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Overview of the events of 1929 in paleontology

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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. 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 1929.

Plants

Ferns and fern allies

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Asplenium occidentale	Sp nov	Jr synonym	Berry	Miocene Langhian	Latah Formation	USA Washington	A spleenwort species. A jr homonym of Asplenium occidentale Knowlton (1917) Moved to Osmunda occidentale (1940)	Osmunda occidentale
Woodsia bonseri	Sp nov		Berry	Miocene Langhian	Latah Formation	USA Washington	A woodsia fern species.	Woodsia bonseri
Woodwardia praeradicans	Sp nov		Berry	Miocene Langhian	Latah Formation	USA Washington	A chain fern species.	Woodwardia praeradicans

Conifers

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Pinus latahensis	Sp nov	Valid	Berry	Eocene Ypresian	Klondike Mountain Formation	USA Washington	A 5-needle pine species	Pinus latahensis
Pinus macrophylla	Sp nov	Homonym	Berry	Eocene Ypresian	Klondike Mountain Formation	USA Washington	A 3-needle pine species. Jr homonym of Pinus macrophylla Lindley, 1839	Pinus macrophylla
Pinus monticolensis	Sp nov	Valid	Berry	Eocene Ypresian	Klondike Mountain Formation	USA Washington	A pine seed morphospecies	Pinus monticolensis
Pinus tetrafolia	Sp nov	nomen dubium	Berry	Eocene Ypresian	Klondike Mountain Formation	USA Washington	A punitive 4-needle pine species Noted by Berry as "highly improbable that this should represent a distinct botanic species"	Pinus tetrafolia
Tsuga latahensis	Sp nov	Valid?	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	First described as a hemlock conescale. Suggested to be a bud scale in 1937. Treated as an incertae sedis plant by Chaney & Axelrod (1959).	Tsuga latahensis

Angiosperms

Monocots

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Potamogeton heterophylloides	Sp nov		Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington		A pondweed species Moved to Keteleeria heterophylloides (1935)	Keteleeria heterophylloides

Magnoliids

Name	Novelty	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Liriodendron hesperia	Sp nov	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	A Liriodendron species	Liriodendron hesperia
Sassafras hesperia	Sp nov	Berry	Eocene Ypresian	Klondike Mountain Formation	USA Washington	A Sassafras species	Sassafras hesperia
Umbellularia dayana	Comb nov	(Knowlton) Berry	Miocene	Mascall Formation	USA Oregon	An Umbellularia species Moved from Salix dayana (1902) Synonymized into Umbellularia saliciformis (1952)	Umbellularia saliciformis
Umbellularia lanceolata	Sp nov	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	An Umbellularia species later moved to Persea lanceolata (1946)	Persea lanceolata

Superasterids - basal

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Arctostaphylos knowltoni	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington		First named as a bearberry species Species synonymized into Vaccinium sophoroides (1937)	Vaccinium sophoroides
Arctostaphylos spatulata	Sp nov		Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington		A bearberry species	Arctostaphylos spatulata
Cornus acuminata	Sp nov	Homonym	Berry	Eocene Ypresian	Klondike Mountain Formation	USA Washington		A Schoepfia species jr homonym of ''Cornus acuminata'' (Weber) Renamed Cornus republicensis in 1944 Moved to Schoepfia republicensis in 1987	Schoepfia republicensis
Gordonia pteraformis	Comb nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington		Suggested as a possible Gordonia species Moved from Carpolithes pteraformis 1929 Moved to Cedrela pteraformis (1935)	Cedrela pteraformis
Nyssa knowltoni	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington		A Nyssa species Species synonymized into Ptelea miocenica (1931)	Ptelea miocenica
Nyssa magnifica	Comb nov	valid	(Knowlton) Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington		A Nyssa species Moved from Carpites magnifica (1926)	Nyssa magnifica
Ternstroemites idahoensis	Comb nov		(Knowlton) Berry	Miocene	Payette Formation	USA Idaho		A theaceous species Moved from Myrica? idahoensis (1919) Moved to Gordonia idahoensis 1929
Vaccinium americanum	Comb et Syn nov	valid?	(Lesquereux) Berry	Miocene	Mascall Formation	USA Oregon	Salix pseudoargentea (1902) Vaccinium salicoides (1926)	A Vaccinium species Moved from Santalum americanum (1883) Two species synonymized Vaccinium salicoides resurrected as incertae sedis (1959)	Vaccinium salicoides
Vaccinium bonseri	Sp et "var" nov	valid	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington		A Vaccinium species One variety named V. bonseri serrulatum	Vaccinium bonseri
Vaccinium spokanense	Sp nov		Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington		A Vaccinium species	Salix spokanensis

Superasterids - euasterids

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Apocynophyllum latahense	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	A apocynaceous species Moved to Magnolia latahensis	Magnolia latahensis
Porana microcalyx	Comb nov		Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	A Porana species Moved from Diospyros? microcalyx (1926)	Porana microcalyx
Umbelliferospermum	Gen et Sp nov		Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	An apiaceous fruit genus The type species is U. latahense	Umbelliferospermum latahense
Viburnum fernquisti	Sp nov	valid	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	A Viburnum seed morphospecies	Viburnum fernquisti
Viburnum lantanafolium	Sp nov	valid	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	A Viburnum leaf morphospecies	Viburnum lantanafolium

Superrosids - Basal

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Menziesia knowltoni	Sp nov		Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington		A Menziesia species	Rhododendron knowltoni
Ribes fernquisti	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington		First named as a gooseberry species Renamed and moved to Viburnum ribesiforme (1944)	Viburnum ribesiforme

Superrosids - Fabids

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Alnus elliptica	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Eocene Ypresian	Klondike Mountain Formation	USA Washington	An alder species Synonymized into Alnus parvifolia (1987)	Alnus parvifolia
Alnus prerhombifolia	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	An alder species Synonymized into Alnus carpinoides (1937) Synonymized into Alnus hollandiana (1959)	Alnus hollandiana
Amygdalus alexanderi	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	First named as an Amygdalus species Synonymized into Fagus washoensis (1937)
Cassia sophoroides	Comb nov	jr synonym	(Knowlton) Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	Recombined as a Cassia species Moved from Phyllites sophoroides (1926) Moved to Vaccinium sophoroides (1937)	Vaccinium sophoroides
Cassia spokanensis	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	First named as a Cassia species Synonymized into Cedrela pteraformis (1935)	Cedrela pteraformis
Celastrus spokanensis	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	First named as a staff vine species Synonymized into Gordonia idahoensis (1959)	Gordonia idahoensis
Cercocarpus praeledifolius	Sp nov		Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	A mountain mahogany species	Cercocarpus praeledifolius
Comptonia hesperia	Sp nov		Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	A sweet fern species	Comptonia hesperia
Cucurbita glandulosa	Sp nov	jr synonym	Brown	Eocene Ypresian	Green River Formation	United States ( Colorado)	First identified as a gourd seed morphotype Moved to Punctaphyllum glandulosum in 2023
Euonymus knowltoni	Sp nov		Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	A Euonymus species	Hydrangea knowltoni
Hibiscus? occidentalis	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	First named as a possible Hibiscus seed species Moved to Mentzelia occidentalis (1935)	Mentzelia occidentalis
Leguminosites alexanderi	Sp nov		Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	A fabaceous fruit species of uncertain affinity	Leguminosites alexanderi
Leguminosites bonseri	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	First named as a fabaceous species of uncertain affinity Synonymized into Umbellularia dayana (1937) Synonymized into Umbellularia saliciformis (1952)	Umbellularia saliciformis
Meibomites knowltoni	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	First named as a fabaceous species Synonymized into Exbucklandia oregonensis (1946)	Exbucklandia oregonensis
Menispermites latahensis	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	First named as a menispermaceous species Synonymized into Vitis washingtonensis (1937)	Vitis washingtonensis
Quercus treleasii	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	First named as an oak species Synonymized into Sophora spokanensis (1937)	Sophora spokanensis
Rhamnus spokanensis	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	First named as a buckthorn species Moved to Salix spokanensis (1937)	Salix spokanensis

Superrosids - Malvids

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aesculus hesperia	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	First named as a horse chestnut species Synonymized into Viburnum lantanafolium (1937)	Viburnum lantanafolium
Sapindus armstrongi	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	First named as a soap berry species Synonymized into Cedrela pteraformis (1937)	Cedrela pteraformis
Sapindus spokanensis	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	First named as a soap berry species Synonymized into Cedrela pteraformis (1935)
Tilia hesperia	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington	A Tilia species Synonymized into Tilia aspera (1935)	Tilia aspera

incertae sedis

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Carpolithus pteraformis	Sp nov	jr synonym	Berry	Miocene	Latah Formation	USA Washington		First named as a seed of uncertain affinity Moved to Gordonia pteraformis later in 1929 Moved to Cedrela pteraformis (1935)	Cedrela pteraformis

Arthropods

Crustaceans

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Cycloprosopon			Lorenthey & Beurlen

Insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Permotipula		Valid	Tillyard	Permian Changhsingian - Wuchiapingian	Newcastle Coal Measures	Australia New South Wales	A protodipteran scorpionfly

Archosauromorphs

Barosaurus gastroliths documented.

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Anodontosaurus		Valid	Sternberg	Cretaceous Edmontonian	Horseshoe Canyon Formation	Canada Alberta	An ankylosaurid.	Anodontosaurus lambei
Antarctosaurus	Gen et 2 sp nov	Valid	von Huene	Cretaceous early Campanian	Anacleto Formation	Argentina	A titanosaur. The type species is A. wichmannianus Also included is A. giganteus	Antarctosaurus wichmannianus
Campylodon	Gen et sp nov	Homonym	von Huene	Cretaceous Cenomanian	Bajo Barreal Formation	Argentina	A titanosaur. Preoccupied by Campylodon Dumeril, 1852. Moved to Campylodoniscus in 1961
Helopus	Gen et sp nov	Homonym	Wiman	Cretaceous Barremian-Aptian	Mengyin Formation	China	A Euhelopodid titanosaur. The type species is H.zdanskyi Genus name preoccupied by Helopus Wagler Renamed and moved to Euhelopus in 1956	Euhelopus zdanskyi
Laplatasaurus		Valid	von Huene	Cretaceous late Campanian-early Maastrichtian	Allen Formation	Argentina	A titanosaur related to members of Lognkosauria. The type species is L. araukanicus	Laplatasaurus araukanicus
Loricosaurus	Gen et sp nov	Nomen dubium	von Huene	Cretaceous late Campanian-early Maastrichtian	Allen Formation	Argentina	A titanosaur. The type species is L. scutatus Possibly a jr synonym of Neuquensaurus
Paranthodon	Gen et comb nov	Valid	Nopcsa	Cretaceous Berriasian	Kirkwood Formation	South Africa	A stegosaur. The type species is Palaeoscincus africanus (1912)	Paranthodon africanus
Rhodanosaurus	Gen et sp nov	Nomen dubium	Nopcsa	Cretaceous late Campanian-early Maastrichtian	Gres a Reptiles	France	A dubious nodosaurid. The type species is R. ludguensis
Tanius		Valid	Wiman	Cretaceous Campanian	Jingangkou Formation	China	A hadrosauroid. The type species is T. sinensis	Tanius
Teinurosaurus	Gen nov	Nomen dubium.	Nopcsa	Jurassic Kimmeridgian	Mont-Lambert Formation	France	A neotheropod.	Teinurosaurus

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Eoarctops	Gen et sp nov	jr synonym	Haughton	Permian Capitanian		South Africa	A gorgonopsid therapsid. The type species is E. vanderbyli A jr synonym of Eriphostoma microdon	Eriphostoma microdon
Hipposaurus	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Haughton	Permian Capitanian	Beaufort Group Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone	South Africa	A biarmosuchian therapsid. The type species is H. boonstrai	Hipposaurus boonstrai
Scullya	Sp nov	nomen dubium	Broom				A titanosuchid dinocephalian
Styracocephalus	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Haughton	Permian Capitanian		South Africa	A tapinocephalian therapsid	Styracocephalus

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