1911 in paleontology
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.[1] 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 1911.
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
Institutions and organizations
Natural history museums
- The Calgary Public Museum opened in Alberta, Canada.[2]
Scientific advances
Invertebrate paleozoology
| Prehistoric arthropods described in 1911 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Location | Notes | Images | |
| Valid | Walcott | 1911 | Cambrian |
|
| |||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small}
Vertebrate paleozoology
| Other prehistoric vertebrates described in 1911 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Location | Notes | Images | |
| Valid | S.W. Williston | 1911 | Permian |
|
Nominal genus for the family Limnoscelidae |
| ||
| Non-mammalian synapsids described in 1911 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images | ||
|
Valid |
Broom | 255 million years | A South African Gorgonopsid. | |||||
|
Valid |
Broom | |||||||
|
Valid |
Broom | |||||||
|
Valid |
Broom | 254 million years | Another South African Gorgonopsian. | |||||
|
Valid |
Broom | 255 million years | A Therocephalian | |||||
|
Valid |
Broom | 261 million years | A Dome-Headed Dinocephalian. | |||||
|
Valid |
Broom | A Dicynodont. | ||||||
| Name | Status | Authors | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Valid |
Watson |
|||
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
| Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aetonyx[5] | Junior synonym |
|
Junior synonym of Massospondylus. |
|||
| Geranosaurus[5] | Valid taxon |
|
||||
| Gryponyx[5] | Valid taxon |
|
||||
| Gyposaurus[5] |
|
Junior synonym of Massospondylus. |
||||
| Podokesaurus[6] |
Disputed |
|
||||
| Tornieria[7] | Valid taxon |
|
||||
Law and politics
Ethics and practice
People
Awards and recognition
Popular culture
See also
References
- Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
- D. H. Tanke. 2010. Lost in plain sight: rediscovery of William E. Cutler's missing Eoceratops. In M. J. Ryan, B. J. Chinnery-Allgeier, D. A. Eberth (eds.), New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 541-550.
- Williston, S.W. (1911). "A new family of reptiles from the Permian of New Mexico". The American Journal of Science. 4. 33: 378–398.
- Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- Broom, R. 1911. On the dinosaurs of the Stormberg, South Africa: Annals of the South African Museum 7: pp. 291-308.
- Talbot, M. 1911. Podokesaurus holyokensis, a new dinosaur from the Triassic of the Connecticut Valley. Amer. J. Sci. (ser. 4) 31: pp. 469-479.
- Sternfeld, R. 1911. Zur Nomenklature der Gattung Gigantosaurus Fraas: Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde Fr. Berlin (1911) 8: p. 398.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.