1975 in paleontology
Paleozoology
Arthropods
Insects
Molluscs
Bivalves
Conodonts
German paleontologist and stratigrapher Heinz Walter Kozur and G.K. Merrill described the conodont genus Diplognathodus.Vertebrates
Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Abrictosaurus | gen nov | Valid | Hopson | Early Jurassic | Upper Elliot Formation | |||
| Alocodon | Gen et sp nov | Valid | 194 Millions years ago. | |||||
| Bagaceratops | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Maryańska & Osmólska | Late Cretaceous | ||||
| "Sinopliosaurus" fusuiensis | 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.' Now a possible junior synonym of the spinosaurid genus Siamosaurus.' | ||
| Barapasaurus | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Jain, Kutty, Roy-Chowdhury, & Chatterjee | Lower Jurassic | Kota Formation | |||
Bradycneme | 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 | Gen nov | Valid | Gow | Hettangian to Sinemurian | Elliot Formation | |||
| "Yubasaurus" | Nomen nudum. | He | informal name for Yandusaurus. |