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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 1980.
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Arthropods
Newly named insects
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Baroni Urbani |
A ponerin ant |
Molluscs
Newly named bivalves
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Jell |
Parara Limestone |
early Cambrian bivalve, type species P. runnegari |
Archosauromorphs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
Note: the name Lancangosaurus[5] is mistakenly treated as a nomen nudum synonymous with Datousaurus (because Dong et al. 1983 believed it to be conspecific with Datousaurus). However, it is actually an early spelling variant of another nomen nudum, Lancangjiangosaurus.
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Molnar & Pledge |
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| Minmi[10] |
Gen et sp nov |
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An ankylosaurid |
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Bonaparte & Powell |
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Newly named birds
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Sp. nov. |
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A Phasianidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
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An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
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A Musophagidae, transferred to the genus Veflintornis Kashin, 1976, Apopempsis Brodkorb, 1971 preoccupied by Apopempsis Schenkling, 1903. |
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Sp. nov. |
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An Apodiformes, Archaeotrogonidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1980. |
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Sp. nov. |
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1.94 My BP |
An Ardeidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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A Teratornithidae Miller, 1909, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
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A Burhinidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
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A Ciconiidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
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A Rallidae, transferred to the genus Pastushkinia Zelenkov, 2013 as its type species.[21] |
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Sp. nov. |
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A Strigiformes, Strigida, Protostrigidae Wetmore, 1933. |
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Sp. nov. |
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A Rallidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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Early Middle Eocene |
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A Phoenicopteriformes Fürbringer, 1888, Juncitarsidae Peters, 1987, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
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Described as a Laridae, transferred to the Glareolidae, genus Mioglareola Ballmann, 1979 by Mlíkovský, 2000.[25] |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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A Phasianidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
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An Accipitridae. |
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Sp. nov. |
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Late Claredonian |
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An Accipitridae. |
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Sp. nov. |
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A Rallidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
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A Rallidae, transferred to the genus Porzana by Kurochkin, 1985.[28] |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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Shanwang bed sw2 |
An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cave deposits |
Described as a Ratitae, transferred to the Craciformes, Megapodiidae and placed in its own family Sylviornithidae [30] by Mourer-Chauviré & Balouet, 2005, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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A Pelecaniformes, Plotopteridae Howard, 1969, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
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Late Miocene-Pleistocene |
A Tytonidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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A Gastornithidae Fürbringer, 1888, transferred to the genus Gastornis Hébert, 1855 by Buffetaut, 2013.,[34] this is the type species of the new genus. |
Pterosauria
Newly named pterosaurs
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
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de Buisonjé |
Lepidosauromorphs
Plesiosaurs
- Plesiosaur gastroliths documented.[36]
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Dong |
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References
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- ↑ Zhao, 1980. [Mesozoic vertebrate-bearing beds and stratigraphy of northern Xinjinag: Report of Paleontological Expedition to Xinjiang IV.] Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, Academia Sinica A. 15, 1-119.
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- ↑ Sues, H.-D. 1980. Anatomy and relationships of a new hypsilophodontid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of North America. Palaeontographica. Abt. (A) 169: pp. 51-72.
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- ↑ Darby and Ojakangas (1980). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
- Darby, D. G. and Ojakangas, R. W.; 1980; Gastroliths from a Late Cretaceous Plesiosaur; Journal of Paleontology; 54(3) pp. 548–556
- 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.
