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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 1988.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymy | Notes | Images |
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sp nov | Minaki, Noshiro, & Suzuki | An ulmaceous species | |||||||
Gen et sp nov | valid | Cevallos-Ferriz & Stockey | A lasioid arum family seed genus. | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | valid | Stockey & Manchester | A flower of uncertain affinities | ||||||
Gen et Comb nov | Valid | A rosaceous genus | ![]() | ||||||
Sp nov | Valid | A rosaceous species | ![]() | ||||||
Gen, sp et Comb nov | Valid | A rosaceous genus | ![]() | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | A rosaceous genus | ![]() | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | jr synonym | Moved to the genus Tealliocaris in 2013. [7] Though initially reported to be from the Pocono Formation, the deposits it was found in are now considered part of the Huntley Mountain Formation. [8] | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymy | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | valid | Dlussky | An aneuretine ant | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | valid | Dlussky | A ponerine ant | ![]() | |||||
Gen et 2 sp nov | valid | Dlussky | Middle Eocene | Sakhalin amber | A dolichoderine ant | ![]() | |||
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. [11]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymy | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | Valid | An ornithomimid theropod | ![]() | ||||||
Brachylophosaurus goodwini [13] | Sp nov | Junior synonym | Horner | Campanian | McClellend Ferry Member, Judith River Formation | ![]() ![]() | A saurolophine hadrosaurid. Junior synonym of Brachylophosaurus canadensis or an indeterminate brachylophosaurin. [14] | ||
Gen et sp nov | valid | A camarasauromorph sauropod The type species is C. lewisi | ![]() | ||||||
Subgen Nov | Jr synonym of Edmontonia | ![]() | |||||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | Bakker | |||||||
Gen et comb nov | Valid | A sauropod The type species is G. brancai | ![]() | ||||||
Gen nov | Late Cretaceous | A possible hadrosaurid, undescribed | |||||||
Gen nov | Hisa | Early Cretaceous | A possible dromeosaurid, undescribed | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | Yadagiri | A basal sauropod | ||||||
Gen et comb nov | Valid? | Bakker, Williams, & Currie | Possible junior synonym of Tyrannosaurus . | ||||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid | An ornithopod The type species is O. makelai | ![]() | ||||||
"Protognathus" [21] | Gen et sp nov | Zhang |
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Gen et sp nov | Giffin, Gabriel, & Johnson | Late Cretaceous | ![]() | ||||||
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymy | Notes | Images |
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Valid | Sp. nov. | A Ciconiidae. | |||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Diomedeidae. | |||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Cathartidae. | |||||||
Valid | Gen. et sp. nov. | A cathartid | |||||||
Valid | Fam, gen et sp nov. | A Jungornithidae Apodiformes | |||||||
Valid | Subord, Fam, Gen et sp. nov. | A lithornithid palaeognathaen | |||||||
Valid | Fam, gen et sp nov. | A Messelornithidae Ralliformes | |||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Sulidae. | |||||||
Valid | Gen et sp. nov. | An Acanthisittidae | |||||||
Valid | Gen et Sp nov. | A Plotopteridae Pelecaniformes | |||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Rallidae. | |||||||
Valid | Gen et sp. nov. | A Coliidae. | |||||||
Valid | Gen et sp. nov. | A Lithornithidae Palaeognathae. | |||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | ||||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Sulidae, | |||||||
Valid | Fam, gen et sp. nov. | A Sylphornithidae basal Piciformes | |||||||
Valid | Gen et sp. nov. | A Quercymegapodiidae [37] | |||||||
Valid | Gen et sp. nov. | A possible Rallidae | |||||||
Valid | Gen et sp. nov. | A Caprimulgidae | |||||||
Valid | Gen et sp. nov. | A Graculavidae genus | |||||||
Valid | Gen et sp nov. | A Prophaethontidae Pelecaniformes | |||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymy | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | Valid | Kellner & Campos | A Thalassodromidae pterosaur | ![]() | |||||