# 1907 in paleontology

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 1907.

## Plants
### Ferns and fern allies

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Cladophlebis skagitensis | Sp nov | | Penhallow | Lower Cretaceous | | Canada British Columbia | A Cladophlebis pinnule | |
| Nilsonia pasaytensis | Sp nov | | Penhallow | Lower Cretaceous | | Canada British Columbia | A Nilsonia foliage | |

### Conifers

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Picea columbiensis | Sp nov | valid | Penhallow | Early Eocene Ypresian | Kettle River Formation? | Canada British Columbia | A cone and foliage Spruce species. | Picea columbiensis |
| Pinus columbiana | Sp nov | | Penhallow | Early Eocene Ypresian | Kettle River Formation? | Canada British Columbia | A wood and cone pine species. | Pinus columbiana |

### Flowering plants

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Myrica serrata | Sp nov | | Penhallow | Lower Cretaceous | | Canada British Columbia | A Myrica? foliage | |
| Ulmus columbiana | Sp nov | jr synonym | Penhallow | Early Eocene Ypresian | Kettle River Formation? | Canada British Columbia | An elm wood species. Moved to Ulminium columbianum in 1922 | Ulminium columbianum |
| Ulmus protoamericana | Sp nov | | Penhallow | Early Eocene Ypresian | Kettle River Formation? | Canada British Columbia | An elm wood species. | Ulmus protoamericana |
| Ulmus protoracemosa | Sp nov | | Penhallow | Early Eocene Ypresian | Kettle River Formation? | Canada British Columbia | An elm wood species. | Ulmus protoracemosa |

## Arthropods
### Insects

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Megaraphidia | Gen et Sp nov | valid | Cockerell | Eocene Priabonian | Florissant Formation | USA Colorado | A raphidiid snakefly The type species is M. elegans Moved to Raphidia elegans in 1936 Moved back to M. elegans in 2014 | Megaraphidia elegans |
| Tortrix? florissantana | sp. nov | jr synonym | Cockerell | Priabonian | Florissant Formation | USA Colorado | A moth of uncertain placement, moved to Paleolepidopterites florissantanus (2018) | Paleolepidopterites florissantanus |

## Archosaurs

* Wieland claims to have found stegosaur gastroliths.
* Brown argues that Wieland's alleged stegosaur gastroliths were "not associated with the stegosaur bones in question."
* Possible hadrosaur gastroliths documented.

### Newly named ornithodirans

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Scleromochlus | gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Woodward | Late Triassic | Lossiemouth Sandstone | Scotland | A member of Ornithodira. | Scleromochlus |

## Synapsids
### Non-mammalian

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Arnognathus | Gen. et. sp. nov | Valid | Broom | Late Permian | Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone | South Africa | A member of Lycideopsidae. | Galechirus |
| Galechirus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Broom | Middle Permian | Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone | South Africa | A member of Galeopidae. | Galechirus |