1940 In Paleontology
Plants Angiosperms Arthropods insects Dinosaurs Newly named dinosaurs Data from George Olshevky's dinosaur genera list. Plesiosaurs New taxa Synapsids Non-mammalian References {{Reflist 1940s in paleontology Paleontology Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ... Paleontology 0 ...
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Eucommia Eocenica
''Eucommia eocenica'' is an extinct species of flowering plant in the family Eucommiaceae. ''E. eocenica'' is known from fossil fruits found in the middle Eocene Claiborne Formation deposits of the southeastern United States. ''E. eocenica'' is one of five described fossil species from North America assigned to the modern genus ''Eucommia''. The other species are '' E. constans'', '' E. jeffersonensis'', '' E. montana'', and '' E. rowlandii''. History and classification ''Eucommia eocenica'' is known from a number of specimens recovered from Claiborne Formation fossil sites in Tennessee, Missouri, and Mississippi. Two fossils of the species were first described by Edward W. Berry in 1930 from the Holly Hills sand of Tennessee as ''Carpolithus banisteroides'' and ''Simaroubites eocenica'' respectively. The two fossils were reexamined by Roland W. Brown in 1940, who recognized them to belong to the same species. Brown moved the species to ''Eucommia'' as ''Eucommia eocenica'' ...
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