1968 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 or were published in the year 1968.
Arthropoda
New taxa
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Rice |
Early Eocene |
A Tenthredinidae sawfly |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Rice |
Early Eocene |
Horsefly beds |
A Tenthredinidae sawfly |
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Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[3]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
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Newly named birds
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Aethia rossmoori [5] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Miocene |
An Alcidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Pleistocene |
Ubeidiya Formation |
An Alaudidae. |
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Gen et sp nov. |
Valid |
Howard |
Late Miocene? |
An Alcidae, |
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Bathornis fricki [7] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cracraft |
Early Miocene |
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Buteo circoides [8] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Oligocene |
Tatal-Gol |
An Accipitridae. |
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Coturnicops avita [9] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Pliocene |
A Rallidae. |
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Cygnavus formosus [10] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kurochkin |
Late Eocene |
Zaysan Bassin |
An Anatidae. |
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"Cygnopterus" lambrechti[10] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Kurochkin |
Middle Oligocene |
Kustovskaya |
Phoenicopteriformes Incertae Sedis |
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Fulica stekelesi [6] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Tchernov |
Middle Pleistocene |
Ubeidiya Formation |
A Rallidae. |
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Fulmarus hammeri [5] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Gobihierax [8] |
Gen et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kurochkin |
Middle Oligocene |
Tatal-Gol |
An Accipitridae, Type sp G. edax |
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Guguschia nailiae [11] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Aslanova & Burchak-Abramovich |
Middle Oligocene |
Maykopian Clay |
A Swan, Anatidae. |
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Laterallus insignis [9] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Feduccia |
Late Pliocene |
A Rallidae. |
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Limicorallus [10] |
Gen. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kurochkin |
Middle Oligocene-Miocene |
Myn-Say Gorge |
A Phalacrocoracidae, type species L. saiensis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov. |
Jr synonym |
Scarlett |
Pleistocene-modern |
An Aegothelidae, type sp M. novaezealandiae, |
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Megagallinula [10] |
Gen. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kurochkin |
Middle Oligocene |
Kur-Say Gorge |
A Rallidae. type sp. M. harundinea |
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Melanocorypha gracilis [6] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Tchernov |
Middle Pleistocene |
Ubeidiya Formation |
An Alaudidae. |
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Palaeorallus alienus [8] |
Sp. nov. |
nomen dubium |
Kurochkin |
Middle Oligocene |
Tatal-Gol |
A possible Rallidae, |
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Paracrax gigantea[14] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cracraft |
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Paracrax wetmorei [14] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cracraft |
Late Oligocene |
Brule Formation |
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Petronia brevirostris [6] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Tchernov |
Middle Pleistocene |
Ubeidiya Formation |
A Passeridae. |
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Puffinus calhouni [5] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Howard |
Late Miocene |
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Tutor dementievi [8] |
Gen. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kurochkin |
Middle Oligocene |
Tatal-Gol |
An Accipitridae, jr syn of Venerator dementievi |
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Plesiosaurs
New taxa
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
jr synonym |
Thurmond |
junior synonym of Trinacromerum |
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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.
- 1 2 Rice, H.M.A. (1968). "Two Tertiary sawflies, (Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae), from British Columbia". Geological Survey of Canada 67 (59): 1–21.
- ↑ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 3 4 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.
- 1 2 3 4 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.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 3 4 Kurochkin, EN (1968). "[Fossil Remains of Birds from Mongolia]". Ornithologiya 9: 323–330.
- 1 2 Feduccia, A (1968). "The Pliocene Rails of North America" (PDF). Auk 85 (July): 441–453.
- 1 2 3 4 Kurochkin, EN (1968). "New Oligocene Birds from Kazakhstan". Paleontological Journal 2: 83–90.
- ↑ Aslanova, SM; Burchak-Abramovich, NI (1968). "A Fossil Swan from the Maykopian Series of Azerbaydzhan" (PDF). Auk 85 (July): 441–453.
- ↑ Scarlett, RJ (1968). "An Owlet-Nightjar from New-Zealand" (PDF). Notornis 15: 254–266.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 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.