1922 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 1922.
Arthropods
Crustaceans
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Jr synonym |
Type species is A. rostrata, junior synonym of Gorgonophontes fraiponti. |
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Sp. nov |
Jr synonym |
Junior synonym of Gorgonophontes fraiponti. |
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Sp. nov |
Jr synonym |
Junior synonym of Gorgonophontes fraiponti. |
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Insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp. nov |
valid |
A geometrid moth |
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Archosauromorphs
Newly named phytosaurs
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Late Triassic (Rhaetian) |
A member of Pseudopalatinae. | ||||||
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Valid taxon |
Case[5] |
Late Triassic (early Norian) |
A basal member of Leptosuchomorpha. | ||||
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Valid taxon |
Case[5] |
Late Triassic (early Norian) |
A basal phytosaur | ||||
Dinosaurs
- Krausel reported fossil gut contents from an Edmontosaurus annectens mummy. He described the material as including conifer needles and branches, deciduous foliage, and possible small seeds or fruit.[6]
- Abel argued that the plant material Krausel argues was the fossilized remains of the gut contents of an Edmontosaurus annectens was actually deposited by flowing water.[6]
New taxa
| Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Alamosaurus sanjuanensis[7] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Gilmore | Maastrichtian | Ojo Alamo Formation |  USA Texas |
A North American titanosaur |  |
| Dromaeosaurus albertensis[8] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Matthew & Brown | Campanian | Dinosaur Park Formation |  Canada Alberta |
A dromaeosaurid |  |
| Erectopus superbus[9] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Huene | Albian | Phosphate-bearing beds of La Penthèive (Mammilatum Zone) |  France |
A metriacanthosaurid | |
| Parasaurolophus walkeri[10] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Parks | Campanian | Dinosaur Park Formation | Canada Alberta |
A hadrosaurid |  |
Plesiosaurs
New taxa
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Amalitski | 255 Millions of years ago | ||||
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Valid |
Broom | 257 Millions of years ago | ||||
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Valid |
Hennig | 198 Millions of years ago. | The Last North American Cynodont. |  | ||
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Valid |
Amalitski | 264 Millions of years ago. |  | |||
