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none 1970 paleontology science 1970 Arthropods Newly named insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAphaenogaster avitaFujiyama I. 1970 Fossil insects from the Chojabaru Formation, Iki Island, Japan Memoirs of the Natural Science Museum, Tokyo 3 65–74Sp novValid Fujiyamaearly - middle MioceneChojabaru FormationJapanA myrmicin ant Moved to Paraphaenogaster avita (2016)"Holcorpidae"Archibald SB 2010 Revision of the scorpionfly family Holcorpidae (Mecoptera), with description of a new species from Early Eocene McAbee, British Columbia, Canada Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46 1–2 173–182 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697654 2010AnSEF..46..173A 85039877 free Fam novnomen nudumZherikhinPriabonianFlorissant FormationUSAA scorpionfly family, type sp. H. maculosa No formal description provided Archosauromorphs Newly named diapsids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Location Notes ImagesLongisquamaSharov, A.G. 1970. A peculiar reptile from the Lower Triassic of Fergana. Paleontologiceskij Zurnal 1: pp. 127-130.fam et gen et sp novvalidSharovMiddle to Late Triassic Kyrgyzstanpossible gliding reptile covered with Feather-like Scales.center|thumb|150x150px|Longisquama insignis 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 ImagesDaspletosaurusRussell, D.A. 1970. Tyrannosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Western Canada. National Museum of Nat. Sci., Publ. Paleontology No. 1.gen et sp nov ValidRussellLate CretaceousOldman Formation Canada (Alberta) USA (MontanaA tyrannosaurine tyrannosaurid.thumb|center|150px|DaspletosaurusDeinocheirusOsmolska, H. and E. Roniewicz. 1970. Deinocheiridae, a new family of theropod dinosaurs. Palaeontol. Polonica 21: pp. 5-19.fam, gen et sp novValid Osmólska & Roniewiczlate CretaceousNemegt Formation Mongoliathumb|center|150px|DeinocheirusDilophosaurusWelles, S.P. 1970. Dilophosaurus (Reptilia: Saurischia), a new name for a dinosaur. J. Paleontol. 44: p. 989.gen novValid Welles Early Jurassic Kayenta formation USA (Arizona)A Two-crested Dilophosaur.thumb|center|150px|Dilophosaurus"Likhoelesaurus"Ellenberger, P. 1970. Les niveaux Paléontologiques de première apparition des Mammifères primordiaux d'Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie, établissement de zones stratigaphiques detaillées dans le stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias supérieur à Jurassique). Proceedings Papers of the 2nd Gondwana Symposium in South Africa, 1970: pp. 343-370.gen et sp novNomen nudum.EllenbergerLate TriassicLower Elliot Formation South AfricaMisidentified non-dinosaurian archosaur."Megadontosaurus"Brown vide Ostrom, J.H. 1970. Terrestrial vertebrates as indicators of Mesozoic climates. Proc. North. Am. Paleontol. Convention D, 347-376.gen et sp novNomen nudum Brown vide: OstromEarly CretaceousCloverly FormationChimera of Deinonychus and Microvenator.MicrovenatorOstrom, J.H. 1970. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Bighorn Basin area, Wyoming and Montana. Peabody Museum Nat. History Bull. 35: pp. 1-234.gen et sp novValid OstromEarly CretaceousCloverly Formation USA (Montana thumb|center|150px|Microvenator celerSauropeltagen et sp novValid OstromEarly CretaceousCloverly Formation USA (Montana, Utah and Wyoming)a nodosauridthumb|center|150px|SauropeltaStaurikosaurusColbert, E.H. 1970. A saurischian dinosaur from the Triassic of Brasil. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2405: pp. 1-39.gen et sp novValidColbertLate TriassicSanta Maria Formation Brazila herrerasauridthumb|center|150px|StaurikosaurusTenontosaurusgen et sp novValid OstromEarly CretaceousCloverly Formation USA (Arizona, Idaho, Maryland, Montana, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Wyoming)an ornithopod. with a Long Tail.thumb|center|150px|Tenontosaurus Newly named birds Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnabernicula robusta Short LL 1970 A New Anseriform Genus and Species from the Nebraska Pliocene Auk 87 3 537–543 10.2307/4083796 4083796 https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v087n03/p0537-p0543.pdf Sp. nov.jr synonym ShortEarly PleistoceneYarmouth Intergalcial USAAn Anatidae, jr synonym of Brantadorna robustaLivezey BC 1997 A Phylogenetic Classification of Waterfowl (Aves: Anseriformes), including selected fossil species Annals of Carnegie Museum 66 4 457–496 10.5962/p.215141 1997AnCM...66..457L 203892656 free Aquila borrasi Arredondo O 1970 Nueva Especie de Ave Pleistocénica del Orden Accipitriformes (Accipitridae) y Nuevo Género para las Antillas Ciencias, series 4 (Ciencias Biológicas) 8 1–8 Sp. nov.jr synonym ArredondoPleistoceneCave deposits CubaAn Accipitridae, jr synonym of Buteogallus borrasi.Duque WS Olson SL 2007 The Cuban Fossil Eagle Aquila borrasi Arredondo: A Scaled-up Version of the Great Black-hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga) (Gmelin) Journal of Raptor Research 41 4 288–298 10.3356/0892-1016(2007)41[288:tcfeab]2.0.co;2 55380044 https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/6550/VZ_369_B_borrasi.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=yChubutodyptes biloculata George G. Simpson 1970 Miocene Penguins from Victoria, Australia, and Chubut, Argentina Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 31 17–23 10.24199/j.mmv.1970.31.02 free Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.valid George G. SimpsonEarly MiocenePatagonian ArgentinaA Spheniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus, Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche, 2007 transferred the species to the genus Palaeospheniscus Moreno et Mercerat, 1891.Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche 2007 Revisión Sistematicá de Palaeospheniscus biloculata (Simpson) nov. comb. (Aves, Spheniscidae) de la Formación Gaiman (Mioceno Temprano), Chubut, Argentina http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/658 Ameghiniana 44 2 417–426 Heterochen pratensis Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.valid Lester L. ShortEarly PlioceneValentine Formation USA (Nebraska)An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Mancalla milleri Hildegarde Howard 1970 A Review of the Extinct Avian Genus Mancalla http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS203.pdf Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science 203 1–12 2014-10-30 2015-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20150912045405/http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS203.pdf dead Sp. nov.valid Hildegarde HowardMiddle PlioceneBlancan, San Diego Formation USA (California)An Alcidae, Mancallinae.Primobucco mcgrewi Pierce Brodkorb 1970 An Eocene Puffbird from Wyoming http://rmg.geoscienceworld.org/content/9/1/13.extract Contributions to Geology University of Wyoming 9 1 13–15 2014-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20160807191843/http://rmg.geoscienceworld.org/content/9/1/13.extract 2016-08-07 dead Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.valid Pierce BrodkorbEarly EoceneGreen River Formation USA (Wyoming)Described as a Bucconidae, Feduccia et Martin, 1976 erected the family Primobucconidae for it,J. Alan Feduccia & Larry D. Martin 1976 The Eocene Zygodactyl Birds of North America (Aves: Piciformes) http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/paleobiology/pdf_hi/SCtP-0027.pdf In Collected Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring the 90th Birthday of Alexander Wetmore Ed.: Storrs. L. Olson; Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27 101–110 this is the type species of the new genus.Proagriocharis kimballensis Larry D. Martin & James Tate, Jr. 1970 A New Turkey from the Pliocene of Nebraska https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v082n02/p0214-p0218.pdf Wilson Bulletin 82 2 214–218 Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.valid Larry D. Martin James Tate, Jr.Late PlioceneKimball Formation USA (Nebraska)A Meleagridae, this is the type species of the new genus.Pseudaptenodytes macraei Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.valid George G. SimpsonLate MioceneCheltenhamian AustraliaA Spheniscidae, this is the type species of the new genus.Pseudaptenodytes minor Sp. nov.valid George G. SimpsonLate MioceneCheltenhamian AustraliaA Spheniscidae.Tringa antiqua J. Alan Feduccia 1970 A New Shorebird from the Upper Pliocene https://sites.smu.edu/shulermuseum/publication_pdfs/j_grad_research/Feduccia1970.pdf Journal of the Graduate Research Center (Dallas, Texas) 38 3–4 58–60 Sp. nov.valid J. Alan FeducciaLate PlioceneHemphillian USA (Kansas)A Scolopacidae.Zonotrichia robusta Eduardo P. Tonni 1970 Zonotrichia robusta n. sp. (Aves, Passeriformes) del Pleistoceno Medio de la Provincia de Buenos Aires http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/1305 Ameghiniana 7 2 161–165 Sp. nov.valid Eduardo P. TonniMiddle PleistoceneMiramar ArgentinaA Passerellidae. Newly named Pterosaurs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Pterodaustrogen et sp nov ValidBonaparteearly CretaceousLagarcito FormationArgentinaa Ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid. with a Flamingo-like feeding style.thumb|center|150px|Pterodaustro guinazui References Paleontology Paleontology 0