1916 in paleontology
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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.[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (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 or were published in the year 1916.
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Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries
- May: Charles H. Sternberg resigned from the Geological Survey of Canada because the Survey decided to end its field work in Alberta and Sternberg wished to continue collecting fossils in the area. This effectively dissolved the Sternberg family team because Charles H. Sternberg's sons Charles M. and George Fryer both remained with the Survey. Unlike his brothers, Levi Sternberg also quit the Survey and joined their father in collecting fossils from the Steveville area in what is now Dinosaur Provincial Park. Their work was performed for little pay under a contract with the British Museum of Natural History. Together they excavated several dinosaur skeletons, which were to be sent to the Museum in two shipments.
Institutions and organizations
Natural history museums
Scientific organizations
Scientific advances
Paleoanthropology
Paleobotany
Evolutionary biology
Exopaleontology
Extinction research
Micropaleontology
Invertebrate paleozoology
Trace fossils
Vertebrate paleozoology
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Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[2]
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| "Doryphorosaurus"[3] |
Junior synonym of Kentrosaurus. |
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| "Gigantoscelus"[4] |
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Junior synonym of Euskelosaurus. |
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| "Kentrurosaurus"[5] |
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Junior objective synonym of Kentrosaurus. |
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| Prosaurolophus[6] | Valid taxon | |||||||
| Struthiomimus[7] | Valid taxon | |||||||
Research techniques
Fossil trade
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Law and politics
Regulation of fossil collection, transport, or sale
Official symbols
Protected areas
Ethics and practice
Hoaxes
Scandals
Unethical practice
People
Births
Awards and recognition
Deaths
Historiography and anthropology of paleontology
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Pseudoscience
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Popular culture
Amusement parks and attractions
Art
Comics
Film
Gaming
Literature
Philately
Television
See also
References
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- ↑ Nopcsa, F. 1916. Doryphorosaurus nov. nom. fiir Kentrosaurus Hennig. Centralbl. Mineral. Geol. Palaeont. 1916: pp. 511-512.
- ↑ Hoepen, E.C.N. van. 1916. De ouderdom der Transvaalsche Karroolagen. Verh. Geol.- mijnbouwkundig genootschap Nederland en kolonien (Geol. Ser.) 3: pp. 107-117.
- ↑ Hennig, E. 1916. Zweite Mirteilung tiber den Stegosauriden vom Tendaguru. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin 1916: pp.175- 182.
- ↑ Brown, B. 1916. A new crested trachodont dinosaur, Prosaurolophus maximus. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 35: pp. 701-708.
- ↑ Osborn, H.F. 1916. Skeletal adaptations of Ornitholestes, Struthiomimus, Tyrannosaurus. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 35: pp. 733-771.
