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1945 in paleontology

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Archosauromorphs

Newly named protorosaurs

NameStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages
GwyneddosaurusBock, W. 1945. A new small Reptile from thePossible synonym of Tanytrachelos

Dinosaurs

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages
last1=Gilmorefirst1=C.W.year=1945title=A new sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Missouri. Part II - Description and discussion of the Missouri Dinosaurjournal=Journal of Paleontologyvolume=19issue=1pages=23–29}}Gen. et sp. nov.PreoccupiedGilmoreMaastrichtianRipley FormationUnited StatesPreoccupied by Neosaurus Nopsca, 1923 and renamed Parrosaurus
last=Gilmorefirst=C.W.year=1945title=Parrosaurus, n. name, replacing Neosaurus Gilmore 1945journal=Journal of Paleontologyvolume=19issue=5page=540}}Gen. nov.Nomen dubiumGilmoreMaastrichtianRipley FormationUnited StatesA new genus name for Neosaurus missouriensis
last=Sternbergfirst=C.M.year=1945title=Pachycephalosauridae proposed for dome-headed dinosaurs, Stegoceras lambei, n. sp., describedjournal=Journal of Paleontologyvolume=19issue=5pages=534–538}}Sp. nov.ValidSternbergCampanianOldman FormationCanadaA species of Stegoceras later named Colepiocephale lambei

References

References

  1. (1945). "A new sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Missouri. Part II - Description and discussion of the Missouri Dinosaur". Journal of Paleontology.
  2. Gilmore, C.W.. (1945). "''Parrosaurus'', n. name, replacing Neosaurus Gilmore 1945". Journal of Paleontology.
  3. Sternberg, C.M.. (1945). "Pachycephalosauridae proposed for dome-headed dinosaurs, ''Stegoceras lambei'', n. sp., described". Journal of Paleontology.
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