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 1904.
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Dinosaurs
editNewly named dinosaurs
editData courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[2]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Broom |
now considered an indeterminate sauropod |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Type species: Centrosaurus apertus |
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Plesiosaurs
edit- Plesiosaur gastroliths documented.[5]
Synapsids
editNon-mammalian
edit| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Middle Abrahamskraal Formation |
A member of Scylacosauridae. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Lucas |
Late Triassic (Carnian) |
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A member of Stahleckeriidae. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Junior synonym |
Middle Permian |
A junior synonym of Titanosuchus. |
Metatherians
edit| Name | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Argyrolagus | Ameghino | 4 Millions years ago | A Distante relative of the Shrew Opossum |
Eutherians
editCetaceans
edit| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Nom. nov. |
Valid |
Fraas |
Middle Eocene (Bartonian) |
Giushi Formation |
A protocetid. Replacement name for Mesocetus Fraas, 1904 (non van Beneden, 1880). |
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Gen. et. sp. nov |
Fraas |
Middle Eocene (Bartonian) |
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Gen. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Fraas |
Middle Eocene (Lutetian) |
Mokattam Formation |
A protocetid. |
Even-toed Ungulates
edit| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Prosthennops | Valid | Matthew | 10 Millions of years ago | An Extinct Tayassuid. |
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Broom, 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.
- ^ Lambe, 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.
- ^ Brown (1904). Williston (1904). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
- ^ E. Fraas. 1904. Neue Zeuglodonten aus dem unteren Mitteleozän von Mokattam bei Cairo. Geologisches Centralblatt 5(1048):374
- ^ a b Fraas, 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.
- 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