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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 1992.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | valid | Palamarev, Petkova, & Uzunova | An eostangerioid zamiaceous cycad. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov. | jr synonym | Gooch | A golden larch species, | |||||
Sp nov | valid | Gooch | A golden larch, | ![]() | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | valid | Erwin & Stockey | A cyperaceous or juncaceous poalean monocot | |||||
Sp nov | valid | Manchester | A mallow relative | |||||
comb nov | valid | (Mathewes & Brooke) Manchester | A mallow relative, | |||||
comb nov | valid | (Lesquereux) Manchester | A mallow relative, | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Sun & Stockey | Paskapoo Formation | A betulaceous fruit | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Comb nov | jr synonym | (Mayr) | A Dolichoderin ant, | ![]() | ||||
Comb nov | Jr synonym | (Wheeler) | A Dolichoderin ant | ![]() | ||||
Gen et sp nov. | valid | Ponomarenko | A hemerobiid lacewing, type species, C. disjunctus | |||||
Comb nov | Jr synonym | (Mayr, 1868) | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | Fossil Dolichoderine ant, | ![]() | ||
Gen et sp nov | valid | Nel | A lacebug, type species M. cantalensis | ![]() | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Nel | A thread bug | ![]() | ||||
Sp nov | jr synonym | Martins-Neto | A Kalligrammatid lacewing, syn of Makarkinia adamsi | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | A moth of uncertain placement. | ![]() | |||||
sp. nov | valid | Poinar & Doyen | first fossil species of Termitaradus | |||||
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. [16]
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Early Eocene |
| A Coliiformes, Sandcoleidae Houde et Olson, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Middle-Late Oligocene |
| Described in the Gallinuloididae Lucas, 1900, but transferred to the Cracidae. | ||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | MP 16 or 28 | A Pteroclidae. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Late Miocene |
| A Gruidae. | ||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Late Pliocene | An Anatidae. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Cathayornithiformes Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 1992, Cathayornithidae Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Early Eocene | Early Wasatchian, |
| A Coliiformes, Chascacocoliidae Zelenkov et Dyke, 2008, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Late Pleistocene | A Ciconiidae. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Early Miocene | Fissure fillings in Early Eocene Cristal River Limestone |
| A Columbidae, in 2008 David W. Steadman made it the type species of his new genus Arenicolumbina. [33] | |||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Iberomesornithiformes Sanz et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, Concornithidae Kurochkin, 1996, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Late Early Eocene |
| An Opisthocomiformes, Foratidae Olson, 1992. | ||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Columbidae. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Late Paleocene | A Gastornithidae Fürbringer, 1888. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Late Pliocene |
| An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Hauterivian-Early Barremian | An Enantiornithes, Iberomesornithiformes Sanz et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, Iberomesornithidae Sanz et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Late Miocene | A big Anhingidae. | |||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Columbidae. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Columbidae. | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Middle Miocene |
| An Anatidae. | ||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Early Eocene |
| A Ralliformes, Messelornithidae Hesse, 1988. | ||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Late Pliocene |
| An Anatidae. | ||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Dieter S. Peters | Middle Eocene | MP 11 | A Strigiformes, Palaeoglaucidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1987. | |||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | An Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, Patagopterygiformes Alvarenga et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, Patagopterygidae Alvarenga et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | An Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Craciformes Sibley, Ahlquist et Monroe, 1988, Quercymegapodiidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1992. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | Late Eocene | A Psittaciformes, Quercypsittidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1992. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Cécile Mourer-Chauviré | A Psittaciformes, Quercypsittidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Middle Clarkforkian, |
| A Coliiformes, Sandcoleidae Houde et Olson, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Cathayornithiformes Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 2006, Cathayornithidae Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 2006, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||||
Valid | Sp. nov. | A Phasianidae, transferred to the genus Bonasa Stephen, 1819. | ||||||
Zhyraornis logunovi [40] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. | |||||
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Indophis sahnii [50] | Valid | Rage & Prasad | Maastrichtian | Intertrappean Beds | ![]() | A snake | |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | Valid | Dashzeveg & Russell | A pantolestid, type species is G. khan | |||||
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Dickinsonia rex [52] | Synonym of Dickinsonia tenuis | Jenkins | Ediacaran | ![]() | |||