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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 1981.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Palaeocarpinus[2] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
Crane |
A betulaceous fruit. |
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Pseudofagus[3] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Smiley & Huggins |
Latah Formation |
A fagaceous genus |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
jr synonym |
Rossi de Garcia |
Ventana Formation |
Extinct Myrmeciin ant genus, | ||||
Gen et sp. nov |
jr synonym |
Dlussky |
Chon-Tyz mine |
An Amblyoponin ant. jr synonym of Casaleia inversa |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[6]
Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Avimimus[7] | Valid taxon | A very Bird-like Oviraptorosaur. | ||||
Barsboldia[8] | Valid taxon | A Mongolian Lambeosaurine. | ||||
Elmisaurus[9] | Valid taxon | |||||
Garudimimus[10] | Valid taxon | |||||
"Honghesaurus" | Nomen nudum |
Later renamed Yandusaurus. | ||||
"Ingenia"[10] |
Preoccupied. |
Name preoccupied by a nematode Gerlach 1957. Renamed Ajancingenia in 2013. | ||||
Muttaburrasaurus[11] | Valid taxon |
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An Iguanodont with a horn-like knob of its Snout. | |||
Palaeopteryx[12] | Valid taxon |
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Scutellosaurus[13] | Valid taxon |
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One of the Earliest known Tyreophoran. |
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Burhinus lucorum [14] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
K. Jeffrey Bickart |
Middle Sheep Creek Formation |
USA: |
A Burhinidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes Brodkorb, 1976, Enantiornithidae Nessov et Borkin, 1983, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Eogrus crudus [16] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Middle-Late Eocene |
Tsagan Kutel |
A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Falco medius [17] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A. S. Umanskaya |
MN 11-13 |
A Falconidae. |
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Gavia paradoxa [17] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A. S. Umanskaya |
MN 11-13 |
A Gaviidae. |
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Ioriotis gabunii [18] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich Abesalom K. Vekua |
Kvabebi |
An Otididae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
USA: |
An Alcidae, Mancallinae L. H. Miller, 1946. |
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Microdytes tonnii [20] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Sphniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus. Microdytes Simpson, 1981 is preoccupied by Microdytes Balfour-Browne, 1949 (Coleoptera), so Storrs L. Olson created the new genus Eretiscus Olson, 1986 to accommodate Microdytes tonnii Simpson, 1981.[21] |
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Pedinorhis stirpsarcana [22] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Mary C. McKitrick |
Cave deposits |
A Fringillidae, Emberizinae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Patricia Vickers Rich Gerard F. Van Tets |
Kuttipirra (Katipiri) Waterhole |
A Pelecanidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A. S. Umanskaja |
MN 11-12 |
A Picidae. |
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Sonogrus gregalis [16] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Uria brodkorbi [25] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
USA: |
An Alcidae. |
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Urmiornis orientalis [16] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, transferred to the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891 by both Kurochkin, 1985 and Olson, 1985. |
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Urmiornis ukrainus [16] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Mn 9-10-11 |
A Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, transferred to the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891 by both Kurochkin, 1985 and Olson, 1985. |
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Youngornis gracilis [26] |
Valid |
Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
Yeh Hsiangk’uei |
A Rallidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
Jean Chr. Balouet |
Late Burdigalian, Djebel Zelten |
An Ardeidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Valid |
Brown |
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian |
A cryptoclidid. |
Name | Status | Authors | Location | Images | |
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Valid |
Galton |
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Valid |
Nesov |
Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
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Valid |