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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 1990.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Syn nov |
valid |
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A possible bristlecone fir species |
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Syn nov |
Valid |
Knowlton |
A bristle cone pine species |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Berberis coloradensis[3] |
Syns nov |
Valid |
A barberry species |
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Comb et syn nov |
valid |
(Knowlton) Schorn & Wolfe |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Synonymized taxa | Notes | Images |
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Comb et syn nov |
valid |
(Knowlton) Schorn & Wolfe |
First identified as a possible Alder species |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Poinar & Singer |
first mushroom genus described from the fossil record |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen nov |
valid |
Pagliano & Scaramozzino |
Chon-Tyz mine |
A replacement name for "Protamblyopone" Dlussky 1981. |
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Paleochrysopa[6] |
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Séméria & Nel |
A green lacewing. |
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Tetraponera klebsi[7] |
Comb nov |
Valid |
(Wheeler) |
A pseudomyrmecine ant. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen nov |
Valid |
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Gen nov |
Valid |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Bannikov |
Eocene |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Willis, Murray & Megirian |
Miocene |
Bullock Creek |
A mekosuchine crocodilian. Originally material from the Riversleigh WHA was also assigned to this species, but later research found these fossils to have belonged to a distinct taxon. |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[11]
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Agilisaurus[12] | Valid taxon |
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Anatotitan[13] | Valid taxon formerly called Anatosaurus copei |
Brett-Surman vide:
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Bellusaurus[14] | Valid taxon | ||||
Breviceratops[15] | Valid taxon |
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Coloradisaurus[16][17] | Valid taxon | ||||
Drinker[18] | Valid taxon |
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Emausaurus[19] | Valid taxon |
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Epachthosaurus[20] | Valid taxon | ||||
"Futabasaurus" | Nomen nudum; later applied to a plesiosaur. |
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“Hadrosauravus"[21] | Nomen nudum |
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“Hisanohamasaurus”[21] | Nomen nudum |
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“Katsuyamasaurus"[21] | Nomen nudum |
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"Kitadanisaurus"[21] | Nomen nudum |
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"Madsenius"[21] | Nomen nudum |
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Monkonosaurus[22] | Valid taxon |
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Richardoestesia | Valid taxon |
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“Sugiyamasaurus"[21] | Nomen nudum |
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Yimenosaurus[23] | Valid taxon |
Bai vide:
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Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Agnopterus sicki [24] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga |
Bacia de Taubate |
A Phoenicopteriformes, Agnopteridae Lambrecht, 1933. |
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Anser arenosus [25] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
K. Jeffrey Bickart |
Late Hemphillian, |
USA: |
An Anatidae. |
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Anser arizonae [25] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
K. Jeffrey Bickart |
Late Hemphillian, |
USA: |
An Anatidae. |
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Brachyramphus dunkeli [26] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Robert M. Chandler |
USA: |
An Alcidae. |
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Branta woolfendeni [25] |
Not Valid |
Sp. nov. |
K. Jeffrey Bickart |
Late Hemphillian, |
USA: |
An Anatidae, placed in synonymy with Bonibernicla ponderosa Kurochkin, 1985 by Zelenkov, 2012.[27] |
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Cerorhinca reai [26] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Robert M. Chandler |
USA: |
An Alcidae. |
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Chlamydotis mesetaria [28] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Antonio Sanchez Marco |
An Otididae. |
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Corvus galushai [25] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
K. Jeffrey Bickart |
Late Hemphillian, |
USA: |
A Corvidae. |
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Cygnus mariae [25] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
K. Jeffrey Bickart |
Late Hemphillian, |
USA: |
An Anatidae. |
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Diomedea howardae [26] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Robert M. Chandler |
Marine Beds |
USA: |
A Diomedeidae. |
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Himantopus olsoni [25] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
K. Jeffrey Bickart |
Late Hemphillian, |
USA: |
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“Ichthyornis” minusculus [29] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Lev A. Nessov |
Late Eocene |
Bisekty Formation |
Possibly an Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. |
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Kievornis rogovitshi [30] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Alexander O. Averianov Olga R. Potapova Lev A. Nessov |
MP 17-20 |
An Aves Incertae Sedis, possibly a Procelariiformes or a Phaethontidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Melanitta ceruttii [26] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Robert M. Chandler |
USA: |
An Anatidae, transferred to the genus Histrionicus Lesson, 1828 by Storrs L. Olson & Pamela C. Rasmussen, 2001 [31] |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Andrezej Myrcha Andrzej Tatur Rodolfo Del Valle |
La Meseta Formatie on Seymour Island |
A Spheniscidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Robert M. Chandler |
USA: |
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Puffinus gilmorei [26] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Robert M. Chandler |
Marine Beds |
USA: |
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Puffinus holei [33] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Graham M. Wragg Colin J. O. Harrison |
Late Pleistocene MQ 2C; Late Pleistocene MQ 2C-D; Early Holocene MQ 2E |
Spain: Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, |
A Procellariidae, Mourer-Chauviré & Antunes, 2000 [34] emended the spelling to Puffinus holeae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Miquel McMinn Damià Jaume Josep A. Alcover |
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Rissa estesi [26] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Robert M. Chandler |
USA: |
A Laridae. |
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Songzia heidangkouensis [36] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Hou LianHai |
Yangxi Formation |
A Ralliformes, Songziidae Hou, 1990, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Stictocarbo kumeyaay [26] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Robert M. Chandler |
USA: |
A Phalacrocoracidae, transferred to the genus Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760. |
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Sula clarki [26] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Robert M. Chandler |
USA: |
A Sulidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich Abesalom K. Vekua |
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Synthliboramphus rineyi [26] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Robert M. Chandler |
USA: |
An Alcidae. |
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Tetrastes dalianensis [38] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Hou LianHai |
A Phasianidae, transferred to the genus Bonasa Stephen, 1819. |