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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[edit]

Angiosperms[edit]

Superrosids - Fabids[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Paliurus hesperius^[2]	Sp nov	valid?	Berry	Miocene Langhian	Latah Formation Grand Coulee florule	USA Washington		A Paliurus species Synonymized into Paliurus favonii (2008)^[3] But contested in 2014^[4]

Archosauromorphs[edit]

Dinosaurs[edit]

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[5]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Edmontonia^[6]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Sternberg	Cretaceous Campanian - Maastrichtian	Horseshoe Canyon Formation	Canada Alberta	A panoplosaurine nodosaur. The type species is E. longiceps	Edmontonia rugosidens
Polacanthoides^[7]	Gen et sp nov	junior synonym	Nopcsa	Early Cretaceous		England	First named as a polacanthine nodosaur The type species is P. ponderosus A chimera of Hylaeosaurus and Polacanthus.^[8]
Scolosaurus^[7]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Nopcsa	Cretaceous Campanian	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada Alberta	A ankylosaurine ankylosaurid. The type species is S. cutleri	Scolosaurus cutleri

Pterosaurs[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Campylognathoides	Gen nov	Valid	Strand	Jurassic Toarcian	Sachrang Formation Posidonia Shale	Germany Baden-Württemberg		A campylognathoidid pterosaur	Campylognathoides

Field work[edit]

Charles Gilmore returned to prospect for fossils in the Two Medicine Formation.^[9] He would return yet again in 1935.^[9]

Synapsids[edit]

Therapsids[edit]

Name	Novelty	Authors	Age	Location	Notes
Chalepotherium	Gen nov	Simpson
Gomphodontosuchus	Gen et sp nov	Huene	Triassic Carnian	Brazil	A Plant-Eating Cynodont. The type species is G. brasiliensis
Taurocephalus	Gen et sp nov	Broom		South Africa

Footnotes[edit]

^ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
^ Berry, E.W. (1928). "A Miocene Paliurus from the state of Washington". American Journal of Science. 5 (91): 39–44.
^ Burge, D.O.; Manchester, S.R. (2008). "Fruit morphology, fossil history, and biogeography of Paliurus (Rhamnaceae)". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 169 (8): 1066–1085.
^ Li, X.; Wang, H.; Leng, Q.; Xiao, L.; Guo, J.; He, W. (2014). "Paliurus (Paliureae, Rhamnaceae) from the Miocene of East China and its Macrofossil-based Phylogenetic and Phytogeographical History". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition). 88 (5): 1364–1377. doi:10.1111/1755-6724.12304. S2CID 129463506.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Sternberg, C.H. 1928. A new armored dinosaur from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. Can. Field-Nat. 22: pp. 93-106.
^ ^a ^b Nopcsa, F. (1928). "Paleontological notes on reptiles". Geol. Hungarica, Set. Palaeontol. 1: 1–84.
^ Raven, T.J.; Barrett, P.M.; Pond, S.B.; Maidment, S.C. (2020). "Osteology and Taxonomy of British Wealden Supergroup (Berriasian–Aptian) Ankylosaurs (Ornithischia, Ankylosauria)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (4). doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1826956.
^ ^a ^b "Previous Work," Trexler (2001); page 300.

References[edit]

Trexler, D., 2001, Two Medicine Formation, Montana: geology and fauna: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 298–309.

[1] Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.

[Berry1928-2] Berry, E.W. (1928). "A Miocene Paliurus from the state of Washington". American Journal of Science. 5 (91): 39–44.

[Burge2008-3] Burge, D.O.; Manchester, S.R. (2008). "Fruit morphology, fossil history, and biogeography of Paliurus (Rhamnaceae)". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 169 (8): 1066–1085.

[Li2014-4] Li, X.; Wang, H.; Leng, Q.; Xiao, L.; Guo, J.; He, W. (2014). "Paliurus (Paliureae, Rhamnaceae) from the Miocene of East China and its Macrofossil-based Phylogenetic and Phytogeographical History". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition). 88 (5): 1364–1377. doi:10.1111/1755-6724.12304. S2CID 129463506.

[ddinogeorge-5] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[6] Sternberg, C.H. 1928. A new armored dinosaur from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. Can. Field-Nat. 22: pp. 93-106.

[nopsca1928-7] Nopcsa, F. (1928). "Paleontological notes on reptiles". Geol. Hungarica, Set. Palaeontol. 1: 1–84.

[Raven2020-8] Raven, T.J.; Barrett, P.M.; Pond, S.B.; Maidment, S.C. (2020). "Osteology and Taxonomy of British Wealden Supergroup (Berriasian–Aptian) Ankylosaurs (Ornithischia, Ankylosauria)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (4). doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1826956.

[twoturn-previous-300-9] "Previous Work," Trexler (2001); page 300.

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