1963 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 1963.

List of years in paleontology (table)
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Arthropods

Newly named insects

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Propelma[2]

Gen et sp. nov

valid

Trjapitzin

Eocene

Baltic amber

 Europe

A eupelmid wasp.
Type species P. rohdendorfi

Propelma rohdendorfi

Vertebrates

Archosauromorphs

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

"Triassolestes"[3]

Gen et sp nov

preoccupied

Reig

Carnian

A Crocodylomorph,
Preoccupied by Triassolestes Tillyard 1918.
Renamed Trialestes.

Dinosauria

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Herrerasaurus[3] Valid taxon

Late Triassic (Carnian)

Ischigualasto Formation

A herrerasaurid. This was an early flesh-eating dinosaur.

"Ischisaurus"[3] Junior synonym of Herrerasaurus

Late Triassic (Carnian)

A herrerasaurid.

"Tanystrosuchus"[5] Nomen dubium.
  • Kuhn

Late Triassic (Norian)

Stubensandstein

Either a theropod or shuvosaurid.

Birds

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Agriocharis anza [6]

Sp. nov.

synonym

Howard

Middle Pleistocene

Palm Spring Formation

A Phasianidae, a synonym of Meleagris anza

Anas itchtucknee [7]

Sp. nov.

valid

McCoy

Late Pleistocene

An Anatidae.

Aphanocrex podarces [8]

Gen. nov et Sp. nov.

valid

Wetmore

Holocene

St. Helena

A Rallidae.

Brantadorna downsi [6]

Gen. Nov. et Sp. nov.

valid

Howard

Middle Pleistocene

Palm Spring Formation

An Anatidae.

Bucephala fossilis [6]

Sp. nov.

valid

Howard

Middle Pleistocene

Palm Spring Formation

An Anatidae.

Calidris rayi [9]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Early Pliocene

A Scolopacidae.

Ceramornis major [10]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Maastrichtian

Lance Formation

A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963.

Cimolopteryx maxima [10]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Maastrichtian

Lance Formation

A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963.

Cimolopteryx rara [10]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Maastrichtian

Lance Formation

A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963.

Dromiceius ocypus [11]

Synonym

valid

Holmes Miller

Early Pliocene

Mampuwordu Sands

A Dromaiidae, transferred to the genus Dromaius.

Fulica hesterna [6]

Sp. nov.

valid

Howard

Middle Pleistocene

Palm Spring Formation

A Rallidae.

Gallinula brodkorbi [12]

Sp. nov.

valid

McCoy

Late Pleistocene

A Rallidae.

Lonchodytes [10]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Maastrichtian

Lance Formation

A Gaviiformes, type sp. L. estesi

Lonchodytes pterygius [10]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Maastrichtian

Lance Formation

A Gaviiformes

Nanortyx [13]

Gen et sp. nov.

valid

Weigel

Early Oligocene

Cypress Hills Formation

An Odontophoridae, type sp. N. inexpectatus

Neococcyx [13]

Gen et sp. nov.

valid

Weigel

Early Oligocene

Cypress Hills Formation

A Coccyzid, type sp. N. mccorquodalei

Neophrontops vallecitoensis [6]

Sp. nov.

valid

Howard

Middle Pleistocene

Palm Spring Formation

An Accipitridae.

Nycticorax fidens [9]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Early Pliocene

An Ardeidae.

Oxyura bessomi [6]

Sp. nov.

valid

Howard

Middle Pleistocene

Palm Spring Formation

An Anatidae.

Palaeeudyptes marplesi [14]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Eocene

Burnside Marl

A Spheniscidae.

Palaeostruthus eurius [15]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Miocene

A Passerellidae.

Paractitis [13]

Gen et sp. nov.

valid

Weigel

Early Oligocene

Cypress Hills Formation

A Scolopacidae, type sp. P. bardi

Phalacrocorax ibericum [16]

Sp. nov.

valid?

de Villalta Comella

Late Miocene

A Phalacrocoracidae

Phoeniconotius [17]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

valid

Holmes Miller

Early Miocene

Etadunna Formation

A Phoenicopteridae, type sp. P. eyrensis

Phoenicopterus novaehollandiae [17]

Sp. nov.

valid

Holmes Miller

Early Miocene

Etadunna Formation

A Phoenicopteridae

Podiceps dixi [18]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Middle Pleistocene

A Podicipedidae

Probalearica crataegensis [19]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

synonym

Brodkorb

Early Miocene

Hawthorne Formation

A Gruidae, syn of Balearica crataegensis

Propelargus olseni [19]

Sp. nov.

synonym

Brodkorb

Early Miocene

Hawthorne Formation

A Ciconiidae, syn of Grallavis olseni.

Puffinus micraulax [19]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Early Miocene

Hawthorne Formation

A Sulidae.

Sula universitatis [19]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Early Miocene

Hawthorne Formation

A Sulidae.

Titanis [20]

Gen et sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Blancan-Early Irvingtonian

A Phorusrhacidae.
Type sp. T. walleri

Torotix clemensi [21]

Gen et sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Cretaceous

Lance Formation

Possibly a Pelecaniform,
currently Aves Incertae Sedis.

Totanus teruelensis [22]

Sp. nov.

synonym

de Villalta Comella

Late Miocene

A Laridae, syn of Larus teruelensis

Literature

References

  1. 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.
  2. Gibson, G (2013). "The extinct Baltic amber genus Propelma Trjapitzin, a valid genus of Neanastatinae (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae)". ZooKeys. 283: 59–69. doi:10.3897/zookeys.283.4665. PMC 3677364. PMID 23794842.
  3. Reig, O.A. 1963. La presencia de dinosaurios saurisquios en los "Estrados de Ischigualasto" (Mesotriasico superior) de las provincias de San Juan y La Rioja (Republica Argentina). Ameghiniana 3: pp. 3-20.
  4. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  5. Kuhn, O. 1963. Ichnia Tetrapodorum. In: Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia, part 101 (Westphal, F., ed.). W. Junk, The Hague, Netherlands: 176 pages.
  6. Howard, Hildegarde (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Anza-Borrego Desert" (PDF). Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science. 73: 1–33.
  7. McCoy, J. J. (1963). "The Fossil Avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida". The Auk. 80: 335–351.
  8. Wetmore, Alexander (1963). "An Extinct Rail from the Island of St. Helena". The Ibis. 103B (3): 379–381.
  9. Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida". Florida Geological Survey, Special Publication 2. 4: 1–17.
  10. Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming". Proceedings of the XIIIth International Ornithologists Congress. 13: 55–70.
  11. Miller, Alden Holmes (1963). "Fossil Ratite Birds from the Late Tertiary of South Australia". Records of the South Australian Museum. 14: 413–420.
  12. McCoy, John J. (1963). "The Fossil Avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida" (PDF). The Auk. 80: 335–351. doi:10.2307/4082892.
  13. Weigel, Robert D. (1963). "Oligocene Birds from Saskatchewan". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (3): 257–262.
  14. Brodkorb, P (1963). "Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes)". Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 7 (4): 179–293.
  15. Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Fossil Birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida". Florida Geological Survey, Special Publication. 2: 1–17.
  16. de Villalta Comella, JF (1963). "Las Aves Fósiles del Mioceno Espańol". Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Geológica). 6: 263–285.
  17. Miller, Alden Holmes (1963). "The Fossil Flamingos of Australia" (PDF). The Condor. 65: 289–299. doi:10.2307/1365355.
  18. Brodkorb, P (1963). "A New Pleistocene Grebe from Florida" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (1): 53–55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  19. Brodkorb, Pierce (1963). "Miocene Birds from the Hawthorne Formation in Florida". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 26 (2): 159–167.
  20. Brodkorb, P (1963). "A Giant Flightless Bird from the Pleistocene of Florida" (PDF). Auk. 80 (2): 111–115. doi:10.2307/4082556.
  21. Brodkorb, P (1963). "Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming". Proceedings of the XIIIth International Ornithologists Congress. 13: 55–70.
  22. de Villalta Comella, J. F. (1963). "Las Aves Fósiles del Mioceno Espańol". Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Geológica). 61: 263–285.
  23. Sarjeant, W. A. S., 2001, Dinosaurs in fiction: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 504-529.
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