1905 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 1905.
Arthropods
Newly named crustaceans
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Archaeolepas decora[2] | Sp nov | Jr synonym | Harbort | A barnacle, moved to the genus Loriolepas in 2016.[3] | ||||
Sp nov | Jr synonym | Harbort | Moved to the genus Protastacus in 1983.[4] | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Harbort | An erymid. | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Harbort | A lobster. | |||||
Meyeria rapax[2] | Sp nov | Jr synonym | Harbort | Moved to the genus Atherfieldastacus in 2017.[5] |
Archosauromorphs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[6]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Valid taxon | Late Cretaceous (Edmontonian) | ![]() | ||||||
"Diceratops"[8] | Preoccupied. | Lull vide:
| Late Cretaceous (Lancian) | Has been considered a member of Triceratops, but recent work has indicated it deserved its own genus after all. In 2008 it was renamed Diceratus because Diceratops was preoccupied by a hymenopteran insect Foerster, 1868. | ||||
"Dynamosaurus"[7] | Late Cretaceous (Lancian) | Same as Tyrannosaurus, this name was rejected because Tyrannosaurus was mentioned earlier in the paper. | ||||||
Stegopelta[9] | Valid taxon |
| Middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A nodosaurid. | ||||
Tyrannosaurus[7] | Valid taxon | Late Cretaceous (Lancian) | Lance Formation |
| Tyrannosaurus is the largest recognized tyrannosauroid and the most famous dinosaur of all time. | ![]() |
Other archosauromorphs
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Preoccupied. |
| Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | Preoccupied by Procerosaurus von Huene, 1902; later renamed Ponerosteus Olshevsky, 2000. Either a bird or pterosaur.[10] |
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Broom | A member of Dinocephalia. | ||||||
Broom | Burgersdorp Formation | ||||||
junior synonym | Broom | Burgersdorp Formation | ![]() |
Other reptiles
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Albisaurus[11] |
| Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | Jizera Formation | May have been a misidentified marine reptile. |
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 Harbort, Erich (1905). "Die Fauna der Schaumburg-Lippe'schen Kreidemulde" (PDF). Abh. königl. preuss. geol. Landesanstalt. 45: 17–24.
- ^ Gale, Andrew Scott (2016-08-02). "Origin and phylogeny of the Cretaceous thoracican cirripede family Stramentidae". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 14 (8): 653–702. doi:10.1080/14772019.2015.1091149. ISSN 1477-2019.
- ^ Albrecht, von Henning (1983). "Die Protastacidae n. fam., fossile Vorfahren der Flußkrebse?" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatsberichte (1): 5–15.
- ^ González-León, Oscar; Ossó, Àlex; Bover-Arnal, Telm; Moreno-Bedmar, Josep Anton; Frijia, Gianluca; Vega, Francisco J. (2017-09-01). "Atherfieldastacus rapax (Harbort, 1905) (Glypheidae, Mecochiridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Maestrat Basin (NE Spain)". Cretaceous Research. 77: 56–68. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.04.012. hdl:2445/160539. ISSN 0195-6671.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ a b c Osborn, H.F. 1905. Tyrannosaurus and other Cretaceous carnovorous dinosaurs. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 21: pp. 259-265.
- ^ Hatcher, J.B. 1905. Two new Ceratopsia from the Laramie of Converse County, Wyoming. Amer. J. Sci. (ser. 4) 20: pp. 413-419. vide Lull, R.S. 1905. Restoration of the horned dinosaur Diceratops. Amer. J. Sci. (ser. 4) 20: pp. 420-422.
- ^ Williston, S.W. 1905. A new armored dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming. Science 22 (564): pp. 503-504.
- ^ Fejfar, O., Košťák, M., Kvaček, J., Mazuch, M., and Moučka, M. 2005. First Cenomanian dinosaur from Central Europe (Czech Republic). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50 (2): 295–300.
- ^ Fritsch, A. 1905. Synopsis der Saurier der Bohmischen Kreideformation. Sitz. Konig. Bohm. Ges. Wiss., II. Classe. (7 pages)