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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 1966.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Oligomyrmex antiqua[2] | Comb nov | jr synonym | (Mayr, 1868) | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe | Fossil myrmicine ant, moved to Carebara antiqua in 2004 |
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Sphecomyrminae[3] | Subfam. Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wilson & Carpenter | Turonian | New Jersey Amber | USA | Basal most ant subfamily. One genus Sphecomyrma |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Declinognathodus[4] | Gen. nov | Valid | David L. Dunn | Pennsylvanian | USA |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Brazilosaurus[5] | Gen. et sp. | Valid | Shikama & Ozaki | Artinskian | Irati Formation | Brazil | A mesosaur. |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[6]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Probactrosaurus[7] | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Rozhdestvensky | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Dashuigou Formation | China |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Arikarornis macdonaldi [8] | Gen et sp nov. | valid | Howard | Early Miocene | Middle Sharps Formation | USA | An Accipitrid, type species A. macdonaldi | |
Miortyx aldeni [8] | Sp. nov. | valid | Howard | Early Miocene | Middle Sharps Formation | USA | An Odontophoridae. | |
Diomedea milleri [9] | Sp. nov. | valid | Howard | Middle Miocene | Temblor Formation | USA | A Diomedeid. | |
Dissourodes milleri [10] | Gen et sp. nov. | jr synonym of Mycteria milleri | Short | Early Pliocene | Valentine Formation | USA | ||
Pelecanus tirarensis [11] | Sp. nov. | valid | Miller | Miocene | Etadunna Formation | Australia | A Pelecanidae. | |
Praemancalla [12] | Gen et sp. nov. | valid | Howard | Late Miocene | Laguna Hills Formation | USA | An Alcidae, Mancallinae, type species P. lagunensis | |
Speotyto megalopeza [13] | Sp. nov. | Jr synonym of Athene megalopeza | Ford | Late Pliocene | Rexroad Formation | USA | ||
Wasonaka [14] | Gen et sp. nov. | valid | Howard | Middle Pliocene | Arroyo de las Barrancas Blancas | Mexico | An Anatidae, Type species W. yepormerae |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Synonym of Dickinsonia costata | Glaessner & Wade | Ediacaran | Australia | ||||
Sp. nov | valid | Glaessner & Wade | Ediacaran | Australia Russia | ||||
Rangea grandis | Sp. nov | Synonym of Charnia masoni | Glaessner & Wade | Ediacaran | Australia |