1906 in paleontology explained

Arthropods

Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Calyptapis	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Cockerell	Priabonian	Florissant Formation		A Bombini bumblebee relative. Type species is C. florissantensis
Palaeovespa^[1]	Gen et sp. nov	valid	Cockerell	Priabonian	Florissant Formation		A Vespidae wasp, with three species P. florissantia, P. gillettei, and P. scudderi
Protostephanus	Gen et sp. nov	valid	Cockerell	Priabonian	Florissant Formation		A Stephanidae wasp Type species P. ashmeadi

Archosauromorphs

• Apatosaurus gastroliths documented.^[2]
• Wieland claims to have found stegosaur gastroliths.^[3]

Dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[4]

References

1. Cockerell . T. D. A. . 1906 . Fossil Hymenoptera from Florissant, Colorado . Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College . 50 . 55–64 .
2. Cannon (1906). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
3. Wieland (1906). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
4. Web site: Olshevsky . George . Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List . 2008-08-07 . 2011-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html . dead .
5. Lull, R.S. 1906. A new name for the dinosauriangenus Ceratops. Amer. J. Sci. (ser. 4) 21: p. 124.

• Cannon . G.L. . 1906 . Sauropodan gastroliths . Science . 24 . 604. 116 . 10.1126/science.24.604.116 . 17772188.
• 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.
• Wieland . G. R. . 1906 . Dinosaurian gastroliths . Science . 23 . 595. 819–821 . 10.1126/science.23.595.819-a . 17756355.