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1942
Conodonts
Name Status Authors Location Images LochrieaConodont Assemblages from the Heath Formation, Montana. Harold W. Scott, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 16, No. 3 (May, 1942), pp. 293-300 (Stable URL) valid
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Russia
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Dinosaurs
New taxa
Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images AnatosaurusLull R.S. Richard Swann Lull Wright N.E. 1942 Hadrosaurian Dinosaurs of North America Geological Society of America Special Papers 40 1–272 10.1130/SPE40-p1 Gen. nov. Jr. synonym Lull & Wright Maastrichtian Frenchman Formation, Hell Creek Formation, Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Lance Formation Alberta, Montana, Saskatchewan, Wyoming A new genus for Claosaurus annectens and other species ChienkosaurusYoung C.-C. 1942. Fossil vertebrates from Kuangynan, N. Szechuan, China. Bull. Geol. Soc. China 22: pp. 293-309. Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Yang Tithonian Kuangyuan Series China A dubious theropod Kritosaurus breviceps Comb. nov. Nomen dubium Lull & Wright Campanian Judith River Formation Montana A new combination for Hadrosaurus breviceps Procheneosaurus altidens Comb. nov. Nomen dubium Lull & Wright Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A new combination for Trachodon altidens Procheneosaurus cranibrevis Comb. nov. Jr. synonym Lull & Wright Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A new combination for Tetragonosaurus cranibrevis, now a juvenile Lambeosaurus Procheneosaurus praeceps Comb. nov. Jr. synonym Lull & Wright Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A new combination for Tetragonosaurus praeceps, now a juvenile of Lambeosaurus Procheneosaurus erectofrons Comb. nov. Jr. synonym Lull & Wright Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A new combination for Tetragonosaurus erectofrons, now a juvenile Corythosaurus Sinocoelurus Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Yang Tithonian Kuangyuan Series China A dubious theropod SpondylosomaHuene, F. Von. 1942. Die fossilen Reptilien des sudamerikanischen Gondwanalandes. Ergebnisse der Sauriergrabuiigen in Shdbrasilien 1928/29. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Huene Ladinian Santa Maria Formation Brazil An aphanosaur 200px Szechuanosaurus Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Yang Tithonian Kuangyuan Series China A dubious theropod YunnanosaurusYoung . C.C. 1942. Yunnanosauris huangi (gen. et sp. nov.) a new Prosauropoda from the red Beds at Lufeng, Yunnan. Bull Geol. Soc. China. 22: pp. 63-104. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Yang Sinemurian Lufeng Formation China A prosauropod
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
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