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1968 in paleontology

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List of years in paleontology (table)
In paleobotany
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
In arthropod paleontology
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
In paleoentomology
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
In paleomalacology
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
In reptile paleontology
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
In archosaur paleontology
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
In mammal paleontology
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
In paleoichthyology
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971

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

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Ferns and fern allies

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes Images

Allantodiopsis pugetensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Middle Eocene

Puget Group
"Lower Fultonian"

 USA
 Washington

A dryopteridaceous fern

Allantodiopsis pugetensis

Angiosperms

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes Images

Alnus kluckingi[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Kummer sandstone bed" Loc 9837

 USA
 Washington

A alder species.

Anacardites franklinensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Lower Fultonian"

Roslyn Formation

 USA
 Washington

A cashew foliage form genus.

Artocarpoides kummerensis[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731

 USA
 Washington

A dicot of uncertain affinity.
Moved to Dicotylophyllum kummerensis (1977)[3]
Moved to Republica kummerensis (1987)[4]

Artocarpoides litseafolia[2]

Comb nov

jr synonym

(MacGinitie) Wolfe

Eocene
Ypresian

Ione Formation
"Chalk Bluff Flora" Loc P3324

 USA
 California

A dicot of uncertain affinity.
Moved from Lauropliyllum litseafolia (1941)[5]
Moved to Dicotylophyllum litseafolia (1969).
Moved to Republica litseafolia (1987)[4]

Calkinsia[2]

Gen et sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731

 USA
 Washington

A moon seed relative.
The type species is C. franklinensis

Camellia multiforma[2]

Comb nov

valid

(Potbury) Wolfe

Latest Eocene-Earliest Oligocene

La Porte Tuff

 USA
 California

A Camellia species.
Moved from Euphorbiophyllum multiformum (1935)[6]

Carya cashmanensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731

 USA
 Washington

A hickory relative.

Carya pugetensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Kummer sandstone bed" Loc 9680

 USA
 Washington

A hickory relative.

Castanopsis franklinensis[2]

Sp. nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Lower Fultonian"

Puget Group
"Above Franklin bed 12" Loc 9678

 USA
 Washington

A chinquapin species.

Cladrastis pugetensis[2]

Sp. nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731

 USA
 Washington

A Cladrastis species legume.

Dryophyllum pugetensis[2]

Sp. nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Lower Ravenian"

Puget Group
"Between Ravensdale beds 3 & 4" Loc 9694

 USA
 Washington

A Dryophyllum species.

Fothergilla durhamensis[2]

Sp. nov

jr synonym

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Fultonian"

Puget Group
"Below Durham bed 1" Loc 9832

 USA
 Washington

A platanaceous species.
Moved to Platimeliphyllum durhamensis in (2022)[7]

Goweria[2]

Gen et 2 Sp. nov

valid

Wolfe

Eocene

 USA
 Oregon

A icacinaceous genus.
The type species is "Benzoin" dilleri (1900).
The genus also includes G. linearis.

Hyperbaena dilleri[2]

Comb nov

Jr synonym

(Knowlton) Wolfe

Eocene

 USA
 Oregon

A moon seed relative.
Moved from "Benzoin" dilleri (1900).
Moved to Calkinsia dilleri (1977)[3]

Hypserpa cashmanensis[2]

Gen et sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731

 USA
 Washington

A Hypserpa species moon seed.

Hypserpa cashmanensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731

 USA
 Washington

A Hypserpa species moon seed.

Hypserpa franklinensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Lower Fultonian"

Puget Group
"Above Franklin bed 12" Loc 9678

 USA
 Washington

A Hypserpa species moon seed.

Macaranga pugetensis[2]

Sp. nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731

 USA
 Washington

A Macaranga species euphorbe.

Macclintockia pugetensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Kummerian"

Puget Group
Renton Formation Loc 9688

 USA
 Washington

A Macclintockia species.

Pterocarya pugetensis[2]

Sp. nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Kummer sandstone bed" Loc 9837

 USA
 Washington

A wingnut species.

"Pugetia"[2]

Gen et sp nov

homonym

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Fultonian"

Puget Group
"Green River canyon, above vein 12" Loc 1963

 USA
 Washington

A possible hickory relative.
The type species is "P". longifolia
Junior homonym of Pugetia Kylin, 1925

Rhamnites cashmanensis[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Ravenian"

Puget Group
"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731

 USA
 Washington

identified as a Rhamnites buckthorn foliage.
Moved to Parashorea cashmanensis (1977)[3]

Rhamnites franklinensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Lower Fultonian"

Puget Group
"Above Franklin bed 12" Loc 9678

 USA
 Washington

A Rhamnites buckthorn foliage.

Ternstroemites ravenensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Lower Ravenian"

Puget Group
"Between Ravensdale beds 3 & 4" Loc 9694

 USA
 Washington

A Ternstroemites theaceous foliage.

Viburnum pugetensis[2]

Sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Lower Fultonian"

Puget Group
"Above Franklin bed 12" Loc 9678

 USA
 Washington

A Viburnum species.

Vinea[2]

Gen et sp nov

valid

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Fultonian"

Puget Group
"Below Durham bed 1" Loc 9832

 USA
 Washington

A walnut relative.
Also noted from the Roslyn Formation.

Willisia[2]

Gen et sp nov

Jr homonym

Wolfe

Late Eocene
"Upper Fultonian"

Puget Group
"Below Durham bed 1" Loc 9832

 USA
 Washington

A linden relative.
Jr homonym of Willisia Warming 1901.
Renamed Plafkeria in (1977)
The type species is "W." rentonensis

Arthropods

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Insects

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Eriocampa tulameenensis[8]

sp nov

Valid

Rice

Early Eocene

Allenby Formation

 Canada
 British Columbia

A Tenthredinidae sawfly

Eriocampa tulameenensis

Pseudosiobla campbelli[8]

sp nov

Valid

Rice

Early Eocene

Horsefly Shales

 Canada
 British Columbia

A Tenthredinidae sawfly

Pseudosiobla campbelli

Conodonts

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Location Notes Images

Neognathodus

gen nov

Valid taxon

David L. Dunn

Pennsylvanian

Archosauriformes

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Non-avian dinosaurs

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Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[9]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

Aralosaurus[10]

gen et sp nov

Valid taxon

Rozhdestvensky

Late Cretaceous

Bostobe Svita

 Kazakhstan

An aralosaurin hadrosaur.

Aralosaurus tuberiferus

Birds

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images

Aethia rossmoori [11]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Howard

Late Miocene

 USA
( California)

An Alcidae.

Alauda jordanica [12]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Tchernov

Middle Pleistocene

Ubeidiya Formation

 Israel

An Alaudidae.

Alcodes [11]

Gen et sp nov.

Valid

Howard

Late Miocene?

 USA

An Alcidae,
type species A. ulnulus

Bathornis fricki [13]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Cracraft

Early Miocene

 USA
( Wyoming)

A Bathornithid

Buteo circoides [14]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene

Tatal-Gol

 Mongolia

An Accipitridae.

Coturnicops avita [15]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Feduccia

Late Pliocene

Glenns Ferry Formation

 USA
( Idaho)

A Rallidae.

Cygnavus formosus [16]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Kurochkin

Late Eocene

Zaysan Bassin

 Kazakhstan

An Anatidae.

"Cygnopterus" lambrechti[16]

Sp. nov.

valid

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene

Kustovskaya

 Kazakhstan

Phoenicopteriformes Incertae Sedis

Fulica stekelesi [12]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Tchernov

Middle Pleistocene

Ubeidiya Formation

 Israel

A Rallidae.

Fulmarus hammeri [11]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Howard

Late Miocene

 USA
( California)

A Procellariidae.

Gobihierax [14]

Gen et Sp. nov.

Valid

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene

Tatal-Gol

 Mongolia

An Accipitridae, Type sp G. edax

Guguschia nailiae [17]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Aslanova & Burchak-Abramovich

Middle Oligocene

Maykopian Clay

 Azerbaijan

A Swan, Anatidae.

Laterallus insignis [15]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Feduccia

Late Pliocene

Rexroad Formation

 USA ( Kansas)

A Rallidae.

Limicorallus [16]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene-Miocene

Myn-Say Gorge

 Kazakhstan

A Phalacrocoracidae, type species L. saiensis.

Megaegotheles [18]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Jr synonym

Scarlett

Pleistocene-modern

 New Zealand

An Aegothelidae, type sp M. novaezealandiae,
jr syn of Aegotheles.[19]

Megagallinula [16]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene

Kur-Say Gorge

 Kazakhstan

A Rallidae. type sp. M. harundinea

Melanocorypha gracilis [12]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Tchernov

Middle Pleistocene

Ubeidiya Formation

 Israel

An Alaudidae.

Palaeorallus alienus [14]

Sp. nov.

nomen dubium

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene

Tatal-Gol

 Mongolia

A possible Rallidae,

Paracrax gigantea[20]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Cracraft

Late Oligocene

Brule Formation

 USA
( South Dakota)

A Bathornithidae

Paracrax wetmorei [20]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Cracraft

Late Oligocene

Brule Formation

 USA
( South Dakota)

A Bathornithidae

Petronia brevirostris [12]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Tchernov

Middle Pleistocene

Ubeidiya Formation

 Israel

A Passeridae.

Puffinus calhouni [11]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Howard

Late Miocene

 USA
( California)

A Procellariidae.

Tutor dementievi [14]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Kurochkin

Middle Oligocene

Tatal-Gol

 Mongolia

An Accipitridae, jr syn of Venerator dementievi

Sauropterygians

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Plesiosaurs

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes Images

Ceraunosaurus

Gen et sp nov

jr synonym

Thurmond

Late Cretaceous

junior synonym of Trinacromerum

Synapsids

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Mammaliformes

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes Images

Megazostrodon

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Crompton & Jenkins

Early Jurassic

Elliot Formation

 Lesotho

A megazostrodontid morganucodont

Megazostrodon

References

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