1958 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 1958.

Arthropods[edit]

Insects[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Parastylotermes calico^[2]	Sp. nov	valid	Pierce	Miocene		USA	A Stylotermitid termite.

Archosauromorphs[edit]

Newly named non-avian dinosaurs[edit]

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

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Chingkankousaurus	Gen et sp nov	Nomen dubium	Yang (as Young C. C.)	Late Campanian	Jingangkou Formation	China	A tyrannosauroid.
Tsintaosaurus^[4]	Gen et sp nov	Valid taxon	Yang (as Young C. C.)	Late Campanian	Jingangkou Formation	China	A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid.	Tsintaosaurus

Birds[edit]

Newly named birds[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Anas apscheronica ^[5]	Sp. nov.	valid	Burchak-Abramovisch	Late Pliocene	Apscherion	Azerbaijan	An Anatidae.
Bartramia umatilla ^[6]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Middle Pliocene		USA Oregon	A Scolopacidae.
Callipepla shotwelli ^[6]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Middle Pliocene		USA Oregon	An Odontophoridae.
Cygnus hibbardi ^[7]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Pleistocene	Irvingtonian, Hagerman Lake Beds	USA Idaho	An Anatidae.
Morus humeralis ^[8]	Sp. nov.	valid	Miller Bowman	Late Pliocene		USA California	A Sulidae.
Ornimegalonyx ^[9]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	valid	Arredondo	Late Pleistocene		Cuba	A Strigidae, the types species of the new genus is Ornimegalonyx oteroi.
Pardirallus lacustris ^[7]	Sp. nov.	valid	(Brodkorb)	Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene	Hagerman and Rexroad Local Fauna	USA Idaho	A Rallidae, described as Porzana lacustris but transferred by Storrs L. Olson in 1977 to Pardirallus Bonaparte, 1856.
Phalacrocorax macer ^[7]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Pliocene	Irvingtonian, Glenns Ferry Formation, Hagerman Lake Beds	USA Idaho	A Phalacrocoracidae.
Podiceps subparvus ^[8]	Sp. nov.	valid	(Miller Bowman)	Middle Pliocene	Blancan, San Diego Formation	USA California	A Podicipedidae, described as Colymbus subparvus.
Promilio epileus ^[10]	Sp. nov.	valid	Wetmore	Early Miocene	Thomas Farm Beds	USA Florida	An Accipitridae, the type species of the genus is Proictinia effera Wetmore, 1923.
Promilio brodkorbi ^[10]	Sp. nov.	valid	Wetmore	Early Miocene	Thomas Farm Beds	USA Florida	An Accipitridae, the type species of the genus is Proictinia effera Wetmore, 1923.
Ptychoramphus tenuis ^[8]	Sp. nov.	valid	Miller Bowman	Middle Pliocene	Blancan, San Diego Formation	USA California	An Alcidae.
Querandiornis ^[11]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	valid	Rusconi	Late Pliocene	Ensenada Formation	Argentina	A Furnariidae, Dendrocolaptinae, The type species is Querandiornis romani, described in the Tinamiidae, transferred by Tonni & Tambussi, 1986 to Aves Incertae Sedis, transferred by Agnolin, 2016 to Dendrocolaptinae
Sula pohli ^[12]	Sp. nov.	valid	Howard	Late Miocene		USA California	A Sulidae.
Troglodytes gracilis ^[13]	Sp. nov.	valid?	Brunner	Late Pleistocene		Germany	A Troglodytidae, better seen as a Passeriformes Incertae Sedis.

Synapsids[edit]

Non-mammalian[edit]

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Basicranodon	Junior synonym	Vaughn	Early Permian		US	A junior synonym of the varanopid Mycterosaurus.
Diarthrognathus	Valid	Crompton	Early Jurassic	Elliot Formation	South Africa	A member of Trithelodontidae.

Other Animals[edit]

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location
Charnia	Valid	Ford	Ediacaran	Maplewell Group	United Kingdom
Charniodiscus	Valid	Ford	Ediacaran	Maplewell Group	United Kingdom
Spriggina	Valid	Glaessner	Ediacaran		Australia

References[edit]

^ 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.
^ Pierce, W.D. (1958). "Fossil arthropods of California. No. 21. Termites from Calico Mountains nodules" (PDF). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 575 (1): 13–24.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ Young C.-C. 1958. The dinosaurian remains of Laiyang, Shanrung. Palaeontol. Sinica (ser. C) 16: pp. 1-138.
^ Burchak-Abramovisch, Nikolaj Iosifovich (1958). "Tertiary Birds of the USSR Tertiary Birds of the USSR". Uchenie Zapiski Azerbaijan State University, Serie Biology. 1: 81–88.
^ ^a ^b Pierce Brodkorb (1958). "Birds from the Middle Pliocene of McKay, Oregon". Condor. 60 (4): 252–255. doi:10.2307/1365194. JSTOR 1365194.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pierce Brodkorb (1958). "Fossil Birds from Idaho". Wilson Bulletin. 70: 237–242.
^ ^a ^b ^c Loye Holmes Miller & Robert I. Bowman (1958). "Further Bird Remains from the San Diego Pliocene". Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 20: 1–15.
^ Oscar Arredondo (1958). "Aves Gigantes de Nuestro Pasado Prehistórico, El Cartero Cubana". La Habana. XVII (7): 10–12.
^ ^a ^b Alexander Wetmore (1958). "Miscellaneous Notes on Fossil Birds". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 135 (8): 1–11.
^ Carlos Rusconi (1958). "Ave Fósil del Plioceno de Buenos Aires". Revista del Museo del Historia Natural de Mendoza. 11: 157–160.
^ Hildegarde Howard (1958). "Miocene Sulids of Southern California". Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science. 25: 3–15.
^ G. Brunner (1958). "Nachtrag zur Breitenberghöhle bei Gösswenstein Ofr". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte. 1958: 500–517.

[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.

[Pierce1958-2] Pierce, W.D. (1958). "Fossil arthropods of California. No. 21. Termites from Calico Mountains nodules" (PDF). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 575 (1): 13–24.^{[permanent dead link]}

[ddinogeorge-3] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[4] Young C.-C. 1958. The dinosaurian remains of Laiyang, Shanrung. Palaeontol. Sinica (ser. C) 16: pp. 1-138.

[Anasapscheronica-5] Burchak-Abramovisch, Nikolaj Iosifovich (1958). "Tertiary Birds of the USSR Tertiary Birds of the USSR". Uchenie Zapiski Azerbaijan State University, Serie Biology. 1: 81–88.

[Brodkorb1958-6] Pierce Brodkorb (1958). "Birds from the Middle Pliocene of McKay, Oregon". Condor. 60 (4): 252–255. doi:10.2307/1365194. JSTOR 1365194.

[Cygnus1958-7] Pierce Brodkorb (1958). "Fossil Birds from Idaho". Wilson Bulletin. 70: 237–242.

[Morus1958-8] Loye Holmes Miller & Robert I. Bowman (1958). "Further Bird Remains from the San Diego Pliocene". Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 20: 1–15.

[Ornimegalonyx1958-9] Oscar Arredondo (1958). "Aves Gigantes de Nuestro Pasado Prehistórico, El Cartero Cubana". La Habana. XVII (7): 10–12.

[Wetmore1958-10] Alexander Wetmore (1958). "Miscellaneous Notes on Fossil Birds". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 135 (8): 1–11.

[Querandiornis1958-11] Carlos Rusconi (1958). "Ave Fósil del Plioceno de Buenos Aires". Revista del Museo del Historia Natural de Mendoza. 11: 157–160.

[Sula-12] Hildegarde Howard (1958). "Miocene Sulids of Southern California". Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science. 25: 3–15.

[Brunner1958-13] G. Brunner (1958). "Nachtrag zur Breitenberghöhle bei Gösswenstein Ofr". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte. 1958: 500–517.

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