1914 in paleontology

none 1914 paleontology science 1914 Arthropods Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesRaphidia pulverisCockerell T. 1914 New and little known insects from the Miocene of Florissant, Colorado. Journal of Geology 22 714–724Sp novjr synonymCockerellEocenePriabonianFlorissant FormationUSAColoradoA raphidiid snakeflySynonymized with Megaraphidia exhumata in 2014Makarkin V. Archibald S. 2014 A revision of the late Eocene snakeflies (Raphidioptera) of the Florissant Formation, Colorado, with special reference to the wing venation of the Raphidiomorpha Zootaxa 3784 4 401–444 10.11646/zootaxa.3784.4.4 24872063thumb|center|upright|Megaraphidia exhumata Dinosaurs Eugene Stebinger became the first to identify the Two Medicine Formation and to formally describe its first fossil finds, which were excavated the previous year. New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Anchiceratops ornatusBrown, B. 1914. Anchiceratops, a new genus of horned dinosaurs from the Edmonton Cretaceous of Alberta, with discussion of the origin of the ceratopsian crests and brain casts of Anchiceratops and Trachodon. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 33: pp. 559-565. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Brown Maastrichtian Horseshoe Canyon Formation Alberta A ceratopsid 200px Brachyceratops montanensisGilmore, C.W. 1914. A new ceratopsian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Montana, with a note on Hypacrosaurus. Smithosian Miscellaneous Collections 43: pp. 1-10. Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Gilmore Campanian Two Medicine Formation Montana A ceratopsid 200px ChasmosaurusLambe L.M. Lawrence Lambe 1914 On Gryposaurus notabilis, a new genus and species of trachodont dinosaur from the Belly River Formation of Alberta, with a description of the skull of Chasmosaurus belli The Ottawa Naturalist 27 11 145–155 Gen. nov. Valid Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A replacement name for Protorosaurus, a new genus for Monoclonius belli 200px Corythosaurus casuariusBrown B. Barnum Brown 1914 Corythosaurus casuarius, a new crested dinosaur from the Belly River Cretaceous, with provisional classification of the family Trachodontidae American Museum of Natural History Bulletin 33 559–565 Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Brown Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A hadrosaurid 200px Dicraeosaurus hansemanniJanensch, W. 1914. Ubersicht uber die Wirbeltierfauna der Tendaguru-Schichten nebst einer kurzen Charakterisierung der neu aufgefuhrten Arten von Sauropoden. Arch. Biontol. 3: pp. 81-110. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Janensch Kimmeridgian Tendaguru Formation Tanzania A Jurassic sauropod 200px Dicraeosaurus sattleri Sp. nov. Valid Janensch Kimmeridgian Tendaguru Formation Tanzania A second species of Dicraeosaurus Gorgosaurus libratusLambe L.M. Lawrence Lambe 1914 On a new genus and species of carnivorous dinosaur from the Belly River Formation of Alberta, with a description of the skull of Stephanosaurus marginatus from the same horizon The Ottawa Naturalist 28 1 13–20 Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A tyrannosaurid 200px Gryposaurus notabilis Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A hadrosaurid 200px Leptoceratops gracilisBrown, B. 1914. Leptoceratops, a new genus of Ceratopsia from the Edmonton Cretaceous of Alberta. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 33: pp. 567-580. Gen. et sp. nov Valid Brown Maastrichtian Scollard Formation Alberta An early ceratopsian 200px ProtorosaurusLambe L.M. Lawrence Lambe 1914 On the forelimb of a carnivorous dinosaur from the Belly River Formation of Alberta, and a new genus of Ceratopsia from the same horizon, with remarks on the integument of some Cretaceous herbivorous dinosaurs The Ottawa Naturalist 27 10 129–135 Gen. nov. Preoccupied Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta New genus for Monoclonius belli, but preoccupied by a non-dinosaurian archosauromorph von Meyer, 1830. Renamed Chasmosaurus. Stephanosaurus Gen. nov. Nomen dubium Lambe Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A new genus name for Trachodon marginatus Plesiosaurs New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Brancasaurus Gen et sp novValid WegnerBerriasian Isterberg FormationGermanyA possibly freshwater dwelling plesiosaur thumb|Brancasaurus Pterosaurs New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images LonchodectesFam et Gen nov ValidHooleyLate Cretaceous UKAn ornithocheiromorphthumb|center|150px|Lonchodectes compressirostris Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Location NotesImagesArctopsValidWatson255 million years ago South AfricaA Gorgonopsian.thumb|ArctopsMormosaurusValidWatson270 million years ago South AfricaA Dinocephalian.thumb|MormosaurusMoschognathusValid263 million years ago South AfricaPnigalionValid Footnotes Paleontology 3 "Previous Work," Trexler (2001); page 300. References Trexler, D., 2001, Two Medicine Formation, Montana: geology and fauna: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 298–309. Category:1910s in paleontology Paleontology 4