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none 1963 paleontology science 1963 Arthropods Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPropelma Gibson G The extinct Baltic amber genus Propelma Trjapitzin, a valid genus of Neanastatinae (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae) ZooKeys 2013 283 59–69 10.3897/zookeys.283.4665 https://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/4665/abstract 3677364 23794842 2013ZooK..283...59G free Gen et sp. novvalidTrjapitzinEoceneBaltic amber EuropeA eupelmid wasp. Type species P. rohdendorfi 125px Vertebrates Archosauromorphs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images "Triassolestes"Gen et sp nov preoccupied ReigCarnianA Crocodylomorph, Preoccupied by Triassolestes Tillyard 1918. Renamed Trialestes. Dinosauria 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 HerrerasaurusReig, O.A. 1963. La presencia de dinosaurios saurisquios en los "Estrados de Ischigualasto" (Mesotriasico superior) de las provincias de San Juan y La Rioja (Republica Argentina). Ameghiniana 3: pp. 3-20. Valid taxon Osvaldo ReigLate Triassic (Carnian)Ischigualasto Formation ArgentinaA herrerasaurid. This was an early flesh-eating dinosaur. 125px "Ischisaurus" Junior synonym of Herrerasaurus Osvaldo ReigLate Triassic (Carnian)A herrerasaurid. "Tanystrosuchus"Kuhn, O. 1963. Ichnia Tetrapodorum. In: Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia, part 101 (Westphal, F., ed.). W. Junk, The Hague, Netherlands: 176 pages. Nomen dubium. KuhnLate Triassic (Norian)StubensandsteinEither a theropod or shuvosaurid. Birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAgriocharis anza Sp. nov.synonym HowardMiddle PleistocenePalm Spring Formation USA (California)A Phasianidae, a synonym of Meleagris anzaAnas itchtuckneeMcCoy J. J. 1963 The Fossil Avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida The Auk 80 3 335–351 10.2307/4082892 4082892 free Sp. nov.valid McCoy Late PleistoceneAn Anatidae.Aphanocrex podarcesWetmore Alexander 1963 An Extinct Rail from the Island of St. Helena The Ibis 103B 3 379–381 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1963.tb06760.x Gen. nov et Sp. nov.valid Wetmore HoloceneSt. Helena Saint HelenaA Rallidae.Brantadorna downsiHoward Hildegarde 1963 Fossil Birds from the Anza-Borrego Desert Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science 73 1–33 http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS73.pdf 2015-09-05 2015-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20150912012901/http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS73.pdf dead Gen. Nov. et Sp. nov.valid Howard Middle PleistocenePalm Spring Formation USA (California)An Anatidae.Bucephala fossilis Sp. nov.valid Howard Middle PleistocenePalm Spring Formation USA (California)An Anatidae.Calidris rayiBrodkorb Pierce 1963 Fossil Birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida Florida Geological Survey, Special Publication 2 4 1–17 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00093609/00001 Sp. nov.valid BrodkorbEarly PlioceneA Scolopacidae.Ceramornis majorBrodkorb Pierce 1963 Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming Proceedings of the XIIIth International Ornithologists Congress 13 55–70 Gen. et Sp. nov.valid Brodkorb Late MaastrichtianLance Formation USA (Wyoming)A Cimolopterygidae Brodkorb, 1963.Cimolopteryx maxima Sp. nov.valid Brodkorb Late MaastrichtianLance Formation USA (Wyoming)A Cimolopterygidae Brodkorb, 1963.Cimolopteryx rara Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.valid Brodkorb Late MaastrichtianLance Formation USA (Wyoming)A Cimolopterygidae Brodkorb, 1963.Dromiceius ocypusMiller Alden Holmes 1963 Fossil Ratite Birds from the Late Tertiary of South Australia Records of the South Australian Museum 14 413–420 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40860347#page/452/mode/1up Synonymvalid Holmes MillerEarly PlioceneMampuwordu Sands AustraliaA Dromaiidae, transferred to the genus Dromaius.Fulica hesterna Sp. nov.valid HowardMiddle PleistocenePalm Spring Formation USA (California)A Rallidae.Gallinula brodkorbiMcCoy John J. 1963 The Fossil Avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida The Auk 80 3 335–351 https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v080n03/p0335-p0351.pdf 10.2307/4082892 4082892 Sp. nov.valid McCoy Late PleistoceneA Rallidae.Lonchodytes Gen. et Sp. nov.valid Brodkorb Late MaastrichtianLance Formation USA (Wyoming)A Gaviiformes, type sp. L. estesiLonchodytes pterygius Sp. nov.valid Brodkorb Late MaastrichtianLance Formation USA (Wyoming)A Gaviiformes NanortyxWeigel Robert D. 1963 Oligocene Birds from Saskatchewan Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 26 3 257–262 https://archive.org/stream/quarterlyjo2526196263flor#page/256/mode/2up Gen et sp. nov.valid Weigel Early OligoceneCypress Hills Formation Canada (Saskatchewan)An Odontophoridae, type sp. N. inexpectatusNeococcyx Gen et sp. nov.valid WeigelEarly OligoceneCypress Hills Formation Canada (Saskatchewan)A Coccyzid, type sp. N. mccorquodaleiNeophrontops vallecitoensis Sp. nov.valid Howard Middle PleistocenePalm Spring Formation USA (California)An Accipitridae.Nycticorax fidens Sp. nov.valid BrodkorbEarly PlioceneAn Ardeidae.Oxyura bessomi Sp. nov.valid Howard Middle PleistocenePalm Spring Formation USA (California)An Anatidae.Palaeeudyptes marplesiBrodkorb P 1963 Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes) Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7 4 179–293 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00001514/00001/98j Sp. nov.valid BrodkorbLate EoceneBurnside Marl New ZealandA Spheniscidae.Palaeostruthus euriusBrodkorb Pierce 1963 Fossil Birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida Florida Geological Survey, Special Publication 2 1–17 Sp. nov.valid Brodkorb Late MioceneA Passerellidae.Paractitis Gen et sp. nov.valid WeigelEarly OligoceneCypress Hills Formation Canada (Saskatchewan)A Scolopacidae, type sp. P. bardiPhalacrocorax ibericumde Villalta Comella JF 1963 Las Aves Fósiles del Mioceno Espańol Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Geológica) 6 263–285 Sp. nov.valid? de Villalta ComellaLate Miocene SpainA PhalacrocoracidaePhoeniconotiusMiller Alden Holmes 1963 The Fossil Flamingos of Australia The Condor 65 4 289–299 https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v065n04/p0289-p0299.pdf 10.2307/1365355 1365355 Gen. et Sp. nov.valid Holmes MillerEarly MioceneEtadunna Formation AustraliaA Phoenicopteridae, type sp. P. eyrensisPhoenicopterus novaehollandiae Sp. nov.valid Holmes MillerEarly MioceneEtadunna Formation AustraliaA PhoenicopteridaePodiceps dixiBrodkorb P 1963 A New Pleistocene Grebe from Florida Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 26 1 53–55 http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/69/27/3e/69273ecd67b723d5233e23eccaffe829.pdf 2015-02-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20150222125013/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/69/27/3e/69273ecd67b723d5233e23eccaffe829.pdf 2015-02-22 dead Sp. nov.valid BrodkorbMiddle PleistoceneA PodicipedidaeProbalearica crataegensis Gen. et Sp. nov.synonym BrodkorbEarly MioceneHawthorne Formation USA (Florida)A Gruidae, syn of Balearica crataegensisPropelargus olseniBrodkorb Pierce 1963 Miocene Birds from the Hawthorne Formation in Florida Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 26 2 159–167 https://archive.org/details/quarterlyjo2526196263flor Sp. nov.synonym BrodkorbEarly MioceneHawthorne Formation USA (Florida)A Ciconiidae, syn of Grallavis olseni.Puffinus micraulax Sp. nov.valid BrodkorbEarly MioceneHawthorne Formation USA (Florida) A Sulidae.Sula universitatis Sp. nov.valid BrodkorbEarly MioceneHawthorne Formation USA (Florida)A Sulidae.TitanisBrodkorb P 1963 A Giant Flightless Bird from the Pleistocene of Florida Auk 80 2 111–115 10.2307/4082556 4082556 https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v080n02/p0111-p0115.pdf Gen et sp. nov.valid BrodkorbLate Blancan-Early Irvingtonian USA (Florida)A Phorusrhacidae. Type sp. T. walleri 125pxTorotix clemensiBrodkorb P 1963 Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming Proceedings of the XIIIth International Ornithologists Congress 13 55–70 Gen et sp. nov.valid BrodkorbLate CretaceousLance Formation USA (Wyoming)Possibly a Pelecaniform, currently Aves Incertae Sedis.Totanus teruelensisde Villalta Comella J. F. 1963 Las Aves Fósiles del Mioceno Espańol Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Geológica) 61 263–285 Sp. nov.synonym de Villalta ComellaLate Miocene SpainA Laridae, syn of Larus teruelensis Popular culture Literature Savage Pellucidar, the last of the seven novels about Pellucidar, an underground world inhabited by dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, by Edgar Rice Burroughs was published.Sarjeant, W. A. S., 2001, Dinosaurs in fiction: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 504-529. References Paleontology 3