1911 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 1911.
Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries
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Institutions and organizations
Natural history museums
- The Calgary Public Museum opened in Alberta, Canada.[2]
Scientific organizations
Scientific advances
Paleoanthropology
Paleobotany
Evolutionary biology
Exopaleontology
Extinction research
Micropaleontology
Invertebrate paleozoology
Prehistoric arthropods described in 1911 | ||||||||
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Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Location | Notes | Images | |
Valid | Walcott | 1911 | Cambrian |
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Trace fossils
Vertebrate paleozoology
Other prehistoric vertebrates described in 1911 | ||||||||
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Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Location | Notes | Images | |
Valid | S.W. Williston | 1911 | Permian |
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Nominal genus for the family Limnoscelidae |
Non-mammalian synapsids described in 1911 | ||||||||
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Broom | 255 million years | A South African Gorgonopsid. | |||||
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Broom | |||||||
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Broom | |||||||
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Broom | 254 million years | Another South African Gorgonopsian. | |||||
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Broom | 255 million years | A Therocephalian | |||||
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Broom | 261 million years | A Dome-Headed Dinocephalian. | |||||
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Broom | A Dicynodont. |
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Watson |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
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Aetonyx[5] | Junior synonym |
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Junior synonym of Massospondylus. |
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Geranosaurus[5] | Valid taxon |
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Gryponyx[5] | Valid taxon |
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Gyposaurus[5] |
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Junior synonym of Massospondylus. |
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Podokesaurus[6] |
Disputed |
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Tornieria[7] | Valid taxon |
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Research techniques
Fossil trade
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Law and politics
Regulation of fossil collection, transport, or sale
Fossil-related crime
Official symbols
Protected areas
Ethics and practice
Hoaxes
Scandals
Unethical practice
People
Births
Awards and recognition
Deaths
Historiography and anthropology of paleontology
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Pseudoscience
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Popular culture
Amusement parks and attractions
Art
Comics
Film
Gaming
Literature
Philately
Television
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ D. H. Tanke. 2010. Lost in plain sight: rediscovery of William E. Cutler's missing Eoceratops. In M. J. Ryan, B. J. Chinnery-Allgeier, D. A. Eberth (eds.), New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 541-550.
- ^ Williston, S.W. (1911). "A new family of reptiles from the Permian of New Mexico". The American Journal of Science. 4. 33: 378–398.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ a b c d Broom, R. 1911. On the dinosaurs of the Stormberg, South Africa: Annals of the South African Museum 7: pp. 291-308.
- ^ Talbot, M. 1911. Podokesaurus holyokensis, a new dinosaur from the Triassic of the Connecticut Valley. Amer. J. Sci. (ser. 4) 31: pp. 469-479.
- ^ Sternfeld, R. 1911. Zur Nomenklature der Gattung Gigantosaurus Fraas: Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde Fr. Berlin (1911) 8: p. 398.