Paleontology or palaeontology 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 1926.
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Algae
editBacillariophyceae
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A cymbellaceous diatom |
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sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A cymbellaceous diatom |
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sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A naviculaceous diatom |
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sp nov |
jr synonym |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A naviculaceous diatom |
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sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A naviculaceous diatom |
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sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A naviculaceous diatom |
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sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A naviculaceous diatom |
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sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A naviculaceous diatom |
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sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A naviculaceous diatom |
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sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A naviculaceous diatom |
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sp nov |
Mann |
Latah Formation |
A stauroneidaceous diatom |
Plants
editMosses
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
A moss of uncertain affiliation |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid? |
Latah Formation |
A possible polytrichaceous moss |
Lycopods
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Nomen dubium? |
Latah Formation |
A possible lycopod clubmoss |
Conifers
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
A sandarac species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
A plum-yew species |
Angiosperms
editMonocots
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
valid? |
Latah Formation |
A possible araceous monocot |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
A possible cannaceous leaf species |
Basal eudicots
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et comb nov |
A Trochodenraceous leaf morphogenus. |
Superasterids - basal
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
A persimmon leaf species |
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Sp nov |
A persimmon leaf species |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a persimmon calyx species |
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Sp nov |
valid? |
Latah Formation |
First named as a huckleberry leaf species |
Superrosids - Fabids
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
An alder leaf species |
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Sp nov |
An alder leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a birch leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a birch leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a birch leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a birch leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
First named as a birch leaf species |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Latah Formation |
First named as a birch leaf species |
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Sp nov |
A possible celastraceous leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a Celastrus leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a redbud fruit species |
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Sp nov |
A myricaceous leaf species |
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Sp nov |
A possible moraceous leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as an fig leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
A punitive hickory leaf species |
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comb nov |
jr synonym |
(Dawson) Berry |
A punitive hickory leaf species |
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Sp nov |
A juglandaceous leaf species |
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Sp nov |
A legume leaf morphospecies. |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a Meibomites leaf species |
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
A myricaceous leaf species |
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Sp nov |
A cottonwood leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a cottonwood leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a cottonwood leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a cottonwood leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a cherry leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
An oak leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
An oak leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
An oak leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
An oak leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
An oak leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as an oak leaf species |
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Sp nov |
A oak leaf species |
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Sp nov |
A buckthorn leaf morphospecies. |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
A willow leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
A willow leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
A willow leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
A Sophora leaf species |
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Sp nov |
Latah Formation |
A Sophora leaf species |
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Sp nov |
A punitive mountain ash leaf species |
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sp nov |
jr homonym |
An elm leaf species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as an elm leaf species |
Superrosids - Malvids
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Latah Formation |
A maple species |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a possible mallow fruit species |
Angiosperms - other
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
valid? |
Latah Formation |
A fruit or seed of uncertain affinity |
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Sp nov |
valid? |
Latah Formation |
A fruit or seed of uncertain affinity |
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Sp nov |
valid? |
Latah Formation |
A fruit or seed of uncertain affinity |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a fruit of uncertain affinity |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
A fruit or seed of uncertain affinity |
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Sp nov |
valid? |
Latah Formation |
A fruit or seed of uncertain affinity |
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Sp nov |
valid? |
Latah Formation |
Seed or other reproductive organs of uncertain affinity |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a fruit of uncertain affinity |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a leaf of uncertain affinity |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a leaf of uncertain affinity |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a leaf of uncertain affinity |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a leaf of uncertain affinity |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Latah Formation |
First named as a leaf of uncertain affinity |
Conodonts
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Amphibians
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et comb nov |
jr synonym |
Watson |
A new genus for Macromerium scoticum |
Newly named basal diapsids
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
A weigeltisaurid gliding Reptile |
Dinosaurs
editNewly named dinosaurs
editData courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[22]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et comb nov. |
Valid |
A proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid |
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Gen. et sp nov. |
Valid |
A basal gravisaurian sauropod. |
Synapsids
editNon-mammalian
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Junior synonym |
Haughton |
A junior synonym of Gorgonops. |
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Junior synonym |
Haughton |
Late Permian |
A junior synonym of Aelurognathus. |
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