1930 in paleontology explained

Plants

Superrosids - Fabids

Incertae sedis

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Antholithes amentiferus^[4]	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a flower of uncertain affinity.
Antholithes grablensis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a flower or fruit of uncertain affinity.
Antholithes mimosaformis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a flower of uncertain affinity.
Antholithes iliciformis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a flower of uncertain affinity.
Antholithes pruniformis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a flower of uncertain affinity.
Antholithes ternstroemioides	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a flower of uncertain affinity.
Antholithes wilcoxensis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a flower of uncertain affinity.
Calycites milanensis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a flower or fruit of uncertain affinity.
Calycites puryearensis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a flower or fruit of uncertain affinity.
Calycites rhizophoroides	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a flower or fruit of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus aggregatus	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a racemose infructescence of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus ailanthioides	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a winged seed of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus alatus	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a winged fruit of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus banisteroides	Species	jr synonym	Berry	Eocene	Claiborne Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		First named as a fruit of uncertain affinity. Synonymized into Eucommia eocenica (1997)^[5]
Carpolithus bicapsulis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Claiborne Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a nutlets of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus bolivarensis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as seeds of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus burseraformis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as seeds of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus callowayensis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as seeds of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus chesterensis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a fruit of uncertain affinity. Suggested as a possibly Cinnmmomwm ovoides fruit.
Carpolithus collinsi	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as seeds of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus delicatulus	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a flower of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus fagaraformis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as seeds of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus gronovii	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a fruit of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus hiraeaformis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a fruit of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus inequilateralis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as seeds of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus juncaformis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a fruit of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus kentuckyensis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as seeds of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus leitneriaformis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a nutlets of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus longepedunculatus	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a nutlets of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus malpighiaformis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a winged seed of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus plumosus	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a fruit of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus poaformis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as seeds of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus sapindoides	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as seeds of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus rotundalatus	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as an orbicular fruit of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus sapindoides	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as seeds of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus shandyensis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a fruit of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus silertonensis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a nutlet of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus somervillensis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as seeds of uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus taylorensis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a seed of uncertain affinity.
Leguminosites copaiferanus	Species nov	jr synonym?	Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs member	United States		First named as a fruit of uncertain affinity. Synonymized into Eucommia eocenica (1997)
Phyllites grenadensis	Species nov		Berry	Eocene	Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs sand member	United States		Named as a leaf of uncertain affinity.
Simaroubites eocenica	Species nov	jr synonym	Berry	Middle Eocene	Claiborne Formation	United States		First named as a fruit of uncertain affinity. Synonymized into Eucommia eocenica (1997)

Arthropods

Newly named insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aphaenogaster donisthorpei^[6]	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A myrmicin ant
Aphaenogaster mayri	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A myrmicin ant
Archiponera	Gen et sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A ponerine ant, one species A. wheeleri
Camponotus fuscipennis	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A formicine ant.
Camponotus microcephalus	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A formicine ant.
Camponotus petrifactus	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A formicine ant.
Cephalomyrmex	Gen et sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A myrmicine ant. The type species is C. rotundatus
Dolichoderus antiquus	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A dolichoderine ant.
Dolichoderus rohweri	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A dolichoderine ant.
Elaeomyrmex	Gen et 2 sp nov	Valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A dolichoderine ant the type species is E. gracilis also included is E. coloradensis
Eoformica pingue	Comb nov	valid	Scudder, 1877	Eocene	Green River Formation	United States	An incertae sedis ant species, Sr synonym to Eoformica eocenica Cockerell, 1921 corrected to Eoformica pinguis in 1995
Formica cockerelli	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A formicine ant.
Formica grandis	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A formicine ant.
Iridomyrmex florissantius	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A dolichoderine ant.
Iridomyrmex obscurans	Sp nov	nomen dubium	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A dolichoderine ant. Considered not identified in 2011
Liometopum miocenicum	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A dolichoderine ant.
Liometopum scudderi	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A dolichoderine ant.
Lithomyrmex	Gen et 2 sp nov	jr synonym	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	An agroecomyrmecine ant The type species is L. rugosus, also includes L. striatus moved to Eulithomyrmex in 1935
Messor sculpturatus	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A myrmicine ant.
Mianeuretus	Gen et Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	An aneuretine ant. The type species is M. mirabilis
Miomyrmex	Trib, Gen et Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A miomyrmecine dolichoderine ant. The type species is M. striatus
Petraeomyrmex	Gen et Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A dolichoderine ant. The type species is P. minimus
Pheidole tertiaria	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A myrmicine ant.
Pogonomyrmex fossilis	Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A myrmicine ant.
Protazteca	Gen, Comb, et 3 Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A dolichoderine ant. The type species is P. elongata Also includes P. capitata, P. quadrata, and "Ponera" hendersoni (1906)
Pseudocamponotus	Gen, Comb, et 3 Sp nov	valid	Carpenter	Miocene		United States	A camponotine formicine ant. The type species is P. elkoanus
Pseudomyrma extincta	Sp nov	jr synonym	Carpenter	Eocene Priabonian	Florissant Formation	United States	A pseudomyrmecine ant. Moved to Pseudomyrmex extinctus in 1990

Archosauromorphs

Newly named dinosaurs

Lepidosauromorphs

Newly named plesiosaurs

Paleontologists

• Death of William Diller Matthew.^[7]

References

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2. Brown . R. W. . 1937 . Additions to some fossil floras of the Western United States . Professional Paper . United States Geological Survey . 186 . 163–206 . 10.3133/pp186J .
3. Herendeen . P. S. . Dilcher . D. L. . 1991 . Caesalpinia subgenus Mezoneuron (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) from the Tertiary of North America . American Journal of Botany . 78 . 1 . 1–12. 2445223 . 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1991.tb12566.x.
4. Berry . E.W. . 1930 . Revision of the lower Eocene Wilcox flora of the southeastern States, with descriptions of new species, chiefly from Tennessee and Kentucky . Professional Paper . United States Geological Survey . 156 . 1–32 . 10.3133/pp156 . free .
5. Call . V.B. . Dilcher . D.L. . 1997 . The fossil record of Eucommia (Eucommiaceae) in North America . American Journal of Botany . 84 . 6 . 798–814 . 10.2307/2445816 . 21708632 . 2445816.
6. Carpenter . F. M. . 1930 . The fossil ants of North America. . Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology . 70 . 1–66 .
7. Book: Farlow, James O.. M. K. Brett-Surmann. The Complete Dinosaur. Indiana University Press. 1999. Bloomington, Indiana. 17. 0-253-21313-4.