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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 1981.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Valid | Crane | A betulaceous fruit. | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | Smiley & Huggins | Latah Formation | A fagaceous genus | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp. nov | jr synonym | An Amblyoponin ant. jr synonym of Casaleia inversa | ||||||
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | Sp. nov. | Middle Sheep Creek Formation |
| A Burhinidae. | ||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes Brodkorb, 1976, Enantiornithidae Nessov et Borkin, 1983, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Middle-Late Eocene | A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Falconidae. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Gaviidae. | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Kvabebi | An Otididae, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. |
| An Alcidae, Mancallinae L. H. Miller, 1946. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | A Sphniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus. Microdytes Simpson, 1981 is preoccupied by Microdytes Balfour-Browne, 1949 (Coleoptera), so Storrs L. Olson created the new genus Eretiscus Olson, 1986 to accommodate Microdytes tonnii Simpson, 1981. [20] | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Cave deposits | A Fringillidae, Emberizinae, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Kuttipirra (Katipiri) Waterhole | A Pelecanidae. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Picidae. | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. |
| An Alcidae. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, transferred to the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891 by both Kurochkin, 1985 and Olson, 1985. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, transferred to the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891 by both Kurochkin, 1985 and Olson, 1985. | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov et Sp. nov. | A Rallidae, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov et Sp. nov. | Late Burdigalian, | An Ardeidae, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Valid | Brown | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian | A cryptoclidid. | |||||
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Valid | Galton | ||||
Valid | Nesov | ||||
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