Plants
Cnidarians
Newly described cnidarians
Arthropods
Bryozoans
Newly described bryozoans
Brachiopods
Molluscs
Echinoderms
Conodonts
Newly described conodonts
Fishes
Amphibians
Basalmost tetrapods
Temnospondyls
Research
Specimens of Micromelerpeton crederni with abnormalities in their limbs interpreted as a result of limb regeneration are described by Fröbisch, Bickelmann and Witzmann (2014). Redescription of Mahavisaurus dentatus and Lyrosaurus australis and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of the rhytidosteids is published by Maganuco, Pasini & Auditore (2014).
New taxa
Chroniosuchians
Lissamphibians
Research
The humerus bone of a large calyptocephalellid anuran, apparently one of the largest fossil anurans known to date, is described by Otero et al. (2014) from the Eocene of Chile.
New taxa
Reptiles
Synapsids
Non-mammalian synapsids
Research
A study on the diel activity patterns of non-mammalian synapsids is published by Angielczyk & Schmitz (2014). The presence of plicidentine (infolded dentine around the base of the tooth root) is reported in the maxillary and dentary teeth of Ianthodon, Sphenacodon, Secodontosaurus and Dimetrodon by Brink, LeBlanc & Reisz (2014). A study of the anatomy of nasal cavity of Brasilitherium riograndensis is published by Ruf et al. (2014). A study of the anatomy of the therocephalian Simorhinella baini and a taxonomic re-evaluation of the family Lycosuchidae is published by Abdala et al. (2014).