1967 in paleontology

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Paleontology or palaeontology 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 humans have 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 1967.

Contents

Arthropoda

New taxa

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Camponotites [2]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Steinbach

Piacenzian

Willershausen clay pit

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A formicine ant, type species C. silvestris

Camponotites silvestris Camponotites silvestris GZG-W14552B queen.jpg
Camponotites silvestris

Cataglyphis constrictus [3]

Comb nov

Jr synonym

(Mayr, 1868)

Middle Eocene

Baltic amber

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Fossil formicine ant.,
moved to Cataglyphoides constrictus in 2008

Cataglyphoides constrictus Cataglyphoides constrictus NHMW1984-31-137 head.jpg
Cataglyphoides constrictus

Archosauromorphs

Dinosaurs

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

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Pisanosaurus [5]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Casamiquela

Carnian

Ischigualasto Formation

A primitive ornithischian

Pisanosaurus Pisanosaurus.jpg
Pisanosaurus

Birds

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Aechmophorus elasson [6]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Murray

Late Pliocene

Glenns Ferry Formation

A Podicipedidae.

Asio brevipes [7]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Ford & Murray

Late Pliocene

Glenns Ferry Formation

A Strigidae.

Eogrus wetmorei [8]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Brodkorb

Late Miocene

Tungur Formation

An Eogruidae

Gallinula kansarum [8]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Brodkorb

Early Pliocene

Bone Valley Formation

A Rallidae.
originally Fulica americana ,
redescribed 1967.

Hirundo aprica [9]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Feduccia

Late Pliocene

Rexroad Formation

A Hirundinidae.

Limosa ossivallis [8]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Brodkorb

Early Pliocene

Bone Valley Formation

A Scolopacidae.

Ortalis affinis [10]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Feduccia & Wilson

Early Pliocene

Ogallala Formation

A Cracidae.

Pararallus hassenkampi [11]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Martini

Early/Middle Oligocene

Described in Rallidae,
better treated as Aves Incertae Sedis.[ citation needed ]

Pliolymbus [6]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Murray

Late Pliocene

Glenns Ferry Formation

A Podicipedidae, type species P. baryosteus

Pliopicus [10]

Gen et sp. nov.

Valid

Feduccia & Wilson

Early Pliocene

Ogallala Formation

A Picidae. Type species P. brodkorbi

Podiceps discors [6]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Murray

Late Pliocene

Glenns Ferry Formation

A Podicipedidae.

Podilymbus majusculus [6]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Murray

Late Pliocene

Glenns Ferry Formation]

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A Podicipedidae.

Pterosaurs

NameStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotes

Pteromonodactylus

Junior synonym

Teriaev

Late Jurassic (Tithonian)

Solnhofen Limestone

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A junior synonym of Rhamphorhynchus .

Synapids

NameStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Massetognathus

Valid

Alfred Sherwood Romer

Middle Triassic

Chañares Formation

A traversodontid cynodont.

Massetognathus Massetognathus.jpg
Massetognathus

Limnostygis

Valid

Carroll

Pennsylvanian

A member of Limnoscelidae.

Literature

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. Steinbach, G. (1967). "Zur Hymenopterenfauna des Pliozans von Willershausen/Westharz". Bericht der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft zu Hannover. 111: 95–102.
  3. Dlussky, G. M. (2008). "Ants of the tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from late Eocene amber of Europe". Paleontological Journal. 42 (5): 500–513. doi:10.1134/S0031030108050055. S2CID   84151414.
  4. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  5. Casamiquela, RM (1967). "Un nuevo Dinosaurio Ornithisquio Triasico (Pisanosaurus mertii: Ornithopoda) de la Formacion Ischigualasto, Argentina" (PDF). Ameghiniana. 4 (2): 47–60.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Murry, BG Jr. (1967). "Grebes from the Late Pliocene of North America" (PDF). Condor. 69 (3): 277–288. doi:10.2307/1366317. JSTOR   1366317.
  7. Ford, NL; Murry, BG Jr (1967). "Fossil Owls from the Hagerman Local Fauna (Upper Pliocene) of Idaho" (PDF). Auk. 84 (1): 115–117. doi:10.2307/4083261. JSTOR   4083261.
  8. 1 2 3 Brodkorb, P (1967). "Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Part 3 (Ralliformes, Ichthyornithiformes, Charadriiformes)" (PDF). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 11: 99–220.
  9. Feduccia, A (1967). "A New Swallow from the Fox Canyon Local Fauna (Upper Pliocene) of Kansas" (PDF). Condor. 69 (5): 526–527. doi:10.2307/1366152. JSTOR   1366152.
  10. 1 2 Feduccia, A; Wilson, RL (1967). "Avian fossils from the Lower Pliocene of Kansas" (PDF). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. 655: 1–6.
  11. Martini, E (1967). "Pararallus hassenkampi n.sp., eine Neue Rallen-Art (Aves) aus dem Oligozän von Sieblos/Rhön". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 127: 288–292.
  12. Sarjeant, W. A. S., 2001, Dinosaurs in fiction: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 504-529.