1928 in paleontology

Plants

=Angiosperms=

==Superrosids - Fabids==

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Paliurus hesperius{{cite journal \|last1=Berry \|first1=E.W. \|year=1928 \|title=A Miocene Paliurus from the state of Washington \|journal=American Journal of Science \|volume=5 \|issue=91 \|pages=39–44}} \| Sp nov \| valid? \| Berry \| Miocene Langhian \| Latah Formation Grand Coulee florule \| {{Flag\|USA}} {{Flag\|Washington}} \| \| A Paliurus species Synonymized into Paliurus favonii (2008){{cite journal \|last1=Burge \|first1=D.O. \|last2=Manchester \|first2=S.R. \|year=2008 \|title=Fruit morphology, fossil history, and biogeography of Paliurus (Rhamnaceae). \|journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences \|volume=169 \|issue=8 \|pages=1066–1085}} But contested in 2014{{cite journal \|last1=Li \|first1=X. \|last2=Wang \|first2=H. \|last3=Leng \|first3=Q. \|last4=Xiao \|first4=L. \|last5=Guo \|first5=J. \|last6=He \|first6=W. \|year=2014 \|title=Paliurus (Paliureae, Rhamnaceae) from the Miocene of East China and its Macrofossil-based Phylogenetic and Phytogeographical History \|journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) \|volume=88 \|issue=5 \|pages=1364–1377 \|doi=10.1111/1755-6724.12304 \|s2cid=129463506 }} \|

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Paliurus hesperius{{cite journal |last1=Berry |first1=E.W. |year=1928 |title=A Miocene Paliurus from the state of Washington |journal=American Journal of Science |volume=5 |issue=91 |pages=39–44}}

Sp nov

valid?

Berry

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Grand Coulee florule

A Paliurus species
Synonymized into Paliurus favonii (2008){{cite journal |last1=Burge |first1=D.O. |last2=Manchester |first2=S.R. |year=2008 |title=Fruit morphology, fossil history, and biogeography of Paliurus (Rhamnaceae). |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=169 |issue=8 |pages=1066–1085}}
But contested in 2014{{cite journal |last1=Li |first1=X. |last2=Wang |first2=H. |last3=Leng |first3=Q. |last4=Xiao |first4=L. |last5=Guo |first5=J. |last6=He |first6=W. |year=2014 |title=Paliurus (Paliureae, Rhamnaceae) from the Miocene of East China and its Macrofossil-based Phylogenetic and Phytogeographical History |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=88 |issue=5 |pages=1364–1377 |doi=10.1111/1755-6724.12304 |s2cid=129463506 }}

Archosauromorphs

=Dinosaurs=

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Taxon ! Novelty ! Status ! Author(s) ! Age ! Unit ! Location ! Notes ! Images
Edmontonia longicepsSternberg, C.H. 1928. A new armored dinosaur from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. Can. Field-Nat. 22: pp. 93-106. \| Gen. et sp. nov. \| Valid \| Sternberg \| Maastrichtian \| Horseshoe Canyon Formation \| {{Flag\|Alberta}} \| A nodosaurid \|
Polacanthoides ponderosus{{cite journal \|last1=Nopcsa \|first1=F. \|year=1928 \|title=Paleontological notes on reptiles \|journal=Geol. Hungarica, Set. Palaeontol. \|volume=1 \|pages=1–84}} \| Gen. et sp. nov. \| Nomen dubium \| Nopcsa \| Early Cretaceous \| \| {{Flag\|England}} \| A chimera of Hylaeosaurus and Polacanthus.{{cite journal \|last1=Raven \|first1=T.J. \|last2=Barrett \|first2=P.M. \|last3=Pond \|first3=S.B. \|last4=Maidment \|first4=S.C. \|year=2020 \|title=Osteology and Taxonomy of British Wealden Supergroup (Berriasian–Aptian) Ankylosaurs (Ornithischia, Ankylosauria) \|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology \|volume=40 \|issue=4 \|doi=10.1080/02724634.2020.1826956}} \|
Scolosaurus cutleri \| Gen. et sp. nov. \| Valid \| Nopcsa \| Campanian \| Dinosaur Park Formation \| {{Flag\|Alberta}} \| An ankylosaurid \| 200px
Teinurosaurus{{cite journal\|last=Nopcsa\|first=F.\|year=1928\|title=The genera of reptiles\|journal=Palaeobiologica\|volume=1\|pages=163–188}} \| Gen. nov. \| Nomen dubium \| Nopcsa \| Tithonian \| Mont-Lambert Formation \| {{flag\|France}} \| Lacking a type species until material named Caudocoelus sauvagei \|

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Edmontonia longicepsSternberg, C.H. 1928. A new armored dinosaur from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. Can. Field-Nat. 22: pp. 93-106.

| Gen. et sp. nov.

| Valid

| Sternberg

| Maastrichtian

| Horseshoe Canyon Formation

| {{Flag|Alberta}}

| A nodosaurid

Polacanthoides ponderosus{{cite journal |last1=Nopcsa |first1=F. |year=1928 |title=Paleontological notes on reptiles |journal=Geol. Hungarica, Set. Palaeontol. |volume=1 |pages=1–84}}

| Gen. et sp. nov.

| Nomen dubium

| Nopcsa

| Early Cretaceous

| {{Flag|England}}

| A chimera of Hylaeosaurus and Polacanthus.{{cite journal |last1=Raven |first1=T.J. |last2=Barrett |first2=P.M. |last3=Pond |first3=S.B. |last4=Maidment |first4=S.C. |year=2020 |title=Osteology and Taxonomy of British Wealden Supergroup (Berriasian–Aptian) Ankylosaurs (Ornithischia, Ankylosauria) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=40 |issue=4 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2020.1826956}}

Scolosaurus cutleri

| Gen. et sp. nov.

| Valid

| Nopcsa

| Campanian

| Dinosaur Park Formation

| {{Flag|Alberta}}

| An ankylosaurid

| 200px

Teinurosaurus{{cite journal|last=Nopcsa|first=F.|year=1928|title=The genera of reptiles|journal=Palaeobiologica|volume=1|pages=163–188}}

| Gen. nov.

| Nomen dubium

| Nopcsa

| Tithonian

| Mont-Lambert Formation

| {{flag|France}}

| Lacking a type species until material named Caudocoelus sauvagei

=Pterosaurs=

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Campylognathoides \| Gen nov \| Valid \| Strand \| Jurassic Toarcian \| Sachrang Formation Posidonia Shale \| {{Flag\|Germany}} {{flag\|Baden-Württemberg}} \| \| A campylognathoidid pterosaur \| File:Campylognathoides sp AMNH 1713 cast skull.jpg]]

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Campylognathoides

Gen nov

Valid

Strand

Jurassic
Toarcian

Sachrang Formation
Posidonia Shale

A campylognathoidid pterosaur

File:Campylognathoides sp AMNH 1713 cast skull.jpg]]

=Field work=

Charles Gilmore returned to prospect for fossils in the Two Medicine Formation. He would return yet again in 1935.

Synapsids

=Therapsids=

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Chalepotherium \| Gen nov \| \| Simpson \| \| \| \| \| \|
Gomphodontosuchus \| Gen et sp nov \| \| Huene \| Triassic Carnian \| \| {{Flag\|Brazil}} \| \| A Plant-Eating Cynodont. The type species is G. brasiliensis \|
Taurocephalus \| Gen et sp nov \| \| Broom \| \| \| {{flag\|South Africa}} \| \| \|

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Chalepotherium

Gen nov

Simpson

Gomphodontosuchus

Gen et sp nov

Huene

Triassic
Carnian

A Plant-Eating Cynodont.
The type species is G. brasiliensis

Taurocephalus

Gen et sp nov

Broom

Footnotes

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"Previous Work," Trexler (2001); page 300.

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References

Trexler, D., 2001, Two Medicine Formation, Montana: geology and fauna: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 298–309.

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