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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 1941.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | jr synonym | Ione Formation | A dicot of uncertain affinity. | ![]() | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Type Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | A Tortricidae moth in copal. | ![]() | |||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | Martynova | P. turkestanica named as type species | |||||
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | Carboniferous | |||||
Valid | Carboniferous | |||||
Valid | Carboniferous | |||||
Valid | Carboniferous | |||||
Valid | Carboniferous | |||||
Data are courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list. [10]
Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Lufengosaurus [11] | Valid taxon |
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Saurophagus [12] | Preoccupied | Stovall vide:
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"Succinodon" [13] | Original fossil was petrified wood with mollusc borings that was misidentified as a jaw bone with tooth sockets. |
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Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Junior Synonym | Synonym of Captorhinus. | |||||