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1975 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 1975.

Paleozoology

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Arthropods

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Insects

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Cretopone[2]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Dlussky

Turonian

Beleutinskaya Formation

 Kazakhstan

An ant of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
Type species C. magna

Cretopone magna

Electrodryinus areolatus[3]

gen et sp nov

jr synonym

Ponomarenko

Eocene

Baltic amber

 Russia

A dryinid wasp, genus synonymized with Deinodryinus

Deinodryinus areolatus

"Palaeomyrmex"[4]

Gen et sp nov.

Jr synonym

Dlussky

Santonian

Taimyr amber

 Russia

A Sphecomyrminae ant. homonym of Palaeomyrmex Heer.
Moved to Dlusskyidris zherichini

Dlusskyidris zherichini

Molluscs

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Bivalves

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Fordillidae[5]

fam nov

Valid

Pojeta

Lower Devonian

worldwide

New family for Fordilla and Pojetaia

Fordilla

Conodonts

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German paleontologist and stratigrapher Heinz Walter Kozur (1942-2013) and G.K. Merrill described the conodont genus Diplognathodus.[6]

Vertebrates

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Dinosaurs

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Newly named dinosaurs
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Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[7]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Abrictosaurus[8]

gen nov

Valid

Hopson

Early Jurassic

Upper Elliot Formation

Abrictosaurus
Alocodon Gen et sp nov Valid 194 Millions years ago.

Bagaceratops[9]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Maryańska & Osmólska

Late Cretaceous

Bagaceratops
"Sinopliosaurus" fusuiensis[10] Sp. Nov. junior synonym? Lian-Hai, Hsiang-K'uei, & Xi-Jin Early Cretaceous Xinlong Formation Originally classified as a second species of the pliosauroid Sinopliosaurus,[10] and later as a spinosaurid dinosaur.[11] Now a possible junior synonym of the spinosaurid genus Siamosaurus.[12][13][14]
"Sinopliosaurus" fusuiensis

Barapasaurus[15]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Jain, Kutty, Roy-Chowdhury, & Chatterjee

Lower Jurassic

Kota Formation

Barapasaurus

Bradycneme[16]

Fam, gen, et sp nov

Nomen dubium

Harrison & C. A. Walker

Maastrichtian

Sânpetru Formation

Possibly synonymous with Elopteryx.

Heptasteornis[16]

gen et sp nov

Valid

Harrison & C. A. Walker

Maastrichtian

Sânpetru Formation

alvarezsaurid, originally described as an owl

Lanasaurus[17]

Gen nov

Valid

Gow

Hettangian to Sinemurian

Elliot Formation

"Yubasaurus"

Nomen nudum.

He

informal name for Yandusaurus.

Newly named birds
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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Anhinga grandis [18]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Larry D. Martin

Robert M. Mengel

Pliocene

Kimball Formation

An Anhingidae.

Botaurus hibbardi [19]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Carolyn Moseley

Alan Feduccia

Late Pliocene

Rexroad Formation

An Ardeidae.

Bulweria bifax [20]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Storrs L. Olson

Holocene

A Procellariidae, Extinct after 1502 arrival of man

Dakotornis cooperi [21]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Bruce R. Erickson

Paleocene

Tongue River Formation

Described in the Dakornithidae, now placed in the Graculavidae,
this is the type species of the new genus.

Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos [20]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Storrs L. Olson

Middle Pleistocene-Holocene

A Columbidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Falco antiquus [22]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Cécile Mourer-Chauviré

Middle Pleistocene

MQ 2B

A Falconidae.

Nannococcyx spix [20]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Storrs L. Olson

Holocene

A Cuculidae, this is the type species of the new genus. Extinct at the start of the 16th century BC

Primapus lacki [23]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Collin J. O. Harrison

Cyril A. Walker

Early Eocene

London Clay,

MP 8-9

An Apodiformes, Aegialornithidae Lydekker, 1891.

Pterodroma rupinarum [20]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Storrs L. Olson

Late Pleistocene-Holocene

A Procellariidae, sometimes placed in the genus Pseudobulweria.
Extinct after 1502 due to deforestation

Puffinus pacificoides [20]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Storrs L. Olson

Pleistocene

A Procellariidae.

Spizaetus schultzi [24]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Larry D. Martin

Pliocene,

Kimballian

Kimball Formation

An Accipitridae.

Upupa antaios [20]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Storrs L. Olson

Holocene

An Upupidae. Extinct before or around 1502

Pterosaurs

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New taxa
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Name Status Authors Location Notes

Puntanipterus

Valid

Bonaparte Sanchez, T.M

Quetzalcoatlus

Valid

Lawson, Douglas A.[25]

 USA( Texas)

 Canada( Alberta)

Quetzalcoatlus

Incertae sedis

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New taxa
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Name Status Authors Notes

Gluteus minimus

Valid

Richard Arnold Davis & Holmes A. Semken, Jr.[26]

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. ^ Dlussky G.M. 1975. Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802. Family Formicidae Latreille, 1802. In: Rasnitsyn A.P. (ed.), Hymenoptera Apocrita of Mesozoic. Trudy Paleontologiceskogo Instituta Akademija Nauk SSSR: 114-122 [in Russian].
  3. ^ Guglielmino, A.; Olmi, M. (2011). "Revision of fossil species of Deinodryinus, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae)". ZooKeys (130): 495–504. doi:10.3897/zookeys.130.1326. PMC 3260777. PMID 22259295.
  4. ^ Grimaldi, D.; Agosti, D.; Carpenter, J. M. (1997). "New and rediscovered primitive ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Cretaceous amber from New Jersey, and their phylogenetic relationships". American Museum Novitates (3208): 1–43.
  5. ^ Elicki, O.; Gürsu, S. (2009). "First record of Pojetaia runnegari Jell, 1980 and Fordilla Barrande, 1881 from the Middle East (Taurus Mountains, Turkey) and critical review of Cambrian bivalves" (PDF). Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 83 (2): 267–291. doi:10.1007/s12542-009-0021-9. S2CID 49380913. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  6. ^ Kozur, H. & Merrill, G.K. 1975. Genus Diplognathodus. In : Kozur, H. Beiträge zur Conodontenfauna des Perm. Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen, Innsbruck, pages 9-10
  7. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  8. ^ Hopson, J.A. 1975. On the generic separation of the ornithischian dinosaurs Lycorhinus and Heterodontosaurus from the Stormberg Group (Upper Triassic) of South Africa. South African Journal of Science 71: pp. 302–305.
  9. ^ Maryanska, T. and H. Osmólska, H. 1975. Protoceratopsidae (Dinosauria) of Asia. Palaeontol. Polonica 33: pp. 133-182.
  10. ^ a b Hou, L.; Yeh, H.; Zhao, X. (1975). "Fossil reptiles from Fusui, Kwangshi". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 13 (1): 24–33. ISSN 1000-3118.
  11. ^ Buffetaut, E.; Suteethorn, V.; Tong, H.; Amiot, R. (2008). "An Early Cretaceous spinosaur theropod from southern China". Geological Magazine. 145 (5): 745–748. Bibcode:2008GeoM..145..745B. doi:10.1017/S0016756808005360. S2CID 129921019.
  12. ^ Mortimer, M. "Megalosauroidea". theropoddatabase.com. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  13. ^ Molina-Peréz & Larramendi (2016). Récords y curiosidades de los dinosaurios Terópodos y otros dinosauromorfos. Barcelona, Spain: Larousse. p. 275. ISBN 9780565094973.
  14. ^ Wongko, Kamonlak; Buffetaut, Eric; Khamha, Suchada; Lauprasert, Komsorn (2019). "Spinosaurid theropod teeth from the Red Beds of the Khok Kruat Formation (Early Cretaceous) in Northeastern Thailand". Tropical Natural History. 19 (1): 8–20. ISSN 2586-9892.
  15. ^ Jain, S.L., T.S. Kutty, T. Roychowdhury, S. Chatterjee. 1975. The sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Proc. R. Soc. London 2 A 188: pp. 221-228.
  16. ^ a b Harrison, C.J.O.; Walker, C.A. (1975). "The Bradycnemidae, a new family of owls from the Upper Cretaceous of Romania". Palaeontology. 18: 563–570.
  17. ^ Gow, C.E. 1975. A new heterodontosaurid from the Red Beds of South Africa showing evidence of tooth replacement. Zool. Linnaean Soc. London 57: pp. 335-339.
  18. ^ Larry D. Martin & Robert M. Mengel (1975). "A New Species of Anhinga (Anhingidae) from the Upper Pliocene of Nebraska" (PDF). Auk. 92 (1): 137–140. doi:10.2307/4084425. JSTOR 4084425.
  19. ^ Carolyn Moseley & Alan Feduccia (1975). "Upper Pliocene Herons and Ibises from North America". University Michigan Museum Paleontology, Papers on Paleontology. 12: 71–74.
  20. ^ a b c d e f Storrs L. Olson (1975). "Paleornithology of St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 23 (23): 1–60. doi:10.5479/si.00810266.23.1.
  21. ^ Bruce R. Erickson (1975). "Dakotornis cooperi, a New Paleocene Bird from North Dakota". Scientific Publications of the Science Museum of Minnesota. New Series. 3: 1–7.
  22. ^ Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (1975). "Les Oiseaux du Pléistocène Moyen et Supérieur de France". Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon. 64: 1–624.
  23. ^ Collin J. O. Harrison & Cyril A. Walker (1975). "A New Swift from the Lower Eocene of Britain". Ibis. 117 (2): 162–164. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.1975.tb04203.x.
  24. ^ Larry D. Martin (1975). "A New Species of Spizaetus from the Pliocene of Nebraska" (PDF). Wilson Bulletin. 87 (3): 413–416.
  25. ^ Lawson, Douglas A (1975). "Pterosaur from the Latest Cretaceous of West Texas: Discovery of the Largest Flying Creature". Science. 187 (4180): 947–948. Bibcode:1975Sci...187..947L. doi:10.1126/science.187.4180.947. PMID 17745279. S2CID 46396417.
  26. ^ Richard Arnold Davis & Holmes A. Semken, Jr. (1975). "Fossils of uncertain affinity from the Upper Devonian of Iowa". Science. 187 (4173): 251–254. Bibcode:1975Sci...187..251A. doi:10.1126/science.187.4173.251. JSTOR 1739069. PMID 17838783. S2CID 39189634.