1931 in paleontology
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Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (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 mankind has 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 1931.
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Arthropods
Insects
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Snyder |
A Stylotermitid termite. synonym of Parastylotermes washingtonensis |
Archosauromorphs
Newly named archosauromorphs
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Gen et sp nov |
A indeterminate archosauromorph |
Dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[5]
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| Carcharodontosaurus[6] | Valid taxon |
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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) |
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Early Cretaceous Berriasian |
Unnamed unit (aka Neocomian sands) |
An indeterminate tetanuran. |
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| Orthogoniosaurus[8] | Nomen dubium. |
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Late Cretaceous |
An indeterminate theropod. |
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| Tetragonosaurus[9] | Junior synonym |
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Late Cretaceous (middle-late Campanian) |
A junior synonym of Lambeosaurus. |
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
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References
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- ↑ Huene, F. 1931. Die fossilien Faehrten in Rhaet von Ischigualasto in Nordwest Argentinien. Paleob. 4 (2) Viena.
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- ↑ Stromer, E. 1931. Vertebrate animal remainders of the Baharije stage (lowest Cenoman). 10. A skeleton remainder of Carcharodontosaurus Nov. towards. Abh. Bavarian Akad. Wissensch. Math. natutwiss. Abbott. 9: pp. 1 23.
- ↑ Riabinin, A.N. 1931. Two dinosaurian vertebrae from the Lower Cretaceous of Transcaspian Steppes. Zapiski Russkogo Min. Obshchestva (ser. 2) 60: pp. 110-113.
- ↑ Dasgupta, H.C. 1931. On a new theropod dinosaur (Orthogoniosaurus matleyi, n. gen. et. n. sp.) from the Lameta beds of Jubbulpore. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal. 26: pp. 367-369.
- ↑ Parks, W.A. 1931. A new genus and two new species of trachodont dinosaurs from the Belly River Formation of Alberta. Univ. Toronto Stud. (Geol. Ser.) 31: pp. 1-11.
