1904_in_paleontology
1904 in paleontology
Overview of the events of 1904 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 1904.
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[2]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gen et sp nov |
Broom |
now considered an indeterminate sauropod |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Type species: Centrosaurus apertus |
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- Plesiosaur gastroliths documented.[5]
Non-mammalian
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Middle Abrahamskraal Formation |
A member of Scylacosauridae. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Lucas |
Late Triassic (Carnian) |
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A member of Stahleckeriidae. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid | |||||||
|
Gen et sp nov |
Junior synonym |
Middle Permian |
A junior synonym of Titanosuchus. |
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Metatherians
| Name | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argyrolagus | Ameghino | 4 Millions years ago | A Distante relative of the Shrew Opossum |
Eutherians
Cetaceans
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Nom. nov. |
Valid |
Fraas |
Middle Eocene (Bartonian) |
Giushi Formation |
A protocetid. Replacement name for Mesocetus Fraas, 1904 (non van Beneden, 1880). |
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Gen. et. sp. nov |
Fraas |
Middle Eocene (Bartonian) |
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Gen. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Fraas |
Middle Eocene (Lutetian) |
Mokattam Formation |
A protocetid. |
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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.
- Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- Broom, R. 1904. On the occurrence of an opisthocoelian dinosaur (Algoasaurus bauri) in the Cretaceous beds of South Africa. Geol. Mag., ser. 5 (1): 445-447.
- Lambe, L. M. 1904. On the squamoso-parietal crest of two species of horned dinosaurs from the Cretaceous of Alberta. Ottawa Nat. 18: pp. 81-84.
- Brown (1904). Williston (1904). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
- E. Fraas. 1904. Neue Zeuglodonten aus dem unteren Mitteleozän von Mokattam bei Cairo. Geologisches Centralblatt 5(1048):374
- Fraas, Eberhard (1904). "Neue Zeuglodonten aus dem unteren Mitteleocän vom Mokattam bei Cairo". Geologische und Paläontologische Abhandlungen (Jena: Verlag Gustav Fischer) 6 (3): 199–220. Retrieved July 2013.
- Brown, B. (1904) Stomach stones and food of plesiosaurs, Science, n.s. 20, (501): 184-185
- Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180.
- Williston, Samuel Wendel; 1904; The stomach stones of the plesiosaurs; Science; 20 pp. 565; American Association for the Advancement of Science