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1947 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 1947.

Mosses

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Palaeohypnum[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Steere

Eocene
Pribonian

Florissant Formation

 United States
 Colorado

A moss genus.
The type species is P. patens
Also included P. arnoldianum, P. brittoniae, P. brownii, & P. knowltoni
Species moved to Archaeomnium in 1952
Moved to Hypnites in 1980[3]


Archosauromorphs

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Newly named dinosaurs

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Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]

Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Images
Amygdalodon[5] Nomen dubium Cabrera Middle Jurassic Toarcian *  Argentina A sauropod known from some vertebrae, ribs, four complete and three partial teeth, and a partial pelvis and shoulder-blade.
Amygdalodon

Newly named pseudosuchians

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Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Notes Images
Arizonasaurus[6] Valid Welles Middle Triassic (Anisian)  USA ( Arizona and  New Mexico) A poposaurid.
Arizonasaurus

Synapsids

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Non-mammalian

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Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Images
Kunminia Valid Young Sinemurian *  China

Other Animals

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Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Images
Dickinsonia[7] Valid Sprigg Ediacaran  Australia  Russia and  Ukraine A bilaterian of uncertain affinities
Papilionata Synonym of Dickinsonia Sprigg Ediacaran  Australia

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ LaMotte, R.S. (1952). Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950. Geological Society of America Memoirs. Vol. 51. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/MEM51.
  3. ^ Miller, N. G. (1980). "Fossil mosses of North America and their significance". The Mosses of North America. pp. 9–36.
  4. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  5. ^ Cabrera, A. 1947. Un sauropodo nuevo del Jurasico de Patagonia. Motas Mus. La Plata 12 Paleontol. 95: pp. 1-17.
  6. ^ Welles, S.P. 1947. Vertebrates from the upper Moenkopi Formation of northern Arizona. University of California Publications Geol. Sci. 27: pp. 241-294.
  7. ^ Sprigg, Reg C. (1947). "Early Cambrian (?) jellyfishes from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia" (PDF). Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 71: 212–24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-29.