1940 in paleontology
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Plants
Angiosperms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Middle Eocene
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new generic placement of Simaroubites eocenica |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Middle Eocene
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Eucommia species, found across Western North America |
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Sp nov. |
nomen nudum |
A golden larch species, |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Middle Eocene
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Clarno Formation
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A walnut relative. |
Arthropods
insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
valid |
A weevil |
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Sp nov |
valid |
A weevil |
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Sp nov |
valid |
A pentatomid stinkbug |
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Sp nov |
valid |
An ichneumonid wasp |
Archosauromorphs
Crurotarsans
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et. sp. nov |
Valid |
Mook |
Upper Eocene
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A crocodyloid. |
Dinosaurs
Data from George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.[8]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Sternberg
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Plesiosaurs
New taxa
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Location |
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Jr. Synonym of Aelurosaurus. |
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Valid |
Haughton and Brink | ||||
Valid |
Young | 193 Millions of years ago. | ||||
Valid |
Broom | 257 Millions of years ago. | ||||
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Jr. Synonym of Aelurognathus. |
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Valid |
Broom | 257 Millions of years ago | ||||
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Jr. Synonym of Aelurognathus |
References
- OCLC 46769716.
- ^ S2CID 20464075.
- ^ Gooch, N. L. (1992). "Two new species of Pseudolarix Gordon (Pinaceae) from the middle Eocene of the Pacific Northwest". PaleoBios. 14: 13–19.
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- ^ Manchester, S.R. (1994). "Fruits and Seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon". Palaeontographica Americana. 58: 30–31.
- ^ a b c d Piton, L. (1940). "Paléontologie du Gisement Éocéne de Menat (Puy-de-Dôme) (Flore et Faune)". Mémoire de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Auvergne. 1: 1–303.
- hdl:2246/2242.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Sternberg, R.M. 1940. A toothless bird from the Cretaceous of Alberta. J. Paleontol. 14: pp. 81-85.