1966 in paleontology

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Template:Redirect category shell 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 Template:Show by date published in the year 1966.

Arthropods

Newly named Insects

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Oligomyrmex antiqua[2] Comb nov jr synonym (Mayr, 1868) Middle Eocene Baltic amber File:Flag of Europe.svg Europe Fossil myrmicine ant,
moved to Carebara antiqua in 2004
File:Carebara antiqua BMNHP18806 profile.jpg
Carebara antiqua
Sphecomyrminae[3] Subfam. Gen. et sp. nov Valid Wilson & Carpenter Turonian New Jersey Amber File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Basal most ant subfamily. One genus Sphecomyrma

Conodonts

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Declinognathodus[4] Gen. nov Valid David L. Dunn Pennsylvanian File:Flag of the United States.svg USA

Anapsids

Newly named mesosaurs

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Brazilosaurus[5] Gen. et sp. Valid Shikama & Ozaki Artinskian Irati Formation File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil A mesosaur.

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[6]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Probactrosaurus[7] Gen et sp nov Valid Rozhdestvensky Early Cretaceous (Albian) Dashuigou Formation File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
File:Probactrosaurus v3.jpg
Probactrosaurus

Newly named birds

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Arikarornis macdonaldi [8] Gen et sp nov. valid Howard Early Miocene Middle Sharps Formation File:Flag of the United States.svg USA An Accipitrid, type species A. macdonaldi
Miortyx aldeni [8] Sp. nov. valid Howard Early Miocene Middle Sharps Formation File:Flag of the United States.svg USA An Odontophoridae.
Diomedea milleri [9] Sp. nov. valid Howard Middle Miocene Temblor Formation File:Flag of the United States.svg USA A Diomedeid.
Dissourodes milleri [10] Gen et sp. nov. jr synonym of Mycteria milleri Short Early Pliocene Valentine Formation File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
Pelecanus tirarensis [11] Sp. nov. valid Miller Miocene Etadunna Formation File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia A Pelecanidae.
Praemancalla [12] Gen et sp. nov. valid Howard Late Miocene Laguna Hills Formation File:Flag of the United States.svg USA An Alcidae, Mancallinae, type species P. lagunensis
Speotyto megalopeza [13] Sp. nov. Jr synonym of Athene megalopeza Ford Late Pliocene Rexroad Formation File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
Wasonaka [14] Gen et sp. nov. valid Howard Middle Pliocene Arroyo de las Barrancas Blancas File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico An Anatidae, Type species W. yepormerae

Other Animals

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Arborea[15] Gen. et comb. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia The type species is "Rangea" arborea Glaessner (1959). File:Charniodiscus NMNH.jpg
Conomedusites[15] Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia The type species is C. lobatus.

Dickinsonia elongata[15]

Sp. nov Synonym of Dickinsonia costata Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia

Dickinsonia tenuis[15]

Sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Kimberia[15] Gen. et sp. nov Junior homonym Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia The type species is K. quadrata. Wade (1972) coined a replacement name Kimberella.[16] File:Kimberella quadrata.jpg
Lorenzinites[15] Gen. et sp. nov Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia The type species is L. rarus.
Mawsonites[15] Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia The type species is M. spriggi. File:Mawsonites spriggi 546.jpg
Medusinites[15] Gen. et comb. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia The type species is "Medusina" asteroides Sprigg (1949). File:Medusinites asteroides.jpg
Ovatoscutum[15] Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia The type species is O. concentricum. File:Ovatoscutum concentricium cropped.png
Praecambridium[15] Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia The type species is P. sigillum. File:Praecambridium sigillum restoration.jpg
Rangea grandis[15] Sp. nov Synonym of Charnia masoni Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Rangea longa[15] Sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Originally described as a species of Rangea; Grimes et al. (2023) transferred it to the genus Akrophyllas.[17] File:Rangea longa Newfoundland.JPG
Rugoconites[15] Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia The type species is R. enigmaticus. File:Rugoconites.jpg
Spriggina? elongata[15] Sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Originally described as a species of Spriggina; Glaessner (1976) transferred it to the genus Marywadea.[18]

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