1929 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 1929.
Plants
Ferns and fern allies
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Asplenium occidentale[2] | Sp nov | Jr synonym | USA | A spleenwort species. | ||||
Woodsia bonseri[2] | Sp nov | USA | A woodsia fern species. | |||||
Woodwardia praeradicans[2] | Sp nov | USA | A chain fern species. |
Conifers
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Valid | USA | A 5-needle pine species | |||||
Pinus macrophylla[2] | Sp nov | Homonym | USA | A 3-needle pine species. | ||||
Pinus monticolensis[2] | Sp nov | Valid | USA | A pine seed morphospecies | ||||
Pinus tetrafolia[2] | Sp nov | nomen dubium | USA | A punitive 4-needle pine species | ||||
Tsuga latahensis[2] | Sp nov | Valid? | USA | First described as a hemlock conescale.[3] |
Angiosperms
Monocots
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Potamogeton heterophylloides[2] | Sp nov | USA | A pondweed species |
Magnoliids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Liriodendron hesperia[2] | Sp nov | USA | A Liriodendron species | ||||||
Sp nov | USA | A Sassafras species | |||||||
Umbellularia dayana[2] | Comb nov | An Umbellularia species | |||||||
Umbellularia lanceolata[2] | Sp nov | USA | An Umbellularia species |
Superasterids - basal
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Arctostaphylos knowltoni[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | First named as a bearberry species | |||||
Arctostaphylos spatulata[2] | Sp nov | USA | A bearberry species | ||||||
Cornus acuminata[2] | Sp nov | Homonym | USA | A Schoepfia species | |||||
Gordonia pteraformis[10] | Comb nov | jr synonym | USA | Suggested as a possible Gordonia species | |||||
Nyssa knowltoni[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | A Nyssa species | |||||
Nyssa magnifica[2] | Comb nov | valid | USA | ||||||
Ternstroemites idahoensis[2] | Comb nov | Payette Formation | A theaceous species | ||||||
Vaccinium americanum[2] | Comb et Syn nov | valid? | A Vaccinium species | ||||||
Vaccinium bonseri[2] | Sp et "var" nov | valid | USA | A Vaccinium species | |||||
Vaccinium spokanense[2] | Sp nov | USA | A Vaccinium species |
Superasterids - euasterids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Apocynophyllum latahense[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | A apocynaceous species | |||||
Porana microcalyx[2] | Comb nov | USA | A Porana species | ||||||
Umbelliferospermum[2] | Gen et Sp nov | USA | An apiaceous fruit genus | ||||||
Viburnum fernquisti[2] | Sp nov | valid | USA | A Viburnum seed morphospecies | |||||
Viburnum lantanafolium[2] | Sp nov | valid | USA | A Viburnum leaf morphospecies |
Superrosids - Basal
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Menziesia knowltoni[2] | Sp nov | USA | A Menziesia species | ||||||
Ribes fernquisti[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | First named as a gooseberry species |
Superrosids - Fabids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Alnus elliptica[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | An alder species | |||||
Alnus prerhombifolia[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | An alder species | |||||
Amygdalus alexanderi[12] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | First named as an Amygdalus species | |||||
Cassia sophoroides[2] | Comb nov | jr synonym | USA | Recombined as a Cassia species | |||||
Cassia spokanensis[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | First named as a Cassia species | |||||
Celastrus spokanensis[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | First named as a staff vine species | |||||
Cercocarpus praeledifolius[2] | Sp nov | USA | A mountain mahogany species | ||||||
Comptonia hesperia[2] | Sp nov | USA | A sweet fern species | ||||||
Cucurbita glandulosa[7] | Sp nov | jr synonym | Eocene | First identified as a gourd seed morphotype | |||||
Euonymus knowltoni[2] | Sp nov | USA | A Euonymus species | ||||||
Hibiscus? occidentalis[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | First named as a possible Hibiscus seed species | |||||
Leguminosites alexanderi[2] | Sp nov | USA | A fabaceous fruit species of uncertain affinity | ||||||
Leguminosites bonseri[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | First named as a fabaceous species of uncertain affinity | |||||
Meibomites knowltoni[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | First named as a fabaceous species | |||||
Menispermites latahensis[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | First named as a menispermaceous species | |||||
Quercus treleasii[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | First named as an oak species | |||||
Rhamnus spokanensis[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | First named as a buckthorn species |
Superrosids - Malvids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Aesculus hesperia[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | First named as a horse chestnut species | |||||
Sapindus armstrongi[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | First named as a soap berry species | |||||
Sapindus spokanensis[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | First named as a soap berry species | |||||
Tilia hesperia[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA |
incertae sedis
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Carpolithus pteraformis[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | USA | First named as a seed of uncertain affinity |
Arthropods
Crustaceans
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Cycloprosopon[citation needed] | Lorenthey & Beurlen |
Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | Tillyard |
Archosauromorphs
- Barosaurus gastroliths documented.[15]
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[16]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | An ankylosaurid. | |||||||
Gen et 2 sp nov | Valid | Cretaceous | A titanosaur. | |||||
Gen et sp nov | Homonym | A titanosaur. | ||||||
Helopus[19] | Gen et sp nov | Homonym | A Euhelopodid titanosaur. | |||||
Valid | Cretaceous | A titanosaur related to members of Lognkosauria. | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | Cretaceous | A titanosaur. | ||||||
Gen et comb nov | Valid | A stegosaur. | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | Cretaceous | A dubious nodosaurid. | ||||||
Valid | Jingangkou Formation | A hadrosauroid. | ||||||
Gen nov | Mont-Lambert Formation | A neotheropod. |
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | jr synonym | A gorgonopsid therapsid. | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | A biarmosuchian therapsid. | ||||||
Sp nov | nomen dubium | Broom | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid |
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw Berry, E.W. (1929). "A revision of the flora of the Latah Formation". USGS Professional Paper Series (PDF). Vol. PP 154-H. pp. 225–265. doi:10.3133/pp154H.
- ^ Berry, E.W. (1932). "A Miocene flora from Grand Coulee, Washington". Shorter contributions to general geology, 1931 (Report). Professional Paper. United States Geological Survey. pp. 31–42. doi:10.3133/pp170C. 170-C.
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- ^ Brown, R. (1935). "Miocene leaves, fruits, and seeds from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington". Journal of Paleontology. 9: 572–587.
- ^ a b c d e f LaMotte, R.S. (1952). Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950. Geological Society of America Memoirs. Vol. 51. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/MEM51.
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- ^ Correa Narvaez, J. E.; Allen, S. E.; Huegele, I. B.; Manchester, S. R. (2023). "Fossil leaves and fruits of Tetramelaceae (Curcurbitales) [sic] from the Eocene of the Rocky Mountain region, USA, and their biogeographic significance". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 184 (3): 177–200. doi:10.1086/724018.
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- ^ Janensch, W. (1929). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Sternberg, C.H. 1929. A toothless armored dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta. Bull. Natl. Mus. Can. 54: pp. 28-33.
- ^ a b c d von Huene, F. (1929). "Los saurisquios y ornitisquios del Cretáceo Argentino". Anales del Museo de la Plata (in Spanish). 3 (3): 1–196.
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- Janensch, W. (1929). Magensteine bei Sauropoden der Tendaguru-Schichten. Palaeontographica (Suppl. 7) 2:135-144.
- Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180.