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2005 in paleontology

2005 in paleontology

Overview of the events of 2005 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 2005.

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Protozoans

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Diatoms

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Plants

Conifers

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Angiosperms

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Fungi

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Arthropoda

Arachnids

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Insects

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Xiphosurans

  • Fossils of Lunataspis, the earliest known xiphosuran, are discovered in Canada. It was not given a formal description until 2008, however.

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

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Archosauromorphs

Newly named Non-Avian dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[21]

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Newly named birds

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Newly named pterosaurs

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Synapsids

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Mammals

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Footnotes

Complete author list

As science becomes more collaborative, papers with large numbers of authors are becoming more common. To prevent the deformation of the tables, these footnotes list the contributors to papers that erect new genera and have many authors.

  1. You, Li D., Ji Q., Lamanna, Peter Dodson.
  2. Rauhut, Remes, Fechner, Cladera, Puerta.
  3. Zan, Chen J., Jin L., Li T.
  4. Mahammed, Läng, Mami, Mekahli, Benhamou, Bouterfa, Kacemi, Chérief, Chaouti, Philippe Taquet.
  5. Peng G., Ye, Gao Y., Shu, Jiang.
  6. Barco, Canudo, Cuenca-Bescós, Ruíz-Omeñaca.
  7. Ji Q., Ji S., Lü, You, Chen W., Liu Y. Q., Liu Y. X.
  8. Lü, Tomida, Azuma, Dong Zhiming, Lee.
  9. Novas, Salgado, Calvo, Agnolin.
  10. Campos, Kellner, Reinaldo Jose Bertini, Santucci.
  11. Novas, de Valais, Patricia Vickers-Rich, Timothy H. Rich.

References

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  2. Poinar, G. (2005). "Triatoma dominicana sp. n. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae), and Trypanosoma antiquus sp. n. (Stercoraria: Trypanosomatidae), the First Fossil Evidence of a Triatomine-Trypanosomatid Vector Association". Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 5 (1): 72–81. doi:10.1089/vbz.2005.5.72. PMID 15815152.
  3. Wolfe, A.; Edlund, M. (2005). "Taxonomy, phylogeny, and paleoecology of Eoseira wilsonii gen. et sp. nov., a Middle Eocene diatom (Bacillariophyceae: Aulacoseiraceae) from lake sediments at Horsefly, British Columbia, Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 42 (2): 243–257. doi:10.1139/e04-051.
  4. Hernandez-Castillo, G. R.; Stockey, R. A.; Beard, G. (2005). "Taxodiaceous pollen cones from the early Tertiary of British Columbia, Canada". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 166 (2): 339–346. doi:10.1086/427485. S2CID 84144996.
  5. Bogner, J.; Hoffman, G. L; Aulenback, K. R (2005). "A fossilized aroid infructescence, Albertarum pueri gen. nov. et sp. nov., of Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian) age from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of southern Alberta, Canada". Canadian Journal of Botany. 83 (6): 591–598. doi:10.1139/B05-033.
  6. Li, H. (2005). "Early Cretaceous sarraceniacean-like pitcher plants from China". Acta Bot. Gallica. 152 (2): 227–234. doi:10.1080/12538078.2005.10515473. S2CID 85000922.
  7. Radtke, M.G.; Pigg, K.B.; Wehr, W.C. (2005). "Fossil Corylopsis and Fothergilla Leaves (Hamamelidaceae) from the Lower Eocene Flora of Republic, Washington, U.S.A., and Their Evolutionary and Biogeographic Significance". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 166 (2): 347–356. doi:10.1086/427483. S2CID 20215269.
  8. Pigg, K. B.; DeVore, M. L. (2005). "Shirleya grahamae gen. et sp. nov.(Lythraceae), Lagerstroemia-like fruits from the middle Miocene Yakima Canyon flora, central Washington State, USA". American Journal of Botany. 92 (2): 242–251. doi:10.3732/ajb.92.2.242. PMID 21652401.
  9. Denk, T.; Dillhoff, R.M. (2005). "Ulmus leaves and fruits from the Early-Middle Eocene of northwestern North America: systematics and implications for character evolution within Ulmaceae" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Botany. 83 (12): 1663–1681. doi:10.1139/b05-122. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  10. Van der Ham, R. W. J. M.; Dortangs, R. W. (2005). "Structurally preserved ascomycetous fungi from the Maastrichtian type area (NE Belgium)". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 136 (1–2): 48–62. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2005.04.004.
  11. Rossi, W.; Kotrba, M.; Triebel, D. (2005). "A new species of Stigmatomyces from Baltic amber, the first fossil record of Laboulbeniomycetes". Mycological Research. 109 (3): 271–274. doi:10.1017/S0953756204001819. PMID 15912943.
  12. Giribet, G.; Dunlop, J. (2005). "First identifiable Mesozoic harvestman (Opiliones: Dyspnoi) from Cretaceous Burmese amber" (PDF). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 272 (1567): 1007–1013. doi:10.1098/rspb.2005.3063. PMC 1039256. PMID 1599874.[permanent dead link]
  13. LaPolla, J. S. (2005). "Ancient Trophophoresy: A Fossil Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Dominican Amber". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 131 (1/2): 21–28. JSTOR 25078875.
  14. Menon, F.; Martins-Neto, R.G.; Martill, D. (2005). "A new Lower Cretaceous nymphid (Insecta, Neuroptera, Nymphidae) from the Crato Formation of Brazil". Gaea: Journal of Geoscience. 1 (1): 11–15.
  15. Archibald, S.B. (2005). "New Dinopanorpidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Eocene Okanogan Highlands (British Columbia, Canada and Washington State, USA)". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 42 (2): 119–136. Bibcode:2005CaJES..42..119A. doi:10.1139/e04-073.
  16. Nel, A; Perrichot, V; Azar, D; Néraudeau, D (2005). "New Rhachiberothidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) in Early Cretaceous and Early Eocene ambers from France and Lebanon". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 235: 51–85.
  17. Nel, A; Perrichot, V; Azar, D; Néraudeau, D (2005). "A replacement name for the neuropteran genus Eorhachiberotha Nel et al., 2005 (Neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae)". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 110 (2): 128. doi:10.3406/bsef.2005.16201. S2CID 83179249.
  18. Nel, A.; Petrulevicius, J.F.; Jarzembowski, E.A. (2005). "New fossil Odonata from the European Cenozoic (Insecta : Odonata : Thaumatoneuridae, Aeshnidae, ?Idionychidae, Libellulidae". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 235 (3): 343–380. doi:10.1127/njgpa/235/2005/343.
  19. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  20. Carr T.D.; Williamson T.E.; Schwimmer D.R. (2005). "A new genus and species of tyrannosauroid from the Late Cretaceous (Middle Campanian) Demopolis Formation of Alabama". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (1): 119–143. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0119:ANGASO]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86243316.
  21. Rauhut O.W.M.; Remes K.; Fechner R.; Cladera G.; Puerta P. (2005). "Discovery of a short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of Patagonia". Nature. 435 (2): 670–672. Bibcode:2005Natur.435..670R. doi:10.1038/nature03623. PMID 15931221. S2CID 4385136.
  22. Makovicky P.J.; Apesteguia S.; Agnolin F.L. (2005). "The earliest dromaeosaurid theropod from South America". Nature. 437 (7061): 1007–1011. Bibcode:2005Natur.437.1007M. doi:10.1038/nature03996. PMID 16222297. S2CID 27078534.
  23. Zan S.-Q.; Chen J.; Jin L.-Y.; Li T. (2005). "A primitive ornithopod from the Early Cretaceous Quantou Formation of central Jilin, China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 43: 182–193. doi:10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2005.03.003.
  24. Mahammed, F., E. Läng, L. Mami, L. Mekahl, M. Benhamou, B. Bouterfa, A. Kacemi, S.-A. Chérief, H. Chaouati, and P. Taquet. 2005. The ‘Giant of sour’, a Middle Jurassic sauropod dinosaur from Algeria. Systematic Palaeontology (Vertebrate Palaeontology) Paleovol/Elsevier.
  25. Ye Y.; Jiang S. (2005). "A new genus of sauropod from Zigong, Sichuan". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 43: 175–181. doi:10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2005.03.002.
  26. Kirkland J I.; Zanno L.E.; Sampson S.D.; Clark J.M.; DeBileux D.D. (2005). "A primitive therizinosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Utah". Nature. 435 (7038): 84–87. Bibcode:2005Natur.435...84K. doi:10.1038/nature03468. PMID 15875020. S2CID 4428196.
  27. Sánchez-Hernández, B (2005). "Galveosaurus herreroi, a new sauropod dinosaur from Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Tithonian-Berriasian) of Spain". Zootaxa. 1034: 1–20. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1034.1.1.
  28. Osi, A (2005). "Hungarosaurus tormai, a new ankylosaur (Dinosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Hungary". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (2): 370–383. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0370:htanad]2.0.co;2. S2CID 131087368.
  29. Ji, Q., S. Ji, J. Lu, H. You, W. Chen, and Y. Liu. 2005. First avialian bird from China. Geological Bulletin of China 24 (3): pp. 197-209.
  30. Gomani, E.M. 2005. Sauropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of Malawi, Africa: Palaeontologia Electronica 8 (issue 1 - n. 27a): 37 pages.
  31. Novas F.E.; Pott D. (2005). "New evidence on deinonychosaurian dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia". Nature. 433 (7028): 858–861. Bibcode:2005Natur.433..858N. doi:10.1038/nature03285. PMID 15729340. S2CID 4413316.
  32. Xu, X., and F. Zhang. 2005. A new maniraptoran dinosaur from China with long feathers on the metatarsus" Naturwissenschaften 92: pp. 173-177Xu, X.
  33. Lu, J. and B.-K. Zhang. 2005. A new oviraptorid (Theropod: Oviraptosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong Province of southern China. Online document (Chinese Extinct Organism Net: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh- CN&u=http://www.dinosaur.net.cn/_Dino_News_2 Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine 005/dino20050110.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3DS hixinggia%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF- 8
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  35. Novas FE, de Valais S, Vickers-Rich P, Rich T (May 2005). "A large Cretaceous theropod from Patagonia, Argentina, and the evolution of carcharodontosaurids". Naturwissenschaften. 92 (5): 226–30. Bibcode:2005NW.....92..226N. doi:10.1007/s00114-005-0623-3. hdl:11336/103474. PMID 15834691. S2CID 24015414.
  36. Rauhut O.W.M.; Xu X. (2005). "The small theropod dinosaurs Tugulusaurus and Phaedrolosaurus from the Early Cretaceous of Xinjiang, China". J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 25 (1): 107–118. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0107:TSTDTA]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 53408489.
  37. Antoine Louchart; Patrick Vignaud; Andossa Likius; Hassane Taisso Mackaye; Michel Brunet (2005). "A New Swan (Aves: Anatidae) in Africa, from the Latest Miocene of Chad and Libya". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (2): 384–392. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0384:ansaai]2.0.co;2. S2CID 85860957.
  38. Claudia P. Tambussi; Marcelo A. Reguero; Sergio A. Marenssi; Sergio N. Santillana (2005). "Crossvallia unienwillia, a New Sphenicidae (Sphenisciformes, Aves) from the Late Paleocene of Antarctica". Geobios. 38 (5): 667–675. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2004.02.003.
  39. Gao Chunling; Liu Jinyuan (2005). "A new avian taxon from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning". Global Geology. 24 (4): 313–316.
  40. Gerald Mayr (2005). "A Fluvioviridavis-like Bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 42 (11): 2021–2037. Bibcode:2005CaJES..42.2021M. doi:10.1139/e05-060.
  41. Zhou, Zhou Zhonghe; Zhang Fucheng (2005). "Discovery of an ornithurine bird and its implication for Early Cretaceous avian radiation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102 (52): 18998–19002. Bibcode:2005PNAS..10218998Z. doi:10.1073/pnas.0507106102. PMC 1323170. PMID 16344487.
  42. Estelle Bourdon; Baâdi Bouya; Mohamed Iarochène (2005). "Earliest African Neornithine Bird: A New Prophaethontidae (Aves) from the Paleocene of Morocco". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (1): 157–170. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0157:eanban]2.0.co;2. S2CID 86218884.
  43. Trevor H. Worthy (2005). "A New Species of Oxyura (Aves: Anatidae) from the New Zealand Holocene" (PDF). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 51 (1): 259–275.
  44. Gerald Mayr (2005). "New Trogons from the Early Tertiary of Germany". Ibis. 147 (3): 512–518. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00421.x.
  45. Miquel McMinn; M. Palmer; Josep A. Alcover (2005). "A New Species of Rail (Aves: Rallidae) from the Upper Pleistocene and Holocene of Eivissa (Pityusic Islands, Western Mediterranean)". Ibis. 147 (4): 706–716. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00442.x. hdl:10261/85709.
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  49. Ösi, A.; Weishampel, D.B.; Jianu, C.M. (2005). "First evidence of azhdarchid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 50 (4): 777–787.
  50. Lü, J.; Ji, Q. (2005). "A new ornithocheirid from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China". Acta Geologica Sinica. 79 (2): 157–163. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2005.tb00877.x. S2CID 129084078.
  51. Steel, L.; Martill, D.M.; Unwin, D.M.; Winch, J.D. (2005). "A new pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Wessex Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight, England". Cretaceous Research. 26 (4): 686–698. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2005.03.005.
  52. Lü, J.; Ji, Q. (2005). "New azhdarchid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning". Acta Geologica Sinica. 79 (3): 301–307. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2005.tb00893.x. S2CID 128958556.
  53. Lü, J.C.; Zhang, B.K. (2005). "New pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning". Geological Review. 51 (4): 458–462.
  54. Wang, X.; Kellner, A.W.A.; Zhou, Z.; Campos, D.A. (2005). "Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China". Nature. 437 (7060): 875–879. Bibcode:2005Natur.437..875W. doi:10.1038/nature03982. PMID 16208369. S2CID 23146503.
  55. Lu, J.; Yuan, C. (2005). "New tapejarid pterosaur from Western Liaoning, China". Acta Geologica Sinica. 79 (4): 453–458. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2005.tb00911.x. S2CID 129245203.
  56. Pinheiro, F.L.; Fortier, D.C.; Schultz, C.L.; De Andrade, J.A.F.G.; Bantim, R.A.M. "New information on Tupandactylus imperator, with comments on the relationships of Tapejaridae (Pterosauria)". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. In press.
  57. Dong, Z.; Lü, J. (2005). "A New Ctenochasmatid Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province". Acta Geologica Sinica. 79 (2): 164–167. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2005.tb00878.x. S2CID 129501612.
  58. Martinelli, A.G.; Bonaparte, J.F.; Schultz, C.L.; Rubert, R. (2005). "A new tritheledontid (Therapsid, Eucynodontia) from the Late Triassic Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and its phylogenetic relationships among carnivorous non-mammalian eucynodonts". Ameghiniana. 42 (1): 191–208.
  59. Tatarinov, L.P. (2005). "A new cynodont (Reptilia, Theriodontia) from the Magygen Formation (Triassic) of Fergana, Kyrgyzstan". Paleontological Journal. 39 (2): 192–198.
  60. Surkov, M.V. (2005). "The first dicynodont from the terminal Lower Triassic of European Russia, with special reference to the evolution of the masticatory apparatus of these therapsids". Paleontological Journal. 39 (1): 72–78.

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