1941 in paleontology
# 1941 in paleontology

Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. 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 1941.

## Arthropods

### New taxa

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Type Location | Notes | Images |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Electresia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kuznetsov | Holocene | | Tanzania | A Tortricidae moth in copal. The type species is E. zalesskii. | Electresia zalesskii |
| Proraphidia | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Martynova | Jurassic | | Kazakhstan | P. turkestanica named as type species | |

## Conodonts

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Bactrognathus | Valid | Maurice Mehl Edward Branson | Carboniferous | |
| Doliognathus | Valid | Maurice Mehl Edward Branson | Carboniferous | |
| Scaliognathus | Valid | Maurice Mehl Edward Branson | Carboniferous | UK |
| Staurognathus | Valid | Maurice Mehl Edward Branson | Carboniferous | |
| Taphrognathus | Valid | Maurice Mehl Edward Branson | Carboniferous | |

## Dinosaurs

* Psittacosaurus gastroliths documented.

### Newly named dinosaurs

Data are courtesy of George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list.

| Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lufengosaurus | Valid taxon | Yang Z. J. (as Young C. C.) | China | | Lufengosaurus |
| Saurophagus | Preoccupied | Stovall vide: Ray, 1941 | | Now Saurophaganax. | Lufengosaurus |
| "Succinodon" | Original fossil was petrified wood with mollusc borings that was misidentified as a jaw bone with tooth sockets. | Friedrich von Huene | Poland | | Lufengosaurus |

## Plesiosaurs

### New taxa

| Name | Status | Authors | Authors | Location | Notes | Images |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aristonectes | Valid | Cabrera | | Antarctica  Argentina  Chile | A Long-Necked Plesiosaur. | Aristonectes |

## Synapsids

### Non-mammalian

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bayloria | Junior Synonym | | | | Synonym of Captorhinus. | |
