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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 1915.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Fossil myrmicin ant. |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Fossil myrmicin ant. |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Wheeler |
A dolichoderine ant. |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Wheeler |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil
formicine ant. |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Wheeler |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A Dolichoderine ant |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Wheeler |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A Dolichoderine ant |
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Gen et 2 Sp nov |
valid |
Wheeler |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A
formicine ant |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Late Eocene |
A
Dolichoderin ant |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Late Eocene |
A
Dolichoderin ant |
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Comb nov |
jr synonym |
(Mayr, 1868) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil
myrmicine ant, |
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Comb nov |
jr synonym |
(Mayr) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic Amber |
A
ponerine ant, |
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Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
(Mayr, 1868) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil
formicine ant., |
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Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
( Mayr) |
A
Dolichoderin ant |
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Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, jr synonym of Anonychomyrma geinitzi |
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Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
(Mayr, 1868) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil
Dolichoderine ant, |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Fossil
Dolichoderine ant, |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Fossil Dolichoderin ant, jr synonym of Anonychomyrma samlandica |
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Gen et 2 sp |
Valid |
Wheeler |
Lutetian |
Baltic amber |
An aneuretine ant |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Late Eocene |
A
Dolichoderin ant |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Wheeler |
A
pseudomyrmecine ant. |
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comb nov |
valid |
( Mayr, 1868) |
A
myrmicin ant. |
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gen et comb nov |
valid |
( Mayr, 1868) |
A
myrmicin ant. |
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Name | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Poposaurus [4] |
|
Valid taxon | A Dinosaur-like poposaurid suchian. | ![]() |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. [5]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid taxon |
Gen et sp nov |
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Valid taxon |
Gen et sp nov |
An African stegosaurid |
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Valid taxon |
Gen et sp nov |
Cretaceous |
|
A Sail-backed meat-eating Theropod. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gen et sp nov |
valid |
Longman |
largest protostegid turtle from Australia |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Broom |
263 Millions years ago. | ||||
Valid |
Broom |
266 Millions years ago. | ||||
Synonym of Eriphostoma. |
Haughton |
|||||
Valid |
Haughton |
|||||
Valid |
Broom | 263 Millions years ago. | ||||
Valid |
Broom |
|||||
Valid |
Haughton |
263 Millions years ago. | Ostrich-Head ProtoMammal. | ![]() | ||
Valid |
Haughton |
263 Millions years ago. | ||||
Valid |
Broom |
257 Millions years ago. |
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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 1915.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp nov |
valid |
Fossil myrmicin ant. |
![]() | |||||
Sp nov |
valid |
Fossil myrmicin ant. |
![]() | |||||
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Wheeler |
A dolichoderine ant. |
![]() | ||||
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Wheeler |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil
formicine ant. |
![]() | ||
Sp nov |
valid |
Wheeler |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A Dolichoderine ant |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Wheeler |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A Dolichoderine ant |
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Gen et 2 Sp nov |
valid |
Wheeler |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A
formicine ant |
![]() | ||
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Late Eocene |
A
Dolichoderin ant |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Late Eocene |
A
Dolichoderin ant |
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Comb nov |
jr synonym |
(Mayr, 1868) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil
myrmicine ant, |
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Comb nov |
jr synonym |
(Mayr) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic Amber |
A
ponerine ant, |
![]() | ||
Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
(Mayr, 1868) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil
formicine ant., |
![]() | ||
Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
( Mayr) |
A
Dolichoderin ant |
![]() | ||||
Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, jr synonym of Anonychomyrma geinitzi |
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Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
(Mayr, 1868) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil
Dolichoderine ant, |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Fossil
Dolichoderine ant, |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Fossil Dolichoderin ant, jr synonym of Anonychomyrma samlandica |
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Gen et 2 sp |
Valid |
Wheeler |
Lutetian |
Baltic amber |
An aneuretine ant |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Late Eocene |
A
Dolichoderin ant |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Wheeler |
A
pseudomyrmecine ant. |
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comb nov |
valid |
( Mayr, 1868) |
A
myrmicin ant. |
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gen et comb nov |
valid |
( Mayr, 1868) |
A
myrmicin ant. |
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Name | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poposaurus [4] |
|
Valid taxon | A Dinosaur-like poposaurid suchian. | ![]() |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. [5]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Valid taxon |
Gen et sp nov |
|||||||
Valid taxon |
Gen et sp nov |
An African stegosaurid |
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Valid taxon |
Gen et sp nov |
Cretaceous |
|
A Sail-backed meat-eating Theropod. |
![]() |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gen et sp nov |
valid |
Longman |
largest protostegid turtle from Australia |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Valid |
Broom |
263 Millions years ago. | ||||
Valid |
Broom |
266 Millions years ago. | ||||
Synonym of Eriphostoma. |
Haughton |
|||||
Valid |
Haughton |
|||||
Valid |
Broom | 263 Millions years ago. | ||||
Valid |
Broom |
|||||
Valid |
Haughton |
263 Millions years ago. | Ostrich-Head ProtoMammal. | ![]() | ||
Valid |
Haughton |
263 Millions years ago. | ||||
Valid |
Broom |
257 Millions years ago. |