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 |
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Sp nov. |
jr synonym |
A leafy liverwort morphospecies. |
Angiosperms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp. nov |
valid |
A carnation family flower morphospecies.[3] |
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Sp. nov |
valid |
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Sp. nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a proteaceous seed morphotype |
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Sp. nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a sapotaceous leaf morphospecies |
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Sp. nov |
jr synonym |
A tetramelaceous fruit morphotype |
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Sp. nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a legume leaf morphospecies. |
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Sp. nov |
valid |
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Sp. nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a Lomatia leaf morphotype[3] |
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Comb. nov |
jr synonym |
Identified as a Melia leaf morphotype |
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Sp. nov |
valid |
An Aspen/cottonwood relative.[4][9] |
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Sp. nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a possible potentilla flower morphospecies[3] |
Arthropods
Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
valid |
An elaterid click beetle species. |
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Sp. nov |
valid |
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Gen, sp. et comb nov |
valid |
A Fulgoroid plant hopper genus. |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Cockerell & Custer |
An inocelliid snakefly |
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Fam, Gen, et 4 sp nov |
valid |
A snakefly |
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Sp. nov |
valid |
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 |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Parks |
Latest Campanian/earliest Maastrichtian |
Newly named plesiosaurs
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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nomen invalidum |
Rabeck |
Mislabeling of an image, not a valid genus name |
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Broom | 257 Millions of years ago | ||||
Valid |
Broom | |||||
Valid |
Broom |
A Dog-like Gorgonopsian. |
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Jr. synonym |
Jr. synonym of Theriognathus. |
Mammals
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Matthew & Granger |
A didymoconid, type species is A. furunculus. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Matthew & Granger |
A rodent, type species is A. olseni. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Matthew & Granger |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Cockerell, T. D. A.; Custer, C. (1925). "A New Fossil Inocellia (Neuroptera) from Florissant". The Entomologist. 58: 295–297.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Longman, H.A. (1925). "A crocodilian fossil from Lansdowne Station". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 8 (2): 103–108.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Matthew, William Diller; Granger, Walter (1925). "New creodonts and rodents from the Ardyn Obo Formation of Mongolia". American Museum Novitates (193).