1966 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 1966.

Arthropods[edit]

Newly named Insects[edit]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Oligomyrmex antiqua[2] Comb nov jr synonym (Mayr, 1868) Middle Eocene Baltic amber  Europe Fossil myrmicine ant,
moved to Carebara antiqua in 2004
Carebara antiqua
Sphecomyrminae[3] Subfam. Gen. et sp. nov Valid Wilson & Carpenter Turonian New Jersey Amber  USA Basal most ant subfamily. One genus Sphecomyrma

Conodonts[edit]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Declinognathodus[4] Gen. nov Valid David L. Dunn Pennsylvanian  USA

Anapsids[edit]

Newly named mesosaurs[edit]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Brazilosaurus[5] Gen. et sp. Valid Shikama & Ozaki Artinskian Irati Formation  Brazil A mesosaur.

Dinosaurs[edit]

Newly named dinosaurs[edit]

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[6]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Probactrosaurus[7] Gen et sp nov Valid Rozhdestvensky Early Cretaceous (Albian) Dashuigou Formation  China
Probactrosaurus

Newly named birds[edit]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Arikarornis macdonaldi [8] Gen et sp nov. valid Howard Early Miocene Middle Sharps Formation  USA An Accipitrid, type species A. macdonaldi
Miortyx aldeni [8] Sp. nov. valid Howard Early Miocene Middle Sharps Formation  USA An Odontophoridae.
Diomedea milleri [9] Sp. nov. valid Howard Middle Miocene Temblor Formation  USA A Diomedeid.
Dissourodes milleri [10] Gen et sp. nov. jr synonym of Mycteria milleri Short Early Pliocene Valentine Formation  USA
Pelecanus tirarensis [11] Sp. nov. valid Miller Miocene Etadunna Formation  Australia A Pelecanidae.
Praemancalla [12] Gen et sp. nov. valid Howard Late Miocene Laguna Hills Formation  USA An Alcidae, Mancallinae, type species P. lagunensis
Speotyto megalopeza [13] Sp. nov. Jr synonym of Athene megalopeza Ford Late Pliocene Rexroad Formation  USA
Wasonaka [14] Gen et sp. nov. valid Howard Middle Pliocene Arroyo de las Barrancas Blancas  Mexico An Anatidae, Type species W. yepormerae

Other Animals[edit]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Dickinsonia elongata [15]

Sp. nov Synonym of Dickinsonia costata Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran  Australia

Dickinsonia tenuis [15]

Sp. nov valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran  Australia  Russia
Rangea grandis Sp. nov Synonym of Charnia masoni Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran  Australia

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Ettershank, G (1966). "A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 14: 73–171. doi:10.1071/zo9660073.
  3. ^ Wilson, E. O.; Carpenter, F. M.; Brown, W. L. (1966). "The First Mesozoic Ant, with the Description of a New Subfamily" (PDF). Psyche. 74 (1): 1–19. doi:10.1155/1967/89604. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  4. ^ New Pennsylvanian Platform Conodonts from Southwestern United States. D. L. Dunn, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 40, No. 6 (Nov., 1966), pages 1294-1303 (Stable URL)
  5. ^ Shikama, T.; Ozaki, H. (1966). "On a Reptilian Skeleton from the Palaeozoic Formation of San Paulo, Brazil". Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan. New Series. 64: 351–358.
  6. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  7. ^ Rozhdestvensky, A. K. (1966). "Novye igyanodonti ie tsentrallinoy Asii. Phillogeneticheskye y taksonomicheskye veaimoothoshenia poednich Iguanodontidae y rannich Hadrosauridae". Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal. 1966 (3): 103–116.
  8. ^ a b Howard, H. (1966). "Two fossil Birds from the Lower Miocene of South Dakota" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 107: 1–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
  9. ^ Howard, H. (1966). "Additional Avian Records from the Miocene of Sharktooth Hill, California" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 114: 1–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
  10. ^ Short, LL (1966). "A New Pliocene Stork from Nebraska" (PDF). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 149: 1–12.
  11. ^ Miller, AH (1966). "The Fossil Pelicans of Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 14: 181–190.
  12. ^ Howard, H. (1966). "A Possible Ancestor of the Lucas Auk (Family Mancallidae) from the Tertiary of Orange County , California" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 101: 2–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
  13. ^ Ford, NL (1966). "Fossil Owls from the Rexroad Fauna of the Upper Pliocene of Kansas" (PDF). Condor. 68 (5): 472–475. doi:10.2307/1365319. JSTOR 1365319.
  14. ^ Howard, H. (1966). "Pliocene Birds from Chihuahua, Mexico" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 94: 1–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  15. ^ a b Glaessner, M.F.; Wade, M. (1966). "The late Precambrian fossils from Ediacara, South Australia" (PDF). Palaeontology. 9 (4): 599. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
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