2017 in mammal paleontology
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Location Notes
Acarechimys pascuali Sp . nov Valid Verzi , Olivares & Morgan Early Miocene ( Santacrucian ) Argentina A stem - abrocomid , a species of Acarechimys
Acritoparamys naomugengensis Sp . nov Valid Li , Mao & Wang Eocene China A member of the family Ischyromyidae
Allactaga fru Sp . nov Valid Nesin & Kovalchuk Miocene ( early Turolian ) Ukraine A jerboa , a species of Allactaga
Allocricetus primitivus Sp . nov Valid Wu & Flynn Pliocene China A hamster
Altasciurus Gen. et comb . nov Valid Korth & Tabrum Oligocene ( Orellan to Whitneyan ) United States ( Colorado Montana Nebraska South Dakota Wyoming ) A member of the family Aplodontidae belonging to the subfamily Prosciurinae . The type species is Paramys relictus Cope ( 1873 ) ; genus also includes A. albiclivus ( Korth , 1994 ) and A. clausulus ( Korth , 2009 )
Ameghinomys Gen. et comb . nov Valid Verzi , Olivares & Morgan Early Miocene Argentina A stem - abrocomid ; a new genus for Acarechimys constans ( Ameghino , 1887 )
Apeomys asiaticus Sp . nov Valid Qiu Late Early Miocene China A member of the family Eomyidae
Apeomys oldrichi Sp . nov Valid Mörs & Flink Early Miocene Germany A member of the family Eomyidae
Apocricetus darderi Sp . nov Valid Torres-Roig et al Pliocene ( Zanclean ) Spain A member of the family Cricetidae
Argyromys cicigei Sp . nov Valid López-Guerrero et al Late Oligocene China Mongolia A member of the family Cricetidae
Cardiomys leufuensis Sp . nov Valid Pérez , Deschamps & Vucetich Late Miocene ( Chasicoan ) Argentina A relative of the capybara
Cavia cabrerai Sp . nov Valid Candela & Bonini Miocene - Pliocene boundary Argentina A species of Cavia ( a relative of the guinea pig )
Caviodon andalhualensis Sp . nov Valid Pérez , Deschamps & Vucetich Miocene ( Messinian ) Argentina A relative of the capybara
Collimys caucasicus Sp . nov Valid Tesakov in Tesakov et al Miocene ( Turolian ) Russia ( Adygea ) A member of the family Cricetidae
Cricetinus mesolophidos Sp . nov Valid Wu & Flynn Pliocene China A hamster
Cricetodon goklerensis Sp . nov Valid Joniak et al Early Miocene Turkey
Cricetops auster Sp . nov Valid Li et al Early Oligocene China A muroid rodent , a species of Cricetops
Debruijnia kostakii Sp . nov Valid De Bruijn Early Miocene Greece A member of Spalacinae
Democricetodon fejfari Sp . nov Valid Lindsay Middle Miocene Pakistan A member of the family Cricetidae
Democricetodon haltmari Sp . nov Valid Joniak et al Early Miocene Turkey
Eutherians -- New taxa
This article records new taxa of fossil mammals of every kind that have been described during the year 2017, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of mammals that occurred in the year 2017.