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1938 in paleontology

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Dinosaurs

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"Antarctosaurus jaxarticus"

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| Nomen nudum

| Riabinin

| Santonian

| Dabrazinskaya Svita

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| An informal species of Antarctosaurus

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"Bactrosaurus prynadai"

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| Nomen nudum

| Riabinin

| Santonian

| Dabrazinskaya Svita

| {{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

| A species of Bactrosaurus, formally described in 1939

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"Jaxartosaurus aralensis"{{cite journal|last=Riabinin|first=A.N.|year=1938|title=Некоторые Результаты Изучения Верхнемеловой Динозавровой Фауны Из Окрестностей Ст. Сары-агач В Южном Казахстане|trans-title=Some results of the studies of the Upper Cretaceous dinosaurian fauna from the vicinity of the station Sary-Agach, South Kazakhstan|journal=Problems of Paleontology|volume=4|pages=125-135}}

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| Nomen nudum

| Riabinin

| Santonian

| Dabrazinskaya Svita

| {{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

| A hadrosaurid, formally described in 1939

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Synapsids

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Dinanomodon{{Cite journal |last=Broom |first=R. |date=1938 |title=On two new anomodont genera |url=https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA00411752_492 |format=PDF |journal=Annals of the Transvaal Museum |pages=247–250}}

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Valid

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Broom

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{{Flag|South Africa}}

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|File:Iziko Dinanomdon.JPG]]

Haughtoniana

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Valid

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Boonstra

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Ictidosuchops

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Valid

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Broom

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{{Flag|South Africa}}

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Pelanomodon

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Valid

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Broom

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{{Flag|South Africa}}

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File:PelanomodonDB16.jpg]]

Rubidgea{{Cite journal |last=Broom |first=R. |date=October 1938 |title=20. On a New Family of Carnivorous Therapsids from the Karroo Beds of South Africa |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1938.tb08528.x |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |language=en |volume=B108 |issue=3 |pages=527–533 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1938.tb08528.x |issn=0370-2774|url-access=subscription }}

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Broom

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{{Flag|South Africa}}

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File:Rubidgea head12DB.jpg]]

Titanophoneus

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Valid

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Efremov

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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File:Titanophoneus 3.jpg]]

Ulemosaurus

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Valid

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Riabinin

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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File:Ulemosaurus svijagensis.jpg]]

=Mammals=

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Cooperia{{Cite journal |last=Wood |first=Horace Elmer |date=December 30, 1938 |title=Cooperia totadentata, a remarkable rhinoceros from the Eocene of Mongolia. |url=https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/2209 |journal=American Museum Novitates |language=en-US |issue=1012 |pages=1–20|hdl=2246/2209 }}

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Gen. et. sp. nov.

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Jr Homonym

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Wood

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Eocene

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Irdin Manha Formation

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{{flag|China}}

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The type species is C. totadentata.
A replacement name Forstercooperia given in 1939.
Genus a jr homonym of the nematode Cooperia {{small|Ransom}}

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File:Forstercooperia totadentata.jpg]]

Pachycrocuta{{Cite journal |author=Kretzoi, M. |author-link=Miklós Kretzoi |year=1938 |title=Die Raubtiere von Gombaszög nebst einer Übersicht der Gesamtfauna (Ein Beitrag zur Stratigraphie des Altquartärs) |url=https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/ORSZ_TTUD_Annales_1937_38_031_MinGeolPal/?pg=93&layout=s |journal=Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici |location=Budapest |publisher=Hungarian Natural History Museum |volume=31 |pages=88–157}}

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Valid

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Kretzoi

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|File:Pachycrocuta NT.jpg]]

Panthera gombaszoegensis

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Sp nov

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Valid

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Kretzoi

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Pleistocene

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{{Flag|Italy}}

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File:Panthera toscana.JPG]]

Sarkastodon{{Cite journal |last=Granger |first=Walter |date=April 21, 1938 |title=A giant oxyaenid from the Upper Eocene of Mongolia. American Museum novitates; no. 969 |url=https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/2199 |journal=American Museum Novitates |language=en-US |issue=969 |pages=1–5|hdl=2246/2199 }}

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Gen et sp nov

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Valid

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Granger

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Eocene

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Irdin Manha Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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The type species is S. mongoliensis

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File:Sarkastodon scull AMNH.jpg]]

Xenocyon

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Valid

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Kretzoi

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File:Bartolini-Lucenti, S., Madurell-Malapeira, J., Martínez-Navarro, B. et al. (2021) fig. 4 Xenocyon lycaonoides.png]]

References

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