1927 in paleontology

none 1927 paleontology science 1927 Mollusks Gastropods Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCondonellaRoth B. 2000 Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) land snails (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) from Washington and California Journal of Molluscan Studies 66 3 373–381 10.1093/mollus/66.3.373 free Gen et sp novValidMcLellanCampanianCedar District FormationA Urocoptid land snail Archosauromorphs Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Olshevsky George Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html 2008-08-07 2011-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html dead Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCetiosauriscusHuene F. von 1927 Sichtung der Grundlagen der jetzigen Kenntnis der Sauropoden http://doc.rero.ch/record/232920/files/PAL_E4534.pdf Eclogae Geologica Helveticae 20 444–470Gen. nov.ValidHuene Middle Jurassic (Callovian)Oxford Clay FormationCambridgeshire,UKA non-neosauropod eusauropod known from a forelimb and rear half of a skeleton. The type species is Cetiosauriscus stewarti.200px Newly named birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPhasmagypsWetmore A. 1927 Fossil Birds from the Oligocene of Colorado Proceedings of the Colorado Museum of Natural History 7 2 1–14 http://www.dmns.org/media/370630/pseries1,v7,n2.pdfGen et sp nov ValidWetmoreChadronianChadron Formation USA (Colorado)A New World vulture. Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnningiaGen et sp novNomen dubiumBroomMiddle PermianA member of Varanopidae.CynosaurusGen et sp novValidSchmidtLate PermianDicynodon Assemblage Zone South AfricaA member of Galesauridae.PermocynodonGen et sp novJunior synonymSushkinLate PermianVyatkian Horizon A junior synonym of Dvinia. Mammals NameAuthorsAgeLocationNotesImagesAlphadonSimpson70 Million years ago Algeria Canada (Alberta and Saskatchewan) Portugal USA (Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming) ChinaA Cretaceous Marsupial.thumb|Alphadon Cetaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAulophyseterGen. et sp. novValidKelloggMiddle Miocene (Langhian)Temblor FormationUS (California)A close relative of the sperm whale.Stenodelphis sternbergiSp. novValidGregory & KelloggLate Pliocene (Piacenzian)San Diego FormationUS (CaliforniaA close relative of the baiji; now referred to Parapontoporia References Paleontology Category:1920s in paleontology Paleontology 7