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none 1904 paleontology science 1904 Dinosaurs Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Olshevsky George Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html 2008-08-07 2011-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html dead Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images AlgoasaurusBroom, R. 1904. On the occurrence of an opisthocoelian dinosaur (Algoasaurus bauri) in the Cretaceous beds of South Africa. Geol. Mag., ser. 5 (1): 445-447.Gen et sp nov Nomen dubium.BroomLate Jurassic-Early CretaceousKirkwood Formation South Africanow considered an indeterminate sauropodthumb|center|150px|AlgoasaurusCentrosaurusLambe, L. M. 1904. On the squamoso-parietal crest of two species of horned dinosaurs from the Cretaceous of Alberta. Ottawa Nat. 18: pp. 81-84.gen et sp novValid LambeLate CretaceousDinosaur Park Formation Canada (Alberta)Type species: Centrosaurus apertusthumb|center|150px|Centrosaurus Plesiosaurs Plesiosaur gastroliths documented.Brown (1904). Williston (1904). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167. Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesGlanosuchusGen et sp novValidBroomMiddle PermianMiddle Abrahamskraal Formation South AfricaA member of Scylacosauridae.thumb|center|150px|GlanosuchusPlaceriasGen et sp novValidLucasLate Triassic (Carnian)Chinle Formation USA (Arizona and North Carolina)A member of Stahleckeriidae.thumb|150px|center|PlaceriasProdicynodonGen et sp nov ValidBroomLate PermianScapanodonGen et sp novJunior synonymBroomMiddle PermianA junior synonym of Titanosuchus. Metatherians NameAuthorsAgeLocationNotesImagesArgyrolagusAmeghino4 Millions years ago ArgentinaA Distante relative of the Shrew Opossum Eutherians Cetaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEocetusE. Fraas. 1904. Neue Zeuglodonten aus dem unteren Mitteleozän von Mokattam bei Cairo. Geologisches Centralblatt 5(1048):374Nom. nov.ValidFraasMiddle Eocene (Bartonian)Giushi Formation Egypt MoroccoA protocetid. Replacement name for Mesocetus Fraas, 1904 (non van Beneden, 1880).MesocetusGen. et. sp. nov FraasMiddle Eocene (Bartonian) ProtocetusFraas, Eberhard (1904). "Neue Zeuglodonten aus dem unteren Mitteleocän vom Mokattam bei Cairo". Geologische und Paläontologische Abhandlungen (Jena: Verlag Gustav Fischer) 6 (3): 199–220. Retrieved July 2013.Gen. et sp. nov.ValidFraasMiddle Eocene (Lutetian)Mokattam Formation EgyptA protocetid. Even-toed Ungulates NameStatusAuthorsAgeLocationNotesImagesProsthennopsValidMatthew10 Millions of years ago Honduras Mexico USA (Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia and Washington)An Extinct Tayassuid. References Paleontology Brown, B. (1904) Stomach stones and food of plesiosaurs, Science, n.s. 20, (501): 184–185 Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180. Williston, Samuel Wendel; 1904; The stomach stones of the plesiosaurs; Science; 20 pp. 565; American Association for the Advancement of Science