1993 in paleontology

            List of years in paleontology       (table)
… 1983 .  1984 .  1985 .  1986  . 1987  . 1988  . 1989 …
1990 1991 1992 -1993- 1994 1995 1996
… 1997 .  1998 .  1999 .  2000  . 2001  . 2002  . 2003 …
   In science: 1990 1991 1992 -1993- 1994 1995 1996     
Related time period  or  subjects
… 1990 . 1991 . 1992 - 1993 - 1994 . 1995 . 1996 …
… 1960s . 1970s . 1980s -1990s- 2000s . 2010s . 2020s

… 19th century . 20th century . 21st century …
Art . Archaeology . Architecture . Literature . Music . Science +...

Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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 faeces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because mankind has 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 in the year 1993.

Contents

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list[2] and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.[3]

Name Status Authors Notes Images
Anasazisaurus[4] Valid taxon
  • Hunt
  • S. G. Lucas
Argentinosaurus[5] Valid taxon
"Elvisaurus" nomen nudum later named Cryolophosaurus
  • Holmes
Eoraptor[6] Valid taxon
  • Rogers
  • Monetta
Galtonia[7] Valid non-dinosaurian taxon
  • Huber
  • S. G. Lucas
  • Hunt
Iuticosaurus[8] Valid taxon
  • Le Loeuff
Klamelisaurus[9] Valid taxon
  • Zhao X.
Malawisaurus[10] Valid taxon
  • Jacobs
  • Winkler
  • W. R. Downs
  • Gomani,
"Mononychus"[11] Preoccupied name, later respelled Mononykus
  • Perle
  • Mark Norell
  • Luis M. Chiappe
  • Clark, /Schueppel
Mononykus Valid taxon
  • Perle
  • Mark Norell
  • Luis M. Chiappe
  • Clark
Naashoibitosaurus[4] Valid taxon
  • Hunt
  • S. G. Lucas,
Pararhabdodon[12] Valid taxon
  • Casanovas-Cladellas
  • Santafé-Llopis
  • Isidro-Llorens
Shuvosaurus[13] Valid non-dinosaurian taxon
Tianchisaurus[14] Valid taxon
Tsagantegia[15] Valid taxon
  • Tumanova
Utahraptor[16] Valid taxon
  • Gaston

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name Status Authors Notes

Attenborosaurus

Valid

Bakker

Valid

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Name Status Authors Notes

Montanazhdarcho

Valid

Padian, K., Horner de Ricqlès, A.J.

Valid

References

  1. ^ Newman, Garfield, et al (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 0-07-088739-X. 
  2. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html. Retrieved 2008-08-07. 
  3. ^ Montague, Jeremy. "Dr. Montague's Database". http://www.barry.edu/bio300/pdf/montague%20dino%20web%20data%2012-3-2005.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-29. 
  4. ^ a b Hunt, A.P. and S.G. Lucas. 1993. Cretaceous vertebrates of New Mexico. In: Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico (A.P. Hunt and S.G. Lucas, eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 2: pp. 77-91.
  5. ^ Bonaparte, J.F. and R.A. Coria. 1993. Un nuevo y gigantesco sauropodo titanosaurio de la Formacion Rio Limay (Albiano- Cenomaniano) de la Provincia de Neuquen, Argentina. Ameghiniana 30 (3): pp. 271-282.
  6. ^ Sereno, P.C., C.A. Forster, R.R. Rogers, and A.M. Monetta. 1993. Primitive dinosaur skeleton from Argentina and the early evolution of Dinosauria. Nature 361: pp. 64-66.
  7. ^ Huber, P., S.G. Lucas, and A.P. Hunt. 1993. Vertebrate biochronolgy of the Newark Supergroup Triassic, eastern North America. New Mexico Museum Nat. History Sci. Bull. 3: pp. 179- 186.
  8. ^ Le Loeuff, J. 1993. European titanosaurids. Revue de Paléobiologie, Mém. Sp. 7: pp. 105 - 117.
  9. ^ Zhao, X. 1993. A new Middle Jurassic sauropod subfamily (Klamelisaurinae subfam.nov.) from Xinjiang Autonomous Region. China Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica Vertebrata PalAsiatica 31 (2 – April 2, 1993): pp. 132-138.
  10. ^ Jacobs, L. D. Winkler, and E. Gomani. 1993. New material of an Early Cretaceous titanosaurid dinosaur from Malawi. Paleontology 36 (3): pp. 523-534.
  11. ^ Perle A., M.A. Norell, L.M. Chiappe, and J.M. Clark. 1993. Flightless bird from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 362: pp. 632-626.
  12. ^ Casanovas-Cladellas, M.L., J.V. Santafe-Llopis, and A. Isidro-Llorens. 1993. Pararhabdodon isonense n. gen. n. sp. (Dinosauria) Estudio morfologico, radio-tomografico y consideraciones biomecanicas. Paleontologia I Evolucio, tomo 26- 27: pp. 121-131.
  13. ^ Chatterjee, S. 1993. Shuvosaurus a new theropod. Nat Geogr. Res. Exploration 9 (3): pp. 274-285.
  14. ^ Dong, Z. 1993. An ankylosaur (Ornithischian dinosaur) from the Middle Jurassic of the Juanggar Basin, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica [no volume number available]: pp. 257-266.
  15. ^ Tumanova, T.A. 1993. On a new armoured dinosaur from Southeastern Gobi. Paleontologischeskii Zhurnal (1993) 2: pp. 92-98 (Paleontological Journal 27 (2): pp. 119-125).
  16. ^ Kirkland, J.I., D. Burge, and R. Gaston. 1993. A large dromaeosaur (Theropoda) from the Lower Cretcaeous of eastern Utah. Hunteria 2 (10): pp. 1-16.