Overview of the events of 1915 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 1915.
Arthropods
Newly named insects
Name
Novelty
Status
Authors
Age
Unit
Location
Notes
Images
Aphaenogaster mersa [ 2]
Sp nov
valid
Wheeler
Lutetian
Baltic amber
Russia
Fossil myrmicin ant.
Aphaenogaster mersa
Aphaenogaster oligocenica [ 2]
Sp nov
valid
Wheeler
Lutetian
Baltic amber
Russia
Fossil myrmicin ant.
Aphaenogaster oligocenica
Asymphylomyrmex [ 2]
Gen et sp nov
valid
Wheeler
Lutetian
Baltic amber
Russia
A dolichoderine ant.
Asymphylomyrmex balticus
Camponotus igneus [ 2]
Sp nov
Jr synonym
Wheeler
Middle Eocene
Baltic amber
Europe
Fossil formicine ant. jr synonym of Camponotus mengei
Camponotus mengei
Dolichoderus mesosternalis [ 2]
Sp nov
valid
Wheeler
Middle Eocene
Baltic amber
Europe
A Dolichoderine ant
Dolichoderus mesosternalis
Dolichoderus passalomma [ 2]
Sp nov
valid
Wheeler
Middle Eocene
Baltic amber
Europe
A Dolichoderine ant
Dolichoderus passalomma
Drymomyrmex [ 2]
Gen et 2 Sp nov
valid
Wheeler
Middle Eocene
Baltic amber
Europe
A formicine ant Type species D. fuscipennis
Drymomyrmex fuscipennis
Dolichoderus britannicus [ 3]
Sp nov
Jr synonym
Cockerell
Late Eocene
A Dolichoderin ant jr synonym of Emplastus britannicus
Emplastus britannicus
Dolichoderus ovigerus [ 3]
Sp nov
Jr synonym
Cockerell
Late Eocene
A Dolichoderin ant jr synonym of Emplastus britannicus
Emplastus britannicus
Erebomyrma antiqua [ 2]
Comb nov
jr synonym
(Mayr, 1868)
Middle Eocene
Baltic amber
Europe
Fossil myrmicine ant, moved to Oligomyrmex antiqua in 1966 Synonym of Carebara antiqua
Carebara antiqua
Euponera (Trachymesopus) succinea [ 2]
Comb nov
jr synonym
(Mayr)
Middle Eocene
Baltic Amber
Europe
A ponerine ant, new combination for Ponera succinea , moved to Pachycondyla succinea in 1995
Pachycondyla succinea
Formica constrictus [ 2]
Comb nov
Jr synonym
(Mayr, 1868)
Middle Eocene
Baltic amber
Europe
Fossil formicine ant., moved to Cataglyphis constrictus in 1967 Synonym of Cataglyphoides constrictus
Cataglyphoides constrictus
Iridomyrmex constricta [ 2]
Comb nov
Jr synonym
(Mayr )
Lutetian
A Dolichoderin ant jr synonym of Anonychomyrma constricta
Anonychomyrma constricta
Iridomyrmex geinitzi [ 2]
Comb nov
Jr synonym
Mayr
Lutetian
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, jr synonym of Anonychomyrma geinitzi
Anonychomyrma geinitzi
Iridomyrmex goepperti [ 2]
Comb nov
Jr synonym
(Mayr, 1868)
Middle Eocene
Baltic amber
Europe
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, moved to Liometopum goepperti in 1992 , jr synonym of Ctenobethylus goepperti
Ctenobethylus goepperti
Iridomyrmex oblongiceps [ 2]
Sp nov
Jr synonym
Wheeler
Lutetian
Baltic amber
Russia
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, moved to Ctenobethylus oblongiceps in 2009 , jr synonym of Eldermyrmex oblongiceps
Eldermyrmex oblongiceps
Iridomyrmex samlandica [ 2]
Sp nov
Jr synonym
Wheeler
Lutetian
Baltic amber
Europe
Fossil Dolichoderin ant, jr synonym of Anonychomyrma samlandica
Anonychomyrma samlandica
Paraneuretus
Gen et 2 sp
Valid
Wheeler
Lutetian
Baltic amber
Russia
An aneuretine ant
Paraneuretus tornquisti
Ponera hypolitha [ 3]
Sp nov
Jr synonym
Cockerell
Late Eocene
Bembridge Marls
A Dolichoderin ant jr synonym of Emplastus hypolithus
Emplastus hypolithus
Sima klebsi [ 2]
Sp nov
Jr synonym
Wheeler
Lutetian
Baltic amber
Europe
A pseudomyrmecine ant. Moved to Tetraponera klebsi in 1990
Tetraponera klebsi
Stenamma berendti [ 2]
comb nov
valid
(Mayr , 1868)
Middle Eocene
Baltic amber
Europe
A myrmicin ant. Moved from Aphaenogaster berendti
Stenamma berendti
Stiphromyrmex [ 2]
gen et comb nov
valid
(Mayr , 1868)
Middle Eocene
Baltic amber
Europe
A myrmicin ant. A new genus for Stigmomyrmex robustus
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 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Wheeler, W. M. (1915). "The ants of the Baltic amber". Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg . 55 (4): 1–142.
^ a b c 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 .