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.

List of years in paleontology (table)
In science
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952

Arthropods

Insects
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Parastylotermes[2]

Gen. nov

valid

Snyder & Emerson

Ypresian-Miocene

A Stylotermitid termite genus.

Parastylotermes krishnai

Archosauromorphs

Archosauromorphs
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Location Notes Images

Elachistosuchus

Gen et sp nov

valid

Janensch

Triassic

A neodiapsid reptile.

Plesiosaurs
  • Plesiosaur gastroliths documented.[3]

Synapsids

Non-mammalian
Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Images

Aneugomphius

Jr. Synonim of Whaitsia.

Homodontosaurus

Valid

 255 Millions of years ago

Lemurosaurus

Valid

 Broom 257 Millions of years ago The Lemur Lizard, Since he supposedly climbed to hunt jumping.
Lemurosaurus

Myosauroides

Valid

 Broom 257 Millions of years ago

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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