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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 1979.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Aulacomnium heterostichoides[2] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
Janssens |
Horsefly Shales |
An aulacomniaceous moss. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Wilson |
A libotoniid sandroller relative. |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Saito |
informal name created by phonetic translation of the crylic for hadrosaur ("gadrosavr") into Japanese. |
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Gen et comb nov |
Valid |
A hadrosauroid. |
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Wall & Galton |
Canada |
A pachycephalosaur, possible Junior synonym of Stegoceras. |
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Valid |
Horner & Makela |
Upper Two Medicine Formation |
Publication of Maiasaura renewed interest in the Two Medicine Formation.[9] |
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Gen et sp nov |
Junior synonym |
Described as a pachycephalosaur, now considered an abelisaurid. |
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China |
A hadrosaurid. |
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Valid |
Bonaparte & Vince |
Argentina |
An anchisaurian. |
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Valid |
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Valid |
Argentina |
A sauropod. |
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Valid |
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Valid |
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Valid |
Mongolia |
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Valid |
Galton & Jenson |
A megalosaurid. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Argentina |
A possible Carcharodontosaurian. |
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Valid |
A sauropod. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
He |
A basal neornithischian ornithopod. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Amplibuteo hibbardi [20] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
An Accipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Anas albae [21] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dénes Jánossy |
MN 15-16-17 |
An Anatidae. |
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Anas amotape [20] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
An Anatidae. |
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Anas sanctaehelenae [20] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
An Anatidae. |
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Anas talarae [20] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Argentina: Centinale del Mar; Talara Tar Seeps |
An Anatidae, transferred to the genus Callonetta Delacour, 1936 by Agnolin, 2006.[22] |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Ella Hoch |
Subrecent |
5000 YBP (Years Before Present) |
A giant Ardeidae, not formally described but a photo is published which keeps it from being a Nomen Nudum. |
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Argillipes magnus [24] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
Early Middle Oligocene |
MP 21-23 |
Described in the Catharthidae, transferred to Aves Incertae Sedis. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Carl Creek Limestone |
A Dromornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Belonopterus edmundi [20] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
A Charadriidae. |
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Bubo longaevus [26] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A. S. Umanskaya |
MN 11-13 |
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A Strigidae, transferred to the genus Asio Brisson, 1760 by Mlíkovský, 1998.[27] |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Middle-Late Miocene |
Camfield Beds |
A Dromornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Caprimulgus piurensis [20] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
A Caprimulgidae-nightjar. |
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Cayaoa bruneti [28] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Eduardo P. Tonni |
An Anatidae. |
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Corvus simionescui [29] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Jenö Kessler |
A Corvidae, possibly a synonym of Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758. |
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Cuculus csarnotanus [21] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dénes Jánossy |
A Cuculidae. |
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Dege hendeyi [30] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Varswater Formation |
A Spheniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Alcoota Homestead |
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Eudocimus peruvianus [20] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
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Gallinago veterior [21] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dénes Jánossy |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Geronogyps reliquus [20] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
A Cathartidae. |
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Glareola neogena [31] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Peter Ballmann |
A Glareolidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
A Cathartidae. |
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Ilbandornis? lawsoni [25] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Alcoota Homestead |
A Dromornithidae, not certainly an Ilbandornis Rich, 1979. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Alcoota Homestead |
A Dromornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Latipons gardneri [32] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
MP 11-13 |
A Rallidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Latipons robinsoni [32] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
MP 11-13 |
A Rallidae. |
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Litoripes medius [32] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
MP 11-13 |
Described in the Phasianidae, but transferred by Mlíkovský, 2002.[33] to Aves Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Micropalama chapmani [20] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Milvago brodkorbi [20] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
A Falconidae. |
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Milvoides kempi [32] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
MP 11-13 |
Described as an Accipitridae, known only from a damaged distal end of a right tarsometatarsus, making it not possible to identify it, better treated as Aves Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Mioglareola gregaria [31] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Peter Ballmann |
Early Miocene Czech Republic; Middle Miocene Germany |
MN 4b; |
A Glareolidae, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Miootis compactus [34] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A. S. Umanskaya |
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An Otididae, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Miraquila terrestris [20] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
An Accipitridae, transferred to the genus Buteogallus Lesson, 1830 by Suárez et Olson, 2009,[35] this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Nannonetta invisitata [20] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Nucleornis insolitus [36] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Spheniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Nuntius solitarius [20] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
A Scolopacidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Oligocathartes olsoni [24] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
Early Middle Oligocene |
MP 21-23 |
Described in the Catharthidae, but the holotype is too fragmentary for identification so best treated as Aves Incertae Sedis. |
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Palaeopapia hamsteadiensis [24] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
Early Middle Oligocene |
MP 21-23 |
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An Anseriformes Incertae Sedis. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
Greybullian, Middle Wasatchian, Willwood Formation |
Described as a Cathartidae, Houde 1988 placed it in the Lithornithiformes, Houde, 1988, Lithornithidae Houde, 1988,[38] it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Paracygnopterus scotti [24] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid ? |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
Early Middle Oligocene |
MP 21-23 |
An Anatidae, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Parvirallus gracilis [32] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
MP 11-13 |
A Rallidae. |
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Percolinus proudlocki [32] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
MP 11-13 |
Described as a Phasianidae, transferred to the genus Talantatos Reichenbach, 1852 and placed in the Cariamidae door Mlíkovský, 2002.[33] |
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Phalacrocorax tanzaniae [39] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
Early-Middle Pleistocene |
Kamasian |
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Porzana estramosi [21] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dénes Jánossy |
MN 6-8 |
A Rallidae. |
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Proanser major [34] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A. S. Umanskaya |
An Anatidae, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Proardeola walkeri [40] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
MN 2a |
An Ardeidae, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Proceriavis martini [24] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid ? |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
Early Middle Oligocene |
MP 21-23 |
Described as an Eleutherornithidae, based on a fragment of a cervical vertebra, best treated as Aves Incertae Sedis, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sarcoramphus? fisheri [20] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
A Cathartidae, not certain to be a Sarcoramphus Duméril, 1806. |
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Scolopax baranensis [21] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Dénes Jánossy |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Steganopus graui [20] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
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Syrigma sanctimartini [20] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
An Ardeidae. |
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Theristicus wetmorei [20] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
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Thinocorus koepckeae [20] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
A Thinocoridae. |
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Tringa ameghini [20] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Turdoides borealis [21] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid ? |
Dénes Jánossy |
The holotype is a heavily eroded proximal part of a left humerus, best placed in Passeriformes Incertae Sedis. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid ? |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
Siwalik complex |
A Phalacrocoracidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. |
Talara Tar Seeps |
A Charadriidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Yadagiri & Ayyasami |
Either a Plesiosaur or Stegosaur |