1924 in paleontology

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Paleontology or palaeontology (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 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 1924.

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[2]

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Asiatosaurus[3]	Nomen dubium	Henry Fairfield Osborn		?Barremian-earliest Aptian	Öösh Formation	Mongolia	An indeterminate sauropod.
Chirostenotes[4]	Valid taxon	Charles W. Gilmore		middle-late Campanian	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada	An elmisaurid.
Dyoplosaurus[5]	Valid taxon	William Parks		middle-late Campanian	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada	An ankylosaurid.
"Fenestrosaurus"[6]	Nomen nudum.	Henry Fairfield Osborn					Same as Oviraptor.
Lycorhinus[7]	Valid taxon	Haughton		Hettangian-Sinemurian	Elliot Formation	South Africa	A heterodontosaurid.
Melanorosaurus[7]	Valid taxon	Haughton		late Norian-Rhaetian	Elliot Formation	South Africa	A melanorosaurid.
"Ornithoides"[8]	Nomen nudum.	Henry Fairfield Osborn					Same as Saurornithoides
Oviraptor[8]	Valid taxon	Henry Fairfield Osborn		middle-late Campanian	Djadochta Formation	Mongolia	An oviraptorid.
"Ovoraptor"[6]	Nomen nudum.	Henry Fairfield Osborn					Same as Velociraptor
Prodeinodon	Nomen dubium.	Henry Fairfield Osborn		?Barremian-early Aptian	Öösh Formation	Mongolia	An indeterminate theropod.
Saurornithoides[6]	Valid taxon	Henry Fairfield Osborn		middle-late Campanian	Djadochta Formation	Mongolia	A troodontid.
Velociraptor[8]	Valid taxon	Henry Fairfield Osborn		middle-late Campanian	Djadochta Formation	Mongolia	A velociraptorine dromaeosaurid.

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. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
3. Osborn, H.F. 1924. Sauropoda and Theropoda of the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia. Amer. Mus. Novitates 128: pp. 1-7.
4. Gilmore, C.W. 1924. A new coelurid dinosaur from the Belly River Cretaceous of Alberta. Bull. Can. Dept. Mines Geol. Surv. 38: pp. 1-12.
5. Parks, W.A. 1924. Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus, a new genus and species of armored dinosaur; with notes on a skeleton of Prosaurolophus maximus. Univ. Toronto Stud. (Geol. Ser.) 18: pp. 1-35.
6. Osborn, H.F. 1924. The discovery of an unknown continent. Nat. Hist. 24: pp. 133-149.
7. Haughton, S.H. 1924. The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg series. Ann. South Africa Museum 12: pp. 323-497.
8. Osborn, H.F. 1924. Three new Theropoda, Protoceratops zone, central Mongolia. Amer. Mus. Novitates 144: pp. 1-12.