1926 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 1926.

List of years in paleontology (table)
In science
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929

Angiosperms

Newly described angiosperms
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Acer chaneyi[2]

Sp nov

Valid

Knowlton

Oligocene to Miocene

John Day Formation

 Acer

Conodonts
Name Status Authors Location Images
Ancyrodella[3]

Valid taxon

Amphibians
Name Authors Age Location Notes Images
Crassigyrinus Watson 322 Million years ago The thick Tadpole.
Crassigyrinus

Newly named basal diapsids
Name Status Authors Location Notes Images
Coelurosauravus[4]

Valid taxon

A weigeltisaurid. an gliding Reptile.
Coelurosauravus

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[5]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Proceratosaurus[6] Gen. nov. Valid Friedrich von Huene Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) Forest Marble Formation  England A proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid theropod. The type species is Megalosaurus bradleyi.
Rhoetosaurus[7] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Albert Heber Longman Middle Jurassic (Aalenian-Bajocian) Unknown  Australia A basal gravisaurian sauropod. The type species is Rhoetosaurus brownei.

Synapsids

Non-mammalian
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Chiwetasaurus

Junior synonym

Haughton

Late Permian

Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone

A junior synonym of Gorgonops.

Dixeya

Junior synonym

Haughton

Late Permian

Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone

A junior synonym of Aelurognathus.

References
  1. 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.
  2. Wolfe, J.A.; Tanai, T. (1987). "Systematics, Phylogeny, and Distribution of Acer (maples) in the Cenozoic of Western North America". Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and mineralogy. 22 (1): 1–246.
  3. A classification of the toothlike fossils, conodonts, with descriptions of American Devonian and Mississippian species. EO Ulrich and RS Bassler, 1926
  4. Piveteau, J. 1926. Contribution to the Study of the Lagoonal Formations of Northwest Madagascar. Bull. Soc. Géol. Fr. (4), XXVI: p. 3.
  5. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  6. Huene, F. (1926a). "On several known and unknown reptiles of the order Saurischia from England and France". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 17 (9): 473–489.
  7. Longman, H.A. (1926). "A giant dinosaur from Durham Downs, Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 8: 183–194.
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