1941_in_paleontology
1941 in paleontology
Overview of the events of 1941 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 1941.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Laurophyllum litseafolia[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Ione Formation |
A dicot of uncertain affinity. |
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Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Type Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
A Tortricidae moth in copal. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Martynova |
P. turkestanica named as type species |
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Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | Carboniferous | |||||
Valid | Carboniferous | |||||
Valid | Carboniferous | |||||
Valid | Carboniferous | |||||
Valid | Carboniferous | |||||
- Psittacosaurus gastroliths documented.[9]
Newly named dinosaurs
Data are courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.[10]
Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Lufengosaurus[11] | Valid taxon |
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Saurophagus[12] | Preoccupied |
Stovall vide:
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Now Saurophaganax. | |||
"Succinodon"[13] | Original fossil was petrified wood with mollusc borings that was misidentified as a jaw bone with tooth sockets. |
New taxa
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Non-mammalian
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Junior Synonym |
Synonym of Captorhinus. | |||||
- 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.
- MacGinitie, H. D. (1941). "A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada". Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 534: 1–178.
- Wolfe, J.A. (1968). Paleogene Biostratigraphy of nonmarine rocks in King County, Washington (Report). Professional Paper. Vol. 571. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–29. doi:10.3133/pp571.
- Wolfe, J.A. (1977). Paleogene floras from the Gulf of Alaska region (Report). Professional Paper. Vol. 997. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–108. doi:10.3133/pp997.
- Wolfe, J.A.; Wehr, W.C. (1987). Middle Eocene dicotyledonous plants from Republic, northeastern Washington (Report). Bulletin. Vol. 1597. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–25. doi:10.3133/b1597.
- Maria Heikkilä; John W. Brown; Joaquin Baixeras; Wolfram Mey; Mikhail V. Kozlov (2018). "Re-examining the rare and the lost: a review of fossil Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)". Zootaxa. 4394 (1): 41–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4394.1.2. PMID 29690381.
- Jepson, J.E.; Jarzembowski, E.A. (2008). "Two new species of snakefly (Insecta:Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Spain with a review of other fossil raphidiopterans from the Jurassic/Cretaceous transition" (PDF). Alavesia. 2: 193–201. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.
- New and Little Known Carboniferous Conodont Genera. E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Mar., 1941), pages 97-106 (Stable URL, retrieved 29 April 2015)
- Brown (1941). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
- Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- Young, C.-C. 1941. A complete osteology of Lufengosaurus huenei Young (gen. et sp. nov.) from Lufeng, Yunnan, China. Paleontol Sinica (N.S.) Ser. C7: pp. 1-53.
- Stovall vide Ray, G.E. 1941. Big for his day. Nat. Hist. 48: pp. 36-39.
- Huene, F. von. 1941. Die Tetrapoden-Fahrten im toskanischen Verrucano und ihre Bedeutung. N. Jb. Mineral. Geol. Palaeontol. 1941B: pp. 1-34.
- Brown, B. 1941. The last dinosaurs. – Natural History 48: 290–295.
- 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.