1932 in paleontology

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 1932.

Paleobotany

Newly described angiosperms

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Viburnum whitebirdensis[2]	Sp nov	jr synonym	Ashlee	Middle Miocene	Latah Formation White Bird Florule	USA Idaho	First described as a Viburnum Moved to Acer whitebirdense (1987)[3]

Arthropods

Newly named crustaceans

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
Palaeophoberus[4]	Gen. et. comb. nov.	Valid	Glaessner	Middle Jurassic (Aalenian)	Reutlingen	Germany	A stenochirid, type species is P. suevicus (originally named as Stenochirus suevicus in 1867.

Conodonts

Newly named conodonts

Stauffer & Plummer described the conodont genus Gondolella.^[5]

Archosauromorphs

Newly named basal archosauromorphs

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Spinosuchus[6]	Valid	Friedrich von Huene		Late Triassic (late Carnian)	Tecovas Formation	US ( Texas)	A member of Trilophosauridae.

Newly named pseudosuchians

Name	Status	Authors		Location	Notes	Images
Basutodon[6]	Nomen dubium.	Friedrich von Huene		Lesotho South Africa	Probable rauisuchian.

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[7]

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aegyptosaurus[8]	Valid taxon	Stromer		Middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Bahariya Formation	Egypt Niger	A titanosaur.
Betasuchus[6]	Nomen dubium.	Friedrich von Huene		Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Maastrichtian Beds	Netherlands	An abelisaur. It one of the few non-avian dinosaurs in the Netherlands.
Caudocoelus[6]	synonym	Friedrich von Huene		Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)	Unnamed unit	France	Junior objective synonym of Teinurosaurus.
Dolichosuchus[6]	Nomen dubium.	Friedrich von Huene		Late Triassic (Rhaetian)	Middle Stubensandstein	Germany
Fulgurotherium[6]	Valid taxon	Friedrich von Huene		Middle Cretaceous (late Albian)	Griman Creek Formation	Australia	A dubious ornithopod.
Iliosuchus[6]	Nomen dubium	Friedrich von Huene		Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)	Taynton Limestone Formation	UK	A dubious tetanuran.
Macrophalangia[9]	synonym	C. M. Sternberg		Late Cretaceous (middle to late Campanian)	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada	Junior subjective synonym of Chirostenotes.
Magnosaurus[6]	Valid taxon	Friedrich von Huene		Middle Jurassic (Bajocian)	Inferior Oolite	UK	A megalosaurid.
Magyarosaurus[6]	Valid taxon	Friedrich von Huene		Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Sanpetru Formation	Romania	A Dwarf Titanosaur.
Plateosauravus[6]	Valid taxon	Friedrich von Huene		Late Triassic (possibly late Norian to Rhaetian)	Lower Elliot Formation	South Africa	A basal sauropodomorph.
Polyodontosaurus[10]	synonym	Gilmore		Late Cretaceous (middle to late Campanian)	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada	Junior subjective synonym of Troodon.
Rapator[6]	Nomen dubium.	Friedrich von Huene		Middle Cretaceous (late Albian)	Griman Creek Formation	Australia	A megaraptoran neovenatorid.
Stenonychosaurus[9]	Valid taxon	C. M. Sternberg		Late Cretaceous (middle to late Campanian)	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada	Once considered to be a junior synonym of Troodon.
Walgettosuchus[6]	Nomen dubium.	Friedrich von Huene		Middle Cretaceous (late Albian)	Griman Creek Formation	Australia	A dubious theropod.
Yaleosaurus[6]	synonym	Friedrich von Huene		Early Jurassic	Portland Formation	US	Junior subjective synonym of Anchisaurus.

Other diapsids

Name	Status	Authors		Location	Images
Avipes[6]	Nomen dubium.	Friedrich von Huene
Velocipes[6]	Nomen dubium.	Friedrich von Huene		Poland

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Delphaciognathus	Valid	Broom				A member of Gorgonopsia.
Pachytegos	Valid	Sidney Haughton				A member of Endothiodontidae.