[39]	Ssp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian	Tiverton Formation	Australia	A member of Productida belonging to the group Strophalosiidina and the family Dasyalosiidae. Subsequently raised to the rank of the species Echinalosia? (Echinalosia) sulcata.[46]
Eodmitria sezgini[47]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gourvennec & Hoşgör	Devonian (latest Givetian to early Frasnian)	Gümüșali Formation	Turkey	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Cyrtospiriferidae, a species of Eodmitria.
Eohadrotreta haydeni[32]	Sp. nov	Valid	Popov et al.	Cambrian	Parahio Formation	India	A member of Acrotretida belonging to the family Acrotretidae, a species of Eohadrotreta.
Eremithyris? longiquincus[39]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian	Tiverton Formation	Australia	A member of Terebratulida belonging to the family Cranaenidae.
Eucharitina bultyncki[42]	Sp. nov	Valid	García-Alcalde & Herrera	Devonian (early Lochkovian)		Spain	A member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Uncinulidae.
Eucharitina carlsi[42]	Sp. nov	Valid	García-Alcalde & Herrera	Devonian (early Pragian)		Spain	A member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Uncinulidae.
Eurytreta harringtoni[48]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mergl & Herrera in Mergl et al.	Late Cambrian	Lampazar Formation	Argentina
Evanidisinurostrum saouraense[49]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mottequin et al.	Devonian (Famennian)		Algeria	A rhynchonellid brachiopod, a species of Evanidisinurostrum.
Fletcherithyris burdenae[39]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian	Tiverton Formation	Australia	A member of Terebratulida belonging to the family Dielasmidae.
Fletcherithyris runnegari[33]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse & Balfe	Permian (Changhsingian)	South Curra Limestone	Australia	A member of Terebratulida belonging to the family Dielasmidae.
Geothomasia simplicatas[31]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian (Asselian)	Wasp Head Formation	Australia	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Ingelarellidae.
Grantonia murrayi[50]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian (Asselian)	Rammutt Formation	Australia	A member of the family Trigonotretidae. Originally described as a species of Grantonia, subsequently tentatively assigned to the genus Trigonotreta.[36]
Gympietes[51]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian (Asselian)	Rammutt Formation	Australia	A member of the family Rugosochonetidae. The type species is G. aseptus.
Hadrotreta timchristiorum[32]	Sp. nov	Valid	Popov et al.	Cambrian	Parahio Formation	India	A member of Acrotretida belonging to the family Acrotretidae, a species of Hadrotreta.
Hibernodonta lakhensis[52]	Sp. nov	Valid	Popov, Holmer & Baars in Popov et al.	Ordovician (Katian)	Chahgonbad Formation	Iran	A rafinesquinid strophomenid brachiopod; a species of Hibernodonta.
Hindella prima[52]	Sp. nov	Valid	Popov, Holmer & Baars in Popov et al.	Ordovician (Katian)	Chahgonbad Formation	Iran	A meristellid athyridid brachiopod; a species of Hindella.
Hoskingia glabra[50]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian (Asselian)	Rammutt Formation	Australia	A member of Terebratulida belonging to the family Dielasmidae.
Inflatia ovetensis[30]	Sp. nov	Valid	Chacón & Winkler Prins	Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)		Spain	A member of Productidae, possibly a species of Inflatia.
Ingelarella alteplica[33]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse & Balfe	Permian (Changhsingian)	South Curra Limestone	Australia	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Ingelarellidae.
Ingelarella fergusoni[33]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse & Balfe	Permian (Changhsingian)	South Curra Limestone	Australia	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Ingelarellidae.
Jafarirhynchus[53]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Popov et al.	Silurian (Telychian)	Niur Formation	Iran	A rhynchotrematoid rhynchonellid brachiopod. The type species is Jafarirhynchus alatus.
Kerberellus[54]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Devaere, Holmer & Clausen in Devaere et al.	Cambrian (Terreneuvian)	Marcou Formation	France	A mickwitziid-like stem-group brachiopod. The type species is Kerberellus marcouensis.
Kirkirhynchus[55]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Baranov & Blodgett	Devonian (early Pragian)		United States	A trigonirhynchiid rhynchonellid brachiopod; a new genus for "Camarotoechia" reesidei Kirk & Amsden (1952).
Koenigoria browni[35]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian (Changhsingian)	Gundiah Bridge Greywacke	Australia	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Georginakingiidae.[36] Originally described as a species of Koenigoria, subsequently tentatively assigned to the genus Neilotreta.[36]
Kosagittella robusta[43]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mergl & Jiménez-Sánchez	Devonian (late Emsian)	Daleje-Třebotov Formation	Czech Republic	A member of Obolidae, a species of Kosagittella.
Ktenopotamorhynchus[56]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Sartenaer	Devonian (Lochkovian)		Czech Republic Ukraine	A member of Rhynchonellida. The type species is "Rhynchonella" borealiformis Siemiradzki (1906); genus also includes "Plethorhyncha" altera (Barrande, 1879).
Kutorgina songshanensis[57]	Sp. nov	Valid	Liu et al.	Cambrian		China	A species of Kutorgina.
Lakismatia sulcata[39]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian	Tiverton Formation	Australia	A member of Productida belonging to the group Strophalosiidina and the family Aulostegidae. Originally described as a species of Lakismatia, subsequently tentatively assigned to the genus Lipanteris.[46]
Leptembolon argentinum[58]	Sp. nov	Valid	Benedetto & Muñoz	Ordovician (Tremadocian)	Santa Rosita Formation	Argentina	A member of Obolidae, a species of Leptembolon.
Libecoviella lenticularis[48]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mergl & Herrera in Mergl et al.	Late Cambrian	Lampazar Formation	Argentina
Libecoviella tilcarensis[58]	Sp. nov	Valid	Benedetto & Muñoz	Ordovician (Tremadocian)	Santa Rosita Formation	Argentina	A member of Obolidae, a species of Libecoviella.
Lingularia salymica[59]	Sp. nov	Valid	Smirnova in Smirnova et al.	Late Jurassic		Russia	A member of Lingulida, a species of Lingularia.
Lingulella? melonica[48]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mergl & Herrera in Mergl et al.	Late Cambrian	Lampazar Formation	Argentina
Lochkothele rugellata[43]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mergl & Jiménez-Sánchez	Devonian (late Emsian)	Daleje-Třebotov Formation Zlíchov Formation	Czech Republic	A member of Discinidae, a species of Lochkothele.
Lomatorthis? multilamellosa[52]	Sp. nov	Valid	Popov, Holmer & Baars in Popov et al.	Ordovician (Darriwilian)	Chahgonbad Formation	Iran	A glyptorthid orthid brachiopod; possibly a species of Lomatorthis.
Magniplicatina cranfieldi[33]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse & Balfe	Permian (Changhsingian)	South Curra Limestone	Australia	A member of Productida belonging to the superfamily Proboscidelloidea and the family Paucispinauriidae.
Magniplicatina dunstani[50]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian (Asselian)	Rammutt Formation	Australia	A member of Productida belonging to the superfamily Proboscidelloidea and the family Paucispinauriidae.
Maisorthina[40]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	García-Alcalde	Devonian (late Emsian)		Spain	A member of Orthida belonging to the family Platyorthidae. The type species is M. saroyani.
Maorielasma balfei[39]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian	Tiverton Formation	Australia	A member of Terebratulida belonging to the family Gilledidae.
Mariyaspiriferella[60]	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Baranov & Blodgett	Early Devonian		Canada Russia United States	A cyrtinid brachiopod. The type species is M. sibirica; genus also includes "Cyrtina" impressio Perry (1984).
Maxwellosia bryani[39]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian	Tiverton Formation	Australia	A member of Productida belonging to the group Strophalosiidina and the family Dasyalosiidae.
Misensia[37]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Baranov	Devonian (Emsian)		Russia	A member of Atrypidae. The type species is Misensia gracilis.
Monklandia mcclungi[31]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian (Sakmarian)	Rutherford Formation	Australia	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Notospiriferidae.
Neochonetes (Zhongyingia) transversa[61]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zhang et al.	Permian (Lopingian)	Longtan Formation Yanshi Formation	China	A member of Productida belonging to the family Rugosochonetidae.
Notospirifer triplicata[39]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian	Tiverton Formation	Australia	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Notospiriferidae.
Notostrophia laticostata[39]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian	Tiverton Formation	Australia	A member of Strophomenata belonging to the superfamily Orthotetoidea and the family Schuchertellidae.
Oceania[62]	Gen. et comb. nov	Junior homonym	Poletaev	Carboniferous		Belgium Russia	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the superfamily Paeckelmanelloidea. The type species is "Spirifer" oceani d'Orbigny (1850). The generic name is preoccupied by Oceania Péron & Lesueur (1810); Poletaev (2024) coined a replacement name Johnsoniana.[63]
Ogilviella gerensis[37]	Sp. nov	Valid	Baranov	Devonian (Emsian)		Russia	A member of Atrypidae, a species of Ogilviella.
Oviformia[64]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian	Muree Formation	Australia	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Ingelarellidae. The type species is "Spirifera (Brachythyris)" oviformis M'Coy (1847); genus also includes new species O. sweeti.
Paillettia menae[47]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gourvennec & Hoşgör	Devonian (latest Givetian to early Frasnian)	Gümüșali Formation	Turkey	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Adolfiidae, a species of Paillettia.
Palaeoglossa minima[38]	Sp. nov	Valid	Benedetto	Ordovician (Darriwilian)	Los Azules Formation	Argentina	A member of Obolidae; a species of Palaeoglossa.
Papulinella wilsoni[39]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian	Tiverton Formation	Australia	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Notospiriferidae.
Parmorthina gozonica[40]	Sp. nov	Valid	García-Alcalde	Devonian		Spain	A member of Orthida belonging to the family Dalmanellidae.
Paryphella acutula[61]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zhang et al.	Permian (Lopingian)	Dalong Formation Longtan Formation	China	A member of Productida belonging to the family Productellidae.
Pelmanotreta[65]	Nom. nov	Valid	Skovsted et al.	Early Cambrian		Russia	A replacement name for Cryptotreta Pelman (1977) (preoccupied).
Permasyrinx archboldi[39]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian	Tiverton Formation	Australia	A member of Spiriferinida belonging to the family Syringothyridae.
Philhedra pauciradiata[38]	Sp. nov	Valid	Benedetto	Ordovician (Darriwilian)	Los Azules Formation	Argentina	A member of Craniidae; a species of Philhedra.
Plekonella whitehousei[39]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian	Tiverton Formation	Australia	A member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the superfamily Wellerelloidea and the family Wellerellidae.
Portrania[66]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid[67]	Cocks	Ordovician (late Katian)	Portrane Limestone	Ireland	A chilidiopsoidean brachiopod. The type species is Portrania wrighti Cocks & Harper in Cocks (2015).
Praeoehlertella lukesi[43]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mergl & Jiménez-Sánchez	Devonian (late Emsian)	Daleje-Třebotov Formation	Czech Republic	A member of Discinidae, a species of Praeoehlertella.
Prototreta? sumnaensis[32]	Sp. nov	Valid	Popov et al.	Cambrian	Parahio Formation	India	A member of Acrotretida belonging to the family Acrotretidae, possibly a species of Prototreta.
Psilothyris corbachoi[68]	Sp. nov	Valid	Calzada & Moreno	Early Cretaceous (Aptian)		Spain	A member of Terebratellidina belonging to the family Laqueidae and the subfamily Terebrataliopsinae, a species of Psilothyris.
Ptychomentzelia[44]	Gen. et comb. et sp. nov	Valid	Gaetani & Mantovani	Middle Triassic		Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Hungary Italy Romania Turkey	A tethyspirine mentzeliid brachiopod. The type species is "Spiriferina" propontica Toula (1896); genus also contains "Spiriferina" ptychitiphila Bittner (1890), as well as the new species Ptychomentzelia ritensis.
Raisiya[37]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Baranov	Devonian (Emsian)		Russia	A member of Atrypidae. The type species is Raisiya solonchanensis.
Rhipidomella cervantesi[40]	Sp. nov	Valid	García-Alcalde	Devonian		Spain	A member of Orthida belonging to the family Rhipidomellidae.
Rugaria semicircularis[41]	Sp. nov	Valid	Afanasjeva, Jun-ichi & Tomohiko	Permian		Japan	A member of Chonetida belonging to the family Rugosochonetidae, a species of Rugaria.
Rukavischnikovia[69]	Nom. nov	Valid	Doweld	Ordovician (Katian)		Kazakhstan	A member of Spiriferida; a replacement name for Iliella Rukavischnikova (1980).
Saltaia[48]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Mergl & Herrera in Mergl et al.	Late Cambrian	Lampazar Formation	Argentina	A member of Elkaniidae. The type species is Saltaia lampazarensis
Savagerhynchus[55]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Baranov & Blodgett	Devonian (early Pragian)		United States	A trigonirhynchiid rhynchonellid brachiopod. The type species is Savagerhynchus hecetaensis.
Scalenomena[66]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid[67]	Cocks	Ordovician (early Katian	Craighead Limestone	United Kingdom	A chilidiopsoidean brachiopod. A new genus for "Fardenia" scalena Williams (1962).
Schizambon cardonalis[48]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mergl & Herrera in Mergl et al.	Late Cambrian	Lampazar Formation	Argentina
Schizobolus pilasiensis[70]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mergl in Morzadec et al.	Devonian (Givetian)	Floresta Formation	Colombia	A member of the family Trematidae.
Sillakkudirhynchia[71]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Radulović et al.	Late Cretaceous (Coniacian to early Maastrichtian)	Sillakkudi Formation	India	A member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Tetrarhynchiidae. A new genus for "Rhynchonella" plicatiloides Stoliczka (1872); genus also contains "Cretirhynchia" sahnii Radulović & Ramamoorthy (1992).
Sivorthis precordillerana[38]	Sp. nov	Valid	Benedetto	Ordovician (Darriwilian)	Los Azules Formation San Juan Formation	Argentina	A member of Orthida belonging to the family Orthidae; a species of Sivorthis.
Svalbardia armstrongi[39]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian	Tiverton Formation	Australia	A member of the family Rugosochonetidae. Originally described as a species of Svalbardia, subsequently transferred to the genus Capillonia.[72]
Svalbardia saeptata[39]	Sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian	Farley Formation	Australia	A member of the family Rugosochonetidae. Originally described as a species of Svalbardia, subsequently transferred to the genus Capillonia.[72]
Talexirhynchia[73]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Feldman et al.	Middle Jurassic (Callovian)	Mughanniyya Formation	Jordan	A rhynchonellid brachiopod. The type species is Talexirhynchia kadishi.
Tethyochonetes minor[61]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zhang et al.	Permian (Changhsingian)	Longtan Formation	China	A member of Productida belonging to the family Rugosochonetidae.
Thecocyrtella dagysii[29]	Sp. nov	Valid	Halamski et al.	Middle Triassic (Ladinian)		Croatia	A member of Spiriferida; a species of Thecocyrtella.
Theodossia kagarmanovi[74]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bezgodova	Devonian (Frasnian)		Russia	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Theodossiidae, a species of Theodossia.
Theodossia novosemelica[74]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bezgodova	Devonian (Frasnian)		Russia	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Theodossiidae, a species of Theodossia.
Theodossia tcherkesovae[74]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bezgodova	Devonian (Frasnian)		Russia	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Theodossiidae, a species of Theodossia.
Torobolus[58]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Benedetto & Muñoz	Ordovician (Tremadocian)	Devendeus Formation	Argentina	A member of Obolidae. The type species is Torobolus subplanus.
Trigonirhynchia celtiberica[42]	Sp. nov	Valid	García-Alcalde & Herrera	Devonian (early Pragian)		Spain	A member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Trigonirhynchiidae.
Trigonirhynchia palentina[42]	Sp. nov	Valid	García-Alcalde & Herrera	Devonian (early Pragian)		Spain	A member of Rhynchonellida belonging to the family Trigonirhynchiidae.
Tumulosulcus[31]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian (Roadian)	Moonlight Sandstone	Australia	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Ingelarellidae. The type species is "Ingelarella" magna Campbell (1959).
Validifera[39]	Gen. et comb. et sp. nov	Valid	Waterhouse	Permian	Tiverton Formation	Australia	A member of Spiriferida belonging to the family Ingelarellidae. The type species is "Ingelarella" valida Campbell (1961); genus includes new species V. prima.
Yangtzeella chupananica[52]	Sp. nov	Valid	Popov, Holmer & Baars in Popov et al.	Ordovician (Darriwilian)	Chahgonbad Formation	Iran	A clarkellid pentamerid brachiopod; a species of Yangtzeella.

Molluscs

Main article: 2015 in molluscan paleontology

Echinoderms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aegyptiaris[75]	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Abdelhamid & Abdelghany	Cretaceous (Aptian to Cenomanian)		Egypt	An emiratiid sea urchin. The type species is Aegyptiaris halalensis;[75] genus also contains "Trochodiadema" isidis Fourtau (1921).[76]
Aganaster jagiellonicus[77]	Sp. nov	Valid	Thuy, Kutscher & Płachno	Carboniferous (late Tournaisian)	Mazurowe Doły Formation	Poland	A brittle star belonging to the suborder Ophiurina, a species of Aganaster.
Archaeocidaris marmorcataractensis[78]	Sp. nov	Valid	Thompson et al.	Carboniferous (early Pennsylvanian)	Marble Falls Formation	United States	A sea urchin, a species of Archaeocidaris.
Baficrinus[79]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Prokop & Nohejlová	Devonian (late Emsian)	Daleje-Třebotov Formation	Czech Republic	A crinoid belonging to the group Disparida and the family Zophocrinidae. The type species is Baficrinus vigilis.
Baudicrinus[80]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Oji & Twitchett	Early Triassic	AI Jil Formation	Oman	A dadocrinid articulate crinoid, a relative of encrinids. The type species is Baudicrinus krystyni.
Bizarroglobus[81]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Sumrall & Sprinkle	Ordovician	Kanosh Shale	United States	An edrioasteroid. The type species is Bizarroglobus medusae.
Browerocrinus[82]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ausich, Peter & Ettensohn	Silurian (Rhuddanian)	Brassfield Formation	United States	A crinoid. The type species is Browerocrinus arthrikos.
Callocystites fresti[83]	Sp. nov	Valid	Paul	Silurian	Massie Formation	United States	A callocystitid cystoid, a species of Callocystites.
‘Cidaris’ labergensis[84]	Sp. nov	Valid[85]	Zonneveld, Furlong & Sanders	Late Triassic	Aksala Formation	Canada	A sea urchin. Zonneveld, Furlong & Sanders (2015) assign it to the form genus ‘Cidaris’, stressing that it does not imply affinity with the extant genus Cidaris.[84]
Conollia sporranoides[86]	Sp. nov	Valid	Rahman, Stewart & Zamora	Ordovician (Sandbian)	Balclatchie Formation	United Kingdom	A member of Ctenocystoidea, a species of Conollia.
Deltoblastus beaveri[87]	Sp. nov	Valid	Morgan	Permian		Timor	A blastoid belonging to the family Schizoblastidae.
Deltoblastus elevatus[87]	Sp. nov	Valid	Morgan	Permian		Timor	A blastoid belonging to the family Schizoblastidae.
Deltoblastus ewini[87]	Sp. nov	Valid	Morgan	Permian		Timor	A blastoid belonging to the family Schizoblastidae.
Dimerocrinites (Dimerocrinites) cheilobathron[88]	Sp. nov	Valid	Clement & Brett	Early Devonian (Lochkovian)	Birdsong Shale	United States	A camerate crinoid belonging to the group Diplobathrida.
Echinanthus callosensis[89]	Nom. nov	Valid	Carrasco	Eocene (Lutetian)		Spain	A sea urchin; a replacement name for Echinanthus dorsalis Cotteau (1889).
Ekmelocrinus[90]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Webster & Donovan	Permian		Indonesia	A crinoid. Genus includes Ekmelocrinus amplior (Wanner, 1924), Ekmelocrinus subamplior (Wanner, 1949), Ekmelocrinus ovoides (Wanner, 1949), Ekmelocrinus verbeeki (Wanner, 1916) and Ekmelocrinus vermistriatus (Wanner, 1916).
Enakomusium[91]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Thuy	Jurassic (Toarcian to Oxfordian)		France Germany  Switzerland United Kingdom	A brittle star. A new genus for "Ophioderma" weymouthiense Damon (1880); genus also contains "Ophiomusium" ferrugineum Boehm (1889), "Ophiolepis" leckenbyi Wright (1880), "Ophiomusium" geisingense Kutscher (1992), "Ophiomusium" mammillatum Hess (1966) and "Ophiura" gagnebini Thurmann (1851).
Eodevonocystis[88]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Clement & Brett	Early Devonian (Lochkovian)	Birdsong Shale	United States	A mitrate belonging to the group Anomalocystitida. The type species is E. marilynni.
Eodolatocrinus[88]	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Clement & Brett	Late Silurian-early Devonian	Bob Limestone (Brownsport Group) Lower Birdsong Shale	United States	A crinoid belonging to the group Monobathrida. The type species is E. hlabsei; genus also includes "Technocrinus" niagarensis Springer (1921).
Eohadroblastus[88]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Clement & Brett	Early Devonian (Lochkovian)	Birdsong Shale	United States	A blastoid belonging to the group Fissiculata. The type species is E. inexpectatus.
Eohalysiocrinus broweri[88]	Sp. nov	Valid	Clement & Brett	Early Devonian (Lochkovian)	Birdsong Shale Rockhouse Limestone	United States	A disparid crinoid belonging to the group Calceocrinida.
Eohalysiocrinus gibsoni[88]	Sp. nov	Valid	Clement & Brett	Early Devonian (Lochkovian)	Birdsong Shale Rockhouse Limestone	United States	A disparid crinoid belonging to the group Calceocrinida.
Eudimerocrinus hlabsei[88]	Sp. nov	Valid	Clement & Brett	Late Silurian (Pridoli)-early Devonian (Lochkovian)	Decatur Limestone Rockhouse Limestone	United States	A camerate crinoid belonging to the group Diplobathrida.
Exaesiodiscus derbyi[92]	Sp. nov	Valid	Scheffler, da Fonseca & Fernandes	Devonian (middle Eifelian)	Maecuru Formation	Brazil	A crinoid, a species of Exaesiodiscus.
Frasericrinus[93]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ausich et al.	Early Cretaceous (probably early late Albian)	Peace River Formation	Canada	An isocrinid crinoid. The type species is Frasericrinus mauricensis.
Globoeocrinus zhaoyuanlongensis[94]	Sp. nov	Valid	Yang et al.	Cambrian	Balang Formation	China	An eocrinoid, a species of Globoeocrinus.
Guangxicrinus[95]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Webster & Chen	Devonian (Eifelian)	Yingtang Formation	China	A marsupiocrinid crinoid. The type species is Guangxicrinus xiangzhouensis.
Hemidiadema batalleri[96]	Sp. nov	Valid	Clément	Early Cretaceous (Aptian)		Spain	A sea urchin belonging to the family Glyphocyphidae, a species of Hemidiadema.
Hemidiadema forcallensis[96]	Sp. nov	Valid	Clément	Early Cretaceous (Aptian)		Spain	A sea urchin belonging to the family Glyphocyphidae, a species of Hemidiadema.
Hemidiadema malladai[96]	Sp. nov	Valid	Clément	Early Cretaceous (Aptian)		Spain	A sea urchin belonging to the family Glyphocyphidae, a species of Hemidiadema.
Heviacrinus tromelini[97]	Sp. nov	Valid	Lefebvre et al.	Ordovician (late Darriwilian)		France	A crinoid, a species of Heviacrinus.
Icthyocrinus erugatus[88]	Sp. nov	Valid	Clement & Brett	Early Devonian (Lochkovian)	Rockhouse Limestone	United States	A cladid crinoid belonging to the group Sagenocrinida.
Iocrinus africanus[98]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zamora, Rahman & Ausich	Ordovician (Darriwilian)	Taddrist Formation	Morocco	An iocrinid crinoid, a species of Iocrinus.
Lanxocolumnus (col.) chaleurensis[99]	Sp. nov	Valid	Donovan & Keighley	Silurian (Telychian)		Canada	A crinoid, a species of Lanxocolumnus.
Lapidaster hellersi[100]	Sp. nov	Valid	Numberger-Thuy & Thuy	Middle Jurassic (earliest Bajocian)		Luxembourg	A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiacanthidae, a species of Lapidaster.
Laudonomphalus ferreirai[92]	Sp. nov	Valid	Scheffler, da Fonseca & Fernandes	Devonian (middle Eifelian)	Maecuru Formation	Brazil	A crinoid, a species of Laudonomphalus.
Llanocystis[101]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zamora, Sumrall & Sprinkle	Cambrian (Furongian)	Wilberns Formation	United States	An eocrinoid of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Llanocystis wilbernsensis.
Lovenicystis kopfi[102]	Sp. nov	Valid	Paul	Silurian		United States	A callocystitid cystoid, a species of Lovenicystis.
Marettocrinus hartti[92]	Sp. nov	Valid	Scheffler, da Fonseca & Fernandes	Devonian (middle Eifelian)	Maecuru Formation	Brazil	A crinoid, a species of Marettocrinus.
Marettocrinus katzeri[92]	Sp. nov	Valid	Scheffler, da Fonseca & Fernandes	Devonian (middle Eifelian)	Maecuru Formation	Brazil	A crinoid, a species of Marettocrinus.
Marginix[103]	Nom. nov	Valid	Martínez & del Río	Devonian	Talacasto Formation	Argentina	A brittle star belonging to the order Oegophiurida and the family Encrinasteridae; a replacement name for Marginaster Haude (1995) and Marginura Haude (1999) (both preoccupied).
Macrostylocrinus tertibrachialis[88]	Sp. nov	Valid	Clement & Brett	Early Devonian (Lochkovian)	Rockhouse Limestone	United States	A camerate crinoid belonging to the group Monobathrida.
Marsupiocrinus (Amarsupiocrinus) devonicus[88]	Sp. nov	Valid	Clement & Brett	Early Devonian (Lochkovian)	Birdsong Shale	United States	A camerate crinoid belonging to the group Monobathrida.
Notatudiadema[75]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Abdelhamid & Abdelghany	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)		Egypt	A diadematoid sea urchin. The type species is Notatudiadema rekeibensis.
Ophiocantabria[104]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Blake, Zamora & García-Alcalde	Devonian (Lochkovian)	Furada Formation	Spain	A brittle star belonging to the order Oegophiurida, suborder Lysophiurina and the family Encrinasteridae. The type species is Ophiocantabria elegans.
Ophiodoris reconciliator[91]	Sp. nov	Valid	Thuy	Middle Jurassic (early Bajocian)	Longwy Formation	France	A brittle star belonging to the family Ophionereididae, a species of Ophiodoris.
Ophiotitanos aschmannicor[91]	Sp. nov	Valid	Thuy	Middle Jurassic (early Bajocian)	Longwy Formation	France	A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiodermatidae, a species of Ophiotitanos.
Paracidaris (Anisocidaris) eluveitie[105]	Sp. nov	Valid	Hostettler & Menkveld-Gfeller	Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)	Wildegg Formation	Switzerland	A member of Cidaroida, a species of Paracidaris.
Parahormocrinus[88]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Clement & Brett	Late Silurian (Pridoli)	Decatur Limestone	United States	A cladid crinoid belonging to the group Sagenocrinida. The type species is P. decaturensis.
Paramarsupiocrinus[88]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Clement & Brett	Late Silurian (Pridoli)		United States	A camerate crinoid belonging to the group Monobathrida. The type species is P. broadheadi.
Parapatelliocrinus[88]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Clement & Brett	Devonian (Lochkovian)	Lower Rockhouse Limestone	United States	A crinoid belonging to the group Monobathrida. The type species is P. broweri.
Pentaridica mendesi[92]	Sp. nov	Valid	Scheffler, da Fonseca & Fernandes	Devonian (middle Eifelian)	Maecuru Formation	Brazil	A crinoid, a species of Pentaridica.
Polycidaris gygii[105]	Sp. nov	Valid	Hostettler & Menkveld-Gfeller	Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)	Lochen Formation Wildegg Formation	Germany  Switzerland	A member of Cidaroida, a species of Polycidaris.
Porosublastus[106]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Sprinkle & Sumrall	Early Ordovician	Ninemile Shale	United States	An edrioasteroid. The type species is Porosublastus inexpectus.
Probalocrinus[88]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Clement & Brett	Late Silurian (Ludlovian)-early Devonian (Lochkovian)	Birdsong Shale Henryhouse Formation	United States	A camerate crinoid belonging to the group Diplobathrida. The type species is "Siphonocrinus" dignis Strimple (1963).
Protogloboeocrinus[107]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zhao et al.	Cambrian	Balang Formation	China	A member of Eocrinoidea. Genus includes new species P. yini Zhao, Peng & Wu in Zhao et al. (2015).
Pseudedriophus[106]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Sprinkle & Sumrall	Early Ordovician	Ninemile Shale	United States	An edrioasteroid. The type species is Pseudedriophus guensburgi.
Quechuacrinus[108]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Guensburg & Waisfeld	Ordovician (Floian)		Argentina	A crinoid. The type species is Quechuacrinus ticsa.
Ramseyocrinus argentinus[108]	Sp. nov	Valid	Guensburg & Waisfeld	Ordovician (Floian)		Argentina	A crinoid, a species of Ramseyocrinus.
Rautscholdticrinus[90]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Webster & Donovan	Permian		Indonesia	A crinoid. Genus includes Rautscholdticrinus indicus (Wanner, 1916) and Rautscholdticrinus weidnerii (Wanner, 1937).
Rhabdocidaris deubelbeissi[105]	Sp. nov	Valid	Hostettler & Menkveld-Gfeller	Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)	Wildegg Formation	Switzerland	A member of Cidaroida, a species of Rhabdocidaris.
Ristnacrinus oepiki[109]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ausich, Rozhnov & Kammer	Ordovician (Katian)		Estonia	A crinoid related to Iocrinus, a species of Ristnacrinus.
Salamonicrinus[110]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Trzęsiok	Late Jurassic (Tithonian)		Poland	A cyrtocrinid crinoid. The type species is Salamonicrinus prodigiosum.
Salirocystis[102]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Paul	Silurian		United States	A callocystitid cystoid; a new genus for "Apiocystites" anna Safford (1869).
Temnocrinus americanus[82]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ausich, Peter & Ettensohn	Silurian (Rhuddanian)	Brassfield Formation	United States	A crinoid, a species of Temnocrinus.
Velocrinus[111]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ausich, Wilson & Vinn	Late Silurian	Kaugatuma Formation	Estonia	A crotalocrinitid crinoid. The type species is Velocrinus coniculus.

Conodonts

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Arianagnathus[112]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Männik, Miller & Hairapetian	Silurian	Niur Formation	Iran	A member of Prioniodontida, possibly a balognathid. The type species is Arianagnathus jafariani.
Dichognathus zhaoi[113]	Sp. nov	Valid	Xiong, Wu & Wang	Ordovician	Tarim Basin	China
Eolinguipolygnathus radula[114]	Sp. nov	Valid	Aboussalam & Becker in Aboussalam, Becker & Bultynck	Devonian (early Emsian)		Morocco
Eoplacognathus aisangensis[113]	Sp. nov	Valid	Xiong, Wu & Wang	Ordovician	Tarim Basin	China
Gapparodus gapparites[115]	Sp. nov	Valid	Yang, Steiner & Keupp	Early Cambrian	Shuijingtuo Formation	China	A member of Furnishinidae; a species of Gapparodus.
Hayashiella[116]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Kiliç et al.	Late Triassic		Canada Italy Japan Slovakia	A member of Gondolellidae. A new genus for "Metapolygnathus" nodosus Hayashi (1968); genus also includes "Gondolella" carpathica Mock (1979), H. lindae (Orchard) and H. permica (Hayashi).
Hindeodus capitanensis[117]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wardlaw & Nestell	Permian		United States
Icriodus ovalis[114]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bultynck in Aboussalam, Becker & Bultynck	Devonian (late Emsian)	Mdâouer-el-Kbîr Formation	Morocco
Icriodus praerectirostratus[114]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bultynck in Aboussalam, Becker & Bultynck	Devonian (late Emsian)	Timrhanrhart Formation	Morocco
Mazzaella[116]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Kiliç et al.	Late Triassic		Germany Hungary Italy Turkey	A member of Gondolellidae. A new genus for "Epigondolella" carnica Krystyn (1975); genus also includes "Metapolygnathus" baloghi Kovacs (1977).
Moskalenkodus[118]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Dzik	Late Ordovician	Krivaya Luka Formation Makarovo Formation Tunguz Basin	Russia	A member of Prioniodontida belonging to the family Distomodontidae. A new genus for "Amorphognathus" quinquiradiatus Moskalenko in Kanygin et al. (1977). Genus also includes Moskalenkodus cruciformis (Moskalenko, 1970).
Neostreptognathodus costatus[119]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wang & Zhang	Early Permian	Amushan Formation	China
Ozarkodina derenjalensis[112]	Sp. nov	Valid	Männik, Miller & Hairapetian	Silurian	Niur Formation	Iran	A member of Ozarkodinida, a spathognathodontid; a species of Ozarkodina.
Polygnathus bicristatus[120]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mossoni et al.	Late Devonian or Early Carboniferous		Italy	A member of Ozarkodinida belonging to the family Polygnathidae, a species of Polygnathus.
Polygnathus nuragicus[120]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mossoni et al.	Late Devonian or Early Carboniferous		Italy	A member of Ozarkodinida belonging to the family Polygnathidae, a species of Polygnathus.
Postoistodus[113]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Xiong, Wu & Wang	Ordovician	Tarim Basin	China	Genus includes new species P. elongatus and P. tridens.
Pseudohindeodus brevis[117]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wardlaw & Nestell	Permian		United States
Pseudopolygnathus granulobatus[120]	Sp. nov	Valid	Mossoni et al.	Late Devonian or Early Carboniferous		Italy	A member of Ozarkodinida belonging to the family Polygnathidae, a species of Pseudopolygnathus.
Pygodus serrus ambonis[113]	Subsp. nov	Valid	Xiong, Wu & Wang	Ordovician	Tarim Basin	China
Spathogondolella[121]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Jiang in Chen et al.	Early Triassic		China	The type species is Spathogondolella jiarongensis.
Vjalovognathus nicolli[122]	Sp. nov	Valid[123]	Yuan, Shen & Henderson in Yuan et al.	Early Permian	Xiala Formation	China	A species of Vjalovognathus.

Fishes

Main article: 2015 in fish paleontology

Reptiles

Main articles: 2015 in reptile paleontology and 2015 in archosaur paleontology

Amphibians

Research

• A study of the anatomy of the skull of Acanthostega gunnari is published by Porro, Rayfield & Clack (2015).^[124]
• A study of the skeletal morphogenesis of the lepospondyls Microbrachis pelikani and Hyloplesion longicostatum is published by Olori (2015).^[125]
• A study of the anatomy of the skull of the lepospondyl Quasicaecilia texana is published by Pardo, Szostakiwskyj & Anderson (2015).^[126]

New taxa

Temnospondyls

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Eocyclotosaurus appetolatus[127]	Sp. nov	Valid	Rinehart, Lucas & Schoch	Middle Triassic	Moenkopi Formation	United States	A capitosaur, a species of Eocyclotosaurus.
Metoposaurus algarvensis[128]	Sp. nov	Valid	Brusatte et al.	Late Triassic		Portugal	A species of Metoposaurus.
Parapytanga[129]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Strapasson, Pinheiro & Soares	Middle or late Permian	Rio do Rasto Formation	Brazil	A basal member of Stereospondylomorpha. The type species is Parapytanga catarinensis.
Procuhy[130]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Cisneros et al.	Permian (Cisuralian)	Lower Pedra de Fogo Formation	Brazil	A member of Trimerorhachidae. The type species is Procuhy nazariensis.
Timonya[130]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Cisneros et al.	Permian (Cisuralian)	Lower Pedra de Fogo Formation	Brazil	A member of Dvinosauria. The type species is Timonya anneae.

Lepospondyls

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aletrimyti[131]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Szostakiwskyj, Pardo & Anderson	Permian (Kungurian)	Fairmont Shale	United States	A member of Recumbirostra. The type species is Aletrimyti gaskillae.
Batropetes appelensis[132]	Sp. nov	Valid	Glienke	Early Permian	Saar–Nahe Basin	Germany	A species of Batropetes.
Batropetes palatinus[132]	Sp. nov	Valid	Glienke	Early Permian	Saar–Nahe Basin	Germany	A species of Batropetes.
Dvellecanus[131]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Szostakiwskyj, Pardo & Anderson	Permian (Kungurian)	Fairmont Shale	United States	A member of Recumbirostra. The type species is Dvellecanus carrolli.

Lissamphibians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Bufo mirus[133]	Sp. nov	Valid	Syromyatnikova	Late Early – early Middle Miocene	Khalagay Formation	Russia	A true toad of uncertain phylogenetic placement, most similar and possibly related to the Mongolian toad.
Hensonbatrachus[134]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gardner & Brinkman	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Dinosaur Park Formation Oldman Formation	Canada	A frog. The type species is Hensonbatrachus kermiti.
Lepidobatrachus australis[135]	Sp. nov	Valid	Nicoli	Late Miocene to Early Pliocene	Monte Hermoso Formation	Argentina	A frog belonging to the family Ceratophryidae, a species of Lepidobatrachus.
Palaeoplethodon[136]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Poinar & Wake	Eocene or Miocene		Dominican Republic	A lungless salamander found in Dominican amber. The type species is Palaeoplethodon hispaniolae.
Tyrrellbatrachus[137]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gardner	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada	A frog of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Tyrrellbatrachus brinkmani.
Varibatrachus[138]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Parmley, Chandler & Chandler	Miocene (late Clarendonian)	Ash Hollow Formation	United States	A frog of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Varibatrachus abraczinskasae.

Diadectomorphs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Alveusdectes[139]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Liu & Bever	Late Permian (Wuchiapingian, roughly 256 Ma)	Shangshihezi Formation	China	A diadectid. The type species is Alveusdectes fenestralis.

Synapsids

Non-mammalian synapsids

Research

• Redescription of the anatomy of Tiarajudens eccentricus is published by Cisneros et al. (2015), who compare the species with Anomocephalus africanus.^[140]

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Endothiodon tolani[141]	Sp. nov	Valid	Cox & Angielczyk	Permian	Ruhuhu Formation	Tanzania	A dicynodont, a species of Endothiodon.
Ichibengops[142]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Huttenlocker, Sidor & Angielczyk	Late Permian	Madumabisa Mudstone Formation	Zambia	A therocephalian. The type species is Ichibengops munyamadziensis.
Lende[143]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Kruger et al.	Late Permian	Chiweta Beds	Malawi	A burnetiamorph biarmosuchian therapsid. The type species is Lende chiweta.
Nothogomphodon sanjiaoensis[144]	Sp. nov	Valid	Liu & Abdala	Middle Triassic	Ermaying Formation	China	A therocephalian, a species of Nothogomphodon.
Ruberodon[145]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ray	Late Triassic	Tiki Formation	India	A traversodontid cynodont. The type species is Ruberodon roychowdhurii.
Sinokannemeyeria baidaoyuensis[146]	Sp. nov	Valid	Liu	Middle Triassic	Tongchuan Formation	China	A kannemeyeriiform dicynodont, a species of Sinokannemeyeria.

Mammals

Main article: 2015 in mammal paleontology

Other animals

Research

• A study of phylogenetic relationships of the Ediacaran animal Namacalathus, interpreting it as a member of Lophotrochozoa related to bryozoans and brachiopods, is published by Zhuravlev, Wood & Penny (2015).^[147]

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aegirocassis[148][149]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Van Roy, Daley & Briggs	Early Ordovician		Morocco	A hurdiid radiodont. The type species is Aegirocassis benmoulae.
Allonnia tintinopsis[150]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bengtson & Collins	Cambrian	Burgess Shale El Gavilán Formation[151]	Canada Mexico[151]	A chancelloriid, a species of Allonnia.
Anguispongia siciliana[152]	Sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Italy	A demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida and the family Auriculospongiidae.
Archiasterella coriacea[150]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bengtson & Collins	Cambrian	Burgess Shale	Canada	A chancelloriid, a species of Archiasterella.
Atrochaetetes conicus[152]	Sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Italy	A demosponge.
Banffia episoma[153]	Sp. nov	Valid	Conway Morris et al.	Cambrian	Spence Shale	United States	An early deuterostome, a species of Banffia.
Carterina burgioi[152]	Sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Italy Turkey[154]	A demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida and the family Disjectoporidae.
Collinsium[155]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Yang et al.	Early Cambrian	Xiaoshiba Lagerstätte	China	A lobopodian belonging to the lineage leading to the velvet worms. The type species is Collinsium ciliosum.
Colospongia cribrifera[156]	Sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Link & Riedel	Late Triassic (Norian)		Turkey	A sponge, a species of Colospongia.
Conochaetetes[152]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Italy	A demosponge. Genus includes new species C. magnitubus.
Costatulites kimi[157]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ghavidel-Syooki et al.	Ordovician (Katian)		Iran	A member of Tentaculita (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Costatulites.
Cyrtograptus fui[158]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wang et al.	Silurian (Llandovery)		China	A graptolite, a species of Cyrtograptus.
Dailyatia bacata[159]	Sp. nov	Valid	Skovsted et al.	Cambrian		Australia	A tommotiid.
Dailyatia helica[159]	Sp. nov	Valid	Skovsted et al.	Cambrian		Australia	A tommotiid.
Disjectopora gaetanii[152]	Sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Austria Italy Oman Turkey[154]	A demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida and the family Disjectoporidae.
Eocyathispongia[160]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Yin et al.	Precambrian (Ediacaran)	Doushantuo Formation	China	A sponge. The type species is Eocyathispongia qiania.
Eokinorhynchus[161]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zhang et al.	Cambrian (Fortunian)	Dengying Formation	China	A kinorhynch-like scalidophoran. The type species is Eokinorhynchus rarus.
Eolarva[162]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zhang & Dong	Cambrian (Fortunian)	Kuanchuanpu Formation	China	An animal of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a cnidarian-grade animal. The type species is Eolarva kuanchuanpuensis.
Galeactena[163]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ou et al.	Early Cambrian	Heilinpu Formation	China	A comb jelly. The type species is Galeactena hemispherica.
Gamascolex vanroyi[164]	Sp. nov	Valid	Gutiérrez-Marco & García-Bellido	Late Ordovician		Morocco	A palaeoscolecid worm, a species of Gamascolex.
Gemmactena[163]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ou et al.	Early Cambrian	Heilinpu Formation	China	A comb jelly. The type species is Gemmactena actinala.
Globucatenula[152]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Italy	A demosponge. Genus includes new species G. siciliana.
Glyptograptus perneri[165]	Sp. nov	Valid	Štorch	Silurian		Czech Republic	A graptolite belonging to the family Retiolitidae, a species of Glyptograptus.
Guanshanchaeta[166]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Liu et al.	Early Cambrian	Wulongqing Formation	China	A polychaete annelid. The type species is Guanshanchaeta felicia.
Hindenites parkheadensis[167]	Sp. nov	Valid	Eriksson & von Bitter	Silurian (Wenlock)	Eramosa Lagerstätte	Canada	A polychaete, a species of Hindenites.
Incertuspongia[152]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Italy	A demosponge. Genus includes new species I. maxima.
Irregulaspongia[152]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Italy Turkey[154]	A demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida and the family Auriculospongiidae. Genus includes I. magna and I. parva.
Magnicanalifera[152]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Italy	A demosponge. Genus includes new species M. lupensis.
Multilaticanalia[152]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Italy	A demosponge. Genus includes new species M. panormitana and M. reticulata.
Neomonograptus aequabilis latus[168]	Subsp. nov	Valid	Chen et al.	Early Devonian		China	A graptolite, a subspecies of Neomonograptus aequabilis.
Noritubispongia[152]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Greece Italy Turkey[154]	A demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida. The type species is N. chaetetiformis; genus also includes N. arcularia.
Normalograptus frydai[165]	Sp. nov	Valid	Štorch	Silurian		Czech Republic	A graptolite belonging to the family Normalograptidae, a species of Normalograptus.
Normalograptus parvus[165]	Sp. nov	Valid	Štorch	Silurian		Czech Republic	A graptolite belonging to the family Normalograptidae, a species of Normalograptus.
Ottoia tricuspida[169]	Sp. nov	Valid	Smith, Harvey & Butterfield	Cambrian	Burgess Shale	Canada	A stem-group priapulid, a species of Ottoia.
Oymurania[170]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ushatinskaya in Kouchinsky et al.	Cambrian		Russia Morocco?	A stem-group brachiopod. The type species is Oymurania gravestocki from Siberian Platform; genus might also contain a second, yet-unnamed species from Morocco.
Parastylothalamia minima[156]	Sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Link & Riedel	Late Triassic (Norian)		Turkey	A sponge, a species of Parastylothalamia.
Pauxillites thaddei[171]	Sp. nov	Valid	Valent & Carbacho	Ordovician (Floian)	Upper Fezouata Formation	Morocco	A member of Hyolitha (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Pauxillites.
Pernerograptus pribyli[165]	Sp. nov	Valid	Štorch	Silurian		Czech Republic	A graptolite belonging to the family Monograptidae, a species of Pernerograptus.
Polytubithalamia[152]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Italy	A demosponge. Genus includes new species P. perforata.
Preperonidella tabulata[152]	Sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Italy Turkey[154]	A demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida and the family Preperonidellidae.
Protopholoe colombiana[172]	Sp. nov	Valid	Luque, Hourdez & Vinn	Late Cretaceous (Coniacian)		Colombia	An aphroditiform polychaete, a species of Protopholoe.
Pseudorthograptus mitchelli[165]	Sp. nov	Valid	Štorch	Silurian		Czech Republic	A graptolite belonging to the family Retiolitidae, a species of Pseudorthograptus.
Pustulispongia[152]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Italy	A demosponge. Genus includes new species P. anulifera.
Pyrgopolon (Septenaria) nekvasilovae[173]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kočí & Jäger	Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)	Bohemian Cretaceous Basin	Czech Republic	A polychaete belonging to the family Serpulidae, a species of Pyrgopolon.
Pyrgopolon (Septenaria) zitti[173]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kočí & Jäger	Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)	Bohemian Cretaceous Basin	Czech Republic	A polychaete belonging to the family Serpulidae, a species of Pyrgopolon.
Quasimolites[174]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Valent et al.	Cambrian	Buchava Formation	Czech Republic	A member of Hyolitha (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs). The type species is Quasimolites quasimodo.
Rollinschaeta[175]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Parry et al.	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)		Lebanon	A polychaete belonging to the family Amphinomidae. The type species is Rollinschaeta myoplena.
Rostrospongia[152]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Italy	A demosponge. Genus includes new species R. magna.
Sarmentofascis? digitatus[176]	Sp. nov	Valid	Schlagintweit & Krajewski	Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous (Tithonian-early Berriasian)		Crimean Peninsula	A cladocoropsid stromatoporoid sponge, possibly a species of Sarmentofascis.
Scathascolex[177]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid[178]	Smith	Cambrian	Burgess Shale	Canada	A palaeoscolecid worm. The type species is Scathascolex minor.
Semiuvanella[152]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Italy	A demosponge. Genus includes new species S. siciliana.
Skryjelites[174]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Valent et al.	Cambrian	Buchava Formation	Czech Republic	A member of Hyolitha (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs). The type species is Skryjelites auritus.
Sphenoecium wheelerensis[179]	Sp. nov	Valid[180]	Maletz & Steiner	Cambrian	Wheeler Shale	United States	A graptolite, a species of Sphenoecium.
Stipesia[181]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid[182]	Świerczewska-Gładysz	Late Cretaceous (early Campanian)		Poland	A lithistid demosponge belonging to the family Pleromidae. The type species is Stipesia belchatowiensis.
Tenuipariespongia[152]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Italy	A demosponge belonging to the group Agelasida. The type species is T. conica.
Thaumactena[163]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ou et al.	Early Cambrian	Heilinpu Formation	China	A comb jelly. The type species is Thaumactena ensis.
Thylacocercus[153]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Conway Morris et al.	Cambrian	Wheeler Formation	United States	A vetulicystid deuterostome. The type species is Thylacocercus ignota.
Trinakrispongia[152]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Italy	A demosponge. Genus includes new species T. gracilis.
Triplicatella papilio[183]	Sp. nov	Valid	Kouchinsky in Kouchinsky et al.	Early Cambrian	Emyaksin Formation	Russia	A member of Hyolitha (a group of animals of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly molluscs), a species of Triplicatella.
Uncinatograptus jadae[168]	Sp. nov	Valid	Chen et al.	Early Devonian		China	A graptolite, a species of Uncinatograptus.
Vesicotubispongia[152]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Senowbari-Daryan, Di Stefano & Abate	Late Triassic		Italy	A demosponge. Genus includes new species V. triasica.
Wiwaxia herka[184]	Sp. nov	Valid	Conway Morris et al.	Cambrian	Spence Shale	United States	A stem-lophotrochozoan, a species of Wiwaxia.
Wiwaxia papilio[185]	Sp. nov	Valid	Zhang et al.	Cambrian	Maotianshan Shales	China	A stem-lophotrochozoan, a species of Wiwaxia.
Yuknessia stephenensis[186]	Sp. nov	Valid	LoDuca et al.	Cambrian	Burgess Shale Pierson Cove Formation Spence Shale Wheeler Shale	Canada United States	A species of Yuknessia (originally thought to be an alga, reinterpreted as a member of Pterobranchia by LoDuca et al., 2015).[186]

Other organisms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Actinella goodwinii[187]	Sp. nov	Valid	Siver et al.	Eocene		Canada	A diatom, a species of Actinella.
Actinella hickeyi[187]	Sp. nov	Valid	Siver et al.	Eocene		Canada	A diatom, a species of Actinella.
Actinella kimberlitica[187]	Sp. nov	Valid	Siver et al.	Eocene		Canada	A diatom, a species of Actinella.
Adeliesphaera[188]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bijl & Brinkhuis	Early Eocene		Antarctica	A dinoflagellate. The type species is Adeliesphaera ohanlonii.
Annulatubus[189]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Carbone et al.	Ediacaran	Blueflower Formation	Canada	A tubular organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Annulatubus flexuosus.
Caledonicratis[190]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Zapalski & Clarkson	Carboniferous (Viséan)	Gullane Formation	United Kingdom	An organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement; possibly an animal belonging to the cnidarian family Solanderiidae (the possibility considered to be more probable by the authors of its description) or an alga similar to Perissothallus. The type species is Caledonicratis caridum.
Callimothallus semicircularis[191]	Sp. nov	Valid	Singh et al.	Early Eocene	Cambay Shale Formation	India	A fungal thallus similar to thalli of members of Microthyriaceae.
Casparyotorula[192]	Gen. et comb et sp. nov	Valid	Rikkinen, Schmidt & Kettunen in Kettunen et al.	Eocene		Germany Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast)	A hyphomycete fungus known from Baltic amber and Bitterfeld amber. A new genus for "Torula" globulifera Caspary (1886); genus also contains "Torula" heteromorpha Caspary (1886), as well as the new species Casparyotorula arnoldii.
Circulodinium? laeve[193]	Sp. nov	Valid	Cheng et al.	Eocene	Anjihaihe Formation	China	A dinoflagellate, possibly a species of Circulodinium.
Cyclostephanos nepalensis[194]	Sp. nov	Valid	Hayashi in Hayashi & Tanimura	Pleistocene		Nepal	A diatom, a species of Cyclostephanos.
Cyclostephanos pseudonepalensis[194]	Sp. nov	Valid	Hayashi in Hayashi & Tanimura	Pleistocene		Nepal	A diatom, a species of Cyclostephanos.
Cyclostephanos ramosus[195]	Sp. nov	Valid	Hayashi & Tanimura	Pleistocene		Nepal	A diatom, a species of Cyclostephanos.
Cyclotella paleo-ocellata[196]	Sp. nov	Valid	Vossel & Van de Vijver in Vossel et al.	Holocene		Israel	A diatom. Originally described as a species of Cyclotella; transferred to the genus Lindavia by Nakov et al. (2015).[197]
Dictyosphaera tacita[198]	Sp. nov	Valid	Tang et al.	Tonian	Gouhou Formation	China	An acritarch.
Donskinica[199]	Gen. nov	Valid	Strelnikova & Kozyrenko				A diatom.
Elatera minor[200]	Sp. nov	Valid	Vorob’eva & Sergeev in Vorob’eva, Sergeev & Petrov	Early Mesoproterozoic	Kotuikan Formation	Russia	A probable eukaryotic microorganism of uncertain phylogenetic placement
Eosolena minuta[200]	Sp. nov	Valid	Vorob’eva & Sergeev in Vorob’eva, Sergeev & Petrov	Early Mesoproterozoic	Kotuikan Formation	Russia	A probable eukaryotic microorganism of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
Gigantosphaeridium[201]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Agić, Moczydłowska & Yin	Late Mesoproterozoic	Baicaoping Formation	China	A microfossil belonging to the stem group of Chloroplastida. Genus includes new species G. fibratum.
Haslea antiqua[202]	Sp. nov	Valid	Fenner	Paleocene		Southwestern Pacific Ocean (Campbell Plateau)	A diatom, a species of Haslea.
Hirudiforma[200]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Vorob’eva & Sergeev in Vorob’eva, Sergeev & Petrov	Early Mesoproterozoic	Kotuikan Formation	Russia	A eukaryotic microorganism, possibly a green alga. The type species is H. simmetrica; genus also includes H. lancetica.
Kaiwaradinium abbreviatum[193]	Sp. nov	Valid	Cheng et al.	Eocene	Anjihaihe Formation	China	A dinoflagellate, a species of Kaiwaradinium.
Kuckaraukia[203]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ivantsov, Novikov & Razumovskiy in Razumovskiy et al.	Late Vendian	Basa Formation	Russia	An organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, might be a unitary organism or as a colony of motionless benthic organisms. The type species is Kuckaraukia multituberculata.
Lineaforma[200]	Gen. et sp. nov	Disputed	Vorob’eva & Sergeev in Vorob’eva, Sergeev & Petrov	Early Mesoproterozoic	Belt Supergroup Kotuikan Formation Roper Group	Australia[204] Russia United States[204]	A probable eukaryotic microorganism of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is L. elongata. Possibly a junior synonym of Jixiania lineata.[205]
Mallomonas schumachii[206]	Sp. nov	Valid	Siver	Eocene		Canada	A synurophyte, a species of Mallomonas.
Matris[207]	Gen. et sp. nov		Du, Wang & Komiya	Ediacaran	Doushantuo Formation	China	An organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Its fossil were originally interpreted as a probable sponge gemmules;[207] this interpretation was criticized by Pronzato, Pisera & Manconi (2017), who stated that the fossils resemble some arcellid testate amoebae.[208] Genus includes new species M. gemmuleanalogi.
Meliolinites buxi[209]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ma & Sun in Ma et al.	Oligocene	Ningming Formation	China	A fungus belonging to the family Meliolaceae; a species of Meliolinites.
Notothyrites undulatus[191]	Sp. nov	Valid	Singh et al.	Early Eocene	Cambay Shale Formation	India	A fungal thallus similar to thalli of members of Microthyriaceae.
Oligosphaeropsis[193]	Gen. et 3 sp. nov	Valid	Cheng et al.	Eocene	Anjihaihe Formation	China	A dinoflagellate. The type species is Oligosphaeropsis accreta; genus also contains Oligosphaeropsis complex and Oligosphaeropsis megaprocessa.
Palaeoborrelia[210]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Poinar	Miocene		Dominican Republic	A spirochaete belonging to the family Spirochaetaceae known from Dominican amber. The type species is Palaeoborrelia dominicana.
Palaeoclaviceps[211]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Poinar, Alderman & Wunderlich	Cretaceous (roughly 100 million years ago)		Myanmar	A fungus belonging to the family Clavicipitaceae (a relative of ergots). The type species is Palaeoclaviceps parasiticus.
Palaeorickettsia[212]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Poinar	Early Cretaceous (late Albian)		Myanmar	Probably a member of Rickettsiales. The type species is Palaeorickettsia protera.
Palaeozoosporites[213]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Strullu-Derrien in Strullu-Derrien et al.	Devonian (approximately 407 Mya)		United Kingdom	A chytrid-like (i.e. similar to members of Blastocladiomycota and Chytridiomycota) fungus of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Palaeozoosporites renaultii.
Rajkanella[214]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Schlagintweit & Rigaud	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)		Kosovo	A foraminifer. Genus includes new species R. hottingerinaformis.
Rhoicosphenia gandhii[215]	Sp. nov	Valid	Thomas, Karthick & Kociolek in Thomas, Kociolek & Karthick	Probably Pliocene or Pleistocene		India	A diatom, a species of Rhoicosphenia.
Rhoicosphenia indica[215]	Sp. nov	Valid	Thomas, Karthick & Kociolek in Thomas, Kociolek & Karthick	Probably Pliocene or Pleistocene		India	A diatom, a species of Rhoicosphenia.
Rhoicosphenia patrickae[215]	Sp. nov	Valid	Thomas & Kociolek in Thomas, Kociolek & Karthick	Probably Pliocene or Pleistocene		United States	A diatom, a species of Rhoicosphenia.
Rhoicosphenia reimeri[215]	Sp. nov	Valid	Thomas & Kociolek in Thomas, Kociolek & Karthick	Probably Pliocene or Pleistocene		United States	A diatom, a species of Rhoicosphenia.
Rhyniosarcina[216]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Taylor & Krings	Early Devonian		United Kingdom	A member of Cyanobacteria, probably a member or a relative of Chroococcales. The type species is Rhyniosarcina devonica.
Scepasmatocarpion[217]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Krings & Taylor	Early Devonian		United Kingdom	A fungus of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Scepasmatocarpion fenestrulatum.
Sekwitubulus[189]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Carbone et al.	Ediacaran	Blueflower Formation	Canada	A tubular organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Sekwitubulus annulatus.
Sinotubulites hexagonus[218]	Sp. nov	Valid	Cai et al.	Late Ediacaran	Dengying Formation	China	A tubular organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, of probable animal affinities; a species of Sinotubulites.
Sinotubulites pentacarinalis[218]	Sp. nov	Valid	Cai et al.	Late Ediacaran	Dengying Formation	China	A tubular organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, of probable animal affinities; a species of Sinotubulites.
Sinotubulites triangularis[218]	Sp. nov	Valid	Cai et al.	Late Ediacaran	Dengying Formation	China	A tubular organism of uncertain phylogenetic placement, of probable animal affinities; a species of Sinotubulites.
Spiniferites adnatus latispinus[193]	Subsp. nov	Valid	Cheng et al.	Eocene	Anjihaihe Formation	China	A dinoflagellate, a subspecies of Spiniferites adnatus.
Squamosphaera[198]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Tang et al.	Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic	Gouhou Formation Kwagunt Formation Zigazino-Komarovsk Beds	Australia[204] China Russia United States	An acritarch. The type species is "Satka" colonialica Jankauskas (1979).
Tertiarius juriljii[219]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ognjanova-Rumenova et al.	Pliocene	Vitacevo Formation	Macedonia	A diatom; a species of Tertiarius.
Tertiarius mariovensis[219]	Sp. nov	Valid	Ognjanova-Rumenova et al.	Pliocene	Vitacevo Formation	Macedonia	A diatom; a species of Tertiarius.
Tianshandinium[193]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Cheng et al.	Eocene	Anjihaihe Formation	China	A dinoflagellate. The type species is Tianshandinium biconicum.
Turbiosphaera guersteinae[188]	Sp. nov	Valid	Bijl & Brinkhuis	Early Eocene		Antarctica	A dinoflagellate, a species of Turbiosphaera.

See also

• Dawn of Humanity (2015 PBS film)