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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 1983.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp. nov | valid | Stockey | A Pine species | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | valid | Manchester & Kress | A banana species. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen nov | Valid | Albrecht | An astacidean crayfish. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp. nov | valid | Krishna & Emerson | first new world species of Mastotermes | |||||
Gen et sp nov | jr synonym | Rossi de Garcia | Extinct Myrmeciin ant genus, | |||||
Fam. nov | jr synonym | Dlussky | Stem-ants, jr synonym of Sphecomyrminae (in part) | |||||
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Gen. et. sp. nov | Jr. synonym | Duffin & Ward | Type species is Anachronistes fordi, genus now deemed a junior synonym of Cooleyella | |||||
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. [9]
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Adasaurus [10] | ![]() | ||||
"Changtusaurus" [11] | Nomen nudum . | ||||
Chungkingosaurus [12] | Valid taxon |
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"Damalasaurus" [11] | Nomen nudum . | ||||
Enigmosaurus [13] | Valid taxon |
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Gongbusaurus [12] | Valid taxon |
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"Lancanjiangosaurus" [11] | Nomen nudum . | ||||
"Megacervixosaurus" [11] | Nomen nudum . | ||||
"Microdontosaurus" [11] | Nomen nudum . | ||||
"Ngexisaurus" [11] | Nomen nudum . | ||||
Ornatotholus [14] | Possible junior synonym of Stegoceras . | ||||
Quaesitosaurus [15] | Valid taxon |
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Shamosaurus [16] | Valid taxon |
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Shunosaurus [12] | Valid taxon |
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Stygimoloch [14] | Valid taxon | ||||
Ultrasaurus [17] | Nomen dubium . |
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Xiaosaurus [18] | Valid taxon |
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Zizhongosaurus [12] | Valid taxon |
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Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | Gen et sp nov. | MN 6 | A Lybiidae | |||||
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Valid | Sp. nov. | MP 16-28 | An Idiornithidae | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | MP 7 | Aves incertae sedis [22] pending restudy, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Late Albian | An Ornithuromorphae Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | An Idiornithidae, moved to Dynamopterus itardiensis in 2013. [25] | ||||||
Valid | Gen. et Sp. nov. | Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian, | A Hesperornithiformes, Baptornithidae; this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov et Sp. nov. | An Idiornithidae, transferred to the genus Propelargus insolitus in 2002. [22] | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | A Protostrigidae, type species O. rupelensis | ||||||
Valid? | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | A Spheniscidae, type species T. hunteri . possibly nomen dubium.[ citation needed ] | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | A Spheniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||||
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