1916 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 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) |
A mallow relative. |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
A mallow relative. |
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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 |
A moon eye relative. |
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 for Kentrosaurus (1915). |
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Gen et sp nov |
nomen dubium |
van Hoepen |
A possible Sauropodomorpha of poor description |
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Gen et comb nov |
Junior synonym |
Hennig |
Invalid replacement name for Kentrosaurus (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 of Cryptocleidus |
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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 |
A titanosuchid dinocephalian |
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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. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
- ^ a b Manchester, S.R. (1992). "Flowers, fruits and pollen of Florissantia, 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. JSTOR 2444909.
- ^ 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. S2CID 128680041.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Montague, Jeremy. "Dr. Montague's Database" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-10-29.
- ^ 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.