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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.
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. |
![]() Osmunda occidentale | ||||
Woodsia bonseri[2] |
Sp nov |
A woodsia fern species. |
![]() Woodsia bonseri | |||||
Woodwardia praeradicans[2] |
Sp nov |
A chain fern species. |
![]() Woodwardia praeradicans | |||||
Conifers
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp nov |
Valid |
A 5-needle pine species |
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Pinus macrophylla[2] |
Sp nov |
Homonym |
A 3-needle pine species. |
![]() Pinus macrophylla | ||||
Pinus monticolensis[2] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
A pine seed morphospecies |
![]() Pinus monticolensis | ||||
Pinus tetrafolia[2] |
Sp nov |
nomen dubium |
A punitive 4-needle pine species |
![]() Pinus tetrafolia | ||||
Tsuga latahensis[2] |
Sp nov |
Valid? |
First described as a hemlock conescale.[3] |
![]() Tsuga latahensis | ||||
Angiosperms
Monocots
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Potamogeton heterophylloides[2] |
Sp nov |
A pondweed species |
![]() Keteleeria heterophylloides | ||||||
Magnoliids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liriodendron hesperia[2] |
Sp nov |
A Liriodendron species |
![]() Liriodendron hesperia | ||||||
Sp nov |
A Sassafras species |
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Umbellularia dayana[2] |
Comb nov |
An Umbellularia species |
![]() Umbellularia saliciformis | ||||||
Umbellularia lanceolata[2] |
Sp nov |
An Umbellularia species |
![]() Persea lanceolata | ||||||
Superasterids - basal
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arctostaphylos knowltoni[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a bearberry species |
![]() Vaccinium sophoroides | |||||
Arctostaphylos spatulata[2] |
Sp nov |
A bearberry species |
![]() Arctostaphylos spatulata | ||||||
Cornus acuminata[2] |
Sp nov |
Homonym |
A Schoepfia species |
![]() Schoepfia republicensis | |||||
Gordonia pteraformis[10] |
Comb nov |
jr synonym |
Suggested as a possible Gordonia species |
![]() Cedrela pteraformis | |||||
Nyssa knowltoni[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
A Nyssa species |
![]() Ptelea miocenica | |||||
Nyssa magnifica[2] |
Comb nov |
valid |
![]() Nyssa magnifica | ||||||
Ternstroemites idahoensis[2] |
Comb nov |
Payette Formation |
A theaceous species |
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Vaccinium americanum[2] |
Comb et Syn nov |
valid? |
A Vaccinium species |
![]() Vaccinium salicoides | |||||
Vaccinium bonseri[2] |
Sp et "var" nov |
valid |
A Vaccinium species |
![]() Vaccinium bonseri | |||||
Vaccinium spokanense[2] |
Sp nov |
A Vaccinium species |
![]() Salix spokanensis | ||||||
Superasterids - euasterids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apocynophyllum latahense[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
A apocynaceous species |
![]() Magnolia latahensis | |||||
Porana microcalyx[2] |
Comb nov |
A Porana species |
![]() Porana microcalyx | ||||||
Umbelliferospermum[2] |
Gen et Sp nov |
An apiaceous fruit genus |
![]() Umbelliferospermum latahense | ||||||
Viburnum fernquisti[2] |
Sp nov |
valid |
A Viburnum seed morphospecies |
![]() Viburnum fernquisti | |||||
Viburnum lantanafolium[2] |
Sp nov |
valid |
A Viburnum leaf morphospecies |
![]() Viburnum lantanafolium | |||||
Superrosids - Basal
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Menziesia knowltoni[2] |
Sp nov |
A Menziesia species |
![]() Rhododendron knowltoni | ||||||
Ribes fernquisti[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a gooseberry species |
![]() Viburnum ribesiforme | |||||
Superrosids - Fabids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alnus elliptica[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
An alder species |
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Alnus prerhombifolia[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
An alder species |
![]() Alnus hollandiana | |||||
Amygdalus alexanderi[12] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as an Amygdalus species |
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Cassia sophoroides[2] |
Comb nov |
jr synonym |
Recombined as a Cassia species |
![]() Vaccinium sophoroides | |||||
Cassia spokanensis[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a Cassia species |
![]() Cedrela pteraformis | |||||
Celastrus spokanensis[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a staff vine species |
![]() Gordonia idahoensis | |||||
Cercocarpus praeledifolius[2] |
Sp nov |
A mountain mahogany species |
![]() Cercocarpus praeledifolius | ||||||
Comptonia hesperia[2] |
Sp nov |
A sweet fern species |
![]() Comptonia hesperia | ||||||
Cucurbita glandulosa[7] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Eocene |
First identified as a gourd seed morphotype |
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Euonymus knowltoni[2] |
Sp nov |
A Euonymus species |
![]() Hydrangea knowltoni | ||||||
Hibiscus? occidentalis[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a possible Hibiscus seed species |
![]() Mentzelia occidentalis | |||||
Leguminosites alexanderi[2] |
Sp nov |
A fabaceous fruit species of uncertain affinity |
![]() Leguminosites alexanderi | ||||||
Leguminosites bonseri[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a fabaceous species of uncertain affinity |
![]() Umbellularia saliciformis | |||||
Meibomites knowltoni[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a fabaceous species |
![]() Exbucklandia oregonensis | |||||
Menispermites latahensis[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a menispermaceous species |
![]() Vitis washingtonensis | |||||
Quercus treleasii[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as an oak species |
![]() Sophora spokanensis | |||||
Rhamnus spokanensis[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a buckthorn species |
![]() Salix spokanensis | |||||
Superrosids - Malvids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aesculus hesperia[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a horse chestnut species |
![]() Viburnum lantanafolium | |||||
Sapindus armstrongi[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a soap berry species |
![]() Cedrela pteraformis | |||||
Sapindus spokanensis[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a soap berry species |
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Tilia hesperia[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
![]() Tilia aspera | ||||||
incertae sedis
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carpolithus pteraformis[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a seed of uncertain affinity |
![]() Cedrela pteraformis | |||||
Arthropods
Crustaceans
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Cycloprosopon |
Lorenthey & Beurlen |
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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. |
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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 |
Jingangkou Formation |
A hadrosauroid. |
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Gen nov |
Mont-Lambert Formation |
A neotheropod. |
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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. |
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Sp nov |
nomen dubium |
Broom |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
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References
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Berry, E.W. (1929). "A revision of the flora of the Latah Formation". USGS Professional Paper Series (PDF). Professional Paper. 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.
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- 1 2 3 4 Chaney, R.; Axelrod, D. (1959). Miocene Floras of the Columbia Plateau: Part II. Systematic Considerations, by Ralph W. Chaney and Daniel I. Axelrod. Carnegie Institution of Washington. pp. 1–226.Miocene Floras of the Columbia Plateau at the HathiTrust Digital Library
- ↑ Brown, R. (1935). "Miocene leaves, fruits, and seeds from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington". Journal of Paleontology. 9: 572–587.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 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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- 1 2 3 Knowlton, F.H. (1926). "Flora of the Latah Formation of Spokane, Washington, and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho". Shorter contributions to general geology, 1925 (PDF) (Report). Professional Paper. Vol. 140. United States Geological Survey. pp. 17–55, plates VIII-XXXI. doi:10.3133/pp140A.
- ↑ Berry, E.W. (1929). "The genus Amygdalus in North America". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 19 (2): 41–43.
- ↑ Correa Narvaez, J. E.; Allen, S. E.; Huegele, I. B.; Manchester, S. R. (2023). "Fossil leaves and fruits of Tetramelaceae (Curcurbitales) [sic] from the Eocene of the Rocky Mountain region, USA, and their biogeographic significance". International Journal of Plant Sciences. doi:10.1086/724018.
- ↑ Willmann, R. (1989). "Rediscovered: Permotipula patricia, the oldest known fly". Naturwissenschaften. 76 (8): 375–377. doi:10.1007/BF00366210.
- ↑ Janensch, W. (1929). 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.
- ↑ Sternberg, C.H. 1929. A toothless armored dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta. Bull. Natl. Mus. Can. 54: pp. 28-33.
- 1 2 3 4 von Huene, F. (1929). "Los saurisquios y ornitisquios del Cretáceo Argentino". Anales del Museo de La Plata (in Spanish). 3 (3): 1–196.
- 1 2 Wiman, C. 1929. Die Kreide-dinosaurier aus Shantung. Pal. Sin. C 1: pp. 1-67.
- 1 2 Nopcsa, F. 1929. Dinosaurierreste aus Siebenburgen. V. Geol. Hungarica Set. Paleontol. 4: pp. 1-76.
- 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.