1941 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 1941.

Angiosperms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Laurophyllum litseafolia^[2]	Sp nov	jr synonym	MacGinitie	Eocene Ypresian	Ione Formation Chalk Bluffs flora	USA California		A dicot of uncertain affinity. Moved to Artocarpoides litseafolia (1968)^[3] Moved to Dicotylophyllum litseafolia (1969)^[4] Moved to Republica litseafolia (1987)^[5]

Arthropods

Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Type Location	Notes	Images
Electresia^[6]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Kuznetsov	Holocene		Tanzania	A Tortricidae moth in copal. The type species is E. zalesskii.	Electresia zalesskii
Proraphidia^[7]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Martynova	Jurassic		Kazakhstan	P. turkestanica named as type species

Conodonts

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Location
Bactrognathus^[8]	Valid	Maurice Mehl Edward Branson	Carboniferous
Doliognathus^[8]	Valid	Maurice Mehl Edward Branson	Carboniferous
Scaliognathus^[8]	Valid	Maurice Mehl Edward Branson	Carboniferous	UK
Staurognathus^[8]	Valid	Maurice Mehl Edward Branson	Carboniferous
Taphrognathus^[8]	Valid	Maurice Mehl Edward Branson	Carboniferous

Dinosaurs

Psittacosaurus gastroliths documented.^[9]

Newly named dinosaurs

Data are courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.^[10]

Name	Status	Authors	Location	Notes	Images
Lufengosaurus^[11]	Valid taxon	Yang Z. J. (as Young C. C.)	China		Lufengosaurus
Saurophagus^[12]	Preoccupied	Stovall vide: Ray, 1941		Now Saurophaganax.
"Succinodon"^[13]	Original fossil was petrified wood with mollusc borings that was misidentified as a jaw bone with tooth sockets.	Friedrich von Huene	Poland

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name	Status	Authors		Location	Notes	Images
Aristonectes	Valid	Cabrera		Antarctica Argentina Chile	A Long-Necked Plesiosaur.	Aristonectes

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Bayloria	Junior Synonym				Synonym of Captorhinus.

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.
^ MacGinitie, H. D. (1941). "A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada". Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 534: 1–178.
^ Wolfe, J.A. (1968). Paleogene Biostratigraphy of nonmarine rocks in King County, Washington (Report). Professional Paper. Vol. 571. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–29. doi:10.3133/pp571.
^ Wolfe, J.A. (1977). Paleogene floras from the Gulf of Alaska region (Report). Professional Paper. Vol. 997. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–108. doi:10.3133/pp997.
^ Wolfe, J.A.; Wehr, W.C. (1987). Middle Eocene dicotyledonous plants from Republic, northeastern Washington (Report). Bulletin. Vol. 1597. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–25. doi:10.3133/b1597.
^ Maria Heikkilä; John W. Brown; Joaquin Baixeras; Wolfram Mey; Mikhail V. Kozlov (2018). "Re-examining the rare and the lost: a review of fossil Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)". Zootaxa. 4394 (1): 41–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4394.1.2. PMID 29690381.
^ Jepson, J.E.; Jarzembowski, E.A. (2008). "Two new species of snakefly (Insecta:Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Spain with a review of other fossil raphidiopterans from the Jurassic/Cretaceous transition" (PDF). Alavesia. 2: 193–201. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e New and Little Known Carboniferous Conodont Genera. E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Mar., 1941), pages 97-106 (Stable URL, retrieved 29 April 2015)
^ Brown (1941). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Young, C.-C. 1941. A complete osteology of Lufengosaurus huenei Young (gen. et sp. nov.) from Lufeng, Yunnan, China. Paleontol Sinica (N.S.) Ser. C7: pp. 1-53.
^ Stovall vide Ray, G.E. 1941. Big for his day. Nat. Hist. 48: pp. 36-39.
^ Huene, F. von. 1941. Die Tetrapoden-Fahrten im toskanischen Verrucano und ihre Bedeutung. N. Jb. Mineral. Geol. Palaeontol. 1941B: pp. 1-34.

Brown, B. 1941. The last dinosaurs. – Natural History 48: 290–295.
Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180.

[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.

[MacGinitie1941-2] MacGinitie, H. D. (1941). "A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada". Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 534: 1–178.

[Wolfe1968-3] Wolfe, J.A. (1968). Paleogene Biostratigraphy of nonmarine rocks in King County, Washington (Report). Professional Paper. Vol. 571. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–29. doi:10.3133/pp571.

[Wolfe1977-4] Wolfe, J.A. (1977). Paleogene floras from the Gulf of Alaska region (Report). Professional Paper. Vol. 997. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–108. doi:10.3133/pp997.

[WandW87-5] Wolfe, J.A.; Wehr, W.C. (1987). Middle Eocene dicotyledonous plants from Republic, northeastern Washington (Report). Bulletin. Vol. 1597. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–25. doi:10.3133/b1597.

[ZT43941-6] Maria Heikkilä; John W. Brown; Joaquin Baixeras; Wolfram Mey; Mikhail V. Kozlov (2018). "Re-examining the rare and the lost: a review of fossil Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)". Zootaxa. 4394 (1): 41–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4394.1.2. PMID 29690381.

[Jepson2008-7] Jepson, J.E.; Jarzembowski, E.A. (2008). "Two new species of snakefly (Insecta:Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Spain with a review of other fossil raphidiopterans from the Jurassic/Cretaceous transition" (PDF). Alavesia. 2: 193–201. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.

[Branson&Mehl1941-8] New and Little Known Carboniferous Conodont Genera. E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Mar., 1941), pages 97-106 (Stable URL, retrieved 29 April 2015)

[brown-sanders-9] Brown (1941). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.

[ddinogeorge-10] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[11] Young, C.-C. 1941. A complete osteology of Lufengosaurus huenei Young (gen. et sp. nov.) from Lufeng, Yunnan, China. Paleontol Sinica (N.S.) Ser. C7: pp. 1-53.

[12] Stovall vide Ray, G.E. 1941. Big for his day. Nat. Hist. 48: pp. 36-39.

[13] Huene, F. von. 1941. Die Tetrapoden-Fahrten im toskanischen Verrucano und ihre Bedeutung. N. Jb. Mineral. Geol. Palaeontol. 1941B: pp. 1-34.

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