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 1929.
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Plants
Ferns and fern allies
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Asplenium occidentale[2] | Sp nov | Jr synonym | A spleenwort species. | |||||
Woodsia bonseri[2] | Sp nov | A woodsia fern species. | ||||||
Woodwardia praeradicans[2] | Sp nov | A chain fern species. |
Conifers
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Valid | A 5-needle pine species | ||||||
Pinus macrophylla[2] | Sp nov | Homonym | A 3-needle pine species. | |||||
Pinus monticolensis[2] | Sp nov | Valid | A pine seed morphospecies | |||||
Pinus tetrafolia[2] | Sp nov | nomen dubium | A punitive 4-needle pine species | |||||
Tsuga latahensis[2] | Sp nov | Valid? | First described as a hemlock conescale.[3] |
Angiosperms
Monocots
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Potamogeton heterophylloides[2] | Sp nov | A pondweed species |
Magnoliids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Liriodendron hesperia[2] | Sp nov | A Liriodendron species | |||||||
Sp nov | A Sassafras species | ||||||||
Umbellularia dayana[2] | Comb nov | An Umbellularia species | |||||||
Umbellularia lanceolata[2] | Sp nov | An Umbellularia species |
Superasterids - basal
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Arctostaphylos knowltoni[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | First named as a bearberry species | ||||||
Arctostaphylos spatulata[2] | Sp nov | A bearberry species | |||||||
Cornus acuminata[2] | Sp nov | Homonym | A Schoepfia species | ||||||
Gordonia pteraformis[10] | Comb nov | jr synonym | Suggested as a possible Gordonia species | ||||||
Nyssa knowltoni[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | A Nyssa species | ||||||
Nyssa magnifica[2] | Comb nov | valid | |||||||
Ternstroemites idahoensis[2] | Comb nov | Payette Formation | A theaceous species | ||||||
Vaccinium americanum[2] | Comb et Syn nov | valid? | A Vaccinium species | ||||||
Vaccinium bonseri[2] | Sp et "var" nov | valid | A Vaccinium species | ||||||
Vaccinium spokanense[2] | Sp nov | A Vaccinium species |
Superasterids - euasterids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Apocynophyllum latahense[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | A apocynaceous species | ||||||
Porana microcalyx[2] | Comb nov | A Porana species | |||||||
Umbelliferospermum[2] | Gen et Sp nov | An apiaceous fruit genus | |||||||
Viburnum fernquisti[2] | Sp nov | valid | A Viburnum seed morphospecies | ||||||
Viburnum lantanafolium[2] | Sp nov | valid | A Viburnum leaf morphospecies |
Superrosids - Basal
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Menziesia knowltoni[2] | Sp nov | A Menziesia species | |||||||
Ribes fernquisti[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | First named as a gooseberry species |
Superrosids - Fabids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Alnus elliptica[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | An alder species | ||||||
Alnus prerhombifolia[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | An alder species | ||||||
Amygdalus alexanderi[12] | Sp nov | jr synonym | First named as an Amygdalus species | ||||||
Cassia sophoroides[2] | Comb nov | jr synonym | Recombined as a Cassia species | ||||||
Cassia spokanensis[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | First named as a Cassia species | ||||||
Celastrus spokanensis[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | First named as a staff vine species | ||||||
Cercocarpus praeledifolius[2] | Sp nov | A mountain mahogany species | |||||||
Comptonia hesperia[2] | Sp nov | A sweet fern species | |||||||
Cucurbita glandulosa[7] | Sp nov | jr synonym | Eocene | First identified as a gourd seed morphotype | |||||
Euonymus knowltoni[2] | Sp nov | A Euonymus species | |||||||
Hibiscus? occidentalis[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | First named as a possible Hibiscus seed species | ||||||
Leguminosites alexanderi[2] | Sp nov | A fabaceous fruit species of uncertain affinity | |||||||
Leguminosites bonseri[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | First named as a fabaceous species of uncertain affinity | ||||||
Meibomites knowltoni[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | First named as a fabaceous species | ||||||
Menispermites latahensis[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | First named as a menispermaceous species | ||||||
Quercus treleasii[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | First named as an oak species | ||||||
Rhamnus spokanensis[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | First named as a buckthorn species |
Superrosids - Malvids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Aesculus hesperia[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | First named as a horse chestnut species | ||||||
Sapindus armstrongi[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | First named as a soap berry species | ||||||
Sapindus spokanensis[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | First named as a soap berry species | ||||||
Tilia hesperia[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym |
incertae sedis
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Carpolithus pteraformis[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | First named as a seed of uncertain affinity |
Arthropods
Crustaceans
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Cycloprosopon[citation needed] | Lorenthey & Beurlen |
Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | Tillyard |
Archosauromorphs
- Barosaurus gastroliths documented.[15]
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[16]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | An ankylosaurid. | |||||||
Gen et 2 sp nov | Valid | Cretaceous | A titanosaur. | |||||
Gen et sp nov | Homonym | A titanosaur. | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | Homonym | A Euhelopodid titanosaur. | ||||||
Valid | Cretaceous | A titanosaur related to members of Lognkosauria. | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | Cretaceous | A titanosaur. | ||||||
Gen et comb nov | Valid | A stegosaur. | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | Cretaceous | A dubious nodosaurid. | ||||||
Valid | Jingangkou Formation | A hadrosauroid. | ||||||
Gen nov | Mont-Lambert Formation | A neotheropod. |
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | jr synonym | A gorgonopsid therapsid. | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | A biarmosuchian therapsid. | ||||||
Sp nov | nomen dubium | Broom | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid |
References
- Janensch, W. (1929). Magensteine bei Sauropoden der Tendaguru-Schichten. Palaeontographica (Suppl. 7) 2:135-144.
- 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.