title: 1918 in paleontology
text: # 1918 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 1918.
  
  ## Scientific advances
  
  ### Vertebrate paleozoology
  
  Non-mammalian synapsids described in 1918 :
  
  | Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Akidnognathus | Valid | Haughton | 255 Millions of years ago | South Africa | | |
  | Whaitsia | Valid | Haughton | 254 Millions of years ago | South Africa | | |
  
  Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.
  
  Prehistoric dinosaurs described in 1918 :
  
  | Name | Status | Authors | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | "Leipsanosaurus" | Disputed. | Franz Nopcsa | | early Campanian | Gosau Group | Austria | Possible junior synonym of Struthiosaurus. |
  | Notoceratops | Nomen dubium. | Tapia | | Campanian | Pehunche Formation | Argentina | Originally classified as a ceratopsian. | |
  