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 1946.
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Charophytes edit
Trochiliscales edit
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Trochiliscus greeni[2] |
Comb & syn nov |
(Ulrich) Brown |
Devonian |
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A trochiliscaceous Charophycean green algae. |
Mollusca edit
Bivalves edit
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Reed |
transferred to Similodonta in 1964 |
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Sp nov |
Lamont |
transferred to Similodonta in 1964 |
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.
- ^ Brown, R.W. (1946). "Alterations in some fossil and living floras". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 36 (10): 344–355.
- ^ a b Cope, J.C.W. (1999). "Middle Ordovician bivalves from Mid-Wales and the Welsh Borderland". Palaeontology. 42 (3): 467–499. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00081.