1981 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 1981.

Contents

Plants

Angiosperms

Superrosids - Fabids

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationSynonymized taxaNotesImages

Palaeocarpinus [2]

Sp nov

Valid

Crane

Ypresian

Reading Formation

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A betulaceous fruit.
Type species P. laciniata

Pseudofagus [3]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Smiley & Huggins

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Clarkia Florule

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Flag of Idaho.svg  Idaho

A fagaceous genus
The type species is P. idahoensis

Arthropoda

Insects

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Protamblyopone inversa [4]

Gen et sp. nov

jr synonym

Dlussky

Middle Miocene

Chon-Tyz mine

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An Amblyoponin ant. jr synonym of Casaleia inversa

Archosauromorpha

Dinosaurs

TaxonNoveltyStatusAuthor(s)AgeUnitLocationNotesImages
Avimimus portentosus [5] Gen. et sp. nov.Valid taxon Kurzanov Campanian Djadochta Formation Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia A very bird-like oviraptorosaur Avimimus mmartyniuk wiki.png
Barsboldia sicinskii [6] Gen. et sp. nov.Valid Maryańska & Osmólska Maastrichtian Nemegt Formation Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia A hadrosaurid of uncertain relations Barsboldia sicinskii (2).jpg
Elmisaurus rarus [7] Gen. et sp. nov.Valid Osmólska Maastrichtian Nemegt Formation Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia An oviraptorosaur Elmisaurus.jpg
Garudimimus brevipes [8] Gen. et sp. nov.Valid Barsbold Santonian Bayanshiree Formation Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia An early ornithomimosaur Garudimimus Restoration.png
"Honghesaurus" Nomen nudum Anonymous Later named Yandusaurus
Ingenia yanshini [8] Gen. et sp. nov.Preoccupied Barsbold Maastrichtian Baruungoyot Formation Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Generic name preoccupied by a nematode Gerlach 1957 and renamed Ajancingenia , but considered a species of Heyuannia Ajancingenia yanshini profile1.jpg
Lambeosaurus laticaudus [9] Sp. nov.ValidMorris Campanian El Gallo Formation Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Later given the genus Magnapaulia
Muttaburrasaurus langdoni [10] Gen. et sp. nov.ValidBartholomai & Molnar Albian Mackunda Formation Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia An iguanodont with a horn-like knob of its Snout. Muttaburrasaurus NT.jpg
Palaeopteryx thomsoni [11] Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Jensen Kimmeridgian Morrison Formation Flag of Colorado.svg  Colorado A coelurosaur
Scutellosaurus lawleri [12] Gen. et sp. nov.Valid Colbert Sinemurian Kayenta Formation Flag of Arizona.svg  Arizona An early thyreophoran Scutellosaurus.jpg

Remarks on newly named birds

Newly named birds

NameStatusNoveltyAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Burhinus lucorum [13]

Valid

Sp. nov.

K. Jeffrey Bickart

Early Miocene

Middle Sheep Creek Formation

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Flag of Nebraska.svg  Nebraska

A Burhinidae.

Enantiornis leali [14]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Cyril A. Walker

Late Cretaceous

Maastrichtian

Lecho Formation

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An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes Brodkorb, 1976, Enantiornithidae Nessov et Borkin, 1983, this is the type species of the new genus.

Eogrus crudus [15]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Evgeny N. Kurochkin

Middle-Late Eocene

Tsagan Kutel

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A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, this is the type species of the new genus.

Falco medius [16]

Valid

Sp. nov.

A. S. Umanskaya

Late Miocene

MN 11-13

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A Falconidae.

Gavia paradoxa [16]

Valid

Sp. nov.

A. S. Umanskaya

Late Miocene

MN 11-13

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Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine

A Gaviidae.

Ioriotis gabunii [17]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich

Abesalom K. Vekua

Late Pliocene

Kvabebi

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Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia

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

Mancalla emlongi [18]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Storrs L. Olson

Late Pliocene

Blancan,

San Diego Formation

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Flag of California.svg  California

An Alcidae, Mancallinae L. H. Miller, 1946.

Microdytes tonnii [19]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

George G. Simpson

Late Oligocene-Early Miocene

Patagonian

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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]

Pedinorhis stirpsarcana [21]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Storrs L. Olson

Mary C. McKitrick

Pleistocene

Cave deposits

Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico

A Fringillidae, Emberizinae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Pelecanus cadimurka [22]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Patricia Vickers Rich

Gerard F. Van Tets

Pleistocene

Kuttipirra (Katipiri) Waterhole

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A Pelecanidae.

Picus peregrinabundus [23]

Valid

Sp. nov.

A. S. Umanskaja

Late Miocene

MN 11-12

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A Picidae.

Sonogrus gregalis [15]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Evgeny N. Kurochkin

Late Eocene-Early Oligocene

Ergilin Dzo Formation

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A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, this is the type species of the new genus.

Uria brodkorbi [24]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Hildegarde Howard

Late Miocene

Sisquoc Formation,

Clarendonian

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An Alcidae.

Urmiornis orientalis [15]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Evgeny N. Kurochkin

Middle Pliocene

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A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, transferred to the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891 by both Kurochkin, 1985 and Olson, 1985.

Urmiornis ukrainus [15]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Evgeny N. Kurochkin

Late Miocene

Mn 9-10-11

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union:

Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova;

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A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, transferred to the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891 by both Kurochkin, 1985 and Olson, 1985.

Youngornis gracilis [25]

Valid

Gen. nov et Sp. nov.

Yeh Hsiangk’uei

Middle Miocene

Shanwang Formation

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

Zeltornis ginsburgi [26]

Valid

Gen. nov et Sp. nov.

Jean Chr. Balouet

Early Miocene

Late Burdigalian,

Djebel Zelten

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

Plesiosaurs

NameStatusAuthorsAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Kimmerosaurus

Valid

Brown

Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian

Kimmeridge Clay

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A cryptoclidid.

Pterosaurs

New taxa

NameStatusAuthorsLocationImages

Comodactylus

Valid

Galton

Sultanuvaisia

Valid

Nesov

Synapsids

Non-mammalian

NameStatusAuthorsDiscovery yearAgeUnitLocationNotesImages

Valid

Valid

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  3. Smiley, C.J.; Huggins, L.M. (1981). "Pseudofagus idahoensis, n. gen. et sp. (Fagaceae) from the Miocene Clarkia flora of Idaho". American Journal of Botany. 68 (6): 741–761. ISSN   0002-9122.
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  6. Maryanska, T. and H. Osmólska. 1981. First lambeosaurine dinosaur from the Nemegt Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 26 (3-4): pp. 243-255.
  7. Osmolska, H. 1981. Coosified tarsometatarsal in theropod dinosaurs and their bearing on the problem of bird origins. Paleontol. Polonica 42: pp. 79-95.
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  13. K. Jeffrey Bickart (1981). "A New Thick-knee, Burhinus, from the Miocene of Nebraska, with Comments on the Habitat Requirements of the Burhinidae (Aves: Charadriiformes)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 1 (3–4): 273–277. doi:10.1080/02724634.1981.10011902.
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  16. 1 2 A. S. Umanskaya (1981). "[Miocene Birds of the Black Sea Coastal Region]". Vestnik Zoologii Nauchnyy Zhurnal Instituta Zoologii Imeni I. I. Shmal'gauzena Akademii Nauk Ukrainskoy SSR II 3. 15: 17–21.
  17. Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich & Abesalom K. Vekua (1981). "Fossil Bustard Runner Ioriotis gabunii New Genus New Species of East Georgian SSR USSR Akchagylian". Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Gruzinskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskaya. 7: 53–60.
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  21. Storrs L. Olson & Mary C. McKitrick (1981). "A New Genus and Species of Emberizine Finch from the Pleistocene Cave Deposits in Puerto Rico (Aves: Passeriformes)" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 1 (3–4): 279–283. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.501.5247 . doi:10.1080/02724634.1981.10011903.
  22. Patricia Vickers Rich & Gerard F. Van Tets (1981). "The Fossil Pelecans of Australasia". Records of the South Australian Museum. 18: 235–264.
  23. A. S. Umanskaja (1981). "[Miocene Birds of the Black Sea Coastal Region]". Vestnik Zoologii Nauchnyy Zhurnal Instituta Zoologii Imeni I. I. Shmal'gauzena Akademii Nauk Ukrainskoy SSR II. 3: 17–21.
  24. Hildegarde Howard (1981). "A New Species of Murre, Genus Uria, from the Late Miocene of California" (PDF). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 80: 1–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-05.
  25. Yeh Hsiangk’uei (1981). "[Third Note on Fossil Birds from Linqu, Shandong]" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 19 (2): 149–155.
  26. Jean Chr. Balouet (1981). "Zeltornis ginsburgi n.g. n.sp. (Ardeidae: Aves), Héron Géant du Miocène Inférieur du Djebel Zelten (Libye)". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris. Série II. 293: 235–239.