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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 1977.
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Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries
- Trexler found hadrosaur remains west of Choteau, Montana in Two Medicine Formation strata.[2]
Institutions and organizations
Natural history museums
Scientific organizations
Scientific advances
Paleoanthropology
Paleobotany
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[Palaeogene[Clarkforkian]] |
Bear Den Member, Golden Valley Formation |
North Dakota, USA |
Evolutionary biology
Exopaleontology
Extinction research
Micropaleontology
Invertebrate paleozoology
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Krasilova |
Tyuser Formation |
early Cambrian bivalve species |
Trace fossils
Vertebrate paleozoology
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[5]
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Fulengia[6] | Nomen dubium. Possible synonym of Lufengosaurus. |
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Opisthocoelicaudia[7] | Valid taxon |
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Othnielia[8] | Valid taxon | ||||
Piveteausaurus[9] | Valid taxon |
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Saichania[10] | Valid taxon | ||||
"Shanshanosaurus"[11] | Junior synonym of Tarbosaurus. | ||||
Tarchia[10] | Valid taxon | ||||
Tuojiangosaurus[12] | Valid taxon |
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Valdosaurus[13] | Valid taxon | ||||
Wannanosaurus[14] | Valid taxon |
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"Yezosaurus" | Nomen nudum. Non-dinosaurian marine reptile. |
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- Colin J. O Harrison and Cyril Walker described and named 16 fossils from the Early Eocene from very small fragments. It is not possible to describe taxa so old from those fragments, given the fact that in the Eocene many birds with a mix of characters existed (mosaics).
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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Described in the Phasianidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Mlíkovský 2002,[16] this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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Described in the Phasianidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Mlíkovský 2002.[16] |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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An Accipitridae Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
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An Alcidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
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A Ciconiidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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Middle Pleistocene |
A Furnariidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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Described in the Phasianidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Olson, 1999, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
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A Phasianidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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A Fregatidae, Limnofregatinae Olson, 1977, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
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± 3500 YBP (Years Before Present) |
An Anatidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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Described in the Procelariiformes, in its own family, Marinavidae Harrison et Walker, 1977, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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Described in the Columbidae, placed in Aves Inceretae Sedis by Mlíkovský 2002,[16] according to Mayr, 2009 perhaps a "Coraciiformes" or a "Caprimulgiformes"/Apodiformes, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
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An ?Procellariidae, maybe a synonym of Dasornis toliapica (Owen, 1873). |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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An ?Procellariidae, this is the type species of the new genus, maybe a synonym of Dasornis emuinus (Bowerbank, 1854), this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
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An Anatidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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An Apodiformes, Hemiprocni Karkhu, 1992, Parvicuculidae Harrison, 1982, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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Described in the Accipitridae, by Mlíkovský, 2002 placed in Aves Incertae Sedis,[16] this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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Described in the Phasianidae, transferred to the genus Gypsornis Milne-Edwards, 1871 in the Cariamidae by Mlíkovský, 2002,[16] this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
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Sp. nov. |
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An Alcidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
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Described in the Glareolidae, best treated as Aves Incertae Sedis. |
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Sp. nov. |
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Described in the Glareolidae, best treated as Aves Incertae Sedis. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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Described in the Glareolidae, this is the type species of the new genus, best treated as Aves Incertae Sedis. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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A Hydrobatidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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Described in a new family Primoscenidae Harrison et Walker, 1977, Passeriformes, placed in synonymy with the family Zygodactylidae Brodkorb, 1971, ?Piciformes by Mayr, 2008,[26] this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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Described as a Cuculidae, Harrison, 1982 placed it in his new family Parvicuculidae,[27] Olson, 1985 and Mayr, 2009 think it might be a synonym of Primapus lacki Harrison et Walker, 1975. Best treated as Aves Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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Early to Middle Miocene |
Diatomite deposits on Chalk Mountain |
An Aegothelidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Nom. nov. |
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A Rallidae, a new name for Rallus dubius Portis, 1887, a junior primary homonym of Rallus dubius Piller et Mitterpacher, 1783, so its objective junior synonym. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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A Sulidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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An Phasianidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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Cave deposits |
An Threskiornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Wellnhofer |
A pterodactyloid of uncertain affinities. |
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Plants
Angiospermae
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Camels Butte Member, Golden Valley Formation |
North Dakota, USA |
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Camels Butte Member, Golden Valley Formation |
North Dakota, USA |
Research techniques
Fossil trade
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Law and politics
Regulation of fossil collection, transport, or sale
Official symbols
Protected areas
Ethics and practice
Hoaxes
Scandals
Unethical practice
People
Births
Awards and recognition
Deaths
Historiography and anthropology of paleontology
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Pseudoscience
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Popular culture
Amusement parks and attractions
Art
Comics
Film
Gaming
Literature
- The Year of the Dinosaur Edwin H. Colbert and illustrated by his wife, Margaret was published. This story describes a year in the life of a "brontosaur" and was an attempt to educate the reader about prehistory through a fictional portrayal of it.[32]
Philately
Television
See also
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References
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- ↑ Trexler, D., 2001, Two Medicine Formation, Montana: geology and fauna: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 298–309.
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- ↑ Carroll, R.L. and P.M. Galton. 1977. Modern lizard from the Upper Triassic of China. Nature 266: pp. 252-255.
- ↑ Borsuk-Bialynicka, M. 1977. A new camarasaurid sauropod Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii, gen. n. sp. n. from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Palaeontol. Polonica 37: pp. 5-64.
- ↑ Galton, P.M. 1977. The ornithopod dinosaur Dryosaurus and a Laurasia-Gondwanaland connection in the Upper Jurassic. Nature 268: pp. 230-232.
- ↑ Taquet, P., and S. Welles. 1977. Redescription du crane de Dinosaure theropode de Dives (Normandie). Annales de Paleontologie, tomo 63 (fasc. 2): pp. 191-206.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Maryanska, T. 1977. Ankylosauridae (Dinosauria) from Mongolia. Paleontol. Polinica 37: pp. 85-151.
- ↑ Dong, Z. 1977. On the dinosaurian remains from Turpan, Xinjiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15: pp. 59-66.
- ↑ Dong, Z., X. Li, S. Zhou, and Y. Chang. 1977. On the stegosaurian remain from Zigong (Tzekung), Szechuan Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15: pp. 307-312.
- ↑ Olshevsky, G. 1991. A Revision of the Parainfraclass Archosauria Cope, 1869, Excluding the Advanced Crocodylia. Mesozoic Meanderings 2 (1st printing): iv + 196 pages.
- ↑ Hou, L. 1977. A new primitive pachycephalosauria from Anhui, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15: pp. 198-202.
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