1941 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 1941.
Contents
1 Paleozoology
1.1 Arthropods
1.1.1 New taxa
1.2 Conodont paleozoology
1.3 Vertebrate paleozoology
1.3.1 Dinosaurs
1.3.1.1 Newly named dinosaurs
1.3.2 Plesiosaurs
1.3.2.1 New taxa
1.3.3 Synapsids
1.3.3.1 Non-mammalian
2 References
Paleozoology
Arthropods
New taxa
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valid |
| Jurassic |
| *P. turkestanica named as type species |
Conodont paleozoology
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bactrognathus[3] | Valid |
| Carboniferous | |||
Doliognathus[3] | Valid |
| Carboniferous | |||
Scaliognathus[3] | Valid |
| Carboniferous |
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Staurognathus[3] | Valid |
| Carboniferous | |||
Taphrognathus[3] | Valid |
| Carboniferous |
Vertebrate paleozoology
Dinosaurs
- Psittacosaurus gastroliths documented.[4]
Newly named dinosaurs
Data coutersy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.[5]
| Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Lufengosaurus[6] | Valid taxon |
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|  Lufengosaurus | ||
Saurophagus[7] | Junior Synonim | Stovall vide:
| Junior Synonim of Allosaurus. | |||
| "Succinodon"[8] | Original fossil was petrified wood with mollusc borings that was misidentified as a jaw bone with tooth sockets. | Friedrich von Huene | ||||
Plesiosaurs
New taxa
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Bayloria | Junior Synonim | Synonim of Captorhinus. |
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}
^ Jepson, J.E.; Jarzembowski, E.A. (2008). "Two new species of snakefly (Insecta:Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Spain with a review of other fossil raphidiopterans from the Jurassic/Cretaceous transition" (PDF). Alavesia. 2: 193–201. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.
^ abcde New and Little Known Carboniferous Conodont Genera. E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Mar., 1941), pages 97-106 (Stable URL, retrieved 29 April 2015)
^ Brown (1941). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Young, C.-C. 1941. A complete osteology of
Lufengosaurus huenei Young (gen. et sp. nov.)
from Lufeng, Yunnan, China. Paleontol Sinica
(N.S.) Ser. C7: pp. 1-53.
^ Stovall vide Ray, G.E. 1941. Big for his day. Nat.
Hist. 48: pp. 36-39.
^ Huene, F. von. 1941. Die Tetrapoden-Fahrten im
toskanischen Verrucano und ihre Bedeutung. N.
Jb. Mineral. Geol. Palaeontol. 1941B: pp. 1-34.
- Brown, B. 1941. The last dinosaurs. – Natural History 48: 290–295.
- Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180.
