2019 in mammal paleontology
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes
Blancotherium Gen. et comb . nov Valid May Early Clarendonian Goliad United States ( Texas ) A gomphothere ; a new genus for Gnathabelodon buckneri Sellards ( 1940 )
Culebratherium Gen. et sp . nov Valid Velez-Juarbe & Wood Early Miocene Culebra Panama A relative of the dugong . Genus includes new species C. alemani
Damarachloris Gen. et sp . nov Valid Pickford Middle Eocene Black Crow Namibia A golden mole . The type species is D. primaevus
Eteketoni Gen. et sp . nov Valid Pickford Early Miocene Uganda A relative of the aardvark . Genus includes new species E. platycephalus
Mammut pacificus Sp . nov Valid Dooley et al Pleistocene ( Rancholabrean ) United States ( California Idaho ) A mastodon
Nanogale Gen. et sp . nov Valid Pickford Middle Eocene Black Crow Namibia A member of Tenrecomorpha . The type species is N. fragilis
Norosiren Gen. et sp . nov Valid Samonds et al Miocene Mahajanga Madagascar A relative of the dugong . Genus includes new species N. zazavavindrano
Saloumia Gen. et sp . nov Valid Tabuce et al Eocene ( Lutetian ) Senegal An early member of Proboscidea . Genus includes new species S. gorodiskii
Stegosiren Gen. et sp . nov Valid Domning & Beatty Oligocene Ashley Chandler Bridge United States ( South Carolina ) A relative of the dugong . Genus includes new species S. macei
Eutherians -- Afrotherians
This article records new taxa of fossil mammals of every kind are scheduled to be described during the year 2019, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of mammals that are scheduled to occur in the year 2019.