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none 1981 paleontology science 1981 Plants Angiosperms Superrosids - Fabids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesPalaeocarpinusPigg K.B. Manchester S.R. Wehr W.C. 2003 Corylus, Carpinus, and Palaeocarpinus (Betulaceae) from the Middle Eocene Klondike Mountain and Allenby Formations of Northwestern North America International Journal of Plant Sciences 164 5 807–822 10.1086/376816 2003IJPlS.164..807P 19802370 Sp novValidCraneYpresianReading FormationUKEnglandA betulaceous fruit. Type species P. laciniataPseudofagusSmiley C.J. Huggins L.M. 1981 Pseudofagus idahoensis, n. gen. et sp. (Fagaceae) from the Miocene Clarkia flora of Idaho. American Journal of Botany 68 6 741–761 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1981.tb12407.x 1981AmJB...68..741S 0002-9122Gen et sp novValidSmiley & HugginsMioceneLanghianLatah FormationClarkia FloruleUSAIdahoA fagaceous genus The type species is P. idahoensis Arthropoda Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesProtamblyopone inversaDlussky G.M. Putyatina T.S. 2014 Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 272 3 237–285 10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0409 2014NJGPA.272..237D Gen et sp. novjr synonymDlusskyMiddle Miocene Chon-Tyz mineKyrgyzstan An Amblyoponin ant. jr synonym of Casaleia inversa Reptilia Early reptiles Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Claudiosaurus germainiCarroll R. L. Westoll Thomas Stanley 1981-07-16 Plesiosaur ancestors from the Upper Permian of Madagascar Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences 293 1066 315–383 10.1098/rstb.1981.0079 1981RSPTB.293..315C Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Carroll Late Permian Lower Sakamena Formation Madagascar An early neodiapsid frameless Thadeosaurus colcanapi Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Carroll Late Permian Lower Sakamena Formation Madagascar An early neodiapsid frameless Archosauromorpha Dinosaurs Taxon Novelty Status Author(s) Age Unit Location Notes Images Avimimus portentosusKurzanov, S.M. 1981. On the unusual theropods from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Sovm. Sov.-Mong. Paleontol. Eksped. Trudy 15: pp. 39-50. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid taxon Kurzanov Campanian Djadochta Formation MongoliaA very bird-like oviraptorosaur 200px Barsboldia sicinskiiMaryanska, T. and H. Osmólska. 1981. First lambeosaurine dinosaur from the Nemegt Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 26 (3-4): pp. 243-255. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Maryańska & Osmólska Maastrichtian Nemegt Formation Mongolia A hadrosaurid of uncertain relations 200px Elmisaurus rarusOsmolska, H. 1981. Coosified tarsometatarsal in theropod dinosaurs and their bearing on the problem of bird origins. Paleontol. Polonica 42: pp. 79-95. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Osmólska Maastrichtian Nemegt Formation Mongolia An oviraptorosaur 200px Garudimimus brevipesBarsbold, R. 1981. The toothless carnivorous dinosaurs of Mongolia. Sovm. Sov.-Mong. Paleontol. Eksped. Trudy 15: pp. 28-39. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Barsbold Santonian Bayanshiree Formation Mongolia An early ornithomimosaur 200px "Honghesaurus" Nomen nudum Anonymous Later namedYandusaurus Ingenia yanshini Gen. et sp. nov. Preoccupied Barsbold Maastrichtian Baruungoyot Formation Mongolia Generic name preoccupied by a nematode Gerlach 1957 and renamed Ajancingenia, but considered a species of Heyuannia 200px Lambeosaurus laticaudusMorris W.J. 1981 A new species of hadrosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Baja California: ?Lambeosaurus laticaudus Journal of Paleontology 55 2 453–462 1304231 Sp. nov. Valid Morris Campanian El Gallo Formation Mexico Later given the genus Magnapaulia Muttaburrasaurus langdoniBartholomai, A., and R.E. Molnar. 1981. Muttaburrasaurus, a new iguanodontid (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland. Mem. Queensland Museum 20: pp. 319-149. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Bartholomai & Molnar Albian Mackunda Formation Australia An iguanodont with a horn-like knob of its Snout. 200px Palaeopteryx thomsoniJensen, J.A. 1981. Another look at Archaeopteryx as the world's oldest bird. Encyclia 58: pp. 109-128. Gen. et sp. nov. Nomen dubium Jensen Kimmeridgian Morrison Formation Colorado A coelurosaur Scutellosaurus lawleriColbert, E.H. 1981. A primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. Museum Northern Arizona Bull. 53: pp. 1-61. Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Colbert Sinemurian Kayenta Formation Arizona An early thyreophoran 200px Birds Palaeopteryx thomsoni Jensen, 1981 is most likely not a bird but rather a small non-avian dinosaur. Plegadis pharangites Olson, 1981 is a new name for Plegadis gracilis Miller et Bowman, 1956, preoccupied by Plegadis gracilis (Lydekker, 1891), described as Milnea gracilis Lydekker, 1891 and transferred to the genus Plegadis Kaup, 1829 by Cheneval, 1984. Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBurhinus lucorum K. Jeffrey Bickart 1981 A New Thick-knee, Burhinus, from the Miocene of Nebraska, with Comments on the Habitat Requirements of the Burhinidae (Aves: Charadriiformes) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1 3–4 273–277 10.1080/02724634.1981.10011902 1981JVPal...1..273B ValidSp. nov.K. Jeffrey BickartEarly MioceneMiddle Sheep Creek FormationUSA: NebraskaA Burhinidae.Enantiornis leali Cyril A. Walker 1981 New Subclass of Birds from the Cretaceous of South America Nature 292 5818 51–53 10.1038/292051a0 1981Natur.292...51W 4340858 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Cyril A. WalkerLate CretaceousMaastrichtian Lecho FormationArgentinaAn Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes Brodkorb, 1976, Enantiornithidae Nessov et Borkin, 1983, this is the type species of the new genus.Eogrus crudus Evgeny N. Kurochkin 1981 [New Representatives and Evolution of Two Archaic Gruiform Families in Eurasia] Sovmestnaja Sovetsko-Mongol'skaja Paleontol. Ekspedit. 15 59–85 ValidSp. nov.Evgeny N. KurochkinMiddle-Late EoceneTsagan KutelMongoliaA Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, this is the type species of the new genus.Falco medius A. S. Umanskaya 1981 [Miocene Birds of the Black Sea Coastal Region] Vestnik Zoologii Nauchnyy Zhurnal Instituta Zoologii imeni I. I. Shmal'gauzena Akademii Nauk Ukrainskoy SSR II 3 15 17–21 ValidSp. nov.A. S. UmanskayaLate MioceneMN 11-13USSR: UkraineA Falconidae.Gavia paradoxa ValidSp. nov.A. S. UmanskayaLate MioceneMN 11-13USSR: UkraineA Gaviidae.Ioriotis gabunii Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich & Abesalom K. Vekua 1981 Fossil Bustard Runner Ioriotis gabunii New Genus New Species of East Georgian SSR USSR Akchagylian Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Gruzinskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskaya 7 53–60 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich Abesalom K. VekuaLate PlioceneKvabebiUSSR: GeorgiaAn Otididae, this is the type species of the new genus.Mancalla emlongi Storrs L. Olson 1981 A Third Species of Mancalla from the Late Pliocene San Diego Formation of California (Aves: Alcidae) https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/7084/VZ_118_Mancalla_emlongi.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1 1 97–99 10.1080/02724634.1981.10011882 1981JVPal...1...97O ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. OlsonLate PlioceneBlancan, San Diego FormationUSA: CaliforniaAn Alcidae, Mancallinae L. H. Miller, 1946.Microdytes tonnii George G. Simpson 1981 Notes on Some Fossil Penguins, including a New Genus from Patagonia http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/1689 Ameghiniana 18 3–4 266–272 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.George G. SimpsonLate Oligocene-Early MiocenePatagonianArgentinaA Sphniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus. Microdytes Simpson, 1981 is preoccupied by Microdytes Balfour-Browne, 1949 (Coleoptera), so Storrs L. Olson created the new genus Eretiscus Olson, 1986 to accommodate Microdytes tonnii Simpson, 1981.Storrs L. Olson 1986 A Replacement Name for the Fossil Penguin Microdytes Simpson (Aves: Spheniscidae) Journal of Paleontology 60 3 785 10.1017/S0022336000022332 1986JPal...60..785O 140620588 Pedinorhis stirpsarcana Storrs L. Olson & Mary C. McKitrick 1981 A New Genus and Species of Emberizine Finch from the Pleistocene Cave Deposits in Puerto Rico (Aves: Passeriformes) https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/7089/VZ_125_Pedinorhis.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1 3–4 279–283 10.1080/02724634.1981.10011903 1981JVPal...1..279O ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Storrs L. Olson Mary C. McKitrickPleistoceneCave depositsPuerto RicoA Fringillidae, Emberizinae, this is the type species of the new genus.Pelecanus cadimurka Patricia Vickers Rich & Gerard F. Van Tets 1981 The Fossil Pelecans of Australasia https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/78721 Records of the South Australian Museum 18 235–264 ValidSp. nov.Patricia Vickers Rich Gerard F. Van TetsPleistoceneKuttipirra (Katipiri) WaterholeAustralia: South AustraliaA Pelecanidae.Picus peregrinabundus A. S. Umanskaja 1981 [Miocene Birds of the Black Sea Coastal Region] Vestnik Zoologii Nauchnyy Zhurnal Instituta Zoologii imeni I. I. Shmal'gauzena Akademii Nauk Ukrainskoy SSR II 3 17–21 ValidSp. nov.A. S. UmanskajaLate MioceneMN 11-12USSR: UkraineA Picidae.Sonogrus gregalis ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Evgeny N. KurochkinLate Eocene-Early OligoceneErgilin Dzo FormationMongoliaA Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, this is the type species of the new genus.Uria brodkorbi Hildegarde Howard 1981 A New Species of Murre, Genus Uria, from the Late Miocene of California http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/bc/a9/bb/bca9bb6936ab21fc38b801dc27e2c4a0.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140905013754/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/bc/a9/bb/bca9bb6936ab21fc38b801dc27e2c4a0.pdf 2014-09-05 Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 80 1–12 ValidSp. nov.Hildegarde HowardLate MioceneSisquoc Formation, ClarendonianUSA: CaliforniaAn Alcidae.Urmiornis orientalis ValidSp. nov.Evgeny N. KurochkinMiddle PlioceneUSSR: KazakhstanA Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, transferred to the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891 by both Kurochkin, 1985 and Olson, 1985.Urmiornis ukrainus ValidSp. nov.Evgeny N. KurochkinLate MioceneMn 9-10-11USSR: Moldova; Ukraine; RussiaA Gruiformes, Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934, transferred to the genus Amphipelargus Lydekker, 1891 by both Kurochkin, 1985 and Olson, 1985.Youngornis gracilis Yeh Hsiangk'uei 1981 [Third Note on Fossil Birds from Linqu, Shandong] http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200904/W020090813375200772675.pdf Vertebrata PalAsiatica 19 2 149–155 ValidGen. nov et Sp. nov.Yeh Hsiangk'ueiMiddle MioceneShanwang FormationChinaA Rallidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Zeltornis ginsburgi Jean Chr. Balouet 1981 Zeltornis ginsburgi n.g. n.sp. (Ardeidae: Aves), Héron Géant du Miocène Inférieur du Djebel Zelten (Libye) Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris Série II 293 235–239 ValidGen. nov et Sp. nov.Jean Chr. BalouetEarly MioceneLate Burdigalian, Djebel ZeltenLibyaAn Ardeidae, this is the type species of the new genus. Plesiosaurs Carroll, R. C., 1981, Plesiosaur ancestors from the Upper Permian of Madagascar: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B, v. 293, p. 315- 383. Name Status Authors Age Unit Location NotesImages Kimmerosaurus Valid Brown Late Jurassic (KimmeridgianKimmeridge ClayUKA cryptoclidid. Pterosaurs New taxa Name Status Authors LocationImages Comodactylus Valid Galton Germany Sultanuvaisia Valid Nesov References Paleontology Paleontology 1