1947 in paleontology

none 1947 paleontology science 1947 Mosses Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesPalaeohypnumLaMotte R.S. 1952 Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950 Geological Society of America Memoirs Geological Society of America 51 10.1130/MEM51Sp novjr synonymSteereEocenePribonianFlorissant FormationUnited StatesColoradoA moss genus. The type species is P. patens Also included P. arnoldianum, P. brittoniae, P. brownii, & P. knowltoni Species moved to Archaeomnium in 1952 Moved to Hypnites in 1980Miller N. G. 1980 Fossil mosses of North America and their significance The Mosses of North America 9–36 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 Status Authors Age Location Notes Images AmygdalodonCabrera, A. 1947. Un sauropodo nuevo del Jurasico de Patagonia. Motas Mus. La Plata 12 Paleontol. 95: pp. 1-17. Nomen dubium Cabrera Middle Jurassic Toarcian * Argentina A sauropod known from some vertebrae, ribs, four complete and three partial teeth, and a partial pelvis and shoulder-blade. thumb|center|200px|Amygdalodon Newly named pseudosuchians Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Images ArizonasaurusWelles, S.P. 1947. Vertebrates from the upper Moenkopi Formation of northern Arizona. University of California Publications Geol. Sci. 27: pp. 241-294. Valid Welles Middle Triassic (Anisian) USA (Arizona and New Mexico) A poposaurid. thumb|center|200px|Arizonasaurus Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Location Notes Images Kunminia Valid Young Sinemurian * China Other animals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Location Notes Images Beltanella Sprigg Reg C. 1947 Early Cambrian (?) jellyfishes from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 71 212–24 http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/Journals/TRSSA/TRSSA_V071/trssa_v071_p212p224.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092905/http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/Journals/TRSSA/TRSSA_v071/trssa_v071_p212p224.pdf 2007-09-29 Gen. et sp. nov. Sprigg Ediacaran Australia A discoid fossil, originally described as a jellyfish tentatively placed in the class Scyphozoa. The type species is B. gilesi. Considered a probable junior synonym of Aspidella terranovica by Gehling, Narbonne & Anderson (2000)Gehling James G. Narbonne Guy M. Anderson Michael M. September 2000 The first named Ediacaran body fossil, Aspidella Terranovica Palaeontology 43 3 427–456 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2000.00134.x 0031-0239 free 2000Palgy..43..427G and Ivantsov & Zakhrevskaya (2025).Ivantsov A.Yu. Zakrevskaya M.A. 2025 The last jellyfish of the Precambrian https://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/IZ/IZ%20Vol%2022/22_1_056_067_Ivantsov_Zakrevskaya_for_Inet.pdf Invertebrate Zoology 22 1 56–67 10.15298/invertzool.22.1.05 free Cyclomedusa Gen. et sp. nov. Sprigg Ediacaran Australia A discoid fossil, originally described as a jellyfish of uncertain affinity (either of the classes Hydrozoa or Scyphozoa). The type species is C. davidii. Considered a probable junior synonym of Aspidella terranovica by Gehling, Narbonne & Anderson (2000) and Ivantsov & Zakhrevskaya (2025). 150px Dickinsonia Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Sprigg Ediacaran Australia Russia and Ukraine A bilaterally symmetrical and ovoid fossil, originally described as a jellyfish of uncertain affinity (either of the classes Hydrozoa or Scyphozoa). The type species is D. costata. 150px Ediacaria Gen. et sp. nov. Sprigg Ediacaran Australia A discoid fossil, originally described as a scyphozoan jellyfish of uncertain affinity (either of the orders Semaeostomeae or Rhizostomeae). The type species is E. flindersi. Considered a probable junior synonym of Aspidella terranovica by Gehling, Narbonne & Anderson (2000) and Ivantsov & Zakhrevskaya (2025). 150px Papilionata Gen. et sp. nov. Junior synonym Sprigg Ediacaran Australia A bilaterally symmetrical fossil, originally described as a jellyfish of uncertain affinity (either of the classes Hydrozoa or Scyphozoa). Synonym of Dickinsonia. The type species is P. eyrei. References Paleontology Category:1940s in paleontology Paleontology 7