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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 1942.

Conodonts

Name	Status	Authors		Location	Images
Lochriea ^[2]	valid	Harold W. Scott		China Russia Spain UK USA ( Alabama and Utah)

Dinosaurs

New taxa

Taxon	Novelty	Status	Author(s)	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Anatosaurus ^[3]	Gen. nov.	Jr. synonym	Lull & Wright	Maastrichtian	Frenchman Formation, Hell Creek Formation, Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Lance Formation	Alberta, Montana, Saskatchewan, Wyoming	A new genus for Claosaurus annectens and other species
Chienkosaurus ^[4]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Yang	Tithonian	Kuangyuan Series	China	A dubious theropod
Kritosaurus breviceps ^[3]	Comb. nov.	Nomen dubium	Lull & Wright	Campanian	Judith River Formation	Montana	A new combination for Hadrosaurus breviceps
Procheneosaurus altidens ^[3]	Comb. nov.	Nomen dubium	Lull & Wright	Campanian	Dinosaur Park Formation	Alberta	A new combination for Trachodon altidens
Procheneosaurus cranibrevis ^[3]	Comb. nov.	Jr. synonym	Lull & Wright	Campanian	Dinosaur Park Formation	Alberta	A new combination for Tetragonosaurus cranibrevis , now a juvenile Lambeosaurus
Procheneosaurus praeceps ^[3]	Comb. nov.	Jr. synonym	Lull & Wright	Campanian	Dinosaur Park Formation	Alberta	A new combination for Tetragonosaurus praeceps , now a juvenile of Lambeosaurus
Procheneosaurus erectofrons ^[3]	Comb. nov.	Jr. synonym	Lull & Wright	Campanian	Dinosaur Park Formation	Alberta	A new combination for Tetragonosaurus erectofrons , now a juvenile Corythosaurus
Sinocoelurus ^[4]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Yang	Tithonian	Kuangyuan Series	China	A dubious theropod
Spondylosoma ^[5]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Huene	Ladinian	Santa Maria Formation	Brazil	An aphanosaur
Szechuanosaurus ^[4]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Yang	Tithonian	Kuangyuan Series	China	A dubious theropod
Yunnanosaurus ^[6]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Yang	Sinemurian	Lufeng Formation	China	A prosauropod

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Rubidgina	Valid	Broom

References

↑ 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.
↑ Conodont Assemblages from the Heath Formation, Montana. Harold W. Scott, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 16, No. 3 (May, 1942), pp. 293-300 (Stable URL)
1 2 3 4 5 6 Lull, R.S.; Wright, N.E. (1942). "Hadrosaurian Dinosaurs of North America". Geological Society of America Special Papers. 40: 1–272. doi:10.1130/SPE40-p1.
1 2 3 Young C.-C. 1942. Fossil vertebrates from Kuangynan, N. Szechuan, China. Bull. Geol. Soc. China 22: pp. 293-309.
↑ Huene, F. Von. 1942. Die fossilen Reptilien des sudamerikanischen Gondwanalandes. Ergebnisse der Sauriergrabuiigen in Shdbrasilien 1928/29. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich.
↑ Young . C.C. 1942. Yunnanosauris huangi (gen. et sp. nov.) a new Prosauropoda from the red Beds at Lufeng, Yunnan. Bull Geol. Soc. China. 22: pp. 63-104.

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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] Conodont Assemblages from the Heath Formation, Montana. Harold W. Scott, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 16, No. 3 (May, 1942), pp. 293-300 (Stable URL)

[lull1942-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lull, R.S.; Wright, N.E. (1942). "Hadrosaurian Dinosaurs of North America". Geological Society of America Special Papers. 40: 1–272. doi:10.1130/SPE40-p1.

[young42szechuan-4] 1 2 3 Young C.-C. 1942. Fossil vertebrates from Kuangynan, N. Szechuan, China. Bull. Geol. Soc. China 22: pp. 293-309.

[5] Huene, F. Von. 1942. Die fossilen Reptilien des sudamerikanischen Gondwanalandes. Ergebnisse der Sauriergrabuiigen in Shdbrasilien 1928/29. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich.

[6] Young . C.C. 1942. Yunnanosauris huangi (gen. et sp. nov.) a new Prosauropoda from the red Beds at Lufeng, Yunnan. Bull Geol. Soc. China. 22: pp. 63-104.

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