Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils .[ 1] 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.
Arthropods Newly named insects
Name
Novelty
Status
Authors
Age
Unit
Location
Notes
Images
Aphaenogaster mersa [ 2]
Sp nov
valid
Wheeler
Lutetian
Baltic amber
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Fossil myrmicin ant.
File:Aphaenogaster mersa Wheeler, 1915 Specimen number B 18509.jpg Aphaenogaster mersa
Aphaenogaster oligocenica [ 2]
Sp nov
valid
Wheeler
Lutetian
Baltic amber
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Fossil myrmicin ant.
File:Aphaenogaster oligocenica Wheeler, 1915 Specimen number B 5461.jpg Aphaenogaster oligocenica
Asymphylomyrmex [ 2]
Gen et sp nov
valid
Wheeler
Lutetian
Baltic amber
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
A dolichoderine ant.
File:Asymphylomyrmex balticus GZG-BST05034 02.jpg Asymphylomyrmex balticus
Camponotus igneus [ 2]
Sp nov
Jr synonym
Wheeler
Middle Eocene
Baltic amber
File:Flag of Europe.svg Europe
Fossil formicine ant.Camponotus mengei
File:Camponotus mengei MBI5831 profile.jpg Camponotus mengei
Dolichoderus mesosternalis [ 2]
Sp nov
valid
Wheeler
Middle Eocene
Baltic amber
File:Flag of Europe.svg Europe
A Dolichoderine ant
File:Dolichoderus mesosternalis IGRBA013 dorsal.jpg Dolichoderus mesosternalis
Dolichoderus passalomma [ 2]
Sp nov
valid
Wheeler
Middle Eocene
Baltic amber
File:Flag of Europe.svg Europe
A Dolichoderine ant
File:Dolichoderus passalomma GZG-BST04982 profile.jpg Dolichoderus passalomma
Drymomyrmex [ 2]
Gen et 2 Sp nov
valid
Wheeler
Middle Eocene
Baltic amber
File:Flag of Europe.svg Europe
A formicine antD. fuscipennis
File:Drymomyrmex fuscipennis GZG-BST04158 profile.jpg Drymomyrmex fuscipennis
Dolichoderus britannicus [ 3]
Sp nov
Jr synonym
Cockerell
Late Eocene
A Dolichoderin antEmplastus britannicus
File:Emplastus britannicus BMNHP20546 whole.jpg Emplastus britannicus
Dolichoderus ovigerus [ 3]
Sp nov
Jr synonym
Cockerell
Late Eocene
A Dolichoderin antEmplastus britannicus
File:Emplastus britannicus BMNHP20546 whole.jpg Emplastus britannicus
Erebomyrma antiqua [ 2]
Comb nov
jr synonym
(Mayr, 1868)
Middle Eocene
Baltic amber
File:Flag of Europe.svg Europe
Fossil myrmicine ant,Oligomyrmex antiqua 1966 Carebara antiqua
File:Carebara antiqua BMNHP18806 profile.jpg Carebara antiqua
Euponera (Trachymesopus) succinea [ 2]
Comb nov
jr synonym
(Mayr)
Middle Eocene
Baltic Amber
File:Flag of Europe.svg Europe
A ponerine ant,Ponera succinea ,Pachycondyla succinea 1995
File:Pachycondyla succinea BMNHP29202 full 01.jpg Pachycondyla succinea
Formica constrictus [ 2]
Comb nov
Jr synonym
(Mayr, 1868)
Middle Eocene
Baltic amber
File:Flag of Europe.svg Europe
Fossil formicine ant.,Cataglyphis constrictus 1967 Cataglyphoides constrictus
File:Cataglyphoides constrictus NHMW1984-31-137 head.jpg Cataglyphoides constrictus
Iridomyrmex constricta [ 2]
Comb nov
Jr synonym
(Mayr )
Lutetian
A Dolichoderin antAnonychomyrma constricta
File:Yantaromyrmex constricta MBI2299 01.jpg Anonychomyrma constricta
Iridomyrmex geinitzi [ 2]
Comb nov
Jr synonym
Mayr
Lutetian
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, jr synonym of Anonychomyrma geinitzi
File:Yantaromyrmex geinitzi MBI2289 02.jpg Anonychomyrma geinitzi
Iridomyrmex goepperti [ 2]
Comb nov
Jr synonym
(Mayr, 1868)
Middle Eocene
Baltic amber
File:Flag of Europe.svg Europe
Fossil Dolichoderine ant,Liometopum goepperti 1992 ,Ctenobethylus goepperti
File:Ctenobethylus goepperti HJF009 dorsal.jpg Ctenobethylus goepperti
Iridomyrmex oblongiceps [ 2]
Sp nov
Jr synonym
Wheeler
Lutetian
Baltic amber
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Fossil Dolichoderine ant,Ctenobethylus oblongiceps 2009 ,Eldermyrmex oblongiceps
File:Eldermyrmex oblongiceps GZG-BST05036 profile.tif Eldermyrmex oblongiceps
Iridomyrmex samlandica [ 2]
Sp nov
Jr synonym
Wheeler
Lutetian
Baltic amber
File:Flag of Europe.svg Europe
Fossil Dolichoderin ant, jr synonym of Anonychomyrma samlandica
File:Yantaromyrmex samlandica BMNHP17786 02.jpg Anonychomyrma samlandica
Paraneuretus
Gen et 2 sp
Valid
Wheeler
Lutetian
Baltic amber
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
An aneuretine ant
File:Paraneuretus tornquisti GZG-BST04675 profile.jpg Paraneuretus tornquisti
Ponera hypolitha [ 3]
Sp nov
Jr synonym
Cockerell
Late Eocene
Bembridge Marls
A Dolichoderin antEmplastus hypolithus
File:Emplastus hypolithus BMNHP24988 wing.jpg Emplastus hypolithus
Sima klebsi [ 2]
Sp nov
Jr synonym
Wheeler
Lutetian
Baltic amber
File:Flag of Europe.svg Europe
A pseudomyrmecine ant. Tetraponera klebsi
File:Tetraponera klebsi GZG-BST04671 holotype profile.jpg Tetraponera klebsi
Stenamma berendti [ 2]
comb nov
valid
(Mayr , 1868)
Middle Eocene
Baltic amber
File:Flag of Europe.svg Europe
A myrmicin ant.Aphaenogaster berendti
File:Stenamma berendti MBIGB002 entire.jpg Stenamma berendti
Stiphromyrmex [ 2]
gen et comb nov
valid
(Mayr , 1868)
Middle Eocene
Baltic amber
File:Flag of Europe.svg Europe
A myrmicin ant.Stigmomyrmex robustus
File:Stiphromyrmex robustus CASENT0917568 profile view.jpg Stiphromyrmex robustus
Archosauromorphs Newly named pseudosuchians Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[ 5]
Anapsids Turtles Synapsids Non-mammalian Paleontologists 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 . ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 Wheeler, W. M. (1915). "The ants of the Baltic amber". Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg . 55 (4): 1–142. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Antropov AV, Belokobylskij SA, Compton SG, Dlussky GM, Khalaim AI, KolyadaVA, Kozlov MA, PerfilievaKS, Rasnitsyn AP (2014). "The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK" (PDF) . Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . 104 (3–4): 335–446. doi :10.1017/S1755691014000103 . ↑ Mehl, M.G. 1915. Poposaurus gracilis, a new reptile from the Triassic of Wyoming. Journal of Geology 23: pp. 516-522.
↑ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List" . Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07 . ↑ Haughton, S.H. 1915. On some dinosaur remains from Bushmanland. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Africa 5: pp. 259-264.
↑ Hennig, E. 1915. Kentrosaurus aethiopicus , der Stegosauride des Tendaguru. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin 1915: pp. 219-247.
↑ Stromer, E. 1915. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wusten Agyptens. II. Wirbeltier-Reste der Baharije-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 3. Das Original des Theropoden Spinosaurus aegyptiacus . Abhandlungen der Koniglich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-physikalische Klasse 28 (band 3): pp. 3-32.
↑ longman, H. L. (1915). "on a giant turtle of the Queensland Lower Cretaceous" . Memoirs of the Queensland Museum . 3 : 24–29. ISSN 0079-8835 . ↑ Farlow, James O.; Brett-Surmann, M. K. (1999). The Complete Dinosaur . Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 18. ISBN 0-253-21313-4 
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