1977 in paleontology

none 1977 paleontology science 1977 Plants Ferns Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesAnemia gunniWolfe J.A. 1977 Paleogene floras from the Gulf of Alaska region Professional Paper United States Geological Survey 997 1–108 10.3133/pp997 freeSp novValidWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth Formation USAAlaskaAn anemiaceous fernthumb|center|upright|Anemia gunniLygodium larsoniSp novjr synonymWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA Lygodium species fern. Synonymized with Lygodium kaulfussi.Collinson M. E. Cainozoic ferns and their distribution Brittonia 2001 53 2 173–235 10.1007/BF02812700 2666600 2001Britt..53..173C 19984401 Cyathea inequilateralisComb novvalid(Hollick) WolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaCyathea pinnata (1952)LaMotte R.S. 1952 Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950 Geological Society of America Memoirs Geological Society of America 51 10.1130/MEM51 Hemitelia pinnata (1941)A Cyathea species tree fern.Moved from Pteris inequilateralis (1936)Hollick A. Smith P. 1936 The Tertiary floras of Alaska, with a chapter on the geology of the Tertiary deposits Professional Paper United States Geological Survey 1–185 182 10.3133/pp182thumb|center|upright|Cyathea inequilateralis Dryopteris alaskanaComb novvalid(Hollick) WolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA Dryopteris species fern.Moved in part from Asplenium alaskanum (1936)Possibly actually belonging to Thelypteridaceae. thumb|center|upright|Dryopteris alaskana Conifers Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesPinus peregrinusSp novValidHickeyClarkforkianGolden Valley FormationBear Den MemberUSANorth Dakota Angiosperms NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationSynonymized taxaNotesImagesAlangium bergensisSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA dogwood relative.Alangium oregonensisSp novWolfeEoceneBridge Creek FloraUSAOregonA dogwood relative.Allophylus duktothensisSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA soap berry relative.Alnus martiniSp novValidWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaAn alder species. thumb|center|upright|Alnus martiniAnamirta milleriSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA moon seed relative. thumb|center|upright|Anamirta milleriCalkinsia dilleriComb nov(Knowlton) WolfeEoceneUSAOregonA moon seed relative. Moved from Calkinsia dilleri (1968)Calkinsia plafkeriSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA moon seed relative. thumb|center|upright|Calkinsia plafkeriCamelia oregonaComb nov(Chaney & Sanborn) WolfeEoceneMiddle EoceneFisher Formation"Goshen flora"USAOregonA theaceous relative. Moved from Ilex oregona (1933)Cinnamomophyllum bendireiComb nov(Knowlton) WolfeEoceneBridge Creek FloraUSAOregonA lauraceous relative. Moved from Sassafras bendirei (1940)Cinnamomophyllum eocernuaComb nov(Chaney & Sanborn) WolfeEoceneMiddle EoceneFisher Formation"Goshen flora"USAOregonA lauraceous relative. Moved from Octoea eocernua (1933)Cinnamomophyllum kushtakensisSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA lauraceous relative. Cinnamomophyllum latumComb nov(MacGinitie) WolfeLate EoceneIone FormationUSACaliforniaA lauraceous relative.Moved from Litsea lata (1952) First named Neolitsea lata (1941) thumb|center|upright|Cinnamomophyllum latumDicotylophyllum carbonensisSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA "dicot" of unknown affinity.Dicotylophyllum kummerensisComb novjr synonym(Wolfe) WolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731USAWashingtonA dicot of uncertain affinity. Moved from Artocarpoides kummerensis 1968.Wolfe J.A. 1968 Paleogene Biostratigraphy of nonmarine rocks in King County, Washington Professional Paper United States Geological Survey 571 1–29 10.3133/pp571 free Moved to Republica kummerensis (1987)Wolfe J.A. Wehr W.C. 1987 Middle Eocene dicotyledonous plants from Republic, northeastern Washington Bulletin United States Geological Survey 1597 1–25 10.3133/b1597 free Doona? chaneyiComb novvalid(Potbury) WolfeLatest Eocene-Earliest OligoceneLa Porte TuffUSACaliforniaA Shorea (syn "Doona") species. Moved from Rhamnidium chaneyi (1935)Potbury S.S. The La Porte flora of Plumas County, California Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 1935 63 5 29–82Dracontomelon sanbornaeSp novvalidWolfeMiddle EoceneFisher Formation"Comstock flora"USAOregonAn anacardiaceous species.Euodia alaskanaSp novValidWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA Euodia species. Euptelea orientalisComb novvalid(Sanborn) WolfeMiddle EoceneFisher Formation"Comstock flora"USAOregonA eupteleaceous species.Moved from Diospyros orientalis (1935)Fagopsis groenlandicaComb novJr synonym(Heer) WolfeEoceneGreenlandA fagaceous relative. Moved from Quercophyllum groenlandicus (1963) Fagus oregonaComb novJr synonym(Chaney & Sanborn) WolfeEoceneUSAOregonA fagaceous relative. Moved from Tetracera oregona (1933) Fortunearia weediComb novvalid(Sanborn) WolfeMiddle EoceneYellowstone FormationUSAWyomingA hamamelidaceous species.Moved from Quercus weedii (1899)Goweria alaskanaSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaAn icacinaceous species. Heteromeles cuprovallisComb nov(Axelrod) WolfeLate EoceneCopper Basin FloraUSAAn toyon species.Moved from Salix cuprovallis (1966)Ilex carbonensisSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA holly species. Kandelia wangiSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA mangrove species.Limacia stenophyllaSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA moon seed relative. thumb|center|upright|Limacia stenophyllaLitseaphyllumGen et Sp et comb novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA lauraceous morphogenus. The genus includes L. carbonensis, L. katallaensis L. schorni New combinations moved from Cryptocarya presamarensis (1935), Laurus similis (1900), Magnolia californica (1935), Nectandra presanguinea (1933), Persea praelingue (1935)Luvunga spatioeaComb novvalid(Hollick) WolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA citrus relative. Moved from Persea spatiosa (1936)Mastixia irregularisComb nov(Hollick) WolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA tuplo relative. Moved from Cornus irregularis (1936) Melanorrhoea alaskanaComb novJr synonym (Hollick) WolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaAn anacardioid relative. Moved from Semecarpus alaskana (1936) Recombined as Gluta alaskana.Meliosma duktothensisSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA sabiaceous species.Miquelia californicaSp novWolfeLate EoceneIone FormationUSACaliforniaAn icacinaceous species.Nelumbo aureavallisStratigraphy and Paleobotany of the Golden Valley Formation (Early Tertiary) of Western North Dakota Hickey Leo 1977 Geological Society of America Boulder, Colorado 0-8137-1150-9 110 & Plate 5 https://archive.org/details/stratigraphypale0000hick/page/110 Sp novValidHickeyYpresianGolden Valley Formation Camels Butte MemberUSANorth DakotaA water lillyPalaeophytocrene elytraeformisComb nov(Hollick) WolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaAn icacinaceous species. Moved from Carpolithes elytraeformis (1936) Parashorea cashmanensisComb nov(Wolfe) WolfeLate Eocene"Upper Ravenian"Puget Group"below Cashman bed" Loc 9731USAWashingtonA Parashorea dipterocarpaceous species. Moved from Rhamnites cashmanensis (1968). ParatinomisciumGen et comb novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA moon seed relative. The type species is Hampea conditionalis (1936) thumb|center|upright|Paratinomiscium conditionalisPeltandra primaevaSp novValidHickeyYpresianGolden Valley Formation Camels Butte Member loc. 14048USANorth DakotaAn arrow arum species.Phytocrene acutissimaSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaAn icacinaceous species.PlafkeriaNom et comb novWolfeLate EoceneRenton FormationUSAWashingtonA tiliaceous genus. A replacement genus name for "Willisia" Wolfe (1968) The type species is "W." rentonensis. Also includes P. obliquifolia (1925)Platanus comstockiComb novvalid(Sanborn) WolfeMiddle EoceneFisher Formation"Comstock flora"USAOregonA plane tree species.Moved from Mallotus comstocki (1935)Platanus macginitieiSp novWolfeMiddle EoceneFisher Formation"Goshen flora"USAOregonA plane tree species. New species for "Platanus aceroides" (Chaney & Sanborn 1933)Platycarya pseudobrauniComb novvalid(Hollick) WolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaFraxinus lateralis (1936) Planera aquaticiformis (1936)A Platycarya species.Moved from Ulmus pseudobraunii (1936) thumb|center|upright|Platycarya pseudobrauniPorosiaGen et comb nov HickeyYpresianGolden Valley Formation Bear Den Member loc. 14056aUSANorth DakotaA bur-reed.A new genus for Carpites verrucosa (1878)Prunus axelrodiComb et nom nov(Axelrod) WolfeLate EoceneCopper Basin FloraUSAA cherry/plum species.Moved from Euonymus nevadensis (1966) new specific name given as Prunus nevadensis preoccupied.Rubus eolaciniataTanai T. Wolfe J.A. 1977 Revisions of Ulmus and Zelkova in the middle and late Tertiary of western North America Professional Paper United States Geological Survey 1026 1–14 10.3133/pp1026 freeComb nov(MacGinitie) Tanai & WolfeEarly - early Middle MioceneWeaverville FormationUSACaliforniaA blackberry leaf morphospecies.First named as Ulmus eolaciniate (1937)Pterocarya orientalisComb nov(MacGinitie) WolfeLate OligoceneUSAOregonA wing nut species.Moved from Juglans orientalis (1937)Sageretia laurineaComb nov(Lesquereux) WolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaAn icacinaceous species. Moved from Phyllites laurinea (1941) Salix carbonensisSp novValidWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA willow species. Salix coatsiComb nov(Axelrod) WolfeLate EoceneCopper Basin FloraUSAA willow species.Moved from Lithocarpus coatsi (1966)Sorbus carbonensisSp novValidWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA mountain ash species. Sparganium parvumSp nov HickeyYpresianGolden Valley Formation Bear Den Member loc. 14056aUSANorth DakotaA bur-reedStemonurus alaskanusSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA stemonuraceous species.Tetracentron piperoidesComb novValid?(Lesquereux) WolfeLate EoceneIone FormationUSACalifornia true synonymy Ceanothus idahoensis (1935) Cercidiphyllum elongatum (1939) Populus smilacifolia (1920) Populus zaddachi (1878) Trochodendroides zaddacki (1935) Zizyphus californica (1919) Zizyphus microphyUus (Lesquereux) (1878)A Tetracentron species.Moved from Cercidiphyllum piperoides (1952)LaMotte R.S. 1952 Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950 Geological Society of America Memoirs Geological Society of America 51 10.1130/MEM51thumb|center|upright|Tetracentron piperoidesTilia carbonensisSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA tiliaceous species.Ulmus chaneyiSp novvalidTanai & WolfeEoceneRupelianJohn Day FormationBridge Creek FloraUSAOregonAn Elm leaf morphospecies.Ulmus knowltoniSp novvalidTanai & WolfeMiocene"Collawash Flora"USAOregonAn Elm leaf morphospecies.Zelkova browniSp novvalidTanai & WolfeMiocene"Collawash Flora"USAOregon true synonymy Zelkova oregoniananon (Knowlton) Brown nec Brown, 1937 Zelkova ungeri non Kovats nec Becker, 1969 Fagopsis longifolia non (Lesquereux) Hollick nec Berry, 1929 Quercus mccanninon Berry nec Axelrod, 1964 ?Ulmus fernquisti 1926 ?Zelkova nevadensis 1956An Elm leaf morphospecies.Zizyphus alaskanusSp novWolfeLate EoceneKulthieth FormationUSAAlaskaA buckthorn relative. Invertebrates Mollusks NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesFordilla sibiricaElicki O. Gürsu S. 2009 First record of Pojetaia runnegari Jell, 1980 and Fordilla Barrande, 1881 from the Middle East (Taurus Mountains, Turkey) and critical review of Cambrian bivalves Paläontologische Zeitschrift 83 2 267–291 10.1007/s12542-009-0021-9 2009PalZ...83..267E 49380913 http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/~elicki/ELICKI_GUERSU_2009_PalZ_CambrianBivalves.pdf 2012-01-06 2013-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202640/http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/~elicki/ELICKI_GUERSU_2009_PalZ_CambrianBivalves.pdf dead sp novjr synonymKrasilovaEarly CambrianTyuser Formation RussiaAn early bivalve species.Synonym of Fordilla troyensis. Conodonts NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesVjalovognathusKozur Heinz Vjalovognathus nom. nov. replaces Vjalovites Kozur, 1976 Journal of Paleontology July 1977 51 4 870 1303751 0022-3360Nom et comb novvalidKozur Fish NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesAmyzon aggregatumWilson M. V. 1977 Middle Eocene freshwater fishes from British Columbia Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum 113 1–66Sp novValidWilsonEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsHorsefly ShalesCanadaBritish ColumbiaAn Amyzon species catostomidEosalmoGen et sp novValidWilsonEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsDriftwood ShalesCanadaBritish ColumbiaA basal salmonid relative. The type species is E. driftwoodensisthumb|center|upright|Eosalmo driftwoodensisLibotoniusGen et sp novValidWilsonEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA libotoniid sand roller relative. The type species is L. blakeburnensisPriscacara aquiloniaSp novValidWilsonEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsHorsefly ShalesCanadaBritish ColumbiaA Priscacara species temperate bass. Archosauriformes Non-avian dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Olshevsky George Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html 2008-08-07 2011-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102453/http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html dead NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesFulengiaCarroll Robert L. Galton Peter M. 'Modern' lizard from the Upper Triassic of China Nature March 1977 266 5599 252–255 10.1038/266252a0 1977Natur.266..252C 4195742 Gen et sp novNomen dubiumCarroll & GaltonEarly JurassicLufeng FormationChinaPossible synonym of Lufengosaurus.Opisthocoelicaudiahttp://palaeontologia.pan.pl/Archive/1977-37_5-64_1-14.pdf Borsuk-Bialynicka Magdalena 1977 A new camarasaurid sauropod Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii, gen. n. sp. n. from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia Palaeontol. Polonica 37 5–64Gen et sp NovValidBorsuk-BialynickaLate CretaceousMaastrichtianNemegt FormationMongoliaA saltasaurid Titanosaur.thumb|center|upright|Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskiiOthnieliaGalton Peter M. The ornithopod dinosaur Dryosaurus and a Laurasia–Gondwanaland connection in the Upper Jurassic Nature July 1977 268 5617 230–232 10.1038/268230a0 1977Natur.268..230G 30721851 Gen et comb novjr synonymGaltonLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian - Tithonian)Morrison FormationUSA (Colorado)JR synonym of Nanosaurus agilis.thumb|center|upright|Nanosaurus agilisPiveteausaurusTaquet P. S. Welles 1977 Redescription du crane de Dinosaure theropode de Dives (Normandie) Annales de Paléontologie 63 2 191–206 frGen et comb novValidTaquet & WellesMiddle Jurassic (Callovian)Marnes de Dives FormationFranceA Megalosaur. Moved from Eustreptospondylus divesensis (1964)thumb|center|upright|Piveteausaurus divesensisSaichaniaMaryańska Teresa 1977 Ankylosauridae (Dinosauria) from Mongolia Paleontol. Polinica 37 85–151 http://www.palaeontologia.pan.pl/Archive/1977-37_85-151_19-36.pdfGen et sp novValidMaryańskaLate Cretaceous(Maastrichtian) Barun Goyot FormationMongolia An ankylosaurine ankylosauridthumb|center|upright|Saichania chulsanensis"Shanshanosaurus"Dong Z 1977 On the dinosaurian remains from Turpan, Xinjiang Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15 59–66Gen et sp novJr synonymZhimingLate Cretaceous(Campanian - MaastrichtianSubashi FormationChinaA theropod.The type species is S. huoyanshanensis.Junior synonym of Tarbosaurus bataar.thumb|center|upright|Tarbosaurus bataarTarchiaGen et sp novValidMaryańskaLate Cretaceous(Maastrichtian) Barun Goyot FormationMongolia An ankylosaurine ankylosauridthumb|center|upright|Tarchia kielanaeTuojiangosaurusDong Z. X. Li S. Zhou Y. Chang 1977 On the stegosaurian remain from Zigong (Tzekung), Szechuan Province Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15 307–312Gen et sp novValidDong et alLate jurassicOxfordian - KimmeridgianShangshaximiao FormationChinaA Chinese Stegosaur.thumb|center|upright|Tuojiangosaurus multispinusValdosaurusOlshevsky G. 1991 A Revision of the Parainfraclass Archosauria Cope, 1869, Excluding the Advanced Crocodylia Mesozoic Meanderings 2 1st.Gen et comb novValid GaltonEarly Cretaceous(Berriasian - Barremian)Wessex Formation UKIsle of WightA Dryosaur.moved from Dryosaurus canaliculatus (1975)thumb|center|upright|Valdosaurus canaliculatusWannanosaurusHou L. 1977 A new primitive pachycephalosauria from Anhui, China Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15 198–202Valid taxon Hou ChinaA Primitive Pachycephalosaurthumb|Wannanosaurus"Yezosaurus" not formally describedNomen nudum. Obata & MuramotoA Non-dinosaurian marine reptile.Type species "Y." mikasaensisthumb|center|upright|Taniwhasaurus Birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArgillipes Colin J. O. Harrison Cyril A. Walker 1977 Birds of the British Lower Eocene Tertiary Research Special Papers 3 1–52 Gen et sp nov.ValidHarrison & WalkerEarly EoceneUKDescribed as a phasianid. The type species is A. aurorum & includes A. paralectoris Considered Aves Incertae Sedis by Mlíkovský (2002)Jíří Mlíkovský 2002 Cenozoic Birds of the World Part 1: Europe http://www.nm.cz/download/JML-18-2002-CBE.pdf Praha Ninox Press 1–407 2014-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20110520101755/http://www.nm.cz/download/JML-18-2002-CBE.pdf 2011-05-20 dead Buthierax Miklós Kretzoi 1977 The Fauna of Small Vertebrates of the Middle Pleistocene at Petralona http://www.aee.gr/hellenic/1st%20month/10/100401/Kretzoi%20(1977)%20-%20The%20Fauna%20of%20Small%20Vertebrates%20of%20the%20Middle%20Pleistocene%20at%20Petralona.%20Anthropos,%204%20131-143.pdf Anthropos (Athina) 4 1–2 131–143 2014-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042953/http://www.aee.gr/hellenic/1st%20month/10/100401/Kretzoi%20(1977)%20-%20The%20Fauna%20of%20Small%20Vertebrates%20of%20the%20Middle%20Pleistocene%20at%20Petralona.%20Anthropos,%204%20131-143.pdf 2016-03-04 dead Gen et sp nov.ValidKretzoiMiddle PleistoceneGreeceAn Incertae Sedis Accipitridae The type species is B. poulianiCepphus storeri Colin J. O. Harrison 1977 A New Guillemot, Cepphus Species, from the Lower Pleistocene Suffolk Natural History 17 238–239 Sp. nov.ValidHarrisonLate PlioceneUKAn Alcidae guillemot.Ciconia sarmatica Dan Grigorescu Jenö Kessler 1977 The Middle Sarmatian Avian Fauna of South Dobrogea Revue Roumaine de Géologie, Géophysique et Géographie, Série Géologie 21 93–108 Sp. nov.ValidGrigorescu & KesslerEarly MioceneSarmatianRomaniaA Ciconiidae.Cinclodes major Eduardo P. Tonni 1977 Un Furnárido (Aves: Passeriformes) del Pleistoceno Medio de la Provincia de Buenos Aires Publicaciones del Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales de Mar del Plata Lorenzo Scaglia 2 6 141–147 Sp. nov.ValidTonniMiddle PleistoceneArgentinaA Furnariidae.Coturnipes Gen et sp nov.ValidHarrison & WalkerEarly EoceneUKDescribed as a phasianid The type species is C. cooperi Considered "Aves Incertae Sedis" by Olson, 1999Gallus beremendensis Dénes Jánossy 1977 Plio-Pleistocene Bird Remains from the Carpathian Basin. II. Galliformes. 2. Phasianidae http://epa.oszk.hu/01600/01603/00065/pdf/Aquila_EPA-01603_1976_029-042.pdf Aquila 83 29–42 Sp. nov.ValidJánossyLate PlioceneHungaryA Phasianidae.Limnofregata Storrs L. Olson 1977 A Lower Eocene Frigatebird from the Green River Formation of Wyoming http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Paleobiology/pdf_hi/SCtP-0035.pdf Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 35 1–33 10.5479/si.00810266.35.1Subfam, gen et sp nov.ValidOlsonEarly EoceneGreen River FormationFossil Butte MemberUSA(Wyoming)A Limnofregatinae frigatebird. The type species L. azygosternonthumb|center|upright|Limnofregata azygosternonMalacorhynchus scarletti Storrs L. Olson 1977 Notes on Subfossil Anatidae from New Zealand, Including A New Species of Pink-Eared Duck Malacorhynchus http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MU9770132.htm Emu 77 3 132–135 10.1071/mu9770132 1977EmuAO..77..132O subscription Sp. nov.ValidOlsonHoloceneNew ZealandAn Anatidae.Marinavis Fam, gen et sp nov.ValidHarrison & WalkerEarly EoceneUKDescribed as a marinavid procelariiformeThe type species is M. longirostrisMicroena Gen et sp nov.ValidHarrison & WalkerEarly EoceneUKDescribed in the Columbidae The type species is M. goodwini. Considered as "Aves Inceretae Sedis" by Mlíkovský 2002,Possibly a "Coraciiformes" or "Caprimulgiformes"/Apodiformes, per Mayr, 2009.Neptuniavis Gen et sp. nov.ValidHarrison & WalkerEarly EoceneUKA possible ProcellariidaeThe type species is N. miranda and includes N. minor Possibly a synonym of Dasornis.Oxyura zapatanima Rafael Alvarez 1977 A Pleistocene Avifauna from Jalisco, Mexico http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/48486/ID336.pdf?sequence=2 Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology University of Michigan 24 19 205–220 Sp. nov.ValidAlvarezLate Pliocene-Early PleistoceneJocotopec sand and gravel QuarryMexicoAn Anatidae.Parvicuculus Gen et sp nov.ValidHarrison & WalkerEarly EoceneUKA Parvicuculidae THe type species is P. minorParvigyps Gen et sp nov.ValidHarrison & WalkerEarly EoceneUKDescribed as a Accipitridae The type species is P. praecoxConsidered "Aves Incertae Sedis" by Mlíkovský (2002)Percolinus Gen et sp nov.jr synonymHarrison & WalkerEarly EoceneUKDescribed as a Phasianidae The type species is P. venablesi a jr synonym of Gypsornis (2002),Phalacrocorax chapalensis Sp. nov.ValidAlvarezLate Pliocene-Early PleistoceneJocotopec sand and gravel quarryMexicoA Phalacrocoracidae.Pinguinus alfrednewtoni Storrs L. Olson 1977 A Great Auk, Pinguinis [sic], from the Pliocene of Nebraska (Aves: Alcidae) https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/1729/Fossil_Great_Auk.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90 3 690–697 Sp. nov.ValidOlsonEarly PlioceneChesapeake GroupUSA(Maryland)An Alcidae.thumb|center|upright|Pinguinus alfrednewtoniPrecursor Sp. nov.ValidHarrison & WalkerEarly EoceneUKA glareolid The type species is P. parvus Other species are P. litorum and P. magnus.Primodroma Gen et sp nov.ValidHarrison & WalkerEarly EoceneUKA Hydrobatidae The type species is P. bournei.Primoscens Fam, gen et sp nov.ValidHarrison & WalkerEarly EoceneUKA "Primoscenidae" passeriform,The type species is P. minutus Moved to Zygodactylidae (2008),Gerald Mayr 2008 Phylogenetic Affinities of the Enigmatic Avian Taxon Zygodactylus Based on New Material from the Early Oligocene of France Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6 3 333–344 10.1017/s1477201907002398 2008JSPal...6..333M 84422594 Procuculus Gen et sp nov.ValidHarrison & WalkerEarly EoceneUKA ParvicuculidaeColin J. O. Harrison 1982 Cuculiform, Piciform, and Passeriform Birds in the Lower Eocene of England Tertiary Research 4 71–81 The type species is P. minutus Olson (1985) & Mayr, (2009) suggest possible synonymy with Primapus lacki.Quipollornis Patricia Vickers Rich Allan R. McEvey 1977 A New Owlet-Nightjar from the Early to Mid-Miocene of Eastern New South Wales http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/2b/0f/f4/2b0ff496e5aa84ee4ab375d0083fe630.pdf Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 38 247–253 10.24199/j.mmv.1977.38.04 2014-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20140912140111/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/2b/0f/f4/2b0ff496e5aa84ee4ab375d0083fe630.pdf 2014-09-12 dead Gen et sp nov.ValidVickers Rich & McEveyEarly to Middle MioceneChalk Mountain DiatomiteAustraliaAn Aegothelidae The type species is Q. koniberi.Rallus richmondi Storrs L. Olson 1977 A Synopsis of the Fossil Rallidae Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae Ripley S. D. Codline Boston 509–525 https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/12826/VZ_77_Synopsis_fossil_Rallidae.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Nom. nov.ValidOlsonLate MioceneItalyA rail a new name for Rallus dubius Portis (1887), junior homonym of Rallus dubius Piller & Mitterpacher (1783).Sarmatosula Gen et sp nov.ValidGrigorescu & KesslerMiddle MioceneSarmatianRomaniaA Sulidae The type species is S. dobrogensisShandongornis Yeh Xiangkui 1977 First Discovery of Miocene Birds in China http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200905/W020090813376562448462.pdf Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15 4 244–248 zh Gen et sp nov.ValidYehMiddle MioceneShanwang SeriesChinaA Phasianidae The type species is S. shanwanensis.thumb|center|upright|ShandongornisXenicibis Storrs L. Olson David W. Steadman 1977 A New Genus of Flightless Ibis (Threskiornithidae) and Other fossil Birds from Cave Deposits in Jamaica https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/12829/VZ_80_Xenicibis.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90 2 447–457 Gen et sp nov.ValidOlson & SteadmanQuaternaryCave depositsJamaicaA Threskiornithidae The type species is X. xympithecus. Pterosaurs NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages AraripedactylusGen et sp nov ValidWellnhoferlate Aptian/early AlbianSantana FormationBrazilA pterodactyloid of uncertain affinities.The type species is A. dehmi Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries David Trexler found hadrosaur remains west of Choteau, Montana in strata of the Two Medicine Formation.Trexler D. David Trexler 2001 Two Medicine Formation, Montana: geology and fauna Mesozoic Vertebrate Life Tanke D. H. Carpenter K. Indiana University Press 298–309 Popular culture Literature The Year of the Dinosaur Edwin H. Colbert and illustrated by his wife, Margaret was published. This story describes a year in the life of a "brontosaur" and was an attempt to educate the reader about prehistory through a fictional portrayal of it. References Sarjeant W. A. S. 2001 Dinosaurs in fiction Mesozoic Vertebrate Life Tanke D. H. Carpenter K. Indiana University Press 504–529 Paleontology 7