1895_in_paleontology
1895 in paleontology
Overview of the events of 1895 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 1895.
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Cercopis grandescens[2] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
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Cercopites torpescens[2] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
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Dawsonites[2] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A froghopper |
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Cryptocephalites[3] |
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A chrysomelid leaf beetle. |
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Limonius impunctus[3] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
An elaterid click beetle. |
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Palaeoptysma[2] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A spittle bug |
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Ptysmaphora[2] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A spittle bug |
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Ricania antiquata[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
A Polystoechotid-group moth lacewing[4] |
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Stenecphora[2] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A froghopper |
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Stenolocris[2] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A froghopper |
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Non-mammalian
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Seeley |
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Valid |
Seeley |
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Valid |
Seeley |
A Cynodont. |
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Valid |
Seeley |
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Valid |
Seeley |
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Valid |
Seeley |
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Valid |
Seeley |
A Therocephalian |
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Valid |
Seeley |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
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Early–Middle Miocene (Santacrucian) |
A member of the Herpetotherinae. The type species is T. musculosus; Ameghino also named T. debilis, but it has since been synonymized with the former on the basis of sexual dimorphism.[6] |
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- 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.
- Scudder, S. H (1895). "Canadian fossil insects, myriapods and arachnids, Vol I. The Tertiary Hemiptera of British Columbia". Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology. 2: 5–26.
- Scudder, S. H (1895). "Canadian fossil insects, myriapods and arachnids, Vol II. The Coleoptera hitherto found fossil in Canada". Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology. 2: 5–26.
- Shcherbakov, D. E. (2006). "The earliest find of Tropiduchidae (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha), representing a new tribe, from the Eocene of Green River, USA, with notes on the fossil record of higher Fulgoroidea". Russian Entomological Journal. 15: 315–322.
- Meunier, F. (1897). "Observations sur quelques insectes du Corallien de la Bavière". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia. 3: 18–23.
- Jorge I. Noriega; Juan I. Areta; Sergio F. Vizcaíno; M. Susana Bargo (2011). "Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Patagonian Miocene Falcon Thegornis musculosus Ameghino, 1895 (Aves: Falconidae)". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (6): 1089–1104. doi:10.1666/10-122.1. hdl:11336/76576. S2CID 84262902.