Английская Википедия:1978 in paleontology

Шаблон:Year nav topic5 Шаблон:Commons category Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") 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 faeces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because mankind has 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 in the year 1978.

Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries

A paleoanthropological team led by Mary Leakey found 3.5 million year old human footprints.
Baby hadrosaurs were discovered in the Two Medicine Formation.^[2]

Invertebrates

Maurits Lindström, described the earliest known octocoral in Sweden shifting the first known appearance from the Cretaceous to the Ordovician.^[3]

Fish

Newly named Ray-finned fish

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
Eohiodon woodruffi^[4]	Sp nov	jr synonym	Wilson	Ypresian	Klondike Mountain Formation	Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag	A mooneye, Moved to Hiodon woodruffi in 2008^[5]	Файл:Hiodon woodruffi 2007-05-26 img2.jpg Hiodon woodruffi

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[6]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
"Amtosaurus"^[7]	Gen nov	Nomen dubium.	Kurzanov		Tumanova
"Coloradia"^[8]	Gen et sp nov	jr homonym	Bonaparte				Preoccupied by Blake 1863. Renamed Coloradisaurus.
Lesothosaurus^[9]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Galton	Early Jurassic		Шаблон:Flag	Possible junior synonym of Fabrosaurus.	Файл:Lesothosaurus diagnosticus.png Lesothosaurus
Micropachycephalosaurus^[10]	Gen nov	Valid	Dong			Шаблон:Flag	A pachycephalosaur.	Файл:Micropachycephalosaurus.jpg Micropachycephalosaurus
Ohmdenosaurus^[11]		Valid	Wild			Шаблон:Flag
"Roccosaurus"^[12]		Nomen nudum.	van Heerden vide: Anderson & Cruickshank				Junior synonym of Melanorosaurus.
Saurornitholestes^[13]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Sues	Campanian	Judith River Formation	Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag	A North Polar Dromaeosaur.	Файл:Saurornitholestes digging Burrows wahweap.jpg Saurornitholestes
Yangchuanosaurus^[14]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Zhiming, Chang, Li, & Zhou			Шаблон:Flag	A carnosaur	Файл:Yanchuanosaurus1.jpg Yangchuanosaurus

General research

Peter M. Galton published a paper on Fabrosauridae, including redescribing Fabrosaurus, Echinodon and Nanosaurus along with naming Lesothosaurus.^[9]

Birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Aldabranas cabri ^[15]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Valid	Colin J. O. Harrison Cyril A. Walker	Late Pleistocene	Aldabra Atoll	Шаблон:Flag	An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Anser eldaricus ^[16]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Nikolaj I. Burchak-Abramovich D. V. Gadzyev	Pliocene	Late Sarmantian	Шаблон:Flag (Now Шаблон:Flag)	An Anatidae.
Apus baranensis ^[17]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Dénes Jánossy	Late Pliocene	MN 16a; MN 17	Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag	An Apodidae.
Chaetura baconica ^[17]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Dénes Jánossy	Late Miocene	MN 11-12	Шаблон:Flag	An Apodidae.
"Gallus" europaeus ^[18]	Sp. nov.	Valid ?	Colin J. O. Harrison	Middle Pleistocene	MQ 2A	Шаблон:Flag	A Phasianidae.The taxonomic status of this species should be reevaluated. There is no evidence, that it belongs to the genus Gallus Brisson.
Gavia brodkorbi ^[19]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Hildegarde Howard	Late Miocene	Monterey Formation	Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag)	A Gaviidae.
Mergus miscellus ^[20]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Rafael Alvarez Storrs L. Olson	Late Miocene	Calvert Formation	Шаблон:Flag(Шаблон:Flag and Шаблон:Flag)	An Anatidae.
"Milvus" brachypterus ^[17]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Dénes Jánossy	Early Pleistocene	MQ 1b	Шаблон:Flag	An Apodidae Incertae Sedis.
Morus magnus ^[19]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Hildegarde Howard	Late Miocene	Monterey Formation	Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag)	A Sulidae.
Phalacrocorax anatolicus ^[21]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Cécile Mourer-Chauviré	Middle Miocene	Helvetian	Шаблон:Flag	A Phalacrocoracidae, transferred to the genus Nectornis Cheneval, 1984 by Mlíkovský, 1998.^[22]
Pterodroma kurodai ^[15]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Colin J. O. Harrison Cyril A. Walker	Pleistocene	Aldabra Atoll	Шаблон:Flag	A Procellariidae.
Puffinus barnesi ^[19]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Hildegarde Howard	Late Miocene	Monterey Formation	Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag)	A Procellariidae.
Recurvirostra sanctaneboulae ^[23]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Cécile Mourer-Chauviré	Late Eocene	MP 18	Шаблон:Flag	A Recurvirostridae, most unlikely it is a Recurvirostra or even a Recurvirostridae.
Surnia robusta ^[17]	Sp. nov.	Valid	Dénes Jánossy	Late Pliocene; Early Pleistocene	MN 16, MN 18; MQ 1b	Шаблон:Flag	A Strigidae.

Pterosaurs

Name	Status	Authors		Location	Notes
Geosternbergia	Valid	Miller		Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag)	Файл:ROM - Pteranodon.jpg Geosternbergia
Peteinosaurus	Valid	Wild		Шаблон:Flag

Popular culture

Dinosaur Planet by Anne McAffrey was published. This novel was about a planet called Ireta that was populated by dinosaurs transplanted there by aliens attempting to preserve Earth's Mesozoic biosphere. Paleontologist William A. S. Sarjeant has praised the intelligent pterosaurs descended from Quetzalcoatlus in the novel as plausible.^[24]

References

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↑ Kurzanov, S.M. and T.A. Tumanova. 1978. On the structure of the endocranium in some anylosaurs from Mongolia [in Russian]. Paleontol. Zh. 1978: pp. 90-96.
↑ Bonaparte, J.F. 1978. Coloradia brevis n. gen. et. n. sp. (Saurischia, Prosauropoda), dinosaurio Plateosauridae de la Formacion Los Colorados Triasico superior de La Rioja, Argentina. Ameghiniana 15: pp. 327-332.
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↑ Wild, R. 1978. Ein Sauropoden-Rest (Reptilia, Saurischia) aus dem Posidonienschiefer (Lias, Toarcium) von Holzmaden. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paleontologie) 41: pp. 1-15.
↑ van Heerden vide Anderson, J. M., and A.R.I. Cruickshank. 1978. The biostratigraphy of the Permian and the Triassic. Part 5. A review of the classification and distribution of Permo-Triassic tetrapods. Palaeontographica Africana 21: pp. 15-44.
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↑ Dong, Z., Y. Chang, X. Li, and S. Zhou. 1978. Note on a new carnosaur (Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis gen. et sp. nov.) from the Jurassic of Yangchuan District, Szechuan Province. Kexue Tongbao 23: pp. 298-302.
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