1945 in paleontology
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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 1945.
Archosauromorphs
Newly named protorosaurs
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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| Gwyneddosaurus[2] | Valid taxon |
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Late Triassic (Carnian) |
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Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[3]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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| Neosaurus[4] | Valid taxon |
Gilmore vide:
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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
Preoccupied by Nopsca, 1923. Renamed Parrosaurus. | |||
| Parrosaurus[5] |
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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
A dubious hadrosaurid. | |||||
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.
- ^ Bock, W. 1945. A new small Reptile from the Triassic of Pennsylvania. Notulae Naturae 154: pp. 1-8.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Gilmore, C.W. and D.R. Stewart. 1945. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Missouri. J. Paleontol. 19: pp. 23-29
- ^ Gilmore, C.W. 1945. Parrosaurus, n. name, replacing Neosaurus Gilmore 1945. J. Paleontol. 19: p. 540.