1974 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 1974.
Plants[]
Angiosperms[]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Manchester |
Middle Eocene |
Clarno Formation |
An oak |
Archosauromorphs[]
General research[]
- Massospondylus gastroliths are documented.[3]
Newly named dinosaurs[]
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Chubutisaurus[5] |
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
del Corro |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Campanian |
possible tyrannosauroid |
![]() Labocania anomala | ||||
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Madsen |
Morrison Formation, Utah |
![]() Stokesosaurus langhami | ||||
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Newly named birds[]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Late Pliocene |
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A Cariamidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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A Ciconiidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Late Pliocene |
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A Picidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Villafranchian |
A Phasianidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Late Pliocene |
MN 16 |
A Phasianidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Early Pliocene |
MN 15 |
A Phasianidae. |
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Gobipteryx minuta [13] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Andrzej Elzanowski |
?Campanian, |
Described in the Palaeognathae, but transferred to the Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Late Miocene |
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A Ciconiidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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A Ciconiidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Pliocene |
,
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An Accipitridae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cave deposits |
A flightless Rallidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Late Eocene |
,
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A Spheniscidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Late Pliocene |
?Campanian,
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A Phasianidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Early Pleistocene |
- lagen 11, 12; |
A Phasianidae, transferred to the genus Bonasa Stephen, 1819 by Zygmunt Bocheński, 1991.[17] |
Newly named pterosaurs[]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gallodactylus |
gen et sp nov |
subjective synonym |
Fabre |
subjective synonym of Cycnorhamphus |
![]() Cycnorhamphus suevicus | |||
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Casamiquela |
Vaca Muerta Formation |
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.
- ^ Manchester, S.R. (1994). "Fruits and Seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon". Palaeontographica Americana. 58: 30–31.
- ^ Raath (1974). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Corro, G. del. 1974. Un nuevo megalosaurio (Carnosaurio) del Cretacico de Chubut (Argentina). Communicaciones Mus. Argent. Ciencias Nat. "Bernardino Rivadavia" Paleontol. 1:pp. 37-44.
- ^ a b c Maryanska, T. and H. Osmólska. 1974. Pachycephalosauria, a new suborder of ornithischian dinosaurs. Paleontol. Polinica 30: pp. 45-102.
- ^ Molnar R.E. (1974). "A distinctive theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Baja California (Mexico)". Journal of Paleontology. 48 (5): 1009–1017.
- ^ Madsen, J. H., Jr. 1974. A new theropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Utah. J. Paleontol. 48: pp. 27-31.
- ^ Eduardo P. Tonni (1974). "Un Nuevo Cariámido (Aves, Gruiformes) del Plioceno Superior de la Provincia de Buenos Aires". Ameghiniana. 11: 366–372.
- ^ a b c Colin J. O. Harrison (1974). "A Re-examination of Material of the Extinct Marabou Stork, Leptoptilos falconeri, with Description of Some New Species" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 94: 42–49. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-18.
- ^ a b Dénes Jánossy (1974). "Die Mittelpleistozäne Vogelfauna von Hundsheim (Niederösterreich)" (PDF). Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch- Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I. 182: 211–257.
- ^ a b c d Dénes Jánossy (1974). "Upper Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene Bird Remains from Poland". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 19 (21): 531–563.
- ^ Andrzej Elzanowski (1974). "Results of the Polish-Mongolian Paleontological Expeditions-Part V: Preliminary Note on the Palaeognathous Bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia" (PDF). Paleontologica Polonica. 30: 103–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
- ^ Alan Feduccia (1974). "Another Old World Vulture from the New World" (PDF). Wilson Bulletin. 86 (3): 251–255.
- ^ Storrs L. Olson (1974). "A New Species of Nesotrochis from Hispaniola, with Notes on Other Fossil Rails from the West Indies (Aves: Rallidae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 87 (38): 439–450.
- ^ R. J. F. Jenkins (1974). "A New Giant Penguin from the Eocene of Australia" (PDF). Palaeontology. 17 (2): 291–310. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
- ^ Zygmunt Bocheński (1991). "Pliocene Grouse of Genus Lagopus from Poland". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 34 (2): 563–577.
- Raath, M.A. (1974). Fossil vertebrate studies in Rhodesia: further evidence of gastroliths in Prosauropod dinosaurs. Arnoldia Rhodesia. 7 (5): 1–7.
- Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In: Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life: new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN: 2001. pp. 166–180.
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