1916 in paleontology
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Paleontologyor palaeontology is the study ofprehistoriclife formsonEarththrough the examination of plant and animalfossils.[1]This includes the study of body fossils,tracks(ichnites),burrows,cast-off parts, fossilisedfeces(coprolites),palynomorphsandchemical residues.Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as ascience.This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1916.
Plants[edit]
Newly named angiosperms[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
jr synonym (pro part) |
Amallowrelative. |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Amallowrelative. |
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Fish[edit]
Bony fish[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Amoon eyerelative. |
Dinosaurs[edit]
Newly named dinosaurs[edit]
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list[5]and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.[6]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et comb nov |
Invalid replacement name forKentrosaurus(1915). |
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Gen et sp nov |
nomen dubium |
van Hoepen |
A possibleSauropodomorphaof poor description |
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Gen et comb nov |
Junior synonym |
Hennig |
Invalid replacement name forKentrosaurus(1915). |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
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Plesiosaurs[edit]
Newly named taxa[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen nov |
jr synonym |
Smellie |
jr synonym ofCryptocleidus |
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Synapsids[edit]
Non-mammalian[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country/state | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Van Hoepen |
Atitanosuchiddinocephalian |
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References[edit]
- ^Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001).Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century.Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.ISBN9780070887398.OCLC46769716.
- ^abManchester, S.R. (1992). "Flowers, fruits and pollen ofFlorissantia,an extinct malvalean genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America ".American Journal of Botany.79(9): 996–1008.doi:10.2307/2444909.JSTOR2444909.
- ^Hussakof, L. (1916)."A new cyprinid fish,Leuciscus rosei,from the Miocene of British Columbia ".American Journal of Science.4(247): 18–20.doi:10.2475/ajs.s4-42.247.18.
- ^Hilton, E.; Grande, L. (2008). "Fossil Mooneyes (Teleostei: Hiodontiformes, Hiodontidae) from the Eocene of western North America, with a reassessment of their taxonomy".Geological Society, London, Special Publications.295:221–251.doi:10.1144/SP295.13.S2CID128680041.
- ^Olshevsky, George."Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-15.Retrieved2008-08-07.
- ^Montague, Jeremy."Dr. Montague's Database"(PDF).Retrieved2008-10-29.
- ^Nopcsa, F. 1916. Doryphorosaurus nov. nom. fiir Kentrosaurus Hennig. Centralbl. Mineral. Geol. Palaeont. 1916: pp. 511-512.
- ^Hoepen, E.C.N. van. 1916. De ouderdom der Transvaalsche Karroolagen. Verh. Geol.- mijnbouwkundig genootschap Nederland en kolonien (Geol. Ser.) 3: pp. 107-117.
- ^Hennig, E. 1916. Zweite Mirteilung tiber den Stegosauriden vom Tendaguru. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin 1916: pp.175-182.
- ^Brown, B. 1916. A new crested trachodont dinosaur,Prosaurolophus maximus.Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 35: pp. 701-708.