1920 in paleontology

none 1920 paleontology science 1920 Arthropods Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDolichoderus vectensisAntropov AV, Belokobylskij SA, Compton SG, Dlussky GM, Khalaim AI, KolyadaVA, Kozlov MA, PerfilievaKS, Rasnitsyn AP The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 104 3-4 335–446 2014 10.1017/S1755691014000103 http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/80030/1/2014_Archaeagaon%5B1%5D.pdf Sp novvalidDonisthorpeLate EoceneBembridge MarlsEnglandA dolichoderine antthumb|center|upright|Dolichoderus vectensisEmplastus emeryiSp novjr synonymDonisthorpeLate EoceneBembridge MarlsEnglandA dolichoderine antjr synonym of Emplastus britannicusthumb|center|150px|Emplastus britannicus ("E. emeryi" holotype)Dolichoderus gurnetensisSp novjr synonymDonisthorpeLate EoceneBembridge MarlsEnglandA dolichoderine antjr synonym of Emplastus gurnetensisthumb|center|150px|E. gurnetensis queen Archosauromorphs Crocodilians New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes ImagesTomistoma dowsoniFourtau, R. 1920 Contribution à l'étude des vertébrés miocènes de l'Egypte Government PressSp. novValidFourtauBurdigalianMoghra FormationEgyptA member of the Gavialoidea. It was later placed in a distinct genus, Sutekhsuchus, by Burke et al. in 2024.frameless Dinosaurs New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Aristosaurus 7 2 77–92 Van Hoepen E.C.N. A new dinosaur from the Stormberg Beds Annals of the Transvaal Museum Contributions to the knowledge of the reptiles of the Karroo Formation 1920 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/202290#page/305/mode/1up Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium van Hoepen Pliensbachian Clarens Formation South Africa A prosauropod sometimes synonymized with Massospondylus 100px Dromicosaurus Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium van Hoepen Late Triassic-Early Jurassic Elliot Formation South Africa A prosauropod sometimes synonymized with Massospondylus 100px ElaphrosaurusJanensch, W. 1920. Uber Elaphrosaurus bambergi und die Megalosaurier aus den Tendaguru-Schichten Deutsch-Ostafricas. Sitzungsberichte Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde Berlin 8: pp. 225-235. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Janensch Kimmeridgian Tendaguru Formation Tanzania A slender theropod 200px Eucnemesaurus 7 2 93–141 Van Hoepen E. C. N. Further dinosaurian material in the Transvaal Museum Annals of the Transvaal Museum Contributions to the knowledge of the reptiles of the Karroo Formation 1920 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50361567#page/335/mode/1up Gen. et sp. nov. Valid van Hoepen Norian Elliot Formation South Africa A prosauropod Kritosaurus incurvimanusParks W.A. 1920 The osteology of the trachodont dinosaur Kritosaurus incurvimanus University of Toronto Studies, Geology Series 11 1–76 Sp. nov. Valid Parks Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation CanadaAlberta A species of Kritosaurus 200px ProcheneosaurusMatthew W.D. William Diller Matthew 1920 Canadian Dinosaurs Natural History 20 536–544 Gen. nov.? Jr. synonym Matthew Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation CanadaAlberta A genus lacking a species name, sometimes considered a nomen nudum. A synonym of Lambeosaurus 200px Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Location NotesImagesAlopecopsisValidBroom257 Millions of years ago. South AfricaBroomisaurusValidJoleaudMoschorhinusValidBroom250 Millions of years ago. South Africathumb|MoschorhinusProtacmonValidWatson245 Millions of years ago. South Africa References Paleontology Category:1920s in paleontology Paleontology 0