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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 1921.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | jr synonym | Kryshtofovich | A mallow relative, | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | valid | An incertae sedis ant genus, | ![]() | |||||
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. [5]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | Valid | Andrews | ![]() | |||||
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Valid | Watson | A member of Dinocephalia. | |||||
Junior synonym | Broom | A junior synonym of Pristerodon . | |||||
Junior synonym | Broom | Middle Permian | |||||
Valid | Broom | Late Permian | A dicynodont. | ||||