1926 in paleontology
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 1926.
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Algae
Bacillariophyceae
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Cymbella partita[2] |
sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A cymbellaceous diatom |
![]() Cymbella partita | |||
Cymbella sagittarius[2] |
sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A cymbellaceous diatom |
![]() Cymbella sagittarius | |||
Navicula contendens[2] |
sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A naviculaceous diatom |
![]() Navicula contendens | |||
Navicula iridescens[2] |
sp nov |
jr synonym |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A naviculaceous diatom |
![]() Neidium iridescens | ||
Navicula pauper[2] |
sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A naviculaceous diatom |
![]() Navicula pauper | |||
Navicula pontifica[2] |
sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A naviculaceous diatom |
![]() Navicula pontifica | |||
Navicula protrudens[2] |
sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A naviculaceous diatom |
![]() Navicula protrudens | |||
Navicula pseudoaffinis[2] |
sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A naviculaceous diatom |
![]() Navicula pseudoaffinis | |||
Navicula reversa[2] |
sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A naviculaceous diatom |
![]() Navicula reversa | |||
Navicula substauroneis[2] |
sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A naviculaceous diatom |
![]() Navicula substauroneis | |||
Stauroneis (Navicula) acutissima[2] |
sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A stauroneidaceous diatom |
![]() Stauroneis acutissima | |||
Plants
Mosses
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Archaeomnium[3] |
Gen et sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
A moss of uncertain affiliation |
![]() Hypnites patens | |||
Polytrichites[3] |
Gen et sp nov |
valid? |
Latah Formation |
A possible polytrichaceous moss |
![]() Polytrichites spokanensis | |||
Lycopods
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Lycopodium hesperium[3] |
Sp nov |
Nomen dubium? |
Latah Formation |
A possible lycopod clubmoss |
![]() Lycopodium hesperium | |||
Conifers
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Libocedrus praedecurrens[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
A sandarac species |
![]() Tetraclinis salicornioides var. praedecurrens | |||
Tumion bonseri[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
A plum-yew species |
![]() Cephalotaxus bonseri | |||
Monocots
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Arisaema hesperia[3] |
Sp nov |
valid? |
Latah Formation |
A possible araceous monocot |
![]() Arisaema hesperia | |||
Canna? dawsoni[8] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Burrard Formation |
A possible cannaceous leaf species |
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Basal eudicots
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Trochodendroides[8] |
Gen et comb nov |
A Trochodenraceous leaf morphogenus. |
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Superasterids - basal
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Diospyros andersonae[3] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
A persimmon leaf species |
![]() Diospyros oregoniana | |||
Diospyros dawsoni[8] |
Sp nov |
Okanagan Highlands |
A persimmon leaf species |
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Diospyros? microcalyx[3] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a persimmon calyx species |
![]() Porana microcalyx | |||
Vaccinium salicoides[3] |
Sp nov |
valid? |
Latah Formation |
First named as a huckleberry leaf species |
![]() Vaccinium salicoides | |||
Superrosids - Fabids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Alnus cremastogynoides[8] |
Sp nov |
Chu Chua Formation |
An alder leaf species |
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Alnus crispoides[8] |
Sp nov |
Chu Chua Formation |
An alder leaf species |
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Betula bryani[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a birch leaf species |
![]() Alnus fairi | |||
Betula fairii[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a birch leaf species |
![]() Alnus fairi | |||
Betula? largei[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a birch leaf species |
![]() Alnus largei | |||
Betula nanoides[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a birch leaf species |
![]() Alnus fairi | |||
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Chu Chua Formation |
First named as a birch leaf species |
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Betula thor[3] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Latah Formation |
First named as a birch leaf species |
![]() Betula thor | |||
Celastrophyllum pugetensis[8] |
Sp nov |
Burrard Formation |
A possible celastraceous leaf species |
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Celastrus fernquisti[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a Celastrus leaf species |
![]() Alnus fairi | |||
Cercis? spokanensis[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a redbud fruit species |
![]() Caesalpinia spokanensis | |||
Comptonia predryandroides[8] |
Sp nov |
Chu Chua Formation |
A myricaceous leaf species |
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Ficus? johnstoni[8] |
Sp nov |
Burrard Formation |
A possible moraceous leaf species |
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Ficus? washingtonensis[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as an fig leaf species |
![]() Exbucklandia oregonensis | |||
Hicoria dawsoni[8] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Chu Chua Formation |
A punitive hickory leaf species |
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Hicoria stanleyanum[8] |
comb nov |
jr synonym |
(Dawson) Berry |
Burrard Formation |
A punitive hickory leaf species |
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Juglans nigelloides[8] |
Sp nov |
Burrard Formation |
A juglandaceous leaf species |
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Leguminosites johnstoni[8] |
Sp nov |
Burrard Formation |
A legume leaf morphospecies. |
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Meibomites lucens[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a Meibomites leaf species |
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Myrica uglowi[8] |
Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Chu Chua Formation |
A myricaceous leaf species |
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Populus acuminatafolia[8] |
Sp nov |
Chu Chua Formation |
A cottonwood leaf species |
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Populus fairii[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a cottonwood leaf species |
![]() Zizyphoides auriculata | |||
Populus heteromorpha[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a cottonwood leaf species |
![]() Zizyphoides auriculata | |||
Populus washingtonensis[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a cottonwood leaf species |
![]() Vitis washingtonensis | |||
Prunus rustii[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a cherry leaf species |
![]() Alnus hollandiana | |||
Quercus chaneyi[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
An oak leaf species |
![]() Quercus simulata | |||
Quercus cognatus[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
An oak leaf species |
![]() Quercus payettensis | |||
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
An oak leaf species |
![]() Quercus payettensis | ||||
Quercus praenigra[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
An oak leaf species |
![]() Quercus payettensis | |||
Quercus rustii[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
An oak leaf species |
![]() Quercus payettensis | |||
Quercus spokanensis[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as an oak leaf species |
![]() Castanea spokanensis | |||
Quercus uglowi[8] |
Sp nov |
Chu Chua Formation |
A oak leaf species |
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Rhamnus kitsilaniana[8] |
Sp nov |
Burrard Formation |
A buckthorn leaf morphospecies. |
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Salix bryani[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
A willow leaf species |
![]() Salix hesperia | |||
Salix inquirenda[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
A willow leaf species |
![]() Salix hesperia | |||
Salix remotidens[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
A willow leaf species |
![]() Salix hesperia | |||
Sophora alexanderi[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
A Sophora leaf species |
![]() Sophora spokanensis | |||
Sophora spokanensis[3] |
Sp nov |
Latah Formation |
A Sophora leaf species |
![]() Sophora spokanensis | ||||
Sorbus decorifolia[8] |
Sp nov |
Chu Chua Formation |
A punitive mountain ash leaf species |
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Ulmus columbianus[8] |
sp nov |
jr homonym |
Chu Chua Formation |
An elm leaf species |
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Ulmus fernquisti[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as an elm leaf species |
![]() Zelkova browni | |||
Superrosids - Malvids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Latah Formation |
A maple species |
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Malva? hesperia[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a possible mallow fruit species |
![]() Nordenskioldia interglacialis | |||
Angiosperms - other
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Carpites boraginoides[3] |
Sp nov |
valid? |
Latah Formation |
A fruit or seed of uncertain affinity |
![]() Carpites boraginoides | |||
Carpites ginkgoides[3] |
Sp nov |
valid? |
Latah Formation |
A fruit or seed of uncertain affinity |
![]() Carpites ginkgoides | |||
Carpites magnifica[3] |
Sp nov |
valid? |
Latah Formation |
A fruit or seed of uncertain affinity |
![]() Nyssa magnifica | |||
Carpites menthoides[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a fruit of uncertain affinity |
![]() Nordenskioldia interglacialis | |||
Carpites paulownia[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
A fruit or seed of uncertain affinity |
![]() Gordonia idahoensis | |||
Carpites polygonoides[3] |
Sp nov |
valid? |
Latah Formation |
A fruit or seed of uncertain affinity |
![]() Carpites polygonoides | |||
Carpites spokanensis[3] |
Sp nov |
valid? |
Latah Formation |
Seed or other reproductive organs of uncertain affinity |
![]() Carpites spokanensis | |||
Phyllites amplexicaulis[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a fruit of uncertain affinity |
![]() Nordenskioldia interglacialis | |||
Phyllites crustacea[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a leaf of uncertain affinity |
![]() Quercus simulata | |||
Phyllites pardeei[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a leaf of uncertain affinity |
![]() Philadelphus pardeei | |||
Phyllites peculiaris[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a leaf of uncertain affinity |
![]() Philadelphus pardeei | |||
Phyllites relatus[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a leaf of uncertain affinity |
![]() Alnus relatus | |||
Phyllites sophoroides[3] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a leaf of uncertain affinity |
![]() Vaccinium sophoroides | |||
Conodonts
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
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Amphibians
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et comb nov |
jr synonym |
Watson |
A new genus for Macromerium scoticum |
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Newly named basal diapsids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
A weigeltisaurid gliding Reptile |
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Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[22]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et comb nov. |
Valid |
A proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid |
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Gen. et sp nov. |
Valid |
A basal gravisaurian sauropod. |
![]() Rhoetosaurus brownei scale | |||||
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Junior synonym |
Haughton |
A junior synonym of Gorgonops. |
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Junior synonym |
Haughton |
Late Permian |
A junior synonym of Aelurognathus. | |||||
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