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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 1941.
Dinosaurs[]
Newly named dinosaurs[]
Data coutersy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.[1]
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| Lufengosaurus[2] | Valid taxon |
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| Saurophagus[3] | Valid taxon |
Stovall vide:
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Preoccupied by Swainson 1831. | ||
| "Succinodon"[4] | Original fossil was petrified wood with mollusc borings that was misidentified as a jaw bone with tooth sockets. | ||||
Plesiosaurs[]
New taxa[]
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