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1958 in paleontology

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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1958.

Arthropods

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Insects

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Parastylotermes calico[2]

Sp. nov

valid

Pierce

Miocene

 USA

A Stylotermitid termite.

Archosauromorphs

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Newly named non-avian dinosaurs

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Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[3]

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Chingkankousaurus

Gen et sp nov

Nomen dubium

Yang (as Young C. C.)

Late Campanian

Jingangkou Formation

 China

A tyrannosauroid.

Tsintaosaurus[4]

Gen et sp nov

Valid taxon

Yang (as Young C. C.)

Late Campanian

Jingangkou Formation

 China

A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid.

Tsintaosaurus

Birds

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Newly named birds

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Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Anas apscheronica [5]

Sp. nov.

valid

Burchak-Abramovisch

Late Pliocene

Apscherion

 Azerbaijan

An Anatidae.

Bartramia umatilla [6]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Middle Pliocene

 USA

 Oregon

A Scolopacidae.

Callipepla shotwelli [6]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Middle Pliocene

 USA

 Oregon

An Odontophoridae.

Cygnus hibbardi [7]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Early Pleistocene

Irvingtonian, Hagerman Lake Beds

 USA

 Idaho

An Anatidae.

Morus humeralis [8]

Sp. nov.

valid

Miller

Bowman

Late Pliocene

 USA

 California

A Sulidae.

Ornimegalonyx [9]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

valid

Arredondo

Late Pleistocene

 Cuba

A Strigidae, the types species of the new genus is Ornimegalonyx oteroi.

Pardirallus lacustris [7]

Sp. nov.

valid

(Brodkorb)

Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene

Hagerman and Rexroad Local Fauna

 USA

 Idaho

A Rallidae, described as Porzana lacustris but transferred by Storrs L. Olson in 1977 to Pardirallus Bonaparte, 1856.

Phalacrocorax macer [7]

Sp. nov.

valid

Brodkorb

Late Pliocene

Irvingtonian, Glenns Ferry Formation, Hagerman Lake Beds

 USA

 Idaho

A Phalacrocoracidae.

Podiceps subparvus [8]

Sp. nov.

valid

(Miller

Bowman)

Middle Pliocene

Blancan, San Diego Formation

 USA

 California

A Podicipedidae, described as Colymbus subparvus.

Promilio epileus [10]

Sp. nov.

valid

Wetmore

Early Miocene

Thomas Farm Beds

 USA

 Florida

An Accipitridae, the type species of the genus is Proictinia effera Wetmore, 1923.

Promilio brodkorbi [10]

Sp. nov.

valid

Wetmore

Early Miocene

Thomas Farm Beds

 USA

 Florida

An Accipitridae, the type species of the genus is Proictinia effera Wetmore, 1923.

Ptychoramphus tenuis [8]

Sp. nov.

valid

Miller

Bowman

Middle Pliocene

Blancan, San Diego Formation

 USA

 California

An Alcidae.

Querandiornis [11]

Gen. et Sp. nov.

valid

Rusconi

Late Pliocene

Ensenada Formation

 Argentina

A Furnariidae, Dendrocolaptinae, The type species is Querandiornis romani, described in the Tinamiidae, transferred by Tonni & Tambussi, 1986 to Aves Incertae Sedis, transferred by Agnolin, 2016 to Dendrocolaptinae

Sula pohli [12]

Sp. nov.

valid

Howard

Late Miocene

 USA

 California

A Sulidae.

Troglodytes gracilis [13]

Sp. nov.

valid?

Brunner

Late Pleistocene

 Germany

A Troglodytidae, better seen as a Passeriformes Incertae Sedis.

Synapsids

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Non-mammalian

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Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Basicranodon Junior synonym Vaughn Early Permian  US A junior synonym of the varanopid Mycterosaurus.
Diarthrognathus Valid Crompton Early Jurassic Elliot Formation  South Africa A member of Trithelodontidae.

Other Animals

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Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images
Charnia Valid Ford Ediacaran Maplewell Group  United Kingdom
Charniodiscus Valid Ford Ediacaran Maplewell Group  United Kingdom
Spriggina Valid Glaessner Ediacaran  Australia

References

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  1. ^ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
  2. ^ Pierce, W.D. (1958). "Fossil arthropods of California. No. 21. Termites from Calico Mountains nodules" (PDF). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 575 (1): 13–24.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  4. ^ Young C.-C. 1958. The dinosaurian remains of Laiyang, Shanrung. Palaeontol. Sinica (ser. C) 16: pp. 1-138.
  5. ^ Burchak-Abramovisch, Nikolaj Iosifovich (1958). "Tertiary Birds of the USSR Tertiary Birds of the USSR". Uchenie Zapiski Azerbaijan State University, Serie Biology. 1: 81–88.
  6. ^ a b Pierce Brodkorb (1958). "Birds from the Middle Pliocene of McKay, Oregon". Condor. 60 (4): 252–255. doi:10.2307/1365194. JSTOR 1365194.
  7. ^ a b c Pierce Brodkorb (1958). "Fossil Birds from Idaho". Wilson Bulletin. 70: 237–242.
  8. ^ a b c Loye Holmes Miller & Robert I. Bowman (1958). "Further Bird Remains from the San Diego Pliocene". Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science. 20: 1–15.
  9. ^ Oscar Arredondo (1958). "Aves Gigantes de Nuestro Pasado Prehistórico, El Cartero Cubana". La Habana. XVII (7): 10–12.
  10. ^ a b Alexander Wetmore (1958). "Miscellaneous Notes on Fossil Birds". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 135 (8): 1–11.
  11. ^ Carlos Rusconi (1958). "Ave Fósil del Plioceno de Buenos Aires". Revista del Museo del Historia Natural de Mendoza. 11: 157–160.
  12. ^ Hildegarde Howard (1958). "Miocene Sulids of Southern California". Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science. 25: 3–15.
  13. ^ G. Brunner (1958). "Nachtrag zur Breitenberghöhle bei Gösswenstein Ofr". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte. 1958: 500–517.