1932_in_paleontology
1932 in paleontology
Overview of the events of 1932 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 1932.
Newly described angiosperms
| 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 |
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Newly named crustaceans
| 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. |
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Newly named conodonts
Stauffer & Plummer described the conodont genus Gondolella.[5]
Newly named basal archosauromorphs
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spinosuchus[6] |
Valid |
Late Triassic (late Carnian) |
A member of Trilophosauridae. | |||||
Newly named pseudosuchians
| Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basutodon[6] |
Probable rauisuchian. |
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Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[7]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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Non-mammalian
| 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. | ||||||
- 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
- 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.
- 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.