# 1934 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 1934.

## Arthropods
### Insects

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Lestes incertus | Sp. nov | synonym | Piton | Piacenzian | Lake Chambon | France | A Lestid damselfly, moved to Sympecma incerta in 1994 | Sympecma incerta |

## Conodonts

| Name | Status | Authors | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Ancyrognathus | Valid | Maurice Mehl Edward Branson | | | Glassy Creek Shale of Missouri | USA | | |
| Pseudopolygnathus | Valid | Maurice Mehl Edward Branson | | | Glassy Creek Shale of Missouri | USA | | |

## Reptiles
### Dinosaurs
#### Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Bahariasaurus | Valid taxon | Stromer | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Bahariya Formation | Egypt  Niger  Morocco  Algeria | A Megaraptorian. | Bahariasaurus |
| Brachypodosaurus | Nomen dubium. | Chakravarti | Maastrichtian | Lameta Formation | India | An ornithischian. | |

## Synapsids
### Non-mammalian

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Arctognathoides | Jr. synonym | Boonstra | Late Permian | Dicynodon Assemblage Zone | | A junior synonym of Arctognathus. | |
| Compsodon | Valid | van Hoepen | Late Permian | Dicynodon Assemblage Zone | South Africa  Zambia | A member of Emydopoidea. | |
| Daptocephalus | Valid | van Hoepen | Late Permian | Dicynodon Assemblage Zone | South Africa | A member of Dicynodontoidea. | Daptocephalus |
| Emydopsoides | Jr. synonym | van Hoepen | Late Permian | Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone | | A junior synonym of Emydops. | |
| Pachyrhinos | Jr. synonym | Broili and Schroeder | Middle Permian | Middle Abrahamskraal Formation | | A junior synonym of Gorgonops. | |
| Pelorocyclops | Jr. synonym | van Hoepen | Late Permian | Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone | | A junior synonym of Rhachiocephalus. | |

### Mammals

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Cephalophus parvus | Sp. nov | Valid | Broom | Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene | Taung | South Africa | A duiker, potentially synonymous with the blue duiker. |
| Gypsorhynchus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Broom | Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene | Taung | South Africa | A blesmol, type species is G. darti. |
| Palaeotragiscus | Gen. et sp. nov | Jr. synonym | Broom | Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene | Taung | South Africa | Type species is P. longiceps, junior synonym of Oreotragus oreotragus (the klipspringer). |
| Pedetes gracilis | Sp. nov | Valid | Broom | Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene | Taung | South Africa | A springhare. |
| Procavia antiqua | Sp. nov | Valid | Broom | Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene | Taung | South Africa | A hyrax. |