1935 in paleontology
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 1935.
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Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries
- Charles Gilmore returned to prospect for fossils in the Two Medicine Formation.[2]
Institutions and organizations
Natural history museums
- The Calgary Public Museum of Alberta, Canada closed due to financial problems triggered by the Great Depression. By this point the museum had accumulated roughly 7500 different items of both natural and man-made origin. The collections were stored in another Calgary building called the Coste House.[3]
Arthropods
Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen nov |
valid |
Late Eocene |
Florissant Formation |
Agroecomyrmecin ant genus, |
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Vertebrates
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Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Junior synonym |
Broili & Schroder |
A junior synonym of Pristerodon. |
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Junior synonym |
Broom |
Late Permian |
Hoedemaker member, Middle Teekloof Formation |
A junior synonym of Tropidostoma. |
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Valid |
Broom |
Late Permian |
Dicynodon assemblage zone |
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Junior synonym |
Broom |
Late Permian |
Cistcephalus assemblage zone |
A junior synonym of Pristerognathus. |
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Junior synonym |
Broili and Schroeder |
Late Permian |
A junior synonym of Pristerodon. |
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Valid |
Broom |
Late Permian |
Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone |
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Valid |
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Valid |
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Valid |
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Valid |
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Valid |
Broili and Schroeder |
Early to Middle Triassic |
Cynognathus zone |
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References
- 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.
- Trexler, D., 2001, Two Medicine Formation, Montana: geology and fauna: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 298–309.
- D. H. Tanke. 2010. Lost in plain sight: rediscovery of William E. Cutler's missing Eoceratops. In M. J. Ryan, B. J. Chinnery-Allgeier, D. A. Eberth (eds.), New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 541-550.
- Carpenter, F. M. (1930). "The fossil ants of North America" (PDF). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 70: 1–66.