1926 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 1926.

Algae

Bacillariophyceae

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Cymbella partita[2]

sp nov

Mann

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A cymbellaceous diatom

Cymbella partita

Cymbella sagittarius[2]

sp nov

Mann

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A cymbellaceous diatom

Cymbella sagittarius

Navicula contendens[2]

sp nov

Mann

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A naviculaceous diatom

Navicula contendens

Navicula iridescens[2]

sp nov

jr synonym

Mann

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A naviculaceous diatom
Moved to Neidium iridescens (1975)

Neidium iridescens

Navicula pauper[2]

sp nov

Mann

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A naviculaceous diatom

Navicula pauper

Navicula pontifica[2]

sp nov

Mann

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A naviculaceous diatom

Navicula pontifica

Navicula protrudens[2]

sp nov

Mann

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A naviculaceous diatom

Navicula protrudens

Navicula pseudoaffinis[2]

sp nov

Mann

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A naviculaceous diatom

Navicula pseudoaffinis

Navicula reversa[2]

sp nov

Mann

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A naviculaceous diatom

Navicula reversa

Navicula substauroneis[2]

sp nov

Mann

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A naviculaceous diatom

Navicula substauroneis

Stauroneis (Navicula) acutissima[2]

sp nov

Mann

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A stauroneidaceous diatom

Stauroneis acutissima
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Plants

Mosses

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Archaeomnium[3]

Gen et sp nov

jr synonym

Britton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A moss of uncertain affiliation
Synonymized with Hypnites (1980)
The type species is A. patens

Hypnites patens

Polytrichites[3]

Gen et sp nov

valid?

Britton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A possible polytrichaceous moss
The type species is P. spokanensis

Polytrichites spokanensis
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Lycopods

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Lycopodium hesperium[3]

Sp nov

Nomen dubium?

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

USA
Idaho

A possible lycopod clubmoss
Treated as a plant of uncertain affinity by Chaney & Axelrod 1959[4]

Lycopodium hesperium
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Conifers

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Libocedrus praedecurrens[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Potlatch Florule

USA
Idaho

A sandarac species
Moved to Fokienia praedecurrens (1959)[4]
Moved to Fokieniopsis praedecurrens (1997).[5] Moved to Tetraclinis salicornioides var. praedecurrens (2000)[6]

Tetraclinis salicornioides var. praedecurrens

Tumion bonseri[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A plum-yew species
Moved to Torreya bonseri (1952)
Moved to Cephalotaxus bonseri (1959)[4]

Cephalotaxus bonseri
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Angiosperms

Monocots

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Arisaema hesperia[3]

Sp nov

valid?

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

USA
Idaho

A possible araceous monocot
Sometimes had been treated as a jr synonym of Liquidambar pachyphyllum[7]

Arisaema hesperia

Canna? dawsoni[8]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Berry

Eocene

Burrard Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A possible cannaceous leaf species
synonymized with Cannophyllites magnifolia in 1949[7]

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Basal eudicots

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Trochodendroides[8]

Gen et comb nov

Berry

Greenland

A Trochodenraceous leaf morphogenus.
The type species is Populus arctica (1868)

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Superasterids - basal

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Diospyros andersonae[3]

Sp nov

Jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A persimmon leaf species
Synonymized into Diospyros oregoniana (1959)[4]

Diospyros oregoniana

Diospyros dawsoni[8]

Sp nov

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Okanagan Highlands
Chu Chua Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A persimmon leaf species

Diospyros? microcalyx[3]

Sp nov

Jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

First named as a persimmon calyx species.[3]
Moved to Porana microcalyx (1929)[9]
Moved to Remberella microcalyx (2024)[10]

Remberella microcalyx

Vaccinium salicoides[3]

Sp nov

valid?

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

USA
Idaho

First named as a huckleberry leaf species
Synonymized into Vaccinium americanum (1929)[9]
Resurrected as a species of uncertain affinity (1959)[4]

Vaccinium salicoides
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Superrosids - Fabids

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Alnus cremastogynoides[8]

Sp nov

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Chu Chua Formation

Canada
British Columbia

An alder leaf species

Alnus crispoides[8]

Sp nov

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Chu Chua Formation

Canada
British Columbia

An alder leaf species

Betula bryani[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

First named as a birch leaf species
Synonymized into Alnus fairi (1937)[11]

Alnus fairi

Betula fairii[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

First named as a birch leaf species
Moved to Alnus fairi (1966)[12]

Alnus fairi

Betula? largei[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

First named as a birch leaf species
Synonymized into Alnus fairi (1937)[11]
Resurrected and moved to Alnus largei (1966)[12]

Alnus largei

Betula nanoides[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

USA
Idaho

First named as a birch leaf species
Synonymized into Alnus fairi (1934)[13]

Alnus fairi

Betula parvifolia[8]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Chu Chua Formation

Canada
British Columbia

First named as a birch leaf species
Moved to Alnus parvifolia (1987)[14]

Alnus parvifolia

Betula thor[3]

Sp nov

valid

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

First named as a birch leaf species
Synonymized into Betula heteromorpha (1937)[11]
Resurrected as Betula thor (1959)[4]

Betula thor

Celastrophyllum pugetensis[8]

Sp nov

Berry

Eocene

Burrard Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A possible celastraceous leaf species

Celastrus fernquisti[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

USA
Idaho

First named as a Celastrus leaf species
Synonymized into Alnus fairi (1937)[11]

Alnus fairi

Cercis? spokanensis[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

First named as a redbud fruit species
Moved to Caesalpinia spokanensis (1991)[15]

Caesalpinia spokanensis

Comptonia predryandroides[8]

Sp nov

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Chu Chua Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A myricaceous leaf species

Ficus? johnstoni[8]

Sp nov

Berry

Eocene

Burrard Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A possible moraceous leaf species

Ficus? washingtonensis[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

USA
Idaho

First named as a fig leaf species
Synonymized into Cercis spokanensis (1937)[11]
Synonymized into Exbucklandia oregonesis (1946)[16]

Exbucklandia oregonensis

Hicoria dawsoni[8]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Chu Chua Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A punitive hickory leaf species
Moved to Carya dawsoni in 1952[7]

Hicoria stanleyanum[8]

comb nov

jr synonym

(Dawson) Berry

Eocene

Burrard Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A punitive hickory leaf species
Moved from Dryophyllum stanleyanum (1895)[8]
Moved to Carya stanleyanum in 1952[7]

Juglans nigelloides[8]

Sp nov

Berry

Eocene

Burrard Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A juglandaceous leaf species

Leguminosites johnstoni[8]

Sp nov

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Burrard Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A legume leaf morphospecies.

Meibomites lucens[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

USA
Idaho

First named as a Meibomites leaf species
Synonymized into Cercis spokanensis (1937)[11]
Synonymized into Exbucklandia oregonesis (1946)[16]

Myrica uglowi[8]

Sp nov

Jr synonym

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Chu Chua Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A myricaceous leaf species
synonymized with Bohlenia insignis in 1987.[14]

Populus acuminatafolia[8]

Sp nov

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Chu Chua Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A cottonwood leaf species

Populus fairii[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

First named as a cottonwood leaf species
Synonymized with Zizyphoides auriculata (1991)[17]

Zizyphoides auriculata

Populus heteromorpha[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

First named as a cottonwood leaf species
Synonymized with Zizyphoides auriculata (1991)[17]

Zizyphoides auriculata

Populus washingtonensis[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

USA
Idaho

First named as a cottonwood leaf species
Moved to Vitus washingtonensis (1937)[11]

Vitis washingtonensis

Prunus rustii[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

USA
Idaho

First named as a cherry leaf species
Synonymized into Alnus corallina (1937)[11] Synonymized into Alnus hollandiana (1959)[4]

Alnus hollandiana

Quercus chaneyi[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

An oak leaf species
Synonymized with Quercus simulata (1929)[9]

Quercus simulata

Quercus cognatus[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

USA
Idaho

An oak leaf species
Synonymized with Quercus payettensis (1937)[11]

Quercus payettensis

Quercus obtusa[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

An oak leaf species
Synonymized with Quercus payettensis (1937)[11]

Quercus payettensis

Quercus praenigra[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

USA
Idaho

An oak leaf species
Synonymized with Quercus payettensis (1937)[11]

Quercus payettensis

Quercus rustii[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

USA
Idaho

An oak leaf species
Synonymized with Quercus payettensis (1937)[11]

Quercus payettensis

Quercus spokanensis[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

USA
Idaho

First named as an oak leaf species
Synonymized with Castanea orientalis (1929)[9]
Resurrected as Castanea spokanensis (1959)[4]

Castanea spokanensis

Quercus uglowi[8]

Sp nov

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Chu Chua Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A oak leaf species

Rhamnus kitsilaniana[8]

Sp nov

Berry

Eocene

Burrard Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A buckthorn leaf morphospecies.

Salix bryani[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A willow leaf species
Synonymized into Salix florissanti (1934)[13]
Synonymized into Salix hesperia (1959)[4]

Salix hesperia

Salix inquirenda[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A willow leaf species
Synonymized into Salix hesperia (1944)[18]

Salix hesperia

Salix remotidens[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A willow leaf species
Synonymized into Salix hesperia (1944)[18]

Salix hesperia

Sophora alexanderi[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

USA
Idaho

A Sophora leaf species
Synonymized into Sophora spokanensis (1937)[11]

Sophora spokanensis

Sophora spokanensis[3]

Sp nov

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A Sophora leaf species

Sophora spokanensis

Sorbus decorifolia[8]

Sp nov

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Chu Chua Formation

Canada
British Columbia

A punitive mountain ash leaf species

Ulmus columbianus[8]

sp nov

jr homonym

Berry

Eocene
Ypresian

Chu Chua Formation

Canada
British Columbia

An elm leaf species
Name preoccupied by Ulmus columbianus Penhallow (1907)
Moved to Ulmus chuchuanus in 1952.[7]

Ulmus chuchuanus

Ulmus fernquisti[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

First named as an elm leaf species
Synonymized into Zelkova oregoniana (1937)[11]
Moved to Zelkova browni (1977)[19]

Zelkova browni
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Superrosids - Malvids

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Acer chaneyi[8][20]

Sp nov

Valid

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A maple species

Acer chaneyi

Malva? hesperia[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

First named as a possible mallow fruit species
Synonymized with Nordenskioldia interglacialis (1991)[17]

Nordenskioldia interglacialis
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Angiosperms - other

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Carpites boraginoides[3]

Sp nov

valid?

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

USA
Idaho

A fruit or seed of uncertain affinity
Suggested to possibly be boraginaceous or malvaceous

Carpites boraginoides

Carpites ginkgoides[3]

Sp nov

valid?

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

USA
Idaho

A fruit or seed of uncertain affinity
Strongly similar to modern Ginkgo biloba fruits.

Carpites ginkgoides

Carpites magnifica[3]

Sp nov

valid?

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

USA
Idaho

A fruit or seed of uncertain affinity
Moved to Nyssa magnifica (1929)[9]

Nyssa magnifica

Carpites menthoides[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

First named as a fruit of uncertain affinity
Synonymized into Nordenskioldia interglacialis (1991)[17]

Nordenskioldia interglacialis

Carpites paulownia[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Coeur d'Alene Florule

USA
Idaho

A fruit or seed of uncertain affinity
Synonymized into Gordonia hesperia (1937)[11]
Synonymized into Gordonia idahoensis (1959)[4]

Gordonia idahoensis

Carpites polygonoides[3]

Sp nov

valid?

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

A fruit or seed of uncertain affinity
Reminiscent of Rumex fruits

Carpites polygonoides

Carpites spokanensis[3]

Sp nov

valid?

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

Seed or other reproductive organs of uncertain affinity
Brown (1937) suggested as bud scales[11]

Carpites spokanensis

Phyllites amplexicaulis[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

First named as a fruit of uncertain affinity
Synonymized with Nordenskioldia interglacialis (1991)[17]

Nordenskioldia interglacialis

Phyllites crustacea[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

First named as a leaf of uncertain affinity
Synonymized into Zelkova oregoniana (1937)[11]
Synonymized into Quercus simulata (1959)

Quercus simulata

Phyllites pardeei[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

First named as a leaf of uncertain affinity
Moved to Philadelphus pardeei (1937)[11]

Philadelphus pardeei

Phyllites peculiaris[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

First named as a leaf of uncertain affinity
Synonymized into Philadelphus pardeei (1937)[11]

Philadelphus pardeei

Phyllites relatus[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

First named as a leaf of uncertain affinity
Moved to Alnus relatus (1937)[11]

Alnus relatus

Phyllites sophoroides[3]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Knowlton

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Spokane Florule

USA
Washington

First named as a leaf of uncertain affinity
Moved to Vaccinium sophoroides (1937)[11]

Vaccinium sophoroides
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Conodonts

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Ancyrodella[21]

Valid

Ulrich & Bassler

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Amphibians

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Crassigyrinus

Gen et comb nov

jr synonym

Watson

A new genus for Macromerium scoticum

Crassigyrinus
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Newly named basal diapsids

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Coelurosauravus[22]

Valid

Piveteau

Madagascar

A weigeltisaurid gliding Reptile

Coelurosauravus
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Dinosaurs

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Synapsids

Non-mammalian

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Chiwetasaurus

Junior synonym

Haughton

Late Permian
Lopingian

Beaufort Group
Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone

South Africa

A junior synonym of Gorgonops.

Dixeya

Junior synonym

Haughton

Late Permian

Teekloof Formation
Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone

South Africa

A junior synonym of Aelurognathus.

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