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1985 in paleontology

Molluscs

Bivalves

Arthropods

Insects

Echinoderms

Fish

Newly named Cartilaginous fish

Archosauromorphs

  • Psittacosaurus gastroliths documented.

Newly named pseudosuchians

Newly named pterosaurs

Newly named non-avian dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Literature on fossil birds

  • Storrs Olson: the fossil record of birds

Newly named birds

Lepidosauromorphs

Newly named pleosiosaurs

Synapsids

Mammals

References

  • Bird, R.T. (1985) Bones for Barnum Brown (V.T. Schreiber, Ed.), Texas Christian Univ. Press. Fort Worth, TX. 225 pp.
  • 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.