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 1983.
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Plants
editConifers
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sp. nov |
valid |
Stockey |
A Pine species |
Angiosperms
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Sp nov |
valid |
Manchester & Kress |
A banana species. |
Arthropods
editCrustaceans
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Gen nov |
Valid |
Albrecht |
An astacidean crayfish. |
Crustacean research
edit- Albrecht (1983) reappraises the relationships of some fossil crustaceans and erects the family Protastacidae.[4]
Insects
edit| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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sp. nov |
valid |
Krishna & Emerson |
first new world species of Mastotermes |
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Gen et sp nov |
jr synonym |
Rossi de Garcia |
Extinct Myrmeciin ant genus, | |||||
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Fam. nov |
jr synonym |
Dlussky |
Stem-ants, jr synonym of Sphecomyrminae (in part) |
Fish
editCartilaginous fish
edit| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et. sp. nov |
Jr. synonym |
Duffin & Ward |
Type species is Anachronistes fordi, genus now deemed a junior synonym of Cooleyella |
Cartilaginous fish research
edit- Duffin & Ward (1983) erect the family Anachronistidae for their new genus Anachronistes, which would later become a junior synonym of Cooleyella.[8]
Archosauromorphs
editDinosaurs
editData courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[9]
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| Adasaurus[10] |
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| "Changtusaurus"[11] | Nomen nudum. | ||||
| Chungkingosaurus[12] | Valid taxon |
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| "Damalasaurus"[11] | Nomen nudum. | ||||
| Enigmosaurus[13] | Valid taxon |
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| Gongbusaurus[12] | Valid taxon |
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| "Lancanjiangosaurus"[11] | Nomen nudum. | ||||
| "Megacervixosaurus"[11] | Nomen nudum. | ||||
| "Microdontosaurus"[11] | Nomen nudum. | ||||
| "Ngexisaurus"[11] | Nomen nudum. | ||||
| Ornatotholus[14] | Possible junior synonym of Stegoceras. | ||||
| Quaesitosaurus[15] | Valid taxon |
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| Shamosaurus[16] | Valid taxon |
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| Shunosaurus[12] | Valid taxon |
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| Stygimoloch[14] | Valid taxon | ||||
| Ultrasaurus[17] | Nomen dubium. |
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| Xiaosaurus[18] | Valid taxon |
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| Zizhongosaurus[12] | Valid taxon |
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Birds
edit| Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen et sp nov. |
MN 6 |
A Lybiidae |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
MP 16-28 |
An Idiornithidae |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
MP 7 |
Aves incertae sedis[22] pending restudy, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Late Albian |
An Ornithuromorphae Incertae Sedis, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
An Idiornithidae, moved to Dynamopterus itardiensis in 2013.[25] |
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Valid |
Gen. et Sp. nov. |
Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian, |
A Hesperornithiformes, Baptornithidae; this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov et Sp. nov. |
An Idiornithidae, transferred to the genus Propelargus insolitus in 2002.[22] |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Protostrigidae, type species O. rupelensis |
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Valid? |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Spheniscidae, type species T. hunteri. possibly nomen dubium.[citation needed] |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
A Spheniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
Pterosaurs
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References
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- ^ Manchester, S. R.; Kress, W. J. (1993). "Fossil bananas (Musaceae): Ensete oregonense sp. nov. from the Eocene of western North America and its phytogeographic significance". American Journal of Botany. 80 (11): 1264–1272. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1993.tb15363.x.
- ^ a b Albrecht, von Henning (1983). "Die Protastacidae n. fam., fossile Vorfahren der Flußkrebse?" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatsberichte (1): 5–15.
- ^ Krishna, K.; Emerson, A. E. (1983). "A New Fossil Species of Termite from Mexican Amber, Mastotermes electromexicus (Isoptera, Mastotermitidae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2767): 1–8.
- ^ Dlussky, G.M. (2012). "New Fossil Ants of the Subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Germany". Paleontological Journal. 46 (3): 288–292. doi:10.1134/s0031030111050054. S2CID 83891156.
- ^ Grimaldi, D.; Agosti, D.; Carpenter, J. M. (1997). "New and rediscovered primitive ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Cretaceous amber from New Jersey, and their phylogenetic relationships" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3208): 1–43.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Duffin, Christopher; Ward, David (1983-01-01). "Neoselachian sharks' teeth from the Lower Carboniferous of Britain and the Lower Permian of the USA". Palaeontology.
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Barsbold, R. 1983. Carnivorous Dinosaurs from the Cretaceous of Mongolia: The Joint Soviet- Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition, Transactions (Volume 19), pp. 1-117.
- ^ a b c d e f Zhao, X. 1983. Phylogeny and Evolutionary Stages of Dinosauria. Acta Palaeontologia Polonica 28 (1/2): pp. 295-306.
- ^ a b c d Dong, Z., S. Zhou, and Y. Zhang. 1983. Dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan. Palaeontologica Sinica Whole Number 162 New Series C, Number 23 (edited by Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Academia Sinica): pp. 1-136. Science Press Peking, 1983 + 43 plates.
- ^ Barsbold, R. and A. Perle. 1983. On taphonomy of a joint burial of juvenile dinosaurs and some aspects of their ecology. Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongolskaya Paleontologichekaya Ekspeditsia. Trudy 24: pp. 121-125.
- ^ a b Galton, P.M. and H.-D.Sues. 1983. New data on pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs (Reptilia: Ornithischia) from North America. Can. J. Earth Sci. 20: pp. 462-473.
- ^ Kurzanov, S. M., and A.F. Bannikov. 1983. A new sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Palaeontological Journal 17 (2): pp. 91-97.
- ^ Tumanova, T.A. 1983. The first ankylosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia. Sovm. Sov.- Mong. Paleontol. Eksped. Trudy 24: pp. 110-120.
- ^ Kim, H.M. 1983. Cretaceous dinosaurs from Korea. J. Geol. Soc. Korea 19 (3): pp. 115-126.
- ^ Dong, Z. and Z. Tang. 1983. A short report on the dinosaur fauna from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan. II. Ornithopoda. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21 (2): pp. 168- 171.
- ^ Peter Ballmann (1983). "A New Species of Fossil Barbet (Aves: Piciformes) from the Late Miocene of the Nödlinger Ries (Southern Germany)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 3 (1): 43–48. doi:10.1080/02724634.1983.10011957.
- ^ Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga (1983). "Uma Ave Ratitae do Paleoceno Brasileiro: Bacia calcária de Itaboraí, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil". Boletim do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro), Geologia. Nova Série. 41 (1): 1–11.
- ^ a b c Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (1983). "Les Gruiformes (Aves) des Phosphorites du Quercy (France). 1. Sous-ordre Cariamae (Cariamidae et Phorusrhacide) Systématique et Biostratigraphie". Palaeovertebrata. 13: 83–143.
- ^ a b c Jíří Mlíkovský (2002). "Cenozoic Birds of the World Part 1: Europe" (PDF). Praha Ninox Press. 13: 1–407. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
- ^ Colin J. O. Harrison (1983). "A New Wader, Recurvirostridae (Charadriiformes) from the Early Eocene of Portugal". Sciências da Terra. 7: 9–16. Archived from the original on 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
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- ^ Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (2002). "Idiornis Oberholser, 1899 (Aves, Gruiformes, Cariamae, Idiornithidae): a Junior Synonym of Dynamopterus Milne-Edwards, 1892 (Paleogene, Phosphorites du Quercy, France)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. 270 (1): 13–22. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0355.
- ^ Karlheinz Fischer (1983). "Oligostrix rupelensis N. Gen., N. Sp., eine Neue Ureule (Protostrigidae, Srigiformes, Aves) aus de Mitteleozänen Braunkohle des Geiseltals des Weisselsterbeckens bei Leipzig (DDR)" (PDF). Zeitschrift für Geologischen Wissenschaften. 11 (4–8): 483–487.
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