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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 1996.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Valid | Manchester & Chen | A betulaceous fruit | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Manchester & Guo | A betulaceous fruit | |||||
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid | Berglund & Goedert | Early Miocene |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Jr synonym | Nel, Arillo, & Martínez-Delclòs | An Aeshnid dragonfly. | ![]() | ||||
Gen et sp. nov | Valid | Dlussky | ![]() | |||||
Gen et sp nov | valid | Nel, Arillo, & Martínez-Delclòs | A Megapodagrionid damselfly | ![]() | ||||
Gen et sp. nov | Valid | Dlussky | ![]() | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Nel, Arillo, & Martínez-Delclòs | A Corduliid dragonfly | ![]() | ||||
Sp nov | Valid | Nel, Arillo, & Martínez-Delclòs | A Libellulid dragonfly | ![]() | ||||
Gen et comb et 2 sp nov | valid | Nel, Arillo, & Martínez-Delclòs | A Megapodagrionid damselfly, three species | ![]() |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Valid | Ivanov & Ginter | Kalinovskie Vyselki Quarry | |||||
Sp nov | Valid | Duffin et. al. | ||||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | Valid | Maryańska & Shishkin | Middle Triassic | A cyclotosaurid | ||||
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Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. [12]
Name | Novelt | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Early Pleistocene | An Anatidae. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | An Anatidae. | ||||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Miocene | An Anhingidae. | |||||
Valid | Late Miocene | MN 9 | An Aves Incertae Sedis , it is not an Anatidae. | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Oligocene | A Pelecaniformes, Plotopteridae Howard, 1969, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Oligocene | A Pelecaniformes, Plotopteridae Howard, 1969. | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Francisco Ortega | An Ornithothoraces Chiappe & Calvo, 1994, Enantiornithes. Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Campanian | An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, Gobipteryginae Elzanowski, 1974. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Pliocene | A Psittacidae. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Miocene | An Otididae. | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Miocene | ||||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Middle Miocene | A Scolopacidae, not sure it is a Tringa. | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | An Ornithothoraces Chiappe et Calvo, 1994 . | ||||||
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Jr synonym | Dashzeveg | Moved to the genus Alagtsavbaatar in 2016 [43] | |||||
Sp. nov | Jr synonym | Dashzeveg | Deemed a junior synonym of Asiavorator gracilis in 2016 [43] |