1907 in paleontology
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Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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 mankind has 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 1907.
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Arthropods
Insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp. nov |
valid |
A torticid moth |
Archosaurs
- Wieland claims to have found stegosaur gastroliths.[3]
- Brown argues that Wieland's alleged stegosaur gastroliths were "not associated with the stegosaur bones in question."[4]
- Possible hadrosaur gastroliths documented.[4]
Newly named ornithodirans
Data coutersy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[5]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Scleromochlus[6] |
gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
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A member of Ornithodira. |
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et. sp. nov |
Valid |
Broom |
Late Permian |
A member of Lycideopsidae. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Broom |
Middle Permian |
A member of Galeopidae. |
References
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- ↑ Wieland (1907). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Brown (1907). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
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- ↑ Woodward, A.S. 1907. On a new dinosaurian reptile (Scleromochlus taylori, gen. et sp. nov.) from the Trias of Lossiemouth, Elgin. Quart. J. Geol. Soc. London 63 (1, article 10): pp. 140-144.
- Brown, B. (1907). Gastroliths, Science, 25(636), p392.
- 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.
- Wieland, G.R. (1907). Gastroliths. Science, 628:66-67.
