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.

Arthropods

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Sidneyia

 Gen. et sp. Nov Valid Walcott Cambrian Burgess Shale
Sidneyia

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
Limnoscelis

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.
Arctognathus

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.
Moschops

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
Diagram, showing the arrangements of the jaws and plates in the mouth (a) morphology of the ventral plate (b) and jaws (c) in comparison to equivalent elements of gnathostomulids (d,e) and life restoration (g)

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. 1 2 3 4 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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