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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 1936.
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp nov  | Jr synonym  | First described as a  Dennstaedtia  species.  | |||||||
Comb nov  | valid  | A  Dennstaedtia  species.  | |||||||
Comb nov  | A  Thelypteris  species.  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | "Herendeen Bay flora"  | A nymphaeaceous  Castaliites  species.  | ||||||
Sp nov  | Jr synonym  | "Cape Douglas flora"  | First described as an  Osmunda  species.  | ||||||
Sp nov  | Jr synonym  | First described as a  Pteris  species.  | |||||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | "Hamilton Bay flora"  | A  Ctenis  species.  | ||||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subsp nov  | "Chinitna Bay flora"  | A Ginkgo subspecies.  | |||||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | "Hamilton Bay flora"  | Named as a  Taxodium  species.  | ||||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Comb nov  | synonymy 
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Sp nov  | "Russel Creek Flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Hamilton Bay flora"  | ||||||||
Comb nov  | jr homonym  | Combination a jr homonym of  Malapoenna magnifica  (Kuntze, 1891)  | |||||||
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | First described as an avocado relative   | |||||||
Sp nov  | A pepper family species  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Grade Trail cabin flora"  | A pepper family species  | |||||||
Sp nov  | A pepper family species  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Canyon Creek flora"  | A pepper family species  | |||||||
Sp nov  | "Chignik Lake flora"  | A pepper family species  | |||||||
Sp nov  | "Hamilton Bay flora"  | ||||||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | A  Palmacites  morphospecies.  | |||||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp nov  | "Chiguik River flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Hamilton Bay flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Hamilton Bay flora"  | A Dillenia species.  | |||||||
Sp nov  | "Troublesome Gulch flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | A Hakea species.  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | "Chignik River flora"  | First described as a  Macclintockia  species.  | ||||||
Sp nov  | "Rampart flora"  | A Platanus species.  | |||||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp nov  | "Point Divide flora"  | An Aralia species.  | |||||||
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | A  Coccoloba  species.  | |||||||
Sp nov  | "Mount Chezum flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Chignik Bay flora"  | An ash species.  | |||||||
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | First described as an ash species.  | |||||||
Sp nov  | "Chignik Bay flora"  | A possible ash species.  | |||||||
Sp nov  | "Mogul Creek flora"  | An ash species.  | |||||||
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | First described as a Mohrodendron species   | |||||||
Sp nov  | jr homonym  | A rhododendron species.  | |||||||
Sp nov  | "Hamilton Bay Flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | Valid  | "Point Divide flora"  | |||||||
Sp nov  | Valid  | "Point Divide flora"  | |||||||
Sp nov  | Valid  | "Chignik Bay flora"  | |||||||
Sp nov  | Valid  | ||||||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | "Point Divide flora"  | First described as an Abutilon species.  | ||||||
Sp nov  | "Kootznahoo Inlet flora"  | An Acacia species.  | |||||||
Sp nov  | "Pumicestone Creek flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Rampart flora"  | ||||||||
Comb nov  | An alder species.  | ||||||||
Comb nov  | |||||||||
Sp nov  | "Rampart flora"  | ||||||||
Var nov  | "Bluff Point flora"  | A Betula confusa variety.  | |||||||
Sp nom nov  | A birch species.  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Chignik River flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | A Carpinites betulaceous leaf morphospecies.  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Dalton's coal outcrop flora"  | ||||||||
Comb nov  | A grapevine species.  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Dalton's coal outcrop flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | |||||||||
Sp nov  | "Cape Nukhshak flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Kachemak Bay flora"  | Corylus macquarrii (of Heer, 1869 pro parte)  | |||||||
Sp nov  | "Cape Douglas flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | |||||||||
Sp nov  | "Drew's mine flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Cape Nukhshak flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | |||||||||
Sp nov  | |||||||||
Sp nov  | "Bluff Point flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | A strawberry bush species.  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Troublesome Gulch flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | A fig species.  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | A fig species.  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Chignik Bay flora"  | A fig species.  | |||||||
Sp nov  | jr homonym  | "Rampart flora"  | A Grewia species.  | ||||||
Sp nov  | "Nun point flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | "Chignik Bay flora"  | First described as a Grewiopsis species.  | ||||||
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | "Mogul Creek flora"  | First described as a Grewiopsis species.  | ||||||
Sp nov  | "Hamilton Bay flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | |||||||||
Sp nov  | "Nun point flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Mogul Creek flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | "Dalton's coal flora"  | First described as a Hampea species.  | ||||||
Sp nov  | "Hamilton Bay flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Fritz Creek flora"  | A possible walnut species.  | |||||||
Sp nov  | "Hamilton Bay flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Rampart flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | "Kachemak Bay flora"  | First described as a Lepargyraea species   | ||||||
Var nov  | "Cape Douglas flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | |||||||||
Sp nov  | "Drew's mine flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Drew mine flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | First described as a water elm species.  | |||||||
Sp nov  | "Cape Nukhshak flora"  | A cottonwood species.  | |||||||
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | "Admiralty Island flora"  | Described as a  Populus  species.  | ||||||
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | "Chignik River flora"  | Described as a  Populus  species.  | ||||||
Var nov  | " Bluff Point flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Moose Creek flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Moose Creek flora"  | First described as a Pterospermites species.  | |||||||
Sp nov  | "Chignik Bay flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Moose Creek flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | A oak species.  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Rampart flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | A rose species.  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Bluff Point flora"  | A rose species.  | |||||||
Sp nov  | "Bradley Coal flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | First described as a Semecarpus species.  | |||||||
Sp nov  | "Bryant Creek flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Drew's mine flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Fritz Creek flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Kootznahoo Inlet flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | "Kootznahoo Inlet flora"  | ||||||||
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | First described as an elm species.  | |||||||
Sp nov  | "Kootznahoo inlet flora"  | ||||||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp nov  | Valid  | "Moose Creek flora"  | Stellate inflorescences of uncertain affinity  | ||||||
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | "King Salmon Lake flora"  | A fruit of initial uncertain affinity  | ||||||
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | A fruit of initial uncertain affinity  | |||||||
Sp nov  | Valid  | "Bryant Creek flora"  | A probable flower of uncertain affinity  | ||||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp nov  | jr synonym  | Moved to Baltimartyria proavitella in 1995  | ||||||
Comb nov  | valid  | (Cockerell & Custer)  | An inocelliid snakefly   | |||||
Comb nov  | jr synonym  | A raphidiid snakefly   | ||||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nipponosaurus [18] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Nagao | Santonian-Campanian | upper Yezo Group | A hadrosaurid |   | |
| Segisaurus [19] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Camp | Pliensbachian | Navajo Sandstone | A coelophysoid |   | |
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gen sp et comb nov  | jr synonym  | Stolley  | Jurassic  | A rhamphorhynchid pterosaur  | ||||
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Junior synonym  | von Huene  | Middle Triassic (Ladinian)  | Junior synonym of Chiniquodon.  | ||||
Valid  | Broom  | Middle Abrahamskraal Formation  | A gorgonopsian.  | ||||
Valid  | von Huene  | Middle Triassic (Ladinian)  | A member of Chiniquodontidae.  | ||||
Valid  | Broom  | A gorgonopsian.  | |||||
Preoccupied  | Broom  | Middle Permian  | A member of Dinocephalia.  | ||||
Valid  | Broom  | Late Permian  | A gorgonopsian.  | ||||
Valid  | Broom  | Late Permian  | A member of Thrinaxodontidae.  | ||||
Junior synonym  | Broom  | Late Permian  | A junior synonym of Theriognathus .  | ||||
Parrington  | Late Permian  | Kawinga Formation  | A junior synonym of Procynosuchus .  | ||||
Junior synonym  | Broili and Schroeder  | Early Triassic  | A junior synonym of Diademodon .  | ||||
Valid  | von Huene  | Middle Triassic (Ladinian)  | |||||