Paleontology or palaeontology 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, 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 1975.
Paleozoology
Arthropods
Insects
Molluscs
Bivalves
Conodonts
German paleontologist and stratigrapher Heinz Walter Kozur (1942-2013) and G.K. Merrill described the conodont genus Diplognathodus.
Vertebrates
Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
Newly named birds
Pterosaurs
New taxa
Incertae sedis
New taxa
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