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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 1968.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | valid | Puget Group | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group | A alder species. | ||||
Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | A cashew foliage form genus. | |||||
Sp nov | jr synonym | Late Eocene | Puget Group | A dicot of uncertain affinity. | ||||
Comb nov | jr synonym | Ione Formation | A dicot of uncertain affinity. | |||||
Gen et sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group | A moon seed relative. | ||||
Comb nov | valid | A Camellia species. | ||||||
Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group | |||||
Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group | |||||
Sp. nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group | A chinquapin species. | ||||
Sp. nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group | A Cladrastis species legume. | ||||
Sp. nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group | A Dryophyllum species. | ||||
Sp. nov | jr synonym | Late Eocene | Puget Group | A platanaceous species. | ||||
Gen et 2 Sp. nov | valid | A icacinaceous genus. | ||||||
Comb nov | Jr synonym | A moon seed relative. | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group | |||||
Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group | |||||
Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group | |||||
Sp. nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group | |||||
Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group | A Macclintockia species. | ||||
Sp. nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group | A wingnut species. | ||||
Gen et sp nov | Late Eocene | Puget Group | A possible hickory relative. | |||||
Sp nov | jr synonym | Late Eocene | Puget Group | identified as a Rhamnites buckthorn foliage. | ||||
Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group | |||||
Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group | A Ternstroemites theaceous foliage. | ||||
Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group | A Viburnum species. | ||||
Gen et sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group | A walnut relative. | ||||
Gen et sp nov | Jr homonym | Late Eocene | Puget Group | A linden relative. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov | Valid | Early Eocene | A Tenthredinidae sawfly | |||||
sp nov | Valid | Rice | Early Eocene | A Tenthredinidae sawfly | ||||
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gen nov | Valid taxon | ||||||
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. [9]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov | Valid taxon | An aralosaurin hadrosaur. | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Miocene | USA | An Alcidae. | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Middle Pleistocene | An Alaudidae. | |||||
Gen et sp nov. | Valid | Howard | Late Miocene? | An Alcidae, | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Miocene | ||||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Middle Oligocene | Tatal-Gol | An Accipitridae. | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Pliocene | A Rallidae. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Kurochkin | Late Eocene | Zaysan Bassin | An Anatidae. | |||
Sp. nov. | valid | Kurochkin | Middle Oligocene | Kustovskaya | Phoenicopteriformes Incertae Sedis | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Tchernov | Middle Pleistocene | Ubeidiya Formation | A Rallidae. | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | USA | ||||||
Gen et Sp. nov. | Valid | Kurochkin | Tatal-Gol | An Accipitridae, Type sp G. edax | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Middle Oligocene | Maykopian Clay | A Swan, Anatidae. | ||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Feduccia | Late Pliocene | A Rallidae. | ||||
Gen. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Kurochkin | Middle Oligocene-Miocene | Myn-Say Gorge | A Phalacrocoracidae, type species L. saiensis. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov. | Jr synonym | Pleistocene-modern | An Aegothelidae, type sp M. novaezealandiae, | |||||
Gen. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Kurochkin | Middle Oligocene | Kur-Say Gorge | A Rallidae. type sp. M. harundinea | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Tchernov | Middle Pleistocene | Ubeidiya Formation | An Alaudidae. | |||
Sp. nov. | nomen dubium | Kurochkin | Middle Oligocene | Tatal-Gol | A possible Rallidae, | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Cracraft | USA | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Cracraft | Late Oligocene | Brule Formation | USA | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Tchernov | Middle Pleistocene | Ubeidiya Formation | A Passeridae. | |||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Howard | Late Miocene | USA | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Kurochkin | Middle Oligocene | Tatal-Gol | An Accipitridae, jr syn of Venerator dementievi | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | jr synonym | Thurmond | junior synonym of Trinacromerum | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | Valid | Crompton & Jenkins | ||||||
Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes contained three living families: the swifts (Apodidae), the treeswifts (Hemiprocnidae), and the hummingbirds (Trochilidae). In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this order is raised to a superorder Apodimorphae in which hummingbirds are separated as a new order, Trochiliformes. With nearly 450 species identified to date, they are the most diverse order of birds after the passerines.
Phorusrhacids, colloquially known as terror birds, are an extinct family of large carnivorous flightless birds that were among the largest apex predators in South America during the Cenozoic era; their conventionally accepted temporal range covers from 53 to 0.1 million years (Ma) ago.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. 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 1987.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. 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 1988.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. 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 1983.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. 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 1977.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. 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 1973.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. 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 1971.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. 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 1969.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. 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 1941.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. 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 1923.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. 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 1929.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. 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 1926.
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. 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 1936.
Cunampaia is a dubious genus of extinct mesoeucrocodylian. Fossils have been found from the Divisadero Largo Formation of Mendoza Province, Argentina, and date back to the Divisaderan to Tinguirirican regional South American Land Mammal Age of the Late Eocene epoch.
The Puget Group is a geologic group in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
Bathornithidae is an extinct family of birds from the Eocene to Miocene of North America. Part of Cariamiformes, they are related to the still extant seriemas and the also extinct Phorusrhacidae. They were likely similar in habits, being terrestrial, long-legged predators, some of which attained massive sizes.
Paracrax is a genus of extinct North American flightless birds, possibly related to modern seriemas and the extinct terror birds. Part of Bathornithidae, it is a specialised member of this group, being cursorial carnivores much like their South American cousins, some species attaining massive sizes.
Eutreptornis is a genus of extinct possible cariamiforme bird from the Late Eocene of Utah. It is traditionally considered to be a bathornithid, though a combination of the relative incompleteness of the material alongside some differences from other bathornithids have raised some suspicions about this affiliation.
Bathornis is an extinct lineage of birds related to modern day seriemas, that lived in North America about 37–20 million years ago. Like the closely related and also extinct phorusrhacids, it was a flightless predator, occupying predatory niches in environments classically considered to be dominated by mammals. It was a highly diverse and successful genus, spanning a large number of species that occurred from the Priabonian Eocene to the Burdigalian Miocene epochs.