1963 in paleontology
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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 1963.
Arthropods
Newly named insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Propelma[2] | Gen et sp. nov | valid | Trjapitzin | A eupelmid wasp. | ![]() |
Vertebrates
Archosauromorphs
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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"Triassolestes"[3] | Gen et sp nov | preoccupied | A Crocodylomorph, |
Dinosauria
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Herrerasaurus[3] | Valid taxon | Late Triassic (Carnian) | A herrerasaurid. This was an early flesh-eating dinosaur. | ![]() | ||||
"Ischisaurus"[3] | Junior synonym of Herrerasaurus | Late Triassic (Carnian) | ||||||
"Tanystrosuchus"[5] | Nomen dubium. |
| Late Triassic (Norian) | Either a theropod or shuvosaurid. |
Birds
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Agriocharis anza[6] | Sp. nov. | synonym | Howard | Middle Pleistocene | Palm Spring Formation |
| A Phasianidae, a synonym of Meleagris anza | |
Anas itchtucknee[7] | Sp. nov. | valid | McCoy | An Anatidae. | ||||
Gen. nov et Sp. nov. | valid | A Rallidae. | ||||||
Brantadorna downsi[6] | Gen. Nov. et Sp. nov. | valid |
| An Anatidae. | ||||
Bucephala fossilis[6] | Sp. nov. | valid |
| An Anatidae. | ||||
Calidris rayi[9] | Sp. nov. | valid | Brodkorb | A Scolopacidae. | ||||
Ceramornis major[10] | Gen. et Sp. nov. | valid | Late Maastrichtian | A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963. | ||||
Sp. nov. | valid | Late Maastrichtian | A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963. | |||||
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | valid | Late Maastrichtian | A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963. | |||||
Dromiceius ocypus[11] | Synonym | valid | A Dromaiidae, transferred to the genus Dromaius. | |||||
Sp. nov. | valid | Howard |
| A Rallidae. | ||||
Sp. nov. | valid | McCoy | A Rallidae. | |||||
Lonchodytes[10] | Gen. et Sp. nov. | valid | Late Maastrichtian | A Gaviiformes, type sp. L. estesi | ||||
Lonchodytes pterygius[10] | Sp. nov. | valid | Late Maastrichtian | |||||
Nanortyx[13] | Gen et sp. nov. | valid | Weigel | An Odontophoridae, type sp. N. inexpectatus | ||||
Neococcyx[13] | Gen et sp. nov. | valid | Weigel | Early Oligocene | Cypress Hills Formation | A Coccyzid, type sp. N. mccorquodalei | ||
Neophrontops vallecitoensis[6] | Sp. nov. | valid | Howard | Middle Pleistocene | Palm Spring Formation |
| An Accipitridae. | |
Nycticorax fidens[9] | Sp. nov. | valid | Brodkorb | An Ardeidae. | ||||
Oxyura bessomi[6] | Sp. nov. | valid | Howard | Middle Pleistocene | Palm Spring Formation |
| An Anatidae. | |
Sp. nov. | valid | Brodkorb | Burnside Marl | A Spheniscidae. | ||||
Palaeostruthus eurius[15] | Sp. nov. | valid | ||||||
Paractitis[13] | Gen et sp. nov. | valid | Weigel | Early Oligocene | Cypress Hills Formation | A Scolopacidae, type sp. P. bardi | ||
Phalacrocorax ibericum[16] | Sp. nov. | valid? | de Villalta Comella | |||||
Phoeniconotius[17] | Gen. et Sp. nov. | valid | Holmes Miller | Etadunna Formation | A Phoenicopteridae, type sp. P. eyrensis | |||
Sp. nov. | valid | Holmes Miller | Early Miocene | Etadunna Formation | ||||
Podiceps dixi[18] | Sp. nov. | valid | Brodkorb | |||||
Probalearica crataegensis[19] | Gen. et Sp. nov. | synonym | Brodkorb | Hawthorne Formation | A Gruidae, syn of Balearica crataegensis | |||
Propelargus olseni[19] | Sp. nov. | synonym | Brodkorb | Early Miocene | Hawthorne Formation | A Ciconiidae, syn of Grallavis olseni. | ||
Puffinus micraulax[19] | Sp. nov. | valid | Brodkorb | Early Miocene | Hawthorne Formation | A Sulidae. | ||
Sula universitatis[19] | Sp. nov. | valid | Brodkorb | Early Miocene | Hawthorne Formation | A Sulidae. | ||
Titanis[20] | Gen et sp. nov. | valid | Brodkorb | Late Blancan-Early Irvingtonian | A Phorusrhacidae. | ![]() | ||
Torotix clemensi[21] | Gen et sp. nov. | valid | Brodkorb | Late Cretaceous | Lance Formation | Possibly a Pelecaniform, | ||
Totanus teruelensis[22] | Sp. nov. | synonym | de Villalta Comella | A Laridae, syn of Larus teruelensis |
Popular culture
Literature
- Savage Pellucidar, the last of the seven novels about Pellucidar, an underground world inhabited by dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, by Edgar Rice Burroughs was published.[23]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gibson, G (2013). "The extinct Baltic amber genus Propelma Trjapitzin, a valid genus of Neanastatinae (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae)". ZooKeys (283): 59–69. doi:10.3897/zookeys.283.4665. PMC 3677364. PMID 23794842.
- ^ a b c Reig, O.A. 1963. La presencia de dinosaurios saurisquios en los "Estrados de Ischigualasto" (Mesotriasico superior) de las provincias de San Juan y La Rioja (Republica Argentina). Ameghiniana 3: pp. 3-20.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Kuhn, O. 1963. Ichnia Tetrapodorum. In: Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia, part 101 (Westphal, F., ed.). W. Junk, The Hague, Netherlands: 176 pages.
- ^ a b c d e f Howard, Hildegarde (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Anza-Borrego Desert" (PDF). Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science. 73: 1–33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
- ^ McCoy, J. J. (1963). "The Fossil Avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida". The Auk. 80 (3): 335–351. doi:10.2307/4082892. JSTOR 4082892.
- ^ Wetmore, Alexander (1963). "An Extinct Rail from the Island of St. Helena". The Ibis. 103B (3): 379–381. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1963.tb06760.x.
- ^ a b Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida". Florida Geological Survey, Special Publication 2. 4: 1–17.
- ^ a b c d e Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming". Proceedings of the XIIIth International Ornithologists Congress. 13: 55–70.
- ^ Miller, Alden Holmes (1963). "Fossil Ratite Birds from the Late Tertiary of South Australia". Records of the South Australian Museum. 14: 413–420.
- ^ McCoy, John J. (1963). "The Fossil Avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida" (PDF). The Auk. 80 (3): 335–351. doi:10.2307/4082892. JSTOR 4082892.
- ^ a b c Weigel, Robert D. (1963). "Oligocene Birds from Saskatchewan". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (3): 257–262.
- ^ Brodkorb, P (1963). "Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes)". Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 7 (4): 179–293.
- ^ Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida". Florida Geological Survey, Special Publication. 2: 1–17.
- ^ de Villalta Comella, JF (1963). "Las Aves Fósiles del Mioceno Espańol". Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Geológica). 6: 263–285.
- ^ a b Miller, Alden Holmes (1963). "The Fossil Flamingos of Australia" (PDF). The Condor. 65 (4): 289–299. doi:10.2307/1365355. JSTOR 1365355.
- ^ Brodkorb, P (1963). "A New Pleistocene Grebe from Florida" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (1): 53–55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ a b c d Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Miocene Birds from the Hawthorne Formation in Florida". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (2): 159–167.
- ^ Brodkorb, P (1963). "A Giant Flightless Bird from the Pleistocene of Florida" (PDF). Auk. 80 (2): 111–115. doi:10.2307/4082556. JSTOR 4082556.
- ^ Brodkorb, P (1963). "Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming". Proceedings of the XIIIth International Ornithologists Congress. 13: 55–70.
- ^ de Villalta Comella, J. F. (1963). "Las Aves Fósiles del Mioceno Espańol". Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Geológica). 61: 263–285.
- ^ Sarjeant, W. A. S., 2001, Dinosaurs in fiction: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 504-529.