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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 1947.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | jr synonym | Steere | A moss genus. | ||||||
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. [4]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Amygdalodon [5] | Nomen dubium | Cabrera | Middle Jurassic Toarcian | * ![]() | A sauropod known from some vertebrae, ribs, four complete and three partial teeth, and a partial pelvis and shoulder-blade. | ![]() |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Arizonasaurus [6] | Valid | Welles | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | A poposaurid. | ![]() |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Kunminia | Valid | Young | Sinemurian | * ![]() | ||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Beltanella [7] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Sprigg | Ediacaran | ![]() | The type species is B. gilesi. | |
Cyclomedusa [7] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Sprigg | Ediacaran | ![]() | The type species is C. davidii. | ![]() |
Dickinsonia [7] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Sprigg | Ediacaran | ![]() ![]() ![]() | A bilaterian of uncertain affinities. The type species is D. costata. | ![]() |
Ediacaria [7] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Sprigg | Ediacaran | ![]() | The type species is E. flindersi. | ![]() |
Papilionata [7] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Synonym of Dickinsonia | Sprigg | Ediacaran | ![]() | The type species is P. eyrei. | |