1945 in paleontology

none 1945 paleontology science 1945 Archosauromorphs Newly named protorosaurs Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images GwyneddosaurusBock, W. 1945. A new small Reptile from the Triassic of Pennsylvania. Notulae Naturae 154: pp. 1-8. Possible synonym of Tanytrachelos BockLate Triassic (Carnian)Lockatong FormationUnited StatesA tanystropheid. Dinosaurs NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages Neosaurus missouriensisGilmore C.W. 1945 A new sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Missouri. Part II - Description and discussion of the Missouri Dinosaur Journal of Paleontology 19 1 23–29 Gen. et sp. nov. Preoccupied Gilmore Maastrichtian Ripley Formation United States Preoccupied by Neosaurus Nopsca, 1923 and renamed Parrosaurus ParrosaurusGilmore C.W. 1945 Parrosaurus, n. name, replacing Neosaurus Gilmore 1945 Journal of Paleontology 19 5 540 Gen. nov. Nomen dubium Gilmore Maastrichtian Ripley Formation United States A new genus name for Neosaurus missouriensis Stegoceras lambeiSternberg C.M. 1945 Pachycephalosauridae proposed for dome-headed dinosaurs, Stegoceras lambei, n. sp., described Journal of Paleontology 19 5 534–538 Sp. nov. Valid Sternberg Campanian Oldman Formation Canada A species of Stegoceras later named Colepiocephale lambei References Paleontology Category:1940s in paleontology Paleontology 5