1934 in paleontology

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 1934.

Arthropods

Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Lestes incertus [2]	Sp. nov	synonym	Piton	Piacenzian	Lake Chambon	France	A Lestid damselfly, moved to Sympecma incerta in 1994	Sympecma incerta

Conodonts

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Ancyrognathus [3]	Valid	Maurice Mehl Edward Branson			Glassy Creek Shale of Missouri	USA
Pseudopolygnathus [3]	Valid	Maurice Mehl Edward Branson			Glassy Creek Shale of Missouri	USA

Reptiles

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

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

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Bahariasaurus [5]	Valid taxon	Stromer	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Bahariya Formation	Egypt Niger Morocco Algeria	A Megaraptorian.	Bahariasaurus
Brachypodosaurus [6]	Nomen dubium .	Chakravarti	Maastrichtian	Lameta Formation	India	An ornithischian.

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Arctognathoides	Jr. synonym	Boonstra	Late Permian	Dicynodon Assemblage Zone		A junior synonym of Arctognathus .
Compsodon	Valid	van Hoepen	Late Permian	Dicynodon Assemblage Zone	South Africa Zambia	A member of Emydopoidea.
Daptocephalus	Valid	van Hoepen	Late Permian	Dicynodon Assemblage Zone	South Africa	A member of Dicynodontoidea.	Daptocephalus
Emydopsoides	Jr. synonym	van Hoepen	Late Permian	Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone		A junior synonym of Emydops .
Pachyrhinos	Jr. synonym	Broili and Schroeder	Middle Permian	Middle Abrahamskraal Formation		A junior synonym of Gorgonops .
Pelorocyclops	Jr. synonym	van Hoepen	Late Permian	Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone		A junior synonym of Rhachiocephalus .

Mammals

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Cephalophus parvus [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Broom	Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene	Taung	South Africa	A duiker, potentially synonymous with the blue duiker. [8]
Gypsorhynchus [7]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Broom	Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene	Taung	South Africa	A blesmol, type species is G. darti.
Palaeotragiscus [7]	Gen. et sp. nov	Jr. synonym	Broom	Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene	Taung	South Africa	Type species is P. longiceps, junior synonym of Oreotragus oreotragus (the klipspringer).
Pedetes gracilis [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Broom	Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene	Taung	South Africa	A springhare.
Procavia antiqua [7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Broom	Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene	Taung	South Africa	A hyrax.

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. Nel, A.; Paicheler, J.-C. (1994). "Les Lestoidea (Odonata, Zygoptera) fossiles : un inventaire critique". Annales de Paléontologie. 80 (1): 1–59.
3. Conodonts from Glassy Creek Shale of Missouri. EB Branson and MG Mehl, Univ. Missouri Studies, 1934
4. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
5. Stromer, E. 1934. Vertebrate animal remainders of the Baharije stage (lowest Cenoman). 13. Dinosauria. Abh. Bavarian. Akad. Wissensch. Math. naturwiss. Abbott. 22: pp. 1 79.
6. Chakravarti, D.K. 1934. On a stegosaurian humerus from the Lameta beds of Jubbulpore. Q. I Mineral. Metallurg. Soc. India 30: pp. 75-79.
7. Broom, R. (1934). "On the fossil remains associated with Australopithecus africanus". South African Journal of Science. 31 (7): 471–480. hdl:10520/AJA00382353_6455.
8. Wells, L. H. (1965). "Antelopes in the Pleistocene of southern Africa". African Zoology. 1 (1): 115–120. hdl:10520/AJA00445096_879.