1989 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 1989.
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Newly named insects
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Fujiyama |
A myrmicin ant |
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Fam nov |
valid |
A scorpionfly family, type sp. H. maculosa |
Plesiosaurs
- Plesiosaur gastroliths documented.[4]
New taxa
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Preoccupied |
Chatterjee Small |
preoccupied by the ant genus Turneria Forel, 1895; renamed Morturneria Chatterjee and Creisler, 1994 |
Archosauromorphs
Newly named pseudosuchians
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Revueltosaurus[5] | Valid non-dinosaurian taxon |
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Late Triassic (early-middle Norian) |
A suchian. |
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[6]
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Abrosaurus[7] | Valid taxon |
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A macronarian. |
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Asiaceratops[8] | Valid taxon |
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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) |
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Atlascopcosaurus[9] | Valid taxon |
Early Cretaceous (early Albian) |
A ornithopod. |
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Bihariosaurus[10] | Valid taxon |
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Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) |
Bauxite deposits |
An iguanodont |
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"Daptosaurus"[11] | Junior synonym of Deinonychus |
Brown vide:
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"Eucentrosaurus"[12] | Junior synonym of Centrosaurus |
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Leaellynasaura[9] | Valid taxon |
Early Cretaceous (early Albian) |
A ornithopod. |
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"Tenantosaurus"[12] | Misspelling of Tenontosaurus |
Brown vide:
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Turanoceratops | Valid taxon |
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Late Cretaceous (Turonian) |
A ceratopsid. |
Newly named birds
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
An Accipitridae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
An Accipitridae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Late Clarendonian, |
USA: |
An Accipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Sturnidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
and probably |
A Columbidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
A Ciconiidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Nyctibiidae, transferred to the Steatornithidae by Mourer-Chauviré, 2013,[18] this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
A Columbidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Megapodiidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits, 1750 ± 70 YBP (Years Before Present) |
A Megapodiidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Late Berriasian-Early Valanginian |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Iberomesornithiformes Sanz et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, Concornithidae Kurochkin, 1996, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
A Rallidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Podargidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
USSR: |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes Brodkorb, 1976, Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
A Tytonidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Latest Maastrichtian |
USSR: |
A Fregatidae, Limnofregatinae Olson, 1977, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Rallidae. |
Pterosaurs
New taxa
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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References
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- ↑ Chatterjee and Small (1989). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
- ↑ Hunt, A.P. 1989. A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Bull Canyon Formation (Upper Triassic) of East Central New Mexico. In: The dawn of the age of dinosaurs in the American Southwest (S.G. Lucas and A.P. Hunt, eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque: pp. 355-358.
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- ↑ Ouyang, H. 1989. A new sauropod from Dashanopu, Zigong, Co., Sichuan Province (Abrosaurus dongpoensis gen. et sp. nov.). Zigong Dinosaur Museum Newsletter 2: pp. 10-14.
- ↑ Nesov, L.A. 1989. Ceratopsian dinosaurs and crocodiles of the middle Mesozoic of Asia. In: Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Modern Paleontology (T.N. Bogdanova and L.I. Kozhatsky, eds.)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Rich, T.H.V. and P. Rich. 1989. Polar dinosaurs and biotas of the Early Cretaceous of southeastern Australia. Natl. Geogr. Res. 5: pp. 15-53.
- ↑ Marinescu, F. 1989. Lentila de bauxcifti 204 de la Brusturi Cornet (Jud. Bior.), zefimint fosilifer cu dinozauri. Ocrot. Nat. Mediul. Inconjur. 33: 125- 133.
- ↑ Brown vide Chure, D.J. and J.S. McIntosh. 1989. A Bibliography of the Dinosauria (Exclusive of the Aves) 1677-1986. Paleontology Series No. 1. Museum of Western Colorado.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Chure, D.J. and J.S. McIntosh. 1989. A Bibliography of the Dinosauria (Exclusive of the Aves) 1677-1986. Paleontology Series No. 1 Museum of Western Colorado.
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- Chatterjee, Sankar and Small, Bryan J.; 1989; New plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica; 47 pp. 197–215 in Origins and Evolution of the Antarctic Biota, Geological Society Special Pub., edited by Crame, J.A.
- 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.