1974_in_paleontology
1974 in paleontology
Overview of the events of 1974 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 1974.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Ditrichites fylesi[2] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Kuc |
A possible ditrichaceous moss |
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Muscites maycocki[2] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Kuc |
A moss of uncertain placement |
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Muscites ritchiei[2] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Kuc |
A moss of uncertain placement |
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Palaeohypnum jovet-asti[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Kuc |
An amblystegiaceous moss |
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Palaeohypnum steerei[2] |
Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Kuc |
An amblystegiaceous moss |
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Angiosperms
General research
- Massospondylus gastroliths are documented.[5]
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[6]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
del Corro |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
possible tyrannosauroid |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Madsen |
Morrison Formation, Utah |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Newly named birds
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Eduardo P. Tonni |
Monte Hermoso Formation |
A Cariamidae. |
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Cryptociconia indica [12] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
Siwalik Series |
A Ciconiidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Dendrocopos praemedius [13] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dénes Jánossy |
A Picidae. |
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Francolinus minor [14] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dénes Jánossy |
A Phasianidae. |
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Francolinus villanyiensis [14] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dénes Jánossy |
A Phasianidae. |
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Francolinus wenzensis [14] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dénes Jánossy |
A Phasianidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Described in the Palaeognathae, but transferred to the Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Leptoptilos richae [12] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
Belgia Formation |
A Ciconiidae. |
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Leptoptilos siwalikensis [12] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
Siwalik Series |
A Ciconiidae. |
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Neophrontops slaughteri [16] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Glenns Ferry Formatie, Hagerman Local Fauna |
An Accipitridae. |
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Nesotrochis steganinos [17] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cave deposits |
A flightless Rallidae. |
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Pachydyptes simpsoni [18] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
R. J. F Jenkins |
Blanche Point Marls, Aldingan Stage |
A Spheniscidae. |
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Tetrao conjugens [14] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dénes Jánossy |
Węże 1 |
A Phasianidae. |
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Tetrastes praebonasia [13] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dénes Jánossy |
Tarkö - lagen 11, 12; |
A Phasianidae, transferred to the genus Bonasa Stephen, 1819 by Zygmunt Bocheński, 1991.[19] |
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Newly named pterosaurs
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Fabre |
subjective synonym of Cycnorhamphus |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Casamiquela |
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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.
- Kuc, M. (1974). "Fossil mosses from the bisaccate zone of the mid-Eocene Allenby Formation, British Columbia". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 11 (3): 409–421. doi:10.1139/e74-037.
- Miller, N. G. (1980). "Fossil mosses of North America and their significance". The Mosses of North America. pp. 9–36.
- Manchester, S.R. (1994). "Fruits and Seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon". Palaeontographica Americana. 58: 30–31.
- Raath (1974). Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter (2001), "Table 12.1" page 167.
- Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- Corro, G. del. 1974. Un nuevo megalosaurio (Carnosaurio) del Cretacico de Chubut (Argentina). Communicaciones Mus. Argent. Ciencias Nat. "Bernardino Rivadavia" Paleontol. 1:pp. 37-44.
- Maryanska, T. and H. Osmólska. 1974. Pachycephalosauria, a new suborder of ornithischian dinosaurs. Paleontol. Polinica 30: pp. 45-102.
- Molnar R.E. (1974). "A distinctive theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Baja California (Mexico)". Journal of Paleontology. 48 (5): 1009–1017.
- Madsen, J. H., Jr. 1974. A new theropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Utah. J. Paleontol. 48: pp. 27-31.
- Eduardo P. Tonni (1974). "Un Nuevo Cariámido (Aves, Gruiformes) del Plioceno Superior de la Provincia de Buenos Aires". Ameghiniana. 11: 366–372.
- Colin J. O. Harrison (1974). "A Re-examination of Material of the Extinct Marabou Stork, Leptoptilos falconeri, with Description of Some New Species" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 94: 42–49. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-18.
- Dénes Jánossy (1974). "Die Mittelpleistozäne Vogelfauna von Hundsheim (Niederösterreich)" (PDF). Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch- Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I. 182: 211–257.
- Dénes Jánossy (1974). "Upper Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene Bird Remains from Poland". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 19 (21): 531–563.
- Andrzej Elzanowski (1974). "Results of the Polish-Mongolian Paleontological Expeditions-Part V: Preliminary Note on the Palaeognathous Bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia" (PDF). Paleontologica Polonica. 30: 103–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
- Alan Feduccia (1974). "Another Old World Vulture from the New World" (PDF). Wilson Bulletin. 86 (3): 251–255.
- Storrs L. Olson (1974). "A New Species of Nesotrochis from Hispaniola, with Notes on Other Fossil Rails from the West Indies (Aves: Rallidae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 87 (38): 439–450.
- R. J. F. Jenkins (1974). "A New Giant Penguin from the Eocene of Australia" (PDF). Palaeontology. 17 (2): 291–310. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
- Zygmunt Bocheński (1991). "Pliocene Grouse of Genus Lagopus from Poland". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 34 (2): 563–577.
- Raath, M.A. (1974). Fossil vertebrate studies in Rhodesia: further evidence of gastroliths in Prosauropod dinosaurs. Arnoldia Rhodesia. 7 (5): 1–7.
- 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.