1905 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 1905.
Arthropods
Newly named crustaceans
Archosauromorphs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[6]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Valid taxon |
Late Cretaceous (Edmontonian) |
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| "Diceratops"[8] |
Preoccupied. |
Lull vide:
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Late Cretaceous (Lancian) |
Has been considered a member of Triceratops, but recent work has indicated it deserved its own genus after all. In 2008 it was renamed Diceratus because Diceratops was preoccupied by a hymenopteran insect Foerster, 1868. |
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Late Cretaceous (Lancian) |
Same as Tyrannosaurus, this name was rejected because Tyrannosaurus was mentioned earlier in the paper. |
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| Stegopelta[9] |
Valid taxon |
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Middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian) |
A nodosaurid. |
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| Tyrannosaurus[7] |
Valid taxon |
Late Cretaceous (Lancian) |
Lance Formation |
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Tyrannosaurus is the largest recognized tyrannosauroid and the most famous dinosaur of all time. |
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Other archosauromorphs
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Preoccupied. |
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Late Cretaceous (Turonian) |
Preoccupied by Procerosaurus von Huene, 1902; later renamed Ponerosteus Olshevsky, 2000. Either a bird or pterosaur.[10] |
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Broom |
A member of Dinocephalia. |
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Broom |
Burgersdorp Formation |
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junior synonym |
Broom |
Burgersdorp Formation |
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Other reptiles
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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| Albisaurus[11] |
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Late Cretaceous (Turonian) |
Jizera Formation |
May have been a misidentified marine reptile. |
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