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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 1972.

Bryophytes[edit]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes Images

Muscites eocenicus[2]

Sp nov

jr synonym

Kuc

Ypresian

Allenby Formation

 Canada
 British Columbia

A bartramiaceous moss
moved to Plagiopodopsis eocenicus in 1980[3]

Mollusca[edit]

Bivalves[edit]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Concavodonta[4]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Babin & Melou

Ordovician

 Europe

New genus for Nucula ponderata.

Archosauromorphs[edit]

Newly named archosauromorphs[edit]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Azendohsaurus[5]

Gen. et sp. nov.

Valid

Dutuit

Late Triassic

Argana Formation

 Morocco

A herbivorous archosauromorph.

Newly named pseudosuchians[edit]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Gracilisuchus[6] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Romer Late Triassic (Carnian) Chañares Formation  Argentina
Gracilisuchus

Newly named dinosauriforms[edit]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Lewisuchus[7] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Romer Late Triassic (Carnian) Chañares Formation  Argentina A silesaurid.

Newly named dinosaurs[edit]

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[8]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Archaeornithomimus[9] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Russell Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Iren Dabasu Formation  China An ornithomimid.
Archaeornithomimus asiaticus
Dromiceiomimus[9] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Russell Maastrichtian Horseshoe Canyon Formation  Canada An ornithomimid, possibly a synonym of Ornithomimus.
Dromiceiomimus
Gallimimus[10] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Osmólska, Roniewicz Barsbold Late Cretaceous (Maastichtian) Nemegt Formation  Mongolia An ornithomimid.
Gallimimus
"Thotobolosaurus"[11] Nomen nudum Ellenberger Late Triassic (Norian)  Lesotho Formally named Kholumolumo in 2020.
Vulcanodon[12] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Raath Early Jurassic (Sinemurian-Pliensbachian) Batoka Formation  Zimbabwe A sauropod.

Newly named birds[edit]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Anserobranta tarabukini [13]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Evgeny N. Kurochkin

I. M. Ganya

Late Miocene

MN 9

 Soviet Union:

 Moldova

An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Aptenodytes ridgeni [14]

Sp. nov.

Valid

George G. Simpson

Late Pliocene

Waititaran

 New Zealand

A Spheniscidae.

Apus submelba [15]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Dénes Jánossy

Middle Pleistocene

MQ 2A

 Hungary

An Apodidae.

Ardeagrandis arborea [13]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Evgeny N. Kurochkin

I. M. Ganya

Late Miocene

MN 9

 Soviet Union:

 Moldova

An Ardeidae.

Eostrix martinellii [16]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Larry D. Martin

Craig Call Black

Early Eocene

Wind River Formation

 USA:

 Wyoming

A Strigiformes, Protostrigidae Wetmore, 1933.

Mergus connectens [15]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Dénes Jánossy

Early Pleistocene

MQ 1b

 Czech Republic;

 Romania

An Anatidae.

Miocitta galbreathi [17]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Pierce Brodkorb

Late Miocene

Kenmesaw Local Fauna

 USA:

 Colorado

A Corvidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Otis kalmani [15]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Dénes Jánossy

Early Pleistocene

MQ 1a

 Romania

An Otididae.

Paraptenodytes brodkorbi [18]

Sp. nov.

Synonym of Paraptenodytes robustus (Ameghino, 1895).

George G. Simpson

Early Miocene

Patagonian Formation

 Argentina

A Spheniscidae, placed in synonymy with Paraptenodytes robustus (Ameghino, 1895) by Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche, 2005,[19] but Sara Bertelli, Norberto P. Giannini & Daniel T. Ksepka, 2006 disagree with her and say it needs another genus.[20]

Phalacrocorax lautus [13]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Evgeny N. Kurochkin

I. M. Ganya

Late Miocene

 Soviet Union:

 Moldova

A Phalacrocoracidae.

Probalearica moldavica [13]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Evgeny N. Kurochkin

I. M. Ganya

Late Miocene

MN 9

 Soviet Union:

 Moldova

A Gruidae, transferred to the genus Grus by Jíří Mlíkovský, 2002.[21]

Protocitta ajax [17]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Pierce Brodkorb

Late Pliocene

Blancan

 USA:

 Texas;

 Kansas

A Corvidae, sometimes placed in the genus Calocitta G. R. Gray, 1841.

Pygoscelis tyreei [14]

Sp. nov.

Valid

George G. Simpson

Late Pliocene

Waititaran

 New Zealand

A Spheniscidae.

Rustaviornis georgicus [22]

Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.

Valid

Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich

G. K. Meladze

Late Miocene

Sarmantian

Hipparion Fauna

 Soviet Union:

 Georgia

A Phasianidae, this is the type species of the new genus.

Strix collongensis [23]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Peter Ballmann

Middle Miocene

Mn 5

 France

A Strigidae, transferred to and made the type species of the new genus Alasio by Jirí Mlíkovský, 1998.[24]

Surnia capeki [25]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Dénes Jánossy

Early Pleistocene

MQ 1b

 Czech Republic

A Strigidae.

Tertiariaporphyrula lungi [13]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Evgeny N. Kurochkin

I. M. Ganya

Late Miocene

MN 9-11

 Soviet Union:

 Moldova

A Rallidae, transferred to the genus Palaeoaramides Lambrecht, 1933 by Storrs L. Olson, 1977.[26] Subsequently, made the type species of a separate genus Mioporphyrula by Zelenkov (2015).[27]

Tyto noeli [28]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Oscar Arredondo

Late Pleistocene

Cave deposits

 Cuba

A Tytonidae.

Tyto riveroi [29]

Sp. nov.

Valid

Oscar Arredondo

Pleistocene

Cave deposits

 Cuba

A Tytonidae.

Synapsids[edit]

Newly named therapsids[edit]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Regisaurus[30] Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Mendrez Early Triassic  South Africa A regisaurid therocephalian.
Regisaurus jacobi.

Mammalian[edit]

Name Novelty Authors Age Type Locality Country Notes
Stenailurus teilhardi Gen. et. sp. nov. Crusafont-Pairo & Aguirre Late Miocene (Turolian)  Spain

Other Animals[edit]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Dickinsonia brachina [31]

Sp. nov Synonym of Dickinsonia tenuis Wade Ediacaran  Australia

Dickinsonia lissa [31]

Sp. nov Synonym of Dickinsonia tenuis Wade Ediacaran  Australia
Rangea sibirica Sp. nov Synonym of Charnia masoni Sokolov Ediacaran  Russia

References[edit]

  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.
  2. ^ Kuc, M. (1972). "Muscites eocenicus sp. nov.—a fossil moss from the Allenby Formation (middle Eocene), British Columbia". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 9 (5): 600–602. doi:10.1139/e72-049.
  3. ^ Miller, N. G. (1980). "Fossil mosses of North America and their significance". The Mosses of North America. pp. 9–36.
  4. ^ Sánchez, T.M. (1999). "New Late Ordovician (Early Caradoc) Bivalves from the Sierra de Villicum (Argentine Precordillera)". Journal of Paleontology. 73 (1): 66–76. doi:10.1017/S0022336000027554. JSTOR 1306745. S2CID 133414164.
  5. ^ Dutuit, J.M. 1972. Decouverte d'un dinosaure ornthischien dans le Trias supericur de l'Atlas occidental marocain. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris D275: pp. 2841-2844.
  6. ^ Romer, A.S. (1972). "The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. An early ornithosuchid pseudosuchian, Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum, gen. et sp. nov". Breviora. 389: 1–24.
  7. ^ Romer, A.S. 1972. The Chanares (Argentina) Triassic Reptile Fauna. XIV. Lewisuchus admixtus, gen. et sp. nov., a further Thecodont from the Chanares Beds. Breviora 390: pp. 1-13.
  8. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  9. ^ a b Russell, D.A. 1972. Ostrich dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Western Canada. Can. J. Earth Sci. 9: pp. 375-402.
  10. ^ Osmolska, H., E. Roniewicz, and R. Barsbold. 1972. A new dinosaur Gallimimus bullatus, n. gen. n. sp. (Ornithomimidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Palaeontol. Polonica 27: pp. 103-143.
  11. ^ Ellenberger, P. 1972. Contribution a la classification des pistes de vertebres du Trias: les types du Stormberg d’Afrique du Sud (I). Palaeovertebrata Memories Extraord(1972): pp. 1-152.
  12. ^ Raath, M.A. 1972. Fossil vertebrate studies in Rhodesia: a new dinosaur (Reptilia: Saurischia) from near the Trias-Jurassic Boundary. Arnoldia Rhodesia. 5 (30): 1-37.
  13. ^ a b c d e Evgeny N. Kurochkin & I. M. Ganya (1972). "[Birds of the Middle Sarmatian of Moldavia.]". Pozvonochnye Neogena I Plestocena Moldavii. Kishinev: Shtiintsa: 45–70.
  14. ^ a b George G. Simpson (1972). "Pliocene Penguins from North Canterburry, New Zealand". Records of the Canterburry Museum. 9: 159–182.
  15. ^ a b c Dénes Jánossy (1972). "Die Mittelpleistozäne Vogelfauna der Stránská Skála". Anthropos, Studia Musei Moraviae, Brno. New Series. 20: 35–64.
  16. ^ Larry D. Martin & Craig C. Black (1972). "A New Owl from the Eocene of Wyoming" (PDF). Auk. 89 (4): 887–888. doi:10.2307/4084122. JSTOR 4084122.
  17. ^ a b Pierce Brodkorb (1972). "Neogene Fossil Jays from the Great Plains" (PDF). Condor. 74 (3): 347–349. doi:10.2307/1366596. JSTOR 1366596.
  18. ^ George G. Simpson (1972). "Conspectus of Patagonian Fossil Penguins" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2488): 1–37.
  19. ^ Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche (2005). "Systematic revision of Arthrodytes Ameghino, 1905 (Aves, Spheniscidae) and its assignment to the Paraptenodytinae". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte. 2005 (7): 404–414. doi:10.1127/njgpm/2005/2005/404.
  20. ^ Sara Bertelli, Norberto P. Giannini & Daniel T. Ksepka (2006). "Redescription and Phylogenetic Position of the Early Miocene Penguin Paraptenodytes antarcticus from Patagonia" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3525): 1–36. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3525[1:rappot]2.0.co;2. S2CID 83891292.
  21. ^ Jíří Mlíkovský (2002). "Cenozoic Birds of the World Part 1: Europe" (PDF). Praha Ninox Press. 2002: 1–407. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
  22. ^ Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich & G. K. Meladze (1972). "Rustaviornis georgicus gen. et sp. n., a New Fossil Bird from the Hipparion Fauna of Georgia". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 17: 373–388.
  23. ^ Peter Ballmann (1972). "Les Oiseaux Miocènes de Vieux-Collonges" (PDF). Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon. 50: 93–101.
  24. ^ Jirí Mlíkovský (1998). "Two New Owls (Aves: Strigidae) from the Early Miocene of the Czech Republic, with Comments on the Fossil History of the Subfamily Striginae" (PDF). Buteo. 10: 5–21.
  25. ^ Dénes Jánossy (1972). "Die Mittelpleistozäne Vogelfauna der Stránská Skála" (PDF). Anthropos, Studia Musei Moraviae, Brno. New Series. 20: 35–64. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
  26. ^ Storrs L. Olson (1977). "A Synopsis of the Fossil Rallidae" (PDF). In: Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae by S.D. Ripley: 509–525.
  27. ^ Nikita V. Zelenkov and Evgeny N. Kurochkin (2015). "КЛАСС AVES". In E.N. Kurochkin; A.V. Lopatin; N.V. Zelenkov (eds.). Ископаемые позвоночные России и сопредельных стран. Ископаемые рептилии и птицы. Часть 3 / Fossil vertebrates of Russia and adjacent countries. Fossil Reptiles and Birds. Part 3. GEOS. pp. 86–290. ISBN 978-5-89118-699-6.
  28. ^ Oscar Arredondo (1972). "Nueva Especie de Ave Fósil (Strigiformes: Tytonidae) del Pleistoceno Superior de Cuba" (PDF). Boletin de la Sociedad Venezolana Ciencias Naturales. 29: 415–431.
  29. ^ Oscar Arredondo (1972). "Especie Nueva de Lechuza Gigante (Strigiformes: Tytonidae) del Pleistoceno Cubano" (PDF). Boletin de la Sociedad Venezolana Ciencias Naturales. 30: 129–140.
  30. ^ C. H. Mendrez. 1972. On the skull of Regisaurus jacobi, a new genus and species of Bauriamorpha Watson and Romer 1956 (=Scaloposauria Boonstra 1953), from the Lystrosaurus-zone of South Africa.
  31. ^ a b Wade, M. (1972). "Dickinsonia: Polychaete worms from the late Precambrian Ediacara fauna, South Australia". Mem. Queensl. Mus. 16 (2): 171–190.
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