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Paleontology or palaeontology (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 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 1948.
Contents
1 Arthropods
1.1 Newly named insects
2 Archosauromorphs
2.1 Newly named dinosaurs
3 Pterosaurs
3.1 New taxa
4 Synapsids
4.1 Non-mammalian
5 References
Arthropods
Newly named insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Metanephrocerus[2] | Gen nov | valid | Aczél | Priabonian | Baltic Amber |
| A big-headed fly; new genus for Protonephrocerus collini |
Archosauromorphs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[3]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lukousaurus | Valid taxon |
| Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian) | Lower Lufeng Series |
| May be a crocodylomorph rather than a theropod.[4] | ||
Sinosaurus[5] | Valid taxon |
| Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian) | Lower Lufeng Series |
| A dilophosaurid. (Formerly Dilophosaurus sinensis) |  Sinosaurus | |
Pterosaurs
New taxa
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Batrachognathus | Valid | Rjabinin | Late Jurassic (Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Svita |
| An anurognathid. | |
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clelandina | Valid | Broom | Late Permian | Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone |
| A gorgonopsid. | ||
Digalodon | Junior synonym | Broom and Robinson | Late Permian | Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone |
| A junior synonym of the geikiid Aulacephalodon | ||
Koupia | Valid | Boonstra | Middle Permian | Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone |
| A dicynodont. | ||
Pardocephalus | Junior synonym | Broom | Late Permian | Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone |
| A junior synonym of the gorgonopsid Aelurognathus | ||
Robertia | Valid | Boonstra | Middle Permian | Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone |
| A pylaecephalid. I lived in Burrows just like Diictodon. |  Robertia | |
Smilesaurus | Valid | Broom | Late Permian | Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone |
| A junior synonym of the gorgonopsid Aelurognathus. | ||
Tetracynodon | Valid | Broom and Robinson | Late Permian-Early Triassic | Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone |
| A lycideopid therocephalian. | ||
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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Kehlmaier, C; Dierick, M; Skevington, JH (2014). "Micro-CT studies of amber inclusions reveal internal genitalic features of big-headed flies, enabling a systematic placement of Metanephrocerus Aczel, 1948 (Insecta: Diptera: Pipunculidae)". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 72 (1): 23–36.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ R. B. Irmis. 2004. First report of Megapnosaurus (Theropoda: Coelophysoidea) from China. PaleoBios 24(3):11-18
^ Young C.-C. 1948. On two new saurischians
from Lufeng, Yunnan. Bull. Geol. Soc. China 28:
pp. 75-90.
