1939 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 1939.

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Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Ctenobethylus succinalis^[3]	Gen et sp nov	valid	Brues	Middle Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	Fossil Dolichoderine ant, type species C. succinalis jr synonym of Ctenobethylus goepperti	Ctenobethylus goepperti
Protonephrocerus collini^[4]	Sp nov	jr synonym	Carpenter & Hull	Priabonian	Baltic Amber	Russia	A big-headed fly; moved to Metanephrocerus collini in 1948
Protonephrocerus florissantius^[5]	Sp nov	jr synonym	Carpenter & Hull	Priabonian	Florissant Formation	USA ( Colorado)	A big-headed fly; moved to Priabona florissantius

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes
Bactrosaurus prynadai^[6]	Sp. nov.	Nomen dubium	Riabinin	Santonian	Dabrazinskaya Svita	Kazakhstan	A species of Bactrosaurus
Jaxartosaurus aralensis^[6]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Riabinin	Santonian	Dabrazinskaya Svita	Kazakhstan	A hadrosaurid
Omeisaurus junghsiensis	Gen. et sp. nov .	Valid	Yang	Bathonian-Callovian	Shaximiao Formation	China	A sauropod

1939 in paleontology

Newly named Arachnids

Newly named insects

Dinosaurs

New taxa

Plesiosaurs

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