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Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, coprolites, palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because mankind has 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 in the year 1985.

Dinosaurs[]

Newly named dinosaurs[]

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list[1] and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.[2]

Name Status Authors Notes Images
Abelisaurus[3] Valid taxon
  • Novas
"Aliwalia"[4]

Junior synonym.

Junior subjective synonym of Eucnemosaurus.

"Avisaurus"[5]

Misidentification.

  • Michael K. Brett-Surman
  • Paul

Actually a enantiornithan bird.

Blikanasaurus[6] Valid taxon
  • van Heerden
Camelotia[7] Valid taxon
Carnotaurus[8] Valid taxon
"Dachungosaurus"[9]

Nomen nudum.

  • Zhao X. (as Chao S.)
"Dystylosaurus"[10]

Junior synonym.

  • Jim Jenson

Junior synonym of Supersaurus.

Gasosaurus[11] Valid taxon
"Jurapteryx"[12]

Disputed.

  • Howgate

Possible junior subjective synonym of Archaeopteryx.

Kunmingosaurus[9] Valid taxon
  • Zhao X. (as Chao S.)
"Mifunesaurus"

Nomen nudum

  • Hisa
"Moshisaurus"

Nomen nudum.

  • Hisa

Same as Mamenchisaurus.

"Oshanosaurus"[9]

Nomen nudum.

  • Zhao X. (as Chao S.)
"Palaeolimnornis"[13]

Nomen nudum.

  • Jurcsák
  • Kessler

An informal name applied to a genus that suffered from considerable taxonomic confusion. Finally named Palaeocursornis. Probably a misidentified bird as well.

Postosuchus

Misidentification.

Actually a rauisuchian archosaur.

"Sanchusaurus"

Nomen nudum

  • Hisa

Same as Gallimimus.

Supersaurus[10] Valid taxon
  • Jim Jenson
"Ultrasaurus"[10]

Preoccupied name.

  • Jim Jenson

Preoccupied by Kim H. M., 1983 and renamed Ultrasauros.

"Xuanhuasaurus"[9]

Nomen nudum.

  • Zhao X. (as Chao S.)

Later renamed Xuanhuaceratops in 2006

References[]

  1. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-07. 
  2. ^ Montague, Jeremy. "Dr. Montague's Database". http://www.barry.edu/bio300/pdf/montague%20dino%20web%20data%2012-3-2005.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-10-29. 
  3. ^ Bonaparte, J.F. and F.E. Novas. 1985. Abelisaurus comahuensis, ng, n. sp., Carnosauria from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Ameghiniana 21: pp. 259-265.
  4. ^ Galton, P.M. 1985. The poposaurid thecodontian Teratosaurus suevicus v. Meyer, plus referred specimens mostly based on prosauropod dinosaurs, from the Middle Stubensandstein (Upper Triassic) of Nordwurttenburg. Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. (ser. B) 116: pp. 1-29.
  5. ^ Brett-Surman, M.K. and G.S. Paul. 1985. A new family of bird-like dinosaurs linking Laurasia and Gondwanaland. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5: pp. 133-138.
  6. ^ Galton, P.M. and Heerden, J. 1985. Partial hindlimb of Blikanasaurus cromptoni n. gen. and n. sp. representing a new family of prosauropod dinosaurs from the Upper Triassic of South Africa. Geobios 18: pp. 509-516.
  7. ^ Galton, P. M. 1985. Notes on the Melanorosauridae, a family of large prosauropod dinosaurs (Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha). Geobios 19: pp. 671-676.
  8. ^ Bonaparte, J.E. 1985. A horned Cretaceous Carnosaur from Patagonia. Natl. Geogr. Res. Winter: pp. 149-152.
  9. ^ a b c d Chao Shichin. 1985. The reptilian fauna of the Jurassic in China. In: The Jurassic System of China (Wang S., Z. Cheng, and N. Wang, eds.). Geological Publishing House, Beijing: pp. 286-289, 347, pl. 10, 11 [in Chinese].
  10. ^ a b c Jensen, J.A. 1985. Three new sauropod dinosaurs from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado. Great Basin Nat. 45 (4): pp. 679-709.
  11. ^ Dong, Z. and Z. Tang. 1985. Note on the mid Jurassic carnosaur (Gasosaurus constructus gen. et sp. nov.) from Suchuan Basin. China. Vertebrate Palasiatica 23 (1): pp. 77-83.
  12. ^ Howgate, M.E. 1985. Problems of the Osteology of Archaeopteryx: Is the Eichstatt Specimen a Distinct Genus? In: The beginnings of birds. Proceedings of the International Archaeopteryx Conference, Eichstatt (1984): pp. 105-112.
  13. ^ Jurcsak, T. and E. Kessler. 1985. La paleofaune de Comet- implications phylogenetiques et ecologiques. Evolution et Adaptation 11: pp. 137-147.
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