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1925 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 1925.

Plants

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Angiosperms

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Clethra (?) lepidioides[2][3]

Sp. nov

jr synonym

Cockerell

Eocene
Ypresian

Green River Formation

 United States
( Colorado)

A tetramelaceous leaf morphotype
Moved to Parvaspicula lepidioidea in 2023[4]

Arthropods

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Insects

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Mesoraphidiidae[5]

Fam nov

valid

Martynov

Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous

Northern Hemisphere

Extinct snakefly family
The type genus is Mesoraphidia

Amarantoraphidia

Inocellia exusta[6]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Cockerell & Custer

Eocene
Priabonian

Florissant Formation

 USA
 Colorado

An inocelliid snakefly
moved to Fibla exusta in 1936[7]

Fibla exusta

Archosauromorpha

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General pseudosuchian research

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  • Longman describes a crocodilian skull discovered at Lansdown Station in Australia, assigning it to the genus Pallimnarchus (now Paludirex).[8]

Newly named dinosaurs

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Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[9]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Arrhinoceratops[10]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Parks

latest Campanian/earliest Maastrichtian

Edmonton Formation

a Ceratopsid

Arrhinoceratops brachyops

Newly named plesiosaurs

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Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Images

Tapinosaurus

nomen invalidum

Rabeck

Mislabeling of an image, not a valid genus name

Synapsids

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Non-mammalian

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Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Images

Lycaenodon

Valid

Broom 257 Millions of years ago

Lycaenoides

Valid

Broom

Lycaenops

Valid

Broom 257 Millions of years ago A Dog-like Gorgonopsian.
Lycaenops

Notosollasia

Jr. synonym

Jr. synonym of Theriognathus.

Mammals

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Ardynictis[11]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Matthew & Granger

Late Eocene

Ergilin Dzo Formation

A didymoconid, type species is A. furunculus.

Ardynomys[11]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Matthew & Granger

Late Eocene

Ergilin Dzo Formation

A rodent, type species is A. olseni.

Hyaenodon eminus[11]

Sp nov

Valid

Matthew & Granger

Late Eocene

Ergilin Dzo Formation

A hyaenodont

References

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  1. ^ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
  2. ^ Cockerell, T.D.A. (1925). "Plant and insect fossils from the Green River Eocene of Colorado". Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum. 66 (19): 1–13.
  3. ^ LaMotte, R.S. (1952). Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950. Geological Society of America Memoirs. Vol. 51. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/MEM51.
  4. ^ Correa Narvaez, J. E.; Allen, S. E.; Huegele, I. B.; Manchester, S. R. (2023). "Fossil leaves and fruits of Tetramelaceae (Curcurbitales) from the Eocene of the Rocky Mountain region, USA, and their biogeographic significance". International Journal of Plant Sciences. doi:10.1086/724018.
  5. ^ Pérez-de la Fuente, R.; Peñalver, E.; Delclòs, X.; Engel, M.S. (2012). "Snakefly diversity in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Neuropterida, Raphidioptera)". ZooKeys (204): 1–40. doi:10.3897/zookeys.204.2740. PMC 3391719. PMID 22787417.
  6. ^ Cockerell, T. D. A.; Custer, C. (1925). "A New Fossil Inocellia (Neuroptera) from Florissant". The Entomologist. 58: 295–297.
  7. ^ Carpenter, F.M. (1936). "Revision of the Nearctic Raphidiodea (Recent and Fossil)". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 89 (2): 89–158. doi:10.2307/20023217. JSTOR 20023217.
  8. ^ Longman, H.A. (1925). "A crocodilian fossil from Lansdowne Station". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 8 (2): 103–108.
  9. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  10. ^ Parks, W. A. (1925). "Arrhinoceratops brachyops, a new genus and species of Ceratopsia from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta". University of Toronto Studies (Geological Series). 19: 5–15.
  11. ^ a b c Matthew, William Diller; Granger, Walter (1925). "New creodonts and rodents from the Ardyn Obo Formation of Mongolia". American Museum Novitates (193).