Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.^[1] 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 1928.

Plants

Angiosperms

Superrosids - Fabids

Archosauromorphs

Dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[5]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Edmontonia[6]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Sternberg	Cretaceous Campanian - Maastrichtian	Horseshoe Canyon Formation	Canada  Alberta		A panoplosaurine nodosaur. The type species is E. longiceps
Polacanthoides[7]	Gen et sp nov	junior synonym	Nopcsa	Early Cretaceous		England		First named as a polacanthine nodosaur The type species is P. ponderosus A chimera of Hylaeosaurus and Polacanthus.[8]
Scolosaurus[7]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Nopcsa	Cretaceous Campanian	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada  Alberta		A ankylosaurine ankylosaurid. The type species is S. cutleri

Pterosaurs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Synonymized taxa	Notes	Images
Campylognathoides	Gen nov	Valid	Strand	Jurassic Toarcian	Sachrang Formation Posidonia Shale	Germany  Baden-Württemberg		A campylognathoidid pterosaur

Field work

Charles Gilmore returned to prospect for fossils in the Two Medicine Formation.^[9] He would return yet again in 1935.^[9]

Synapsids

Therapsids