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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 1966.
Arthropods
Newly named Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Oligomyrmex antiqua[2] | Comb nov | jr synonym | (Mayr, 1868) | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe | Fossil myrmicine ant, moved to Carebara antiqua in 2004 |
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Sphecomyrminae[3] | Subfam. Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wilson & Carpenter | Turonian | New Jersey Amber
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USA | Basal most ant subfamily. One genus Sphecomyrma |
Conodonts
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Declinognathodus[4] | Gen. nov | Valid | David L. Dunn | Pennsylvanian | USA |
Anapsids
Newly named mesosaurs
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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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 |
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Probactrosaurus[7] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Rozhdestvensky
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Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Dashuigou Formation | China |
Newly named birds
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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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 .
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Diomedea milleri [9] | Sp. nov. | valid | Howard | Middle Miocene | Temblor Formation | USA | A Diomedeid .
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Dissourodes milleri [10] | Gen et sp. nov. | jr synonym of Mycteria milleri | Short | Early Pliocene
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Valentine Formation | USA | ||
Pelecanus tirarensis [11] | Sp. nov. | valid | Miller | Miocene | Etadunna Formation | Australia | A Pelecanidae. | |
Praemancalla [12]
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Gen et sp. nov. | valid | Howard | Late Miocene | Laguna Hills Formation | USA | An Alcidae, Mancallinae , type species P. lagunensis
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Speotyto megalopeza [13] | Sp. nov. | Jr synonym of Athene megalopeza | Ford | Late Pliocene
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Rexroad Formation | USA | ||
Wasonaka [14] | Gen et sp. nov. | valid | Howard | Middle Pliocene
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Arroyo de las Barrancas Blancas | Mexico | An Anatidae, Type species W. yepormerae |
Other Animals
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Synonym of Dickinsonia costata | Glaessner & Wade | Ediacaran | Australia | |||
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Sp. nov | valid | Glaessner & Wade | Ediacaran | Australia Russia | |||
Rangea grandis | Sp. nov | Synonym of Charnia masoni | Glaessner & Wade | Ediacaran | Australia |
References
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- ^ 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)
- ^ 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.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Rozhdestvensky, A. K. (1966). "Novye igyanodonti ie tsentrallinoy Asii. Phillogeneticheskye y taksonomicheskye veaimoothoshenia poednich Iguanodontidae y rannich Hadrosauridae". Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal. 1966 (3): 103–116.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Short, LL (1966). "A New Pliocene Stork from Nebraska" (PDF). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 149: 1–12.
- ^ Miller, AH (1966). "The Fossil Pelicans of Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 14: 181–190.
- ^ 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.
- JSTOR 1365319.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Glaessner, M.F.; Wade, M. (1966). "The late Precambrian fossils from Ediacara, South Australia" (PDF). Palaeontology. 9 (4): 599. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2023-03-27.