1961 in paleontology

none 1961 paleontology science 1961 Plants Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcer beckianumPrakash U. Barghoorn E. S. 1961 Miocene fossil woods from the Columbia Basalts of central Washington Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 42 2 165–203 10.5962/bhl.part.19013 127699009 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8441933#page/172/mode/1up free Sp novValidPrakash & BarghoornLanghianGinkgo Petrified ForestUSA WashingtonA maple, described from petrified woodAcer palaeorufinerveWolfe J.A. Tanai T. 1987 Systematics, Phylogeny, and Distribution of Acer (maples) in the Cenozoic of Western North America Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and Mineralogy 22 1 1–246 sp novValidTanai & OnoeMiocene - PlioceneNingyo-toge FormationA maple, A member of the Macrantha section.DavisicarpumManchester S.R. Fruits and Seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon 1994 Palaeontographica Americana 58 30–31Gen et sp novvalidChandlerYpresianLondon ClayUKEnglandA moon seed relative. Type species D. gibbosum Archosauromorphs Phytosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesRileyasuchusGen et comb nov Nomen dubium.KuhnRhaetianUKEnglandA dubious phytosaur, possibly a chimera; replacement name for Rileya von Huene 1902 (non Ashmead, 1888). Pseudosuchians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAvalonianusGen et comb novNomen dubiumKuhnLate Triassic (Rhaetian)UKEnglandDubious non-dinosaurian archosaur; replacement name for Avalonia Seeley, 1898 (non Walcott, 1889).DasygnathoidesGen et comb novNomen dubium?KuhnLate Triassic (Carnian)Lossiemouth SandstoneUKScotlandA pseudosuchian of uncertain affinity.von Baczko M Ezcurra Martin 2016-10-17 Taxonomy of the archosaur Ornithosuchus: reassessing Ornithosuchus woodwardi Newton, 1894 and Dasygnathoides longidens (Huxley 1877) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309197420 Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 106 3 199–205 10.1017/S1755691016000104 88658892 11336/49897 freeReplacement name for Dasygnathus Huxley, 1877 (non MacLeay, 1819). 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 ImagesAstrodoniusKuhn, O. 1961. Die Familien der rezenten und fossilen Amphibien und Reptilien. Meisenbach, Bamberg: 79 pages.Gen et comb novJunior synonymKuhnEarly CretaceousArundel FormationUSAMarylandJunior synonym of Astrodon.thumb|center|upright|Astrodon johnstoniCampylodoniscusGen et comb novNomen dubium.KuhnLate CretaceousBajo Barreal FormationArgentinaA possible titanosaur Replacement name for "Campylodon" von Huen 1929thumb|center|upright|CampylodoniscusPachysauropsHuene, F. von. 1961. Palaontologie und Phylogenie der Niederen Tetrapoden. Nachtrage und Erganzungen. Fischer, Jena: 58 pages.Gen et sp novJunior synonymvon HueneLate TriassicGermanyJunior synonym of Pachysauriscus. Birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnas pullulansBrodkorb Pierce 1961 Birds from the Pliocene of Juntura, Oregon Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 24 3 169–184 Sp nov.valid Brodkorb Early PlioceneJuntura FormationUSA (Oregon)An Anatidae.Eremochen Gen et Sp nov.valid BrodkorbEarly PlioceneJuntura FormationUSA (Oregon)An Anatidae, type species E. russelli.Fulica infelix Sp. nov.valid BrodkorbEarly PlioceneJuntura FormationUSA (Oregon)A Rallidae.Ocyplonessa shotwelli Sp. nov.jr synonym BrodkorbLate Miocene - Early PlioceneJuntura FormationUSA (Oregon)An Anatidae, moved to Histrionicuslli shotwelli by Olson & Rasmussen, 2001Olson Storrs L. Rasmussen Pamela C. 2001 Miocene and Pliocene Birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90 233–365 10.5479/si.00810266.90.233 Megapaloelodus opsigonus Sp. nov.valid Brodkorb Early PlioceneJuntura FormationUSA (Oregon)A Palaelodidae.NeortyxHolman J. Alan 1961 Osteology of Living and Fossil New World Quails Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 6 2 131–233 Gen et Sp. nov.valid Holman Early PlioceneJuntura FormationUSA (Oregon)An Odontophoridae Type species N. peninsularisPhalacrocorax leptopus Sp. nov.valid Brodkorb Early PlioceneJuntura FormationUSA (Oregon)A Phalacrocoracidae.Puffinus mitchelliMiller Loye Holmes 1961 Birds from the Miocene of Sharktooth Hill, California Condor 63 5 399–402 10.2307/1365299 1365299 Sp. nov.valid Miller Middle MioceneTemblor FormationUSA (California)A Procellariidae.Puffinus priscus Sp. nov.valid MillerMiddle MioceneTemblor FormationUSA (California)A Procellariidae. References Paleontology