1962 in paleontology
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Paleontology or palaeontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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 1962.
Paleozoology
Conodont paleozoology
German paleontologist Klaus Jürgen Müller (1923-2010) described the conodont order Paraconodontida.[2]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Histiodella[3] | Valid taxon |
RW Harris |
Middle Ordovician |
Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma, USA |
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Vertebrates
Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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| Heterodontosaurus[5] | Valid taxon |
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Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian) |
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Birds
Newly named birds
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Anas ogallalae [6] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
An Anatidae, first described as Nettion ogallalae Brodkorb, 1962. |
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Corvus betfianus [7] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Betfia 5 |
A Corvidae. |
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Diomedea californica [8] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Muddle Miocene |
A Diomedeidae, perhaps better placed in Phoebastria Reichenbach, 1853. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Muddle Pleistocene |
A Passeridae. |
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Pelargosteon tothi [7] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
Betfia 5 |
An Aves ''Incertae Sedis'', described in the Ciconiidae. |
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Perdix jurcsaki [7] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Betfia 5 |
A Phasiandae. |
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Tetrao partium [7] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Betfia 5 |
A Phasiandae, a synonym is Lyrurus partium Kretzoi, 1962. |
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Turdicus tenuis [7] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
Betfia 5 |
A Turdidae. | ||||
References
- ↑ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
- ↑ Supplement to systematics of conodonts. KJ Müller and RC Moore, in Treatise on invertebrate paleontology, Part W: Miscellanea : Conodonts Conoidal Shells of Uncertain Affinities, Worms, Trace Fossils, and Problema, 1962 - Geological Society of America
- ↑ New conodonts from Joins (Ordovician) Formation of Oklahoma. RW Harris, Oklahoma Geology Notes, 1962
- ↑ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ↑ Crompton, A.W. and A. Charig. 1962. A new ornithischian from the Upper Iriassic of South Africa. Nature 196: pp. 1074-1077.
- ↑ Brodkorb, Pierce (1962). "A Teal from the Lower Pliocene of Kansas". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 25 (2): 157–160.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Kretzoi, Miklós (1962). "Vogelreste aus der Altpleistozänen Fauna von Betfia". Aquila. 67-68: 167–174.
- ↑ Miller, Loye Holmes (1962). "A New Albatross from the Miocene of California". Condor. 64: 471–472.
- ↑ Tchernov, Eitan (1962). "Paleolithic Avifauna in Palestine". Bull. Research Counc. Israel 11 section B Zoology. 11 (3): 95–131.