1982 in paleontology
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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 1982.
Plants
Pteridophytes
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Valid | Miller jr | Middle Miocene | Roza-Priest Rapids Basalts contact, |
| A fern |
Angiosperms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Alangium oregonensis[3] | Sp nov | valid | Scott & Wheeler | An Alangium wood species | ||||
Betula clarnoensis[3] | Sp nov | valid | Scott & Wheeler | A Betula wood species | ||||
Cercidiphyllum alalongum[3] | Sp nov | valid | Scott & Wheeler | A Cercidiphyllum wood species | ||||
Fagaceoxylon[3] | Gen et sp nov | valid | Scott & Wheeler | A Fagaceae wood genus. | ||||
Liriodendroxylon multiporosum[3] | Sp nov | valid | Scott & Wheeler | A Magnoliaceae wood species | ||||
Magnolia angulata[3] | Sp nov | valid | Scott & Wheeler | A Magnolia wood species | ||||
Magnolia longiradiata[3] | Sp nov | valid | Scott & Wheeler | A Magnolia wood species | ||||
Quercinium crystallifera[3] | Sp nov | valid | Scott & Wheeler | A Fagaceae wood species | ||||
Ulminium scalariforme[3] | Sp nov | valid | Scott & Wheeler | A Lauraceae wood species | ||||
Trochodendron beckii[3] | Comb nov | valid | (Hergert & Phinney) Scott & Wheeler | A Trochodendron wood species. |
Fish
Ray-finned fish
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov | Valid | Wilson | Early Eocene | A bowfin | ![]() |
Archosauromorphs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[5]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
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gen et sp nov |
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Goyocephale[8] | gen et sp nov | Valid | Unnamed unit | | ||||
gen et sp nov | Valid taxon | Dong, Tang, & Zhou | ![]() | |||||
Hulsanpes[10] | gen et sp nov | Valid taxon | ||||||
Pectinodon[11] | gen et sp nov | Valid | Carpenter | A troodontid. | ||||
Tawasaurus[12] | gen et sp nov | Valid taxon |
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"Vectensia"[13] | 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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Alectoris peii [14] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Hou Lianhai | A Phasianidae. | ||||
Ambiortus dementjevi [15] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Unduruhinskaya Formatie | An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Ambiortiformes Kurochkin, 1982. Ambiortidae Kurochkin, 1982, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||
Anhinga hadarensis [16] | Valid | Sp. nov. | ± 3 My BP | An Anhingidae. | ||||
Athene cretensis [17] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Peter D. M. Weesie | Late Pleistocene | MQ 2C | A Strigidae. | ||
Bantamyx georgicus [18][19] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Khirgis Nur Formation, Khirgis Nur 2 | A Phasianidae, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||
Caspiodontornis kobystanicus [20][21] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Sevil M. Aslanova Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich | Maykopian Formation | An Odontopterygiformes Howard, 1957, family Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||
Cepphus olsoni [22] | Valid | Sp. nov. | San Luis Rey River Local Fauna | An Alcidae. | ||||
Ciconia lucida [18] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Large Lakes Basin | A Ciconiidae. | ||||
Columba congi [14] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Hou Lianhai | A Columbidae. | ||||
Crossoptilon jiai [14] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Hou Lianhai | A Phasianidae. | ||||
Ephippiorhynchus pakistanensis [23] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Colin J. O. Harrison | Upper Dokh Pathan Formation, Siwalik Series | A Ciconiidae. | |||
Falco chowi [14] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Hou Lianhai | A Falconidae. | ||||
Gavia egeriana [24] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Petr Švec | MN 4b | A Gaviidae. | |||
Lophura wayrei [23] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Colin J. O. Harrison | Upper Nagri Formation, Chinji Formation, Siwalik Series | A Phasianidae. | |||
Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Hou Lianhai | Linzhuangqun | A Threskiornithidae, placed in Aves Incerta Sedis by Olson, 1982, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||
Miobaptus walteri [24] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Petr Švec | MN 4b | A Podicipedidae, this is the type species of the new genus, Mlíkovský, 2000 transferred the species to the genus Podiceps.[26] | |||
Ornimegalonyx acevedoi [27] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Cave deposits | A Strigidae, probably a synonym of Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958. | ||||
Ornimegalonyx gigas [27] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Cave deposits | A Strigidae, probably a synonym of Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958. | ||||
Ornimegalonyx minor [27] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Cave deposits | A Strigidae, probably a synonym of Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958. | ||||
Palaeopsittacus georgei [28] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Colin J. O. Harrison | 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. | ||
Paludiavis richae [23] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Colin J. O. Harrison | Siwalik Series | A possible Balaenicipitidae, this is the type species of the new genus. | |||
Parvulivenator watteli [29] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Colin J. O. Harrison | 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. | |
Physornis brasiliensis [31] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga | 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] | |||
Pleotis liui [14] | Valid | Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. | Hou Lianhai | An Otididae, this is the type species of the new genus. | ||||
Porphyrio parvus [23] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Colin J. O. Harrison | Upper Nagri Formatie, Siwalik Series | A Rallidae. | |||
Tachornis uranoceles [33] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Cave deposits | An Apodidae. | ||||
Uria paleohesperis [22] | Valid | Sp. nov. | San Luis Rey River Local Fauna | An Alcidae. | ||||
Urmiornis cracrafti [23] | Valid | Sp. nov. | Colin J. O. Harrison | 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 |
Pseudosuchua
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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Dianchungosaurus[35] | gen et sp nov | valid |
| First described as a dinosaur | ||||
Trialestes[36] | gen et sp nov | Valid |
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- ^ Miller, C.N. jr. (1982). "Osmunda wehrii, a New Species Based on Petrified Rhizomes from the Miocene of Washington". American Journal of Botany. 69 (1): 116–121. doi:10.2307/2442836. JSTOR 2442836.
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- ^ Wilson, MVH (1982). "A new species of the fish Amia from the Middle Eocene of British Columbia". Palaeontology. 25 (2): 413–424.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
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- ^ Evgeny N. Kurochkin (1982). "New Order of Birds from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia". Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 262: 215–218.
- ^ Pierce Brodkorb & Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (1982). "Fossil Anhingas (Aves: Anhingidae) from Early Man Sites of Hadar and Omo (Ethiopia) and Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)". Geobios. 15 (4): 505–515. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(82)80071-5.
- ^ Peter D. M. Weesie (1982). "A Pleistocene Endemic Island Form within the Genus Athene: Athene cretensis n. sp. (Aves: Strigiformes) from Crete" (PDF). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen B. 85 (3): 323–336.
- ^ a b Evgeny N. Kurochkin (1982). "[New Birds from the Middle Pliocene of Mongolia.]". Ornithologiya. 17: 150–154.
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- ^ Sevil M. Aslanova & Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich (1999). "A Detailed Description of Caspiodontornis kobystanicus from the Oligocene of the Caspian Seashore". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 42 (3): 423–433. Archived from the original on 2006-09-25. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
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