Arthropods Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAphaenogaster mersaSp novvalid WheelerLutetianBaltic amberFossil myrmicin ant. Aphaenogaster oligocenicaSp novvalid WheelerLutetianBaltic amberFossil myrmicin ant. AsymphylomyrmexGen et sp novvalidWheelerLutetianBaltic amberA dolichoderine ant.Camponotus igneusSp novJr synonym WheelerMiddle EoceneBaltic amberFossil formicine ant. jr synonym of Camponotus mengeiDolichoderus mesosternalisSp novvalid WheelerMiddle EoceneBaltic amberA Dolichoderine ant Dolichoderus passalommaSp novvalid WheelerMiddle EoceneBaltic amberA Dolichoderine ant DrymomyrmexGen et 2 Sp novvalid WheelerMiddle EoceneBaltic amberA formicine ant Type species D. fuscipennis Dolichoderus britannicusSp novJr synonymCockerellLate EoceneA Dolichoderin antjr synonym of Emplastus britannicusDolichoderus ovigerusSp novJr synonymCockerellLate EoceneA Dolichoderin antjr synonym of Emplastus britannicusErebomyrma antiquaComb novjr synonym (Mayr, 1868)Middle EoceneBaltic amberFossil myrmicine ant, moved to Oligomyrmex antiqua in 1966 Synonym of Carebara antiqua Euponera (Trachymesopus) succineaComb novjr synonym(Mayr)Middle EoceneBaltic AmberA ponerine ant, new combination for Ponera succinea, moved to Pachycondyla succinea in 1995Formica constrictusComb novJr synonym (Mayr, 1868)Middle EoceneBaltic amberFossil formicine ant., moved to Cataglyphis constrictus in 1967 Synonym of Cataglyphoides constrictus Iridomyrmex constrictaComb novJr synonym (Mayr)LutetianA Dolichoderin antjr synonym of Anonychomyrma constricta Iridomyrmex geinitziComb novJr synonym MayrLutetianFossil Dolichoderine ant, jr synonym of Anonychomyrma geinitzi Iridomyrmex goeppertiComb novJr synonym(Mayr, 1868)Middle EoceneBaltic amberFossil Dolichoderine ant, moved to Liometopum goepperti in 1992, jr synonym of Ctenobethylus goeppertiIridomyrmex oblongicepsSp novJr synonym WheelerLutetianBaltic amberFossil Dolichoderine ant, moved to Ctenobethylus oblongiceps in 2009, jr synonym of Eldermyrmex oblongicepsIridomyrmex samlandicaSp novJr synonym WheelerLutetianBaltic amberFossil Dolichoderin ant, jr synonym of Anonychomyrma samlandica ParaneuretusGen et 2 spValidWheelerLutetianBaltic amberAn aneuretine ant Ponera hypolithaSp novJr synonymCockerellLate EoceneBembridge MarlsA Dolichoderin antjr synonym of Emplastus hypolithusSima klebsiSp novJr synonymWheelerLutetianBaltic amberA pseudomyrmecine ant. Moved to Tetraponera klebsi in 1990Stenamma berendticomb novvalid (Mayr, 1868)Middle EoceneBaltic amberA myrmicin ant. Moved from Aphaenogaster berendtiStiphromyrmexgen et comb novvalid (Mayr, 1868)Middle EoceneBaltic amberA myrmicin ant. A new genus for Stigmomyrmex robustus
Archosauromorphs Newly named pseudosuchians Name Authors LocationNotes Images PoposaurusMehl, M.G. 1915. Poposaurus gracilis, a new reptile from the Triassic of Wyoming. Journal of Geology 23: pp. 516-522. Mehl Valid taxon (, , and ),A Dinosaur-like poposaurid suchian.
Dinosaurs Charles H. Sternberg's crew excavated a Corythosaurus from quarry 243 in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. The specimen would later be displayed at the Calgary Zoo. Matthew observed that fossils of hadrosaur eggs and hatchlings were absent in coastal areas and suggested that hadrosaurs may have preferred nesting grounds further inland. He believed that these inland nesting grounds were actually where hadrosaurs first evolved and therefore to breed, hadrosaurs retraced their ancestors route back to their place of origin. After hatching, the young hadrosaurs would spend some time inland maturing before migrating out to more coastal areas.
New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Kangnasaurus coetzeeiHaughton, S.H. 1915. On some dinosaur remains from Bushmanland. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Africa 5: pp. 259-264. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Haughton Middle Cretaceous An iguanodontian Kentrosaurus aethiopicusHennig, E. 1915. Kentrosaurus aethiopicus, der Stegosauride des Tendaguru. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin 1915: pp. 219-247. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Hennig Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation An African stegosaurid Spinosaurus aegyptiacusStromer, 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. Gen. et sp. nov Valid Stromer Cenomanian Bahariya Formation A Sail-backed meat-eating Theropod.
Anapsids Turtles Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCratochelone gen et sp novvalidLongmanAlbian Toolebuc Formation largest protostegid turtle from Australia
Synapsids Non-mammalian
Name Status Authors Age Location NotesImagesAlopecognathusValidBroom263 Millions years ago. CerdodonValidBroom266 Millions years ago. GalesuchusSynonym of Eriphostoma.HaughtonMoschosaurusValidHaughtonScylacorhinusValidBroom263 Millions years ago. SimorhinellaValidBroomStruthiocephalusValidHaughton263 Millions years ago. Ostrich-Head ProtoMammal.TrochosaurusValidHaughton263 Millions years ago. TropidostomaValidBroom257 Millions years ago.
Paleontologists Death of Eberhard Fraas.
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