1991 in paleontology

none 1991 paleontology science 1991 Plants Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCrucipteraManchester S.R. Fruits and Seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon 1994 Palaeontographica Americana 58 30–31Gen et comb novvalidBrownMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUSAOregonA walnut relative. Moved from Tetrapteris simsoni (1940)Brown R. W. 1940 New species and changes of name in some American fossil floras. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 30 8 344–356 24529454SolerederaErwin D. M. Stockey R. A. 1991 Soleredera rhizomorpha gen. et sp. nov., a permineralized monocotyledon from the Middle Eocene Princeton chert of British Columbia, Canada Botanical Gazette 152 2 231–247 10.1086/337885 85180086 Gen et sp novValidErwin & StockeyEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsPrinceton ChertCanadaBritish ColumbiaA lilialean genus of uncertain placement Arthropods Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnochetus brevidentatus MacKay W. P. 1991 Anochetus brevidentatus, new species, a second fossil Odontomachiti ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Journal of the New York Entomological Society 99 138–140Sp novValid MacKayBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA ponerin antStenolestes hispanicusNel André 1991 Description de quelques Sieblosiidae fossiles nouveaux (Odonata, Zygoptera, Lestoidea) Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (N.S.) 8 367–375Sp novValidNelVallesianBellver de CerdanyaSpainA sieblosiid damselflythumb|center|upright|Stenolestes hispanicus Mollusca Newly named bivalves Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesSimilodonta wahliHints L. Oraspõld A. Kaljo D. 2000 Stratotype of the Porkuni Stage with comments on the Röa Member (Uppermost Ordovician, Estonia) Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology 49 3 177–199 10.3176/geol.2000.3.02 240195751 https://books.google.com/books?id=gEHPcVavLuQC&dq=Stratotype+of+the+Porkuni+Stage+with+comments+on+the+R%C3%B6a+Member+(uppermost+Ordovician,+Estonia)&pg=PA177 free subscription Sp novValid IsakarLate OrdovicianArina Formation Estonia Archosauromorphs Sankar Chatterjee's discovery of a possible Triassic bird, Protoavis, if genuine, would push avian origins back almost 70 million years. The find ignites controversy over the connection between dinosaurs and birds. Newly named 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 Name Status Authors Age Unit Location NotesImages AlvarezsaurusBonaparte, J.F. 1991. Los vertebrados fosiles de la Formacion Rio Colorado de Neuquen y cercanias, Cretacico Superior, Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Revidadia" Paleontologia 4 (3): pp. 17-23. Valid taxon Jose BonaparteLate Cretaceous (Santonian)Bajo de la Carpa Formation ArgentinaAn alvarezsaurid. thumb|Alvarezsaurus AmargasaurusSalgado, L. and J.F. Bonaparte. 1991. Un Nuevo sauropodo Dicraeosauridae, Amargasaurus gen. et sp. nov., de la Formacion La Amarga, Neocomiano de la Provincia del Nuequen, Argentina. Ameghiniana 28: pp. 333-346. Valid taxonSalgado and Jose BonaparteEarly Cretaceous (Barremian)La Amarga Formation ArgentinaA dicraeosaurid. with Spines on its Neckcenter|thumb|200x200px|Amargasaurus AmurosaurusBolotsky, Yu. L. and S.K. Kurzanov. 1991. The hadrosaurs of the Amur region. In: Geology of the Pacific Border: pp.94-103. Valid taxon Bolotsky & KurzanovLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Udurchukan Formation Russia ChinaA lambeosaurine hadrosaurid. AndesaurusCalvo, J.O. and J.F. Bonaparte, J.F. 1991. Andesaurus delgadoi gen. et sp. nov. (Saurischia-Sauropoda), dinosaurio Titanosauridae de la Formación Río Limay (Albiano-Cenomaniano), Neuquén, Argentina. Ameghiniana 28: pp. 303-310. Valid taxon Calvo and BonaparteLate Cretaceous (Santonian)Bajo de la Carpa Formation ArgentinaAn alvarezsaurid. BecklespinaxOlshevsky, G. 1991. A Revision of the Parainfraclass Archosauria Cope, 1869, Excluding the Advanced Crocodylia. Mesozoic Meanderings 2 (1st printing): iv + 196 pages. Junior synonymGeorge Olshevsky.Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)Wadhurst Clay Formation UKA junior objective synonym of Altispinax; new genus for "Acrocanthosaurus" altispinax Paul (1988). EuronychodonTelles-Antunes, M. and D. Sigogneau-Russell, 1991. Nouvelles donnees sur les Dinosaures du Cretae superieur du Portugal. Compte rendu hebdomadaire des séances de l’Académie des Sciences Paris, tomo 313, seire 2: pp. 113-119. Valid taxonTelles-Antunes & Sigogneau-RussellLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Portugal UzbekistanA troodontid. JanenschiaWild, R. 1991. Janenschia n. g. robusta (E.Frass 1908) pro Tornieria robusta (E. Fraas 1908) (Reptilia, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paleontologie) 173: pp. 1-4. Valid taxon WildLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian)Tendaguru Formation TanzaniaA non-titanosauriform macronarian; new genus for "Gigantosaurus" robustus E. Fraas (1908). Protognathosaurus Valid taxon George OlshevskyMiddle Jurassic (Bajocian)Xiashaximiao Formation ChinaA sauropod of uncertain affinities. "Rioarribasaurus"Hunt, A.P. and S.G. Lucas. 1991. Rioarribasaurus, a new name for a Late Triassic dinosaur from New Mexico (USA). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 6 (3/4): pp. 191-198. Junior synonymHunt & S.G. LucasLate Triassic (late Norian-Rhaetian)A junior synonym of Coelophysis. "Seismosaurus"Gillette. D.D. 1991. Seismosaurus halli, gen. et sp. nov., a new sauropod dinosaur from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous) of New Mexico, USA. J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 11 (4): pp. 417-433. Junior synonymGillette TarascosaurusLe Loeuff, J. and E. Buffetaut. 1991. Tarascosaurus salluvicus, new genus new species, a theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of southern France. Geobios 24 (5): pp. 585-594. Valid taxonLe Loeuff and Buffetaut France Taveirosaurus Valid taxonTelles-Antunes & Sigogneau-Russell Late Cretaceous Portugal SpainAn ornithischian of unknown affinities. TochisaurusKurzanov, S.M. and H. Osmolska. 1991. Tochisaurus nemegtensis gen. et sp. n., a new troodontid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from Mongolia. Acta Palaeont. Polonica. 36 (1): pp. 69-76. Valid taxonKurzanov and OsmolskaCretaceous Mongolia "Ultrasauros" Junior synonymGeorge OlshevskyLate Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)Morrison FormationJunior synonym of Supersaurus; replacement name for Ultrasaurus Jensen 1985 (preoccupied). Valdoraptor Valid taxon George OlshevskyEarly Cretaceous (late Valanginian)Tunbridge Wells Formation UKAn ornithomimosaur; new genus for "Megalosaurus" oweni Lydekker (1889). Velocisaurus Valid taxonJose Bonaparte ArgentinaA Noasaur.thumb|Velocisaurus Newly named birds Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAidemedia chascax Helen F. James Storrs L. Olson 1991 Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds From the Hawaiian Islands: Part II. Passeriformes https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/om/om046.pdf Ornithological Monographs 46 46 1–88 10.2307/40166713 40166713 ValidSp. nov.Helen F. James Storrs L. OlsonHoloceneOahu USA (Hawaii)A Fringillidae, Carduelinae.Aidemedia lutetiae ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Helen F. James Storrs L. OlsonHoloceneMolokai USA (Hawaii)A Fringillidae, Carduelinae, this is the type species of the new genus.Aidemedia zanclops ValidSp. nov.Helen F. James Storrs L. OlsonHoloceneOahu USA (Hawaii)A Fringillidae, Carduelinae.Apteribis brevis Storrs L. Olson Helen F. James 1991 Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds From the Hawaiian Islands: Part I. Non-Passeriformes https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/om/om045.pdf Ornithological Monographs 45 45 1–88 10.2307/40166794 40166794 ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. Olson Helen F. JamesHoloceneMaui USA (Hawaii)A Threskiornithidae.Asiahesperornis bazhanovi Lev A. Nessov B. V. Prizemlin 1991 Krupnyye evolyutsionno prodvinutyye neletayushchiye morskiye ptitsy odryada gesperornisoobraznykh pozdnego senona Turgayskogo proliva: pervyye nakhodki gruppy v SSSR [Large, Evolutionarily Advanced, Flightless Marine Birds of the Order Hesperornithiformes from the Late Senonian of the Turgai Strait: The first Finds of this Group in the USSR.] [in Russian, with English summary] Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR 239 85–107 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Lev A. Nessov B. V. PrizemlinLate CretaceousLate Campanian-Early Maastrichtian, Eginsai Formation KazakhstanA Hesperornithiformes Fürbringer, 1888, Hesperornithidae Marsh, 1872.Branta hylobadistes ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Storrs L. Olson Helen F. JamesHoloceneMaui USA (Hawaii)An Anatidae.Chelychelynechen quassus ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Storrs L. Olson Helen F. JamesHoloceneKauai USA (Hawaii)An Anatidae, a moa-nalo, this is the type species of the genus.Chloridops regiskongi ValidSp. nov.Helen F. James Storrs L. OlsonHoloceneOahu USA (Hawaii)A Fringillidae, Carduelinae.Chloridops wahi ValidSp. nov.Helen F. James Storrs L. OlsonHoloceneOahu USA (Hawaii)A Fringillidae, Carduelinae.Circus dossenus ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. Olson Helen F. JamesHoloceneMolokai USA (Hawaii)An Accipitridae.Ciridops tenax ValidSp. nov.Helen F. James Storrs L. OlsonHoloceneKauai USA (Hawaii)A Fringillidae, Carduelinae.Corvus impluviatus ValidSp. nov.Helen F. James Storrs L. OlsonHoloceneOahu USA (Hawaii)A Corvidae.Corvus viriosus ValidSp. nov.Helen F. James Storrs L. OlsonHoloceneOahu USA (Hawaii)A Corvidae.Dendroscansor decurvirostris Philip R. Millener Trevor H. Worthy 1991 Contribution to New Zealand's Late Quaternary Avifauna. II: Dendroscansor decurvirostris, a New Genus and Species of Wren (Aves: Acantisittidae) Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 21 2 179–200 10.1080/03036758.1991.10431406 1991JRSNZ..21..179M ValidGen. nov et Sp. nov.Philip R. Millener Trevor H. WorthyLate PleistoceneOtira Glacial Age New ZealandAn Acanthisittidae.Grallistrix auceps ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. Olson Helen F. JamesHoloceneKauai USA (Hawaii)A Strigidae.Grallistrix erdmani ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. Olson Helen F. JamesHoloceneMaui USA (Hawaii)A Strigidae.Grallistrix geleches ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Storrs L. Olson Helen F. JamesHoloceneMolokai USA (Hawaii)A Strigidae, the type species of the new genus.Grallistrix orion ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. Olson Helen F. JamesHoloceneOahu USA (Hawaii)A Strigidae.Hemignathus upupirostris ValidSp. nov.Helen F. James Storrs L. OlsonHoloceneKauai USA (Hawaii)A Fringillidae, Carduelinae, transferred to the genus Akialoa Olson et James, 1995 by Olson et James, 1995.Storrs L. Olson Helen R. James 1995 Nomenclature of the Hawaiian Akialoas and Nukupuus (Aves: Drepanidini) https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/6530/VZ_266_Akialoa_nomenclature.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108 3 373–387 Horusornis vianeyliaudae Cécile Mourer-Chauviré 1991 Les Horusornithidae Nov. Fam., Accipitriformes (Aves) A Articulation Intertarsienne Hyperflexible de l'Éocène du Quercy Géobios, Mémoire Spécial 24 supplement 1 183–192 10.1016/s0016-6995(66)80023-2 1991Geobi..24Q.183M ValidGen. nov et Sp. nov.Cécile Mourer-ChauviréLate EocenePhosphorites du Quercy MP 17 FranceAn Accipitriformes, Horusornithidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1991, this is the type species of the new genus.Orthiospiza howarthi ValidGen. nov et Sp. nov.Helen F. James Storrs L. OlsonHoloceneMaui USA (Hawaii)A Fringillidae, Carduelinae, this is the type species of the new genus.Palaeocryptonyx hungaricus Dénes Jánossy 1991 Late Miocene Bird Remains from Polgárdi (W-Hungary) https://archive.org/details/aquila981991magy Aquila 98 13–35 ValidSp. nov.Dénes JánossyLate MioceneMN 13 HungaryA Phasianidae, transferred to the genus Plioperdix Kretzoi, 1955 as Plioperdix hungarica Comb. nov. by Nikita V. Zelenkov & Andrey V. Panteleyev.Nikita V. Zelenkov Andrey V. Panteleyev Three bird taxa (Aves: Anatidae, Phasianidae, Scolopacidae) from the Late Miocene of the Sea of Azov (Southwestern Russia) Paläontologische Zeitschrift 2015 89 3 515–527 10.1007/s12542-014-0238-0 2015PalZ...89..515Z 85276099 Pavo aesculapi phasianoides ValidSubsp. nov.Dénes JánossyLate Miocene HungaryA member of the family Phasianidae. Originally described as a subspecies of Pavo aesculapi; Zelenkov (2016) transferred it to the genus Syrmaticus and raised it to the rank of a separate species Syrmaticus phasianoides.Nikita V. Zelenkov 2016 Revision of non-passeriform birds from Polgárdi (Hungary, Late Miocene): 2. Galliformes https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=27145980 Paleontological Journal 50 6 623–634 10.1134/S0031030116060162 2016PalJ...50..623Z 90727042 subscription Phalacrocorax kuehneanus Thomas Schlüter 1991 Systematik, Palökologie und Biostratonomie von Phalacrocorax kuehneanus nov. spec., einem Fossilen Kormoran (Aves: Phalacrocoracidae) aus Mutmasslich Oberpliozänen Phosporiten N-Tansanias Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A: Geologie und Paläontologie 134 279–309 ValidSp. nov.Thomas SchlüterLate PlioceneMinjingu TanzaniaA Phalacrocoracidae.Phoeniconaias siamensis Jacques Cheneval Léonard Ginsburg Cécile Mourer-Chauviré Benjavun Ratanasthien 1991 The Miocene Avifauna of the Li Mae Long Locality, Thailand: Systematics and Palaeoecology Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences 6 2 117–126 10.1016/0743-9547(91)90103-5 1991JAESc...6..117C ValidSp. nov.Jacques Cheneval Léonard Ginsburg Cécile Mourer-Chauviré Benjavun RatanasthienLate Early MioceneLi Mae ThailandA Phoenicopteridae.Porzana estramosi veterior ValidSubsp. nov.Dénes JánossyLate Miocene HungaryA member of the family Rallidae. Originally described as a subspecies of Porzana estramosi; Zelenkov (2017) transferred it to the genus Zapornia and raised it to the rank of a separate species Zapornia veterior.Porzana keplerorum ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. Olson Helen F. JamesHoloceneMaui USA (Hawaii)A Rallidae.Porzana menehune ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. Olson Helen F. JamesHoloceneMolokai USA (Hawaii)A Rallidae.Porzana ralphorum ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. Olson Helen F. JamesHoloceneOahu USA (Hawaii)A Rallidae.Porzana severnsi ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. Olson Helen F. JamesHoloceneMaui USA (Hawaii)A Rallidae.Porzana ziegleri ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. Olson Helen F. JamesHoloceneOahu USA (Hawaii)A Rallidae.Protoavis texensis Sankar Chatterjee 1991 Cranial Anatomy and Relationships of A New Triassic Bird from Texas https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247604508 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 332 1265 277–342 10.1098/rstb.1991.0056 1991RSPTB.332..277C ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Sankar ChatterjeeLate TriasLate Carnian-Early Norian USA (Texas)A Protoaviformes Chatterjee, 1991, Protoaviformes Chatterjee, 1991, the type and only species of the genus, no longer considered a bird.Pseudodontornis tshulensis Aleksandr O. Averianov Andrei V. Panteleyev Olga R. Potapova Lev A. Nessov 1991 Lozhnozubyye ptitsy (Aves: Pelecaniformes: Odontopterygia) pozdnego paleotsena i eotsena zapadnoy okrainy drevney Azii. [Bony-toothed Birds (Aves: Pelecaniformes: Odontopterygia) of the Late Paleocene and Eocene of the Western Margin of Ancient Asia.] [in Russian, with English summ.] Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR 239 3–12 ValidSp. nov.Aleksandr O. Averianov Andrei V. Panteleyev Olga R. Potapova Lev A. NessovLate PaleoceneLandenian KazakhstanA Pseudodontornithidae Lambrecht, 1933.Pseudoseisuropsis nehuen Jorge I. Noriega 1991 Un Nuevo Género de Furnariidae (Aves: Passeriformes) del Pleistoceno Inferior-Medio de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/2059 Ameghiniana 28 317–323 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Jorge I. NoriegaEarly PleistoceneMiramar Formation ArgentinaA Furnariidae, Philydorinae, this is the type species of the new genus.Ptaiochen pau ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Storrs L. Olson Helen F. JamesHoloceneMaui USA (Hawaii)An Anatidae, a moa-nalo, this is the type species of the genus.Pterodroma jugabilis ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. Olson Helen F. JamesHoloceneOahu USA (Hawaii)A Procellariidae.Rallicrex polgardiensis ValidSp. nov.Dénes JánossyLate MioceneMN 13 HungaryA member of the family Rallidae. Originally described as a species of Rallicrex; Zelenkov (2017) transferred this species to the genus Rallus.N. V. Zelenkov 2017 Revision of non-passeriform birds from Polgárdi (Hungary, Upper Miocene): 3. Neoaves Paleontological Journal 51 2 203–213 10.1134/S0031030117020162 2017PalJ...51..203Z 90314539 Telespiza persecutrix ValidSp. nov.Helen F. James Storrs L. OlsonHoloceneOahu, Kauai USA (Hawaii)A Fringillidae, Carduelinae.Telespiza ypsilon ValidSp. nov.Helen F. James Storrs L. OlsonHoloceneMolokai, Maui USA (Hawaii)A Fringillidae, Carduelinae.Thambetochen xanion ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. Olson Helen F. JamesHoloceneOahu USA (Hawaii)An Anatidae, a moa-nalo.Tyto campiterrae ValidSp. nov.Dénes JánossyLate MioceneMN 13 HungaryA Tytonidae.Vangulifer mirandus ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Helen F. James Storrs L. OlsonHoloceneMaui USA (Hawaii)A Fringillidae, Carduelinae.Vangulifer neophasis ValidSp. nov.Helen F. James Storrs L. OlsonHoloceneMaui USA (Hawaii)A Fringillidae, Carduelinae.Xestospiza conica ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Helen F. James Storrs L. OlsonHoloceneKauai USA (Hawaii)A Fringillidae, Carduelinae.Xestospiza fastigialis ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Helen F. James Storrs L. OlsonHoloceneOahu, Molokai, Maui USA (Hawaii) A Fringillidae, Carduelinae, the type species of the new genus. Genera no longer considered to be birds Protoavis. The avian status of Protoavis has since been almost universally rejected by paleontologists. Pseudosuchians NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImagesAustralosuchus clarkaeWillis, P.M.A. Molnar, R.E. amp 1991 A new middle Tertiary crocodile from Lake Palankarinna, South Australia Records of the South Australian Museum 25 1 39–55 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40724793#page/42/mode/1up Gen. et sp. novValidWillis & MolnarLate Oligocene - Early MioceneEtadunna FormationAustraliaA mekosuchine crocodilian described from a multitude of skeletons.center|frameless Pterosaurs New taxa Name Status Authors LocationImages Bennettazhia Valid Nesov USA (Oregon) Synapsids Non-mammalian Name Status Authors Age Unit Location NotesImagesApsisaurusLaurin, M. 1991 The osteology of a Lower Permian eosuchian from Texas and a review of diapsid phylogeny Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 101 59–95 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1991.tb00886.xValid LaurinLower PermianArcher City Formation USA (Texas)Formerly assigned as an eosuchian diapsid, was restudied and classified as a varanopid synapsid.Reisz, R.R. Laurin, M. Marjanovic, D. 2010 Apsisaurus witteri from the Lower Permian of Texas: yet another small varanopid synapsis, not a diapsid Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 5 1628–1631 10.1080/02724634.2010.501441 2010JVPal..30.1628R 129835335 thumb|ApsisaurusCtenorhachisHook, R.W. Hotton, N. 1991 A New Sphenacodontid Pelycosaur (Synapsida) from the Wichita Group, Lower Permian of North-Central Texas Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11 1 37–44 10.1080/02724634.1991.10011374 1991JVPal..11...37H Valid Hook HottonUpper Permian USA (Texas)A sphenacodontid synapsid.thumb|150px|center|Ctenorhachis References Paleontology Category:1990s in paleontology Paleontology