1949 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 1949.
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Arthropods
Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. nov |
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Snyder & Emerson |
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A Stylotermitid termite genus. |
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Archosauromorphs
Archosauromorphs
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
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Plesiosaurs
- Plesiosaur gastroliths documented.[3]
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Jr. Synonim of Whaitsia. |
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255 Millions of years ago | |||||
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Broom | 257 Millions of years ago | The Lemur Lizard, Since he supposedly climbed to hunt jumping. | |||
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Broom | 257 Millions of years ago | ||||
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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.
- Emerson, A.E. (1971). "Tertiary fossil species of the Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera), phylogeny of genera, and reciprocal phylogeny of associated Flagellata (Protozoa) and the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 146 (3): 243–304.
- Welles and Bump (1949). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
- Welles, Samuel P. and Bump, J. D.; 1949; Alzadasaurus pembertoni, a new elasmosaur from the Late Cretaceous of South Dakota; Journal of Paleontology; 23(5) pp. 521–535
- 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.
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