1904 in paleontology

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.

List of years in paleontology (table)
In science
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[2]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Algoasaurus[3]

Gen et sp nov

Nomen dubium.

Broom

Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous

Kirkwood Formation

now considered an indeterminate sauropod

Centrosaurus[4]

gen et sp nov

Valid

Lambe

Late Cretaceous

Dinosaur Park Formation

Type species: Centrosaurus apertus

Plesiosaurs

  • Plesiosaur gastroliths documented.[5]

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Glanosuchus

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Broom

Middle Permian

Middle Abrahamskraal Formation

A member of Scylacosauridae.

Placerias

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Lucas

Late Triassic (Carnian)

Chinle Formation

A member of Stahleckeriidae.

Prodicynodon

Gen et sp nov

Junior synonym

Broom

Late Permian

A junior synonym of Endothiodon.

Scapanodon

Gen et sp nov

Junior synonym

Broom

Middle Permian

A junior synonym of Titanosuchus.

Metatherians

Name Authors Age Location Notes Images
Argyrolagus Ameghino 4 Millions years ago A Distante relative of the Shrew Opossum

Cetaceans

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Eocetus[6]

Nom. nov.

Valid

Fraas

Middle Eocene (Bartonian)

Giushi Formation

A basilosaurid. Replacement name for Mesocetus Fraas, 1904 (non van Beneden, 1880).

Mesocetus[7]

Gen. et. sp. nov

Junior homonym

Fraas

Middle Eocene (Bartonian)

Renamed Eocetus.

Protocetus[7]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Fraas

Middle Eocene (Lutetian)

Mokattam Formation

A protocetid.

Even-toed Ungulates

Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Images
Prosthennops Valid Matthew 10 Millions of years ago An Extinct Tayassuid.

References

  1. 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.
  2. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Brown (1904). Williston (1904). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
  6. E. Fraas. 1904. Neue Zeuglodonten aus dem unteren Mitteleozän von Mokattam bei Cairo. Geologisches Centralblatt 5(1048):374
  7. 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
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