1938 in paleontology

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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 1938.

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Location	Images
Dinanomodon^[2]	Valid	Broom	South Africa	Dinanomodon
Haughtoniana	Valid	Boonstra
Ictidosuchops	Valid	Broom	South Africa
Pelanomodon^[2]	Valid	Broom	South Africa	Pelanomodon
Rubidgea^[3]	Valid	Broom	South Africa	Rubidgea
Titanophoneus	Valid	Efremov	Russia	Titanophoneus
Ulemosaurus	Valid	Riabinin	Russia	Ulemosaurus

Mammals

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type Strata	Location	Notes	Images
Cooperia^[4]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Jr Homonym	Wood	Eocene	Irdin Manha Formation	China	The type species is C. totadentata. A replacement name Forstercooperia given in 1939. Genus a jr homonym of the nematode Cooperia Ransom	Forstercooperia totadentata
Pachycrocuta^[5]		Valid	Kretzoi					Pachycrocuta
Panthera gombaszoegensis^[5]	Sp nov	Valid	Kretzoi	Pleistocene		Italy		Panthera gombaszoegensis
Sarkastodon^[6]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Granger	Eocene	Irdin Manha Formation	China	The type species is S. mongoliensis	Sarkastodon mongoliensis
Xenocyon^[5]		Valid	Kretzoi					Xenocyon

^ ^a ^b Broom, R. (1938). "On two new anomodont genera" (PDF). Annals of the Transvaal Museum: 247–250.

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^ ^a ^b ^c Kretzoi, M. (1938). "Die Raubtiere von Gombaszög nebst einer Übersicht der Gesamtfauna (Ein Beitrag zur Stratigraphie des Altquartärs)". Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 31. Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum: 88–157.

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[1] OCLC 46769716
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[:0-2] Broom, R. (1938). "On two new anomodont genera" (PDF). Annals of the Transvaal Museum: 247–250.

[3] ISSN 0370-2774
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[4] :2246/2209
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[Kretzoi1938-5] Kretzoi, M. (1938). "Die Raubtiere von Gombaszög nebst einer Übersicht der Gesamtfauna (Ein Beitrag zur Stratigraphie des Altquartärs)". Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 31. Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum: 88–157.

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1938 in paleontology

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Mammals

References