1914 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 1914.
Arthropods[edit]
Newly named insects[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sp nov | jr synonym | A raphidiid snakefly | _NPS_img1.jpg) |
Dinosaurs[edit]
- Eugene Stebinger became the first to identify the Two Medicine Formation and to formally describe its first fossil finds, which were excavated the previous year.[4]
Newly named dinosaurs[edit]
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[5]
| Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valid taxon | Almost horned face. |  | |||
| Brachyceratops[7] | Valid taxon | The Short Horned Face |  | ||
| Chasmosaurus[8] | Valid taxon | The Opening Horned Dinosaur |  | ||
| Corythosaurus[9] | Valid taxon | The Helmet Dinosaur, with a Cassowary-like crest on its head. |  | ||
| Dicraeosaurus[10] | Valid taxon | A Long-Spined sauropod. |  | ||
| Valid | Possible junior synonym of Albertosaurus. |  | |||
| Gryposaurus[8] | Valid taxon |  | |||
| Leptoceratops[12] | Valid taxon |  | |||
| Preoccupied | Preoccupied by a non-dinosaurian archosauromorph von Meyer, 1830. Renamed Chasmosaurus. | ||||
| Stephanosaurus[11] | Possible junior synonym of Lambeosaurus. |
Plesiosaurs[edit]
New taxa[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen et sp nov | Valid | Wegner | A possibly freshwater dwelling plesiosaur |  |
Pterosaurs[edit]
New taxa[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Fam et Gen nov | Valid | An Ornithocheiromorpha pterosaur |  |
Synapsids[edit]
Non-mammalian[edit]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Valid | Watson | 255 million years ago | A Gorgonopsian. |  | ||
| Valid | Watson | 270 million years ago | A Dinocephalian. |  | ||
| Valid | 263 million years ago | |||||
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Footnotes[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Cockerell, T. (1914). "New and little known insects from the Miocene of Florissant, Colorado". Journal of Geology. 22: 714–724.
- ^ Makarkin, V.; Archibald, S. (2014). "A revision of the late Eocene snakeflies (Raphidioptera) of the Florissant Formation, Colorado, with special reference to the wing venation of the Raphidiomorpha". Zootaxa. 3784 (4): 401–444. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3784.4.4. PMID 24872063.
- ^ "Previous Work," Trexler (2001); page 300.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Brown, B. 1914. Anchiceratops, a new genus of horned dinosaurs from the Edmonton Cretaceous of Alberta, with discussion of the origin of the ceratopsian crests and brain casts of Anchiceratops and Trachodon. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 33: pp. 559-565.
- ^ Gilmore, C.W. 1914. A new ceratopsian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Montana, with a note on Hypacrosaurus. Smithosian Miscellaneous Collections 43: pp. 1-10.
- ^ a b c Lambe, L.M. 1914. On Gryposaurus notabilts, a new genus and species of trachodont dinosaur from the Belly River Formation of Alberta, with a description of the skull of Chasmosaurus belli. Ottawa Nat. 27: pp. 145-155.
- ^ Brown, B. 1914. Corythosaurus casuarius, a new crested dinosaur from the Belly River Cretaceous, with provisional classification of the family Trachodontidae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 33: pp. 559-565.
- ^ Janensch, W. 1914. Ubersicht uber die Wirbeltierfauna der Tendaguru-Schichten nebst einer kurzen Charakterisierung der neu aufgefuhrten Arten von Sauropoden. Arch. Biontol. 3: pp. 81-110.
- ^ a b Lambe, L.M. 1914. On a new genus and species of carnivorous dinosaur from the Belly River Formation of Alberta with a description of the skull of Stephanosaurus marginatus from the same horizon. Ottawa Nat. 28: pp. 13-20.
- ^ Brown, B. 1914. Leptoceratops, a new genus of Ceratopsia from the Edmonton Cretaceous of Alberta. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 33: pp. 567- 580.
References[edit]
- Trexler, D., 2001, Two Medicine Formation, Montana: geology and fauna: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 298–309.