1987 in paleontology

none 1987 paleontology science 1987 Plants Basal eudicots Proteales Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesLangeriagen et sp novValidWolfe & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSWashingtonFirst described as a witch-hazel genus The type species is L. magnificathumb|upright|center|Langeria magnificaMacginitieaGen et comb novValidWolfe & WehrPaleoceneFort Union FormationUSAWyomingA platanaceous genusThe type species is Liquidambar gracile (1872) true synonymy Aralia gracilisLesquereux 1878 Aralia notataLesquereux 1878 Aralia republicensisBrown 1937 Aralia whitneyiauct. non Lesquereux nec. Berry, 1929 Platanus appendiculataauct. non Lesquereux nec. Berry, 1929 Platanus dubiaLesquereux (non Ettingshausen), 1874 Platanus nobilis auct. non Newberry. Brown, 1962 p.p. nec Hickey, 1977thumb|upright|center|Macginitiea gracilis Superasterids Cornales Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesTsukadagen et sp novValidWolfe & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSWashingtonA dove-tree relativeThe type species is T. davidiifoliathumb|upright|center|Tsukada davidiifolia Santalales Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesSchoepfia republicensisComb novValid(Lamotte) Wolfe & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSWashingtonCornus acuminata Berry, 1929First suggested to be a Schoepfia relative, Moved from Cornus republicensis 1944thumb|center|upright|Schoepfia republicensis Superrosids Fagales Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesAlnus parvifoliaComb novValidWolfe & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSWashington true synonymy Alnus corralina auct. non Lesquereux nec Brown, 1937 (p. p.) Alnus elliptica Berry, 1929 Betula parvifolia Berry, 1926 Carpinus grandis auct. non Unger. nec Berry, 1926 (p. p.)An alder speciesMoved from Betula parvifolia (1926)thumb|center|upright|Alnus parvifoliaBetula leopoldaesp novValidWolfe & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSWashingtonA birch speciesthumb|upright|center|Betula leopoldaeCarya washingtonensisManchester S. R. 1987 The fossil history of the Juglandaceae Monographs in Systematic Botany Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 21 1–137 10.5962/bhl.title.154222 0161-1542 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/258874 sp novValidManchesterMioceneLanghianBadger Pocket-Squaw Creek, Wanapum BasaltsUSAWashingtondescribed from one of the oldest rodent nut caches knownFagopsis undulataComb novValid(Knowlton) Wolfe & WehrPaleoceneLangford FormationUSWyoming true synonymy Carpinus grandis auct. non Unger. nec Dawson, 1890 Fagopsis longifolia p.p. auct. non (Lesquereux) Hollick nec. Becker, 1961A fagaceous speciesMoved from Fagus undulata (1899)thumb|center|upright|Fagopsis undulata Malvales Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesTilia johnsonisp novValidWolfe & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSWashingtonA linden speciesthumb|upright|center|Tilia johnsoni Rosales Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesPhotinia pageaesp novValidWolfe & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSWashingtonA Photinia speciesthumb|upright|center|Photinia pageae Sapindales Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesAcer alaskenseWolfe 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 Sect and sp novValidWolfe & TanaiLatest PaleoceneChickaloon FormationUSAAlaskaOldest Acer sp in Alaska; Only species of the section AlaskanaAcer ashwillisp novValidWolfe & Tanaiearly OligoceneJohn Day Formation USAOregonextinct member of section GinnalaAcer brownisp novValidWolfe & Tanaiearly - Middle MioceneCollawash flora and several other floras USA Canadaextinct member of section ParvifloraAcer castorrivularissp novValidWolfe & TanaiLate EoceneBeaver Creek FloraUSAMontanaextinct member of section MacranthaAcer clarnoensesp novValidWolfe & TanaiLate EoceneJohn Day Formation USAOregonextinct member of section MacranthaAcer dettermanisp novValidWolfe & TanaiLate Eocene - early OligoceneMeshik VolcanicsUSAAlaskaextinct member of section MacranthaAcer douglasensesect and sp novValidWolfe & Tanaiearly EoceneWest Foreland FormationUSAAlaskaOnly species of the section DouglasaAcer eonegundoSp. nov.validWolfe & TanaiMiddle-Late Eocene"Bull Run" FloraUSAextinct species of Acer sect. Negundo Acer ferrignoisp novvalidWolfe & TanaiLate MioceneLolo pass floraUSAOregonMember of Acer Section RubraAcer hillsisp novValidWolfe & TanaiEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSWashingtonone of two species in the extinct section StewartaAcer ivanofensesp novValidWolfe & TanaiLatest Eocene - Early OligoceneMeshik VolcanicsUSAAlaskaextinct member of section GlabraAcer kenaicumsp novValidWolfe & TanaiOligoceneTsadaka Formation & Tyonek FormationUSAAlaskaextinct member of section RubraAcer latahensesp novValidWolfe & Tanaiearly - Late MioceneLatah FormationUSAWashingtonextinct member of Acer section MacranthaAcer lincolnenseSp. nov.validWolfe & TanaiLate Eocene Beaver Creek FloraUSAMontanaA possible member of Acer sect. CissifoliaAcer republicenseSect and sp novValidWolfe & TanaiEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSAWashingtontype and only species in the extinct section RepublicaAcer rouseisp novValidWolfe & TanaiEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationCanadaBritish Columbiaonly species in the extinct section RouseaAcer smileyisp novValidWolfe & TanaiLate Oligocene - Middle MioceneClarkia and other formationsUSAIdahoextinct member of section ParvifloraAcer stewartisp novValidWolfe & TanaiEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationCanadaBritish Columbiaone of two species in the extinct section StewartaAcer stonebergaesp novValidWolfe & TanaiEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsAllenby FormationCanadaBritish Columbiaone of three species in the extinct section ToradaAcer taggartisp novvalidWolfe & TanaiMiddle MioceneMascall FormationUSAOregonMember of Acer Section RubraAcer taurocursumsp novValidWolfe & TanaiLate EoceneBull Run FloraUSANevadaextinct member of section RubraAcer toradensesp novValidWolfe & TanaiEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSWashingtonone of three species in the extinct section ToradaAcer trainisp novValidWolfe & TanaiEarly to middle MioceneTrout Creek floraUSACanadaextinct member of section GlabraAcer washingtonenseSect and sp novValidWolfe & TanaiEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSWashingtontype species in the extinct section ToradaAcer whitebirdenseComb novValid(Ashlee) Wolfe & TanaiMiddle MioceneWhite Bird FloraUSAIdahomember of Acer section RubraBarghoorniaWolfe J.A. Wehr, W.C. 1987 Middle Eocene Dicotyledonous Plants from Republic, Northeastern Washington. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1597 1–25gen et sp novValidWolfe & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSWashingtonA burseraceous genus The type species is B. oblongifoliathumb|center|upright|Barghoornia oblongifoliaBohleniagen et comb novValidWolfe & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSWashingtonComptonia insignis auct. non Lesquereux. Berry, 1929A sapindaceous genusThe type species is Bohlenia americana (1935) (in part) Also includes Bohlenia insignis (1937)thumb|upright|center|Bohlenia americanaRhus malloryisp novValidWolfe & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSWashingtonA sumac relativeSplit into four species in 2019thumb|center|upright|Rhus malloryi incertae sedis Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes ImagesPrincetoniaStockey RA 1987 A permineralized flower from the middle Eocene of British Columbia American Journal of Botany 74 12 1878–1887 10.2307/2443970 2443970 Gen et sp novValidStockeyEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsPrinceton ChertCanadaBritish ColumbiaAn angiosperm flower genus of uncertain affiliation.The type species is P. allenbyensisRepublicagen, sp, et comb novValidWolfe & WehrEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSWashingtonAn incertae sedis angiospermpossibly of Hamamelididae affiliations Type species R. hickeyi. Genus also includes Dicotylophyllum kummerensis (1977)Wolfe J.A. 1977 Paleogene floras from the Gulf of Alaska region Professional Paper United States Geological Survey 997 1–108 10.3133/pp997 free and Dicotylophyllum litseafolia (1969)thumb|center|upright|Republica hickeyi Molluscs Newly described bivalves Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesTuarangia gravgaerdensisElicki O. Gürsu S. 2009 First record of Pojetaia runnegari Jell, 1980 and Fordilla Barrande, 1881 from the Middle East (Taurus Mountains, Turkey) and critical review of Cambrian bivalves Paläontologische Zeitschrift 83 2 267–291 10.1007/s12542-009-0021-9 2009PalZ...83..267E 49380913 http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/~elicki/ELICKI_GUERSU_2009_PalZ_CambrianBivalves.pdf 2012-01-09 2013-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202640/http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/~elicki/ELICKI_GUERSU_2009_PalZ_CambrianBivalves.pdf dead sp novvalidBerg-MadsenMiddle CambrianBornholmDenmarksecond Tuarangia species named Arthropods Newly described arachnids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images AttercopusP. A. Selden, W. A. Shear & M. D. Sutton 2008 Fossil evidence for the origin of spider spinnerets, and a proposed arachnid order Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 52 20781–20785 10.1073/pnas.0809174106 19104044 http://precedings.nature.com/documents/2088/version/1/files/npre20082088-1.pdf PDF proofs 2634869 free gen et sp nov ValidShear et al. GivetianGilboa, New YorkUSAone of the oldest spiders Newly described crustaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Homarus morrisiW. J Quayle 1987 English Eocene Crustacea (lobsters and stomatopod) Palaeontology 30 3 581–612 http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%2030/Pages%20581-612.pdf usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20120309062932/http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%2030/Pages%20581-612.pdf 2012-03-09 Sp nov ValidQuayle Ypresian–BartonianEngland Newly described insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images BaikurisPerrichot V. 2015 A new species of Baikuris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Sphecomyrminae) in mid-Cretaceous amber from France Cretaceous Research 52 part B 585–590 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.005 2015CrRes..52..585P https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01112039/file/Perrichot-cret-res-HAL.pdf Gen et sp nov ValidDlussky SantonianTaimyr amberRussiaA sphecomyrmine ant. Two species B. mandibularis and B. mirabilisthumb|center|upright|Baikuris mandibularisSapho armissaniSp nov.ValidNelStampianNarbonne BasinFranceA Calopterygid damselfly.thumb|center|upright|Sapho armissani Reptiles Archosauromorphs Stokes suggests that sauropods recycled their gastroliths and chose them based on brightness of color.Sanders, F.; Manley, K.; & Carpenter, K. 2001. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod *Cedarosaurus weiskopfae*. pp. 166-180. In: Tanke, Darren Carpenter, Ken Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: New Research Inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie Indiana University Press 2001 978-0-253-33907-2 registration https://archive.org/details/mesozoicvertebra0000unse First Argentinosaurus bone found. Newly described dinosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images AeolosaurusPowell, J.E. 1987. The Late Cretaceous Fauna of Los Alamitos, Patagonia, Argentina. Part VI - the Titanosaurids: Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales <<Bernardion Rivadavia>>, Instituto National de Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales, Paleontologia, tomo III, n. 3, pp. 147-153.gen et sp novValid taxonPowellLate CretaceousAngostura Colorada FormationArgentinaA titanosaurianAragosaurusSanz, J.L., A.D. Buscalioni, M.L. Casanovas, and J.V. Santafé. 1987. Dinosaurios del Creticico inferior de Galve (Teruel Espania). Estud. Geol. Vol. Extraord. Galve-Tremp.: pp.45-64.Gen et sp novValid taxonSanz, Buscalioni, Casanovas-Cladellas, & SantaféHauterivian-BarremianSpainBorogovia Osmolska H 1987 Borogovia gracilicrus gen. et sp. n., a new troodontid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 32 1–2 133–150 gen et sp novValid taxonOsmólskaLate CretaceousMongolia"Clevelanotyrannus"Bakker, Williams & Currie, 1987 (Weishampel et al. 1990 cite Bakker, R.T., M. Williams, and P. Currie. 1988. Nanotyrannus, a new genus of pygmy tyrannosaur, from the latest Cretaceous of Montana. Hunteria 1: pp. 1-30.) vide Currie, P.J. 1987. Theropods of the Judith River Formation of Dinosaur Frovincial Park, Alberta. in: Currie, P.J. E.H. Koster (eds.), 4th Symp. Mesozoic Terr. Ecosyst. Short Paper, Tyrrell Mus. Palaeontol., Drumheller, Alberta [Clevelanotyrannus citation in bibliography]: pp. 52-60.gen et sp novNomen nudumBakker, Williams & Currie vide: CurrieLate CretaceousLance FormationUSAdetermined to be a junior synonym of Nanotyrannusthumb|center|200px|"Clevelanotyrannus""Jiangjunmiaosaurus"nomen nudumAnonymousMiddle Jurassic Shishugou FormationChinaJunior synonym of Monolophosaurusthumb|center|200px|MonolophosaurusMaleevusTumanova, T.A. 1987. The armored dinosaurs of Mongolia. Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontol. Expedition Trans. 32: pp. 1-80.gen et sp novValid taxonTumanovaLate CretaceousMongolia PseudolagosuchusAndrea Arcucci 1987 Un nuevo Lagosuchidae (Thecodontia-Pseudosuchia) de la fauna de Los Chañares (Edad Reptil Chañarense, Triásico Medio), La Rioja, Argentina https://www.academia.edu/83702586/A_New_Lagosuchidae_Thecodontia_Pseudosuchia_from_the_Los_Cha%C3%B1ares_Fauna_Cha%C3%B1arian_Reptile_Age_Middle_Triassic_La_Rioja_Argentina_ Ameghiniana 24 1-2 89–94 Gen et sp novValid taxonArcucciLadinian (Middle Triassic)Chañares FormationArgentinapossibly a jr synonym of Lewisuchus Ugrosaurus Cobabe E.A., Fastovsky D.E. 1987 Urgosaurus olsoni, a new ceratopsian (Reptilia: Ornithischia) from the Hell Creek Formation of Eastern Montana Journal of Paleontology 61 1 148–154 10.1017/s0022336000028298 1987JPal...61..148C 131174452 gen et sp novJunior synonymCobabe & David FastovskyLate CretaceousHell Creek FormationUSAJunior synonym of Triceratopsthumb|Triceratops"Unicerosaurus"Nomen nudumBaugh vide: ArmstrongGlen Rose, Texas?USAPossibly a Fish neural spine, never formally describedWalkeriaChatterjee, S. 1987. A new theropod dinosaur from India with remarks on the Gondwana-Laurasia connection in the Late Triassic. In: Gondwana Six: Stratigraphy Sedimentology and Paleontology (G.D. McKenzie, Ed.). Geophysical Monogr. No. 41: pp. 183-189.gen et sp novname preoccupiedChatterjeeLate TriassicMaleri FormationIndiaName preoccupied by a bryozoan. Renamed Alwalkeria in 1994.thumb|center|200px|Alwalkeria Newly named birds Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAenigmavis sapea Dieter S. Peters 1987 Ein "Phorusrhacide" aus dem Mittel-Eozän von Messel (Aves, Gruiformes: Cariamae) Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie, Lyon 99 71–87 jr synonymGen et sp. nov.PetersMiddle EoceneMessel pitGermanyAn Ameghinornithidae, jr synonym of Strigogyps sapea.Gerald Mayr 2005 "Old World phorusrhacids" (Aves, Phorusrhacidae): a new look at Strigogyps ("Aenigmavis") sapea (Peters 1987) http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/science/paleobios/abstracts_21to25.php#pb251 PaleoBios 25 1 11–16 it is the type species of the genus Aenigmavis Peters, 1987.Aythya chauvirae Jacques Cheneval 1987 Les Anatidae (Aves: Anseriformes) du Miocène de France: Révision Systématique et Évolution Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie, Lyon 99 137–157 ValidSp nov.ChenevalMiddle MioceneFranceAn Anatidae.Calcardea junnei Philip D. Gingerich 1987 Early Eocene Bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) and Other Vertebrates in Freshwater Limestones of the Willwood Formation, Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/48533/ID386.pdf?sequence=2 Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27 11 275–320 ValidGen et sp nov.GingerichEarly EoceneWilwood FormationUSAMonotypic with C. junnei. Originally classified as a member of Ardeidae; this interpretation was rejected by Mayr, Gingerich & Smith (2019), who considered this bird to be a member of Telluraves, and claimed that it resembled parrot-like taxon Vastanavis.Gerald Mayr Philip D. Gingerich Thierry Smith 2019 Calcardea junnei Gingerich, 1987 from the late Paleocene of North America is not a heron, but resembles the early Eocene Indian taxon Vastanavis Mayr et al., 2007 Journal of Paleontology 93 2 359–367 10.1017/jpa.2018.85 2019JPal...93..359M 134577618 Carduelis triasi Josep A. Alcover & F. Florit 1987 Una Nueva Especie de Carduelis (Fringillidae) de La Palma Vieraea 17 75–86 ValidSp nov.Alcover & FloritLate Pleistocene-HoloceneLa PalmaCanary IslandsA Fringillidae, Carduelinae.Dromaius gidju Patterson C. Vickers Rich P. 1987 The Fossil History of the Emus, Dromaius (Aves: Dromaiinae) http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/56/54/2f/56542f4f6feb797151de25bec4811a6a.pdf Records of the South Australian Museum 36 4 83–117 2014-08-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140827120321/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/56/54/2f/56542f4f6feb797151de25bec4811a6a.pdf 2014-08-27 dead jr synonym Sp nov.Patterson & Vickers RichMiddle MioceneWipajiri FormationAustraliaA Dromaiidae, jr synonym of Emuarius gidju.Walter E. Boles 1992 Revision of Dromaius gidju Patterson and Rich 1987 from Riverleigh, Northwestern Queensland, Australia, With a Reassessment of Its Generic Position http://www.create.unsw.edu.au/research/files/!Boles%20(1992)%20Revision%20of%20Dromaius%20gidju.pdf In Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb. Ed: Jonathan J. Becker, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series 36 195–208 Ducula david Jean Ch. Balouet & Storrs L. Olson 1987 A New Extinct Species of Giant Pigeon (Columbidae: Ducula) from Archaeological Deposits on Wallis (Uvea) Island, South Pacific https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/1723/Ducula_david.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100 4 769–775 ValidSp. nov.Balouet & OlsonHoloceneUveaWallis and FutunaA Columbidae.Eoglaucidium pallas Karlheinz Fischer 1987 Eulenreste (Eoglaucidium pallas) N. Gen., N. Sp. (Strigiformes, Aves) aus de Mitteleozänen Braunkohle des Geiseltals bei Halle (DDR) http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Eoglaucidium%20pallas%20(Fischer)%201987.pdf Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Berlin 63, Supplement: Annalen für Ornithologie 11 137–142 ValidGen et sp nov.FischerMiddle EoceneMessel pit & GeiseltalGermanyA Sandcoleid, monotypic with E. pallas.Janipes nymphaeobates D. Tab Rasmussen, Storrs L. Olson & Elwyn L. Simons 1987 Fossil Birds from the Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Province, Egypt http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Paleobiology/pdf_hi/SCtP-0062.pdf Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 62 62 1–20 10.5479/si.00810266.62.1ValidGen et sp nov.Rasmussen, Olson, & SimonsEarly OligoceneJebel Qatrani FormationEgyptA Jacanidae, monotypic with J. nymphaeobatesJuncitarsus merkeli Dieter S. Peters 1987 Juncitarsus merkeli, n. sp. Stützt die Ableitung der Flamingos von Regenpfeifervögeln (Aves: Charadriiformes: Phoenicopteridae) Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 97 141–155 ValidSp. nov.Dieter S. PetersMiddle EoceneMessel pitGermanyA JuncitarsidNecrobyas medius Cécile Mourer-Chauviré 1987 Les Strigiformes (Aves) des Phosphorites du Quercy (France): Systématique, Biostratigraphie et Paléobiogéographie http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Mourer-Chauvire%20(1987).pdf Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie, Lyon 99 89–135 2021-11-13 2014-08-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20211113043232/http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Mourer-Chauvire%20%281987%29.pdf dead jr synonymSp. nov.Mourer-ChauviréEocene or OligocenePhosphorites du QuercyFranceA Tytonid, transferred to Prosybris medius in 1998.Jiří Mlíkovský 1998 A New Barn Owl (Aves: Strigidae) from the Early Miocene of Germany, with Comments on the Fossil History of the Tytoninae http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/124-1998-FossilStrigidae.pdf Journal für Ornithologie 139 3 247–261 10.1007/bf01653335 1998JOrn..139..247M 46731635 2014-08-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062708/http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/124-1998-FossilStrigidae.pdf 2016-03-04 dead Nupharanassa ValidGen et sp. nov.Rasmussen, Olson, & SimonsEarly OligoceneJebel Qatrani FormationEgyptA Jacanidae, two species N. bulotorum and N. tolutaria.Otis khosatzkii Zygmunt Bocheński & Evgeny N. Kurochkin 1987 Pliocene Bustards (Aves: Otididae and Gryzajidae) of Moldavia and S. Ukraine Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie, Lyon 99 173–187 ValidSp. nov.Bocheński & KurochkinLate PlioceneMoldovaAn OtididOtis paratetrax ValidSp nov.Bocheński & KurochkinLate PlioceneMoldova UkraineAn Otididae.Palaeoalectoris Hou Lianhai 1987 The Aragonian Vertebrate Fauna of Xiacaowan, Jiang - 6. Aves http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200903/W020090813373481969785.pdf Vertebrata PalAsiatica 25 1 57–68 ValidGen et sp nov.HouArgonianXiacaowan FormationChinaA Threskiornithid, monotypic with P. songlinensis.Palaeobyas ValidGen et sp nov.Mourer-ChauviréEocene or OligocenePhosphorites du QuercyFranceA Sophiornithid, monotypic with P. cracrafti.Palaeoglaux ValidGen et sp nov.Mourer-ChauviréLate EoceneFranceA Palaeoglaucid, monotypic with P. perrierensis.Palaeotyto cadurcensis ValidGen et sp nov.Mourer-ChauviréEocene or OligocenePhosphorites du Quercy,FranceA Sophiornithid,Jiří Mlíkovský 2002 Cenozoic Birds of the World Part 1 Europe http://www.nm.cz/download/JML-18-2002-CBE.pdf Cenozoic Birds of the World 1 1–417 2014-08-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110520101755/http://www.nm.cz/download/JML-18-2002-CBE.pdf 2011-05-20 dead monotypic with P. cadurcensis.Petralca austriaca Jiří Mlíkovský 1987 Eine Neue Alkenart (Aves: Alcidae) aus dem Ober-Oligozän Österreichs http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/045-1987-OligocenePetralcafrromAustria.pdf Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie A 88 131–147 2014-08-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232951/http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/mlikovsky_lit/045-1987-OligocenePetralcafrromAustria.pdf 2016-03-03 dead ValidGen et sp nov.MlíkovskýLate Oligocene & Early MioceneAustriaMonotypic with P. austriaca. Originally thought to be an auk; Göhlich & Mayr (2018) reinterpreted it as a member of Gaviiformes.Ursula B. Göhlich Gerald Mayr 2018 The alleged early Miocene Auk Petralca austriaca is a Loon (Aves, Gaviiformes): restudy of a controversial fossil bird Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 30 8 1076–1083 10.1080/08912963.2017.1333610 2018HBio...30.1076G 90729728 Platalea tiangangensis ValidSp. nov.HouArgonianXiacaowan FormationChinaA Phasianid.Prefica Storrs L. Olson 1987 An Early Oilbird from the Green River Formation of Wyoming (Caprimulgiformes: Steatornithidae) https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/15586/VZ_196_Eocene_oilbird.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie, Lyon 99 57–69 ValidGen et sp nov.OlsonEarly EoceneGreen River FormationUSAA Steatornithidae, Preficinae, monotypic with P. niveaSophiornisValidGen et sp nov.Mourer-ChauviréEocene or OligocenePhosphorites du QuercyFranceA Sophiornithid, monotypic with S. quercynusVini sinotoi David W. Steadman & Marie C. Zarriello 1987 Two New Species of Parrots (Aves: Psittacidae) From Archeological Sites in the Marquesas Islands http://extinct-website.com/pdf/8e58dc7b587c65bd2fa4024b92a284c01.pdf Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100 3 518–528 2014-08-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204049/http://extinct-website.com/pdf/8e58dc7b587c65bd2fa4024b92a284c01.pdf 2016-03-03 dead ValidSp. nov.Steadman & ZarrielloHoloceneUa Huka; Hiva Oa; TahuataFrench PolynesiaA Psittacidae, Loriinae.Vini vidivici ValidSp. nov.Steadman & ZarrielloHoloceneTahuataFrench PolynesiaA Psittacidae, Loriinae.Tytthostonyx glauconiticus Storrs L. Olson & David C. 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