1921 in paleontology

none 1921 paleontology science 1921 Plants Newly named angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesPorana sikhote-alinensisManchester S.R. 1992 Flowers, fruits and pollen of Florissantia, an extinct malvalean genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America American Journal of Botany 79 9 996–1008 10.2307/2444909 2444909 Sp novjr synonymKryshtofovichMioceneAmgu floraRussiaPrimorsky KraiA mallow relative, jr synonym of Florissantia sikhote-alinensis (1992) Arthropods Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEoformicaCockerell T. D. A. 1921 Some Eocene insects from Colorado and Wyoming. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 59 29–39Carpenter F. M. 1930 The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70 1–66 http://antcat.org/documents/619/6082.pdfGen et sp novvalidCockerellEoceneGreen River FormationUSA ColoradoAn incertae sedis ant genus, type species E. eocenica(a jr synonym to Eoformica pinguis (Scudder, 1877) in 1930)thumb|center|upright|Eoformica pinguis Dinosaurs 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 Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesSarcosaurusAndrews, C.W. 1921. On some remains of a theropodous dinosaur from the lower Lias of Barrow-on-Soar. Arm. Mag. Nat. Hist. (ser. 9) 8:pp. 570-576.Gen et sp novValid AndrewsHettangian-SinemurianBlue LiasEnglandA ceratosauridthumb|center|200px|Sarcosaurus Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnteosaurusValidWatsonMiddle PermianTapinocephalus Assemblage ZoneSouth AfricaA member of Dinocephalia.EmyduranusJunior synonymBroomLate PermianCistecephalus Assemblage ZoneSouth AfricaA junior synonym of Pristerodon.LeptotrachelusJunior synonymBroomMiddle PermianTapinocephalus Assemblage ZoneSouth AfricaJunior synonym of GorgonopsCarroll, R. L. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H Freeman Company, 1988.PalemydopsValidBroomLate PermianCistecephalus Assemblage ZoneSouth AfricaA dicynodont. References Paleontology Category:1920s in paleontology Paleontology 1