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 1934.
Arthropods
Insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sp. nov |
synonym |
Piton |
Lake Chambon |
A Lestid damselfly, |
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Conodonts
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Valid |
Glassy Creek Shale of Missouri |
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Valid |
Glassy Creek Shale of Missouri |
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Reptiles
Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Valid taxon |
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) |
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| Brachypodosaurus[6] |
Chakravarti |
An ornithischian. |
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jr. synonym |
Boonstra |
A junior synonym of Arctognathus. |
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|
Valid |
van Hoepen |
Late Permian |
A member of Emydopoidea. |
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Valid |
van Hoepen |
Late Permian |
A member of Dicynodontoidea. |
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|
Jr. synonym |
van Hoepen |
Late Permian |
A junior synonym of Emydops. |
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|
Jr. synonym |
Broili and Schroeder |
Middle Abrahamskraal Formation |
A junior synonym of Gorgonops. |
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|
Jr. synonym |
van Hoepen |
Late Permian |
A junior synonym of Rhachiocephalus. |
Mammals
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
A duiker, potentially synonymous with the blue duiker.[8] |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
A blesmol, type species is G. darti. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Jr. synonym |
Type species is P. longiceps, junior synonym of Oreotragus oreotragus (the klipspringer). |
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|
Sp. nov |
Valid |
A springhare. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
A hyrax. |
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.
- ^ Nel, A.; Paicheler, J.-C. (1994). "Les Lestoidea (Odonata, Zygoptera) fossiles : un inventaire critique". Annales de Paléontologie. 80 (1): 1–59.
- ^ a b Conodonts from Glassy Creek Shale of Missouri. EB Branson and MG Mehl, Univ. Missouri Studies, 1934
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Stromer, E. 1934. Vertebrate animal remainders of the Baharije stage (lowest Cenoman). 13. Dinosauria. Abh. Bavarian. Akad. Wissensch. Math. naturwiss. Abbott. 22: pp. 1 79.
- ^ Chakravarti, D.K. 1934. On a stegosaurian humerus from the Lameta beds of Jubbulpore. Q. I Mineral. Metallurg. Soc. India 30: pp. 75-79.
- ^ a b c d e Broom, R. (1934). "On the fossil remains associated with Australopithecus africanus". South African Journal of Science. 31 (07): 471–480. doi:10.10520/AJA00382353_6455.
- ^ Wells, L. H. (1965). "Antelopes in the Pleistocene of southern Africa". African Zoology. 1 (1): 115–120. doi:10.10520/AJA00445096_879.
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