1911 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 or were published in the year 1911.

Institutions and organizations

Natural history museums

The Calgary Public Museum opened in Alberta, Canada.^[2]

Scientific advances

Invertebrate paleozoology

Prehistoric arthropods described in 1911

Name	Status	Authors	Discovery year	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Sidneyia	Valid	Walcott	1911	Cambrian				Sidneyia

Vertebrate paleozoology

Other prehistoric vertebrates described in 1911

Name	Status	Authors	Discovery year	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Limnoscelis^[3]	Valid	S.W. Williston	1911	Permian		New Mexico	Nominal genus for the family Limnoscelidae	Limnoscelis

Non-mammalian synapsids described in 1911

Name	Status	Images
Arctognathus	Valid	Arctognathus Moschops
Arctosuchus	Valid
Diaelurodon	Valid
Eriphostoma	Valid
Ictidognathus	Valid
Moschops	Valid
Taognathus	Valid

Plesiosaurs described in 1911
Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Microcleidus	Valid	Watson

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[4]

Prehistoric dinosaurs described in 1911
Name	Status	Authors	Notes
Aetonyx^[5]	Junior synonym	Broom	Junior synonym of Massospondylus.
Geranosaurus^[5]	Valid taxon	Broom
Gryponyx^[5]	Valid taxon	Broom
Gyposaurus^[5]	Junior synonym	Broom	Junior synonym of Massospondylus.
Podokesaurus^[6]	Disputed	Talbot	Possible Junior synonym of Coelophysis.
Tornieria^[7]	Valid taxon	Sternfeld

People

Awards and recognition

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.
↑ D. H. Tanke. 2010. Lost in plain sight: rediscovery of William E. Cutler's missing Eoceratops. In M. J. Ryan, B. J. Chinnery-Allgeier, D. A. Eberth (eds.), New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 541-550.
↑ Williston, S.W. (1911). "A new family of reptiles from the Permian of New Mexico". The American Journal of Science. 4 33: 378–398.
↑ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
1 2 3 4 Broom, R. 1911. On the dinosaurs of the Stormberg, South Africa: Annals of the South African Museum 7: pp. 291-308.
↑ Talbot, M. 1911. Podokesaurus holyokensis, a new dinosaur from the Triassic of the Connecticut Valley. Amer. J. Sci. (ser. 4) 31: pp. 469-479.
↑ Sternfeld, R. 1911. Zur Nomenklature der Gattung Gigantosaurus Fraas: Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde Fr. Berlin (1911) 8: p. 398.

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