1938 in paleontology explained

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type strata	Location	Notes	Images
Dinanomodon^[1]		Valid	Broom
Haughtoniana		Valid	Boonstra
Ictidosuchops		Valid	Broom
Pelanomodon		Valid	Broom
Rubidgea^[2]		Valid	Broom
Titanophoneus		Valid	Efremov
Ulemosaurus		Valid	Riabinin

Mammals

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type Strata	Location	Notes	Images
Cooperia^[3]	Gen. et. sp. nov.	Jr Homonym	Wood	Eocene	Irdin Manha Formation	China	The type species is C. totadentata. A replacement name Forstercooperia given in 1939. Genus a jr homonym of the nematode Cooperia
Pachycrocuta^[4]		Valid	Kretzoi
Panthera gombaszoegensis	Sp nov	Valid	Kretzoi	Pleistocene
Sarkastodon^[5]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Granger	Eocene	Irdin Manha Formation		The type species is S. mongoliensis
Xenocyon		Valid	Kretzoi

References

1. Broom . R. . 1938 . On two new anomodont genera . PDF . Annals of the Transvaal Museum . 247–250.
2. Broom . R. . October 1938 . 20. On a New Family of Carnivorous Therapsids from the Karroo Beds of South Africa . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . en . B108 . 3 . 527–533 . 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1938.tb08528.x . 0370-2774.
3. Wood . Horace Elmer . December 30, 1938 . Cooperia totadentata, a remarkable rhinoceros from the Eocene of Mongolia. . American Museum Novitates . en-US . 1012 . 1–20. 2246/2209 .
4. Kretzoi, M. . Miklós Kretzoi . 1938 . Die Raubtiere von Gombaszög nebst einer Übersicht der Gesamtfauna (Ein Beitrag zur Stratigraphie des Altquartärs) . Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici . Budapest . . 31 . 88–157.
5. Granger . Walter . April 21, 1938 . A giant oxyaenid from the Upper Eocene of Mongolia. American Museum novitates ; no. 969 . American Museum Novitates . en-US . 969 . 1–5. 2246/2199 .