1936 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. 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 1936.

Arthropods

Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Micropterix proavitella	Sp nov	jr synonym	Rebel	Early Eocene	Baltic amber		Recombined as Baltimartyria proavitella

Archosauromorphs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Nipponosaurus	Valid taxon	Nagao		Late Cretaceous (late Santonian-early Campanian	upper Yezo Group	Russia Japan	A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid.	Segisaurus
Segisaurus	Valid taxon	Camp		Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian)	Navajo Sandstone	US (Arizona)	A coelophysoid theropod.

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors		Notes	Images
Odontorhynchus	Valid taxon	Stolley		Junior synonym of Rhamphorhynchus.

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Belesodon	Junior synonym	von Huene	Middle Triassic (Ladinian)	Santa Maria Formation	Brazil	Junior synonym of Chiniquodon.
Cerdorhinus	Valid	Broom	Middle Permian	Middle Abrahamskraal Formation	South Africa	A gorgonopsian.
Chiniquodon	Valid	von Huene	Middle Triassic (Ladinian)	Santa Maria Formation	Brazil	A member of Chiniquodontidae.
Dinogorgon	Valid	Broom	Late Permian	Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone	South Africa	A gorgonopsian.
Dinosuchus	Preoccupied	Broom	Middle Permian	Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone	South Africa	A member of Dinocephalia.
Galerhynchus	Valid	Broom	Late Permian	Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone	South Africa	A gorgonopsian.
Nanictosaurus	Valid	Broom	Late Permian	Dicynodon Assemblage Zone	South Africa	A member of Thrinaxodontidae.
Notaelurops	Junior synonym	Broom	Late Permian	Dicynodon Assemblage Zone	South Africa	A junior synonym of Theriognathus.
Parathrinaxodon	Nomen oblitum	Parrington	Late Permian	Kawinga Formation	Tanzania	A junior synonym of Procynosuchus.
Sysphinctostoma	Junior synonym	Broili and Schroeder	Early Triassic	Cynognathus Assemblage Zone	South Africa	A junior synonym of Diademodon.
Traversodon	Valid	von Huene	Middle Triassic (Ladinian)	Santa Maria Formation	Brazil	A traversodontid.