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.
Bryophytes
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Ditrichites fylesi[2] | Sp nov | valid | Kuc | A possible ditrichaceous moss | ||||
Muscites maycocki[2] | Sp nov | valid | Kuc | A moss of uncertain placement | ||||
Muscites ritchiei[2] | Sp nov | valid | Kuc | A moss of uncertain placement | ||||
Palaeohypnum jovet-asti[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | Kuc | An amblystegiaceous moss | ||||
Palaeohypnum steerei[2] | Sp nov | jr synonym | Kuc | An amblystegiaceous moss |
Plants
Angiosperms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Quercus paleocarpa[4] | Gen et sp nov | valid | Manchester | Middle Eocene | Clarno Formation | An oak |
Archosauromorphs
General research
- Massospondylus gastroliths are documented.[5]
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[6]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov | Valid | del Corro | ![]() | |||||
gen et sp nov | Valid | ![]() | ||||||
Labocania[9] | gen et sp nov | Valid | possible tyrannosauroid | ![]() | ||||
Prenocephale[8] | gen et sp nov | Valid | ![]() | |||||
Stokesosaurus[10] | gen et sp nov | Valid | Madsen | Morrison Formation, Utah | ![]() | |||
Tylocephale[8] | gen et sp nov | Valid | ![]() |
Newly named birds
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Chunga incerta [11] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Eduardo P. Tonni | Monte Hermoso Formation | A Cariamidae. | |||
Cryptociconia indica [12] | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Colin J. O. Harrison | Siwalik Series | A Ciconiidae, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||
Dendrocopos praemedius [13] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Dénes Jánossy | A Picidae. | ||||
Francolinus minor [14] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Dénes Jánossy | A Phasianidae. | ||||
Francolinus villanyiensis [14] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Dénes Jánossy | A Phasianidae. | ||||
Francolinus wenzensis [14] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Dénes Jánossy | A Phasianidae. | ||||
Gobipteryx minuta [15] | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Valid | Described in the Palaeognathae, but transferred to the Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||||
Leptoptilos richae [12] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Colin J. O. Harrison | Belgia Formation | A Ciconiidae. | |||
Leptoptilos siwalikensis [12] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Colin J. O. Harrison | Siwalik Series | A Ciconiidae. | |||
Neophrontops slaughteri [16] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Glenns Ferry Formatie, Hagerman Local Fauna | An Accipitridae. | ||||
Nesotrochis steganinos [17] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Cave deposits | A flightless Rallidae. | ||||
Pachydyptes simpsoni [18] | Sp. nov. | Valid | R. J. F Jenkins | Blanche Point Marls, Aldingan Stage | A Spheniscidae. | |||
Tetrao conjugens [14] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Dénes Jánossy | Węże 1 | A Phasianidae. | |||
Tetrastes praebonasia [13] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Dénes Jánossy | Tarkö - lagen 11, 12; | A Phasianidae, transferred to the genus Bonasa Stephen, 1819 by Zygmunt Bocheński, 1991.[19] |
Newly named pterosaurs
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov | Fabre | subjective synonym of Cycnorhamphus | ![]() | |||||
gen et sp nov | Valid | Casamiquela |
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.
- ^ a b c d e Kuc, M. (1974). "Fossil mosses from the bisaccate zone of the mid-Eocene Allenby Formation, British Columbia". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 11 (3): 409–421. doi:10.1139/e74-037.
- ^ a b Miller, N. G. (1980). "Fossil mosses of North America and their significance". The Mosses of North America. pp. 9–36.
- ^ 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". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. 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.