1984 in paleontology

none 1984 paleontology science 1984 Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesHooleya lataSp novValidWingEoceneClarno FormationUSAOregonA Platycaryeae fruit morphospecies.Platycarya bognorensisWing S. L. Hickey L. J. The Platycarya perplex and the evolution of the Juglandaceae American Journal of Botany 1984 71 3 388–411 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1984.tb12525.x 1984AmJB...71..388W Comb novvalid(Chandler) Wing & HickeyEoceneLondon ClayUKEnglandMoved from Pterocaryopsis bognorensis (1961) Pterocaryopsis elliptica (1978) synonymized in.Platycarya castaneopsisComb novvalid(Lesquereux) Wing & HickeyYpresianGreen River FormationUSAColoradoMoved from Quercus castaneopsis (1883)Platycarya manchesteriiSp novvalidWing & HickeyEoceneClarno FormationUSAOregonA Platycarya fruit morphospecies. Arthropods Arachnids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesSelenops beynaiCrews S. 2011 A revision of the spider genus Selenops (Arachnida, Araneae, Selenopidae) in North America, Central America and the Caribbean 10.3897/zookeys.105.724 ZooKeys 105 1–182 21852919 3131050 2011ZooK..105....1C free Sp novValid SchawallerBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA selenopid wall spiderthumb|center|upright|Selenops beynai Newly named crustaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesGorgonophontesSchram Frederick R. 1984 Upper Pennsylvanian Arthropods from Black Shales of Iowa and Nebraska https://www.jstor.org/stable/1304745 Journal of Paleontology 58 1 197–209 1304745 0022-3360Gen et sp novValid SchramKasimovianSwope Formation Dennis Formation Oread FormationUS(NebraskaIowa)A mantis shrimp, type species is G. peleronthumb|center|upright|GorgonophontesPeachocaris acanthouraeaSp novValid SchramUpper PennsylvanianSwope FormationUS(NebraskaIowa)A lophogastridPseudarmadillo cristatusSchmalfuss H. 1984 Two new species of the terrestrial isopod genus Pseudarmadillo from Dominican amber (Amber-Collection Stuttgart: Crustacea, Isopoda, Pseudarmadillidae) Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde B 102 1–14Sp novValid SchmalfussBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA delatorreid isopodPseudarmadillo tuberculatusSp novValid SchmalfussBurdigalianDominican amberDominican RepublicA delatorreid isopod Newly named eurypterids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMycterops whiteiSp novValid SchramKasimovianSwope FormationUS(NebraskaIowa)A mycteroptid Conodont paleozoology Willi Ziegler and Charles A. Sandberg described the conodont genus Alternognathus. Archosauromorphs Newly named archosauromorphs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesTechnosaurusChatterjee S 1984 A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Triassic of North America Naturwissenschaften 1 12 630–631 10.1007/bf00377897 1984NW.....71..630C 6993997 Gen et sp novValidChatterjeeNorianBull Canyon Formation USA (Texas)Originally described as a fabrosaurid; now Archosauriformes incertae sedis 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 ChuandongocoelurusHe, X. 1984. The Vertebrate Fossils of Sichuan. Sichuan Scientific and Technical Publishing House, Chengdu, Sichuan: 168 pages.Valid He Middle JurassicLower Shaximiao Formation ChinaA tetanuran theropodDatousaurusDong, Z. and Z. Tang. 1984. Note on the mid Jurassic sauropod (Datousaurus bashanensis gen. et sp. nov.) from Suchuan Basin, China. Vertebr. Palasiatica 22: pp. 69-75.Gen et sp novValid Dong & TangMiddle JurassicLower Shaximiao Formation ChinaA Mamenchisaurid sauropodthumb|center|200px|Datousaurus HarpymimusBarsbold, R. and A. Perle. 1984. [On] The first finding of primitive ornithomimosaur from the Cretaceous of the [Mongolian People's Republic]. Paleontologischeskii Zhural 2: pp. 121- 123Fam., gen et sp novValid Barsbold & PerleHauterivian to BarremianShinekhudug Formation MongoliaAn ornithomimosaurian thumb|center|200px|Harpymimus KaijiangosaurusGen et sp novValid HeMiddle JurassicXiashaximiao Formation ChinaA tetanuran theropod LiliensternusWelles, S.P. 1984. Dilophosaurus wetherilli (Dinosauria, Theropoda): osteology and comparisons. Palaeontographica 185, A: pp. 85-180.Gen nov Valid WellesNorianTrossingen Formation GermanyA coelophysoidcenter|thumb|200x200px|Liliensternus LongosaurusGen nov Jr. synonym of Coelophysis.WellesXuanhanosaurusDong, Z. 1984. A new theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Sichuan Basin. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22: pp. 213-218.Gen et sp novValid DongMiddle JurassicLower Shaximiao Formation ChinaA megalosauroid. Before it was believed that this animal was a quadruped, but now it is known that this was a biped. Newly named birds Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnser thraceiensis Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich Ivan M. Nikolov amp 1984 Iskopayemmyye ptitsy Phalacrocorax serdicensis sp. n. i Anser thraceiensis sp. n. iz Bolgarii. [The fossil birds Phalacrocorax serdicensis sp. n. and Anser thraceiensis sp. n. from Bulgaria.] [in Russian, with English summ.] Paleontologiya, Stratigrafiya I Litologiya 19 23–34 ValidSp. nov.Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich Ivan M. NikolovLate Miocene or Early PlioceneMN 11-15 BulgariaAn Anatidae.Archaeopteryx recurva Michael E. Howgate 1984 The Teeth of Archaeopteryx and a Reinterpretation of the Eichstätt Specimen Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 82 1–2 159–175 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1984.tb00540.xDisputedSp. nov.Michael E. HowgateLate JuraPortlandian Germany: BavariaAn Archaeopterygidae, the 5th specimen, this species becomes the type species of the new genus Jurapteryx Howgate, 1985.Michael E. Howgate 1985 Problems of the Osteology of Archaeopteryx Is the Eichstätt Specimen a Distinct Genus? The Beginnings of Birds M.K. Hecht J.H. Ostrom G. Viohl P. Wellnhofer 105–112 Bubo leakeyae Pierce Brodkorb Cécile Mourer-Chauviré amp 1984 Fossil Owls from Early Man Sites of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Brodkorb%20&%20Mourer-Chauvire%201984.pdf Ostrich 55 1 17–27 10.1080/00306525.1984.9634590 1984Ostri..55...17B 2022-06-07 2020-07-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20200728022919/http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Brodkorb%20%26%20Mourer-Chauvire%201984.pdf dead ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Pierce Brodkorb Cécile Mourer-ChauviréHoloceneOlduvai Gorge TanzaniaA Strigidae.Cursoricoccyx geraldinae Larry D. Martin Robert M. Mengel amp 1984 A New Cuckoo and a Chachalaca from the Early Miocene of Colorado Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 9 171–177 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Larry D. Martin Robert M. MengelEarly MiocenePawnee Creek Formation: USA ColoradoA Cuculiformes, Neomorphidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Cygnopterus alphonsi Jacques Cheneval 1984 The Les Oiseaux Aquataniques (Gaviiformes à Anseriformes) du Gisement Aquitanien de Saint-Gérard-Le-Puy (Allier, France). Révision Systématique Palaeovertebrata 14 2 33–115 ValidSp. nov.Jacques ChenevalEarly MioceneMN 2a FranceAn Anatidae.Dromaius baudinianus Shane A. Parker 1984 The Extinct Kangaroo Island Emu, a Hitherto Unrecognized Species http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/78/3e/a0/783ea0a7da9645ac7fd81aea0d4399b4.pdf Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 104 1 19–22 February 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes ValidSp. nov.Shane A. ParkerHoloceneKangaroo Island Australia: South AustraliaA Dromaiidae.Eocypselus vincenti Colin J. O. Harrison 1984 A Revision of the Fossil Swifts (Vertebrata, Aves, Suborder Apodi) with Descriptions of Three New Genera and Two New Species Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie 21 4 157–177 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneMP 8 UK: EnglandAn Apodiformes, Eocypselidae Harrison, 1984, this is the type species of the new genus.Fulmarus miocaenus Hildegarde Howard 1984 Additional Avian Records from the Miocene of Kern County, California, with the Description of a New Species of Fulmar (Aves: Procellariidae) http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/62/34/08/623408323b60ea1708b30841f0026c31.pdf Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 83 84–89 2014-08-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20140903135608/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/62/34/08/623408323b60ea1708b30841f0026c31.pdf 2014-09-03 dead ValidSp. nov.Hildegarde HowardMiddle MioceneRound Mountain Silt, Barstovian USA: CaliforniaA Procellariidae.Gansus yumenensis Hou Lianhai Liu Zhicheng amp 1984 A New Fossil Bird from Lower Cretaceous of Gansu and Early Evolution of Birds Scientia Sinica 27 1296–1302 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Hou Lianhai Liu ZhichengEarly CretaceousXiagou FormationChinaAn Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, Gansuiformes Hou et Liu, 1984, Gansuidae Hou et Liu, 1984, this is the type species of the new genus.Gavia moldavica Jenö Kessler 1984 Noi Contributii Privind Studiul Avifaunelor din Paratethys Crisia 14 521–532 ValidSp. nov.Jenö KesslerLate Miocene; Early PlioceneMN 9? Romania Moldova USA: FloridaA Gaviidae.Kizylkumavis cretacea Lev A. Nessov 1984 Upper Cretaceous Pterosaurs and Birds from Central Asia Paleontological Journal 18 38–49 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Lev A. NessovLate CretaceousLate Turonian-ConiacianUSSR: UzbekistanAn Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes, Brodkorb, 1976, Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, Alexornithinae Brodkorb, 1976, this is the type species of the new genus.Larus udabnensis Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich E. G. Gabashvili amp 1984 Fossil Gull Larus udabnensis sp. nov. in the Hypparion Fauna of Udabno Vestnik Gosudartsvennogo Muzeya Gruzli 33A 3–13 ValidSp. nov.Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich E. G. GabashviliLate MioceneUSSR: GeorgiaA Laridae.Mioaegypius gui Hou LianHai 1984 The Aragonian Vertebrate Fauna of Xiacaswan, Jang - 2. Aegypinae (Falconiformes, Aves) http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200903/W020090813374563405040.pdf Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22 1 14–20 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Hou LianHaiMiddle MioceneXiacaowan Formation ChinaAn Accipitridae, this is the type species of the new genus.Otus guildayi Pierce Brodkorb Cécile Mourer-Chauviré amp 1984 Pleistocene Birds from Cumberland Cave, Maryland Contributions in Quaternary Vertebrate Paleontology: A Volume in Memorial to John E. Guilday Hugh H. Genowayf Mary R. Dawson 8 39–43 ValidSp. nov.Pierce Brodkorb Cécile Mourer-ChauviréPleistoceneCave deposits USA: MarylandA Strigidae.Parahesperornis alexi Larry D. Martin 1984 A New Hesperornithid and the Relationships of the Mesozoic Birds Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 87 3–4 141–150 10.2307/3627850 3627850 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Larry D. MartinLate CretaceousNiobrara Chalk Formation USA: KansasA Hesperornithiformes Fürbringer, 1888, Hesperornithidae Marsh, 1872, this is the type species of the new genus.Parvirallus bassetti Colin J. O. Harrison 1984 Further Additions to the Fossil Birds of Sheppey: A New Falconid and Three Small Rails Tertiary Research 5 4 179–187 ValidSp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneMP 8-9 UK: EnglandA Rallidae.Parvirallus gassoni ValidSp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneMP 8-9 UK: EnglandA Rallidae.Parvirallus medius ValidSp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneMP 8-9 UK: EnglandA Rallidae.Pediorallus hookeri Colin J. O. Harrison 1984 Rail-like Cursorial Birds of the British Lower Eocene, with Descriptions of Two New Species The London Naturalist 63 13–23 ValidSp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneYpresian, London Clay B MP 8-9 UK: EnglandDescribed as a Rallidae, transferred to the genus Lithornis Owen, 1840 by Houde, 1988,Peter W. Houde 1984 Paleognathous Birds from the Early Tertiary of the Northern Hemisphere Publication of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 22 1–148 Peter W. Houde a Palaeognathae, Lithornithiformes Houde, 1988, Lithornithidae Houde, 1988.Pediorallus nasi ValidSp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneYpresian, London Clay A MP 8 UK: EnglandDescribed as a Rallidae, transferred to the genus Lithornis Owen, 1840 by Houde, 1988, a Palaeognathae, Lithornithiformes Houde, 1988, Lithornithidae Houde, 1988.Phalacrocorax owrei Pierce Brodkorb Cécile Mourer-Chauviré amp 1984 A New Species of Cormorant (Aves: Phalacrocoracidae) from the Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Geobios 17 3 331–337 10.1016/s0016-6995(84)80098-4 1984Geobi..17..331B ValidSp. nov.Pierce Brodkorb Cécile Mourer-ChauviréPleistoceneDouglas Leakey Korongo TanzaniaA Phalacrocoracidae.Phalacrocorax serdicensis Valid ?Sp. nov.Nikolay I. Burchak-Abramovich Ivan M. NikolovLate MioceneMN 11-13 BulgariaA Phalacrocoracidae, possibly a synonym of Phalacrocorax aristotelis.Phasianus yanshansis Huang Wanpo Hou Lianhai amp 1984 Vertebrate Fossils from Yunshui Cave, Beijing http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200903/W020090813374458800756.pdf Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22 2 117–122 ValidSp. nov.Huang Wanpo Hou LianhaiHoloceneCave deposits ChinaA Phasianidae.Podiceps miocenicus ValidSp. nov.Jenö KesslerLate MioceneMN 9 Romania MoldovaA Podicipedidae.Scaniacypselus wardi ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneMP 8 DenmarkAn Apodidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Scopus xenopus Storrs L. Olson 1984 A Hammerkop from the Early Pliocene of South Africa (Aves: Scopidae) http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/78/e6/c4/78e6c4563d5eb1293d35d588d9995c33.pdf Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 97 4 736–740 2014-08-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20140903135602/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/78/e6/c4/78e6c4563d5eb1293d35d588d9995c33.pdf 2014-09-03 dead ValidSp. nov.Storrs L. OlsonEarly PlioceneVarswater Formation South AfricaA ScopidaeStintonornis mitchelli ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Colin J. O. HarrisonEarly EoceneMP 8-9 UK: EnglandDescribed as a Falconidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by 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 2014-08-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20110520101755/http://www.nm.cz/download/JML-18-2002-CBE.pdf 2011-05-20 dead Zhyraornis kashkarovi ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Lev A. NessovLate CretaceousConiacian, Bissekty Formation USSR: UzbekistanAn Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes, Brodkorb, 1976, Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976, Zhyraornithinae Nessov, 1984, this is the type species of the new genus. Pterosaurs Name Status AuthorsLocation Notes Azhdarcho Valid Nesov Spain Tajikistan Uzbekistanthe Type Genus of Azhdarchidae. Brasileodactylus Valid Kellner Brazil Rhamphinion Valid Padian USA (Arizona) Synapsids Newly named mammals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArciusGodinot Marc 1984-02-14 Un nouveau genre de Paromomyidae (Primates) de l’Eocène Inférieur d’Europe https://brill.com/view/journals/ijfp/43/2-3/article-p84_2.xml Folia Primatologica 43 2-3 84–96 10.1159/000156174 0015-5713 subscription Gen et sp novValid GodinotEarly EoceneFranceA paromomyid, type species is A. rougieri References Paleontology Paleontology