1926 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 1926.
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Angiosperms
Newly described angiosperms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Knowlton |
Acer |
Newly named basal diapsids
Name | Status | Authors | Notes | Images | |
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Coelurosauravus[3] |
Valid taxon |
Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Proceratosaurus | Valid |
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) |
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Rhoetosaurus | Valid |
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A basal gravisaurian sauropod. |
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Junior synonym |
Haughton |
Late Permian |
A junior synonym of Gorgonops. |
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Junior synonym |
Haughton |
Late Permian |
A junior synonym of Aelurognathus. |
References
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- ↑ Piveteau, J. 1926. Contribution to the Study of the Lagoonal Formations of Northwest Madagascar. Bull. Soc. Géol. Fr. (4), XXVI: p. 3.
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