1994 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 1994.
Plants
Conifers
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Manchester |
Fossil Yew Genus, type species D. torreyoides |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Manchester |
Fossil Yew species |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Manchester |
Fossil nutmeg yew species |
Angiosperms
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Manchester |
Fossil Kiwi species |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Manchester |
Fossil dogwood species |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Manchester |
Fossil hazelnut relative, Type species C. hancockii |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Magallón-Puebl |
Youngest Eucommia sp. in North America. |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Manchester |
Fossil hazelnut relative, type species K. parvum |
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Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Manchester |
Fossil ginseng genus, type species P. oregonensis |
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Sp nov |
valid |
Manchester |
Fossil Sumac species |
Arthropods
Newly named insects
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Baroni Urbani & De Andrade |
only fossil Acanthognathus ant |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
De Andrade |
A ponerin ant |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
De Andrade |
A ponerin ant |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
De Andrade |
A ponerin ant |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
De Andrade |
A ponerin ant |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
De Andrade |
A ponerin ant |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
De Andrade |
A ponerin ant |
Molluscs
Bivalves
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Elicki |
Zwetau Formation |
early Cambrian bivalve species |
Fishes
Newly named bony fishes
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
valid |
Schwimmer, Stewart & Williams |
Late Cretaceous (late Santonian to mid-Campanian) |
A giant latimeriid coelacanth.[8] The type species is Megalocoelacanthus dobiei. |
Archosauromorphs
- Aff. Rebbachisaurus gastroliths documented.[9]
- The "Talkeetna Mountains Hadrosaur" specimen was discovered in a quarry being excavated for road material.[10] The quarry is near the Glenn Highway, approximately 150 miles northeast of Anchorage.[11] That fall, excavation began, and was resumed in the summer of 1996.[10]
Newly named pseudosuchians
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Galtonia[12] | Valid non-dinosaurian taxon |
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Late Triassic (late Carnian |
An relative of Revueltosaurus. | |||
Pekinosaurus[12] | Junior synonym |
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Late Triassic (late Carnian) |
A junior synonym of Revueltosaurus. |
Newly named basal dinosauromorphs
Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
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Marasuchus[13] | Valid Non-Dinosaurian Taxon |
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Middle Triassic (Ladinian) |
A basal dinosauriform; new genus for "Lagosuchus" liloensis Romer (1972). |
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list[14] and Dr. Jeremy Montague's dinosaur genus database.[15]
Name | Status | Authors | Notes | Images | |
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“Acracanthus”[16] | nomen nudum later named Acrocanthosaurus |
Langston vide:
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Afrovenator[17] | Valid taxon |
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Alwalkeria[18] | Valid taxon |
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Alxasaurus[19] | Valid taxon | ||||
“Amphicoelicaudia” | nomen nudum later named Huabeisaurus |
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Caenagnathasia[20] | Valid taxon |
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"Comanchesaurus" | nomen nudum |
Hunt vide: |
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Cryolophosaurus[21] | Valid taxon |
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“Cryptoraptor” | nomen nudum, possibly non-dinosaurian |
Hunt vide: |
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Koparion[22] | Valid taxon |
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Monolophosaurus[23] | Valid taxon |
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Mymoorapelta[24] | Valid taxon | ||||
Pelecanimimus[25] | Valid taxon |
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Phuwiangosaurus[26] | Valid taxon |
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"Revueltoraptor" | nomen ex dissertatione later named Gojirasaurus |
Hunt vide: |
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Sinornithoides[27] | Valid taxon | ||||
Sinraptor[28] | Valid taxon |
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Timimus[29] | Valid taxon | ||||
“Tonouchisaurus” | nomen nudum |
Plesiosaurs
- Plesiosaur gastroliths documented.[30]
New taxa
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Pterosaurs
New taxa
Other diapsidsNew taxa
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