1911 in paleontology

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 1911.

List of years in paleontology (table)
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Arthropods
NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Sidneyia

 Gen. et sp. Nov Valid Walcott Cambrian Burgess Shale

Amphibians
NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Limnoscelis[2]

 Gen. et sp. Nov Valid S.W. Williston Late Carboniferous to Early Permian Cutler Formation Nominal genus for the family Limnoscelidae

Reptiles

Dinosaurs
NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages
Aetonyx[3] Gen. et sp. nov Junior synonym Broom Early Jurassic Upper Elliot Formation  South Africa Junior synonym of Massospondylus.
Geranosaurus[3] Gen. et sp. nov Nomen dubium Broom Early Jurassic Clarens Formation  South Africa
Gryponyx[3] Gen. et sp. nov Valid taxon Broom Early Jurassic Upper Elliot Formation  South Africa A sauropodomorph
Gyposaurus[3] Gen. et sp. nov Possibly a Junior synonym Broom Early Jurassic Upper Elliot Formation  South Africa A probable junior synonym of Massospondylus.
Podokesaurus[4] Gen. et sp. nov Disputed Talbot Early Jurassic Portland Formation  USA Possible Junior synonym of Coelophysis.
Tornieria[5] Gen. et sp. nov Valid taxon Sternfeld Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation  Tanzania

Synapsids

Non-mammalian synapsids
NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Arctognathus

 Gen. et sp. nov Valid Broom Late Permian  South Africa A South African Gorgonopsid.

Arctosuchus

 Gen. et sp. nov Valid Broom Late Permian Teekloof Formation  South Africa A South African Gorgonopsid.

Diaelurodon

 Gen. et sp. nov Junior synonym Broom Late Permian  South Africa Junior synonym of Pristerodon

Eriphostoma

 Gen. et sp. nov Valid Broom Middle Permian Abrahamskraal Formation  South Africa Another South African Gorgonopsian.

Ictidognathus

 Gen. et sp. nov Valid Broom Late Permian Teekloof Formation  South Africa A Therocephalian

Moschops

 Gen. et sp. nov Valid Broom Middle Permian Abrahamskraal Formation  South Africa A Dome-Headed Dinocephalian.

Taognathus

 Gen. et sp. nov Valid Broom Late Permian  South Africa A Dicynodont.

Other Animals
NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Amiskwia

 Gen. et sp. nov Valid Walcott Cambrian Burgess Shale  Canada A soft-bodied organism of uncertain placement, currently interpreted as a Gnathiferan

See also

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. Williston, S.W. (1911). "A new family of reptiles from the Permian of New Mexico". The American Journal of Science. 4. 33: 378–398.
  3. Broom, R. 1911. On the dinosaurs of the Stormberg, South Africa: Annals of the South African Museum 7: pp. 291-308.
  4. Talbot, M. 1911. Podokesaurus holyokensis, a new dinosaur from the Triassic of the Connecticut Valley. Amer. J. Sci. (ser. 4) 31: pp. 469-479.
  5. Sternfeld, R. 1911. Zur Nomenklature der Gattung Gigantosaurus Fraas: Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde Fr. Berlin (1911) 8: p. 398.
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