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Paleontology or palaeontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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 1924.

Dinosaurs[edit]

Newly named dinosaurs[edit]

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[2]

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Asiatosaurus^[3]	Nomen dubium	Henry Fairfield Osborn	?Barremian-earliest Aptian	Öösh Formation	Mongolia	An indeterminate sauropod.
Chirostenotes^[4]	Valid taxon	Charles W. Gilmore	middle-late Campanian	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada ( Alberta)	An Oviraptorosaur.	Chirostenotes
Dyoplosaurus^[5]	Valid taxon	William Parks	middle-late Campanian	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada( Alberta)	An ankylosaurid.
"Fenestrosaurus"^[6]	Nomen nudum.	Henry Fairfield Osborn				Same as Oviraptor.
Lycorhinus^[7]	Valid taxon	Haughton	Hettangian-Sinemurian	Elliot Formation	South Africa	A heterodontosaurid.
Melanorosaurus^[7]	Valid taxon	Haughton	late Norian-Rhaetian	Elliot Formation	South Africa	A melanorosaurid.	Melanorosaurus
"Ornithoides"^[8]	Nomen nudum.	Henry Fairfield Osborn				Same as Saurornithoides
Oviraptor^[8]	Valid taxon	Henry Fairfield Osborn	middle-late Campanian	Djadochta Formation	Mongolia China	An oviraptorid.	Oviraptor
"Ovoraptor"^[6]	Nomen nudum.	Henry Fairfield Osborn				Same as Velociraptor
Prodeinodon	Nomen dubium.	Henry Fairfield Osborn	?Barremian-early Aptian	Öösh Formation	Mongolia	An indeterminate theropod.
Saurornithoides^[6]	Valid taxon	Henry Fairfield Osborn	middle-late Campanian	Djadochta Formation	Mongolia	A troodontid.	Saurornithoides
Velociraptor^[8]	Valid taxon	Henry Fairfield Osborn	middle-late Campanian	Djadochta Formation	China Mongolia	A velociraptorine dromaeosaurid.	Velociraptor

Plesiosaurs[edit]

New taxa[edit]

Synapsids[edit]

Non-mammalian[edit]

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.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Osborn, H.F. 1924. Sauropoda and Theropoda of the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia. Amer. Mus. Novitates 128: pp. 1-7.
^ Gilmore, C.W. 1924. A new coelurid dinosaur from the Belly River Cretaceous of Alberta. Bull. Can. Dept. Mines Geol. Surv. 38: pp. 1-12.
^ Parks, W.A. 1924. Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus, a new genus and species of armored dinosaur; with notes on a skeleton of Prosaurolophus maximus. Univ. Toronto Stud. (Geol. Ser.) 18: pp. 1-35.
^ ^a ^b ^c Osborn, H.F. 1924. The discovery of an unknown continent. Nat. Hist. 24: pp. 133-149.
^ ^a ^b Haughton, S.H. 1924. The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg series. Ann. South Africa Museum 12: pp. 323-497.
^ ^a ^b ^c Osborn, H.F. 1924. Three new Theropoda, Protoceratops zone, central Mongolia. Amer. Mus. Novitates 144: pp. 1-12.

[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.

[ddinogeorge-2] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[3] Osborn, H.F. 1924. Sauropoda and Theropoda of the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia. Amer. Mus. Novitates 128: pp. 1-7.

[4] Gilmore, C.W. 1924. A new coelurid dinosaur from the Belly River Cretaceous of Alberta. Bull. Can. Dept. Mines Geol. Surv. 38: pp. 1-12.

[5] Parks, W.A. 1924. Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus, a new genus and species of armored dinosaur; with notes on a skeleton of Prosaurolophus maximus. Univ. Toronto Stud. (Geol. Ser.) 18: pp. 1-35.

[unknowncontinent-6] Osborn, H.F. 1924. The discovery of an unknown continent. Nat. Hist. 24: pp. 133-149.

[haughton24stormberg-7] Haughton, S.H. 1924. The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg series. Ann. South Africa Museum 12: pp. 323-497.

[osborn24three-8] Osborn, H.F. 1924. Three new Theropoda, Protoceratops zone, central Mongolia. Amer. Mus. Novitates 144: pp. 1-12.

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