1905 in paleontology

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

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Archaeolepas decora [2]	Sp nov	Jr synonym	Harbort	Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)		Germany	A barnacle, moved to the genus Loriolepas in 2016 . [3]
Astacus antiquus [2]	Sp nov	Jr synonym	Harbort	Early Cretaceous	Bückeberg Formation	Germany	Moved to the genus Protastacus in 1983. [4]
Eryma sulcatum [2]	Sp nov	Valid	Harbort			Germany	An erymid.
Hoploparia aspera [2]	Sp nov	Valid	Harbort			Germany	A lobster.
Meyeria rapax [2]	Sp nov	Jr synonym	Harbort	Early Cretaceous		Germany	Moved to the genus Atherfieldastacus in 2017. [5]

Archosauromorphs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. ^[6]

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Albertosaurus [7]	Valid taxon	Henry Fairfield Osborn		Late Cretaceous (Edmontonian)	Horseshoe Canyon Formation	Canada ( Alberta	An albertosaurine tyrannosaurid.	Albertosaurus
"Diceratops" [8]	Preoccupied.	Lull vide: Hatcher		Late Cretaceous (Lancian)	US	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.
"Dynamosaurus" [7]	Junior synonym.	Henry Fairfield Osborn		Late Cretaceous (Lancian)	Lance Formation		Same as Tyrannosaurus , this name was rejected because Tyrannosaurus was mentioned earlier in the paper.
Stegopelta [9]	Valid taxon	Williston		Middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Frontier Formation	United States ( Wyoming)	A nodosaurid.
Tyrannosaurus [7]	Valid taxon	Henry Fairfield Osborn		Late Cretaceous (Lancian)	Lance Formation Hell Creek Formation Scollard Formation North Horn Formation McRae Formation Frenchman Formation Denver Formation Laramie Formation	Canada ( Saskatchewan) Mexico United States ( Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Wyoming)	Tyrannosaurus is the largest recognized tyrannosauroid and the most famous dinosaur of all time.	Tyrannosaurus

Other archosauromorphs

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
"Procerosaurus"	Preoccupied.	Fritsch		Late Cretaceous (Turonian)			Preoccupied by Procerosaurus von Huene, 1902; later renamed Ponerosteus Olshevsky, 2000. Either a bird or pterosaur. [10]

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Archaeosuchus	Nomen dubium	Broom	Middle Permian			A member of Dinocephalia.
Melinodon	junior synonym	Broom	Middle Triassic (late Olenekian to Anisian)	Burgersdorp Formation	South Africa
Sesamodon	junior synonym	Broom	Middle Triassic (late Olenekian to Anisian)	Burgersdorp Formation	South Africa		Sesamodon

Other reptiles

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Albisaurus [11]	Nomen dubium .	Fritsch		Late Cretaceous (Turonian)	Jizera Formation	Czech Republic	May have been a misidentified marine reptile.

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. Harbort, Erich (1905). "Die Fauna der Schaumburg-Lippe'schen Kreidemulde" (PDF). Abh. königl. preuss. geol. Landesanstalt. 45: 17–24.
3. Gale, Andrew Scott (2016-08-02). "Origin and phylogeny of the Cretaceous thoracican cirripede family Stramentidae" . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 14 (8): 653–702. doi:10.1080/14772019.2015.1091149. ISSN   1477-2019.
4. Albrecht, von Henning (1983). "Die Protastacidae n. fam., fossile Vorfahren der Flußkrebse?" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte (1): 5–15.
5. González-León, Oscar; Ossó, Àlex; Bover-Arnal, Telm; Moreno-Bedmar, Josep Anton; Frijia, Gianluca; Vega, Francisco J. (2017-09-01). "Atherfieldastacus rapax (Harbort, 1905) (Glypheidae, Mecochiridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Maestrat Basin (NE Spain)". Cretaceous Research. 77: 56–68. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.04.012. hdl: 2445/160539 . ISSN   0195-6671.
6. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
7. Osborn, H.F. 1905. Tyrannosaurus and other Cretaceous carnovorous dinosaurs. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 21: pp. 259-265.
8. Hatcher, J.B. 1905. Two new Ceratopsia from the Laramie of Converse County, Wyoming. Amer. J. Sci. (ser. 4) 20: pp. 413-419. vide Lull, R.S. 1905. Restoration of the horned dinosaur Diceratops. Amer. J. Sci. (ser. 4) 20: pp. 420-422.
9. Williston, S.W. 1905. A new armored dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming. Science 22 (564): pp. 503-504.
10. Fejfar, O., Košťák, M., Kvaček, J., Mazuch, M., and Moučka, M. 2005. First Cenomanian dinosaur from Central Europe (Czech Republic). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50 (2): 295–300.
11. Fritsch, A. 1905. Synopsis der Saurier der Bohmischen Kreideformation. Sitz. Konig. Bohm. Ges. Wiss., II. Classe. (7 pages)