1981 in paleontology – Wikipedia
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Overview of the events of 1981 in paleontology
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 occurred or were published in the year 1981.
Angiosperms[edit]
Arthropoda[edit]
Insects[edit]
Archosauromorpha[edit]
Newly named dinosaurs[edit]
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky’s dinosaur genera list.[5]
[edit]
- Palaeopteryx thomsoni Jensen, 1981. is most probably not a bird but perhaps a small dinosaur, it is best treated as a taxon non avium.
- 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.
Newly named birds[edit]
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Burhinus lucorum [13] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
K. Jeffrey Bickart |
Early Miocene |
Middle Sheep Creek Formation |
USA: Nebraska |
A Burhinidae. |
|
Enantiornis leali [14] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Cyril A. Walker |
Late Cretaceous |
Maastrichtian Lecho Formation |
Argentina |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes Brodkorb, 1976, Enantiornithidae Nessov et Borkin, 1983, this is the type species of the new genus. |
|
Eogrus crudus [15] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Evgeny N. Kurochkin |
Middle-Late Eocene |
Tsagan Kutel |
Mongolia |
A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, this is the type species of the new genus. |
|
Falco medius [16] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A. S. Umanskaya |
Late Miocene |
MN 11-13 |
Soviet Union: Ukraine |
A Falconidae. |
|
Gavia paradoxa [16] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A. S. Umanskaya |
Late Miocene |
MN 11-13 |
Soviet Union: Ukraine |
A Gaviidae. |
|
Ioriotis gabunii [17] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich Abesalom K. Vekua |
Late Pliocene |
Kvabebi |
Soviet Union: Georgia |
An Otididae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
|
Mancalla emlongi [18] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Storrs L. Olson |
Late Pliocene |
Blancan, San Diego Formation |
USA: California |
An Alcidae, Mancallinae L. H. Miller, 1946. |
|
Microdytes tonnii [19] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
George G. Simpson |
Late Oligocene-Early Miocene |
Patagonian |
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.[20] |
|
Pedinorhis stirpsarcana [21] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Storrs L. Olson Mary C. McKitrick |
Pleistocene |
Cave deposits |
Puerto Rico |
A Fringillidae, Emberizinae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
|
Pelecanus cadimurka [22] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Patricia Vickers Rich Gerard F. Van Tets |
Pleistocene |
Kuttipirra (Katipiri) Waterhole |
Australia: South Australia |
A Pelecanidae. |
|
Picus peregrinabundus [23] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A. S. Umanskaja |
Late Miocene |
MN 11-12 |
Soviet Union: Ukraine |
A Picidae. |
|
Sonogrus gregalis [15] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Evgeny N. Kurochkin |
Late Eocene-Early Oligocene |
Ergilin Dzo Formation |
Mongolia |
A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, this is the type species of the new genus. |
|
Uria brodkorbi [24] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Hildegarde Howard |
Late Miocene |
Sisquoc Formation, Clarendonian |
USA: California |
An Alcidae. |
|
Urmiornis orientalis [15] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Evgeny N. Kurochkin |
Middle Pliocene |
Soviet Union: Kazakhstan |
A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, transferred to the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891 by both Kurochkin, 1985 and Olson, 1985. |
||
Urmiornis ukrainus [15] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Evgeny N. Kurochkin |
Late Miocene |
Mn 9-10-11 |
Soviet Union: Moldova; Ukraine; Russia |
A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, transferred to the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891 by both Kurochkin, 1985 and Olson, 1985. |
|
Youngornis gracilis [25] |
Valid |
Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
Yeh Hsiangk’uei |
Middle Miocene |
Shanwang Formation |
China |
A Rallidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
|
Zeltornis ginsburgi [26] |
Valid |
Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
Jean Chr. Balouet |
Early Miocene |
Late Burdigalian, Djebel Zelten |
Libya |
An Ardeidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
Plesiosaurs[edit]
- 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.
Pterosaurs[edit]
New taxa[edit]
Synapsids[edit]
Non-mammalian[edit]
Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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References[edit]
- ^ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
- ^ Pigg, K.B.; Manchester S.R.; Wehr W.C. (2003). “Corylus, Carpinus, and Palaeocarpinus (Betulaceae) from the Middle Eocene Klondike Mountain and Allenby Formations of Northwestern North America”. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 164 (5): 807–822. doi:10.1086/376816. S2CID 19802370.
- ^ Dlussky, G.M. (2012). “New Fossil Ants of the Subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Germany”. Paleontological Journal. 46 (3): 288–292. doi:10.1134/s0031030111050054. S2CID 83891156.
- ^ Dlussky, G.M.; Putyatina, T.S. (2014). “Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia”. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie – Abhandlungen. 272 (3): 237–285. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.692.9292. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0409.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. “Dinogeorge’s Dinosaur Genera List”. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Kurzanov, S.M. 1981. On the unusual theropods from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Sovm. Sov.-Mong. Paleontol. Eksped. Trudy 15: pp. 39-50.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Osmolska, H. 1981. Coosified tarsometatarsal in theropod dinosaurs and their bearing on the problem of bird origins. Paleontol. Polonica 42: pp. 79-95.
- ^ a b Barsbold, R. 1981. The toothless carnivorous
dinosaurs of Mongolia. Sovm. Sov.-Mong. Paleontol. Eksped. Trudy 15: pp. 28-39. - ^ 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. - ^ Jensen, J.A. 1981. Another look at
Archaeopteryx as the world’s oldest bird. Encyclia
58: pp. 109-128. - ^ Colbert, E.H. 1981. A primitive ornithischian
dinosaur from the Kayenta Formation of Arizona.
Museum Northern Arizona Bull. 53: pp. 1-61. - ^ K. Jeffrey Bickart (1981). “A New Thick-knee, Burhinus, from the Miocene of Nebraska, with Comments on the Habitat Requirements of the Burhinidae (Aves: Charadriiformes)”. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 1 (3–4): 273–277. doi:10.1080/02724634.1981.10011902.
- ^ Cyril A. Walker (1981). “New Subclass of Birds from the Cretaceous of South America”. Nature. 292 (5818): 51–53. doi:10.1038/292051a0. S2CID 4340858.
- ^ a b c d Evgeny N. Kurochkin (1981). “[New Representatives and Evolution of Two Archaic Gruiform Families in Eurasia]”. Sovmestnaja Sovetsko-Mongol’skaja Paleontol. Ekspedit. 15: 59–85.
- ^ a b A. S. Umanskaya (1981). “[Miocene Birds of the Black Sea Coastal Region]”. Vestnik Zoologii Nauchnyy Zhurnal Instituta Zoologii Imeni I. I. Shmal’gauzena Akademii Nauk Ukrainskoy SSR II 3. 15: 17–21.
- ^ Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich & Abesalom K. Vekua (1981). “Fossil Bustard Runner Ioriotis gabunii New Genus New Species of East Georgian SSR USSR Akchagylian”. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Gruzinskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskaya. 7: 53–60.
- ^ Storrs L. Olson (1981). “A Third Species of Mancalla from the Late Pliocene San Diego Formation of California (Aves: Alcidae)” (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 1 (1): 97–99. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.614.8039. doi:10.1080/02724634.1981.10011882.
- ^ George G. Simpson (1981). “Notes on Some Fossil Penguins, including a New Genus from Patagonia”. Ameghiniana. 18 (3–4): 266–272.
- ^ Storrs L. Olson (1986). “A Replacement Name for the Fossil Penguin Microdytes Simpson (Aves: Spheniscidae)”. Journal of Paleontology. 60 (3): 785. doi:10.1017/S0022336000022332. S2CID 140620588.
- ^ Storrs L. Olson & Mary C. McKitrick (1981). “A New Genus and Species of Emberizine Finch from the Pleistocene Cave Deposits in Puerto Rico (Aves: Passeriformes)” (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 1 (3–4): 279–283. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.501.5247. doi:10.1080/02724634.1981.10011903.
- ^ Patricia Vickers Rich & Gerard F. Van Tets (1981). “The Fossil Pelecans of Australasia” (PDF). Records of the South Australian Museum. 18: 235–264.[permanent dead link]
- ^ A. S. Umanskaja (1981). “[Miocene Birds of the Black Sea Coastal Region]”. Vestnik Zoologii Nauchnyy Zhurnal Instituta Zoologii Imeni I. I. Shmal’gauzena Akademii Nauk Ukrainskoy SSR II. 3: 17–21.
- ^ Hildegarde Howard (1981). “A New Species of Murre, Genus Uria, from the Late Miocene of California” (PDF). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 80: 1–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-05.
- ^ Yeh Hsiangk’uei (1981). “[Third Note on Fossil Birds from Linqu, Shandong]” (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 19 (2): 149–155.
- ^ Jean Chr. Balouet (1981). “Zeltornis ginsburgi n.g. n.sp. (Ardeidae: Aves), Héron Géant du Miocène Inférieur du Djebel Zelten (Libye)”. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris. Série II. 293: 235–239.
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