2014 in arthropod paleontology
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes
Acanthaxius carinatus Sp . nov Valid Frantescu Early Cretaceous ( Albian ) Paw Paw Formation United States A member of Axiidae , a species of Acanthaxius
Acanthochirana liburiaensis Sp . nov Valid Garassino , Audo , Charbonnier & Schweigert in Bravi et al Middle Jurassic ( Bajocian/Bathonian ) Italy A member of Aegeridae , a species of Acanthochirana
Acanthochirana triassica Sp . nov Valid Garassino , Schweigert & Muscio Late Triassic ( Norian ) Dolomia di Forni Formation Italy A member of Aegeridae , a species of Acanthochirana
Adamanteryon Gen. et sp . nov Valid Audo et al Middle Jurassic La Voulte-sur-Rhône Lagerstätte France A member of Polychelida . The type species is Adamanteryon fourneti
Alavatanais margulisae Sp . nov Valid Sánchez-García , Peñalver & Delclòs in Sánchez-García et al Early Cretaceous Spain A paratanaoid tanaid , a species of Alavatanais
Alessandranina Gen. et comb . nov Valid Karasawa et al Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian ) United Kingdom A palaeocorystid crab . The type species is Notopocorystes ( Cretacoranina ) ornatus Wright and Collins ( 1972 )
Ammopylocheles petersi Sp . nov Valid Fraaije Late Jurassic ( late Kimmeridgian ) Germany A hermit crab , a species of Ammopylocheles
Anisaeger Gen. et 2 sp . nov Valid Schweitzer et al Middle Triassic ( Anisian ) China A member of Aegeridae . The type species is Anisaeger brevirostrus ; genus also contains Anisaeger spiniferus
Annuntidiogenes jurassicus Sp . nov Valid Fraaije Late Jurassic ( late Kimmeridgian ) Germany A hermit crab , a species of Annuntidiogenes
Antrimpos colettoi Sp . nov Valid Garassino , Schweigert & Muscio Late Triassic ( Norian ) Dolomia di Forni Formation Italy A member of Penaeidae , a species of Antrimpos
Araripenaeus Gen. et sp . nov Valid Pinheiro , Saraiva & Santana Early Cretaceous ( Albian ) Romualdo Formation Brazil A member of Penaeoidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement . The type species is Araripenaeus timidus
Arcania kobayashinobuakii Sp . nov Valid Karasawa Middle Pleistocene Toyohashi Formation Japan A member of Leucosiidae , a species of Arcania
Archaeoniscus italiensis Sp . nov Valid Jones , Feldmann & Garassino Jurassic Italy An isopod , a species of Archaeoniscus
Ariecornibus Gen. et sp . nov Valid Franţescu Early Cretaceous ( late Albian ) United States A crab . The type species is Ariecornibus schweitzerae
Axiopsis pawpawensis Sp . nov Valid Frantescu Early Cretaceous ( Albian ) Paw Paw Formation United States A member of Axiidae , a species of Axiopsis
Axiopsis sampsonumae Sp . nov Valid Frantescu Early Cretaceous ( Albian ) Paw Paw Formation United States A member of Axiidae , a species of Axiopsis
Axiopsis spinifera Sp . nov Valid Frantescu Early Cretaceous ( Albian ) Paw Paw Formation United States A member of Axiidae , a species of Axiopsis
Bellcarcinus Gen. et sp . nov Valid Luque Early Cretaceous ( late Aptian ) Paja Formation Colombia A crab belonging to the group Raninoidia , possibly a member of the family Orithopsidae . The type species is Bellcarcinus aptiensis
Belos Gen. et sp . nov Valid Franţescu Early Cretaceous ( late Albian ) United States A crab . The type species is Belos trispinae
Bolbozoe beccata Sp . nov Valid Perrier et al Early Silurian Australia A myodocope ostracod , a species of Bolbozoe
Newly named crustaceans
This list of fossil arthropods described in 2014 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods of every kind that have been described during the year 2014. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.