1925 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 1925.

Plants

Angiosperms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Clethra (?) lepidioides^[2]^[3]	Sp. nov	jr synonym	Cockerell	Eocene Ypresian	Green River Formation	United States ( Colorado)		A tetramelaceous leaf morphotype Moved to Parvaspicula lepidioidea in 2023^[4]

Arthropods

Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Mesoraphidiidae^[5]	Fam nov	valid	Martynov	Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous	Northern Hemisphere		Extinct snakefly family The type genus is Mesoraphidia	Amarantoraphidia
Inocellia exusta^[6]	Sp nov	jr synonym	Cockerell & Custer	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	USA Colorado	An inocelliid snakefly moved to Fibla exusta in 1936^[7]	Fibla exusta

Archosauromorpha

General pseudosuchian research

Longman describes a crocodilian skull discovered at Lansdown Station in Australia, assigning it to the genus Pallimnarchus (now Paludirex).^[8]

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[9]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Arrhinoceratops^[10]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Parks	latest Campanian/earliest Maastrichtian	Edmonton Formation	Canada ( Alberta)	a Ceratopsid	Arrhinoceratops brachyops

Newly named plesiosaurs

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Tapinosaurus	nomen invalidum	Rabeck			Mislabeling of an image, not a valid genus name

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Lycaenodon	Valid	Broom	257 Millions of years ago	South Africa
Lycaenoides	Valid	Broom
Lycaenops	Valid	Broom	257 Millions of years ago	South Africa Zambia	A Dog-like Gorgonopsian.	Lycaenops
Notosollasia	Jr. synonym				Jr. synonym of Theriognathus.

Mammals

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Ardynictis^[11]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Matthew & Granger	Late Eocene	Ergilin Dzo Formation	Mongolia	A didymoconid, type species is A. furunculus.
Ardynomys^[11]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Matthew & Granger	Late Eocene	Ergilin Dzo Formation	Mongolia	A rodent, type species is A. olseni.
Hyaenodon eminus^[11]	Sp nov	Valid	Matthew & Granger	Late Eocene	Ergilin Dzo Formation	Mongolia	A hyaenodont

References

^ 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.D.A. (1925). "Plant and insect fossils from the Green River Eocene of Colorado". Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum. 66 (19): 1–13.
^ LaMotte, R.S. (1952). Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950. Geological Society of America Memoirs. Vol. 51. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/MEM51.
^ Correa Narvaez, J. E.; Allen, S. E.; Huegele, I. B.; Manchester, S. R. (2023). "Fossil leaves and fruits of Tetramelaceae (Curcurbitales) from the Eocene of the Rocky Mountain region, USA, and their biogeographic significance". International Journal of Plant Sciences. doi:10.1086/724018.
^ Pérez-de la Fuente, R.; Peñalver, E.; Delclòs, X.; Engel, M.S. (2012). "Snakefly diversity in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Neuropterida, Raphidioptera)". ZooKeys (204): 1–40. doi:10.3897/zookeys.204.2740. PMC 3391719. PMID 22787417.
^ Cockerell, T. D. A.; Custer, C. (1925). "A New Fossil Inocellia (Neuroptera) from Florissant". The Entomologist. 58: 295–297.
^ Carpenter, F.M. (1936). "Revision of the Nearctic Raphidiodea (Recent and Fossil)". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 89 (2): 89–158. doi:10.2307/20023217. JSTOR 20023217.
^ Longman, H.A. (1925). "A crocodilian fossil from Lansdowne Station". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 8 (2): 103–108.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Parks, W. A. (1925). "Arrhinoceratops brachyops, a new genus and species of Ceratopsia from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta". University of Toronto Studies (Geological Series). 19: 5–15.
^ ^a ^b ^c Matthew, William Diller; Granger, Walter (1925). "New creodonts and rodents from the Ardyn Obo Formation of Mongolia". American Museum Novitates (193).

[1] 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.

[GRFCockerell1925-2] Cockerell, T.D.A. (1925). "Plant and insect fossils from the Green River Eocene of Colorado". Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum. 66 (19): 1–13.

[LaMotte1952-3] LaMotte, R.S. (1952). Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950. Geological Society of America Memoirs. Vol. 51. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/MEM51.

[Parvaspicula-4] Correa Narvaez, J. E.; Allen, S. E.; Huegele, I. B.; Manchester, S. R. (2023). "Fossil leaves and fruits of Tetramelaceae (Curcurbitales) from the Eocene of the Rocky Mountain region, USA, and their biogeographic significance". International Journal of Plant Sciences. doi:10.1086/724018.

[Pérez-de_la_Fuente2012-5] Pérez-de la Fuente, R.; Peñalver, E.; Delclòs, X.; Engel, M.S. (2012). "Snakefly diversity in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Neuropterida, Raphidioptera)". ZooKeys (204): 1–40. doi:10.3897/zookeys.204.2740. PMC 3391719. PMID 22787417.

[Inocellidae1925-6] Cockerell, T. D. A.; Custer, C. (1925). "A New Fossil Inocellia (Neuroptera) from Florissant". The Entomologist. 58: 295–297.

[Carpenter1936-7] Carpenter, F.M. (1936). "Revision of the Nearctic Raphidiodea (Recent and Fossil)". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 89 (2): 89–158. doi:10.2307/20023217. JSTOR 20023217.

[L25-8] Longman, H.A. (1925). "A crocodilian fossil from Lansdowne Station". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 8 (2): 103–108.

[ddinogeorge-9] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[Parks1925-10] Parks, W. A. (1925). "Arrhinoceratops brachyops, a new genus and species of Ceratopsia from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta". University of Toronto Studies (Geological Series). 19: 5–15.

[:0-11] Matthew, William Diller; Granger, Walter (1925). "New creodonts and rodents from the Ardyn Obo Formation of Mongolia". American Museum Novitates (193).

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