1985 in paleontology
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Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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 mankind has 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 1985.
Contents
Molluscs
Bivalves
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
He & Pei |
Henan province |
synonym of Pojetaia runnegari |
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Ord, Supfam, fam, gen et sp nov |
valid |
MacKinnon |
one of four accepted Cambrian bivalves |
Arthropods
Insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
valid |
A dolichoderine ant |
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Sp nov |
valid |
A dolichoderine ant |
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gen et sp. nov |
valid |
A castniid butterfly-moth, monotypic |
Archosauromorphs
- Psittacosaurus gastroliths documented.[6]
Newly named pseudosuchians
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A rauisuchid. |
Newly named pterosaurs
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp |
Valid |
Campos & Kellner |
A pterodactyloid belonging to Anhangueridae. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Jurcsák & Kessler |
Early Cretaceous |
Bauxite mine |
An informal name applied to Palaeocursornis. An azhdarchoid pterosaur.[9] |
Newly named non-avian dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[10]
Name | Status | Authors | Notes | Images | |
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Abelisaurus[11] | Valid taxon |
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"Aliwalia"[12] |
Junior subjective synonym of Eucnemosaurus. |
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Blikanasaurus[13] | Valid taxon |
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Camelotia[14] | Valid taxon | ||||
Carnotaurus[15] | Valid taxon | ||||
"Dachungosaurus"[16] |
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"Dystylosaurus"[17] |
Junior synonym of Supersaurus. |
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Gasosaurus[18] | Valid taxon | ||||
"Mifunesaurus" |
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"Moshisaurus" |
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"Oshanosaurus"[16] |
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"Sanchusaurus" |
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Supersaurus[17] | Valid taxon | ||||
"Ultrasaurus"[17] |
Preoccupied by Kim H. M., 1983 and renamed Ultrasauros. |
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"Xuanhuasaurus"[16] |
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Later renamed Xuanhuaceratops in 2006 |
Literature on fossil birds
- Storrs Olson: the fossil record of birds [19]
Newly named birds
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Anatidae, transferred to the genus Aythya by Nikita V. Zelenkov [22] |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Anatidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Anatidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Motacillidae. |
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Valid |
Gen et Sp. nov. |
An Enantiornithes, Avisauridae Brett-Surman & Paul, 1985 this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Anatidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Anatidae, Nikita V. Zelenkov, 2012 transferred the species to his genus Protomelanitta Zelenkov, 2011.[26] |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen et Sp nov. |
A Cathartidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Robert F. Baird |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Coliidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Corvidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Phasianidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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An Ardeidae. |
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Valid |
Nom. nov. |
A Tinamidae, new name for the preoccupied Tinamisornis intermedius Dabbene et Lillo, 1913 = Eudromia elegans intermedia (Dabbene et Lillo, 1913). |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Gruidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Accipitridae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Phaethontidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Not Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Phasianidae, not a Lophura, the holotype is not diagnostic to genus.[citation needed] |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cayman Brac cave deposits |
A Thraupidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Oceanitidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Sharga |
A Muscicapidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Robert F. Baird |
An Orthonychidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Storrs L. Olson |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Gruiformes, Phorusrhacidae Ameghino, 1889, Psilopterinae Dolgopol de Saez, 1927, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Todidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Todidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Latest Clarendonian |
A Pandionidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
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A Phasianidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Phalaropidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Phasianidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Hyargas-Nuur 2: MN 13; |
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Valid ? |
Sp. nov. |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
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A Pseudontornithidae, possibly a synonymym of Pseudodontornis longidentata[citation needed] |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Storrs L. Olson |
Quaternary, probably Holocene |
Cave deposits |
A Caprimulgidae, may still be living. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Phasianidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Pteroclidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Anatidae. |
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Valid |
Gen et Sp nov. |
A Passeriformes, family Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
Lepidosauromorphs
Newly named pleosiosaurs
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Zhang |
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- ↑ Jurcsak, T. and E. Kessler. 1985. La paleofaune de Comet- implications phylogenetiques et ecologiques. Evolution et Adaptation 11: pp. 137-147.
- ↑ Federico L. Agnolin and David Varricchio (2012). "Systematic reinterpretation of Piksi barbarulna Varricchio, 2002 from the Two Medicine Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Western USA (Montana) as a pterosaur rather than a bird". Geodiversitas 34 (4): 883–894. doi:10.5252/g2012n4a10.
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- ↑ Bonaparte, J.F. and F.E. Novas. 1985. Abelisaurus comahuensis, ng, n. sp., Carnosauria from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Ameghiniana 21: pp. 259-265.
- ↑ Galton, P.M. 1985. The poposaurid thecodontian Teratosaurus suevicus v. Meyer, plus referred specimens mostly based on prosauropod dinosaurs, from the Middle Stubensandstein (Upper Triassic) of Nordwurttenburg. Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. (ser. B) 116: pp. 1-29.
- ↑ Galton, P.M. and Heerden, J. 1985. Partial hindlimb of Blikanasaurus cromptoni n. gen. and n. sp. representing a new family of prosauropod dinosaurs from the Upper Triassic of South Africa. Geobios 18: pp. 509-516.
- ↑ Galton, P. M. 1985. Notes on the Melanorosauridae, a family of large prosauropod dinosaurs (Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha). Geobios 19: pp. 671-676.
- ↑ Bonaparte, J.E. 1985. A horned Cretaceous Carnosaur from Patagonia. Natl. Geogr. Res. Winter: pp. 149-152.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Chao Shichin. 1985. The reptilian fauna of the Jurassic in China. In: The Jurassic System of China (Wang S., Z. Cheng, and N. Wang, eds.). Geological Publishing House, Beijing: pp. 286-289, 347, pl. 10, 11 [in Chinese].
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- ↑ Dong, Z. and Z. Tang. 1985. Note on the mid Jurassic carnosaur (Gasosaurus constructus gen. et sp. nov.) from Suchuan Basin. China. Vertebrate Palasiatica 23 (1): pp. 77-83.
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