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This article records new taxa of fossil mammals of every kind that are scheduled to be described during the year 2024, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of mammals that are scheduled to occur in the year 2024.
Euarchontoglires
Primates
Primate research
- A study on the timeline and causes of extinction of Gigantopithecus blacki is published by Zhang et al. (2024), who use data from caves in the Chongzuo and Bubing Basin (China) to establish a regional window of extinction of G. blacki at 295.000–215.000 yers ago, and interpret the demise of G. blacki as caused by inability to adapt to changes in forest structure resulting from increased seasonality.[1]
General paleoanthropology
- Evidence indicating that dental changes associated with later members of the genus Homo were not present in Homo habilis is presented by Davies et al. (2024).[2]
- A study on the histology of teeth of Homo naledi, providing evidence of enamel growth resembling the one seen in modern humans, is published by Mahoney et al. (2024).[3]
- Review of developments in the study of Paleolithic bone knapping tool industries in the preceding years is published by Parfitt & Bello (2024), who reevaluate evidence of the presence of bone knapping tools at the Acheulean Horse Butchery Site (Boxgrove, West Sussex, United Kingdom) and at the Magdalenian Gough's Cave site (Somerset, United Kingdom).[4]
- Hawkins et al. (2024) report the discovery of remains of a man and a woman interred in a single grave from the Ratu Mali 2 site (Kisar, Indonesia) which are at least 14.7-thousand-years-old, representing the oldest human burials with established funerary rites from Wallacea reported to date.[5]
Other euarchontoglires
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Miscellaneous euarchontoglires research
- Purported paromomyid "Arcius" ilerdensis is reinterpreted as a member of the family Apatemyidae and transferred to the genus Heterohyus by Beard & Métais (2024).[6]
- A study on the affinities picrodontids, as indicated by the anatomy of the skull of Zanycteris paleocenus, is published by Crowell, Wible & Chester (2024), who argue that picrodontids were not stem primates or even euarchontans.[7]
Laurasiatherians
Artiodactyls
Cetaceans
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Echericetus[8] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Hernández-Cisneros et al. |
Oligocene |
A member of the family Eomysticetidae. The type species is E. novellus. |
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Cetacean research
- Tsai, Kimura & Hasegawa (2024) describe an aetiocetid skull from the Jinnobaru Formation of the Ashiya Group (Japan), and interpret this finding as indicative of coexistence of toothed and baleen-assisted mysticetes in the northwestern Pacific during the Oligocene.[9]
Carnivorans
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Fejfarictis[10] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
De Bonis et al. |
Oligocene |
An early aeluroid. The type species is F. valecensis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Salesa et al. |
Miocene |
A medium-sized feline. The type species is M. peignei. |
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Carnivoran research
- Villalba de Alvarado et al. (2024) describe new fossil material of the Asian black bear from the Pleistocene sites in Spain, including postcranial remains which fit within the range of morphological variation of extant members of the species.[12]
- Kastelic Kovačič et al. (2024) present a novel approach to sampling dental collagen which can be used to determine the diet and behavior of cave bears throughout their life, and apply their methods to cave bears remains from the Divje babe I cave (Slovenia), interpreting their findings as indicative of differences in the carbon isotope values from tooth collagen of hibernating individuals and those that failed to hibernate, as well as indicating that the juvenile cave bears did not suckle milk after the first hibernation.[13]
Other laurasiatherians
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Miscellaneous laurasiatherian research
- Fernández-Monescillo & Tauber (2024) report evidence indicative of decline in the size and body mass in the last known population of Mesotherium cristatum from the Bonaerian of the Corralito site (Argentina), interpreted as related to environmental changes in South America during the Pleistocene which caused reduction of the distribution area of M. cristatum.[14]
Metatherians
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Metatherian research
- Carneiro et al. (2024) describe new fossil material of Carolocoutoia ferigoloi from the Eocene Itaboraí Basin (Brazil), and interpret Carolocoutoia as the sister taxon of Protodidelphis and as a specialized frugivore.[15]
Other mammals
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Other mammalian research
References
- ↑ Zhang, Y.; Westaway, K. E.; Haberle, S.; Lubeek, J. K.; Bailey, M.; Ciochon, R.; Morley, M. W.; Roberts, P.; Zhao, J.X.; Duval, M.; Dosseto, A.; Pan, Y.; Rule, S.; Liao, W.; Gully, G. A.; Lucas, M.; Mo, J.; Yang, L.; Cai, Y.; Wang, W.; Joannes-Boyau, R. (2024). "The demise of the giant ape Gigantopithecus blacki". Nature: 1–5. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06900-0. PMID 38200315.
- ↑ Davies, T. W.; Gunz, P.; Spoor, F.; Alemseged, Z.; Gidna, A.; Hublin, J.-J.; Kimbel, W. H.; Kullmer, O.; Plummer, W. P.; Zanolli, C.; Skinner, M. M. (2024). "Dental morphology in Homo habilis and its implications for the evolution of early Homo". Nature Communications. 15. 286. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-44375-9. PMC 10767101. PMID 38177110.
- ↑ Mahoney, P.; McFarlane, G.; Taurozzi, A. J.; Madupe, P. P.; O'Hara, M. C.; Molopyane, K.; Cappellini, E.; Hawks, J.; Skinner, M. M.; Berger, L. (2024). "Human-like enamel growth in Homo naledi". American Journal of Biological Anthropology. doi:10.1002/ajpa.24893. PMID 38180115.
- ↑ Parfitt, S. A.; Bello, S. M. (2024). "Bone tools, carnivore chewing and heavy percussion: assessing conflicting interpretations of Lower and Upper Palaeolithic bone assemblages". Royal Society Open Science. 11 (1). 231163. doi:10.1098/rsos.231163. PMC 10762443. PMID 38179084.
- ↑ Hawkins, S.; Zetika, G. A.; Kinaston, R.; Firmando, Y. R.; Sari, D. M.; Suniarti, Y.; Lucas, M.; Roberts, P.; Reepmeyer, C.; Maloney, T.; Kealy, S.; Stirling, C.; Reid, M.; Barr, D.; Kleffmann, T.; Kumar, A.; Yuwono, P.; Litster, M.; Husni, M.; Ririmasse, M.; Mahirta; Mujabuddawat, M.; Harriyadi; O'Connor, S. (2024). "Earliest known funerary rites in Wallacea after the last glacial maximum". Scientific Reports. 14. 282. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-50294-y. PMC 10762057. PMID 38168501.
- ↑ Beard, K. C.; Métais, G. (2024). "Oldest record of Apatemyidae (Mammalia, Apatotheria) from Spain and the taxonomic status of Spanish paromomyids (Mammalia, Primatomorpha)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e2288651. doi:10.1080/02724634.2023.2288651.
- ↑ Crowell, J. W.; Wible, J. R.; Chester, S. G. B. (2024). "Basicranial evidence suggests picrodontid mammals are not stem primates". Biology Letters. 20 (1). 20230335. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2023.0335. PMC 10776232. PMID 38195058.
- ↑ Hernández-Cisneros, A. E.; Schwennicke, T.; Rochín-Bañaga, H.; Tsai, C.H. (2024). "Echericetus novellus n. gen. n. sp. (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Eomysticetidae), an Oligocene baleen whale from Baja California Sur, Mexico". Journal of Paleontology: 1–20. doi:10.1017/jpa.2023.80.
- ↑ Tsai, C.-H.; Kimura, T.; Hasegawa, Y. (2024). "Coexistence of Oligocene toothed and baleen-assisted mysticetes in the northwestern Pacific". Fossil Record. 27 (1): 95–100. doi:10.3897/fr.27.e111567.
- ↑ de Bonis, L.; Ekrt, B.; Kunstmüllerová, L.; Martínek, K.; Rapprich, V.; Wagner, J. (2024). "New early aeluroid carnivoran (Mammalia, Carnivora, Feliformia) from the classical palaeontological locality Valeč, the Czech Republic". Geodiversitas. 46 (1): 1–12. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2024v46a1.
- ↑ Salesa, M. J.; Gamarra, J.; Siliceo, G.; Antón, M.; Morales, J. (2024). "Unraveling the diversity of early felines: a new genus of Felinae (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Middle Miocene of Madrid (Spain)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e2288924. doi:10.1080/02724634.2023.2288924.
- ↑ Villalba de Alvarado, M.; Crégut-Bonnoure, E.; Arsuaga, J. L.; Collado Giraldo, H.; van der Made, J.; Gómez-Olivencia, A. (2024). "Pleistocene Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus Cuvier, 1823) in the Iberian Peninsula: new evidence and a complete review". Quaternary Science Reviews. 325. 108385. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108385.
- ↑ Kastelic Kovačič, U.; Debeljak, I.; Potočnik, D.; Ogrinc, N.; Zupančič, N. (2024). "A novel ontogeny-related sampling of dental tissues for stable isotopes interpretation of the paleobiology of the cave bear". Quaternary Science Reviews. 325. 108481. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108481.
- ↑ Fernández-Monescillo, M.; Tauber, A. A. (2024). "Beyond extinction: Uncovering morphological aspects of the last typotherid population (Mesotherium cristatum) and the unexpected body mass decrease". Quaternary Science Reviews. 325. 108479. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108479.
- ↑ Carneiro, L. M.; Zanesco Ferreira, T.; Bergqvist, L. P.; Goin, F. J.; Guedes, F. R.; Agnes, Á.; Oliveira, É. V. (2024). "New material of Carolocoutoia ferigoloi (Mammalia, Marsupialia, Didelphimorphia): Systematic affinities and dietary inferences". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 134. 104777. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104777.
- ↑ Ashbaugh, A. J.; Scott, C. S.; Wilson Mantilla, G. P.; Theodor, J. M. (2024). "Species discrimination in the multituberculate Mesodma Jepsen, 1940 (Mammalia, Allotheria): considerations of size, shape, and form". Journal of Paleontology: 1–11. doi:10.1017/jpa.2023.76.
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