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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 1937.

Contents

Plants

Ferns and fern allies

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationSynonymized taxaNotesImages

Equisetum alexanderi [2]

Sp nov

Brown

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation

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A horsetail species.

Flowering plants

Magnoliids

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationSynonymized taxaNotesImages

Machilus americana [2]

Sp nov

Brown

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation

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A Machilus species.

Machilus asiminoides [2]

Sp nov

Brown

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation

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A Machilus species.

Magnolia latahensis [2]

Comb nov

(Berry) Brown

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation

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synonymy

A Magnolia species.
Moved from Apocynophyllum latahense (1929)

Monocots

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationSynonymized taxaNotesImages

Smilax magna [2]

Syn nov

Chaney

Miocene

Eagle Creek Formation

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A greenbriar species.

Basal Eudicots and unplaced core Eudicots

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationSynonymized taxaNotesImages

Tetracera spokanensis [2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Brown

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation

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First described as a Tetracera species.
Moved to Castanopsis spokanensis (1959) [3]

Vitis washingtonensis [2]

Comb nov

(Knowlton) Brown

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation

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synonymy

A grape species
Moved from Populus washingtonensis (1926)

Vitis washingtonensis Vitis washingtonensis as Acer merriami USNM P36993 img2.jpg
Vitis washingtonensis

Superasterids - basal

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Philadelphus pardeei [2]

Comb nov

(Knowlton) Brown

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation

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Phyllites peculiaris
Knowlton (1926)

A Philadelphus species.
Moved from Phyllites pardeei (1926)

Philadelphus pardeei Philadelphus pardeei as Phyllites pardeei USNM 37015 img3.jpg
Philadelphus pardeei

Vaccinium sophoroides [2]

Comb nov

(Knowlton) Brown

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation

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synonymy

A Vaccinium species.
Moved from Phyllites sophoroides (1926)

Vaccinium sophoroides Vaccinium sophoroides as Phyllites sophoroides USNM P36987 img3.jpg
Vaccinium sophoroides

Superasterids

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationSynonymized taxaNotesImages

Aralia republicensis [2]

Nom nov.

jr synonym

Brown

Eocene
Ypresian

Okanagan Highlands
Klondike Mountain Formation

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Aralia whitneyi non Lesquereux nec Berry, (1929)
Platanus appendiculata non Lesquereux nec Berry, (1929)

First named as an Aralia species.
A new name for Republic flora fossils
A jr synonym of Macginitiea gracilis (1987)

Macginitiea gracilis Macginitiea gracilis SRIC SR 01-03-04 A img1.jpg
Macginitiea gracilis

Arbutus idahoensis [2]

Comb nov

(Knowlton) Brown

Miocene

Payette Formation

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synonymy

An Arbutus species.
Moved from Myrica? idahoensis (1898)

Hydrangea fraxinifolia [2]

Comb nov

(Berry) Brown

Eocene
Priabonian

Florissant Formation

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synonymy

A Hydrangea species.
Moved from Celastrus fraxinifolius (1883)

Mahonia reticulata [2]

Comb nov

(MacGinitie) Brown

Miocene

Strawberry Volcanics
"Blue Mountains flora"

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synonymy

An Oregon grape species.
Moved from Clematis reticulata (1933)

Viburnum fernquisti [2]

Comb nov

(Berry) Brown

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation

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A viburnum species.
Moved from Ribes fernquisti (1929) [4]

Viburnum lantanafolium [2]

Syn nov

Berry

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation

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Aesculus hesperia Berry (1929)

A viburnum species.
One species synonymized in.

Superrosids

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationSynonymized taxaNotesImages

Acer bendirei [2]

Syn nov

Lesquereux

Miocene

Mascall Formation

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A maple species.
A number of occurrences synonymized in.

Acer osmonti [2]

Syn nov

Knowlton

Eocene

John Day Formation
"Bridge Creek Flora"

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synonymy

A maple species.
A number of occurrences synonymized in.

Alnus carpinoides [2]

Syn nov

Lesquereux

Eocene

John Day Formation
"Bridge Creek flora"

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Alnus prerhombifolia Berry (1929)
Betula thor Knowlton 1926)

An alder species.
Two species synonymized in.

Alnus relatus Alnus relatus as Phyllites relatus USNM P37000 img3.jpg
Alnus relatus

Alnus relatus [2]

Comb nov

(Knowlton) Brown

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation

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synonymy

An alder species.
Moved from Phyllites relatus (1926)

Alnus relatus Alnus relatus as Phyllites relatus USNM P37000 img3.jpg
Alnus relatus

Betula fairii [2]

Comb nov

Brown

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation

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A birch species.
Three species synonymized in

Betula fairii Alnus fairi as Betula bryani USNM P36933 img3.jpg
Betula fairii

Betula vera [2]

Sp nov

Brown

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation

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A birch species.

Carya simulata [2]

Comb nov

(Knowlton) Brown

Miocene

Mascall Formation

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A hickory species.
Moved from Aesculus simulata (1902)

Cotinus fraterna [2]

Syn nov

(Lesquereux) Cockerell

Eocene
Priabonian

Florissant Formation

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Andromeda delicatula
Lesquereux (1888)

A cotton-easter species.
One species synonymized in.

Dilodendron boreale [2]

Sp nov

Brown

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation

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A sapindaceous species.

Dipteronia insignis [2]

Comb nov

Jr synonym

(Lesquereux) Brown

Eocene
Priabonian

Florissant Formation

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synonymy

A sapindaceous species.
Moved from Comptonia insignis (1906)
First named Myrica insignis (1874)
Moved to Bohlenia insignis (1987)

Fagus washoensis [2]

Syn nov

LaMotte

Miocene

Cedarville Formation

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Amygdalus alexanderi Berry (1929)

A beech species.
One species synonymized in.

Paliurus florissanti [2]

Syn nov

Lesquereux

Eocene
Priabonian

Florissant Formation

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Acalypha myricina
Cockerell (1909)

A rhamnaceous species.
Acalypha myricina (1909) synonymized in

Pterocarya mixta [2]

Comb nov

(Knowlton) Brown

Miocene

Mascall Formation

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A wingnut species.
Moved from Salix mixta (1902)

Salix spokanensis [2]

Comb et syn nov

(Berry) Brown

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation

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Vaccinium spokanense (1929)

A willow species.
Moved from Rhamnus spokanensis (1929)

Salix spokanensis Salix spokanensis as 'Robinia' sp. USNM P36999 img3.jpg
Salix spokanensis

Zelkova oregoniana [2]

Comb nov

(Knowlton) Brown

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation

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synonymy

A Zelkova species.
Moved from Myrica oregoniana (1902)


Angiosperms - other

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationSynonymized taxaNotesImages

Carpites boraginoides

Comb nov

valid?

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

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A fruit or seed of uncertain affinity
One species synonymized in
Suggested to possibly be boraginaceous or malvaceous

Carpites boraginoides Carpites boraginoides USNM P37009 img3.jpg
Carpites boraginoides

Arthropods

Insects

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Protrogosita [5]

Gen et sp nov

valid

Piton & Théobald

Thanetian

Menat Formation

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A Trogossitid bark gnawing beetle

Protrogosita distincta Protrogosita distincta holotype MNHN.F.B47303 direct lighting.jpg
Protrogosita distincta

Vertebrates

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. [6]

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Jaxartosaurus [7]

Gen et sp nov

valid

Riabinin

Late Cretaceous

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A Lambeosaurine.

Parksosaurus [8]

Gen et comb nov

Valid

Sternberg

Maastrichtian

Horseshoe Canyon Formation

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A parksosaurid

Parksosaurus Parksosaurus Steveoc86.jpg
Parksosaurus
NameStatusAuthorsAgeLocationNotesImages

Cyonosaurus

Valid

Olson255 Millions of years agoA Gorgonopsian.
Cyonosaurus Cyonosaurus1DB.jpg
Cyonosaurus

Micrictodon

Junior Synonym

Junior Synonym of Thrinaxodon .

Moschoides

Valid

Myctosuchus

Valid

Newtonella

Valid

Nitosaurus

Valid

Procynosuchus

Valid

Broom255 Millions of years agoOne of the Earliest-Known Cynodonts.
Procynosuchus Procynosuchus BW.jpg
Procynosuchus

Sinokannemeyeria

Valid

Young245 Millions of years agoA Chinese Kannemeyerid Dicynodont.
Sinokannemeyeria Sinokannemeyeria1db.jpg
Sinokannemeyeria

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