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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 1930.

Plants[]

Angiosperms[]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Carpolithus banisteroides^[2]	Species	jr synonym	Berry	Middle Eocene	Claiborne Formation	USA	A synonym of the extinct species Eucommia eocenica
Leguminosites copaiferanus^[2]	Species nov	jr synonym?	Berry	Middle Eocene	Claiborne Formation	USA	A synonym of the extinct species Eucommia eocenica
Simaroubites eocenica^[2]	Species nov	jr synonym	Berry	Middle Eocene	Claiborne Formation	USA	A synonym of the extinct species Eucommia eocenica

Arthropods[]

Newly named insects[]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aphaenogaster donisthorpei^[3]	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Late Eocene	Florissant Formation	USA ( Colorado)	A myrmicin ant
Aphaenogaster mayri^[3]	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Late Eocene	Florissant Formation	USA ( Colorado)	A myrmicin ant	Aphaenogaster mayri
Archiponera^[3]	Gen et sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Late Eocene	Florissant Formation	USA ( Colorado)	A ponerine ant, one species A. wheeleri	Archiponera wheeleri
^[3]	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Late Eocene	Florissant Formation	USA ( Colorado)	A formicine ant.
Dolichoderus antiquus^[3]	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Late Eocene	Florissant Formation	USA ( Colorado)	A dolichoderine ant.	Dolichoderus antiquus
Elaeomyrmex^[3]	Gen et 2 sp nov	Valid	Carpenter	Late Eocene	Florissant Formation	USA ( Colorado)	A dolichoderine ant genus, two species	Elaeomyrmex gracilis
^[3]	Comb nov	valid	Scudder, 1877	Eocene	Green River Formation	USA Colorado	An incertae sedis ant species, Sr synonym to Cockerell, 1921 corrected to in 1995
^[3]	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Late Eocene	Florissant Formation	USA ( Colorado)	A formicine ant.
Lithomyrmex^[3]	Gen et sp nov	jr synonym	Carpenter	Late Eocene	Florissant Formation	USA ( Colorado)	Agroecomyrmecin ant genus, two species, moved to Eulithomyrmex in 1935	Eulithomyrmex rugosus

Archosauromorphs[]

Newly named dinosaurs[]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Mandschurosaurus	Gen et sp nov	Nomen dubium	Riabinin	late Cretaceous	China	Hadrosaurid, Possible synonym of Amurosaurus or Charonosaurus.

Lepidosauromorphs[]

Newly named plesiosaurs[]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Macroplata	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Swinton	Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)	Lower Lias	UK	A rhomaleosaurid.	Macroplata

Paleontologists[]

Death of William Diller Matthew.^[4]

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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Call, V.B.; Dilcher, D.L. (1997). "The fossil record of Eucommia (Eucommiaceae) in North America" (PDF). American Journal of Botany. 84 (6): 798–814. doi:10.2307/2445816. JSTOR 2445816. PMID 21708632.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Carpenter, F. M. (1930). "The fossil ants of North America" (PDF). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 70: 1–66.
^ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 17. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.

[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.

[Call1997-2] Call, V.B.; Dilcher, D.L. (1997). "The fossil record of Eucommia (Eucommiaceae) in North America" (PDF). American Journal of Botany. 84 (6): 798–814. doi:10.2307/2445816. JSTOR 2445816. PMID 21708632.

[Carpenter1930-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Carpenter, F. M. (1930). "The fossil ants of North America" (PDF). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 70: 1–66.

[4] Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 17. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.

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