List of years in paleontology (table)
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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 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
Histiodella[3] Valid taxon

RW Harris

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
Heterodontosaurus[5] Valid taxon

Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)

Upper Elliot Formation

A heterodontosaurid.

Birds

Newly named birds

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Anas ogallalae [6]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Early Pliocene

Ogallala Formation

An Anatidae, first described as Nettion ogallalae Brodkorb, 1962.

Corvus betfianus [7]

Sp. nov.

valid

Kretzoi

Early Pleistocene

Betfia 5

A Corvidae.

Diomedea californica [8]

Sp. nov.

valid

Miller

Muddle Miocene

Temblor Formation

A Diomedeidae, perhaps better placed in Phoebastria Reichenbach, 1853.

Passer predomesticus [9]

Sp. nov.

valid

Tchernov

Muddle Pleistocene

Acheulian

A Passeridae.

Pelargosteon tothi [7]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

valid

Kretzoi

Early Pleistocene

Betfia 5

An Aves ''Incertae Sedis'', described in the Ciconiidae.

Perdix jurcsaki [7]

Sp. nov.

valid

Kretzoi

Early Pleistocene

Betfia 5

A Phasiandae.

Tetrao partium [7]

Sp. nov.

valid

Kretzoi

Early Pleistocene

Betfia 5

A Phasiandae, a synonym is Lyrurus partium Kretzoi, 1962.

Turdicus tenuis [7]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

valid

Kretzoi

Early Pleistocene

Betfia 5

A Turdidae.

References

  1. 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.
  2. Supplement to systematics of conodonts. KJ Müller and RC Moore, in Treatise on invertebrate paleontology, Part W: Miscellanea : Conodonts Conoidal Shells of Uncertain Affinities, Worms, Trace Fossils, and Problema, 1962 - Geological Society of America
  3. New conodonts from Joins (Ordovician) Formation of Oklahoma. RW Harris, Oklahoma Geology Notes, 1962
  4. Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  5. Crompton, A.W.; Charig, A. (1962). "A new ornithischian from the Upper Iriassic of South Africa". Nature. 196 (4859): 1074–1077. Bibcode:1962Natur.196.1074C. doi:10.1038/1961074a0. S2CID 4198113.
  6. Brodkorb, Pierce (1962). "A Teal from the Lower Pliocene of Kansas". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 25 (2): 157–160.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Kretzoi, Miklós (1962). "Vogelreste aus der Altpleistozänen Fauna von Betfia". Aquila. 67–68: 167–174.
  8. Miller, Loye Holmes (1962). "A New Albatross from the Miocene of California". Condor. 64 (6): 471–472. doi:10.2307/1365470. JSTOR 1365470.
  9. Tchernov, Eitan (1962). "Paleolithic Avifauna in Palestine". Bull. Research Counc. Israel 11 Section B Zoology. 11 (3): 95–131.
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