1950 in paleontology

none 1950 paleontology science 1950 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 Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images AcrocanthosaurusStovall, J.W. and W. Langston. 1950. Acrocanthosaurus atokensis, a new genus and species of Lower Cretaceous Theropoda from Oklahoma. American Midland Naturalist 43 (3): pp. 696-728. Valid taxon Stovall Langstonlate Aptian-early AlbianAntlers Formation Cloverly Formation Twin Mountains Formation United States (Maryland, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Texas)A sail-backed carcharodontosaurid.thumb|Acrocanthosauruscenter|thumb|200x200px|Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis PachyrhinosaurusSternberg, C.H. 1950. Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis, representing a new family of Ceratopsia. Bull. Natl. Mus. Can. 118: pp. 109- 120. Valid taxon C. M. Sternberg EdmontonianHorseshoe Canyon Formation Canada (Alberta) United States (Alaska)A centrosaurine. Plesiosaurs Plesiosaur gastroliths documented.Shuler (1950). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167. Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesKitchingiaJunior synonymBroom and GeorgeLate PermianCistecephalus Assemblage ZoneSouth AfricaA junior synonym of Rhachiocephalus.LeontosaurusJunior synonymBroom and GeorgeLate PermianDicynodon Assemblage ZoneSouth AfricaA junior synonym of Sycosaurus.SilphoictidoidesValidFriedrich von HueneLate PermianCistecephalus Assemblage ZoneTanzaniaA member of Gorgonopsia.TheropsodonValidFriedrich von HueneMiddle TriassicCynognathus Assemblage ZoneTanzaniaA traversodontid.TigrisaurusJunior synonymBroom and GeorgeLate PermianCistecephalus Assemblage ZoneSouth AfricaA junior synonym of Dinogorgon. References Paleontology 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. Shuller; 1950; A new elasmosaur from the Eagle Ford shale of Texas - The elasmosaur and its environment (Part II); University press in Dallas southern Methodist University. Fondren Science Series pp. 1–32 Category:1950s in paleontology Paleontology 0