1972_in_paleontology
1972 in paleontology
Overview of the events of 1972 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 1972.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Muscites eocenicus[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Kuc |
A bartramiaceous moss |
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Bivalves
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Babin & Melou |
New genus for Nucula ponderata. |
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Newly named archosauromorphs
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dutuit |
Argana Formation | A herbivorous archosauromorph. | ||||
Newly named pseudosuchians
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gracilisuchus[6] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Romer | Late Triassic (Carnian) | Chañares Formation | Argentina | ||
Newly named dinosauriforms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Lewisuchus[7] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Romer | Late Triassic (Carnian) | Chañares Formation | Argentina | A silesaurid. | |
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[8]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Archaeornithomimus[9] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Russell | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Iren Dabasu Formation | China | An ornithomimid. | |
Dromiceiomimus[9] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Russell | Maastrichtian | Horseshoe Canyon Formation | Canada | An ornithomimid, possibly a synonym of Ornithomimus. | |
Gallimimus[10] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Osmólska, Roniewicz Barsbold | Late Cretaceous (Maastichtian) | Nemegt Formation | Mongolia | An ornithomimid. | |
"Thotobolosaurus"[11] | Nomen nudum | Ellenberger | Late Triassic (Norian) | Lesotho | Formally named Kholumolumo in 2020. | |||
Vulcanodon[12] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Raath | Early Jurassic (Sinemurian-Pliensbachian) | Batoka Formation | Zimbabwe | A sauropod. | |
Newly named birds
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Anserobranta tarabukini [13] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
I. M. Ganya |
An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Waititaran |
A Spheniscidae. |
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Apus submelba [15] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dénes Jánossy |
MQ 2A |
An Apodidae. |
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Ardeagrandis arborea [13] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
I. M. Ganya |
An Ardeidae. |
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Eostrix martinellii [16] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Larry D. Martin |
USA: |
A Strigiformes, Protostrigidae Wetmore, 1933. |
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Mergus connectens [15] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dénes Jánossy |
MQ 1b |
An Anatidae. |
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Miocitta galbreathi [17] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenmesaw Local Fauna |
USA: |
A Corvidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Otis kalmani [15] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dénes Jánossy |
MQ 1a |
An Otididae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Synonym of Paraptenodytes robustus (Ameghino, 1895). |
Patagonian Formation |
A Spheniscidae, placed in synonymy with Paraptenodytes robustus (Ameghino, 1895) by Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche, 2005,[19] but Sara Bertelli, Norberto P. Giannini & Daniel T. Ksepka, 2006 disagree with her and say it needs another genus.[20] |
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Phalacrocorax lautus [13] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
I. M. Ganya |
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Probalearica moldavica [13] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
I. M. Ganya |
A Gruidae, transferred to the genus Grus by Jíří Mlíkovský, 2002.[21] |
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Protocitta ajax [17] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
USA: |
A Corvidae, sometimes placed in the genus Calocitta G. R. Gray, 1841. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Waititaran |
A Spheniscidae. |
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Rustaviornis georgicus [22] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich G. K. Meladze |
Sarmantian |
Hipparion Fauna |
A Phasianidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Strix collongensis [23] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Peter Ballmann |
Mn 5 |
A Strigidae, transferred to and made the type species of the new genus Alasio by Jirí Mlíkovský, 1998.[24] |
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Surnia capeki [25] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dénes Jánossy |
MQ 1b |
A Strigidae. |
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Tertiariaporphyrula lungi [13] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
I. M. Ganya |
MN 9-11 |
A Rallidae, transferred to the genus Palaeoaramides Lambrecht, 1933 by Storrs L. Olson, 1977.[26] Subsequently, made the type species of a separate genus Mioporphyrula by Zelenkov (2015).[27] |
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Tyto noeli [28] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cave deposits |
A Tytonidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cave deposits |
A Tytonidae. |
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Newly named therapsids
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Regisaurus[30] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Mendrez | Early Triassic | South Africa | A regisaurid therocephalian. | ||
Mammalian
Name | Novelty | Authors | Age | Type Locality | Country | Notes |
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Stenailurus teilhardi | Gen. et. sp. nov. | Crusafont-Pairo & Aguirre | Late Miocene (Turolian) | Spain | ||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Synonym of Dickinsonia tenuis | Wade | Ediacaran | Australia | ||||
Dickinsonia lissa [31] |
Sp. nov | Synonym of Dickinsonia tenuis | Wade | Ediacaran | Australia | |||
Rangea sibirica | Sp. nov | Synonym of Charnia masoni | Sokolov | Ediacaran | Russia | |||
- 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.
- Kuc, M. (1972). "Muscites eocenicus sp. nov.—a fossil moss from the Allenby Formation (middle Eocene), British Columbia". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 9 (5): 600–602. doi:10.1139/e72-049.
- Miller, N. G. (1980). "Fossil mosses of North America and their significance". The Mosses of North America. pp. 9–36.
- Dutuit, J.M. 1972. Decouverte d'un dinosaure ornthischien dans le Trias supericur de l'Atlas occidental marocain. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris D275: pp. 2841-2844.
- Romer, A.S. (1972). "The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. An early ornithosuchid pseudosuchian, Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum, gen. et sp. nov". Breviora. 389: 1–24.
- Romer, A.S. 1972. The Chanares (Argentina) Triassic Reptile Fauna. XIV. Lewisuchus admixtus, gen. et sp. nov., a further Thecodont from the Chanares Beds. Breviora 390: pp. 1-13.
- Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- Russell, D.A. 1972. Ostrich dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Western Canada. Can. J. Earth Sci. 9: pp. 375-402.
- Osmolska, H., E. Roniewicz, and R. Barsbold. 1972. A new dinosaur Gallimimus bullatus, n. gen. n. sp. (Ornithomimidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Palaeontol. Polonica 27: pp. 103-143.
- Ellenberger, P. 1972. Contribution a la classification des pistes de vertebres du Trias: les types du Stormberg d’Afrique du Sud (I). Palaeovertebrata Memories Extraord(1972): pp. 1-152.
- Raath, M.A. 1972. Fossil vertebrate studies in Rhodesia: a new dinosaur (Reptilia: Saurischia) from near the Trias-Jurassic Boundary. Arnoldia Rhodesia. 5 (30): 1-37.
- Evgeny N. Kurochkin & I. M. Ganya (1972). "[Birds of the Middle Sarmatian of Moldavia.]". Pozvonochnye Neogena I Plestocena Moldavii. Kishinev: Shtiintsa: 45–70.
- George G. Simpson (1972). "Pliocene Penguins from North Canterburry, New Zealand". Records of the Canterburry Museum. 9: 159–182.
- Dénes Jánossy (1972). "Die Mittelpleistozäne Vogelfauna der Stránská Skála". Anthropos, Studia Musei Moraviae, Brno. New Series. 20: 35–64.
- Larry D. Martin & Craig C. Black (1972). "A New Owl from the Eocene of Wyoming" (PDF). Auk. 89 (4): 887–888. doi:10.2307/4084122. JSTOR 4084122.
- Pierce Brodkorb (1972). "Neogene Fossil Jays from the Great Plains" (PDF). Condor. 74 (3): 347–349. doi:10.2307/1366596. JSTOR 1366596.
- George G. Simpson (1972). "Conspectus of Patagonian Fossil Penguins" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2488): 1–37.
- Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche (2005). "Systematic revision of Arthrodytes Ameghino, 1905 (Aves, Spheniscidae) and its assignment to the Paraptenodytinae". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte. 2005 (7): 404–414. doi:10.1127/njgpm/2005/2005/404.
- Sara Bertelli, Norberto P. Giannini & Daniel T. Ksepka (2006). "Redescription and Phylogenetic Position of the Early Miocene Penguin Paraptenodytes antarcticus from Patagonia" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3525): 1–36. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3525[1:rappot]2.0.co;2. S2CID 83891292.
- Jíří Mlíkovský (2002). "Cenozoic Birds of the World Part 1: Europe" (PDF). Praha Ninox Press. 2002: 1–407. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
- Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich & G. K. Meladze (1972). "Rustaviornis georgicus gen. et sp. n., a New Fossil Bird from the Hipparion Fauna of Georgia". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 17: 373–388.
- Peter Ballmann (1972). "Les Oiseaux Miocènes de Vieux-Collonges" (PDF). Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon. 50: 93–101.
- Jirí Mlíkovský (1998). "Two New Owls (Aves: Strigidae) from the Early Miocene of the Czech Republic, with Comments on the Fossil History of the Subfamily Striginae" (PDF). Buteo. 10: 5–21.
- Dénes Jánossy (1972). "Die Mittelpleistozäne Vogelfauna der Stránská Skála" (PDF). Anthropos, Studia Musei Moraviae, Brno. New Series. 20: 35–64. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
- Storrs L. Olson (1977). "A Synopsis of the Fossil Rallidae" (PDF). In: Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae by S.D. Ripley: 509–525.
- Nikita V. Zelenkov and Evgeny N. Kurochkin (2015). "КЛАСС AVES". In E.N. Kurochkin; A.V. Lopatin; N.V. Zelenkov (eds.). Ископаемые позвоночные России и сопредельных стран. Ископаемые рептилии и птицы. Часть 3 / Fossil vertebrates of Russia and adjacent countries. Fossil Reptiles and Birds. Part 3. GEOS. pp. 86–290. ISBN 978-5-89118-699-6.
- Oscar Arredondo (1972). "Nueva Especie de Ave Fósil (Strigiformes: Tytonidae) del Pleistoceno Superior de Cuba" (PDF). Boletin de la Sociedad Venezolana Ciencias Naturales. 29: 415–431.
- Oscar Arredondo (1972). "Especie Nueva de Lechuza Gigante (Strigiformes: Tytonidae) del Pleistoceno Cubano" (PDF). Boletin de la Sociedad Venezolana Ciencias Naturales. 30: 129–140.
- C. H. Mendrez. 1972. On the skull of Regisaurus jacobi, a new genus and species of Bauriamorpha Watson and Romer 1956 (=Scaloposauria Boonstra 1953), from the Lystrosaurus-zone of South Africa.
- Wade, M. (1972). "Dickinsonia: Polychaete worms from the late Precambrian Ediacara fauna, South Australia". Mem. Queensl. Mus. 16 (2): 171–190.