1975 in paleontology explained

Paleozoology

Arthropods

Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Cretopone^[1]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Dlussky	Turonian	Beleutinskaya Formation		An ant of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Type species C. magna
Electrodryinus areolatus^[2]	gen et sp nov	jr synonym	Ponomarenko	Eocene	Baltic amber		A dryinid wasp, genus synonymized with Deinodryinus
"Palaeomyrmex"^[3]	Gen et sp nov.	Jr synonym	Dlussky	Santonian	Taimyr amber		A Sphecomyrminae ant. homonym of Palaeomyrmex Heer. Moved to Dlusskyidris zherichini

Molluscs

Bivalves

Conodonts

German paleontologist and stratigrapher Heinz Walter Kozur (1942-2013) and G.K. Merrill described the conodont genus Diplognathodus.^[5]

Vertebrates

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[6]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Abrictosaurus^[7]	gen nov	Valid	Hopson	Early Jurassic	Upper Elliot Formation
Alocodon	Gen et sp nov	Valid		194 Millions years ago.
Bagaceratops^[8]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Maryańska & Osmólska	Late Cretaceous
"Sinopliosaurus" fusuiensis^[9]	Sp. Nov.	junior synonym?	Lian-Hai, Hsiang-K'uei, & Xi-Jin	Early Cretaceous	Xinlong Formation		Originally classified as a second species of the pliosauroid Sinopliosaurus, and later as a spinosaurid dinosaur.^[10] Now a possible junior synonym of the spinosaurid genus Siamosaurus.^[11] ^[12] ^[13]
Barapasaurus^[14]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Jain, Kutty, Roy-Chowdhury, & Chatterjee	Lower Jurassic	Kota Formation
Bradycneme^[15]	Fam, gen, et sp nov	Nomen dubium	Harrison & C. A. Walker	Maastrichtian	Sânpetru Formation		Possibly synonymous with Elopteryx.
Heptasteornis	gen et sp nov	Valid	Harrison & C. A. Walker	Maastrichtian	Sânpetru Formation		alvarezsaurid, originally described as an owl
Lanasaurus^[16]	Gen nov	Valid	Gow	Hettangian to Sinemurian	Elliot Formation
"Yubasaurus"		Nomen nudum.	He				informal name for Yandusaurus.

Newly named birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Anhinga grandis ^[17]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Larry D. Martin Robert M. Mengel	Pliocene	Kimball Formation	United States	An Anhingidae.
Botaurus hibbardi ^[18]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Carolyn Moseley Alan Feduccia	Late Pliocene	Rexroad Formation	United States	An Ardeidae.
Bulweria bifax ^[19]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Storrs L. Olson	Holocene			A Procellariidae, Extinct after 1502 arrival of man
Dakotornis cooperi ^[20]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Bruce R. Erickson	Paleocene	Tongue River Formation	United States	Described in the Dakornithidae, now placed in the Graculavidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos	Gen. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Storrs L. Olson	Middle Pleistocene-Holocene			A Columbidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Falco antiquus ^[21]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Cécile Mourer-Chauviré	Middle Pleistocene	MQ 2B	France	A Falconidae.
Nannococcyx spix	Gen. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Storrs L. Olson	Holocene			A Cuculidae, this is the type species of the new genus. Extinct at the start of the 16th century BC
Primapus lacki ^[22]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Collin J. O. Harrison Cyril A. Walker	Early Eocene	London Clay, MP 8-9		An Apodiformes, Aegialornithidae Lydekker, 1891.
Pterodroma rupinarum	Sp. nov.	Valid	Storrs L. Olson	Late Pleistocene-Holocene			A Procellariidae, sometimes placed in the genus Pseudobulweria. Extinct after 1502 due to deforestation
Puffinus pacificoides	Sp. nov.	Valid	Storrs L. Olson	Pleistocene			A Procellariidae.
Spizaetus schultzi ^[23]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Larry D. Martin	Pliocene, Kimballian	Kimball Formation	United States	An Accipitridae.
Upupa antaios	Sp. nov.	Valid	Storrs L. Olson	Holocene			An Upupidae. Extinct before or around 1502

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Incertae sedis

New taxa

References

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