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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 1928.

Plants

Angiosperms

Superrosids - Fabids

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Paliurus hesperius^[2]	Sp nov	valid?	Berry	Miocene Langhian	Latah Formation Grand Coulee florule	USA Washington		A Paliurus species Synonymized into Paliurus favonii (2008)^[3] But contested in 2014^[4]

Archosauromorphs

Dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[5]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Edmontonia^[6]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Sternberg	Cretaceous Campanian - Maastrichtian	Horseshoe Canyon Formation	Canada Alberta	A panoplosaurine nodosaur. The type species is E. longiceps	Edmontonia rugosidens
Polacanthoides^[7]	Gen et sp nov	junior synonym	Nopcsa	Early Cretaceous		England	First named as a polacanthine nodosaur The type species is P. ponderosus A chimera of Hylaeosaurus and Polacanthus.^[8]
Scolosaurus^[7]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Nopcsa	Cretaceous Campanian	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada Alberta	A ankylosaurine ankylosaurid. The type species is S. cutleri	Scolosaurus cutleri

Pterosaurs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Campylognathoides	Gen nov	Valid	Strand	Jurassic Toarcian	Sachrang Formation Posidonia Shale	Germany Baden-Württemberg		A campylognathoidid pterosaur	Campylognathoides

Field work

Charles Gilmore returned to prospect for fossils in the Two Medicine Formation.^[9] He would return yet again in 1935.^[9]

Synapsids

Therapsids

Name	Novelty	Authors	Age	Location	Notes
Chalepotherium	Gen nov	Simpson
Gomphodontosuchus	Gen et sp nov	Huene	Triassic Carnian	Brazil	A Plant-Eating Cynodont. The type species is G. brasiliensis
Taurocephalus	Gen et sp nov	Broom		South Africa

Footnotes

^ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
^ Berry, E.W. (1928). "A Miocene Paliurus from the state of Washington". American Journal of Science. 5 (91): 39–44.
^ Burge, D.O.; Manchester, S.R. (2008). "Fruit morphology, fossil history, and biogeography of Paliurus (Rhamnaceae)". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 169 (8): 1066–1085.
^ Li, X.; Wang, H.; Leng, Q.; Xiao, L.; Guo, J.; He, W. (2014). "Paliurus (Paliureae, Rhamnaceae) from the Miocene of East China and its Macrofossil-based Phylogenetic and Phytogeographical History". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition). 88 (5): 1364–1377. doi:10.1111/1755-6724.12304. S2CID 129463506.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Sternberg, C.H. 1928. A new armored dinosaur from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. Can. Field-Nat. 22: pp. 93-106.
^ ^a ^b Nopcsa, F. (1928). "Paleontological notes on reptiles". Geol. Hungarica, Set. Palaeontol. 1: 1–84.
^ Raven, T.J.; Barrett, P.M.; Pond, S.B.; Maidment, S.C. (2020). "Osteology and Taxonomy of British Wealden Supergroup (Berriasian–Aptian) Ankylosaurs (Ornithischia, Ankylosauria)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (4). doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1826956.
^ ^a ^b "Previous Work," Trexler (2001); page 300.

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.

[1] Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.

[Berry1928-2] Berry, E.W. (1928). "A Miocene Paliurus from the state of Washington". American Journal of Science. 5 (91): 39–44.

[Burge2008-3] Burge, D.O.; Manchester, S.R. (2008). "Fruit morphology, fossil history, and biogeography of Paliurus (Rhamnaceae)". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 169 (8): 1066–1085.

[Li2014-4] Li, X.; Wang, H.; Leng, Q.; Xiao, L.; Guo, J.; He, W. (2014). "Paliurus (Paliureae, Rhamnaceae) from the Miocene of East China and its Macrofossil-based Phylogenetic and Phytogeographical History". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition). 88 (5): 1364–1377. doi:10.1111/1755-6724.12304. S2CID 129463506.

[ddinogeorge-5] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.

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

[nopsca1928-7] Nopcsa, F. (1928). "Paleontological notes on reptiles". Geol. Hungarica, Set. Palaeontol. 1: 1–84.

[Raven2020-8] Raven, T.J.; Barrett, P.M.; Pond, S.B.; Maidment, S.C. (2020). "Osteology and Taxonomy of British Wealden Supergroup (Berriasian–Aptian) Ankylosaurs (Ornithischia, Ankylosauria)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (4). doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1826956.

[twoturn-previous-300-9] "Previous Work," Trexler (2001); page 300.

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