1948 in paleontology
Overview of the events of 1948 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 1948.
Arthropods
Newly named insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen nov | valid | Aczél | A big-headed fly; new genus for Protonephrocerus collini |
Archosauromorphs
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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| Lukousaurus | Valid taxon |
| Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian) | May be a crocodylomorph rather than a theropod.[4] | ||||
| Sinosaurus[5] | Valid taxon |
| Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian) | A dilophosaurid. (Formerly Dilophosaurus sinensis) |  | |||
Pterosaurs
New taxa
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | |
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| Valid | Rjabinin | Late Jurassic (Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian) | An anurognathid. | ||||
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Valid | Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone | A gorgonopsid. | |||||
| Valid | Broom and Robinson | Late Permian | For a time considered a junior synonym, its validity was reinstated in 2015. | ||||
| Valid | A dicynodont. | ||||||
| Junior synonym | Broom | Late Permian | A junior synonym of the gorgonopsid Aelurognathus | ||||
| Valid | Boonstra | Middle Permian | Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone | A pylaecephalid. Like Diictodon, it was also a burrower. |  | ||
| Valid | Broom | Late Permian | Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone | A junior synonym of the gorgonopsid Aelurognathus. | |||
| Valid | Broom and Robinson | Late Permian-Early Triassic | Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone |
References
Paleontology portal
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kehlmaier, C; Dierick, M; Skevington, JH (2014). "Micro-CT studies of amber inclusions reveal internal genitalic features of big-headed flies, enabling a systematic placement of Metanephrocerus Aczel, 1948 (Insecta: Diptera: Pipunculidae)". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 72 (1): 23–36.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ R. B. Irmis. 2004. First report of Megapnosaurus (Theropoda: Coelophysoidea) from China. PaleoBios 24(3):11-18
- ^ Young C.-C. 1948. On two new saurischians from Lufeng, Yunnan. Bull. Geol. Soc. China 28: pp. 75-90.
