1932 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 1932.

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Paleobotany

Newly described angiosperms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Viburnum whitebirdensis[2]	Sp nov	jr synonym	Ashlee	Middle Micene	White Bird Flora	USA	Synonym of Acer whitebirdense

Conodonts

Newly named conodonts

Stauffer & Plummer described the conodont genus Gondolella.[3]

Archosauromorphs

Newly named basal archosauromorphs

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Spinosuchus[4]	Valid	Friedrich von Huene		Late Triassic (late Carnian)	Tecovas Formation	US ( Texas)	A member of Trilophosauridae.

Newly named pseudosuchians

Name	Status	Authors		Location	Notes	Images
Basutodon[4]	Nomen dubium.	Friedrich von Huene		Lesotho  South Africa	Probable rauisuchian.

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[5]

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aegyptosaurus[6]	Valid taxon	Stromer		Middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Bahariya Formation	Egypt  Niger	A titanosaur.
Betasuchus[4]	Nomen dubium.	Friedrich von Huene		Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Maastrichtian Beds	Netherlands	An abelisaur. It one of the few non-avian dinosaurs in the Netherlands.
Caudocoelus[4]	synonym	Friedrich von Huene		Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)	Unnamed unit	France	Junior objective synonym of Teinurosaurus.
Dolichosuchus[4]	Nomen dubium.	Friedrich von Huene		Late Triassic (Rhaetian)	Middle Stubensandstein	Germany
Fulgurotherium[4]	Valid taxon	Friedrich von Huene		Middle Cretaceous (late Albian)	Griman Creek Formation	Australia	A dubious ornithopod.
Iliosuchus[4]	Nomen dubium	Friedrich von Huene		Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)	Taynton Limestone Formation	UK	A dubious tetanuran.
Macrophalangia[7]	synonym	C. M. Sternberg		Late Cretaceous (middle to late Campanian)	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada	Junior subjective synonym of Chirostenotes.
Magnosaurus[4]	Valid taxon	Friedrich von Huene		Middle Jurassic (Bajocian)	Inferior Oolite	UK	A megalosaurid.
Magyarosaurus[4]	Valid taxon	Friedrich von Huene		Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Sanpetru Formation	Romania	A Dwarf Titanosaur.
Plateosauravus[4]	Valid taxon	Friedrich von Huene		Late Triassic (possibly late Norian to Rhaetian)	Lower Elliot Formation	South Africa	A basal sauropodomorph.
Polyodontosaurus[8]	synonym	Gilmore		Late Cretaceous (middle to late Campanian)	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada	Junior subjective synonym of Troodon.
Rapator[4]	Nomen dubium.	Friedrich von Huene		Middle Cretaceous (late Albian)	Griman Creek Formation	Australia	A megaraptoran neovenatorid.
Stenonychosaurus[7]	Valid taxon	C. M. Sternberg		Late Cretaceous (middle to late Campanian)	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada	Once considered to be a junior synonym of Troodon.
Walgettosuchus[4]	Nomen dubium.	Friedrich von Huene		Middle Cretaceous (late Albian)	Griman Creek Formation	Australia	A dubious theropod.
Yaleosaurus[4]	synonym	Friedrich von Huene		Early Jurassic	Portland Formation	US	Junior subjective synonym of Anchisaurus.

Other diapsids

Name	Status	Authors		Location	Images
Avipes[4]	Nomen dubium.	Friedrich von Huene
Velocipes[4]	Nomen dubium.	Friedrich von Huene		Poland

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Delphaciognathus	Valid	Broom				A member of Gorgonopsia.
Pachytegos	Valid	Sidney Haughton				A member of Endothiodontidae.

References

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. Wolfe, J.A.; Tanai, T. (1987). "Systematics, Phylogeny, and Distribution of Acer (maples) in the Cenozoic of Western North America". Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and mineralogy. 22 (1): 1–246.
3. Texas Pennsylvanian conodonts and their stratigraphic relations. CR Stauffer, HJ Plummer - University of Texas Bulletin, 1932
4. Huene, F. von. 1932. Die fossile Reptile- Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte. Monogr. Geol. Palaeontol. (Pt. I and II, Ser. I) 4: pp. 1-361.
5. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
6. Stromer, E. 1932. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wusten Agyptens. II. Wirbeltier-Reste der Baharije-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 11. Sauropoda: Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematischnaturwissenschafiliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 10, pp. 3-21.
7. Sternberg, C.H. 1932. Two new theropod dinosaurs from the Belly River Formation of Alberta. Can. Field-Nat. 46: pp. 99-105.
8. Gilmore, C.W. 1932. A new fossil lizard from the Belly River Formation of Alberta. Trans. Roy. Soc. Can. (ser. 3) 26: pp. 117-120.