1981 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 1981.
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Arthropoda
newly named insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
jr synonym |
Rossi de Garcia |
Extinct Myrmeciin ant genus, |
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Gen et sp. nov |
jr synonym |
A Amblyoponin ant. jr synonym of Casaleia inversa |
Archosauromorpha
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
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Avimimus[5] | Valid taxon | ||||
Barsboldia[6] | Valid taxon | ||||
Elmisaurus[7] | Valid taxon | ||||
Garudimimus[8] | Valid taxon | ||||
"Honghesaurus" | Nomen nudum |
Later renamed Yandusaurus. |
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"Ingenia"[8] |
Preoccupied. |
Name preoccupied by a nematode Gerlach 1957. Renamed Ajancingenia in 2013. |
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Muttaburrasaurus[9] | Valid taxon |
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Palaeopteryx[10] | Valid taxon | ||||
Scutellosaurus[11] | Valid taxon |
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Remarks on newly named birds
- Palaeopteryx thomsoni Jensen, 1981. is most probably not a bird but perhaps a small dinosaur, it is best treated as a taxon non avium.
- Plegadis pharangites Olson, 1981. is a new name for Plegadis gracilis Miller et Bowman, 1956, preoccupied by Plegadis gracilis (Lydekker, 1891), described as Milnea gracilis Lydekker, 1891 and transferred to the genus Plegadis Kaup, 1829 by Cheneval, 1984.
Newly named birds
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Sp. nov. |
Middle Sheep Creek Formation |
USA: |
A Burhinidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes Brodkorb, 1976, Enantiornithidae Nessov et Borkin, 1983, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Middle-Late Eocene |
A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
USSR: |
A Falconidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
USSR: |
A Gaviidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Kvabebi |
USSR: |
An Otididae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
USA: |
An Alcidae, Mancallinae L. H. Miller, 1946. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Sphniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus. Microdytes Simpson, 1981 is preoccupied by Microdytes Balfour-Browne, 1949 (Coleoptera), so Storrs L. Olson created the new genus Eretiscus Olson, 1986 to accommodate Microdytes tonnii Simpson, 1981.[19] |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
A Fringillidae, Emberizinae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Kuttipirra (Katipiri) Waterhole |
A Pelecanidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
USSR: |
A Picidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
USA: |
An Alcidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
USSR: |
A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, transferred to the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891 by both Kurochkin, 1985 and Olson, 1985. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
USSR: |
A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, transferred to the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891 by both Kurochkin, 1985 and Olson, 1985. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
A Rallidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
Late Burdigalian, |
An Ardeidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
Plesiosaurs
- Carroll, R. C., 1981, Plesiosaur ancestors from the Upper Permian of Madagascar: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London B, v. 293, p. 315- 383.
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | |
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Brown |
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian |
A cryptoclidid. |
Pterosaurs
New taxa
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Galton |
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Nesov |
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
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- ↑ Kurzanov, S.M. 1981. On the unusual theropods from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Sovm. Sov.-Mong. Paleontol. Eksped. Trudy 15: pp. 39-50.
- ↑ Maryanska, T. and H. Osmólska. 1981. First lambeosaurine dinosaur from the Nemegt Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 26 (3-4): pp. 243-255.
- ↑ Osmolska, H. 1981. Coosified tarsometatarsal in theropod dinosaurs and their bearing on the problem of bird origins. Paleontol. Polonica 42: pp. 79-95.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Barsbold, R. 1981. The toothless carnivorous dinosaurs of Mongolia. Sovm. Sov.-Mong. Paleontol. Eksped. Trudy 15: pp. 28-39.
- ↑ Bartholomai, A., and R.E. Molnar. 1981. Muttaburrasaurus, a new iguanodontid (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland. Mem. Queensland Museum 20: pp. 319-149.
- ↑ Jensen, J.A. 1981. Another look at Archaeopteryx as the world's oldest bird. Encyclia 58: pp. 109-128.
- ↑ Colbert, E.H. 1981. A primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. Museum Northern Arizona Bull. 53: pp. 1-61.
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