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1925 in paleontology

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Paleontology or palaeontology 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 humans have 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 1925.

Plants

Liverworts

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Lejeunea eophila[2][3]

Sp nov.

jr synonym

Cockerell

Eocene
Ypresian

Green River Formation

 United States
 Colorado

A leafy liverwort morphospecies.
Moved to Jungermannites eophila (1947).[4][5]

Jungermannites eophila

Angiosperms

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Alsinites[2]

Gen et sp. nov

valid

Cockerell

Eocene
Wasatchian

Green River Formation

 United States
 Colorado

A carnation family flower morphospecies.[3]

Alsinites revelatus

Amorpha utensis[2]

Sp. nov

valid

Cockerell

Eocene
Wasatchian

Green River Formation

 United States
 Colorado

A legume leaf morphospecies.[3]

Amorpha utensis

Banksites lineatulus[2][3]

Sp. nov

jr synonym

Cockerell

Eocene
Wasatchian

Green River Formation

 United States
 Colorado

First named as a proteaceous seed morphotype
Synonymized into Cedrelospermum nervosum in 1989)[6]

Cedrelospermum nervosum

Bumelia coloradensis[2]

Sp. nov

jr synonym

Cockerell

Eocene
Wasatchian

Green River Formation

 United States
 Colorado

First named as a sapotaceous leaf morphospecies
Synonymized into Leguminosites lesquereuxiana by 1952[3]

Leguminosites lesquereuxiana

Clethra? lepidioides[2][3]

Sp. nov

jr synonym

Cockerell

Eocene
Wasatchian

Green River Formation

 United States
 Colorado

A tetramelaceous fruit morphotype
Moved to Parvaspicula lepidioidea in 2023[7]

Parvaspicula lepidioidea

Dalbergia knowltoni[2][3]

Sp. nov

jr synonym

Cockerell

Eocene
Wasatchian

Green River Formation

 United States
 Colorado

First named as a legume leaf morphospecies.
Synonymized into Leguminosites lesquereuxiana by 1952[3]

Leguminosites lesquereuxiana

Liquidambar callarche[2]

Sp. nov

valid

Cockerell

Eocene
Wasatchian

Green River Formation

 United States
 Colorado

A sweet-gum species.[3]

Liquidambar callarche

Lomatia obtusiuscula[2]

Sp. nov

jr synonym

Cockerell

Eocene
Wasatchian

Green River Formation

 United States
 Colorado

First named as a Lomatia leaf morphotype[3]
Synonymized into "Cardiospermum" coloradensis in 1969)[8]

"Cardiospermum" coloradensis

Melia coloradensis[2][3]

Comb. nov

jr synonym

(Knowlton) Cockerell

Eocene
Wasatchian

Green River Formation

 United States
 Colorado

Identified as a Melia leaf morphotype
Moved from Phyllites coloradensis (1923)
Moved to Lomatia coloradensis in 1929
Moved to "Cardiospermum" coloradensis in 1969)[8]

"Cardiospermum" coloradensis

Populus wilmattae[2][9]

Sp. nov

valid

Cockerell

Eocene
Wasatchian

Green River Formation

 United States
 Colorado

An Aspen/cottonwood relative.[4][9]

Populus wilmattae

Potentilla? byrami[2]

Sp. nov

jr synonym

Cockerell

Eocene
Wasatchian

Green River Formation

 United States
 Colorado

First named as a possible potentilla flower morphospecies[3]
Synonymized into Pseudosalix handleyi by 2003[10]

Pseudosalix handleyi

Arthropods

Insects

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Cardiophorus exhumatus[2]

Sp. nov

valid

Cockerell

Eocene
Wasatchian

Green River Formation

 United States
 Colorado

An elaterid click beetle species.

Cardiophorus exhumatus

Cyttaromyia obdurescens[2]

Sp. nov

valid

Cockerell

Eocene
Wasatchian

Green River Formation

 United States
 Colorado

A long-bodied cranefly.

Eoliarus[2]

Gen, sp. et comb nov

valid

Cockerell

Eocene
Wasatchian

Green River Formation

 United States
 Colorado

A Fulgoroid plant hopper genus.
The type species is E. quadristictus
The genus also includes Oliarus? lutensis (1890).

Eoliarus quadristictus

Inocellia exusta[11]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Cockerell & Custer

Eocene
Priabonian

Florissant Formation

 USA
 Colorado

An inocelliid snakefly
moved to Fibla exusta in 1936[12]

Fibla exusta

Mesoraphidia[13]

Fam, Gen, et 4 sp nov

valid

Martynov

Late Jurassic

Karabastau Formation

 Kazakhstan

A snakefly
The type genus of the new family Mesoraphidiidae
Includes the new species M. elongata, M. grandis, M. inaequalis, and M. similis

Thamnotettix packardi[2]

Sp. nov

valid

Cockerell

Eocene
Wasatchian

Green River Formation

 United States
 Colorado

A cicadellid leafhopper.

Thamnotettix packardi

Archosauromorpha

General pseudosuchian research

  • Longman describes a crocodilian skull discovered at Lansdown Station in Australia, assigning it to the genus Pallimnarchus (now Paludirex).[14]

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[15]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Arrhinoceratops[16]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Parks

Latest Campanian/earliest Maastrichtian

Edmonton Formation

a Ceratopsid

Arrhinoceratops brachyops

Newly named plesiosaurs

Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Images

Tapinosaurus

nomen invalidum

Rabeck

Mislabeling of an image, not a valid genus name

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Images

Lycaenodon

Valid

Broom 257 Millions of years ago

Lycaenoides

Valid

Broom

Lycaenops

Valid

Broom

A Dog-like Gorgonopsian.

Lycaenops

Notosollasia

Jr. synonym

Jr. synonym of Theriognathus.

Mammals

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Ardynictis[17]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Matthew & Granger

Late Eocene

Ergilin Dzo Formation

A didymoconid, type species is A. furunculus.

Ardynomys[17]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Matthew & Granger

Late Eocene

Ergilin Dzo Formation

A rodent, type species is A. olseni.

Hyaenodon eminus[17]

Sp nov

Valid

Matthew & Granger

Late Eocene

Ergilin Dzo Formation

A hyaenodont

References

  1. ^ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Cockerell, T.D.A. (1925). "Plant and insect fossils from the Green River Eocene of Colorado". Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum. 66 (19): 1–13.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l LaMotte, R.S. (1952). Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950. Geological Society of America Memoirs. Vol. 51. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/MEM51.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Cockerell1925 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Steere, W.C. (1947). "Cenozoic and Mesozoic bryophytes of North America". The American Midland Naturalist. 36 (2): 298–324. doi:10.2307/2421507. JSTOR 2421507.
  6. ^ Manchester, S.R. (1989). "Attached reproductive and vegetative remains of the extinct American-European genus Cedrelospermum (Ulmaceae) from the Early Tertiary of Utah and Colorado". American Journal of Botany. 76 (2): 256–276. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1989.tb11309.x.
  7. ^ Correa Narvaez, J. E.; Allen, S. E.; Huegele, I. B.; Manchester, S. R. (2023). "Fossil leaves and fruits of Tetramelaceae (Curcurbitales) from the Eocene of the Rocky Mountain region, USA, and their biogeographic significance". International Journal of Plant Sciences. doi:10.1086/724018.
  8. ^ a b MacGinitie, H.D. (1969). "The Eocene green River flora of northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah". University of California Publications in Geological Sciences. 83 (116): 1–202.
  9. ^ a b Manchester, S.R.; Judd, W.S.; Handley, B. (2006). "Foliage and fruits of early poplars (Salicaceae: Populus) from the Eocene of Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 167 (4): 897–908. doi:10.1086/503918.
  10. ^ Boucher, L.D.; Manchester, S.R.; Judd, W.S. (2003). "An extinct genus of Salicaceae based on twigs with attached flowers, fruits, and foliage from the Eocene Green River Formation of Utah and Colorado, USA". American Journal of Botany. 90 (9): 1389–1399. doi:10.3732/ajb.90.9.1389. PMID 21659238.
  11. ^ Cockerell, T. D. A.; Custer, C. (1925). "A New Fossil Inocellia (Neuroptera) from Florissant". The Entomologist. 58: 295–297.
  12. ^ Carpenter, F.M. (1936). "Revision of the Nearctic Raphidiodea (Recent and Fossil)". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 89 (2): 89–158. doi:10.2307/20023217. JSTOR 20023217.
  13. ^ Pérez-de la Fuente, R.; Peñalver, E.; Delclòs, X.; Engel, M.S. (2012). "Snakefly diversity in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Neuropterida, Raphidioptera)". ZooKeys (204): 1–40. doi:10.3897/zookeys.204.2740. PMC 3391719. PMID 22787417.
  14. ^ Longman, H.A. (1925). "A crocodilian fossil from Lansdowne Station". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 8 (2): 103–108.
  15. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  16. ^ Parks, W. A. (1925). "Arrhinoceratops brachyops, a new genus and species of Ceratopsia from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta". University of Toronto Studies (Geological Series). 19: 5–15.
  17. ^ a b c Matthew, William Diller; Granger, Walter (1925). "New creodonts and rodents from the Ardyn Obo Formation of Mongolia". American Museum Novitates (193).