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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 1924.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | Valid | Matthew & Granger | An amphicynodont, type species is A. shackelfordi | |||||
Andrewsarchus [11] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | middle Eocene | A cetancodontamorph originally thought to be a mesonychian. | ![]() | |||
Sp nov | jr synonym | Matthew & Granger | Junior synonym of Palaeogale sectoria | |||||
Sp nov | jr synonym | Matthew & Granger | Junior synonym of Palaeogale sectoria | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Matthew & Granger | An amphicyonid | |||||
Sp nov | jr synonym | Matthew & Granger | An amphicynodont, moved to Amphicynodon teilhardi | |||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | Matthew & Granger | A didymoconid, includes the species D. colgatei & D. berkeyi | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Matthew & Granger | ||||||
Jr synonym | Valid | Matthew & Granger | Moved to the genus Asiavorator . | |||||
Sp nov | jr synonym | Matthew & Granger | A hyaenodont, moved to Propterodon morrisi in 1993 | |||||
Sp nov | jr synonym | Matthew & Granger | A carnivoran, moved to Shandgolictis constans | |||||