1988 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 1988.
Plants
Angiosperms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymy | Notes | Images |
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Hemiptelea mikii[2] | sp nov | Minaki, Noshiro, & Suzuki | An ulmaceous species | ||||||
Keratosperma[3] | Gen et sp nov | valid | Cevallos-Ferriz & Stockey | A lasioid arum family seed genus. | |||||
Pistillipollianthus[4] | Gen et sp nov | valid | Stockey & Manchester | Okanagan Highlands | A flower of uncertain affinities | ||||
Salmonensea[5] | Gen et Comb nov | Valid | Salmon Flora | A rosaceous genus | ![]() | ||||
Sorbaria wahrhaftigii[5] | Sp nov | Valid | Rex Creek Flora | A rosaceous species | ![]() | ||||
Stockeya[5] | Gen, sp et Comb nov | Valid | Chamaebatiaria creedensis (1937) | A rosaceous genus | ![]() | ||||
Stonebergia[5] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | A rosaceous genus | ![]() |
Arthropods
Crustaceans
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | jr synonym | Moved to the genus Tealliocaris in 2013.[7] Though initially reported to be from the Pocono Formation, the deposits it was found in are now considered part of the Huntley Mountain Formation.[8] |
Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymy | Notes | Images |
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Aneuretellus[9] | Gen et sp nov | valid | Dlussky | Sakhalin amber | An aneuretine ant | ||||
Protopone primigena[9][10] | Gen et sp nov | valid | Dlussky | Sakhalin amber | A ponerine ant | ![]() | |||
Zherichinius[9] | Gen et 2 sp nov | valid | Dlussky | Middle Eocene | Sakhalin amber | A dolichoderine ant | ![]() |
Archosauromorphs
Newly named non-avian dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[11]
- The dubious family, Ornitholestidae is named by Gregory Scott Paul.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymy | Notes | Images |
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Anserimimus[12] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | An ornithomimid theropod | ![]() | |||||
Brachylophosaurus goodwini[13] | Sp nov | Junior synonym | Horner | Campanian | McClellend Ferry Member, Judith River Formation | ![]() ![]() | A saurolophine hadrosaurid. Junior synonym of Brachylophosaurus canadensis or an indeterminate brachylophosaurin.[14] | ||
Cathetosaurus[15][16] | Gen et sp nov | valid | A camarasauromorph sauropod The type species is C. lewisi | ![]() | |||||
"Chassternbergia"[17] | Subgen Nov | Jr synonym of Edmontonia | ![]() | ||||||
Denversaurus[17] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Bakker | | |||||
Gen et comb nov | Valid | Tendaguru formation | A sauropod The type species is G. brancai | ![]() | |||||
Gen nov | Hisa | Late Cretaceous | A possible hadrosaurid, undescribed | ||||||
Gen nov | Hisa | Early Cretaceous | A possible dromeosaurid, undescribed | ||||||
Kotasaurus[18] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Yadagiri | A basal sauropod | |||||
Nanotyrannus[19] | Gen et comb nov | Valid? | Bakker, Williams, & Currie | Possible junior synonym of Tyrannosaurus. | | ||||
Orodromeus[20] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Horner & Weishampel | An ornithopod The type species is O. makelai | ![]() | ||||
"Protognathus"[21] | Gen et sp nov | Zhang |
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"Stenotholus"[22] | Gen et sp nov | Giffin, Gabriel, & Johnson | Late Cretaceous | ![]() |
Newly named birds
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymy | Notes | Images |
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Ciconia kahli [23] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Haarhoff | Varswater Formation | A Ciconiidae. | ||||
Diomedea rumana [24] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Grigorescu & Kessler | A Diomedeidae. | |||||
Gymnogyps kofordi [25] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Emslie | A Cathartidae. | |||||
Hadrogyps [26] | Valid | Gen. et sp. nov. | Emslie | A cathartid | |||||
Jungornis [27] | Valid | Fam, gen et sp nov. | Karkhu | Maykop Formation | A Jungornithidae Apodiformes | ||||
Lithornis [28] | Valid | Subord, Fam, Gen et sp. nov. | Houde | Late Paleocene | A lithornithid palaeognathaen | ||||
Messelornis [29] | Valid | Fam, gen et sp nov. | Hesse | A Messelornithidae Ralliformes | |||||
Morus olsoni [24] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Grigorescu & Kessler | A Sulidae. | |||||
Pachyplichas[30] | Valid | Gen et sp. nov. | Millener | Late Quaternary | An Acanthisittidae | ||||
Phocavis maritimus [31] | Valid | Gen et Sp nov. | Goedert | A Plotopteridae Pelecaniformes | |||||
Porphyrio paepae [32] | Valid | Sp. nov. | A Rallidae. | ||||||
Primocolius [33] | Valid | Gen et sp. nov. | A Coliidae. | ||||||
Pseudocrypturus [28] | Valid | Gen et sp. nov. | Houde | A Lithornithidae Palaeognathae. | |||||
Psilopterus colzecus [34] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Tonni & Tambussi | Arroyo Chasicó Formation | |||||
Sula tasmani [35] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Tets, Meredith, Fullagar, & Davidson | A Sulidae, | |||||
Sylphornis [33] | Valid | Fam, gen et sp. nov. | A Sylphornithidae basal Piciformes | ||||||
Taubacrex [36] | Valid | Gen et sp. nov. | Alvarenga | Tremembé Formation | A Quercymegapodiidae[37] | ||||
Tshulia [38] | Valid | Gen et sp. nov. | Nessov | A possibe Rallidae | |||||
Ventivorus [33] | Valid | Gen et sp. nov. | A Caprimulgidae | ||||||
Zheroia [38] | Valid | Gen et sp. nov. | Nessov | A Graculavidae genus | |||||
Zhylgaia [38] | Valid | Gen et sp nov. | Nessov | A Prophaethontidae Pelecaniformes |
Pterosaurs
New taxa
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymy | Notes | Images |
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Tupuxuara[39] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Kellner & Campos | A Thalassodromidae pterosaur | ![]() |
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.
- ^ Minaki, M.; Noshiro, S.; Suzuki, M. (1988). "Hemiptelea mikii sp. nov. (Ulmaceae), fossil fruits and woods from the Pleistocene of central Japan". The Botanical Magazine - Shokubutsu-gaku-zasshi. 101 (4): 337–351. doi:10.1007/BF02488081. S2CID 41884511.
- ^ Cevallos-Ferriz, S; Stockey, RA (1988). "Permineralized fruits and seeds from the Princeton Chert (Middle Eocene) of British Columbia: Araceae". American Journal of Botany. 75 (8): 1099–1113. doi:10.2307/2444092. JSTOR 2444092.
- ^ Stockey, R. A.; Manchester, S. R. (1988). "A fossil flower with in situ Pistillipollenites from the Eocene of British Columbia". Canadian Journal of Botany. 66 (2): 313–318. doi:10.1139/b88-051.
- ^ a b c d Wolfe, J.A.; Wehr, W.C. (1988). "Rosaceous Chamaebatiaria-like foliage from the Paleogene of western North America". Aliso. 12 (1): 177–200. doi:10.5642/aliso.19881201.14.
- ^ "Pseudotealliocaris palincsari n. sp., a pygocephalomorph from the Pocono Formation, Mississippian of Pennsylvania". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 21: 221–225. 1988. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.24584. ISSN 0080-5947.
- ^ Clark, Neil D.L. (2013-12-20). "Tealliocaris: a decapod crustacean from the Carboniferous of Scotland". Palaeodiversity. 6: 107–133. S2CID 83091612.
- ^ Jones, Wade T.; Feldmann, Rodney M.; Schram, Frederick R.; Schweitzer, Carrie E.; Maguire, Evin P. (2016). "The Proof is in the Pouch: Tealliocaris is a Peracarid". Palaeodiversity. 9 (1): 75–88. doi:10.18476/pale.v9.a5. ISSN 1867-6294.
- ^ a b c Dlussky, G. M. (1988). "Ants of Sakhalin amber (Paleocene?)" (PDF). Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal (in Russian). 1988 (1): 50–61.[permanent dead link]
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- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Barsbold, R. 1988. A new late Cretaceous ornithomimid of Mongolia [in Russian]. Paleontol. J. 1: pp. 122-125.
- ^ Horner, John R. (1988-09-23). "A new hadrosaur (Reptilia, Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 8 (3): 314–321. doi:10.1080/02724634.1988.10011714. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ^ Freedman Fowler, Elizabeth A.; Horner, John R. (2015-11-11). "A New Brachylophosaurin Hadrosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) with an Intermediate Nasal Crest from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Northcentral Montana". PLOS ONE. 10 (11): e0141304. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141304. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4641681. PMID 26560175.
- ^ Jensen, J.A. 1988. A fourth new sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of the Colorado Plateau and sauropod bipedalism. Great Basin Nat. 48 (2), pp. 121-145.
- ^ Mateus, O., & Tschopp E. (2013). Cathetosaurus as a valid sauropod genus and comparisons with Camarasaurus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2013. 173.
- ^ a b Bakker, R. T. 1988. Review of the late Cretaceous Nodosaurid Dinosauria, Denversaurus schlessmani, a new armor-plated dinosaur from the Latest Cretaceous of South Dakota, the Last Survivor of the Nodosaurians, with comments on Stegosaur-Nodosaur Relationships. Hunteria 1 (3), pp. 3-23.
- ^ Yadagiri, P. 1988. A new sauropod Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis from Lower Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Records of the Geological Survey of India 116 (3-8): pp. 102-127.
- ^ Bakker, R.T., M. Williams, and P. Currie. 1988. Nanotyrannus, a new genus of pygmy tyrannosaur, from the latest Cretaceous of Montana. Hunteria 1: pp. 1-30.
- ^ Horner, J.R. and D.B. Weishampel. 1988. A comparative embryological study of two ornithischian dinosaurs. Nature 332: pp. 256- 257.
- ^ Olshevsky, G. 1991. A Revision of the Parainfraclass Archosauria Cope, 1869, Excluding the Advanced Crocodylia. Mesozoic Meanderings 2 (1st printing): iv + 196 pages.
- ^ Giffin, E. B., D.L. Gabriel, and R.E. Johnson. 1987. A new pachycephalosaurid skull (Ornithischia) from the Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana. J. Vert. Palaeontol. 7 (4); pp. 398-407.
- ^ Philippa J. Haarhoff (1988). "A New Fossil Stork (Aves, Ciconiidae) from the Late Tertiary of Langebaanweg, South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum. 97: 297–313.
- ^ a b Dan Grigorescu; Jenö Kessler (1988). "New Contributions to the Knowledge of the Sarmatian Birds from South Dobrogea in the Frame of the Eastern Paratethyan Avifauna". Revue Roumaine de Géologie, Géophysique et Géographie, Série Géologie. 32: 91–97.
- ^ Steven D. Emslie (1988). "The Fossil History and Phylogenetic Relationships of Condors (Ciconiiformes: Vulturidae) in the New World". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 8 (2): 212–228. doi:10.1080/02724634.1988.10011699.
- ^ Steven D. Emslie (1988). "An Early Condor-like Vulture from North America" (PDF). The Auk. 105 (3): 529–535. doi:10.1093/auk/105.3.529.
- ^ Aleksandr A. Karkhu (1988). "A New Family of Swift-Like Birds from the Paleogene of Europe". Paleontological Journal. 22: 77–88.
- ^ a b Peter W. Houde (1988). "Paleognathous Birds from the Early Tertiary of the Northern Hemisphere". Publication of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. 22: 1–148.
- ^ Angelika Hesse (1988). "Die †Messelornithidae-Ein Neue Familie der Kranichartigen (Aves: Gruiformes: Rhynocheti) aus dem Tertiär Europas und Nordamerikas". Journal für Ornithologie. 129 (1): 83–95. doi:10.1007/bf01641534. S2CID 23280617.
- ^ Philip R. Millener (1988). "Contributions to New Zealand's Late Quaternary Avifauna. I: Pachyplichas, a New Genus of Wren (Aves: Acanthisittidae), with Two New Species". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 18 (4): 383–406. doi:10.1080/03036758.1988.10426464.
- ^ James L. Goedert (1988). "A New Late Eocene Species of Plotopteridae (Aves: Pelecaniformes) from Northwestern Oregon". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 45 (6): 97–102.
- ^ David W. Steadman (1988). "A New Species of Porphyrio (Aves: Rallidae) from Archeological Sites in the Marquesas Islands". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 101 (1): 162–170.
- ^ a b c Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (1988). "Le Gisement du Bretou (Phosphorites du Quercy, Tarn-et-Garonne, France) et sa Faune de Vertébrés de l'Éocène Supérieur II. Oiseaux". Palaeontographica A. 205: 29–50.
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- ^ Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (2000). "A New Species of Ameripodius (Aves: Galliformes: Quercymegapodiidae) from the Lower Miocene of France". Palaeontology. 43 (3): 481–493. doi:10.1111/j.0031-0239.2000.00136.x.
- ^ a b c Lev A. Nessov (1988). "Novyye ptitsy mela i paleogena Sredney Azii i Kazakhstana i usloviya na mestakh ikh obitaniya. [New Cretaceous and Paleogene Birds from Middle Asia and Kazakhstan, and the Condition Existing at Theire Places of Residence.] [in Russian, with English sum.]". Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR. 182: 116–123.
- ^ Kellner, A.W.A., and Campos, D.A. (1988). "Sobre un novo pterossauro com crista sagital da Bacia do Araripe, Cretaceo Inferior do Nordeste do Brasil. (Pterosauria, Tupuxuara, Cretaceo, Brasil)." Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 60: 459–469. [in Portuguese]