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none 1995 paleontology science 1995 Plants Conifers Conifer research Phipps, Osborne, & Stockey detail permineralized Pinus pollen cones from the Allenby Formations Princeton Chert site. The description is the first to include in-situ pollen ultrastructure and the cones are the oldest Pinus pollen cones that had been described to date. Affiliation with the Princeton chert organ taxa Pinus similkameenensis (leaves) and Pinus arnoldii (seed cones) was suggested.Phipps CJ Osborn JM Stockey RA 1995 Pinus Pollen Cones from the Middle Eocene Princeton Chert (Allenby Formation) of British Columbia, Canada International Journal of Plant Sciences 156 1 117–124 10.1086/297232 1995IJPlS.156..117P 84598167 Arthropods Newly named arachnids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesUintascorpioSantiago-Blay Jorge A. Soleglad Michael E. Fet Victor A redescription and family placement of Uintascorpio Perry, 1995 from the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation (middle Eocene) of Colorado, USA (Scorpiones: Buthidae) Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 2004 10 7–16 http://science.marshall.edu/fet/Euscorpius/fetpubl/Uintascorpio.pdf 2021-02-12 2011-10-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20210212002638/http://www.science.marshall.edu/fet/euscorpius/fetpubl/Uintascorpio.pdf dead gen et sp nov validPerryMiddle EoceneGreen River FormationUSAonly scorpion from the Green River Formation Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesAphaenogaster amphioceanicaDe Andrade M. L. 1995 The ant genus Aphaenogaster in Dominican and Mexican amber (Amber Collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. IX: Pheidolini) Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 223 1–11Sp novValid De AndradeBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA myrmicine antthumb|center|upright|Aphaenogaster amphioceanicaAphaenogaster praerelictaSp novValid De AndradeBurdigalianMexican amberMexicoA myrmicine antBaltimartyriaMey Wolfram On the systematic position of Baltimartyria Skalski, 1995 and description of a new species from Baltic amber (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae) ZooKeys 2011 130 331–342 https://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/1480/on-the-systematic-position-of-baltimartyria-skalski-1995-and-description-of-a-new-species-from-baltic-amber-lepidoptera- 10.3897/zookeys.130.1480 22259287 3260770 free 2011ZooK..130..331M gen et comb nov validSkalskiEarly EoceneBaltic amberA micropterigid moth moved from Micropterix proavitella (1936)Dryinus grimaldiiOlmi Massimo Guglielmino Adalgisa Revision of fossil species of Dryinus belonging to lamellatus group, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) ZooKeys 2011 130 505–514 10.3897/zookeys.130.1335 22259296 3260778 https://www.pensoft.net/J_FILES/1/articles/1335/1335-G-3-layout.pdf free 2011ZooK..130..505O sp nov validOlmiBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA Dryinus lamellatus group waspthumb|center|upright|Dryinus grimaldiiElectrinocellia10.1155/1995/23626 Engel M.S. 1995 A new fossil snake-fly species from Baltic amber (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae) Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 102 3–4 187–193 free 1808/16479 free subfam, gen et sp novValid EngelEoceneBaltic ambersister taxon to the rest of InocelliidaeExocryptocerus janseiVierbergen G. Scheven J. 1995 Nine new species and a new genus of Dominican amber ants of the tribe (Cephalotini Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Creation Research Society Quarterly 32 3 158–170sp novJr synonymVierbergen & SchevenBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA myrmicinae ant, moved to Cephalotes jansei (1999)de Andrade M. L. Baroni Urbani C. 1999 Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 271 537–538thumb|center|upright|Cephalotes janseiExocryptocerus elevatussp novJr synonymVierbergen & SchevenBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA myrmicinae ant, jr synonym of Cephalotes serratus (1999)Exocryptocerus serratussp novJr synonymVierbergen & SchevenBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA myrmicinae ant, moved to Cephalotes serratus (1999)thumb|center|upright|Cephalotes serratusExocryptocerus truncatussp novJr synonymVierbergen & SchevenBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA myrmicinae ant, jr synonym of Cephalotes serratus (1999)thumb|center|upright|Cephalotes serratusZacryptocerus alveolatussp novJr synonymVierbergen & SchevenBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA myrmicinae ant, moved to Cephalotes alveolatus (1999)thumb|center|upright|Zacryptocerus alveolatus Brachiopods Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesBoucotia argentinaHerrera Zarela Angélica 1995 The first notanopliid brachiopod from the South American Devonian sequence https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016699595800085 Geobios en 28 3 337–342 10.1016/S0016-6995(95)80008-5 1995Geobi..28..337H subscription Sp novValidHerreraLochkovianTalacasto Formation ArgentinaA species of Boucotia Molluscs Bivalves Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesCamyaElicki O. Gürsu S. 2009 First record of Pojetaia runnegari Jell, 1980 and Fordilla Barrande, 1881 from the Middle East (Taurus Mountains, Turkey) and critical review of Cambrian bivalves Paläontologische Zeitschrift 83 2 267–291 10.1007/s12542-009-0021-9 2009PalZ...83..267E 49380913 http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/~elicki/ELICKI_GUERSU_2009_PalZ_CambrianBivalves.pdf 2012-01-06 2013-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202640/http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/~elicki/ELICKI_GUERSU_2009_PalZ_CambrianBivalves.pdf dead gen et sp novvalidHinz-SchallreuterEarly CambrianBornholm DenmarkThe type species is C. asyPojetaia ostseensissp novnomen dubiumHinz-SchallreuterEarly CambrianBornholm DenmarkProbable synonym of P. runnegari Fish Newly named bony fish Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesAsiamericanaNesov L.A. 1995 Dinosaurs of northern Eurasia: new data about assemblages, ecology and palaeogeography (in Russian) University of Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg 156Gen. et sp. novdubiousNesov TuronianBissekty Formation UzbekistanA possible ichthyodectid. Originally described as possible spinosaurid teeth. Archosauromorphs Newly named dinosaurs Fossil hunters working on behalf of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum discover a large coprolite from a theropod dinosaur in Maastrichtian strata. In 1997 it is sent to coprolite specialist Karen Chin, who determines that this specimen of fossilized feces was attributable to Tyrannosaurus rex. One year later, in 1998, Karen Chin and others publish a joint paper in Nature announcing the finding. Paul Sereno lead an expedition to the Kem Kem region of southeastern Morocco. Among the fossils discovered is a partial skull of Carcharodontosaurus saharicus. Significantly, it preserves a "complete and undistorted braincase" which would later be described in detail along with the structure of the inner ear of C. saharicus by Hans C. E. Larsson in 2001."Introduction," Chure (2001). Pg. 20. 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 Type locality Country Notes ImagesAchelousaurusSampson S.D. 1995 Two new horned dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana, with a phylogenetic analysis of the Centrosaurinae (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15 4 743–760 10.1080/02724634.1995.10011259 1995JVPal..15..743S Gen et sp novValidSampsonCampanian Two Medicine Formation USA (Montana)A centrosaurin ceratopsian center|thumb|200x200px|Achelousaurus AmpelosaurusLe Loeuff J. 1995 Ampelosaurus atacis (nov. gen., nov. sp), un nouveau Titanosauridae (Dinosauria, Saurpoda) du Crétacé Supérieur de la haute vallée de l'Aude (France) C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 321 (sér. II a) 693–696Gen et sp nov ValidLe Loeuff MaastrichtianMarnes Rouges Inferieures Formation FranceA French titanosaurcenter|thumb|200x200px|Ampelosaurus "Brontoraptor"nomen nudum RedmanBugenasauraGen et sp novJunior synonym of Thescelosaurus10.1671/039.029.0328 Boyd C. A. Brown C. M. Scheetz R. D. Clarke J. A. 2009 Taxonomic revision of the basal neornithischian taxa Thescelosaurus and Bugenasaura Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 3 758–770 2009JVPal..29..758B 84273584 GaltonLancian Hell Creek USAChindesaurusLong, R.A. and P.A. Murry. 1995. Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) tetrapods from the Southwestern United States. New Mexico Museum Nat. History Sci. Bull. 4: pp. 1-254.Gen et sp novValid Long & Murry USA (Arizona, New Mexico and Texas )A herrerasauridthumb|Chindesaurus "Dinotyrannus"Olshevsky vide Olshevsky, G. 1995. The Origin and Evolution of the Tyrannosaurids. Kyoryugaku Saizensen [Dino-Frontline] 9: 92-119 (part 1); 10:75-99 (part 2)Gen et sp novJunior synonym of TyrannosaurusOlshevsky, Ford & YamamotoLancian Einiosaurus Gen et sp novValid SampsonCampanian Two Medicine Formation USA (Montana)A centrosaurin ceratopsianthumb|center|200px|EiniosaurusGenusaurusAccarie, H., B. Beaudoin, J. Dejax, G. Fries, J.-C. Michard, and P. Taquet. 1995. Decouverte d’un Dinosaure Theropode nouveau (Genusaurus sisteronis n. g., n. sp.) dans l’Albien marin de Sisteron (Alpes de Haute-Provence, France) et extension au Cretace inferieur de la lignee ceratosaurienne. Compte rendu hebdomadaire des séances de l’Académie des Sciences Paris, tomo 320, 2nd series : pp. 327-334.Gen et sp novValid Accarie et al. FranceGiganotosaurus Coria R.A. Salgado L. 1995 A new giant carnivorous dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Patagonia Nature 377 6546 224–226 10.1038/377224a0 1995Natur.377..224C 30701725 Gen et sp novValid Coria & Salgado ArgentinaA carcharodontosauridthumb|center|200px|Giganotosaurus JainosaurusHunt, A.P., M.G. Lockley, S.G. Lucas, and C.A. Meyer. 1995 [George Olshevsky notes 1995, not 1994]. The global sauropod fossil record. In:Aspects of sauropod paleobiology (M.G. Lockley, V.F. dos Santos, C.A. Meyer, and A. Hunt, eds,). Revista de Geociencias, Gaia 10: pp. 261-279.Valid Hunt, Lockley, Lucas, & MeyerIndia"Jenghizkhan"Olshevsky vide Olshevsky, G [with illustrations by T.L. Ford and S. Yamamoto]. 1995. The Origin and Evolution of the Ornithopods. Kyoryugaku Saizensen [Dino-Frontline] 11: 98-119 (part 1); 12: 96-117 (part 2); 13: 97-109 (part 3, 1996);Junior SynonymOlshevsky, Ford & YamamotoJunior synonym of Tarbosauruscenter|thumb|200x200px|Tarbosaurus.JingshanosaurusZhang, Y., and Z. Yang. 1994 [George Olshevsky notes 1995, not 1994]. A new complete ostology of Prosauropoda in Lufeng Basin Yunnan China, Jingshanosaurus. Yunnan Publishing House of Science and Technology, Kunming, China: pp. 1-100.Valid Zhang & Yang Chinacenter|thumb|200x200px|"Jingshanosaurus"KulceratopsValidNesov "Liassaurus"Welles, H. P. Powell & Pickering vide Pickering, S. 1995. A fractal scaling in dinosaurology project (2nd revised printing). Capitola, California: 478 pages; nomen nudum Welles, Powell, & Pickering"Merosaurus" nomen nudum Welles, Powell, & Pickering Niobrarasaurus Carpenter K. Dilkes D. Weishampel D.B. 1995 The Dinosaurs of the Niobrara Chalk Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Kansas) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15 2 275–297 10.1080/02724634.1995.10011230 1995JVPal..15..275C Valid Carpenter, Dilkes, & WeishampelConiacian-SantonianNiobrara Formation United States (Kansas)A nodosauridSaurophaganaxChure, D.J. 1995. A reassessment of the gigantic theropod Saurophagus maximus from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Oklahoma, USA. Sixth Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota: pp. 103-106.Valid ChureKimmeridgian-TithonianMorrison Formation United States (Oklahoma)An allosauridStygivenatorGen nov junior synonym or ValidOlshevsky, Ford & Yamamoto Lancian Hell Creek FormationJunior synonym of TyrannosaurusTexasetesCoombs, W.P. 1995. A nodosaurid ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Texas. J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 15 (2):pp. 298-312.Gen et sp novValid Coombslate Albian-early CenomanianPaw Paw Formation United States (Texas )A nodosaurid"Walkersaurus"nomen nudum Welles, Powell & Pickering vide: PickeringBajocianMaterial later named Duriavenator Newly named birds Name Status Novelty Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesAjaia chione Steven D. Emslie 1995 An Early Irvingtonian Avifauna from Leisey Shell Pit http://ufdcweb1.uflib.ufl.edu/UF00095791/00001/311j Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37 1 299–344 10.58782/flmnh.hmin9127 free 2014-08-08 2014-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20140808204433/http://ufdcweb1.uflib.ufl.edu/UF00095791/00001/311j dead Sp. nov. ValidSteven D. EmsliePleistoceneEarly Irvingtonian, Bermont FormationUSA: FloridaA threskiornithid.Ameripodius silvasantosi Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga 1995 Um Primitivo Membro da Ordem Galliformes (Aves) do Terciário Médio da Bacia de Taubaté, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 67 33–44 Gen. et sp. nov. ValidHerculano M. F. de AlvarengaLate Oligocene-Early MioceneTremembé FormationBrazilA quercymegapodiid craciformAnhinga malagurala Brian Mackness 1995 Anhinga malagurala, A New Pygmy Darter form the Early Pliocene Bluff Downs Local Fauna, North- Eastern Queensland http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MU9950265.htm Emu 95 4 265–271 10.1071/mu9950265 1995EmuAO..95..265M subscription Sp. nov. ValidBrian MacknessEarly PlioceneAllingham FormationAustralia: QueenslandAn anhingidAvisaurus gloriae David J. Varricchio Luis M. Chiappe 1995 A New Enantiornithine Bird from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15 1 201–204 10.1080/02724634.1995.10011219 1995JVPal..15..201V Sp. nov. ValidDavid J. Varricchio Luis M. ChiappeLate CretaceousMaastrichtian, Hell Creek FormationUSA: MontanaAn avisaurid enantiornitheanBoluochia zhengi Zhou Zhonghe 1995 Discovery of a New Enantiornithine Bird from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200812/W020090813370241319309.pdf Vertebrata PalAsiatica 33 2 99–113 Gen. et sp. nov. ValidZhou ZhongheEarly CretaceousValanginian, Jiufotang FormationChinaA longipterygid enantiornitheanConfuciusornis sanctus Hou Lianhai Zhou Zhonghe Gu Yucai Zhang He 1995 Confuciusornis sanctus, a New Late Jurassic Sauriurine Bird from China http://csb.scichina.com/kxtbe/EN/abstract/abstract310630.shtml# Chinese Science Bulletin 40 1545–1551 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140809054648/http://csb.scichina.com:8080/kxtbe/EN/abstract/abstract310630.shtml 2014-08-09Gen. et sp. nov. ValidHou Lianhai Zhou Zhonghe Gu Yucai Zhang HeEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA confuciusornithidCorvus moravicus Jiri Mlikovsky 1995 Early Pleistoceen Birds of Stránska Skála Hill, Czech Republic: 1. Musil's Talus Cone http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/082-1995-PleistoceneofStranskaSkala1.pdf In: R Musil (Ed): Stránka Skála Hill,. Excavation of Open-Air Sediments 1964-1972. Moravian Museum, Brno, Anthropos Series 26 111–126 2014-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20140502002157/http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/082-1995-PleistoceneofStranskaSkala1.pdf 2014-05-02 dead Sp. nov. ValidJiri MlikovskyEarly PleistoceneStránská SkálaCzech RepublicA corvidEudocimus leiseyi Sp. nov. ValidSteven D. EmsliePleistoceneEarly Irvingtonian, Bermont FormationUSA: FloridaA threskiornithidGrus pagei Kenneth E. Campbell, jr. 1995 A Review of the Cranes (Aves: Gruidae) of Rancho La Brea, with the Description of a New Species http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS452.pdf Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science 452 1–13 2014-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20160629102355/http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS452.pdf 2016-06-29 dead Sp. nov. ValidKenneth E. Campbell, jr.Late PleistoceneRancho la BreaUSA: CaliforniaA gruidHinasuri nehuensis Claudia P. Tambussi 1995 The Fossil Rheiformes from Argentina Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 181 121–129 Gen. et sp. nov. ValidClaudia P. TambussiMiddle-Late PlioceneMonte Hermoso FormationArgentinaA rheidIdiornis tuberculata Dieter S. Peters 1995 Idiornis tuberculata N. Spec. Ein Weiterer Ungewohnlicher Vogel aus der Grube Messel (Aves: Gruiformes: Cariamidae: Idiornithinae) Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 181 107–119 Sp. nov. ValidDieter S. PetersMiddle EoceneMessel pit: MP 11Germany: HessenAn idiornithid gruiform; the genus was synonymized with the genus Dynamopterus Milne-Edwards, 1892 by Mourer-Chauviré, 2013 10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0355 Cécile Mourer-Chauviré 2002 Idiornis Oberholser, 1899 (Aves, Gruiformes, Cariamae, Idiornithidae): a Junior Synonym of Dynamopterus Milne-Edwards, 1892 (Paleogene, Phosphorites du Quercy, France) Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 270 1 13–22 Itardiornis hessae Cécile Mourer-Chauviré 1995 The Messelornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes) from the Palaeocene of France Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 181 95–105 Gen. et sp. nov. ValidCécile Mourer-ChauviréLate Eocene and Middle EoceneMP 21 and MP 23FranceA messelornithid gruiformLagopus balcanicus Zlatozar N. Boev 1995 Middle Villafranchian Birds from Varshets (Western Balkan Range-Bulgaria) Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 181 259–269 Sp. nov. ValidppZlatozar N. BoevLate PlioceneMN 17, Middle VillafranchianBulgariaA phasianidLarus lacus Steven D. Emslie 1995 A Catastrophic Death Assemblage of a New Species of Cormorant and Other Seabirds from the Late Pliocene of Florida Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15 2 313–330 10.1080/02724634.1995.10011232 1995JVPal..15..313E Sp. nov. ValidSteven D. EmslieLate PlioceneLate BlancanUSA: FloridaA laridLarus perpetuus Sp. nov. ValidSteven D. EmslieLate PlioceneLate BlancanUSA: FloridaA laridMeganhinga chilensis Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga 1995 A Large and Probably Flightless Anhinga from the Miocene of Chile Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 181 149–161 Gen. et sp. nov. ValidHerculano M. F. de AlvarengaMioceneCura-Mallín FormationChileAn anhingidMenura tyawanoides Walter E. Boles 1995 A Preliminary Analysis of the Passeriformes from Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland, Australia, with the description of a New Species of Lyrebird http://www.create.unsw.edu.au/research/files/Boles%20(1995)%20A%20preliminary%20analysis%20of%20the%20Passeriformes%20fro.PDF Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 181 163–170 2014-06-25 2014-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20140625000827/http://www.create.unsw.edu.au/research/files/Boles%20%281995%29%20A%20preliminary%20analysis%20of%20the%20Passeriformes%20fro.PDF dead Sp. nov. ValidWalter E. Boles?Early MioceneRiversleighAustralia: QueenslandA menuridMesselornis russelli Sp. nov. ValidCécile Mourer-ChauviréLate PaleoceneMP 6FranceA messelornithid gruiformPhalacrocorax filyawi Sp. nov. ValidSteven D. EmslieLate PlioceneLate BlancanUSA: FloridaA phalacrocoracidQinornis paleocenica Xue Xiangxu 1995 Qinornis paleocenica - a Palaeocene Bird Discovered in China Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 181 89–93 Gen. et sp. nov. ValidXue XiangxuEarly-Middle PaleoceneShimen BasinChinaAn indeterminate neognath Pterosaurs New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images PlataleorhynchusGen. et sp. nov ValidHowse and MilnerEarly CretaceousPurbeck Limestone UKthumb|Plataleorhynchus Synapsids Mammals New taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images AsiavoratorSpassov Nikolay Lange-Badré B. 1995 Asiavorator altidens gen et sp. nov., un mammifere carnivore nouveau de l'Oligocene superieur de Mongolie https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273379229 Annales de Paléontologie Fr 81 3 109–123Gen. et sp. nov ValidSpassov and Lange-BadréLate Eocene to early OligoceneHsanda Gol Formation MongoliaType species is A. altidens, though this later became a junior synonym of A. gracilis.thumb|Asiavorator limb bones References Paleontology 30em Category:1990s in paleontology Paleontology