1944 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.

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Plants

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationSynonymized taxaNotesImages

Amelanchier couleeana [2]

Comb nov

valid

(E.W. Berry, 1931)

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation

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A saskatoon berry species.
Moved from Phyllites couleeanus (1931)

Betula taylorana [2]

Comb nov

valid

R.W. Brown

Eocene

Ackerman Formation

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A birch species.

Cladrastis oregonensis [2]

Comb nov

valid

(E.W. Berry & T.D.A. Cockerell, 1919)

Eocene

Clarno Formation

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A yellowwood species.
First named as Fraxinus oregonensis (1919)
Moved from Umbellularia oregonensis (1925).

Cornus republicensis [3]

Nom nov

jr synonym

LaMotte

Eocene
Ypresian

Eocene Okanagan Highlands
Klondike Mountain Formation
Tom Thumb Tuff

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A replacement name for Cornus acuminata Berry, 1929
Moved to Schoepfia republicensis in 1987

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Schoepfia republicensis

Koelreuteria mixta [2]

Comb nov

valid (pro parte)

(Lesquereux, 1878)

Eocene, Ypresian

Ione Formation

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A golden rain tree species
Moved from Rhus mixta (1878)
Species definition expanded to include fruits
Fruits moved to Koelreuteria dilcheri in 2013. [4]

Arthropods

Newly named crustaceans

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Palaeophoberus portlandicus [5]

Sp nov

Valid

Roger & Lapparent

Late Jurassic (Tithonian)

Hannaches

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A stenochirid

Conodonts

NameStatusAuthorsLocationImages

Siphonodella [6]

valid

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data are courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list. [8]

NameStatusAuthorsLocationNotesImages

Sanpasaurus [9]

Nomen dubium .

  • Yang Z. J. (as Young C. C.)
It has been argued that the remains were ornithopods or sauropods. They are now the remains of a sauropod.

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

NameStatusAuthorsLocationNotes

Sinopliosaurus

Valid

Young

References

  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. 1 2 3 4 Brown, R.W. (1946). "Alterations in some fossil and living floras". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 36 (10): 344–355.
  3. Wolfe, J.A.; Wehr, W.C. (1987). "Middle Eocene Dicotyledonous Plants from Republic, Northeastern Washington". United States Geological Survey Bulletin. 1597: 1–25.
  4. Wang, Q.; Manchester, S.R.; Gregor, H.-J.; Shen, S.; Li, Z.-Y. (2013). "Fruits of Koelreuteria (Sapindaceae) from the Cenozoic throughout the northern hemisphere: their ecological, evolutionary, and biogeographic implications". American Journal of Botany. 100 (2): 422–449. doi:10.3732/ajb.1200415. ISSN   1537-2197. PMID   23360930.
  5. Roger, J.; Lapparent, A.F. (1944). "Une nouvelle espèce de crustacé décapode Palaeophoberus portlandicus, découverte dans le Portlandien du Pays de Bray". Bulletin de la Société géologique de France. 14: 365–374.
  6. Conodonts. EB Branson and MG Mehl, in HW Shimer and RR Shrock, Index Fossils of North America. 1944
  7. Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 16. ISBN   0-253-21313-4.
  8. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  9. Young C.-C. 1944. On the reptilian remains from Weiyuan, Szechuan, China. Bull. Geol. Soc. China 24: pp. 187-209.