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Overview of the events of 1985 in paleontology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 1985.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
He & Pei |
Henan province |
synonym of Pojetaia runnegari |
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Ord, Supfam, fam, gen et sp nov |
valid |
MacKinnon |
Tasman Formation |
one of four accepted Cambrian bivalves |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
valid |
A dolichoderine ant |
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Sp nov |
valid |
A dolichoderine ant |
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gen et sp. nov |
valid |
A castniid butterfly-moth, monotypic |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Duffin |
A hybodont, moved to Reesodus wirksworthensis in 2013[8] |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
A rauisuchid. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp |
Valid |
Campos & Kellner |
A pterodactyloid belonging to Anhangueridae. |
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Gen et sp nov |
Jurcsák & Kessler |
Early Cretaceous |
Bauxite mine |
An informal name applied to Palaeocursornis. An azhdarchoid pterosaur.[12] |
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Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[13]
Name | Status | Authors | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Abelisaurus[14] | Valid taxon |
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A short-handed Flesh-eating Dinosaur. | |||
"Aliwalia"[15] |
Junior subjective synonym of Eucnemosaurus. |
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Blikanasaurus[16] | Valid taxon |
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Camelotia[17] | Valid taxon | A British Melanorosaur. | ||||
Carnotaurus[18] | Valid taxon | An Abelisaurid. The Horned Cheetah of the Cretaceous. | ||||
"Dachungosaurus"[19] |
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"Dystylosaurus"[20] |
Junior synonym of Supersaurus. |
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Gasosaurus[21] | Valid taxon | |||||
"Mifunesaurus" |
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"Moshisaurus" |
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"Oshanosaurus"[19] |
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"Sanchusaurus" |
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Supersaurus[20] | Valid taxon | |||||
"Ultrasaurus"[20] |
Preoccupied by Kim H. M., 1983 and renamed Ultrasauros. |
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"Xuanhuasaurus"[19] |
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Later renamed Xuanhuaceratops in 2006 |
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Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Aegialornis szarskii [23] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Dieter S. Peters |
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Amphipelargus dzabghanensis [24] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Chono-Harayah |
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Anas molesta [24] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Hyargas Nuur 2 |
An Anatidae, transferred to the genus Aythya by Nikita V. Zelenkov [25] |
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Anas schneideri [26] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Steven D. Emslie |
An Anatidae. |
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Anser tchikoicus [24] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Anatidae. |
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Anthus seductus [24] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Motacillidae. |
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Valid |
Gen et Sp. nov. |
USA ( Montana and North Dakota) |
An Enantiornithes, Avisauridae Brett-Surman & Paul, 1985 this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Aythya magna [24] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Hyargas Nuur Formation |
An Anatidae. |
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Aythya shihuibas [28] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Hou Lianhai |
An Anatidae, Nikita V. Zelenkov, 2012 transferred the species to his genus Protomelanitta Zelenkov, 2011.[29] |
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Bonibernicla ponderosa [24] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Hyargas Nuur Formation |
An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen et Sp nov. |
A Cathartidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Robert F. Baird |
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Colius hendeyi [32] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Patricia Vickers Rich Philippa J. Haarhoff |
Varswater Formation |
A Coliidae. |
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Corvus solitus [24] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Corvidae. |
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Diangallus mious [28] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Hou Lianhai |
A Phasianidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Egretta subfluvia [33] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Jonathan J. Becker |
Early Hemphillian |
USA: |
An Ardeidae. |
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Eudromia olsoni [34] |
Valid |
Nom. nov. |
Claudia P. Tambussi Eduardo P. Tonni |
Monte Hermoso Formation |
A Tinamidae, new name for the preoccupied Tinamisornis intermedius Dabbene et Lillo, 1913 = Eudromia elegans intermedia (Dabbene et Lillo, 1913). |
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Geronticus apelex [35] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Varswater Formation |
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Grus afghana [36] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Yves Jehenne Émile Heintz |
MN 12 |
A Gruidae. |
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Haliaeetus fortis [24] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Hyargas-Nuur 2 |
An Accipitridae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Phaethontidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Limosa lacrimosa [24] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Scolopacidae. |
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“Lophura” inferna [24] |
Not Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Shaamar |
A Phasianidae, not a Lophura, the holotype is not diagnostic to genus.[citation needed] |
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Melopyrrha latirostris [38] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Gary S. Morgan |
Cayman Brac cave deposits |
A Thraupidae. |
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Oceanites zaloscarthmus [39] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Varswater Formation |
An Oceanitidae. |
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Oenanthe infima [24] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Sharga |
A Muscicapidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Robert F. Baird |
An Orthonychidae. |
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Pachyptila salax [39] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Storrs L. Olson |
Varswater Formation |
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Paleopsilopterus itaboraiensis [40] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga |
A Gruiformes, Phorusrhacidae Ameghino, 1889, Psilopterinae Mathilde Dolgopol de Sáez, 1927, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Palaeotodus escampsiensis [41] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Todidae. |
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Palaeotodus itardiensis [41] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Todidae. |
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Pandion lovensis [42] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Jonathan J. Becker |
Latest Clarendonian |
A Pandionidae. |
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Pelecanoides cymatotrypetes [39] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Varswater Formation |
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Perdix margaritae [24] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Chikoi River |
A Phasianidae. |
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Phalaropus eleonorae [24] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Phalaropidae. |
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Phasianus lufengia [28] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Hou Lianhai |
Shihuiba |
A Phasianidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Hyargas-Nuur 2: MN 13; |
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Valid ? |
Sp. nov. |
Colin J. O. Harrison |
UK: |
A Pseudontornithidae, possibly a synonymym of Pseudodontornis longidentata[citation needed] |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Storrs L. Olson |
Quaternary, probably Holocene |
Cave deposits |
A Caprimulgidae, may still be living. |
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Syrmaticus kozlovae [24] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Khirgis Nur Formation |
A Phasianidae. |
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Syrrhaptes kashini [24] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Pteroclidae. |
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Tadorna petrina [24] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Anatidae. |
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Yunnanus gaoyuansis [28] |
Valid |
Gen et Sp nov. |
Hou Lianhai |
Shihuiba |
A Passeriformes, family Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Zhang |
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