1934 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 1934.
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Arthropods
    
    
Conodonts
    
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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 Valid taxon  | 
 Glassy Creek Shale of Missouri  | 
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 Valid taxon  | 
 Glassy Creek Shale of Missouri  | 
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Vertebrates
    
    
Newly named dinosaurs
    
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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 Valid taxon  | 
 Late Cretaceous I (Cenomanian)  | 
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| Brachypodosaurus[6] | 
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 An ornithischian.  | 
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Non-mammalian
    
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | 
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 Jr. synonym  | 
 Boonstra  | 
 A junior synonym of Arctognathus.  | 
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 Valid  | 
 van Hoepen  | 
 Late Permian  | 
 A member of Emydopoidea.  | 
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 Valid  | 
 van Hoepen  | 
 Late Permian  | 
 A member of Dicynodontoidea.  | 
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 Jr. synonym  | 
 van Hoepen  | 
 Late Permian  | 
 A junior synonym of Emydops.  | 
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 Jr. synonym  | 
 Broili and Schroeder  | 
 Middle Abrahamskraal Formation  | 
 A junior synonym of Gorgonops.  | 
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 Jr. synonym  | 
 van Hoepen  | 
 Late Permian  | 
 A junior synonym of Rhachiocephalus.  | 
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References
    
- Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
 - Nel, A.; Paicheler, J.-C. (1994). "Les Lestoidea (Odonata, Zygoptera) fossiles : un inventaire critique". Annales de Paléontologie. 80 (1): 1–59.
 - Conodonts from Glassy Creek Shale of Missouri. EB Branson and MG Mehl, Univ. Missouri Studies, 1934
 - Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
 - Stromer, E. 1934. Vertebrate animal remainders of the Baharije stage (lowest Cenoman). 13. Dinosauria. Abh. Bavarian. Akad. Wissensch. Math. naturwiss. Abbott. 22: pp. 1 79.
 - Chakravarti, D.K. 1934. On a stegosaurian humerus from the Lameta beds of Jubbulpore. Q. I Mineral. Metallurg. Soc. India 30: pp. 75-79.
 


