1928 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 1928.

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Dinosaurs

• Charles Gilmore returned to prospect for fossils in the Two Medicine Formation.[2] He would return yet again in 1935.[2]

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[3]

Name	Status	Authors		Notes	Location	Images
Edmontonia[4]	Valid taxon	Charles Hazelius Sternberg			Canada ( Alberta)
Polacanthoides[5]	Possible junior synonym	Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás		May be a subjective synonym of Hylaeosaurus.	England
Scolosaurus[5]	Valid taxon	Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás			Canada ( Alberta)

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name Status Authors Notes Eurysaurus Synonim Nopcsa Synonym of Cymatosaurus.

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Name Status Authors Location Notes Campylognathoides Valid Strand  Germany  India Campylognathoides

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Chalepotherium	Valid	Simpson
Gomphodontosuchus	Valid	Huene	229 Million of years	Brazil	A Plant-Eating Cynodont.
Mnemeiosaurus	Valid	Nopcsa
Taurocephalus	Valid

Footnotes

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.
2. "Previous Work," Trexler (2001); page 300.
3. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
4. Sternberg, C.H. 1928. A new armored dinosaur from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. Can. Field-Nat. 22: pp. 93-106.
5. Nopcsa, F. 1928. Paleontological notes on reptiles. Geol. Hungarica, Set. Palaeontol. 1: pp. 1-84.

References

• Trexler, D., 2001, Two Medicine Formation, Montana: geology and fauna: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 298–309.