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1935 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 1935.

Plants

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Conifers

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Callitris potlatchensis[2]

Sp nov

Brown

Late Middle Eocene

Salmon Flora

 USA
 Idaho

A Callitris seed morphospecies

Keteleeria heterophylloides[2]

Comb nov

(Berry) Brown

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A Keteleeria foliage morphospecies
Moved from Potamogeton heterophylloides (1929)

Flowering plants

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Alnus corallina[2]

Syn nov

Lesquereux

Miocene

 USA
 California

Alnus hollandiana (1920)
A. microdontoides (1920)

An alder foliage morphospecies

Amelanchier dignatus[2]

Comb et syn nov

(Knowlton) Brown

Miocene

 USA

Amelanchier grayi (1927)
A. peritula (1908)
A. scudderi (1883)
Phyllites couleeanus (1931)

A Saskatoon berry species
Moved from Celastrus dignatus (1902)

Arctostaphylos cuneata[2]

Sp nov

Brown

Eocene
Bartonian

Salmon Flora

 USA
 Idaho

An Arctostaphylos foliage morphospecies

Carpolithus pteraformis[2]

Sp nov

Brown

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Idaho

A fruit species of uncertain affinity.

Ceanothus idahoensis[2]

Sp nov

Brown

Eocene
Bartonian

Salmon Flora

 USA
 Idaho

Populus zaddachi (1920 pro part)

A Ceanothus species

Cedrela pteraformis[2]

Comb nov

(Berry) Brown

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

Carpolithus pteraformis (1929)

A Cedrela species
Moved from Gordonia pteraformis (1929)

Cercidiphyllum crenatum[2]

Comb et syn nov

(Unger) Brown

G. obovata (1877)
G. obovata (1883)

A katsura species
Moved from Grewia crenata (1859)

Chamaebatia prefoliolosa[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Brown

Eocene
Bartonian

Salmon Flora

 USA
 Idaho

A mountain misery foliage morphospecies
moved to Salmonensea prefoliolosa in 1988[3]

Salmonensea prefoliolosa

Dipteronia americana[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Brown

Eocene
Ypresian

Eocene Okanagan Highlands
Klondike Mountain Formation

 USA
 Washington

Comptonia insignis (1929 pro part)

A Dipteronia species
Leaves moved to Bohlenia americana (1987)[4]
Fruits moved to Dipteronia brownii in 2001[5]

Dipteronia brownii

Fraxinus idahoensis[2]

Sp nov

Brown

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Idaho

An ash seed morphospecies

Malus idahoensis[2]

Sp nov

Brown

Eocene
Bartonian

Salmon Flora

 USA
 Idaho

An apple foliage morphospecies

Mentzelia occidentalis[2]

Comb nov

(Berry) Brown

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A Mentzelia species
Moved from Hibiscus? occidentalis (1929)

Potentilla salmonensis[2]

Sp nov

Brown

Eocene
Bartonian

Salmon Flora

 USA
 Idaho

An cinquefoil foliage morphospecies

Rhamnus idahoensis[2]

Sp nov

Brown

Eocene
Bartonian

Salmon Flora

 USA
 Idaho

A buckthorn foliage morphospecies

Symphoricarpos salmonensis[2]

Sp nov

Brown

Eocene
Bartonian

Salmon Flora

 USA
 Idaho

A snowberry foliage morphospecies

Arthropods

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Insects

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Eulithomyrmex[6]

Gen nov

valid

Carpenter

Late Eocene

Florissant Formation

 USA ( Colorado)

Agroecomyrmecin ant genus,
replacement name for Lithomyrmex Carpenter, 1930

Eulithomyrmex rugosus

Sauropterygians

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New taxa

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

Peyerus

Gen et comb nov

jr synonym

Stromer

Cretaceous
Valanginian

Sundays River Formation

 South Africa

junior synonym of Leptocleidus

Leptocleidus capensis

Vertebrates

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Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Brachyuraniscus

Junior synonym

Broili & Schroder

Late Permian

Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone

 South Africa

A junior synonym of Pristerodon.

Cteniosaurus

Junior synonym

Broom

Late Permian

Hoedemaker member, Middle Teekloof Formation

 South Africa

A junior synonym of Tropidostoma.

Emydorhinus

Valid

Broom

Late Permian

Dicynodon assemblage zone

 South Africa

A dicynodont

Eumantellia

Junior synonym

Broom

Late Permian

Cistcephalus assemblage zone

 South Africa

A junior synonym of Pristerognathus.

Eurychororhinus

Junior synonym

Broili and Schroeder

Late Permian

Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone

 South Africa

A junior synonym of Pristerodon.

Hofmeyria

Valid

Broom

Late Permian

Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone

 South Africa

A theriodont

Hyenosaurus

Valid

Stahleckeria

Valid

 Brazil
Stahleckeria

Synostocephalus

Valid

Titanognathus

Valid

Watsoniella

Valid

Broili and Schroeder

Early to Middle Triassic

Cynognathus zone

 South Africa

A theriodont

Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries

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Institutions and organizations

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  • The Calgary Public Museum of Alberta, Canada closed due to financial problems triggered by the Great Depression. By this point the museum had accumulated roughly 7500 different items of both natural and man-made origin. The collections were stored in another Calgary building called the Coste House.[8]

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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Brown, R. (1935). "Miocene leaves, fruits, and seeds from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington". Journal of Paleontology. 9: 572–587.
  3. ^ Wolfe, J.A.; Wehr, W.C. (1988). "Rosaceous Chamaebatiaria-like foliage from the Paleogene of western North America". Aliso. 12 (1): 177–200. doi:10.5642/aliso.19881201.14.
  4. ^ Wolfe, J. A.; Wehr, W. C. (1987). Middle Eocene dicotyledonous plants from Republic, northeastern Washington (Report). Bulletin. Vol. 1597. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–25. doi:10.3133/b1597.
  5. ^ McClain, A. M.; Manchester, S. R. (2001). "Dipteronia (Sapindaceae) from the Tertiary of North America and implications for the phytogeographic history of the Aceroideae". American Journal of Botany. 88 (7): 1316–25. doi:10.2307/3558343. JSTOR 3558343. PMID 11454632.
  6. ^ Carpenter, F. M. (1930). "The fossil ants of North America" (PDF). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 70: 1–66.
  7. ^ Trexler, D., 2001, Two Medicine Formation, Montana: geology and fauna: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 298–309.
  8. ^ 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.