1942 in paleontology
Overview of the events of 1942 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 1942.
Conodonts
Name | Status | Authors | Location | Images | |
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Lochriea[2] | valid |
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Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.[3]
Name | Status | Authors | Location | Images | |
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"Anatosaurus"[4] | Junior synonym of Edmontosaurus. |
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"Chienkosaurus"[5] | Junior synonym of Szechuanosaurus. |
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Sinocoelurus[5] | Valid taxon |
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"Spondylosoma"[6] | Non-dinosaurian archosaur. | ![]() | |||
Szechuanosaurus[5] | Nomen dubium |
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Yunnanosaurus[7] | Valid taxon |
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | Broom |
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.
- ^ Conodont Assemblages from the Heath Formation, Montana. Harold W. Scott, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 16, No. 3 (May, 1942), pp. 293-300 (Stable URL)
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Lull, R.S. and N.E. Wright. 1942. Hadrosaurian dinosaurs of North America. Geological Society of America Special Papers 40:pp. 1-242.
- ^ a b c Young C.-C. 1942. Fossil vertebrates from Kuangynan, N. Szechuan, China. Bull. Geol. Soc. China 22: pp. 293-309.
- ^ Huene, F. Von. 1942. Die fossilen Reptilien des sudamerikanischen Gondwanalandes. Ergebnisse der Sauriergrabuiigen in Shdbrasilien 1928/29. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich.
- ^ Young . C.C. 1942. Yunnanosauris huangi (gen. et sp. nov.) a new Prosauropoda from the rede Beds at Lufeng, Yunnan. Bull Geol. Soc. China. 22: pp. 63-104.