1931 in paleontology

none 1931 paleontology science 1931 Vertebrates Conodonts Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesIdiognathodusGunnell F. 1931 Conodonts from the Fort Scott Limestone of Missouri Journal of Paleontology 5 3 244–252 1297961Gen et sp novvalidGunnellGzhelianFort Scott LimestoneUSAMissouriThe type species is I. simulator Jawless fish Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesCardipeltisBranson E.B. Mehl M.G. 1931 Fishes of the Jefferson Formation of Utah The Journal of Geology 39 6 509–531 10.1086/623876 30080820 1931JG.....39..509B Gen est sp novValidBranson & MehlDevonianJefferson FormationUSAUtahA heterostracan agnathanThe type species is C. wallacii.thumb|center|upright|Cardipeltis wallacii Crocodylomorphs Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images BrasileosaurusHuene, F. 1931. Die fossilien Faehrten in Rhaet von Ischigualasto in Nordwest Argentinien. Paleob. 4 (2) Viena. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Huene Turonian Adamantina Formation Brazil Named as a coelurosaurbut reclassified as a notosuchidSimpson 1937 An ancient eusuchian crocodile from Patagonia American Museum Novitates 965 1–20 Dinosaurs Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images CarcharodontosaurusStromer, E. 1931. Vertebrate animal remainders of the Baharije stage (lowest Cenoman). 10. A skeleton remainder of Carcharodontosaurus Nov. towards. Abh. Bavarian Akad. Wissensch. Math. natutwiss. Abbott. 9: pp. 1 23. Gen. et comb. nov. Valid Stromer Cenomanian Bahariya Formation Egypt A new genus for Megalosaurus saharicus 200px Cionodon kysylkumenseRiabinin A.N. 1930 К вопросу о фауне и возрасте динозавровых слоев на р. Амур On the dinosaurian remains from the Upper Cretaceous of the lower parts of the Amu-Daria River Записки Российского минералогического общества 60 1 114-118 Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Riabinin Cenomanian Dzharakuduk Formation Uzbekistan A species of Cionodon Embasaurus minaxRiabinin, A.N. 1931. Two dinosaurian vertebrae from the Lower Cretaceous of Transcaspian Steppes. Zapiski Russkogo Min. Obshchestva (ser. 2) 60: pp. 110-113. Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Riabinin Berriasian Neocomian sands Kazakhstan A theropod of uncertain placement Orthogoniosaurus matleyiDasgupta, H.C. 1931. On a new theropod dinosaur (Orthogoniosaurus matleyi, n. gen. et. n. sp.) from the Lameta beds of Jubbulpore. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal. 26: pp. 367-369. Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Das-Gupta Maastrichtian Lameta Formation India An indeterminate theropod tooth-taxon Parasaurolophus tubicenWiman C. 1931 Parasaurolophus tubicen n. sp. aus der Kreide in New Mexico Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientarum Upsaliensis, Series IV 7 5 3-11 Sp. nov. Valid Wiman Campanian Kirtland Formation USA A species of Parasaurolophus Tetragonosaurus praecepsParks W.A. William A. Parks 1931 A new genus and two new species of trachodont dinosaurs from the Belly River Formation of Alberta University of Toronto. Geological Studies 31 1–11 Gen. et sp. nov. Jr. synonym Parks Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Canada A juvenile of Lambeosaurus Tetragonosaurus erectofrons Sp. nov. Jr. synonym Parks Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Canada A juvenile of Corythosaurus Synapsids New taxa Name Status Authors Age Location NotesImagesCerataelurusJunior synonym of Pristerodon.EriciolacertaValidWatson250 Millions of years ago. Antarctica South AfricaDespite the meaning of his name, it was not related to lizards.thumb|EriciolacertaEuchambersiaValidBroomIctidostomaValidBroom261 Millions of years ago. South AfricaIctidosuchoidesValidBroom257 Millions of years ago. South Africathumb|IctidosuchoidesKeratocephalusValidHuene261 Millions of years ago. South AfricaA protomammal with strange bumps on its head.thumb|KeratocephalusLycideopsValidBroom257 Millions of years ago. South AfricaMegacyclopsJunior synonym of Neomegacyclops. November 2011 NeomegacyclopsValidBoonstra Arthropods Insects Blattoidea Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesStylotermes washingtonensisCarpenter F. M. Cockerell T. D. A. Kennedy C. H. Snyder T. E. Wickham H. F. 1931 Insects from the Miocene (Latah) of Washington IV. Isoptera Annals of the Entomological Society of America 24 2 317sp. novJr synonymSnyderMioceneLanghian Latah FormationSpokane FloruleUSAWashingtonA Stylotermitid termite. Moved to Parastylotermes washingtonensis (1949)Emerson A.E. 1971 Tertiary fossil species of the Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera), phylogeny of genera, and reciprocal phylogeny of associated Flagellata (Protozoa) and the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 146 3 243–304 2246/1093 http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1093 Coleoptera Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPterostichus fernquistiCarpenter F. M. Cockerell T. D. A. Kennedy C. H. Snyder T. E. Wickham H. F. 1931 Insects from the Miocene (Latah) of Washington V. Coleoptera Annals of the Entomological Society of America 24 2 317–318sp. novWickhamMioceneLanghian Latah FormationSpokane FloruleUSAWashingtonA carabid ground beetleDytiscus latahensissp. novWickhamMioceneLanghian Latah FormationSpokane FloruleUSAWashingtonA predaceous diving beetle Diptera Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesElephantomyia balticaKania I 2015 Subfamily Limoniinae Speiser, 1909 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Baltic Amber (Eocene): The Genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken, 1860 PLOS ONE 10 2 1–25 10.1371/journal.pone.0117434 25706127 4338262 2015PLoSO..1017434K free Sp. novvalidAlexanderMiddle EoceneBaltic amberRussiaA Limoniid cranefly Hymenoptera Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBombus proavusSp. novCockerellMioceneLanghian Latah FormationSpokane FloruleUSAWashingtonA bumble bee Hemiptera Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesLatahcorisCarpenter F. M. Cockerell T. D. A. Kennedy C. H. Snyder T. E. Wickham H. F. 1931 Insects from the Miocene (Latah) of Washington II. Hymenoptera and Hemiptera Annals of the Entomological Society of America 24 2 309–312 10.1093/aesa/24.2.309 Gen et sp. novCockerellMioceneLanghian Latah FormationSpokane FloruleUSAWashingtonA tessaratomid giant stink bugThe type species is L. spectatusMiocorduliaCarpenter F. M. Cockerell T. D. A. Kennedy C. H. Snyder T. E. Wickham H. F. 1931 Insects from the Miocene (Latah) of Washington II. Hymenoptera and Hemiptera Annals of the Entomological Society of America 24 2 313–316Gen et sp. novKennedyMioceneLanghian Latah FormationSpokane FloruleUSAWashingtonA corduliid dragonflyThe type species is M. latipennisMiopsycheCarpenter F. M. Cockerell T. D. A. Kennedy C. H. Snyder T. E. Wickham H. F. 1931 Insects from the Miocene (Latah) of Washington II. Hymenoptera and Hemiptera Annals of the Entomological Society of America 24 2 319–322 10.1093/aesa/24.2.319 Gen et 2 sp. novCarpenterMioceneLanghian Latah FormationSpokane FloruleUSAWashingtonA northern caddisfly genusThe type species is M. alexanderiAlso includes M. martynoviPhryganea spokanensisSp. novCarpenterMioceneLanghian Latah FormationSpokane FloruleUSAWashingtonA giant caddisfly species Plants Angiosperms Monocots Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesLysichiton washingtonenseBerry E.W. 1932 A Miocene flora from Grand Coulee, Washington Shorter contributions to general geology, 1931 Professional Paper United States Geological Survey 10.3133/pp170C free 170-C 31–42Sp novValid?BerryMioceneLanghianLatah FormationGrand Coulee FloruleUSAWashingtonFirst described as a skunk cabbage fruit speciesTreated as placement incertae sedis by Chaney & Axelrod (1959)Chaney R. Axelrod D. 1959 Miocene Floras of the Columbia Plateau: Part II. Systematic Considerations, by Ralph W. Chaney and Daniel I. Axelrod Carnegie Institution of Washington 1–226uc1.c099384505 Miocene Floras of the Columbia Plateauthumb|center|upright|Lysichiton washingtonense Superasterids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesNyssa hesperiaSp novvalidBerryMioceneLanghianLatah FormationGrand Coulee FloruleUSAWashingtonA tuplo seed species.Eyde R.H. 1997 Fossil record and ecology of Nyssa (Cornaceae) The Botanical Review 63 2 97–123 10.1007/BF02935928 1997BotRv..63...97E Superrosids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesVitis bonseriSp novvalidBerryMioceneLanghianLatah FormationGrand Coulee FloruleUSAWashingtonA grape seed species.Hicoria washingtonianaSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLanghianLatah FormationGrand Coulee FloruleUSAWashingtonFirst described as a hickory species. Synonymized into Magnolia dayanathumb|center|upright|Magnolia dayanaQuercus mccanniSp novvalidBerryMioceneLanghianLatah FormationGrand Coulee FloruleUSAWashingtonAn oak species.thumb|center|upright|Quercus mccanniPtelea miocenicaSp novvalidBerryMioceneLanghianLatah FormationGrand Coulee FloruleUSAWashingtonAn hoptree species.thumb|center|upright|Ptelea miocenica Incertae sedis Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesPhyllites couleeannusSp novjr synonymBerryMioceneLanghianLatah FormationGrand Coulee FloruleUSAWashingtonFirst described as a leaf morphospecies of uncertain affinity.Moved to Amelanchier couleeana (1946)Brown R.W. 1946 Alterations in some fossil and living floras Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 36 10 344–355thumb|center|upright|Amelanchier couleeana References Paleontology Category:1930s in paleontology Paleontology 1