1908 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 1908.
Arthropoda
Newly named insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Anabrus caudeli[2] |
Sp nov |
A platycleidine tettigoniid Mormon cricket relative |
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Cecidomyia(?) pontaniiformis[2] |
Sp nov |
A cecidomyiine gall midge gall |
_Cockerell_1908_pl1_fig7.png) gall on Myrica drymeia | |||||
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Dryobius miocenicus[2] |
Sp nov |
Beutenmüller & Cockerell |
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Gen et sp nov |
nom nudum |
A nyrmicine ant. Type species E. klebsi |
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Eriophyes(?) beutenmulleri[2] |
Sp nov |
An eriophyid gall mite gall |
_cockerell_1908_pl1_fig3.png) galls on Salix sp. | |||||
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Glossina oligocena[2] |
Comb nov |
A Glossinid tsetse fly |
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Lithogryllites[2] |
Gen et sp nov |
A cricket relative |
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Necrodes primaevus[2] |
Sp nov |
Beutenmüller & Cockerell |
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Nymphalites scudderi[2] |
Sp nov |
Beutenmüller & Cockerell |
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Panorpa arctiiformis[2] |
Sp nov |
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Phenacolestes[2] |
Gen et sp nov |
A dysagrionine odonate |
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Phymatodes volans[2] |
Sp nov |
Beutenmüller & Cockerell |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
An ithonid giant lacewing |
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Archosauromorphs
Newly named basal archosauromorphs
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Synonym of Hyperodapedon |
Woodward |
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Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ankylosaurus[5] | Valid taxon |
Late Cretaceous (Lancian) |
An ankylosaurid. |
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| "Gigantosaurus"[6] |
Preoccupied. |
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) |
Preoccupied by Harry Govier Seeley, 1869 renamed Tornieria. | |||||
| Halticosaurus[7] | Nomen dubium. |
Late Triassic (early Norian) |
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Preoccupied. |
Late Triassic (middle Norian) |
Preoccupied by Fitzinger, 1843 renamed Pachysauriscus. | ||||||
| Sellosaurus[8] | Valid taxon |
Late Triassic (early Norian) |
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Alopecodon |
Valid |
Broom |
Middle Abrahamskraal Formation |
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Valid |
Seeley |
Burgersdorp Formation |
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Valid |
Matthew |
Arroyo Formation |
Possibly a basal therapsid. | ||||
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Nomen dubium |
Broom |
Middle Permian |
Middle Abrahamskraal Formation |
Named from fossils belonging to Lycosuchidae. | |||
