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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 1949.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Parastylotermes [2] | Gen. 4 comb nov | valid | Snyder & Emerson | Ypresian-Miocene | Latah Formation | ![]() ![]() | A Stylotermitid termite genus. The type species is Stylotermes washingtonensis Also includes S. calico, S. frazieri, & S. robustus. | ![]() |
Ulmeriella latahensis [3] | Sp nov. | Valid | Snyder | Miocene | Latah Formation | ![]() ![]() | A harvester termite | |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Elachistosuchus | Gen et sp nov | valid | Janensch | Late Triassic (Norian) | * ![]() | A neodiapsid reptile. | |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Jr. Synonym of Theriognathus. | Broom and Robinson | Wuchiapingian | ![]() | |||
Valid | Broom | Wuchiapingian | ![]() | A therocephalian | ||
Lemurosaurus | Valid | Broom | Wuchiapingian | * ![]() | A biarmosuchian | ![]() |
Valid | Broom | Wuchiapingian | ![]() | A dicynodont | ||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Dickinsonia minima [5] | Sp nov | Synonym of Dickinsonia costata | Sprigg | Ediacaran | ![]() |