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1932 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 1932.

Paleobotany

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Newly described angiosperms

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Viburnum whitebirdensis[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Ashlee

Middle Miocene

Latah Formation
White Bird Florule

 USA
 Idaho

First described as a Viburnum
Moved to Acer whitebirdense (1987)[3]

Arthropods

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Newly named crustaceans

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes Images

Palaeophoberus[4]

Gen. et. comb. nov.

Valid

Glaessner

Middle Jurassic (Aalenian)

Reutlingen

 Germany

A stenochirid, type species is P. suevicus (originally named as Stenochirus suevicus in 1867.

Conodonts

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Newly named conodonts

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Stauffer & Plummer described the conodont genus Gondolella.[5]

Archosauromorphs

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Newly named basal archosauromorphs

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Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Spinosuchus[6]

Valid

Late Triassic (late Carnian)

Tecovas Formation

A member of Trilophosauridae.

Newly named pseudosuchians

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Name Status Authors Location Notes Images
Basutodon[6]

Nomen dubium.

Probable rauisuchian.

Newly named dinosaurs

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Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[7]

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Aegyptosaurus[8] Valid taxon
  • Stromer

Middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Bahariya Formation

A titanosaur.

Betasuchus[6]

Nomen dubium.

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

Maastrichtian Beds

An abelisaur. It one of the few non-avian dinosaurs in the Netherlands.

Caudocoelus[6] synonym

Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)

Unnamed unit

Junior objective synonym of Teinurosaurus.

Dolichosuchus[6]

Nomen dubium.

Late Triassic (Rhaetian) Middle Stubensandstein
Fulgurotherium[6] Valid taxon

Middle Cretaceous (late Albian)

Griman Creek Formation

A dubious ornithopod.

Iliosuchus[6] Nomen dubium Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)

Taynton Limestone Formation

A dubious tetanuran.

Macrophalangia[9] synonym
  • C. M. Sternberg

Late Cretaceous (middle to late Campanian)

Dinosaur Park Formation

Junior subjective synonym of Chirostenotes.

Magnosaurus[6] Valid taxon

Middle Jurassic (Bajocian)

Inferior Oolite

A megalosaurid.

Magyarosaurus[6] Valid taxon

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

Sanpetru Formation

A Dwarf Titanosaur.

Plateosauravus[6] Valid taxon

Late Triassic (possibly late Norian to Rhaetian)

Lower Elliot Formation

A basal sauropodomorph.

Polyodontosaurus[10] synonym
  • Gilmore

Late Cretaceous (middle to late Campanian)

Dinosaur Park Formation

Junior subjective synonym of Troodon.

Rapator[6]

Nomen dubium.

Middle Cretaceous (late Albian)

Griman Creek Formation

A megaraptoran neovenatorid.

Stenonychosaurus[9] Valid taxon
  • C. M. Sternberg

Late Cretaceous (middle to late Campanian)

Dinosaur Park Formation

Once considered to be a junior synonym of Troodon.

Walgettosuchus[6]

Nomen dubium.

Middle Cretaceous (late Albian)

Griman Creek Formation

A dubious theropod.

Yaleosaurus[6] synonym

Early Jurassic

Portland Formation

Junior subjective synonym of Anchisaurus.

Other diapsids

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Name Status Authors Location Images
Avipes[6]

Nomen dubium.

Velocipes[6]

Nomen dubium.

Synapsids

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Non-mammalian

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Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Delphaciognathus

Valid

Broom

A member of Gorgonopsia.

Pachytegos

Valid

Sidney Haughton

A member of Endothiodontidae.

References

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  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. ^ Ashlee, T.R. (1932). "A contribution to the Latah flora of Idaho". Journal of Geology: 1–55.
  3. ^ Wolfe, J.A.; Tanai, T. (1987). "Systematics, Phylogeny, and Distribution of Acer (maples) in the Cenozoic of Western North America". Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and Mineralogy. 22 (1): 1–246.
  4. ^ Glaessner, Martin F. (1932-05-01). "Zwei ungenügend bekannte mesozoische Dekapodenkrebse: Pemphix sueuri (Desm.) undPalaeophoberus suevicus (Quenstedt)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift (in German). 14 (1–2): 108–121. doi:10.1007/BF03041621. ISSN 0031-0220.
  5. ^ Texas Pennsylvanian conodonts and their stratigraphic relations. CR Stauffer, HJ Plummer - University of Texas Bulletin, 1932
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Huene, F. von. 1932. Die fossile Reptile- Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte. Monogr. Geol. Palaeontol. (Pt. I and II, Ser. I) 4: pp. 1-361.
  7. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  8. ^ Stromer, E. 1932. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wusten Agyptens. II. Wirbeltier-Reste der Baharije-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 11. Sauropoda: Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematischnaturwissenschafiliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 10, pp. 3-21.
  9. ^ a b Sternberg, C.H. 1932. Two new theropod dinosaurs from the Belly River Formation of Alberta. Can. Field-Nat. 46: pp. 99-105.
  10. ^ Gilmore, C.W. 1932. A new fossil lizard from the Belly River Formation of Alberta. Trans. Roy. Soc. Can. (ser. 3) 26: pp. 117-120.