1926 in paleontology
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Paleontology or palaeontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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.
Angiosperms
Newly described angiosperms
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Knowlton |
Acer |
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Conodonts
| Name | Status | Authors | Notes | Images | |
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| Ancyrodella[3] |
Valid taxon |
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Newly named basal diapsids
| Name | Status | Authors | Notes | Images | |
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| Coelurosauravus[4] |
Valid taxon |
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Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[5]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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| Proceratosaurus | Valid |
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) |
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| Rhoetosaurus | Valid |
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A basal gravisaurian sauropod. | |||||
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Junior synonym |
Haughton |
Late Permian |
A junior synonym of Gorgonops. |
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Junior synonym |
Haughton |
Late Permian |
A junior synonym of Aelurognathus. | ||||
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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ A classification of the toothlike fossils, conodonts, with descriptions of American Devonian and Mississippian species. EO Ulrich and RS Bassler, 1926
- ↑ Piveteau, J. 1926. Contribution to the Study of the Lagoonal Formations of Northwest Madagascar. Bull. Soc. Géol. Fr. (4), XXVI: p. 3.
- ↑ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.