1925 in paleontology

none 1925 paleontology science 1925 Plants Liverworts Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesLejeunea eophilaCockerell T.D.A. 1925 Plant and insect fossils from the Green River Eocene of Colorado. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum 66 19 1–13LaMotte R.S. 1952 Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950 Geological Society of America Memoirs Geological Society of America 51 10.1130/MEM51Sp nov.jr synonymCockerell EoceneYpresianGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoA leafy liverwort morphospecies.Moved to Jungermannites eophila (1947).Steere W.C. 1947 Cenozoic and Mesozoic bryophytes of North America The American Midland Naturalist 36 2 298–324 10.2307/2421507 2421507 thumb|center|upright|Jungermannites eophila Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesAlsinitesGen et sp. novvalidCockerell EoceneWasatchianGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoA carnation family flower morphospecies.thumb|center|upright|Alsinites revelatusAmorpha utensisSp. novvalidCockerell EoceneWasatchianGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoA legume leaf morphospecies.thumb|center|upright|Amorpha utensisBanksites lineatulusSp. novjr synonymCockerellEoceneWasatchianGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoFirst named as a proteaceous seed morphotype Synonymized into Cedrelospermum nervosum in 1989)Manchester S.R. 1989 Attached reproductive and vegetative remains of the extinct American-European genus Cedrelospermum (Ulmaceae) from the Early Tertiary of Utah and Colorado American Journal of Botany 76 2 256–276 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250269855 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1989.tb11309.xthumb|center|upright|Cedrelospermum nervosum Bumelia coloradensisSp. novjr synonymCockerell EoceneWasatchianGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoFirst named as a sapotaceous leaf morphospecies Synonymized into Leguminosites lesquereuxiana by 1952thumb|center|upright|Leguminosites lesquereuxiana Clethra? lepidioidesSp. novjr synonymCockerell EoceneWasatchianGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoA tetramelaceous fruit morphotype Moved to Parvaspicula lepidioidea in 2023Correa Narvaez J. E. Allen S. E. Huegele I. B. Manchester S. R. 2023 Fossil leaves and fruits of Tetramelaceae (Curcurbitales) from the Eocene of the Rocky Mountain region, USA, and their biogeographic significance International Journal of Plant Sciences 10.1086/724018 thumb|center|upright|Parvaspicula lepidioideaDalbergia knowltoniSp. novjr synonymCockerell EoceneWasatchianGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoFirst named as a legume leaf morphospecies. Synonymized into Leguminosites lesquereuxiana by 1952thumb|center|upright|Leguminosites lesquereuxianaLiquidambar callarcheSp. novvalidCockerell EoceneWasatchianGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoA sweet-gum species.center|upright|thumb|Liquidambar callarcheLomatia obtusiusculaSp. novjr synonymCockerell EoceneWasatchianGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoFirst named as a Lomatia leaf morphotype Synonymized into "Cardiospermum" coloradensis in 1969)MacGinitie H.D. 1969 The Eocene green River flora of northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 83 116 1–202 https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2LpM5cB_X8Cthumb|center|upright|"Cardiospermum" coloradensis Melia coloradensisComb. novjr synonym(Knowlton) Cockerell EoceneWasatchianGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoIdentified as a Melia leaf morphotypeMoved from Phyllites coloradensis (1923) Moved to Lomatia coloradensis in 1929Moved to "Cardiospermum" coloradensis in 1969)thumb|center|upright|"Cardiospermum" coloradensis Populus wilmattaeManchester S.R. Judd W.S. Handley B. 2006 Foliage and fruits of early poplars (Salicaceae: Populus) from the Eocene of Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming. International Journal of Plant Sciences 167 4 897–908 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228764191 10.1086/503918Sp. novvalidCockerell EoceneWasatchianGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoAn Aspen/cottonwood relative.thumb|center|upright|Populus wilmattaePotentilla? byramiSp. novjr synonymCockerell EoceneWasatchianGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoFirst named as a possible potentilla flower morphospecies Synonymized into Pseudosalix handleyi by 2003Boucher L.D. Manchester S.R. Judd W.S. 2003 An extinct genus of Salicaceae based on twigs with attached flowers, fruits, and foliage from the Eocene Green River Formation of Utah and Colorado, USA American Journal of Botany 90 9 1389–1399 https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.3732/ajb.90.9.1389 10.3732/ajb.90.9.1389 21659238 subscription thumb|center|upright|Pseudosalix handleyi Arthropods Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCardiophorus exhumatusSp. novvalidCockerell EoceneWasatchianGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoAn elaterid click beetle species.thumb|center|upright|Cardiophorus exhumatusCyttaromyia obdurescensSp. novvalidCockerell EoceneWasatchianGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoA long-bodied cranefly.EoliarusGen, sp. et comb novvalidCockerell EoceneWasatchianGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoA Fulgoroid plant hopper genus. The type species is E. quadristictusThe genus also includes Oliarus? lutensis (1890).center|upright|thumb|Eoliarus quadristictus Inocellia exustaCockerell T. D. A. Custer C. 1925 A New Fossil Inocellia (Neuroptera) from Florissant The Entomologist 58 295–297Sp nov jr synonymCockerell & CusterEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationUSAColoradoAn inocelliid snakefly moved to Fibla exusta in 1936Carpenter F.M. 1936 Revision of the Nearctic Raphidiodea (Recent and Fossil) Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 89 2 89–158 20023217 10.2307/20023217 thumb|center|upright|Fibla exustaMesoraphidiaPérez-de la Fuente R. Peñalver E. Delclòs X. Engel M.S. 2012 Snakefly diversity in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Neuropterida, Raphidioptera) ZooKeys 204 1–40 10.3897/zookeys.204.2740 22787417 3391719 free Fam, Gen, et 4 sp nov validMartynovLate JurassicKarabastau FormationKazakhstanA snakefly The type genus of the new family Mesoraphidiidae Includes the new species M. elongata, M. grandis, M. inaequalis, and M. similisThamnotettix packardiSp. novvalidCockerell EoceneWasatchianGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoA cicadellid leafhopper.thumb|center|upright|Thamnotettix packardi Archosauromorpha General pseudosuchian research Longman describes a crocodilian skull discovered at Lansdown Station in Australia, assigning it to the genus Pallimnarchus (now Paludirex).Longman H.A. 1925 A crocodilian fossil from Lansdowne Station Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 8 2 103–108 Dinosaurs Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Arrhinoceratops brachyopsParks W. A. 1925 Arrhinoceratops brachyops, a new genus and species of Ceratopsia from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta University of Toronto Studies (Geological Series) 19 5–15 Gen et sp nov Valid Parks CretaceousMaastrichtian Horseshoe Canyon Formation CanadaAlberta A ceratopsid 200px Trachodon amurenseRiabinin A.N. 1925 Реставрированный скелет исполинского ящера Trachodon amurense nov. sp. The restored skeleton of the gigantic lizard Trachodon amurense nov. sp. Известия Геологического Комитета 44 1 1–12 Russian Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Riabinin CretaceousMaastrichtian Yuliangze Formation China A species of Trachodon later given the genus name Mandschurosaurus Newly named plesiosaurs Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Images Tapinosaurus nomen invalidum RabeckMislabeling of an image, not a valid genus name Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Location NotesImagesLycaenodonValidBroom257 Millions of years ago South AfricaLycaenoidesValidBroomLycaenopsValidBroom South Africa ZambiaA Dog-like Gorgonopsian.thumb|center|upright|LycaenopsNotosollasiaJr. synonymJr. synonym of Theriognathus. Mammals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArdynictisMatthew William Diller Granger Walter 1925 New creodonts and rodents from the Ardyn Obo Formation of Mongolia http://hdl.handle.net/2246/4476 American Museum Novitates 193Gen et sp novValidMatthew & GrangerLate EoceneErgilin Dzo Formation MongoliaA didymoconid, type species is A. furunculus.ArdynomysGen et sp novValidMatthew & GrangerLate EoceneErgilin Dzo Formation MongoliaA rodent, type species is A. olseni.Hyaenodon eminusSp novValid Matthew & GrangerLate EoceneErgilin Dzo Formation MongoliaA hyaenodont References Paleontology Category:1920s in paleontology Paleontology 5