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 1982.
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Plants
editPteridophytes
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Miller jr |
Middle Miocene |
Roza-Priest Rapids Basalts contact, |
A fern |
Angiosperms
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Scott & Wheeler |
An Alangium wood species |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Scott & Wheeler |
A Betula wood species |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Scott & Wheeler |
A Cercidiphyllum wood species |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Scott & Wheeler |
A Fagaceae wood genus. |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Scott & Wheeler |
A Magnoliaceae wood species |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Scott & Wheeler |
A Magnolia wood species |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Scott & Wheeler |
A Magnolia wood species |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Scott & Wheeler |
A Fagaceae wood species |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Scott & Wheeler |
A Lauraceae wood species |
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Comb nov |
valid |
(Hergert & Phinney) Scott & Wheeler |
A Trochodendron wood species. |
Fish
editRay-finned fish
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Wilson |
Early Eocene |
A bowfin |
Archosauromorphs
editNewly named dinosaurs
editData courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[5]
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
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gen et sp nov |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Unnamed unit |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
Dong, Tang, & Zhou |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Carpenter |
A troodontid. |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid taxon |
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gen et sp nov |
Delair |
Referred to Polacanthus. |
Birds
editSome remarks on newly named birds
edit- Hulsanpes perlei Osmolska, 1982 was described as a Troodontidae, it is sometimes seen as an Avialae because of having a ginglymoid metatarsal II.
Newly named birds
editName | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Phasianidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Ambiortiformes Kurochkin, 1982. Ambiortidae Kurochkin, 1982, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
± 3 My BP |
An Anhingidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Late Pleistocene |
A Strigidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Khirgis Nur Formation, Khirgis Nur 2 |
A Phasianidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Odontopterygiformes Howard, 1957, family Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Alcidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Ciconiidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Columbidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Phasianidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Ciconiidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Falconidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Gaviidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Phasianidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Threskiornithidae, placed in Aves Incerta Sedis by Olson, 1982, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
MN 4b |
A Podicipedidae, this is the type species of the new genus, Mlíkovský, 2000 transferred the species to the genus Podiceps.[26] |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
A Strigidae, probably a synonym of Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
A Strigidae, probably a synonym of Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
A Strigidae, probably a synonym of Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo, 1958. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
MP 8 |
UK: |
Described as a Psittacidae, transferred by Mourer-Chauviré in 1992 to the Quercypsittidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Mayr et Daniels 1998, Mayr 2009 thought it might be a Fluvioviridavidae G. Mayr, 2005, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Siwalik Series |
A possible Balaenicipitidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Early Eocene |
MP 8 |
UK: |
Described as a Falconidae, but Mlíkovský 2002 [30] placed it in Aves Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Upper Deseadean, Tremembé Formation |
A Gruiformes, Phorusrhacidae Ameghino, 1889, Brontornitinae Moreno et Mercerat, 1891, in 1993 Alvarenga mede it the type species of his new genus Paraphysornis.[32] |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
An Otididae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Rallidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cave deposits |
An Apodidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Alcidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Near Kadirpur |
A Gruiformes, Ergilornithidae Kozlova, 1960. According to Karhu, 1997 not an Ergilornithidae. Olson, 1985 and Kurochkin, 1985 place the species in the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891. |
Plesiosaurs
editNew taxa
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Delair |
Pterosaurs
editNew taxa
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Huachihuanhe Formation |
Pseudosuchia
editGeneral pseudosuchian research
edit- Ralph Molnar publishes a revision of the genus Pallimnarchus, comparing it to various Australasian crocodilians and diagnosing it based on proportional differences.[34]
New taxa
editName | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
valid |
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First described as a dinosaur |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
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