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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 1963.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Propelma[2] |
Gen et sp. nov |
valid |
Trjapitzin |
A eupelmid wasp. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
preoccupied |
A Crocodylomorph, |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Herrerasaurus[3] | Valid taxon |
Late Triassic (Carnian) |
A herrerasaurid. This was an early flesh-eating dinosaur. |
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"Ischisaurus"[3] | Junior synonym of Herrerasaurus |
Late Triassic (Carnian) |
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"Tanystrosuchus"[5] | Nomen dubium. |
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Late Triassic (Norian) |
Either a theropod or shuvosaurid. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Agriocharis anza[6] |
Sp. nov. |
synonym |
Howard |
Middle Pleistocene |
Palm Spring Formation |
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A Phasianidae, a synonym of Meleagris anza |
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Anas itchtucknee[7] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
McCoy |
An Anatidae. |
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Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
valid |
A Rallidae. |
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Brantadorna downsi[6] |
Gen. Nov. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
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An Anatidae. |
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Bucephala fossilis[6] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
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An Anatidae. |
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Calidris rayi[9] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
Late Maastrichtian |
A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Late Maastrichtian |
A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
Late Maastrichtian |
A Cimolopterygidae Brodkporb, 1963. |
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Dromiceius ocypus[11] |
Synonym |
valid |
A Dromaiidae, transferred to the genus Dromaius. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Howard |
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A Rallidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
McCoy |
A Rallidae. |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
Late Maastrichtian |
A Gaviiformes, type sp. L. estesi |
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Lonchodytes pterygius[10] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Late Maastrichtian |
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Nanortyx[13] |
Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
Weigel |
An Odontophoridae, type sp. N. inexpectatus |
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Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
Weigel |
Early Oligocene |
Cypress Hills Formation |
A Coccyzid, type sp. N. mccorquodalei |
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Neophrontops vallecitoensis[6] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Howard |
Middle Pleistocene |
Palm Spring Formation |
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An Accipitridae. |
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Nycticorax fidens[9] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
An Ardeidae. |
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Oxyura bessomi[6] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Howard |
Middle Pleistocene |
Palm Spring Formation |
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An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
Burnside Marl |
A Spheniscidae. |
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Palaeostruthus eurius[15] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
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Paractitis[13] |
Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
Weigel |
Early Oligocene |
Cypress Hills Formation |
A Scolopacidae, type sp. P. bardi |
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Phalacrocorax ibericum[16] |
Sp. nov. |
valid? |
de Villalta Comella |
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Gen. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
Holmes Miller |
Etadunna Formation |
A Phoenicopteridae, type sp. P. eyrensis |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Holmes Miller |
Early Miocene |
Etadunna Formation |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
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Probalearica crataegensis[19] |
Gen. et Sp. nov. |
synonym |
Brodkorb |
Hawthorne Formation |
A Gruidae, syn of Balearica crataegensis |
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Propelargus olseni[19] |
Sp. nov. |
synonym |
Brodkorb |
Early Miocene |
Hawthorne Formation |
A Ciconiidae, syn of Grallavis olseni. |
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Puffinus micraulax[19] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
Early Miocene |
Hawthorne Formation |
A Sulidae. |
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Sula universitatis[19] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
Early Miocene |
Hawthorne Formation |
A Sulidae. |
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Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
Late Blancan-Early Irvingtonian |
A Phorusrhacidae. |
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Gen et sp. nov. |
valid |
Brodkorb |
Late Cretaceous |
Lance Formation |
Possibly a Pelecaniform, |
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Totanus teruelensis[22] |
Sp. nov. |
synonym |
de Villalta Comella |
A Laridae, syn of Larus teruelensis |