1944 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 1944.
Plants
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Cornus republicensis[2] | Nom nov | jr synonym | LaMotte | Tom Thumb Tuff |
| A replacement name for Cornus acuminata Berry, 1929 | ![]() |
Arthropods
Newly named crustaceans
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Valid | Roger & Lapparent |
Conodonts
Name | Status | Authors | Location | Images | |
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Siphonodella[4] | valid |
Dinosaurs
- The only known fossils of Poekilopleuron are destroyed during the Allied liberation of Normandy.[5]
Newly named dinosaurs
Data are courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.[6]
Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Sanpasaurus[7] |
| It has been argued that his remains were ornithopods or sauropods. They are now the remains of a sauropod. |
Plesiosaurs
New taxa
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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.
- ^ Wolfe, J.A.; Wehr, W.C. (1987). "Middle Eocene Dicotyledonous Plants from Republic, Northeastern Washington". United States Geological Survey Bulletin. 1597: 1–25.
- ^ Roger, J.; Lapparent, A.F. (1944). "Une nouvelle espèce de crustacé décapode Palaeophoberus portlandicus, découverte dans le Portlandien du Pays de Bray". Bulletin de la Société géologique de France. 14: 365–374.
- ^ Conodonts. EB Branson and MG Mehl, in HW Shimer and RR Shrock, Index Fossils of North America. 1944
- ^ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Young C.-C. 1944. On the reptilian remains from Weiyuan, Szechuan, China. Bull. Geol. Soc. China 24: pp. 187-209.