1895 in paleontology

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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 1895.

Insects[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
Cercopis grandescens^[2]	Sp nov	Valid	Scudder	Ypresian	Allenby Formation	Canada British Columbia	A froghopper	Cercopis grandescens (1895 illustration)
Cercopites torpescens^[2]	Sp nov	Valid	Scudder	Ypresian	Allenby Formation	Canada British Columbia	A froghopper	Cercopites torpescens (1895 illustration)
Dawsonites^[2]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Scudder	Ypresian	Allenby Formation	Canada British Columbia	A froghopper Type species D. veter	Dawsonites veter (1895 illustration)
Cryptocephalites^[3]	gen et sp nov	Valid	Scudder	Ypresian	Allenby Formation	Canada British Columbia	A chrysomelid leaf beetle. Type species C. punctatus	Cryptocephalites punctatus
Limonius impunctus^[3]	Sp nov	Valid	Scudder	Ypresian	Allenby Formation	Canada British Columbia	An elaterid click beetle.	Limonius impunctus
Palaeoptysma^[2]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Scudder	Ypresian	Allenby Formation	Canada British Columbia	A spittle bug Type species P. venosa	Palaeoptysma venosa (1895 illustration)
Ptysmaphora^[2]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Scudder	Ypresian	Allenby Formation	Canada British Columbia	A spittle bug Type species P. fletcheri	Ptysmaphora fletcheri (1895 illustration)
Ricania antiquata^[2]	Sp nov	jr synonym	Scudder	Ypresian	Allenby Formation	Canada British Columbia	A Polystoechotid-group moth lacewing^[4] Moved to Ricaniella antiquata (1897)^[5]	Ricaniella antiquata (1895 illustration)
Stenecphora^[2]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Scudder	Ypresian	Allenby Formation	Canada British Columbia	A froghopper Type species S. punctulata	Stenecphora punctulata (1895 illustration)
Stenolocris^[2]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Scudder	Ypresian	Allenby Formation	Canada British Columbia	A froghopper Type species S. venosa	Stenolocris venosa (1895 illustration)

Synapsids[edit]

Non-mammalian[edit]

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Cryptocynodon	Valid	Seeley	Late Permian	South Africa
Cynognathus	Valid	Seeley	Middle Triassic	South Africa		Cynognathus
Diademodon	Valid	Seeley	Middle Triassic	South Africa	A Cynodont.	Diademodon
Esoterodon	Valid	Seeley		Tanzania
Gomphognathus	Valid	Seeley
Microgomphodon	Valid	Seeley		South Africa
Pristerognathus	Valid	Seeley		South Africa	A Therocephalian
Trirachodon	Valid	Seeley		Namibia South Africa Zambia		Trirachodon

Birds[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Thegornis	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Ameghino	Early–Middle Miocene (Santacrucian)	Argentina	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.^[6]

References[edit]

^ 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 Scudder, S. H (1895). "Canadian fossil insects, myriapods and arachnids, Vol I. The Tertiary Hemiptera of British Columbia". Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology. 2: 5–26.
^ ^a ^b Scudder, S. H (1895). "Canadian fossil insects, myriapods and arachnids, Vol II. The Coleoptera hitherto found fossil in Canada". Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology. 2: 5–26.
^ Shcherbakov, D. E. (2006). "The earliest find of Tropiduchidae (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha), representing a new tribe, from the Eocene of Green River, USA, with notes on the fossil record of higher Fulgoroidea". Russian Entomological Journal. 15: 315–322.
^ Meunier, F. (1897). "Observations sur quelques insectes du Corallien de la Bavière". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia. 3: 18–23.
^ Jorge I. Noriega; Juan I. Areta; Sergio F. Vizcaíno; M. Susana Bargo (2011). "Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Patagonian Miocene Falcon Thegornis musculosus Ameghino, 1895 (Aves: Falconidae)". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (6): 1089–1104. doi:10.1666/10-122.1. hdl:11336/76576. S2CID 84262902.

[1] 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.

[Scudder1895v1-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Scudder, S. H (1895). "Canadian fossil insects, myriapods and arachnids, Vol I. The Tertiary Hemiptera of British Columbia". Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology. 2: 5–26.

[Scudder1895v2-3] Scudder, S. H (1895). "Canadian fossil insects, myriapods and arachnids, Vol II. The Coleoptera hitherto found fossil in Canada". Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology. 2: 5–26.

[Shcherbakov2006-4] Shcherbakov, D. E. (2006). "The earliest find of Tropiduchidae (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha), representing a new tribe, from the Eocene of Green River, USA, with notes on the fossil record of higher Fulgoroidea". Russian Entomological Journal. 15: 315–322.

[Meunier1897-5] Meunier, F. (1897). "Observations sur quelques insectes du Corallien de la Bavière". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia. 3: 18–23.

[6] Jorge I. Noriega; Juan I. Areta; Sergio F. Vizcaíno; M. Susana Bargo (2011). "Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Patagonian Miocene Falcon Thegornis musculosus Ameghino, 1895 (Aves: Falconidae)". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (6): 1089–1104. doi:10.1666/10-122.1. hdl:11336/76576. S2CID 84262902.

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