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[]
Newly named plants[]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Tom Thumb Tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation |
Described as a Cornus species, a homonym of Weber, 1852 |
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Arthropods[]
newly named insects[]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Fam nov |
valid |
Extinct snakefly family, Type genus |
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Archosauromorpha[]
Newly named dinosaurs[]
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Parks |
latest Campanian/earliest Maastrichtian |
Edmonton Formation |
a Ceratopsid |
Newly named plesiosaurs[]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Tapinosaurus |
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 | ||||
Lycaenoides |
Valid |
Broom | ||||
Valid |
Broom | 257 Millions of years ago | A Dog-like Gorgonopsian. | |||
Notosollasia |
Jr. Synonym |
Jr. Synonim of Whaitsia. |
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.
- ^ Wolfe, J.A.; Wehr, W.C. (1987). "Middle Eocene Dicotyledonous Plants from Republic, Northeastern Washington". United States Geological Survey Bulletin. 1597: 1–25.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". 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.
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