1929 in paleontology
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Paleontology or palaeontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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.
Arthropoda
Newly named crustacean taxa
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Cycloprosopon |
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Newly named insect taxa
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Late Permian | Newcastle Coal Measures, between Belmont and Warners Bay, New South Wales |  Australia |
Possibly the oldest known dipteran |
Archosauromorphs
- Barosaurus gastroliths documented.[3]
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
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Late Cretaceous (Edmontonian) |
An ankylosaurid. | ||||||
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Late Cretaceous (early Campanian) |
A titanosaur. | ||||||
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Preoccupied. |
Late Cretaceous |
unknown |
Preoccupied by Dumeril, 1852. Renamed Campylodoniscus. | |||||
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Preoccupied. |
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Preoccupied by Wagler, renamed Euhelopus. | ||||||
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Late Cretaceous (late Campanian-early Maastrichtian) |
A titanosaur related to members of Lognkosauria. | ||||||
| Nomen dubium |
Late Cretaceous (late Campanian-early Maastrichtian) |
A titanosaur. | ||||||
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Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) |
A stegosaur. | ||||||
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Late Cretaceous (late Campanian-early Maastrichtian) |
A dubious nodosaurid. | ||||||
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Late Cretaceous |
Jingangkou Formation |
A derived hadrosauroid. | ||||
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Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) |
unknown |
A neotheropod. | |||||
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
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References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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". 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 Huene, F. von. 1929. Los Saurisquios y Ornithisquios de Cretaceo Argentino. An. Mus. La Plata (ser. 2) 3:pp. 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.