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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 1928.

Dinosaurs[]

Charles Gilmore returned to prospect for fossils in the Two Medicine Formation.^[2] He would return yet again in 1935.^[2]

Newly named dinosaurs[]

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[3]

Name	Status	Authors	Notes	Location
Edmontonia^[4]	Valid taxon	Charles Hazelius Sternberg		Canada ( Alberta)
Polacanthoides^[5]	Possible junior synonym	Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás	May be a subjective synonym of Hylaeosaurus.	England
Scolosaurus^[5]	Valid taxon	Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás		Canada ( Alberta)

Plesiosaurs[]

New taxa[]

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Eurysaurus	Synonim	Nopcsa		Synonym of Cymatosaurus.

Pterosaurs[]

New taxa[]

Name	Status	Authors		Location	Notes
Campylognathoides	Valid	Strand		Germany India	Campylognathoides

Synapsids[]

Non-mammalian[]

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Location	Notes
Chalepotherium	Valid	Simpson
Gomphodontosuchus	Valid	Huene	229 Million of years	Brazil	A Plant-Eating Cynodont.
Mnemeiosaurus	Valid	Nopcsa
Taurocephalus	Valid

Footnotes[]

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Previous Work," Trexler (2001); page 300.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Sternberg, C.H. 1928. A new armored dinosaur from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. Can. Field-Nat. 22: pp. 93-106.
^ ^a ^b Nopcsa, F. 1928. Paleontological notes on reptiles. Geol. Hungarica, Set. Palaeontol. 1: pp. 1-84.

References[]

Trexler, D., 2001, Two Medicine Formation, Montana: geology and fauna: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 298–309.

[1] 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.

[twoturn-previous-300-2] "Previous Work," Trexler (2001); page 300.

[ddinogeorge-3] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[4] Sternberg, C.H. 1928. A new armored dinosaur from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. Can. Field-Nat. 22: pp. 93-106.

[nopsca1928-5] Nopcsa, F. 1928. Paleontological notes on reptiles. Geol. Hungarica, Set. Palaeontol. 1: pp. 1-84.

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