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 1911.

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Arthropods

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

Sidneyia

Gen. et sp. Nov Valid Walcott Cambrian Burgess Shale
 
Sidneyia

Amphibians

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

Limnoscelis[2]

Gen. et sp. Nov Valid S.W. Williston Late Carboniferous to Early Permian Cutler Formation Nominal genus for the family Limnoscelidae
 
Limnoscelis

Reptiles

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Dinosaurs

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images
Aetonyx[3] Gen. et sp. nov Junior synonym Broom Early Jurassic Upper Elliot Formation   South Africa Junior synonym of Massospondylus.
Geranosaurus[3] Gen. et sp. nov Nomen dubium Broom Early Jurassic Clarens Formation   South Africa
Gryponyx[3] Gen. et sp. nov Valid taxon Broom Early Jurassic Upper Elliot Formation   South Africa A sauropodomorph
Gyposaurus[3] Gen. et sp. nov Possibly a Junior synonym Broom Early Jurassic Upper Elliot Formation   South Africa A probable junior synonym of Massospondylus.
Podokesaurus[4] Gen. et sp. nov Disputed Talbot Early Jurassic Portland Formation   USA Possible Junior synonym of Coelophysis.
Tornieria[5] Gen. et sp. nov Valid taxon Sternfeld Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation   Tanzania

Synapsids

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Non-mammalian synapsids

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

Arctognathus

Gen. et sp. nov Valid Broom Late Permian   South Africa A South African Gorgonopsid.
 
Arctognathus

Arctosuchus

Gen. et sp. nov Valid Broom Late Permian Teekloof Formation   South Africa A South African Gorgonopsid.

Diaelurodon

Gen. et sp. nov Junior synonym Broom Late Permian   South Africa Junior synonym of Pristerodon

Eriphostoma

Gen. et sp. nov Valid Broom Middle Permian Abrahamskraal Formation   South Africa Another South African Gorgonopsian.

Ictidognathus

Gen. et sp. nov Valid Broom Late Permian Teekloof Formation   South Africa A Therocephalian

Moschops

Gen. et sp. nov Valid Broom Middle Permian Abrahamskraal Formation   South Africa A Dome-Headed Dinocephalian.
 
Moschops

Taognathus

Gen. et sp. nov Valid Broom Late Permian   South Africa A Dicynodont.

Other Animals

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Amiskwia

Gen. et sp. nov Valid Walcott Cambrian Burgess Shale   Canada A soft-bodied organism of uncertain placement, currently interpreted as a Gnathiferan
 
Diagram, showing the arrangements of the jaws and plates in the mouth (a) morphology of the ventral plate (b) and jaws (c) in comparison to equivalent elements of gnathostomulids (d,e) and life restoration (g)

See also

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References

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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.
  2. ^ Williston, S.W. (1911). "A new family of reptiles from the Permian of New Mexico". The American Journal of Science. 4. 33: 378–398.
  3. ^ a b c d Broom, R. 1911. On the dinosaurs of the Stormberg, South Africa: Annals of the South African Museum 7: pp. 291-308.
  4. ^ Talbot, M. 1911. Podokesaurus holyokensis, a new dinosaur from the Triassic of the Connecticut Valley. Amer. J. Sci. (ser. 4) 31: pp. 469-479.
  5. ^ Sternfeld, R. 1911. Zur Nomenklature der Gattung Gigantosaurus Fraas: Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde Fr. Berlin (1911) 8: p. 398.