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Overview of the events of 1915 in paleontology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 1915.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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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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Camponotus igneus[2] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Wheeler |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil formicine ant. |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Wheeler |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A Dolichoderine ant |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Wheeler |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A Dolichoderine ant |
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Drymomyrmex[2] |
Gen et 2 Sp nov |
valid |
Wheeler |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A formicine ant |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Late Eocene |
A Dolichoderin ant |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Late Eocene |
A Dolichoderin ant |
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Erebomyrma antiqua[2] |
Comb nov |
jr synonym |
(Mayr, 1868) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil myrmicine ant, |
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Comb nov |
jr synonym |
(Mayr) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic Amber |
A ponerine ant, |
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Formica constrictus[2] |
Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
(Mayr, 1868) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil formicine ant., |
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Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
(Mayr) |
A Dolichoderin ant |
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Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, jr synonym of Anonychomyrma geinitzi |
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Iridomyrmex goepperti[2] |
Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
(Mayr, 1868) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, |
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Iridomyrmex oblongiceps[2] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, |
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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 |
Jr synonym |
Late Eocene |
A Dolichoderin ant |
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Sima klebsi[2] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Wheeler |
A pseudomyrmecine ant. |
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Stenamma berendti[2] |
comb nov |
valid |
(Mayr, 1868) |
A myrmicin ant. |
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Stiphromyrmex[2] |
gen et comb nov |
valid |
(Mayr, 1868) |
A myrmicin ant. |
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Name | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Poposaurus[4] |
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Valid taxon | A Dinosaur-like poposaurid suchian. | ||
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[5]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid taxon |
Gen et sp nov |
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Valid taxon |
Gen et sp nov |
An African stegosaurid |
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Valid taxon |
Gen et sp nov |
Cretaceous |
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A Sail-backed meat-eating Theropod. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
valid |
Longman |
largest protostegid turtle from Australia |
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Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Broom |
263 Millions years ago. | ||||
Valid |
Broom |
266 Millions years ago. | ||||
Synonym of Eriphostoma. |
Haughton |
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Valid |
Haughton |
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Valid |
Broom | 263 Millions years ago. | ||||
Valid |
Broom |
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Valid |
Haughton |
263 Millions years ago. | Ostrich-Head ProtoMammal. | |||
Valid |
Haughton |
263 Millions years ago. | ||||
Valid |
Broom |
257 Millions years ago. | ||||
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