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            List of years in paleontology       (table)
 1906 .  1907 .  1908 .  1909  . 1910  . 1911  . 1912 
1913 1914 1915 -1916- 1917 1918 1919
 1920 .  1921 .  1922 .  1923  . 1924  . 1925  . 1926 

Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, coprolites, palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because mankind has 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 in the year 1916.

Dinosaurs[]

Newly named dinosaurs[]

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list[1] and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.[2]

Name Status Authors Notes Images
"Doryphorosaurus"[3]

Junior synonym.

  • Franz Nopcsa

Junior synonym of Kentrosaurus.

"Gigantoscelus"[4]

Junior synonym.

  • van Hoepen

Junior synonym of Euskelosaurus.

"Kentrurosaurus"[5]
  • Hennig

Junior objective synonym of Kentrosaurus.

Prosaurolophus[6] Valid taxon
Struthiomimus[7] Valid taxon

Plesiosaurs[]

New taxa[]

Name Status Authors Notes

"Apractocleidus"

Valid

Smellie

possible synonym of Cryptocleidus.

References[]

  1. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-07. 
  2. ^ Montague, Jeremy. "Dr. Montague's Database". http://www.barry.edu/bio300/pdf/montague%20dino%20web%20data%2012-3-2005.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-10-29. 
  3. ^ Nopcsa, F. 1916. Doryphorosaurus nov. nom. fiir Kentrosaurus Hennig. Centralbl. Mineral. Geol. Palaeont. 1916: pp. 511-512.
  4. ^ Hoepen, E.C.N. van. 1916. De ouderdom der Transvaalsche Karroolagen. Verh. Geol.- mijnbouwkundig genootschap Nederland en kolonien (Geol. Ser.) 3: pp. 107-117.
  5. ^ Hennig, E. 1916. Zweite Mirteilung tiber den Stegosauriden vom Tendaguru. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin 1916: pp.175- 182.
  6. ^ Brown, B. 1916. A new crested trachodont dinosaur, Prosaurolophus maximus. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 35: pp. 701-708.
  7. ^ Osborn, H.F. 1916. Skeletal adaptations of Ornitholestes, Struthiomimus, Tyrannosaurus. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 35: pp. 733-771.
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