1941 in paleontology

none 1941 paleontology science 1941 Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesLaurophyllum litseafoliaH. D. MacGinitie 1941 A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 534 1–178 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822012272068&seq=117&q1=laurophyllum&view=1upSp novjr synonymMacGinitieEoceneYpresianIone FormationChalk Bluffs floraUSACaliforniaA dicot of uncertain affinity. Moved to Artocarpoides litseafolia (1968)Wolfe J.A. 1968 Paleogene Biostratigraphy of nonmarine rocks in King County, Washington Professional Paper United States Geological Survey 571 1–29 10.3133/pp571 free Moved to Dicotylophyllum litseafolia (1969)Wolfe J.A. 1977 Paleogene floras from the Gulf of Alaska region Professional Paper United States Geological Survey 997 1–108 10.3133/pp997 free Moved to Republica litseafolia (1987)Wolfe J.A. Wehr W.C. 1987 Middle Eocene dicotyledonous plants from Republic, northeastern Washington Bulletin United States Geological Survey 1597 1–25 10.3133/b1597 free https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1597/report.pdf thumb|center|upright Arthropods Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Type Location Notes ImagesElectresiaMaria Heikkilä John W. Brown Joaquin Baixeras Wolfram Mey Mikhail V. Kozlov 2018 Re-examining the rare and the lost: a review of fossil Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) Zootaxa 4394 1 41–60 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.1.2 29690381 free 10138/234022 free Gen. et sp. novValidKuznetsovHoloceneTanzaniaA Tortricidae moth in copal. The type species is E. zalesskii.thumb|center|upright|Electresia zalesskiiProraphidiaJepson J.E. Jarzembowski, E.A. 2008 Two new species of snakefly (Insecta:Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Spain with a review of other fossil raphidiopterans from the Jurassic/Cretaceous transition Alavesia 2 193–201 http://fossilinsects.net/pdfs/Jepson_Jarzembowski_2008_Alavesia_SnakeflyLowerCretaceousEnglandSpain.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110718202102/http://fossilinsects.net/pdfs/Jepson_Jarzembowski_2008_Alavesia_SnakeflyLowerCretaceousEnglandSpain.pdf 2011-07-18 Gen et sp novValid MartynovaJurassicKazakhstanP. turkestanica named as type species Conodonts Name Status Authors Age Location Notes ImagesBactrognathusNew and Little Known Carboniferous Conodont Genera. E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Mar., 1941), pages 97-106 (Stable URL, retrieved 29 April 2015) Valid Maurice Mehl Edward Branson Carboniferous Doliognathus Valid Maurice Mehl Edward Branson Carboniferous Scaliognathus Valid Maurice Mehl Edward Branson Carboniferous UK Staurognathus Valid Maurice Mehl Edward Branson Carboniferous Taphrognathus Valid Maurice Mehl Edward Branson Carboniferous Dinosaurs Psittacosaurus gastroliths documented.Brown (1941). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167. Newly named dinosaurs Data are courtesy of George Olshevky'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 Status AuthorsLocation Notes Images LufengosaurusYoung, C.-C. 1941. A complete osteology of Lufengosaurus huenei Young (gen. et sp. nov.) from Lufeng, Yunnan, China. Paleontol Sinica (N.S.) Ser. C7: pp. 1-53. Valid taxon Yang Z. J. (as Young C. C.) Chinathumb|Lufengosaurus SaurophagusStovall vide Ray, G.E. 1941. Big for his day. Nat. Hist. 48: pp. 36-39. Preoccupied Stovall vide: Ray, 1941Now Saurophaganax. "Succinodon"Huene, F. von. 1941. Die Tetrapoden-Fahrten im toskanischen Verrucano und ihre Bedeutung. N. Jb. Mineral. Geol. Palaeontol. 1941B: pp. 1-34. Original fossil was petrified wood with mollusc borings that was misidentified as a jaw bone with tooth sockets. Friedrich von Huene Poland Plesiosaurs New taxa Name Status AuthorsLocation NotesImages Aristonectes Valid Cabrera Antarctica Argentina ChileA Long-Necked Plesiosaur.thumb|Aristonectes Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Location Notes ImagesBayloriaJunior SynonymSynonym of Captorhinus. References Paleontology Brown, B. 1941. The last dinosaurs. – Natural History 48: 290–295. Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180. Category:1940s in paleontology Paleontology 1