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
editFerns and fern allies
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
A spleenwort species. |
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Sp nov |
A woodsia fern species. |
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Sp nov |
A chain fern species. |
Conifers
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
A 5-needle pine species |
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Sp nov |
Homonym |
A 3-needle pine species. |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
A pine seed morphospecies |
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Sp nov |
nomen dubium |
A punitive 4-needle pine species |
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Sp nov |
Valid? |
First described as a hemlock conescale.[3] |
Angiosperms
editMonocots
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
A pondweed species |
Magnoliids
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
A Liriodendron species |
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Sp nov |
A Sassafras species |
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Comb nov |
An Umbellularia species |
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Sp nov |
An Umbellularia species |
Superasterids - basal
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a bearberry species |
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Sp nov |
A bearberry species |
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Sp nov |
Homonym |
A Schoepfia species |
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Comb nov |
jr synonym |
Suggested as a possible Gordonia species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
A Nyssa species |
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Comb nov |
valid |
A Nyssa species |
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Comb nov |
A theaceous species |
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Comb et Syn nov |
valid? |
A Vaccinium species |
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Sp et "var" nov |
valid |
A Vaccinium species |
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Sp nov |
A Vaccinium species |
Superasterids - euasterids
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
A apocynaceous species |
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Comb nov |
A Porana species |
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Gen et Sp nov |
An apiaceous fruit genus |
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Sp nov |
valid |
A Viburnum seed morphospecies |
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Sp nov |
valid |
A Viburnum leaf morphospecies |
Superrosids - Basal
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
A Menziesia species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a gooseberry species |
Superrosids - Fabids
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
An alder species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
An alder species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as an Amygdalus species |
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Comb nov |
jr synonym |
Recombined as a Cassia species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a Cassia species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a staff vine species |
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Sp nov |
A mountain mahogany species |
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Sp nov |
A sweet fern species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Eocene |
First identified as a gourd seed morphotype |
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Sp nov |
A Euonymus species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a possible Hibiscus seed species |
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Sp nov |
A fabaceous fruit species of uncertain affinity |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a fabaceous species of uncertain affinity |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a fabaceous species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a menispermaceous species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as an oak species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a buckthorn species |
Superrosids - Malvids
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a horse chestnut species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a soap berry species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a soap berry species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
A Tilia species |
incertae sedis
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a seed of uncertain affinity |
Arthropods
editCrustaceans
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Lorenthey & Beurlen |
Insects
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Tillyard |
Archosauromorphs
edit- Barosaurus gastroliths documented.[15]
Newly named dinosaurs
editData 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. |
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Gen et 2 sp nov |
Valid |
Cretaceous |
A titanosaur. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Homonym |
A titanosaur. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Homonym |
A Euhelopodid titanosaur. |
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Valid |
Cretaceous |
A titanosaur related to members of Lognkosauria. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Cretaceous |
A titanosaur. |
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Gen et comb nov |
Valid |
A stegosaur. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Cretaceous |
A dubious nodosaurid. |
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Valid |
A hadrosauroid. |
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Gen nov |
A neotheropod. |
Synapsids
editNon-mammalian
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
jr synonym |
A gorgonopsid therapsid. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A biarmosuchian therapsid. |
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Sp nov |
nomen dubium |
Broom |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw Berry, E.W. (1929). "A revision of the flora of the Latah Formation". USGS Professional Paper Series (PDF). Vol. PP 154-H. pp. 225–265. doi:10.3133/pp154H.
- ^ Berry, E.W. (1932). "A Miocene flora from Grand Coulee, Washington". Shorter contributions to general geology, 1931 (Report). Professional Paper. United States Geological Survey. pp. 31–42. doi:10.3133/pp170C. 170-C.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Brown, R. W. (1937). Additions to some fossil floras of the Western United States (PDF) (Report). Professional Paper. Vol. 186. United States Geological Survey. pp. 163–206. doi:10.3133/pp186J.
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- ^ Brown, R. (1935). "Miocene leaves, fruits, and seeds from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington". Journal of Paleontology. 9: 572–587.
- ^ a b c d e f LaMotte, R.S. (1952). Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950. Geological Society of America Memoirs. Vol. 51. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/MEM51.
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- 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.