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 1915.
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Fossil myrmicin ant. |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Fossil myrmicin ant. |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Wheeler |
A dolichoderine ant. |
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Camponotus igneus[2] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Wheeler |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil formicine ant. |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Wheeler |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A Dolichoderine ant |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Wheeler |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A Dolichoderine ant |
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Drymomyrmex[2] |
Gen et 2 Sp nov |
valid |
Wheeler |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A formicine ant |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Late Eocene |
A Dolichoderin ant |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Late Eocene |
A Dolichoderin ant |
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Erebomyrma antiqua[2] |
Comb nov |
jr synonym |
(Mayr, 1868) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil myrmicine ant, |
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Comb nov |
jr synonym |
(Mayr) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic Amber |
A ponerine ant, |
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Formica constrictus[2] |
Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
(Mayr, 1868) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil formicine ant., |
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Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
(Mayr) |
A Dolichoderin ant |
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Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, jr synonym of Anonychomyrma geinitzi |
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Iridomyrmex goepperti[2] |
Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
(Mayr, 1868) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, |
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Iridomyrmex oblongiceps[2] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Fossil Dolichoderin ant, jr synonym of Anonychomyrma samlandica |
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Gen et 2 sp |
Valid |
Wheeler |
Lutetian |
Baltic amber |
An aneuretine ant |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Late Eocene |
A Dolichoderin ant |
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Sima klebsi[2] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Wheeler |
A pseudomyrmecine ant. |
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Stenamma berendti[2] |
comb nov |
valid |
(Mayr, 1868) |
A myrmicin ant. |
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Stiphromyrmex[2] |
gen et comb nov |
valid |
(Mayr, 1868) |
A myrmicin ant. |
Name | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Poposaurus[4] |
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Valid taxon | A Dinosaur-like poposaurid suchian. |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[5]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid taxon |
Gen et sp nov |
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Valid taxon |
Gen et sp nov |
An African stegosaurid |
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Valid taxon |
Gen et sp nov |
Cretaceous |
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A Sail-backed meat-eating Theropod. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
valid |
Longman |
largest protostegid turtle from Australia |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Broom |
263 Millions years ago. | ||||
Valid |
Broom |
266 Millions years ago. | ||||
Synonym of Eriphostoma. |
Haughton |
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Valid |
Haughton |
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Valid |
Broom | 263 Millions years ago. | ||||
Valid |
Broom |
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Valid |
Haughton |
263 Millions years ago. | Ostrich-Head ProtoMammal. | |||
Valid |
Haughton |
263 Millions years ago. | ||||
Valid |
Broom |
257 Millions years ago. |