1981 in paleontology

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Template:Redirect category shell Template:Sister project 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 1981.

Plants

Angiosperms

Superrosids - Fabids

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images

Palaeocarpinus[2]

Sp nov

Valid

Crane

Ypresian

Reading Formation

File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg UK
File:Flag of England.svg England

A betulaceous fruit.
Type species P. laciniata

Pseudofagus[3]

Gen et sp nov

Valid

Smiley & Huggins

Miocene
Langhian

Latah Formation
Clarkia Florule

File:Flag of the United States.svg USA
File:Flag of Idaho.svg Idaho

A fagaceous genus
The type species is P. idahoensis

Arthropoda

Insects

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Protamblyopone inversa[4]

Gen et sp. nov

jr synonym

Dlussky

Middle Miocene

Chon-Tyz mine

File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan

An Amblyoponin ant. jr synonym of Casaleia inversa

Reptilia

Early reptiles

Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images
Claudiosaurus germaini[5] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Carroll Late Permian Lower Sakamena Formation File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar An early neodiapsid File:Claudiosaurus BW.jpg
Thadeosaurus colcanapi[5] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Carroll Late Permian Lower Sakamena Formation File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar An early neodiapsid File:Tadeosaure.jpg

Archosauromorpha

Dinosaurs

Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images
Avimimus portentosus[6] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid taxon Kurzanov Campanian Djadochta Formation File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia A very bird-like oviraptorosaur File:Avimimus mmartyniuk wiki.png
Barsboldia sicinskii[7] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Maryańska & Osmólska Maastrichtian Nemegt Formation File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia A hadrosaurid of uncertain relations File:Barsboldia sicinskii (2).jpg
Elmisaurus rarus[8] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Osmólska Maastrichtian Nemegt Formation File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia An oviraptorosaur File:Elmisaurus.jpg
Garudimimus brevipes[9] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Barsbold Santonian Bayanshiree Formation File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia An early ornithomimosaur File:Garudimimus Restoration.png
"Honghesaurus" Nomen nudum Anonymous Later namedYandusaurus
Ingenia yanshini[9] Gen. et sp. nov. Preoccupied Barsbold Maastrichtian Baruungoyot Formation File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia Generic name preoccupied by a nematode Gerlach 1957 and renamed Ajancingenia, but considered a species of Heyuannia File:Ajancingenia yanshini profile1.jpg
Lambeosaurus laticaudus[10] Sp. nov. Valid Morris Campanian El Gallo Formation File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Later given the genus Magnapaulia
Muttaburrasaurus langdoni[11] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Bartholomai & Molnar Albian Mackunda Formation File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia An iguanodont with a horn-like knob of its Snout. File:Muttaburrasaurus NT.jpg
Palaeopteryx thomsoni[12] Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Jensen Kimmeridgian Morrison Formation File:Flag of Colorado.svg Colorado A coelurosaur
Scutellosaurus lawleri[13] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Colbert Sinemurian Kayenta Formation File:Flag of Arizona.svg Arizona An early thyreophoran File:Scutellosaurus.jpg

Birds

  • Palaeopteryx thomsoni Jensen, 1981 is most likely not a bird but rather a small non-avian dinosaur.
  • Plegadis pharangites Olson, 1981 is a new name for Plegadis gracilis Miller et Bowman, 1956, preoccupied by Plegadis gracilis (Lydekker, 1891), described as Milnea gracilis Lydekker, 1891 and transferred to the genus Plegadis Kaup, 1829 by Cheneval, 1984.
Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Burhinus lucorum [14]

Valid

Sp. nov.

K. Jeffrey Bickart

Early Miocene

Middle Sheep Creek Formation

File:Flag of the United States.svg USA:

File:Flag of Nebraska.svg Nebraska

A Burhinidae.

Enantiornis leali [15]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Cyril A. Walker

Late Cretaceous

Maastrichtian

Lecho Formation

File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina

An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes Brodkorb, 1976, Enantiornithidae Nessov et Borkin, 1983, this is the type species of the new genus.

Eogrus crudus [16]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Evgeny N. Kurochkin

Middle-Late Eocene

Tsagan Kutel

File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia

A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, this is the type species of the new genus.

Falco medius [17]

Valid

Sp. nov.

A. S. Umanskaya

Late Miocene

MN 11-13

File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union:

File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine

A Falconidae.

Gavia paradoxa [17]

Valid

Sp. nov.

A. S. Umanskaya

Late Miocene

MN 11-13

File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union:

File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine

A Gaviidae.

Ioriotis gabunii [18]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich

Abesalom K. Vekua

Late Pliocene

Kvabebi

File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union:

Template:Country data Georgia

An Otididae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Mancalla emlongi [19]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Storrs L. Olson

Late Pliocene

Blancan,

San Diego Formation

File:Flag of the United States.svg USA:

File:Flag of California.svg California

An Alcidae, Mancallinae L. H. Miller, 1946.

Microdytes tonnii [20]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

George G. Simpson

Late Oligocene-Early Miocene

Patagonian

File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina

A Sphniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus. Microdytes Simpson, 1981 is preoccupied by Microdytes Balfour-Browne, 1949 (Coleoptera), so Storrs L. Olson created the new genus Eretiscus Olson, 1986 to accommodate Microdytes tonnii Simpson, 1981.[21]

Pedinorhis stirpsarcana [22]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Storrs L. Olson

Mary C. McKitrick

Pleistocene

Cave deposits

File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico

A Fringillidae, Emberizinae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Pelecanus cadimurka [23]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Patricia Vickers Rich

Gerard F. Van Tets

Pleistocene

Kuttipirra (Katipiri) Waterhole

File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia:

File:Flag of South Australia.svg South Australia

A Pelecanidae.

Picus peregrinabundus [24]

Valid

Sp. nov.

A. S. Umanskaja

Late Miocene

MN 11-12

File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union:

File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine

A Picidae.

Sonogrus gregalis [16]

Valid

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Evgeny N. Kurochkin

Late Eocene-Early Oligocene

Ergilin Dzo Formation

File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia

A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, this is the type species of the new genus.

Uria brodkorbi [25]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Hildegarde Howard

Late Miocene

Sisquoc Formation,

Clarendonian

File:Flag of the United States.svg USA:

File:Flag of California.svg California

An Alcidae.

Urmiornis orientalis [16]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Evgeny N. Kurochkin

Middle Pliocene

File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union:

File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan

A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, transferred to the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891 by both Kurochkin, 1985 and Olson, 1985.

Urmiornis ukrainus [16]

Valid

Sp. nov.

Evgeny N. Kurochkin

Late Miocene

Mn 9-10-11

File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union:

File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova;

File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine;

File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia

A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, transferred to the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891 by both Kurochkin, 1985 and Olson, 1985.

Youngornis gracilis [26]

Valid

Gen. nov et Sp. nov.

Yeh Hsiangk’uei

Middle Miocene

Shanwang Formation

File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

A Rallidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Zeltornis ginsburgi [27]

Valid

Gen. nov et Sp. nov.

Jean Chr. Balouet

Early Miocene

Late Burdigalian,

Djebel Zelten

File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya

An Ardeidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Plesiosaurs

  • Carroll, R. C., 1981, Plesiosaur ancestors from the Upper Permian of Madagascar: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B, v. 293, p. 315- 383.
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Kimmerosaurus

Valid

Brown

Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian

Kimmeridge Clay

File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg UK

A cryptoclidid.

Pterosaurs

New taxa

Name Status Authors Location Images

Comodactylus

Valid

Galton

Sultanuvaisia

Valid

Nesov

References

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  6. ↑ Kurzanov, S.M. 1981. On the unusual theropods from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Sovm. Sov.-Mong. Paleontol. Eksped. Trudy 15: pp. 39-50.
  7. ↑ Maryanska, T. and H. Osmólska. 1981. First lambeosaurine dinosaur from the Nemegt Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 26 (3-4): pp. 243-255.
  8. ↑ Osmolska, H. 1981. Coosified tarsometatarsal in theropod dinosaurs and their bearing on the problem of bird origins. Paleontol. Polonica 42: pp. 79-95.
  9. ↑ a b Barsbold, R. 1981. The toothless carnivorous dinosaurs of Mongolia. Sovm. Sov.-Mong. Paleontol. Eksped. Trudy 15: pp. 28-39.
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  11. ↑ Bartholomai, A., and R.E. Molnar. 1981. Muttaburrasaurus, a new iguanodontid (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland. Mem. Queensland Museum 20: pp. 319-149.
  12. ↑ Jensen, J.A. 1981. Another look at Archaeopteryx as the world's oldest bird. Encyclia 58: pp. 109-128.
  13. ↑ Colbert, E.H. 1981. A primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. Museum Northern Arizona Bull. 53: pp. 1-61.
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