1963 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 1963.
Arthropods
[edit]Newly named insects
[edit]Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp. nov |
valid |
Trjapitzin |
A eupelmid wasp. |
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Vertebrates
[edit]Archosauromorphs
[edit]Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
preoccupied |
A Crocodylomorph, |
Dinosauria
[edit]Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Herrerasaurus[3] | Valid taxon |
Late Triassic (Carnian) |
A herrerasaurid. This was an early flesh-eating dinosaur. |
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"Ischisaurus"[3] | Junior synonym of Herrerasaurus |
Late Triassic (Carnian) |
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"Tanystrosuchus"[5] | Nomen dubium. |
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Late Triassic (Norian) |
Either a theropod or shuvosaurid. |
Birds
[edit]Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. |
synonym |
Howard |
Middle Pleistocene |
Palm Spring Formation |
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A Phasianidae, a synonym of Meleagris anza |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
An Anatidae. |
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Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Rallidae. |
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Gen. Nov. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
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An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
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An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963. |
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Synonym |
valid |
A Dromaiidae, transferred to the genus Dromaius. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Howard |
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A Rallidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Rallidae. |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Gaviiformes, type sp. L. estesi |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
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Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
An Odontophoridae, type sp. N. inexpectatus |
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Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
Weigel |
Early Oligocene |
Cypress Hills Formation |
A Coccyzid, type sp. N. mccorquodalei |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Howard |
Middle Pleistocene |
Palm Spring Formation |
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An Accipitridae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
An Ardeidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Howard |
Middle Pleistocene |
Palm Spring Formation |
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An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
A Spheniscidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
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Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
Weigel |
Early Oligocene |
Cypress Hills Formation |
A Scolopacidae, type sp. P. bardi |
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Sp. nov. |
valid? |
de Villalta Comella |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
Holmes Miller |
A Phoenicopteridae, type sp. P. eyrensis |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Holmes Miller |
Early Miocene |
Etadunna Formation |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
synonym |
Brodkorb |
A Gruidae, syn of Balearica crataegensis |
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Sp. nov. |
synonym |
Brodkorb |
Early Miocene |
Hawthorne Formation |
A Ciconiidae, syn of Grallavis olseni. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
Early Miocene |
Hawthorne Formation |
A Sulidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
Early Miocene |
Hawthorne Formation |
A Sulidae. |
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Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
Late Blancan-Early Irvingtonian |
A Phorusrhacidae. |
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Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
Late Cretaceous |
Lance Formation |
Possibly a Pelecaniform, |
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Sp. nov. |
synonym |
de Villalta Comella |
A Laridae, syn of Larus teruelensis |
Popular culture
[edit]Literature
[edit]- Savage Pellucidar, the last of the seven novels about Pellucidar, an underground world inhabited by dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, by Edgar Rice Burroughs was published.[23]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Gibson, G (2013). "The extinct Baltic amber genus Propelma Trjapitzin, a valid genus of Neanastatinae (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae)". ZooKeys (283): 59–69. doi:10.3897/zookeys.283.4665. PMC 3677364. PMID 23794842.
- ^ a b c Reig, O.A. 1963. La presencia de dinosaurios saurisquios en los "Estrados de Ischigualasto" (Mesotriasico superior) de las provincias de San Juan y La Rioja (Republica Argentina). Ameghiniana 3: pp. 3-20.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Kuhn, O. 1963. Ichnia Tetrapodorum. In: Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia, part 101 (Westphal, F., ed.). W. Junk, The Hague, Netherlands: 176 pages.
- ^ a b c d e f Howard, Hildegarde (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Anza-Borrego Desert" (PDF). Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science. 73: 1–33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
- ^ McCoy, J. J. (1963). "The Fossil Avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida". The Auk. 80 (3): 335–351. doi:10.2307/4082892. JSTOR 4082892.
- ^ Wetmore, Alexander (1963). "An Extinct Rail from the Island of St. Helena". The Ibis. 103B (3): 379–381. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1963.tb06760.x.
- ^ a b Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida". Florida Geological Survey, Special Publication 2. 4: 1–17.
- ^ a b c d e Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming". Proceedings of the XIIIth International Ornithologists Congress. 13: 55–70.
- ^ Miller, Alden Holmes (1963). "Fossil Ratite Birds from the Late Tertiary of South Australia". Records of the South Australian Museum. 14: 413–420.
- ^ McCoy, John J. (1963). "The Fossil Avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida" (PDF). The Auk. 80 (3): 335–351. doi:10.2307/4082892. JSTOR 4082892.
- ^ a b c Weigel, Robert D. (1963). "Oligocene Birds from Saskatchewan". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (3): 257–262.
- ^ Brodkorb, P (1963). "Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes)". Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 7 (4): 179–293.
- ^ Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida". Florida Geological Survey, Special Publication. 2: 1–17.
- ^ de Villalta Comella, JF (1963). "Las Aves Fósiles del Mioceno Espańol". Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Geológica). 6: 263–285.
- ^ a b Miller, Alden Holmes (1963). "The Fossil Flamingos of Australia" (PDF). The Condor. 65 (4): 289–299. doi:10.2307/1365355. JSTOR 1365355.
- ^ Brodkorb, P (1963). "A New Pleistocene Grebe from Florida" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (1): 53–55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ a b c d Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Miocene Birds from the Hawthorne Formation in Florida". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (2): 159–167.
- ^ Brodkorb, P (1963). "A Giant Flightless Bird from the Pleistocene of Florida" (PDF). Auk. 80 (2): 111–115. doi:10.2307/4082556. JSTOR 4082556.
- ^ Brodkorb, P (1963). "Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming". Proceedings of the XIIIth International Ornithologists Congress. 13: 55–70.
- ^ de Villalta Comella, J. F. (1963). "Las Aves Fósiles del Mioceno Espańol". Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Geológica). 61: 263–285.
- ^ 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.