1916 in paleontology
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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 1916.
Plants
Newly named angiosperms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Florissantia[2] | Gen et sp nov | jr synonym (pro part) | A mallow relative. | ![]() | ||||
Sp nov | jr synonym | A mallow relative. | ![]() |
Fish
Bony fish
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Lucious rosei[3] | Sp nov | jr synonym | Hussakof | Tranquille Formation | A moon eye relative. |
Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list[5] and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.[6]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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"Doryphorosaurus"[7] | Gen et comb nov | Invalid replacement name for Kentrosaurus (1915). | ![]() | |||||
"Gigantoscelus"[8] | Gen et sp nov | nomen dubium | van Hoepen | A possible Sauropodomorpha of poor description | ||||
"Kentrurosaurus"[9] | Gen et comb nov | Junior synonym | Hennig | Invalid replacement name for Kentrosaurus (1915). | ![]() | |||
Prosaurolophus[10] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | |
Plesiosaurs
Newly named taxa
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen nov | jr synonym | Smellie | jr synonym of Cryptocleidus | |
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country/state | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | Valid | Van Hoepen | A titanosuchid dinocephalian | ![]() |
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.
- ^ a b Manchester, S.R. (1992). "Flowers, fruits and pollen of Florissantia, an extinct malvalean genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America". American Journal of Botany. 79 (9): 996–1008. doi:10.2307/2444909. JSTOR 2444909.
- ^ Hussakof, L. (1916). "A new cyprinid fish, Leuciscus rosei, from the Miocene of British Columbia". American Journal of Science. 4 (247): 18–20. doi:10.2475/ajs.s4-42.247.18.
- ^ Hilton, E.; Grande, L. (2008). "Fossil Mooneyes (Teleostei: Hiodontiformes, Hiodontidae) from the Eocene of western North America, with a reassessment of their taxonomy". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 295: 221–251. doi:10.1144/SP295.13. S2CID 128680041.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Montague, Jeremy. "Dr. Montague's Database" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-10-29.
- ^ Nopcsa, F. 1916. Doryphorosaurus nov. nom. fiir Kentrosaurus Hennig. Centralbl. Mineral. Geol. Palaeont. 1916: pp. 511-512.
- ^ Hoepen, E.C.N. van. 1916. De ouderdom der Transvaalsche Karroolagen. Verh. Geol.- mijnbouwkundig genootschap Nederland en kolonien (Geol. Ser.) 3: pp. 107-117.
- ^ Hennig, E. 1916. Zweite Mirteilung tiber den Stegosauriden vom Tendaguru. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin 1916: pp.175-182.
- ^ Brown, B. 1916. A new crested trachodont dinosaur, Prosaurolophus maximus. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 35: pp. 701-708.