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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 1992.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Eostangeria ruzinciniana[2] |
Sp nov |
valid |
Palamarev, Petkova, & Uzunova |
Krivodol Formation |
An eostangerioid zamiaceous cycad. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Pseudolarix arnoldii[3] |
Sp nov. |
jr synonym |
Gooch |
A golden larch species, |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Gooch |
A golden larch, |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Ethela[4] |
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Erwin & Stockey |
A cyperaceous or juncaceous poalean monocot |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Manchester |
A mallow relative |
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comb nov |
valid |
(Mathewes & Brooke) Manchester |
A mallow relative, |
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comb nov |
valid |
(Lesquereux) Manchester |
A mallow relative, |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Comb nov |
jr synonym |
(Mayr) |
A Dolichoderin ant, |
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Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
(Wheeler) |
A Dolichoderin ant |
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Gen et sp nov. |
valid |
Ponomarenko |
Bon-Tsagan |
A hemerobiid lacewing, type species, C. disjunctus |
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Liometopum goepperti |
Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
(Mayr, 1868) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, |
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Miotingis[8] |
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Nel |
Foufouilloux outcrop |
A lacebug, type species M. cantalensis |
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Neides oligocenicus[9] |
Sp nov |
Valid |
Nel |
A thread bug |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Martins-Neto |
A Kalligrammatid lacewing, syn of Makarkinia adamsi |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Skalski |
A moth of uncertain placement. |
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sp. nov |
valid |
Poinar & Doyen |
first fossil species of Termitaradus |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[15]
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Anneavis anneae [24] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Peter W. Houde |
Early Eocene |
USA: |
A Coliiformes, Sandcoleidae Houde et Olson, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Archaealectrornis sibleyi [25] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Timothy M. Crowe |
Middle-Late Oligocene |
USA: |
Described in the Gallinuloididae Lucas, 1900, but transferred to the Cracidae. |
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Archaeoganga pinguis [26] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
MP 16 or 28 |
A Pteroclidae. |
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Balearica exigua [27] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Michael R. Voorhies |
Late Miocene |
Ash Hollow Formatie |
USA: |
A Gruidae. |
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Bucephala cereti [28] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Odile Boeuf |
Late Pliocene |
An Anatidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Fan Jin Jiang Yong Zhang |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Cathayornithiformes Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 1992, Cathayornithidae Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Chascacocolius oscitans [24] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Peter W. Houde |
Early Eocene |
Early Wasatchian, |
USA: |
A Coliiformes, Chascacocoliidae Zelenkov et Dyke, 2008, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Ciconia stehlini [30] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Dénes Jánossy |
Late Pleistocene |
A Ciconiidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Jonathan J. Becker |
Early Miocene |
Fissure fillings in Early Eocene Cristal River Limestone |
USA: |
A Columbidae, in 2008 David W. Steadman made it the type species of his new genus Arenicolumbina.[32] |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
José L. Sanz Angela D. Buscalioni |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Iberomesornithiformes Sanz et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, Concornithidae Kurochkin, 1996, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Late Early Eocene |
USA: |
An Opisthocomiformes, Foratidae Olson, 1992. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Columbidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Larry D. Martin |
Late Paleocene |
A Gastornithidae Fürbringer, 1888. |
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Helonetta brodkorbi [37] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Steven D. Emslie |
Late Pliocene |
USA: |
An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
José L. Sanz |
Hauterivian-Early Barremian |
An Enantiornithes, Iberomesornithiformes Sanz et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, Iberomesornithidae Sanz et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Lev A. Nessov |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Macranhinga paranensis [40] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Jorge I. Noriega |
Late Miocene |
Mesopotamiense, |
A big Anhingidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Columbidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Columbidae. |
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Megalodytes morejohni [41] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Middle Miocene |
Sharktooth Hill Bonebed |
USA: |
An Anatidae. |
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Messelornis nearctica [42] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Angelika Hesse |
Early Eocene |
USA: |
A Ralliformes, Messelornithidae Hesse, 1988. |
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Oxyura hulberti [37] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Steven D. Emslie |
Late Pliocene |
USA: |
An Anatidae. |
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Palaeoglaux artophoron [43] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Dieter S. Peters |
Middle Eocene |
MP 11 |
A Strigiformes, Palaeoglaucidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1987. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga |
An Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, Patagopterygiformes Alvarenga et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, Patagopterygidae Alvarenga et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Platanavis nana [39] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Lev A. Nessov |
An Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Quercymegapodius brodkorbi [45] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Craciformes Sibley, Ahlquist et Monroe, 1988, Quercymegapodiidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1992. |
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Quercypsitta ivani [46] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Eocene |
A Psittaciformes, Quercypsittidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1992. |
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Quercypsitta sudrei [46] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |
A Psittaciformes, Quercypsittidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sandcoleus copiosus [24] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Peter W. Houde |
Middle Clarkforkian, |
USA: |
A Coliiformes, Sandcoleidae Houde et Olson, 1992, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Rao Chenggang |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Cathayornithiformes Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 2006, Cathayornithidae Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 2006, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Lev A. Nessov |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Indophis sahnii[48] | Valid | Rage & Prasad | Maastrichtian | Intertrappean Beds | India | A snake |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gobiopithecus[49] |
Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Dashzeveg & Russell |
A pantolestid, type species is G. khan |
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Dickinsonia rex [50] | Synonym of Dickinsonia tenuis | Jenkins | Ediacaran | Australia |