1916 in paleontology
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 1916.
Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries
- May: Charles H. Sternberg resigned from the Geological Survey of Canada because the Survey decided to end its field work in Alberta and Sternberg wished to continue collecting fossils in the area. This effectively dissolved the Sternberg family team because Charles H. Sternberg's sons Charles M. and George Fryer both remained with the Survey. Unlike his brothers, Levi Sternberg also quit the Survey and joined their father in collecting fossils from the Steveville area in what is now Dinosaur Provincial Park. Their work was performed for little pay under a contract with the British Museum of Natural History. Together they excavated several dinosaur skeletons, which were to be sent to the Museum in two shipments.
Scientific advances
Vertebrate paleozoology
Non-mammalian synapsids described in 1916 |
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Plesiosaurs described in 1916 |
Name |
Status |
Authors |
Notes |
"Apractocleidus" |
Valid |
Smellie |
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possible synonym of Cryptocleidus |
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Valid |
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Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[2]
Prehistoric dinosaurs described in 1916 |
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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.
- ↑ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ↑ Nopcsa, F. 1916. Doryphorosaurus nov. nom. fiir
Kentrosaurus Hennig. Centralbl. Mineral. Geol.
Palaeont. 1916: pp. 511-512.
- ↑ Hoepen, E.C.N. van. 1916. De ouderdom der
Transvaalsche Karroolagen. Verh. Geol.-
mijnbouwkundig genootschap Nederland en
kolonien (Geol. Ser.) 3: pp. 107-117.
- ↑ Hennig, E. 1916. Zweite Mirteilung tiber den
Stegosauriden vom Tendaguru. Sitzungsber.
Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin 1916: pp.175-
182.
- ↑ Brown, B. 1916. A new crested trachodont
dinosaur, Prosaurolophus maximus. Bull. Am.
Mus. Nat. Hist. 35: pp. 701-708.
- ↑ Osborn, H.F. 1916. Skeletal adaptations of
Ornitholestes, Struthiomimus, Tyrannosaurus.
Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 35: pp. 733-771.