1982 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 1982.
Plants
Pteridophytes
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Miller jr |
Middle Miocene |
Roza-Priest Rapids Basalts contact, |
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A fern |
Angiosperms
Fish
Ray-finned fish
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Wilson |
Early Eocene |
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A bowfin |
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Archosauromorphs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[5]
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gen et sp nov |
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gen et sp nov |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Unnamed unit |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
Dong, Tang, & Zhou |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Carpenter |
A troodontid. |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
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gen et sp nov |
Delair |
Referred to Polacanthus. |
Birds
Some remarks on newly named birds
- Hulsanpes perlei Osmolska, 1982 was described as a Troodontidae, it is sometimes seen as an Avialae because of having a ginglymoid metatarsal II.
Newly named birds
| Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Phasianidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Ambiortiformes Kurochkin, 1982. Ambiortidae Kurochkin, 1982, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
± 3 My BP |
An Anhingidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Pleistocene |
A Strigidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Khirgis Nur Formation, Khirgis Nur 2 |
A Phasianidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Odontopterygiformes Howard, 1957, family Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Alcidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Ciconiidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Columbidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Phasianidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Ciconiidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Falconidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Gaviidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Phasianidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Threskiornithidae, placed in Aves Incerta Sedis by Olson, 1982, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
MN 4b |
A Podicipedidae, this is the type species of the new genus, Mlíkovský, 2000 transferred the species to the genus Podiceps.[26] |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
A Strigidae, probably a synonym of Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
A Strigidae, probably a synonym of Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
A Strigidae, probably a synonym of Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
MP 8 |
Described as a Psittacidae, transferred by Mourer-Chauviré in 1992 to the Quercypsittidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Mayr et Daniels 1998, Mayr 2009 thought it might be a Fluvioviridavidae G. Mayr, 2005, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Siwalik Series |
A possible Balaenicipitidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Early Eocene |
MP 8 |
Described as a Falconidae, but Mlíkovský 2002 [30] placed it in Aves Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Upper Deseadean, Tremembé Formation |
A Gruiformes, Phorusrhacidae Ameghino, 1889, Brontornitinae Moreno et Mercerat, 1891, in 1993 Alvarenga mede it the type species of his new genus Paraphysornis.[32] |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Otididae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Rallidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
An Apodidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Alcidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Near Kadirpur |
A Gruiformes, Ergilornithidae Kozlova, 1960. According to Karhu, 1997 not an Ergilornithidae. Olson, 1985 and Kurochkin, 1985 place the species in the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891. |
Plesiosaurs
New taxa
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Delair |
Pterosaurs
New taxa
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Huachihuanhe Formation |
Pseudosuchia
General pseudosuchian research
- Ralph Molnar publishes a revision of the genus Pallimnarchus, comparing it to various Australasian crocodilians and diagnosing it based on proportional differences.[34]
New taxa
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
valid |
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First described as a dinosaur |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
References
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- ↑ Suslov vide Suslov, Y.V. 1982. Dromaeosaurid unguals from the Upper Cretaceous deposits of the Kzyl-Orda region. Akad. Nauk Kazokhskoy S.S.R. Inst. Zool. Mat. istorii fauny flory Kazakhstana 8: pp. 5-16.
- ↑ Yadagiri, P. 1982. Osteological studies of a carnosaurian dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Kota Formation: Andhra Pradesh. Geological Survey of India (Progress Report for Field Season Programme 1981-1982), Regional Palaeontological Laboratories, Southern Region: 7 pages.
- ↑ Perle A., T. Maryanska, and H. Osmolska. 1982. Goyocephale lattimorei gen. et sp. n., a new flatheaded pachycephalosaur (Ornithischia, Dinosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Acta Palaeontol. Polonica 27: pp. 115-127.
- ↑ Dong, Z., Z. Tang, and S. Zhou. 1982. Note on the new Mid-Jurassic stegosaur from Sichuan Basin, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 20: pp. 83-87.
- ↑ Osmolska, H. 1982. Hulsanpes perlei n.g. n. sp. (Deinonychosauria, Saurischia, Dinosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Barun Goyot Formation of Mongolia. N. Jb. Geol. Palaontol. Mh. 1982: pp. 440-448.
- ↑ Carpenter, K. 1982. Baby dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Lance and Hell Creek formations and a description of a new species of theropod. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming. 20 (2): pp. 123-134.
- ↑ Young, C.C. 1982. On a new genus of dinosaur from Lufeng, Yunnan. In: Selected works of Yang Zhung-jian. Science Press, Beijing: pp. 38-42.
- ↑ Delair, J.B. 1982. Notes on an armoured dinosaur from Barnes High, Isle of Wight. Proceedings of the Isle of Wight Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1980, Volume 7(5): pp. 297-302.
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- ↑ Bonaparte, J.F. 1982. Classification of the Thecodontia. Geobios Mem. Spec. 6: pp. 99-112.
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