1979 in paleontology
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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.
Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries
- While volunteering for field work on a team led by Philip Currie, Darren Tanke learned about the lost "Eoceratops" first excavated by William Edmund Cutler. Tanke would later rediscover the specimen in London's Natural History Museum.[2]
Institutions and organizations
Natural history museums
Scientific organizations
Scientific advances
Paleoanthropology
Paleobotany
Evolutionary biology
Exopaleontology
Extinction research
Micropaleontology
Invertebrate paleozoology
Trace fossils
Vertebrate paleozoology
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[3]
Non Avian Dinosaurs
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | ||
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| Dravidosaurus[4] | Valid taxon |
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Either a stegosaur or a plesiosaur. |
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| "Gadolosaurus"[5] | Nomen nudum. |
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| Gilmoreosaurus[6] | Valid taxon |
late Campanian-early Maastrichtian |
A hadrosauroid. |
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| Gravitholus[7] | Junior synonym of Stegoceras. |
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| Maiasaura[8] | Valid taxon |
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Upper Two Medicine Formation |
The announcement of Maiasaura attracted renewed scientific interest to the Two Medicine Formation and many new kinds of dinosaurs have been discovered as a result of the increased research.[9] |
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| Majungatholus[10] | Junior synonym of Majungasaurus. |
Formerly considered a pachycephalosaur, actually an abelisaurid. |
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| Microhadrosaurus[11] | Nomen dubium. |
A hadrosaurid. |
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| Mussaurus[12] | Valid taxon |
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An anchisaurian more closely related to sauropods. The Mouse lizard. |
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| Nanshiungosaurus[13] | Valid taxon |  | |||||||
| Patagosaurus[14] | Valid taxon |
A sauropod. |
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| Piatnitzkysaurus[14] | Valid taxon |  | |||||||
| Secernosaurus[15] | Valid taxon |
late Campanian-early Maastrichtian |
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| Segnosaurus[16] | Valid taxon |
A therizinosaur. The Slow Lizard. |
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| Torvosaurus[17] | Valid taxon |
late Kimmeridgian-Tithonian |
A megalosaurid. one of the fiercets of the Jurassic. |
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| Unquillosaurus[18] | Valid taxon |
A paravian. |
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| Volkheimeria[14] | Valid taxon |
A sauropod. |
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| Yandusaurus[19] | Valid taxon |
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An ornithopod. |
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Avian Dinosaurs (birds)
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
An Accipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Argentina: Centinale del Mar; |
An Anatidae, transferred to the genus Callonetta Delacour, 1936 by Agnolin, 2006.[22] |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Middle Oligocene |
Described in the Catharthidae, transferred to Aves Incertae Sedis. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Dromornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Charadriidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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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 |
A Dromornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Caprimulgidae-nightjar. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
An Anatidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Corvidae, possibly a synonym of Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Cuculidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Spheniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Cathartidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Glareolidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Cathartidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Dromornithidae, not certainly an Ilbandornis Rich, 1979. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Dromornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Rallidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Rallidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Falconidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Described as an Accipitridae, known omly 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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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Miocene Czech Republic; Middle Miocene Germany |
A Glareolidae, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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An Otididae, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Spheniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Scolopacidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Middle Oligocene |
Described in the Catharthidae, but the holotype is too fragmentary for identification so best treated as Aves Incertae Sedis. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early Middle Oligocene |
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An Anseriformes Incertae Sedis. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid ? |
Early Middle Oligocene |
MP 21-23 |
An Anatidae, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Rallidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Described as a Phasianidae, transferred to the genus Talantatos Reichenbach, 1852 and placed in the Cariamidae door Mlíkovský, 2002.[33] |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
Early-Middle Pleistocene |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Rallidae. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
An Anatidae, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
An Ardeidae, it is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid ? |
Early Middle Oligocene |
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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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Cathartidae, not certain to be a Sarcoramphus Duméril, 1806. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
An Ardeidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Thinocoridae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Scolopacidae. |
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Sp. nov. |
Valid ? |
The holotype is a heavely eroded proximal part of a left humerus, best placed in Passeriformes Incertae Sedis. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid ? |
A Phalacrocoracidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Valid |
A Charadriidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
Plesiosaurs
| Name | Status | Authors | Notes | |
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Valid |
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Either a Plesiosaur or Stegosaur | |
Research techniques
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