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1915 in paleontology

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Arthropods

Newly named insects

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Archosauromorphs

Newly named pseudosuchians

NameAuthorsLocationNotesImages
PoposaurusValid taxonA Dinosaur-like poposaurid suchian.

Dinosaurs

  • Charles H. Sternberg's crew excavated a Corythosaurus from quarry 243 in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. The specimen would later be displayed at the Calgary Zoo.
  • Matthew observed that fossils of hadrosaur eggs and hatchlings were absent in coastal areas and suggested that hadrosaurs may have preferred nesting grounds further inland. He believed that these inland nesting grounds were actually where hadrosaurs first evolved and therefore to breed, hadrosaurs retraced their ancestors route back to their place of origin. After hatching, the young hadrosaurs would spend some time inland maturing before migrating out to more coastal areas.

New taxa

TaxonNoveltyStatusAuthor(s)AgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Kangnasaurus coetzeeiGen. et sp. nov.ValidHaughtonMiddle CretaceousSouth AfricaAn iguanodontian
Kentrosaurus aethiopicusGen. et sp. nov.ValidHennigLate JurassicTendaguru FormationTanzaniaAn African stegosaurid[[File:Kentosaurus size comparison with human.png200px]]
Spinosaurus aegyptiacusGen. et sp. novValidStromerCenomanianBahariya FormationEgyptA Sail-backed meat-eating Theropod.[[File:Spinosaurus aegyptiacus.png150px]]

Anapsids

Turtles

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

NameStatusAuthorsAgeLocationNotesImages
263 Millions years ago.
266 Millions years ago.
Broom263 Millions years ago.
263 Millions years ago.Ostrich-Head ProtoMammal.[[File:Struthiocephalus DB.jpgthumb[[Struthiocephalus]] ]]
263 Millions years ago.
257 Millions years ago.

Paleontologists

  • Death of Eberhard Fraas.

References

References

  1. (1915). "The ants of the Baltic amber". Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg.
  2. (2014). "The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
  3. Mehl, M.G. 1915. Poposaurus gracilis, a new reptile from the Triassic of Wyoming. Journal of Geology 23: pp. 516-522.
  4. Tanke, D. H.. (2010). "New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium". Indiana University Press.
  5. (2004). "The Dinosauria". University of California Press.
  6. Haughton, S.H. 1915. On some dinosaur remains from Bushmanland. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Africa 5: pp. 259-264.
  7. Hennig, E. 1915. ''Kentrosaurus aethiopicus'', der Stegosauride des Tendaguru. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin 1915: pp. 219-247.
  8. Stromer, E. 1915. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wusten Agyptens. II. Wirbeltier-Reste der Baharije-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 3. Das Original des Theropoden ''Spinosaurus aegyptiacus''. Abhandlungen der Koniglich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-physikalische Klasse 28 (band 3): pp. 3-32.
  9. (1915). "on a giant turtle of the Queensland Lower Cretaceous". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.
  10. Farlow, James O.. (1999). "The Complete Dinosaur". Indiana University Press.
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