1946 in paleontology

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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 1946.

Charophytes[edit]

Trochiliscales[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Trochiliscus greeni^[2]	Comb & syn nov		(Ulrich) Brown	Devonian	Onondaga Limestone	USA Indiana	Trochiliscus devonicus (1934)	A trochiliscaceous Charophycean green algae. Moved from Moellerina greeni (1886)

Mollusca[edit]

Bivalves[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Ctenodonta spjeldnaesi.^[3]	Sp nov	synonym	Reed	Ashgillian		Scotland	transferred to Similodonta in 1964
Nucula magna.^[3]	Sp nov	synonym	Lamont	Ashgillian		Scotland	transferred to Similodonta in 1964

References[edit]

^ 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.
^ Brown, R.W. (1946). "Alterations in some fossil and living floras". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 36 (10): 344–355.
^ ^a ^b Cope, J.C.W. (1999). "Middle Ordovician bivalves from Mid-Wales and the Welsh Borderland". Palaeontology. 42 (3): 467–499. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00081.

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[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.

[Brown1946-2] Brown, R.W. (1946). "Alterations in some fossil and living floras". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 36 (10): 344–355.

[Cope1999-3] Cope, J.C.W. (1999). "Middle Ordovician bivalves from Mid-Wales and the Welsh Borderland". Palaeontology. 42 (3): 467–499. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00081.

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