1986 in paleontology

none 1986 paleontology science 1986 Plants Pinophytes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type Strata Location Notes ImagesAbies milleriSchorn H.E. Wehr, W.C. 1986 Abies milleri, sp. nov., from the middle Eocene Klondike Mountain Formation, Republic, Ferry County, Washington. Burke Museum Contributions in Anthropology and Natural History 1 1–7sp novValidSchorn & WehrEoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUSAOne of the oldest fir speciesthumb|center|upright|Abies milleri Angiosperms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type Strata Location Notes ImagesMacginicarpaManchester S. R. 1986 Vegetative and reproductive morphology of an extinct plane tree (Platanaceae) from the Eocene of western North America Botanical Gazette 147 2 200–226 10.1086/337587 83715341 Gen et sp novvalidManchesterMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUSAOregonA platanaceous infructescence genus. Type species M. glabra.MacginistemonGen et comb novvalid(MacGinitie) ManchesterMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUSAOregonA platanaceous stamen species. Moved from Calycites mikanoides 1941.Macginitiea angustilobaComb novvalid(Lesquereux) ManchesterMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUSAOregonA platanaceous species. Moved from Aralia angustiloba 1878.PlatananthusGen et sp novvalidManchesterMiddle EoceneClarno FormationUSAOregonA platanaceous staminate inflorescence genus. Type species P. synandrus. Newly described insects Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type Strata Location Notes ImagesStenolestes fischeriNel. A. 1986 Révision du genre cénozoïque Stenolestes Scudder, 1895; description de deux espèces nouvelles (Insecta, Odonata, Lestidae) Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Section C 8 4 447–461Sp nov ValidNel ChattianFranceA Sieblosiid damselfly.thumb|center|upright|Stenolestes fischeri Molluscs Bivalves Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type Strata Location Notes ImagesBuluniellaElicki 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 2012-01-06 2013-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202640/http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/~elicki/ELICKI_GUERSU_2009_PalZ_CambrianBivalves.pdf dead gen et sp novnomen dubiumJermakEarly Cambrian"northern Siberia" Russiapossible jr synonym of PojetaiaJelliagen et sp novjunior synonymLi & ZhouEarly CambrianHenan province Chinajr synonym of Pojetaia runnegari Fish Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type Strata Location Notes ImagesDwykaselachusB.W. Oelofsen 1986 A fossil shark neurocranium from the Permo-Carboniferous (lowermost Ecca Formation) of South Africa T. Uyeno R. Arai T. Taniuchi K. Matsuura Indo-Pacific Fish Biology: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Indo-Pacific Fishes Ichthyological Society of Japan 107–124 978-4930813121 Gen. et sp. novValidOelofsenPermianPrince Albert Formation (Ecca Group) South AfricaA member of Symmoriida.Michael I. Coates Robert W. Gess John A. Finarelli Katharine E. Criswell Kristen Tietjen 2017 A symmoriiform chondrichthyan braincase and the origin of chimaeroid fishes Nature 541 7636 208–211 10.1038/nature20806 28052054 2017Natur.541..208C 4455946 The type species is D. oosthuizeni. 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 Status AuthorsLocation NotesImages AvaceratopsDodson, P. 1986. Avaceratops lammersi: a new ceratopsid from the Judith River Formation of Montana. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 138: pp. 305-317. Valid taxon Dodson USA (Montana)thumb|center|200px|Avaceratops BaryonyxCharig, A.J. and A.C. Milner. 1986. Baryonyx, a remarkable new theropod dinosaur. Nature 324 (6095): pp. 359-361. Valid taxon Alan J. Charig Angela C. Milner Spain Englandthumb|center|200px|Baryonyx ConchoraptorBarsbold, R. 1986. [Raubdinosaurier Oviraptoren]. In: Vorobyeva, E. I. (ed.). Herpetologische Untersuchungen in der Mongolischen Volksrepublik. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. Inst. Evolyucionnoy Morfologii i Ekologil Zhivotnykh im. A. M. Severtsova, Moskva: pp.210-223. Valid taxon Rinchen Barsbold Mongolia Frenguellisaurus Jr. synonym of Herrerasaurus Fernando Novas Argentina LapparentosaurusBonaparte, J.F. 1986. The early radiation and phylogenetic relationships of the Jurassic sauropod dinosaurs, based on vertebral anatomy. In: The beginnings of the age of dinosaurs (K. Padian, ed.). Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, UK: pp. 247-258. Valid taxon Jose Bonaparte Madagascar SiamosaurusBuffetaut, E. and R. Ingevat. 1986. Unusual theropod dinosaur teeth from the Upper Jurassic of Phu Wiang northeastern Thailand. Rev. Paleobiol. 5: pp. 217-220. Valid taxon Eric Buffetaut Ingavat Thailandthumb|Siamosaurus XenotarsosaurusMartinez, R, O. Gimenez, J. Rodriguez, and G. Bochatey. 1985. Xenotarsosaurus bonapartei nov. gen. et sp. (Carnosauria, Abelisauridae) un nuevo Theropoda de la Formacion Bajo Barrel Chubut, Argentina. Actas IV Congreso Argentino de Paleontoloiga y Bioestratigraffa 2: pp. 23-31. Valid taxon Martinez Gimenez Rodriguez Bochatey Argentina Newly named birds Name Status Novelty Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAsiavis Lev A. Nessov 1986 Pervaya nakhodka pozdnemelovoy ptitsy-ikhtiornisa v starom svete i nekotoryye drugiye kosti ptits iz mela i paleogena Sredney Azii. [The first Find of the Late Cretaceous Bird, Ichthyornis, in the Old World, and Some Other Bird Bones from the Cretaceous and Paleogene of Middle Asia.] [in Russian, with English summary] Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 147 31–38 ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.NessovMiddle EoceneUzbekistanA Cygninae,Andrey V. Panteleyev 2000 The Systematic Position of the Eocene Bird Asiavis phosphatica http://www.zin.ru/Journals/zsr/Issue.asp?y=2000&v=8&i=2 Zoosystematica Rossica 8 2 351–352 type species A. phosphaticaBubo insularisCécile Mourer-Chauviré & Peter D. M. Weesie 1986 Bubo insularis n. sp., Forme Endemique Inlaire de Grande-Duc (Aves, Strigiformes) du Pleistocene de Sardaigne et de Corse http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Bubo%20insularis%20(Mourer-Chauvire%20&%20Weesie)%201986.pdf Revue de Paléobiologie 5 197–205 2022-05-16 2020-07-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20200727200350/http://www2.nrm.se/ve/birds/sape/GlobalOwlProject/Fossil_owls/Bubo%20insularis%20%28Mourer-Chauvire%20%26%20Weesie%29%201986.pdf dead ValidSp. nov.Mourer-Chauviré & WeesieLate PleistoceneFrance: Corsica; Italy: SardiniaA Strigidae.EopuffinusValidGen. et Sp. nov.NessovLate PaleoceneKazakhstanA Procellariidae, type species E. kazachstanensisEurolimnornisJenö Kessler & Tibor Jurcsák 1986 New Contributions to the Knowledge of the Lower Cretaceous Bird Remains from Cornet (Romania) http://www.travaux.ro/web/pdf/28-TMNHNGA-289-295.pdf Travaux du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" 28 289–295 2014-08-27 2014-09-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20140904025601/http://www.travaux.ro/web/pdf/28-TMNHNGA-289-295.pdf dead ValidGen. et Sp. nov.Kessler & JurcsákEarly CretaceousRomaniaA Eurolimnornithidae, type species is E. corneti.Gallirallus ripleyiDavid W. Steadman 1986 Two New Species of Rails (Aves: Rallidae) from Mangaia, Southern Cook Islands https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/1002/v40-27-43.pdf?sequence=1 Pacific Science 40 1–4 38–54 ValidSp. nov.SteadmanHoloceneMangaiaCook IslandsA Rallidae.Ichthyornis maltshevskyi jr synonymSp. nov.NessovConiacianBissekty FormationUzbekistanDescribed as an Ichthyornithidae, transferred to Lenesornis maltshevskyi in Kurochkin, 1996.Evgeny N. Kurochkin 1996 A New Enantiornithid of the Mongolian Late Cretaceous, and a General Appraisal of the Infraclass Enantiornithes Palaeontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moskou 1996 1–50 Nanantius Ralphe E. Molnar 1986 An Enantiornithine Bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia Nature 322 6081 736–738 10.1038/322736a0 1986Natur.322..736M 4311390 ValidGen. et Sp. nov.MolnarAlbianToolebuc FormationAustralia: QueenslandA Gobipteryginae Alexornithid, type species N. eosPalaeocursornis ValidGen. nov. et Sp. nov.Kessler & JurcsákEarly CretaceousRomaniaA Eurolimnornithidae, type genus P. biharicusPliogyps charon Jonathan J. Becker 1986 A New Vulture (Vulturidae: Pliogyps) from the Late Miocene of Florida http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/d8/57/0e/d8570eda6f693f0d031f55903a9a97c9.pdf Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99 3 502–508 2014-08-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140827145751/http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/d8/57/0e/d8570eda6f693f0d031f55903a9a97c9.pdf 2014-08-27 dead ValidSp. nov.BeckerLate MioceneAlachua FormationUSA: FloridaA Cathartidae.Porzana rua ValidSp. nov.SteadmanHoloceneMangaiaCook IslandsA Rallidae. Plesiosaurs New taxa Name Status AuthorsLocation NotesImages Tuarangisaurus Valid Wiffen Moisley Angola New ZealandA Plesiosaur from New Zealandthumb|Tuarangisaurus Pterosaurs Fossil jaw fragments containing multicusped teeth were found in Dockum Group rocks in western Texas. One fragment, apparently from a lower jaw, contained two teeth, each with five cusps. Another fragment, from an upper jaw, also contained several multi-cusped teeth. These finds are very similar to the pterosaur genus Eudimorphodon and may be attributable to this genus, although without better fossil remains it is impossible to be sure.Wellnhofer, Peter (1991). "Summary of Triassic Pterosaurs." The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs. London, UK: Salamander Books Limited. p. 67. 0-86101-566-5. New taxa Name Status Authors Notes Phobetor Junior Synonym Bakhurina Synonym of Noripterus. Synapsids Mammals Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type Strata Location Notes ImagesHulitherium tomasettiFlannery T. F. M. D. Plane 1986 A new late Pleistocene diprotodontid (Marsupialia) from Pureni, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea https://d28rz98at9flks.cloudfront.net/81205/Jou1986_v10_n1_p065.pdf BMR Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics 10 65–76ValidTomasetti & PlanePleistocenePapua New GuineaA Diprotodont Metatherian.Rostriamynodon grangeriWall William P. Manning Earl 1986 Rostriamynodon grangeri n. gen., n. sp. of Amynodontid (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotoidea) with Comments on the Phylogenetic History of Eocene Amynodontidae https://www.jstor.org/stable/1305081 Journal of Paleontology 60 4 911–919 10.1017/S0022336000043079 1305081 1986JPal...60..911W 0022-3360Gen et sp novValidWall & ManningEarly late EoceneIrdin Manha FormationChinaAn amynodontid References Paleontology 6