Summary
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 1932.
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Paleobotany edit
Newly described angiosperms edit
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Viburnum whitebirdensis[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Ashlee |
Latah Formation |
First described as a Viburnum |
Arthropods edit
Newly named crustaceans edit
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et. comb. nov. |
Valid |
Glaessner |
Reutlingen |
A stenochirid, type species is P. suevicus (originally named as Stenochirus suevicus in 1867. |
Conodonts edit
Newly named conodonts edit
Stauffer & Plummer described the conodont genus Gondolella.[5]
Archosauromorphs edit
Newly named basal archosauromorphs edit
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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| Spinosuchus[6] |
Valid |
Late Triassic (late Carnian) |
A member of Trilophosauridae. | |||||
Newly named pseudosuchians edit
| Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
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| Basutodon[6] |
Probable rauisuchian. |
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Newly named dinosaurs edit
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[7]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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| Aegyptosaurus[8] | Valid taxon |
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Middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian) |
A titanosaur. |
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| Betasuchus[6] |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
Maastrichtian Beds |
An abelisaur. It one of the few non-avian dinosaurs in the Netherlands. |
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| Caudocoelus[6] | synonym |
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) |
Unnamed unit |
Junior objective synonym of Teinurosaurus. |
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| Dolichosuchus[6] | Late Triassic (Rhaetian) | Middle Stubensandstein | ||||||
| Fulgurotherium[6] | Valid taxon |
Middle Cretaceous (late Albian) |
A dubious ornithopod. |
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| Iliosuchus[6] | Nomen dubium | Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) |
A dubious tetanuran. |
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| Macrophalangia[9] | synonym |
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Late Cretaceous (middle to late Campanian) |
Junior subjective synonym of Chirostenotes. |
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| Magnosaurus[6] | Valid taxon |
Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) |
A megalosaurid. |
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| Magyarosaurus[6] | Valid taxon |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
A Dwarf Titanosaur. |
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| Plateosauravus[6] | Valid taxon |
Late Triassic (possibly late Norian to Rhaetian) |
A basal sauropodomorph. |
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| Polyodontosaurus[10] | synonym |
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Late Cretaceous (middle to late Campanian) |
Junior subjective synonym of Troodon. |
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| Rapator[6] |
Middle Cretaceous (late Albian) |
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| Stenonychosaurus[9] | Valid taxon |
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Late Cretaceous (middle to late Campanian) |
Once considered to be a junior synonym of Troodon. |
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| Walgettosuchus[6] |
Middle Cretaceous (late Albian) |
A dubious theropod. |
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| Yaleosaurus[6] | synonym |
Early Jurassic |
Junior subjective synonym of Anchisaurus. |
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Other diapsids edit
| Name | Status | Authors | Location | Images | |
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| Avipes[6] | |||||
| Velocipes[6] | |||||
Synapsids edit
Non-mammalian edit
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Broom |
A member of Gorgonopsia. |
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Valid |
A member of Endothiodontidae. |
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ashlee, T.R. (1932). "A contribution to the Latah flora of Idaho". Journal of Geology: 1–55.
- ^ Wolfe, J.A.; Tanai, T. (1987). "Systematics, Phylogeny, and Distribution of Acer (maples) in the Cenozoic of Western North America". Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and Mineralogy. 22 (1): 1–246.
- ^ Glaessner, Martin F. (1932-05-01). "Zwei ungenügend bekannte mesozoische Dekapodenkrebse: Pemphix sueuri (Desm.) undPalaeophoberus suevicus (Quenstedt)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift (in German). 14 (1–2): 108–121. doi:10.1007/BF03041621. ISSN 0031-0220.
- ^ Texas Pennsylvanian conodonts and their stratigraphic relations. CR Stauffer, HJ Plummer - University of Texas Bulletin, 1932
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Huene, F. von. 1932. Die fossile Reptile- Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte. Monogr. Geol. Palaeontol. (Pt. I and II, Ser. I) 4: pp. 1-361.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Stromer, E. 1932. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wusten Agyptens. II. Wirbeltier-Reste der Baharije-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 11. Sauropoda: Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematischnaturwissenschafiliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 10, pp. 3-21.
- ^ a b Sternberg, C.H. 1932. Two new theropod dinosaurs from the Belly River Formation of Alberta. Can. Field-Nat. 46: pp. 99-105.
- ^ Gilmore, C.W. 1932. A new fossil lizard from the Belly River Formation of Alberta. Trans. Roy. Soc. Can. (ser. 3) 26: pp. 117-120.