1966_in_paleontology
1966 in paleontology
Overview of the events of 1966 in paleontology
Paleontology or palaeontology 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 humans have 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 1966.
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Newly named Insects
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Oligomyrmex antiqua[2] | Comb nov | jr synonym | (Mayr, 1868) | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe | Fossil myrmicine ant, moved to Carebara antiqua in 2004 |
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Sphecomyrminae[3] | Subfam. Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wilson & Carpenter | Turonian | New Jersey Amber | USA | Basal most ant subfamily. One genus Sphecomyrma | |
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Declinognathodus[4] | Gen. nov | Valid | David L. Dunn | Pennsylvanian | USA | |||
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Newly named mesosaurs
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Brazilosaurus[5] | Gen. et sp. | Valid | Shikama & Ozaki | Artinskian | Irati Formation | Brazil | A mesosaur. | |
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Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[6]
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Probactrosaurus[7] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Rozhdestvensky | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Dashuigou Formation | China | ||
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Newly named birds
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Arikarornis macdonaldi [8] | Gen et sp nov. | valid | Howard | Early Miocene | Middle Sharps Formation | USA | An Accipitrid, type species A. macdonaldi | |
Miortyx aldeni [8] | Sp. nov. | valid | Howard | Early Miocene | Middle Sharps Formation | USA | An Odontophoridae. | |
Diomedea milleri [9] | Sp. nov. | valid | Howard | Middle Miocene | Temblor Formation | USA | A Diomedeid. | |
Dissourodes milleri [10] | Gen et sp. nov. | jr synonym of Mycteria milleri | Short | Early Pliocene | Valentine Formation | USA | ||
Pelecanus tirarensis [11] | Sp. nov. | valid | Miller | Miocene | Etadunna Formation | Australia | A Pelecanidae. | |
Praemancalla [12] | Gen et sp. nov. | valid | Howard | Late Miocene | Laguna Hills Formation | USA | An Alcidae, Mancallinae, type species P. lagunensis | |
Speotyto megalopeza [13] | Sp. nov. | Jr synonym of Athene megalopeza | Ford | Late Pliocene | Rexroad Formation | USA | ||
Wasonaka [14] | Gen et sp. nov. | valid | Howard | Middle Pliocene | Arroyo de las Barrancas Blancas | Mexico | An Anatidae, Type species W. yepormerae | |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Synonym of Dickinsonia costata | Glaessner & Wade | Ediacaran | Australia | ||||
Sp. nov | valid | Glaessner & Wade | Ediacaran | Australia Russia | ||||
Rangea grandis | Sp. nov | Synonym of Charnia masoni | Glaessner & Wade | Ediacaran | Australia | |||
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- Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
- Ettershank, G (1966). "A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 14: 73–171. doi:10.1071/zo9660073.
- Wilson, E. O.; Carpenter, F. M.; Brown, W. L. (1966). "The First Mesozoic Ant, with the Description of a New Subfamily" (PDF). Psyche. 74 (1): 1–19. doi:10.1155/1967/89604. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
- New Pennsylvanian Platform Conodonts from Southwestern United States. D. L. Dunn, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 40, No. 6 (Nov., 1966), pages 1294-1303 (Stable URL)
- Shikama, T.; Ozaki, H. (1966). "On a Reptilian Skeleton from the Palaeozoic Formation of San Paulo, Brazil". Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan. New Series. 64: 351–358.
- Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- Rozhdestvensky, A. K. (1966). "Novye igyanodonti ie tsentrallinoy Asii. Phillogeneticheskye y taksonomicheskye veaimoothoshenia poednich Iguanodontidae y rannich Hadrosauridae". Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal. 1966 (3): 103–116.
- Howard, H. (1966). "Two fossil Birds from the Lower Miocene of South Dakota" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 107: 1–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
- Howard, H. (1966). "Additional Avian Records from the Miocene of Sharktooth Hill, California" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 114: 1–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
- Short, LL (1966). "A New Pliocene Stork from Nebraska" (PDF). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 149: 1–12.
- Miller, AH (1966). "The Fossil Pelicans of Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 14: 181–190.
- Howard, H. (1966). "A Possible Ancestor of the Lucas Auk (Family Mancallidae) from the Tertiary of Orange County , California" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 101: 2–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
- Ford, NL (1966). "Fossil Owls from the Rexroad Fauna of the Upper Pliocene of Kansas" (PDF). Condor. 68 (5): 472–475. doi:10.2307/1365319. JSTOR 1365319.
- Howard, H. (1966). "Pliocene Birds from Chihuahua, Mexico" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 94: 1–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
- Glaessner, M.F.; Wade, M. (1966). "The late Precambrian fossils from Ediacara, South Australia" (PDF). Palaeontology. 9 (4): 599. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2023-03-27.