1937 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 1937.

List of years in paleontology (table)
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Arthropods

Insects

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Protrogosita[2]

Gen et sp nov

valid

Piton & Théobald

Thanetian

Menat Formation

 France

A Trogossitid bark gnawing beetle

Protrogosita distincta

Vertebrates

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[3]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Jaxartosaurus[4]

Gen et sp nov

valid

Riabinin

Late Cretaceous

 Kazakhstan  China

A Lambeosaurine.

Parksosaurus[5]

Gen et comb nov

Valid

Sternberg

Maastrichtian

Horseshoe Canyon Formation

 Canada ( Alberta)

A parksosaurid

Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Images

Cyonosaurus

Valid

Olson 255 Millions of years ago A Gorgonopsian.

Micrictodon

Junior Synonym

Junior Synonym of Thrinaxodon.

Moschoides

Valid

Myctosuchus

Valid

Newtonella

Valid

Nitosaurus

Valid

Procynosuchus

Valid

Broom 255 Millions of years ago One of the Earliest-Known Cynodonts.

Sinokannemeyeria

Valid

Young 245 Millions of years ago A Chinese Kannemeyerid Dicynodont.

Amusement parks and attractions

  • August 28th: The Calgary Zoo's Prehistoric Park opened. Paleontologist Darren Tanke has described Prehistoric Park as "an extensive treed park and pathways containing numerous life-sized concrete dinosaurs and other prehistoric life". It also had "two long, walkthrough display buildings containing a Corythosaurus skeleton and individual dinosaur bones", as well as exhibits of paleozoic invertebrates and prehistoric plants. It became a popular attraction among visitors to the zoo.[6]

Literature

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. Piton, L.; Théobald, N. (1937). "Les lignites et schistes bitumineux de Menat (Puy-de-Dôme). II: Les insectes fossiles de Menat". Revue des Sciences Naturelles d'Auvergne. 3 (2): 76–88.
  3. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  4. Riabinin, A.N. 1937. A new finding of dinosaurs in the Trans-Baikal region. Ezheg Vserossijskogo Pal. Obstcg. 11: pp. 142-144.
  5. Sternberg, C.H. 1937. Classification of Thescelosaurus: A description of a new species. Proc. Geol. Soc. Amer. 1936: p. 375.
  6. 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.
  7. Sarjeant, W. A. S., 2001, Dinosaurs in fiction: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 504-529.
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