1938 in paleontology

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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 1938.

Dinosaurs

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Location	Images
Dinanomodon[2]	Valid	Broom	South Africa	Dinanomodon
Haughtoniana	Valid	Boonstra
Ictidosuchops	Valid	Broom	South Africa
Pelanomodon[2]	Valid	Broom	South Africa	Pelanomodon
Rubidgea[3]	Valid	Broom	South Africa	Rubidgea
Titanophoneus	Valid	Efremov	Russia	Titanophoneus
Ulemosaurus	Valid	Riabinin	Russia	Ulemosaurus

Mammals

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type Strata	Location	Notes	Images
Cooperia[4]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Jr Homonym	Wood	Eocene	Irdin Manha Formation	China	The type species is C. totadentata. A replacement name Forstercooperia given in 1939. Genus a jr homonym of the nematode Cooperia Ransom	Forstercooperia totadentata
Pachycrocuta[5]		Valid	Kretzoi					Pachycrocuta
Panthera gombaszoegensis[5]	Sp nov	Valid	Kretzoi	Pleistocene		Italy		Panthera gombaszoegensis
Sarkastodon[6]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Granger	Eocene	Irdin Manha Formation	China	The type species is S. mongoliensis	Sarkastodon mongoliensis
Xenocyon[5]		Valid	Kretzoi					Xenocyon

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.
Broom, R. (1938). "On two new anomodont genera" (PDF). Annals of the Transvaal Museum: 247–250.
Broom, R. (October 1938). "20. On a New Family of Carnivorous Therapsids from the Karroo Beds of South Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. B108 (3): 527–533. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1938.tb08528.x. ISSN 0370-2774.
Wood, Horace Elmer (December 30, 1938). "Cooperia totadentata, a remarkable rhinoceros from the Eocene of Mongolia". American Museum Novitates (1012): 1–20. hdl:2246/2209.
Kretzoi, M. (1938). "Die Raubtiere von Gombaszög nebst einer Übersicht der Gesamtfauna (Ein Beitrag zur Stratigraphie des Altquartärs)". Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum. 31: 88–157.
Granger, Walter (April 21, 1938). "A giant oxyaenid from the Upper Eocene of Mongolia. American Museum novitates ; no. 969". American Museum Novitates (969): 1–5. hdl:2246/2199.

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[1] 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.

[:0-2] Broom, R. (1938). "On two new anomodont genera" (PDF). Annals of the Transvaal Museum: 247–250.

[3] Broom, R. (October 1938). "20. On a New Family of Carnivorous Therapsids from the Karroo Beds of South Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. B108 (3): 527–533. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1938.tb08528.x. ISSN 0370-2774.

[4] Wood, Horace Elmer (December 30, 1938). "Cooperia totadentata, a remarkable rhinoceros from the Eocene of Mongolia". American Museum Novitates (1012): 1–20. hdl:2246/2209.

[Kretzoi1938-5] Kretzoi, M. (1938). "Die Raubtiere von Gombaszög nebst einer Übersicht der Gesamtfauna (Ein Beitrag zur Stratigraphie des Altquartärs)". Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum. 31: 88–157.

[6] Granger, Walter (April 21, 1938). "A giant oxyaenid from the Upper Eocene of Mongolia. American Museum novitates ; no. 969". American Museum Novitates (969): 1–5. hdl:2246/2199.