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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 1997.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Call & Dilcher |
Species of Eucommia. |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Call & Dilcher |
Talahatta Formation |
Species of Eucommia. |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Hibbett, Grimaldi, & Donoghue |
A tricholomataceous fungi |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Hibbett, Grimaldi, & Donoghue |
A mycenaceous fungi |
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Grimaldi, Agosti, & Carpenter |
An ant of uncertain subfamily placement. |
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Boyeria europaea[8] |
Comb nov |
valid |
(Nel, Arillo, & Martínez-Delclòs) |
An Aeshnid dragonfly. |
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Gen et sp. nov |
Valid |
Grimaldi, Agosti, & Carpenter |
Turonian |
New Jersey amber |
A stem group ant, type species B. clavata |
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Comb nov |
valid |
(Mayr, 1868) |
Middle Eocene |
Baltic amber |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant, |
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Gen et comb nov |
jr synonym |
Martins-Neto |
A Kalligrammatid lacewing, new genus for Panfilovia adamsi |
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Makarkiniinae[9] |
Subfam nov |
jr synonym |
Martins-Neto |
lacewing subfamily, syn of Kalligrammatidae |
Currently Valid Plesiosaur Genera Named in 1997 | ||||
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Name | Status | Authors | Location | Images |
Augustasaurus | Valid taxon |
Rieppel Bucher |
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Libonectes | Valid taxon |
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Maresaurus | Valid taxon |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Willis |
Late Oligocene |
White Hunter Site of the Riversleigh WHA |
A mekosuchine crocodilian. Although named as a species of Baru, later research considers it to be a distinct genus. |
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Baru wickeni[10] | Sp. nov | Valid | Willis | Late Oligocene | White Hunter Site of the Riversleigh WHA | Australia | A mekosuchine crocodilian. It was established based on new material from the Riversleigh as well as material previously assigned to Baru darrowi. | |
Sp. nov |
Valid | Willis | Late Oligocene | White Hunter Site of the Riversleigh WHA | Australia |
A mekosuchine crocodilian. The first species of Mekosuchus to have been named from continental Australia. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid | Willis & Molnar | Late Pleistocene | Terrace Site of the Riversleigh WHA | Australia |
A mekosuchine crocodilian and species of Pallimnarchus, described as having been more gracile than Pallimnarchus pollens. The species is valid, but now placed in the genus Paludirex. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid | Willis | Late Oligocene | White Hunter Site of the Riversleigh WHA | Australia |
A mekosuchine crocodilian. It was a smaller species of the genus Quinkana. |
Currently Valid Pterosaur Genera Named in 1997 | ||||
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Name | Status | Authors | Location | Images |
Eosipterus | Valid taxon |
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China |
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[15]
Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Archaeoceratops[16] | Valid taxon |
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China | |||
Gojirasaurus[17] | Valid taxon | USA( New Mexico) | ||||
Hudiesaurus[18] | Valid taxon | China | ||||
Protarchaeopteryx[19] | Valid taxon |
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China | ||
Rinchenia[20] | Valid taxon | |||||
Siluosaurus[21] | Nomen dubium. | China | ||||
Unenlagia[22] | Valid taxon |
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Argentina |
Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
An Aramidae. |
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Athene angelis [24] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Michelle Salotti Elizabeth Pereira Yves Quinif Jean-Yves Courtois Jean-Noël Dubois Jean-Claude La Milza |
Middle Pleistocene |
A Strigidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Hou Lianhai |
A member of Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. Originally described as a species of Cathayornis;[25] subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Houornis.[26] |
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Chauvireria balcanica [27] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Zlatozar N. Boev |
Late Pliocene |
A Phasianidae. |
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Confuciusornis chuonzhous [25] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid ? |
Hou Lianhai |
Lower Yixian Formation |
A Confuciusornithidae Hou, Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995, possibly a synonym of Confuciusornis sanctus L. H. Hou, Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995. |
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Confuciusornis suniae [25] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid ? |
Hou Lianhai |
Lower Yixian Formation |
A Confuciusornithidae Hou, Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995, possibly a synonym of Confuciusornis sanctus L. H. Hou, Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995. |
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Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Hou Lianhai |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Cuspirostrisornithidae Hou, 1997, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Eutreptodactylus itaboraiensis [28] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Robert F. Baird Patricia Vickers Rich |
Late Paleocene |
Sao Jose de Itaborai |
Described in the Cuculidae, transferred to the Gracilitarsidae Mayr, 2001 by Mayr. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Galbulidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Jirí Mlíkovský |
Late Pliocene |
MN 15-16 |
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Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Hou Lianhai |
Valanginian, Jiufotang Formation |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Cuspirostrisornithidae Hou, 1997, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Hou Lianhai |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Liaoningornithiformes L. H. Hou, 1997, Liaoningornithidae Hou, 1997, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Hou Lianhai |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Cuspirostrisornithidae Hou, 1997, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Pasquiaornis hardiei [31] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Tim T. Tokaryk Stephen L. Cumbaa John E. Storer |
An Hesperornithiformes Fürbringer, 1888, Baptornithidae American Ornithologists’ Union, 1910, this is the type of the new genus. |
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Pasquiaornis tankei [31] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Tim T. Tokaryk Stephen L. Cumbaa John E. Storer |
An Hesperornithiformes Fürbringer, 1888, Baptornithidae American Ornithologists’ Union, 1910. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Wanganui Subdivision |
A Rallidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Amadeo M. Rea |
Late Pleistocene |
Cave Deposits |
A Psittacidae. |
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Rupelrallus saxoniensis [34] |
Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Karlheinz Fischer |
Middle Oligocene |
MP 23-24 |
A Gruiformes, Parvigruidae G. Mayr, 2005. |
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Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Hou Lianhai |
An Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, Songlingornithidae Hou, 1997, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Charadriidae. |
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Urmiornis brodkorbi [36] |
Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Aleksandr A. Karkhu |
Early Miocene |
Lower Tarkhanian-Burdigalian? |
An Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, perhaps should be transferred to the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891. |
Name | Status | Authors | Discovery year | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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1997 |
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Valid |
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1997 |
An astrapotherian, a species of Xenastrapotherium | |||||
Valid |
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1997 |
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An astrapotherian, a species of Xenastrapotherium |