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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 1988.
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Plants
Angiosperms
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Valid |
A Rosaceae genus |
Arthropods
Insects
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Dlussky |
A ponerine ant |
Archosauromorphs
Newly named non-avian dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
- The dubious family, Ornitholestidae is named by Gregory Scott Paul.
| Name | Status | Authors | Notes | Images | |
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| Anserimimus[5] | Valid taxon | ||||
| "Cathetosaurus"[6] | Junior synonym of Camarasaurus | ||||
| "Chassternbergia"[7] | Junior synonym of Edmontonia | ||||
| Denversaurus[7] | Valid taxon | ||||
| Giraffatitan | Valid taxon, formerly believed to be a Junior synonym of Brachiosaurus | ||||
| "Hironosaurus" | Nomen nudum | ||||
| "Kagasaurus" | 'Nomen nudum | ||||
| Kotasaurus[8] | Valid taxon | ||||
| Nanotyrannus[9] | Possible junior synonym of Tyrannosaurus. |
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| Orodromeus[10] | Valid taxon | ||||
| "Protognathus"[11] | Later renamed Protognathosaurus by George Olshevsky |
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| "Stenotholus"[12] | Junior synonym of Stygimoloch |
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Newly named birds
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Sp. nov. |
A Ciconiidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
A Diomedeidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
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A Cathartidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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A Cathartidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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An Apodiformes, Jungornithidae Karkhu, 1988, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
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A Palaeognathae Pycraft, 1900, Lithornithiformes Houde, 1988, Lithornithidae Houde, 1988, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
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A Palaeognathae Pycraft, 1900, Lithornithiformes Houde, 1988, Lithornithidae Houde, 1988, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Middle Clarkforkian, |
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A Palaeognathae Pycraft, 1900, Lithornithiformes Houde, 1988, Lithornithidae Houde, 1988, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Ralliformes, Messelornithidae Hesse, 1988, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
A Sulidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Probably Otiran Glacial Stage |
An Acanthisittidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Acanthisittidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Probably Otiran Glacial Stage |
An Acanthisittidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
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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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Rallidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Coliidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
A Coliidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
London Clay A, MP 8 |
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A Palaeognathae Pycraft, 1900, Lithornithiformes Houde, 1988, Lithornithidae Houde, 1988, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
A Gruiformes, Phorusrhacidae Ameghino, 1889, Psilopterinae Dolgopol de Saez, 1927. |
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Sp. nov. |
A Sulidae, now seen as a subspecies of Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1831, Sula dactylatra fullagari O’Brien et Davies, 1991 is its junior synonym, so tasmani is the correct name. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A basal Piciformes, Sylphornithidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1988, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Described as a Rallidae, but transferred to the Quercymegapodiidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1992 by Mourer-Chauviré in 2000 [27] |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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Aves Incertae Sedis, perhaps a Rallidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Caprimulgidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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A Graculavidae Fürbringer, 1888, A Forma Familia, Charadriiformes Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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A Pelecaniformes, Prophaethontidae Harrison et Walker, 1976, this is the type species of the new genus. |
Pterosaurs
New taxa
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Kellner & Campos |
A Thalassodromidae pterosaur |
References
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- ↑ Barsbold, R. 1988. A new late Cretaceous ornithomimid of Mongolia [in Russian]. Paleontol. J. 1: pp. 122-125.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 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.
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- ↑ 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]
