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none 1966 paleontology science 1966 Arthropods Newly named Insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Oligomyrmex antiqua Ettershank G 1966 A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Australian Journal of Zoology 14 73–171 10.1071/zo9660073 Comb nov jr synonym (Mayr, 1868) Middle Eocene Baltic amberEurope Fossil myrmicine ant, moved to Carebara antiqua in 2004 thumb|center|upright|Carebara antiqua Sphecomyrminae Wilson E. O. Carpenter F. M. Brown W. L. 1966 The First Mesozoic Ant, with the Description of a New Subfamily Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 74 1 1–19 http://antbase.org/ants/publications/3508/3508.pdf 2008-04-06 10.1155/1967/89604 free Subfam. Gen. et sp. nov Valid Wilson & Carpenter Turonian New Jersey Amber USA Basal most ant subfamily. One genus Sphecomyrma Conodonts Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images DeclinognathodusNew Pennsylvanian Platform Conodonts from Southwestern United States. D. L. Dunn, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 40, No. 6 (Nov., 1966), pages 1294-1303 (Stable URL) Gen. nov Valid David L. Dunn Pennsylvanian USA Anapsids Newly named mesosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Brazilosaurus Shikama T. Ozaki H. 1966 On a Reptilian Skeleton from the Palaeozoic Formation of San Paulo, Brazil Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan New Series 64 351–358 Gen. et sp. Valid Shikama & Ozaki Artinskian Irati Formation Brazil A mesosaur. Dinosaurs 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 Probactrosaurus Rozhdestvensky A. K. 1966 Novye igyanodonti ie tsentrallinoy Asii. Phillogeneticheskye y taksonomicheskye veaimoothoshenia poednich Iguanodontidae y rannich Hadrosauridae Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1966 3 103–116 Gen et sp nov Valid Rozhdestvensky Early Cretaceous (Albian) Dashuigou Formation Chinathumb|center|200px|Probactrosaurus Newly named birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArikarornis macdonaldi Howard H. 1966 Two fossil Birds from the Lower Miocene of South Dakota Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science 107 1–8 http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS107.pdf 2014-12-05 2014-12-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20141208062237/http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS107.pdf dead Gen et sp nov. valid Howard Early Miocene Middle Sharps Formation USA An Accipitrid, type species A. macdonaldi Miortyx aldeni Sp. nov. valid Howard Early Miocene Middle Sharps Formation USA An Odontophoridae. Diomedea milleri Howard H. 1966 Additional Avian Records from the Miocene of Sharktooth Hill, California Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science 114 1–11 http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS114.pdf 2014-12-05 2014-12-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20141208062949/http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS114.pdf dead Sp. nov. valid Howard Middle Miocene Temblor Formation USA A Diomedeid. Dissourodes milleri Short LL 1966 A New Pliocene Stork from Nebraska Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 149 1–12 https://archive.org/download/smithsonianm149195666smit/smithsonianm149195666smit.pdf Gen et sp. nov. jr synonym of Mycteria milleri Short Early Pliocene Valentine Formation USA Pelecanus tirarensis Miller AH 1966 The Fossil Pelicans of Australia Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 14 181–190 Sp. nov. valid Miller Miocene Etadunna Formation Australia A Pelecanidae. Praemancalla Howard H. 1966 A Possible Ancestor of the Lucas Auk (Family Mancallidae) from the Tertiary of Orange County, California Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science 101 2–8 http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS101.pdf 2014-12-05 2014-12-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20141208063002/http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS101.pdf dead Gen et sp. nov. valid Howard Late Miocene Laguna Hills Formation USA An Alcidae, Mancallinae, type species P. lagunensisSpeotyto megalopeza Ford NL 1966 Fossil Owls from the Rexroad Fauna of the Upper Pliocene of Kansas Condor 68 5 472–475 https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v068n05/p0472-p0475.pdf 10.2307/1365319 1365319 Sp. nov.Jr synonym of Athene megalopeza Ford Late Pliocene Rexroad Formation USA Wasonaka Howard H. 1966 Pliocene Birds from Chihuahua, Mexico http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS94.pdf Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science 94 1–12 2014-12-04 2014-12-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20141207142753/http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS94.pdf dead Gen et sp. nov. valid Howard Middle Pliocene Arroyo de las Barrancas Blancas Mexico An Anatidae, Type species W. yepormerae Other animals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Arborea Glaessner M.F. Wade M. 1966 The late Precambrian fossils from Ediacara, South Australia Palaeontology 9 4 599 http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%209/Pages%20599-628.pdf 2023-03-27 2013-09-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20130922230714/http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%209/Pages%20599-628.pdf usurped Gen. et comb. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is "Rangea" arborea Glaessner (1959). 150px Conomedusites Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is C. lobatus.Dickinsonia elongata Sp. nov Synonym of Dickinsonia costata Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran AustraliaDickinsonia tenuis Sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia Russia Kimberia Gen. et sp. nov Junior homonym Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is K. quadrata. Wade (1972) coined a replacement name Kimberella.Wade, 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 150px Lorenzinites Gen. et sp. nov Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is L. rarus. Mawsonites Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is M. spriggi. 150px Medusinites Gen. et comb. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is "Medusina" asteroides Sprigg (1949). 150px Ovatoscutum Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is O. concentricum. 150px Praecambridium Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is P. sigillum. 150px Rangea grandis Sp. nov Synonym of Charnia masoni Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia Rangea longa Sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia Originally described as a species of Rangea; Grimes et al. (2023) transferred it to the genus Akrophyllas.Grimes K. F. Narbonne G. M. Gehling J. G. Trusler P. W. Dececchi T. A. Elongate Ediacaran fronds from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia 2023 Journal of Paleontology 98 2 249–265 10.1017/jpa.2023.45 261631797 free 150px Rugoconites Gen. et sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia The type species is R. enigmaticus. 150px Spriggina? elongata Sp. nov Valid Glaessner & Wade Ediacaran Australia Originally described as a species of Spriggina; Glaessner (1976) transferred it to the genus Marywadea.Glaessner Martin F. Martin Glaessner 1976 A new genus of late Precambrian polychaete worms from South Australia http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/Journals/TRSSA/TRSSA_v100/TRSSA_V100_p169p170.pdf dead Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 100 3 169–170 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094103/http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/Journals/TRSSA/TRSSA_v100/TRSSA_V100_p169p170.pdf 2007-09-29 References Paleontology 30em Paleontology