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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 1989.

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name Status Authors Notes

Turneria

Valid

Chatterjee Small

preoccupied by a genus of ant

Valid

Archosauromorphs

Newly named pseudosuchians

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Revueltosaurus[3] Valid non-dinosaurian taxon
  • Hunt

Late Triassic (early-middle Norian)

Bull Canyon Formation
Petrified Forest Member

 United States

A suchian.

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Abrosaurus[5] Valid taxon
  • Ouyang

Middle Jurassic (Bathonian-Callovian)

Xiashaximiao Formation

 China

A macronarian.

"Daptosaurus" was found to be synonymous with Deinonychus.
"Eucentrosaurus" was found to be synonymous with Centrosaurus.
Asiaceratops[6] Valid taxon
  • Lev A. Nesov and Kaznyshkina vide:
  • Lev A. Nesov
  • Kaznyshkina
  • Cherepanov

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Khodzhakul Formation

 Uzbekistan

A leptoceratopsid.

Atlascopcosaurus[7] Valid taxon
  • Thomas H. Rich

Early Cretaceous (early Albian)

Eumeralla Formation

 Australia

A ornithopod.

Bihariosaurus[8] Valid taxon
  • Marinescu

Early Cretaceous (Berriasian)

Bauxite deposits

 Romania

An iguanodont

"Daptosaurus"[9] Junior synonym of Deinonychus

Brown vide:

  • Chure
  • McIntosh
"Eucentrosaurus"[10] Junior synonym of Centrosaurus
  • Chure
  • McIntosh
"Gravisaurus"[11] Junior synonym of Lurdusaurus

Chabli vide:

Leaellynasaura[7] Valid taxon
  • Thomas H. Rich

Early Cretaceous (early Albian)

Eumeralla Formation

 Australia

A ornithopod.

"Peltosaurus"[10] Junior synonym of Sauropelta

Brown vide:

  • Chure
  • McIntosh
"Tenantosaurus"[10] Misspelling of Tenontosaurus

Brown vide:

  • Chure
  • McIntosh
Turanoceratops Valid taxon
  • Lev A. Nesov and Kaznyshkina vide:
  • Lev A. Nesov
  • Kaznyshkina
  • Cherepanov

Late Cretaceous (Turonian)

Bissekty Formation

 Uzbekistan

A ceratopsid.

Newly named birds

Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Accipiter efficax [12]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Jean C. Balouet

Storrs L. Olson

Holocene

Cave deposits

 New Caledonia

An Accipitridae.

Accipiter quartus [12]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Jean C. Balouet

Storrs L. Olson

Holocene

Cave deposits

 New Caledonia

An Accipitridae.

Apatosagittarius terrenus [13]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Alan Feduccia

Michael R. Voorhies

Miocene

Late Clarendonian,

Ash Hollow Formation

 USA:

 Nebraska

An Accipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Aplonis diluvialis [14]

Valid

Sp. nov.

David W. Steadman

Holocene

Huahine, Society Islands

 French Polynesia

A Sturnidae.

Caloenas canacorum [12]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Jean C. Balouet

Storrs L. Olson

Holocene

Cave deposits

 New Caledonia;

 Tonga;

and probably

 Vanuatu;

 Fiji

A Columbidae.

Eociconia sangequanensis [15]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Hou LianHai

Middle Eocene

Yi-Xi-Bay-La Formation

 China

A Ciconiidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Euronyctibius kurochkini [16]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Cécile Mourer-Chauviré

Eocene or Oligocene

Phosphorites du Quercy,

MP 16-28

 France

A Nyctibiidae, transferred to the Steatornithidae by Mourer-Chauviré, 2013,[17] this is the type species of the new genus.

Gallicolumba longitarsus [12]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Jean C. Balouet

Storrs L. Olson

Holocene

Cave deposits

 New Caledonia

A Columbidae.

Megapodius alimentum [18]

Valid

Sp. nov.

David W. Steadman

Holocene

Lifuka

 Tonga

A Megapodiidae.

Megapodius molistructor [12]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Jean C. Balouet

Storrs L. Olson

Holocene

Cave deposits, 1750 ± 70 YBP

 New Caledonia

A Megapodiidae.

Noguerornis gonzalezi [19]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

A. Lacasa Ruiz

Early Cretaceous

Late Berriasian-Early Valanginian

 Spain:

 Catalonia

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Iberomesornithiformes Sanz et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, Concornithidae Kurochkin, 1996, this is the type species of the new genus.

Porphyrio kukwiedei [12]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Jean C. Balouet

Storrs L. Olson

Holocene

Cave deposits

 New Caledonia

A Rallidae.

Puffinus nestori [20]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Josep A. Alcover

Late Pliocene

Cave deposits

 Spain:

 Ibiza

A Procellariidae.

Quercypodargus olsoni [16]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Cécile Mourer-Chauviré

Eocene or Oligocene

Phosphorites du Quercy,

MP 16-28

 France

A Podargidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Rhynochetos orarius [12]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Jean C. Balouet

Storrs L. Olson

Holocene

Cave deposits

 New Caledonia

A Rhynochetidae.

Rostratula minator [21]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Storrs L. Olson

Kimberley G. Eller

Pliocene

Varswater Formation

 South Africa

A Rostratulidae.

Sazavis prisca [22]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Lev A. Nessov

A.A. Yarkov

Late Cretaceous

Coniacian, Bissekty Formation

 USSR:

 Uzbekistan

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes Brodkorb, 1976, Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, this is the type species of the new genus.

Tyto letocarti [12]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Jean C. Balouet

Storrs L. Olson

Holocene

Cave deposits

 New Caledonia

A Tytonidae.

Volgavis marina [22]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Lev A. Nessov

A. A. Yarkov

Late Cretaceous

Latest Maastrichtian

 USSR:

 Russia

A Fregatidae, Limnofregatinae Olson, 1977, this is the type species of the new genus.

Youngornis qiluensis [23]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Xiangkui Yeh

Bo Sun

Middle Miocene

Shanwang Formation

 China

A Rallidae.

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Name Status Authors Notes

Bogolubovia

Valid

Nesov A. A. Yarkov

Mesadactylus

Valid

Jensen Padian

Tapejara

Valid

Kellner

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

Name Status Authors Discovery year Age Unit Location Notes Images

'

Valid

'

Valid

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. Chatterjee and Small (1989). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
  3. Hunt, A.P. 1989. A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Bull Canyon Formation (Upper Triassic) of East Central New Mexico. In: The dawn of the age of dinosaurs in the American Southwest (S.G. Lucas and A.P. Hunt, eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque: pp. 355-358.
  4. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  5. Ouyang, H. 1989. A new sauropod from Dashanopu, Zigong, Co., Sichuan Province (Abrosaurus dongpoensis gen. et sp. nov.). Zigong Dinosaur Museum Newsletter 2: pp. 10-14.
  6. Nesov, L.A. 1989. Ceratopsian dinosaurs and crocodiles of the middle Mesozoic of Asia. In: Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Modern Paleontology (T.N. Bogdanova and L.I. Kozhatsky, eds.)
  7. 7.0 7.1 Rich, T.H.V. and P. Rich. 1989. Polar dinosaurs and biotas of the Early Cretaceous of southeastern Australia. Natl. Geogr. Res. 5: pp. 15-53.
  8. Marinescu, F. 1989. Lentila de bauxcifti 204 de la Brusturi Cornet (Jud. Bior.), zefimint fosilifer cu dinozauri. Ocrot. Nat. Mediul. Inconjur. 33: 125- 133.
  9. Brown vide Chure, D.J. and J.S. McIntosh. 1989. A Bibliography of the Dinosauria (Exclusive of the Aves) 1677-1986. Paleontology Series No. 1. Museum of Western Colorado.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Chure, D.J. and J.S. McIntosh. 1989. A Bibliography of the Dinosauria (Exclusive of the Aves) 1677-1986. Paleontology Series No. 1 Museum of Western Colorado.
  11. Chabli vide Norman, D.B. 1998. On Asian ornithopods (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). 3. A new species of iguanodontid dinosaur. In: A study of fossil vertebrates (D.B. Norman, A.R. Milner, and A.C. Milner, eds.). Zoological Journal of Linnean Society 122: pp. 291-348.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 Jean C. Balouet & Storrs L. Olson (1989). "Fossil Birds from Late Quaternary Deposits in New Caledonia" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 469 (1): 1–38.
  13. Alan Feduccia & Michael R. Voorhies (1989). "A Miocene Hawk Converges on Secretarybird". Ibis 131 (3): 349–354. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.1989.tb02784.x.
  14. David W. Steadman (1989). "A New Species of Starling (Sturnidae, Aplonis) from an Archaeological Site on Huahine, Society Islands" (PDF). Notornis 36 (3): 161–169.
  15. Hou LianHai (1989). "A Middle Eocene Bird from Sangequan, Xinjiang" (PDF). Vertebrata Palasiatica 27 (1): 65–70.
  16. 16.0 16.1 Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (1989). "Les Caprimulgiformes et les Coraciiformes de l’Éocène et de l’Oligocène des Phosphorites du Quercy et Descriptions de Deux Genre Nouveaux de Podargidae et Nyctibiidae". Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Ornithological Congress 19: 2047–2055.
  17. Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (2013). "New Data Concerning the Familial Position of the Genus Euronyctibius (Aves, Caprimulgiformes) from the Paleogene of the Phosphorites du Quercy, France". Paleontological Journal 47 (11): 1315–1322. doi:10.1134/s0031030113110117.
  18. David W. Steadman (1989). "New Species and Records of Birds (Aves: Megapodiidae, Columbidae) from an Archeological Site on Lifuka, Tonga" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102 (3): 537–552.
  19. A. Lacasa Ruiz (1989). "Nuevo Género de Ave Fósil del Yacimiento Neocomiense del Montsec (Provincia de Lerida, España)". Estudios Geológicos 45 (5-6): 417–425. doi:10.3989/egeol.89455-6513.
  20. Josep A. Alcover (1989). "Les Aus Fòssils de la Cova de Ca Na Reia". Endins. 14-15: 95–100.
  21. Storrs L. Olson & Kimberley G. Eller (1989). "A New Species of Painted Snipe (Charadriiformes: Rostratulidae) from the Early Pliocene at Langebaanweg, Southwestern Cape Province, South Africa" (PDF). Ostrich 60: 118–121. doi:10.1080/00306525.1989.9633737.
  22. 22.0 22.1 Lev A. Nessov & A.A. Yarkov (1989). "[New Cretaceous-Paleogene Birds of the USSR and Some Remarks on the Origin and Evolution of the Class Aves]". Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 197 (1): 78–97.
  23. Xiangkui Yeh & Bo Sun (1989). "Fossil Rail and Crow from Linqu, Shandong". Anais da Academia Brasileira Ciências 62 (1): 335–345.