1968 in paleontology
Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic20 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 Template:Title year.
Flora
Ferns and fern allies
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sp nov |
valid |
Puget Group |
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Angiosperms
Arthropods
Insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
sp nov |
Valid |
Early Eocene |
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A Tenthredinidae sawfly |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Rice |
Early Eocene |
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A Tenthredinidae sawfly |
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Conodonts
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
gen nov |
Valid taxon |
Archosauriformes
Dinosaurs
| Taxon | Novelty | Status | Author(s) | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aralosaurus tuberiferus[9] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Rozhdestvensky | Santonian | Bostobe Svita | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | A hadrosaur | File:Aralosaurus LM.png |
| Procheneosaurus convincens[9] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Rozhdestvensky | Santonian | Dabrazinskaya Svita | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | A species of Procheneosaurus, later given the genus name Kazaklambia |
Birds
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Miocene |
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An Alcidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Pleistocene |
An Alaudidae. |
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|
Gen et sp nov. |
Valid |
Howard |
Late Miocene? |
An Alcidae, |
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|
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Miocene |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Oligocene |
Tatal-Gol |
An Accipitridae. |
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|
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Pliocene |
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A Rallidae. |
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|
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kurochkin |
Late Eocene |
Zaysan Bassin |
An Anatidae. |
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|
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Kurochkin |
Middle Oligocene |
Kustovskaya |
Phoenicopteriformes Incertae Sedis |
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|
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Tchernov |
Middle Pleistocene |
Ubeidiya Formation |
A Rallidae. |
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|
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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|
Gen et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kurochkin |
Tatal-Gol |
An Accipitridae, Type sp G. edax |
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|
Sp. nov. |
Invalid[17] |
Middle Oligocene |
Maykopian Clay |
A Swan, Anatidae. |
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|
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Feduccia |
Late Pliocene |
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A Rallidae. |
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|
Gen. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kurochkin |
Middle Oligocene-Miocene |
Myn-Say Gorge |
A Phalacrocoracidae, type species L. saiensis. |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov. |
Jr synonym |
Pleistocene-modern |
An Aegothelidae, type sp M. novaezealandiae, |
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|
Gen. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kurochkin |
Middle Oligocene |
Kur-Say Gorge |
A Rallidae. type sp. M. harundinea |
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|
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Tchernov |
Middle Pleistocene |
Ubeidiya Formation |
An Alaudidae. |
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|
Sp. nov. |
nomen dubium |
Kurochkin |
Middle Oligocene |
Tatal-Gol |
A possible Rallidae, |
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|
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cracraft |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Cracraft |
Late Oligocene |
Brule Formation |
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|
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Tchernov |
Middle Pleistocene |
Ubeidiya Formation |
A Passeridae. |
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|
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Howard |
Late Miocene |
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|
Gen. et sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kurochkin |
Middle Oligocene |
Tatal-Gol |
An Accipitridae, jr syn of Venerator dementievi |
Sauropterygians
Plesiosaurs
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gen et sp nov |
jr synonym |
Thurmond |
junior synonym of Trinacromerum |
Synapsids
Mammaliformes
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Crompton & Jenkins |
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References
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