1944 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 1944.

Plants[]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
^[2]	name nov	jr synonym		Ypresian	Tom Thumb Tuff Klondike Mountain Formation	USA Washington	A replacement name for Berry, 1925 Moved to in 1987

Conodonts[]

Name	Status	Authors		Location	Images
Siphonodella^[3]	valid	Edward Branson Maurice Mehl		Austria China Germany Russia USA ( Virginia)

Dinosaurs[]

The only known fossils of Poekilopleuron are destroyed during the Allied liberation of Normandy.^[4]

Newly named dinosaurs[]

Data are courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.^[5]

Name	Status	Authors		Location	Notes	Images
Sanpasaurus^[6]	Nomen dubium.	Yang Z. J. (as Young C. C.)		China	It has been argued that his remains were ornithopods or sauropods. They are now the remains of a sauropod.

Plesiosaurs[]

New taxa[]

Name	Status	Authors		Location	Notes
Sinopliosaurus	Valid	Young		China

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.
^ Wolfe, J.A.; Wehr, W.C. (1987). "Middle Eocene Dicotyledonous Plants from Republic, Northeastern Washington". United States Geological Survey Bulletin. 1597: 1–25.
^ Conodonts. EB Branson and MG Mehl, in HW Shimer and RR Shrock, Index Fossils of North America. 1944
^ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Young C.-C. 1944. On the reptilian remains from Weiyuan, Szechuan, China. Bull. Geol. Soc. China 24: pp. 187-209.

[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.

[JWWW1987-2] Wolfe, J.A.; Wehr, W.C. (1987). "Middle Eocene Dicotyledonous Plants from Republic, Northeastern Washington". United States Geological Survey Bulletin. 1597: 1–25.

[3] Conodonts. EB Branson and MG Mehl, in HW Shimer and RR Shrock, Index Fossils of North America. 1944

[4] Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.

[ddinogeorge-5] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[6] Young C.-C. 1944. On the reptilian remains from Weiyuan, Szechuan, China. Bull. Geol. Soc. China 24: pp. 187-209.

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