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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 1998.
Flora
Lycophytes
Lycophyte research
- Wehr (1998) reports, without description, Selaginella species spikemoss fossils occurring in the Eocene Okanagan Highlands Klondike Mountain Formation.[2]
Angiosperms
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Manchester & Chen |
A betulaceous fruit |
Fungi
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Currah, Stockey, & LePage |
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A hyperparasitic pleosporalean fungus of uncertain family affinity. |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Currah, Stockey, & LePage |
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A parasitic phyllachoralean fungus of uncertain family affinity. |
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Fungal research
- Currah, Stockey, & LePage (1998) describe the a phyllachoralean "tar spot" parasitizing Uhlia palm leaves, and host for a hyperparasitic pleosporalean fungus. They note them to be one of the first occurrences of hyperparasitic relationships in the fossil record.[4]
Arthropods
Newly named crustaceans
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gen nov |
Valid |
Hof |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) |
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A mantis shrimp, type species is U. yehoachi (originally named as Eryon yehoachi in 1955). | |||
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Sp nov |
Jr synonym |
Jenner, Hof & Schram |
A mantis shrimp, moved to the genus Daidal (2007)[7] |
Newly named insects
Brachiopods
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sp nov |
valid |
Herrera, Salas & Giolitti |
A species of Iridistrophia |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Herrera, Salas & Giolitti |
A species of Iridistrophia |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Herrera, Salas & Giolitti |
A species of Iridistrophia |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Herrera, Salas & Giolitti |
A species of Iridistrophia |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Herrera, Salas & Giolitti |
A species of Eoschuchertella |
Molluscs
Bivalves
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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sp nov |
Valid |
Geyer & Streng |
Early Cambrian Fordillidae bivalve |
Echinoderms
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alkaidia[14] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Blake & Reid |
Early Cretaceous (Albian) |
A starfish, type species is A. sumralli. |
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| Altairia[14] |
Gen et comb nov |
Valid |
Blake & Reid |
Early Cretaceous (Albian) |
A starfish, type species is A. wintoni, originally named as Comptonia wintoni in 1920. |
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| Betelgeusia[14] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Blake & Reid |
Early Cretaceous (Albian) |
A starfish, type species is B. reidi. |
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| Capellia[14] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Blake & Reid |
Early Cretaceous (Albian) |
A starfish, type species is C. mauricei. |
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| Crateraster texensis[14] |
Comb nov |
Valid |
Blake & Reid |
Early Cretaceous (Albian) |
A starfish, originally named as Pentagonaster texensis in 1920. |
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| Denebia[14] |
Gen et comb nov |
Valid |
Blake & Reid |
Early Cretaceous (Albian) |
A starfish, type species is D. americana, originally named as Pentaceros americanus in 1920. |
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| Fomalhautia[14] |
Gen et comb nov |
Valid |
Blake & Reid |
Early Cretaceous (Albian) |
A starfish, type species is F. hortensae, originally named as Metopaster hortensae in 1920. |
Amphibians
newly named anurans
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Henrici |
A possible Rhinophrynidae frog |
Archosauromorpha
Dinosaurs
- A paper in the journal Nature is published by Karen Chin and others announcing the earlier discovery of a "king-sized coprolite" attributed to Tyrannosaurus rex.
- Lourinhasaurus gastroliths documented.[16]
- Cedarosaurus gastroliths documented.[17]
- Caudipteryx gastroliths documented.[18]
- Volunteers from the Denver Museum of Natural History discovered Tony's Bone Bed in the Cedar Mountain Formation's Poison Strip Member.[19]
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[20]
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Newly named birds
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
An Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid ? |
Late Pliocene |
MN 17 |
A Scolopacidae?, the holotypical tarsometatarsus looks more like a Charadriidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Pliocene |
Late Blancan |
A Cathartidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Pliocene |
Late-Early Irvingtonian |
An Anhingidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Miocene |
MN 2-3 |
A Gruidae, transferred to the genus Balearica by Mourer-Chauviré in 2001,[51] this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Pleistocene |
Cave Deposits |
An Accipitridae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Miocene |
MN 11-12 |
An Accipitridae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Euenantiornithes Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle-Late Pliocene |
An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Pliocene |
A Fringillidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Pliocene |
A Fringillidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Middle Miocene |
A Struthionidae, eggshells. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
An Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian, |
An Ornithothoraces, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Miocene |
A Gaviidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Pliocene, |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Pliocene |
A Strigidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
A Piciformes, Gracilitarsidae G. Mayr, 2001, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
An Apodiformes, ?Archaeotrogonidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1980, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
An Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Miocene |
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A Strigidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
A Coliidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
An Upupiformes, Laurillardiidae Harrison, 1979. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
An Upupiformes, Laurillardiidae Harrison, 1979, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Miocene |
A Strigidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Miocene |
A Miopiconidae G. Mayr, 1998, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Phoenicopteriformes, Palaelodidae Stejneger, 1885. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Phoenicopteriformes, Palaelodidae Stejneger, 1885. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
A Zygodactylidae Brodkorb, 1971, not surely a Primozygodactylus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
A Zygodactylidae Brodkorb, 1971, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
A Zygodactylidae Brodkorb, 1971. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
A Halcyornithidae Harrison et Walker, 1972. The genus Pseudastur is preoccupied and replaced by Pseudasturides Mayr, 2004, this is the type species of both genera.[66] |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
ppMichael Daniels |
Middle Eocene |
A stem Psittaciformes, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle Eocene |
An Alcediniformes Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Miocene |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Late Pliocene |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Miocene |
A Struthionidae, eggshells. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Pliocene |
A Phasianidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Miocene |
A Psittacidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Pterosaurs
New taxa
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