1980 in paleontology

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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 feces (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 1980.

Arthropods

Newly named insects

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Anochetus corayi^[2]	Sp nov	Valid	Baroni Urbani	Burdigalian?	Dominican amber	Dominican Republic	A ponerin ant	Anochetus corayi

Molluscs

newly named bivalves

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Pojetaia^[3]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Jell	Early Cambrian	Parara Limestone	Australia	early Cambrian bivalve, type species P. runnegari

Archosauromorphs

Dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list^[4] and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.^[5]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Callovosaurus^[6]	Gen et sp nov	valid	Galton	Callovian	Oxford Clay Formation	England	A dryosaurid
Dracopelta^[7]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Galton	Kimmeridgian		Portugal	An ankylosaurian
Erlikosaurus^[8]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Perle	Cenomanian-Santonian	Bayan Shireh Formation	Mongolia	A segnosaurid	Erlikosaurus
Kakuru^[9]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Molnar & Pledge	Aptian	Marree Formation	Australia	A Theropoda
Minmi^[9]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Molnar	Aptian	Bungil Formation	Australia	An ankylosaurid	Minmi
Noasaurus^[10]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Bonaparte & Powell	Campanian-Maastrichtian	Lecho Formation	Argentina	A Noasaurid	Noasaurus
Saltasaurus^[10]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Bonaparte & Powell	Campanian-Maastrichtian	Lecho Formation	Argentina	A Saltasaurid	Saltasaurus
Zephyrosaurus^[11]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Sues	Aptian-Albian	Cloverly Formation	USA	A hypsilophodont

Pterosaurs

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Santanadactylus^[12]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	de Buisonjé	Aptian	Santana Formation	Brazil	A Pterodactyloid

Lepidosauromorphs

Plesiosaurs

Plesiosaur gastroliths documented.^[13]

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Bishanopliosaurus	Valid	Dong
Borealonectes	Valid	Sato Wu

References

↑ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
↑ Baroni Urbani, C. (1980). "Anochetus corayi n. sp., the first fossil Odontomachiti ant. (Amber Collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. II: Odontomachiti)". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 55: 1–6.
↑ Elicki, O.; Gürsu, S. (2009). "First record of Pojetaia runnegari Jell, 1980 and Fordilla Barrande, 1881 from the Middle East (Taurus Mountains, Turkey) and critical review of Cambrian bivalves". Paläontologische Zeitschrift 83 (2): 267–291. doi:10.1007/s12542-009-0021-9.
↑ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
↑ Montague, Jeremy. "Dr. Montague's Database". Retrieved 2008-10-29.
↑ Galton, P.M. (1980). "European Jurassic ornithopod dinosaurs of the families Hypsilophodontidae and Camptosauridae". N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Abh. 160 (1): 73–95.
↑ Galton, P.M. (1980). "Partial skeleton of Dracopelta zbyszewskii n.gen. and n.sp., an ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal". Géobios 13: 451–457.
↑ Perle, A. (1980). "Segnosauria, a new infraorder of carnivorous dinosaurs". Acta Palaeontol. Polonica 25: 185–195.
↑ 9.0 9.1 Molnar, R.E.; Pledge, N.S. (1980). "A new theropod dinosaur from South Australia". Alcheringa 4: 281–287.
↑ 10.0 10.1 Bonaparte, J.F.; Powell, J.E. (1980). "A continental assemblage of tetrapods from the Upper Cretaceous beds of El Brete, northwest Argentina (Sauropoda-Coelurosauria-Carnosauria-Aves)". Mém. Soc. géol. Fr. N.S. 139: 19–28.
↑ Sues, H.-D. 1980. Anatomy and relationships of a new hypsilophodontid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of North America. Palaeontographica. Abt. (A) 169: pp. 51-72.
↑ De Buisonjé, P.H. (1980). "Santanadactylus brasilensis nov.gen. nov.sp. a longnecked, large pterosaur from the Aptian of Brazil". Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen B 83 (2): 145–172.
↑ Darby and Ojakangas (1980). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.

Darby, D. G. and Ojakangas, R. W.; 1980; Gastroliths from an Late Cretaceous Plesiosaur; Journal of Paleontology; 54(3) pp. 548–556
Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180.

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