1934 in paleontology

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 1934.

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Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Ancyrognathus^[3]	Valid	Maurice Mehl Edward Branson			Glassy Creek Shale of Missouri	USA
Pseudopolygnathus^[3]	Valid	Maurice Mehl Edward Branson			Glassy Creek Shale of Missouri	USA

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Bahariasaurus^[5]	Valid taxon	Stromer	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Bahariya Formation	Egypt Niger Morocco Algeria	A Megaraptorian.	Bahariasaurus
Brachypodosaurus^[6]	Nomen dubium.	Chakravarti	Maastrichtian	Lameta Formation	India	An ornithischian.

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Arctognathoides	Jr. synonym	Boonstra	Late Permian	Dicynodon Assemblage Zone		A junior synonym of Arctognathus.
Compsodon	Valid	van Hoepen	Late Permian	Dicynodon Assemblage Zone	South Africa Zambia	A member of Emydopoidea.
Daptocephalus	Valid	van Hoepen	Late Permian	Dicynodon Assemblage Zone	South Africa	A member of Dicynodontoidea.	Daptocephalus
Emydopsoides	Jr. synonym	van Hoepen	Late Permian	Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone		A junior synonym of Emydops.
Pachyrhinos	Jr. synonym	Broili and Schroeder	Middle Permian	Middle Abrahamskraal Formation		A junior synonym of Gorgonops.
Pelorocyclops	Jr. synonym	van Hoepen	Late Permian	Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone		A junior synonym of Rhachiocephalus.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Cephalophus parvus^[7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Broom	Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene	Taung	South Africa	A duiker, potentially synonymous with the blue duiker.^[8]
Gypsorhynchus^[7]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Broom	Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene	Taung	South Africa	A blesmol, type species is G. darti.
Palaeotragiscus^[7]	Gen. et sp. nov	Jr. synonym	Broom	Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene	Taung	South Africa	Type species is P. longiceps, junior synonym of Oreotragus oreotragus (the klipspringer).
Pedetes gracilis^[7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Broom	Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene	Taung	South Africa	A springhare.
Procavia antiqua^[7]	Sp. nov	Valid	Broom	Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene	Taung	South Africa	A hyrax.

1934 in paleontology

Arthropods

Insects

Conodonts

Reptiles

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Mammals

References

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