1929 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 1929.

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Plants

Ferns and fern allies

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Asplenium occidentale[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A spleenwort species.

Woodsia bonseri[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A woodsia fern species.

Woodwardia praeradicans[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A chain fern species.

Conifers

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Pinus latahensis[2]

Sp nov

Valid

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Klondike Mountain Formation

 USA
 Washington

A 5-needle pine species

Pinus macrophylla[2]

Sp nov

Homonym

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Klondike Mountain Formation

 USA
 Washington

A 3-needle pine species.
Jr homonym of Pinus macrophylla Lindley, 1839

Pinus macrophylla

Pinus monticolensis[2]

Sp nov

Valid

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Klondike Mountain Formation

 USA
 Washington

A pine seed morphospecies

Pinus monticolensis

Pinus tetrafolia[2]

Sp nov

nomen dubium

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Klondike Mountain Formation

 USA
 Washington

A punitive 4-needle pine species
Noted by Berry as
"highly improbable that this should represent a distinct botanic species"

Tsuga latahensis[2]

Sp nov

Valid

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A spruce cone species

Flowering plants

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Aesculus hesperia[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A horse chestnut species

Alnus elliptica[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Klondike Mountain Formation

 USA
 Washington

An alder species
Synonymized into Alnus parvifolia (1987)[3]

Alnus prerhombifolia[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

An alder species
Synonymized into Alnus carpinoides (1937)
Synonymized into Alnus hollandiana (1959)

Apocynophyllum latahense[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A apocynaceous species

Arctostaphylos knowltoni[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A bearberry species

Arctostaphylos spatulata[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A bearberry species

Carpolithus pteraformis[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A winged seed species of uncertain affinity

Cassia sophoroides[2]

Comb nov

(Knowlton) Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A Cassia species
Moved from Phyllites sophoroicles (1926)

Cassia spokanensis[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A Cassia species

Celastrus spokanensis[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A staff vine species

Cercocarpus praeledifolius[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A mountain mahogany species

Comptonia hesperia[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A sweet fern species

Cornus acuminata[2]

Sp nov

Homonym

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Klondike Mountain Formation

 USA
 Washington

A Schoepfia species
jr homonym of ''Cornus acuminata'' (Weber)
Renamed Cornus republicensis in 1944
Moved to Schoepfia republicensis in 1987[3]

Schoepfia republicensis

Cucurbita glandulosa[4]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Brown

Eocene
Ypresian

Green River Formation

 United States
( Colorado)

A tetramelaceous seed morphotype
Moved to Punctaphyllum glandulosum in 2023[5]

Euonymus knowltoni[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A Euonymus species

Hibiscus? occidentalis[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A possible Hibiscus flower species

Leguminosites alexanderi[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A fabaceous fruit species of uncertain affinity

Leguminosites bonseri[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A fabaceous species of uncertain affinity

Liriodendron hesperia[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A Liriodendron species

Meibomites knowltoni[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A fabaceous species

Menispermites latahensis[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A menispermaceous species

Menziesia knowltoni[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A Menziesia species

Nyssa knowltoni[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A Nyssa species

Nyssa magnifica[2]

Comb nov

(Knowlton) Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A Nyssa species
Moved from Carpites magnifica (1926)

Porana microcalyx[2]

Comb nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A Porana species
Moved from Diospyros? microcalyx (1926)

Porana microcalyx

Potamogeton heterophylloides[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A pondweed species

Quercus treleasii[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

An oak species

Rhamnus spokanensis[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A buckthorn species

Ribes fernquisti[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A gooseberry species

Sapindus armstrongi[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A soap berry species

Sapindus spokanensis[2]

Nom nov

Berry

Eocene
Priabonian

Florissant Formation

 USA
 Colorado

A soap berry species

Sassafras hesperia[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Klondike Mountain Formation

 USA
 Washington

A Sassafras species

Ternstroemites idahoensis[2]

Comb nov

(Knowlton) Berry

Miocene

Payette Formation

 USA
 Idaho

A theaceous species
Moved from Myrica? idahoensis (1919)

Tilia hesperia[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A Tilia species

Umbelliferospermum[2]

Gen et Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

An apiaceous fruit genus
The type species is U. latahense

Umbellularia dayana[2]

Comb nov

(Knowlton) Berry

Miocene

Mascall Formation

 USA
 Oregon

An Umbellularia species
Moved from Salix dayana (1902)

Umbellularia lanceolata[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

An Umbellularia species

Vaccinium americanum[2]

Comb et Syn nov

(Lesquereux) Berry

Miocene

Mascall Formation

 USA
 Oregon

A Vaccinium species
Moved from Santal1lm americanum (1883)
Salix pseudoargentea (1902) & Vaccinium salicoides (1926) synonymized

Vaccinium bonseri[2]

Sp et "var" nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A Vaccinium species
One variety named V. bonseri serrulatum

Vacciniurn spokanense[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A Vaccinium species

Viburnum fernquisti[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A Vaccinium species

Viburnum lantanafolium[2]

Sp nov

Berry

Miocene

Latah Formation

 USA
 Washington

A Vaccinium species

Arthropods

Crustaceans

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Cycloprosopon

Lorenthey & Beurlen

Insects

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Permotipula[6]

Valid

Tillyard

Permian
Changhsingian - Wuchiapingian

Newcastle Coal Measures

 Australia
 New South Wales

A protodipteran scorpionfly

Archosauromorphs

  • Barosaurus gastroliths documented.[7]

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[8]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Anodontosaurus[9]

Valid

Sternberg

Cretaceous
Edmontonian

Horseshoe Canyon Formation

 Canada

An ankylosaurid.

Antarctosaurus[10]

Gen et 2 sp nov

Valid

von Huene

Cretaceous
early Campanian

Anacleto Formation

 Argentina

A titanosaur.
The type species is A. wichmannianus
Also included is A. giganteus

Campylodon[10]

Gen et sp nov

Homonym

von Huene

Cretaceous
Cenomanian

Bajo Barreal Formation

 Argentina

A titanosaur.
Preoccupied by Campylodon Dumeril, 1852.
Moved to Campylodoniscus in 1961

Helopus[11]

Gen et sp nov

Homonym

Wiman

Cretaceous
Barremian-Aptian

Mengyin Formation

 China

A Euhelopodid titanosaur.
The type species is H.zdanskyi
Genus name preoccupied by Helopus Wagler
Renamed and moved to Euhelopus in 1956

Laplatasaurus[10]

Valid

von Huene

Cretaceous
late Campanian-early Maastrichtian

Allen Formation

 Argentina

A titanosaur related to members of Lognkosauria.
The type species is L. araukanicus

Loricosaurus[10]

Gen et sp nov

Nomen dubium

von Huene

Cretaceous
late Campanian-early Maastrichtian

Allen Formation

 Argentina

A titanosaur.
The type species is L. scutatus
Possibly a jr synonym of Neuquensaurus

Paranthodon[12]

Gen et comb nov

Valid

Nopcsa

Cretaceous
Berriasian

Kirkwood Formation

 South Africa

A stegosaur.
The type species is Palaeoscincus africanus (1912)

Rhodanosaurus[12]

Gen et sp nov

Nomen dubium

Nopcsa

Cretaceous
late Campanian-early Maastrichtian

Gres a Reptiles

 France

A dubious nodosaurid.
The type species is R. ludguensis

Tanius[11]

Valid

Wiman

Cretaceous
Campanian

Jingangkou Formation

 China

A hadrosauroid.
The type species is T. sinensis

Teinurosaurus

Gen nov

Nomen dubium.

Nopcsa

Jurassic
Kimmeridgian

Mont-Lambert Formation

 France

A neotheropod.

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Eoarctops

Gen et sp nov

jr synonym

Haughton

Permian
Capitanian

 South Africa

A gorgonopsid therapsid.
The type species is E. vanderbyli
A jr synonym of Eriphostoma microdon

Hipposaurus

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Haughton

Permian
Capitanian

Beaufort Group
Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone

 South Africa

A biarmosuchian therapsid.
The type species is H. boonstrai

Scullya

Sp nov

nomen dubium

Broom

A titanosuchid dinocephalian

Styracocephalus

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Haughton

Permian
Capitanian

 South Africa

A tapinocephalian therapsid

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. Berry, E.W. (1929). "A revision of the flora of the Latah Formation". USGS Professional Paper Series (PDF). Professional Paper. Vol. PP 154-H. pp. 225–265. doi:10.3133/pp154H.
  3. 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.
  4. LaMotte, R.S. (1952). Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950. Geological Society of America Memoirs. Vol. 51. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/MEM51.
  5. Correa Narvaez, J. E.; Allen, S. E.; Huegele, I. B.; Manchester, S. R. (2023). "Fossil leaves and fruits of Tetramelaceae (Curcurbitales) from the Eocene of the Rocky Mountain region, USA, and their biogeographic significance". International Journal of Plant Sciences. doi:10.1086/724018.
  6. Willmann, R. (1989). "Rediscovered: Permotipula patricia, the oldest known fly". Naturwissenschaften. 76 (8): 375–377. doi:10.1007/BF00366210.
  7. Janensch, W. (1929). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
  8. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  9. Sternberg, C.H. 1929. A toothless armored dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta. Bull. Natl. Mus. Can. 54: pp. 28-33.
  10. von Huene, F. (1929). "Los saurisquios y ornitisquios del Cretáceo Argentino". Anales del Museo de La Plata (in Spanish). 3 (3): 1–196.
  11. Wiman, C. 1929. Die Kreide-dinosaurier aus Shantung. Pal. Sin. C 1: pp. 1-67.
  12. Nopcsa, F. 1929. Dinosaurierreste aus Siebenburgen. V. Geol. Hungarica Set. Paleontol. 4: pp. 1-76.
  • Janensch, W. (1929). Magensteine bei Sauropoden der Tendaguru-Schichten. Palaeontographica (Suppl. 7) 2:135-144.
  • Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180.
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