1924 in paleontology
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Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[2]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Asiatosaurus[3] | Nomen dubium |
An indeterminate sauropod .
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Chirostenotes[4] | Valid taxon |
middle-late Campanian |
An Oviraptorosaur. |
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Dyoplosaurus[5] | Valid taxon |
middle-late Campanian |
An ankylosaurid .
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" Fenestrosaurus"[6]
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Nomen nudum. |
Same as Oviraptor. | |||||
Lycorhinus[7] | Valid taxon |
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A heterodontosaurid .
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Melanorosaurus[7] | Valid taxon |
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A melanorosaurid .
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" Ornithoides"[8]
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Nomen nudum. |
Same as Saurornithoides |
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Oviraptor[8] | Valid taxon |
middle-late Campanian |
An oviraptorid .
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" Ovoraptor"[6]
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Nomen nudum. |
Same as Velociraptor | |||||
Prodeinodon | Nomen dubium. |
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An indeterminate theropod .
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Saurornithoides[6] | Valid taxon |
middle-late Campanian |
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A troodontid .
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Velociraptor[8] | Valid taxon |
middle-late Campanian |
A dromaeosaurid .
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Plesiosaurs
New taxa
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Newly named mammals
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Matthew & Granger |
An amphicynodont, type species is A. shackelfordi |
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Andrewsarchus[10] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
middle Eocene |
A cetancodontamorph originally thought to be a mesonychian. |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Matthew & Granger |
Junior synonym of Palaeogale sectoria |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Matthew & Granger |
Junior synonym of Palaeogale sectoria |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Matthew & Granger |
An amphicyonid
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Matthew & Granger |
An amphicynodont, moved to Amphicynodon teilhardi |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Matthew & Granger |
A didymoconid , includes the species D. colgatei & D. berkeyi
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Matthew & Granger |
A hyaenodont
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Jr synonym |
Valid |
Matthew & Granger |
Moved to the genus Asiavorator. |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Matthew & Granger |
A hyaenodont, moved to Propterodon morrisi in 1993
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Matthew & Granger |
A carnivoran, moved to Shandgolictis constans |
References
- OCLC 46769716.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Osborn, H.F. 1924. Sauropoda and Theropoda of the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia. Amer. Mus. Novitates 128: pp. 1-7.
- ^ Gilmore, C.W. 1924. A new coelurid dinosaur from the Belly River Cretaceous of Alberta. Bull. Can. Dept. Mines Geol. Surv. 38: pp. 1-12.
- ^ Parks, W.A. 1924. Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus, a new genus and species of armored dinosaur; with notes on a skeleton of Prosaurolophus maximus. Univ. Toronto Stud. (Geol. Ser.) 18: pp. 1-35.
- ^ a b c Osborn, H.F. 1924. The discovery of an unknown continent. Nat. Hist. 24: pp. 133-149.
- ^ a b Haughton, S.H. 1924. The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg series. Ann. South Africa Museum 12: pp. 323-497.
- ^ a b c Osborn, H.F. 1924. Three new Theropoda, Protoceratops zone, central Mongolia. Amer. Mus. Novitates 144: pp. 1-12.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Matthew, William Diller; Granger, Walter (1924-01-15). "New Carnivora from the Tertiary of Mongolia". American Museum Novitates (104).
- ^ Osborn, H. F. (11 November 1924). "Andrewsarchus, giant mesonychid of Mongolia". American Museum Novitates (146). American Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020.