1958 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gen et sp nov |
Yang (as Young C. C.) |
Late Campanian |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
Yang (as Young C. C.) |
Late Campanian |
Jingangkou Formation |
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Birds
Newly named birds
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA File:Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA File:Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon |
An Odontophoridae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA File:Flag of Idaho.svg Idaho |
An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA File:Flag of California.svg California |
A Sulidae. |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Strigidae, the types species of the new genus is Ornimegalonyx oteroi. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA File:Flag of Idaho.svg Idaho |
A Rallidae, described as Porzana lacustris but transferred by Storrs L. Olson in 1977 to Pardirallus Bonaparte, 1856. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA File:Flag of Idaho.svg Idaho |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Blancan, San Diego Formation |
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA File:Flag of California.svg California |
A Podicipedidae, described as Colymbus subparvus. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA File:Flag of Florida.svg Florida |
An Accipitridae, the type species of the genus is Proictinia effera Wetmore, 1923. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA File:Flag of Florida.svg Florida |
An Accipitridae, the type species of the genus is Proictinia effera Wetmore, 1923. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA File:Flag of California.svg California |
An Alcidae. |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
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 |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA File:Flag of California.svg California |
A Sulidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid? |
A Troglodytidae, better seen as a Passeriformes Incertae Sedis. |
Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basicranodon | Junior synonym | Vaughn | Early Permian | File:Flag of the United States.svg US | A junior synonym of the varanopid Mycterosaurus. | ||
| Diarthrognathus | Valid | Crompton | Early Jurassic | Elliot Formation | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | A member of Trithelodontidae. |
Other Animals
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charnia | Valid | Ford | Ediacaran | Maplewell Group | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | ||
| Charniodiscus | Valid | Ford | Ediacaran | Maplewell Group | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | ||
| Spriggina | Valid | Glaessner | Ediacaran | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
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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". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. 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.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Pierce Brodkorb (1958). "Birds from the Middle Pliocene of McKay, Oregon". Condor. 60 (4): 252–255. doi:10.2307/1365194. JSTOR 1365194.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Pierce Brodkorb (1958). "Fossil Birds from Idaho". Wilson Bulletin. 70: 237–242.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 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.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 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.