1946 in paleontology

	… 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; ; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; ; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956 …;
	In science 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
	Art; Archaeology; Architecture; Literature; Music; Philosophy; Science; +...

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

Trochiliscales

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

Bivalves

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

^ 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.

This paleontology article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[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.

[1]

[2]

[3]