List of years in paleontology |
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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 1944.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Comb nov | valid | (E.W. Berry, 1931) | A saskatoon berry species. | ||||||
Comb nov | valid | A birch species. | |||||||
Comb nov | valid | A yellowwood species. | |||||||
Nom nov | jr synonym | Eocene | Eocene Okanagan Highlands | A replacement name for Cornus acuminata Berry, 1929 | ![]() | ||||
Comb nov | valid (pro parte) | (Lesquereux, 1878) | Eocene, Ypresian | A golden rain tree species | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Valid | Roger & Lapparent | ||||||
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Data are courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list. [8]
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| It has been argued that the remains were ornithopods or sauropods. They are now the remains of a sauropod. | |||||
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