1932 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 1932.
Paleobotany
Newly described angiosperms
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Viburnum whitebirdensis[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Ashlee |
Latah Formation |
First described as a Viburnum |
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Arthropods
Newly named crustaceans
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et. comb. nov. |
Valid |
Glaessner |
Reutlingen |
A stenochirid, type species is P. suevicus (originally named as Stenochirus suevicus in 1867. |
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Conodonts
Newly named conodonts
Stauffer & Plummer described the conodont genus Gondolella.[5]
Archosauromorphs
Newly named basal archosauromorphs
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spinosuchus[6] |
Valid |
Late Triassic (late Carnian) |
A member of Trilophosauridae. | |||||
Newly named pseudosuchians
| Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basutodon[6] |
Probable rauisuchian. |
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Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[7]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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| Aegyptosaurus[8] | Valid taxon |
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Middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian) |
A titanosaur. |
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| Betasuchus[6] |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
Maastrichtian Beds |
An abelisaur. It one of the few non-avian dinosaurs in the Netherlands. |
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| Caudocoelus[6] | synonym |
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) |
Unnamed unit |
Junior objective synonym of Teinurosaurus. |
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| Dolichosuchus[6] | Late Triassic (Rhaetian) | Middle Stubensandstein | ||||||
| Fulgurotherium[6] | Valid taxon |
Middle Cretaceous (late Albian) |
A dubious ornithopod. |
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| Iliosuchus[6] | Nomen dubium | Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) |
A dubious tetanuran. |
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| Macrophalangia[9] | synonym |
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Late Cretaceous (middle to late Campanian) |
Junior subjective synonym of Chirostenotes. |
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| Magnosaurus[6] | Valid taxon |
Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) |
A megalosaurid. |
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| Magyarosaurus[6] | Valid taxon |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
A Dwarf Titanosaur. |
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| Plateosauravus[6] | Valid taxon |
Late Triassic (possibly late Norian to Rhaetian) |
A basal sauropodomorph. |
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| Polyodontosaurus[10] | synonym |
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Late Cretaceous (middle to late Campanian) |
Junior subjective synonym of Troodon. |
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| Rapator[6] |
Middle Cretaceous (late Albian) |
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| Stenonychosaurus[9] | Valid taxon |
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Late Cretaceous (middle to late Campanian) |
Once considered to be a junior synonym of Troodon. |
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| Walgettosuchus[6] |
Middle Cretaceous (late Albian) |
A dubious theropod. |
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| Yaleosaurus[6] | synonym |
Early Jurassic |
Junior subjective synonym of Anchisaurus. |
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Other diapsids
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Valid |
Broom |
A member of Gorgonopsia. |
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Valid |
A member of Endothiodontidae. | ||||||
