1928 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 1928.
Plants
Angiosperms
Superrosids - Fabids
Archosauromorphs
Dinosaurs
| Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmontonia longiceps[5] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Sternberg | Maastrichtian | Horseshoe Canyon Formation |  Alberta |
A nodosaurid | |
| Polacanthoides ponderosus[6] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Nomen dubium | Nopcsa | Early Cretaceous |  England |
A chimera of Hylaeosaurus and Polacanthus.[7] | ||
| Scolosaurus cutleri[6] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Nopcsa | Campanian | Dinosaur Park Formation | Alberta |
An ankylosaurid |  |
| Teinurosaurus[8] | Gen. nov. | Nomen dubium | Nopcsa | Tithonian | Mont-Lambert Formation |  France |
Lacking a type species until material named Caudocoelus sauvagei | |
Pterosaurs
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gen nov |
Valid |
Strand |
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Field work
Charles Gilmore returned to prospect for fossils in the Two Medicine Formation.[9] He would return yet again in 1935.[9]
Synapsids
Therapsids
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gen nov |
Simpson |
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Gen et sp nov |
Huene |
A Plant-Eating Cynodont. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Broom |
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