1958 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 1958.
Arthropods
Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | valid | Pierce | A Stylotermitid termite. |
Archosauromorphs
Newly named non-avian dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[3]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov | Yang (as Young C. C.) | Late Campanian | Jingangkou Formation | |||||
Gen et sp nov | Valid taxon | Yang (as Young C. C.) | Late Campanian | Jingangkou Formation | |
Birds
Newly named birds
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Anas apscheronica [5] | Sp. nov. | valid | Burchak-Abramovisch | Apscherion | An Anatidae. | |||
Bartramia umatilla [6] | Sp. nov. | valid | A Scolopacidae. | |||||
Callipepla shotwelli [6] | Sp. nov. | valid | An Odontophoridae. | |||||
Cygnus hibbardi [7] | Sp. nov. | valid | Irvingtonian, Hagerman Lake Beds | An Anatidae. | ||||
Morus humeralis [8] | Sp. nov. | valid | Bowman | A Sulidae. | ||||
Gen. et Sp. nov. | valid | A Strigidae, the types species of the new genus is Ornimegalonyx oteroi. | ||||||
Pardirallus lacustris [7] | Sp. nov. | valid | Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene | Hagerman and Rexroad Local Fauna | A Rallidae, described as Porzana lacustris but transferred by Storrs L. Olson in 1977 to Pardirallus Bonaparte, 1856. | |||
Phalacrocorax macer [7] | Sp. nov. | valid | Irvingtonian, Glenns Ferry Formation, Hagerman Lake Beds | |||||
Podiceps subparvus [8] | Sp. nov. | valid | Bowman) | Blancan, San Diego Formation | A Podicipedidae, described as Colymbus subparvus. | |||
Promilio epileus [10] | Sp. nov. | valid | Thomas Farm Beds | An Accipitridae, the typespecies of the genus is Proictinia effera Wetmore, 1923. | ||||
Promilio brodkorbi [10] | Sp. nov. | valid | Thomas Farm Beds | An Accipitridae, the typespecies of the genus is Proictinia effera Wetmore, 1923. | ||||
Ptychoramphus tenuis [8] | Sp. nov. | valid | Bowman | Blancan, San Diego Formation | An Alcidae. | |||
Gen. et Sp. nov. | valid | Rusconi | Ensenada Formation | A Furnariidae, Dendrocolaptinae, The type species is Querandiornis romani, described in the Tinamiidae, transferred by Tonni & Tambussi, 1986 to Aves Incertae Sedis, transferred by Agnolin, 2016 to Dendrocolaptinae | ||||
Sula pohli [12] | Sp. nov. | valid | A Sulidae. | |||||
Troglodytes gracilis [13] | Sp. nov. | valid? | Brunner | A Troglodytidae, better seen as a Passeriformes Incertae Sedis. |
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Junior synonym | Vaughn | A junior synonym of the varanopid Mycterosaurus. | |||||
Valid | Crompton | Late Triassic to Early Jurassic | A member of Trithelodontidae. |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pierce, W.D. (1958). "Fossil arthropods of California. No. 21. Termites from Calico Mountains nodules" (PDF). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 575 (1): 13–24.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Young C.-C. 1958. The dinosaurian remains of Laiyang, Shanrung. Palaeontol. Sinica (ser. C) 16: pp. 1-138.
- ^ Burchak-Abramovisch, Nikolaj Iosifovich (1958). "Tertiary Birds of the USSR Tertiary Birds of the USSR". Uchenie Zapiski Azerbaijan State University, Serie Biology. 1: 81–88.
- ^ a b Pierce Brodkorb (1958). "Birds from the Middle Pliocene of McKay, Oregon". Condor. 60 (4): 252–255. doi:10.2307/1365194. JSTOR 1365194.
- ^ a b c Pierce Brodkorb (1958). "Fossil Birds from Idaho". Wilson Bulletin. 70: 237–242.
- ^ a b c Loye Holmes Miller & Robert I. Bowman (1958). "Further Bird Remains from the San Diego Pliocene". Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 20: 1–15.
- ^ Oscar Arredondo (1958). "Aves Gigantes de Nuestro Pasado Prehistórico, El Cartero Cubana". La Habana. XVII (7): 10–12.
- ^ a b Alexander Wetmore (1958). "Miscellaneous Notes on Fossil Birds". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 135 (8): 1–11.
- ^ Carlos Rusconi (1958). "Ave Fósil del Plioceno de Buenos Aires". Revista del Museo del Historia Natural de Mendoza. 11: 157–160.
- ^ Hildegarde Howard (1958). "Miocene Sulids of Southern California". Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science. 25: 3–15.
- ^ G. Brunner (1958). "Nachtrag zur Breitenberghöhle bei Gösswenstein Ofr". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte. 1958: 500–517.