1911 in paleontology

none 1911 paleontology science 1911 Arthropods Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesSidneyiaGen. et sp. NovValidWalcottCambrianBurgess Shale Canada (British Columbia) USA (Pennsylvania andUtah )thumb|150px|center|Sidneyia Amphibians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesLimnoscelisWilliston S.W. A new family of reptiles from the Permian of New Mexico The American Journal of Science 1911 33 4 378–398Gen. et sp. NovValidS.W. WillistonLate Carboniferous to Early Permian Cutler Formation USA (Colorado and New Mexico)Nominal genus for the family Limnoscelidaethumb|150px|center|Limnoscelis Reptiles Dinosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images AetonyxBroom, R. 1911. On the dinosaurs of the Stormberg, South Africa: Annals of the South African Museum 7: pp. 291-308. Gen. et sp. nov Junior synonym Broom Early Jurassic Upper Elliot Formation South Africa Junior synonym of Massospondylus. Geranosaurus Gen. et sp. nov Nomen dubium Broom Early Jurassic Clarens Formation South Africa Gryponyx Gen. et sp. nov Valid taxon Broom Early Jurassic Upper Elliot Formation South Africa A sauropodomorph Gyposaurus Gen. et sp. nov Possibly a Junior synonym Broom Early Jurassic Upper Elliot Formation South Africa A probable junior synonym of Massospondylus. PodokesaurusTalbot, M. 1911. Podokesaurus holyokensis, a new dinosaur from the Triassic of the Connecticut Valley. Amer. J. Sci. (ser. 4) 31: pp. 469-479. Gen. et sp. nov Disputed Talbot Early Jurassic Portland Formation USA Massachusetts Possible Junior synonym of Coelophysis. TornieriaSternfeld, R. 1911. Zur Nomenklature der Gattung Gigantosaurus Fraas: Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde Fr. Berlin (1911) 8: p. 398. Gen. et sp. nov Valid taxon Sternfeld Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation Tanzania Synapsids Non-mammalian synapsids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesArctognathus Gen. et sp. nov Valid Broom Late Permian South Africa A South African Gorgonopsid.center|thumb|150x150px|ArctognathusArctosuchus Gen. et sp. nov Valid Broom Late Permian Teekloof Formation South Africa A South African Gorgonopsid.Diaelurodon Gen. et sp. nov Junior synonym Broom Late Permian South Africa Junior synonym of PristerodonEriphostoma Gen. et sp. nov Valid Broom Middle Permian Abrahamskraal Formation South AfricaAnother South African Gorgonopsian.Ictidognathus Gen. et sp. nov Valid Broom Late Permian Teekloof Formation South Africa A TherocephalianMoschops Gen. et sp. nov Valid Broom Middle Permian Abrahamskraal Formation South Africa A Dome-Headed Dinocephalian. thumb|150px|center|MoschopsTaognathus Gen. et sp. nov Valid Broom Late Permian South AfricaA Dicynodont. Other Animals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesAmiskwia Gen. et sp. nov Valid Walcott Cambrian Burgess Shale CanadaA soft-bodied organism of uncertain placement, currently interpreted as a Gnathiferanleft|thumb|Diagram, showing the arrangements of the jaws and plates in the mouth (a) morphology of the ventral plate (b) and jaws (c) in comparison to equivalent elements of gnathostomulids (d,e) and life restoration (g) See also Paleontology References