1968 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 1968.

Arthropoda

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Eriocampa tulameenensis^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Rice	Early Eocene	Allenby Formation	Canada ( British Columbia)	A Tenthredinidae sawfly
Pseudosiobla campbelli^[2]	sp nov	Valid	Rice	Early Eocene	Horsefly beds	Canada ( British Columbia)	A Tenthredinidae sawfly

Conodonts

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Neognathodus	gen nov	Valid taxon	David L. Dunn	Pennsylvanian	Brazil China Egypt Mexico

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[3]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aralosaurus^[4]	gen et sp nov	Valid taxon	Rozhdestvensky	Late Cretaceous	Bostobe Svita	Kazakhstan	a Duck-bill, Plant-eating Dinosaur.

Newly named birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Aethia rossmoori ^[5]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Howard	Late Miocene		USA ( California)	An Alcidae.
Alauda jordanica ^[6]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Tchernov	Middle Pleistocene	Ubeidiya Formation	Israel	An Alaudidae.
Alcodes ^[5]	Gen et sp nov.	Valid	Howard	Late Miocene?		USA	An Alcidae, type species A. ulnulus
Bathornis fricki ^[7]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Cracraft	Early Miocene		USA ( Wyoming)	A Bathornithid
Buteo circoides ^[8]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Kurochkin	Middle Oligocene	Tatal-Gol	Mongolia	An Accipitridae.
Coturnicops avita ^[9]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Feduccia	Late Pliocene	Glenns Ferry Formation	USA ( Florida and Tennessee)	A Rallidae.
Cygnavus formosus ^[10]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Kurochkin	Late Eocene	Zaysan Bassin	Kazakhstan	An Anatidae.
"Cygnopterus" lambrechti^[10]	Sp. nov.	valid	Kurochkin	Middle Oligocene	Kustovskaya	Kazakhstan	Phoenicopteriformes Incertae Sedis
Fulica stekelesi ^[6]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Tchernov	Middle Pleistocene	Ubeidiya Formation	Israel	A Rallidae.
Fulmarus hammeri ^[5]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Howard	Late Miocene		USA ( California)	A Procellariidae.
Gobihierax ^[8]	Gen et Sp. nov.	Valid	Kurochkin	Middle Oligocene	Tatal-Gol	Mongolia	An Accipitridae, Type sp G. edax
Guguschia nailiae ^[11]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Aslanova & Burchak-Abramovich	Middle Oligocene	Maykopian Clay	Azerbaijan	A Swan, Anatidae.
Laterallus insignis ^[9]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Feduccia	Late Pliocene		USA ( Florida)	A Rallidae.
Limicorallus ^[10]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Kurochkin	Middle Oligocene-Miocene	Myn-Say Gorge	Kazakhstan	A Phalacrocoracidae, type species L. saiensis.
Megaegotheles ^[12]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Jr synonym	Scarlett	Pleistocene-modern		New Zealand	An Aegothelidae, type sp M. novaezealandiae, jr syn of Aegotheles.^[13]
Megagallinula ^[10]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Kurochkin	Middle Oligocene	Kur-Say Gorge	Kazakhstan	A Rallidae. type sp. M. harundinea
Melanocorypha gracilis ^[6]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Tchernov	Middle Pleistocene	Ubeidiya Formation	Israel	An Alaudidae.
Palaeorallus alienus ^[8]	Sp. nov.	nomen dubium	Kurochkin	Middle Oligocene	Tatal-Gol	Mongolia	A possible Rallidae,
Paracrax gigantea^[14]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Cracraft	Late Oligocene	Brule Formation	USA ( South Dakota)	A Bathornithidae
Paracrax wetmorei ^[14]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Cracraft	Late Oligocene	Brule Formation	USA ( South Dakota)	A Bathornithidae
Petronia brevirostris ^[6]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Tchernov	Middle Pleistocene	Ubeidiya Formation	Israel	A Passeridae.
Puffinus calhouni ^[5]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Howard	Late Miocene		USA ( California)	A Procellariidae.
Tutor dementievi ^[8]	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Kurochkin	Middle Oligocene	Tatal-Gol	Mongolia	An Accipitridae, jr syn of Venerator dementievi

Plesiosaurs

New taxa

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Ceraunosaurus	gen et sp nov	jr synonym	Thurmond	Late Cretaceous			junior synonym of Trinacromerum

Synapsids

Mammals

Name	Authors	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Megazostrodon	Crompton and Jenkins	195 Millions years ago.	Lesotho South Africa	An early jurassic mammal	Megazostrodon

References

^ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
^ ^a ^b Rice, H.M.A. (1968). "Two Tertiary sawflies, (Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae), from British Columbia". Geological Survey of Canada. 67 (59): 1–21.
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Rozhdestvensky. A.K. 1968. Hadrosaurs of Kazakhstan. In: Upper Paleozoic and Mesozoic Amphibians and Reptiles (Tatarinov, L.P., et al., eds.). Akademia Nauk S.S.S.R. Moscow: pp. 97- 141.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Howard, H (1968). "Tertiary Birds from Laguna Hills, Orange County, California" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 142: 1–21.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tchernov, E (1968). "A Preliminary Investigation of the Birds on the Pleistocene Deposits of Ubeidia". Publications of the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities. 1968: 1–44.
^ Cracraft, J (1968). "A Review of the Bathornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes), with Remarks on the Relationships of the Suborder Cariamae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 2326: 1–46.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kurochkin, EN (1968). "[Fossil Remains of Birds from Mongolia]". Ornithologiya. 9: 323–330.
^ ^a ^b Feduccia, A (1968). "The Pliocene Rails of North America" (PDF). Auk. 85 (July): 441–453.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kurochkin, EN (1968). "New Oligocene Birds from Kazakhstan". Paleontological Journal. 2: 83–90.
^ Aslanova, SM; Burchak-Abramovich, NI (1968). "A Fossil Swan from the Maykopian Series of Azerbaydzhan" (PDF). Auk. 85 (July): 441–453.
^ Scarlett, RJ (1968). "An Owlet-Nightjar from New-Zealand" (PDF). Notornis. 15: 254–266.
^ Storrs L. Olson, Jean Chr. Balouet & C. T. Fisher (1987). "The Owlet-Nightjar of New Caledonia, Aegotheles savesi, with Comments on the Systematics of the Aegothelidae". De Giervalk / Le Gerfaut. 77: 341–352.
^ ^a ^b Cracraft, J (1968). "A Review of the Bathornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes), with Remarks on the Relationships of the Suborder Cariamae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 2326: 1–46.

[1] Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.

[Rice1968-2] Rice, H.M.A. (1968). "Two Tertiary sawflies, (Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae), from British Columbia". Geological Survey of Canada. 67 (59): 1–21.

[ddinogeorge-3] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[4] Rozhdestvensky. A.K. 1968. Hadrosaurs of Kazakhstan. In: Upper Paleozoic and Mesozoic Amphibians and Reptiles (Tatarinov, L.P., et al., eds.). Akademia Nauk S.S.S.R. Moscow: pp. 97- 141.

[Howard1968-5] Howard, H (1968). "Tertiary Birds from Laguna Hills, Orange County, California" (PDF). Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 142: 1–21.

[Tchernov1968-6] Tchernov, E (1968). "A Preliminary Investigation of the Birds on the Pleistocene Deposits of Ubeidia". Publications of the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities. 1968: 1–44.

[Cracraft1968A-7] Cracraft, J (1968). "A Review of the Bathornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes), with Remarks on the Relationships of the Suborder Cariamae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 2326: 1–46.

[Kurochkin1968-8] Kurochkin, EN (1968). "[Fossil Remains of Birds from Mongolia]". Ornithologiya. 9: 323–330.

[Feduccia1968-9] Feduccia, A (1968). "The Pliocene Rails of North America" (PDF). Auk. 85 (July): 441–453.

[Kurochkin1968b-10] Kurochkin, EN (1968). "New Oligocene Birds from Kazakhstan". Paleontological Journal. 2: 83–90.

[Aslanova1968-11] Aslanova, SM; Burchak-Abramovich, NI (1968). "A Fossil Swan from the Maykopian Series of Azerbaydzhan" (PDF). Auk. 85 (July): 441–453.

[Megaegotheles-12] Scarlett, RJ (1968). "An Owlet-Nightjar from New-Zealand" (PDF). Notornis. 15: 254–266.

[OlsonBalouetFisher-13] Storrs L. Olson, Jean Chr. Balouet & C. T. Fisher (1987). "The Owlet-Nightjar of New Caledonia, Aegotheles savesi, with Comments on the Systematics of the Aegothelidae". De Giervalk / Le Gerfaut. 77: 341–352.

[Cracraft1968-14] Cracraft, J (1968). "A Review of the Bathornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes), with Remarks on the Relationships of the Suborder Cariamae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 2326: 1–46.

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