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 1962.
Paleozoology
Conodont paleozoology
German paleontologist Klaus J. Müller (1923–2010) described the conodont order Paraconodontida.[2]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Histiodella[3] | Valid taxon |
RW Harris |
Middle Ordovician |
Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma, USA |
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Vertebrates
Dinosaurs
Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[4]
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heterodontosaurus[5] | Valid taxon |
Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian) |
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Birds
Newly named birds
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Anas ogallalae [6] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
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An Anatidae, first described as Nettion ogallalae Brodkorb, 1962. |
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Corvus betfianus [7] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Betfia 5 |
A Corvidae. |
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Diomedea californica [8] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Muddle Miocene |
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A Diomedeidae, perhaps better placed in Phoebastria Reichenbach, 1853. |
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Sp. nov. |
valid |
Muddle Pleistocene |
A Passeridae. |
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Pelargosteon tothi [7] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
Betfia 5 |
An Aves ''Incertae Sedis'', described in the Ciconiidae. |
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Perdix jurcsaki [7] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Betfia 5 |
A Phasiandae. |
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Tetrao partium [7] |
Sp. nov. |
valid |
Betfia 5 |
A Phasiandae, a synonym is Lyrurus partium Kretzoi, 1962. |
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Turdicus tenuis [7] |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
valid |
Betfia 5 |
A Turdidae. |
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.
- ^ Supplement to systematics of conodonts. KJ Müller and RC Moore, in Treatise on invertebrate paleontology, Part W: Miscellanea : Conodonts Conoidal Shells of Uncertain Affinities, Worms, Trace Fossils, and Problema, 1962 - Geological Society of America
- ^ New conodonts from Joins (Ordovician) Formation of Oklahoma. RW Harris, Oklahoma Geology Notes, 1962
- ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Crompton, A.W.; Charig, A. (1962). "A new ornithischian from the Upper Iriassic of South Africa". Nature. 196 (4859): 1074–1077. Bibcode:1962Natur.196.1074C. doi:10.1038/1961074a0. S2CID 4198113.
- ^ Brodkorb, Pierce (1962). "A Teal from the Lower Pliocene of Kansas". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 25 (2): 157–160.
- ^ a b c d e Kretzoi, Miklós (1962). "Vogelreste aus der Altpleistozänen Fauna von Betfia". Aquila. 67–68: 167–174.
- ^ Miller, Loye Holmes (1962). "A New Albatross from the Miocene of California". Condor. 64 (6): 471–472. doi:10.2307/1365470. JSTOR 1365470.
- ^ Tchernov, Eitan (1962). "Paleolithic Avifauna in Palestine". Bull. Research Counc. Israel 11 Section B Zoology. 11 (3): 95–131.
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