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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. [1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks ( ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces ( coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1936.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
First described as a
Dennstaedtia species. |
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Comb nov |
valid |
A
Dennstaedtia species. |
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Comb nov |
A
Thelypteris species. |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
"Herendeen Bay flora" |
A
nymphaeaceous
Castaliites species. |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
"Cape Douglas flora" |
First described as an
Osmunda species. |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
First described as a
Pteris species. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
"Hamilton Bay flora" |
A
Ctenis species. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Subsp nov |
"Chinitna Bay flora" |
A Ginkgo subspecies. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
"Hamilton Bay flora" |
Named as a
Taxodium species. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Comb nov |
synonymy
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Sp nov |
"Russel Creek Flora" |
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Sp nov |
"Hamilton Bay flora" |
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Comb nov |
jr homonym |
Combination a jr homonym of
Malapoenna magnifica (Kuntze, 1891) |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First described as an
avocado relative |
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Sp nov |
A pepper family species |
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Sp nov |
"Grade Trail cabin flora" |
A pepper family species |
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Sp nov |
A pepper family species |
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Sp nov |
"Canyon Creek flora" |
A pepper family species |
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Sp nov |
"Chignik Lake flora" |
A pepper family species |
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Sp nov |
"Hamilton Bay flora" |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
A
Palmacites morphospecies. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
"Chiguik River flora" |
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Sp nov |
"Hamilton Bay flora" |
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Sp nov |
"Hamilton Bay flora" |
A
Dillenia species. |
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Sp nov |
"Troublesome Gulch flora" |
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Sp nov |
A Hakea species. |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
"Chignik River flora" |
First described as a
Macclintockia species. |
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Sp nov |
"Rampart flora" |
A Platanus species. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
"Point Divide flora" |
An Aralia species. |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
A
Coccoloba species. |
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Sp nov |
"Mount Chezum flora" |
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Sp nov |
"Chignik Bay flora" |
An ash species. |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First described as an
ash species. |
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Sp nov |
"Chignik Bay flora" |
A possible ash species. |
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Sp nov |
"Mogul Creek flora" |
An ash species. |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First described as a
Mohrodendron species |
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Sp nov |
jr homonym |
A
rhododendron species. |
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Sp nov |
"Hamilton Bay Flora" |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
"Point Divide flora" |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
"Point Divide flora" |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
"Chignik Bay flora" |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
"Point Divide flora" |
First described as an
Abutilon species. |
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Sp nov |
"Kootznahoo Inlet flora" |
An Acacia species. |
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Sp nov |
"Pumicestone Creek flora" |
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Sp nov |
"Rampart flora" |
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Comb nov |
An
alder species. |
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Comb nov |
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Sp nov |
"Rampart flora" |
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Var nov |
"Bluff Point flora" |
A Betula confusa variety. |
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Sp nom nov |
A
birch species. |
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Sp nov |
"Chignik River flora" |
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Sp nov |
A Carpinites betulaceous leaf morphospecies. |
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Sp nov |
"Dalton's coal outcrop flora" |
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Comb nov |
A
grapevine species. |
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Sp nov |
"Dalton's coal outcrop flora" |
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Sp nov |
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Sp nov |
"Cape Nukhshak flora" |
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Sp nov |
"Kachemak Bay flora" |
Corylus macquarrii (of Heer, 1869 pro parte) |
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Sp nov |
"Cape Douglas flora" |
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Sp nov |
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Sp nov |
"Drew's mine flora" |
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Sp nov |
"Cape Nukhshak flora" |
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Sp nov |
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Sp nov |
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Sp nov |
"Bluff Point flora" |
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Sp nov |
A strawberry bush species. |
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Sp nov |
"Troublesome Gulch flora" |
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Sp nov |
A fig species. |
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Sp nov |
A fig species. |
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Sp nov |
"Chignik Bay flora" |
A fig species. |
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Sp nov |
jr homonym |
"Rampart flora" |
A
Grewia species. |
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Sp nov |
"Nun point flora" |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
"Chignik Bay flora" |
First described as a
Grewiopsis species. |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
"Mogul Creek flora" |
First described as a
Grewiopsis species. |
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Sp nov |
"Hamilton Bay flora" |
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Sp nov |
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Sp nov |
"Nun point flora" |
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Sp nov |
"Mogul Creek flora" |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
"Dalton's coal flora" |
First described as a
Hampea species. |
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Sp nov |
"Hamilton Bay flora" |
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Sp nov |
"Fritz Creek flora" |
A possible walnut species. |
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Sp nov |
"Hamilton Bay flora" |
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Sp nov |
"Rampart flora" |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
"Kachemak Bay flora" |
First described as a
Lepargyraea species |
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Var nov |
"Cape Douglas flora" |
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Sp nov |
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Sp nov |
"Drew's mine flora" |
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Sp nov |
"Drew mine flora" |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First described as a
water elm species. |
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Sp nov |
"Cape Nukhshak flora" |
A cottonwood species. |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
"Admiralty Island flora" |
Described as a
Populus species. |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
"Chignik River flora" |
Described as a
Populus species. |
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Var nov |
" Bluff Point flora" |
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Sp nov |
"Moose Creek flora" |
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Sp nov |
"Moose Creek flora" |
First described as a
Pterospermites species. |
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Sp nov |
"Chignik Bay flora" |
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Sp nov |
"Moose Creek flora" |
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Sp nov |
A oak species. |
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Sp nov |
"Rampart flora" |
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Sp nov |
A rose species. |
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Sp nov |
"Bluff Point flora" |
A rose species. |
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Sp nov |
"Bradley Coal flora" |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First described as a
Semecarpus species. |
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Sp nov |
"Bryant Creek flora" |
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Sp nov |
"Drew's mine flora" |
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Sp nov |
"Fritz Creek flora" |
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Sp nov |
"Kootznahoo Inlet flora" |
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Sp nov |
"Kootznahoo Inlet flora" |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First described as an
elm species. |
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Sp nov |
"Kootznahoo inlet flora" |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
"Moose Creek flora" |
Stellate inflorescences of uncertain affinity |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
"King Salmon Lake flora" |
A fruit of initial uncertain affinity |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
A fruit of initial uncertain affinity |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
"Bryant Creek flora" |
A probable flower of uncertain affinity |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Moved to Baltimartyria proavitella in 1995 |
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Comb nov |
valid |
( Cockerell & Custer) |
An
inocelliid
snakefly |
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Comb nov |
jr synonym |
( Cockerell) |
A
raphidiid
snakefly |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. [18]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Nipponosaurus [19] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Nagao |
upper Yezo Group |
A
lambeosaurine
hadrosaurid. |
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Segisaurus [20] |
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Jurassic |
A
coelophysoid
theropod |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen sp et comb nov |
jr synonym |
Stolley |
Jurassic |
A
rhamphorhynchid pterosaur |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Junior synonym |
von Huene |
Middle Triassic ( Ladinian) |
Junior synonym of Chiniquodon. |
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Valid |
Broom |
Middle Abrahamskraal Formation |
A gorgonopsian. |
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Valid |
von Huene |
Middle Triassic ( Ladinian) |
A member of Chiniquodontidae. |
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Valid |
Broom |
A gorgonopsian. |
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Preoccupied |
Broom |
Middle Permian |
A member of Dinocephalia. |
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Valid |
Broom |
Late Permian |
A gorgonopsian. |
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Valid |
Broom |
Late Permian |
A member of Thrinaxodontidae. |
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Junior synonym |
Broom |
Late Permian |
A junior synonym of Theriognathus. |
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Parrington |
Late Permian |
Kawinga Formation |
A junior synonym of Procynosuchus. |
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Junior synonym |
Broili and Schroeder |
Early Triassic |
A junior synonym of Diademodon. |
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Valid |
von Huene |
Middle Triassic (Ladinian) |