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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 1917.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp. nov |
jr synonym |
A moth, moved to Paleolepidopterites destructus ( 2018) [3] |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Haughton |
250 Millions years ago |
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Valid |
Van Hoepen |
250 Millions years ago |
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Valid |
Haughton |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. [4]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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" Archaeornis" [5] |
Gen et comb nov |
Petronievics |
Moved from
Archaeopteryx siemensii (
1897) |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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" Cheneosaurus" [6] |
gen et sp nov |
Late Campanian |
Junior synonym of Hypacrosaurus. |
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gen et sp et comb nov |
Valid |
late Campanian |
A
saurolophine
hadrosaurid. |
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Sub gen et comb nov |
Valid |
An
Ornithomimid |
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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 1917.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp. nov |
jr synonym |
A moth, moved to Paleolepidopterites destructus ( 2018) [3] |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Valid |
Haughton |
250 Millions years ago |
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Valid |
Van Hoepen |
250 Millions years ago |
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Valid |
Haughton |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. [4]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
" Archaeornis" [5] |
Gen et comb nov |
Petronievics |
Moved from
Archaeopteryx siemensii (
1897) |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
" Cheneosaurus" [6] |
gen et sp nov |
Late Campanian |
Junior synonym of Hypacrosaurus. |
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gen et sp et comb nov |
Valid |
late Campanian |
A
saurolophine
hadrosaurid. |
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Sub gen et comb nov |
Valid |
An
Ornithomimid |
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