1895 in paleontology

Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesCercopis grandescensSp novValidScudderYpresianAllenby FormationA froghopperCercopites torpescensSp novValidScudderYpresianAllenby FormationA froghopperDawsonitesGen et sp novValidScudderYpresianAllenby FormationA froghopperType species D. veterCryptocephalitesgen et sp novValidScudderYpresianAllenby FormationA chrysomelid leaf beetle. Type species C. punctatusLimonius impunctusSp novValidScudderYpresianAllenby FormationAn elaterid click beetle.PalaeoptysmaGen et sp novValidScudderYpresianAllenby FormationA spittle bugType species P. venosaPtysmaphoraGen et sp novValidScudderYpresianAllenby FormationA spittle bugType species P. fletcheriRicania antiquataSp novjr synonymScudderYpresianAllenby FormationA Polystoechotid-group moth lacewing Moved to Ricaniella antiquata (1897)StenecphoraGen et sp novValidScudderYpresianAllenby FormationA froghopperType species S. punctulataStenolocrisGen et sp novValidScudderYpresianAllenby FormationA froghopperType species S. venosa

Synapsids Non-mammalian

Name Status Authors Age Location NotesImagesCryptocynodonValidSeeleyLate PermianCynognathusValidSeeleyMiddle TriassicDiademodonValidSeeleyMiddle TriassicA Cynodont.EsoterodonValidSeeley GomphognathusValidSeeleyMicrogomphodonValidSeeleyPristerognathusValidSeeley A TherocephalianTrirachodonValidSeeley

Birds

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Location NotesImagesThegornisGen. et 2 sp. novValidAmeghinoEarly–Middle Miocene (Santacrucian)A member of the Herpetotherinae. The type species is T. musculosus; Ameghino also named T. debilis, but it has since been synonymized with the former on the basis of sexual dimorphism.

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