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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 1979.
Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries[]
- While volunteering for field work on a team led by Philip Currie, Darren Tanke learned about the lost "Eoceratops" first excavated by William Edmund Cutler. Tanke would later rediscover the specimen in London's Natural History Museum.[2]
Scientific advances[]
Paleoanthropology[]
Paleobotany[]
Evolutionary biology[]
Exopaleontology[]
Extinction research[]
Micropaleontology[]
Invertebrate paleozoology[]
Trace fossils[]
Vertebrate paleozoology[]
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[3]
Non Avian Dinosaurs[]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |||
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"Gadolosaurus"[4] | Nomen nudum. |
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Gilmoreosaurus[5] | Valid taxon |
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late Campanian-early Maastrichtian |
A hadrosauroid. |
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Gravitholus[6] | Junior synonym of Stegoceras. |
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A pachycephalosaur. |
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Maiasaura[7] | Valid taxon |
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Upper Two Medicine Formation |
The announcement of Maiasaura attracted renewed scientific interest to the Two Medicine Formation and many new kinds of dinosaurs have been discovered as a result of the increased research.[8] |
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Majungatholus[9] | Junior synonym of Majungasaurus. |
Formerly considered a pachycephalosaur, actually an abelisaurid. |
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Microhadrosaurus[10] | Nomen dubium. |
Campanian |
Yuanpu Formation |
A hadrosaurid. |
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Mussaurus[11] | Valid taxon |
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Norian |
An anchisaurian. |
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Nanshiungosaurus[12] | Valid taxon |
Campanian |
Yuanpu Formation |
A therizinosaur. |
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Patagosaurus[13] | Valid taxon |
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Canadon Asfalto Formation |
A sauropod. |
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Piatnitzkysaurus[13] | Valid taxon |
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Canadon Asfalto Formation |
A piatnitzkysaurid. |
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Secernosaurus[14] | Valid taxon |
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late Campanian-early Maastrichtian |
A saurolophine hadrosaurid. |
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Segnosaurus[15] | Valid taxon |
Cenomanian-Turonian |
A therizinosaur. |
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Torvosaurus[16] | Valid taxon |
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late Kimmeridgian-Tithonian |
A megalosaurid. |
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Unquillosaurus[17] | Valid taxon |
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Campanian |
A paravian. |
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Volkheimeria[13] | Valid taxon |
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Canadon Asfalto Formation |
A sauropod. |
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Yandusaurus[18] | Valid taxon |
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An ornithopod. |
Avian Dinosaurs (birds)[]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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An Accipitridae, 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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An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Early Pleistocene; |
An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Early Pleistocene; |
Argentina: ;
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An Anatidae, transferred to the genus Callonetta Delacour, 1936 by Agnolin, 2006.[21] |
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Ardea bennuides [22] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Subrecent |
5000 YBP (Years Before Present) |
A giant Ardeidae, not formally described but a photo is published which keeps it from being a Nomen Nudum. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cyril A. Walker |
Early Middle Oligocene |
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Described in the , transferred to Aves Incertae Sedis. |
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Barawertornis tedfordi [24] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Oligocene/Early Miocene |
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A Dromornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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A Charadriidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Late Miocene |
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A Strigidae, transferred to the genus Asio Brisson, 1760 by Mlíkovský, 1998.[26] |
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Bullockornis planei [24] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle-Late Miocene |
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A Dromornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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A Caprimulgidae-nightjar. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Late Oligocene-Miocene |
An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Early Pliocene |
MN 15 |
A Corvidae, possibly a synonym of Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Early Pliocene |
MN 15 |
A Cuculidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
George G. Simpson |
Late Miocene-Early Pliocene |
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A Spheniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Miocene-Early Pliocene |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Early Pliocene |
MN 15 |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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A Cathartidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Middle Miocene |
MN 6 |
A Glareolidae. |
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Gymnogyps howardae [19] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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A Cathartidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Miocene-Early Pliocene |
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A Dromornithidae, not certainly an Ilbandornis Rich, 1979. |
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Ilbandornis woodburnei [24] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Miocene-Early Pliocene |
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A Dromornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cyril A. Walker |
Middle Eocene |
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A Rallidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cyril A. Walker |
Middle Eocene |
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A Rallidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cyril A. Walker |
Middle Eocene |
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Described in the Phasianidae, but transferred by Mlíkovský, 2002.[32] to Aves Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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A Scolopacidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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A Falconidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cyril A. Walker |
Middle Eocene |
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Described as an Accipitridae, known omly from a damaged distal end of a right tarsometatarsus, making it not possible to identify it, better treated as Aves Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Early Miocene Czech Republic; Middle Miocene Germany |
; MN 6 |
A Glareolidae, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Late Miocene |
MN 13 |
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An Otididae, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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An Accipitridae, transferred to the genus Buteogallus Lesson, 1830 by Suárez et Olson, 2009,[34] this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
George G. Simpson |
A Spheniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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A Scolopacidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cyril A. Walker |
Early Middle Oligocene |
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Described in the , but the holotype is too fragmentary for identification so best treated as Aves Incertae Sedis. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cyril A. Walker |
Early Middle Oligocene |
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An Anseriformes Incertae Sedis. |
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Paracathartes howardae [36] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Early Eocene |
, Middle Wasatchian, Willwood Formation |
Described as a Cathartidae, Houde 1988 placed it in the Lithornithiformes, Houde, 1988, Lithornithidae Houde, 1988,[37] it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid ? |
Cyril A. Walker |
Early Middle Oligocene |
MP 21-23 |
An Anatidae, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cyril A. Walker |
Middle Eocene |
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A Rallidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cyril A. Walker |
Middle Eocene |
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Described as a Phasianidae, transferred to the genus Talantatos Reichenbach, 1852 and placed in the Cariamidae door Mlíkovský, 2002.[32] |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cyril A. Walker |
Early-Middle Pleistocene |
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A Phalacrocoracidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Middle Miocene |
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A Rallidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Late Miocene |
MN 11 |
An Anatidae, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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An Ardeidae, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid ? |
Cyril A. Walker |
Early Middle Oligocene |
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Described as an , based on a fragment of a cervical vertebra, best treated as Aves Incertae Sedis, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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A Cathartidae, not certain to be a Sarcoramphus Duméril, 1806. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Early Pliocene |
MN 15 |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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A Phalaropodidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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An Ardeidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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A Thinocoridae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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A Scolopacidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid ? |
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Early Pliocene |
MN 15 |
The holotype is a heavily eroded proximal part of a left humerus, best placed in Passeriformes Incertae Sedis. |
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Valenticarbo praetermissus [40] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid ? |
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Late Pliocene |
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A Phalacrocoracidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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A Charadriidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
Plesiosaurs[]
Name | Status | Authors | Notes | |
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Valid |
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Either a Plesiosaur or Stegosaur |
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References[]
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