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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 1947.
Mosses
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Steere |
A moss genus. |
Archosauromorphs
[edit]Newly named dinosaurs
[edit]Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Amygdalodon[5] | Nomen dubium | Cabrera | Middle Jurassic Toarcian | *  Argentina
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A sauropod known from some vertebrae, ribs, four complete and three partial teeth, and a partial pelvis and shoulder-blade. |  |
Newly named pseudosuchians
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| Arizonasaurus[6] | Valid | Welles | Middle Triassic (Anisian) |  USA ( Arizona and  New Mexico)
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A poposaurid. |  |
Synapsids
[edit]Non-mammalian
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| Kunminia | Valid | Young | Sinemurian | *  China
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Other Animals
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| Dickinsonia[7] | Valid | Sprigg | Ediacaran |  Australia  Russia and  Ukraine
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A bilaterian of uncertain affinities | |
| Papilionata | Synonym of Dickinsonia | Sprigg | Ediacaran | Australia
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References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ LaMotte, R.S. (1952). Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950. Geological Society of America Memoirs. Vol. 51. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/MEM51.
- ^ Miller, N. G. (1980). "Fossil mosses of North America and their significance". The Mosses of North America. pp. 9–36.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Cabrera, A. 1947. Un sauropodo nuevo del Jurasico de Patagonia. Motas Mus. La Plata 12 Paleontol. 95: pp. 1-17.
- ^ Welles, S.P. 1947. Vertebrates from the upper Moenkopi Formation of northern Arizona. University of California Publications Geol. Sci. 27: pp. 241-294.
- ^ Sprigg, Reg C. (1947). "Early Cambrian (?) jellyfishes from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia" (PDF). Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 71: 212–24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-29.
Well, that’s interesting to know that Psilotum nudum are known as whisk ferns. Psilotum nudum is the commoner species of the two. While the P. flaccidum is a rare species and is found in the tropical islands. Both the species are usually epiphytic in habit and grow upon tree ferns. These species may also be terrestrial and grow in humus or in the crevices of the rocks.
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