1920 in paleontology

Arthropods

=Newly named insects=

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Dolichoderus vectensis{{cite journal |vauthors=Antropov AV, Belokobylskij SA, Compton SG, Dlussky GM, Khalaim AI, KolyadaVA, Kozlov MA, PerfilievaKS, Rasnitsyn AP |title=The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=104 |issue=3-4 |pages=335–446 |date=2014 |doi=10.1017/S1755691014000103|url=http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/80030/1/2014_Archaeagaon%5B1%5D.pdf }}

Sp nov

valid

Donisthorpe

Late Eocene

Bembridge Marls

A dolichoderine ant

File:Dolichoderus vectensis BMNHP9198 close up.jpg]]

Emplastus emeryi

Sp nov

jr synonym

Donisthorpe

Late Eocene

Bembridge Marls

A dolichoderine ant
jr synonym of Emplastus britannicus

File:Emplastus britannicus BMNHP24367 whole.jpg
("E. emeryi" holotype)]]

Dolichoderus gurnetensis

Sp nov

jr synonym

Donisthorpe

Late Eocene

Bembridge Marls

A dolichoderine ant
jr synonym of Emplastus gurnetensis

File:Emplastus gurnetensis BMNHP9082 whole.jpg

Archosauromorphs

=Crocodilians=

==New taxa==

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Taxon ! Novelty ! Status ! Author(s) ! Age ! Unit ! Location ! Notes ! Images
Tomistoma dowsoni{{cite journal\|author=Fourtau, R.\|year=1920\|title=Contribution à l'étude des vertébrés miocènes de l'Egypte\|journal=Government Press}} \| Sp. nov \| Valid \| Fourtau \| Burdigalian \| Moghra Formation \| {{Flag\|Egypt}} \| A member of the Gavialoidea. It was later placed in a distinct genus, Sutekhsuchus, by Burke et al. in 2024. \| frameless

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Tomistoma dowsoni{{cite journal|author=Fourtau, R.|year=1920|title=Contribution à l'étude des vertébrés miocènes de l'Egypte|journal=Government Press}}

Sp. nov

Valid

Fourtau

Burdigalian

Moghra Formation

A member of the Gavialoidea. It was later placed in a distinct genus, Sutekhsuchus, by Burke et al. in 2024.

frameless

=Dinosaurs=

==New taxa==

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Taxon ! Novelty ! Status ! Author(s) ! Age ! Unit ! Location ! Notes ! Images
Aristosaurus{{Cite journal\| volume = 7\| issue = 2\| pages = 77–92\| last = Van Hoepen\| first = E.C.N.\| title = A new dinosaur from the Stormberg Beds\| journal = Annals of the Transvaal Museum\| series = Contributions to the knowledge of the reptiles of the Karroo Formation \| date = 1920 \|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/202290#page/305/mode/1up}} \| Gen. et sp. nov. \| Nomen dubium \| van Hoepen \| Pliensbachian \| Clarens Formation \| {{flag\|South Africa}} \| A prosauropod sometimes synonymized with Massospondylus \| 100px
Dromicosaurus \| Gen. et sp. nov. \| Nomen dubium \| van Hoepen \| Late Triassic-Early Jurassic \| Elliot Formation \| {{flag\|South Africa}} \| A prosauropod sometimes synonymized with Massospondylus \| 100px
ElaphrosaurusJanensch, W. 1920. Uber Elaphrosaurus bambergi und die Megalosaurier aus den Tendaguru-Schichten Deutsch-Ostafricas. Sitzungsberichte Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde Berlin 8: pp. 225-235. \| Gen. et sp. nov. \| Valid \| Janensch \| Kimmeridgian \| Tendaguru Formation \| {{Flag\|Tanzania}} \| A slender theropod \| 200px
Eucnemesaurus{{Cite journal\| volume = 7\| issue = 2\| pages = 93–141\| last = Van Hoepen\| first = E. C. N.\| title = Further dinosaurian material in the Transvaal Museum\| journal = Annals of the Transvaal Museum\| series = Contributions to the knowledge of the reptiles of the Karroo Formation\| date = 1920 \|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50361567#page/335/mode/1up}} \| Gen. et sp. nov. \| Valid \| van Hoepen \| Norian \| Elliot Formation \| {{flag\|South Africa}} \| A prosauropod \|
Kritosaurus incurvimanus{{cite journal\|last=Parks\|first=W.A.\|year=1920\|title=The osteology of the trachodont dinosaur Kritosaurus incurvimanus\|journal=University of Toronto Studies, Geology Series\|volume=11\|pages=1–76}} \| Sp. nov. \| Valid \| Parks \| Campanian \| Dinosaur Park Formation \| {{flag\|Canada}} {{flag\|Alberta}} \| A species of Kritosaurus \| 200px
Procheneosaurus{{cite journal\|last=Matthew\|first=W.D.\|author-link=William Diller Matthew\|year=1920\|title=Canadian Dinosaurs\|journal=Natural History\|volume=20\|pages=536–544}} \| Gen. nov.? \| Jr. synonym \| Matthew \| Campanian \| Dinosaur Park Formation \| {{flag\|Canada}} {{flag\|Alberta}} \| A genus lacking a species name, sometimes considered a nomen nudum. A synonym of Lambeosaurus \| 200px

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Taxon

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Aristosaurus{{Cite journal| volume = 7| issue = 2| pages = 77–92| last = Van Hoepen| first = E.C.N.| title = A new dinosaur from the Stormberg Beds| journal = Annals of the Transvaal Museum| series = Contributions to the knowledge of the reptiles of the Karroo Formation | date = 1920 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/202290#page/305/mode/1up}}

| Gen. et sp. nov.

| Nomen dubium

| van Hoepen

| Pliensbachian

| Clarens Formation

| {{flag|South Africa}}

| A prosauropod sometimes synonymized with Massospondylus

| 100px

Dromicosaurus

| Gen. et sp. nov.

| Nomen dubium

| van Hoepen

| Late Triassic-Early Jurassic

| Elliot Formation

| {{flag|South Africa}}

| A prosauropod sometimes synonymized with Massospondylus

| 100px

ElaphrosaurusJanensch, W. 1920. Uber Elaphrosaurus bambergi und die Megalosaurier aus den Tendaguru-Schichten Deutsch-Ostafricas. Sitzungsberichte Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde Berlin 8: pp. 225-235.

| Gen. et sp. nov.

| Valid

| Janensch

| Kimmeridgian

| Tendaguru Formation

| {{Flag|Tanzania}}

| A slender theropod

| 200px

Eucnemesaurus{{Cite journal| volume = 7| issue = 2| pages = 93–141| last = Van Hoepen| first = E. C. N.| title = Further dinosaurian material in the Transvaal Museum| journal = Annals of the Transvaal Museum| series = Contributions to the knowledge of the reptiles of the Karroo Formation| date = 1920 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50361567#page/335/mode/1up}}

| Gen. et sp. nov.

| Valid

| van Hoepen

| Norian

| Elliot Formation

| {{flag|South Africa}}

| A prosauropod

Kritosaurus incurvimanus{{cite journal|last=Parks|first=W.A.|year=1920|title=The osteology of the trachodont dinosaur Kritosaurus incurvimanus|journal=University of Toronto Studies, Geology Series|volume=11|pages=1–76}}

| Sp. nov.

| Valid

| Parks

| Campanian

| Dinosaur Park Formation

| {{flag|Canada}}
{{flag|Alberta}}

| A species of Kritosaurus

| 200px

Procheneosaurus{{cite journal|last=Matthew|first=W.D.|author-link=William Diller Matthew|year=1920|title=Canadian Dinosaurs|journal=Natural History|volume=20|pages=536–544}}

| Gen. nov.?

| Jr. synonym

| Matthew

| Campanian

| Dinosaur Park Formation

| {{flag|Canada}}
{{flag|Alberta}}

| A genus lacking a species name, sometimes considered a nomen nudum. A synonym of Lambeosaurus

| 200px

Synapsids

=Non-mammalian=

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Name ! Status ! Authors ! Age ! Location ! width="33%" class="unsortable" \| Notes !Images
Alopecopsis \| Valid \|Broom \|257 Millions of years ago. \| {{Flag\|South Africa}} \| \|
Broomisaurus \| Valid \|Joleaud \| \| \| \|
Moschorhinus \| Valid \|Broom \|250 Millions of years ago. \| {{Flag\|South Africa}} \| \|File:Moschorhinus DB.jpg]]
Protacmon \| Valid \|Watson \|245 Millions of years ago. \| {{Flag\|South Africa}} \| \|

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Alopecopsis

Valid

|Broom

|257 Millions of years ago.

{{Flag|South Africa}}

Broomisaurus

Valid

|Joleaud

Moschorhinus

Valid

|Broom

|250 Millions of years ago.

{{Flag|South Africa}}

|File:Moschorhinus DB.jpg]]

Protacmon

Valid

|Watson

|245 Millions of years ago.

{{Flag|South Africa}}

References

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