1915 in paleontology
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Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because mankind has encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1915.
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Arthropods
Newly named insects
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Sp nov |
valid |
Fossil myrmicin ant. |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Fossil myrmicin ant. |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Wheeler |
A dolichoderine ant. |
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Sp nov |
Syn |
Late Eocene |
A Dolichoderin ant |
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Sp nov |
Syn |
Late Eocene |
A Dolichoderin ant |
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Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
(Mayr) |
A Dolichoderin ant |
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Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
Fossil Dolichoderin ant, jr synonym of Anonychomyrma geinitzi |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Fossil Dolichoderin ant, jr synonym of Anonychomyrma samlandica |
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Gen et 2 sp |
Valid |
Wheeler |
Lutetian |
Baltic amber |
An aneuretine ant |
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Sp nov |
Syn |
Late Eocene |
A Dolichoderin ant |
Archosauromorphs
Newly named pseudosuchians
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| Poposaurus[4] | Valid taxon |
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Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[5]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen nov |
nomen dubium |
A possible synonym of Chasmosaurus |
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Valid taxon |
Gen et sp nov |
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Valid taxon |
Gen et sp nov |
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Valid taxon |
Gen et sp nov |
Cretaceous |
A spinosaurid |
Anapsids
Turtles
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
valid |
Longman |
largest protostegid turtle from Australia |
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
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Broom |
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Broom |
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Haughton |
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Haughton |
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Broom |
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Valid |
Haughton |
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Haughton |
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Broom |
Paleontologists
- Death of Eberhard Fraas.[11]
References
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- ↑ Mehl, M.G. 1915. Poposaurus gracilis, a new reptile from the Triassic of Wyoming. Journal of Geology 23: pp. 516-522.
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- ↑ Lambe, L.M. 1915. On Eoceratops canadensis. gen. nov., with remarks on other genera of Cretaceous homed dinosaurs. Geol. Surv. Can. Mus. Bull. 12: pp. 1-49.
- ↑ Haughton, S.H. 1915. On some dinosaur remains from Bushmanland. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Africa 5: pp. 259-264.
- ↑ Hennig, E. 1915. Kentrosaurus aethiopicus, der Stegosauride des Tendaguru. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin 1915: pp. 219-247.
- ↑ Stromer, E. 1915. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wusten Agyptens. II. Wirbeltier-Reste der Baharije-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 3. Das Original des Theropoden Spinosaurus aegyptiacus. Abhandlungen der Koniglich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-physikalische Klasse 28 (band 3): pp. 3-32.
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