1934 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 1934.
Contents
1 Arthropods
1.1 Insects
2 Conodonts
3 Vertebrates
3.1 Dinosaurs
3.1.1 Newly named dinosaurs
3.2 Synapsids
3.2.1 Non-mammalian
4 References
Arthropods
Insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lestes incertus[2] | Sp. nov | synonym | Piton | Piacenzian | Lake Chambon |
| A Lestid damselfly, | Sympecma incerta |
Conodonts
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ancyrognathus[3] | Valid taxon |
| Glassy Creek Shale of Missouri |
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Pseudopolygnathus[3] | Valid taxon |
| Glassy Creek Shale of Missouri |
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Vertebrates
Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bahariasaurus[5] | Valid taxon |
| Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Bahariya Formation |
| An Megaraptor. | Bahariasaurus | |
Brachypodosaurus[6] | Nomen dubium. |
| Maastrichtian | Lameta Formation |
| An ornithischian. | ||
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Arctognathoides | Jr. synonym | Boonstra | Late Permian | Dicynodon Assemblage Zone | A junior synonym of Arctognathus. | ||
Compsodon | Valid | van Hoepen | Late Permian | Dicynodon Assemblage Zone |
| A member of Emydopoidea. | |
Daptocephalus | Valid | van Hoepen | Late Permian | Dicynodon Assemblage Zone |
| A member of Dicynodontoidea. | Daptocephalus |
Emydopsoides | Jr. synonym | van Hoepen | Late Permian | Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone | A junior synonym of Emydops. | ||
Pachyrhinos | Jr. synonym | Broili and Schroeder | Middle Permian | Middle Abrahamskraal Formation | A junior synonym of Gorgonops. | ||
Pelorocyclops | Jr. synonym | van Hoepen | Late Permian | Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone | A junior synonym of Rhachiocephalus. |
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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Nel, A.; Paicheler, J.-C. (1994). "Les Lestoidea (Odonata, Zygoptera) fossiles : un inventaire critique". Annales de Paléontologie. 80 (1): 1–59.
^ ab Conodonts from Glassy Creek Shale of Missouri. EB Branson and MG Mehl, Univ. Missouri Studies, 1934
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Stromer, E. 1934. Vertebrate animal remainders
of the Baharije stage (lowest Cenoman). 13.
Dinosauria. Abh. Bavarian. Akad. Wissensch.
Math. naturwiss. Abbott. 22: pp. 1 79.
^ Chakravarti, D.K. 1934. On a stegosaurian
humerus from the Lameta beds of Jubbulpore. Q.
I Mineral. Metallurg. Soc. India 30: pp. 75-79.