1985 in paleontology

Molluscs

Bivalves

Arthropods

Insects

Echinoderms

Fish

Newly named Cartilaginous fish

Archosauromorphs

• Psittacosaurus gastroliths documented.

Newly named pseudosuchians

Newly named pterosaurs

Newly named non-avian dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Literature on fossil birds

• Storrs Olson: the fossil record of birds

Newly named birds

Lepidosauromorphs

Newly named pleosiosaurs

Synapsids

Mammals

References

• Bird, R.T. (1985) Bones for Barnum Brown (V.T. Schreiber, Ed.), Texas Christian Univ. Press. Fort Worth, TX. 225 pp.
• Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180.

References

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2. (1982). "''Tuarangia paparua'' n. gen. and n. sp. A late Middle Cambrian bivalve from New Zealand". Journal of Paleontology.
3. (1985). "Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 3. The subfamily Dolichoderinae.". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology.
4. (1985). "A butterfly-moth (Lepidoptera:Castniidae) form the Oligocene shales of Florissant, Colorado". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera.
5. (1985-09-12). "A homoiostelean and a new eocrinoid from the Middle Cambrian of Utah". University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions.
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8. Bird (1985). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
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20. Dong, Z. and Z. Tang. 1985. Note on the mid Jurassic carnosaur (Gasosaurus constructus gen. et sp. nov.) from Suchuan Basin. China. Vertebrate Palasiatica 23 (1): pp. 77-83.
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23. Evgeny N. Kurochkin. (1985). "[Birds of Central Asia in the Pliocene] [in Russian]". Transactions of the Joint Soviet-Mongolian Expedition.
24. Nikita V. Zelenkov. (1985). "Neogene Geese and Ducks (Aves: Anatidae) from Localities of the Great Lakes Depression, Western Mongolia". Paleontological Journal.
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28. Nikita V. Zelenkov. (2012). "A New Duck from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia with Comments on Miocene Evolution of Ducks". Paleontological Journal.
29. Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga. (1985). "Notas Sobre Os Cathartidae (Aves) e Descrição de um Novo Gênero do Cenozóico Brasileiro". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências.
30. Robert F. Baird. (1985). "Avian Fossils from Quaternary Deposits on 'Green Waterhole Cave', Southeastern South Australia". Records of the Australian Museum.
31. (1985). "Early Pliocene Coliidae (Aves, Coliiformes) from Langebaanweg, South Africa". Ostrich.
32. Jonathan J. Becker. (1985). "Fossil Herons (Aves: Ardeidae) of the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene of Florida". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
33. (1985). "Un Tinamidae (Aves: Tinamiformes) del Mioceno Tardío de la Pampa (República Argentina) y Comentarios Sobre los Tinamidae Fósiles Argentinos". Revista de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina.
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37. (1985). "A New Species of Bullfinch (Aves: Emberizinae) from a Late Quaternary Cave Deposit on Cayman Brac, West Indies". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.
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40. Cécile Mourer-Chauviré. (1985). "Les Todidae (Aves: Coraciiformes) des Phosphorites du Quercy (France)". Proceedings of the Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen B.
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42. Colin J. O. Harrison. (1985). "A Bony-Toothed Bird (Odontopterygiformes) from the Palaeocene of England". Tertiary Research.
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