1963 in paleontology
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Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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 mankind has 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 1963.
Contents
Vertebrates
Archosauromorphs
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
preoccupied |
A Crocodylomorph, |
Dinosauria
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[3]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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| Herrerasaurus[2] | Valid taxon |
Late Triassic (Carnian) |
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| "Ischisaurus"[2] | Junior synonym of Herrerasaurus |
Late Triassic (Carnian) |
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| "Tanystrosuchus"[4] | Nomen dubium. |
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Late Triassic (Norian) |
Either a theropod or shuvosaurid. |
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Aves
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
An Anatidae. |
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Synonym |
valid |
A Dromaiidae, transferred to the genus Dromaius. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Howard |
A Rallidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Rallidae. |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Gaviiformes, type sp. L. estesi, |
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Sp. nov. |
synonym |
Howard |
Middle Pleistocene |
Palm Spring Formation |
syn of Meleagris anza |
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Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
An Odontophoridae, type sp. N. inexpectatus |
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Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
Weigel |
Early Oligocene |
Cypress Hills Formation |
A Coccyzid, type sp. N. mccorquodalei |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Howard |
Middle Pleistocene |
Palm Spring Formation |
An Accipitridae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
An Ardeidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Howard |
Middle Pleistocene |
Palm Spring Formation |
An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
A Spheniscidae. |
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Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
Weigel |
Early Oligocene |
Cypress Hills Formation |
A Scolopacidae, type sp. P. bardi |
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Sp. nov. |
valid? |
de Villalta Comella |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
Holmes Miller |
A Phoenicopteridae, type sp. P. eyrensis |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Holmes Miller |
Early Miocene |
Etadunna Formation |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
synonym |
Brodkorb |
A Gruidae, syn of Balearica crataegensis |
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Sp. nov. |
synonym |
Brodkorb |
Early Miocene |
Hawthorne Formation |
A Ciconiidae, syn of Grallavis olseni. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
Early Miocene |
Hawthorne Formation |
A Sulidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
Early Miocene |
Hawthorne Formation |
A Sulidae. |
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Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
Late Blancan-Early Irvingtonian |
A Phorusrhacidae. |
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Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
Late Cretaceous |
Lance Formation |
Possibly a Pelecaniform, |
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Sp. nov. |
synonym |
de Villalta Comella |
A Laridae, syn of Larus teruelensis |
Popular culture
Literature
- The last of the seven novels about Pellucidar, an underground world inhabited by dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, by Edgar Rice Burroughs was published.[19]
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Reig, O.A. 1963. La presencia de dinosaurios saurisquios en los "Estrados de Ischigualasto" (Mesotriasico superior) de las provincias de San Juan y La Rioja (Republica Argentina). Ameghiniana 3: pp. 3-20.
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- ↑ Kuhn, O. 1963. Ichnia Tetrapodorum. In: Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia, part 101 (Westphal, F., ed.). W. Junk, The Hague, Netherlands: 176 pages.
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- ↑ Sarjeant, W. A. S., 2001, Dinosaurs in fiction: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 504-529.
