1967 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 1967.
Scientific advances
Vertebrate paleozoology
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[2]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Casamiquela |
A primitive ornithischian |
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| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Aechmophorus elasson [4] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Murray |
Late Pliocene |
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Asio brevipes [5] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Ford & Murray |
Late Pliocene |
Glenns Ferry Formation |
A Strigidae. |
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Eogrus wetmorei [6] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Tungur Formation |
An Eogruidae |
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Gallinula kansarum [6] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Brodkorb |
A Rallidae. |
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Hirundo aprica [7] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Pliocene |
A Hirundinidae. |
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Limosa ossivallis [6] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Brodkorb |
Early Pliocene |
Bone Valley Formation |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Ortalis affinis [8] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Feduccia & Wilson |
Early Pliocene |
A Cracidae. |
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Pararallus hassenkampi [9] |
Gen. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Martini |
Early/Middle Oligocene |
Described in Rallidae, |
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Pliolymbus[4] |
Gen. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Murray |
Late Pliocene |
Glenns Ferry Formation |
A Podicipedidae, type species P. baryosteus |
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Pliopicus [8] |
Gen et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Feduccia & Wilson |
Early Pliocene |
Ogallala Formation |
A Picidae. Type species P. brodkorbi |
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Podiceps discors [4] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Murray |
Late Pliocene |
Glenns Ferry Formation |
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Podilymbus majusculus[4] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Murray |
Late Pliocene |
Glenns Ferry Formation] |
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| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
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Limnostygis |
Valid |
A member of Limnoscelidae. | |||||
People
Awards and recognition
Popular culture
Literature
- Bronto the Dinosaur was published. Its storyline was similar to another 1960s work aimed at children,Pataud, le petit dinosaure. The book was marketed as "educationally sound, paleontologist William A. S. Sarjeant said the book "cannot justly make that claim" on the basis of several scientific improbabilities.[10]
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.
- ↑ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ↑ Casamiquela, RM (1967). "Un nuevo Dinosaurio Ornithisquio Triasico (Pisanosaurus mertii: Ornithopoda) de la Formacion Ischigualasto, Argentina". Ameghiniana. 4 (2): 47–60.
- 1 2 3 4 Murry, BG Jr. (1967). "Grebes from the Late Pliocene of North America" (PDF). Condor. 69: 277–288. doi:10.2307/1366317.
- ↑ Ford, NL; Murry, BG Jr (1967). "Fossil Owls from the Hagerman Local Fauna (Upper Pliocene) of Idaho" (PDF). Auk. 84 (1): 115–117. doi:10.2307/4083261.
- 1 2 3 Brodkorb, P (1967). "Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Part 3 (Ralliformes, Ichthyornithiformes, Charadriiformes)" (PDF). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 11: 99–220.
- ↑ Feduccia, A (1967). "A New Swallow from the Fox Canyon Local Fauna (Upper Pliocene) of Kansas" (PDF). Condor. 69: 526–527. doi:10.2307/1366152.
- 1 2 Feduccia, A; Wilson, RL (1967). "Avian Fossils from the Lower Pliocene of Kansas" (PDF). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University Michigan. 655: 1–6.
- ↑ Martini, E (1967). "Pararallus hassenkampi n.sp., eine Neue Rallen-Art (Aves) aus dem Oligozän von Sieblos/Rhön". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandelungen. 127: 288–292.
- ↑ Sarjeant, W. A. S., 2001, Dinosaurs in fiction: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 504-529.