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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.
German paleontologist Klaus J. Müller (1923-2010) described the conodont order Paraconodontida.[2]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Histiodella[3] | Valid taxon |
RW Harris |
Middle Ordovician |
Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma, USA |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Heterodontosaurus[5] | Valid taxon |
Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian) |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Anas ogallalae [6] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
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An Anatidae, first described as Nettion ogallalae Brodkorb, 1962. |
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Corvus betfianus [7] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Betfia 5 |
A Corvidae. |
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Diomedea californica [8] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Muddle Miocene |
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A Diomedeidae, perhaps better placed in Phoebastria Reichenbach, 1853. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Muddle Pleistocene |
A Passeridae. |
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Pelargosteon tothi [7] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
Betfia 5 |
An Aves ''Incertae Sedis'', described in the Ciconiidae. |
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Perdix jurcsaki [7] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Betfia 5 |
A Phasiandae. |
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Tetrao partium [7] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Betfia 5 |
A Phasiandae, a synonym is Lyrurus partium Kretzoi, 1962. |
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Turdicus tenuis [7] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
Betfia 5 |
A Turdidae. |