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none 1972 paleontology science 1972 Bryophytes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Location Notes ImagesMuscites eocenicusKuc M. 1972 Muscites eocenicus sp. nov.—a fossil moss from the Allenby Formation (middle Eocene), British Columbia Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 9 5 600–602 10.1139/e72-049 1972CaJES...9..600K Sp novjr synonymKucYpresianAllenby FormationCanadaBritish ColumbiaA bartramiaceous moss moved to Plagiopodopsis eocenicus in 1980Miller N. G. 1980 Fossil mosses of North America and their significance The Mosses of North America 9–36 Mollusca Bivalves Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesConcavodontaSánchez T.M. 1999 New Late Ordovician (Early Caradoc) Bivalves from the Sierra de Villicum (Argentine Precordillera) Journal of Paleontology 73 1 66–76 10.1017/S0022336000027554 1306745 1999JPal...73...66S 133414164 Gen. et sp. nov.Valid Babin & MelouOrdovicianEuropeNew genus for Nucula ponderata. Archosauromorphs Newly named archosauromorphs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAzendohsaurusDutuit, J.M. 1972. Decouverte d'un dinosaure ornthischien dans le Trias supericur de l'Atlas occidental marocain. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris D275: pp. 2841-2844.Gen. et sp. nov.ValidDutuitLate TriassicArgana FormationMoroccoA herbivorous archosauromorph. Newly named pseudosuchians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Gracilisuchus Romer A.S. 1972 The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. An early ornithosuchid pseudosuchian, Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum, gen. et sp. nov Breviora 389 1–24 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/8674#/summary Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Romer Late Triassic (Carnian) Chañares Formation Argentina thumb|center|150px|Gracilisuchus Newly named dinosauriforms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images LewisuchusRomer, A.S. 1972. The Chanares (Argentina) Triassic Reptile Fauna. XIV. Lewisuchus admixtus, gen. et sp. nov., a further Thecodont from the Chanares Beds. Breviora 390: pp. 1-13. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Romer Late Triassic (Carnian) Chañares Formation Argentina A silesaurid. 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 Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images ArchaeornithomimusRussell, D.A. 1972. Ostrich dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Western Canada. Can. J. Earth Sci. 9: pp. 375-402. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Russell Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Iren Dabasu Formation China An ornithomimid. thumb|center|150px|Archaeornithomimus asiaticus Dromiceiomimus Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Russell Maastrichtian Horseshoe Canyon Formation Canada An ornithomimid, possibly a synonym of Ornithomimus. thumb|center|150px|Dromiceiomimus GallimimusOsmolska, H., E. Roniewicz, and R. Barsbold. 1972. A new dinosaur Gallimimus bullatus, n. gen. n. sp. (Ornithomimidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Palaeontol. Polonica 27: pp. 103-143. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Osmólska, Roniewicz Barsbold Late Cretaceous (Maastichtian) Nemegt Formation Mongolia An ornithomimid. thumb|center|150px|Gallimimus "Thotobolosaurus"Ellenberger, P. 1972. Contribution a la classification des pistes de vertebres du Trias: les types du Stormberg d’Afrique du Sud (I). Palaeovertebrata Memories Extraord(1972): pp. 1-152. Nomen nudum Ellenberger Late Triassic (Norian) Lesotho Formally named Kholumolumo in 2020. VulcanodonRaath, M.A. 1972. Fossil vertebrate studies in Rhodesia: a new dinosaur (Reptilia: Saurischia) from near the Trias-Jurassic Boundary. Arnoldia Rhodesia. 5 (30): 1-37. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Raath Early Jurassic (Sinemurian-Pliensbachian) Batoka Formation Zimbabwe A sauropod. Newly named birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnserobranta tarabukini Evgeny N. Kurochkin & I. M. Ganya 1972 [Birds of the Middle Sarmatian of Moldavia.] Pozvonochnye Neogena I Plestocena Moldavii. Kishinev: Shtiintsa 45–70 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.Valid Evgeny N. Kurochkin I. M. GanyaLate MioceneMN 9USSR: MoldovaAn Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Aptenodytes ridgeni George G. Simpson 1972 Pliocene Penguins from North Canterburry, New Zealand Records of the Canterbury Museum 9 159–182 Sp. nov.Valid George G. SimpsonLate PlioceneWaititaranNew ZealandA Spheniscidae.Apus submelba Dénes Jánossy 1972 Die Mittelpleistozäne Vogelfauna der Stránská Skála Anthropos, Studia Musei Moraviae, Brno New Series 20 35–64 Sp. nov.Valid Dénes JánossyMiddle PleistoceneMQ 2AHungaryAn Apodidae.Ardeagrandis arborea Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.Valid Evgeny N. Kurochkin I. M. GanyaLate MioceneMN 9USSR: MoldovaAn Ardeidae.Eostrix martinellii Larry D. Martin & Craig C. Black 1972 A New Owl from the Eocene of Wyoming http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Martin%20&%20Black%201972.pdf Auk 89 4 887–888 10.2307/4084122 4084122 Sp. nov.Valid Larry D. Martin Craig Call BlackEarly EoceneWind River FormationUSA: WyomingA Strigiformes, Protostrigidae Wetmore, 1933.Mergus connectens Sp. nov.Valid Dénes JánossyEarly PleistoceneMQ 1bCzech Republic; RomaniaAn Anatidae.Miocitta galbreathi Pierce Brodkorb 1972 Neogene Fossil Jays from the Great Plains https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v074n03/p0347-p0349.pdf Condor 74 3 347–349 10.2307/1366596 1366596 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.Valid Pierce BrodkorbLate MioceneKenmesaw Local FaunaUSA: ColoradoA Corvidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Otis kalmani Sp. nov.Valid Dénes JánossyEarly PleistoceneMQ 1aRomaniaAn Otididae.Paraptenodytes brodkorbi George G. Simpson 1972 Conspectus of Patagonian Fossil Penguins http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/2696//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N2488.pdf?sequence=1 American Museum Novitates 2488 1–37 Sp. nov.Synonym of Paraptenodytes robustus (Ameghino, 1895). George G. SimpsonEarly MiocenePatagonian FormationArgentinaA Spheniscidae, placed in synonymy with Paraptenodytes robustus (Ameghino, 1895) by Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche, 2005,Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche 2005 Systematic revision of Arthrodytes Ameghino, 1905 (Aves, Spheniscidae) and its assignment to the Paraptenodytinae https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263009413 Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 2005 7 404–414 10.1127/njgpm/2005/2005/404 but Sara Bertelli, Norberto P. Giannini & Daniel T. Ksepka, 2006 disagree with her and say it needs another genus.Sara Bertelli, Norberto P. Giannini & Daniel T. Ksepka 2006 Redescription and Phylogenetic Position of the Early Miocene Penguin Paraptenodytes antarcticus from Patagonia http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/5802//v1/dspace/amnh/java/pdfFiles/N3525.pdf?sequence=1 American Museum Novitates 3525 1–36 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3525[1:rappot]2.0.co;2 83891292 Phalacrocorax lautus Sp. nov.Valid Evgeny N. Kurochkin I. M. GanyaLate MioceneUSSR: MoldovaA Phalacrocoracidae.Probalearica moldavica Sp. nov.Valid Evgeny N. Kurochkin I. M. GanyaLate MioceneMN 9USSR: MoldovaA Gruidae, transferred to the genus Grus by Jíří 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 2002 1–407 2014-10-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20110520101755/http://www.nm.cz/download/JML-18-2002-CBE.pdf 2011-05-20 dead Protocitta ajax Sp. nov.Valid Pierce BrodkorbLate PlioceneBlancanUSA: Texas; KansasA Corvidae, sometimes placed in the genus Calocitta G. R. Gray, 1841.Pygoscelis tyreei Sp. nov.Valid George G. SimpsonLate PlioceneWaititaranNew ZealandA Spheniscidae.Rustaviornis georgicus Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich & G. K. Meladze 1972 Rustaviornis georgicus gen. et sp. n., a New Fossil Bird from the Hipparion Fauna of Georgia Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 17 373–388 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.Valid Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich G. K. MeladzeLate Miocene SarmantianHipparion FaunaUSSR: GeorgiaA Phasianidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Strix collongensis Peter Ballmann 1972 Les Oiseaux Miocènes de Vieux-Collonges http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Strix%20collongensis%20(Ballmann)%201972.pdf Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon 50 93–101 Sp. nov.Valid Peter BallmannMiddle MioceneMn 5FranceA Strigidae, transferred to and made the type species of the new genus Alasio by Jirí Mlíkovský, 1998.Jirí Mlíkovský 1998 Two New Owls (Aves: Strigidae) from the Early Miocene of the Czech Republic, with Comments on the Fossil History of the Subfamily Striginae http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Mlikovsky%201998%20-%20Two%20new%20owls%20-%20notes%20on%20Striginae.pdf Buteo 10 5–21 2016-03-03 2014-10-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220255/http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Mlikovsky%201998%20-%20Two%20new%20owls%20-%20notes%20on%20Striginae.pdf dead Surnia capeki Dénes Jánossy 1972 Die Mittelpleistozäne Vogelfauna der Stránská Skála http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Surnia%20capeki%20(Janossy)%201972.pdf Anthropos, Studia Musei Moraviae, Brno New Series 20 35–64 2014-10-15 2020-07-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20200727220023/http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Surnia%20capeki%20(Janossy)%201972.pdf dead Sp. nov.Valid Dénes JánossyEarly PleistoceneMQ 1bCzech RepublicA Strigidae.Tertiariaporphyrula lungi Sp. nov.ValidEvgeny N. Kurochkin I. M. GanyaLate MioceneMN 9-11USSR: MoldovaA Rallidae, transferred to the genus Palaeoaramides Lambrecht, 1933 by Storrs L. Olson, 1977.Storrs L. Olson 1977 A Synopsis of the Fossil Rallidae https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/12826/VZ_77_Synopsis_fossil_Rallidae.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y In: Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae by S.D. Ripley 509–525 Subsequently, made the type species of a separate genus Mioporphyrula by Zelenkov (2015).Nikita V. Zelenkov and Evgeny N. Kurochkin 2015 КЛАСС AVES E.N. Kurochkin A.V. Lopatin N.V. Zelenkov Ископаемые позвоночные России и сопредельных стран. Ископаемые рептилии и птицы. Часть 3 / Fossil vertebrates of Russia and adjacent countries. Fossil Reptiles and Birds. Part 3 GEOS 86–290 978-5-89118-699-6 Tyto noeli Oscar Arredondo 1972 Nueva Especie de Ave Fósil (Strigiformes: Tytonidae) del Pleistoceno Superior de Cuba http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Tyto%20noeli%20(Arredondo)%201972.pdf Boletin de la Sociedad Venezolana Ciencias Naturales 29 415–431 Sp. nov.Valid Oscar ArredondoLate PleistoceneCave depositsCubaA Tytonidae.Tyto riveroi Oscar Arredondo 1972 Especie Nueva de Lechuza Gigante (Strigiformes: Tytonidae) del Pleistoceno Cubano http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Tyto%20riveroi%20(Arredondo)%201972..pdf Boletin de la Sociedad Venezolana Ciencias Naturales 30 129–140 2020-07-27 2014-10-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20200727201425/http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Tyto%20riveroi%20(Arredondo)%201972..pdf dead Sp. nov.Valid Oscar ArredondoPleistoceneCave depositsCubaA Tytonidae. Synapsids Newly named therapsids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images RegisaurusC. H. Mendrez. 1972. On the skull of Regisaurus jacobi, a new genus and species of Bauriamorpha Watson and Romer 1956 (=Scaloposauria Boonstra 1953), from the Lystrosaurus-zone of South Africa. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Mendrez Early Triassic South Africa A regisaurid therocephalian. thumb|center|150px|Regisaurus jacobi. Mammalian Name Novelty Authors Age Type Locality Country NotesStenailurus teilhardiGen. et. sp. nov.Crusafont-Pairo & AguirreLate Miocene (Turolian)Spain Other Animals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images BrachinaWade, M. Hydrozoa and Scyphozoa and other medusoids from the Precambrian Ediacara fauna, South Australia Palaeontology 15 197–225 1972 http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%2015/Pages%20197-225.pdf usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20110409143350/http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%2015/Pages%20197-225.pdf 2011-04-09 Gen. and sp. nov. Valid Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is B. delicata.Dickinsonia brachina Wade M. 1972 Dickinsonia: Polychaete worms from the late Precambrian Ediacara fauna, South Australia Mem. Queensl. Mus. 16 2 171–190 Sp. nov. Synonym of Dickinsonia tenuis Wade Ediacaran AustraliaDickinsonia lissa Sp. nov. Synonym of Dickinsonia tenuis Wade Ediacaran Australia Eoporpita Gen. and sp. nov. Valid Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is E. medusa. Kimberella Nom. nov. Valid Wade Ediacaran Australia A replacement name for Kimberia Glaessner & Wade (1966). 150px Rangea sibirica Sp. nov. Synonym of Charnia masoni Sokolov Ediacaran Russia Rugoconites tenuirugosus Sp. nov. Valid Wade Ediacaran Australia References Paleontology Paleontology 2