1962 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 1962.

Paleozoology[edit]

Conodont paleozoology[edit]

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	Canada ( Northwest Territories) China Russia

Vertebrates[edit]

Dinosaurs[edit]

Newly named dinosaurs[edit]

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[4]

Name	Status	Authors		Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Heterodontosaurus^[5]	Valid taxon	Alfred W. Crompton	Alan Charig	Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)	Upper Elliot Formation	South Africa	A heterodontosaurid.	Heterodontosaurus

Birds[edit]

Newly named birds[edit]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Anas ogallalae ^[6]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Pliocene	Ogallala Formation	USA ( California)	An Anatidae, first described as Nettion ogallalae Brodkorb, 1962.
Corvus betfianus ^[7]	Sp. nov.	valid	Kretzoi	Early Pleistocene	Betfia 5	Romania	A Corvidae.
Diomedea californica ^[8]	Sp. nov.	valid	Miller	Muddle Miocene	Temblor Formation	USA ( California)	A Diomedeidae, perhaps better placed in Phoebastria Reichenbach, 1853.
Passer predomesticus ^[9]	Sp. nov.	valid	Tchernov	Muddle Pleistocene	Acheulian	Israel	A Passeridae.
Pelargosteon tothi ^[7]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	valid	Kretzoi	Early Pleistocene	Betfia 5	Romania	An Aves ''Incertae Sedis'', described in the Ciconiidae.
Perdix jurcsaki ^[7]	Sp. nov.	valid	Kretzoi	Early Pleistocene	Betfia 5	Romania	A Phasiandae.
Tetrao partium ^[7]	Sp. nov.	valid	Kretzoi	Early Pleistocene	Betfia 5	Romania	A Phasiandae, a synonym is Lyrurus partium Kretzoi, 1962.
Turdicus tenuis ^[7]	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	valid	Kretzoi	Early Pleistocene	Betfia 5	Romania	A Turdidae.

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.
^ 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.

[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] 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

[3] New conodonts from Joins (Ordovician) Formation of Oklahoma. RW Harris, Oklahoma Geology Notes, 1962

[ddinogeorge-4] Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[5] 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.

[Brodkorb1962-6] Brodkorb, Pierce (1962). "A Teal from the Lower Pliocene of Kansas". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 25 (2): 157–160.

[Kretzoi1962-7] Kretzoi, Miklós (1962). "Vogelreste aus der Altpleistozänen Fauna von Betfia". Aquila. 67–68: 167–174.

[Miller1962-8] Miller, Loye Holmes (1962). "A New Albatross from the Miocene of California". Condor. 64 (6): 471–472. doi:10.2307/1365470. JSTOR 1365470.

[Tchernov1962-9] Tchernov, Eitan (1962). "Paleolithic Avifauna in Palestine". Bull. Research Counc. Israel 11 Section B Zoology. 11 (3): 95–131.

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