1962 in paleontology
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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 1962.
Paleozoology
Conodont paleozoology
German paleontologist Klaus J. Müller (1923-2010) described the conodont order Paraconodontida.[2]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Histiodella[3] | Valid taxon |
Middle Ordovician |
Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma, USA |
Vertebrates
Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Heterodontosaurus[5] | Valid taxon |
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Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian) |
Upper Elliot Formation
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A heterodontosaurid .
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Birds
Newly named birds
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Early Pliocene
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An Anatidae, first described as Nettion ogallalae Brodkorb, 1962. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Corvidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Miller
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A Diomedeidae , perhaps better placed in Phoebastria Reichenbach, 1853.
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Acheulian
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A Passeridae .
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
An Ciconiidae .
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Phasiandae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Phasiandae, a synonym is Lyrurus partium Kretzoi, 1962. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Turdidae .
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References
- OCLC 46769716.
- Treatise on invertebrate paleontology, Part W: Miscellanea : Conodonts Conoidal Shells of Uncertain Affinities, Worms, Trace Fossils, and Problema, 1962 - Geological Society of America
- ^ New conodonts from Joins (Ordovician) Formation of Oklahoma. RW Harris, Oklahoma Geology Notes, 1962
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- S2CID 4198113.
- ^ Brodkorb, Pierce (1962). "A Teal from the Lower Pliocene of Kansas". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 25 (2): 157–160.
- ^ a b c d e Kretzoi, Miklós (1962). "Vogelreste aus der Altpleistozänen Fauna von Betfia". Aquila. 67–68: 167–174.
- JSTOR 1365470.
- ^ Tchernov, Eitan (1962). "Paleolithic Avifauna in Palestine". Bull. Research Counc. Israel 11 Section B Zoology. 11 (3): 95–131.