1916 in paleontology
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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 1916.
Plants
Newly named angiosperms
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
jr synonym (pro part) |
A mallow relative. |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
A mallow relative. |
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Echinoderms
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Argentinaster[3] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A brittle star belonging to the family Ophiurinidae, type species is A. bodenbenderi. |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
A brittle star belonging to the family Encrinasteridae, moved to the genus Marginaster in 1995,[4] which was then renamed to Marginix in 2015.[5] |
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Fish
Dinosaurs
New taxa
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doryphorosaurus[8] | Gen. nov. | Jr. synonym | Nopcsa | Late Jurassic | Tendaguru Formation |  Tanzania |
Unnecessary replacement name for Kentrosaurus |  |
| Gigantoscelus molengraaffi[9] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Nomen dubium | van Hoepen | Early Jurassic | Bushveld Sandstone Formation |  South Africa |
A prosauropod | |
| Kentrurosaurus[10] | Gen. nov. | Jr. synonym | Hennig | Late Jurassic | Tendaguru Formation | Tanzania |
Unnecessary replacement name for Kentrosaurus | |
| Prosaurolophus maximus[11] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Brown | Campanian | Dinosaur Park Formation |  Canada Alberta) |
A hadrosaurid |  |
Plesiosaurs
Newly named taxa
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen nov |
jr synonym |
Smellie |
jr synonym of Cryptocleidus |
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country/state | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Van Hoepen |
A titanosuchid dinocephalian |
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