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 |
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Asplenium occidentale[2] |
Sp nov |
A spleenwort species. |
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Woodsia bonseri[2] |
Sp nov |
A woodsia fern species. |
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Woodwardia praeradicans[2] |
Sp nov |
A chain fern species. |
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Conifers
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
A 5-needle pine species |
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Pinus macrophylla[2] |
Sp nov |
Homonym |
A 3-needle pine species. |
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Pinus monticolensis[2] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
A pine seed morphospecies |
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Pinus tetrafolia[2] |
Sp nov |
nomen dubium |
A punitive 4-needle pine species |
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Tsuga latahensis[2] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
A spruce cone species |
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Flowering plants
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Aesculus hesperia[2] |
Sp nov |
A horse chestnut species |
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Alnus elliptica[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
An alder species |
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Alnus prerhombifolia[2] |
Sp nov |
An alder species |
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Apocynophyllum latahense[2] |
Sp nov |
A apocynaceous species |
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Arctostaphylos knowltoni[2] |
Sp nov |
A bearberry species |
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Arctostaphylos spatulata[2] |
Sp nov |
A bearberry species |
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Carpolithus pteraformis[2] |
Sp nov |
A winged seed species of uncertain affinity |
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Cassia sophoroides[2] |
Comb nov |
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Cassia spokanensis[2] |
Sp nov |
A Cassia species |
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Celastrus spokanensis[2] |
Sp nov |
A staff vine species |
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Cercocarpus praeledifolius[2] |
Sp nov |
A mountain mahogany species |
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Comptonia hesperia[2] |
Sp nov |
A sweet fern species |
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Cornus acuminata[2] |
Sp nov |
Homonym |
A Schoepfia species |
![]() Schoepfia republicensis | |||||
Cucurbita glandulosa[4] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Eocene |
A tetramelaceous seed morphotype |
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Euonymus knowltoni[2] |
Sp nov |
A Euonymus species |
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Hibiscus? occidentalis[2] |
Sp nov |
A possible Hibiscus flower species |
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Leguminosites alexanderi[2] |
Sp nov |
A fabaceous fruit species of uncertain affinity |
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Leguminosites bonseri[2] |
Sp nov |
A fabaceous species of uncertain affinity |
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Liriodendron hesperia[2] |
Sp nov |
A Liriodendron species |
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Meibomites knowltoni[2] |
Sp nov |
A fabaceous species |
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Menispermites latahensis[2] |
Sp nov |
A menispermaceous species |
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Menziesia knowltoni[2] |
Sp nov |
A Menziesia species |
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Nyssa knowltoni[2] |
Sp nov |
A Nyssa species |
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Nyssa magnifica[2] |
Comb nov |
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Porana microcalyx[2] |
Comb nov |
![]() Porana microcalyx | |||||||
Potamogeton heterophylloides[2] |
Sp nov |
A pondweed species |
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Quercus treleasii[2] |
Sp nov |
An oak species |
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Rhamnus spokanensis[2] |
Sp nov |
A buckthorn species |
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Ribes fernquisti[2] |
Sp nov |
A gooseberry species |
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Sapindus armstrongi[2] |
Sp nov |
A soap berry species |
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Sapindus spokanensis[2] |
Nom nov |
A soap berry species |
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Sp nov |
A Sassafras species |
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Ternstroemites idahoensis[2] |
Comb nov |
Payette Formation |
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Tilia hesperia[2] |
Sp nov |
A Tilia species |
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Umbelliferospermum[2] |
Gen et Sp nov |
An apiaceous fruit genus |
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Umbellularia dayana[2] |
Comb nov |
An Umbellularia species |
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Umbellularia lanceolata[2] |
Sp nov |
An Umbellularia species |
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Vaccinium americanum[2] |
Comb et Syn nov |
A Vaccinium species |
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Vaccinium bonseri[2] |
Sp et "var" nov |
A Vaccinium species |
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Vacciniurn spokanense[2] |
Sp nov |
A Vaccinium species |
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Viburnum fernquisti[2] |
Sp nov |
A Vaccinium species |
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Viburnum lantanafolium[2] |
Sp nov |
A Vaccinium species |
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Arthropods
Crustaceans
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Cycloprosopon |
Lorenthey & Beurlen |
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Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Tillyard |
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 |
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Valid |
An ankylosaurid. |
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Gen et 2 sp nov |
Valid |
Cretaceous |
A titanosaur. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Homonym |
A titanosaur. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Homonym |
A Euhelopodid titanosaur. |
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Valid |
Cretaceous |
A titanosaur related to members of Lognkosauria. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Cretaceous |
A titanosaur. |
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Gen et comb nov |
Valid |
A stegosaur. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Cretaceous |
A dubious nodosaurid. |
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Valid |
Jingangkou Formation |
A hadrosauroid. |
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Gen nov |
Mont-Lambert Formation |
A neotheropod. |
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
jr synonym |
A gorgonopsid therapsid. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A biarmosuchian therapsid. |
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Sp nov |
nomen dubium |
Broom |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Willmann, R. (1989). "Rediscovered: Permotipula patricia, the oldest known fly". Naturwissenschaften. 76 (8): 375–377. doi:10.1007/BF00366210.
- Janensch, W. (1929). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
- Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- Sternberg, C.H. 1929. A toothless armored dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta. Bull. Natl. Mus. Can. 54: pp. 28-33.
- von Huene, F. (1929). "Los saurisquios y ornitisquios del Cretáceo Argentino". Anales del Museo de La Plata (in Spanish). 3 (3): 1–196.
- Wiman, C. 1929. Die Kreide-dinosaurier aus Shantung. Pal. Sin. C 1: pp. 1-67.
- 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.