1924 in paleontology

none 1924 paleontology science 1924 Dinosaurs New taxa Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Asiatosaurus mongoliensisOsborn, H.F. 1924. Sauropoda and Theropoda of the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia. Amer. Mus. Novitates 128: pp. 1-7. Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Osborn Early Cretaceous Öösh Formation Mongolia An indeterminate sauropod Chirostenotes pergracilisGilmore C.W. Charles W. Gilmore 1924 A new coelurid dinosaur from the Belly River Cretaceous of Alberta National Museum of Canada Bulletin. Geological Series 38 43 1–12 Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Gilmore Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta An oviraptorosaur 200px Dyoplosaurus acutosquameusParks, W.A. 1924. Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus, a new genus and species of armored dinosaur; with notes on a skeleton of Prosaurolophus maximus. Univ. Toronto Stud. (Geol. Ser.) 18: pp. 1-35. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid William Parks Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta An ankylosaurid Euskelesaurus africanus Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Haughton Norian Elliot Formation South Africa A species of the prosauropod Euskelosaurus (often misspelled Euskelesaurus) "Fenestrosaurus philoceratops"Osborn H.F. 1924 The discovery of an unknown continent Natural History 24 2 133–149 Nomen nudum Henry Fairfield Osborn Campanian Djadochta Formation Mongolia Named Oviraptor Gryponyx taylori Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Haughton Hettangian-Sinemurian Elliot Formation South Africa A species of the prosauropod Gryponyx Kritosaurus marginatusGilmore C.W. Charles W. Gilmore 1924 On the genus Stephanosaurus, with a description of the type specimen of Lambeosaurus lambei Parks National Museum of Canada Bulletin. Geological Series 38 43 29–48 Nov. comb. Nomen dubium Gilmore Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation Alberta A reassignment of Stephanosaurus marginatus to Kritosaurus Lycorhinus angustidensHaughton S.H. 1924 The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg series Annals of the South Africa Museum 12 323–497 Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Haughton Hettangian-Sinemurian Elliot Formation South Africa A heterodontosaurid Massospondylus schwarzi Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Haughton Hettangian-Sinemurian Elliot Formation South Africa A species of the prosauropod Massospondylus Melanorosaurus readi Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Haughton Norian-Rhaetian Elliot Formation South Africa A melanorosaurid prosauropod 200px "Ornithoides oshiensis"Osborn, H.F. 1924. Three new Theropoda, Protoceratops zone, central Mongolia. Amer. Mus. Novitates 144: pp. 1-12. Nomen nudum Osborn Campanian Djadochta Formation Mongolia Named Saurornithoides Oviraptor philoceratops Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Osborn Campanian Djadochta Formation Mongolia An oviraptorid "Ovoraptor djadochtari" Nomen nudum Osborn Campanian Djadochta Formation Mongolia Named Velociraptor Plateosaurus cullingworthi Sp. nov. Valid Haughton Norian Elliot Formation South Africa Later given the genus name Plateosauravus Prodeinodon mongoliensis Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Osborn Early Cretaceous Öösh Formation Mongolia An indeterminate theropod Saurornithoides mongoliensis Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Osborn Campanian Djadochta Formation Mongolia A troodontid 200px Thecodontosaurus dubius Sp. nov. Nomen dubium Haughton Hettangian-Sinemurian Elliot Formation South Africa A species of the prosauropod Thecodontosaurus Thespesius edmontoniGilmore C.W. Charles W. Gilmore 1924 A new species of hadrosaurian dinosaur from the Edmonton Formation (Cretaceous) of Alberta National Museum of Canada Bulletin. Geological Series 38 43 13–26 Sp. nov. Jr. synonym Gilmore Maastrichtian Horseshoe Canyon Formation Alberta A new species of Thespesius, now a synonym of Edmontosaurus regalis 200px Velociraptor mongoliensis Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Osborn Campanian Djadochta Formation Mongolia A velociraptorine dromaeosaurid 200px Plesiosaurs New taxa Synapsids Non-mammalian Newly named mammals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location NotesImagesAmphicticepsMatthew William Diller Granger Walter 1924-01-15 New Carnivora from the Tertiary of Mongolia http://hdl.handle.net/2246/3213 American Museum Novitates 104Gen et sp novValidMatthew & GrangerOligoceneHsanda Gol FormationMongoliaAn amphicynodont, type species is A. shackelfordiAndrewsarchusOsborn H. F. 11 November 1924 Andrewsarchus, giant mesonychid of Mongolia https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/3226 live American Museum Novitates American Museum of Natural History https://web.archive.org/web/20201102065222/http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/3226/N0146.pdf;jsessionid=49D5559007A639D9D5FC35E0030DF06F?sequence=1 2 November 2020 146Gen et sp novValid Henry Fairfield Osbornmiddle EoceneIrdin Manha FormationChinaA cetancodontamorph originally thought to be a mesonychian.thumb|AndrewsarchusBunaelurus parvulusSp novjr synonymMatthew & GrangerOligoceneHsanda Gol FormationMongoliaJunior synonym of Palaeogale sectoriaBunaelurus ulyssesSp novjr synonymMatthew & GrangerOligoceneHsanda Gol FormationMongoliaJunior synonym of Palaeogale sectoriaCynodictis elegansSp novValidMatthew & GrangerOligoceneHsanda Gol FormationMongoliaAn amphicyonidCynodon (Pachycynodon) teilhardiSp novjr synonymMatthew & GrangerOligoceneHsanda Gol FormationMongoliaAn amphicynodont, moved to Amphicynodon teilhardiDidymoconusGen et sp novValidMatthew & GrangerOligoceneHsanda Gol FormationMongoliaA didymoconid, includes the species D. colgatei & D. berkeyiHyaenodon pervagusSp novValidMatthew & GrangerOligoceneHsanda Gol FormationMongoliaA hyaenodontPalaeoprionodon gracilisJr synonymValidMatthew & GrangerOligoceneHsanda Gol FormationMongoliaMoved to the genus Asiavorator.Paracynohyaenodon morrisiSp novjr synonymMatthew & GrangerOligoceneIrdin Manha FormationChinaA hyaenodont, moved to Propterodon morrisi in 1993Viverravus constansSp novjr synonymMatthew & GrangerOligoceneHsanda Gol FormationMongoliaA carnivoran, moved to Shandgolictis constans References Paleontology Category:1920s in paleontology Paleontology 4