1939 in paleontology

none 1939 paleontology science 1939 Arthropods Newly named Arachnids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesSegestria succineiBerland L. 1939 Description de quelques arignées fossils Revue Française d'Entomologie 6 1–9Sp nov ValidBerlandEarly EoceneBaltic amber EuropeA segestriid spiderthumb|center|upright|Segestria succinei Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCtenobethylus succinalisDlussky G. M. 1997 Genera of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Baltic amber Paleontological Journal 31 616-627Gen et sp novvalid BruesMiddle EoceneBaltic amberEuropeFossil Dolichoderine ant, type species C. succinalis jr synonym of Ctenobethylus goeppertithumb|center|upright|Ctenobethylus goeppertiProtonephrocerus colliniKehlmaier C Dierick M Skevington JH 2014 Micro-CT studies of amber inclusions reveal internal genitalic features of big-headed flies, enabling a systematic placement of Metanephrocerus Aczel, 1948 (Insecta: Diptera: Pipunculidae) Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 72 1 23–36Sp novjr synonymCarpenter & HullPriabonianBaltic Amber RussiaA big-headed fly; moved to Metanephrocerus collini in 1948Protonephrocerus florissantiusArchibald SB Kehlmaier C Mathewes RW 2014 Early Eocene big headed flies (Diptera: Pipunculidae) from the Okanagan Highlands, western North America The Canadian Entomologist 146 4 429–443 10.4039/tce.2013.79Sp novjr synonymCarpenter & HullPriabonianFlorissant Formation USA (Colorado)A big-headed fly; moved to Priabona florissantius Dinosaurs New taxa NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages Bactrosaurus prynadai Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Riabinin Santonian Dabrazinskaya Svita Kazakhstan A species of Bactrosaurus Jaxartosaurus aralensisRiabinin A.N. 1939 The Upper Cretaceous Vertebrate Fauna of South Kazakhstan. I. Reptilia. Part 1. I. Ornithischia Transactions of the Central Geological and Prospecting Institute 118 1-39 Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Riabinin Santonian Dabrazinskaya Svita Kazakhstan A hadrosaurid Omeisaurus junghsiensis Gen. et sp. nov . Valid Yang Bathonian-Callovian Shaximiao Formation China A sauropod Plesiosaurs Plesiosaur gastroliths documented.Riggs (1939). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167. References Paleontology Riggs, Elmer Samuel; 1939a; A specimen of Elasmosaurus serpentinus; Geological Series of Field Museum of Natural History; VI(No. 25) pp. 385–391 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:1930s in paleontology Paleontology 9