1968 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 1968.
Flora
Ferns and fern allies
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Allantodiopsis pugetensis[2] | Sp nov | valid | Puget Group |
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Angiosperms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Alnus kluckingi[2] | Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
| A alder species. | ||
Anacardites franklinensis[2] | Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene |
| A cashew foliage form genus. | |||
Sp nov | jr synonym | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
| A dicot of uncertain affinity. | |||
Comb nov | jr synonym | Ione Formation | A dicot of uncertain affinity. | ![]() | ||||
Calkinsia[2] | Gen et sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
| A moon seed relative. | ||
Camellia multiforma[2] | Comb nov | valid | (Potbury) Wolfe | La Porte Tuff | A Camellia species. | |||
Carya cashmanensis[2] | Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
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Carya pugetensis[2] | Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
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Castanopsis franklinensis[2] | Sp. nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
| A chinquapin species. | ||
Cladrastis pugetensis[2] | Sp. nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
| A Cladrastis species legume. | ||
Dryophyllum pugetensis[2] | Sp. nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
| A Dryophyllum species. | ||
Fothergilla durhamensis[2] | Sp. nov | jr synonym | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
| A platanaceous species. | ||
Goweria[2] | Gen et 2 Sp. nov | valid | A icacinaceous genus. | |||||
Hyperbaena dilleri[2] | Comb nov | Jr synonym | A moon seed relative. | |||||
Hypserpa cashmanensis[2] | Gen et sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
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Hypserpa cashmanensis[2] | Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
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Hypserpa franklinensis[2] | Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
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Macaranga pugetensis[2] | Sp. nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
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Macclintockia pugetensis[2] | Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
| A Macclintockia species. | ||
Pterocarya pugetensis[2] | Sp. nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
| A wingnut species. | ||
"Pugetia"[2] | Gen et sp nov | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
| A possible hickory relative. | |||
Rhamnites cashmanensis[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
| identified as a Rhamnites buckthorn foliage. | ||
Rhamnites franklinensis[2] | Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
| A Rhamnites buckthorn foliage. | ||
Ternstroemites ravenensis[2] | Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
| A Ternstroemites theaceous foliage. | ||
Viburnum pugetensis[2] | Sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
| A Viburnum species. | ||
Vinea[2] | Gen et sp nov | valid | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
| A walnut relative. | ||
Willisia[2] | Gen et sp nov | Jr homonym | Late Eocene | Puget Group |
| A linden relative. |
Arthropods
Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov | Valid | Rice | Early Eocene | A Tenthredinidae sawfly | ![]() | |||
sp nov | Valid | Rice | Early Eocene | Horsefly Shales | A Tenthredinidae sawfly | ![]() |
Conodonts
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen nov | Valid taxon | Pennsylvanian |
Archosauriformes
Non-avian dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[9]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Aralosaurus[10] | gen et sp nov | Valid taxon | An aralosaurin hadrosaur. | ![]() |
Birds
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Aethia rossmoori [11] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Miocene | An Alcidae. | ||||
Alauda jordanica [12] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Middle Pleistocene | Ubeidiya Formation | An Alaudidae. | |||
Alcodes [11] | Gen et sp nov. | Valid | Howard | Late Miocene? | An Alcidae, | |||
Bathornis fricki [13] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Early Miocene | |||||
Buteo circoides [14] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Middle Oligocene | Tatal-Gol | An Accipitridae. | |||
Coturnicops avita [15] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Late Pliocene | A Rallidae. | ||||
Cygnavus formosus [16] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Kurochkin | Late Eocene | Zaysan Bassin | An Anatidae. | ||
"Cygnopterus" lambrechti[16] | Sp. nov. | valid | Kurochkin | Middle Oligocene | Kustovskaya | Phoenicopteriformes Incertae Sedis | ||
Fulica stekelesi [12] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Tchernov | Middle Pleistocene | Ubeidiya Formation | A Rallidae. | ||
Fulmarus hammeri [11] | Sp. nov. | Valid | ||||||
Gobihierax [14] | Gen et Sp. nov. | Valid | Kurochkin | Tatal-Gol | An Accipitridae, Type sp G. edax | |||
Guguschia nailiae [17] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Aslanova & Burchak-Abramovich | Middle Oligocene | Maykopian Clay | A Swan, Anatidae. | ||
Laterallus insignis [15] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Feduccia | Late Pliocene | A Rallidae. | |||
Limicorallus [16] | Gen. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Kurochkin | Middle Oligocene-Miocene | Myn-Say Gorge | A Phalacrocoracidae, type species L. saiensis. | ||
Megaegotheles [18] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Jr synonym | Scarlett | Pleistocene-modern | An Aegothelidae, type sp M. novaezealandiae, | |||
Megagallinula [16] | Gen. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Kurochkin | Middle Oligocene | Kur-Say Gorge | A Rallidae. type sp. M. harundinea | ||
Melanocorypha gracilis [12] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Tchernov | Middle Pleistocene | Ubeidiya Formation | An Alaudidae. | ||
Palaeorallus alienus [14] | Sp. nov. | nomen dubium | Kurochkin | Middle Oligocene | Tatal-Gol | A possible Rallidae, | ||
Paracrax gigantea[20] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Cracraft | |||||
Paracrax wetmorei [20] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Cracraft | Late Oligocene | Brule Formation | |||
Petronia brevirostris [12] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Tchernov | Middle Pleistocene | Ubeidiya Formation | A Passeridae. | ||
Puffinus calhouni [11] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Howard | Late Miocene | ||||
Tutor dementievi [14] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Kurochkin | Middle Oligocene | Tatal-Gol | An Accipitridae, jr syn of Venerator dementievi |
Sauropterygians
Plesiosaurs
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | jr synonym | Thurmond | junior synonym of Trinacromerum |
Synapsids
Mammaliformes
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | Valid | Crompton & Jenkins | ![]() |
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Wolfe, J.A. (1968). Paleogene Biostratigraphy of nonmarine rocks in King County, Washington (Report). Professional Paper. Vol. 571. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–29. doi:10.3133/pp571.
- ^ a b c Wolfe, J.A. (1977). Paleogene floras from the Gulf of Alaska region (Report). Professional Paper. Vol. 997. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–108. doi:10.3133/pp997.
- ^ a b Wolfe, J.A.; Wehr, W.C. (1987). Middle Eocene dicotyledonous plants from Republic, northeastern Washington (Report). Bulletin. Vol. 1597. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–25. doi:10.3133/b1597.
- ^ MacGinitie, H.D. (1941). A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada (Report). Contributions to Paleontology. Vol. 534. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington. p. 116.
- ^ Potbury, S.S. (1935). "The La Porte flora of Plumas County, California". Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 63 (5): 29–82.
- ^ Huegele, I.B.; Zhu, H.; Zhao, B.; Wang, Y.-F.; Manchester, S. R. (2021). "Trans-Beringial Distribution of Platimeliphyllum (Platanaceae) in the Eocene of Eastern Asia and Western North America". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 183 (2): 139–153. doi:10.1086/717692. S2CID 239529168.
- ^ a b Rice, H.M.A. (1968). "Two Tertiary sawflies, (Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae), from British Columbia". Geological Survey of Canada. 67 (59): 1–21.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Rozhdestvensky. A.K. 1968. Hadrosaurs of Kazakhstan. In: Upper Paleozoic and Mesozoic Amphibians and Reptiles (Tatarinov, L.P., et al., eds.). Akademia Nauk S.S.S.R. Moscow: pp. 97- 141.
- ^ a b c d Howard, H (1968). "Tertiary Birds from Laguna Hills, Orange County, California" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 142: 1–21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ^ a b c d Tchernov, E (1968). "A Preliminary Investigation of the Birds on the Pleistocene Deposits of Ubeidia". Publications of the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities. 1968: 1–44.
- ^ Cracraft, J (1968). "A Review of the Bathornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes), with Remarks on the Relationships of the Suborder Cariamae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2326): 1–46.
- ^ a b c d Kurochkin, EN (1968). "[Fossil Remains of Birds from Mongolia]". Ornithologiya. 9: 323–330.
- ^ a b Feduccia, A (1968). "The Pliocene Rails of North America" (PDF). Auk. 85 (July): 441–453. doi:10.2307/4083293. JSTOR 4083293.
- ^ a b c d Kurochkin, EN (1968). "New Oligocene Birds from Kazakhstan". Paleontological Journal. 2: 83–90.
- ^ Aslanova, SM; Burchak-Abramovich, NI (1968). "A Fossil Swan from the Maykopian Series of Azerbaydzhan" (PDF). Auk. 85 (July): 441–453.
- ^ Scarlett, RJ (1968). "An Owlet-Nightjar from New-Zealand" (PDF). Notornis. 15: 254–266. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
- ^ Storrs L. Olson, Jean Chr. Balouet & C. T. Fisher (1987). "The Owlet-Nightjar of New Caledonia, Aegotheles savesi, with Comments on the Systematics of the Aegothelidae". De Giervalk / Le Gerfaut. 77: 341–352.
- ^ a b Cracraft, J (1968). "A Review of the Bathornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes), with Remarks on the Relationships of the Suborder Cariamae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2326): 1–46.