1966 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 1966.

Arthropods

Newly named Insects

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Oligomyrmex antiqua[2] Comb nov jr synonym (Mayr, 1868) Middle Eocene Baltic amber Europe Fossil myrmicine ant,
moved to Carebara antiqua in 2004
Carebara antiqua
Sphecomyrminae[3] Subfam. Gen. et sp. nov Valid Wilson & Carpenter Turonian New Jersey Amber USA Basal most ant subfamily. One genus Sphecomyrma

Conodonts

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Declinognathodus[4] Gen. nov Valid David L. Dunn Pennsylvanian USA

Anapsids

Newly named mesosaurs

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Brazilosaurus[5] Gen. et sp. Valid Shikama & Ozaki Artinskian Irati Formation Brazil A mesosaur.

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[6]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Probactrosaurus[7] Gen et sp nov Valid Rozhdestvensky Early Cretaceous (Albian) Dashuigou Formation China
Probactrosaurus

Newly named birds

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Arikarornis macdonaldi [8] Gen et sp nov. valid Howard Early Miocene Middle Sharps Formation USA An Accipitrid, type species A. macdonaldi
Miortyx aldeni [8] Sp. nov. valid Howard Early Miocene Middle Sharps Formation USA An Odontophoridae.
Diomedea milleri [9] Sp. nov. valid Howard Middle Miocene Temblor Formation USA A Diomedeid.
Dissourodes milleri [10] Gen et sp. nov. jr synonym of Mycteria milleri Short Early Pliocene Valentine Formation USA
Pelecanus tirarensis [11] Sp. nov. valid Miller Miocene Etadunna Formation Australia A Pelecanidae.
Praemancalla [12] Gen et sp. nov. valid Howard Late Miocene Laguna Hills Formation USA An Alcidae, Mancallinae, type species P. lagunensis
Speotyto megalopeza [13] Sp. nov. Jr synonym of Athene megalopeza Ford Late Pliocene Rexroad Formation USA
Wasonaka [14] Gen et sp. nov. valid Howard Middle Pliocene Arroyo de las Barrancas Blancas Mexico An Anatidae, Type species W. yepormerae

Other animals

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Arborea[15] Gen. et comb. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is "Rangea" arborea Glaessner (1959).
Conomedusites[15] Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is C. lobatus.

Dickinsonia elongata[15]

 Sp. nov Synonym of Dickinsonia costata Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia

Dickinsonia tenuis[15]

 Sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia Russia
Kimberia[15] Gen. et sp. nov Junior homonym Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is K. quadrata. Wade (1972) coined a replacement name Kimberella.[16]
Lorenzinites[15] Gen. et sp. nov Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is L. rarus.
Mawsonites[15] Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is M. spriggi.
Medusinites[15] Gen. et comb. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is "Medusina" asteroides Sprigg (1949).
Ovatoscutum[15] Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is O. concentricum.
Praecambridium[15] Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is P. sigillum.
Rangea grandis[15] Sp. nov Synonym of Charnia masoni Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia
Rangea longa[15] Sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia Originally described as a species of Rangea; Grimes et al. (2023) transferred it to the genus Akrophyllas.[17]
Rugoconites[15] Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is R. enigmaticus.
Spriggina? elongata[15] Sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia Originally described as a species of Spriggina; Glaessner (1976) transferred it to the genus Marywadea.[18]

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. ↑ Ettershank, G (1966). "A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 14: 73–171. doi:10.1071/zo9660073.
  3. ↑ Wilson, E. O.; Carpenter, F. M.; Brown, W. L. (1966). "The First Mesozoic Ant, with the Description of a New Subfamily" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 74 (1): 1–19. doi:10.1155/1967/89604. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  4. ↑ New Pennsylvanian Platform Conodonts from Southwestern United States. D. L. Dunn, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 40, No. 6 (Nov., 1966), pages 1294-1303 (Stable URL)
  5. ↑ Shikama, T.; Ozaki, H. (1966). "On a Reptilian Skeleton from the Palaeozoic Formation of San Paulo, Brazil". Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan. New Series. 64: 351–358.
  6. ↑ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  7. ↑ Rozhdestvensky, A. K. (1966). "Novye igyanodonti ie tsentrallinoy Asii. Phillogeneticheskye y taksonomicheskye veaimoothoshenia poednich Iguanodontidae y rannich Hadrosauridae". Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal. 1966 (3): 103–116.
  8. 1 2 Howard, H. (1966). "Two fossil Birds from the Lower Miocene of South Dakota" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 107: 1–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
  9. ↑ Howard, H. (1966). "Additional Avian Records from the Miocene of Sharktooth Hill, California" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 114: 1–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
  10. ↑ Short, LL (1966). "A New Pliocene Stork from Nebraska" (PDF). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 149: 1–12.
  11. ↑ Miller, AH (1966). "The Fossil Pelicans of Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 14: 181–190.
  12. ↑ Howard, H. (1966). "A Possible Ancestor of the Lucas Auk (Family Mancallidae) from the Tertiary of Orange County, California" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 101: 2–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
  13. ↑ Ford, NL (1966). "Fossil Owls from the Rexroad Fauna of the Upper Pliocene of Kansas" (PDF). Condor. 68 (5): 472–475. doi:10.2307/1365319. JSTOR 1365319.
  14. ↑ Howard, H. (1966). "Pliocene Birds from Chihuahua, Mexico" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 94: 1–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Glaessner, M.F.; Wade, M. (1966). "The late Precambrian fossils from Ediacara, South Australia" (PDF). Palaeontology. 9 (4): 599. Archived from the original on 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  16. ↑ Wade, M. (1972). "Hydrozoa and Scyphozoa and other medusoids from the Precambrian Ediacara fauna, South Australia" (PDF). Palaeontology. 15: 197–225. Archived from the original on 2011-04-09.
  17. ↑ Grimes, K. F.; Narbonne, G. M.; Gehling, J. G.; Trusler, P. W.; Dececchi, T. A. (2023). "Elongate Ediacaran fronds from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 98 (2): 249–265. doi:10.1017/jpa.2023.45. S2CID 261631797.
  18. ↑ Glaessner, Martin F. (1976). "A new genus of late Precambrian polychaete worms from South Australia" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 100 (3): 169–170. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-29.
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