1922 in paleontology

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Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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 mankind has 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 in the year 1922.

Arthropods

Insects

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Hydriomena? protrita[2]

sp. nov

valid

Priabonian

Florissant Formation

 USA

A geometrid moth
Hydriomena? protrita holotype

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list[3] and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.[4]

Name Status Authors Notes Images
Alamosaurus[5] Valid taxon
Dromaeosaurus[6] Valid taxon
  • Matthew
Erectopus[7] Valid taxon
Parasaurolophus[8] Valid taxon
  • Parks

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name Status Authors Notes

Eurycleidus

Valid

Andrews

Leptocleidus

Valid

Andrews

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name Status Authors Discovery year Age Unit Location Notes Images

Dvinia

Valid

Eosimops

Valid

Inostrancevia

Valid

Oligokyphus

Valid

Venjukovia

Valid

References

  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. 
  2. ↑ Cockerell, T. D. A. (1922). "A fossil Moth from Florissant, Colorado". American Museum Novitates 34: 1–2. 
  3. ↑ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07. 
  4. ↑ Montague, Jeremy. "Dr. Montague's Database". Retrieved 2008-10-29. 
  5. ↑ Gilmore, C.W. 1922. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Ojo Alamo formation of New Mexico. Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 72: pp. 1-9.
  6. ↑ Matthew, W.D. and B. Brown. 1922. The family Deinodontidae with notice of a new genus from the Cretaceous of Alberta. Amer. Museum Nat. Hist. Bull. 46: pp. 367-385.
  7. ↑ Huene, F. von. 1922. Uber einen Sauropoden im oberen Malm des Bemer Jura. Eclogae Geol. Helvetiae 17: pp. 80-94.
  8. ↑ Parks, W.A. 1922. Parasaurolophus walkeri, a new genus and species of crested trachodont dinosaur. Univ. Toronto Stud. (Geol. Ser.) 13: pp. 1-32.
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