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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 or were published in the year 1968.

Arthropoda

New taxa

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Eriocampa tulameenensis[2]

sp nov

Valid

Rice

Early Eocene

Allenby Formation

 Canada

A Tenthredinidae sawfly

Pseudosiobla campbelli[2]

sp nov

Valid

Rice

Early Eocene

Horsefly beds

 Canada

A Tenthredinidae sawfly

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[3]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Aralosaurus[4]

gen et sp nov

Valid taxon

Rozhdestvensky

Late Cretaceous

Bostobe Svita

 Kazakhstan

Newly named birds

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Aethia rossmoori [5]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Howard

Late Miocene

 USA

An Alcidae.

Alauda jordanica [6]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Tchernov

Middle Pleistocene

Ubeidiya Formation

 Israel

An Alaudidae.

Alcodes [5]

Gen et sp nov.

Valid

Howard

Late Miocene?

 USA

An Alcidae,
type species A. ulnulus

Bathornis fricki [7]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Cracraft

Early Miocene

 USA

A Bathornithid

Buteo circoides [8]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene

Tatal-Gol

 Mongolia

An Accipitridae.

Coturnicops avita [9]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Feduccia

Late Pliocene

Glenns Ferry Formation

 USA

A Rallidae.

Cygnavus formosus [10]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Kurochkin

Late Eocene

Zaysan Bassin

 Kazakhstan

An Anatidae.

"Cygnopterus" lambrechti[10]

Sp. nov.

valid

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene

Kustovskaya

 Kazakhstan

Phoenicopteriformes Incertae Sedis

Fulica stekelesi [6]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Tchernov

Middle Pleistocene

Ubeidiya Formation

 Israel

A Rallidae.

Fulmarus hammeri [5]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Howard

Late Miocene

 USA

A Procellariidae.

Gobihierax [8]

Gen et Sp. nov.

Valid

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene

Tatal-Gol

 Mongolia

An Accipitridae, Type sp G. edax

Guguschia nailiae [11]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Aslanova & Burchak-Abramovich

Middle Oligocene

Maykopian Clay

 Azerbaijan

A Swan, Anatidae.

Laterallus insignis [9]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Feduccia

Late Pliocene

 USA

A Rallidae.

Limicorallus [10]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene-Miocene

Myn-Say Gorge

 USSR

A Phalacrocoracidae, type species L. saiensis.

Megaegotheles [12]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Jr synonym

Scarlett

Pleistocene-modern

 New Zealand

An Aegothelidae, type sp M. novaezealandiae,
jr syn of Aegotheles. [13]

Megagallinula [10]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene

Kur-Say Gorge

 Kazakhstan

A Rallidae. type sp. M. harundinea

Melanocorypha gracilis [6]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Tchernov

Middle Pleistocene

Ubeidiya Formation

 Israel

An Alaudidae.

Palaeorallus alienus [8]

Sp. nov.

nomen dubium

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene

Tatal-Gol

 Mongolia

A possible Rallidae,

Paracrax gigantea[14]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Cracraft

Late Oligocene

Brule Formation

 USA

A Bathornithidae

Paracrax wetmorei [14]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Cracraft

Late Oligocene

Brule Formation

 USA

A Bathornithidae

Petronia brevirostris [6]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Tchernov

Middle Pleistocene

Ubeidiya Formation

 Israel

A Passeridae.

Puffinus calhouni [5]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Howard

Late Miocene

 USA:

 California

A Procellariidae.

Tutor dementievi [8]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene

Tatal-Gol

 Mongolia

An Accipitridae, jr syn of Venerator dementievi

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Ceraunosaurus

gen et sp nov

jr synonym

Thurmond

Late Cretaceous

 USA

junior synonym of Trinacromerum

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Rice, H.M.A. (1968). "Two Tertiary sawflies, (Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae), from British Columbia". Geological Survey of Canada 67 (59): 1–21.
  3. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  4. Rozhdestvensky. A.K. 1968. Hadrosaurs of Kazakhstan. In: Upper Paleozoic and Mesozoic Amphibians and Reptiles (Tatarinov, L.P., et al., eds.). Akademia Nauk S.S.S.R. Moscow: pp. 97- 141.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Howard, H (1968). "Tertiary Birds from Laguna Hills, Orange County, California" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science 142: 1–21.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Tchernov, E (1968). "A Preliminary Investigation of the Birds on the Pleistocene Deposits of Ubeidia". Publications of the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities 1968: 1–44.
  7. Cracraft, J (1968). "A Review of the Bathornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes), with Remarks on the Relationships of the Suborder Cariamae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates 2326: 1–46.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Kurochkin, EN (1968). "[Fossil Remains of Birds from Mongolia]". Ornithologiya 9: 323–330.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Feduccia, A (1968). "The Pliocene Rails of North America" (PDF). Auk 85 (July): 441–453.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Kurochkin, EN (1968). "New Oligocene Birds from Kazakhstan". Paleontological Journal 2: 83–90.
  11. Aslanova, SM; Burchak-Abramovich, NI (1968). "A Fossil Swan from the Maykopian Series of Azerbaydzhan" (PDF). Auk 85 (July): 441–453.
  12. Scarlett, RJ (1968). "An Owlet-Nightjar from New-Zealand" (PDF). Notornis 15: 254–266.
  13. Storrs L. Olson, Jean Chr. Balouet & C. T. Fisher (1987). "The Owlet-Nightjar of New Caledonia, Aegotheles savesi, with Comments on the Systematics of the Aegothelidae". De Giervalk / Le Gerfaut 77: 341–352.
  14. 14.0 14.1 Cracraft, J (1968). "A Review of the Bathornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes), with Remarks on the Relationships of the Suborder Cariamae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates 2326: 1–46.